The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Charles Noel Frank Broad

Broad, Charles Noel Frank

Lieutenant-General

* 29th of December 1882

† 23rd of March 1976

(Royal Tank Regiment)

Nickname: The Brain

Promotions

1917-08-28 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1919-06-03 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1921-01-05 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel
1925-10-30 Colonel (Dated back to 1923-06-03)
1931-04-01 Temporary Brigadier
1934-09-12 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier
1935-01-13 Temporary Brigadier
1936-11-25 Major-General
1939-09-03 Acting Lieutenant-General
1940-03-04 Lieutenant-General (Dated back to 1938-07-06)

Service

1917-08-28 1919-02-28 General Staff Officer 1, Royal Artillery ? [France]
1919-03-01 1921-01-05 Instructor at Staff College Camberley
1923-01-29 1924-05-23 General Staff Officer 2, Eastern Command
1924-10-20 1925-09-30 Instructor at Tank Gunnery School
1925-10-01 1927-03-26 Chief Instructor at Royal Tank Corps Headquarters' Central School
1927-03-27 1931-03-26 General Staff Officer 1, War Office
1931-03-27 1931-09-17 Half-pay
1931-04-01 1931-09-16 Employed with Training Formations Royal Tank Corps
1931-09-17 1934-09-12 Brigadier General Staff, Aldershot Command
1935-01-13 1937-02-23 Commanding Officer 4th Indian Infantry Brigade [India]
1937-02-24 1937-12-15 Half-pay
1937-12-15 1939-09-02 Chief Administration Officer, Aldershot Command
1939-01-14 1949-01-14 Colonel-Commandant, Royal Tank Regiment
1939-09-03 1940-06-15 General Officer Commanding in Chief Aldershot Command
1940-07-01 1942-04-13 General Officer Commanding in Chief Eastern Command [India]
1942-04-13 1942-07-29 General Officer Commanding Eastern Army [India]
1942-11-17 Retired