The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Stephen Newton Shoosmith

Shoosmith, Stephen Newton

Major-General

* 15th of September 1900

† 3rd of December 1956

(Royal Artillery)

Promotions

1941-03-11 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-06-11 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1943-04-25 Acting Colonel
1943-04-25 Acting Brigadier
1943-10-25 War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel
1943-10-25 Temporary Colonel
1943-10-25 Temporary Brigadier
1945-11-16 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier
1946-02-18 Temporary Brigadier
1946-05-24 Lieutenant-Colonel
1946-11-11 Colonel (Dated back to 1946-10-25)
1949-11-23 Major-General

Service

1941-03-11 1941-12-31 Assistant Military Secretary, War Cabinet
1942-08-06 1942-08-31 Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General, ?
1942-09-01 1943-04-24 General Staff Officer 1, 4th Infantry Division
1943-04-25 1943-12-12 Commander Royal Artillery, 4th Infantry Division [Italy]
1943-12-13 1945-03-02 Commanding Officer 10th Infantry Brigade [North Africa - Italy - Greece]
1945-03-10 1945-09-16 Brigadier General Staff, ?
1946-02-18 1946-03-21 Brigadier (Q), ?
1946-03-22 1946-04-30 Head of Intelligence Bureau, Allied Control Commission Germany (British Element)
1946-06-14 1947-01-11 Deputy Military-Governor (Intelligence), British Zone in Germany
1947-01-12 1947-02-20 Commanding Officer 5th Infantry Brigade
1947-03-01 1948-09-19 Commandant of Training Centre, British Army of the Rhine [Germany]
1948-11-18 1949-11-21 Chief of Staff, Anti-Aircraft Command
1949-11-23 1951-07-31 Deputy Head of Army Staff, British Joint Staff Mission Washington
1951-08-01 1952-01-27 Head of the British Army Mission Washington
1952-04-16 1952-08-21 District Officer Commanding East Anglian District
1952-08-27 1954-06-08 Deputy Chief of Staff to Supreme Commander United Nation Forces in Korea
1954-11-01 1956-12-03 Principal Staff Officer to Deputy Supreme Commander Allied Powers Europe
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