Lewis Lyne

Lewis Lyne

Lewis Lyne
Born 1899
Died 1970
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service 1921 - 1949
Rank Major-General
Commands held 9th Bn the Lancashire Fusiliers
169th Infantry Brigade
59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division
50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division
7th Armoured Division
British Forces in Berlin
British Troops in Egypt
Battles/wars World War II
Awards Companion of the Order of the Bath
Distinguished Service Order

Major-General Lewis Owen Lyne CB DSO (1899–1970) was a British Commander during World War II.

Military career

Lyne was commissioned into the Lancashire Fusiliers in 1921.[1] He was made a Staff Officer at the War Office in 1938.[1]

He served in World War II being appointed Commanding Officer of 9th Bn the Lancashire Fusiliers in 1940.[1] He went on to be Chief Instructor at the Senior Officers' School in 1941 and Commander of 169th Infantry Brigade in Italy in 1942.[1] Although he was wounded in 1943,[2] he was appointed General Officer Commanding of 59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division on 30 March 1944 and then of 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division in Normandy a few months later.[1] He then became General Officer Commanding 7th Armoured Division and led it through the Siegfried Line and on to Hamburg.[3] He took part in the Victory Parade in Berlin on 21 July 1945.[4]

After the War he became Commandant of the British Sector in Berlin.[1] He was made Director of Staff Duties at the War Office in 1946 and General Officer Commanding British Troops in Egypt in 1949; he retired due to ill health later that year.[1]

References

Military offices
Preceded by
Gerald Lloyd-Verney
GOC 7th Armoured Division
November 1944–July 1945
Succeeded by
Vacant
(next held by George Roberts)
Preceded by
New Post
Commandant, British Sector in Berlin
July 1945–August 1945
Succeeded by
Eric Nares