Army Career Summary
- Commissioned Second Lieutenant, 1903
- Commissioned 62nd Punjabis, India, 1904
- Promoted Lieutenant, 1905
- Promoted Captain, 1912
- Promoted Acting Major, second in command 62nd Punjab Regiment, 1916
- Acting Lieutenant-Colonel, temporary commander 62nd Punjab Regiment, 1917
- Promoted Major, GSO2 Mesopotamia, 1918
- Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel, GSO1 Mesopotamia, 1919
- Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel, Kurdistan, 1919
- Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General, India, 1923–1924
- Imperial Defence College, 1927
- Commanding Officer 1st Battalion 1st Punjab Regiment, 1929–1930
- Promoted Colonel, 1930
- Instructor at Command and Staff College, Quetta, India, 1930–1933
- Honorary Colonel 1st Battalion 1st Punjab Regiment, 1933
- Temporary Brigadier, Commanding Officer Peshawar Brigade, 1933–1936
- Promoted Major-General, 1935
- Deputy Chief General Staff, India, 1936–1938
- Chairman, Expert Committee on the Defence of India, 1938
- District Officer Commanding Meerut District, India, 1938–1939
- General Officer Commanding 3rd Indian Infantry Division, 1939–1940
- Honorary Colonel 1st battalion 4th Bombay Grenadiers, 1939
- General Officer Commanding IV Corps, 1940
- Promoted Lieutenant-General, 1940
- General Officer Commanding Northern Norway, 1940
- General Officer Commanding V Corps, 1940
- General Officer Commander-in-Chief Southern Command, 1940
- Commander-in-Chief, India, Promoted General, 1941
- Honorary Colonel Inniskilling Fusiliers, 1941
- Commander-in-Chief Middle East Command, 1941–1942
- Aide-de-Camp General to the King, 1941–1946
- Temporary General Officer Commanding Eighth Army, 1942
- Commander-in-Chief, India, 1943–1947
- Honorary Colonel 4th Bombay Grenadiers, 1944
- Promoted Field Marshal, 1946
- Supreme Commander in India & Pakistan, 1947
- Colonel 1st Punjab Regiment, 1947
- Retired 1947
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