Military Secretary to the India Office
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The Military Secretary to the India Office was responsible for the recruitment of British and other European nationals to the officer ranks of the Indian Army
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Indian Army
The Indian Army is the land based branch and the largest component of the Indian Armed Forces. With about 1,100,000 soldiers in active service and about 1,150,000 reserve troops, the Indian Army is the world's largest standing volunteer army...
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Military Secretaries to the India Office
The Military Secretaries were as follows:- Major James SalmondJames SalmondMajor-General James Hanson Salmond was an officer in the East India Company's Forces who went on to be Military Secretary to the East India Company.-Military career:...
1809–1837 - Philip Melvill 1837–1858
- Colonel William BakerWilliam Erskine BakerGeneral Sir William Erskine Baker KCB was a senior British Indian Army officer who went on to be Military Secretary to the India Office.-Military career:...
, 1859–1861 - Major-General Sir Thomas PearsThomas PearsMajor-General Sir Thomas Townsend Pears KCB was a senior British Indian Army officer who went on to be Military Secretary to the India Office.-Military career:...
, 1861–1877 - Colonel Allen Johnson, 1877–1889
- Major-General Sir Oliver NewmarchOliver NewmarchMajor-General Sir Oliver Richardson Newmarch KCSI was a senior British Indian Army officer who went on to be Military Secretary to the India Office.-Military career:...
, 1889–1899 - Major-General Sir Edward StedmanEdward StedmanGeneral Sir Edward Stedman GCB KCIE was a senior British Indian Army officer who went on to be Military Secretary to the India Office.-Military career:Stedman was commissioned into the Bengal Staff Corps in 1860...
, 1899–1907 - Lieutenant-General Sir O'Moore CreaghO'Moore CreaghGeneral Sir Garrett O'Moore Creagh VC GCB GCSI , known as Sir O'Moore Creagh, was born in Cahirbane, County Clare and was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth...
, 1907–1909 - Lieutenant-General Sir Beauchamp DuffBeauchamp DuffGeneral Sir Beauchamp Duff, GCB, GCSI, KCVO, CIE, KStJ , was a Scottish officer with a distinguished military career in the British Indian Army serving as Commander-in-Chief of India during World War I.- Early life :...
, 1909–1914 - General Sir Edmund BarrowEdmund BarrowGeneral Sir Edmund George Barrow GCB KCMG was a senior British Army officer who went on to be Military Secretary to the India Office.-Military career:Barrow was commissioned into the 102nd Regiment of Foot in 1871....
, 1914–1917 - Lieutenant-General Sir Herbert CoxHerbert CoxGeneral Sir Herbert Vaughan Cox GCB KCMG CSI was a British officer in the Indian Army.Cox was born in Watford, the son of the Rector of Upper Chelsea. He was educated at Charterhouse and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and was commissioned into the 25th Foot in 1880...
, 1917–1920 - Lieutenant-General Sir Alexander CobbeAlexander CobbeGeneral Sir Alexander Stanhope Cobbe VC GCB KCSI DSO was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces....
, 1920–1926 - Field Marshal Sir Claud JacobClaud JacobField-Marshal Sir Claud William Jacob GCB GCSI KCMG was a British Army officer who served in the First World War.-Military career:...
, 1926–1930 - General Sir Alexander CobbeAlexander CobbeGeneral Sir Alexander Stanhope Cobbe VC GCB KCSI DSO was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces....
, 1930–1931 - Major-General Sydney MusprattSydney MusprattGeneral Sir Sydney Frederick Muspratt KCB CSI CIE DSO was a senior British Indian Army officer who went on to be Military Secretary to the India Office.-Military career:Muspratt was commissioned into the Indian Staff Corps in 1898...
, 1931–1933 - Lieutenant-General Sir John Coleridge, 1933–1936
- Major-General Sir Roger Wilson, 1936–1937
- Lieutenant-General Sir Sydney MusprattSydney MusprattGeneral Sir Sydney Frederick Muspratt KCB CSI CIE DSO was a senior British Indian Army officer who went on to be Military Secretary to the India Office.-Military career:Muspratt was commissioned into the Indian Staff Corps in 1898...
, 1937–1941 - Brigadier Rob LockhartRob LockhartGeneral Sir Robert McGregor MacDonald Lockhart KCB CIE MC was a British Indian Army general of World War II and an early Scouting notable.-Military career:...
, 1941–1943 - Lieutenant-General George MolesworthGeorge MolesworthLieutenant-General George Noble Molesworth, CSI, CBE was an officer commissioned into the British Army serving in India and saw active service in the Third Anglo-Afghan War. He later transferred to the British Indian Army and rose to oversee intelligence and to be Deputy Chief of General Staff of...
, 1943–1944 - General Sir Mosley MayneMosley MayneGeneral Sir Ashton Gerard Oswald Mosley Mayne GCB, CBE, DSO was a British Indian Army officer in both World War I and World War II.-Early career:...
, 1945–1947 - Lieutenant-General Sir Geoffrey ScoonesGeoffrey ScoonesGeneral Sir Geoffrey Allen Percival Scoones KCB, KBE, CSI, DSO, MC was a general in the British Indian Army during the Second World War. His younger brother was Reginald "Cully" Scoones.-Military career:...
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