The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Beresford-Peirse
Sir Noel Monson de la Poer, Lieutenant-General
(1888 – 1953) (Royal Artillery)
1929
- 1931
General Staff Officer 2, War Office
1934
- 1935
Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General, Southern Command
1937
Special employement [India]
1937
- 1939
Instructor at Senior Officers' School [India]
1939
- 1940
Commander Royal Artillery, 4th Indian Infantry Division [Middle East]
1940
- 1941
General Officer Commanding 4th Indian Infantry Division [Ethiopia-North Africa]
1941
General Officer Commanding Western Desert Force [North Africa]
1941
General Officer Commanding XIII Corps [North Africa]
1941
- 1942
General Officer Commanding British Troops in Sudan
1942
General Officer Commanding XV Indian Corps [India]
1942
- 1945
General Officer Commanding in Chief Southern Army [India]
1945
- 1947
Welfare General, Army Headquarters India
1947
Retired
Picture source: From "Den anden verdenskrig" by Winston S. Churchill, 1952