The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Lathbury, Gerald William
General
* 14th of July 1906
† 16th of May 1978
(Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry)
Promotions
| 1940-07-17 | Local Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1941-01-06 | Acting Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1941-04-06 | War Substantive Major |
| 1941-04-06 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1942-12-08 | Acting Colonel |
| 1942-12-08 | Acting Brigadier |
| 1943-02-04 | Major |
| 1943-06-08 | War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1943-06-08 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1943-06-08 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1948-12-15 | Temporary Major-General |
| 1949-01-13 | Colonel |
| 1949-07-28 | Brigadier |
| 1949-12-14 | Major-General |
| 1955-04-29 | Local Lieutenant-General |
| 1955-05-02 | Temporary Lieutenant-General |
| 1955-07-07 | Lieutenant-General |
| 1960-04-29 | General |
Service
| 1942-12-08 | – | 1943-04-25 | Commanding Officer 3rd Parachute Brigade |
| 1943-04-28 | – | 1944-09-19 | Commanding Officer 1st Parachute Brigade [North Africa - Sicily - Italy - Northwestern Europe] |
| 1944-09-19 | Wounded | ||
| 1944-10-23 | – | 1945-06-01 | Commanding Officer 1st Parachute Brigade [Northwestern Europe] |
| 1945-07-02 | – | 1946-11-27 | Commanding Officer 3rd Parachute Brigade [Palestine] |
| 1947-01-06 | – | 1947-11-30 | Special Employed |
| 1948-12-15 | – | 1951-11-01 | General Officer Commanding 16th Airborne Division |
| 1951-11-05 | – | 1954-01-08 | Commandant of Staff College Camberley |
| 1954-01-20 | – | 1955-03-30 | Vice Adjutant-General, War Office |
| 1955-05-02 | – | 1957-07-01 | Commander in Chief East Africa Command |
| 1957-11-04 | – | 1959-12-07 | Director-General of Military Training, War Office |
| 1959-05-13 | – | 1962-07-31 | Colonel, West India Regiment |
| 1960-01-06 | – | 1961-11-30 | General Officer Commanding in Chief Eastern Command |
| 1960-12-31 | – | 1965-09-01 | Colonel-Commandant, 1st Green Jackets |
| 1961-03-20 | – | 1965-02-01 | Colonel-Commandant, Parashute Regiment |
| 1961-11-30 | – | 1965-01-20 | Quartermaster-General to the Forces |
| 1962-02-13 | – | 1965-02-25 | Aide-de-Camp General to the Queen |
| 1962-07-31 | – | 1968-01-01 | Colonel, Jamaica Regiment |
| 1965-02-25 | Retired | ||
| 1965-08-24 | Recalled | ||
| 1965-08-24 | – | 1969-04-01 | Governor & Commander in Chief Gibraltar |
| 1969-06-20 | Retired |
Picture source: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205216385