The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Hutson, Henry Porter Wolseley
Major-General
* 22nd of March 1893
† 23rd of December 1991
(Royal Engineers)
Nickname: Hutty
Promotions
| 1937-01-01 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1939-09-03 | Acting Colonel |
| 1939-11-11 | Colonel |
| 1940-05-29 | Acting Brigadier |
| 1940-11-29 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1943-05-26 | Acting Major-General |
| 1944-05-26 | Temporary Major-General |
| 1945-04-29 | Major-General (Dated back to 1944-01-20) |
Service
| 1939-09-03 | – | 1940-08-30 | Deputy Chief Engineer, British Troops in Egypt |
| 1940-02-05 | – | 1940-08-30 | Chief Engineer, British Troops in Egypt |
| 1940-08-31 | – | 1941-02-26 | Chief Engineer, Western Desert Force |
| 1941-03-27 | – | 1941-06-11 | CHief Engineer, W Force [Greece] |
| 1941-06-12 | – | 1941-10-02 | Chief Engineer, East Africa Command |
| 1941-10-03 | – | 1941-10-30 | Chief Engineer, British Troops in Palestine & Trans-Jordan |
| 1941-11-01 | – | 1942-09-02 | Chief Engineer, 9th Army |
| 1943-03-22 | – | 1943-05-22 | Chief Engineer, British Troops in Egypt |
| 1943-05-26 | – | 1946-XX-XX | Deputy Engineer-in-Chief, Army Headquarters India |
| 1946-01-16 | – | 1946-11-XX | Deputy Engineer-in-Chief, War Office |
| 1947-03-31 | Retired |
Picture source: From: "The Royal Engineers Journal", 1992, Vol. 106, No. 1