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			{{Short description\|British Indian Army general (1895–1962)}}
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	Major-General '''Roger Eustace Le Fleming''' {{post-nominals\|CB\|OBE\|MC\|sep=,}} (20 April 1895<ref name="armylists">''UK, British Army Lists, 1882–1962''</ref> – 9 May 1962) was an officer in the [[British Indian Army]] during [[World War I]] and [[World War II]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.generals.dk/general/Le_Fleming/Roger_Eustace/Great_Britain.html\|title = Biography of Major-General Roger Eustace le Fleming (1895 – 1962), Great Britain}}</ref> He was born at [[Tonbridge]] in [[Kent]] in 1895, the second son of [[John Le Fleming\|John]] and Ethel Le Fleming. Le Fleming was educated at [[Tonbridge School]], where his father was an Army tutor, and joined [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]] in September 1913.<ref name=gw200>Stokoe HR (1923) ''Tonbridge School and the Great War of 1914 to 1919'', pp. 200–203. London: The Whitefriars Press Ltd.</ref><ref name=gw468>Stokoe ''op. cit.'', p. 468.</ref><ref name=ton397>Steed HE (1911) ''The register of Tonbridge School from 1826 to 1910'', p. 200. London: Rivingtons. ([https://archive.org/details/b29012715/page/200 Available online]. Retrieved 2019-04-19.)</ref>		Major-General '''Roger Eustace Le Fleming''' {{post-nominals\|CB\|OBE\|MC\|sep=,}} (20 April 1895<ref name="armylists">''UK, British Army Lists, 1882–1962''</ref> – 9 May 1962) was an officer in the [[British Indian Army]] during [[World War I]] and [[World War II]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.generals.dk/general/Le_Fleming/Roger_Eustace/Great_Britain.html\|title = Biography of Major-General Roger Eustace le Fleming (1895 – 1962), Great Britain}}</ref> He was born at [[Tonbridge]] in [[Kent]] in 1895, the second son of [[John Le Fleming\|John]] and Ethel Le Fleming. Le Fleming was educated at [[Tonbridge School]], where his father was an Army tutor, and joined [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]] in September 1913.<ref name=gw200>Stokoe HR (1923) ''Tonbridge School and the Great War of 1914 to 1919'', pp. 200–203. London: The Whitefriars Press Ltd.</ref><ref name=gw468>Stokoe ''op. cit.'', p. 468.</ref><ref name=ton397>Steed HE (1911) ''The register of Tonbridge School from 1826 to 1910'', p. 200. London: Rivingtons. ([https://archive.org/details/b29012715/page/200 Available online]. Retrieved 2019-04-19.)</ref>
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	In June 1947 he was appointed a Companion of the [[Order of the Bath]] as a Colonel (temporary Major-General), Indian Army.<ref>London Gazette 12 June 1947</ref>		In June 1947 he was appointed a Companion of the [[Order of the Bath]] as a Colonel (temporary Major-General), Indian Army.<ref>London Gazette 12 June 1947</ref>

	He retired from the Indian Army on 5 June 1948 a Colonel and was granted the honorary rank of Major-General.<ref>London Gazette 16 July 1948 & 30 July 1948</ref> He died in 1962 and is buried in Sussex.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119643758/roger-eustace-le_fleming\|title = Roger Eustace le Fleming (Unknown-1962) - Find A}}</ref>		He retired from the Indian Army on 5 June 1948 a Colonel and was granted the honorary rank of Major-General.<ref>London Gazette 16 July 1948 & 30 July 1948</ref> He died in 1962 and is buried in Sussex.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119643758/roger-eustace-le_fleming\|title = Roger Eustace le Fleming (Unknown-1962) - Find A\| website=[[Find a Grave]] }}</ref>

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	== External links ==		== External links ==
	*{{cite web\|url=http://www.generals.dk/general/Le_Fleming/Roger_Eustace/Great_Britain.html\|title=Roger Eustace Le Fleming.\|last=Generals of World War II \|access-date=13 October ~~2009~~}}		*{{cite web\|url=http://www.generals.dk/general/Le_Fleming/Roger_Eustace/Great_Britain.html\|title=Roger Eustace Le Fleming.\|last=Generals of World War II \|access-date=13 October 2022}}

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Major-General '''Roger Eustace Le Fleming''' {{post-nominals|CB|OBE|MC|sep=,}} (20 April 1895<ref name="armylists">''UK, British Army Lists, 1882–1962''</ref> – 9 May 1962) was an officer in the [[British Indian Army]] during [[World War I]] and [[World War II]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.generals.dk/general/Le_Fleming/Roger_Eustace/Great_Britain.html|title = Biography of Major-General Roger Eustace le Fleming (1895 – 1962), Great Britain}}</ref> He was born at [[Tonbridge]] in [[Kent]] in 1895, the second son of [[John Le Fleming|John]] and Ethel Le Fleming. Le Fleming was educated at [[Tonbridge School]], where his father was an Army tutor, and joined [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]] in September 1913.<ref name=gw200>Stokoe HR (1923) ''Tonbridge School and the Great War of 1914 to 1919'', pp. 200–203. London: The Whitefriars Press Ltd.</ref><ref name=gw468>Stokoe ''op. cit.'', p. 468.</ref><ref name=ton397>Steed HE (1911) ''The register of Tonbridge School from 1826 to 1910'', p. 200. London: Rivingtons. ([https://archive.org/details/b29012715/page/200 Available online]. Retrieved 2019-04-19.)</ref>

He was commissioned onto the Unattached List of Indian Army in August 1914. He served in France and Belgium with a British Army regiment March to September 1915. He then joined his Indian Army unit, the [[102nd Grenadiers]] in November 1915. He served in Mesopotamia between November 1915 and June 1917 and then in Palestine from December 1917 to November 1918. During the war he was wounded and earned the [[Military Cross]].<ref>War Services of British and Indian Officers of the Indian Army 1941</ref>

He served in Somaliland during the 1920 operations and was mentioned in despatches in the London Gazette 29 November 1920.<ref>War Services of British and Indian Officers of the Indian Army 1941</ref>

He was appointed an instructor at the Indian Military Academy from July 1932 to January 1936.<ref>War Services of British and Indian Officers of the Indian Army 1941</ref>

He served on the North West Frontier 1936–37.<ref>War Services of British and Indian Officers of the Indian Army 1941</ref>

He was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel and commanding officer of the 2nd battalion, [[4th Bombay Grenadiers]] February 1938.<ref>Indian Army List July 1938</ref>

He was appointed temporary Brigadier 1 August 1941.<ref>Army List July 1942</ref>

As part of Paiforce (formerly [[Iraqforce]]), Brigadier Le Fleming commanded the [[24th Indian Infantry Brigade]] attached to the [[Indian 8th Infantry Division]] during the [[Anglo-Soviet invasion of Persia]]. After 11 September 1941, the [[24th Indian Infantry Brigade]] was attached to the [[Indian 6th Infantry Division]].

He was promoted Colonel as of 26 July 1943 with seniority from 14 February 1941.<ref>London Gazette 28 December 1943</ref>

In December 1943 he was appointed an Officer of the [[Order of the British Empire]] for 'distinguished services in Persia and Iraq' as a temporary Brigadier, Indian Army.<ref>London Gazette 23 December 1943</ref>

From 1944 to 1948 Le Fleming commanded the Waziristan District in India in the rank of Major-General.<ref>[http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201900-2011.pdf Army Commands] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705211343/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201900-2011.pdf |date=5 July 2015 }}</ref> He was responsible for the implementation of Operation Curzon, the withdrawal of Indian and Pakistani regular army troops from Waziristan after independence on 14 August 1947, a file of his personal papers are held by the National Army Museum, London.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/N13667657|title=Catalogue description papers, mainly rel to his command of Operation CURZON}}</ref>

In June 1947 he was appointed a Companion of the [[Order of the Bath]] as a Colonel (temporary Major-General), Indian Army.<ref>London Gazette 12 June 1947</ref>

He retired from the Indian Army on 5 June 1948 a Colonel and was granted the honorary rank of Major-General.<ref>London Gazette 16 July 1948 & 30 July 1948</ref> He died in 1962 and is buried in Sussex.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119643758/roger-eustace-le_fleming|title = Roger Eustace le Fleming (Unknown-1962) - Find A}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Iraqforce]]

== External links ==
*{{cite web|url=http://www.generals.dk/general/Le_Fleming/Roger_Eustace/Great_Britain.html|title=Roger Eustace Le Fleming.|last=Generals of World War II |access-date=13 October 2009}}

==References==
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[[Category:1895 births]]
[[Category:1962 deaths]]
[[Category:Indian Army generals of World War II]]
[[Category:Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst]]
[[Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire]]
[[Category:Companions of the Order of the Bath]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Military Cross]]
[[Category:Indian Army personnel of World War I]]
[[Category:Indian Army personnel of World War II]]