The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Bishop
Sir William Henry Alexander, Major-General
(1897 – 1984) (The Dorsetshire Regiment)
1938
- 1940
Special Employment
1941
- 1942
Deputy Adjutant & Quartermaster-General, West Africa Command
1943
Chief Administration Officer ?
1943
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Deputy Adjutant & Quartermaster-General ?
1943
Chief Administration Officer ?
1943
- 1944
Deputy Adjutant & Quartermaster-General ?
1944
Deputy Director of Information & Propaganda, War Office
1944
- 1945
Director of Quartering, War Office
1945
Assistant Director-General Political Warfare Executive, Foreign Office
1945
- 1946
Chief of Information Services and Public Relations, Allied Control Commission Germany
1946
- 1948
Deputy Chief of Staff, Control Allied Commission Germany
1948
Retired from the Army
1948
- 1950
Regional Commissioner of North Rhine-Westphalia [Germany]
1951
- 1953
Assistant Secretary of Commonwealth Relations Office
1953
- 1957
Principal Staff Officer to the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations
1957
- 1962
Deputy British High Commissioner of Calcutta [India]
1962
- 1964
Director of Information Services and Cultural Relations, Commonwealth Relations Office
1964
- 1965
British High Commissioner of Cyprus
1965
Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Paul Godley