The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Brigadier Harley Gerald Veasey

Veasey, Harley Gerald

Brigadier

* 29th of January 1896

† 4th of October 1982

(Queen's Royal Regiment)

Promotions

1940-09-01 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-12-01 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1943-01-01 Acting Colonel
1943-07-01 War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel
1943-07-01 Temporary Colonel
1943-10-07 Acting Brigadier
1944-04-07 Temporary Brigadier
1944-05-15 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier
1948-09-13 Granted the Honorary rank of Brigadier

Service

1940-11-XX 1943-01-XX Commanding Officer 2nd Battalion, Northern Rhodesia Regiment [Madagascar]
1942-05-27 1942-06-02 Acting Commanding Officer 27th North Rhodesian Brigade
1943-01-XX 1947-10-06 Commanding Officer British Troops on Mauritius
1943-10-07 1944-05-15 Commanding Officer 28th East African Brigade [East Africa - Ceylon]
1944-12-28 1946-01-XX Commanding Officer 1/7th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment
1946-XX-XX 1947-XX-XX Commandant of 13th Infantry Training Centre
1947-XX-XX 1948-XX-XX Commandant of Primary Training Centre Guilford
1948-09-13 Retired