21 Facts About Mosley Mayne

Mosley Mayne was promoted to lieutenant on 9 December 1910.

Mosley Mayne saw action against the Mohmands and the Swatis on the North West Frontier between August and October 1915, was promoted to temporary captain on 1 September 1915 and having his first taste of staff work being appointed temporary Staff Captain in India from 23 to 30 September 1915.

The regiment was sent to Mesopotamia in July 1916, Mosley Mayne arriving on 25 August.

Mosley Mayne was to serve in Mesopotamia until the end of the war against Turkey on 31 October 1918 and was wounded.

Mosley Mayne was promoted to substantive captain during this period, his seniority later being antedated to 1 September 1915.

Mosley Mayne was made a companion of the Distinguished Service Order for service in Mesopotamia in the London Gazette, 25 August 1917.

Mosley Mayne was additionally mentioned in despatches in the London Gazettes of 15 August 1917,18 February 1919 and 5 June 1919.

Mosley Mayne was first appointed to the staff as a General Staff Officer III on 27 March 1918 on the staff of the 3rd Army Corps, Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force remaining there until 11 September 1918.

Mosley Mayne was posted back to India as a Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General Army Headquarters India from 9 June 1919 to 15 May 1920.

Mosley Mayne then went to England where he attended the Staff College, Camberley from 1921 to 1922.

Mosley Mayne's regiment amalgamated with the 16th Cavalry in 1921 to form the 6th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers.

Mosley Mayne was appointed a General Staff Officer 2nd grade 15 February 1922 to 11 June 1923 at Army Headquarters followed by appointment as an instructor at the Cavalry School, Saugor from 12 December 1923 to 10 November 1924.

Mosley Mayne was on leave on a medical certificate for one year to 19 September 1925.

Mosley Mayne served as a General Staff Officer 2nd grade at the War Office in London from 22 January 1927 to 22 January 1931.

Mosley Mayne was promoted to General Officer Commanding of the 5th Indian Division in April 1941.

In September 1941, Mosley Mayne's division relieved the British 50th Infantry Division in Cyprus.

In June 1942, Mosley Mayne was promoted to command XXI Indian Corps which became part of Persia and Iraq Command's Tenth Army based in Baghdad.

In January 1945, Mosley Mayne was appointed Military Secretary to the India Office and, after 37 years of military service, retired from the army after the war in 1947.

Between 1944 and 1947 Mosley Mayne held the honorary title of ADC General to the King.

Mosley Mayne was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath and Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1941, Knight Commander in 1944, and Knight Grand Cross in 1947.

Mosley Mayne was married in 1916 to Phyllis Tweddell who died in 1949.