translate English to French: Among the junior Permanent Force officers, without previous war service, who were given staff appointments in 1939, were Temporary Major G. G. Simonds and Captain Charles Foulkes—both of whom were to become corps commanders and lieutenant-generals during 1944.
Notons en passant que bien des officiers qui n'appartenaient pas à l'armée régulière jouaient un rôle important sur le plan administratif.