The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Colville, Edward Charles
Major-General
* 1st of September 1905
† 10th of January 1982
(Gordon Highlanders)
Promotions
| 1943-01-15 | Acting Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1943-04-15 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1944-07-16 | Acting Colonel |
| 1944-07-16 | Acting Brigadier |
| 1945-01-16 | War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1945-01-16 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1945-01-16 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1946-02-01 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1949-03-31 | Colonel |
| 1953-09-01 | Brigadier |
| 1954-06-10 | Local Major-General |
| 1954-06-29 | Temporary Major-General |
| 1955-07-07 | Major-General |
Service
| 1943-08-XX | – | 1944-07-XX | Commanding Officer 2nd Battalion, Argyll 6 Sutherland Highlanders |
| 1944-07-16 | – | 1945-01-15 | Commanding Officer 227th Infantry Brigade [Northwestern Europe] |
| 1945-01-29 | – | 1945-06-25 | Commanding Officer 227th Infantry Brigade [Northwestern Europe] |
| 1945-07-08 | – | 1945-08-08 | Commanding Officer 227th Infantry Brigade [Northwestern Europe] |
| 1945-08-13 | – | 1946-11-26 | Commanding Officer 227th Infantry Brigade [Northwestern Europe] |
| 1946-12-27 | – | 1947-11-05 | Military Adviser to British High Commissioner in Canada |
| 1949-11-04 | – | 1952-05-13 | Commanding Officer 128th Infantry Brigade |
| 1952-06-09 | – | 1954-04-30 | Brigadier General Staff (Operations), British Army of the Rhine [Germany] |
| 1954-06-26 | – | 1955-01-13 | Chief of Staff, Far East Land Forces |
| 1956-03-15 | – | 1959-03-14 | General Officer Commanding 51st Infantry Division |
| 1956-03-15 | – | 1959-03-14 | District Officer Commanding Highland District |
| 1959-04-12 | Retired |