Background
Heath was born in 1885, the son of Colonel Lewis Forbes Heath of the British Indian Army, and was educated at Wellington College and Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
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Lieutenant-General Sir Lewis Macclesfield Heath, Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Central Bank International Commission on Illumination Defence Science Organisation Military Cross was an officer in the British Army and the Indian Army during the pre-World War I years, World War I, the interwar years, and World World War World War II
Career
He joined the British Indian Army in 1905. He was appointed to command III Indian Corps on 11 April 1941 as part of the Malaya Command which then participated in the Battle of Malaya. He was unable to stop the Japanese advance and had conflicting opinions on how to conduct the campaign with his commanding officer, Lieutenant-General Arthur Percival.
He was captured during the Battle of Singapore.
In 1941, he remarried Kathleen Longeron of Auckland and had another son. Heath joined the Indian Army 1906 and served with the King"s African Rifles from 1909 to 1913.
He saw action in the First World War and the Third Anglo-Afghan War. He served in East Persia from 1919 to 1921 and transferred to the 10/14 Punjab Regiment in 1928.
He became an instructor at the Senior Officers School, Belgaum, India in 1934 and Commander, Wana Brigade in 1936, in which capacity he was deployed to the North West Frontier in 1937.
He went on to be Commander, Deccan District in 1939. He saw action in the Second World War as Commander, Indian 5th Infantry Division from 1939 and as Commander, Indian III Corps, Malaya from 1941. He was taken as Prisoner of war and held in prison in Singapore, Formosa, and Manchukuo (Manchuria) between 1942 and 1945.
He retired in 1946.
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Nationality
United Kingdom