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Christopher Maltby

Christopher Maltby
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Major General Christopher Maltby
Born (1891-01-13)13 January 1891
India
Died 6 September 1980(1980-09-06) (aged 89)
Taunton, Somerset
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Indian Army
Years of service 1908–1946
Rank Major General
Commands held British Troops in China (1941)
19th Indian Infantry Brigade (1940–41)
3rd Indian Infantry Brigade (1939–40)
3rd Battalion 9th Jat Regiment (1937–39)
4th Battalion 9th Rajput Regiment (1936–37)
Battles/wars First World War
Russian Civil War
Waziristan campaign
Second World War
Awards Companion of the Order of the Bath
Military Cross
Mentioned in Despatches (4)
Relations Air Vice Marshal Sir Paul Maltby (brother)

Major General Christopher Michael Maltby, CB, MC, DL (13 January 1891 – 6 September 1980) was a senior officer in the British Indian Army who served as Commander of British Troops in China in 1941 before the Japanese invasion of Hong Kong, after which he became a prisoner of war.

Educated at Bedford School, Maltby was commissioned into the Indian Army in 1910.

He served in the First World War and then went to the Staff College in Quetta in 1923. He served on the North West Frontier in India and then became a General Staff Officer at Army Headquarters in India in 1925. He went on to the Staff College at Andover in 1927 and then was appointed Deputy Assistant Adjutant General at Army Headquarters in India in 1930. He returned to the North West Frontier in India in 1937 and then became an Instructor at the Staff College at Quetta in 1938 before being appointed a General Staff Officer in Baluchistan District in India in 1939.

He served in the Second World War initially as Commander of 3rd Jhelum Brigade, then as Commander of the Calcutta Brigade, and finally as Commander of 19th Indian Infantry Brigade in Deccan District in India.


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