The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Alexander Whitmore Colquhoun Richardson

Richardson, Alexander Whitmore Colquhoun

Major-General

* 11th of May 1887

† 22nd of July 1964

(Royal Tank Corps)

(Reserve of Officers)

Promotions

1930-10-17 Lieutenant-Colonel
1931-02-28 Lieutenant-Colonel (Dated back to 1930-10-15)
1940-04-26 Acting Colonel
1940-12-01 Acting Brigadier
1941-06-01 Temporary Brigadier
1941-09-20 Acting Major-General
1942-09-20 War Substantive Colonel
1942-09-20 Temporary Major-General
1944-10-27 Granted the Honorary rank of Major-General
1945-08-24 Re-Granted the Honorary rank of Major-General

Service

1930-10-17 1931-02-28 Commanding Officer 4th Battalion, Royal Tank Corps
1931-02-28 Retired
1938-10-01 Recalled
1938-10-01 1940-04-26 Commanding Officer 84th Anti-Aircraft Brigade
1940-04-26 General Staff Officer 1, War Office
1940-12-01 1941-07-09 Commanding Officer 26th Armoured Brigade
1941-XX-XX Deputy Director of Armoured Fighting Vehicles, War Office
1941-09-20 Director of Armoured Fighting Vehicles, War Office
1941-XX-XX 1943-07-XX Director of Royal Armoured Corps, War Office
1943-07-XX 1945-05-XX Brigadier General Staff (Liaison), 2nd Army [Northwestern Europe]
1945-08-24 Retired
1948-01-14 1955-07-01 Honorary Colonel, 484th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, Territorial Army
Picture source: From: "Biographical dictionary of British generals of the Second World War" by Nick Smart, 2005