The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Donald Kenneth McLeod

McLeod, Donald Kenneth

Lieutenant-General

* 19th of June 1885

† 25th of October 1958

(Guides Cavalry)

(Indian Army)

Promotions

1923-01-01 Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
1925-01-07 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1928-09-11 Lieutenant-Colonel
1933-09-16 Colonel (Dated back to 1929-07-01)
1933-09-16 Temporary Colonel
1936-10-26 Major-General
1941-04-01 (Dated back to 1941-03-11)

Service

1923-01-01 1925-12-30 Instructor at Staff College Camberley
1927-06-19 1928-09-10 Second in Command Guides Cavalry [India]
1928-09-11 1932-12-17 Commanding Officer Guides Cavalry [India]
1932-12-18 1933-03-14 Unemployed
1933-09-16 1934-12-17 Commanding Officer 4th (Secunderabad) Cavalry Brigade [India]
1934-12-18 1936-12-15 Commanding Officer 1st (Risalpur) Cavalry Brigade [India]
1936-12-16 1937-08-07 Half-pay
1937-10-02 1938-05-02 Deputy Adjutant & Quartermaster-General, Northern Command [India]
1939-01-20 1941-12-02 General Officer Commanding Burma Command
1942-03-30 Retired
Picture source: NPG x162971, National Portrait Gallery, London