The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Birkle, William Joseph
Brigadier
* 19th of July 1900
† April 1990
(Royal Army Ordnance Corps)
Promotions
| 1940-06-05 | Acting Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1940-07-26 | Reverted to Major |
| 1941-03-24 | Acting Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1941-05-02 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1942-03-19 | Acting Colonel |
| 1942-05-04 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1942-09-15 | Acting Brigadier |
| 1942-09-19 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1943-03-15 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1943-03-29 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier |
| 1943-03-29 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Colonel |
| 1945-12-05 | Colonel |
| Temporary Brigadier | |
| 1952-07-19 | Brigadier |
Service
| 1940-07-27 | – | 1941-03-20 | Deputy Assistant Director of Ordnance Services, War Office |
| 1941-03-24 | – | 1942-02-16 | Assistant Director of Ordnance Services ? |
| 1942-03-19 | – | 1942-09-14 | Deputy Director of Ordnance Services ? [Middle East] |
| 1942-09-15 | – | 1942-09-30 | Chief Ordnance Mechanical Engineer, Persia & Iraq Command |
| 1942-10-01 | – | 1944-06-20 | Director of Mechanical Engineering, Persia & Iraq Command |
| 1944-06-21 | – | 1945-01-30 | Deputy Director of Mechanical Engineering, Middle East Command |
| 1954-09-23 | Retired |