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Portrait of General Harold English Pyman

Pyman, Harold English

General

* 12th of March 1908

† 9th of October 1971

(Royal Tank Regiment)

Promotions

1941-10-26 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-02-26 War Substantive Major
1942-02-26 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1943-04-15 Acting Colonel
1943-04-15 Acting Brigadier
1943-10-15 War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel
1943-10-15 Temporary Colonel
1943-10-15 Temporary Brigadier
1945-08-10 Acting Major-General
1946-02-18 Major
1946-05-19 Relinquish the Acting rank of Major-General
1946-12-14 Acting Major-General
1947-03-05 War Substantive Colonel
1947-03-05 Temporary Major-General
1947-10-10 Colonel (Dated back to 1946-10-15)
1947-11-01 Brigadier
1949-06-27 Major-General
1956-09-24 Temporary Lieutenant-General
1957-03-08 Lieutenant-General
1961-09-02 General

Service

1941-10-26 1942-08-20 General Staff Officer 1, 7th Armoured Division [North Africa]
1942-XX-XX 1943-XX-XX Commanding Officer 3rd Royal Tank Regiment [North Africa]
1943-04-15 1944-01-XX Brigadier General Staff (Training), Home Forces
1944-01-XX 1945-01-23 Brigadier General Staff, XXX Corps [Northwestern Europe]
1945-01-23 1945-08-10 Brigadier General Staff, 2nd Army [Northwestern Europe]
1945-08-10 1946-05-19 Chief of Staff, Allied Land Forces South-East Asia
1946-07-02 1946-12-13 Deputy Director of Staff Duties, War Office
1946-12-14 1949-07-23 Chief of Staff, Middle East Land Forces
1949-08-18 1951-04-30 General Officer Commanding 56th Armoured Division
1951-07-01 1953-05-04 Director-General of Fighting Vehicles, Ministry of Supply
1952-11-05 1966-04-01 Honorary Colonel, Westminster Dragoons, Territorial Army
1953-05-05 1955-03-18 General Officer Commanding 11th Armoured Division [Germany]
1955-05-14 1956-09-09 Director of Weapons & Development, War Office
1956-12-24 1958-03-20 General Officer Commanding I Corps [Germany]
1958-05-01 1961-04-21 Deputy Chief of the Imperial General Staff
1959-01-01 1965-10-01 Colonel-Commandant, Royal Tank Regiment
1961-07-05 1963-11-18 Commander in Chief Allied Forces Northern Europe
1963-03-09 1966-04-01 Colonel-Commandant, Royal Armoured Corps
1964-04-15 Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Anonymous