Christopher Man Explained

Christopher Man
Birth Date:20 April 1914
Birth Place:Lydden, Kent
Death Date:25 October 1989 (aged 75)
Death Place:Blair Atholl, Scotland
Allegiance:United Kingdom
Rank:Major-General
Branch:British Army
Commands:Infantry Junior Leaders' Battalion
125th Infantry Brigade
49th (North Midlands and West Riding) Division
Unit:Middlesex Regiment
Battles:Second World War
Awards:Companion of the Order of the Bath
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Military Cross

Major-General Christopher Mark Morrice Man (20 April 1914 – 25 October 1989) was a British Army officer.

Military career

Educated at Eastbourne College and Emmanuel College, Cambridge,[1] Man was commissioned into the Middlesex Regiment on 22 June 1934. After serving with the 1st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment in the Second World War, he became commanding officer of the Army Air Transport Training and Development Centre in 1953, commanding officer of the Infantry Junior Leaders' Battalion in 1957 and commander of 125th Infantry Brigade in December 1959.[2] He went on to be British military attaché in Seoul in 1962 and General Officer Commanding 49th (North Midlands and West Riding) Division and North Midland District of the Territorial Army in February 1964 before retiring in December 1966.[2]

He was colonel of the Middlesex Regiment from 1965 to 1966.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Christopher Mark Morrice Man. Man Family. 16 June 2020.
  2. Web site: Army Commands. 16 June 2020.
  3. Web site: The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) [UK]]. https://web.archive.org/web/20051225092024/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/057Midx.htm. 25 December 2005. 24 January 2016.