The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Keightley, Charles Frederic
General
* 24th of June 1901
† 17th of June 1974
(5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards)
Promotions
| 1938-12-06 | Local Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1940-05-19 | Acting Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1940-08-19 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1941-05-13 | Acting Colonel |
| 1941-05-13 | Acting Brigadier |
| 1941-11-13 | War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1941-11-13 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1941-11-13 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1941-12-27 | Acting Major-General |
| 1942-12-27 | War Substantive Colonel |
| 1942-12-27 | Temporary Major-General |
| 1943-09-06 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1944-04-27 | Colonel (Dated back to 1942-12-27) |
| 1944-08-02 | Acting Lieutenant-General |
| 1945-01-02 | Major-General (Dated back to 1944-10-21) |
| 1945-08-02 | Temporary Lieutenant-General |
| 1945-10-31 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Lieutenant-General |
| 1948-01-30 | Lieutenant-General (Dated back to 1946-10-01) |
| 1951-08-29 | General |
Service
| 1938-12-06 | – | 1940-05-18 | Instructor at Staff College Camberley |
| 1940-05-19 | – | 1941-05-11 | Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General, 1st Armoured Division [France] |
| 1941-05-13 | – | 1941-12-24 | Commanding Officer 30th Armoured Brigade |
| 1941-12-27 | – | 1942-04-20 | Commandant of Royal Armoured Corps Training Establishment |
| 1942-04-21 | – | 1942-05-17 | General Officer Commanding 11th Armoured Division |
| 1942-05-19 | – | 1943-12-19 | General Officer Commanding 6th Armoured Division [North Africa] |
| 1943-12-13 | – | 1944-07-09 | General Officer Commanding 78th Infantry Division [Italy] |
| 1944-07-30 | – | 1944-08-01 | General Officer Commanding 78th Infantry Division [Italy] |
| 1944-08-02 | – | 1945-09-29 | General Officer Commanding V Corps [Italy - Austria] |
| 1945-11-01 | – | 1947-12-31 | Director of Military Training, War Office |
| 1947-11-23 | – | 1957-11-23 | Colonel, 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards |
| 1948-01-01 | – | 1948-04-26 | Military Secretary to Secretary of State of War |
| 1948-04-27 | – | 1949-09-20 | General Officer Commanding in Chief British Army of the Rhine [Germany] |
| 1949-09-21 | – | 1951-04-26 | Commander in Chief British Army of the Rhine [Germany] |
| 1951-05-14 | – | 1953-09-28 | Commander in Chief Far East Land Forces |
| 1953-07-21 | – | 1956-07-20 | Aide-de-Camp General to the Queen |
| 1953-09-28 | – | 1957-01-09 | Commander in Chief Middle East Land Forces |
| 1957-08-26 | Retired | ||
| 1958-04-16 | – | 1962-06-08 | Governor & Commander in Chief of Gibraltar |
| 1958-07-11 | – | 1968-04-01 | Colonel-Commandant, Royal Armoured Corps, Cavalry Wing |
| 1958-08-30 | – | Honorary Colonel, Royal Gibraltar Regiment | |
| 1962-10-22 | Retired |
Picture source: Courtesy of Arne Simenstad