Major-General
* 2nd of April 1897
† 11th of October 1987
(Royal Indian Army Service Corps)
(Indian Army)
Nickname: Sam the Sudden
1941-06-17 | Acting Lieutenant-Colonel |
1941-09-17 | Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel |
1942-09-26 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
1943-09-01 | Acting Colonel |
1943-09-01 | Acting Brigadier |
1944-03-01 | Temporary Colonel |
1944-03-01 | Temporary Brigadier |
1946-11-19 | Acting Major-General |
1947-01-01 | Colonel (Dated back to 1946-09-26) |
1947-10-01 | Major-General (Dated back to 1947-06-22) |
1941-06-17 | – | 1941-11-22 | General Staff Officer 1, Rawalpindi District [India] |
1941-11-22 | – | 1943-08-31 | General Staff Officer 1, 34th Indian Infantry Division [Sri Lanka] |
1942-03-14 | – | 1942-04-07 | Acting Brigadier General Staff, Ceylon Command |
1943-09-01 | – | 1945-03-18 | Commanding Officer 80th Indian Infantry Brigade [Burma] |
1945-06-18 | – | 1946-01-07 | Chief Administration Officer, Madras Area [India] |
1946-01-07 | – | 1946-11-19 | Commanding Officer Avadi Sub-Area [India] |
1946-11-19 | – | 1947-11-24 | Deputy Adjutant-General, Army Headquarters India |
1947-12-24 | – | 1948-11-05 | Quartermaster-General, Pakistan Army |
1948-09-01 | Retired, but remained employed | ||
1948-11-XX | – | General Officer Commanding Bahawalpur State Forces | |
– | 1955-11-30 | General Officer Commanding 6th Bahawalpur Division, Pakistan Army | |
1951-01-XX | – | 1956-04-08 | Senior Military Adviser to the Commander in Chief of the Pakistan Army |
1957-04-15 | Retired |