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(1944-11-12) (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 |
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GeneralSir Cyril Norman MacMullen,KCB,CMG,CIE,DSO (13 December 1877 – 12 November 1944) was a British officer in theBritish Indian Army.
MacMullen was born in Delhi to Colonel Frederic Wood MacMullen and Mary Eleanora Ward.[3]
MacMullen was commissioned asecond-lieutenant on the unattached list of theIndian Army on 4 August 1897, and served on theNorth West Frontier in 1897. Promoted tolieutenant on 4 November 1899,[4] he was with the15th Bengal Infantry in 1900, and then with theTibet Expedition in 1903.[5] He saw action inWorld War I as a General Staff Officer Grade 1 with the2nd Mounted Division during theGallipoli campaign[6] and then asBrigadier-General on the General Staff withXV Corps in France.[7]
MacMullen served in theThird 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 CommandingRawalpindi District and 2nd Indian Division in March 1927 andAdjutant-General, India in May 1930.[8] He then became General Officer Commanding-in-ChiefEastern Command in April 1932 before retiring in April 1936.[9]
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 inDublin in 1944.[3]
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| Preceded by | Adjutant-General, India 1930–1932 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | GOC-in-C, Eastern Command, India 1932–1936 | Succeeded by |