The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Lionel Vivian Bond

Bond, Lionel Vivian

Lieutenant-General

* 16th of June 1884

† 4th of October 1961

(Royal Engineers)

Promotions

1919-09-03 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1921-02-10 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1924-07-06 Reverted to Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1929-02-07 Lieutenant-Colonel
1931-10-01 Colonel (Dated back to 1926-06-03)
1934-07-21 Temporary Brigadier
1935-11-08 Temporary Major-General
1937-02-11 Major-General
1940-09-28 Acting Lieutenant-General
1940-10-01 Lieutenant-General (Dated back to 1938-07-09)

Service

1920-05-15 1921-02-09 General Staff Officer 2 ? [India]
1921-02-10 1924-07-06 Instructor at Senior Officers' School Belgaum [India]
1931-10-01 1934-07-20 General Staff Officer 1, War Office
1934-07-21 1935-11-07 Chief Engineer, Aldershot Command
1935-11-08 1939-06-29 Commanding Officer Chatham Area
1935-11-08 1939-06-29 Commandant of School of Military Engineering
1935-11-08 1939-06-29 Inspector of Royal Engineers, War Office
1939-06-30 1941-05-16 General Officer Commanding Malaya
1940-10-11 1950-10-10 Colonel-Commandant, Royal Engineers
1941-10-21 Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Paul Godley