Frank Messervy
| Frank Walter Messervy | |
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General Sir Frank Messervy, first Commander-in-Chief, Pakistan Army
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| Nickname(s) | Bearded Man |
| Born |
9 December 1893 Trinidad |
| Died | 2 February 1974 (aged 80) Heyshott, West Sussex |
| Allegiance |
 British Empire
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| Service/branch |
 British Indian Army Pakistan Army
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| Years of service | 1913–1948 |
| Rank | General |
| Commands held |
Chief of Army Staff (Pakistan) (1947–48) Northern Command, India (1946–47) Malaya Command (1945–46) IV Corps (1944–45) Indian 7th Infantry Division (1943–44) Indian 43rd Armoured Division (1942–43) 7th Armoured Division (1942) 1st Armoured Division (1942) Indian 4th Infantry Division (1941–42) Indian 9th Infantry Brigade (1941) Gazelle Force (1941) 13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers (1938–39) |
| Battles/wars | |
| Awards |
Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Companion of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order & Bar Mentioned in Despatches (3) Order of the Nile (Egypt) Legion of Merit (United States) |
| Other work | Honorary Colonel, 16th Light Cavalry (1945–48) Honorary Colonel, The Jat Regiment (1947–55) Deputy Chief Scout (1949–50) Berkshire County Councillor (1953–56) |
First World War
Second World War
General Sir Frank Walter Messervy KCSI, KBE, CB, DSO & Bar (9 December 1893 – 2 February 1974) was a British Indian Army officer in both the First and Second World Wars. Following its independence, he was the first Commander of the Pakistan Army (15 August 1947 – 10 February 1948) Previously, he had become a Lieutenant-General in 1945; a General in 1947; General Officer Commanding in Chief or (GOC-in-C) Northern Command, India in 1946 and 1947.
Messervy was born in 1893 in Trinidad to Walter John Messervy (born in Jersey), a bank manager in the colony (and later England) and Mayra Naida de Boissiere of Trinidad.
Messervy was commissioned into the Indian Army in 1913 and in 1914 joined 9th Hodson's Horse which later became 4th Duke of Cambridge's Own Hodson's Horse. He would see action in the First World War in France, Palestine and Syria from 1914 to 1918. He later served in Kurdistan in 1919.
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