The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Redman, Harold
Lieutenant-General
* 25th of August 1899
† 24th of August 1986
(King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry)
Promotions
| 1937-10-01 | Local Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1939-07-01 | Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1939-11-10 | Acting Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1940-02-10 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1940-06-07 | Local Colonel |
| 1940-07-02 | Relinquish the Local rank of Colonel |
| 1941-02-23 | Acting Colonel |
| 1941-02-23 | Acting Brigadier |
| 1941-08-23 | War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1941-08-23 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1941-08-23 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1942-09-30 | Colonel (dated back tol 1942-07-01) |
| 1944-08-04 | Acting Major-General |
| 1945-08-04 | Temporary Major-General |
| 1946-07-12 | Acting Lieutenant-General |
| 1946-09-21 | Major-General (Dated back to 1944-08-22) |
| 1946-11-30 | Relinquish the Acting rank of Lieutenant-General |
| 1952-10-22 | Temporary Lieutenant-General |
| 1953-06-14 | Lieutenant-General |
Service
| 1937-10-01 | – | 1938-11-14 | Instructor at Senior Officers' School Sheerness |
| 1938-11-15 | – | 1939-08-13 | Instructor at Staff College Camberley |
| 1939-08-14 | – | 1939-11-09 | General Staff Officer 2, War Office |
| 1939-11-10 | – | 1940-07-02 | General Staff Officer 1 War Office |
| 1940-07-03 | – | 1941-02-21 | Commanding Officer 7th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry |
| 1941-02-22 | – | 1941-12-11 | Commanding Officer 151st Infantry Brigade [North Africa - Cyprus - Middle East] |
| 1941-12-13 | – | 1942-03-27 | Brigadier General Staff, 8th Army [North Africa] |
| 1942-03-30 | – | 1943-03-01 | Commanding Officer 10th Indian Motor Brigade |
| 1943-03-03 | – | 1944-08-03 | Chief of the Combined Secretary, British Joined Staff Mission in Washington |
| 1944-08-04 | – | 1944-09-04 | Deputy Commander in Chief French Forces of the Interior |
| 1944-09-05 | – | 1945-08-20 | Deputy Head of Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces' Mission to the French High Command |
| 1945-08-21 | – | 1946-05-02 | Head of British Military Mission to France |
| 1946-05-09 | – | 1946-07-11 | Chief of Staff, South-East Asia Commanmd |
| 1946-07-12 | – | 1946-11-30 | Acting Chief of Staff, South-East Asia Command |
| 1946-12-01 | – | 1948-08-22 | Chief of Staff, Far Eastern Land Forces |
| 1948-09-01 | – | 1951-03-03 | Director of Military Operations, War Office |
| 1950-08-01 | – | 1960-08-01 | Colonel, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry |
| 1951-03-28 | – | 1951-04-01 | Chief of Staff to the Chairman of Western Europe Commanders in Chief Committee |
| 1951-04-01 | – | 1952-10-17 | Principal Staff Officer to the Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe |
| 1952-10-22 | – | 1955-05-15 | Vice-Chief of the Imperial General Staff |
| 1955-05-20 | – | 1958-05-20 | Governor & Commander in Chief of Gibraltar |
| 1958-09-05 | Retired |
Picture source: NPG x159843, National Portrait Gallery, London