The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Swan, Dennis Charles Tarrant
Major-General
* 2nd of September 1900
† 7th of March 1992
(Royal Engineers)
Promotions
| 1940-05-19 | Acting Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1940-07-03 | Relinquish the Acting rank of Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1941-11-14 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1944-04-26 | Acting Colonel |
| 1944-10-26 | War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1944-10-26 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1945-04-09 | Acting Brigadier |
| 1945-08-01 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1947-11-18 | Colonel (Dated back to 1947-10-26) |
| 1951-07-19 | Temporary Major-General |
| 1952-01-29 | Brigadier |
| 1952-03-26 | Major-General |
Service
| 1940-05-19 | – | 1940-07-03 | Commander Royal Engineers, 50th Infantry Division [France] |
| 1941-XX-XX | – | 1942-XX-XX | Commander Royal Engineers, 1st Burma Division |
| 1945-04-09 | – | 1945-10-10 | Chief Engineer, XV Indian Corps [Burma] |
| 1945-10-10 | – | 1946-01-20 | Chief Engineer, Allied Forces Netherlands East India |
| 1948-10-XX | – | Director of Works, British Army of the Rhine [Germany] | |
| 1951-07-19 | – | 1952-08-03 | Chief Engineer, British Army of the Rhine [Germany] |
| 1952-10-01 | – | 1955-11-01 | Director of Fortifications & Works, War Office |
| 1955-11-29 | Retired |
Picture source: NPG x185562, National Portrait Gallery, London