The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Western, Ernest Walter Davie
Brigadier
* 2nd of February 1901
† 19th of December 1952
(Royal West Kent Regiment)
Promotions
| 1939-10-09 | Acting Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1940-01-09 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1942-10-08 | Acting Colonel |
| 1942-10-08 | Acting Brigadier |
| 1943-04-08 | War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1943-04-08 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1943-04-08 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1944-04-01 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1946-08-10 | Colonel (Dated back to 1946-04-08) |
| 1950-04-29 | Brigadier |
Service
| 1939-XX-XX | Commanding Officer 2nd Battalion, 4th Cold Coast Brigade | ||
| 1942-10-08 | – | 1943-09-12 | Commanding Officer 2nd West African Brigade [West Africa] |
| 1943-11-19 | – | 1945-03-15 | Commanding Officer 2nd West African Brigade [West Africa - India - Burma] |
| 1945-03-15 | Wounded | ||
| 1946-XX-XX | Commanding Officer 2nd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment [Germany] | ||
| 1947-02-XX | – | 1948-09-XX | Commanding Officer 133rd Infantry Brigade |
| 1948-09-XX | – | 1950-01-XX | Commanding Officer 129th Infantry Brigade [Germany] |
| 1951-XX-XX | – | 1952-XX-XX | Commanding Officer Northern Area Kenya |
| 1952-12-19 | Died of an hearth attack |
Picture source: Courtesy of Trevor Western