Ian Lyall Grant
Ian Hallam Lyall-Grant | |
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Born | 4 June 1915 |
Died | 29 February 2020 Chichester, England | (aged 104)
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Army |
Years of service | 1935–1970 |
Rank | Major-General |
Unit | Royal Engineers |
Battles/wars | Second World War |
Awards | Military Cross |
Major-General Ian Hallam Lyall-Grant MC (4 June 1915 – 29 February 2020) was a British army officer, engineer and government official. He wrote two books based on his experience in the Burma campaign during World War II.
Career[]
Lyall-Grant was commissioned in the Royal Engineers on 31 January 1935,[1]
Later life and death[]
He lived to be 104 years old and lived in a care home in Chichester called Wellington Grange run by Colten Care. Ian Lyall Grant died on a Saturday.[2][3]
Books[]
- Burma: The Turning Point[4][5]
- Burma 1942: the Japanese invasion; both sides tell the story of a savage jungle war[6]
References[]
- ^ "No. 34129". The London Gazette. 1 February 1935. p. 772.
- ^ "Major-General Ian Lyall Grant obituary". The Times. 31 March 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- ^ "Major General Ian Lyall Grant, commander of engineers in Burma who reconnoitred and built tracks for troops while under enemy fire – obituary". The Telegraph. 11 March 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- ^ Lyall Grant, Ian (2003). Burma: the turning point; the seven battles on the Tiddim Road which turned the tide of the Burma War. Leo Cooper. ISBN 1-84415-026-7. OCLC 249366552.
- ^ Callahan, Raymond (January 1995). "Burma: The Turning Point. (book review)". The Journal of Military History. 59 (1): 169. doi:10.2307/2944389. ISSN 0899-3718. JSTOR 2944389.
- ^ Lyall Grant, Ian; Tamayama, Kazuo (1999). Burma 1942 : the Japanese invasion ; both sides tell the story of a savage jungle war. Chichester: Zampi Press. ISBN 0-9521083-1-3. OCLC 40798441.
External links[]
- "Lyall Grant, Ian Hallam (Oral history)". Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
- "Ian Hallam Lyall Grant - National Portrait Gallery". www.npg.org.uk. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
Categories:
- 1915 births
- 2020 deaths
- British Army generals
- 20th-century British engineers
- British centenarians
- Men centenarians
- Recipients of the Military Cross
- Royal Engineers officers
- British Army personnel stubs