Donald Kenneth McLeod

McLeod was commissioned into the Indian Army on 29 November 1904.^[1] He earned recognition with his appointment as a companion of the Distinguished Service Order in the 1917 New Year Honours during the First World War.^[2]

He became commanding officer Guides Cavalry in India in 1928, commander of the 4th (Secunderabad) Cavalry Brigade in 1933 and commander of the 1st (Risalpur) Cavalry Brigade in 1934.^[3] He went on to be Deputy Adjutant and Quartermaster General, Northern Command, India in 1937 and, having been appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath on 11 May 1937,^[4] he became General Officer Commanding Burma Command in January 1939 before retiring in 1942.^[3] He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire in the 1942 New Year Honours.^[5]

He became a Deputy Lieutenant for Inverness-shire in 1955.^[6]

• Smart, Nick (2005). Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War. Barnesley: Pen & Sword. ISBN 1844150496.