The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of General Edwin Logie Morris

Morris, Edwin Logie

General

* 10th of March 1889

† 29th of June 1970

(Royal Engineers)

Promotions

1926-12-31 Local Lieutenant-Colonel
1929-01-01 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1933-01-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1934-12-28 Colonel (Dated back to 1932-01-01)
1936-11-14 Temporary Brigadier
1939-09-04 Major-General (Dated back to 27.06.1938)
1941-11-18 Acting Lieutenant-General
1942-02-01 Local Lieutenant-General
1942-02-14 Acting Lieutenant-General
1942-12-01 Temporary Lieutenant-General
1943-01-04 Lieutenant-General
1946-04-08 General

Service

1926-12-31 1930-01-20 Instructor at Staff College Camberley
1931-01-19 1932-12-09 General Staff Officer 2, War Office
1933-01-18 1934-01-XX Attending the Imperial Defence College
1934-03-09 1934-12-27 Commander Royal Engineers, Dehli Brigade [India]
1934-12-28 1936-10-02 Deputy Director of Military Operations & Intelligence, Army Headquarters India
1936-11-14 1938-10-04 Deputy Director of Military Operations, War Office
1938-10-05 1939-09-03 Brigadier General Staff, Northern Command
1939-03-16 1939-09-03 Aide-de-Camp to the King
1939-09-04 1940-10-31 Director of Staff Duties, War Office
1940-11-09 1940-12-16 General Officer Commanding Division West Sussex County
1940-12-17 1941-05-18 Special employment
1941-05-19 1941-11-18 General Officer Commanding 1st Infantry Division
1941-11-18 1942-01-31 General Officer Commanding IX Corps
1942-02-14 1944-04-05 Chief of the General Staff, Army Headquarters India
1944-06-07 1946-02-27 General Officer Commanding in Chief Northern Command
1944-11-23 1958-10-01 Colonel-Commandant, Royal Engineers
1946-XX-XX 1948-11-15 Head Army Representative Military Staff Committee in United Nations
1947-04-23 1948-11-15 Aide-de-Camp General to the King
1948-11-15 Retired
1951-09-11 1958-10-01 Chief Royal Engineer
1957-04-11 1959-03-10 Honorary Colonel, 1st Special Communications Regiment, Royal Signals, Territorial Army
Picture source: NPG x95084, National Portrait Gallery, London