The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Goldsmith, Robert Burrell Frederick Kingslake
Major-General
* 21st of June 1907
† 7th of April 1995
(Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry)
Promotions
| 1941-06-24 | Acting Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1941-09-24 | War Substantive Major |
| 1941-09-24 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1941-11-30 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1942-05-14 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1944-01-29 | Major |
| 1944-08-15 | Acting Colonel |
| 1944-08-15 | Acting Brigadier |
| 1945-02-15 | War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1945-02-15 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1945-02-15 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1945-07-09 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier |
| 1945-07-09 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Colonel |
| 1949-06-02 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1950-01-02 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1951-01-09 | Colonel |
| 1955-01-18 | Brigadier |
| 1956-11-16 | Temporary Major-General |
| 1957-08-12 | Major-General |
Service
| 1941-06-24 | – | 1941-11-30 | Special employed, ? |
| 1942-09-19 | – | 1942-11-24 | General Staff Officer 1, ? |
| 1942-XX-XX | Commanding Officer 1st Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment | ||
| 1943-04-28 | – | 1944-08-19 | General Staff Officer 1, 1st Airborne Division [Sicily] |
| 1944-08-15 | – | 1945-03-09 | Deputy Chief of Staff, 1st Allied Airborne Army [Northwestern Europe] |
| 1946-11-05 | – | 1949-01-10 | General Staff Officer 1, ? |
| 1950-01-02 | – | 1951-08-24 | Commanding Officer 131st Infantry Brigade |
| 1951-09-26 | – | 1954-09-19 | Chief of Staff, British Troops in Egypt |
| 1954-11-01 | – | 1956-09-23 | Deputy Director of Personnel Services (A), War Office |
| 1956-11-16 | – | 1959-10-07 | Chief of Staff, Western Command |
| 1957-08-27 | – | 1959-10-05 | Colonel, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry |
| 1959-10-29 | – | 1962-09-XX | General Officer Commanding Catterick Area |
| 1960-04-01 | – | 1963-08-31 | Colonel, Somerset & Cornwall Light Infantry |
| 1962-10-13 | Retired |
Picture source: NPG x89433, National Portrait Gallery, London