The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Kirke, Walter Mervyn St. George
General
* 19th of January 1877
† 2nd of September 1949
(Royal Artillery)
Promotions
| 1915-02-18 | Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1915-06-15 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1917-01-01 | Brevet Colonel |
| 1918-05-01 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1918-11-22 | Temporary Brigadier-General |
| 1920-08-10 | Colonel (Dated back to 1917-01-01) |
| 1921-01-01 | Temporary Colonel of Staff |
| 1924-01-01 | Major-General |
| 1931-06-30 | Lieutenant-General |
| 1936-04-20 | General |
Service
| 1915-06-15 | – | 1917-03-12 | General Staff Officer 1, British Expeditionary Force [France] |
| 1917-03-13 | – | 1917-07-30 | General Staff Officer 1, 4th Infantry Division [France] |
| 1917-08-21 | – | 1918-04-30 | General Staff Officer 1, War Office |
| 1918-05-01 | – | 1921-11-17 | Deputy Director of Military Operations, War Office |
| 1921-11-17 | – | 1924-01-01 | Colonel on Staff, Aldershot Command |
| 1924-07-17 | – | 1925-03-30 | Head of the British Military Mission to Finland |
| 1925-02-05 | – | 1926-02-05 | President of the Commission of Investigation in Hungary, Leauge of Nations |
| 1926-02-19 | – | 1929-12-13 | Deputy Chief General Staff, Army Headquarters India |
| 1929-12-13 | – | 1931-09-30 | General Officer Commanding 5th Infantry Division |
| 1931-09-30 | – | 1933-05-13 | Half-pay |
| 1933-05-13 | – | 1936-03-31 | General Officer Commanding in Chief Western Command |
| 1934-01-07 | – | 1947-01-16 | Colonel-Commandant, Royal Artillery |
| 1936-04-01 | – | 1939-06-30 | Director-General of Territorial Army, War Office |
| 1937-10-12 | – | 1940-07-01 | Aide-de-Camp General to the King |
| 1939-07-01 | – | 1939-09-03 | Inspector-General of Home Defence, War Office |
| 1939-09-03 | – | 1940-05-27 | Commander in Chief Home Forces |
| 1940-07-01 | Retired |
Picture source: From Hutchinson's Pictorial History of the War /ed. by Walter Hutchinson, 1945