The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Roe, William Gordon
Major-General
* 16th of September 1904
† 1969
(Royal Army Service Corps)
Promotions
| 1941-01-03 | Temporary Major |
| 1941-01-03 | Local Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1941-10-15 | Acting Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1942-01-15 | War Substantive Major |
| 1942-01-15 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1943-05-04 | Acting Colonel |
| 1943-08-01 | Major |
| 1943-11-04 | War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1943-11-04 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1944-01-28 | Acting Brigadier |
| 1944-07-28 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1945-07-26 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier |
| 1945-11-03 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1946-10-07 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier |
| 1946-11-05 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1948-06-06 | Colonel (Dated back to 1946-11-04) |
| 1952-12-31 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier |
| 1954-09-02 | Local Major-General |
| 1954-12-04 | Temporary Major-General |
| 1955-01-01 | Brigadier |
| 1955-09-12 | Major-General |
Service
| 1941-01-03 | – | 1941-10-14 | General Staff Officer 1, ? |
| 1941-10-15 | – | 1942-05-03 | Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General, ? |
| 1942-05-04 | – | 1942-08-21 | General Staff Officer 1, ? |
| 1942-08-22 | – | 1943-05-03 | Assistant Quartermaster-General, ? |
| 1943-05-04 | – | 1943-10-17 | Colonel Q, ? |
| 1943-10-18 | – | 1944-01-27 | Assistant Deputy Quartermaster-General |
| 1944-01-28 | – | 1945-02-26 | Deputy Adjutant & Quartermaster-General, XIII Corps [Italy] |
| 1945-03-20 | – | 1945-07-26 | Deputy Adjutant & Quartermaster-General, ? |
| 1945-11-03 | – | 1946-08-07 | Chief Administration Officer, Palestine & Trans-Jordan |
| 1946-11-05 | – | 1947-01-09 | Deputy Director of Supplies & Transport, ? |
| 1948-01-01 | – | 1951-01-10 | Director of Army Equipment, War Office |
| 1951-02-14 | – | 1953-03-18 | Director of Supplies & Transport, Far East Land Forces |
| 1952-03-20 | – | 1955-09-11 | Aide-de-Camp to the Queen |
| 1953-05-13 | – | 1954-07-12 | Director of Supplies & Transport, British Army of the Rhine [Germany] |
| 1954-12-04 | – | 1957-02-21 | Chief Administration Officer, British Army of the Rhine [Germany] |
| 1957-03-29 | – | 1960-05-18 | Director of Supplies & Transport, War Office |
| 1960-06-15 | Retired | ||
| 1962-12-31 | – | 1965-07-15 | Colonel-Commandant, Royal Army Service Corps |
| 1965-07-15 | – | 1967-12-31 | Colonel-Commandant, Royal Corps of Transport |
Picture source: NPG x159992, National Portrait Gallery, London