The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Reginald Arthur Savory

Savory, Reginald Arthur

Lieutenant-General

* 26th of July 1894

† 14th of June 1980

(11th Sikh Regiment)

(Indian Army)

Promotions

1934-07-01 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1937-12-06 Lieutenant-Colonel
1939-09-21 Colonel (Dated back to 1937-01-01)
1940-04-02 Acting Brigadier
1940-10-02 Temporary Brigadier
1941-10-11 Acting Major-General
1942-10-11 Temporary Major-General
1943-10-24 Major-General
1946-03-15 Acting Lieutenant-General
1947-03-15 Temporary Lieutenant-General
1947-09-01 Lieutenant-General
1950-11-27 Lieutenant

Service

1937-12-06 1939-09-20 Commanding Officer 1st Battalion, 11th Sikh Regiment
1939-09-21 1940-04-01 Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General, 5th Indian Division [India]
1940-04-02 1941-10-10 Commanding Officer 11th Indian Brigade [North Africa}
1941-10-11 1942-01-19 General Officer Commanding Eritrea
1942-01-01 1943-06-13 General Officer Commanding 23rd Indian Division
1943-06-20 1945-XX-XX Director of Infantry, Army Headquarters India
1945-10-XX 1946-03-01 General Officer Commanding Persia & Iraq Command
1946-03-15 1947-08-15 Adjutant-General, Army Headquarters India
1946-03-29 1956-04-05 Colonel, Sikh Light Infantry, Indian Army
1948-05-31 Retired
1950-11-27 1954-04-15 Commissioned Lieutenant in Somerset Light Infantry
Picture source: NPG x185144, National Portrait Gallery, London