List of Colonel Generals

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The following list of Colonel Generals denotes those who have held the rank of Colonel General in the respective military forces of their countries.

[edit] England

• Sir Arthur Aston, Colonel-General of the Yorkshire Trained Bands (1640)
• Sir Thomas Baskerville, Colonel-General of land forces accompanying Sir Francis Drake's expedition to the West Indies (1595–1596); Colonel-General of English forces in Picardy (1596–1597)
• John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton, Royalist Colonel-General of Devon and Cornwall (1645–1646)
• Richard Bonython, Colonel-General of the Saco Militia (1645–?)
• Sir Nicholas Byron, Royalist Colonel-General of Cheshire (1643–1644)
• Charles Cavendish, Royalist Colonel-General of Lincolnshire (1642–1643)
• Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, Colonel-General of the London Foot (1601)
• Sir John Corbet, Parliamentarian Colonel-General of Shropshire (1642)
• Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, Colonel-General of the English Horse in the Netherlands (1586–1587)
• John Frescheville, 1st Baron Frescheville of Staveley, Royalist Colonel-General of Derbyshire (1644–1645)
• Sir Thomas Glemham, Royalist Colonel-General of Northumberland (1643–1646)
• Henry Hastings, 1st Baron Loughborough, Royalist Colonel-General of the East Midlands (1643)
• Bussy Mansell, Royalist Colonel-General of Wales (1645)
• Sir Charles Morgan, Colonel-General of His Majesty's Forces in the Service of the King of Denmark
• Sir John Norris, Colonel-General of the Dutch Army in Friesland (1580–1583); Colonel-General of the English Army in the Netherlands (1585–1586); Colonel-General of the English Foot in the Netherlands (1586–1587)
• Sydenham Poyntz, Parliamentarian Colonel-General of the Northern Association (1645–1647)
• Robert Radcliffe, 5th Earl of Sussex, Colonel-General of Foot (1599)
• Colonel-General Ruthin, Parliamentarian Governor of Plymouth
• Sir Thomas Scott, Colonel-General of Kent, Spanish Armada campaign (1588)
• Sir William Vavasour, Royalist Colonel-General of the Welsh Marches (1643–1644)
• Sir Francis Vere, Colonel-General of English Foot in the Netherlands (?–1604)
• Sir Richard Willys, Royalist Colonel-General of Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and Rutland (1645)

[edit] Austria

1. Archduke Josef Ferdinand (1872–1942)
2. Friedrich Graf (Count) von Beck-Rzikowsky (1830–1920)
3. Eduard Graf Paar (1837–1919)
4. Arthur Freiherr von Bolfras (1838–1922)
5. Friedrich Freiherr von Georgi (1852–1926)
6. Karl Freiherr von Pflanzer-Baltin (1855–1925)
7. Viktor Graf von Dankl (1854–1941)
8. Karl Tersztyánszky von Nádas (1854–1921)
9. Paul Freiherr Puhallo von Brlog (1856–1926)
10. Archduke Leopold Salvator (1863–1931)
11. Karl Graf von Kirchbach auf Lauterbach (1856–1939)
12. Adolf Freiherr von Rhemen zu Barenfels (1855–1932)
13. Karl Graf Huyn (1857–1938)
14. Hermann Kusmanek von Burgneustädten (1860–1934)
15. Karl Křitek (1861–1928)
16. Wenzel Freiherr von Wurm (1859–1921)
17. Samuel Freiherr von Hazai (1851–1942)
18. Leopold Freiherr von Hauer (1854–1933)
19. Viktor Graf von Scheuchenstuel (1857–1938)
20. Stephan Freiherr Sarkotić von Lovčen (1858–1939)
21. Josef Ritter Roth von Limanowa-Lapanów (1859–1927)
22. Arthur Freiherr Arz von Straussenburg (1857–1935)
23. Hugo Martiny von Malastów (1860–1940)
24. Rudolf Freiherr Stöger-Steiner von Steinstätten (1861–1921)
25. Alois Fürst Schönburg-Hartenstein (1858–1944)

[edit] Germany

1. Hans von Seeckt (1866–1936)
2. Wilhelm Adam (1877–1949)
3. Hans-Jürgen von Arnim (1889–1962)
4. Ludwig Beck (1880–July 20, 1944), shot
5. Johannes Blaskowitz (1883–1948), suicide
6. Kurt Daluege (1897–1946), executed – SS-Oberstgruppenführer
7. Eduard Dietl (1890–1944), died in aircraft crash
8. Sepp Dietrich (1892–1966) – SS-Oberstgruppenführer
9. Friedrich Dollmann (1882–1944)
10. Nikolaus von Falkenhorst (1885–1968)
11. Johannes Friessner (1892–1971)
12. Werner von Fritsch (1880–1939), killed in action
13. Friedrich Fromm (1888–1945), executed
14. Heinz Guderian (1888–1954)
15. Curt Haase (1881–1943)
16. Franz Halder (1884–1972)
17. Kurt Freiherr (Baron) von Hammerstein-Equord (1878-1943)
18. Josef Harpe (1887–1968)
19. Paul Hausser (1880–1972) – SS-Oberstgruppenführer
20. Gotthard Heinrici (1886–1971)
21. Walter Heitz (1878–1944)
22. Carl Hilpert (1888–1947)
23. Wilhelm Heye (1869–1946)
24. Karl-Adolf Hollidt (1891–1985)
25. Hermann Hoth (1885–1971)
26. Erich Hoepner (1886–1944), executed
27. Hans Valentin Hube (1890–1944), died in aircraft crash
28. Erwin Jaenecke (1890–1960)
29. Hans Jeschonnek (1899–1943), suicide
30. Alfred Jodl (1890–1946), executed
31. Georg Lindemann (1884–1963)
32. Eberhard von Mackensen (1889–1969)
33. Erhard Raus (1889–1956)
34. Georg-Hans Reinhardt (1887–1963)
35. Lothar Rendulic (1887–1971)
36. Richard Ruoff (1883–1967)
37. Hans von Salmuth (1888–1962)
38. Rudolf Schmidt (1886–1957)
39. Eugen Ritter von Schobert (1883–1941)
40. Franz Xaver Schwarz (1875–1947) – SS-Oberstgruppenführer (honorary)
41. Adolf Strauß (1879–1973)
42. Ernst Udet (1896–1941), suicide – Generalluftzeugmeister
43. Heinrich-Gottfried von Vietinghoff-Scheel (1887–1952)
44. Walter Weiß (1890–1967)
45. Kurt Zeitzler (1895–1963)