The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General George Mackintosh Lindsay

Lindsay, George Mackintosh

Major-General

* 3rd of July 1880

† 28th of November 1956

(Royal Tank Corps)

Promotions

1917-05-25 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1918-03-25 Temporary Colonel
1918-06-03 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1919-03-20 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Colonel
1919-07-07 Temporary Colonel
1920-01-18 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Colonel
1920-01-18 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel
1921-06-11 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1923-06-06 Lieutenant-Colonel
1924-12-31 Brevet Colonel
1925-02-14 Colonel (Dated back to 1922-06-03)
1925-10-01 Temporary Colonel-Commandant
1928-06-01 Temporary Brigadier
1929-09-30 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier
1929-10-08 Temporary Brigadier
1932-06-30 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier
1932-07-15 Temporary Brigadier
1934-04-18 Major-General

Service

1917-05-25 1918-03-24 Chief Instructor at Small Arms School, General Headquarters, British Armies in France
1918-03-25 1919-03-30 Army Machine Gun Officer, 1st Army [France]
1919-07-07 1920-01-18 Commanding Officer Foreign Service Group, Machine Gun Corps, Shorncliffe
1921-06-11 1923-03-14 Commanding Officer Armoured Car Group, Tank Corps
1923-08-01 1929-09-30 Chief Instructor at Royal Tank Corps Central School
1925-10-01 1929-09-30 Inspector of Royal Tank Corps, War Office
1928-11-04 1934-07-17 Aide-de-Camp to the King
1929-10-01 1929-10-08 Half-pay
1929-10-08 1932-06-30 Brigadier General Staff, British Troops in Egypt
1932-07-01 1932-07-15 Half-pay
1932-07-15 1934-10-17 Commanding Officer 7th Mechanized Brigade
1934-10-18 1935-09-07 Half-pay
1935-09-07 1939-08-01 District Officer Commanding Presidency & Assam District [India]
1938-08-21 1947-05-01 Colonel-Commandant, Royal Tank Corps
1939-08-01 Retired
1939-08-27 Recalled
1939-08-27 1940-03-06 General Officer Commanding 9th Infantry Division
1940-XX-XX 1944-XX-XX Deputy Regional Commander Civil Defence Southwestern Region