General
* 28th of July 1882
† 15th of September 1959
(Royal Artillery)
Nickname: Bob
| 1918-06-03 | Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1927-12-13 | Colonel (Dated back to 1922-06-03) |
| 1933-05-18 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1934-09-01 | Major-General |
| 1938-03-26 | Lieutenant-General |
| 1941-04-15 | General |
| 1921-11-17 | – | 1922-01-22 | General Staff Officer 1, War Office |
| 1922-01-23 | – | 1926-01-22 | Instructor at Staff College Camberley |
| 1927-12-13 | – | 1929-12-31 | Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General, 2nd Infantry Division |
| 1930-01-01 | – | 1931-06-15 | General Staff Officer 1, 4th Infantry Division |
| 1931-06-16 | – | 1933-05-17 | General Staff Officer 1, War Office |
| 1933-05-18 | – | 1934-11-30 | Deputy Director of Military Operations & Intelligence, War Office |
| 1934-12-01 | – | 1935-01-15 | Half-pay |
| 1935-01-15 | – | 1936-08-31 | Commandant of the Imperial Defence College |
| 1936-09-01 | – | 1938-03-25 | Director of Military Operations & Intelligence, War Office |
| 1938-03-26 | – | 1939-08-10 | General Officer Commanding British Troops in Palestine & Trans-Jordan |
| 1939-02-04 | – | 1950-02-04 | Colonel-Commandant, Royal Artillery |
| 1939-08-12 | – | 1940-05-26 | General Officer Commanding in Chief Western Command |
| 1940-05-27 | – | 1941-05-18 | Vice Chief of the Imperial General Staff |
| 1941-05-25 | – | 1942-XX-XX | Intendant-General, Middle East Command |
| 1942-04-12 | Retired |