The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Ironside, William Edmund
Field Marshal
* 6th of May 1880
† 22nd of September 1959
(Royal Artillery)
Nickname: Baron Ironside of Archangel and of Ironside
Nickname: Tiny
Promotions
| 1916-03-03 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1916-06-03 | Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1918-01-07 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1918-03-27 | Temporary Brigadier-General |
| 1918-11-17 | Temporary Major-General |
| 1919-01-01 | Brevet Colonel |
| 1919-06-02 | Colonel |
| 1919-11-11 | Major-General |
| 1931-03-01 | Lieutenant-General |
| 1935-06-30 | General |
| 1940-07-20 | Field Marshal |
Service
| 1916-03-03 | – | 1918-01-06 | General Staff Officer 1, 4th Canadian Division [France] |
| 1918-01-07 | – | 1918-03-26 | Commandant of Small Arms School at Camiers [France] |
| 1918-03-27 | – | 1918-09-19 | Commanding Officer 99th Infantry Brigade [France] |
| 1918-09-20 | – | 1918-11-16 | Brigadier-General General Staff, Allied Troops Archangel [Russia] |
| 1918-11-17 | – | 1919-03-03 | General Officer Commanding Allied Troops Archangel [Russia] |
| 1919-03-04 | – | 1919-11-14 | General Officer Commanding in Chief Allied Troops Archangel [Russia] |
| 1920-03-01 | – | 1920-05-16 | Head of the British Military Mission to Hungary |
| 1920-07-04 | – | 1920-08-22 | General Officer Commanding Ismid Force [Iraq] |
| 1920-08-23 | – | 1921-07-07 | General Officer Commanding Northern Persian Force [Iran] |
| 1922-05-01 | – | 1926-04-30 | Commandant of Staff College Camberley |
| 1926-10-01 | – | 1928-10-25 | General Officer Commanding 2nd Infantry Division |
| 1928-11-21 | – | 1931-05-31 | District Officer Commanding Meerut District [India] |
| 1931-06-01 | – | 1933-09-19 | Lieutenant of the Tower of London |
| 1932-01-21 | – | 1946-12-31 | Colonel-Commandant, Royal Artillery |
| 1933-10-04 | – | 1936-03-15 | Quartermaster-General, Army Headquarters India |
| 1936-04-12 | – | 1938-09-26 | General Officer Commanding in Chief Eastern Command |
| 1937-10-12 | – | 1940-07-19 | Aide-de-Camp General to the King |
| 1938-09-27 | – | 1939-10-14 | Special employment |
| 1938-11-05 | – | 1939-06-30 | Governor-General & Commander in Chief Gibraltar |
| 1939-07-01 | – | 1939-09-03 | Inspector-General of Overseas Forces, War Office |
| 1939-09-04 | – | 1940-05-26 | Chief of the Imperial General Staff |
| 1940-05-27 | – | 1940-07-19 | Commander in Chief Home Forces |
Picture source: From Hutchinson's Pictorial History of the War /ed. by Walter Hutchinson, 1945