The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Woodall, John Dane
Lieutenant-General
* 19th of April 1897
† 7th of May 1985
(Royal Artillery)
Promotions
| 1939-01-01 | Local Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1939-10-08 | Acting Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1940-01-08 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1940-11-23 | Acting Colonel |
| 1940-11-23 | Acting Brigadier |
| 1941-05-23 | War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1941-05-23 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1941-05-23 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1943-04-24 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1943-05-31 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Brigadier |
| 1943-05-31 | Relinquish the Temporary rank of Colonel |
| 1943-12-21 | Temporary Colonel |
| 1943-12-21 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1944-06-30 | Colonel (Dated back to 1944-05-23) |
| 1946-03-27 | Acting Major-General |
| 1947-03-27 | Temporary Major-General |
| 1947-03-31 | Major-General (Dated back to 1945-01-15) |
| 1952-08-13 | Lieutenant-General |
Service
| 1939-01-01 | – | 1939-08-31 | Instructor at RAF Staff College |
| 1939-09-01 | – | 1939-10-07 | General Staff Officer 2, ? [France] |
| 1939-10-08 | – | 1940-11-22 | General Staff Officer 1, ? |
| 1940-XX-XX | Brigadier General Staff, ? | ||
| 1940-11-23 | – | Special employment | |
| 1943-12-21 | – | 1945-XX-XX | Deputy Director of Staff Duties, War Office |
| 1946-03-27 | – | 1949-03-XX | Director of Manpower Planning, War Office |
| 1949-04-03 | – | 1952-04-XX | Vice Adjutant-General, War Office |
| 1952-07-14 | – | 1955-07-18 | General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland District |
| 1954-07-12 | – | 1962-04-19 | Colonel-Commandant, Royal Artillery |
| 1955-08-15 | Retired | ||
| 1955-10-24 | – | 1959-10-XX | Governor & Commander in Chief of Bermuda |