The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General William George Sheddon Dobbie

Dobbie, William George Sheddon

Lieutenant-General

* 12th of July 1879

† 3rd of October 1964

(Royal Engineers)

Promotions

1916-08-16 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1917-01-01 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1919-08-03 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel
1920-04-18 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1922-07-01 Brevet Colonel
1925-01-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1926-01-13 Colonel (Dated back to 1921-01-01)
1928-06-29 Temporary Brigadier
1932-11-19 Major-General
1940-04-27 Acting Lieutenant-General
1941-04-27 Temporary Lieutenant-General

Service

1916-08-19 1918-01-09 General Staff Officer 1, 1st Infantry Division [France]
1918-01-10 1919-04-06 General Staff Officer 1, British Armies in France
1919-04-07 1919-08-03 General Staff Officer 1, British Army of the Rhine [Germany]
1919-08-04 1920-04-17 General Staff Officer 2, War Office
1920-04-18 1924-04-17 General Staff Officer 1, 2nd Infantry Division
1926-01-12 1928-03-02 General Staff Officer 1, War Office
1928-03-02 1928-06-29 General Staff Officer 1, Western Command
1928-06-29 1932-07-15 Commanding Officer Cairo Brigade [Egypt]
1932-07-15 1933-02-18 Half-pay
1933-02-18 1935-11-08 Inspector of Royal Engineers, War Office
1933-02-18 1935-11-08 Commanding Officer Chatham Area
1933-02-18 1935-11-08 Commandant of School of Military Engineering
1935-11-08 1939-08-25 General Officer Commanding Malaya
1939-08-25 Retired
1940-03-19 1947-12-31 Colonel-Commandant, Royal Engineers
1940-04-27 Recalled
1940-05-24 1941-05-18 Acting Governor & Commander in Chief of Malta
1941-05-19 1942-05-07 Governor & Commander in Chief of Malta
1942-11-10 Retired
Picture source: NPG x178462, National Portrait Gallery, London