The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Davey, Basil Charles
Major-General
* 21st of November 1897
† 20th of November 1959
(Royal Engineers)
Promotions
| 1940-03-13 | Acting Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1940-06-14 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1942-08-01 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1943-04-15 | Acting Colonel |
| 1943-04-15 | Acting Brigadier |
| 1943-10-15 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1943-10-15 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1944-10-31 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier |
| 1945-03-20 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1945-12-04 | Colonel (Dated back to 1945-08-01) |
| 1948-09-16 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1949-11-29 | Brigadier |
| 1951-08-01 | Temporary Major-General |
| 1952-05-14 | Major-General |
Service
| 1940-03-13 | – | 1940-09-30 | Commanding Officer 3rd Training Battalion, Royal Engineers |
| 1940-10-01 | – | 1943-03-14 | Commander Royal Engineers, 6th Armoured Division [North Africa] |
| 1943-04-15 | – | 1943-05-11 | Brigadier Royal Engineers, 18th Army Group [North Africa] |
| 1943-05-12 | – | 1944-09-09 | Chief Engineer, XXX Corps [Sicily - Northwestern Europe] |
| 1944-11-XX | – | 1945-03-XX | Commanding Officer 140th Officer Cadets Training Unit |
| 1945-03-20 | – | 1945-05-31 | Chief Engineer, 8th Army [Italy] |
| 1945-06-01 | – | 1946-11-20 | Chief Engineer, British Troops in Austria |
| 1947-XX-XX | – | 1948-09-XX | Colonel E (Operations), War Office |
| 1948-09-XX | – | 1951-07-XX | Commandant of the School of Military Engineering |
| 1951-08-01 | – | 1954-08-20 | Commandant of the Royal Military College of Science |
| 1954-09-20 | Retired |
Picture source: Courtesy of John Redmond