The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Vivian Henry Bruce Majendie

Majendie, Vivian Henry Bruce

Major-General

* 20th of April 1886

† 13th of January 1960

(Somerset Light Infantry)

Promotions

1927-07-01 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1929-05-30 Lieutenant-Colonel
1931-01-01 Brevet Colonel
1933-05-01 Colonel (Dated back to 1931-01-01)
1936-03-03 Temporary Brigadier
1938-06-01 Major-General (Dated back to 1938-01-11)

Service

1929-05-30 1933-05-01 Commanding Officer 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry
1933-05-01 1936-01-29 Instructor at Staff College Camberley
1936-03-03 1938-05-09 Director of Military Training, Army Headquarters India
1938-06-01 1941-06-01 General Officer Commanding 55th Infantry Division
1938-10-20 1947-10-15 Colonel, Somerset Light Infantry
1941-06-07 1943-05-14 General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland District
1943-XX-XX 1946-07-XX President of the Regular Commissions Board, War Office
1946-07-16 Retired
Picture source: NPG x186442, National Portrait Gallery, London