The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Brownrigg, Wellesley Douglass Studholme
Lieutenant-General
* 21st of April 1886
† 7th of February 1946
(Sherwood Foresters)
Nickname: Brownie
Promotions
| 1915-11-18 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1918-01-01 | Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1918-12-15 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1925-07-01 | Brevet Colonel |
| 1927-07-23 | Colonel (Dated back to 1922-01-01) |
| 1933-05-18 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1934-07-16 | Major-General |
| 1938-01-03 | Temporary Lieutenant-General |
| 1938-01-29 | Lieutenant-General |
Service
| 1915-11-19 | – | 1918-12-15 | Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General, 13th Infantry Division [Iraq] |
| 1918-12-16 | – | 1919-12-31 | Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General, War Office |
| 1921-02-01 | – | 1923-03-31 | Commander Company of Gentlemen Cadets Royal Military College Sandhurst |
| 1923-04-01 | – | 1927-01-27 | General Staff Officer 1, War Office |
| 1927-01-28 | – | 1929-XX-XX | Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General, Shanghai Defence Force, Northern China Command |
| 1929-XX-XX | – | 1931-02-15 | Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General, China Command |
| 1931-02-16 | – | 1931-11-01 | Half-pay |
| 1931-11-01 | – | 1933-05-17 | Commanding Officer 159th Infantry Brigade |
| 1933-05-18 | – | 1934-10-15 | Commanding Officer 11th Infantry Brigade |
| 1933-12-14 | – | 1934-07-15 | Aide-de-Camp to the King |
| 1934-10-16 | – | 1935-06-16 | Half-pay |
| 1935-06-16 | – | 1938-01-02 | General Officer Commanding 51st Infantry Division |
| 1938-01-03 | – | 1939-06-30 | Military Secretary to Secretary of State of War |
| 1939-07-01 | – | 1939-09-03 | Director-General of Territorial Army, War Office |
| 1939-09-03 | – | 1940-05-23 | Adjutant-General, British Expeditionary Force [France] |
| 1940-07-01 | Retired | ||
| 1941-01-19 | – | 1946-02-07 | Colonel, Sherwood Foresters |