11 Facts About Christopher Maltby

Christopher Maltby served on the North West Frontier in India and then became a general staff officer at Army Headquarters in India in 1925.

Christopher Maltby went on to the RAF Staff College at Andover in 1927 and then was appointed Deputy Assistant Adjutant General at Army Headquarters in India in 1930.

Christopher Maltby was appointed to command the 3rd battalion, 9th Jat regiment on 1 February 1937, which in October 1937 moved to Landi Kotal on the North West Frontier of India and took part in the operations during 1937, for which he was again Mentioned in Despatches.

Christopher Maltby was appointed an instructor at the Staff College at Quetta from June to December 1938 before being appointed a General Staff Officer, grade 1, Baluchistan District in India in January 1939.

Christopher Maltby was made Commander of British Troops in China in August 1941.

Christopher Maltby was unimpressed when he assumed the post on 19 July 1941.

Christopher Maltby initially established a 10-mile line of defence known as Gin Drinkers Line across the Southern part of the mainland but was rapidly forced to withdraw his troops back to Hong Kong Island.

General Takashi Sakai began a bombardment of the Island and, after a brief counter-attack by British Troops which commenced on 19 December 1941, Christopher Maltby surrendered to the Japanese at Queen's Pier on 25 December 1941.

Christopher Maltby was a prisoner of war from 1941 to 1945.

Christopher Maltby was granted the honorary rank of major-general on 10 June 1946.

In 1953, Christopher Maltby was granted a commission as a Deputy lieutenant of Somerset, where he spent his remaining years, the last five of them a widower.