The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Stuart Greeves

Greeves, Stuart

Major-General

* 2nd of April 1897

† 11th of October 1987

(Royal Indian Army Service Corps)

(Indian Army)

Nickname: Sam the Sudden

Promotions

1941-06-17 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-09-17 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-09-26 Lieutenant-Colonel
1943-09-01 Acting Colonel
1943-09-01 Acting Brigadier
1944-03-01 Temporary Colonel
1944-03-01 Temporary Brigadier
1946-11-19 Acting Major-General
1947-01-01 Colonel (Dated back to 1946-09-26)
1947-10-01 Major-General (Dated back to 1947-06-22)

Service

1941-06-17 1941-11-22 General Staff Officer 1, Rawalpindi District [India]
1941-11-22 1943-08-31 General Staff Officer 1, 34th Indian Infantry Division [Sri Lanka]
1942-03-14 1942-04-07 Acting Brigadier General Staff, Ceylon Command
1943-09-01 1945-03-18 Commanding Officer 80th Indian Infantry Brigade [Burma]
1945-06-18 1946-01-07 Chief Administration Officer, Madras Area [India]
1946-01-07 1946-11-19 Commanding Officer Avadi Sub-Area [India]
1946-11-19 1947-11-24 Deputy Adjutant-General, Army Headquarters India
1947-12-24 1948-11-05 Quartermaster-General, Pakistan Army
1948-09-01 Retired, but remained employed
1948-11-XX General Officer Commanding Bahawalpur State Forces
1955-11-30 General Officer Commanding 6th Bahawalpur Division, Pakistan Army
1951-01-XX 1956-04-08 Senior Military Adviser to the Commander in Chief of the Pakistan Army
1957-04-15 Retired