Donald Kenneth McLeod

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Sir (Donald) Kenneth McLeod (1885–1958) was an officer in the British Army who achieved a rank of Lieutenant General. He joined the army in 1903 and by 1904 he was with the British Indian Army.

• 1908 North West Frontier, India
• 1914-1918 World War I
  • 1914-1915 Aide-de-camp to Bde Commander, France
  • 1915 Staff Capt, France 1915
  • 1915-1916 General Staff Officer Grade 3, France 1915-1916
  • 1916 Bde Maj, France
  • 1916-1917 General Staff Officer Grade 2, France
  • 1917-1918 General Staff Officer Grade 2, India
• 1919 Kurdistan, Iraq
• 1920 Staff College, Camberley
• 1921-1922 General Staff Officer Grade 3, British War Office
• 1923-1925 General Staff Officer Grade 2, Staff College, Camberley
• 1928-1932 Commander, Guides Cavalry
• 1932 Imperial Defence College
• 1933-1934 Commander, 4 (Secunderabad) Cavalry Bde, India
• 1934-1936 Commander, 1 Risalpur Cavalry Bde
• 1937-1938 Deputy Adjutant and Quartermaster General, Northern Command, India
• 1939-1942 World War II
  • 1939-1941 General Officer Commanding, Army in Burma, Burma Command
  • 1942 retired
  • 1944-1945 Head of British Red Cross in Southern Europe