The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Ritchie, Walter Henry Dennison
Major-General
* 28th of April 1901
† 3rd of October 1984
(Royal Army Service Corps)
Promotions
| 1940-08-17 | Acting Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1940-11-17 | War Substantive Major |
| 1940-11-18 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1942-06-08 | Acting Colonel |
| 1942-06-08 | Acting Brigadier |
| 1942-07-18 | Relinquish the Acting rank of Brigadier |
| 1942-07-18 | Relinquish the Acting rank of Colonel |
| 1942-09-05 | Major |
| 1943-10-23 | Acting Colonel |
| 1943-10-23 | Acting Brigadier |
| 1944-03-13 | War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1944-03-13 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1944-03-13 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1947-02-27 | Colonel |
| 1951-04-12 | Brigadier |
| 1952-04-11 | Temporary Major-General |
| 1953-07-21 | Major-General |
Service
| 1940-08-17 | – | 1942-06-07 | Assistant Quartermaster-General, ? |
| 1942-06-08 | – | 1942-07-18 | Assistant Deputy Quartermaster-General, ? |
| 1942-07-19 | – | 1943-10-06 | Chief Staff Officer 1, ? |
| 1943-10-17 | – | 1943-12-02 | Assistant Deputy Quartermaster-General Q (Maintenance), Allied Force Headquarters |
| 1943-12-03 | – | 1944-01-11 | Deputy Quartermaster-General, 15th Army Group [Italy] |
| 1944-01-11 | – | 1944-01-18 | Deputy Quartermaster-General, Allied Armies in Italy |
| 1944-01-18 | – | 1944-03-09 | Deputy Quartermaster-General, Central Mediterranean Force [Italy) |
| 1944-03-09 | – | 1944-12-12 | Deputy Quartermaster-General, Allied Armies in Italy |
| 1944-12-12 | – | 1945-02-02 | Deputy Quartermaster-General, 15th Army Group [Italy] |
| 1945-03-06 | – | 1945-03-15 | Deputy Quartermaster-General, ? |
| 1945-03-16 | – | 1946-01-10 | Deputy Adjutant & Quartermaster-General, ? |
| 1946-01-11 | – | 1947-01-29 | Chief Administration Officer, British Troops in Egypt |
| 1947-07-01 | – | 1948-07-14 | Deputy Director of Supplies & Transport (Special employed), War Office |
| 1948-07-15 | – | 1949-10-31 | Deputy Director of Supplies & Transport, War Office |
| 1949-11-01 | – | 1952-03-11 | Commandant of Royal Army Service Corps Training Centre |
| 1952-04-11 | – | 1954-01-31 | Director of Quartering, War Office |
| 1954-03-08 | – | 1957-01-01 | Director of Supplies & Transport, War Office |
| 1957-01-29 | Retired | ||
| 1958-03-17 | – | 1965-07-15 | Honorary Colonel, 101st Transport Column, Royal Army Service Corps, Army Emergency Reserve |
| 1959-06-19 | – | 1964-12-31 | Colonel-Commandant, Royal Army Service Corps |
| 1965-07-15 | – | 1967-03-31 | Honorary Colonel, 101st Army Emergency Reserve Regiment, Royal Corps of Transport, Territorial Army |
| 1967-04-01 | – | 1967-08-05 | Honorary Colonel, 160 Transport Regiment, Royal Corps of Transport, Territorial & Army Volunteer Reserve |