The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of General Ouvry Lindfield Roberts

Roberts, Ouvry Lindfield

General

* 3rd of April 1898

† 16th of March 1986

(Royal Engineers)

Promotions

1938-07-01 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1939-09-17 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1939-12-17 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-01-01 Acting Brigadier
1942-04-10 Colonel (Dated back to 1941-07-01)
1942-07-01 Temporary Brigadier
1943-08-10 Acting Major-General
1944-08-10 Temporary Major-General
1945-02-17 Major-General (Dated back to 1944-06-05)
1945-03-12 Acting Lieutenant-General
1945-10-15 Relinquish the Acting rank of Lieutenant-General
1946-05-07 Acting Lieutenant-General
1946-06-17 Relinquish the Acting rank of Lieutenant-General
1948-06-30 Lieutenant-General (Dated back to 1946-08-07)
1950-10-20 General

Service

1939-09-17 1941-01-28 Deputy Director of Military Operations & Intelligence, Army Headquarters India
1941-01-29 1941-09-15 General Staff Officer 1, 10th Indian Division [Iraq]
1942-01-01 1942-03-13 Commanding Officer 20th Indian Brigade
1942-07-02 1942-12-17 Commanding Officer 16th Infantry Brigade [Sri Lanka]
1943-01-25 1943-08-09 Brigadier General Staff, IV Corps [Burma]
1943-08-XX 1945-03-12 General Officer Commanding 23rd Indian Division [Burma]
1945-03-12 1945-10-15 General Officer Commanding XXXIV Indian Corps [Malaya]
1945-12-03 1947-11-XX Deputy Adjutant-General (A), War Office
1948-01-01 1949-07-09 General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland District
1949-07-09 1952-08-01 General Officer Commanding in Chief Southern Command
1952-06-27 1955-06-26 Aide-de-Camp General to the Queen
1952-07-11 1962-01-17 Colonel-Commandant, Royal Engineers
1952-08-11 1955-05-31 Quartermaster-General to the Forces, War Office
1955-06-29 Retired
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