The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Marshall-Cornwall, James Handyside
General
* 27th of May 1887
† 25th of December 1985
(Royal Artillery)
Nickname: Jimmy
Promotions
| 1918-01-29 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1918-06-03 | Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1919-04-27 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1924-07-14 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1925-11-04 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1928-04-18 | Colonel (Dated back to 1922-06-03) |
| 1934-09-14 | Major-General |
| 1938-10-29 | Lieutenant-General (Dated back to 1938-06-23) |
| 1941-09-10 | General (Dated back to 1941-05-05) |
Service
| 1918-01-29 | – | 1919-04-27 | General Staff Officer 1, War Office |
| 1921-08-09 | – | 1923-10-02 | Special Appointment, Turkey |
| 1924-07-14 | – | 1925-11-04 | Special Employed with the Thracian Boundry Commission |
| 1927-03-29 | – | 1927-08-31 | Brigade-Major, Shanghai Defence Force [China] |
| 1928-04-18 | Р| 1932-04-18 | Military Attach̩ to Germany, Sweden, Norway & Denmark |
| 1932-04-19 | – | 1932-07-26 | Half-pay |
| 1932-07-26 | – | 1934-09-14 | Commander Royal Artillery, 51st Infantry Division |
| 1934-09-15 | – | 1937-01-07 | Half-pay |
| 1937-01-07 | – | 1938-10-28 | Chief of the British Military Mission to the Egyptian Army |
| 1938-10-29 | – | 1939-03-24 | Deputy Chief of the Imperial General Staff (Coast Defence & Anti-Aircraft) |
| 1939-02-14 | – | 1949-02-14 | Colonel-Commandant, Royal Artillery |
| 1939-03-25 | – | 1939-10-01 | Director-General of Air & Coast Defence, War Office |
| 1940-06-24 | – | 1940-11-30 | General Officer Commanding III Corps |
| 1940-12-01 | – | 1941-04-13 | Head of the British Military Mission to Turkey |
| 1941-04-14 | – | 1941-11-12 | General Officer Commanding British Troops in Egypt |
| 1941-11-25 | – | 1942-09-07 | General Officer Commanding in Chief Western Command |
| 1943-01-04 | Retired |
Picture source: From "Wars and Rumours of War" by James Marshall-Cornwall, 1984.