General
* 25th of February 1887
† 11th of July 1966
1918-11-10 | Brevet Colonel |
1920-01-01 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
1923-01-01 | Colonel |
1929-01-01 | Major-General |
1940-07-10 | Lieutenant-General |
1944-09-29 | General |
1917-01-27 | – | 1918-11-09 | Counter-Battery Staff Officer Canadian Corps [France] |
1918-11-10 | – | 1919-03-30 | Brigadier-General Royal Artillery Canadian Corps [France] |
1920-01-01 | – | 1925-09-14 | Director of Military Training & Staff Duties, National Defence Headquarters |
1923-01-01 | – | 1927-12-22 | Deputy Chief of the General Staff, National Defence Headquarters |
1928-05-01 | – | 1928-12-31 | District Officer Commanding 11th Military District |
1929-01-01 | – | 1935-06-01 | Chief of the General Staff, National Defence Headquarters |
1939-10-05 | – | 1939-10-16 | Inspector-General of 1st Canadian Division |
1939-10-17 | – | 1940-07-21 | General Officer Commanding 1st Canadian Division [England] |
1940-07-21 | – | 1941-12-24 | General Officer Commanding VII (British) Corps [England] |
1940-12-24 | – | 1941-11-14 | General Officer Commanding I Canadian Corps [England] |
1942-04-06 | – | 1943-12-26 | General Officer Commanding 1st Canadian Army [England] |
1944-11-01 | Retired | ||
1944-11-02 | – | 1945-08-21 | Minister of National Defence |
1945-09-01 | – | 1949-XX-XX | Chairman of the Canadian Section, Canadian & US Permanent Joint Board on Defence |