The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Wilsey, John Harold Owen
Major-General
* 29th of November 1904
† 20th of July 1961
(Worcestershire Regiment)
Promotions
| 1940-09-05 | Local Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1941-06-26 | Acting Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1941-09-26 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1945-01-05 | Acting Colonel |
| 1945-01-05 | Acting Brigadier |
| 1945-07-05 | War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1945-07-05 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1945-07-05 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1948-05-20 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1948-09-10 | Colonel (Dtaed back to 1948-07-05) |
| 1952-02-01 | Temporary Major-General |
| 1952-08-12 | Brigadier |
| 1952-11-29 | Major-General |
Service
| 1941-06-25 | – | 1942-12-13 | General Staff Officer 1, ? |
| 1943-01-XX | – | 1943-10-XX | Commanding Officer 9th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment |
| 1943-XX-XX | – | 1944-XX-XX | Commanding Officer 7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's Regiment |
| 1945-01-06 | – | 1945-03-09 | Commanding Officer 158th Infantry Brigade [Northwestern Europe] |
| 1945-03-20 | – | 1945-06-27 | Commanding Officer 158th Infantry Brigade [Northwestern Europe] |
| 1945-07-24 | – | 1946-11-20 | Commandant of Middle East Staff College |
| 1948-01-19 | – | 1948-12-21 | Brigadier General Staff (Operations), British Army of the Rhine [Germany] |
| 1949-01-20 | – | 1950-10-11 | Commanding Officer 5th Infantry Brigade [Germany] |
| 1950-11-11 | – | 1951-01-31 | Chief of Staff, West Africa Command |
| 1952-02-01 | – | 1952-09-11 | Director of Infantry, War Office |
| 1952-09-12 | – | 1954-06-30 | Director of Staff Duties, War Office |
| 1954-10-05 | – | 1956-05-01 | General Officer Commanding 2nd Infantry Division |
| 1956-12-15 | Retired |