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Roderick McLeod (British Army officer)

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In 1933 McLeod married Camilla Rachel Hunter Fell, who died in 1942. Then in 1946 he married Mary Vavasour Lloyd Thomas MBE, daughter of Dr Henry Lloyd Driver and his wife Amy Vavasour Berridge. She was the widow of Captain Henry Cecil Augustus Heyman, who died at
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After the war McLeod became Director of Military Operations in India from 1945 to 1947. He was appointed Assistant Commandant at the Staff College in 1948 and then Commander
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Committee which recommended re-organisation of the Logistic Services of the British Army: this led to the formation of the
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England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes: Register Number: C10B; District and Subdistrict: 7611C; Entry Number: 168
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Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911: Class: RG14; Piece: 5551; Schedule Number:47A
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and from 1966 to his death was Chairman of the Hockering Residents' Association.
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on 28 January 1925. He saw service during the Khajuri Plains operations on the
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in 1935, and of Major Robert Jocelyn Henry Thomas MVO, killed in action at
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in 1950. He went on to be Director of Military Operations at the
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from 1962; during his time at Eastern Command he chaired the
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later that year. He was then made the first commander of the
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Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
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He retired in 1965. 258:1st Airlanding Light Regiment 140:1st Airlanding Light Regiment 700:Special Air Service officers 318:later that year. 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Index

British Army
Lieutenant General
Service number
Royal Artillery
Eastern Command
Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong
6th Armoured Division
Special Air Service Troops
1st Airlanding Light Regiment
North West Frontier
Second World War
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Mentioned in Despatches
Legion of Honour
Croix de Guerre
Order of Leopold II
Lieutenant General
GBE
KCB
British Army
Wellington College
Royal Military Academy, Woolwich
commissioned
Royal Artillery
North West Frontier
Second World War
commanding officer
1st Airlanding Light Regiment
Royal Artillery

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