The United Service Institution of India was founded in 1870 by a soldier scholar, Colonel (later Major General) Sir Charles MacGregor. The story of its growth is the story of the growth of the Indian Armed Forces. It was founded for ‘furtherance of interest and knowledge in the art, science and literature of the Defence Services.’

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Pre-Independence Directors


UNITED SERVICE INSTITUTION OF INDIA

SECRETARY AND EDITOR

Capt Arthur Crookshank 1870-1871
Lt Col John Baillie 1871-1873
Lt Col HH Stansfield 1874-1878
Capt Anderson 1878-1885
Lt OE Wheeler 1885-1886
Lt AC Yate 16.04.1886 – 31.05.1887
Lt R Southey 01.06.1887 – 27.06.1889
Capt AH Mason 28.06.1889 – 08.07.1891
Capt FA Hayden 09.07.1891 – 23.04.1894
Capt FC Colomb 24.04.1894 – 08.07.1895
Capt AAJ Johnstone 09.07.1895 – 15.11.1895
Capt AH Bingley 16.11.1895 – 27.05.1897
Capt EF Marriott 28.05.1897 – 14.02.1898
Capt CH Clay 15.02.1898 - 10.06.1902
Maj RG Burton 11.06.1902 – 13.05.1903
Capt CWG Richardson 14.05.1903 – 06.06.1904
Capt AMS Elsmie 07.06.1905 – 21.06.1906
Maj S Ceoghegan 22.06.1906 – 24.05.1907
Capt WA Stokes 25.05.1907 – 23.12.1909
Capt CF Aspinall 24.12.1909 – 02.04.1911
Capt GM Orr 03.04.1911 – 16.01.1912
Capt CF Aspinall 17.01.1912 – 27.02.1913
Maj SM Rice 28.02.1913 – 29.01.1914
Capt AWHM Moens 30.01.1914 – 02.07.1914
Maj SM Rice 03.07.1914 – 31.03.1916
Lt Col CCR Murphy 01.04.1916 – 25.04.1917
Maj G Airy 26.04.1917 – 30.04.1919
Lt Col CEL Johnston 01.05.1919 - 31.10.1919
Lt Col WLJ Carey 01.11.1919 – 30.04.1921
Lt Col FA Finnis 01.05.1921 – 31.03.1923
Maj HG Martin, DSO, OBI 01.04.1923 – 06.12.1923
Maj DB Ross, OBE 07.12.1923 – 29.02.1924
Maj CA Bird, DSO 01.03.1924 – 31.10.1924
Maj EJ Ross, MC 01.11.1924 – 31.03.1926
Capt JG Smyth, VC, MC 01.04.1926 – 31.03.1929
Maj GB Henderson 01.04.1929 – 20.05.1930
Maj WJ Slim, MC 21.05.1930 – 16.03.1931
Capt WE Maxwell 17.03.1931 – 30.11.1931
Maj WJ Slim, MC 01.12.1931 – 31.01.1933
Capt WE Maxwell 01.02.1933 – 20.03.1934
Maj DD Gracey 21.03.1934 – 24.06.1934
Capt WE Maxwell 25.06.1934 – 31.07.1935
Maj JL Carter, MC 01.08.1935 – 13.01.1937
Capt GM Stewart 14.01.1937 – 12.01.1939
Maj RE Holloway, MBE 13.01.1939 – 30.04.1940
Maj GT Wheeler 01.05.1940 – 22.01.1941
Maj CJC Molony 23.01.1941 - 31.10.1941
Brig CMS Manners, DSO, MC 01.11.1941 – 06.04.1942
Maj D Bosworth 07.04.1942 – 05.05.1942
Capt HC Druett 06.05.1942 – 18.12.1947