Claude Auchinleck - Army Career Summary

Army Career Summary

  • Commissioned Second Lieutenant, 1903
  • Commissioned 62nd Punjabis, India, 1904
  • Promoted Lieutenant, 1905
  • Promoted Captain, 1912
  • Promoted Acting Major, second in command 62nd Punjab Regiment, 1916
  • Acting Lieutenant-Colonel, temporary commander 62nd Punjab Regiment, 1917
  • Promoted Major, GSO2 Mesopotamia, 1918
  • Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel, GSO1 Mesopotamia, 1919
  • Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel, Kurdistan, 1919
  • Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General, India, 1923–1924
  • Imperial Defence College, 1927
  • Commanding Officer 1st Battalion 1st Punjab Regiment, 1929–1930
  • Promoted Colonel, 1930
  • Instructor at Command and Staff College, Quetta, India, 1930–1933
  • Honorary Colonel 1st Battalion 1st Punjab Regiment, 1933
  • Temporary Brigadier, Commanding Officer Peshawar Brigade, 1933–1936
  • Promoted Major-General, 1935
  • Deputy Chief General Staff, India, 1936–1938
  • Chairman, Expert Committee on the Defence of India, 1938
  • District Officer Commanding Meerut District, India, 1938–1939
  • General Officer Commanding 3rd Indian Infantry Division, 1939–1940
  • Honorary Colonel 1st battalion 4th Bombay Grenadiers, 1939
  • General Officer Commanding IV Corps, 1940
  • Promoted Lieutenant-General, 1940
  • General Officer Commanding Northern Norway, 1940
  • General Officer Commanding V Corps, 1940
  • General Officer Commander-in-Chief Southern Command, 1940
  • Commander-in-Chief, India, Promoted General, 1941
  • Honorary Colonel Inniskilling Fusiliers, 1941
  • Commander-in-Chief Middle East Command, 1941–1942
  • Aide-de-Camp General to the King, 1941–1946
  • Temporary General Officer Commanding Eighth Army, 1942
  • Commander-in-Chief, India, 1943–1947
  • Honorary Colonel 4th Bombay Grenadiers, 1944
  • Promoted Field Marshal, 1946
  • Supreme Commander in India & Pakistan, 1947
  • Colonel 1st Punjab Regiment, 1947
  • Retired 1947

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