The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Harding of Petherton
Allan Francis John Baron, Field Marshal
(1896 – 1989)
1939
- 1940
Commanding Officer 1st Battalion Somerset Light Infantry
1940
General Staff Officer 1 Middle East Command
1940
- 1941
Brigadier General Staff Western Desert Force
1941
- 1942
Brigadier General Staff XIII Corps
1942
Deputy Director of Military Training Middle East Command
1942
Deputy Chief of Staff Middle East Command
1942
- 1943
General Officer Commanding 7th Amoured Division, North Africa
1943
Wounded
1943
General Officer Commanding VIII Corps
1943
- 1944
Chief of Staff 15th Allied Army Group, Italy
1945
General Officer Commanding XIII Corps, Italy
1946
- 1947
General Officer Commanding Central Mediterranean Force
1947
- 1949
General Officer Commanding in Chief Southern Command
1949
- 1951
Commander in Chief Far East Land Forces
1950
- 1952
Aide-de-Camp General to the King
1951
- 1952
Commander in Chief British Army of the Rhine
1952
- 1955
Chief Imperial General Staff, War Office
1955
- 1957
Governor & Commander in Chief Cypress
Picture source: Courtesy of Paul Godley