The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Gordon Joseph Eaton-Matthews

Eaton-Matthews, Gordon Joseph

Major-General

* 6th of June 1897

† 13th of September 1980

(Royal Engineers)

Promotions

1939-09-03 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1939-12-03 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-06-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-11-21 Acting Colonel
1941-05-21 Temporary Colonel
1943-02-21 Acting Brigadier
1943-08-21 Temporary Brigadier
1943-12-31 Colonel (Dated back to 1943-06-01)
1944-04-17 Acting Major-General
1944-05-08 Relinquish the Acting rank of Major-General
1948-09-09 Brigadier

Service

1941-01-09 1942-11-07 Chief Engineer, Malta
1942-11-25 1943-02-20 Deputy Director of Works ?, Middle East
1945-05-07 1945-XX-XX Brigadier (E), War Office
1945-05-07 1945-XX-XX Deputy Director of Royal Engineers, War Office
1946-11-XX 1948-04-XX Deputy Engineer-in-Chief, War Office
1948-08-04 1949-07-08 Aide-de-Camp to the King
1949-07-08 Retired