The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Robert Graham William Hawkins Stone

Stone, Robert Graham William Hawkins

Lieutenant-General

* 16th of January 1890

† 27th of June 1974

(Royal Engineers)

Promotions

1931-01-01 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1933-10-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1935-04-03 Colonel (Dated back to 1934-01-01)
1938-05-20 Local Brigadier
1940-09-02 Acting Major-General
1941-09-02 Temporary Major-General
1942-02-01 Acting Lieutenant-General
1943-01-22 Major-General (Dated back to 1940-11-03)
1943-02-01 Temporary Lieutenant-General
1945-02-11 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Lieutenant-General
1947-06-28 Granted the Honorary rank of Lieutenant-General

Service

1930-01-21 1933-09-30 General Staff Officer 2, War Office
1934-02-22 1935-02-24 Commander Royal Engineers, Deccan District [India]
1935-04-03 1938-05-19 Military Attaché to Italy
1938-05-20 1940-08-17 Assistant Commandant of Sudan Defence Force
1940-09-02 1942-01-31 Head of the British Military Mission to Egypt
1942-02-01 1944-12-12 General Officer Commanding British Troops in Egypt
1947-06-28 Retired
Picture source: From: "The Royal Engineers Journal", 1974, Vol. 87, No. 4