The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Dill, John Greer
Field Marshal
* 25th of December 1881
† 4th of November 1944
(Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment)
Nickname: Jack
Promotions
| 1917-01-01 | Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1917-02-01 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1918-03-27 | Temporary Brigadier-General |
| 1919-06-03 | Brevet Colonel |
| 1920-08-10 | Colonel |
| 1920-12-31 | Reverted to Colonel |
| 1921-01-01 | Temporary Colonel on Staff |
| 1922-06-30 | Reverted to Colonel |
| 1923-11-01 | Temporary Colonel-Commandant |
| 1926-10-31 | Reverted to Colonel |
| 1928-06-01 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1928-12-28 | Reverted to Colonel |
| 1929-01-19 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1930-12-11 | Major-General |
| 1936-04-13 | Lieutenant-General |
| 1939-10-01 | General (Dated back to 1937-12-05) |
| 1941-11-18 | Field Marshal |
Service
| 1917-02-01 | – | 1917-10-28 | General Staff Officer 1, 37th Infantry Division [France] |
| 1917-10-29 | – | 1918-03-26 | General Staff Officer 1, General Headquarters, British Armies in France |
| 1918-03-27 | – | 1919-02-28 | Brigadier-General General Staff, General Headquarters, British Armies in France |
| 1919-03-01 | – | 1922-06-30 | Instructor at Staff College Camberley |
| 1922-07-01 | – | 1922-09-01 | Half-pay |
| 1922-09-01 | – | 1923-10-31 | Commanding Officer Welsh Border Brigade |
| 1923-11-01 | – | 1926-10-31 | Commanding Officer 2nd Brigade |
| 1926-11-01 | – | 1928-12-28 | Instructor at Imperial Defence College |
| 1929-01-19 | – | 1930-11-23 | Brigadier General Staff, Western Command [India] |
| 1930-12-16 | – | 1931-01-08 | Half-pay |
| 1931-01-08 | – | 1934-01-21 | Commandant of Staff College Camberley |
| 1932-12-24 | – | 1944-11-04 | Colonel, East Lancashire Regiment |
| 1934-01-22 | – | 1936-08-31 | Director Military Operations & Military Intelligence, War Office |
| 1936-09-01 | – | 1936-09-08 | Half-pay |
| 1936-09-08 | – | 1937-09-19 | General Officer Commanding British Troops in Palestine & Trans-Jordan |
| 1937-09-20 | – | 1937-10-12 | Half-pay |
| 1937-10-12 | – | 1939-09-02 | General Officer Commanding in Chief Aldershot Command |
| 1939-09-03 | – | 1940-04-22 | General Officer Commanding I Corps [France] |
| 1939-10-XX | – | 1941-11-18 | Aide-de-Camp General to the King |
| 1940-04-22 | – | 1940-05-27 | Vice Chief of the Imperial General Staff |
| 1940-05-27 | – | 1941-12-25 | Chief of the Imperial General Staff |
| 1941-12-25 | – | 1944-11-04 | Head of the British Joint Staff Mission in Washington |
Picture source: Courtesy of Paul Godley