The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Tapp, Nigel Prior Hanson
Major-General
* 11th of June 1904
† 9th of February 1991
(Royal Artillery)
Promotions
| 1941-05-26 | Local Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1941-08-26 | Major |
| 1941-10-14 | Acting Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1942-01-14 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1942-02-25 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1942-05-28 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1945-04-07 | Acting Colonel |
| 1945-04-07 | Acting Brigadier |
| 1945-10-07 | War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1945-10-07 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1945-10-07 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1946-05-13 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier |
| 1946-05-13 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Colonel |
| 1946-10-15 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1946-10-15 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1947-08-07 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier |
| 1947-12-01 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1948-08-11 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1948-11-02 | Colonel (Dated back to 1948-10-07) |
| 1953-01-01 | Brigadier |
| 1954-05-03 | Temporary Major-General |
| 1955-06-25 | Major-General |
Service
| 1940-09-01 | – | 1941-10-13 | General Staff Officer 2, ? |
| 1941-10-14 | – | 1942-02-25 | General Staff Officer 1, War Office |
| 1942-05-28 | – | 1942-12-11 | General Staff Officer 1, ? |
| 1942-XX-XX | – | 1945-XX-XX | Commanding Officer 7th Field Regiment Royal Artillery [Northwestern Europe] |
| 1945-02-02 | – | 1945-04-06 | General Staff Officer 1, ? |
| 1945-04-07 | – | 1946-03-28 | Commander Royal Artillery, 25th Indian Infantry Division [Burma] |
| 1946-10-15 | – | 1947-06-07 | District Officer Commanding Eritrea District |
| 1947-12-01 | – | 1949-01-31 | Deputy Director of Air & Land Warfare, War Office |
| 1949-02-01 | – | 1949-12-29 | Deputy Director of Royal Artillery, War Office |
| 1951-01-13 | – | 1951-07-17 | Commander Royal Artillery, 2nd Infantry Division [Germany] |
| 1951-07-18 | – | 1954-04-01 | Commander Corps Royal Artillery, I Corps [Germany] |
| 1954-05-03 | – | 1955-04-17 | General Officer Commanding 2nd Anti-Aircraft Group |
| 1955-04-18 | – | 1957-05-01 | Director of Military Training, War Office |
| 1957-07-01 | – | 1960-10-14 | Commander in Chief East Africa Command |
| 1961-01-28 | Retired | ||
| 1963-11-12 | – | 1968-11-12 | Colonel-Commandant, Royal Artillery |
Picture source: NPG x185592, National Portrait Gallery, London