The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Shapland, John Dee
Major-General
* 31st of July 1897
† 18th of April 1971
(Royal Artillery)
Promotions
| 1940-07-06 | Acting Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1940-10-06 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1940-11-11 | Acting Colonel |
| 1941-05-11 | War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1941-05-11 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1941-10-27 | Acting Brigadier |
| 1942-04-27 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1942-08-01 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1944-06-30 | Colonel (Dated back to 1944-05-11) |
| 1946-03-22 | Acting Major-General |
| 1947-03-22 | Temporary Major-General |
| 1947-03-25 | Major-General (Dated back to 1945-01-11) |
Service
| 1940-11-11 | – | 1941-10-26 | Chief Instructor at Artillery School Larkill |
| 1942-XX-XX | – | 1943-XX-XX | Commander Royal Artillery, 2nd Infantry Division |
| 1943-10-04 | – | 1944-05-28 | Commanding Officer 6th Infantry Brigade [Burma] |
| 1944-05-28 | Wounded | ||
| 1945-XX-XX | Brigadier Royal Artillery, 12th Army [Burma] | ||
| 1946-03-22 | – | 1948-12-XX | Commandant of yhe Military College of Science |
| 1948-12-XX | – | 1951-12-04 | Chief Administration Officer, British Army of the Rhine [Germany] |
| 1952-01-11 | Retired |
Picture source: Courtesy of the Kohima Museum