The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Hildreth, Harold John Crossley
Major-General
* 12th of June 1908
† 11th of October 1992
(Royal Army Ordnance Corps)
Promotions
| 1939-10-19 | Acting Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1940-01-19 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1942-07-06 | Acting Colonel |
| 1943-01-06 | War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1943-01-06 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1944-02-21 | Acting Brigadier |
| 1944-08-21 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1948-08-01 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1952-02-29 | Colonel |
| 1958-05-20 | Brigadier |
| 1961-04-22 | Temporary Major-General |
| 1961-05-20 | Major-General |
Service
| 1941-07-01 | – | 1942-07-05 | Assistant Director of Warlike Stores, War Office |
| 1942-07-06 | – | 1946-08-31 | Deputy Director of Warlike Stores, War Office |
| 1946-09-01 | – | 1947-04-30 | Deputy Controller of Ordnance Services, War Office |
| 1947-06-01 | – | 1950-04-02 | Inspector of Establishments, War Office |
| 1950-04-03 | – | 1951-08-31 | Controller of Army Statistics, War Office |
| 1951-09-01 | – | 1953-02-19 | Commanding Officer Royal Army Ordnance Corps Ammunition Organisation |
| 1953-03-XX | – | 1957-01-XX | Commandant of Central Ordnance Depot Bicester, Royal Army Ordnance Corps Establishments |
| 1957-02-07 | – | 1960-02-10 | Director of Ordnance Services, British Army of the Rhine [Germany] |
| 1960-03-19 | – | 1961-04-21 | Inspector of Royal Army Ordnance Corps, War Office |
| 1961-04-22 | – | 1964-11-20 | Director of Ordnance Services, War Office |
| 1963-03-25 | – | 1970-12-31 | Colonel-Commandant, Royal Army Ordnance Corps |
| 1964-12-18 | Retired |
Picture source: NPG x168302, National Portrait Gallery, London