The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Hubert Elvin Rance

Rance, Hubert Elvin

Major-General

* 17th of July 1898

† 24th of January 1974

(Royal Signals)

Promotions

1939-11-08 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-02-08 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-05-08 Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-05-08 Acting Colonel
1941-10-30 Acting Brigadier
1941-11-08 Temporary Colonel
1942-04-30 Temporary Brigadier
1944-06-30 Colonel (Dated back to 1944-05-08)
1945-04-28 Acting Major-General
1946-08-31 Local Major-General
1947-08-31 Granted the Honorary rank of Major-General

Service

1939-11-08 1940-04-25 General Staff Officer 1, British Expeditionary Force [France]
1940-XX-XX Commanding Officer 4th Divisional Signals [France]
1940-10-30 1941-10-29 General Staff Officer 1 ,War Office
1941-10-30 1942-09-21 Deputy Director of Military Training, War Office
1942-09-22 1943-05-16 Director of Technical Training, War Office
1943-05-17 1945-04-15 Brigadier General Staff, Western Command
1945-05-10 1946-02-01 Director of Civil Affairs, Burma
1946-XX-XX Deputy District Officer Commanding South-West District
1946-08-31 1948-01-04 Governor of Burma
1947-08-31 Retired
1948-05-28 1951-02-20 Honorary Colonel, 51st Line of Communication Signal Regiment, Royal Signals, Territorial Army
1950-04-19 1954-04-01 Governor & Commander in Chief Trinidad & Tobago
1951-02-21 1952-XX-XX Honorary Colonel, 51st Line of Communication Signal Regiment, Royal Signals, Supplementary Reserve
1953-01-01 1962-06-30 Colonel-Commandant, Royal Engineers
Picture source: Courtesy of Paul Godley