The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
White, Percival Napier
Major-General
* 14th of May 1901
† 20th of August 1982
(Sherwood Foresters)
Promotions
| 1940-05-01 | Local Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1940-12-30 | Acting Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1941-03-30 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1942-10-23 | Acting Colonel |
| 1943-02-22 | Relinquish the Acting rank of Colonel |
| 1943-02-22 | Local Colonel |
| 1943-05-21 | Acting Colonel |
| 1943-05-21 | Acting Brigadier |
| 1943-07-19 | War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1943-07-19 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1943-11-21 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1945-06-24 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1946-09-09 | Colonel (Dated back to 1946-07-19) |
| 1946-09-09 | Acting Major-General |
| 1946-10-14 | Relinquish the Acting rank of Major-General |
| 1950-05-27 | Brigadier |
| 1951-01-25 | Temporary Major-General |
| 1951-08-12 | Major-General |
Service
| 1940-05-01 | – | 1941-01-01 | Instructor at Staff College Camberley |
| 1941-01-02 | – | 1941-04-02 | General Staff Officer 1, ? [Middle East] |
| 1941-04-03 | – | 1941-07-08 | Assistant Quartermaster-General, ? [Middle East] |
| 1941-07-09 | – | 1941-07-21 | Military Assistant to Commander in Chief Middle East Command |
| 1941-07-22 | – | 1942-10-22 | General Staff Officer 1, ? [Middle East] |
| 1942-10-23 | – | 1943-02-22 | Deputy Director of Military Training, Middle East Command |
| 1943-05-21 | – | 1944-07-19 | Assistant Commandant of Staff College Camberley |
| 1944-07-20 | – | 1944-09-01 | Commanding Officer 211th Infantry Brigade |
| 1944-09-01 | – | 1945-05-30 | Commanding Officer 114th Infantry Brigade |
| 1945-06-01 | – | 1945-10-02 | Commanding Officer 183rd Infantry Brigade |
| 1945-10-15 | – | 1946-09-08 | Deputy Director of Infantry, War Office |
| 1946-09-09 | – | 1946-10-14 | Director of Infantry, War Office |
| 1946-10-15 | – | 1946-12-26 | Deputy Director of Infantry, War Office |
| 1947-01-27 | – | 1949-01-09 | Commanding Officer 147th Lorried Infantry Brigade |
| 1947-11-09 | – | 1959-11-09 | Colonel, Sherwood Foresters |
| 1949-01-10 | – | 1949-06-07 | Member of the Committee for Examination of Administration |
| 1949-07-08 | – | 1950-01-30 | Deputy Chairman of the Working Party on re-organisation of Territorial Army |
| 1950-01-31 | – | 1950-12-14 | Deputy Director of Territorial Army, War Office |
| 1951-01-25 | – | 1953-03-02 | Chief of Staff, Northern Command |
| 1953-04-13 | – | 1955-11-06 | Assistant Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe |
| 1956-03-01 | – | 1958-XX-XX | Commandant of Joint Services Staff College |
| 1958-09-15 | Retired | ||
| 1959-09-09 | – | 1961-05-01 | Honorary Colonel, 350th Light Regiment, Royal Artillery, Territorial Army |
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