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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Umberto Somma

Somma, Umberto

Lieutenant-General

* 20th of November 1878

† 31st of December 1955

Promotions

1917-07-29 Lieutenant-Colonel (Seniority from 1917-04-01)
1918-02-03 Colonel (Seniority from 1918-01-06)
1932-02-02 Brigadier-General
1936-01-01 Major-General
1939-03-31 Lieutenant-General (Seniority from 1939-01-01)

Service

1918-XX-XX Commanding Officer Porretta Machine Gun Detachment
1919-09-16 1924-XX-XX Commandant of the Infantry School
1924-12-20 1927-01-15 Commanding Officer 83rd Infantry Regiment "Venezia"
1927-01-15 1929-04-15 At disposal of the Ministry of War
1929-04-15 1932-02-02 Commanding Officer Pistoia Military District
1932-02-02 1933-10-12 Commanding Officer 8th Infantry Brigade "Parma"
1933-10-12 1935-01-01 Inspector of Infantry
1935-01-01 1936-09-01 General Officer Commanding 2nd Black Shirt Division "XXVIII Ottobre" [East Africa]
1936-09-01 1937-10-30 General Officer Commanding 9th Infantry Division "Pasubio"
1937-10-30 1939-03-31 Attached to Firenze Corps
1939-03-31 1939-09-10 Attached to the Ministry of War
1939-09-10 1939-09-15 At disposal of the Chief of the Army General Staff
1939-09-15 1940-06-08 General Officer Commanding XXII Corps
1940-01-23 1941-01-27 Member of the Commission of the Affairs of Italian Africa, Senate
1940-06-08 1940-06-10 At disposal of the Chief of the Army General Staff
1940-06-10 1940-07-31 Attached to the Ministry of War
1940-07-31 Retired
1941-01-27 1943-08-05 Secretary of the Commission of the Affairs of Italian Africa, Senate
Picture source: Courtesy of Valdis Kursietis