Walter David Alexander Lentaigne - Definition and Overview

Major General Walter David Alexander Lentaigne (1899-1955) British Indian Army

As a Brigadier he replaced Major General Charles Wingate as commander of the Chindits when Wingate was kill in an air crash.

• 1899 Born
• 1918 Joined 4 Gurkha Rifles
• 1919 Afghan War 1919
• 1919-1924 Waziristan, North West Frontier
• 1930 North West Frontier
• 1935-1936 Staff College, Camberley
• 1936-1939 Waziristan, North West Frontier
• World War II
  • 1938-1941 Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General at General Headquarters(GHQ) India
  • 1941-1942 Instructor at the Staff College in Quetta
  • 1942 Commanding Officer 1st Battalion 4th Prince of Wales's Own Gurkha Rifles. One of the Chindit's Battalions.
  • 1942-1945 in March 1942 after Wingate's death in an aircraft crash on March 24 1944 the command of the Chindits (77th Indian Infantry Brigade) was handed to Brigadier Lentaigne, one of the Chindit Brigade commanders known for his caution. He spent the rest of the war in Burma contributing to the Burma Campaign.
• 1945 General Officer Commanding 39th Indian Division
• 1946 Imperial Defence College
• 1947 Director of Military Operations and Deputy Quartermaster General at GHQ India
• 1948-1955 Commandant of the Indian Staff College
• 1955 Retired and died soon afterwards

See also

• John Masters commander of the 111 Brigade.
• Joseph Stilwell American General.

External links

• Lentaigne's entry (http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/LENTAIGNE.html) in the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
• Lentaigne's entry (http://www.generals.dk/general/Lentaigne/Walter_David_Alexander/Great_Britain.html) at Generals.dk
• Official websitefor (http://www.chindits.info/index.html) The Chindits
• Office of the US Surgeon General Office of Medical History (http://history.amedd.army.mil/booksdocs/wwii/CrisisFleeting/frameindex.html): Book 4, With Wingate's Chindits (http://history.amedd.army.mil/booksdocs/wwii/CrisisFleeting/bookfour.htm)