The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General James Newton Rodney Moore

Moore, James Newton Rodney

Lieutenant-General

* 9th of June 1905

† 19th of May 1985

(Grenadiers Guards)

Promotions

1942-04-29 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-07-29 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1945-07-15 Acting Colonel
1945-07-15 Acting Brigadier
1946-01-15 War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel
1946-01-15 Temporary Colonel
1946-01-15 Temporary Brigadier
1947-07-31 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier
1948-03-05 Lieutenant-Colonel
1948-06-05 Temporary Brigadier
1949-05-25 Colonel
1953-03-28 Temporary Major-General
1953-09-28 Brigadier
1954-04-05 Major-General
1959-10-26 Lieutenant-General
1964-03-01 Local General
1964-04-15 General

Service

1942-04-29 1944-01-23 General Staff Officer 1, Guards Armoured Division
1944-XX-XX 1945-XX-XX Commanding Officer 2nd Battalion, Grenadiers Guards [Northwestern Europe]
1945-07-11 1946-07-XX Commanding Officer 8th Infantry Brigade [Germany - Palestine]
1946-07-XX 1947-07-31 Commanding Officer 1st Guards Brigade [Palestine]
1947-08-01 1950-01-08 Deputy District Officer Commanding London District
1947-08-01 1948-06-05 Colonel General Staff, London District
1948-06-05 1950-01-08 Chief of Staff, London District
1950-XX-XX Attendant at Imperial Defence College
1951-01-03 1953-03-27 Deputy Adjutant-General, British Army of the Rhine [Germany]
1953-03-28 1955-05-14 Chief of Staff, Allied Forces Northern Europe
1955-07-20 1955-11-15 General Officer Commanding 1st Infantry Division [Middle East]
1955-11-16 1957-06-04 General Officer Commanding 10th Armoured Division
1957-07-15 1959-08-31 District Officer Commanding London District
1957-07-15 1959-08-31 Major-General Commanding Household Brigade
1959-10-26 1964-XX-XX Chief of Staff, Malayan Federal Armed Forces
1959-10-26 1964-XX-XX Director of Emergency Operations Malaya
1964-03-01 1966-XX-XX Defence Services Secretary, Ministry of Defence
1965-02-25 1966-10-18 Aide-de-Camp General to the Queen
1966-10-01 1967-03-31 Colonel-Commandant, Honourable Artillery Company, Territorial Army
1966-10-18 Retired
1967-04-01 1976-08-02 Colonel-Commandant, Honourable Artillery Company, Territorial & Army Volunteer Reserve
Picture source: NPG x186696, National Portrait Gallery, London