The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Hubert Jervoise Huddleston

Huddleston, Hubert Jervoise

Lieutenant-General

* 22nd of January 1880

† 2nd of October 1950

(Dorsetshire Regiment)

Nickname: Pasha

Promotions

1917-04-14 Temporary Brigadier-General
1917-06-03 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1919-12-01 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier-General
1919-12-01 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1920-08-04 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel
1920-08-05 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1923-06-30 Local Colonel
1923-10-30 Colonel (Dated back to 1921-06-03)
1924-11-27 Local Major-General
1930-05-01 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Local Major-General
1930-12-14 Temporary Brigadier
1933-04-01 Major-General
1940-06-20 Local Lieutenant-General
1940-07-14 Acting Lieutenant-General
1940-10-01 Relinquish the Acting rank of Lieutenant-General

Service

1917-04-14 1919-12-01 Commanding Officer 232nd Infantry Brigade [Egypt]
1920-08-04 Assistant Adjutant-General, ?
1920-08-05 General Staff Officer, 1st Grade, ?
1922-01-12 Attached to the Egyptian Army
1923-06-30 1924-12-31 Chief Staff Officer, Egyptian Army
1923-06-30 1924-12-31 Adjutant-General, Egyptian Army
1924-11-20 1925-01-01 Acting Sirdar of the Egyptian Army
1925-01-01 1930-05-01 General Officer Commanding Sudan Defence Force
1930-05-01 1930-12-14 Half-pay
1930-12-14 1933-07-01 Commanding Officer 14th Infantry Brigade
1933-07-01 1934-10-05 Half-pay
1933-07-02 1946-10-31 Colonel, Dorsetshire Regiment
1934-12-30 1935-07-18 District Officer Commanding Presidency & Assam District [India]
1935-07-18 1938-06-02 District Officer Commanding Baluchistan District [India]
1938-06-02 1940-04-29 Lieutenant-Governor & Secretary, Royal Hospital, Chelsea
1938-11-02 Retired
1940-04-29 Recalled
1940-04-29 1940-07-14 General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland District
1940-07-14 1940-10-01 General Officer Commanding in Chief Northern Ireland Command
1940-10-19 1947-04-08 Governor-General & Commander in Chief Anglo-Egyptian Sudan