The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Reginald Francis Stewart Denning

Denning, Reginald Francis Stewart

Lieutenant-General

* 12th of June 1894

† 23rd of May 1990

(Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Regiment)

Promotions

1939-07-01 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-04-08 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-07-08 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-05-11 Acting Colonel
1941-05-11 Acting Brigadier
1941-11-11 War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-11-11 Temporary Colonel
1941-11-11 Temporary Brigadier
1942-08-10 Colonel (Dated back to 1942-07-01)
1943-02-11 Acting Major-General
1944-02-11 Temporary Major-General
1946-04-30 Major-General (Dated back to 1944-04-30)
1949-06-14 Lieutenant-General

Service

1937-04-01 1940-04-06 Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General ?
1940-04-08 1940-09-30 Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General ?
1940-10-01 1941-05-10 Assistant Quartermaster-General ?
1941-05-11 1942-02-27 Deputy Adjutant & Quartermaster-General ?
1942-02-28 1943-02-02 Chief Administration Officer ?
1943-02-03 1943-02-10 Deputy Quartermaster-General ?
1943-02-11 1944-07-27 Chief Administration Officer, South Eastern Command
1944-08-01 1945-09-23 Deputy Principal Administration Officer, South East Asia Command
1945-09-23 1946-05-31 Principal Administration Officer, South East Asia Command
1947-03-15 1949-07-08 Chief of Staff, Eastern Command
1948-08-01 1958-06-01 Colonel, Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Regiment
1949-07-09 1952-07-14 General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland District
1952-08-13 Retired
1958-06-02 1964-09-01 Colonel, 3rd East Anglian Regiment
1964-09-01 1966-01-15 Colonel, Royal Anglian Regiment
Picture source: Courtesy of Anonymous