The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Kempster, Walter Francis Herbert
Major-General
* 18th of May 1909
† 26th of June 1952
(King's Shropshire Light Infantry)
Promotions
| 1942-11-03 | Acting Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1943-02-03 | War Substantive Major |
| 1943-02-03 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1944-11-09 | Acting Colonel |
| 1944-11-09 | Acting Brigadier |
| 1945-05-09 | War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1945-05-09 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1945-05-09 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1946-12-31 | Major |
| 1950-12-13 | Colonel |
| 1951-01-06 | Temporary Major-General |
| 1951-07-06 | Brigadier |
Service
| 1942-11-03 | – | 1944-08-09 | Commanding Officer 2nd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment |
| 1944-08-09 | – | 1944-11-09 | General Staff Officer 1, 3rd Infantry Division [Northwestern Europe] |
| 1944-11-09 | – | 1944-12-03 | Commanding Officer 56th Infantry Brigade [Northwestern Europe] |
| 1944-12-09 | – | 1945-01-20 | Commanding Officer 56th Infantry Brigade [Northwestern Europe] |
| 1945-01-XX | – | 1945-03-XX | General Staff Officer 1, 3rd Infantry Division [Northwestern Europe] |
| 1945-04-01 | – | 1946-08-XX | Commanding Officer 9th Infantry Brigade [Northwestern Europe] |
| 1948-10-XX | – | 1950-12-XX | Commanding Officer 16th Parachute Brigade |
| 1951-01-06 | – | Specially employed |