The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Frank Keith Simmons

Simmons, Frank Keith

Major-General

* 21st of February 1888

† 22nd of September 1952

(Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders)

Promotions

1932-01-01 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1933-11-04 Lieutenant-Colonel
1936-06-08 Temporary Brigadier
1936-09-22 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier
1937-03-30 Temporary Colonel
1937-11-04 Colonel (Dated back to 1935-01-01)
1939-04-20 Temporary Brigadier
1939-04-26 Local Major-General
1940-08-26 Relinquish the Local rank of Major-General
1940-10-01 Acting Major-General
1941-10-01 Temporary Major-General
1941-11-12 Major-General (Dated back to 1941-06-09)

Service

1933-11-04 1937-03-30 Commanding Officer 2nd Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
1936-06-08 1936-09-22 Acting Commanding Officer Southern Brigade [Palestine]
1937-03-30 1939-04-25 General Staff Officer 1, British Troops in Palestine & Trans-Jordan
1939-04-26 1940-08-26 Commander Shanghai & Tientsin Area [China]
1940-09-09 1940-10-15 Commanding Officer 2nd Malaya Brigade [Malaya]
1941-XX-XX Commandant of Singapore Fortress
1942-XX-XX General Officer Commanding Southern Sector [Singapore]
1942-XX-XX 1945-XX-XX Prisoner of War [Japan]
1946-08-24 Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Paul Godley