The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Mervyn Savile Wheatley

Wheatley, Mervyn Savile

Major-General

* 1900

† 1979

Promotions

1944-04-23 Temporary Brigadier

Service

1940-XX-XX 1941-XX-XX Commanding Officer 1st Armoured Divisional Signals
1941-XX-XX 1942-XX-XX Chief Signal Officer, 2nd Armoured Group
1942-XX-XX 1943-XX-XX General Staff Officer 1, Home Forces
1943-XX-XX General Staff Officer 1, 21st Army Group
1943-XX-XX 1944-XX-XX Chief Signal Officer, XIII Corps [Italy]
1944-11-25 1946-XX-XX Deputy Director of Signals (Organization, Operations & Policy), War Office
1946-XX-XX 1947-XX-XX Commandant of Signal Training Centre
1947-XX-XX 1949-XX-XX District Officer Commanding Canal South District [Egypt]
1949-XX-XX 1951-XX-XX Deputy District Officer Commanding Mid Westland District
1951-XX-XX 1954-XX-XX Chief Signal Officer, Middle East Land Forces
1954-XX-XX 1957-XX-XX Signal Officer in Chief, War Office
1954-XX-XX 1957-XX-XX Director of Signals, War Office
1957-XX-XX Retired
1957-12-29 Honorary Colonel, Army Phantom Signal Regiment, Territorial Army
Picture source: From 'The Royal Corps of Signals: a history of its antecedents and development (circa 1800-1955)' by R.F.H. Nalder, 1958