The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Metcalfe, John Francis
Major-General
* 30th of June 1908
† 11th of June 1975
(Queens Royal Regiment)
Promotions
| 1942-01-24 | Temporary Major |
| 1942-01-24 | Local Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1942-08-12 | Reverted to Captain |
| 1942-10-22 | Temporary Major |
| 1942-10-22 | Local Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1943-07-18 | Reverted to Temporary Major |
| 1943-12-09 | Acting Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1944-03-09 | War Substantive Major |
| 1944-03-09 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1944-07-03 | Reverted to |
| 1944-08-15 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1945-02-02 | Major |
| 1945-04-02 | Acting Colonel |
| 1945-04-02 | Acting Brigadier |
| 1945-10-02 | War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1945-10-02 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1945-10-02 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1946-11-04 | Reverted to |
| 1949-10-01 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1951-10-01 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1952-08-13 | Colonel |
| 1956-09-14 | Brigadier |
| 1958-09-01 | Temporary Major-General |
| 1958-11-07 | Major-General |
Service
| 1942-10-22 | – | 1943-07-18 | Instructor at Staff College Quetta [India] |
| 1943-XX-XX | – | 1944-XX-XX | Second in Command 1st Battalion, Queens Royal Regiment [Burma] |
| 1944-XX-XX | Commanding Officer 2nd Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment [Burma] | ||
| 1944-08-15 | – | 1944-09-11 | General Staff Officer 1 ? |
| 1944-09-12 | – | 1945-04-01 | Assistant Quartermaster-General ? |
| 1945-04-02 | – | 1945-11-24 | Brigadier (Q) b(Maintenance), Allied Land forces South-East Asia |
| 1946-01-25 | – | 1946-10-27 | Chief Administration Officer, South Wales District |
| 1946-11-05 | – | 1949-04-13 | Instructor at Joint Services Staff College |
| 1949-08-XX | – | 1951-08-XX | Commanding Officer 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment |
| 1952-10-01 | – | 1954-01-04 | Brigadier General Staff, Western Command |
| 1954-XX-XX | Attending the Imperial Defence College | ||
| 1955-02-03 | – | 1955-09-30 | Commanding Officer 35th Infantry Brigade |
| 1955-10-01 | – | 1957-XX-XX | Commanding 2nd Federal Infantry Brigade [Malaya] |
| 1958-01-06 | – | 1958-05-02 | Member of the Whistler Committee, War Office |
| 1958-09-01 | – | 1961-09-XX | Director of Personnel Administration, War Office |
| 1959-10-14 | – | 1964-10-14 | Colonel, Queens Royal Surrey Regiment |
| 1961-11-08 | – | 1963-XX-XX | District Officer Commanding Aldershot District |
| 1963-12-05 | Retired |
Picture source: Courtesy of Paul Godley