The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Mackenzie, John Alexander
Brigadier
* 9th of March 1915
† 3rd of December 1995
(Gloucestershire Regiment)
Promotions
| 1943-06-26 | Acting Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1943-09-26 | War Substantive Major |
| 1943-09-26 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1944-10-10 | Acting Colonel |
| 1944-10-10 | Acting Brigadier |
| 1944-11-22 | Relinquish the Acting rank of Brigadier |
| 1944-11-22 | Relinquish the Acting rank of Colonel |
| 1945-03-06 | Acting Colonel |
| 1945-03-06 | Acting Brigadier |
| 1945-07-22 | War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1945-07-22 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1945-07-22 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1948-01-19 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier |
| 1948-01-19 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Colonel |
| 1948-08-29 | Major |
| 1954-11-23 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1956-04-01 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1956-10-08 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1957-01-09 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier |
| 1957-01-11 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1957-01-14 | Colonel |
| 1961-02-13 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1963-01-01 | Brigadier |
Service
| 1943-XX-XX | – | 1944-XX-XX | Commanding Officer 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers [North Africa - Italy] |
| 1944-10-10 | – | 1944-11-23 | Acting Commanding Officer 11th Infantry Brigade [Italy] |
| 1945-03-06 | – | 1945-10-17 | Commanding Officer 10th Infantry Brigade [Greece] |
| 1945-11-25 | – | 1946-11-27 | Commanding Officer ? Brigade |
| 1948-01-12 | – | 1949-12-06 | General Staff Officer 1, British Sector Berlin [Germany] |
| 1950-01-06 | – | 1951-03-24 | Assistant Adjutant-General British Army of the Rhine, Germany |
| 1951-11-03 | – | 1954-09-17 | General Staff Officer 1, Western Command |
| 1954-11-23 | – | 1955-12-10 | Commanding Officer Britcom Sub-Area [South Korea] |
| 1956-04-01 | – | 1956-10-10 | Commanding Officer British Infantry Training Team to the Jordan Army |
| 1956-04-01 | – | 1956-10-10 | Commanding Officer Arab Legion Training Centre |
| 1958-10-31 | – | 1959-12-10 | Commandant of School of Infantry, Eastern Command |
| 1961-01-05 | – | 1964-02-09 | Attached to the Nigerian Army |
| 1961-01-05 | – | 1963-XX-XX | Commanding Officer 1st Infantry Brigade, Nigerian Army |
| 1962-XX-XX | Commanding Officer 3rd Brigade, Congo | ||
| 1963-XX-XX | Acting General Officer Commanding Royal Nigerian Army | ||
| 1964-XX-XX | – | 1967-XX-XX | Brigadier General Staff Army Training, Ministry of Defence |
| 1967-09-30 | – | 1970-03-09 | Aide-de-Camp to the Queen |
| 1967-12-01 | – | 1970-XX-XX | Inspector of Intelligence, Ministry of Defence |
| 1970-03-09 | Retired |