The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Norman Vyvyan Watson

Watson, Norman Vyvyan

Major-General

* 26th of January 1898

† 4th of October 1974

(Royal Artillery)

Promotions

1939-01-01 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1939-09-09 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1939-12-09 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-03-10 Acting Colonel
1941-03-10 Acting Brigadier
1941-09-10 War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-09-10 Temporary Colonel
1941-09-10 Temporary Brigadier
1942-09-17 Colonel (Dated back to 1941-02-01)
1944-04-03 Acting Major-General
1945-04-03 Temporary Major-General
Relinquish the Temporary rank of Major-General
1947-11-01 Brigadier
1949-02-07 Temporary Major-General
1949-08-20 Major-General

Service

1938-03-21 1939-09-08 General Staff Officer 2, War Office
1939-09-09 1941-03-09 General Staff Officer 1, War Office
1941-03-10 1943-03-01 Deputy Director of Staff Duties, War Office
1944-04-23 1946-05-02 Director of Staff Duties, Army Headquarters India
1946-05-03 1947-XX-XX Deputy Chief of the General Staff (A), Army Headquarters India
1947-07-01 1949-02-XX Brigadier (A/Q), Western Command
1949-02-XX 1952-02-XX Deputy Quartermaster-General, War Office
1952-03-20 Retired