The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General George Surtees

Surtees, George

Major-General

* 17th of December 1895

† 16th of July 1976

(Lancashire fusiliers)

Promotions

1937-01-01 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1939-07-19 Colonel
1941-02-12 Acting Brigadier
1941-08-12 Temporary Brigadier
1942-09-15 Acting Major-General
1943-09-15 Temporary Major-General
1945-11-18 Major-General (Dated back to 1944-01-14)

Service

1936-01-01 1939-05-21 General Staff Officer, 2 War Office
1939-07-29 1941-02-11 Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General, British Military Mission to Egypt
1941-02-12 1942-03-15 Deputy Adjutant & Quartermaster-General, British Troops in Sudan
1942-XX-XX Deputy Quartermaster-General, Middle East Command
1944-07-XX 1944-12-XX Chief Administration Officer, South Eastern Command
1945-01-01 1945-05-07 General Officer Commanding Lines of Communication, 21st Army Group [Northwestern Europe]
1945-12-31 1955-12-31 Colonel, Lancashire fusiliers
1949-03-07 Retired
Picture source: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205436021