The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Slim, William Joseph
Field Marshal
* 6th of August 1891
† 14th of December 1970
(7th Gurkha Rifles)
(Indian Army)
Nickname: Uncle Bill
Nickname: Viscount Slim of Burma
Promotions
| 1934-01-16 | Local Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1935-01-01 | Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1938-05-02 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1939-06-08 | Colonel (Dated back to 1938-01-01) |
| 1939-06-08 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1941-05-15 | Acting Major-General |
| 1942-05-15 | Acting Lieutenant-General |
| 1942-05-15 | Temporary Major-General |
| 1943-03-19 | War Substantive Major-General |
| 1943-03-19 | Temporary Lieutenant-General |
| 1943-11-16 | Major-General |
| 1944-04-03 | Lieutenant-General |
| 1945-07-01 | General |
| 1949-01-04 | Field Marshal |
Service
| 1934-01-19 | – | 1937-01-12 | Instructor at Staff College Camberley |
| 1938-05-02 | – | 1939-05-02 | Commanding Officer 2nd Battalion, 7th Gurkha Rifles |
| 1939-05-02 | – | 1939-06-08 | Acting Commandant of Senior Officers' School [India] |
| 1939-06-08 | – | 1939-09-23 | Commandant of Senior Officers' School [India] |
| 1939-09-23 | – | 1941-03-14 | Commanding Officer 10th Indian Brigade [Eritrea] |
| 1941-01-22 | Wounded | ||
| 1941-03-15 | – | 1941-05-14 | Brigadier General Staff British Troops in Iraq |
| 1941-05-16 | – | 1942-03-19 | General Officer Commanding 10th Indian Division [Syria] |
| 1942-03-19 | – | 1942-05-20 | General Officer Commanding BurCorps [Burma] |
| 1942-05-30 | – | 1943-10-15 | General Officer Commanding XV Indian Corps [Burma] |
| 1943-10-16 | – | 1943-10-22 | Acting General Officer Commanding Eastern Army |
| 1943-10-22 | – | 1945-08-10 | General Officer Commanding 14th Army [Burma] |
| 1944-05-31 | – | 1956-05-25 | Colonel, 7th Gurkha Rifles |
| 1945-08-16 | – | 1945-12-08 | Commander in Chief Allied Land Forces South-East Asia |
| 1946-01-01 | – | 1948-05-11 | Commandant of Imperial Defence College |
| 1947-01-01 | – | 1948-05-11 | Aide-de-Camp General to the King |
| 1947-05-12 | – | 1956-08-06 | Colonel, West Yorkshire Regiment |
| 1948-04-07 | – | 1956-08-06 | Honorary Colonel, Royal Engineers (Transportation) |
| 1948-05-11 | Retired | ||
| 1948-10-31 | Recalled | ||
| 1948-XX-XX | – | 1952-11-01 | Chief of the Imperial General Staff |
| 1952-05-08 | – | 1960-02-02 | Governor-General & Commander in Chief of Australia |
| – | 1956-08-06 | Honorary Colonel, Transportation Section, Army Emergency Reserve of Officers | |
| – | 1956-08-24 | Colonel-Commandant, 1st Gurkha Rifles, Indian Army |
Picture source: http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/1940s/Mukund/Slim.jpg