The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Major-General Peter Hugh de Havilland

de Havilland, Peter Hugh

Major-General

* 29th of July 1904

† 15th of December 1989

(Royal Artillery)

Promotions

1940-12-30 Local Lieutenant-Colonel
1941-10-14 Acting Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-01-14 War Substantive Major
1942-01-14 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1942-01-28 Major
1943-05-29 Relinquish the Temporary rank of Lieutenant-Colonel
1943-07-01 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1943-08-23 Acting Colonel
1943-10-15 Acting Brigadier
1944-02-23 War Substantive Lieutenant-Colonel
1944-02-23 Temporary Colonel
1944-04-15 Temporary Brigadier
1948-06-22 Colonel (Dated back to 1947-02-23)
1953-03-02 Temporary Major-General
1953-09-02 Brigadier
1954-02-02 Major-General

Service

1943-10-15 1945-XX-XX Brigadier (Army Equipment & Statistics), 21st Army Group [Northwestern Europe]
1945-XX-XX 1947-XX-XX Deputy Adjutant & Quartermaster-General, I Corps
1948-XX-XX Deputy Regional Commander Schleswig-Holstein [Germany]
1949-XX-XX Deputy Head of the British Delegation, Five Power Military Committee
1951-XX-XX British Military Representative, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
1953-03-02 1955-05-02 Chief of Staff, Northern Command
1955-05-02 Retired