The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Edgar Platt Readman

Readman, Edgar Platt

Major-General

* 12th of August 1893

† 18th of April 1980

(Royal Army Ordnance Corps)

(Territorial Army)

Promotions

1934-01-01 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1939-04-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-02-17 Acting Colonel
1940-08-17 Temporary Colonel
1940-09-25 Acting Brigadier
1941-03-25 Temporary Brigadier
1944-11-13 Acting Major-General
1945-04-11 Major-General

Service

1940-02-10 1945-09-XX Commandant of Central Ordnance Depot Chilwell, Royal Army Ordnance Corps Establishment
1948-02-11 1960-08-12 Honorary Colonel, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, 49th Infantry Division
1951-09-25 Retired
Picture source: From: "The Chilwell story : VC factory and ordnance depot" by M.J. Haslam, 1982