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Second World War Generals
Second World War Generals
The young officers of the Great War were in their forties and fifties by 1939; many of them volunteered to help in any way they could. Some had remained in the Regular Army between the wars, often taking steps down in rank to do so, and many of these became the Generals of the Second World War.
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Born 1893
Died 1955
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery
British Army Acting Major Royal Garrison Artillery
British Army Captain Royal Artillery
More about William Corson Holden -
Born 1891
Died 1959
British Army Temporary Lieutenant Colonel Royal Engineers
British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers
More about Henry Colville Barclay Wemyss -
Born 1888
Died 1964
Indian Army Lieutenant 31st Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers, attached 34th Poona Horse France
British Army Captain, acting Lieutenant Colonel Cheshire Regiment 31st Battalion
Indian Army Major 31st Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers
More about William Henry Goldney Baker -
Born 1892
Died 1982
Indian Army Captain 32nd Lancers
Indian Army Captain Guides Cavalry
More about Arthur Verney Hammond -
Born 1889
Died 1955
Indian Army Captain 13th Duke of Connaught’s Lancers (Watson’s Horse)
More about Ashton Gerard Oswald Mosley Mayne -
Born 1891
Died 1965
British Army Lieutenant Outram Rifles
Indian Army Captain 123rd Outram’s Rifles
More about Cyril Maton Periam Durnford -
Born 1895
Died 1943
British Army Lieutenant North Staffordshire Regiment
British Army Major General 1st Airborne Division
More about George Frederick Hopkinson -
Born 1896
Died 1981
British Army Captain Royal Garrison Artillery
More about Minden Whyte Melville Macleod -
Born 1893
Died 1974
Indian Army Captain 9th Hodson's Horse 6th Battalion
More about Frank Walter Messervy -
Born 1890
Died 1964
British Army Captain Somerset Light Infantry
British Army Lieutenant Somerset Light Infantry Prisoner of War at Torgau, captured 26th August 1914
British Army Second Lieutenant The Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry)
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More about John George Des Reaux Swayne -
Born 1890
Died 1942
Indian Army Captain 54th Sikhs (Frontier Force)
More about Lancelot Ernest Dennys -
Born 1887
Died 1961
British Army Battalion Major Infantry Brigade Division
British Army Brevet Major Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
More about Bernard Charles Tolver Paget