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{{Short description|British officer in the British Indian Army}}
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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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Sir Norman MacMullen

Birth nameCyril Norman MacMullen
Born13 December 1877
Delhi, Bengal, British India[1][2]
Died12 November 1944(1944-11-12) (aged 66)
Dublin, Ireland
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branchIndian Army
Years of service1897–1936
RankGeneral
Commands heldBareilly 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 | edit source]

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

Military career[edit | edit source]

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] He served as a general staff officer, grade 1 in June 1916.[8]

MacMullen served in the Third Anglo-Afghan War and then became Commander of the Bareilly Brigade in November 1919.[9] 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.[9] He then became General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Command in April 1932 before retiring in April 1936.[10]

Personal life[edit | edit source]

In 1905, he married Maud MacIver-Campbell, daughter of Colonel Aylmer MacIver-Campbell. They had two daughters, Pamela and Margaret.[11]

He died in a nursing home in Dublin in 1944.[3]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. 1881 England Census
  2. India, Select Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Obituary: General Sir Norman MacMullen". The Times. 14 November 1944. p. 6.
  4. "No. 27168". The London Gazette. 23 February 1900. p. 1264.
  5. Distinguished soldier The Sydney Morning Herald, 21 February 1936
  6. Robbins, p. 107
  7. Robbins, p. 108
  8. "No. 29667". The London Gazette. 14 July 1916. p. 6984.
  9. 9.0 9.1 Army Commands Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine
  10. New Chief of Staff The Straits Times, 11 November 1935
  11. 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[edit | edit source]

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