The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
McCandlish, John Edward Chalmers
Major-General
* 11th of October 1901
† 26th of August 1974
(Royal Engineers)
Promotions
| 1940-04-17 | Acting Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1940-07-11 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1941-02-17 | Acting Colonel |
| 1941-08-17 | War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1941-08-17 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1942-05-22 | Acting Brigadier |
| 1942-11-22 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1944-07-31 | Colonel |
| Acting Major-General | |
| Relinquish the Acting rank of Major-General | |
| 1946-11-04 | Acting Major-General |
| 1947-09-14 | Temporary Major-General |
| 1947-10-04 | Major-General (Dated back to 1945-02-24) |
Service
| 1940-04-17 | – | 1941-02-16 | Assistant Adjutant-General ? |
| 1944-04-10 | – | Deputy Director of Organisation, War Office | |
| 1944-12-01 | – | 1945-01-22 | Deputy Adjutant-General, 21st Army Group [Northwestern Europe] |
| 1945-XX-XX | – | 1946-XX-XX | Deputy Adjutant-General, British Army of the Rhine [Germany] |
| 1946-11-04 | – | 1949-11-04 | Director of Personnel Administration, War Office |
| 1949-12-14 | Retired | ||
| 1963-10-16 | – | 1965-07-15 | Honorary Colonel, 80th (Scottish) Port Regiment, Royal Engineers, Territorial Army |
| 1965-07-15 | – | 1967-03-31 | Honorary Colonel, 80th (Scottish) Port Regiment, Royal Transport Corps, Territorial Army |
Picture source: NPG x186329, National Portrait Gallery, London