The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Hornby, Alan Hugh
Major-General
* 22nd of June 1894
† 28th of October 1958
(Royal Artillery)
Promotions
| 1939-11-17 | Acting Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1940-02-17 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1940-05-24 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1940-05-24 | Colonel |
| 1940-11-24 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1941-04-02 | Acting Brigadier |
| 1941-10-02 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1943-06-30 | Colonel (Dated back to 1943-05-24) |
| 1944-06-01 | Acting Major-General |
| 1945-06-01 | Temporary Major-General |
| 1945-12-08 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Major-General |
| 1946-01-01 | Temporary Major-General |
| 1946-10-14 | Major-General (Dated back to 1944-11-05) |
Service
| 1939-11-17 | – | 1940-11-06 | General Staff Officer 1, War Office |
| 1940-11-07 | – | 1941-04-20 | Deputy Director of Combined Operations |
| 1941-09-15 | – | 1942-07-31 | Commander Royal Artillery, 46th Infantry Division |
| 1942-08-01 | – | 1942-09-15 | Commander Corps Royal Artillery, I Corps |
| 1942-09-16 | – | 1943-02-14 | Commander Corps Royal Artillery, XIII Corps [Middle East] |
| 1943-02-15 | – | 1944-05-XX | Brigadier Royal Artillery, 8th Army [Italy] |
| 1944-06-XX | – | 1944-12-16 | Major-General Royal Artillery, Allied Armies in Italy |
| 1944-12-16 | – | 1945-03-XX | Major-General Royal Artillery, 15th Army Group [Italy] |
| 1945-03-XX | – | 1945-10-07 | Major-General Royal Artillery, Allied Force Headquarters [Italy] |
| 1948-05-19 | – | Honorary Colonel, 605th Mobile Heavy Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment | |
| 1950-10-25 | – | 1955-05-01 | Honorary Colonel, ? Royal Artillery, Territorial Army |
| 1953-08-13 | – | 1958-10-28 | Colonel-Commandant, Royal Artillery |
| 1958-06-06 | Retired |
Picture source: NPG x164132, National Portrait Gallery, London