The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Gordon Wilson

Wilson, Gordon

Lieutenant-General

* 1st of February 1887

† 17th of July 1971

(Royal Army Medical Corps)

Promotions

1934-05-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1937-07-01 Brevet Colonel
1938-05-01 Colonel (Dated back to 1937-07-01)
1940-07-17 Acting Brigadier
1941-01-17 Temporary Brigadier
1941-10-13 Acting Major-General
1941-10-29 Major-General
1943-06-01 Local Lieutenant-General
1946-06-20 Granted the Honorary rank of Lieutenant-General

Service

1938-XX-XX 1939-XX-XX Commanding Officer Royal Victora Hospital Netley
1939-XX-XX 1940-XX-XX Commanding Officer Dieppe Sub-Area [France]
1940-07-17 1941-09-22 Deputy Director of Medical Services, X Corps
1941-10-13 1942-04-28 Deputy Director of Medical Services, Southern Command [India]
1941-10-13 1946-06-20 Honorary Surgeon to the King
1942-04-28 1943-05-31 Deputy Director of Medical Services, Southern Army [India]
1943-06-01 1946-03-24 Director of Medical Services, Army Headquarters India
1946-06-20 Retired