The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
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 Forces |
| 1944-05-25 | – | 1945-06-30 | Assistant Chief of Staff (Operations), Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces |
| 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 |
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