The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Ward, Alfred Dudley
General
* 27th of January 1905
† 28th of December 1991
(King's Regiment)
Promotions
| 1940-05-16 | Local Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1941-01-12 | Relinquish the Local rank of Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1941-04-01 | Acting Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1941-07-01 | War Substantive Major |
| 1941-07-01 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1942-07-27 | Acting Colonel |
| 1942-07-27 | Acting Brigadier |
| 1943-01-27 | War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1943-01-27 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1943-01-27 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1944-04-20 | Acting Major-General |
| 1945-04-20 | War Substantive Colonel |
| 1945-04-20 | Temporary Major-General |
| 1946-02-02 | Colonel (Dated back to 1945-04-20) |
| 1946-04-01 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Major-General |
| 1947-01-01 | Temporary Major-General |
| 1947-05-31 | Major-General (Dated back to 1946-03-07) |
| 1951-06-18 | Temporary Lieutenant-General |
| 1952-06-06 | Lieutenant-General |
| 1957-02-04 | General |
Service
| 1940-05-16 | – | 1941-01-12 | Instructor at Staff College Camberley |
| 1941-04-01 | – | 1942-01-20 | General Staff Officer 1, ? |
| 1942-01-XX | – | 1942-06-XX | Commanding Officer 43rd Reconnaissance Regiment |
| 1942-06-XX | – | 1943-09-XX | Brigadier General Staff, XII Corps |
| 1943-09-30 | – | 1943-10-09 | Commanding Officer 231st Infantry Brigade |
| 1943-10-05 | – | 1944-04-19 | Commanding Officer 17th Infantry Brigade [Italy] |
| 1944-04-20 | – | 1945-03-09 | General Officer Commanding 4th Infantry Division [Italy - Greece] |
| 1945-04-02 | – | 1945-04-20 | General Officer Commanding 4th Infantry Division [Greece] |
| 1945-04-20 | – | 1945-09-30 | Assistant Chief of Staff to Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean |
| 1945-10-01 | – | 1946-03-14 | Chief of Staff to Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean |
| 1947-01-01 | – | 1948-08-31 | Director of Military Operations, War Office |
| 1947-04-01 | – | 1957-04-01 | Colonel, King's Regiment |
| 1948-09-01 | – | 1951-06-18 | Commandant of Staff College Camberley |
| 1951-02-10 | – | 1957-02-10 | Honorary Colonel, Liverpool University, Officers' Training Corps |
| 1951-06-18 | – | 1953-01-04 | General Officer Commanding I Corps [Germany] |
| 1953-01-15 | – | 1956-10-05 | Deputy Chief of the Imperial General Staff |
| 1957-01-01 | – | 1960-01-07 | Commander in Chief Northern Army Groups [Germany] |
| 1957-01-01 | – | 1960-01-07 | Commander in Chief British Army of the Rhine [Germany] |
| 1958-02-14 | – | 1963-02-14 | Colonel-Commandant, Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers |
| 1958-11-29 | – | 1961-11-29 | Aide-de-Camp General to the Queen |
| 1960-05-01 | – | 1962-05-01 | Commander in Chief Near East Command |
| 1962-06-08 | – | 1965-08-05 | Governor-General & Commander in Chief Gibraltar |
| 1965-11-09 | Retired |
Picture source: Courtesy of John Redmond