The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Wemyss, Henry Colville Barclay
General
* 26th of April 1891
† 2nd of April 1959
(Royal Engineers)
Promotions
| 1926-12-24 | Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1933-08-14 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1935-10-01 | Colonel (Dated back to 1929-12-24) |
| 1939-01-09 | Major-General (Dated back to 1938-01-07) |
| 1940-06-10 | Acting Lieutenant-General |
| 1941-06-10 | Temporary Lieutenant-General |
| 1941-10-21 | Lieutenant-General (Dated back to 1941-08-11) |
| 1945-10-15 | General |
Service
| 1926-04-26 | – | 1929-04-13 | General Staff Officer, 2 War Office |
| 1929-05-01 | – | 1932-02-16 | Instructor at School of Signals |
| 1932-02-17 | – | 1933-08-13 | General Staff Officer 2, Northern Command |
| 1933-08-14 | – | 1935-09-30 | Commanding Officer 5th Divisional Signals |
| 1935-10-01 | – | 1937-01-17 | Assistant Adjutant-General, War Office |
| 1938-01-18 | – | 1938-12-18 | Attending the Imperial Defence College |
| 1939-01-09 | – | 1940-02-18 | Director of Mobilisation, War Office |
| 1940-02-19 | – | 1940-06-09 | Deputy Adjutant-General, War Office |
| 1940-06-10 | – | 1941-06-02 | Adjutant-General to the Forces, War Office |
| 1941-06-03 | – | 1942-06-15 | Head of the British Army Mission Washington |
| 1942-06-16 | – | 1946-XX-XX | Military Secretary to Secretary of States for War |
| 1942-11-30 | – | 1949-01-01 | Colonel-Commandant, Royal Signals |
| 1946-11-23 | Retired | ||
| 1947-12-29 | – | 1949-XX-XX | Honorary Colonel, Signal Reporting Regiment, Territorial Army |
| 1949-XX-XX | – | 1957-12-29 | Honorary Colonel, Army Phantom Signal Regiment, Territorial Army |
Picture source: Courtesy of Paul Godley