The India–Pakistan war of 1947–1948, also known as the first Kashmir war, was a war fought between India and Pakistan over the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir from 1947 to 1948. It was the first o
Indian troops landing on Srinagar airfield
Field Marshal Claude Auchinleck, Supreme Commander of Indian and Pakistani armed forces
Maharaja Hari Singh of Jammu and Kashmir in military uniform
Liaquat Ali Khan, prime minister of Pakistan
Frank Messervy
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General Sir Frank Walter Messervy, was a British military officer who served as the first Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army from 1947 to 1948. Prior to Pakistan's independence, he served in the
India–Pakistan war of 1947–1948
…to a newly formed Joint Defence Council of the two dominions. India appointed General Rob Lockhart as its Army chief and Pakistan appointed General Frank Messervy. The presence of the British commanding officers on both sides made the India–Pakistan war of 1947 a strange war. The two commanding officers were in…
Messervy as the GOC of the 7th Indian Infantry Division during the Second World War
Messervy, unshaved, giving orders south-west of Gazala.
Lieutenant-General Frank Messervy, GOC IV Corps in Burma, talks to a sepoy from the 17th Indian Infantry Division, December 1944.
Lieutenant-General Sir Frank Messervy receives the sword of General Seishirō Itagaki, commander of the Japanese Seventh Area Army, at a formal ceremony of surrender held in the grounds of HQ Malaya Command, Kuala Lumpur, 22 February 1946.