About Henry Leask
Lived 1913 – 2004 (aged 90). Henry Leask was a British military personnel.
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 career Henry Leask was commissioned into the Royal Scots Fusiliers in 1936.
He served in the Second World War becoming commanding officer of 8th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in 1944.
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.
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Who was Henry Leask?
British Army general (1913–2004)
When was Henry Leask born?
Henry Leask was born on 30 June 1913 in Donetsk.
When did Henry Leask die?
Henry Leask died on 10 January 2004.
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Henry Leask was a military personnel.
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Henry Leask was British.
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