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Ian Lyall Grant

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Ian Hallam Lyall Grant
Born(1915-06-04)4 June 1915
Died29 February 2020(2020-02-29) (aged 104)
Chichester, England
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchBritish Army
Years of service1935–1970
RankMajor-General
UnitRoyal Engineers
Battles / warsSecond World War
AwardsMilitary Cross

Major-General Ian Hallam Lyall Grant MC (4 June 1915 – 29 February 2020) was a British army officer, engineer and government official. He wrote two books based on his experience in the Burma campaign during World War II.

Career

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Lyall Grant was commissioned in the Royal Engineers on 31 January 1935,[1]

Later life and death

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Major-General Ian Hallam Lyall Grant died at age 104 in a care home in Chichester.[2][3]

Books

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  • Burma: The Turning Point[4][5]
  • Burma 1942: the Japanese invasion; both sides tell the story of a savage jungle war[6]

References

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  1. ^ "No. 34129". The London Gazette. 1 February 1935. p. 772.
  2. ^ "Major-General Ian Lyall Grant obituary". The Times. 31 March 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Major General Ian Lyall Grant, commander of engineers in Burma who reconnoitred and built tracks for troops while under enemy fire – obituary". The Telegraph. 31 March 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  4. ^ Lyall Grant, Ian (2003). Burma: the turning point; the seven battles on the Tiddim Road which turned the tide of the Burma War. Leo Cooper. ISBN 1-84415-026-7. OCLC 249366552.
  5. ^ Callahan, Raymond (January 1995). "Burma: The Turning Point. (book review)". The Journal of Military History. 59 (1): 169. doi:10.2307/2944389. ISSN 0899-3718. JSTOR 2944389.
  6. ^ Lyall Grant, Ian; Tamayama, Kazuo (1999). Burma 1942 : the Japanese invasion ; both sides tell the story of a savage jungle war. Chichester: Zampi Press. ISBN 0-9521083-1-3. OCLC 40798441.
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