Henry Pownall

Sir Henry Pownall
Lieutenant General Sir Henry Pownall, 1941.
Born	(1887-11-19)19 November 1887 London, England
Died	10 June 1961(1961-06-10) (aged 73) London, England
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Army
Years of service	1906–1945
Rank	Lieutenant-General
Service number	3553
Unit	Royal Field Artillery Royal Artillery
Commands	Persia and Iraq Command (1943) Commander-in-Chief, Ceylon (1942–1943) Far East Command (1941–1942) British Troops in Northern Ireland (1940–1941) Royal School of Artillery (1936–1938)
Battles / wars	First World War North-West Frontier Second World War
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Distinguished Service Order & Bar Military Cross Mentioned in Despatches (4) Order of Orange-Nassau (Netherlands)
Relations	Willoughby Gray (stepson) Assheton Pownall (grandfather) Sir Assheton Pownall (brother)

Lieutenant General Sir Henry Royds Pownall, KCB, KBE, DSO & Bar, MC (19 November 1887 – 10 June 1961) was a senior British Army officer who held several command and staff positions during the Second World War. In particular, he was chief of staff to the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in France and Belgium until the battle of France in May/June 1940. He was later chief of staff to General Sir Archibald Wavell until the fall of Singapore in February 1942, and was then chief of staff to Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten in South East Asia in 1943–1944.