The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Cassels, Robert Archibald
General
* 15th of March 1876
† 23rd of December 1959
(32nd Lancers)
(Indian Army)
Promotions
| 1916-01-19 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1916-06-03 | Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1916-08-17 | Reverted to Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1917-03-10 | Brevet Colonel |
| 1917-08-06 | Temporary Brigadier-General |
| 1919-01-01 | Major-General |
| 1927-05-01 | Lieutenant-General |
| 1929-10-15 | General |
Service
| 1915-12-10 | – | 1916-05-XX | General Staff Officer 1, III Indian Corps [Mesopotamia] |
| 1916-05-XX | – | 1917-05-07 | General Staff Officer 1, 14th Indian Division [Mesopotamia] |
| 1917-08-06 | – | 1917-11-13 | Brigadier-General General Staff Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force |
| 1917-11-14 | – | 1919-11-24 | Commanding Officer 11th Cavalry Brigade [Mesopotamia] |
| 1919-11-25 | – | 1920-02-28 | General Officer Commanding 18th Infantry Division [Egypt] |
| 1920-12-16 | – | 1923-12-24 | Major-General Cavalry, Army Headquarters India |
| 1923-12-25 | – | 1927-12-24 | District Officer Commanding Peshawar District [India] |
| 1927-12-25 | – | 1928-05-03 | Unemployed |
| 1928-05-04 | – | 1930-05-09 | Adjutant-General, Army Headquarters India |
| 1929-04-26 | – | 1933-06-08 | Aide-de-Camp General to the King |
| 1930-05-10 | – | 1934-05-09 | General Officer Commanding in Chief Northern Command [India] |
| 1933-05-21 | – | 1933-11-30 | Acting Commander in Chief India |
| 1933-12-08 | – | 1946-03-15 | Colonel, 7th Light Cavalry |
| 1934-05-10 | – | 1935-11-29 | Unemployed |
| 1935-11-30 | – | 1941-01-27 | Commander in Chief India |
| 1935-11-30 | – | 1941-01-27 | Member of the Council in Charge, Defence Department, Government of India |
| 1936-06-01 | – | 1946-03-15 | Colonel-Commandant, Indian Signal Corps |
| 1939-03-17 | – | 1946-03-15 | Colonel, 13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers |
| 1941-01-27 | Retired |
Picture source: Courtesy of Paul Godley