It trained for jungle operations through 1943, and was deployed during the Third Arakan Campaign in March 1944, pushing south along the Burmese coast. Davies relinquished command of the division in October 1944. Davies resumed a staff position after leaving the division, appointed as the Deputy Chief of the Indian General Staff. He was appointed a Companion of the Bath as a temporary Major-General in the London Gazette of 13 September 1945. He was promoted to the substantive rank of Major-General with seniority of 15 November 1946 in the London Gazette of 1 April 1947. He then became commandant of the Staff College, Quetta, and following the partition of India transferred to the Pakistan Army as Deputy Chief of the General Staff. He retired the following year in 1948. Civil Service work Returning to the United Kingdom, Davies joined the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, where he was assistant director of the investigation division. He remained at the Ministry for fourteen years, before moving to the Historical Section of the Cabinet Office, where he worked as a historian on the Official Histories of the Second World War. He finally retired in 1972. References Bibliography External links Generals of World War II |- 1898 births 1975 deaths Indian Army generals of World War II Companions of the Order of the Bath Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Companions of the Distinguished Service Order Recipients of the Military Cross Pakistani generals British civil servants Indian Army personnel of World War I British expatriates in Pakistan Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst Graduates of the Staff College, Quetta Commandants of the Staff College, Quetta British Indian Army generals People educated at Dover College