The Generals of WWII
Generals from Great Britain
Montgomery, Bernard Law
Field Marshal
* 17th of November 1887
† 24th of March 1976
(Royal Warwickshire Regiment)
Nickname: Monty
Nickname: Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
Promotions
| 1926-01-23 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1928-01-01 | Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1929-01-20 | Reverted to Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1931-01-17 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1934-06-29 | Colonel (Dated back to 1931-01-01) |
| 1938-08-05 | Temporary Brigadier |
| 1938-10-28 | Major-General (Dated back to 1938-05-21) |
| 1940-07-22 | Acting Lieutenant-General |
| 1941-07-22 | Temporary Lieutenant-General |
| 1942-10-16 | Lieutenant-General |
| 1942-11-11 | General |
| 1944-09-01 | Field Marshal |
Service
| 1926-01-23 | – | 1929-01-20 | Instructor at Staff College Camberley |
| 1931-01-17 | – | 1934-06-29 | Commanding Officer 1st Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment |
| 1934-06-29 | – | 1937-06-28 | Instructor at Staff College Quetta [India] |
| 1937-06-29 | – | 1938-08-05 | Half-pay |
| 1937-08-05 | – | 1938-10-27 | Commanding Officer 9th Infantry Brigade |
| 1938-10-28 | – | 1939-08-22 | General Officer Commanding 8th Infantry Division [Palestine] |
| 1939-08-28 | – | 1940-05-30 | General Officer Commanding 3rd Infantry Division [France] |
| 1940-06-03 | – | 1940-07-22 | General Officer Commanding 3rd Infantry Division [France] |
| 1940-07-22 | – | 1941-04-XX | General Officer Commanding V Corps |
| 1941-04-16 | – | 1941-12-24 | General Officer Commanding XII Corps |
| 1941-12-25 | – | 1942-08-09 | General Officer Commanding in Chief South Eastern Command |
| 1942-08-13 | – | 1943-12-31 | General Officer Commanding 8th Army [North Africa - Sicily - Italy] |
| 1944-01-06 | – | 1944-08-01 | Commander in Chief Allied Land Forces for Operation Overlord [Normandy] |
| 1944-01-06 | – | 1945-05-25 | Commander in Chief 21st Army Group [Northwestern Europe] |
| 1944-11-06 | – | 1956-03-13 | Colonel-Commandant, Parashute Regiment |
| 1945-05-26 | – | 1946-06-25 | Commander-in-Chief British Forces of Occupation in Germany |
| 1945-05-26 | – | 1946-06-25 | Member of the Allied Control Council Germany |
| 1945-07-12 | – | 1957-05-01 | Colonel-Commandant, Royal Tank Regiment |
| 1946-05-01 | – | 1961-01-01 | Colonel-Commandant, Army Physical Training Corps |
| 1946-06-26 | – | 1948-10-31 | Chief of the Imperial General Staff |
| 1947-01-01 | – | 1963-11-17 | Colonel, Royal Warwickshire Regiment |
| 1947-05-12 | – | 1957-09-01 | Colonel-Commandant, Royal Armoured Corps |
| 1948-11-01 | – | 1951-03-31 | Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee, Western European Union |
| 1951-04-01 | – | 1958-09-19 | Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe |
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