Name Donald McLeod | Died 1958 | |
Lieutenant General Sir (Donald) Kenneth McLeod (19 June 1885 – 25 October 1958) was a British Indian Army officer.
Contents
Biography
Quoted from Nick Smart, Biographical Dictionary of British Generals during the Second World War, pps. 201-202
"The son of a general and educated at Wellington and RMC, Sandhurst, McLeod was gazetted into the Corps of Guides (Indian Army) in 1905. He served on the North-West Frontier and in the First War was wounded in Mesopotamia, mentioned three times in despatches in Palestine and admitted to the DSO in 1917.
A graduate of the Staff College, Camberley, in 1920, McLeod was a staff officer at the War Office 1921–1922 and, married in 1923, was an instructor at Camberley 1923–1926. He commanded the Guides Cavalry in India 1928–1932, and attended the Imperial Defence College and, returning to India commanded, in turn, the 4th and 1st Cavalry Brigades 1933–1936. A major general in 1936, he was Deputy Adjutant and QMG Northern Command, India, in 1937, and from 1938 to 1941 was GOC Burma.
Adjudged deficient in 'push and go' by Pownall, and 'a nice old gentleman' by Wavell, McLeod was dismissed from his command at the same time as he was promoted lieutenant general and retired from the army in 1942. Knighted, he was Honorary Sheriff Substitute for Inverness-shire from 1942 and DL for the county from 1955."