The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Priest, Robert Cecil
Major-General
* 5th of November 1882
† 22nd of February 1966
(Royal Army Medical Corps)
Promotions
| 1931-07-01 | Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1934-03-01 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1934-04-15 | Brevet Colonel |
| 1936-09-25 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1936-12-20 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Colonel |
| 1937-07-06 | Colonel (Dated back to 1934-04-15) |
| 1937-10-13 | Major-General |
| 1941-10-13 | Reverts to the rank of Colonel at his own request |
| 1943-03-01 | Local Brigadier |
| 1946-06-08 | Re-Granted the rank of Major-General |
Service
| 1933-XX-XX | Officer in Charge Medicine Division, Citadel Military Hospital Cairo [Egypt] | ||
| 1933-XX-XX | – | 1936-XX-XX | Commanding Officer Citadel Military Hospital Cairo [Egypt] |
| 1934-04-15 | – | 1941-10-13 | Honorary Physician to the King |
| 1936-09-25 | – | 1936-12-20 | Consulting Physician, British Troops in Egypt |
| 1937-06-06 | – | 1939-XX-XX | Professor of Tropical Medicine, Royal Army Medical College |
| 1937-06-06 | – | 1939-XX-XX | Consulting Physician to the Army |
| 1939-XX-XX | – | 1940-XX-XX | Consulting Physician, British Expeditionary Force [France] |
| 1940-08-07 | – | 1941-XX-XX | Inspector of Army Medical Services, War Office |
| 1941-10-13 | Retired | ||
| 1941-10-13 | Recalled | ||
| 1941-XX-XX | – | 1946-XX-XX | Consulting Physician, Western Command |
| 1941-XX-XX | – | 1946-XX-XX | Consulting Physician, Glasgow Area |
| 1941-XX-XX | – | 1946-XX-XX | Consulting Physician, Northern Ireland District |
| 1946-06-08 | Retired |
Picture source: Courtesy of Paul Godley