Rea Leakey British Military
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Details
| Birthday |
30th December, 1915
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| Birthplace |
Nairobi, Kenya
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| Died |
6th October, 1999
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| Zodiac Sign |
Capricorn
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| Nationality |
British
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| Occupation |
Military
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Major General Arundell Rea Leakey, CB, DSO, MC & Bar (30 December 1915 – 6 October 1999) was an officer in the British Army. He served in the Royal Tank Regiment in the Second World War, in North Africa, Italy and France. He later served in Korea, in the Arab Legion, and commanded a brigade in the British Army of the Rhine in the 1960s. He served as Director-General of Fighting Vehicles and finally as the commander of British troops in Malta and Libya. He retired in 1966, and became Director of the Wolfson Foundation. An autobiography, Leakey's Luck, was published in 1999.
