Staff College, Camberley 1936–1939 Waziristan, North West Frontier Second World War 1938–1941 Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General at General Headquarters(GHQ) India 1941–1942 Instructor at the Indian Army Staff College, Quetta 1942 Commanding Officer 1st Battalion, 4th Gurkha Rifles. Took part in the retreat from Burma, into India. Better described in "British Commanders" Published June 1945 by British Information Services in the US as commanding a battalion which was landed in Burma in time to take part in General Alexander's battling withdrawal. He soon gained a legendary name for bravery. "Once this bespectacled giant had his revolver kicked out of his hand in a hand-to-hand scrap with four Japs. He tore the sword from the leader's hand and killed him with it; then, turning on the others, hewed one to the ground and chased the other two back into the jungle. Another time, when the japanese had captured an ambulance convoy, a wounded officer in one of them heard a noise which he described as like the roaring of the Bull of Bashan. It was Joe Lentaigne arriving. He had charged ahead of his Gurkhas and arrived first, killing several Japs before they caught up with him. The ambulances were saved." 1943 Temporarily commanded 63rd Indian Infantry Brigade in Imphal, India. Subsequently, raised 111th Indian Infantry Brigade, a Long Range Penetration formation. 1944 Led 111 Brigade in Operation Thursday, the second Chindit operation. On 24 March 1944 succeeded to command of Special Force / 3rd Indian Infantry Division, on the death of Major General Orde Wingate in an air crash. Commanded the Chindits until they were disbanded early in 1945. 1945 General Officer Commanding Indian 39th Infantry Division 1946 Attended Imperial Defence College 1947 Director of Military Operations (18 Feb – 14 May) 1947 Deputy Quartermaster General at GHQ India (15 May – 15 Aug) 1947 Deputy Quartermaster General at GHQ, British Troops in India and Pakistan. (15 Aug 1947 – 15 Mar 1948) 1948–1955 Commandant of the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington (16 March 1948 – 12 March 1955) 1955 Retired as lieutenant general and returned to the United Kingdom owing to bad health. Lentaigne and the Chindits Lentaigne was an outsider in the Chindit organization. He was appointed by General Wavell in the spring of 1943 to raise 111th Indian Brigade as a second Chindit Brigade. Because Wingate was in Burma conducting the Chindit operation (Operation Longcloth), he was unable