The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Ritchie
Sir Neil Methuen, General
(1897 – 1985)
1933
- 1937
General Staff Officer 2, Northern Command [India]
1938
- 1939
Commanding Officer 2nd Battalion King's Own Royal Regiment [Palestine]
1939
Instructor at Senior Officers' School Sheerness
1939
- 1940
Brigadier General Staff, II Corps [France]
1940
Brigadier General Staff, Southern Command
1940
- 1941
General Officer Commanding 51st Infantry Division
1941
Deputy Chief of Staff, Middle East Command
1941
- 1942
General Officer Commanding 8th Army [North ]Africa
1942
- 1943
General Officer Commanding 52nd Infantry Division
1943
- 1945
General Officer Commanding XII Corps [North-West Europe]
1945
- 1947
General Officer Commanding in Chief Scottish Command
1945
- 1947
Governor of Edinburgh Castle
1947
- 1949
Commander in Chief Far East Land Forces
1948
- 1951
Aide-de-Camp General to the King
1950
- 1951
Head of the British Army Mission Washington
1951
Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Paul Godley