Norman MacMullen
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United KingdomSir Norman MacMullen | |
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| Birth name | Cyril Norman MacMullen |
| Born | 13 December 1877 |
| Died | 12 November 1944 (aged 66) Dublin, Ireland |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Branch | Indian Army |
| Years of service | 1897–1936 |
| Rank | General |
| Commands | Bareilly Brigade Rawalpindi District Eastern Command, India |
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General Sir Cyril Norman MacMullen, KCB, CMG, CIE, DSO (13 December 1877 – 12 November 1944) was a British officer in the British Indian Army.
MacMullen was born in Delhi to Colonel 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] 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]