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Pownall, Henry Royds

Date of birth:
November 19th, 1887
Date of death:
June 10th, 1961
Service number:
3553
Nationality:
British (1801-present, Kingdom)

Biography

Promotions:
20 December 1916: 2nd Lieutenant
1917: Major
26 march 1938: Major General
4 September 1939: Acting Lieutenant General
4 September 1939: Temporary Lieutenant General
17 September 1942: Lieutenant General
8 September 1945: Retired

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Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:
Major
Unit:
Headquarters, 17th (Northern) Division, British Army
Awarded on:
January 1st, 1917
For services in France and Belgium.
Military Cross (MC)
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:
Major
Awarded on:
May 18th, 1917
Mentioned in Dispatches
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:
Major
Awarded on:
December 11th, 1917
Mentioned in Dispatches
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:
Major
Unit:
Headquarters, 17th (Northern) Division, British Army
Awarded on:
January 1st, 1918
For servies in France and Belgium.
Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
Rank:
Major
Awarded on:
May 6th, 1932
For distinguished services rendered in the field in connection with military operations on the North-West Frontier of India during the period October 1930—March 1931.
Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
Rank:
Major
Awarded on:
May 6th, 1932
For distinguished services rendered in the field in connection with military operations on the North-West Frontier of India during the period October 1930—March 1931.
Mentioned in Dispatches
Rank:
Colonel
Unit:
Deputy Secretary, Committee of Imperial Defence, War Office, British Government
Awarded on:
June 23rd, 1936

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Companion of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (CB)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Major-General
Unit:
Chief of General Staff, Headquarters, British Expeditionary Force (BEF), British Army
Awarded on:
July 11th, 1940
For services in France and Belgium.
Knights/Dames Commanders of the Order of the British Empire (K/DBE)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Major-General
Unit:
Chief of General Staff, Headquarters, British Expeditionary Force (BEF), British Army
Awarded on:
November 7th, 1940
Awarded for:
Operation Dynamo
For his service during the evacuation from Dunkirk.
Knight (Sir/Dame)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Lieutenant-general
Unit:
Headquarters, Far East Command, British Army
Awarded on:
December 3rd, 1942
For services in South West Pacific.

Commander-in-Chief
Mentioned in Dispatches
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Lieutenant-general
Unit:
Chief of Staff, American-British-Dutch-Australian Command (ABDACOM), Allied Forces
Awarded on:
January 15th, 1943
For brilliant cooperation with the Dutch Armed Forces.
Grootofficier in de Orde van Oranje Nassau (ON.2)
Period:
After War Period (1945-now)
Rank:
Lieutenant-general
Awarded on:
July 3rd, 1947
Knight/Dame to the Venerable Order of Saint John (KStJ/DStJ)

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