The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of General Charles Phibbs Jones

Jones, Charles Phibbs

General

* 29th of June 1906

† 4th of January 1988

(Royal Engineers)

Promotions

1941-10-27 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-01-27 War Substantive Major
1942-01-27 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-09-03 Major
1942-11-18 Reverted to Major
1943-01-27 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1945-01-23 Acting Colonel
1945-01-23 Acting Brigadier
1945-07-23 War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel
1945-07-23 Temporary Colonel
1945-07-23 Temporary Brigadier
1949-12-21 Colonel
1951-05-01 Temporary Major-General
1951-11-12 Brigadier
1952-12-07 Major-General
1959-01-01 Temporary Lieutenant-General
1963-08-05 General

Service

1941-10-27 1942-11-18 General Staff Officer 1, Home Forces
1942-XX-XX 1944-XX-XX Commander Royal Engineers, Guards Armoured Division [Northwestern Europe]
1944-10-09 1945-01-22 General Staff Officer 1, ?
1945-01-23 1945-XX-XX Brigadier General Staff, XXX Corps [Northwestern Europe]
1945-XX-XX 1946-04-23 Brigadier General Staff, Malaya Command
1946-05-06 1947-01-01 Brigadier General Staff, Western Command
1948-01-07 1950-10-31 Commanding Officer 2nd Infantry Brigade [Palestine]
1950-12-14 1951-04-26 Director of Plans, War Office
1951-05-01 1953-11-30 General Officer Commanding 7th Armoured Division [Germany]
1954-01-08 1956-12-31 Commandant of Staff College Camberley
1957-03-01 1958-09-15 Vice Adjutant-General, War Office
1959-01-01 1960-01-01 Director of Combined Military Planning Staff, Central Treaty Organisation
1960-03-08 1962-03-26 General Officer Commanding I Corps
1961-08-20 1977-07-22 Colonel-Commandant, Royal Engineers
1961-11-01 1967-03-31 Honorary Colonel, Field & Works Royal Engineers, Army Emergency Reserve
1963-04-01 1963-04-18 General Officer Commanding in Chief Northern Command
1963-05-06 1966-12-12 Master-General of the Ordnance
1965-01-30 1967-01-09 Aide-de-Camp General to the Queen
1967-01-09 Retired
1969-07-01 1975-08-01 Governor, Royal Hospital Chelsea
1969-07-01 1970-07-01 Chief Royal Engineer
1970-07-22 1977-02-22 Honorary Colonel, Engineer & Railway Staff Corps
Picture source: NPG x168644, National Portrait Gallery, London