The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
MacMillan, Gordon Holmes Alexander
General
* 7th of January 1897
† 21st of January 1986
(Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders)
Nickname: Lord MacMillan of MacMillan of Knap
Promotions
| 1940-04-10 | Acting Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1940-07-10 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1941-05-01 | Acting Colonel |
| 1941-05-01 | Acting Brigadier |
| 1941-11-01 | War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1941-11-01 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1941-11-01 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1943-08-27 | Acting Major-General |
| 1944-03-12 | Colonel |
| 1944-08-27 | Temporary Major-General |
| 1946-10-30 | Major-General (Dated back to 1944-12-27) |
| 1947-02-10 | Acting Lieutenant-General |
| 1947-11-17 | Lieutenant-General |
| 1954-01-01 | General |
Service
| 1940-04-10 | – | 1941-04-30 | General Staff Officer 1 ? |
| 1941-05-01 | – | 1941-12-27 | Commanding Officer 199th Infantry Brigade |
| 1941-12-27 | – | 1943-06-16 | Brigadier General Staff IX Corps [North Africa] |
| 1943-06-17 | – | 1943-06-22 | Commanding Officer 12th Infantry Brigade [North Africa] |
| 1943-06-25 | – | 1944-08-22 | Commanding Officer 152nd Infantry Brigade [North Africa - Sicily] |
| 1943-08-27 | – | 1944-08-05 | General Officer Commanding 15th Infantry Division [Northwestern Europe] |
| 1943-XX-XX | – | 1944-XX-XX | Acting General Officer Commanding VIII Corps |
| 1944-11-30 | – | 1945-01-27 | General Officer Commanding 49th Infantry Division [Northwestern Europe] |
| 1945-02-06 | – | 1945-03-24 | General Officer Commanding 49th Infantry Division [Northwestern Europe] |
| 1945-03-25 | – | 1945-05-28 | General Officer Commanding 51st Infantry Division [Northwestern Europe] |
| 1945-05-28 | – | 1947-02-XX | Assistant Chief of the Imperial General Staff (Weapons), War Office |
| 1945-10-01 | – | 1958-08-01 | Colonel, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders |
| 1947-02-10 | – | 1948-06-30 | General Officer Commanding British Troops in Palestine & Trans-Jordan |
| 1948-11-13 | – | Honorary Colonel, ?, Royal Artillery, Territorial Army | |
| 1949-02-27 | – | 1952-02-27 | General Officer Commanding in Chief Scottish Command |
| 1952-04-23 | – | 1955-05-11 | Governor-General & Commander in Chief Gibraltar |
| 1955-07-06 | Retired |
Picture source: Courtesy of Paul Godley