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{{Short description|British Indian Army general (1885–1954)}} | {{Short description|British Indian Army general (1885–1954)}} | ||
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|name= Sir Lewis Macclesfield Heath | |name= Sir Lewis Macclesfield Heath | ||
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==Early life and family== | ==Early life and family== | ||
Heath was born 23 November 1885, the son of Col. Lewis Forbes Heath of the [[British Indian Army]].<ref name="HL">{{Cite web |url=https://www.tracesofwar.nl/articles/675/Heath-Lewis.htm |title=Sir Lewis Macclesfield Heath (1885 - 1954) |website=tracesofwar.nl |url-status=live |access-date=14 April | Heath was born 23 November 1885, the son of Col. Lewis Forbes Heath of the [[British Indian Army]].<ref name="HL">{{Cite web |url=https://www.tracesofwar.nl/articles/675/Heath-Lewis.htm |title=Sir Lewis Macclesfield Heath (1885 - 1954) |website=tracesofwar.nl |url-status=live |access-date=14 April 2020}}</ref> He was educated at [[Wellington College, Berkshire|Wellington College]] and [[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]]. He joined the British Indian Army in 1905.<ref name="times"/><ref name="OIA">{{Cite web |url=https://www.unithistories.com/officers/indianarmy_officers_h01.html |title=Officers of the Indian Army |website=unithistories |url-status=live |access-date=14 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200224182622/https://www.unithistories.com/officers/IndianArmy_officers_H01.html |archive-date=24 February 2020 }}</ref> | ||
In 1915, Heath married Marjorie, daughter of Brigadier General A. B. H. Drew, and had three sons and two daughters. In 1941, he remarried Kathleen Longeron of [[Auckland]] and had another son.<ref name="times"/><ref name="HL"/> | In 1915, Heath married Marjorie, daughter of Brigadier General A. B. H. Drew, and had three sons and two daughters. In 1941, he remarried Kathleen Longeron of [[Auckland]] and had another son.<ref name="times"/><ref name="HL"/> | ||