Marshall-Cornwall, James Handyside

Date of birth:: May 27th, 1887 (British India)
Date of death:: 1985
Nationality:: British

Biography

Promotions:
1907: 2nd Lt.
?: Lieutenant
1915: Captain
1916: Temp. Major
1919: Temp. Lt. Col.
?: Colonel
1934: Maj. General
1938: Lt. General

Military career:
23 July 1907: Royal Field Artillery
1914: Intelligence Corps
1915: 2 Corps HQ (Captain)
1916: GHQ,BEF (T/Major)
1918: Head of MI3,War Office
1919: Peace Conference,Paris
1920's: Middle East and China 1920s
1928-1932: Military Attache,Berlin
1932-1934: CRA 51st Highland Division
1937-1938: Head of British Military Mission to Egypt
1938: GOC Air Defence of Great Britain
June-November 1940: GOC 3 Corps
April 1941: GOC British Troops in Egypt
1941: Military Mission to Turkey
November 1941-1942: GOC Western Command
1942-1943: SOE Liaison Officer with SIS
1943: Retired (General)
1948-1951: Foreign Office

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Military Cross (MC)

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)
Unit:: Headquarters, British Expeditionary Force (BEF), British Army
Awarded on:: 1916

Chevalier de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:: Captain
Unit:: Headquarters, British Expeditionary Force (BEF), British Army
Awarded on:: June 2nd, 1917

Distinguished Service Order (DSO)

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:: Captain
Unit:: Headquarters, British Expeditionary Force (BEF), British Army
Awarded on:: June 4th, 1917

Officier in de Kroonorde

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:: Major
Unit:: Headquarters, British Expeditionary Force (BEF), British Army
Awarded on:: March 11th, 1918

Croix de Guerre 1914–1918

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:: Major
Unit:: Headquarters, British Expeditionary Force (BEF), British Army
Awarded on:: March 11th, 1918

Distinguished Service Medal - Army (DSM)

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:: Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
Unit:: Headquarters, British Expeditionary Force (BEF), British Army
Awarded on:: July 12th, 1919

Companion of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (CB, Military Division)

Rank:: Major-General
Awarded on:: June 6th, 1936

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Rank:: Major-General
Awarded on:: June 23rd, 1936

Kiladat El Nil - Grand Officer

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Lieutenant-general
Unit:: Headquarters, Egypt Command, British Army
Awarded on:: January 31st, 1940

"In recognition of valuable services rendered by them as members of the British Military Mission in Egypt."

Commander of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (KCB/DCB, military division)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Lieutenant-general
Unit:: Headquarters, III Corps, British Army
Awarded on:: July 11th, 1940

GOC

Legion of Merit - Commander (LoM - C)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: General
Unit:: SOE Liaison, Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), Directorate of Military Intelligence (DMI), War Office, British Government
Awarded on:: January 16th, 1947

"General Sir James Marshall-Cornwall, British Army, performed exceptionally meritorious service to the United States in highly important operations from April 1942 to May 1945. He materially contributed to the implementation and successful accomplishment of special projects from which were obtained results which greatly aided the American Armies in the invasion of the Continent and the defeat of the German Armies."