The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General William Gordon Roe

Roe, William Gordon

Major-General

* 16th of September 1904

† 1969

(Royal Army Service Corps)

Promotions

1941-01-03 Temporary Major
1941-01-03 Local Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-10-15 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-01-15 War Substantive Major
1942-01-15 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1943-05-04 Acting Colonel
1943-08-01 Major
1943-11-04 War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel
1943-11-04 Temporary Colonel
1944-01-28 Acting Brigadier
1944-07-28 Temporary Brigadier
1945-07-26 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier
1945-11-03 Temporary Brigadier
1946-10-07 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier
1946-11-05 Temporary Brigadier
1948-06-06 Colonel (Dated back to 1946-11-04)
1952-12-31 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier
1954-09-02 Local Major-General
1954-12-04 Temporary Major-General
1955-01-01 Brigadier
1955-09-12 Major-General

Service

1941-01-03 1941-10-14 General Staff Officer 1, ?
1941-10-15 1942-05-03 Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General, ?
1942-05-04 1942-08-21 General Staff Officer 1, ?
1942-08-22 1943-05-03 Assistant Quartermaster-General, ?
1943-05-04 1943-10-17 Colonel Q, ?
1943-10-18 1944-01-27 Assistant Deputy Quartermaster-General
1944-01-28 1945-02-26 Deputy Adjutant & Quartermaster-General, XIII Corps [Italy]
1945-03-20 1945-07-26 Deputy Adjutant & Quartermaster-General, ?
1945-11-03 1946-08-07 Chief Administration Officer, Palestine & Trans-Jordan
1946-11-05 1947-01-09 Deputy Director of Supplies & Transport, ?
1948-01-01 1951-01-10 Director of Army Equipment, War Office
1951-02-14 1953-03-18 Director of Supplies & Transport, Far East Land Forces
1952-03-20 1955-09-11 Aide-de-Camp to the Queen
1953-05-13 1954-07-12 Director of Supplies & Transport, British Army of the Rhine [Germany]
1954-12-04 1957-02-21 Chief Administration Officer, British Army of the Rhine [Germany]
1957-03-29 1960-05-18 Director of Supplies & Transport, War Office
1960-06-15 Retired
1962-12-31 1965-07-15 Colonel-Commandant, Royal Army Service Corps
1965-07-15 1967-12-31 Colonel-Commandant, Royal Corps of Transport
Picture source: NPG x159992, National Portrait Gallery, London