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I am proud to announce a major update to the database, and I really mean a major update. A lot of additional information has been added to the Chinese, Finnish, Hungarian, Italian, Romanian and Soviet sections as well as others. Plus numerous photos have been added. The database now covers 19740 gen...

I am happy to report on the recent update of the database, which now covers 17653 generals. A lot of new information has been added to the Chinese and Soviet sections. The database also now contains portraits of 1832 generals.

An update was made last night bringing the number of generals in the database up to 17409. Additional information was added to numerous generals from several nations. A lot pictures were also added bringing the number of entries with a photo up to over a 1000. Kind Regards Steen Ammentorp The Genera...

After four months I have finally made a HUGE update. The total number of generals is now 17364. I have added all the Soviet Air Force (VVS) generals and a LOT of information has been added to the Australian, British, Bulgarian, Canadian, French, Italian, Japanese, New Zealand, Soviet and US sections...

After at bit of searching through Google Books and News Archive I found this. There was a: Captain Donald S. Evans, Naval Science and Tactics (Naval R.O.T.C) mentioned in: Year Book of the State of Colorado - Page 141. by Colorado State Planning Commission - 1918 Donald S. Evans, USN, Oconomowoc, Wi...

I, or rather Chris Kempton, also has 2/11 Sikh with 25th Bde until March 1942 and then again from 16th June until August.

1/2 Gurkha until 7th April 1942
2/11 Sikh in August 1942

Today there has been another major update, with a lot of additional information on the British Commonwealth, Japanese and Soviet generals. In the Soviet section I have started adding the generals of the VVS (Air Force) thus bringing the total number of generals listed in the database up to 16754. En...

From my reading i see that LH had a great influence over Hore Bolisha (spelling/)even to the point of getting some officers approved for certain jobs like Gort as CO in France.I can't believe high ranking officers would let a retired officer of such a low rank and little experience would have so mu...

I made an update yesterday bringing the total of generals up to 16598 generals. I have also added a lot of information to several of the existing entries, primarily on the Chinese, Japanese and Soviet generals. I have also added some hundred new pictures – including pictures of all the Danish genera...

Sorry for the delay Andy. The source is Chris Kempton's Loyalty & Honour : The Indian Army September 1939 - August 1947. Part III. (2003, ISBN 085420248x). p. 90.

Just to elaborate on Andy's post regarding the Indian Mule Companies. The force was called Force K6 and was formed in October 1939 consisting of a force HQ, 22,25, 29 & 32 Mule Companies RIASC, 47 Supply Depot Section RIASC, one section Indian General Hospital and a Reinforcement Unit. It arrive...

So I have finally finish changing the Romanization of the Chinese names to Pinyin. The database is at 16472 generals and I have added an additional 116 pictures.

I have just made another Major update. The database now includes 16434 generals and 447 photos. I have added a section for the Thai generals of WWII and I have started adding the generals of the USAAF in the American section. Other major updates have been made in the Japanese and Soviet section. In ...

@ John I can strongly recommend the biography on him by John Baynes called The Forgotten Victor : General Sir Richard O'Connor, which describes his escape attempts in largely O'Connor's own word. Of interest may also be Lieutenant-General Adrian Carton de Wiart's autobiography Happy Odyssey as he wa...