The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Leslie Rowley Hill

Hill, Leslie Rowley

Major-General

* 28th of December 1884

† 17th of December 1974

(Royal Artillery)

Promotions

1926-05-12 Local Lieutenant-Colonel
1930-01-01 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1933-06-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1933-08-01 Brevet Colonel
1934-01-01 Colonel (Dated back to 1933-08-01)
1936-02-10 Temporary Brigadier
1938-07-20 Major-General

Service

1925-12-18 1930-05-02 Military Attaché to Japan
1933-08-01 1936-02-09 General Staff Officer 1, War Office
1936-02-10 1938-07-19 Commanding Officer 28th Anti-Aircraft Group
1938-07-20 1940-09-23 Director of Training & Organisation (Coastal Defences & Anti-Aircraft), War Office
1939-09-24 1940-08-14 General Officer Commanding 3rd Anti-Aircraft Division
1940-10-01 Retired
Picture source: NPG x162961, National Portrait Gallery, London