The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General William Haywood Hamilton

Hamilton, William Haywood

Lieutenant-General

* 21st of December 1880

† 18th of October 1955

(Indian Medical Service)

Promotions

1916-07-23 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1918-01-01 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1919-07-03 Temporary Colonel
1921-03-03 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Colonel
1921-03-09 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1922-03-31 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel
1924-08-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1935-01-01 Brevet Colonel
1935-08-06 Colonel (Dated back to 1922-01-01)
1937-02-09 Major-General
1940-10-03 Local Lieutenant-General

Service

1919-07-03 1921-03-08 Deputy Director of Medical Services, Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force
1924-XX-XX Commanding Officer Indian Service Hospital, Secunderabad [India]
1924-11-29 1927-01-XX Commanding Officer Indian Service Hospital, Ramzak [India]
1928-09-09 1932-10-29 Commanding Officer Indian Military Hospital, Rawalpindi [India]
1932-10-30 1933-04-30 Commanding Officer Indian Military Hospital ,Nowshera [India]
1933-05-01 1933-11-19 Acting Assistant Director of Medical Services, Bombay District [India]
1933-11-20 1935-07-31 Commanding Officer Indian Military Hospital, Poona [India]
1935-08-01 1937-02-08 Assistant Director of Medical Services, Meerut District [India]
1936-10-22 1941-07-12 Honorary Physician to the King
1937-02-09 1940-03-11 Deputy Director of Medical Services, Northern Command [India]
1940-03-12 1941-07-12 Director of Medical Services, Army Headquarters India
1941-07-12 Retired
Picture source: NPG x168092, National Portrait Gallery, London