The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General John Alexander Sinclair

Sinclair, John Alexander

Major-General

* 29th of May 1897

† 22nd of March 1977

(Royal Artillery)

Nickname: Sinbad

Promotions

1938-08-29 Local Lieutenant-Colonel
1939-07-01 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-04-29 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-07-29 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-02-15 Acting Colonel
1941-02-15 Acting Brigadier
1941-08-15 War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-08-15 Temporary Colonel
1941-08-15 Temporary Brigadier
1942-12-31 Colonel (Dated back to 1942-07-01)
1943-01-15 Acting Major-General
1944-01-15 Temporary Major-General
1946-05-05 Major-General (Dated back to 1944-08-23)

Service

1938-08-29 1940-04-28 Instructor at Staff College Camberley
1940-XX-XX 1941-XX-XX General Staff Officer 1, War Office
1941-02-15 1941-07-XX Deputy Director of Military Operations (H), War Office
1941-07-24 1942-03-XX Brigadier General Staff, South Eastern Command
1942-XX-XX Commander Royal Artillery, 1st Infantry Division
1942-XX-XX 1943-XX-XX Deputy Chief of Staff, Home Forces
1943-XX-XX 1944-XX-XX Major-General General Staff, Home Forces
1944-03-10 1945-XX-XX Director of Military Intelligence, War Office
1945-XX-XX 1953-XX-XX Vice Chief of Secret Intelligence Service
1952-05-30 Retired from the Army
1952-12-03 1962-05-29 Colonel-Commandant, Royal Artillery
1953-XX-XX 1956-XX-XX Chief of Secret Intelligence Service (MI6)
Picture source: Courtesy of Paul Godley