The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Brownjohn, Nevil Charles Dowell
General
* 25th of July 1897
† 21st of April 1973
(Royal Engineers)
Nickname: BJ
Promotions
| 1938-01-01 | Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1939-05-26 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1940-03-16 | Acting Colonel |
| 1940-09-16 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1941-03-17 | Acting Brigadier |
| 1941-09-17 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1941-09-18 | Colonel (Dated back to 1941-01-01) |
| 1942-07-27 | Acting Major-General |
| 1943-07-27 | Temporary Major-General |
| 1945-12-10 | Major-General (Dated back to 1944-04-17) |
| 1950-02-18 | Lieutenant-General |
| 1953-11-10 | General |
Service
| 1938-09-01 | – | 1939-04-12 | General Staff Officer 2, War Office |
| 1939-05-26 | – | 1940-03-01 | Commander Royal Engineers, Gibraltar |
| 1940-03-02 | – | 1940-08-01 | General Staff Officer 1, ? |
| 1940-08-02 | – | 1941-03-16 | General Staff Officer 1, War Office |
| 1941-03-17 | – | 1942-07-26 | Brigadier General Staff (Staff Duties), Homes Forces |
| 1942-07-27 | – | 1943-04-13 | Deputy Chief Administration Officer, Home Forces |
| 1943-04-14 | – | 1944-07-03 | Major-General (Q), Chief of Staff to Supreme Allied Commander |
| 1944-07-04 | – | 1944-08-07 | Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force |
| 1944-08-26 | – | 1945-01-22 | Deputy Quartermaster-General, Middle East Command |
| 1945-01-23 | – | 1945-03-25 | Chief Administration Officer, Middle East Command |
| 1945-06-23 | – | 1945-10-26 | Major-General Staff Duties, War Office |
| 1945-10-27 | – | 1946-03-21 | General Officer Commanding ? Division |
| 1946-03-27 | – | 1946-10-14 | Chief Administration Officer, British Army of the Rhine [Germany] |
| 1946-10-15 | – | 1947-10-31 | Deputy Chief of Staff, Allied Control Commission Germany (British Element) |
| 1947-11-01 | – | 1949-04-09 | Chief of Staff (Policy), Allied Control Commission Germany (British Element) |
| 1947-11-01 | – | 1949-04-09 | Deputy Military-Governor, British Zone in Germany |
| 1949-04-14 | – | 1950-02-17 | Vice Quartermaster-General, War Office |
| 1950-02-18 | – | 1952-10-22 | Vice Chief of the Imperial General Staff |
| 1952-12-01 | – | 1955-12-31 | Chief Staff Officer, Ministry of Defence |
| 1955-01-31 | – | 1962-07-25 | Colonel-Commandant, Royal Engineers |
| 1956-12-01 | – | 1958-11-01 | Quartermaster-General to the Forces, War Office |
| 1957-01-31 | – | 1958-11-29 | Aide-de-Camp to the Queen |
| 1958-11-29 | Retired |
Picture source: Courtesy of Paul Godley