The Generals of WWII
Generals from Canada
Burns
Eedson Louis Millard, Lieutenant-General
(1897 – 1985)
Nickname: Tommy
General Staff Officer 4th Military District
1939
General Staff Officer 1 Canada House London
1939
- 1940
General Staff Officer 1 Canadian Military Headquarters, England
1940
Commanding Officer Canadian Reinforcement at Aldershot
1940
General Staff Officer 1 2nd Canadian Division
1940
- 1941
Assistant Deputy Chief General Staff, National Defence Headquarters
1941
Brigadier General Staff Canadian Corps, England
1941
- 1942
Chief Administration Officer Canadian Amoured Corps
1942
- 1943
Commanding Officer 4th Canadian Amoured Brigade
1943
- 1944
General Officer Commanding 2nd Canadian Division, England
1944
General Officer Commanding 5th Canadian Amoured Division, Italy
1944
General Officer Commanding I Canadian Corps, Italy
1944
- 1945
Chief Canadian Section Headquarters 1st Echelon 21st Army Group, North-West Europe
1945
- 1946
Director-General of Rehabilitation
1950
- 1954
Deputy Minister of Veteran Affairs
1954
- 1956
Chief of Staff UN Emergency Supervision Organisation Palestine
1956
- 1959
General Officer Commanding UN-Force Suez
Picture source: Courtesy of Clive M. Law