The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Hull, Richard Amyatt
Field Marshal
* 7th of May 1907
† 19th of September 1989
(17th/21st Lancers)
Promotions
| 1941-08-22 | Acting Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1941-11-21 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1942-10-17 | Acting Colonel |
| 1943-04-17 | War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1943-04-17 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1943-04-17 | Acting Brigadier |
| 1943-10-17 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1944-08-12 | Acting Major-General |
| 1945-05-07 | Major |
| 1945-08-12 | War Substantive Colonel |
| 1945-08-12 | Temporary Major-General |
| 1946-04-13 | Colonel (Dated back to 1945-08-12) |
| 1947-06-13 | Major-General (Dated back to 1946-10-21) |
| 1954-06-15 | Temporary Lieutenant-General |
| 1954-09-29 | Lieutenant-General |
| 1959-02-13 | General |
| 1965-02-08 | Field Marshal |
Service
| 1941-08-22 | – | 1942-06-03 | Commanding Officer 17th/21st Lancers |
| 1942-06-04 | – | 1942-06-18 | Instructor at Staff College Camberley |
| 1942-06-19 | – | 1942-09-05 | Umpire Grade "A" |
| 1942-09-06 | – | 1942-09-24 | General Staff Officer 1, No. 2 Group, Royal Armoured Corps |
| 1942-10-17 | – | 1943-04-16 | Second-in-Command ? Brigade |
| 1943-04-17 | – | 1943-06-17 | Commanding Officer 12th Infantry Brigade [North Africa] |
| 1943-06-19 | – | 1943-09-29 | Commanding Officer 26th Armoured Brigade [North Africa] |
| 1943-10-10 | – | 1943-12-18 | Commanding Officer 26th Armoured Brigade [North Africa] |
| 1943-12-24 | – | 1944-08-11 | Deputy Director of Staff Duties, War Office |
| 1944-08-14 | – | 1944-11-24 | General Officer Commanding 1st Armoured Division [Italy] |
| 1944-11-24 | – | 1946-05-13 | General Officer Commanding 5th Division [Italy - Middle East - Northwestern Europe] |
| 1946-04-27 | – | 1948-08-31 | Commandant of Staff College Camberley |
| 1947-07-01 | – | 1957-07-01 | Colonel, 17th/21st Lancers |
| 1948-09-01 | – | 1950-11-24 | Director of Staff Duties, War Office |
| 1951-01-01 | – | 1953-01-01 | Chief Army Instructor at Imperial Defence College |
| 1953-01-26 | – | 1954-06-15 | Chief of Staff, Middle East Land Forces |
| 1954-06-15 | – | 1956-04-02 | General Officer Commanding British Troops in Egypt |
| 1956-10-05 | – | 1958-06-23 | Deputy Chief of the Imperial General Staff |
| 1958-05-30 | – | 1968-05-29 | Honorary Colenel, Cambridge University Contingent, Territorial Army |
| 1958-06-24 | – | 1961-10-30 | Commander in Chief Far East Land Forces |
| 1961-11-01 | – | 1964-04-XX | Chief of the Imperial General Staff |
| 1961-11-29 | – | 1964-11-29 | Aide-de-Camp General to the Queen |
| 1964-04-XX | – | 1965-07-16 | Chief of the General Staff |
| 1965-07-16 | – | 1967-08-05 | Chief of the Defence Staff |
| 1968-04-01 | – | 1971-03-31 | Colonel-Commandant, Royal Armoured Corps |
| 1970-08-01 | – | 1975-07-31 | Constable of the Tower of London |
Picture source: Courtesy of Duncan Maclean