The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of General Charles Falkland Loewen

Loewen, Charles Falkland

General

* 17th of September 1900

† 17th of August 1986

(Royal Artillery)

Promotions

1938-11-01 Local Lieutenant-Colonel
1939-07-01 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-05-29 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-08-29 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-02-24 Acting Colonel
1941-02-24 Acting Brigadier
1941-08-21 War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-08-21 Temporary Colonel
1941-08-21 Temporary Brigadier
1943-07-01 Colonel (Dated back to 1942-07-01)
1944-07-24 Acting Major-General
1945-07-24 Temporary Major-General
1946-05-06 Major-General (Dated back to 1944-08-30)
1950-05-27 Lieutenant-General
1954-04-16 General

Service

1938-11-01 1940-04-21 Instructor at Staff College Camberley
1940-04-22 1940-05-28 General Staff Officer 2, North Western Expeditionary Force
1940-05-29 1941-02-23 General Staff Officer 1 ?
1941-02-24 1942-03-02 Brigadier General Staff, Northern Command
1942-03-03 1942-XX-XX Commander Royal Artillery, 55th Infantry Division
1942-XX-XX 1942-12-10 Commander Royal Artillery, 6th Armoured Division
1943-01-15 1943-07-25 Brigadier General Staff ?
1943-07-26 1943-11-28 Deputy Chief of Staff, 21st Army Group
1943-11-29 1944-03-25 Commander Royal Artillery, 1st Infantry Division
1944-03-26 1944-07-23 Commander Corps Royal Artillery, I Corps
1944-05-24 1944-06-14 Acting General Officer Commanding 1st Infantry Division [Italy]
1944-07-24 1945-12-XX General Officer Commanding 1st Infantry Division [Italy - Middle East]
1946-XX-XX General Officer Commanding 6th Armoured Division
1947-10-19 General Officer Commanding 1st Armoured Division
1948-01-20 1950-05-18 General Officer Commanding 50th Infantry Division
1948-01-20 1950-05-18 District Officer Commanding Northumberland District
1950-05-27 1953-04-17 General Officer Commanding in Chief Anti-Aircraft Command
1953-01-15 1963-01-15 Colonel-Commandant, Royal Artillery
1953-04-23 1953-10-10 General Officer Commanding in Chief Western Command
1953-11-13 1956-08-10 Commander in Chief Far East Land Forces
1956-11-01 1959-08-14 Adjutant-General to the Forces, War Office
1956-11-29 1959-08-14 Aide-de-Camp General to the Queen
1959-11-14 Retired
Picture source: NPG x186008, National Portrait Gallery, London