The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Whistler, Lashmer Gordon
General
* 3rd of September 1898
† 4th of July 1963
(Royal Sussex Regiment)
Nickname: Bolo
Promotions
| 1940-02-05 | Acting Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1940-05-05 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1942-07-02 | Reverted to Major |
| 1942-08-13 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1942-09-04 | Acting Colonel |
| 1942-09-04 | Acting Brigadier |
| 1943-03-04 | War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1943-03-04 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1943-03-04 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1944-06-22 | Acting Major-General |
| 1945-01-01 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1945-06-22 | War Substantive Colonel |
| 1945-06-22 | Temporary Major-General |
| 1946-02-25 | Colonel (Dated back to 1945-06-22) |
| 1946-11-11 | Acting Lieutenant-General |
| 1946-12-30 | Relinquish the Acting rank of Lieutenant-General |
| 1947-02-06 | Major-General (Dated back to 1946-04-05) |
| 1951-05-10 | Lieutenant-General |
| 1955-07-06 | General |
Service
| 1940-02-05 | – | 1942-XX-XX | Commanding Officer 4th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment |
| 1942-03-10 | – | 1942-04-01 | Acting Commanding Officer 133rd Infantry Brigade |
| 1942-08-24 | – | 1942-09-03 | Acting Commanding Officer 133rd Infantry Brigade [North Africa] |
| 1942-09-04 | – | 1942-11-26 | Commanding Officer 132nd Infantry Brigade [North Africa] |
| 1942-11-29 | – | 1943-07-14 | Commanding Officer 131st Lorried Brigade [North Africa] |
| 1943-07-26 | – | 1944-01-28 | Commanding Officer 131st Lorried Brigade [North Africa - Italy] |
| 1944-01-28 | – | 1944-06-22 | Commanding Officer 160th Infantry Brigade |
| 1944-06-23 | – | 1945-01-22 | General Officer Commanding 3rd Infantry Division [Northwestern Europe] |
| 1945-02-25 | – | 1946-12-XX | General Officer Commanding 3rd Infantry Division [Northwestern Europe] |
| 1947-02-03 | – | 1947-08-15 | Major-General, British Troops in India |
| 1947-08-15 | – | 1948-02-28 | General Officer Commanding British Troops in India & Pakistan |
| 1948-06-01 | – | 1950-05-09 | General Officer Commanding Sudan Defence Force |
| 1948-06-01 | – | 1950-05-09 | General Officer Commanding British Troops in Sudan & Eritrea |
| 1950-06-02 | – | 1951-03-14 | General Officer Commanding 50th Infantry Division |
| 1950-06-02 | – | 1951-03-14 | District Officer Commanding Northumbrian District |
| 1951-05-10 | – | 1953-11-24 | General Officer Commanding in Chief West Africa Command |
| 1953-12-01 | – | 1963-07-04 | Colonel, Royal Sussex Regiment |
| 1953-12-07 | – | 1957-01-07 | General Officer Commanding in Chief Western Command |
| 1957-02-04 | Retired | ||
| 1957-12-03 | – | Chairman of the Committee on the New Army | |
| 1958-05-31 | – | 1960-08-01 | Colonel-Commandant, Royal West African Frontier Force |
| 1959-09-17 | – | Honorary Colonel, Royal Nigerian Military Forces | |
| 1959-10-12 | – | Honorary Colonel, Royal Sierra Leone Military Forces |
Picture source: NPG x190820, National Portrait Gallery, London