The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Jones, Charles Phibbs
General
* 29th of June 1906
† 4th of January 1988
(Royal Engineers)
Promotions
| 1941-10-27 | Acting Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1942-01-27 | War Substantive Major |
| 1942-01-27 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1942-09-03 | Major |
| 1942-11-18 | Reverted to Major |
| 1943-01-27 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1945-01-23 | Acting Colonel |
| 1945-01-23 | Acting Brigadier |
| 1945-07-23 | War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1945-07-23 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1945-07-23 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1949-12-21 | Colonel |
| 1951-05-01 | Temporary Major-General |
| 1951-11-12 | Brigadier |
| 1952-12-07 | Major-General |
| 1959-01-01 | Temporary Lieutenant-General |
| 1963-08-05 | General |
Service
| 1941-10-27 | – | 1942-11-18 | General Staff Officer 1, Home Forces |
| 1942-XX-XX | – | 1944-XX-XX | Commander Royal Engineers, Guards Armoured Division [Northwestern Europe] |
| 1944-10-09 | – | 1945-01-22 | General Staff Officer 1, ? |
| 1945-01-23 | – | 1945-XX-XX | Brigadier General Staff, XXX Corps [Northwestern Europe] |
| 1945-XX-XX | – | 1946-04-23 | Brigadier General Staff, Malaya Command |
| 1946-05-06 | – | 1947-01-01 | Brigadier General Staff, Western Command |
| 1948-01-07 | – | 1950-10-31 | Commanding Officer 2nd Infantry Brigade [Palestine] |
| 1950-12-14 | – | 1951-04-26 | Director of Plans, War Office |
| 1951-05-01 | – | 1953-11-30 | General Officer Commanding 7th Armoured Division [Germany] |
| 1954-01-08 | – | 1956-12-31 | Commandant of Staff College Camberley |
| 1957-03-01 | – | 1958-09-15 | Vice Adjutant-General, War Office |
| 1959-01-01 | – | 1960-01-01 | Director of Combined Military Planning Staff, Central Treaty Organisation |
| 1960-03-08 | – | 1962-03-26 | General Officer Commanding I Corps |
| 1961-08-20 | – | 1977-07-22 | Colonel-Commandant, Royal Engineers |
| 1961-11-01 | – | 1967-03-31 | Honorary Colonel, Field & Works Royal Engineers, Army Emergency Reserve |
| 1963-04-01 | – | 1963-04-18 | General Officer Commanding in Chief Northern Command |
| 1963-05-06 | – | 1966-12-12 | Master-General of the Ordnance |
| 1965-01-30 | – | 1967-01-09 | Aide-de-Camp General to the Queen |
| 1967-01-09 | Retired | ||
| 1969-07-01 | – | 1975-08-01 | Governor, Royal Hospital Chelsea |
| 1969-07-01 | – | 1970-07-01 | Chief Royal Engineer |
| 1970-07-22 | – | 1977-02-22 | Honorary Colonel, Engineer & Railway Staff Corps |
Picture source: NPG x168644, National Portrait Gallery, London