The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Kenneth Graeme McLean

McLean, Kenneth Graeme

Lieutenant-General

* 11th of December 1896

† 5th of June 1987

(Royal Engineers)

Promotions

1936-01-01 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1939-11-12 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-02-12 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-10-18 Colonel (Dated baclk to 1939-01-01)
1941-06-23 Acting Brigadier
1941-12-23 Temporary Brigadier
1945-04-22 Local Major-General
1945-04-26 Acting Major-General
1945-10-15 Major-General (Dated back to 1943-12-26)
1949-11-14 Lieutenant-General

Service

1939-11-11 1940-04-20 General Staff Officer 1, Home Forces
1940-04-21 1941-06-22 General Staff Officer 1, War Office
1941-06-23 1942-12-03 Director of Selection of Personnel, War Office
1943-XX-XX Chief Operations Officer, 21st Army Group
1945-04-26 1946-05-01 Deputy Adjutant-General, Allied Land Forces South-East Asia
1946-XX-XX Deputy Adjutant-General, Middle East Command
1947-11-01 1949-04-XX Vice Adjutant-General, War Office
1949-04-24 1949-11-14 Chief of Staff, Allied Control Commission of Germany
1949-04-24 1949-11-14 Deputy Military-Governor British Zone in Germany
1949-11-14 1951-03-15 Military Secretary to the Secretary of State for War
1951-04-01 1952-05-05 Chief Staff Officer, Ministry of Defence
1954-02-02 Retired
1956-06-26 1961-12-11 Colonel-Commandant, Royal Engineers
Picture source: NPG x90481, National Portrait Gallery, London