The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Oliver, William Pasfield
Lieutenant-General
* 8th of September 1901
† 26th of February 1981
(Royal West Kent Regiment)
Promotions
| 1940-07-18 | Acting Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1940-10-18 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1942-08-01 | Acting Colonel |
| 1942-08-01 | Acting Brigadier |
| 1943-02-01 | War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1943-02-01 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1943-02-01 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1945-08-03 | Acting Major-General |
| 1946-02-06 | Colonel (Dated back to 1946-02-01) |
| 1946-08-03 | Temporary Major-General |
| 1947-01-13 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Major-General |
| 1947-11-01 | Brigadier |
| 1949-03-07 | Temporary Major-General |
| 1949-03-31 | Major-General |
| 1955-05-15 | Temporary Lieutenant-General |
| 1955-08-15 | Lieutenant-General |
Service
| 1941-04-08 | – | 1942-02-06 | Commanding Officer 70th Battalion, Welch Regiment |
| 1942-02-06 | – | 1942-07-31 | General Staff Officer 1, Eastern Command |
| 1942-08-01 | – | 1943-02-23 | Deputy Director of Military Operations (H), War Office |
| 1943-02-24 | – | 1944-01-09 | Brigadier General Staff, 9th Army |
| 1944-01-10 | – | 1944-02-29 | Director of Military Operations, Middle East Command |
| 1944-03-01 | – | 1945-08-02 | Brigadier General Staff, 9th Army |
| 1945-08-03 | – | 1946-12-04 | Chief of Staff, Middle East Command |
| 1948-01-03 | – | 1949-02-05 | Commanding Officer 31st Independent Infantry Brigade [Germany] |
| 1949-01-17 | – | 1959-10-15 | Colonel, Royal West Kent Regiment |
| 1949-03-07 | – | 1951-01-01 | Chief Army Instructor at Imperial Defence College |
| 1951-01-02 | – | 1953-01-22 | Chief of Staff, Eastern Command |
| 1953-03-15 | – | 1954-01-29 | Principal Staff Officer to the British High Commissioner to Federation of Malaya |
| 1954-03-13 | – | 1955-05-02 | General Officer Commanding British Troops in Berlin [Germany] |
| 1955-05-15 | – | 1957-09-23 | Vice Chief of the Imperial General Staff |
| 1957-10-21 | Retired |
Picture source: NPG x186931, National Portrait Gallery, London