The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Urquhart, Robert Elliott
Major-General
* 28th of November 1901
† 13th of December 1988
(Highland Light Infantry)
Nickname: Roy
Promotions
| 1940-12-28 | Acting Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1941-03-28 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1943-05-19 | Acting Colonel |
| 1943-05-19 | Acting Brigadier |
| 1943-11-19 | War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1943-11-19 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1943-11-19 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1944-01-10 | Acting Major-General |
| 1945-01-10 | War Substantive Colonel |
| 1945-01-10 | Temporary Major-General |
| 1946-07-11 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1946-12-18 | Colonel (Dated back to 1945-01-10) |
| 1947-11-17 | Major-General (Dated back to 1946-01-20) |
Service
| 1940-XX-XX | – | 1941-XX-XX | Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General, 3rd Infantry Division |
| 1941-XX-XX | – | 1942-XX-XX | Commanding Officer 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry |
| 1942-XX-XX | – | 1943-XX-XX | General Staff Officer 1, 51st Infantry Division [North Africa] |
| 1943-05-19 | – | 1943-09-30 | Commanding Officer 231st Infantry Brigade [Sicily - Italy] |
| 1943-XX-XX | – | 1944-XX-XX | Brigadier General Staff, XII Corps |
| 1944-01-10 | – | 1945-05-21 | General Officer Commanding 1st Airborne Division [Northwestern Europe - Norway] |
| 1945-05-21 | – | 1945-08-24 | General Officer Commanding Headquarters Norway Command |
| 1945-08-24 | – | 1945-XX-XX | General Officer Commanding 1st Airborne Division |
| 1945-11-01 | – | 1946-12-XX | Director-General of Territorial Army, War Office |
| 1947-XX-XX | – | 1948-XX-XX | General Officer Commanding 16th Infantry Division |
| 1948-XX-XX | – | 1950-02-27 | District Officer Commanding Lowland District |
| 1950-02-27 | – | 1950-08-01 | District Officer Commanding Malaya District |
| 1950-02-27 | – | 1950-08-01 | General Officer Commanding 17th Gurkha Division [Malaya] |
| 1950-08-01 | – | 1952-06-11 | General Officer Commanding Malaya Command |
| 1952-07-23 | – | 1955-10-25 | General Officer Commanding in Chief British Troops in Austria |
| 1954-08-13 | – | 1957-12-24 | Colonel, Highland Light Infantry |
| 1955-12-20 | Retired |
Picture source: NPG x185801, National Portrait Gallery, London