Christopher Man
{{Short description|British Army general}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox military person
|name=Christopher Man
|birth_date=20 April 1914
|death_date=25 October 1989 (aged 75)
|death_place= Blair Atholl, Scotland
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|allegiance= United Kingdom
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|rank= Major-General
|branch= British Army
|current position=
|commands=Infantry Junior Leaders' Battalion
125th Infantry Brigade
49th (North Midlands and West Riding) Division
|unit=Middlesex Regiment
|battles=Second World War
|awards=Companion of the Order of the Bath
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Military Cross
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Major-General Christopher Mark Morrice Man {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|CB|OBE|MC}} (20 April 1914 – 25 October 1989) was a British Army officer.
Military career
Educated at Eastbourne College and Emmanuel College, Cambridge,{{cite web|url=http://www.manfamily.org/about/individuals/jonas-man/george-man-163031-1664/henry-man-1660/370-2/john-man-1718-1783/37-2/289-2/edward-garnet-man-1837-1920/morrice-lionel-man-1877-1948/christopher-mark-morrice-man-1914-1989/|title=Christopher Mark Morrice Man|publisher=Man Family|accessdate=16 June 2020}} Man was commissioned into the Middlesex Regiment on 22 June 1934.{{London Gazette |issue=34112|date=8 December 1934|page=7927}} After serving with the 1st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment in the Second World War, he became commanding officer of the Army Air Transport Training and Development Centre in 1953, commanding officer of the Infantry Junior Leaders' Battalion in 1957 and commander of 125th Infantry Brigade in December 1959.{{cite web|url=https://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201860-.pdf|title=Army Commands|accessdate=16 June 2020}} He went on to be British military attaché in Seoul in 1962 and General Officer Commanding 49th (North Midlands and West Riding) Division and North Midland District of the Territorial Army in February 1964 before retiring in December 1966.
He was colonel of the Middlesex Regiment from 1965 to 1966.{{cite web|url=http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/057Midx.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20051225092024/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/057Midx.htm|title=The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) [UK]|archivedate=25 December 2005|publisher=|accessdate=24 January 2016}}
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Category:British Army major generals
Category:Companions of the Order of the Bath
Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire
Category:Recipients of the Military Cross
Category:Middlesex Regiment officers
Category:British Army personnel of World War II
Category:Military attachés for the United Kingdom
Category:Alumni of Emmanuel College, Cambridge