The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Sugden, Cecil Stanway
General
* 4th of December 1903
† 25th of March 1963
(Royal Engineers)
Promotions
| 1941-01-23 | Acting Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1941-03-31 | Relinquish the Acting rank of Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1941-06-13 | Acting Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1941-06-14 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1943-03-24 | Acting Colonel |
| 1943-03-24 | Acting Brigadier |
| 1943-09-24 | War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1943-09-24 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1943-09-24 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1945-02-12 | Acting Major-General |
| 1946-02-12 | Temporary Major-General |
| 1946-05-01 | Colonel (Dated back to 1946-02-12) |
| 1947-11-01 | Brigadier |
| 1949-11-14 | Major-General |
| 1954-04-30 | Local Lieutenant-General |
| 1954-05-31 | Temporary Lieutenant-General |
| 1954-08-21 | Lieutenant-General |
| 1958-11-29 | General |
Service
| 1941-01-23 | – | 1941-03-31 | General Staff Officer 1, War Office |
| 1941-05-23 | – | 1942-07-07 | General Staff Officer 1, War Office |
| 1942-11-21 | – | 1943-09-23 | Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff for Plans, Allied Force Headquarters [North Africa] |
| 1942-11-21 | – | 1943-09-23 | Chairman of Joint Planning Staff, Allied Force Headquarters [North Africa] |
| 1943-10-17 | – | 1945-02-11 | Director of Plans, War Office |
| 1945-02-12 | – | 1946-12-31 | Director of Military Operations, War Office |
| 1948-03-12 | – | 1948-03-31 | Brigadier General Staff, British Troops in Egypt |
| 1948-04-01 | – | 1949-09-30 | Chief of Staff, British Troops in Egypt |
| 1949-11-04 | – | 1951-11-08 | Director of Personnel Administration, War Office |
| 1951-12-09 | – | 1953-03-27 | Chief of Staff, British Army of the Rhine [Germany] |
| 1952-11-01 | – | 1957-03-27 | Chief of Staff, Northern Army Group [Germany] |
| 1954-05-31 | – | 1955-12-31 | General Officer Commanding British Forces in Hong Kong |
| 1956-01-16 | – | 1958-07-01 | Commander in Chief Allied Forces Northern Europe |
| 1958-11-01 | – | 1961-11-30 | Quartermaster-General to the Forces |
| 1960-05-04 | – | 1963-03-25 | Colonel-Commandant, Royal Engineers |
| 1960-09-01 | – | 1961-12-28 | Aide-de-Camp General to the Queen |
| 1961-12-28 | Retired | ||
| 1962-06-10 | – | 1963-03-25 | Colonel-Commandant, Royal Army Ordnance Corps |
Picture source: From: "The Royal Engineers Journal", 1963, Vol. 77, No. 2