Pownall, Henry Royds
- Date of birth:
- November 19th, 1887
- Date of death:
- June 10th, 1961
- Service number:
- 3553
- Nationality:
- British
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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Military Cross (MC)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Major
- Unit:
- Headquarters, 17th (Northern) Division, British Army
- Awarded on:
- January 1st, 1917
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Major
- Awarded on:
- May 18th, 1917
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Major
- Awarded on:
- December 11th, 1917
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Major
- Unit:
- Headquarters, 17th (Northern) Division, British Army
- Awarded on:
- January 1st, 1918
- Rank:
- Major
- Awarded on:
- May 6th, 1932
- Rank:
- Major
- Awarded on:
- May 6th, 1932
- Rank:
- Colonel
- Unit:
- Deputy Secretary, Committee of Imperial Defence, War Office, British Government
- Awarded on:
- June 23rd, 1936
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- 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
- 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
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Lieutenant-general
- Unit:
- Headquarters, Far East Command, British Army
- Awarded on:
- December 3rd, 1942
Commander-in-Chief
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- 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
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Lieutenant-general
- Unit:
- Chief of Staff to Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command (SEAC), Allied Forces
- Awarded on:
- January 1st, 1945
- Rank:
- Lieutenant-general
- Awarded on:
- July 3rd, 1947
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Sources
- Photo: Wikimedia Commons
- - https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/13033/page/40/data.pdf
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30450/supplement/25/data.pdf
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/33823/page/2958/data.pdf
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34296/supplement/3999/data.pdf
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34893/supplement/4247/data.pdf
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36866/supplement/3/data.pdf
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/38010/page/3133/data.pdf
- Delpher Kranten
- World War II unit histories; officers
- The Pacific War Online Encyclopedia: Pownall, Henry Royds
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