The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Cecil Miller Smith

Smith, Cecil Miller

Lieutenant-General

* 17th of June 1896

† 22nd of March 1988

(Royal Army Service Corps)

Promotions

1940-02-16 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-05-16 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-09-16 Acting Colonel
1942-03-07 Acting Brigadier
1942-03-16 War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-03-16 Temporary Colonel
1942-09-07 Temporary Brigadier
1943-03-15 Acting Major-General
1944-03-15 War Substantive Colonel
1944-03-15 Temporary Major-General
1944-07-18 Lieutenant-Colonel
1945-01-16 Colonel (Dated back to 1944-03-15)
1946-11-23 Major-General (Dated back to 1944-12-28)
1947-01-31 Acting Lieutenant-General
1947-03-05 Relinquish the Acting rank of Lieutenant-General

Service

1940-02-16 1940-08-12 Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General, ?
1941-02-13 1941-09-15 Assistant Quartermaster-General ?
1941-09-16 1942-03-06 Deputy Director of Supplies & Transport ?
1942-03-07 1943-03-14 Deputy Adjutant & Quartermaster-General ?
1943-03-15 1944-04-23 Deputy Quartermaster-General, Middle East Command
1944-05-01 1944-10-XX Chief Administration Officer, Western Command
1944-XX-XX 1945-XX-XX Deputy Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force
1945-07-07 1947-04-30 Chief Administration Officer, Northern Command
1947-05-01 1948-01-24 Chief of Staff, Northern Command
1948-03-XX 1951-03-08 Director of Supplies & Transport, War Office
1950-10-19 1960-10-19 Colonel-Commandant, Royal Army Service Corps
1951-04-05 Retired
1952-11-24 1957-06-17 Honorary Colonel, 16th Airborne Division Column, Royal Army Service Corps, Territorial Army
Picture source: NPG x185340, National Portrait Gallery, London