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	\| name =Sir Norman MacMullen		\| name =Sir Norman MacMullen
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	\| birth_name =Cyril Norman MacMullen		\| birth_name =Cyril Norman MacMullen
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	\| death_date ={{~~dda~~\|12 November 1944\|13 December 1877\|df=y}}		\| death_date ={{death date and age\|12 November 1944\|13 December 1877\|df=y}}
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	==Early life==		==Early life==
	MacMullen was born in Delhi to ~~Col.~~ Frederic Wood MacMullen and Mary Eleanora Ward.<ref name="times">{{cite news \|title= Obituary: General Sir Norman MacMullen \|work=[[The Times]] \|date=14 November 1944 \|page=6 }}</ref>		MacMullen was born in Delhi to Colonel Frederic Wood MacMullen and Mary Eleanora Ward.<ref name="times">{{cite news \|title= Obituary: General Sir Norman MacMullen \|work=[[The Times]] \|date=14 November 1944 \|page=6 }}</ref>

	==Military career==		==Military career==
	MacMullen was commissioned a [[second-lieutenant]] on the unattached list of the [[Indian Army]] on 4 August 1897, and served on the [[Military history of the North-West Frontier\|North West Frontier]] in 1897. Promoted to [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)\|lieutenant]] on 4 November 1899,<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=27168\|page=1264\|date=23 February 1900}}</ref> he was with the [[15th Bengal Infantry]] in 1900, and then with the [[British expedition to Tibet\|Tibet Expedition]] in 1903.<ref name=herald>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17339288 Distinguished soldier] The Sydney Morning Herald, 21 February 1936</ref> He saw action in [[World War I]] as a General Staff Officer Grade 1 with the [[2nd Mounted Division]] during the [[Gallipoli ~~Campaign~~]]<ref>Robbins, p. 107</ref> and then as [[Brigadier-General]] on the General Staff with [[XV Corps (United Kingdom)\|XV Corps]] in France.<ref>Robbins, p. 108</ref>		MacMullen was commissioned a [[second-lieutenant]] on the unattached list of the [[Indian Army]] on 4 August 1897, and served on the [[Military history of the North-West Frontier\|North West Frontier]] in 1897. Promoted to [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)\|lieutenant]] on 4 November 1899,<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=27168\|page=1264\|date=23 February 1900}}</ref> he was with the [[15th Bengal Infantry]] in 1900, and then with the [[British expedition to Tibet\|Tibet Expedition]] in 1903.<ref name=herald>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17339288 Distinguished soldier] The Sydney Morning Herald, 21 February 1936</ref>

			He saw action in [[World War I]] as a General Staff Officer Grade 1 with the [[2nd Mounted Division]] during the [[Gallipoli campaign]]<ref>Robbins, p. 107</ref> and then as [[Brigadier-General]] on the General Staff with [[XV Corps (United Kingdom)\|XV Corps]] in France.<ref>Robbins, p. 108</ref> He served as a general staff officer, grade 1 in June 1916.<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=29667\|page=6984\|date=14 July 1916}}</ref>

	MacMullen served in the [[Third Anglo-Afghan War]] and then became Commander of the Bareilly Brigade in November 1919.<ref name=commands>[http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201900-2011.pdf Army Commands] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705211343/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201900-2011.pdf \|date=2015-07-05 }}</ref> 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)\|Adjutant-General, India]] in May 1930.<ref name=commands/> He then became General Officer Commanding-in-Chief [[Eastern Command (India)\|Eastern Command]] in April 1932 before retiring in April 1936.<ref>[http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19351111-1.2.63.aspx New Chief of Staff] ''The Straits Times,'' 11 November 1935</ref>		MacMullen served in the [[Third Anglo-Afghan War]] and then became Commander of the Bareilly Brigade in November 1919.<ref name=commands>[http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201900-2011.pdf Army Commands] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705211343/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201900-2011.pdf \|date=2015-07-05 }}</ref> 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)\|Adjutant-General, India]] in May 1930.<ref name=commands/> He then became General Officer Commanding-in-Chief [[Eastern Command (India)\|Eastern Command]] in April 1932 before retiring in April 1936.<ref>[http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19351111-1.2.63.aspx New Chief of Staff] ''The Straits Times,'' 11 November 1935</ref>

	==Personal life==		==Personal life==
	In 1905, he married Maud MacIver-Campbell, daughter of ~~Col.~~ Aylmer MacIver-Campbell. They had two daughters, Pamela and Margaret.<ref name="burkewwii">{{cite book \|title= [[Burke's Peerage\|Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood]]\|publisher=Burke's Peerage & Gentry \|editor= Burke, Sir Bernard \|editor-link=Bernard Burke \|edition= 97th \|year=1939 \|page= 2846 \|ref=Burke }}</ref>		In 1905, he married Maud MacIver-Campbell, daughter of Colonel Aylmer MacIver-Campbell. They had two daughters, Pamela and Margaret.<ref name="burkewwii">{{cite book \|title= [[Burke's Peerage\|Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood]]\|publisher=Burke's Peerage & Gentry \|editor= Burke, Sir Bernard \|editor-link=Bernard Burke \|edition= 97th \|year=1939 \|page= 2846 \|ref=Burke }}</ref>

	He died in a nursing home in [[Dublin]] in 1944.<ref name="times"/>		He died in a nursing home in [[Dublin]] in 1944.<ref name="times"/>
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| name =Sir Norman MacMullen
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| birth_name =Cyril Norman MacMullen
| birth_date =13 December 1877
| death_date ={{dda|12 November 1944|13 December 1877|df=y}}
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| birth_place =[[Delhi]], Bengal, British India<ref name="1881census">''1881 England Census''</ref><ref name="birth">''India, Select Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947''</ref>
| death_place =[[Dublin]], Ireland
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| branch =[[Indian Army]]
| serviceyears =1897–1936
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*[[World War I]]
*[[Third Anglo-Afghan War]]
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[[General]] '''Sir Cyril Norman MacMullen''', [[Order of the Bath|KCB]], [[Order of St Michael and St George|CMG]], [[Companion of the Order of the Star of India|CIE]], [[Distinguished Service Order|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.<ref name="times">{{cite news |title= Obituary: General Sir Norman MacMullen |work=[[The Times]] |date=14 November 1944 |page=6 }}</ref>

==Military career==
MacMullen was commissioned a [[second-lieutenant]] on the unattached list of the [[Indian Army]] on 4 August 1897, and served on the [[Military history of the North-West Frontier|North West Frontier]] in 1897. Promoted to [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] on 4 November 1899,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27168|page=1264|date=23 February 1900}}</ref> he was with the [[15th Bengal Infantry]] in 1900, and then with the [[British expedition to Tibet|Tibet Expedition]] in 1903.<ref name=herald>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17339288 Distinguished soldier] The Sydney Morning Herald, 21 February 1936</ref> He saw action in [[World War I]] as a General Staff Officer Grade 1 with the [[2nd Mounted Division]] during the [[Gallipoli Campaign]]<ref>Robbins, p. 107</ref> and then as [[Brigadier-General]] on the General Staff with [[XV Corps (United Kingdom)|XV Corps]] in France.<ref>Robbins, p. 108</ref>

MacMullen served in the [[Third Anglo-Afghan War]] and then became Commander of the Bareilly Brigade in November 1919.<ref name=commands>[http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201900-2011.pdf Army Commands] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705211343/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201900-2011.pdf |date=2015-07-05 }}</ref> 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)|Adjutant-General, India]] in May 1930.<ref name=commands/> He then became General Officer Commanding-in-Chief [[Eastern Command (India)|Eastern Command]] in April 1932 before retiring in April 1936.<ref>[http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19351111-1.2.63.aspx New Chief of Staff] ''The Straits Times,'' 11 November 1935</ref>

==Personal life==
In 1905, he married Maud MacIver-Campbell, daughter of Col. Aylmer MacIver-Campbell. They had two daughters, Pamela and Margaret.<ref name="burkewwii">{{cite book |title= [[Burke's Peerage|Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood]]|publisher=Burke's Peerage & Gentry |editor= Burke, Sir Bernard |editor-link=Bernard Burke |edition= 97th |year=1939 |page= 2846 |ref=Burke }}</ref>

He died in a nursing home in [[Dublin]] in 1944.<ref name="times"/>

==References==
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{{s-aft|after=[[Walter Leslie (Indian Army officer)|Sir Walter Leslie]]}}
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{{s-bef|before=[[John Shea (Indian Army officer)|Sir John Shea]]}}
{{s-ttl|title=[[Eastern Command (India)|GOC-in-C, Eastern Command, India]]|years=1932–1936}}
{{s-aft|after=[[Douglas Baird (Indian Army officer)|Sir Douglas Baird]]}}
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==Sources==
*{{cite book|last=Robbins|first=Simon|title=British Generalship During the Great War: The Military Career of Sir Henry Horne|publisher=Ashgate|year=2010|asin=B005QV0EG8}}

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[[Category:Companions of the Order of the Star of India]]
[[Category:Companions of the Distinguished Service Order]]
[[Category:Indian Army generals of World War I]]
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