Major-General Alec Wilfred Lee CB, MC (1896–1973) was a British Army officer who served in both of the world wars.
This was followed by seeing active service on the Western Front, where he was awarded the Military Cross in 1915, and mentioned in dispatches six times throughout the war.
[1] Remaining in the army during the interwar period, he received a promotion to captain in 1923 and went to India where he attended the Staff College, Quetta from 1926 to 1927.
[1] Lee served during World War II, initially as a staff officer with General Headquarters (GHQ) of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in France, for which he was mentioned in dispatches another time.
[1] After serving from late to 1940 until 1942 in the War Office in London as deputy director of Staff Duties,[2] Lee, by now a brigadier, took command of the 44th (Home Counties) Division's 133rd Infantry Brigade until it was disbanded in 1943.