The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Nosworthy, Francis Poitiers
Lieutenant-General
* 21st of September 1887
† 9th of July 1971
(Royal Engineers)
Promotions
| 1919-06-13 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1921-01-01 | Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1922-XX-XX | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1926-01-07 | Local Colonel |
| 1928-03-15 | Local Colonel-Commandant |
| 1928-06-01 | Local Brigadier |
| 1928-06-22 | Relinquish the Local rank of Brigadier |
| 1929-03-31 | Local Brigadier |
| 1929-07-11 | Relinquish the Local rank of Brigadier |
| 1932-07-28 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1932-09-22 | Colonel (Dated back to 1925-01-01) |
| 1935-04-13 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1937-10-12 | Major-General |
| 1940-05-31 | Acting Lieutenant-General |
| 1940-06-08 | Lieutenant-General (Dated back to 1938-07-12) |
Service
| 1919-06-13 | – | 1922-XX-XX | Instructor at Staff College Quetta [India] |
| 1922-09-22 | – | 1926-01-06 | General Staff Officer 2, War Office |
| 1926-01-07 | – | 1930-01-06 | Chief Staff Officer to General Officer Commanding Sudan |
| 1928-03-15 | – | 1928-06-22 | Acting General Officer Commanding Sudan |
| 1929-03-31 | – | 1929-07-11 | Acting General Officer Commanding Sudan |
| 1932-09-22 | – | 1935-04-07 | General Staff Officer 1, British Troops in China |
| 1935-04-08 | – | 1935-04-13 | Half-pay |
| 1935-04-13 | – | 1938-01-11 | Commanding Officer 5th Infantry Brigade |
| 1938-01-12 | – | 1938-05-14 | Half-pay |
| 1938-07-18 | – | 1940-05-21 | Deputy Chief of the General Staff, Army Headquarters India |
| 1938-07-18 | – | 1938-12-31 | Director of Staff Duties, Army Headquarters India |
| 1940-05-31 | – | 1941-12-04 | General Officer Commanding IV Corps [Persia - Iraq] |
| 1940-12-24 | – | 1950-12-23 | Colonel-Commandant, Royal Engineers |
| 1942-02-01 | – | 1942-09-12 | General Officer Commanding IX Xorps |
| 1943-03-26 | – | 1945-01-04 | General Officer Commanding in Chief West Africa Command |
| 1944-05-26 | – | 1946-12-04 | Colonel, Royal Bombay Sappers & Miners |
| 1945-02-13 | Retired | ||
| 1946-12-05 | – | 1948-09-01 | Colonel-Commandant, Royal Indian Engineers |
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