The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Dobbie, William George Sheddon
Lieutenant-General
* 12th of July 1879
† 3rd of October 1964
(Royal Engineers)
Promotions
| 1916-08-16 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1917-01-01 | Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1919-08-03 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1920-04-18 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1922-07-01 | Brevet Colonel |
| 1925-01-01 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1926-01-13 | Colonel (Dated back to 1921-01-01) |
| 1928-06-29 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1932-11-19 | Major-General |
| 1940-04-27 | Acting Lieutenant-General |
| 1941-04-27 | Temporary Lieutenant-General |
Service
| 1916-08-19 | – | 1918-01-09 | General Staff Officer 1, 1st Infantry Division [France] |
| 1918-01-10 | – | 1919-04-06 | General Staff Officer 1, British Armies in France |
| 1919-04-07 | – | 1919-08-03 | General Staff Officer 1, British Army of the Rhine [Germany] |
| 1919-08-04 | – | 1920-04-17 | General Staff Officer 2, War Office |
| 1920-04-18 | – | 1924-04-17 | General Staff Officer 1, 2nd Infantry Division |
| 1926-01-12 | – | 1928-03-02 | General Staff Officer 1, War Office |
| 1928-03-02 | – | 1928-06-29 | General Staff Officer 1, Western Command |
| 1928-06-29 | – | 1932-07-15 | Commanding Officer Cairo Brigade [Egypt] |
| 1932-07-15 | – | 1933-02-18 | Half-pay |
| 1933-02-18 | – | 1935-11-08 | Inspector of Royal Engineers, War Office |
| 1933-02-18 | – | 1935-11-08 | Commanding Officer Chatham Area |
| 1933-02-18 | – | 1935-11-08 | Commandant of School of Military Engineering |
| 1935-11-08 | – | 1939-08-25 | General Officer Commanding Malaya |
| 1939-08-25 | Retired | ||
| 1940-03-19 | – | 1947-12-31 | Colonel-Commandant, Royal Engineers |
| 1940-04-27 | Recalled | ||
| 1940-05-24 | – | 1941-05-18 | Acting Governor & Commander in Chief of Malta |
| 1941-05-19 | – | 1942-05-07 | Governor & Commander in Chief of Malta |
| 1942-11-10 | Retired |
Picture source: NPG x178462, National Portrait Gallery, London