The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Brigadier Richard Dean Townsend Woolfe

Woolfe, Richard Dean Townsend

Brigadier

* 7th of December 1888

† 17th of January 1966

(Indian Army Ordnance Corps)

(Indian Army)

Promotions

1938-08-01 Local Lieutenant-Colonel
1938-09-01 Lieutenant-Colonel (Dated back to 1937-12-13)
1938-09-01 Brevet Colonel
1938-09-01 Colonel
1940-06-01 Acting Brigadier
1940-12-01 Temporary Brigadier
1947-05-07 Granted the Honorary rank of Brigadier

Service

1937-11-30 1939-01-31 Assistant Director of Ordnance Services, Southern Command [India]
1938-08-01 1938-08-31 Officiating Director of Ordnance Services, Army Headquarters India
1939-02-01 1939-09-29 Deputy Director of Ordnance Services, Army Headquarters India
1940-03-24 1940-12-14 Deputy Director of Ordnance Services, Army Headquarters India
1940-12-15 1947-XX-XX Controller-General of Inspection, Army Headquarters India
1947-05-07 Retired