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|name=John Sydney Lethbridge | |name=John Sydney Lethbridge | ||
|birth_date=11 December 1897 | |birth_date=11 December 1897 | ||
|death_date=11 August 1961 | |death_date=11 August 1961 (aged 63) | ||
|nickname= | |nickname= | ||
|birth_place= | |birth_place= | ||
|death_place= | |death_place=[[Devon]], England{{sfn|Smart|2005|p=188}} | ||
|allegiance={{ | |allegiance={{flag|United Kingdom}} | ||
|branch={{army|United Kingdom}} | |branch={{army|United Kingdom}} | ||
|serviceyears=1915-1960 | |serviceyears=1915-1960 | ||
|rank=[[Major- | |rank=[[Major-general (United Kingdom)|Major General]] | ||
|unit= | |unit= [[Royal Engineers]] | ||
|servicenumber= 13389 | |||
|battles=[[World War I|First World War]]<br>[[World War II|Second World War]] | |battles=[[World War I|First World War]]<br>[[World War II|Second World War]] | ||
|relations= | |relations= | ||
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[[Major- | [[Major-general (United Kingdom)|Major-General]] '''John Sydney Lethbridge''' [[Order of the Bath|CB]], [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]], [[Military Cross|MC]] (11 December 1897 – 11 August 1961) was a British [[soldier]]. | ||
==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
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==Military career== | ==Military career== | ||
[[File:Memorial to the Lethbridge family, Exeter Cathedral.JPG|thumb|Memorial to Lethbridge and his family in [[Exeter Cathedral]]]] | [[File:Memorial to the Lethbridge family, Exeter Cathedral.JPG|thumb|Memorial to Lethbridge and his family in [[Exeter Cathedral]]]] | ||
Lethbridge was commissioned into the [[Corps of Royal Engineers]] in 1915 during the [[World War I|First World War]] and saw active service on the [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]] with 123 Field Company at the first battle of [[Ypres]] in 1915 and later at the [[Battle of the Somme]] in 1916 and as a temporary [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|Captain]] with the [[Bengal Engineer Group|King George V's Own Bengal Sappers and Miners]] in [[India]] in 1917 before serving with the Aden Frontier Force for operations in southern Arabia between 1917 and 1918.<ref name=lh>[http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/cats/lethbridge/le50-0.shtml#BIO Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives]</ref> He commanded, as acting [[major]], a company of King George V's Own Bengal Sappers and Miners in [[Afghanistan]] and on the [[North-West Frontier Province (1901–1955)|North West Frontier]] during the [[Third Anglo-Afghan War]] from 1919 to 1922.<ref name=lh/> He served again with King George V's Own Bengal Sappers and Miners at [[Roorkee]] and [[Rawalpindi]] and saw active service in [[Peshawar]] against [[Afridi (Pashtun)|Afridi]] raiders in 1930.<ref name=lh/> After graduating from [[Command and Staff College|Staff College]] at [[Quetta]] in 1932 he became Superintendent of Instruction at [[Roorkee]] and was then appointed a Field Works major at [[Chatham, Medway|Chatham]] in 1933.<ref name=lh/> He joined the General Staff at Headquarters, [[Northern Command (United Kingdom)|Northern Command]] at [[York]] and then transferred to the Military Operations Branch and Directorate of Recruiting and Organisation at the [[War Office]] in 1936 before becoming an instructor at the Senior Officers' School at [[Sheerness]] in 1939.<ref name=lh/> | Lethbridge was commissioned into the [[Corps of Royal Engineers]] in 1915 during the [[World War I|First World War]] and saw active service on the [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]] with 123 Field Company at the first battle of [[Ypres]] in 1915 and later at the [[Battle of the Somme]] in 1916 and as a temporary [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|Captain]] with the [[Bengal Engineer Group|King George V's Own Bengal Sappers and Miners]] in [[India]] in 1917 before serving with the Aden Frontier Force for operations in southern Arabia between 1917 and 1918.<ref name=lh>[http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/cats/lethbridge/le50-0.shtml#BIO Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives]</ref> He commanded, as acting [[major]], a company of King George V's Own Bengal Sappers and Miners in [[Afghanistan]] and on the [[North-West Frontier Province (1901–1955)|North West Frontier]] during the [[Third Anglo-Afghan War]] from 1919 to 1922.<ref name=lh/> He served again with King George V's Own Bengal Sappers and Miners at [[Roorkee]] and [[Rawalpindi]] and saw active service in [[Peshawar]] against [[Afridi (Pashtun)|Afridi]] raiders in 1930.<ref name=lh/> After graduating from [[Pakistan Command and Staff College|Staff College]] at [[Quetta]] in 1932 he became Superintendent of Instruction at [[Roorkee]] and was then appointed a Field Works major at [[Chatham, Medway|Chatham]] in 1933.<ref name=lh/> He joined the General Staff at Headquarters, [[Northern Command (United Kingdom)|Northern Command]] at [[York]] and then transferred to the Military Operations Branch and Directorate of Recruiting and Organisation at the [[War Office]] in 1936 before becoming an instructor at the Senior Officers' School at [[Sheerness]] in 1939.<ref name=lh/> | ||
Lethbridge served in the [[World War II|Second World War]] with [[British Expeditionary Force (World War II)|British Expeditionary Force]] in France in 1939 before becoming Commander Royal Engineers for the [[59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division]].<ref name=lh/> He went on to be Deputy Director of Staff Duties at the [[War Office]] in 1940, liaison officer with US Forces in London in 1942 and leader of the 'Lethbridge Mission' to study tactics and equipment required to defeat Japan in the Far East in 1943.<ref name=lh/> His last war appointment was as Chief of Staff for the [[Fourteenth Army (United Kingdom)|14th Army]] in [[Burma]] from 1944 under the command of Field Marshal Sir [[William Slim]], later 1st Viscount Slim.<ref name=lh/> | Lethbridge served in the [[World War II|Second World War]] with [[British Expeditionary Force (World War II)|British Expeditionary Force]] in France in 1939 before becoming Commander Royal Engineers for the [[59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division]].<ref name=lh/> He went on to be Deputy Director of Staff Duties at the [[War Office]] in 1940, liaison officer with US Forces in London in 1942 and leader of the 'Lethbridge Mission' to study tactics and equipment required to defeat Japan in the Far East in 1943.<ref name=lh/> His last war appointment was as Chief of Staff for the [[Fourteenth Army (United Kingdom)|14th Army]] in [[Burma]] from 1944 under the command of Field Marshal Sir [[William Slim]], later 1st Viscount Slim.<ref name=lh/> | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
==Bibliography== | |||
*{{cite book| first=Nick| last=Smart| title=Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War| isbn=1844150496| year=2005| location=Barnesley| publisher=Pen & Sword}} | |||
==External links== | |||
*[https://generals.dk/general/Lethbrigde/John_Sydney/Great_Britain.html Generals of World War II] | |||
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[[Category:Indian Army personnel of World War I]] | [[Category:Indian Army personnel of World War I]] | ||
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[[Category:Graduates of the Staff College, Quetta]] | [[Category:Graduates of the Staff College, Quetta]] | ||