Dill, John Greer
- Date of birth:
- December 25th, 1881 (Lurgan/County Armagh, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom)
- Date of death:
- November 4th, 1944 (Washington, D.C., United States)
- Buried on:
- Arlington National Cemetery
Plot: 2. Grave: 5-29. - Service number:
- 6659
- Nationality:
- British
Biography
Military career:
8 May 1901: Second Lieutenant
?: Lieutenant
12 July 1911: Captain
?: Major
January 1917: Lieutenant Colonel
?: Colonel
?: Brigadier
1930: Major General
?: Lieutenant General
1 october 1939: General
18 November 1941: Field Marshal
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Mentioned in Dispatches
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- February 17th, 1915
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Captain
- Awarded on:
- June 22nd, 1915
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- June 22nd, 1915
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- June 15th, 1916
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- January 4th, 1917
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- May 15th, 1917
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- December 11th, 1917
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- December 20th, 1918
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Temporary Brigadier
- Awarded on:
- July 5th, 1919
Officier de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Temporary Brigadier
- Awarded on:
- July 11th, 1919
Commandeur in de Kroonorde
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Temporary Brigadier
- Awarded on:
- August 19th, 1919
Ordinul Coroana Romaniei Ofiter
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Temporary Brigadier
- Awarded on:
- September 19th, 1919
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Temporary Brigadier
- Awarded on:
- March 5th, 1920
- Rank:
- Colonel
- Awarded on:
- January 2nd, 1928
New Years Honours
- Rank:
- Lieutenant-general
- Awarded on:
- May 11th, 1937
HM's coronation
- Rank:
- Lieutenant-general
- Awarded on:
- May 11th, 1937
HM's coronation
Order Odrodzenia Polski Wielki
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General
- Unit:
- Imperial General Staff, War Office, British Government
- Awarded on:
- July 22nd, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Field Marshal
- Unit:
- British Joint Staff Mission, War Office, British Government
- Awarded on:
- January 1st, 1942
New Years Honours
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Senior British Representative
Sanct Olavs Orden Grand Cross
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Field Marshal
- Unit:
- British Joint Staff Mission, War Office, British Government
- Awarded on:
- November 26th, 1943
Distinguished Service Medal - Army (DSM)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Field Marshal
- Unit:
- British Joint Staff Mission, War Office, British Government
- Awarded on:
- November 21st, 1944
Posthumously awarded.
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Sources
- Photo 1: Wikipedia.org
- - Smart, N., Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War, Pen & Sword Books Limited, Barnsley, England, 2005
- Mead, R., Churchill’s Lions – A Biographical Guide to the Key British Generals of World War II, Spellmount Publishers Ltd., Chalford, England, 2007
- unithistories.com
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31454/supplement/8957
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31812/supplement/2868
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31514/supplement/10604
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31560/supplement/11749
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/33343/supplement/3
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34396/supplement/3078
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28529/page/6628
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35352/supplement/6693
- King's Collections : Archive Catalogues : DILL, Field Marshal Sir John Greer (1881-1944) : 1-10: Papers
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