The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Gervase Thorpe

Thorpe, Gervase

Major-General

* 10th of October 1877

† 4th of October 1962

(Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders)

Promotions

1916-06-14 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1917-01-01 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1918-06-07 Temporary Brigadier-General
1919-01-16 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier-General
1919-05-12 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1919-06-03 Brevet Colonel
1919-08-16 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel
1920-01-19 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1920-08-31 Colonel
1925-11-17 Temporary Colonel on Staff
1927-11-01 Colonel-Commandant
1928-06-01 Temporary Brigadier
1931-03-01 Major-General

Service

1916-06-14 1917-10-20 General Staff Officer 1, 46th Infantry Division [France]
1917-10-21 1918-06-06 General Staff Officer 1, 3rd Army [France]
1918-06-07 1919-01-16 Commanding Officer 17th Infantry Brigade [Brance]
1919-05-12 1919-08-16 Commanding Officer 3rd Battalion, Black Watch
1920-01-19 1923-04-24 Assistant Adjutant-General, War Office
1923-04-25 1925-11-16 Commanding Officer 154th Infantry Brigade
1925-11-17 1927-10-31 Colonel General Staff, British Army of the Rhine [Germany]
1927-11-01 1931-05-31 Commanding Officer 3rd Infantry Brigade
1931-06-01 1931-12-07 Half-pay
1931-12-07 1935-08-24 Deputy Adjutant-General, Army Headquarters India
1935-06-01 1939-06-01 General Officer Commanding 53rd Infantry Division
1937-07-08 1945-10-01 Colonel, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
1939-06-01 Retired
1940-02-28 Recalled
1940-02-28 Base Commander Cherbourg [France]
1941-XX-XX Retired