The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Herbert Clive Phipps

Phipps, Herbert Clive

Major-General

* 3rd of August 1898

† 3rd of November 1975

(Royal Artillery)

Promotions

1940-12-26 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-03-26 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1943-11-29 Acting Colonel
1943-11-29 Acting Brigadier
1944-05-29 War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel
1944-05-29 Temporary Colonel
1944-05-29 Temporary Brigadier
1944-10-22 Lieutenant-Colonel
1947-04-23 Colonel
1951-05-01 Temporary Major-General
1951-10-29 Major-General

Service

1943-11-23 1945-08-XX Commander Royal Artillery, Guards Armoured Division [Northwestern Europe]
1947-12-01 1951-04-30 Brigadier Royal Artillery, Southern Command
1951-05-01 1954-05-03 General Officer Commanding 2nd Anti-Aircraft Group
1954-05-31 Retired
1955-12-28 1963-11-12 Colonel-Commandant, Royal Artillery
1957-07-31 1962-07-31 Honorary Colonel, 257th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, Territorial Army
Picture source: NPG x169977, National Portrait Gallery, London