The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Harold Reginald Kerr

Kerr, Harold Reginald

Major-General

* 22nd of April 1894

† 1st of November 1974

(Royal Army Service Corps)

Promotions

1937-07-01 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1939-10-27 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-01-27 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-01-08 Acting Colonel
1941-01-08 Acting Brigadier
1941-01-29 Relinquish the Acting rank of Brigadier
1941-01-29 Relinquish the Acting rank of Colonel
1941-06-13 Acting Colonel
1941-06-20 Acting Brigadier
1941-09-10 Colonel (Dated back to 1940-07-01)
1941-11-27 Temporary Brigadier
1942-04-13 Acting Major-General
1943-04-13 Temporary Major-General
1944-11-27 Major-General (Dated back to 1944-02-28)

Service

1937-08-01 1939-05-31 Chief Instructor at Royal Army Service Corps Training Centre
1939-06-01 1940-02-10 Instructor at Staff College Camberley
1940-02-11 1941-01-07 Assistant Quartermaster-General, IV Corps
1941-06-13 1942-12-24 Deputy Quartermaster-General, British Army Staff Washington
1942-12-29 1943-05-15 Chief Administration Officer, Eastern Command
1943-05-15 1946-03-01 Director of Supplies & Transport, War Office
1946-03-01 1946-05-31 Chief Administration Officer, Allied Land Forces South-East Asia
1946-XX-XX 1948-XX-XX Chief Administration Officer, Far East Land Forces
1947-11-24 1952-12-24 Honorary Colonel, Royal Army Service Corps, 16th Airborne Division
1949-01-08 Retired
1949-10-11 1959-10-11 Colonel-Commandant, Royal Army Service Corps
Picture source: NPG x168723, National Portrait Gallery, London