The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Mervyn Savile Wheatley

Wheatley, Mervyn Savile

Major-General

* 18th of April 1900

† 13th of November 1979

(Royal Signals)

Promotions

1940-08-19 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-11-19 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-10-15 Acting Colonel
1942-04-15 War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-04-15 Temporary Colonel
1942-12-13 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Colonel
1942-12-14 Local Colonel
1943-10-23 Temporary Colonel
1943-10-23 Acting Brigadier
1944-04-23 Temporary Brigadier
1944-12-15 Lieutenant-Colonel
1945-02-17 Colonel
1949-05-17 Brigadier
1951-10-10 Temporary Major-General
1952-06-06 Major-General

Service

1940-XX-XX 1941-XX-XX Commanding Officer 1st Armoured Divisional Signals
1941-10-15 1942-08-05 Chief Signal Officer, 2nd Armoured Group
1942-12-14 1943-07-XX General Staff Officer 1, Home Forces
1943-07-XX 1943-10-22 General Staff Officer 1, 21st Army Group
1943-10-23 1944-11-24 Chief Signal Officer, XIII Corps [Italy]
1944-11-25 1946-11-10 Deputy Director of Signals (Organisation, Operations & Policy), War Office
1946-12-15 1947-06-26 Commandant of Signal Training Centre
1947-07-15 1949-09-30 District Officer Commanding Canal South District [Egypt]
1949-11-07 1951-08-21 Deputy District Officer Commanding Mid Westland District
1951-10-10 1954-06-22 Chief Signal Officer, Middle East Land Forces
1954-09-01 1957-08-31 Signal Officer in Chief, War Office
1954-09-01 1957-08-31 Director of Signals, War Office
1957-09-30 Retired
1957-12-22 1962-12-22 Colonel-Commandant, Royal Signals
1957-12-29 1962-12-29 Honorary Colonel, 41st Signal Regiment, Territorial Army
Picture source: From 'The Royal Corps of Signals: a history of its antecedents and development (circa 1800-1955)' by R.F.H. Nalder, 1958