The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Edward Louis Spears

Spears, Edward Louis

Major-General

* 7th of August 1886

† 27th of January 1974

(11th Hussars)

Promotions

1917-05-02 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1918-01-01 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1918-01-22 Temporary Brigadier-General
1920-06-30 Lieutenant-Colonel
1920-06-30 Granted the Honorary rank of Brigadier-General
1922-03-01 Colonel
1940-05-26 Local Major-General
1944-12-15 Granted the Honorary rank of Major-General

Service

1917-05-02 1918-01-21 Generals Staff Officer 1 (Liaison Officer), British Armies in France
1918-01-22 1920-06-30 Brigadier-General General Staff, British Military Mission to France
1920-06-30 Retired
1940-05-26 Recalled
1940-05-26 1940-06-XX Prime Minster's representative with French Prime Minister
1940-06-28 1942-02-09 Head of British Military Mission No. 20 to the Free French
1942-02-09 1944-12-05 Minister Plenipotentiary to Lebanon & Syria
1944-12-15 Retired
Picture source: From: "Assignment to Catastrophe - The Fall of France" by E.L. Spears, 1954