Lewis Heath

Lieutenant-General Sir Lewis Macclesfield Heath, (23 November 1885 – 10 January 1954) was an officer in the British Indian Army during the early to mid-twentieth century.

Early life and family Heath was born 23 November 1885, the son of Col. Lewis Forbes Heath of the British Indian Army. He was educated at Wellington College and Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He joined the British Indian Army in 1905.

In 1915, Heath married Marjorie, daughter of Brigadier General A. B. H. Drew, and had three sons and two daughters. In 1941, he remarried Kathleen Longeron of Auckland and had another son. Heath was appointed lieutenant general on 10 May 1941 and was awarded the Order of the British Empire (KBE) on 30 May 1941. He was captured during the Battle of Singapore, and held in prison in Singapore, Formosa, and Manchukuo (Manchuria) between 1942 and 1945. He retired on 13 April 1946 with the rank of lieutenant general.