The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
McLeod, Roderick William
General
* 15th of January 1905
† 6th of December 1980
(Royal Artillery)
Promotions
| 1940-01-01 | Local Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1940-09-04 | Relinquish the Local rank of Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1941-02-18 | Acting Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1941-05-18 | War Substantive Major |
| 1941-05-18 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1943-01-13 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1943-02-19 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1943-09-07 | Acting Colonel |
| 1944-02-12 | Local Brigadier |
| 1944-03-07 | War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1944-03-07 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1944-03-19 | Acting Brigadier |
| 1944-09-19 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1948-08-21 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1949-02-09 | Colonel |
| 1951-03-03 | Temporary Major-General |
| 1951-09-01 | Major-General |
| 1957-12-16 | Temporary Lieutenant-General |
| 1958-12-16 | Lieutenant-General |
| 1961-12-29 | General |
Service
| 1940-01-01 | – | 1941-02-17 | General Staff Officer 2, ? |
| 1941-02-18 | – | 1942-04-18 | General Staff Officer 1, ? |
| 1942-06-01 | – | 1943-01-13 | General Staff Officer 1, ? |
| 1943-07-17 | – | 1943-09-06 | Commander Royal Artillery, ? |
| 1943-09-07 | – | 1944-01-06 | Commanding Officer ? Depot |
| 1944-01-07 | – | 1945-03-14 | Commanding Officer Special Air Service Troops |
| 1945-03-24 | – | 1946-10-31 | Director of Military Operations, Army Headquarters India |
| 1948-01-02 | – | 1950-01-15 | Assistant Commandant of Staff College Camberley |
| 1950-02-22 | – | 1950-03-31 | Commanding Officer Army Group Royal Artillery, British Army of the Rhine [Germany] |
| 1950-04-01 | – | 1951-02-26 | Commander Royal Artillery, 7th Armoured Division |
| 1951-03-03 | – | 1954-06-03 | Director of Military Operations, War Office |
| 1954-09-01 | – | 1955-01-28 | Chairman of the Committee on Royal Signals Organisation, War Office |
| 1955-01-28 | – | 1956-11-30 | General Officer Commanding 6th Armoured Division |
| 1957-01-07 | – | 1957-12-16 | Chief Army Instructor at Imperial Defence College |
| 1957-12-16 | – | 1959-12-31 | Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff |
| 1958-06-24 | – | 1968-06-24 | Colonel-Commandant, Royal Artillery |
| 1960-06-03 | – | 1961-12-04 | General Officer Commanding British Forces in Hong Kong |
| 1962-01-03 | – | 1965-01-02 | General Officer Commanding in Chief Eastern Command |
| 1963-04-29 | – | 1965-01-30 | Aide-de-Camp General to the Queen |
| 1965-01-30 | Retired | ||
| 1965-07-06 | – | 1971-03-31 | Honorary Colonel, 254th (City of London) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, Territorial Army |
Picture source: NPG x186404, National Portrait Gallery, London