The Generals of WWII
Generals from China
Song Xilian
Lieutenant-General
* 9th of April 1907
† 13th of February 1993
(宋希濂)
(Sung Hsi-lien)
Promotions
| 1930-05-XX | Lieutenant-Colonel (Post rank) |
| 1930-12-XX | Colonel (Post rank) |
| 1931-03-XX | Lieutenant-General (Post rank) |
| 1935-04-13 | Major-General |
| 1936-10-05 | Lieutenant-General |
Service
| 1930-05-XX | – | 1930-12-XX | Staff Officer, 1st Division |
| 1930-12-XX | – | 1931-03-XX | Commanding Officer 2nd Regiment, 1st Guards Division |
| 1931-03-XX | – | 1932-01-XX | Commanding Officer 2nd Brigade, 1st Guards Division |
| 1932-01-XX | – | 1933-02-XX | Commanding Officer 261st Brigade, 87th Division |
| 1932-08-11 | – | 1933-09-15 | Deputy Commanding Officer 87th Division |
| 1933-09-15 | – | 1938-01-25 | Commanding Officer 36th Division |
| 1937-02-XX | – | 1937-09-XX | Commanding Officer Xian |
| 1937-09-XX | – | 1938-05-01 | Commanding Officer 78th Army |
| 1938-05-01 | – | 1940-07-29 | Commanding Officer 71st Army |
| 1938-05-25 | – | 1938-07-02 | Commanding Officer 88th Division, 71st Army |
| 1939-11-22 | – | 1941-11-25 | Deputy Commander in Chief 34th Army Group |
| 1940-09-XX | – | 1941-11-25 | Deputy Chief of Education, Central Training Corps |
| 1941-11-25 | – | 1944-10-XX | Commander in Chief 11th Army Group |
| 1944-10-XX | – | 1945-01-XX | Attending the 1st Generals' Class A, Army College |
| 1945-01-XX | – | 1945-03-XX | Commander in Chief 11th Army Group |
| 1945-03-XX | – | 1946-03-XX | Commandant of 9th Branch School, Central Military Academy |
| 1946-03-XX | – | 1946-11-XX | Chief of Staff, Northwestern Field Headquarters |
| 1946-11-XX | – | 1948-08-XX | Commanding Officer Xinjiang Garrison Command |
| 1948-08-XX | – | 1949-02-01 | Deputy Commanding Officer Central China Bandit Suppression Headquarters |
| 1948-08-XX | – | 1949-02-01 | Commander in Chief 14th Army Corps |
| 1949-02-01 | – | 1949-08-XX | Commanding Officer Hunan-Hubei Border Area Pacification Headquarters |
| 1949-02-01 | – | 1949-08-XX | Commanding Officer 14th Recruit Training Center |
| 1949-06-29 | – | 1949-08-XX | Deputy Commissioner Central, China Military Administration |
| 1949-08-XX | – | 1949-12-19 | Commanding Officer Sichuan-Hunan-Hubei Border Area Pacification Headquarters |
| 1949-12-19 | Captured by the Chinese People's Liberation Army | ||
| 1949-12-19 | – | 1959-12-04 | Imprisoned |
| 1959-12-04 | Released | ||
| 1978-03-XX | – | 1980-XX-XX | Member of the National Committee, People's Political Consultative Conference |
| 1980-XX-XX | Moved to USA | ||
| 1983-06-XX | – | 1984-06-XX | Member of the Standing Committee, National Committee, People's Political Consultative Conference |
| 1984-06-XX | – | 1988-04-XX | Vice President of the Huangpu (Whampoa) Military Academy Alumni Association |
| 1988-04-XX | – | 1993-02-13 | Member of the Friendsship Committee, National Committee, People's Political Consultative Conference |
Picture source: Courtesy of Yu Zixu