The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Reginald Antony Hutton

Hutton, Reginald Antony

Major-General

* 18th of April 1899

† 21st of December 1983

(2nd Gurkha Rifles)

(Indian Army)

Nickname: Reggie

Promotions

1940-12-28 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-03-28 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-09-15 Acting Colonel
1941-12-19 Acting Brigadier
1942-03-15 War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-03-15 Temporary Colonel
1942-06-19 Temporary Brigadier
1943-08-31 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier
1943-12-21 Lieutenant-Colonel
1944-10-08 Temporary Colonel
1944-11-06 Temporary Brigadier
1945-05-08 Acting Major-General
1945-06-12 Relinquish the Acting rank of Major-General
1947-04-22 Colonel (Dated back to 1946-12-21)
1948-06-04 Granted the honorary rank of Major-General

Service

1940-12-28 1941-09-14 General Staff Officer 1, East African Force
1941-09-15 1942-04-17 Deputy Director of Military Intelligence East Africa Command
1942-09-01 1943-08-30 Deputy Director of Military Intelligence, Army Headquarters India
1943-08-31 1944-11-05 Commanding Officer 3rd Battalion, 2nd Gurkha Rifles [Burma]
1944-11-06 1944-12-11 Commanding Officer 51st Indian Infantry Brigade [Burma]
1944-12-11 1944-12-29 Commanding Officer 53rd Indian Infantry Brigade [Burma]
1945-01-13 1945-09-21 Commanding Officer 51st Indian Infantry Brigade [Burma]
1946-01-20 1946-05-05 Commanding Officer 51st Indian Infantry Brigade
1946-05-05 1946-11-XX Commanding Officer 89th Indian Infantry Brigade
1946-XX-XX Brigadier General Staff, I Indian Corps
1947-XX-XX 1948-07-XX Chief of the General Staff, Pakistan Army
1948-06-04 Retired, but remain employed
1951-07-04 Retired