The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Longden, Harry Leicester
Major-General
* 12th of December 1900
† 13th of December 1981
(Dorsetshire Regiment)
Promotions
| 1939-08-23 | Acting Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1939-12-01 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1941-01-30 | Acting Colonel |
| 1941-07-30 | War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1941-07-30 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1941-09-09 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Colonel |
| 1942-02-24 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1942-02-24 | Acting Brigadier |
| 1942-08-24 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1944-07-21 | Colonel |
| 1945-03-01 | Acting Major-General |
| 1946-03-01 | Temporary Major-General |
| 1947-01-16 | Major-General (Dated back to 1945-01-30) |
Service
| 1939-08-23 | – | 1941-01-29 | Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General ? |
| 1941-01-30 | – | 1941-09-09 | Deputy Adjutant & Quartermaster-General ? |
| 1942-02-24 | – | 1943-06-09 | Brigadier (Q) (Operations), War Office |
| 1943-06-10 | – | 1945-02-27 | Deputy Adjutant & Quartermaster-General, I Corps [Northwestern Europe] |
| 1945-03-01 | – | 1947-06-XX | Director of Quartering, War Office |
| 1948-07-07 | Retired |
Picture source: NPG x186019, National Portrait Gallery, London