Ernest Lewin

Major-General Ernest Ord Lewin, CB, CMG, DSO (7 April 1879 – 10 May 1950) was General Officer Commanding Malaya Command.

Ernest Lewin
Born	7 April 1879
Died	10 May 1950 (aged 71)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	Major-General
Commands held	Malaya Command
Battles/wars	First World War Second World War
Awards	Companion of the Order of the Bath Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order

Military career

Lewin was educated at Winchester College, for whom he played cricket,[1] and King's College, Cambridge.[2] He was commissioned into the Royal Field Artillery as a second-lieutenant on 26 May 1900, and promoted to lieutenant on 9 April 1902.[3] In his early career, he served as a Staff Officer in India and in the United Kingdom before become an adjutant in 1914.[4]

He served in the First World War as a General Staff Officer in France.[4] In 1927 he was appointed Brigadier Royal Artillery at Aldershot Command and in 1934 he became General Officer Commanding Malaya Command.[4] He was made Commander of 55th (West Lancashire) Division in 1935 and retired in 1938.[4] He was re-employed during the Second World War as General Officer Commanding Portsmouth Area in 1939 and then as Major-General in Charge of Administration for Southern Command in 1940; he retired again in 1941.[4]

Family

Lewin married and had one son and one daughter.[5]

References

1. Cricket Archive
2. "Lewin, Ernest Ord (LWN897EO)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
3. "No. 27444". The London Gazette. 20 June 1902. p. 4051.
4. "Ernest Lewin". Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives. Archived from the original on 9 June 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
5. Noli Irritare Leones