The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Hughes, Basil Perronet
Major-General
* 13th of January 1903
† 1998
(Royal Artillery)
Promotions
| 1940-05-01 | Local Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1940-08-29 | Major |
| 1940-12-30 | Acting Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1941-03-30 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1942-04-25 | Acting Colonel |
| 1942-10-01 | Acting Brigadier |
| 1942-10-25 | War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1942-10-25 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1943-04-01 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1946-01-16 | Colonel (Dated back to 1945-10-25) |
| 1947-07-27 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier |
| 1947-12-31 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1952-02-07 | Brigadier |
| 1953-10-20 | Temporary Major-General |
| 1954-09-29 | Major-General |
Service
| 1940-05-01 | – | 1940-12-29 | General Staff Officer 2, ? |
| 1940-12-30 | – | 1942-04-24 | General Staff Officer 1, ? |
| 1942-04-25 | – | 1942-06-15 | Deputy Director of Anti-Aircraft & Coastal Defence, War Office |
| 1942-06-16 | – | 1942-09-30 | Deputy Director of Royal Artillery (Operations), War Office |
| 1942-10-01 | – | 1943-12-31 | Brigadier General Staff, Anti-Aircraft Command |
| 1944-01-01 | – | 1944-03-14 | Commanding Officer ? Brigade |
| 1944-XX-XX | – | 1945-01-29 | Commanding Officer 51st Anti-Aircraft Defences Headquarters, 21st Army Group [Northwestern Europe] |
| 1945-04-02 | – | 1945-05-11 | Deputy Administrator Local Government, Interior Division, Allied Control Commission Austria |
| 1945-05-12 | – | 1945-07-22 | Deputy Chief of Interior Division, Allied Control Commission Austria |
| 1945-07-23 | – | 1946-02-21 | Brigadier-General Staff, ? |
| 1946-02-22 | – | 1947-07-27 | Commanding Officer ? Brigade |
| 1947-07-28 | – | 1948-10-31 | Deputy Director of Royal Artillery, War Office |
| 1948-11-01 | – | 1950-01-09 | Assistant Commandant of ? |
| 1950-03-01 | – | 1950-10-14 | Brigadier General Staff, ? |
| 1950-12-04 | – | 1953-10-18 | Deputy Commanding Officer 1st Anti-Aircraft Group |
| 1952-02-06 | – | 1954-09-28 | Aide-de-Camp to the Queen |
| 1953-10-20 | – | 1955-05-31 | General Officer Commanding 4th Anti-Aircraft Group |
| 1955-06-01 | – | 1958-XX-XX | Major-General Royal Artillery Anti-Aircraft, War Office |
| 1956-05-16 | – | Honorary Colonel, 2nd (London) Battalion, Mobile Defence Corps, Army Emergency Reserve of Officers | |
| 1958-07-02 | Retired | ||
| 1958-07-11 | – | Honorary Colonel, 571st Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, Territorial Army | |
| 1961-02-08 | – | 1968-01-13 | Colonel-Commandant, Royal Artillery |
| 1963-04-05 | – | 1963-07-11 | Honorary Colonel, 5th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, Territorial Army |
| 1964-03-06 | – | 1967-03-31 | Honorary Colonel, 5th Battalion, Queen's Regiment, Territorial Army |
| 1967-04-01 | – | 1969-03-31 | Honorary Colonel, 10th Battalion, Queen's Regiment, Territorial Army |
| 1969-04-01 | – | 1970-01-31 | Honorary Colonel, 10th Battalion, Queen's Regiment, Territorial & Army Volunteer Reserve |
Picture source: NPG x168465, National Portrait Gallery, London