Norman MacMullen

Sir Norman MacMullen
Sir Norman MacMullen
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/branch	Indian Army
Rank	General
Commands held	Bareilly Brigade; Rawalpindi District; Eastern Command, India
Battles/wars	Tibet Expedition; World War I; Third Anglo-Afghan War;
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath; Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George; Companion of the Order of the Star of India; Distinguished Service Order;

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

MacMullen was born in Delhi to Col. Frederic Wood MacMullen and Mary Eleanora Ward.[3]

Military career

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

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
"Obituary: General Sir Norman MacMullen". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 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
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.

Military offices
Preceded by Sir Robert Cassels	Adjutant-General, India 1930–1932	Succeeded by Sir Walter Leslie
Preceded by Sir John Shea	GOC-in-C, Eastern Command, India 1932–1936	Succeeded by Sir Douglas Baird

Sources

Robbins, Simon (2010). British Generalship During the Great War: The Military Career of Sir Henry Horne. Ashgate. ASIN B005QV0EG8.

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[1881census-1] 1881 England Census

[birth-2] India, Select Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947

[times-3] "Obituary: General Sir Norman MacMullen". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 14 November 1944. p. 6.

[4] "No. 27168". The London Gazette. 23 February 1900. p. 1264.

[herald-5] Distinguished soldier The Sydney Morning Herald, 21 February 1936

[6] Robbins, p. 107

[7] Robbins, p. 108

[commands-8] Army Commands Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine

[9] New Chief of Staff The Straits Times, 11 November 1935

[burkewwii-10] Burke, Sir Bernard, ed. (1939). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (97th ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 2846.