Malcolm Orme Little
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Brigadier-General Malcolm Orme Little CB CBE |
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| Born |
29 November 1857 Paddington, Middlesex, England |
| Died | 1 February 1931 (aged 73) |
| Allegiance | British Crown |
| Service/branch |
 British Army
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| Years of service | 1877–1917 |
| Rank | Brigadier-General |
| Unit | 9th Queen's Royal Lancers |
| Commands held |
9th Queen's Royal Lancers 3rd Cavalry Brigade 2/1st Welsh Border Mounted Brigade |
| Battles/wars |
Second Boer War World War I |
| Spouse(s) | Iris Hermoine Brassey |
| Relations | General Sir Archibald Little, KCB |
Brigadier-General Malcolm Orme Little, CB, CBE (29 November 1857 – 1 February 1931) was a cavalry officer in the British Army and champion polo player. He commanded a cavalry brigade in the Second Boer War and a yeomanry brigade in the First World War.
Malcolm Orme Little was born on 29 November 1857 at Sussex Square, Hyde Park Gardens, Paddington, Middlesex, England, to General Sir Archibald Little, KCB and his wife Jane (née Orme).
He obtained his first commission as an infantry second-lieutenant in the Royal North Gloucester Militia on 26 September 1877. On 11 May 1878, he obtained a regular commission as a Second Lieutenant in the 17th Lancers after graduating from the Royal Military College. He had been an Honorary Queen's Cadet. On the same date, he resigned his Militia Commission. On 19 October 1878, he transferred to the 9th Queen's Royal Lancers, his father's regiment. On the same date, the 9th Lancers departed Sialkot, India to take part in the Second Anglo-Afghan War.
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