The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Callander, Colin Bishop
Lieutenant-General
* 13th of March 1897
† 31st of May 1979
(Royal Leicestershire Regiment)
Promotions
| 1940-05-21 | Acting Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1940-08-21 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1941-07-30 | Acting Colonel |
| 1941-07-30 | Acting Brigadier |
| 1942-01-30 | War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1942-01-30 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1942-01-30 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1942-04-01 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1943-05-17 | Acting Major-General |
| 1944-05-17 | War Substantive Colonel |
| 1944-05-17 | Temporary Major-General |
| 1945-01-01 | Colonel (Dated back to 1944-05-17) |
| 1946-12-12 | Major-General (Dated back to 1945-01-13) |
| 1951-04-26 | Local Lieutenant-General |
| 1951-05-14 | Lieutenant-General |
Service
| 1940-05-21 | – | 1941-04-22 | Commanding Officer 1st/5th Battalion, Royal Leicestershire Regiment |
| 1941-04-23 | – | 1941-05-27 | Acting Commanding Officer 148th Independent Brigade Group |
| 1941-08-24 | – | 1942-06-22 | Commanding Officer 159th Infantry Brigade |
| 1942-06-22 | – | 1943-05-16 | Brigadier General Staff, Western Command |
| 1943-05-17 | – | 1943-12-14 | General Officer Commanding 54th Infantry Division |
| 1943-12-21 | – | 1944-03-10 | General Officer Commanding 76th Infantry Division |
| 1944-03-10 | – | 1945-04-22 | Major-General General Staff, Home Forcese |
| 1945-04-23 | – | 1946-09-07 | General Officer Commanding 4th Infantry Division [Greece] |
| 1946-11-06 | – | 1947-12-31 | Director of Tactical Investigations, War Office |
| 1948-01-01 | – | 1949-02-06 | Director-General of Military Training, War Office |
| 1949-02-28 | – | 1951-04-26 | General Officer Commanding 2nd Infantry Division [Germany] |
| 1951-04-26 | – | 1951-09-01 | Temporary Commander in Chief British Army of the Rhine [Germany] |
| 1951-10-20 | – | 1952-04-01 | Chairman of Manpower Distribution Committee, War Office |
| 1952-05-15 | – | 1954-11-15 | Director-General of Military Training, War Office |
| 1954-04-22 | – | 1963-05-20 | Colonel, Royal Leicestershire Regiment |
| 1954-12-23 | – | 1956-02-01 | Military Secretary to the Secretary of State |
| 1957-03-08 | Retired |
Picture source: Courtesy of Paul Godley