The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Osborne, Edmund Archibald
Lieutenant-General
* 26th of July 1885
† 1st of June 1969
(Royal Signals)
Nickname: Sigs
Promotions
| 1921-06-12 | Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1926-03-31 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1930-04-13 | Colonel (Dated back to 1925-06-12) |
| 1934-11-01 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1937-12-17 | Major-General |
| 1940-06-26 | Acting Lieutenant-General |
| 1940-10-01 | Lieutenant-General (Dated back to 1938-07-14) |
Service
| 1922-05-01 | – | 1924-01-16 | Instructor at Staff College Camberley |
| 1924-03-15 | – | 1926-03-30 | Instructor at Schools of Signals |
| 1926-03-31 | – | 1930-03-30 | Commandant of School of Signals |
| 1930-03-31 | – | 1930-07-01 | Half-pay |
| 1930-07-01 | – | 1933-01-21 | General Staff Officer 1, 3rd Infantry Division |
| 1933-01-22 | – | 1934-10-31 | Commanding Officer 157th Infantry Brigade |
| 1934-11-01 | – | 1938-03-30 | Commanding Officer Cairo Brigade [Egypt] |
| 1938-03-31 | – | 1938-04-21 | Half-pay |
| 1938-04-21 | – | 1940-06-25 | General Officer Commanding 44th Infantry Division [France] |
| 1938-08-26 | – | 1946-11-15 | Colonel-Commandant, Royal Signals |
| 1940-06-26 | – | 1941-XX-XX | General Officer Commanding II Corps |
| 1941-12-05 | Retired |
Picture source: NPG x162978, National Portrait Gallery, London