The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Harry Leicester Longden

Longden, Harry Leicester

Major-General

* 12th of December 1900

† 13th of December 1981

(Dorsetshire Regiment)

Promotions

1939-08-23 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1939-12-01 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-01-30 Acting Colonel
1941-07-30 War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-07-30 Temporary Colonel
1941-09-09 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Colonel
1942-02-24 Temporary Colonel
1942-02-24 Acting Brigadier
1942-08-24 Temporary Brigadier
1944-07-21 Colonel
1945-03-01 Acting Major-General
1946-03-01 Temporary Major-General
1947-01-16 Major-General (Dated back to 1945-01-30)

Service

1939-08-23 1941-01-29 Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General ?
1941-01-30 1941-09-09 Deputy Adjutant & Quartermaster-General ?
1942-02-24 1943-06-09 Brigadier (Q) (Operations), War Office
1943-06-10 1945-02-27 Deputy Adjutant & Quartermaster-General, I Corps [Northwestern Europe]
1945-03-01 1947-06-XX Director of Quartering, War Office
1948-07-07 Retired
Picture source: NPG x186019, National Portrait Gallery, London