Lieutenant-General Sir Neil Cantlie KCB KBE MC FRCS (1892–1975) was a Scottish Royal Army Medical Corps officer, known also as a biographer and historical writer.
On the outbreak of World War I he was in the British Expeditionary Force in France, was wounded at the First Battle of Ypres, and was promoted captain in 1915.
[1][2] Cantlie then gained surgical qualifications at the Royal Army Medical College, going on to take up military hospital positions.
After other hospital postings, and promotion as colonel in 1941, he joined the 46th Division as Assistant Director Medical Services, and served in Operation Torch.
Then, ranked major-general, he went as Deputy Director Medical Services to Eastern Command, India, for the rest of the war.