Donald Kenneth McLeod
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Military career
McLeod was commissioned into the Indian Army on 29 November 1904.[1] He earned recognition with his appointment as a companion of the Distinguished Service Order in the 1917 New Year Honours during the First World War.[2]
He became commanding officer Guides Cavalry in India in 1928, commander of the 4th (Secunderabad) Cavalry Brigade in 1933 and commander of the 1st (Risalpur) Cavalry Brigade in 1934.[3] He went on to be Deputy Adjutant and Quartermaster General, Northern Command, India in 1937 and, having been appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath on 11 May 1937,[4] he became General Officer Commanding Burma Command in January 1939 before retiring in 1942.[3] He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire in the 1942 New Year Honours.[5]
He became a Deputy Lieutenant for Inverness-shire in 1955.[6]
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- 1885 births
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- British Indian Army generals
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- Indian Army generals of World War II
- Graduates of the Staff College, Camberley
- Graduates of the Royal College of Defence Studies
- People educated at Wellington College, Berkshire
- Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst
- Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
- Companions of the Order of the Bath
- Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
- Deputy lieutenants of Inverness-shire