The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Rance, Hubert Elvin
Major-General
* 17th of July 1898
† 24th of January 1974
(Royal Signals)
Promotions
| 1939-11-08 | Acting Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1940-02-08 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1941-05-08 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1941-05-08 | Acting Colonel |
| 1941-10-30 | Acting Brigadier |
| 1941-11-08 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1942-04-30 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1944-06-30 | Colonel (Dated back to 1944-05-08) |
| 1945-04-28 | Acting Major-General |
| 1946-08-31 | Local Major-General |
| 1947-08-31 | Granted the Honorary rank of Major-General |
Service
| 1939-11-08 | – | 1940-04-25 | General Staff Officer 1, British Expeditionary Force [France] |
| 1940-XX-XX | Commanding Officer 4th Divisional Signals [France] | ||
| 1940-10-30 | – | 1941-10-29 | General Staff Officer 1 ,War Office |
| 1941-10-30 | – | 1942-09-21 | Deputy Director of Military Training, War Office |
| 1942-09-22 | – | 1943-05-16 | Director of Technical Training, War Office |
| 1943-05-17 | – | 1945-04-15 | Brigadier General Staff, Western Command |
| 1945-05-10 | – | 1946-02-01 | Director of Civil Affairs, Burma |
| 1946-XX-XX | Deputy District Officer Commanding South-West District | ||
| 1946-08-31 | – | 1948-01-04 | Governor of Burma |
| 1947-08-31 | Retired | ||
| 1948-05-28 | – | 1951-02-20 | Honorary Colonel, 51st Line of Communication Signal Regiment, Royal Signals, Territorial Army |
| 1950-04-19 | – | 1954-04-01 | Governor & Commander in Chief Trinidad & Tobago |
| 1951-02-21 | – | 1952-XX-XX | Honorary Colonel, 51st Line of Communication Signal Regiment, Royal Signals, Supplementary Reserve |
| 1953-01-01 | – | 1962-06-30 | Colonel-Commandant, Royal Engineers |
Picture source: Courtesy of Paul Godley