The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Anderson, John D'Arcy
General
* 23rd of September 1908
† 16th of April 1988
(5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards)
Promotions
| 1941-01-11 | Local Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1942-01-07 | Acting Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1942-04-07 | War Substantive Major |
| 1942-04-07 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1942-12-06 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1943-02-21 | Acting Colonel |
| 1943-03-16 | Acting Brigadier |
| 1943-04-07 | Relinquish the Acting rank of Brigadier |
| 1943-08-21 | War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1943-08-21 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1944-03-05 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Colonel |
| 1944-11-11 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1944-11-11 | Acting Brigadier |
| 1945-03-13 | Relinquish the Acting rank of Brigadier |
| 1945-05-19 | Acting Brigadier |
| 1945-06-24 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1946-02-18 | Major |
| 1946-10-19 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier |
| 1947-07-04 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1947-09-14 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier |
| 1948-07-04 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Colonel |
| 1948-08-11 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1948-08-11 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1949-09-23 | Colonel |
| 1955-04-04 | Temporary Major-General |
| 1955-10-04 | Brigadier |
| 1955-12-05 | Major-General |
| 1959-12-07 | Lieutenant-General |
| 1965-01-30 | General |
Service
| 1941-01-13 | – | 1942-01-06 | General Staff Officer 2, ? |
| 1942-01-17 | – | 1942-12-06 | General Staff Officer 1, ? |
| 1943-02-21 | – | 1943-03-15 | Deputy Director of Military Training, ? |
| 1943-03-16 | – | 1943-04-07 | Director of Military Training, ? |
| 1943-04-08 | – | 1944-11-10 | Deputy Director of Military Training, ? |
| 1946-07-16 | – | 1946-10-19 | Brigadier General Staff, Central Mediterranean Force |
| 1946-10-20 | – | 1947-07-03 | Colonel General Staff, Central Mediterranean Force |
| 1947-07-19 | – | 1948-05-04 | Chief of Staff, British Element Triest Force |
| 1948-08-11 | – | 1950-07-12 | Brigadier, Chief of the Imperial General Staff's Conference Working Committee |
| 1950-08-08 | – | 1950-12-30 | Deputy Director of Staff Duties, War Office |
| 1952-02-07 | – | 1952-06-20 | District Officer Commanding Cyrenaica District [North Africa] |
| 1952-06-21 | – | 1953-08-04 | Commanding Officer 25th Armoured Brigade |
| 1953-09-30 | – | 1955-02-21 | Chief of Staff, I Corps [Germany] |
| 1955-04-04 | – | 1956-03-02 | General Officer Commanding 11th Armoured Division [Germany] |
| 1956-04-24 | – | 1958-06-01 | Chief of Staff, Northern Army Group [Germany] |
| 1956-04-24 | – | 1958-06-01 | Chief of Staff, British Army of the Rhine [Germany] |
| 1958-08-15 | – | 1959-10-22 | Director of Royal Armoured Corps, War Office |
| 1959-12-07 | – | 1961-02-27 | Director-General of Military Training, War Office |
| 1961-04-21 | – | 1963-02-04 | Deputy Chief of the Imperial General Staff |
| 1961-06-20 | – | 1967-07-20 | Honorary Colonel, Oxford University Training Corps, Territorial Army |
| 1962-11-16 | – | 1967-11-16 | Colonel, 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards |
| 1963-03-01 | – | 1964-04-01 | Military Secretary to Secretary of State for War |
| 1964-04-01 | – | 1965-12-22 | Military Secretary to Secretary of State for Defence |
| 1964-07-12 | – | 1975-07-12 | Honorary Colonel, Queen's University Belfast, Officers Training Corps |
| 1964-10-26 | – | 1970-10-10 | Colonel-Commandant, Royal Army Educational Corps |
| 1966-01-04 | – | 1968-01-08 | Commandant of Imperial Defence College |
| 1966-10-18 | – | 1968-02-27 | Aide-de-Camp General to The Queen |
| 1968-03-09 | Retired | ||
| 1969-11-12 | – | 1980-01-01 | Colonel-Commandant, Ulster Defence Regiment |
Picture source: Courtesy of John Redmond