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    General Sir Frank Walter Messervy, KCSI, KBE, CB, DSO & Bar (9 December 1893 – 2 February 1974) was a British Indian Army officer in the First and Second...
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  • Messervy is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Frank Messervy (1893–1974), British soldier, first Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army...
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    the division was reassigned to the Burma campaign and Major General Frank Messervy, a veteran of the fighting in North Africa, was appointed to command...
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    as 'Royal Pakistan Army'; on 15 August British Indian Army's General Frank Messervy became the first C-in-C of the newly created Pakistan Army. General...
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    became a makeshift, rectangular defensive position for Major-General Frank Messervy and his staff after their divisional headquarters was overrun on 7 February...
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    Chief of Staff in the newly created GHQ, Pakistan before succeeding Frank Messervy as the Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army in 1948. When the Pakistani...
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    General Rob Lockhart as its Army chief and Pakistan appointed General Frank Messervy. The presence of the British commanding officers on both sides made...
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    in India, and replaced in charge of IV Corps by Lieutenant-General Frank Messervy. In preparation for the offensive, several divisions were organised...
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    receiving permission from the Chief of Staff of Pakistan Army General Sir Frank Messervy, he organised his men to form the nucleus of an Infantry Regiment, the...
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    which was quite a large number, under the command of Lieutenant-General Frank Messervy, the first commander-in-chief of the Pakistan Army.: 70  Eminent fears...
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  • start of the Battle of Gazala in the Second World War, Major General Frank Messervy was captured by the Germans on 27 May 1942, but having removed all insignia...
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    On 14 August 1947, Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army General Frank Messervy decided to establish the army headquarters of the Pakistan Army at the...
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    was promoted to command the Western Desert Force and Major General Frank Messervy assumed command. Having returned to Egypt, the 5th Indian Infantry Brigade...
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    Kuala Lumpur. On 8 November he handed over to Lieutenant-General Sir Frank Messervy, and replaced Slim, who returned to the UK, as Commander-in-Chief of...
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    personality, he was wounded twice in 1942 (having to hand over his command to Frank Messervy from January to March), received a Bar to his DSO and on his return...
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    dispersing it and capturing a number of officers, including the commander, Frank Messervy, who pretended to be a batman and escaped. The "inexcusable" lapse in...
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    Lieutenant-General Sir Frank Messervy receives the sword of General Seishirō Itagaki, commander of the Japanese Seventh Area Army, at a formal ceremony...
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    arrived. The 7th Indian Infantry Division, commanded by Major General Frank Messervy, was arriving piecemeal by road and rail from the Arakan. Its 33rd Indian...
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    established its headquarters at GHQ Pakistan, Rawalpindi - headed by General Frank Messervy (later succeeded by General Sir Douglas Gracey) as its inaugural C-in-C...
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  • Divisional Cavalry Regiment 4th Indian Infantry Division (Major-General Frank Messervy) 5th Indian Infantry Brigade 1st Battalion, The Buffs 3rd Battalion...
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  • temporary command of the IV Corps in Burma while Lieutenant-General Frank Messervy took leave for a month, taking part in the defeat of the Japanese at...
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  • 1941) 2nd Battalion 5th Mahratta Light Infantry Gazelle Force, Colonel Frank Messervy 1st Duke of York's Own Skinner's Horse (detached from 5th Indian Infantry...
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    next day, 1 March, Cowan had the Corps commander (Lieutenant General Frank Messervy) and General Slim watching anxiously over his shoulder at his headquarters...
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    British forces with General Itagaki surrendering his sword to General Frank Messervy at Kuala Lumpur, British Malaya, on 22 February 1946. Japan portal Aftermath...
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  •  Indian Army Commanders and leaders Mohammad Ali Jinnah Liaquat Ali Khan Frank Messervy Jawaharlal Nehru Rob Lockhart Hari Singh Lt. Col Sukhdev Singh Prakash...
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    commanders Percy Hobart Michael O'Moore Creagh William Gott John Campbell Frank Messervy John Harding George Erskine Lewis Lyne Insignia First insignia to use...
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    Noel Beresford-Peirse) 4th Indian Infantry Division (Major-General Frank Messervy) 22nd Guards Brigade 7th Armoured Division (Major-General Sir Michael...
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    Military offices Preceded by William Gott GOC 7th Armoured Division February 1942 Succeeded by Frank Messervy...
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    training program for women but such attempts were dismissed by General Frank Messervy. In 1949, the first lady Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan took personal initiatives...
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    Maule, H. (1961). Spearhead General: The Epic Story of General Sir Frank Messervy and his Men in Eritrea, North Africa and Burma. London: Odhams. OCLC 2127215...
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