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Christopher Mark Morrice Man (20 April 1914 – 25 October 1989) was a

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officer.

Military career

Educated at

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and

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, Man was commissioned into the

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on 22 June 1934. After serving with the 1st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment in the

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, 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. He went on to be British military

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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.

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