The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Albert Edward Morrison

Morrison, Albert Edward

Major-General

* 17th of March 1901

† 20th of December 1989

(Royal Signals)

Promotions

1941-02-05 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-05-05 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1943-02-09 Acting Colonel
1943-02-09 Acting Brigadier
1943-04-04 Relinquish the Acting rank of Brigadier
1943-04-04 Relinquish the Acting rank of Colonel
1943-10-12 Acting Colonel
1944-03-18 War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel
1944-03-18 Temporary Colonel
1944-04-23 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Colonel
1944-08-06 Temporary Colonel
1944-09-12 Acting Brigadier
1945-02-17 Temporary Brigadier
1945-06-15 Lieutenant-Colonel (Dated back to 1945-06-12)
1947-03-06 Colonel
1947-12-15 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier
1948-06-17 Temporary Brigadier
1951-05-30 Brigadier
1954-06-18 Local Major-General
1954-06-23 Temporary Major-General
1955-06-30 Major-General

Service

1941-XX-XX Commanding Officer No. 3 Lines of Communication Signals
1941-XX-XX Commanding Officer 9th Army Signals
1942-09-15 1943-02-08 Assistant Adjutant-General, ?
1943-03-05 1943-11-10 General Staff Officer 1, ?
1943-10-12 1944-04-23 Chief Signal Officer, 15th Army Group [Italy]
1944-06-06 1944-08-05 Staff Officer (Signals), Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces
1944-08-06 1944-08-08 Chief Signal Officer (Colonel), Allied Force Headquarters
1944-08-09 1945-07-17 Deputy Chief Signal Officer, Allied Force Headquarters
1945-07-25 1945-10-24 Chief Air Formation Signals Officer, Mediterranean Allied Air Forces
1945-10-15 1947-10-15 Chief Signal Officer, Italy
1947-12-16 1948-06-16 Deputy Chief Signal Officer, British Army of the Rhine [Germany]
1948-06-17 1951-08-11 Chief Signal Officer, British Army of the Rhine [Germany]
1951-09-01 1954-05-30 Chief Signal Officer, Anti-Aircraft Command
1954-06-23 Chief Signal Officer, Middle East Land Forces
1957-03-23 Retired
1957-04-30 Honorary Colonel, 1st Northern Commanding Medium Signal Regiment, Territorial Army
1959-01-01 1964-01-01 Colonel-Commandant, Royal Signals