The Generals of WWII

Generals from Great Britain Flag for Great Britain
Portrait of Lieutenant-General Roger Herbert Bower

Bower, Roger Herbert

Lieutenant-General

* 13th of February 1903

† 9th of January 1990

(King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry)

Promotions

1941-04-23 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-07-23 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1943-10-14 Acting Colonel
1943-11-19 Acting Brigadier
1944-04-14 War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel
1944-04-14 Temporary Colonel
1944-05-19 Temporary Brigadier
1947-03-23 Colonel
1948-09-15 Temporary Major-General
1949-03-07 Major-General
1956-05-19 Temporary Lieutenant-General
1956-11-29 Lieutenant-General

Service

1941-04-23 1941-10-14 General Staff Officer 1, ?
1941-10-XX 1942-12-XX Commanding Officer 1st Battalion, Border Regiment
1942-12-04 1943-07-14 General Staff Officer 1, ?
1943-09-13 1943-10-13 General Staff Officer 1, ?
1943-10-14 1943-11-12 Deputy Commanding Officer ?
1943-11-19 1944-12-21 Deputy Adjutant & Quartermaster-General, ?
1944-12-22 1945-11-09 Commanding Officer 1st Airlanding Brigade [Norway]
1945-11-13 1946-11-24 Commanding Officer 6th Airlanding Brigade [Palestine]
1946-11-26 1947-04-05 Commander Royal Artillery, 4th Infantry Division
1947-06-02 1948-09-13 Brigadier General Staff, Southern Command
1948-09-15 1950-01-13 District Officer Commanding Hamburg District [Germany]
1950-01-14 1952-12-15 Director of Land/Air Warfare, War Office
1951-08-24 1952-12-15 Director of Military Training, War Office
1952-12-16 1955-05-05 District Officer Commanding East Anglian District
1955-05-14 1956-03-24 Chief of Staff, Allied Forces Northern Europe
1956-05-19 1957-09-01 General Officer Commanding Malaya Command
1956-05-19 1957-09-01 Director of Operations Malaya
1958-01-05 1960-05-08 Commander in Chief Middle East Land Forces
1960-08-01 1966-08-01 Colonel, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
1960-08-17 Retired
1960-09-10 1963-09-10 Lieutenant of the Tower of London
Picture source: Courtesy of Anonymous