The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Butler, Stephen Seymor
Major-General
* 6th of October 1880
† 16th of July 1964
(Royal Warwickshire Regiment)
Promotions
| 1918-01-14 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1918-03-13 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1918-06-03 | Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1919-03-18 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Colonel |
| 1919-06-12 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1920-08-30 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1921-01-02 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1922-06-03 | Colonel |
| 1926-10-01 | Temporary Colonel on Staff |
| 1928-06-01 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1934-07-16 | Major-General |
| 1940-08-23 | Reverts to the rank of Colonel at his own request |
| 1940-08-23 | Local Brigadier |
| 1941-06-20 | Major-General |
Service
| 1918-01-14 | – | 1918-03-17 | General Staff Officer 1, 5th Army [France] |
| 1918-03-18 | – | 1919-03-18 | General Staff Officer 1, British Armies in France |
| 1919-06-12 | – | 1920-08-30 | General Staff Officer 1 (Naval), Constantinople |
| 1920-10-01 | – | 1923-08-11 | Assistant Military Secretary to General Officer Commanding Northern Command [India] |
| 1923-08-12 | – | 1923-09-28 | Half-pay |
| 1923-09-29 | Р| 1926-04-30 | Military Attach̩ to Romania |
| 1926-10-01 | – | 1930-03-27 | Inspector-General of Royal West African Frontier Force |
| 1930-03-28 | – | 1935-03-28 | Commandant of Sudan Defence Force |
| 1935-03-29 | – | 1935-05-31 | Half-pay |
| 1935-06-01 | – | 1939-XX-XX | General Officer Commanding 48th Infantry Division |
| 1939-06-01 | Retired | ||
| 1939-08-24 | Recalled | ||
| 1939-08-24 | – | 1940-02-01 | Head of the British Military Mission to Turkey |
| 1941-07-01 | – | 1943-XX-XX | Head of the British Military Mission to Ethiopia |
| 1943-08-26 | Retired |
Picture source: https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C38862