The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Brigadier Charles Edward Francis Turner

Turner, Charles Edward Francis

Brigadier

* 23rd of April 1899

† 1st of March 1990

(Royal Engineers)

Promotions

1939-10-30 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-01-30 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-11-09 Acting Colonel
1941-05-09 War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-05-09 Temporary Colonel
1941-07-09 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Colonel
1943-04-27 Temporary Colonel
1943-10-09 Lieutenant-Colonel
1943-10-18 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Colonel
1944-02-10 Temporary Colonel
1944-06-30 Colonel (Dated back to 1944-05-09)
1944-10-26 Acting Brigadier
1945-03-21 Relinquish the Acting rank of Brigadier
1950-08-24 Granted the Honorary

Service

1939-10-30 1940-05-02 Assistant Quartermaster-General, ?
1940-05-03 1940-11-08 Assistant Quartermaster-General, ? [Middle East]
1940-11-09 1941-07-09 Assistant Director of Movements Middle East Command
1941-07-14 1942-09-26 Assistant Quartermaster-General, British Troops in Sudan
1942-09-27 Assistant Quartermaster-General, 7th Armoured Division
Senior Staff Officer, Tripolitania Base
1945-12-XX 1947-06-XX Deputy Director of Manpower Planning, War Office
Deputy Chief Engineer, Malaya District
1950-08-24 Retired
Picture source: From: "The Royal Engineers Journal", 1990, Vol. 104, No. 2