The Generals of WWII

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Portrait of Lieutenant-General Lewis Macclesfield Heath

Heath, Lewis Macclesfield

Lieutenant-General

* 23rd of November 1885

† 10th of January 1954

(11th Sikh Regiment)

(Indian Army)

Nickname: Piggy

Promotions

1929-01-01 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
1929-12-06 Lieutenant-Colonel
1931-05-06 Brevet Colonel (Dated back to 1931-05-06)
1934-01-09 Colonel (Dated back to 1931-05-06)
1936-01-16 Local Brigadier
1936-07-16 Temporary Brigadier
1939-01-20 Major-General
1941-04-26 Acting Lieutenant-General
1941-05-10 Lieutenant-General

Service

1929-12-06 1933-12-05 Commanding Officer 1st Battalion, 11th Sikh Regiment
1934-01-09 1936-07-15 Instructor at Senior Officers' School Belgaum [India]
1936-07-16 1939-04-23 Commanding Officer Wana Brigade [India]
1938-12-09 1946-12-13 Colonel, 1st Battalion, 11th Sikh Regiment
1939-04-24 1939-10-20 Half-pay
1939-10-21 1940-XX-XX District Officer Commanding Deccan District [India]
1940-06-XX 1941-04-12 General Officer Commanding 5th Indian Infantry Division [East Africa]
1941-05-XX 1942-02-15 General Officer Commanding III Indian Corps [Malaya]
1942-02-15 1945-XX-XX Prisoner of War
1946-04-13 Retired
Picture source: Courtesy of Paul Godley