The Generals of WWII
Generals from Canada
Simonds
Guy Granville, Lieutenant-General
(1903 – 1974)
1940
Commanding Officer 1st Field Regiment Royal Canadian Horse Artillery, England
1940
- 1941
Commandant Canadian Junior War Staff Course
1941
General Staff Officer 1 2nd Canadian Division, England
1941
- 1942
Brigadier General Staff I Canadian Corps, England
1942
- 1943
Commanding Officer 1st Canadian Brigade, England
1943
Brigadier General Staff 1st Canadian Army
1943
General Officer Commanding 2nd Canadian Division
1943
General Officer Commanding 1st Canadian Division, Sicily
1943
- 1944
General Officer Commanding 5th Amoured Canadian Division, Italy
1944
General Officer Commanding II Canadian Corps, North-West Europe
1944
Acting General Officer Commanding 1st Canadian Army, North-West Europe
1944
- 1945
General Officer Commanding II Canadian Corps, North-West Europe
1945
General Officer Commanding Canadian Forces in the Netherlands
1945
General Officer Commanding 1st Canadian Army, Germany
Instructor Imperial Defence College, England
1949
- 1951
Commandant National Defence College
1951
- 1955
Chief General Staff
Picture source: Courtesy of Clive M. Law