The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of General Eric Carden Robert Mansergh

Mansergh, Eric Carden Robert

General

* 12th of May 1900

† 8th of November 1970

(Royal Artillery)

Promotions

1941-05-25 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-06-16 Relinquish the Acting rank of Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-09-19 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-11-26 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-06-12 Acting Colonel
1942-06-12 Acting Brigadier
1942-12-12 War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-12-12 Temporary Colonel
1942-12-12 Temporary Brigadier
1945-01-05 Acting Major-General
1945-07-31 Colonel
1946-04-19 Acting Lieutenant-General
1946-12-24 Major-General (Dated back to 1946-04-26)
1946-12-29 Relinquish the Acting rank of Lieutenant-General
1948-11-15 Lieutenant-General
1953-04-01 Temporary General
1953-09-29 General

Service

1942-06-12 1944-10-29 Commander Royal Artillery, 5th Indian Division
1944-09-03 1944-09-13 Acting General Officer Commanding 5th Indian Division [Burma]
1944-10-30 1945-01-04 Commanding Officer ? Brigade
1945-01-05 1945-02-21 General Officer Commanding 11th East African Division [Burma]
1945-02-22 1946-04-18 General Officer Commanding 5th Indian Division [Burma]
1946-04-19 1946-12-29 General Officer Commanding Allied Forces Netherlands East Indies
1947-01-07 1948-04-26 Director of Territorial Army & Cadets, War Office
1948-04-27 1949-10-16 Military Secretary to the Secretary of State for War
1949-10-16 1951-10-14 General Officer Commanding British Forces in Hong Kong
1950-09-05 Colonel-Commandant, Royal Artillery
1951-10-30 1953-04-01 Deputy Commander in Chief Allied Forces Northern Europe
1953-04-01 1956-01-16 Commander in Chief Allied Forces Northern Europe
1956-01-16 1959-XX-XX Commander in Chief United Kingdom Land Forces
1956-07-20 1959-02-13 Aide-de-Camp General to the Queen
1957-01-01 Colonel-Commandant, Royal Horse Artillery
1959-02-13 Retired
1960-12-01 1970-11-08 Master Gunner at St. James Park
Picture source: NPG x84415, National Portrait Gallery, London