The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General John Michael Kane Spurling

Spurling, John Michael Kane

Major-General

* 9th of May 1906

† 23rd of January 1980

(Leicestershire Regiment)

Promotions

1942-04-18 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-07-18 War Substantive Major
1942-07-18 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1944-10-25 Acting Colonel
1944-10-25 Acting Brigadier
1945-04-25 War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel
1945-04-25 Temporary Colonel
1945-04-25 Temporary Brigadier
1948-10-07 Lieutenant-Colonel
1950-04-14 Colonel
1954-01-24 Brigadier
1955-06-01 Temporary Major-General
1956-08-21 Major-General

Service

1942-04-18 1943-04-04 General Staff Officer 1, War Office
1943-04-XX 1944-01-01 Commanding Officer 7th Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment
1944-01-01 1944-07-01 General Staff Officer 1, War Office
1944-07-01 1944-10-28 Commanding Officer 2nd/5th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers
1944-10-29 1944-12-02 Commanding Officer 69th Infantry Brigade [Northwestern Europe]
1944-12-02 1945-01-26 Commanding Officer 131st Infantry Brigade [Northwestern Europe]
1945-02-06 1945-05-16 Commanding Officer 131st Infantry Brigade [Northwestern Europe]
1945-06-07 1945-11-13 Commanding Officer 131st Infantry Brigade [Northwestern Europe]
1945-12-07 1947-09-10 Deputy Director of Military Training, War Office
1947-09-21 1948-01-09 Deputy Director of Military Training, War Office
1948-01-10 1950-04-02 Commanding Officer 4th Parachute Brigade
1950-05-14 1953-10-09 Commandant of the Senior Officers' School Sheerness
1953-11-12 1955-05-04 Chief of Staff, West Africa Command
1955-06-01 1958-05-24 Chief of Staff, Northern Command
1958-06-21 Retired
1965-08-01 1971-01-01 Deputy Colonel, Royal Anglian Regiment
Picture source: https://royalleicestershireregiment.org.uk/entity/122743-spurling-john-michael-kane-cb-cbe-dso