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Portrait of Major-General Bevil Thomson Wilson

Wilson, Bevil Thomson

Major-General

* 12th of December 1885

† 31st of October 1975

(Royal Engineers)

Promotions

1928-07-01 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1930-01-07 Local Colonel
1930-03-02 Lieutenant-Colonel
1930-07-27 Local Brigadier
1930-11-04 Relinquish the Local rank of Brigadier
1931-08-18 Local Brigadier
1931-11-14 Relinquish the Local rank of Brigadier
1932-01-01 Brevet Colonel (Dated back to 1931-01-01)
1932-05-25 Local Brigadier
1932-08-23 Relinquish the Local rank of Brigadier
1933-05-20 Local Brigadier
1933-08-23 Relinquish the Local rank of Brigadier
1933-11-27 Relinquish the Local rank of Colonel
1934-03-02 Colonel (Dated back to 1931-01-01)
1935-10-29 Temporary Brigadier
1939-06-01 Major-General (Dated back to 1938-05-22)
1944-02-01 Reverts to the rank of Colonel at his own request
1944-07-17 Major-General

Service

1929-11-28 1930-01-07 Attached to Sudan Defence Force
1930-01-07 1933-11-27 Chief Staff Officer, Sudan Defence Force
1930-07-27 1930-11-04 Acting Commanding Officer British Troops in Sudan
1931-08-18 1931-11-14 Acting Commanding Officer British Troops in Sudan
1932-05-25 1932-08-23 Acting Commanding Officer British Troops in Sudan
1933-05-20 1933-08-23 Acting Commanding Officer British Troops in Sudan
1934-03-02 1935-04-10 Half-pay
1935-04-10 1935-10-28 Special employed [India]
1935-10-29 1938-05-14 Commanding Officer Lahore Brigade Area [India]
1938-01-15 1939-05-31 Commanding Officer Nowshera Brigade [India]
1939-06-01 1941-07-29 General Officer Commanding 53rd Infantry Division
1941-10-01 Retired
1944-02-01 Recalled
1944-02-01 1944-07-17 Brigadier (Civil Affairs), War Office
1944-07-17 Retired
Picture source: From: "The Royal Engineers Journal", 1976, Vol. 90, No. 1