The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Edmund Archibald Osborne

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