The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Ransome, Robert St. George Tyldesley
Major-General
* 22nd of June 1903
† 5th of November 1982
(Royal Fusiliers)
Promotions
| 1940-07-18 | Local Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1941-01-31 | Major |
| 1941-02-06 | Acting Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1941-03-28 | Local Colonel |
| 1941-05-06 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1941-05-20 | Relinquish the Local rank of Colonel |
| 1941-12-14 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1942-01-08 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1942-08-11 | Acting Colonel |
| 1942-08-11 | Acting Brigadier |
| 1943-02-11 | War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1943-02-11 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1943-02-11 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1946-02-12 | Colonel (Dated back to 1946-02-11) |
| 1946-05-15 | Acting Major-General |
| 1947-02-16 | Relinquish the Acting rank of Major-General |
| 1947-11-01 | Brigadier |
| 1954-06-29 | Temporary Major-General |
| 1955-07-06 | Major-General |
Service
| 1940-07-18 | – | 1941-02-05 | General Staff Officer 2, ? |
| 1941-02-06 | – | 1941-05-20 | Assistant Quartermaster-General, ? |
| 1941-05-21 | – | 1941-07-10 | Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General, ? |
| 1941-07-11 | – | 1941-12-14 | General Staff Officer 1, ? |
| 1942-XX-XX | Commanding Officer 11th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers [Middle East] | ||
| 1942-06-08 | – | 1942-08-10 | Assistant Quartermaster-General, ? |
| 1942-08-11 | – | 1942-09-29 | Deputy Quartermaster-General, ? |
| 1942-09-30 | – | 1943-02-02 | Brigadier General Staff, Department of the Finance Member of the Army Council |
| 1943-02-03 | – | 1943-06-09 | Chief Administration Officer, ? |
| 1943-06-10 | – | 1944-01-25 | Brigadier (Q) (Operations), War Office |
| 1944-01-26 | – | 1945-05-14 | Director of Administrative Planning, War Office |
| 1944-01-26 | – | 1945-05-14 | Deputy Director of Military Training (Administration), War Office |
| 1946-05-15 | – | 1947-01-12 | Vice Quartermaster-General, War Office |
| 1948-01-13 | – | 1950-07-26 | Brigadier General Staff, Far East Land Forces |
| 1951-01-22 | – | 1954-01-24 | Commanding Officer 264th Beach Brigade |
| 1954-06-29 | – | 1955-05-04 | Services Relations Adviser, Control Council Germany |
| 1955-05-05 | – | 1958-07-15 | Chief of Joint Services Liaison Staff, Joint Services Liaison Organisation, British Army of the Rhine [Germany] |
| 1958-10-06 | Retired |
Picture source: NPG x188495, National Portrait Gallery, London