| 词条 | Henry Leask |
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| name = Sir Henry Leask | image = | caption = | birth_date = 30 June 1913 | death_date = 10 January 2004 (aged 90) | placeofburial_label = | placeofburial = | birth_place = | death_place = | placeofburial_coordinates = | nickname = | allegiance ={{flag|United Kingdom}} | branch ={{army|United Kingdom}} | serviceyears =1936–1972 | rank =Lieutenant General | unit =Royal Scots Fusiliers | commands = 8th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 1st Battalion, London Scottish 1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division Scottish Command | battles = World War II | awards = Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order Officer of the Order of the British Empire | relations = | laterwork = }} Lieutenant General Sir Henry Lowther Ewart Clark Leask KCB DSO OBE (30 June 1913 – 10 January 2004) was a senior British Army officer who served in World War II and held high command during the 1960s. Military careerHenry 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] FamilyIn 1940, he married Zoe Paynter and together they went on to have one son and two daughters.[2] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives {{s-start}}{{s-mil}}{{s-bef|before=Sir Derek Lang}}{{s-ttl|title=GOC-in-C Scottish Command|years=1969–1972}}{{s-aft|after=Sir Chandos Blair}}{{end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Leask, Henry}}2. ^1 Obituary: Lt Gen Sir Henry Leask The Times, 23 January 2004 10 : 1913 births|2004 deaths|British Army generals|British Army personnel of World War II|Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath|Companions of the Distinguished Service Order|Officers of the Order of the British Empire|Royal Scots Fusiliers officers|Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders officers|British Parachute Regiment officers |
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