The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Eustace Francis Tickell

Tickell, Eustace Francis

Major-General

* 10th of December 1893

† 28th of December 1972

(Royal Engineers)

Promotions

1933-01-01 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1936-09-25 Lieutenant-Colonel
1939-04-06 Colonel (Dated back to 1936-01-01)
1939-08-22 Local Brigadier
1939-10-26 Acting Brigadier
1940-04-26 Temporary Brigadier
1941-03-29 Acting Major-General
1942-03-29 Temporary Major-General
1942-11-10 Major-General (Dated back to 1941-09-30)

Service

1932-02-01 1936-08-09 Instructor at School of Military Engineering
1939-04-06 1940-04-01 Chief Engineer, British Troops in Egypt
1940-XX-XX 1944-XX-XX Engineer-in-Chief, Middle East Command
1941-XX-XX Director of Works, Middle East Command
1944-04-21 1945-07-15 Director of Works, 21st Army Group [Northwestern Europe]
1945-07-15 1945-08-24 Engineer-in-Chief, 21st Army Group [Northwestern Europe]
1945-08-25 1945-10-14 Engineer-in-Chief, British Army of the Rhine [Germany]
1945-10-05 1948-10-XX Engineer-in-Chief, War Office
1949-02-09 Retired
1950-12-24 1958-12-10 Colonel-Commandant, Royal Engineers
1953-05-02 1959-05-02 Honorary Colonel, Royal Engineer Resources Units, Army Emergency Reserve
Picture source: NPG x169648, National Portrait Gallery, London