The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of General Richard Loudon McCreery

McCreery, Richard Loudon

General

* 1st of February 1898

† 18th of October 1967

(12th Lancers)

Promotions

1935-09-06 Lieutenant-Colonel
1938-07-29 Brevet Colonel (dated back to 1937-07-29)
1938-08-25 Colonel (Dated back to 1937-07-29)
1940-01-15 Acting Brigadier
1940-07-15 Temporary Brigadier
1940-12-14 Acting Major-General
1941-12-14 Temporary Major-General
1942-08-28 Acting Lieutenant-General
1943-02-16 Reverted to Temporary Major-General
1943-05-21 Reverted to Colonel
1943-07-14 Major-General (Dated back to 1943-05-15)
1943-07-30 Acting Lieutenant-General
1944-02-02 Temporary Lieutenant-General
1944-12-12 Lieutenant-General
1948-01-30 General (Dated back to 1946-10-04)

Service

1935-09-06 1938-01-28 Commanding Officer 12th Lancers
1938-01-29 1940-01-12 General Staff Officer 1, 1st Infantry Division [France]
1940-01-15 1940-04-14 Commanding Officer 2nd Light Armoured Brigade
1940-04-14 1940-12-12 Commanding Officer 2nd Armoured Brigade [France - North Africa]
1940-12-14 1941-10-15 General Officer Commanding 8th Armoured Division
1941-10-15 1942-03-19 General Officer Commanding Armoured Group
1942-03-20 1942-08-22 Advisor Armoured Fighting Vehicles, Middle East Command
1942-08-23 1943-02-16 Chief of Staff, Middle East Command
1943-02-17 1943-07-29 Chief of Staff, 18th Army Group [North Africa]
1943-07-30 1944-11-02 General Officer Commanding X Corps [Italy]
1944-11-03 1945-05-31 General Officer Commanding 8th Army [Italy]
1945-06-01 1946-03-XX General Officer Commanding in Chief British Troops in Austria
1945-06-01 1946-03-XX British High Commissioner to Austria
1946-06-XX 1948-04-01 General Officer Commanding in Chief British Army of the Rhine [Germany]
1946-06-21 1956-06-21 Honorary Colonel, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry, Royal Armoured Corps, Territorial Army
1947-05-21 1957-05-21 Colonel, 14th/20th King's Hussars
1947-05-21 1957-05-21 Representative Colonel-Commandant, Royal Armoured Corps
1948-XX-XX 1949-12-04 British Army Representative, Military Staff Committee, United Nations
1949-12-09 Retired
1951-05-18 1960-09-11 Colonel, 12th Lancers
1960-09-11 1961-05-18 Colonel, 9th/12th Lancers
Picture source: NPG x186344, National Portrait Gallery, London