Henry Chambers (Indian Army officer)

Major General Henry Maurice Chambers, CBE (15 July 1897 – 1967) was a British Indian Army officer of the Second World War.

Chambers received a temporary commission in the British Army as a second lieutenant on 26 September 1914 to the Royal Munster Fusiliers.

[1] He served at Gallipoli and on the Western Front in the First World War, and on 3 December 1917 he was commissioned a lieutenant into the 117th Mahrattas of the British Indian Army.

[4] In 1942 Chambers became acting commander of the 64th Indian Infantry Brigade, before serving as a brigadier on the General Staff until 1944.

Chambers was twice mentioned in despatches for his actions during the war in the Far East, and in January 1946 he was invested as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.

Major General Chambers, GOC 26th Indian Division, takes the salute at the victory parade in Rangoon.