The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Evelyn Alexander Sutton

Sutton, Evelyn Alexander

Major-General

* 14th of September 1891

† 8th of January 1964

(Royal Army Medical Corps)

Promotions

1935-12-30 Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-06-25 Acting Colonel
1940-12-25 Temporary Colonel
1941-10-06 Acting Brigadier
1941-10-08 Colonel (Dated back to 1938-12-30)
1942-04-06 Temporary Brigadier
1943-05-20 Reverted to Colonel
1943-12-10 Temporary Brigadier
1944-04-29 Local Major-General
1944-06-07 Acting Major-General
1945-01-03 Reverted to Temporary Brigadier
1945-02-26 Acting Major-General
1945-06-29 Temporary Major-General
1945-08-01 Major-General

Service

1935-XX-XX 1939-XX-XX Commanding Officer Military Hospital Jamaica
1939-XX-XX Assistant Director of Medical Services, Northern Command
1939-XX-XX 1940-XX-XX Commanding Officer 2nd Corps Field Ambulance
1940-01-11 1940-06-08 Assistant Director of Medical Services, Northern Command
1940-XX-XX Commanding Officer 9th General Hospital
1940-12-01 1941-09-14 Deputy Director of Medical Services, 1st Line of Communication Area
1941-10-06 1943-04-04 Director of Medical Services, East Africa Command
1943-06-11 1943-12-09 Assistant Director of Medical Services, Hants & Dorset District
1943-12-10 1944-04-28 Attached to the Chief of Staff Supreme Allied Commander
1944-05-07 1945-01-03 Director of Medical Services, 15th Army Group [Italy]
1945-XX-XX Deputy Chief Surgeon, Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force
1945-02-26 1948-XX-XX Deputy Director of Medical Services, Northern Command
1948-03-01 Retired
Picture source: NPG x85406, National Portrait Gallery, London