The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Winterton, Thomas John Willoughby
Lieutenant-General
* 13th of April 1898
† 14th of December 1987
(Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry)
Promotions
| 1938-01-01 | Local Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1939-07-01 | Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1939-09-03 | Acting Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1939-12-03 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1940-06-24 | Local Colonel-Commandant |
| 1940-08-23 | Acting Colonel |
| 1941-02-03 | Acting Brigadier |
| 1941-02-23 | War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1941-02-23 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1941-08-03 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1942-03-27 | Local Major-General |
| 1942-04-01 | Acting Major-General |
| 1942-10-16 | Colonel (Dated back to 1942-07-01) |
| 1943-04-01 | Temporary Major-General |
| 1943-05-26 | Acting Lieutenant-General |
| 1943-09-10 | Relinquish the Acting rank of Lieutenant-General |
| 1943-09-10 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Major-General |
| 1944-04-23 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier |
| 1944-06-15 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1945-04-15 | Temporary Major-General |
| 1947-11-01 | Brigadier |
| 1949-07-19 | Major-General |
Service
| 1938-01-01 | – | 1939-09-01 | Instructor at Staff College Camberley |
| 1939-09-02 | – | 1940-06-23 | Assistant Quartermaster-General British Expeditionary Force [France] |
| 1940-06-24 | – | 1941-01-22 | Chief Instructor at Staff College Camberley |
| 1941-02-03 | – | 1941-07-XX | Brigadier General Staff, South Eastern Command |
| 1941-07-XX | – | 1942-03-26 | Brigadier General Staff, XII Command |
| 1942-04-01 | – | 1942-06-16 | Major-General General Staff, Burma Army |
| 1942-06-17 | – | 1943-05-25 | Deputy Chief of the General Staff, Army Headquarters India |
| 1943-11-16 | – | 1944-02-15 | Commanding Officer 123rd Indian Infantry Brigade [Burma] |
| 1944-XX-XX | – | 1945-XX-XX | Commanding Officer ? Brigade [Italy] |
| 1945-XX-XX | – | 1949-XX-XX | Deputy Head Allied Commission for Austria |
| – | 1949-07-10 | Aide-de-Camp to the King | |
| 1950-01-XX | – | 1950-08-01 | British High Commissioner Austria |
| 1950-01-XX | – | 1950-08-01 | General Officer Commanding in Chief British Troops in Austria |
| 1951-XX-XX | – | 1954-XX-XX | Military-Governor of Trieste |
| 1951-03-18 | – | General Officer Commanding British Element Triest Force | |
| 1955-01-12 | Retired | ||
| 1955-09-15 | – | 1958-11-07 | Colonel, Oxfordshire & Buckingshire Light Infantry |
| 1958-11-07 | – | 1960-12-31 | Colonel-Commandant, 1st Green Jackets |
Picture source: Courtesy of Paul Godley