The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General James Craw Barnetson

Barnetson, James Craw

Major-General

* 26th of July 1907

† 4th of January 1984

(Royal Army Medical Corps)

Promotions

1941-09-07 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-12-07 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1943-09-07 Acting Colonel
1944-03-07 War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel
1944-03-07 Temporary Colonel
1945-01-25 Acting Brigadier
1945-02-18 Relinquish the Acting rank of Brigadier
1946-11-04 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Colonel
1947-06-09 Lieutenant-Colonel
1951-03-21 Temporary Colonel
1955-10-17 Colonel
1960-07-06 Temporary Brigadier
1960-11-23 Brigadier
1961-09-09 Temporary Major-General
1961-10-17 Major-General

Service

1941-07-31 1942-07-24 Assistant Director of Medical Services, ?
1942-XX-XX Commanding Officer 156th Field Ambulance
1942-08-18 1943-XX-XX Assistant Director of Medical Services, 1st Army
1943-XX-XX 1945-01-24 Assistant Director of Medical Services, 6th Armoured Division
1945-01-25 1945-02-18 Deputy Director of Medical Services, XIII Corps
1945-02-19 1947-08-07 Assistant Director of Medical Services, Scottish Command
1947-08-20 1950-08-27 Assistant Director-General of Medical Services, War Office
1951-03-21 1951-10-22 Assistant Director of Medical Services, 11th Armoured Division
1951-10-23 1953-10-21 Chief of Medical Operations & Plans, Logistics Division, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
1954-XX-XX Commanding Officer Britcom General Hospital
1954-10-31 1957-07-01 Assistant Director of Medical Services, East Africa Command
1957-XX-XX 1958-XX-XX Assistant Director of Medical Services, 6th Armoured Division
1958-XX-XX 1959-XX-XX Assistant Director of Medical Services, 2nd Infantry Division
1959-03-03 1960-06-10 Commandant of Field Training Centre & Army Emergency Reserve Royal Army Medical Corps
1960-07-06 1961-08-28 Deputy Director of Medical Services, Northern Command
1961-09-09 1964-03-31 Deputy Director-General of Medical Services, War Office
1961-09-20 1966-11-14 Honorary Physician to the Queen
1964-04-01 1964-11-25 Deputy Director-General of Medical Services, Ministry of Defence
1964-11-01 1966-08-23 Director of Medical Services, British Army of the Rhine
1966-11-14 Retired
1968-08-08 1972-07-26 Colonel-Commandant, Royal Army Medical Corps
Picture source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1442623/figure/F1/