The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Cowley, John Guise
Lieutenant-General
* 20th of August 1905
† 7th of January 1993
(Royal Engineers)
Promotions
| 1941-02-03 | Acting Colonel |
| 1941-05-03 | War Substantive Major |
| 1941-05-03 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1943-04-16 | Local Colonel |
| 1943-10-12 | Relinquish the Local rank of Colonel |
| 1944-01-01 | Acting Colonel |
| 1944-01-01 | Acting Brigadier |
| 1944-07-01 | War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1944-07-01 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1944-07-01 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1949-03-10 | Colonel |
| 1953-01-22 | Temporary Major-General |
| 1953-12-31 | Brigadier |
| 1954-01-01 | Major-General |
| 1957-10-01 | Lieutenant-General |
Service
| 1941-02-03 | – | 1942-01-24 | Assistant Quartermaster-General, ? |
| 1942-01-25 | – | 1942-09-26 | Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General, 7th Armoured Division [North AfriCa] |
| 1942-09-27 | – | 1943-01-17 | General Staff Officer 1, XXX Corps [North Africa] |
| 1943-01-18 | – | 1943-10-12 | Instructor at Fort Levenworth , Kansas [USA] |
| 1943-10-12 | – | 1943-12-31 | Assistant Quartermaster-General, ? |
| 1944-04-01 | – | 1944-10-28 | Brigadier (Q) (Army Equipment), Allied Force Headquarters [North Africa] |
| 1944-10-29 | – | 1944-12-06 | Assistant Deputy Quartermaster-General Q (Army Equipment), Allied Force Headquarters [North Africa] |
| 1944-12-07 | – | 1945-01-19 | Director of Civil Administration, 21st Army Group |
| 1945-01-20 | – | 1946-01-14 | Deputy Director of British Military Government Germany |
| 1946-01-15 | – | 1946-03-03 | Deputy Chief Executive ? Germany |
| 1946-03-04 | – | 1947-03-31 | Deputy President of British Economic Subcommission Germany |
| 1947-04-01 | – | 1947-12-06 | Chairman of Bipartite Economic Control Group Germany |
| 1949-01-10 | – | 1950-12-07 | General Staff Representative, Defence Research Policy Staff |
| 1950-12-18 | – | 1952-12-10 | Director of Administrative Planning, War Office |
| 1953-01-22 | – | 1956-01-10 | Chief of Staff, Eastern Command |
| 1956-03-16 | – | 1957-07-29 | Vice Quartermaster-General, War Office |
| 1957-10-01 | – | 1959-11-22 | Controller of Munitions, Ministry of Supply |
| 1960-01-01 | – | 1962-XX-XX | Master-General of the Ordnance, War Office |
| 1961-01-01 | – | 1968-01-01 | Colonel-Commandant, Royal Pioneer Corps |
| 1961-06-07 | – | 1970-08-20 | Colonel-Commandant, Royal Engineers |
| 1962-03-05 | Retired |
Picture source: Courtesy of John Redmond