The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Simpson, Frank Ernest Wallace
General
* 21st of March 1899
† 28th of July 1986
(Royal Engineers)
Nickname: Simpo
Promotions
| 1939-01-01 | Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1939-09-01 | Acting Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1939-12-01 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1940-12-21 | Acting Colonel |
| 1940-12-21 | Acting Brigadier |
| 1941-06-21 | War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1941-06-21 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1941-06-21 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1942-05-08 | Colonel (Dated back to 1942-01-01) |
| 1943-10-25 | Acting Major-General |
| 1944-10-25 | Temporary Major-General |
| 1945-07-19 | Major-General (Dated back to 1944-07-15) |
| 1946-01-01 | AScting Lieutenant-General |
| 1947-01-27 | Lieutenant-General (Dated back to 1946-09-01) |
| 1950-03-18 | General |
Service
| 1939-09-01 | – | 1939-12-22 | Assistant Military Secretary, War Office |
| 1939-11-23 | – | 1940-06-11 | Assistant Military Secretary, British Expeditionary Force [France] |
| 1940-06-12 | – | 1940-12-20 | General Staff Officer 1, 4th Infantry Division |
| 1940-12-21 | – | 1942-03-31 | Brigadier General Staff, XII Corps |
| 1942-04-01 | – | 1943-10-24 | Deputy Director of Military Operations (O), War Office |
| 1943-10-24 | – | 1945-02-XX | Director of Military Operations, War Office |
| 1945-02-12 | – | 1945-12-31 | Assistant Chief of the Imperial General Staff |
| 1946-02-01 | – | 1948-02-XX | Vice Chief of the Imperial General Staff |
| 1948-03-15 | – | 1951-09-01 | General Officer Commanding in Chief Western Command |
| 1950-05-01 | – | 1961-01-01 | Colonel-Commandant, Royal Pioneer Corps |
| 1951-01-31 | – | 1952-02-06 | Aide-de-Camp General to the King |
| 1952-01-01 | – | 1954-01-01 | Commandant of Imperial Defence College |
| 1952-02-06 | – | 1954-01-31 | Aide-de-Camp General to the Queen |
| 1954-01-01 | – | 1967-07-01 | Colonel-Commandant, Royal Engineers |
| 1954-04-16 | Retired | ||
| 1961-03-05 | – | 1967-07-01 | Chief Royal Engineer |
| 1961-06-01 | – | 1969-07-01 | Governor, Royal Hospital Chelsea |
Picture source: NPG x169647, National Portrait Gallery, London