page_title: Lindsay Merritt Inglis
hierarchical_section_title: Lindsay Merritt Inglis
caption_attribution_description: English: Portrait of Acting Major General Lindsay Merritt Inglis, GOC NZ Division when General Freyberg was wounded. Photograph taken in Egypt on 16 August 1942 by H Paton. Acting Major General Lindsay Merritt Inglis, Egypt - Photograph taken by H Paton. New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch&#160;:Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency. Ref: DA-02567-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22758163 H. Paton was an official photographer of the NZ Military Forces and thus copyright in this work rests with the Crown. The work has licenced for re-use under CC 3.0. Refer to source website webpage on copyright information: http://natlib.govt.nz/about-this-site/copyright-and-privacy
context_page_description: Major General Lindsay Merritt Inglis, CB, CBE, DSO & Bar, MC, ED was a New Zealand military leader, lawyer and magistrate.
  Born in Mosgiel, Inglis volunteered for service in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force during the First World War. He served on the Western Front and won the Military Cross for his actions during the Battle of Flers-Courcelette. He ended the war as a company commander and returned to New Zealand in 1919. In civilian life, he was a solicitor and barrister in Timaru but also served in the Territorial Force. He volunteered for service during the Second World War and commanded the 4th Infantry Brigade in the campaigns in Crete and North Africa. He had two periods in command of the 2nd New Zealand Division. After the war, he was appointed to a military court of the Allied Control Commission, which administered occupied Germany. He later served as chief judge of the Allied Control Commission's Supreme Court from 1947 to 1950.
context_section_description: Major General Lindsay Merritt Inglis, CB, CBE, DSO & Bar, MC, ED (16 May 1894 – 17 March 1966) was a New Zealand military leader, lawyer and magistrate.
  Born in Mosgiel, Inglis volunteered for service in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force during the First World War. He served on the Western Front and won the Military Cross for his actions during the Battle of Flers-Courcelette. He ended the war as a company commander and returned to New Zealand in 1919. In civilian life, he was a solicitor and barrister in Timaru but also served in the Territorial Force. He volunteered for service during the Second World War and commanded the 4th Infantry Brigade in the campaigns in Crete and North Africa. He had two periods in command of the 2nd New Zealand Division. After the war, he was appointed to a military court of the Allied Control Commission, which administered occupied Germany. He later served as chief judge of the Allied Control Commission's Supreme Court from 1947 to 1950.
caption: Lindsay Inglis, acting commander of 2nd New Zealand Division, in 1942
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