Norman MacMullen
Sir Norman MacMullen | |
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| Birth name | Cyril Norman MacMullen |
| Born | 13 December 1877 Delhi, Bengal, British India[1][2] |
| Died | 12 November 1944 (aged 66) Dublin, Ireland |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service | Indian Army |
| Years of service | 1897–1936 |
| Rank | General |
| Commands | Bareilly Brigade Rawalpindi District Eastern Command, India |
| Battles / wars | |
| Awards | |
General Sir Cyril Norman MacMullen, KCB, CMG, CIE, DSO (13 December 1877 – 12 November 1944) was a British officer in the British Indian Army.
Early life
[edit]MacMullen was born in Delhi to Colonel Frederic Wood MacMullen and Mary Eleanora Ward.[3]
Military career
[edit]MacMullen was commissioned a second-lieutenant on the unattached list of the Indian Army on 4 August 1897, and served on the North West Frontier in 1897. Promoted to lieutenant on 4 November 1899,[4] he was with the 15th Bengal Infantry in 1900, and then with the Tibet Expedition in 1903.[5] He saw action in World War I as a General Staff Officer Grade 1 with the 2nd Mounted Division during the Gallipoli campaign[6] and then as Brigadier-General on the General Staff with XV Corps in France.[7]
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
[edit]In 1905, he married Maud MacIver-Campbell, daughter of Colonel Aylmer MacIver-Campbell. They had two daughters, Pamela and Margaret.[10]
He died in a nursing home in Dublin in 1944.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]- Robbins, Simon (2010). British Generalship During the Great War: The Military Career of Sir Henry Horne. Ashgate. ASIN B005QV0EG8.
- 1877 births
- 1944 deaths
- Military personnel from Delhi
- British Indian Army generals
- Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath
- Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
- Companions of the Order of the Star of India
- Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
- Indian Army generals of World War I
- 19th-century British military personnel