Date of birth:

May 27th, 1887 (British India)

Date of death:

1985

Nationality:

British (1801-present, Kingdom)

Promotions:
1907: 2nd Lt.
?: Lieutenant
1915: Captain
1916: Temp. Major
1919: Temp. Lt. Col.
?: Colonel
1934: Maj. General
1938: Lt. General

Military career:
23 July 1907: Royal Field Artillery
1914: Intelligence Corps
1915: 2 Corps HQ (Captain)
1916: GHQ,BEF (T/Major)
1918: Head of MI3,War Office
1919: Peace Conference,Paris
1920's: Middle East and China 1920s
1928-1932: Military Attache,Berlin
1932-1934: CRA 51st Highland Division
1937-1938: Head of British Military Mission to Egypt
1938: GOC Air Defence of Great Britain
June-November 1940: GOC 3 Corps
April 1941: GOC British Troops in Egypt
1941: Military Mission to Turkey
November 1941-1942: GOC Western Command
1942-1943: SOE Liaison Officer with SIS
1943: Retired (General)
1948-1951: Foreign Office

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Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Unit:

Headquarters, British Expeditionary Force (BEF), British Army

Awarded on:

1916

Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Rank:

Captain

Unit:

Headquarters, British Expeditionary Force (BEF), British Army

Awarded on:

June 2nd, 1917

Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Rank:

Captain

Unit:

Headquarters, British Expeditionary Force (BEF), British Army

Awarded on:

June 4th, 1917

Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Rank:

Major

Unit:

Headquarters, British Expeditionary Force (BEF), British Army

Awarded on:

March 11th, 1918

Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Rank:

Major

Unit:

Headquarters, British Expeditionary Force (BEF), British Army

Awarded on:

March 11th, 1918

Period:

First World War (1914-1918)

Rank:

Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel

Unit:

Headquarters, British Expeditionary Force (BEF), British Army

Awarded on:

July 12th, 1919

Rank:

Major-General

Awarded on:

June 6th, 1936

Rank:

Major-General

Awarded on:

June 23rd, 1936

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Lieutenant-general

Unit:

Headquarters, Egypt Command, British Army

Awarded on:

January 31st, 1940

"In recognition of valuable services rendered by them as members of the British Military Mission in Egypt."

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Lieutenant-general

Unit:

Headquarters, III Corps, British Army

Awarded on:

July 11th, 1940

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

General

Unit:

SOE Liaison, Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), Directorate of Military Intelligence (DMI), War Office, British Government

Awarded on:

January 16th, 1947

"General Sir James Marshall-Cornwall, British Army, performed exceptionally meritorious service to the United States in highly important operations from April 1942 to May 1945. He materially contributed to the implementation and successful accomplishment of special projects from which were obtained results which greatly aided the American Armies in the invasion of the Continent and the defeat of the German Armies."

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Former Headquarters Western Command

Chester - Cheshire