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{{Short description|British Indian Army general (1876–1947)}}
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{{Infobox military person
| honorific_prefix =
| name =Sir Walter Leslie
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| birth_name = Walter Stewart Leslie
| birth_date =23 March 1876
| death_date ={{dda|9 August 1947|23 March 1876|df=y}}
| placeofburial_label =
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| birth_place = [[Edinburgh]], Scotland<ref name="1911census">''1911 England Census''</ref>
| death_place = [[Bournemouth]], Dorset, England
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| nickname =
| allegiance ={{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[United Kingdom]]
| branch =[[British Indian Army]]
| serviceyears =
| rank =[[General]]
| unit =
| commands =[[Lahore District]]
| battles =
{{plainlist|
*[[Siege of Malakand]]
*[[World War I]]
*[[Third Anglo-Afghan War]]
}}
| awards =
{{plainlist|
*[[Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath]]
*[[Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George]]
*[[Companion of the Order of the Star of India]]
*[[Distinguished Service Order]]
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[[General]] '''Sir Walter Stewart Leslie''' [[Order of the Bath|KCB]], [[Order of the British Empire|KBE]], [[Order of St Michael and St George|CMG]], [[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]] (23 March 1876 – 9 August 1947) was a [[Scotland|Scottish]] officer who served in the [[British Indian Army]].<ref name="times">{{cite news |title= Obituary: General Sir Walter Leslie |work=[[The Times]] |date=11 August 1947 |page= 6}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Leslie was born in [[Edinburgh]], the third son of Lieutenant-Colonel Archibald Young Leslie, of Kininvie House, [[Banffshire]], and Alice Louisa Cautley. He was educated at the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]].<ref name="times"/><ref name="burkewwii">{{cite book |title= [[Burke's Peerage|Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood]]|publisher=Burke's Peerage & Gentry |editor= Burke, Sir Bernard |editor-link=Bernard Burke |edition= 97th |year=1939 |page=2834 |ref=Burke }}</ref>

==Military career==
Leslie was commissioned into the [[Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment|Royal West Kent Regiment]] in February 1896 and took part in the [[Siege of Malakand]] in July 1897 before transferring to the Indian army and the [[40th Pathans]] in September 1898 and then again to the [[31st Punjabis]] in December 1900.<ref name=lh>[http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/LESLIE2.shtml Sir Walter Stewart Leslie] Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives</ref><ref>January 1908 Indian Army List</ref> He served in [[World War I]] and then subsequently in the [[Third Anglo-Afghan War]] in 1919.<ref name=lh/> He commanded a column in operations against the [[Wazir (Pashtun tribe)|Waziri]]s in 1920 and then became Director of Military Operations at [[India Command|Army Headquarters, India]] in 1923.<ref name=lh/> He went on to be Deputy Adjutant-General and Director of Personal Services in India in 1924, Deputy Quartermaster General in India in 1927 and Commander of [[Lahore District]] in 1928.<ref name=lh/> His last appointment was as [[Adjutant-General (India)|Adjutant-General, India]] in 1932 before retiring in 1936.<ref name=lh/>

In retirement, Leslie became [[Colonel-in-chief|colonel]] of the 2nd battalion the [[16th Punjab Regiment]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=37406|page=6290|date=28 December 1945}}</ref>

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[[Category:Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire]]
[[Category:Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George]]
[[Category:Companions of the Distinguished Service Order]]
[[Category:British Indian Army generals]]
[[Category:Indian Army generals of World War I]]
[[Category:British military personnel of the Third Anglo-Afghan War]]
[[Category:Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment officers]]

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