The Generals of WWII
Generals from Belgium
Van Strydonck de Burkel
Victor-Jean-Clement Baron, General
(1879 – 1961)
1920
- 1923
Commandant of Cavalry School
1923
- 1928
Commanding Officer 1st Regiment
1928
- 1931
Commanding Officer Cavalry 1st Cavalry Division
1931
- 1933
General Officer Commanding Cavalry Division
1933
- 1939
Inspector-General of the Gendarmerie
1933
- 1939
General Officer Commanding Cavalry Corps
1939
- 1940
General Officer Commanding 1st Military Zone
1940
- 1941
Commander in Chief of Belgian Land Forces in Great Britain
1941
- 1944
Inspector-General of the Belgian Land Forces in Great Britain
1944
- 1945
Chief Belgian Military Mission at Supreme Headquarter Allied Expeditionary Force
Picture source: Courtesy of Paul Godley