Donald Kenneth McLeod
Encyclopedia
Sir Kenneth McLeod (1885–1958) was an officer in the British Army
who achieved a rank of Lieutenant General
. He joined the army in 1903 and by 1904 he was with the British Indian Army
.
British Army
The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...
who achieved a rank of Lieutenant General
Lieutenant General
Lieutenant General is a military rank used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages where the title of Lieutenant General was held by the second in command on the battlefield, who was normally subordinate to a Captain General....
. He joined the army in 1903 and by 1904 he was with the British Indian Army
British Indian Army
The British Indian Army, officially simply the Indian Army, was the principal army of the British Raj in India before the partition of India in 1947...
.
Career
- 1908 North West Frontier, IndiaIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
- 1914–1918 World War IWorld War IWorld War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
- 1914–1915 Aide-de-camp to Bde Commander, FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
- 1915 Staff Capt, France 1915
- 1915–1916 General Staff Officer Grade 3, France 1915–1916
- 1916 Bde Maj, France
- 1916–1917 General Staff Officer Grade 2, France
- 1917–1918 General Staff Officer Grade 2, India
- 1914–1915 Aide-de-camp to Bde Commander, France
- 1919 Kurdistan, IraqIraqIraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
- 1920 Staff College, CamberleyCamberleyCamberley is a town in Surrey, England, situated 31 miles southwest of central London, in the corridor between the M3 and M4 motorways. The town lies close to the borders of both Hampshire and Berkshire; the boundaries intersect on the western edge of the town where all three counties...
- 1921–1922 General Staff Officer Grade 3, British War Office
- 1923–1925 General Staff Officer Grade 2, Staff College, Camberley
- 1928–1932 Commander, Guides CavalryCavalryCavalry or horsemen were soldiers or warriors who fought mounted on horseback. Cavalry were historically the third oldest and the most mobile of the combat arms...
- 1932 Imperial Defence College
- 1933–1934 Commander, 4 (Secunderabad) Cavalry Bde, India
- 1934–1936 Commander, 1 Risalpur Cavalry Bde
- 1937–1938 Deputy Adjutant and Quartermaster General, Northern Command, India
- 1939–1942 World War IIWorld War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
- 1939–1941 General Officer Commanding, Army in Burma, Burma Command
- 1942 retired
- 1944–1945 Head of British Red Cross in Southern Europe