The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Hakewill-Smith, Edmund
Major-General
* 17th of March 1896
† 15th of April 1986
(Royal Scots Fusiliers)
Promotions
| 1939-07-01 | Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1940-05-06 | Acting Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1940-08-06 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1941-03-30 | Acting Colonel |
| 1941-03-30 | Acting Brigadier |
| 1941-09-30 | War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1941-09-30 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1941-09-30 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1942-03-25 | Acting Major-General |
| 1942-12-31 | Colonel (Dated back to 1942-07-01) |
| 1943-12-26 | Temporary Major-General |
| 1946-05-01 | Major-General (Dated back to 1944-08-21) |
Service
| 1938-02-05 | – | 1940-05-05 | Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General, War Office |
| 1940-05-06 | – | 1940-06-XX | Commanding Officer 5th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment |
| 1940-09-XX | – | 1941-03-29 | Commanding Officer 4th/5th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers |
| 1941-03-30 | – | 1942-03-22 | Commanding Officer 157th Infantry Brigade |
| 1942-03-25 | – | 1943-02-15 | Director of Organisation, War Office |
| 1943-02-16 | – | 1943-11-19 | Commanding Officer 155th Infantry Brigade |
| 1943-11-11 | – | 1943-11-19 | Acting General Officer Commanding 52nd Infantry Division |
| 1943-11-19 | – | 1946-XX-XX | General Officer Commanding 52nd Infantry Division [Northwestern Europe] |
| 1946-XX-XX | – | 1948-12-XX | District Officer Commanding Lowland District |
| 1947-XX-XX | President of Military Court for War Crimes Trial of Field Marshal Albert Kesselring, Italy | ||
| 1949-03-10 | Retired |
Picture source: NPG x164269, National Portrait Gallery, London