The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Brigadier Claude John Wilkinson

Wilkinson, Claude John

Brigadier

* 11th of March 1903

† 18th of December 1999

(Royal Norfolk Regiment)

Promotions

1943-03-16 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1943-06-16 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1944-09-01 Acting Colonel
1944-09-01 Acting Brigadier
1945-03-01 Temporary Colonel
1945-03-01 Temporary Brigadier
1947-05-10 Lieutenant-Colonel
1950-10-11 Colonel
1953-11-18 Granted the Honorary rank of Brigadier

Service

1943-03-16 1944-09-01 Commanding Officer 2nd Battalion, Royal Leicesters
1944-09-01 1944-12-29 Commanding Officer 16th Infantry Brigade [Burma]
1945-03-XX 1945-09-25 Commanding Officer 77th Indian Parachute Brigade
1945-09-20 1946-03-XX Commanding Officer 14th Air Landing Brigade [India]
1946-03-XX 1946-12-XX Commanding Officer 14th Indian Parachute Brigade
1947-XX-XX 1949-XX-XX Commandant of Small Arms School, Hythe
1949-04-XX 1950-10-XX Commanding Officer 4th Guards Brigade [Germany]
1950-12-XX 1953-09-XX Commanding Officer 149th Infantry Brigade
1951-08-26 1959-08-29 Colonel, Royal Norfolk Regiment
1953-11-18 Retired