The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Hackett, John Winthrop
General
* 5th of November 1910
† 9th of September 1997
(8th King's Royal Irish Hussars)
Nickname: Shan
Promotions
| 1942-09-17 | Acting Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1942-12-17 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1943-01-01 | Acting Colonel |
| 1943-01-01 | Acting Brigadier |
| 1943-07-01 | War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1943-07-01 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1943-07-01 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1945-06-18 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier |
| 1945-06-18 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Colonel |
| 1946-03-18 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1946-07-01 | Major |
| 1947-01-01 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1947-09-05 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier |
| 1947-11-21 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Colonel |
| 1947-11-22 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1948-01-15 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier |
| 1948-01-16 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1951-11-05 | Colonel |
| 1952-03-01 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1956-03-24 | Temporary Major-General |
| 1956-09-24 | Brigadier |
| 1957-03-31 | Major-General |
| 1961-07-18 | Lieutenant-General (Dated back to 1961-04-11) |
| 1966-04-14 | Local General |
| 1966-10-18 | General |
Service
| 1942-09-17 | – | 1942-12-31 | General Staff Officer 1, Raiding Forces, Middle East |
| 1943-01-04 | – | 1943-03-05 | Commanding Officer 4th Parachute Brigade [North Africa] |
| 1943-04-08 | – | 1943-10-16 | Commanding Officer 4th Parachute Brigade [Middle East - North Africa - Italy] |
| 1943-11-07 | – | 1944-09-24 | Commanding Officer 4th Parachute Brigade [Italy - Northwestern Europe] |
| 1944-09-24 | Wounded | ||
| 1946-01-13 | – | 1946-03-17 | General Staff Officer 1, ? Division [Italy] |
| 1946-03-18 | – | 1946-12-31 | Colonel General Staff, Intelligence Organisation, Allied Council Austria |
| 1947-01-01 | – | 1947-08-03 | Brigadier General Staff, British Troops in Austria |
| 1947-09-06 | – | 1947-11-21 | Commanding Officer Trans-Jordan Frontier Force |
| 1947-11-22 | – | 1948-01-15 | Commanding Officer Nazareth Sub-Section |
| 1948-01-16 | – | 1948-07-19 | Commanding Officer ? |
| 1949-08-01 | – | 1950-11-13 | Instructor at Royal Naval College |
| 1952-03-01 | – | 1954-01-26 | Deputy Quartermaster-General, British Army of the Rhine [Germany] |
| 1954-01-29 | – | 1956-03-XX | Commanding Officer 20th Armoured Brigade |
| 1956-03-24 | – | 1958-XX-XX | General Officer Commanding 7th Armoured Division |
| 1958-02-10 | – | 1961-02-10 | Commandant of the Royal Military College of Science |
| 1961-02-04 | – | 1966-02-04 | Colonel-Commandant, Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers |
| 1961-07-18 | – | 1963-01-01 | General Officer Commanding in Chief Northern Ireland Command |
| 1963-02-04 | – | 1964-04-01 | Deputy Chief of the Imperial General Staff |
| 1964-04-01 | – | 1966-02-04 | Deputy Chief of the General Staff |
| 1965-04-08 | – | 1973-10-01 | Honorary Colonel 10th (Volunteer) Battalion, Parashute Regiment, Territorial Army |
| 1966-04-14 | – | 1968-07-10 | Commander in Chief Northern Army Group, Allied Powers Europe [Germany] |
| 1966-04-14 | – | 1968-07-10 | Commander in Chief British Army of the Rhine [Germany] |
| 1967-07-20 | – | 1978-07-21 | Honorary Colonel, Oxford University Training Corps, Territorial Army |
| 1967-11-27 | – | 1968-10-01 | Aide-de-Camp General to the Queen |
| 1968-10-01 | Retired | ||
| 1969-XX-XX | – | 1975-07-21 | Colonel, Queen's Royal Irish Hussars |
Picture source: Courtesy of Paul Godley