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...

Messervy is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Frank Messervy (1893–1974), British soldier, first Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army...

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...

became a makeshift, rectangular defensive position for Major-General Frank Messervy and his staff after their divisional headquarters was overrun on 7 February...

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...

General Rob Lockhart as its Army chief and Pakistan appointed General Frank Messervy. The presence of the British commanding officers on both sides made...

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...

in India, and replaced in charge of IV Corps by Lieutenant-General Frank Messervy. In preparation for the offensive, several divisions were organised...

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...

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...

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...

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...

was promoted to command the Western Desert Force and Major General Frank Messervy assumed command. Having returned to Egypt, the 5th Indian Infantry Brigade...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Lieutenant-General Sir Frank Messervy receives the sword of General Seishirō Itagaki, commander of the Japanese Seventh Area Army, at a formal ceremony...

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...

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...

Divisional Cavalry Regiment 4th Indian Infantry Division (Major-General Frank Messervy) 5th Indian Infantry Brigade 1st Battalion, The Buffs 3rd Battalion...

next day, 1 March, Cowan had the Corps commander (Lieutenant General Frank Messervy) and General Slim watching anxiously over his shoulder at his headquarters...

British forces with General Itagaki surrendering his sword to General Frank Messervy at Kuala Lumpur, British Malaya, on 22 February 1946. Japan portal Aftermath...

 Indian Army Commanders and leaders Mohammad Ali Jinnah Liaquat Ali Khan Frank Messervy Jawaharlal Nehru Rob Lockhart Hari Singh Lt. Col Sukhdev Singh Prakash...

Noel Beresford-Peirse) 4th Indian Infantry Division (Major-General Frank Messervy) 22nd Guards Brigade 7th Armoured Division (Major-General Sir Michael...

commanders Percy Hobart Michael O'Moore Creagh William Gott John Campbell Frank Messervy John Harding George Erskine Lewis Lyne Insignia First insignia to use...

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...

Military offices Preceded by William Gott GOC 7th Armoured Division February 1942 Succeeded by Frank Messervy...

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...