The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Horrocks, Brian Gwyne
Lieutenant-General
* 7th of September 1895
† 4th of January 1985
(Middlesex Regiment)
Nickname: Jorrocks
Promotions
| 1937-07-01 | Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1939-12-07 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1940-06-17 | Acting Colonel |
| 1940-06-17 | Acting Brigadier |
| 1940-12-17 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1940-12-17 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1941-05-28 | Colonel (Dated back to 1940-07-01) |
| 1941-06-27 | Acting Major-General |
| 1942-06-27 | Temporary Major-General |
| 1942-08-13 | Acting Lieutenant-General |
| 1943-08-13 | War Substantive Major-General |
| 1943-08-13 | Temporary Lieutenant-General |
| 1943-11-16 | Reverted to War Substantive Major-General |
| 1944-08-03 | Temporary Lieutenant-General |
| 1944-08-27 | Major-General |
| 1946-02-12 | Lieutenant-General (Dated back to 1944-12-29) |
Service
| 1936-02-24 | – | 1938-01-29 | Brigade Major, 5th Infantry Brigade |
| 1938-03-13 | – | 1938-06-30 | Special Employed, War Office |
| 1938-07-27 | – | 1939-10-04 | Instructor at Staff College Camberley |
| 1939-10-04 | – | 1940-04-30 | Chief Instructor at Staff College Camberley |
| 1940-05-13 | – | 1940-05-30 | Commanding Officer 2nd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment [France] |
| 1940-05-30 | – | 1940-06-03 | Acting Commanding Officer 11th Infantry Brigade [France] |
| 1940-06-04 | – | 1940-06-16 | Commanding Officer 2nd Battalion Middlesex Regiment |
| 1940-06-17 | – | 1941-02-04 | Commanding Officer 9th Infantry Brigade |
| 1941-02-04 | – | 1941-06-25 | Brigadier General Staff, Eastern Command |
| 1941-06-25 | – | 1942-03-14 | General Officer Commanding 44th Infantry Division |
| 1942-03-20 | – | 1942-08-12 | General Officer Commanding 9th Armoured Division |
| 1942-08-13 | – | 1942-12-08 | General Officer Commanding XIII Corps [North Africa] |
| 1942-12-09 | – | 1943-04-29 | General Officer Commanding X Corps [North Africa] |
| 1943-04-30 | – | 1943-06-XX | General Officer Commanding IX Corps [North Africa] |
| 1943-06-XX | Wounded [North Africa] | ||
| 1944-08-03 | – | 1946-01-31 | General Officer Commanding XXX Corps [Northwestern Europe] |
| 1946-02-01 | – | 1948-03-15 | General Officer Commanding in Chief Western Command |
| 1948-04-02 | – | 1948-04-26 | General Officer Commanding British Army of the Rhine [Germany] |
| 1949-01-13 | Retired |
Picture source: NPG x168423, National Portrait Gallery, London