The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of General Cameron Gordon Graham Nicholson

Nicholson, Cameron Gordon Graham

General

* 30th of June 1898

† 7th of July 1979

(Royal Artillery)

Promotions

1938-01-12 Local Lieutenant-Colonel
1938-07-01 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-02-02 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-05-02 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-10-07 Acting Colonel
1940-10-07 Acting Brigadier
1941-04-07 War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-04-07 Temporary Colonel
1941-04-07 Temporary Brigadier
1942-01-17 Colonel (Dated back to 1941-07-01)
1943-05-23 Local Major-General
1943-06-02 Acting Major-General
1944-06-02 Temporary Major-General
1945-01-07 Major-General (Dated back to 1944-05-20)
1948-06-17 Lieutenant-General (Dated back to 1946-07-27)
1952-09-08 General

Service

1938-01-12 1939-02-01 Instructor at Staff College Camberley
1940-02-02 1940-04-19 General Staff Officer 1, 45th Infantry Division
1940-04-20 1940-05-17 General Staff Officer 1, Sickle Force [Norway]
1940-05-18 1940-10-03 General Staff Officer 1, 18th Infantry Division
1940-10-07 1941-10-27 Deputy Chief of Staff, Home Forces
1941-10-28 1941-11-01 Commanding Officer 127th Infantry Brigade
1941-11-01 1942-10-25 Commanding Officer 42nd Support Group
1942-XX-XX Deputy General Officer Commanding 6th Armoured Division
1943-02-14 1943-02-23 Commanding Officer Nickforce [North Africa]
1943-04-01 1943-05-22 Brigadier General Staff, 1st Army [North Africa]
1943-05-23 1944-04-01 General Officer Commanding 44th Indian Armoured Division
1944-05-07 1944-07-08 General Officer Commanding 21st Indian Division [Burma]
1944-07-08 1944-08-15 General Officer Commanding 2nd Infantry Division [Burma]
1944-08-23 1944-08-26 General Officer Commanding 2nd Infantry Division [Burma]
1944-09-10 1944-09-13 General Officer Commanding 2nd Infantry Division [Burma]
1944-09-13 1944-09-23 General Officer Commanding 5th Indian Division [Burma]
1944-09-24 1945-06-01 General Officer Commanding 2nd Infantry Division [Burma]
1945-07-12 1946-04-02 General Officer Commanding 2nd Infantry Division [Burma]
1946-05-01 1948-05-14 Director of Royal Artillery, War Office
1948-07-15 1951-06-11 General Officer Commanding in Chief West Africa Command
1950-02-21 1960-12-15 Colonel-Commandant, Royal Artillery
1951-09-01 1953-04-23 General Officer Commanding in Chief Western Command
1953-04-28 1953-09-28 Commander in Chief Middle East Land Forces
1953-09-29 1956-11-01 Adjutant-General to the Forces
1954-08-30 1956-11-14 Aide-de-Camp General to the Queen
1955-05-09 1960-05-09 Honorary Colonel, Travel Control Security Group, Intelligence Corps, Territorial Army
1956-05-03 1960-10-01 Colonel-Commandant, Royal Horse Artillery
1956-11-29 Retired
1956-12-01 1960-12-01 Master Gunner at St. James Park
1956-12-01 1961-06-01 Governor, Royal Hospital Chelsea
Picture source: NPG x186846, National Portrait Gallery, London