The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General John Evered Witt

Witt, John Evered

Major-General

* 15th of January 1897

† 1989

(Royal Army Service Corps)

Promotions

1939-09-04 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1939-11-09 Relinquish the Acting rank of Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-02-10 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-03-06 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-05-18 Acting Colonel
1942-06-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-10-12 Acting Brigadier
1942-11-18 Temporary Colonel
1943-04-12 Temporary Brigadier
1945-05-08 Colonel
1949-06-08 Brigadier
1950-07-06 Temporary Major-General
1951-02-22 Major-General

Service

1939-09-04 1939-11-09 Assistant Director of Supplies & Transport, Northern Command
1940-05-31 1940-12-08 Assistant Director of Supplies & Transport ?
1940-12-09 1942-05-17 Assistant Adjutant-General, War Office
1942-10-12 1942-12-31 Commandant of ?
1943-01-01 1943-07-25 Deputy Director of Supplies & Transport, ?
1943-07-26 1945-XX-XX Deputy Director of Supplies & Transport, War Office
1946-04-XX 1948-05-XX Director of Supplies & Transport, British Army of the Rhine [Germany]
1948-05-XX 1949-10-XX Director of Supplies & Transport, Far Eastern Land Forces
1949-12-XX 1950-06-XX Deputy Director of Supplies & Transport, War Office
1950-04-30 1951-02-22 Aide-de-Camp to the King
1950-07-06 1953-08-XX Director of Supplies & Transport, Middle East Land Forces
1953-10-08 Retired