Officer Commanding, Indian 4th Infantry Division, North Africa (1941–1942) General Officer Commanding, 1st Armoured Division, North Africa (1942) General Officer Commanding, 7th Armoured Division, North Africa (1942) Deputy Chief of the General Staff, HQ Middle East Command (1942) General Officer Commanding, Indian 43rd Armoured Division (1942–1943) Director Armoured Fighting Vehicles, India (1943) General Officer Commanding, Indian 7th Infantry Division, India (1943–1944) General Officer Commanding, IV Corps, Burma (1944–1945) General Officer Commander-In-Chief, Malaya Command (1945–1946) General Officer Commander-In-Chief, Northern Command, India (1946–1947) Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army (1947–1948) Retired (1948) Promotions Second Lieutenant-22 January 1913 Lieutenant – 22 April 1915 Captain – 22 January 1917 Acting Major – 23 November to 27 December 1918 Brevet Major – 1 July 1929 Major – 22 January 1931 Local Lieutenant-Colonel – 1 September 1932 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel – 1 July 1933 Lieutenant-Colonel – 10 April 1938 Colonel – 19 April 1940 Acting Major-General (Temporary Brigadier) – 14 April 1941 Temporary Major-General – 14 April 1942 Major-General – 17 April 1943 Acting Lieutenant-General – 8 December 1944 Lieutenant-General – 1 June 1945 Acting General – 15 August 1947 Honorary General – 1948 Notes References Bibliography Maule, Henry (1961). Spearhead General: The Epic Story of General Sir Frank Messervy and his Men in Eritrea, North Africa and Burma. External links British Military History Biographies M Generals of World War II Indian Army Officers 1939–1945 |- |- |- |- |- |- |- 1893 births 1974 deaths Indian Army personnel of World War I Indian Army generals of World War II Commanders-in-Chief, Pakistan Army Knights Commander of the Order of the Star of India Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire Companions of the Order of the Bath Companions of the Distinguished Service Order Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst Graduates of the Staff College, Camberley Recipients of the Legion of Merit People of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 Jersey people Academics of the Staff College, Quetta British expatriates in Pakistan People educated at Eton College British Indian Army generals