The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Gerard William Egerton Heath

Heath, Gerard William Egerton

Major-General

* 17th of March 1897

† 13th of July 1980

(Royal Artillery)

Promotions

1940-01-19 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-04-19 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-12-07 Acting Colonel
1941-12-07 Acting Brigadier
1942-06-07 War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-06-07 Temporary Colonel
1942-06-07 Temporary Brigadier
1942-06-15 Lieutenant-Colonel
1945-10-24 Colonel (Dated back to 1945-06-07)
1947-11-01 Brigadier
1947-12-01 Temporary Major-General
1948-05-26 Major-General (Dated back to 1946-03-27)

Service

1940-XX-XX Commanding Officer 5th Royal Horse Artillery Regiment [France]
1942-XX-XX 1944-XX-XX Commander Royal Artillery, 43rd Infantry Division [Northwestern Europe]
1944-09-15 1945-06-05 Commander Corps Royal Artillery, XII Corps
1945-XX-XX Commander Corps Royal Artillery, I Airborne Corps
1945-10-13 1947-12-XX Commandant of School of Artillery, Larkhill
1947-XX-XX 1949-10-26 General Officer Commanding 1st Anti-Aircraft Group
1949-11-05 1951-10-21 General Officer Commanding Malta
1951-12-01 1954-11-01 President of the Regular Commissions Board, War Office
1954-11-29 Retired
1955-04-30 1962-03-17 Colonel-Commandant, Royal Malta Artillery
1955-10-30 1962-03-17 Colonel-Commandant, Royal Artillery
1957-03-01 1962-03-17 Colonel-Commandant, Royal Horse Artillery
Picture source: NPG x168237, National Portrait Gallery, London