The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Bourne, Geoffrey Kemp
General
* 5th of October 1902
† 26th of June 1982
(Royal Artillery)
(Baron Bourne of Atherstone (25.08.1964))
Promotions
| 1940-12-12 | Acting Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1941-03-12 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1942-02-19 | Acting Colonel |
| 1942-02-19 | Acting Brigadier |
| 1942-08-19 | War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1942-08-19 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1942-08-19 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1942-11-23 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier |
| 1942-11-23 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Colonel |
| 1944-01-23 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1944-01-23 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1944-05-21 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier |
| 1944-05-21 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Colonel |
| 1945-01-04 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1945-03-15 | Colonel |
| 1947-09-23 | Acting Major-General |
| 1947-11-01 | Brigadier |
| 1947-11-01 | Temporary Major-General |
| 1948-06-17 | Major-General (Dated back to 1946-02-25) |
| 1953-06-04 | Temporary Lieutenant-General |
| 1953-11-10 | Lieutenant-General |
| 1957-08-26 | General |
Service
| 1940-12-12 | – | 1942-02-18 | General Staff Officer 1 ? |
| 1942-02-19 | – | 1942-11-23 | Brigadier General Staff, British Army Staff Washington |
| 1942-XX-XX | Commanding Officer 21st Anti-Tank Regiment | ||
| 1943-12-28 | – | 1944-01-22 | General Staff Officer 1, South East Asia Command |
| 1944-01-22 | – | 1944-05-25 | Brigadier General Staff, South East Asia Command |
| 1944-XX-XX | Commanding Officer 152nd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery [Italy] | ||
| 1945-01-04 | – | 1945-11-23 | Brigadier General Staff, I Airborne Corps [Northwestern Europe] |
| 1945-11-24 | – | 1946-04-19 | Commander Royal Artillery, 5th Indian Infantry Division [Java] |
| 1946-04-19 | – | 1946-04-30 | Acting General Officer Commanding 5th Indian Infantry Division [Java] |
| 1946-04-30 | – | 1946-12-14 | Commander Royal Artillery, 5th Indian Infantry Division |
| 1947-09-23 | – | 1948-12-31 | Head of British Services Mission to Burma |
| 1949-01-16 | – | 1951-10-26 | General Officer Commanding British Troops in Berlin [Germany] |
| 1951-11-01 | – | 1952-06-04 | General Officer Commanding 16th Airborne Division |
| 1953-06-04 | – | 1954-04-01 | General Officer Commanding in Chief Eastern Command |
| 1954-04-07 | – | 1956-05-19 | General Officer Commanding Malaya Command |
| 1954-04-07 | – | 1956-05-19 | Director of Operations Malaya |
| 1954-05-17 | – | 1967-05-17 | Colonel-Commandant, Royal Artillery |
| 1957-01-09 | – | 1958-01-05 | Commander in Chief Middle East Land Forces |
| 1958-01-06 | – | 1960-01-05 | Commandant of Imperial Defence College |
| 1959-08-14 | – | 1960-01-05 | Aide-de-Camp General to the Queen |
| 1960-01-05 | Retired | ||
| 1960-04-08 | – | 1965-04-08 | Honorary Colonel, 10th Battalion (Volunteer) Parachute Regiment, Territorial Army |
Picture source: Courtesy of Paul Godley