The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Minden Whyte-Melville Macleod

Macleod, Minden Whyte-Melville

Major-General

* 25th of May 1896

† 17th of December 1981

(Royal Artillery)

Promotions

1939-07-01 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-03-13 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-04-19 Relinquish the Acting rank of Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-05-06 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-06-27 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-07-29 Local Colonel
1940-11-16 Relinquish the Local rank of Colonel
1941-01-15 Acting Colonel
1941-01-15 Local Brigadier
1941-07-15 War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-07-15 Temporary Colonel
1942-11-20 Relinquish the Local rank of Brigadier
1942-11-22 Acting Brigadier
1942-12-31 Colonel (Dated back to 1942-07-01)
1943-02-28 Relinquish the Acting rank of Brigadier
1943-05-04 Local Brigadier
1943-07-03 Acting Brigadier
1943-09-24 Temporary Brigadier
1943-09-24 Acting Major-General
1944-05-27 Relinquish the Acting rank of Major-General
1944-09-14 Acting Major-General
1945-01-10 Temporary Major-General
1946-04-08 Major-General (Dated back to 1944-08-10)

Service

1940-03-13 1940-04-19 General Staff Officer 1, ?
1940-05-06 1940-11-16 Commandant of ?
1940-11-17 1941-01-14 General Staff Officer 1, ? [Middle East]
1941-01-15 1941-10-19 Commandant of ? [Middle East]
1941-10-20 1942-08-02 Deputy Director of ?, [Middle East]
1942-10-01 1942-11-20 Deputy Director of ?, [Middle East]
1942-11-22 1943-02-28 Brigadier General Staff, Combined Operations Headquarters
1943-07-03 Brigadier General Staff, Combined Operations Headquarters
1943-11-16 1944-05-18 Head of Combined Operations, South-East Asia Command
1946-XX-XX Head of the British Advisory Staff to Polish Resettlement Corps
1948-XX-XX 1949-XX-XX Chief Administrator, Polish Forces
1949-07-19 Retired
1952-09-15 1961-05-25 Colonel-Commandant, Royal Artillery