The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Kimmins, Brian Charles Hannam
Lieutenant-General
* 30th of July 1899
† 15th of November 1979
(Royal Artillery)
Promotions
| 1940-08-14 | Acting Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1940-11-14 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1941-12-07 | Acting Colonel |
| 1941-12-07 | Acting Brigadier |
| 1942-06-07 | War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1942-06-07 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1942-06-07 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1945-02-24 | Colonel |
| 1945-04-01 | Acting Major-General |
| 1946-04-01 | Temporary Major-General |
| 1946-11-01 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Major-General |
| 1946-11-01 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier |
| 1946-11-18 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1947-06-11 | Temporary Major-General |
| 1948-05-10 | Major-General (Dated back to 1946-02-15) |
| 1955-07-06 | Lieutenant-General |
Service
| 1940-08-14 | – | 1941-12-06 | General Staff Officer 1, ? |
| 1941-12-07 | – | 1942-05-14 | Deputy Director of Military Training, War Office |
| 1942-05-15 | – | 1942-11-18 | Brigadier General Staff, Southern Command |
| 1942-11-19 | – | 1943-11-28 | Commander Royal Artillery, Guards Armoured Division |
| 1943-11-29 | – | 1944-03-22 | Deputy Chief of Staff, ? |
| 1944-03-23 | – | 1945-03-31 | Brigadier General Staff (Plans), South-East Asia Command |
| 1945-04-07 | – | 1946-05-31 | Assistant Chief of Staff, South-East Asia Command |
| 1946-06-01 | – | 1946-08-28 | Deputy Chief of Staff, South-East Asia Command |
| 1946-11-18 | – | 1947-06-10 | Chief of Staff, Combined Operations Headquarters |
| 1947-06-11 | – | 1950-04-10 | Director of Quartering, War Office |
| 1950-07-17 | – | 1952-03-10 | General Officer Commanding 44th Infantry Division |
| 1950-07-17 | – | 1952-03-10 | District Officer Commanding Home Counties District |
| 1951-09-24 | – | 1952-03-03 | Memberof the British Military Delegation, European Army Conference, Paris |
| 1952-03-10 | – | 1955-03-10 | Director of Territorial Army, Cadets & Home Guard, War Office |
| 1955-04-17 | – | 1964-06-30 | Colonel-Commandant, Royal Artillery |
| 1955-07-18 | – | 1958-07-18 | General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland District |
| 1956-11-22 | – | 1962-05-02 | Honorary Colonel, 327th Battalion, Women's Royal Army Corps, Territorial Army |
| 1958-08-15 | Retired | ||
| 1960-02-09 | – | 1967-03-31 | Honorary Colonel, 250th (Dorset & West Somerset) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery, Territorial Army |
Picture source: NPG x86275, National Portrait Gallery, London