The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Geoffrey Christopher Hale Wortham

Wortham, Geoffrey Christopher Hale

Major-General

* 25th of March 1913

† 10th of October 1967

(Royal Army Ordnance Corps)

Promotions

1941-07-19 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-10-19 War Substantive Major
1941-10-19 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-12-15 Acting Colonel
1943-06-15 War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel
1943-06-15 Temporary Colonel
1944-06-07 Acting Brigadier
1944-10-11 Relinquish the Acting rank of Brigadier
1946-06-24 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Colonel
1948-02-01 Major
1951-11-02 Lieutenant-Colonel
1954-11-27 Temporary Colonel
1956-09-22 Colonel
1959-09-16 Temporary Brigadier
1964-08-28 Brigadier
1967-03-31 Temporary Major-General
1967-04-29 Major-General

Service

1941-07-19 1942-05-31 Assistant Director of Ordnance Services, Middle East Command
1944-10-12 1944-12-20 Deputy Director of Ordnance Services, X Corps
1945-02-12 1946-02-25 Deputy Director of Ordnance Services, Allied Land Forces South East Asia
1948-05-21 1949-04-10 General Staff Officer 1, Royal Army Ordnance Corps Training Centre
1949-04-11 1950-09-28 Senior Instructor at Administrative Staff College
1952-12-22 1954-11-12 Assistant Director of Ordnance Services, War Office
1954-11-27 1957-03-27 Senior Instructor at Royal Army Ordnance Corps Training Centre
1957-05-10 1959-09-11 Assistant Director of Ordnance Services, War Office
1959-09-16 1961-03-22 Commandant of Central Ordnance Depot Didcot
1961-04-20 1963-XX-XX Director of Ordnance services Far East Land Forces
1963-XX-XX 1964-XX-XX Deputy Director of Ordnance Services, War Office
1964-XX-XX 1967-XX-XX Brigadier (Q), Ministry of Defence
1967-03-31 1967-10-10 Commander Base Organisation, Royal Army Ordnance Corps
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