The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Evan Gibb

Gibb, Evan

Major-General

* 13th of March 1877

† 13th of July 1947

(Royal Army Service Corps)

Promotions

1915-04-22 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1916-06-03 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1916-12-04 Temporary Brigadier-General
1918-01-01 Brevet Colonel
1920-07-01 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier-General
1920-08-31 Lieutenant-Colonel
1923-10-30 Colonel (Dated back to 1918-01-01)
1924-08-31 Temporary Colonel-Commandant
1927-06-15 Major-General

Service

1915-04-22 1916-12-03 Assistant Quartermaster-General, British Armies in France
1916-12-04 1918-02-10 Director of Labour, British Armies in France
1918-02-11 1919-04-30 Controller of Salvage, British Armies in France
1919-05-01 1919-11-17 Brigadier-General, Quartermaster-General's Branch, War Office
1919-11-18 1919-12-31 Deputy Adjutant & Quartermaster-General, British Troops in France & Flanders
1920-01-01 1920-06-30 General Officer Commanding British Troops in France & Flanders
1923-10-30 1927-09-15 Assistant Director of Supplies & Transport, Aldershot Command
1927-09-15 1929-08-09 Half-pay
1929-01-16 1934-04-21 Honorary Colonel, Royal Army Service Corps, 47th Infantry Division
1929-08-09 1933-08-09 Director of Supplies & Transport, War Office
1933-02-03 1947-03-13 Colonel-Commandant, Royal Army Service Corps
1933-08-09 Retired
1939-10-17 1940-XX-XX Director of Salvage, War Office