The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Baker, Geoffrey Harding
Field Marshal
* 20th of June 1912
† 8th of May 1980
(Royal Artillery)
Promotions
| 1942-01-29 | Local Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1942-11-14 | Acting Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1943-02-14 | War Substantive Major |
| 1943-02-14 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1943-07-26 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1944-03-23 | Acting Colonel |
| 1944-09-23 | War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1944-09-23 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1945-04-19 | Acting Brigadier |
| 1945-10-19 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1946-02-24 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier |
| 1946-07-01 | Major |
| 1947-02-22 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1949-08-30 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier |
| 1951-12-31 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1952-12-11 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1953-06-29 | Colonel |
| 1960-02-03 | Major-General |
| 1963-09-02 | Lieutenant-General |
| 1967-05-07 | General |
| 1971-03-31 | Field Marshal |
Service
| 1942-01-29 | – | 1942-11-13 | Instructor at Middle East Staff School |
| 1942-11-14 | – | 1942-12-09 | General Staff Officer 1 (Plans), Middle East Command |
| 1942-12-10 | – | 1943-07-23 | General Staff Officer 1 (Staff Duties), 8th Army |
| 1943-07-XX | – | 1943-XX-XX | Commanding Officer 127th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery |
| 1944-01-24 | – | 1944-03-22 | General Staff Officer 1 (Staff Duties), 21st Army Group |
| 1944-03-23 | – | 1945-04-18 | Colonel General Staff (Staff Duties), 21st Army Group [Northwestern Europe] |
| 1945-04-19 | – | 1945-07-13 | Brigadier Co-ordination Administrative Services, Allied Control Commission Germany (British Element) |
| 1945-07-14 | – | 1945-08-24 | Brigadier General Staff (Staff Duties), 21st Army Group [Northwestern Europe] |
| 1945-08-25 | – | 1945-12-31 | Brigadier General Staff (Staff Duties), British Army of the Rhine [Germany] |
| 1946-02-25 | – | 1947-01-12 | Commanding Officer Headquarters, Military Government Regierungsbezirk ? [Germany] |
| 1947-02-22 | – | 1949-08-30 | Deputy Director of Staff Duties, War Office |
| 1949-10-19 | – | 1950-11-06 | Assistant Quartermaster-General, ? Division |
| 1951-12-31 | – | 1952-12-XX | Commanding Officer 3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery |
| 1952-12-11 | – | 1954-10-24 | Director of Administrative Planning, War Office |
| 1954-10-25 | – | 1954-12-31 | Brigadier (Q) (Operations), War Office |
| 1955-11-04 | – | 1957-01-XX | Director of Operations Cyprus |
| 1957-XX-XX | – | 1958-04-XX | Commander Royal Artillery, 7th Armoured Division |
| 1958-04-XX | – | 1959-02-XX | Commander Royal Artillery, 5th Infantry Division |
| 1959-02-XX | – | 1960-02-03 | Assistant Chief of Staff, Northern Army Group |
| 1960-02-03 | – | 1961-11-XX | Chief of Staff, Southern Command |
| 1961-11-XX | – | 1963-05-27 | Chief of Staff Contingency Planning, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe |
| 1963-09-02 | – | 1964-04-XX | Vice Chief of the Imperial General Staff |
| 1964-04-XX | – | 1966-07-25 | Vice Chief General Staff |
| 1964-07-30 | – | 1980-05-08 | Colonel-Commandant, Royal Regiment of Artillery |
| 1966-10-31 | – | 1968-02-12 | General Officer Commanding in Chief Southern Command |
| 1968-02-27 | – | 1971-03-31 | Aide-de-Camp General to the Queen |
| 1968-03-01 | – | 1971-03-31 | Chief General Staff |
| 1968-03-01 | – | 1971-03-07 | Colonel-Commandant, Corps of Royal Military Police |
| 1970-11-27 | – | 1977-01-01 | Colonel-Commandant, Royal Horse Artillery |
| 1975-08-01 | – | 1980-05-08 | Constable of the Tower of London |
Picture source: Courtesy of Alix Baker