The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Horne, Gerald Tom Warlters
Major-General
* 4th of March 1898
† 10th of January 1978
(Royal Army Ordnance Corps)
Promotions
| 1939-10-28 | Acting Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1940-01-28 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1940-06-30 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1940-07-30 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1942-01-28 | Acting Colonel |
| 1942-01-28 | Acting Brigadier |
| 1942-05-31 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1942-07-28 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1942-07-28 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1947-09-19 | Colonel |
| 1948-04-21 | Temporary Major-General |
| 1948-08-01 | Major-General |
Service
| 1939-10-28 | – | 1940-05-05 | Assistant Director of Ordnance Services ? [France] |
| 1940-05-06 | – | 1940-06-30 | Assistant Quartermaster-General ? [France] |
| 1940-07-30 | – | 1941-05-02 | Assistant Director of Ordnance Services ? |
| 1941-05-02 | – | 1942-01-27 | Assistant Quartermaster-General, War Office |
| 1942-01-28 | – | 1942-05-31 | Deputy Director of Works Services, War Office |
| 1942-06-01 | – | 1943-02-14 | Deputy Director of Army Equipment, War Office |
| 1943-02-15 | – | Brigadier (Q) (Army Equipment), War Office | |
| 1945-07-07 | – | 1948-01-XX | Deputy Controller of Ordnance Services, War Office |
| 1948-01-XX | – | 1948-04-XX | Director of Ordnance Services, British Army of Rhine [Germany] |
| 1948-04-XX | – | 1951-04-XX | Director of Ordnance Services, War Office |
| 1949-04-29 | – | 1957-04-29 | Honorary Colonel, 16th Airborne Division Royal Army Ordnance Corps |
| 1951-05-19 | Retired | ||
| 1951-06-10 | – | 1954-12-07 | Colonel-Commandant, Royal Army Ordnance Corps |
Picture source: NPG x164132, National Portrait Gallery, London