The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Williams, Walter David Abbott
Major-General
* 31st of December 1897
† 24th of January 1973
(Royal Engineers)
Promotions
| 1939-09-01 | Acting Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1939-12-01 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1940-06-14 | Acting Colonel |
| 1940-12-14 | War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1940-12-14 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1941-08-04 | Acting Brigadier |
| 1942-02-04 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1942-08-01 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1943-10-03 | Colonel |
| 1943-11-09 | Acting Major-General |
| 1944-11-09 | Temporary Major-General |
| 1946-10-23 | Major-General (Dated back to 1944-11-22) |
Service
| 1939-09-01 | – | 1940-06-13 | Assistant quartermaster-General, War Office |
| 1940-06-14 | – | 1941-08-03 | Assistant Director of Movements, War Office |
| 1941-08-04 | – | 1943-11-08 | Deputy Director of Movements, War Office |
| 1943-11-09 | – | 1946-07-14 | Director of Freight Movements, War Office |
| 1946-07-15 | – | 1949-09-10 | Director of Movements, War Office |
| 1949-10-08 | Retired |