The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of General Robert Gordon-Finlayson

Gordon-Finlayson, Robert

General

* 15th of April 1881

† 23rd of May 1956

(Royal Artillery)

Nickname: Copper

Promotions

1916-06-03 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1917-03-19 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1918-01-20 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel
1918-03-11 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1918-05-24 Temporary Brigadier-General
1919-05-09 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier-General
1919-06-03 Brevet Colonel
1919-09-01 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1921-06-22 Colonel
1928-01-02 Temporary Colonel-Commandant
1928-06-01 Temporary Brigadier
1930-11-09 Major-General
1936-01-28 Lieutenant-General
1939-08-12 General (Dated back to 1937-12-05)

Service

1917-03-19 1918-01-20 General Staff Officer 1, Special Mission to Russia
1918-05-24 1919-05-09 Deputy Commander Northern Russia
1919-09-01 1920-01-21 Instructor at the Senior Officers' School
1921-01-22 1925-01-20 General Staff Officer 1, War Office
1925-01-21 1928-01-01 Instructor at Staff College Camberley
1928-01-02 1931-01-08 Commander Royal Artillery, 3rd Infantry Division
1928-12-29 1930-11-08 Aide-de-Camp to the King
1931-02-09 1931-06-22 Half-pay
1931-06-22 1934-09-22 District Officer Commanding Rawalpindi District [India]
1934-10-15 1936-04-27 General Officer Commanding 3rd Infantry Division
1936-04-28 1938-03-31 Half-pay
1936-10-23 1947-01-01 Colonel-Commandant, Royal Artillery
1938-03-31 1939-06-30 General Officer Commanding British Troops in Egypt
1939-07-01 1940-06-10 Adjutant-General to the Forces, War Office
1940-06-08 1941-11-24 Aide-de-Camp General to the King
1940-06-10 1941-11-24 General Officer Commanding in Chief Western Command
1940-11-03 1947-01-01 Colonel-Commandant, Royal Horse Artillery
1941-12-23 Retired
Picture source: http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/TWI/TWI-40-10-25.pdf