Donald Kenneth McLeod

Sir (Donald) 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.

Career

• 1908 North West Frontier, India
• 1914–1918 World War I
  • 1914–1915 Aide-de-camp to Bde Commander, 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
• 1919 Kurdistan, Iraq
• 1920 Staff College, Camberley
• 1921–1922 General Staff Officer Grade 3, British War Office
• 1923–1925 General Staff Officer Grade 2, Staff College, Camberley
• 1928–1932 Commander, Guides Cavalry
• 1932 Imperial Defence College
• 1933–1934 Commander, 4th (Secunderabad) Cavalry Brigade, India
• 1934–1936 Commander, 1st (Risalpur) Cavalry Brigade
• 1937–1938 Deputy Adjutant and Quartermaster General, Northern Command, India
• 1939–1942 World War II
  • 1939–1941 General Officer Commanding, Army in Burma, Burma Command
  • 1942 retired
  • 1944–1945 Head of British Red Cross in Southern Europe

References

• Generals.dk, McLeod, Sir Donald Kenneth, Lieutenant-General