The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Lethbridge, John Sydney
Major-General
* 11th of December 1897
† 11th of August 1961
(Royal Engineers)
Promotions
| 1939-03-30 | Local Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1940-02-21 | Relinquish the Local rank of Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1940-03-01 | Acting Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1940-06-01 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1940-06-21 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1940-09-16 | Acting Colonel |
| 1940-09-16 | Acting Brigadier |
| 1941-03-16 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1941-03-16 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1942-06-11 | Acting Major-General |
| 1943-06-11 | War Substantive Colonel |
| 1943-06-11 | Temporary Major-General |
| 1943-06-30 | Colonel (Dated back to 1943-06-11) |
| 1944-05-21 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Major-General |
| 1944-06-07 | Temporary Major-General |
| 1944-08-12 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Major-General |
| 1944-08-13 | Local Brigadier |
| 1944-08-17 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1945-06-18 | Temporary Major-General |
| 1948-04-20 | Granted the Honorary rank of Major-General |
Service
| 1939-03-30 | – | 1940-02-21 | Instructor at Senior Officers' School Sheerness |
| 1940-03-01 | – | 1940-09-15 | Commander Royal Engineers, 59th Infantry Division |
| 1940-09-16 | – | 1942-03-31 | Deputy Director of Staff Duties (W), War Office |
| 1942-04-01 | – | 1942-06-10 | Special employed |
| 1942-06-11 | – | 1943-06-10 | Director of American Liaison & Munitions, War Office |
| 1943-XX-XX | – | 1944-XX-XX | Head of Military Mission 220 [USA - Australia - Southwest Pacific - India] |
| 1944-08-17 | – | 1945-06-17 | Brigadier General Staff, 14th Army [Burma] |
| 1945-XX-XX | – | 1948-XX-XX | Chief of Intelligence, British Army of the Rhine [Germany] |
| 1948-04-20 | Retired | ||
| 1949-XX-XX | – | 1952-XX-XX | Commandant of Civil Defence College |
Picture source: NPG x168917, National Portrait Gallery, London