The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Cecil Benfield Fairbanks

Fairbanks, Cecil Benfield

Major-General

* 12th of June 1903

† 5th of March 1982

(Sherwood Foresters)

Promotions

1942-04-10 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-06-03 Relinquish the Acting rank of Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-07-06 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-08-11 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-09-25 Acting Colonel
1942-12-28 Relinquish the Acting rank of Colonel
1944-01-04 Acting Colonel
1944-03-31 War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel
1944-03-31 Temporary Colonel
1944-10-05 Acting Brigadier
1945-04-05 Temporary Brigadier
1947-03-07 Colonel
1948-09-15 Temporary Major-General
1949-02-03 Major-General

Service

1942-04-10 1942-06-03 General Staff Officer 1, ?
1942-07-22 1942-07-26 General Staff Officer 1, ?
1942-09-25 1942-12-28 Director of Auxiliary Services, ?
1943-XX-XX Commanding Officer 14th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters
1943-08-04 1944-01-03 General Staff Officer 1, ?
1944-03-01 1944-10-04 Colonel General Training, ?
1944-10-05 1945-05-24 Commanding Officer 17th Infantry Brigade [Middle East - Italy - Northwestern Europe]
1945-06-10 1945-08-08 Commanding Officer 17th Brigade Infantry [Northwestern Europe]
1945-08-20 1946-12-11 Commanding Officer 17th Infantry Brigade
1947-01-02 1947-12-21 Brigadier General Staff, Western Command
1948-09-15 1949-10-09 Director of Infantry, War Office
1949-11-09 1952-12-03 District Officer Commanding Nigeria District
1953-01-01 1955-01-02 Chief Army Instructor at Imperial Defence College
1955-05-05 1958-03-01 District Officer Commanding Rhine District [Germany]
1958-04-27 Retired
1958-11-09 1965-11-07 Colonel, Sherwood Foresters
Picture source: NPG x167479, National Portrait Gallery, London