The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Osborne
Edmund Archibald, Lieutenant-General
(1885 – 1969)
Nickname: Sigs
1922
- 1925
Instructor at Staff College Camberley
1926
- 1930
Commandant of School of Signals
1930
- 1933
General Staff Officer 1, 3rd Ingfantry Division
1933
- 1934
Commanding Officer 157th Infantry Brigade
1934
- 1938
Commanding Officer Cairo Brigade [Egypt]
1938
- 1940
General Officer Commanding 44th Infantry Division [France]
1938
Colonel Commandant, The Royal Corps of Signals
1940
General Officer Commanding II Corps
1941
Retired
Picture source: From 'The Royal Corps of Signals: a history of its antecedents and development (circa 1800-1955)' by R.F.H. Nalder, 1958