The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Douglas Stuart

Stuart, Douglas

Major-General

* 20th of July 1894

† 9th of May 1955

(19th Hyderabad Regiment)

(Indian Army)

Promotions

1936-07-01 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1939-07-29 Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-03-16 Acting Colonel
1940-09-16 Temporary Colonel
1940-10-01 Acting Brigadier
1940-12-26 Colonel (Dated back to 1939-07-01)
1941-04-01 Temporary Brigadier
1942-11-16 Acting Major-General
1943-11-16 Temporary Major-General
1948-01-13 Granted the Honorary rank of Major-General
1948-05-15 Local Major-General

Service

1938-02-14 1939-06-17 Second-in-Command 4th Battalion, 19th Hyderabad Regiment
1939-06-17 1939-07-29 Officiating Commanding Officer 4th Battalion, 19th Hyderabad Regiment
1939-07-29 1940-02-06 Commanding Officer 4th Battalion, 19th Hyderabad Regiment
1940-02-06 1940-09-30 Commandant of the Senior Officer's School Belgaum [India]
1940-10-01 1942-04-XX Brigadier General Staff, Eastern Command [India]
1942-04-XX 1942-08-01 Brigadier General Staff, Eastern Army [India]
1942-08-01 1943-07-19 General Officer Commanding 19th Indian Infantry Division
1943-11-03 1945-11-XX General Officer Commanding 303rd Line of Communication Area [India]
1945-11-XX 1946-01-15 General Officer Commanding Bengal & Assam Area [India]
1946-01-XX 1947-08-09 Head of Indian Military Mission to Allied Control Commission Germany
1948-01-13 Retired
1948-05-15 Recalled
1948-05-15 1949-XX-XX British Administrative Commandant, Frankfurt, Allied Control Commission Germany
1949-XX-XX Retired
Picture source: https://www.britishmilitaryhistory.co.uk/ by Glenys Stuart