The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Frank Noel Mason- MacFarlane

MacFarlane, Frank Noel Mason-

Lieutenant-General

* 23rd of October 1889

† 12th of August 1953

(Royal Artillery)

Promotions

1930-07-01 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1936-01-08 Lieutenant-Colonel
1937-12-05 Colonel (Dated back to 1933-07-01)
1939-09-04 Acting Major-General
1940-07-20 Major-General (Dated back to 1938-08-05)
1941-06-25 Acting Lieutenant-General
1942-07-15 Temporary Lieutenant-General

Service

1930-03-26 1931-04-26 Commanding Officer 44th Field Battery
1931-04-26 1935-01-31 Military Attaché to Hungary, Austria & Switzerland
1937-12-05 1939-07-03 Military Attaché to Germany & Denmark
1939-07-03 1939-09-04 Brigadier Royal Artillery, Aldershot Command
1939-09-04 1940-05-18 Director of Military Intelligence, British Expeditionary Force [France]
1940-05-18 1940-05-25 General Officer Commanding MacForce [France]
1940-06-20 1941-04-08 Deputy General-Governor & Commander in Chief of Gibraltar
1941-04-08 1941-06-24 General Officer Commanding 44th Infantry Division
1941-06-25 1942-XX-XX Head British Military Mission in Moscow
1942-05-31 1944-02-14 Governor & Commander in Chief of Gibraltar
1943-09-13 1944-01-16 Head of the Allied Military Government, Italy
1944-01-16 1944-07-20 Chief Commissioner, Allied Control Commission for Italy
1944-10-12 1953-08-12 Colonel-Commandant, Royal Artillery
1945-07-18 1945-07-19 Half-pay
1945-07-19 Retired
Picture source: NPG x186352, National Portrait Gallery, London