The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Reginald Forster Johnstone

Johnstone, Reginald Forster

Major-General

* 14th of May 1904

† 10th of May 1976

(Royal Scots)

Promotions

1941-10-15 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-01-15 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-07-18 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-08-12 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1944-06-01 Acting Colonel
1944-06-01 Acting Brigadier
1944-12-01 War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel
1944-12-01 Temporary Colonel
1944-12-01 Temporary Brigadier
1946-07-17 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier
1946-07-17 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Colonel
1946-08-17 Lieutenant-Colonel
1947-08-05 Temporary Colonel
1947-08-05 Temporary Brigadier
1948-03-22 Colonel (Dated back to 1947-12-01)
1953-01-01 Brigadier
1956-06-01 Temporary Major-General
1957-05-28 Major-General

Service

1941-10-15 1942-07-18 General Staff Officer 1, ?
1942-08-12 1944-05-XX Commanding Officer 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots
1943-05-30 1943-06-30 Acting Commanding Officer 1st Gibraltar Brigade [Gibraltar]
1944-06-01 1945-05-01 Commanding Officer 22nd East African Brigade [Madagascar - Ceylon - Burma]
1945-01-14 1946-05-18 Commanding Officer 22nd East African Brigade [Burma]
1947-08-05 1950-06-23 Commanding Officer 24th Independent Infantry Brigade
1950-08-04 1953-04-02 Deputy Director of Military Intelligence, War Office
1953-05-12 1956-04-XX Deputy Adjutant-General, British Army of the Rhine [Germany]
1956-06-01 1959-11-24 Director of Personal Services, War Office
1959-12-22 Retired