The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Stockwell, Hugh Charles
General
* 16th of June 1903
† 27th of November 1986
(Royal Welch Fusiliers)
Promotions
| 1940-05-24 | Acting Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1940-08-24 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1942-10-18 | Acting Colonel |
| 1942-10-18 | Acting Brigadier |
| 1943-04-18 | War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1943-04-18 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1943-04-18 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1945-01-12 | Acting Major-General |
| 1946-04-19 | Colonel (Dated back to 1946-01-12) |
| 1947-04-23 | Major-General (Dated back to 1946-12-04) |
| 1953-05-01 | Temporary Lieutenant-General |
| 1953-09-29 | Lieutenant-General |
| 1957-03-20 | General |
Service
| 1940-05-24 | – | 1940-05-29 | Commanding Officer Stockforce [Norway] |
| 1940-07-20 | – | 1940-10-30 | Commanding Officer ? Group, Independent Companies |
| 1940-10-30 | – | 1941-07-21 | Commandant of Special Training Centre, Inverailort |
| 1941-07-22 | – | 1941-10-17 | Commanding Officer 2nd Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers [Madagascar] |
| 1942-10-18 | – | 1943-01-19 | Commanding Officer 30th East African Brigade [East Africa] |
| 1943-12-07 | – | 1944-06-15 | Commanding Officer 29th Independent Brigade Group [India - Burma] |
| 1944-06-15 | – | 1945-06-09 | Commanding Officer 29th Infantry Brigade [India - Burma] |
| 1945-01-12 | – | 1945-05-23 | General Officer Commanding 82nd West African Division [Burma] |
| 1945-07-13 | – | 1946-06-16 | General Officer Commanding 82nd West African Division [Burma] |
| 1946-07-03 | – | 1947-07-25 | District Officer Commanding Home Counties District |
| 1947-01-01 | – | 1947-07-25 | General Officer Commanding 44th Infantry Division |
| 1947-08-XX | – | 1948-07-31 | General Officer Commanding 6th Airborne Division [Palestine] |
| 1948-06-07 | – | 1951-01-01 | Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst |
| 1951-01-01 | – | 1952-05-02 | General Officer Commanding 3rd Infantry Division |
| 1951-01-01 | – | 1951-05-01 | District Officer Commanding East Anglian District |
| 1952-06-11 | – | 1954-04-07 | General Officer Commanding Malaya Command |
| 1952-10-18 | – | 1965-10-18 | Colonel, Royal Welch Fusiliers |
| 1954-06-22 | – | 1959-06-22 | Colonel-Commandant, Malayan Regiment |
| 1954-10-15 | – | 1956-08-04 | General Officer Commanding I Corps [Germany] |
| 1956-08-05 | – | 1957-01-XX | General Officer Commanding II Corps |
| 1956-10-31 | – | 1956-12-18 | General Officer Commanding Ground Forces Suez [Egypt] |
| 1957-02-01 | – | 1959-06-01 | Military Secretary to the Secretary of State of War |
| 1957-09-20 | – | 1963-11-20 | Colonel-Commandant, Army Air Corps |
| 1959-02-13 | – | 1962-02-13 | Aide-de-Camp General to the Queen |
| 1959-08-14 | – | 1960-07-18 | Adjutant-General to the Forces, War Office |
| 1959-10-26 | – | 1964-10-26 | Colonel-Commandant, Royal Army Educational Corps |
| 1960-09-22 | – | 1964-01-01 | Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe |
| 1964-04-03 | Retired |
Picture source: Courtesy of Paul Godley