Norman MacMullen
Sir Norman MacMullen | |
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| Birth name | Cyril Norman MacMullen |
| Born | 13 December 1877 General |
| Commands held | Bareilly Brigade Rawalpindi District Eastern Command, India |
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CIE, DSO (13 December 1877 – 12 November 1944) was a British officer in the British Indian Army
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Early life
MacMullen was born in Delhi to Col. Frederic Wood MacMullen and Mary Eleanora Ward.[3]
Military career
MacMullen was commissioned a
MacMullen served in the Third Anglo-Afghan War and then became Commander of the Bareilly Brigade in November 1919.[8] He went on to be Deputy Quartermaster-General in India in 1924, General Officer Commanding Rawalpindi District and 2nd Indian Division in March 1927 and Adjutant-General, India in May 1930.[8] He then became General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Command in April 1932 before retiring in April 1936.[9]
Personal life
In 1905, he married Maud MacIver-Campbell, daughter of Col. Aylmer MacIver-Campbell. They had two daughters, Pamela and Margaret.[10]
He died in a nursing home in Dublin in 1944.[3]
References
- ^ 1881 England Census
- ^ India, Select Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947
- ^ a b "Obituary: General Sir Norman MacMullen". The Times. 14 November 1944. p. 6.
- ^ "No. 27168". The London Gazette. 23 February 1900. p. 1264.
- ^ Distinguished soldier The Sydney Morning Herald, 21 February 1936
- ^ Robbins, p. 107
- ^ Robbins, p. 108
- ^ a b Army Commands Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ New Chief of Staff The Straits Times, 11 November 1935
- ^ Burke, Sir Bernard, ed. (1939). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (97th ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 2846.
Sources
- Robbins, Simon (2010). British Generalship During the Great War: The Military Career of Sir Henry Horne. Ashgate. ASIN B005QV0EG8.