The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Brigadier Gerald Ernest Thubron

Thubron, Gerald Ernest

Brigadier

* 13th of July 1903

† 6th of September 1992

(North Staffordshire Regiment)

Promotions

1942-07-01 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-10-01 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1944-11-23 Acting Colonel
1944-11-23 Acting Brigadier
1945-05-23 War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel
1945-05-23 Temporary Colonel
1945-05-23 Temporary Brigadier
1948-05-09 Colonel
1952-07-13 Brigadier

Service

1942-07-01 General Staff Officer 1, 1st Infantry Division [North Africa]
1944-11-23 Commanding Officer 2nd Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment [Italy]
1944-11-23 1945-XX-XX Commanding Officer 11th Infantry Brigade [Italy]
1945-11-01 1948-06-XX Commandant of the Senior Officers' School Sheerness
1949-08-XX 1952-09-XX Military Adviser to the British High Commissioner in Canada
1952-11-XX 1955-09-XX Deputy Director of Military Training, War Office
1956-01-12 Retired
1958-03-31 1959-01-31 Colonel, North Staffordshire Regiment
1959-01-31 1966-08-22 Colonel, Staffordshire Regiment
Picture source: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205526717