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CodeDS/UK/8807
NameMesservy; Sir; Frank Walter (1893-1974); British officer in the British Indian Army
Dates1893-1974
GenderMale
BiographyGeneral Sir Frank Walter Messervy, KCSI, KBE, CB, DSO & Bar, (1893, Trinidad–1974, Heyshott near Midhurst, England), was a British Indian Army officer in both the First and Second World Wars. Following its independence, he was the first Army Commander of Pakistan Army (15 August 1947 – 10 February 1948). Previous to this he had become a Lieutenant-General in 1945; General 1947; General Officer Commanding in Chief or (GOC-in-C) Northern Command, India (1946–1947).

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