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	==Life and career==		==Life and career==
	Henry Lash was born in [[Calcutta]], [[British Raj\|India]], the son of Violet Maud (née Keely) and Reverend Nicholas Alleyne Lash.<ref name="google">{{cite book\|title=Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes\|date=1969\|volume=95\|publisher=Kelly's Directories.\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PKIWAQAAIAAJ\|accessdate=24 October ~~2022~~}}</ref> He was educated at [[Tonbridge]] and the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]].<ref>Kelly's Handbook 1967</ref>		Henry Lash was born in [[Calcutta]], [[British Raj\|India]], the son of Violet Maud (née Keely) and Reverend Nicholas Alleyne Lash.<ref name="google">{{cite book\|title=Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes\|date=1969\|volume=95\|publisher=Kelly's Directories.\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PKIWAQAAIAAJ\|accessdate=24 October 2014}}</ref> He was educated at [[Tonbridge]] and the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]].<ref>Kelly's Handbook 1967</ref>

	He was commissioned as a [[Second lieutenant]] onto the Unattached List of the Indian Army on 24 December 1920,<ref>		He was commissioned as a [[Second lieutenant]] onto the Unattached List of the Indian Army on 24 December 1920,<ref>
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	He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire on 6 June 1946, for his service in Burma as an Acting-[[Colonel (United Kingdom)\|Colonel]].<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=37595 \|date=4 June 1946 \|page=2730 \|supp=y }}</ref> He was promoted to [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)\|Lieutenant-Colonel]] on 24 December 1946, and retired with the honorary rank of [[Brigadier (United Kingdom)\|Brigadier]] on 11 March 1948.		He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire on 6 June 1946, for his service in Burma as an Acting-[[Colonel (United Kingdom)\|Colonel]].<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=37595 \|date=4 June 1946 \|page=2730 \|supp=y }}</ref> He was promoted to [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)\|Lieutenant-Colonel]] on 24 December 1946, and retired with the honorary rank of [[Brigadier (United Kingdom)\|Brigadier]] on 11 March 1948.

	After leaving India, Henry Lash lived in Bridge End, [[Churt]], [[Surrey]], [[England]].<ref name="thepeerage">{{cite web\|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p18417.htm#i184170 \|title=Person Page 18417 \| The Peerage: Brigadier Henry Alleyne Lash \|publisher=thepeerage.com\|accessdate=4 February ~~2022~~}}</ref>		After leaving India, Henry Lash lived in Bridge End, [[Churt]], [[Surrey]], [[England]].<ref name="thepeerage">{{cite web\|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p18417.htm#i184170 \|title=Person Page 18417 \| The Peerage: Brigadier Henry Alleyne Lash \|publisher=thepeerage.com\|accessdate=4 February 2015}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==

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{{Short description|British Indian Army officer (1901–1975)}}
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[[Brigadier (United Kingdom)|Brigadier]] '''Henry Alleyne Lash''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|OBE}} (8 April 1901 – 13 May 1975) was an officer in the [[British Indian Army]].

==Life and career==
Henry Lash was born in [[Calcutta]], [[British Raj|India]], the son of Violet Maud (née Keely) and Reverend Nicholas Alleyne Lash.<ref name="google">{{cite book|title=Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes|date=1969|volume=95|publisher=Kelly's Directories.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PKIWAQAAIAAJ|accessdate=24 October 2022}}</ref> He was educated at [[Tonbridge]] and the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]].<ref>Kelly's Handbook 1967</ref>

He was commissioned as a [[Second lieutenant]] onto the Unattached List of the Indian Army on 24 December 1920,<ref>
{{London Gazette |issue=32207 |date=25 January 1921 |page=765 |supp=y }}</ref> joining the Indian establishment on 4 March 1921. On 7 March 1921 he was attached for his probationary year to the 3rd battalion [[Worcester Regiment]].<ref>Indian Army List January 1922</ref> He joined the Indian Army and was posted to the 4th Battalion, [[39th Garhwal Rifles|39th Royal Garhwal Rifles]] on the 7 March 1922.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=32733 |date=28 July 1922 |page=5624 }}</ref> This unit later became the 4th Battalion, [[18th Royal Garhwal Rifles]] after the 1922 reforms. He was promoted to lieutenant on 24 March 1923.<ref>Indian Army List April 1927</ref>

He saw action in [[Waziristan]] during 1923-24 and was [[Mentioned in Despatches]].<ref>London Gazette, 18 November 1924</ref> He transferred to the 3rd Battalion, 18th Royal Garhwal Rifles on 6 April 1925.<ref>Indian Army List April 1927</ref> Between 1 June 1926 and 14 October 1928 he served as an [[Aide-de-camp]] to the Governor of Madras.<ref>Indian Army List April 1927</ref>

On 30 April 1928, Henry Lash, a [[Protestant]], married Joan Mary Moore, an [[Irish Catholic]], daughter of P. L. Moore, C.I.E., I.C.S.<ref>Kelly's Handbook 1967</ref> They had four children: [[novelist]] and [[Painting|painter]] [[Jennifer Lash]], [[Roman Catholic]] [[theologian]] [[Nicholas Lash]], [[Eastern Orthodox]] [[Archimandrite]] and Greek scholar Christopher (in religion Ephrem), and Devon based artist Susannah Lash.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.susannahlash.co.uk|title = Susannah Lash's website|date = |accessdate = |website = |publisher = |first = }}</ref> Through his daughter Jennifer, Henry Lash is the grandfather of actor [[Ralph Fiennes]], actor [[Joseph Fiennes]], film maker [[Martha Fiennes]], film maker [[Sophie Fiennes]], composer [[Magnus Fiennes]], and conservationist Jake Fiennes. Through his son Nicholas, he is grandfather to the musician [[Dominic Lash]].

He was promoted to [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|Captain]] on 24 December 1928 and was nominated for the [[Staff College, Quetta]], in 1936, graduating in March 1938. He was promoted to [[Major (United Kingdom)|Major]] on 1 August 1938.<ref>Indian Army List October 1939</ref> He held an officiating appointment as a Deputy Assistant Adjutant General in the Adjutant General Branch, Directorate of Organisation from 6 April 1939, being advanced to a temporary Deputy Assistant Adjutant General on 1 September 1939.<ref>Indian Army List October 1939</ref><ref>Indian Army List April 1940</ref>

He served during the Second World War, and was the commanding officer of the 1st Battalion, 18th Royal Garhwal Rifles by October 1942.<ref>Indian Army List October 1942 Most Secret edition</ref>

He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire on 6 June 1946, for his service in Burma as an Acting-[[Colonel (United Kingdom)|Colonel]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=37595 |date=4 June 1946 |page=2730 |supp=y }}</ref> He was promoted to [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant-Colonel]] on 24 December 1946, and retired with the honorary rank of [[Brigadier (United Kingdom)|Brigadier]] on 11 March 1948.

After leaving India, Henry Lash lived in Bridge End, [[Churt]], [[Surrey]], [[England]].<ref name="thepeerage">{{cite web|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p18417.htm#i184170 |title=Person Page 18417 | The Peerage: Brigadier Henry Alleyne Lash |publisher=thepeerage.com|accessdate=4 February 2022}}</ref>

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[[Category:Indian Army personnel of World War II]]
[[Category:British Indian Army officers]]
[[Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire]]
[[Category:1901 births]]
[[Category:1975 deaths]]
[[Category:Military personnel of British India]]
[[Category:People educated at Tonbridge School]]
[[Category:Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst]]
[[Category:Graduates of the Staff College, Quetta]]

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