The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of General John Winthrop Hackett

Hackett, John Winthrop

General

* 5th of November 1910

† 9th of September 1997

(8th King's Royal Irish Hussars)

Nickname: Shan

Promotions

1942-09-17 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-12-17 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1943-01-01 Acting Colonel
1943-01-01 Acting Brigadier
1943-07-01 War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel
1943-07-01 Temporary Colonel
1943-07-01 Temporary Brigadier
1945-06-18 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier
1945-06-18 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Colonel
1946-03-18 Temporary Colonel
1946-07-01 Major
1947-01-01 Temporary Brigadier
1947-09-05 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier
1947-11-21 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Colonel
1947-11-22 Temporary Brigadier
1948-01-15 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier
1948-01-16 Temporary Colonel
1951-11-05 Colonel
1952-03-01 Temporary Brigadier
1956-03-24 Temporary Major-General
1956-09-24 Brigadier
1957-03-31 Major-General
1961-07-18 Lieutenant-General (Dated back to 1961-04-11)
1966-04-14 Local General
1966-10-18 General

Service

1942-09-17 1942-12-31 General Staff Officer 1, Raiding Forces, Middle East
1943-01-04 1943-03-05 Commanding Officer 4th Parachute Brigade [North Africa]
1943-04-08 1943-10-16 Commanding Officer 4th Parachute Brigade [Middle East - North Africa - Italy]
1943-11-07 1944-09-24 Commanding Officer 4th Parachute Brigade [Italy - Northwestern Europe]
1944-09-24 Wounded
1946-01-13 1946-03-17 General Staff Officer 1, ? Division [Italy]
1946-03-18 1946-12-31 Colonel General Staff, Intelligence Organisation, Allied Council Austria
1947-01-01 1947-08-03 Brigadier General Staff, British Troops in Austria
1947-09-06 1947-11-21 Commanding Officer Trans-Jordan Frontier Force
1947-11-22 1948-01-15 Commanding Officer Nazareth Sub-Section
1948-01-16 1948-07-19 Commanding Officer ?
1949-08-01 1950-11-13 Instructor at Royal Naval College
1952-03-01 1954-01-26 Deputy Quartermaster-General, British Army of the Rhine [Germany]
1954-01-29 1956-03-XX Commanding Officer 20th Armoured Brigade
1956-03-24 1958-XX-XX General Officer Commanding 7th Armoured Division
1958-02-10 1961-02-10 Commandant of the Royal Military College of Science
1961-02-04 1966-02-04 Colonel-Commandant, Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers
1961-07-18 1963-01-01 General Officer Commanding in Chief Northern Ireland Command
1963-02-04 1964-04-01 Deputy Chief of the Imperial General Staff
1964-04-01 1966-02-04 Deputy Chief of the General Staff
1965-04-08 1973-10-01 Honorary Colonel 10th (Volunteer) Battalion, Parashute Regiment, Territorial Army
1966-04-14 1968-07-10 Commander in Chief Northern Army Group, Allied Powers Europe [Germany]
1966-04-14 1968-07-10 Commander in Chief British Army of the Rhine [Germany]
1967-07-20 1978-07-21 Honorary Colonel, Oxford University Training Corps, Territorial Army
1967-11-27 1968-10-01 Aide-de-Camp General to the Queen
1968-10-01 Retired
1969-XX-XX 1975-07-21 Colonel, Queen's Royal Irish Hussars
Picture source: Courtesy of Paul Godley