Leslie Lockhart
Leslie Lockhart | |
|---|---|
| Born | 5 June 1897 |
| Died | 27 March 1966 (aged 68) |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/ | British Army |
| Rank | Major-General |
| Commands held | 307th Infantry Brigade 5th Anti-Aircraft Group East Anglian District |
| Battles/wars | First World War Second World War |
| Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire Military Cross |
Major-General Leslie Keith Lockhart CB CBE MC (5 June 1897 – 27 March 1966) was a British Army officer.
Military career[]
Lockhart was commissioned into the Royal Field Artillery on 28 July 1915.[1] He was awarded the Military Cross for services in the First World War.[2] He served in the Second World War as a colonel on the British Army Staff at Washington, D.C. from 1940, as Deputy Director of Royal Artillery at the War Office from October 1942 and as commander of an Anti-Aircraft Brigade in North-West Europe from 1944.[3] He then served as Deputy General Officer Commanding the Anti-Aircraft Units of 21st Army Group in North-West Europe from early 1945 and as commander of 307th Infantry Brigade from May 1945.[3]
After the war he became commander of 5th Anti-Aircraft Group on the East Coast in 1947 and General Officer Commanding East Anglian District in May 1951 before retiring in December 1952.[4]
References[]
- ^ "No. 29242". The London Gazette. 27 July 1915. p. 7335.
- ^ "No. 29886". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 2016. p. 37.
- ^ a b "Lockhart, Leslie Keith". Generals.dk. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
- ^ "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 7 June 2020.
- 1897 births
- 1966 deaths
- Companions of the Order of the Bath
- Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
- Recipients of the Military Cross
- Royal Field Artillery officers
- British Army personnel of World War I
- British Army generals of World War II
- Royal Artillery officers