The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Roland Debenham Inskip

Inskip, Roland Debenham

Major-General

* 17th of September 1885

† 23rd of November 1971

(13th Frontier Force Rifles)

(Indian Army)

Nickname: Tim

Promotions

1928-07-01 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1931-08-05 Lieutenant-Colonel
1934-12-07 Colonel (Dated back to 1931-07-01)
1937-01-28 Temporary Brigadier
1939-04-16 Major-General
1944-09-21 Local Brigadier

Service

1928-04-28 1932-04-27 Second-in-Command 6th Battalion, 13th Frontier Force Rifles
1932-04-28 1934-04-07 Commanding Officer 6th Battalion, 13th Frontier Force Rifles
1934-04-08 1934-12-06 Officiating General Staff Officer 1, Army Headquarters India
1934-12-07 1935-12-22 General Staff Officer 1, Army Headquarters India
1936-XX-XX Attending the Imperial Defence College
1937-01-28 1939-08-04 Commanding Officer 1st (Abbottabad) Indian Infantry Brigade
1939-08-05 1940-04-20 Half-pay
1940-04-21 1941-05-14 Deputy Adjutant & Quartermaster-General, Northern Command [India]
1941-05-15 1941-10-XX District Officer Commanding Rawalpindi District [India]
1941-10-XX 1942-08-23 General Officer Commanding 34th Indian Infantry Division
1941-11-22 1942-03-XX General Officer Commanding Ceylon Command
1942-10-07 Retired, but remained employed
1942-10-07 1944-09-20 Inspector of Training Centres, Army Headquarters India
1943-03-29 1946-XX-XX Colonel, 6th Battalion, 13th Frontier Force Rifles
1944-09-21 Deputy Military Adviser in Chief Indian State Forces, Army Headquarters India
1946-XX-XX 1947-XX-XX Chief of Staff, Bhopal State Forces