The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Brigadier Ernest Cecil Pepper

Pepper, Ernest Cecil

Brigadier

* 3rd of October 1899

† 3rd of August 1981

(Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Regiment)

Promotions

1940-07-31 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-10-31 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-02-19 Local Colonel
1942-09-09 Acting Colonel
1942-09-09 Acting Brigadier
1943-03-09 War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel
1943-03-09 Temporary Colonel
1943-03-09 Temporary Brigadier
1945-02-26 Lieutenant-Colonel
1946-01-02 Granted the honorary rank of Brigadier

Service

1940-07-31 1941-01-22 General Staff Officer, 1 War Office
1941-XX-XX 1942-XX-XX Commanding Officer ? Battalion
1942-02-19 1942-09-08 General Staff Officer 1 ?
1942-09-09 1943-06-12 Brigadier General Staff, ? Corps [North Africa]
1943-07-10 1944-03-25 Brigadier General Staff, British Army Staff Washington
1944-02-27 1944-07-04 Commanding Officer 56th Infantry Brigade [Northwestern Europe]
1944-07-02 1944-10-02 Commanding Officer 131st Infantry Brigade [Northwestern Europe]
1944-11-01 1945-10-XX Commandant of School of Infantry
1946-01-02 Retired