Ernest Lewin
Ernest Lewin | |
|---|---|
| Born | 7 April 1879 |
| Died | 10 May 1950 (aged 71) |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service/ |  British Army |
| Rank | Major-General |
| Commands held | Malaya Command |
| Battles/wars | First World War Second World War |
| Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order |
Major-General Ernest Ord Lewin, CB, CMG, DSO (7 April 1879 – 10 May 1950) was General Officer Commanding Malaya Command.
Military career[]
Lewin was educated at Winchester College, for whom he played cricket,[1] and King's College, Cambridge.[2] He was commissioned into the Royal Field Artillery as a second-lieutenant on 26 May 1900, and promoted to lieutenant on 9 April 1902.[3] In his early career, he served as a Staff Officer in India and in the United Kingdom before become an adjutant in 1914.[4]
He served in the First World War as a General Staff Officer in France.[4] In 1927 he was appointed Brigadier Royal Artillery at Aldershot Command and in 1934 he became General Officer Commanding Malaya Command.[4] He was made Commander of 55th (West Lancashire) Division in 1935 and retired in 1938.[4] He was re-employed during the Second World War as General Officer Commanding Portsmouth Area in 1939 and then as Major-General in Charge of Administration for Southern Command in 1940; he retired again in 1941.[4]
Family[]
Lewin married and had one son and one daughter.[5]
References[]
- ^ Cricket Archive
- ^ "Lewin, Ernest Ord (LWN897EO)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "No. 27444". The London Gazette. 20 June 1902. p. 4051.
- ^ a b c d e "Ernest Lewin". Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives. Archived from the original on 9 June 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
- ^ Noli Irritare Leones
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- 1879 births
- 1950 deaths
- Royal Artillery officers
- British Army generals of World War II
- Companions of the Order of the Bath
- Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
- Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
- People educated at Winchester College
- Alumni of King's College, Cambridge
- British Army personnel of World War I