The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Richard Neville Anderson

Anderson, Richard Neville

Lieutenant-General

* 28th of April 1907

† 4th of September 1979

(King's Own Royal Regiment)

Promotions

1942-05-08 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-08-08 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1943-06-15 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel
1943-08-17 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1943-08-17 Acting Colonel
1944-02-17 War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel
1944-02-17 Temporary Colonel
1944-03-22 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Colonel
1944-07-14 Temporary Colonel
1944-07-14 Acting Brigadier
1944-08-07 Relinquish the Acting rank of Brigadier
1944-08-07 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Colonel
1944-10-18 Temporary Colonel
1944-10-18 Acting Brigadier
1945-03-22 Temporary Brigadier
1948-01-05 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier
1948-01-05 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Colonel
1948-05-03 Temporary Colonel
1949-12-31 Colonel
1952-01-08 Temporary Brigadier
1955-01-01 Brigadier
1955-04-01 Local Major-General
1955-05-06 Temporary Major-General
1956-04-12 Major-General
1960-05-15 Lieutenant-General

Service

1942-05-08 1943-05-16 Chief Instructor ?
1943-08-17 1944-03-19 Deputy Director of Special Equipments, War Office
1944-07-14 1944-08-07 Commanding Officer ? Brigade
1944-10-18 1945-05-21 Commanding Officer 2nd Infantry Brigade [Italy]
1945-08-18 1947-11-05 Commanding Officer 2nd Infantry Brigade [Italy]
1948-01-15 1948-05-02 General Staff Officer 1, War Office
1948-05-03 1948-12-24 Deputy Director of Military Intelligence, War Office
1949-02-01 1950-12-21 Chief Instructor at Joint Services Staff College
1952-01-08 1955-02-03 Brigadier General Staff, Eastern Command
1955-05-06 1958-05-04 General Officer Commanding 17th Gurkha Division
1955-05-06 1958-05-04 General Officer Commanding Overseas Forces [Malaya]
1957-09-01 1959-10-01 Colonel, King's Own Royal Regiment
1958-09-15 1960-02-29 Vice Adjutant-General to the Forces, War Office
1959-10-24 1966-08-01 Colonel, 10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles
1960-05-08 1962-12-09 Commander in Chief Middle East Land Forces
1961-05-31 1971-04-23 Colonel, King's Own Royal Border Regiment
1963-01-01 1965-04-24 General Officer Commanding in Chief Northern Ireland Command
1965-05-22 Retired
1965-XX-XX 1968-XX-XX Director of Civil Defence for Wales
Picture source: Courtesy of John Redmond