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Old 11-02-21, 03:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Blackadder1916 View Post
Looking through the generals in the 1945 Army List for an honours profile that fits the above I found one in the section for Indian Army Lt Gens

General Sir Rob McGregor MacDonald Lockhart KCB CIE MC

The "general" comes from later when appointed as the first Commander in Chief of the Indian Army following partition.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Lockhart

https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/s...onald-Lockhart

There is "some" resemblance so is a possibility.
It is indeed Gen Sir Rob Lockhart. A similar signed portrait sold on ebay in 2018 (see attached).
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