The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Brigadier Geoffrey Acworth Rimbault

Rimbault, Geoffrey Acworth

Brigadier

* 17th of April 1908

† 20th of October 1991

Promotions

1944-02-23 Lieutenant-Colonel
1944-05-23 War Substantive Major
1944-05-23 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1945-05-22 Acting Colonel
1945-05-22 Acting Brigadier
1945-08-17 Relinquish the acting rank of Brigadier
1945-08-17 Relinquish the acting rank of Colonel
1946-07-01 Major
1951-07-01 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1952-03-01 Temporary Colonel
1952-08-06 Lieutenant-Colonel
1954-06-06 Colonel
1954-08-13 Temporary Brigadier
1958-06-06 Brigadier

Service

1944-XX-XX 1945-XX-XX Commanding Officer 1st Battalion, Loyal Regiment [Italy]
1945-05-22 1945-08-18 Acting Commanding Officer 2nd Infantry Brigade [Middle East]
1947-XX-XX 1948-XX-XX Commandant of Lancaster Brigade Infantry Training Centre
1948-03-15 1949-11-20 General Staff Officer 1, War Office
1949-12-16 1952-02-07 Chief Instructor at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
1952-03-01 1953-11-30 Chief of Staff, East Africa Command
1953-12-01 1954-06-20 Deputy Chief of Staff, East Africa Command
1955-08-13 1957-XX-XX Commanding Officer 131st Infantry Brigade
1958-XX-XX 1961-XX-XX Deputy Commandant of Aldershot Garrison
1961-07-21 Retired