The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Firbank, Cecil Llewellyn
Major-General
* 18th of August 1903
† 19th of August 1985
(Somerset Light Infantry)
Promotions
| 1942-06-28 | Acting Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1942-09-28 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1945-04-24 | Acting Colonel |
| 1945-04-24 | Acting Brigadier |
| 1945-10-24 | War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1945-10-24 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1945-10-24 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1946-05-01 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1948-02-11 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier |
| 1948-02-11 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Colonel |
| 1948-04-01 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1948-09-01 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1948-11-14 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Colonel |
| 1948-11-16 | Colonel (Dated back to 1948-10-28) |
| 1951-09-13 | Temporary Major-General |
| 1952-03-15 | Brigadier |
| 1952-05-30 | Major-General |
Service
| 1942-09-02 | – | 1942-09-14 | Acting Commanding Officer 135th Infantry Brigade |
| 1944-07-26 | – | 1944-08-07 | General Staff Officer 1, ? |
| 1944-XX-XX | – | 1945-XX-XX | Commanding Officer 2nd Battalion, Royal Lincolnshire Regiment [Northwestern Europe] |
| 1945-04-24 | – | 1947-01-22 | Commanding Officer 71st Infantry Brigade [Northwestern Europe] |
| 1948-04-01 | – | 1951-07-24 | Commandant of School of Infantry |
| 1951-09-13 | – | 1954-09-26 | General Officer Commanding Infantry 43rd Division |
| 1951-09-13 | – | 1954-09-26 | District Officer Commanding South-West District |
| 1955-10-01 | – | 1958-12-15 | Director of Infantry, War Office |
| 1959-01-12 | Retired | ||
| 1959-07-13 | – | 1964-07-13 | Honorary Colonel, North Somerset Yeomanry / 44th Royal Tank Regiment, Royal Army Corps, Territorial Army |
| 1963-08-31 | – | 1968-07-10 | Colonel, Somerset & Cornwall Light Infantry |
| 1968-07-10 | – | 1970-07-01 | Deputy Colonel, Light Infantry (Somerset & Cornwall) |