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Sir Lewis Macclesfield Heath, (23 November 1885 – 10 January 1954) was an officer in the British Indian Army during the early to mid-twentieth century.

Early life and family

Heath was born 23 November 1885, the son of Col. Lewis Forbes Heath of the British Indian Army. He was educated at Wellington College and

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. He joined the British Indian Army in 1905. In 1915, Heath married Marjorie, daughter of Brigadier General A. B. H. Drew, and had three sons and two daughters. In 1941, he remarried Kathleen Longeron of

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and had another son.

Military service

Heath joined the

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on 18 January 1905 and served with the

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from 1909 to 1913. He was promoted to captain on 18 January 1914. He saw action in the

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where he was injured