The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Duke, Gerald William
Major-General
* 12th of November 1910
† 30th of April 1992
(Roal Engineers)
Promotions
| 1942-01-18 | Local Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1942-11-07 | Acting Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1943-02-07 | War Substantive Major |
| 1943-03-07 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1944-01-09 | Acting Colonel |
| 1944-01-09 | Acting Brigadier |
| 1944-07-09 | War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1944-07-09 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1944-07-09 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1945-01-19 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier |
| 1945-11-07 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Colonel |
| 1945-11-24 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1945-11-24 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1946-07-01 | Major |
| 1946-08-03 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier |
| 1946-08-03 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Colonel |
| 1947-01-14 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1947-01-14 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1947-10-31 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier |
| 1947-10-31 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Colonel |
| 1951-12-31 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1952-11-17 | Colonel |
| 1952-11-18 | Local Brigadier |
| 1952-11-19 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1958-01-01 | Brigadier |
| 1959-11-24 | Temporary Major-General |
| 1959-11-26 | Major-General |
Service
| 1942-01-18 | – | 1942-11-06 | Instructor at Middle Staff School Haifa [Palestine] |
| 1942-11-07 | – | 1943-06-21 | General Staff Officer 1, Combined Training Centre |
| 1943-06-22 | – | 1943-08-24 | Genetal Staff Officer 1 (Plans), 8th Army [Italy] |
| 1943-08-25 | – | 1944-01-08 | Genetal Staff Officer 1 (Operations), 8th Army [Italy] |
| 1944-01-09 | – | 1944-03-29 | Brigadier General Staff (Operations & Plans), 8th Army [Italy] |
| 1944-03-30 | – | 1944-12-23 | Brigadier (Q) (Movements), 21st Army Group [Northwestern Europe] |
| 1945-XX-XX | Commander Royal Engineers, 49th Infantry Division | ||
| 1945-07-01 | – | 1945-11-23 | Deputy Chief Engineer, Combined Operations India |
| 1945-11-24 | – | 1946-04-11 | Officiating Chief Engineer, ? Army |
| 1946-04-13 | – | 1946-07-15 | Chief Administration Officer, Malaya Command |
| 1946-10-04 | – | 1947-01-13 | Colonel (Author), War Office |
| 1947-01-14 | – | 1948-08-10 | Brigadier, Working Committee, Chief of the Imperial General Staff's Conference |
| 1948-08-11 | – | 1950-08-27 | Assistant Instructor at the Imperial Defence College |
| 1952-11-19 | Р| 1954-07-15 | Military Attach̩ to Egypt |
| 1954-09-02 | – | 1956-07-15 | Deputy Director of Staff Duties (A), War Office |
| 1956-09-15 | – | 1959-09-16 | Commandant of the School of Military Engineering |
| 1959-11-24 | – | 1962-11-23 | Director of Personnel Services, War Office |
| 1961-10-01 | – | 1967-10-01 | Colonel-Commandant, Military Provost Staff Corps |
| 1963-07-04 | – | 1965-07-30 | Engineer-in-Chief |
| 1965-08-27 | Retired | ||
| 1966-12-11 | – | 1975-11-12 | Colonel-Commandant, Royal Engineers |
Picture source: NPG x167293, National Portrait Gallery, London