Major-General Major general (abbreviated MG, maj. gen. and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. The disappearance of the "sergeant" in the title explains the apparent confusion of a ...

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

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Career

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

Later life and death

Major-General Ian Hallam Lyall Grant died at age 104 in a care home in

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Books

*''Burma: The Turning Point'' *''Burma 1942: the Japanese invasion; both sides tell the story of a savage jungle war''

References

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* * 1915 births 2020 deaths British Army major generals 20th-century British engineers British men centenarians Recipients of the Military Cross Royal Engineers officers {{UK-army-bio-stub