Education
Born on 1 March 1899, Francis Street David Benwell Lejeune was educated at Bedford School and at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.
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Career
He received his first commission as a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery in 1917 and served in France and Belgium during the First World War. He was seconded to the Royal Air Force, between 1920 and 1924, and served in operations in Somaliland and Iraq. He was Assistant Military Attaché in Washington, between 1932 and 1934, and International Commissioner during the Spanish Civil War, between 1937 and 1939.
During the Second World War he served in Italy and Burma.
He retired from the British Army in 1949, and served on the staff of North Atlantic Treaty Organization, between 1952 and 1962. He died on 1 June 1984.
