The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Stuart Blundell Rawlins

Rawlins, Stuart Blundell

Major-General

* 18th of August 1897

† 2nd of April 1955

(Royal Artillery)

Promotions

1940-10-30 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-01-30 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-03-29 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-06-30 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-09-08 Local Brigadier
1942-09-16 Acting Colonel
1942-09-16 Acting Brigadier
1943-03-16 War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel
1943-03-16 Temporary Colonel
1944-09-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1945-03-28 Acting Major-General
1946-03-28 War Substantive Colonel
1946-03-28 Temporary Major-General
1946-07-02 Colonel (Dated back to 1946-03-15)
1946-12-27 Major-General

Service

1940-10-30 1942-04-28 General Staff Officer 1, ? [West Africa]
1942-XX-XX Commanding Officer 33rd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
1942-09-16 1943-01-31 Commander Royal Artillery, 3rd Infantry Division
1943-02-01 1944-01-14 Commander Corps Royal Artillery, XII Corps
1944-08-XX 1945-03-27 Commander Corps Royal Artillery, XXX Corps [Northwestern Europe]
1944-12-27 1945-01-28 Acting General Officer Commanding 43rd Infantry Division [Northwestern Europe]
1945-03-28 1945-04-18 General Officer Commanding 49th Infantry Division [Northwestern Europe]
1945-04-27 1945-08-23 General Officer Commanding 49th Infantry Division [Northwestern Europe]
1945-08-23 1948-04-30 Head of the British Military Mission to Greece
1948-05-XX 1950-12-XX Director of Royal Artillery, War Office
1951-06-17 Retired
1951-09-03 Recalled
1951-XX-XX Head of the British Training Team to Iraq
1951-12-03 Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of John Southern