The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Leslie Keith Lockhart

Lockhart, Leslie Keith

Major-General

* 5th of June 1897

† 27th of March 1966

(Royal Artillery)

Promotions

1939-11-25 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-02-25 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-12-27 Acting Colonel
1941-06-27 War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-06-27 Temporary Colonel
1943-05-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1943-09-04 Acting Brigadier
1944-03-04 Temporary Brigadier
1944-06-30 Colonel (Dated back to 1944-06-27)
1947-10-01 Acting Brigadier
1947-11-01 Brigadier
1947-11-01 Temporary Major-General
1948-06-24 Major-General (Dated back to 1945-01-21)

Service

1939-11-25 1940-09-16 General Staff Officer 1, War Office
1940-12-27 1942-10-28 Colonel General Staff British Army Staff Washington
1942-10-30 1943-XX-XX Deputy Director of Royal Artillery (O), War Office
1944-XX-XX 1945-XX-XX Commanding Officer 75th Anti-Aircraft Brigade [Northwestern Europe]
1945-05-26 1945-XX-XX Commanding Officer 307th Infantry Brigade [Northwestern Europe]
1947-10-01 1950-11-01 General Officer Commanding 5th Anti-Aircraft Group
1951-02-21 1951-XX-XX Special employed
1951-05-01 1952-04-16 District Officer Commanding East Anglian District
1952-05-14 Retired
Picture source: NPG x164552, National Portrait Gallery, London