The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Chilton, Maurice Somerville
Lieutenant-General
* 11th of January 1898
† 21st of August 1956
(Royal Artillery)
Promotions
| 1938-01-01 | Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1939-12-02 | Acting Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1941-03-13 | Acting Colonel |
| 1941-06-01 | Acting Brigadier |
| 1941-09-13 | War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1941-09-13 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1941-11-25 | Colonel (Dated back to 1941-01-01) |
| 1941-12-01 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1945-01-23 | Acting Major-General |
| 1945-12-12 | Major-General (Dated back to 1945-04-25) |
| 1953-04-17 | Temporary Lieutenant-General |
| 1953-07-21 | Lieutenant-General |
Service
| 1940-11-18 | – | 1941-03-12 | General Staff Officer 1, War Office |
| 1941-03-13 | – | 1941-12-06 | Deputy Director of Military Training, War Office |
| 1941-12-07 | – | 1942-03-13 | Commander Royal Artillery, 44th Division |
| 1942-03-14 | – | 1943-05-07 | Brigadier General Staff, South Eastern Command |
| 1943-05-08 | – | 1945-01-22 | Brigadier General Staff, 2nd Army [Northwestern Europe] |
| 1945-01-23 | – | 1945-08-24 | Deputy Adjutant-General 21st Army Group [Northwestern Europe] |
| 1945-08-25 | – | 1946-02-13 | Deputy Adjutant-General British Army of the Rhine [Germany] |
| 1946-05-01 | – | 1948-01-18 | Director of Air, War Office |
| 1948-03-01 | – | 1950-02-10 | District Officer Commanding East Anglian District |
| 1950-02-17 | – | 1953-03-27 | Vice Quartermaster-General, War Office |
| 1952-05-16 | – | 1958-08-21 | Colonel-Commandant, Royal Artillery |
| 1953-04-17 | – | 1955-05-16 | General Officer Commanding in Chief Anti-Aircraft Command |
| 1955-06-01 | – | 1956-08-21 | Quartermaster-General, War Office |
Picture source: Courtesy of Ronald Scott