1. Lewis Lyne graduated from the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and was commissioned as a temporary second lieutenant into the Lancashire Fusiliers on 2 April 1919.
11 Facts About Lewis Lyne
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Lewis Lyne gained a regular army commission on 24 July 1921.
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Lewis Lyne was promoted to lieutenant on 14 July 1923.
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Lewis Lyne was made a brevet major on 1 July 1938, a major on 1 August, and brevet lieutenant colonel on 1 July 1939.
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On 8 January 1944 Lewis Lyne returned to hospital and so missed the division's crossing of the Garigliano river during the first Battle of Monte Cassino.
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Just before the division set sail Lewis Lyne was ordered to return to England to become GOC of the 59th Infantry Division, taking over from Major General William Bradshaw.
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Lewis Lyne did not see his first action as an armoured commander until mid-January 1945 when, serving in XII Corps, it fought in Operation Blackcock, the attempt to clear the Roer triangle.
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Lewis Lyne took part in the Victory Parade in Berlin on 21 July 1945.
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Lewis Lyne became Commandant of the British Sector in Berlin on 6 July 1945, a position he held while still retaining command of the 7th Armoured Division.
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Lewis Lyne was made Director of Staff Duties at the War Office from 1946 to 1949.
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Lewis Lyne retired from the army due to ill health in early 1949, aged just 49.