Date of birth:

August 23rd, 1899

Date of death:

August 29th, 1965

Service number:

15806

Nationality:

British (1801-present, Kingdom)

Promotions:
October 11th, 1941: Colonel (as from July 1st, 1941);
?: temporary Brigadier;
January 24th, 1943: acting Major General;
January 24th, 1944: temporary Major General;
January 26th, 1946: Major General (seniority June 1st, 1944);
December 20th, 1948: Lieutenant General (seniority August 3rd, 1946);
June 5th, 1953: temporary General;
July 21st, 1953: General.

Career:
1937: replacing Assistent Quartermaster General, Eastern Command;
1939: General Staff Officer, 1st London Division, Territorial Army;
1941: Commanding Officer 2nd Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps, 69th Infantry Brigade;
1942: Commanding Officer 7th British Armored Division
1944: Head Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force, Belgium;
1945: Commanding Officer 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division;
1946: Commanding Officer Land Forces, Hong Kong;
1948 - 1949: Directing General Territorial Army;
1949 - April 23rd, 1952: General Officer Commanding, British
Troops, Egypt;
June 11th, 1950 - July 24th, 1950: Officiating Commander-in-Chief, Middle East Land Forces;
May 2nd, 1952: General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Command;
1953: General Officer Commanding-in-Chief East Africa Command;
June 26th, 1955 - 1965: Aide-de-camp General Queen Elizabeth II;
November 1st, 1955 - November 1st, 1958: General Officer Commanding-in-Chief,
Southern Command;
1958 - 1963: Governor / Commanding Officer Jersey.

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• - MEAD, R., Churchill's Lions, Spellmount Publishers Ltd., Chalford, England, 2007.
  - SMART, N., Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War, Pen & Sword Books Limited, Barnsley, England, 2005.
  - The London Gazette Issue 35360, Page 6826: promotion Colonel.
  - The London Gazette Issue 35771, Page 4795: DSO.
  - The London Gazette Issue 35918, Page 967: promotion acting Major General.
  - The London Gazette Issue 36065, Page 2853: MiD.
  - The London Gazette Issue 36120, Page 3521: CB.
  - The London Gazette Issue 36372, Page 727: promotion temporary Major General.
  - The London Gazette Issue 36668, Page 3926: MiD.
  - The London Gazette Issue 37204, Page 3957: MiD.
  - The London Gazette Issue 37454, Page 797: promotion Major General.
  - The London Gazette Issue 37686, Page 4104: Couronne de Chene.
  - The London Gazette Issue 37853, Page 324: Leopold II.
  - The London Gazette Issue 38486, Page 6657: promotion Lieutenant General.
  - The London Gazette Issue 38762, Page 5466: Honorary Colonel.
  - The London Gazette Issue 38797, Page 6: KCBE.
  - The London Gazette Issue 38950, Page 3233: Appointment C-i-C MELF.
  - The London Gazette Issue 39543, Page 2707: Relinguishing Command Egypt.
  - The London Gazette Issue 39546, Page 2775: Appointment C-i-C EC.
  - The London Gazette Issue 39555, Page 3009: KCB.
  - The London Gazette Issue 39896, Page 3519: promotion temporary General.
  - The London Gazette Issue 39932, Page 4287: promotions General.
  - The London Gazette Issue 40484, Page 2991, Appointment Aide-de-Camp.
  - The London Gazette Issue 40497, Page 3259: GCB.
  - The London Gazette Issue 40619, Page 6131: Appointment C-i-C SC.
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