The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Brigadier Ronald Ernest Wood

Wood, Ronald Ernest

Brigadier

* 14th of June 1897

† 9th of July 1987

(Royal Engineers)

Promotions

1940-06-13 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-09-22 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-06-27 Acting Colonel
1941-12-27 War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-12-27 Temporary Colonel
1942-09-07 Acting Brigadier
1944-03-07 Temporary Brigadier
1944-12-31 Colonel (Dated back to 1944-12-27)
1948-03-01 Temporary Brigadier
1949-10-08 Granted the Honorary rank of Brigadier

Service

1940-XX-XX 1943-XX-XX Commander Royal Engineers, 5th Infantry Division
1943-XX-XX Deputy Director of Works, Persia & Iraq Command
1943-XX-XX Chief Engineer, ? Persia - Iraq
1943-XX-XX Director of Works, Persia & Iraq Command
1946-06-11 1947-XX-XX Duputy Chief Engineer, Southern Command
1947-XX-XX Chief Engineer (Works), Mackinnon Road [Kenya]
1949-XX-XX Deputy Director of Works, Middle East Land Forces
1949-10-08 Retired
Picture source: From: "The Royal Engineers Journal", 1988, Vol. 102, No. 2