The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Urquhart
Robert Elliott, Major-General
(1901 – 1988)
Nickname: Roy
1940
- 1941
Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General 3rd Division
1941
- 1942
Commanding Officer 2nd Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
1942
- 1943
General Staff Officer 1 51st Division, North Africa
1943
Commanding Officer 231st Brigade, Sicily - Italy
1943
- 1944
Brigadier General Staff XII Corps
1944
- 1945
General Officer Commanding 1st Airborne Division, North-West Europe - Norway
1945
General Officer Commanding Headquarters Norway Command
1945
General Officer Commanding 1st Airborne Division
1945
- 1946
Director-General of Territorial Army, War Office
1947
- 1948
General Officer Commanding 16th Division
1948
- 1950
District Officer Commanding Lowland District
1950
District Officer Commanding Malaya District, Malaya
1950
General Officer Commanding 17th Gurkha Division, Malaya
1950
- 1952
General Officer Commanding Malaya
1952
- 1955
General Officer Commanding British Troops in Austria
1955
Retired
Picture source: From "The Sky Generals" by Major Victor Dover. 1981