The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Sir Victor Morven Fortune

Fortune

Sir Victor Morven, Major-General

(1883 – 1949)

1916
- 1918
Commanding Officer 1st Battalion The Black Watch [France]
1918
Commandant of 4th Army Musketry Camp [France]
1918
- 1919
Commanding Officer 46th Brigade [France]
1919
Acting Commanding Officer 8th Battalion The Black Watch
1919
Commandant of School of Musketry
1919
- 1920
Attached to 11th Battalion Royal West Surrey Regiment
1921
- 1923
Commanding Officer Company of Gentlemen Cadets, Royal Military College Sandhurst
1923
- 1925
Assistant Commandant of Small Arms School
1927
- 1929
Commanding Officer 1st Battalion The Seaforth Highlanders
1930
- 1932
General Staff Officer 1 5th Division
1932
- 1935
Commanding Officer 5th Brigade
1934
Aide-de-Camp to the King
1935
Half-pay
1935
- 1936
General Officer Commanding 52nd Division
1936
- 1937
Half-pay
1937
- 1938
General Officer Commanding South Western Area
1938
- 1940
General Officer Commanding 51st Division, France
1940
- 1945
Prisoner of War
1945
Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Paul Godley