The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Field Marshal Henry William Frederick Albert Gloucester

Gloucester, Henry William Frederick Albert

Field Marshal

* 31st of March 1900

† 10th of June 1974

Nickname: Duke of Gloucester

Nickname: Earl of Ulster

Promotions

1937-01-01 Major-General
1937-02-01 Air Vice Marshal
1941-09-17 Lieutenant-General
1944-10-27 General
1944-10-27 Air Chief Marshal
1955-03-31 Field Marshal
1958-06-12 Marshal of the Royal Air Force

Service

1935-05-06 Colonel-in-Chief, Gloucestershire Regiment
1937-03-12 1974-06-10 Colonel-in-Chief, 10th Hussars
1937-03-12 1974-06-10 Colonel, The Scots Guards
1937-03-12 Colonel-in-Chief, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
1937-03-12 Colonel-in-Chief, Gordon Highlanders
Colonel-in-Chief, Natal Mounted Rifles
1937-11-10 Honorary Colonel, Ceylon Planters Rifles Corps
1937-11-10 Honorary Colonel, Celon Light Infantry
1938-07-14 1957-03-11 Honorary Air Commandore, No. 501 Squadron, Royal Auxiliary Air Force
1939-09-04 1940-08-08 Chief Liaison Officer British Expeditionary Force [France]
1940-01-02 Honorary Colonel, Royal Artillery (Territorial Army)
1940-08-09 1942-10-17 Chief Liaison Officer, Home Forces
1942-02-24 Colonel-in-Chief, Rifle Brigade
1942-02-24 Colonel-in-Chief, Royal Army Service Corps
Second in Command 20th Armoured Brigade
1945-01-30 1947-03-11 Governor-General of Australia
1949-11-01 1957-03-11 Honorary Air Commandore, No. 2501 Field Squadron, Royal Auxiliary Air Force
1950-05-10 Colonel-in-Chief, Royal Winnipeg Rifles [Canada]
1953-11-27 Colonel-in-Chief, Royal Australian Army Service Corps [Australia]
1956-02-27 Honorary Colonel, 245th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment (Territorial Army)
1965-09-10 Colonel-in-Chief, Royal Corps of Transport
1966-01-07 Deputy Colonel-in-Chief, The Royal Green Jackets
1967-07-18 Honorary Colonel, 102nd Light Air Defence Regiment, Royal Artillery (Volunteers)
1968-07-02 1974-06-10 Colonel-in-Chief, The Royal Irish Rangers
Picture source: Courtesy of Paul Godley