Leslie Gordon Phillips
{{Short description|British Army general}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2023}}
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|death_date={{death date and age|1966|3|19|1892|2|11|df=y}}
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|image= Sir Leslie Gordon Phillips.jpg
|caption= Major General Phillips in 1946.
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|allegiance= {{flag|United Kingdom}}
|serviceyears=1911–1946
|servicenumber= 4552
|rank= Major General
|branch= 23px British Army
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|unit=Worcestershire Regiment
Royal Corps of Signals
|battles=First World War
Second World War
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Major General Sir Leslie Gordon Phillips KBE CB MC (11 February 1892 – 19 March 1966) was a senior British Army officer during the Second World War.
Military career
Born on 11 February 1892, Leslie Gordon Phillips was educated at Bedford School and at Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He received his first commission in the Worcestershire Regiment as a second lieutenant in 1911 and served in France and Belgium during the First World War. He joined the Royal Corps of Signals in 1920 and served in Waziristan between 1936 and 1937. Promoted to the rank of major general in 1940, he served during the Second World War and was Signal Officer in Chief, Home Forces, between 1941 and 1943. He was Director of Signals at the War Office between 1943 and 1946.[http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U49920/PHILLIPS_Major-General_Sir_Leslie_Gordon?index=1&results=QuicksearchResults&query=0 Who's Who]
Major General Sir Leslie Gordon Phillips was invested as a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1943, and as a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1946. He retired from the British Army in 1946 and died on 19 March 1966.R.F.H. Nalder, The Royal Corps of Signals: a history of its antecedents and development (circa 1800-1955), London, 1958
References
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Bibliography
- {{cite book| first=Nick| last=Smart| title=Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War| isbn=1844150496| year=2005| location=Barnesley| publisher=Pen & Sword}}
External links
- [https://generals.dk/general/Philips/Leslie_Gordon/Great_Britain.html Generals of World War II]
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Category:British Army major generals
Category:People educated at Bedford School
Category:Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst
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Category:Recipients of the Military Cross
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Category:War Office personnel in World War II
Category:Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire