The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General John Primrose Douglas

Douglas, John Primrose

Major-General

* 22nd of February 1908

† 4th of September 1975

(Royal Army Medical Corps)

Promotions

1942-06-22 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-09-22 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1944-12-04 Acting Colonel
1945-04-19 Acting Brigadier
1945-06-02 Relinquish the Acting rank of Brigadier
1945-06-04 War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel
1945-06-04 Temporary Colonel
1945-12-01 Acting Brigadier
1946-03-26 Temporary Brigadier
1946-03-31 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier
1947-10-16 Lieutenant-Colonel
1949-12-19 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Colonel
1950-12-09 Temporary Colonel
1956-04-10 Colonel
1961-03-27 Temporary Brigadier
1961-05-26 Brigadier
1964-11-25 Temporary Major-General
1965-08-20 Major-General

Service

1942-06-22 –1944-04-15 Special Employed
1944-12-04 –1946-01-05 Deputy Director of Medical Services, 21st Army Group [Northwestern Europe]
1946-04-01 –1949-09-09 Deputy Director of Medical Services, Middle East Land Forces
1949-XX-XX –1950-XX-XX Commanding Officer Royal Herbert Hospotal, Woolwich
1950-10-13 –1953-12-30 Assistant Director-General of Medical Services, War Office
1954-02-07 –1956-01-10 Chief of Medical Section, Logistical Division, Allied Forces Northern Europe
1956-03-01 –1957-10-23 Assistant Director-General of Medical Services, War Office
1959-XX-XX –1961-XX-XX Commanding Officer British Military Hospital Iserlohn
1961-03-27 –1963-XX-XX Inspector of Training, Army Medical Services, War Office
1963-XX-XX –1964-XX-XX Deputy Director of Medical Services, I Corps [Germany]
1964-11-25 –1968-07-25 Deputy Director-General of Army Medical Services, Ministry of Defence
1965-08-20 –1968-08-22 Honorary Surgeon to the Queen
1968-08-22 Retired
1969-07-14 –1973-02-22 Colonel-Commandant, Royal Army Medical Corps