Henry Leask

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Military career

Henry Leask was commissioned into the Royal Scots Fusiliers in 1936.^[1]

He served in the Second World War becoming commanding officer of 8th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in 1944.^[1] He won the DSO for on a three-mile dash to capture two bridges over the River Po at San Patrizio.^[2]

After the War, in 1946, he was appointed commanding officer of 1st London Scottish and from 1947 he was in Military Operations Directorate at the War Office.^[1] He then became commanding officer of 1st Parachute Regiment in 1952.^[1] He was appointed Assistant Military Secretary to the Secretary of State for War in 1955 and then from 1957 he was Commandant of the Tactical Wing of the School of Infantry.^[1] In 1962, he became Deputy Military Secretary to the Secretary of State for War.^[1]

He was appointed General Officer Commanding 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division in 1964, and Director of Army Training at the Ministry of Defence in 1966.^[1] He became General Officer Commanding Scottish Command and Governor of Edinburgh Castle in 1969; he retired in 1972.^[1]

Family

In 1940, he married Zoe de Camborne Paynter and together they went on to have one son and two daughters.^[2] Their son Anthony (b.1943) followed his father into the services, joining the Scots Guards and rising to the rank of Major-General, before becoming a military historian.^[3]

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Military offices
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