The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Horace Leslie Birks

Birks

Horace Leslie, Major-General

(1897 – 1985) (Royal Tank Regiment)

1937
- 1938
Specially employed at Staff College Quetta [India]
1938
- 1939
Instructor at Staff College Quetta [India]
1939
- 1940
General Staff Officer 17th Amoured Division [North Africa]
1940
- 1941
Second in Command 4th Amoured Brigade [North Africa]
1941
Commanding Officer 126th Infantry Brigade
1941
- 1942
Commanding Officer 11th Amoured Brigade
1942
Commanding Officer 11th Tank Brigade
1942
- 1943
General Officer Commanding ? Division
1943
- 1944
General Officer Commanding 10th Amoured Division [Middle East - North Africa]
1944
-
Major-General Royal Amoured Corps, Central Meditteranean Force
1946
Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Paul Godley