The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
FitzGeorge-Balfour, Robert George Victor
General
* 15th of September 1913
† 28th of December 1994
(Coldstream Guards)
Promotions
| 1943-11-26 | Acting Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1944-02-26 | War Substantive Major |
| 1944-02-26 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1944-10-09 | Acting Colonel |
| 1944-10-09 | Acting Brigadier |
| 1945-04-09 | War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1945-04-09 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1945-04-09 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1946-07-14 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier |
| 1946-09-30 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Colonel |
| 1947-02-01 | Major |
| 1949-01-17 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1951-07-01 | Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1953-01-07 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1954-09-15 | Colonel (Dated back to 1954-06-17) |
| 1961-01-01 | Brigadier |
| 1962-04-06 | Major-General |
| 1968-05-01 | Lieutenant-General |
| 1970-01-14 | General (Dated back to 1970-11-28) |
Service
| 1943-11-26 | – | 1944-10-08 | General Staff Officer 1, XXX Corps [Northwestern Europe] |
| 1944-10-09 | – | 1946-05-25 | Brigadier General Staff, VIII Corps [Northwest Europe] |
| 1946-07-15 | – | 1946-09-08 | Colonel (A/Q), British Military Mission to France |
| 1946-10-01 | – | 1948-04-28 | General Staff Officer 1, War Office |
| 1949-01-17 | – | 1950-XX-XX | Commanding Officer 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards [Malaya] |
| 1950-12-01 | – | 1952-11-21 | General Staff Officer 1, Ministry of Defence |
| 1952-12-13 | – | 1954-09-14 | Military Assistant to Head of British Joint Staff Mission, Washington |
| 1954-09-15 | – | 1955-09-04 | British Liaison Officer to the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Washington |
| 1957-01-XX | – | 1958-05-XX | Chief of Staff, Cyprus |
| 1958-05-XX | – | 1959-12-XX | Commanding Officer 1st Guards Brigade [Cyprus - Jordan] |
| 1960-XX-XX | – | 1962-XX-XX | Deputy Director of Staff Duties, War Office |
| 1962-XX-XX | – | 1964-01-03 | Chief of Staff, Southern Command |
| 1964-02-14 | – | 1966-04-26 | Director of Military Operations, Ministry of Defence |
| 1966-04-26 | – | 1968-03-08 | Senior Military Instructor at Imperial Defence College |
| 1968-05-01 | – | 1970-12-04 | Vice Chief of the General Staff |
| 1971-01-14 | – | 1973-08-13 | British Military Representative to the Military Committee, North Atalantic Treaty Organisation |
| 1972-11-11 | – | 1973-11-21 | Aide-de-Camp General to the Queen |
| 1973-11-21 | Retired | ||
| 1976-08-02 | – | 1984-09-01 | Colonel-Commandant, Honourable Artillery Company, Territorial Army |
Picture source: Courtesy of Robin FitzGeorge-Balfour