The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of General Henry Colville Barclay Wemyss

Wemyss, Henry Colville Barclay

General

* 26th of April 1891

† 2nd of April 1959

(Royal Engineers)

Promotions

1926-12-24 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1933-08-14 Lieutenant-Colonel
1935-10-01 Colonel (Dated back to 1929-12-24)
1939-01-09 Major-General (Dated back to 1938-01-07)
1940-06-10 Acting Lieutenant-General
1941-06-10 Temporary Lieutenant-General
1941-10-21 Lieutenant-General (Dated back to 1941-08-11)
1945-10-15 General

Service

1926-04-26 1929-04-13 General Staff Officer, 2 War Office
1929-05-01 1932-02-16 Instructor at School of Signals
1932-02-17 1933-08-13 General Staff Officer 2, Northern Command
1933-08-14 1935-09-30 Commanding Officer 5th Divisional Signals
1935-10-01 1937-01-17 Assistant Adjutant-General, War Office
1938-01-18 1938-12-18 Attending the Imperial Defence College
1939-01-09 1940-02-18 Director of Mobilisation, War Office
1940-02-19 1940-06-09 Deputy Adjutant-General, War Office
1940-06-10 1941-06-02 Adjutant-General to the Forces, War Office
1941-06-03 1942-06-15 Head of the British Army Mission Washington
1942-06-16 1946-XX-XX Military Secretary to Secretary of States for War
1942-11-30 1949-01-01 Colonel-Commandant, Royal Signals
1946-11-23 Retired
1947-12-29 1949-XX-XX Honorary Colonel, Signal Reporting Regiment, Territorial Army
1949-XX-XX 1957-12-29 Honorary Colonel, Army Phantom Signal Regiment, Territorial Army
Picture source: Courtesy of Paul Godley