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Lieutenant General Sir Oliver William Hargreaves Leese, 3rd Baronet, KCB, CBE, DSO (27 October 1894 – 22 January 1978) was a senior British Army officer who saw distinguished active service during both the world wars.
- 1914–1947
- British Army
Oliver William Hargreaves Leese, tercer baronet de Send Holme, nacido el 27 de octubre de 1884 en Londres y fallecido el 22 de enero de 1978 en Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant (País de Gales), fue un militar británico, que alcanzó el grado de teniente general en el Ejército británico, destacando por su actuación durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial ...
Oliver William Hargreaves Leese, tercer baronet de Send Holme, nacido el 27 de octubre de 1884 en Londres y fallecido el 22 de enero de 1978 en Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant (País de Gales), fue un militar británico, que alcanzó el grado de teniente general en el Ejército británico, destacando por su actuación durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial ...
Dirigido por el teniente general Leese , del XXX Cuerpo de Ejército, el avance por los campos minados se desarrollaría mediante dos grupos que abrirían sendos corredores, uno al norte, al sur de Tel el Aisa, y otro al sur, cercano a las colinas de Miteiriya.
Oliver Leese was born in London on 26th October, 1884. Educated at Eton College he was commissioned into the British Army in 1914. During the First World War he served on the Western Front in France and was wounded three times.
Generals Eisenhower, Montgomery and Bradley returned to England while General Sir Henry Maitland-Wilson took over as theatre commander and Lieutenant General Sir Oliver Leese succeeded Montgomery as commander of Eighth Army.
Returning in Britain in Mar 1940, he served as the Deputy Chief of Staff of the British Expeditionary Force in France. After being evacuated near Dunkerque, France on 31 May, he was given command of first 29th Infantry Brigade, then West Sussex County Division, and 15th (Scottish) Division in Jan 1941.
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