The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Ernest Wood

Wood, Ernest

Lieutenant-General

* 9th of May 1894

† 17th of May 1971

(7th Rajput Regiment)

(Indian Army)

Promotions

1935-01-01 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1938-06-18 Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-05-07 Colonel (Dated back to 1938-01-01)
1940-11-12 Local Brigadier
1942-01-06 Local Major-General
1942-03-06 Acting Major-General
1943-03-06 Temporary Major-General
1945-03-17 Major-General (Dated back to 1944-04-01)
1946-12-17 Acting Lieutenant-General

Service

1936-05-01 1938-05-17 Deputy Secretary, Defence Department, Government of India
1938-06-18 1939-09-07 Commanding Officer 2nd Battalion, 7th Rajput Regiment
1939-09-08 1940-06-30 Secretary, Supply Department, Government of India
1940-07-01 1942-XX-XX Director-General of Supply, India
1942-XX-XX 1943-XX-XX Administrator General Eastern Frontier Communications, India
1943-XX-XX 1945-XX-XX Director-General of Munitions Production, Supply Department, Government of India
1945-09-12 1946-12-16 Deputy Master-General of the Ordnance (Supply), Army Headquarters India
1946-12-17 1947-08-15 Quartermaster-General, Army Headquarters India
1948-06-02 Retired
1948-XX-XX 1951-XX-XX Controller of Operations Colonial Development Corporation
1951-XX-XX 1952-XX-XX Chief of Staff Defence Production Board NATO
1955-XX-XX 1960-XX-XX Director of Civil Defence Eastern Region