The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of General John Francis Martin Whiteley

Whiteley, John Francis Martin

General

* 7th of June 1896

† 4th of April 1970

(Royal Engineers)

Promotions

1936-07-01 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1938-09-24 Lieutenant-Colonel
1940-03-16 Acting Colonel
1940-05-09 Acting Brigadier
1940-09-19 Temporary Colonel
1940-11-09 Temporary Brigadier
1941-01-17 Colonel (Dated back to 1939-07-01)
1942-08-16 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier
1942-08-29 Temporary Brigadier
1943-02-20 Acting Major-General
1944-02-20 Temporary Major-General
1945-06-04 Major-General (Dated back to 1944-01-06)
1949-06-27 Lieutenant-General
1953-10-29 General

Service

1935-01-19 1938-09-23 General Staff Officer 2, War Office
1939-08-25 1940-02-29 General Staff Officer 1, War Office
1940-03-01 1940-03-25 General Staff Officer 1, ?
1940-03-26 1940-05-08 General Staff Officer 1, War Office
1940-05-09 1942-03-27 Deputy Director of Organisation, Middle East Command
1942-03-28 1942-08-16 Brigadier General Staff, 8th Army [North Africa]
1942-09-15 1944-01-26 Deputy Chief of Staff, Allied Force Headquarters [North Africa]
1944-01-XX 1944-05-25 Assistant Chief of Staff (Intelligence), Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force
1944-05-25 1945-06-30 Assistant Chief of Staff (Operations), Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force
1945-07-01 1945-11-27 Assistant Chief of Staff, Allied Control Commission Germany (British Element)
1945-11-28 1947-02-19 Chief Army Instructor at the Imperial Defence College
1947-02-20 1949-08-16 Commandant of National Defence College Canada
1949-09-14 1953-01-15 Deputy Chief of the Imperial General Staff
1953-XX-XX 1956-07-01 Chairman of Joint British Services Mission to Washington
1954-01-01 1956-07-01 United Kingdom Representative on the North Atlantic Standing Group, Washington
1954-10-15 1961-06-07 Colonel-Commandant, Royal Engineers
1956-09-11 Retired
Picture source: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205124026