The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of General Nevil Charles Dowell Brownjohn

Brownjohn, Nevil Charles Dowell

General

* 25th of July 1897

† 21st of April 1973

(Royal Engineers)

Nickname: BJ

Promotions

1938-01-01 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1939-05-26 Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-03-16 Acting Colonel
1940-09-16 Temporary Colonel
1941-03-17 Acting Brigadier
1941-09-17 Temporary Brigadier
1941-09-18 Colonel (Dated back to 1941-01-01)
1942-07-27 Acting Major-General
1943-07-27 Temporary Major-General
1945-12-10 Major-General (Dated back to 1944-04-17)
1950-02-18 Lieutenant-General
1953-11-10 General

Service

1938-09-01 1939-04-12 General Staff Officer 2, War Office
1939-05-26 1940-03-01 Commander Royal Engineers, Gibraltar
1940-03-02 1940-08-01 General Staff Officer 1, ?
1940-08-02 1941-03-16 General Staff Officer 1, War Office
1941-03-17 1942-07-26 Brigadier General Staff (Staff Duties), Homes Forces
1942-07-27 1943-04-13 Deputy Chief Administration Officer, Home Forces
1943-04-14 1944-07-03 Major-General (Q), Chief of Staff to Supreme Allied Commander
1944-07-04 1944-08-07 Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force
1944-08-26 1945-01-22 Deputy Quartermaster-General, Middle East Command
1945-01-23 1945-03-25 Chief Administration Officer, Middle East Command
1945-06-23 1945-10-26 Major-General Staff Duties, War Office
1945-10-27 1946-03-21 General Officer Commanding ? Division
1946-03-27 1946-10-14 Chief Administration Officer, British Army of the Rhine [Germany]
1946-10-15 1947-10-31 Deputy Chief of Staff, Allied Control Commission Germany (British Element)
1947-11-01 1949-04-09 Chief of Staff (Policy), Allied Control Commission Germany (British Element)
1947-11-01 1949-04-09 Deputy Military-Governor, British Zone in Germany
1949-04-14 1950-02-17 Vice Quartermaster-General, War Office
1950-02-18 1952-10-22 Vice Chief of the Imperial General Staff
1952-12-01 1955-12-31 Chief Staff Officer, Ministry of Defence
1955-01-31 1962-07-25 Colonel-Commandant, Royal Engineers
1956-12-01 1958-11-01 Quartermaster-General to the Forces, War Office
1957-01-31 1958-11-29 Aide-de-Camp to the Queen
1958-11-29 Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Paul Godley