The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Playfair, Ian Stanley Ord
Major-General
* 10th of April 1894
† 21st of March 1972
(Royal Engineers)
Promotions
| 1933-07-01 | Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1936-11-20 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1939-04-01 | Colonel (Dated back to 1936-07-01) |
| 1939-04-01 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1941-05-23 | Acting Major-General |
| 1941-10-21 | Major-General |
Service
| 1930-02-20 | – | 1934-02-19 | Chief Instructor at School of Military Engineering |
| 1934-12-30 | – | 1937-12-29 | Instructor at Staff College Quetta [India] |
| 1939-04-01 | – | 1939-08-31 | Commandant of Army Gas School |
| 1939-09-01 | – | 1939-12-23 | Inspector of Chemical Warfare, War Office |
| 1939-12-24 | – | 1941-05-XX | Director of Plans, War Office |
| 1941-XX-XX | Chief of Staff, Far East | ||
| 1942-03-08 | – | 1943-11-07 | Chief of Staff, Ceylon Command |
| 1943-11-16 | – | 1944-11-12 | Major-General General Staff, 11th Army Group [India] |
| 1944-11-12 | – | 1945-07-15 | Major-General General Staff, Allied Land Forces South-East Asia |
| Deputy Chief of Staff, Allied Control Commission Germany (British Element) | |||
| 1947-05-02 | Retired |
Picture source: From: "The Royal Engineers Journal", 1972, Vol. 86, No. 2