Biography of Lieutenant-General Desmond Francis Anderson (1885

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29th of January 1967 <p>(East Yorkshire Regiment) </p> </div> </div> <div class="promotions"> <h3>Promotions</h3> <table> <tr> <td class="date">1921-01-01</td> <td class="description">Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="date">1927-11-04</td> <td class="description">Lieutenant-Colonel</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="date">1931-01-01</td> <td class="description">Brevet Colonel</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="date">1931-11-04</td> <td class="description">Colonel (Dated back to 1925-01-01)</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="date">1934-12-01</td> <td class="description">Temporary Brigadier</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="date">1937-10-12</td> <td class="description">Major-General</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="date">1940-12-14</td> <td class="description">Acting Lieutenant-General</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="date">1941-02-07</td> <td class="description">Lieutenant-General (Dated back to 1938-07-11)</td> </tr> </table> </div> <div class="assignments"> <h3>Service</h3> <table> <tr> <td class="start">1923-02-02</td> <td class="dash">–</td><td class="stop">1925-01-21</td> <td class="description">General Staff Officer 2, London District</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="start">1925-01-22</td> <td class="dash">–</td><td class="stop">1927-01-20</td> <td class="description">Instructor at Staff College Camberley</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="start">1927-11-04</td> <td class="dash">–</td><td class="stop">1931-11-04</td> <td class="description">Commanding Officer 1st Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="start">1932-06-01</td> <td class="dash">–</td><td class="stop">1933-02-19</td> <td class="description">Assistant Quartermaster-General, Aldershot Command</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="start">1933-02-20</td> <td class="dash">–</td><td class="stop">1934-11-30</td> <td class="description">General Staff Officer 1, 5th Infantry Division</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="start">1934-12-01</td> <td class="dash">–</td><td class="stop">1936-09-30</td> <td class="description">Deputy Director of Military Operations & Intelligence, War Office</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="start">1936-10-01</td> <td class="dash">–</td><td class="stop">1938-01-11</td> <td class="description">Deputy Director of Military Intelligence, War Office</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="start">1938-03-30</td> <td class="dash">–</td><td class="stop">1939-09-03</td> <td class="description">Chief Administration Officer, Eastern Command</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="start">1939-09-04</td> <td class="dash">–</td><td class="stop">1940-02-04</td> <td class="description">Major-General General Staff, Home Forces</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="start">1940-02-05</td> <td class="dash">–</td><td class="stop">1940-05-12</td> <td class="description">General Officer Commanding 45th Infantry Division</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="start">1940-05-14</td> <td class="dash">–</td><td class="stop">1940-07-01</td> <td class="description">Assistant Chief of the Imperial General Staff</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="start">1940-07-05</td> <td class="dash">–</td><td class="stop">1940-12-14</td> <td class="description">General Officer Commanding 46th Infantry Division</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="start">1940-11-23</td> <td class="dash">–</td><td class="stop">1948-12-08</td> <td class="description">Colonel, East Yorkshire Regiment</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="start">1940-12-15</td> <td class="dash">–</td><td class="stop">1943-12-11</td> <td class="description">General Officer Commanding III Corps</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="start">1943-XX-XX</td> <td class="dash">–</td><td class="stop">1944-XX-XX</td> <td class="description">General Officer Commanding II Corps</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="start">1944-05-15</td> <td class="dash"></td><td class="stop"></td> <td class="description">Retired</td> </tr> </table> </div> <div class="portraitsource"> Picture source: Courtesy of Paul Godley </div> <div class="spacer"> </div>  <div id="footer"> Copyright © Steen Ammentorp since 2000. </div> <div id="footerspacer"> </div>  </div>  </div>  </body> </html>

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Biography of Lieutenant-General Desmond Francis Anderson (1885 – 1967), Great Britain