The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Gort, John Standish Surtees Prendergast Vereker
Field Marshal
* 10th of July 1886
† 31st of March 1946
(Grenadier Guards)
Nickname: Jack
Nickname: Fat Boy
Nickname: Viscount Gort
Promotions
| 1917-04-17 | Acting Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1918-09-27 | Relinquish the Acting rank of Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1919-01-06 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1919-03-24 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1919-10-21 | Major |
| 1921-01-01 | Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1921-01-06 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1923-04-30 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1926-04-21 | Colonel (Dated back to 1925-01-01) |
| 1932-11-14 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1935-11-25 | Major-General |
| 1937-09-24 | Local Lieutenant-General |
| 1937-12-06 | General |
| 1943-01-01 | Field Marshal |
Service
| 1917-04-17 | – | 1918-03-07 | Commanding Officer 4th Battalion, Grenadier Guards |
| 1918-03-08 | – | 1919-01-05 | Commanding Officer 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards |
| 1919-01-06 | – | 1919-03-24 | General Staff Officer 1, London District |
| 1920-01-28 | – | 1920-11-15 | General Staff Officer 2, London District |
| 1921-01-06 | – | 1923-04-30 | Instructor at Staff College Camberley |
| 1926-02-12 | – | 1927-01-23 | Chief Instructor at Senior Officer's School Sheerness |
| 1927-01-24 | – | 1927-11-03 | General Staff Officer 1, Shanghai Defence Force |
| 1927-11-04 | – | 1930-12-31 | General Staff Officer 1, 4th Infantry Division |
| 1930-01-01 | – | 1932-06-30 | Commanding Officer Grenadier Guards & Regimental District |
| 1932-07-01 | – | 1932-11-14 | Half-pay |
| 1932-11-14 | – | 1936-03-02 | Director of Military Training, Army Headquarters India |
| 1936-03-26 | – | 1937-09-23 | Commandant of Staff College Camberley |
| 1937-09-24 | – | 1937-12-05 | Military Secretary to Secretary of State for War |
| 1937-12-06 | – | 1939-09-03 | Chief of the Imperial General Staff |
| 1939-09-04 | – | 1940-07-19 | Commander in Chief British Expeditionary Force [France] |
| 1940-07-20 | – | 1941-05-13 | Inspector-General to the Forces for Training, War Office |
| 1940-07-20 | – | 1944-07-19 | Aide-de-Camp General to the King |
| 1941-05-14 | – | 1942-05-06 | Governor & Commander in Chief Gibraltar |
| 1942-05-07 | – | 1944-09-24 | Governor & Commander in Chief Malta |
| 1944-10-31 | – | 1945-11-20 | High Commissioner & Commander in Chief Palestine |
| 1944-10-31 | – | 1945-11-20 | High Commissioner of Trans-Jordan |
Picture source: Courtesy of Paul Godley