Walter David Alexander Lentaigne
Chindits, 4 Gorkha Rifles, British Indian Army
Herausgegeben: Koios, Eloi Rylan
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Lieutenant General Walter David Alexander Lentaigne, CB, CBE, DSO, (1899 1955) British Indian Army. Sometimes called "Joe" Lentaigne.Walter Lentaigne was an officer in the British Indian Army. He fought in the Third Anglo-Afghan War in 1919. During World War II he commanded a battalion during the 1942 Burma Campaign and was later given command of 63rd Indian Infantry Brigade. In 1943, he was personally selected by General Archibald Wavell (the Commander-in-chief of th...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Lieutenant General Walter David Alexander Lentaigne, CB, CBE, DSO, (1899 1955) British Indian Army. Sometimes called "Joe" Lentaigne.Walter Lentaigne was an officer in the British Indian Army. He fought in the Third Anglo-Afghan War in 1919. During World War II he commanded a battalion during the 1942 Burma Campaign and was later given command of 63rd Indian Infantry Brigade. In 1943, he was personally selected by General Archibald Wavell (the Commander-in-chief of the British Indian Army) to form and command the 111th Indian Infantry Brigade as a Long Range Pentration Brigade. In 1944, in the midst of the second Chindit operation (Operation Thursday) he was appointed commander of the Chindit Force and led the force until it was disbanded in 1945. He then led the Indian Army's jungle training programs as commander of the 39th Indian Infantry Division. Heserved in the postwar Indian Army and rose finally to the rank of Lieutenant General.
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