The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Cassels, Archibald James Halkett
Field Marshal
* 28th of February 1907
† 13th of December 1996
(Seaforth Highlanders)
Nickname: Jim
Promotions
| 1941-01-28 | Local Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1941-10-05 | Acting Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1942-01-05 | War Substantive Major |
| 1942-01-05 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1943-08-30 | Major |
| 1944-01-10 | Acting Colonel |
| 1944-01-10 | Acting Brigadier |
| 1944-07-10 | War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1944-07-10 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1944-07-10 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1945-05-28 | Acting Major-General |
| 1946-05-28 | War Substantive Colonel |
| 1946-05-28 | Temporary Major-General |
| 1947-01-13 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Major-General |
| 1947-08-19 | Colonel (Dated back to 1946-05-28) |
| 1948-01-19 | Temporary Major-General |
| 1948-03-04 | Brigadier |
| 1948-12-20 | Major-General (Dated back to 1948-02-26) |
| 1954-01-04 | Temporary Lieutenant-General |
| 1954-02-02 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1958-11-29 | General |
| 1968-02-29 | Field Marshal |
Service
| 1941-10-05 | – | 1942-07-18 | Deputy Director of Plans, War Office |
| 1942-07-19 | – | 1943-06-30 | General Staff Officer 1, 52nd Infantry Division |
| 1943-07-01 | – | 1944-01-XX | Commanding Officer 1st Battalion Tyneside Scottish, Black Watch |
| 1944-01-10 | – | 1944-06-27 | Brigadier General Staff, XII Corps [Northwestern Europe] |
| 1944-06-27 | – | 1945-05-28 | Commanding Officer 152nd Infantry Brigade |
| 1945-05-28 | – | 1946-03-XX | General Officer Commanding 51st Infantry Division |
| 1946-03-XX | – | 1946-12-13 | General Officer Commanding 6th Airborne Division [Palestine] |
| 1948-01-19 | – | 1949-12-15 | Director of Land/Air Warfare, War Office |
| 1949-12-16 | – | 1951-06-10 | Chief Liaison Officer, United Kingdom Services Liaison Staff Australia |
| 1951-06-10 | – | 1952-09-07 | General Officer Commanding 1st Commonwealth Division [Korea] |
| 1953-01-04 | – | 1954-10-15 | General Officer Commanding I Corps [Germany] |
| 1954-11-15 | – | 1957-08-23 | Director-General of Military Training, War Office |
| 1957-03-15 | – | 1961-02-07 | Colonel, Seaforth Highlanders |
| 1957-05-27 | – | 1968-02-29 | Colonel-Commandant, Royal Military Police |
| 1957-09-17 | – | 1959-01-06 | Director of Emergency Operations, Federation of Malaya |
| 1959-06-29 | – | 1960-01-06 | General Officer Commanding in Chief Eastern Command |
| 1960-01-07 | – | 1963-04-01 | Commander in Chief Northern Army Group [Germany] |
| 1960-01-07 | – | 1963-04-01 | Commander in Chief British Army of the Rhine [Germany] |
| 1960-04-29 | – | 1963-04-29 | Aide-de-Camp General to the Queen |
| 1961-01-01 | – | 1966-01-04 | Colonel-Commandant, Army Physical Training Corps |
| 1961-02-07 | – | 1966-02-07 | Colonel, Queen's Own Highlanders |
| 1963-06-01 | – | 1964-10-26 | Adjutant-General to the Forces, Ministry of Defence |
| 1965-02-08 | – | 1968-03-01 | Chief General Staff, Ministry of Defence |
Picture source: Courtesy of Paul Godley