The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce, Henry Charles
Major-General
* 29th of May 1910
† 29th of May 1971
(Seaforth Highlanders)
Nickname: Baron Thurlow
Promotions
| 1943-07-15 | Local Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1944-05-01 | Acting Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1944-05-28 | Reverted to Captain |
| 1944-07-11 | Acting Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1944-09-12 | War Substantive Major |
| 1944-09-12 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1944-11-27 | Acting Colonel |
| 1944-11-27 | Acting Brigadier |
| 1945-05-27 | War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1945-05-27 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1945-05-27 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1951-07-01 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1952-12-31 | Colonel |
| 1958-01-01 | Brigadier |
| 1959-05-15 | Temporary Major-General |
| 1959-06-01 | Major-General |
Service
| 1943-07-15 | – | 1944-04-30 | Instructor at Senior Officers' School Sheerness |
| 1944-XX-XX | Commanding Officer 1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders | ||
| 1944-08-12 | – | 1944-08-19 | Acting Commanding Officer 27th Infantry Brigade [Northwestern Europe] |
| 1944-11-27 | – | 1945-07-13 | Commanding Officer 44th Infantry Brigade [Northwestern Europe] |
| 1945-07-24 | – | 1945-11-05 | Commanding Officer 44th Infantry Brigade [Northwestern Europe] |
| 1945-11-06 | – | 1947-02-28 | Commandant of British Army of the Rhine Training Centre [Germany] |
| 1947-XX-XX | – | 1949-XX-XX | Commanding Officer Highland Brigade Training Centre |
| 1949-05-04 | – | 1950-07-25 | General Staff Officer 1, Middle East Land Forces |
| 1950-07-26 | – | 1952-04-13 | Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General, 1st Infantry Division [Middle East] |
| 1952-07-13 | – | 1952-09-19 | General Staff Officer 1, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe's Mission to the Netherlands |
| 1954-02-12 | – | 1956-02-22 | Commanding Officer 39th Infantry Brigade [East Africa] |
| 1956-04-19 | – | 1959-XX-XX | Deputy Director of Infantry, War Office |
| 1959-05-15 | – | 1962-05-31 | General Officer Commanding 50th Division |
| 1959-05-15 | – | 1962-05-31 | General Officer Commanding Northumbrian Area |
| 1962-10-18 | – | 1963-12-11 | General Officer Commanding Troops Malta & Libya |
| 1964-03-24 | Retired |
Picture source: NPG x185695, National Portrait Gallery, London