The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Walter Pitts Hendy Hill

Hill, Walter Pitts Hendy

Major-General

* 10th of June 1877

† 26th of July 1942

(Royal Fusiliers)

Promotions

1916-05-21 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1917-06-03 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1919-03-03 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel
1920-09-01 Temporary Colonel
1922-07-01 Brevet Colonel
1924-03-15 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Colonel
1924-10-06 Lieutenant-Colonel
1928-01-05 Colonel (Dated back to 1921-06-03)
1929-12-01 Temporary Brigadier
1933-02-18 Major-General

Service

1916-05-22 1917-04-27 Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General, British Armies in France
1917-04-28 1918-03-14 Assistant Quartermaster-General, VII Corps [France]
1918-03-15 1918-03-28 Assistant Quartermaster-General, 5th Army [France]
1918-03-29 1919-03-03 Assistant Quartermaster-General, 4th Army [France]
1920-07-10 1924-03-15 Assistant Commandant of the School of Military Administration
1920-09-01 1924-03-15 Chief Instructor at the School of Military Administration
1924-10-06 1928-01-01 Commanding Officer 2nd Battalion, Loyal Regiment
1928-01-02 1929-11-30 Instructor at Staff College Camberley
1929-12-01 1931-11-21 Chief Administration Officer, Northern Command
1931-11-22 1933-05-17 Commanding Officer 11th Infantry Brigade
1932-05-23 1933-02-17 Aide-de-Camp to the King
1933-05-18 1934-05-28 Half-pay
1933-08-02 1942-07-26 Colonel, Royal Fusiliers
1934-02-28 1938-XX-XX Chief Administration Officer, Southern Command
1938-05-28 Retired
1939-08-29 Recalled
1939-08-29 1940-04-20 Chief Administration Officer, Southern Command
1940-06-25 Retired