History and chronology of Vereker Gort, 6th in Great Britain

General

Military
World War, 2nd

Events

Chief General Staff
Commander
Dynamo
Evacuation Dunkirk
Field Marshal
General
Governor
High Commissioner
Inspector General
Invasion France

Places

Bastion
Dunkirk
Gibraltar
London
Malta
Palestine

Vereker Gort, 6th History of Great Britain


1937	Chief of General Staff
Appointed Chief-of-Imperial-General-Staff
1937	General
Appointed General
1939	Commander
London Appointed Commander-in-Chief
1939	Invasion of France
9th Sep The 1st units of the BEF embark for France under Lord Gort
1940	Dynamo
26th May Dunkirk Receives orders to withdraw the BEF to Dunkirk
1940	Evacuation Dunkirk
31st May Bastion The Commander of the BEF follows Cabinet orders & returns to Britain
1940	Inspector General
Appointed Inspector General
1941	Commander
Gibraltar Appointed Commander-in-Chief of Gibraltar
1941	Governor
Gibraltar Appointed Governor of Gibraltar
1942	Commander
Malta Appointed Commander-in-Chief of Malta
1943	Field Marshal
Appointed Field Marshal
1944	High Commissioner
Palestine Appointed High Commissioner of Palestine & Trans -Jordan