He was promoted to Major-General in command of Administration for Southern Command, 1938-1939 and was appointed the Quartermaster-General on mobilisation of the British Expeditionary Force in France and Belgium, 1939-1940, until the evacuation from Dunkirk.
He was promoted to Major-General in command of Administration for Southern Command. He was appointed the Quartermaster-General on mobilisation of the British Expeditionary Force in France and Belgium until the evacuation from Dunkirk. France and Belgium were 1939-1940. Southern Command was 1938-1939.