Promoties

18-09-1909
Second Lieutenant
6-05-1911
Lieutenant
11-03-1915
Captain
16-12-1926
Major
12-01-1936
Lieutenant-Colonel
3-04-1936
Colonel
datum niet bekend
Brigadier
29-09-1938
Major-General
5-10-1940
Lieutenant-General acting
18-05-1944
Lieutenant-General
17-04-1945
General

Carrière

1908
Royal Military College Sandhurst
9-1909
2nd Lieutenant 2nd Battalion, Cameronians
10-1914
Signals Officer 22nd Brigade / 7th Division in België
1915
Commander 7th Division’s Signals Company
10-1916
Brigade Major (Chief of Staff) of 91st Brigade, 7th Division
6-1917
Commanding Officer 2nd Infantry Battalion, The Honourable Artillery Company, 7th Division
11-1917
Verplaatsing met 7th Division naar Italiaans Front on Piave River
11-1918
Einde Eerste wereldoorlog
4-1919
Regimental Adjutant
12-1919
Staff College Camberley
1921
Brigade Major (Chief of Staff) of 5th “Experimental” Brigade
2-1924
Adjutant Cameronians
10-1927
Instructor Staff College Camberley
1-1930
Commanding Officer 1st Battalion, Cameronians in Egypt
1931
Verplaatsing naar Lucknow, India
4-1932
General staff officer 2nd grade (gso2) in the War Office in London
1935
Imperial Defence College London
4-1936
Commanding Officer Peshawar Brigade
9-1938
General Officer Commanding 7th Division in Palestine and Military Governor of Jerusalem
8-1939
7th Division verplaatst naar Mersa Matruh, Egypt
11-1939
7th Division converted to 6th Division
10-06-1940
Italy declares war on Britain and France.
6-1940
General Officer Commanding Western Desert Force (WDF / 7th Armoured Division, 
4th Indian Division and new Long Range Desert Group). 
Taak push Italians out of Egypt and protect Suez Canal.
13-09-1940
Italians attack Egypt from Lybia
8-12-1940
O’Connor begins Operation Compass Pushing Italians back along Mediterrean coast and bypassing Italians trough inlands. 
By mid December the Italians had left Egypt leaving behind 38.000 prisoners and large stores of equipment.
1-1941
Western Desert Force becomes British XIII Corps. O’Connor in command
4-02-1941
4th  Armoured Brigade, 7th Armoured Division arrives just before Italians in Beda Fomm. 
Italians can’t retreat further and surrender. 
130.000 soldiers, 400 tanks and 1.292 guns are concurred by 31.000 brits 
and Australians with 275 tanks and 120 guns.
2-1941
General Officer Commanding-in-Chief British Troops in Egypt
3-1941
Generalmajor Erwin Rommel lands in Lybia.