The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Giffard, George James
General
* 27th of September 1886
† 17th of November 1964
(Queen's Royal Regiment)
Promotions
| 1916-06-01 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1918-02-03 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1919-01-01 | Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1919-03-09 | Reverted to Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1924-05-15 | Major |
| 1931-04-07 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1933-07-23 | Colonel (Dated back to 1923-01-01) |
| 1936-04-13 | Major-General |
| 1939-07-01 | Lieutenant-General (Dated back to 1938-07-04) |
| 1941-12-12 | General |
Service
| 1918-02-03 | – | 1919-03-09 | Commanding Officer ? Column |
| 1920-07-01 | – | 1925-06-30 | General Staff Officer 2 to Inspector-General of West African Frontier Force |
| 1926-02-15 | – | Attending Senior Officer Schools' Sheerness | |
| 1928-01-21 | – | 1931-01-18 | Instructor at Staff College Camberley |
| 1931-XX-XX | – | 1932-XX-XX | Attending the Imperial Defence College |
| 1932-XX-XX | – | 1933-07-23 | Commanding Officer 2nd Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment |
| 1933-07-23 | – | 1936-07-12 | General Staff Officer 1, 2nd Infantry Division |
| 1935-05-08 | – | 1936-04-12 | Aide-de-Camp to the King |
| 1936-07-12 | – | 1936-10-13 | Half-pay |
| 1936-10-13 | – | 1938-08-31 | Inspector-General of West African Frontier Force |
| 1938-09-01 | – | 1939-06-30 | Inspector-General of African Colonial Forces |
| 1939-07-01 | – | 1940-02-04 | Military Secretary to Secretary of State for War |
| 1940-02-21 | – | 1940-06-25 | General Officer Commanding British Troops in Palestine & Trans-Jordan |
| 1940-07-07 | – | 1941-12-09 | General Officer Commanding Military Forces West Africa |
| 1941-12-10 | – | 1943-03-25 | General Officer Commanding in Chief West Africa Command |
| 1943-05-26 | – | 1943-10-15 | General Officer Commanding in Chief Eastern Army [India] |
| 1943-10-16 | – | 1944-11-12 | Commander in Chief 11th Army Group [Burma] |
| 1943-10-18 | – | 1946-08-17 | Aide-de-Camp General to the King |
| 1945-05-01 | – | 1954-09-28 | Colonel, Queen's Royal Regiment |
| 1946-06-08 | – | 1954-09-28 | Colonel-Commandant, Royal West African Frontier Force |
| 1946-06-08 | – | 1954-09-28 | Colonel-Commandant, King's African Rifles |
| 1946-06-08 | – | 1954-09-28 | Colonel-Commandant, Northern Rhodesia Regiment |
| 1946-08-17 | Retired |
Picture source: NPG x167794, National Portrait Gallery, London