The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Robert Charles Moss King

King, Robert Charles Moss

Major-General

* 6th of June 1904

† 16th of December 1983

(West Yorkshire Regiment)

Promotions

1942-10-01 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1943-01-01 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1944-02-25 Acting Colonel
1944-02-25 Acting Brigadier
1944-08-25 War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel
1944-08-25 Temporary Colonel
1944-08-25 Temporary Brigadier
1946-04-18 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier
1946-04-18 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Colonel
1946-12-12 Temporary Colonel
1946-12-12 Temporary Brigadier
1947-06-05 Lieutenant-Colonel
1948-03-04 Colonel (Dated back to 1947-08-25)
1948-05-28 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier
1948-05-30 Local Brigadier
1948-07-16 Relinquish the Local rank of Brigadier
1949-10-14 Temporary Brigadier
1953-01-01 Brigadier
1954-01-05 Temporary Major-General
1955-01-18 Major-General

Service

1942-10-01 Commanding Officer 1st/8th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers
1944-02-25 1946-04-18 Commanding Officer 1st Indian Infantry Brigade [Burma]
1946-06-06 1946-12-11 General Staff Officer 1 (Liaison), School of Infantry
1946-12-12 1948-03-28 Commanding Officer 17th Infantry Infantry Brigade [Germany]
1948-07-17 1949-09-07 Chief Administration Officer, ?
1949-10-14 1951-10-03 Brigadier General Staff, British Joint Services Mission in Washington
1951-10-04 1951-12-02 Chief of Staff, British Joint Services Mission in Washington
1953-02-05 1953-11-29 Deputy Director of Military Operations, War Office
1954-01-05 1956-XX-XX General Officer Commanding 44th Infantry Division
1954-01-05 1956-XX-XX District Officer Commanding Home Counties District
1957-02-01 1959-04-06 Director of Quartering, War Office
1959-10-10 Retired