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Willcox commanded Central Army in India in 1942-1944.
1889
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Born in New Zealand |
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1911 |
Second lieutenant |
Commissioned |
1916 |
Captain |
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1916 |
Major |
Egyptian Expeditionary Force |
1919 |
Home Forces |
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1919 |
Aldershot |
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1921 |
Mesopotamia |
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1927 |
Southern Command |
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1930 |
Colonel |
Instructor, Staff College Camberley |
1933 |
Imperial Defense College |
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1934 |
Commander, 1 Battalion, Lancashires |
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1936 |
Assistant adjutant-general, British Troops in Palestine and Transjordan |
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1937 |
Instructor, Staff College Quetta |
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1938 |
Brigadier |
Commander, 15 Brigade |
1939 |
Commander, 13 Brigade, France |
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1939 |
Major general | Inspector of Infantry |
1940-5-16 |
Commander, 42 Division |
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1941-12 |
Lieutenant general |
Commander, I Corps |
1942-4 |
Commander, Central Army |
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1944-12 |
Chair, Indian Army Reorganization Committee |
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1946 |
Retires |
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1968 |
Dies |
References
Generals.dk (accessed 2010-10-27)
Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives (accessed 2010-10-27)
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