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Tevendale, Lewis Legertwood Legg - DCM

Rank : Major

Army Number : 2873628 / 226916

Unit : 2nd Bn

Biography :

Enlisted in The Gordon Highlanders. Awarded D.C.M. in Syria as a WO1 in Special Services Brigade. Commissioned into The Leicestershire Regiment on 21.12.1941. Served 2nd Leicesters 1943-44 in India and in 71 Column, Chindits' Second Expedition in Burma. 21.11.1945, promoted Captain (Gordon Highlanders), with seniority 28.6.1941. Retired on account of disability 21.6.1957.

Former Scottish heavyweight boxing champion and member of Kincardine Constabulary.



Date of Birth : 28.6.1910

Place of Birth : Kemnay, Aberdeenshire

Date of Death : 16.10.1961

Place of Death : Strachathro, Angus

Civil Occupation : Police Officer

Period of Service : 1930s-1957

Conflicts : WW2

Places Served : Middle East, Syria, India, Burma

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