The tank was officially presented to the city by Maj-Gen, Sir H Mullaly.
Major General Herbert Mullaly in The Times
Saturday 15 August 1908 (Honours)
Indian Frontier Operations
The King has been pleased to make the following promotions in and appointments to the Orders of the Star in India and the Indian Empire in connexion with the recent operations against the Zakka Khel and Mohmands:-
C.S.I.
Colonel (Brigadier-General) Herbert Mullaly, C.B.
Tuesday 13 October 1908 (Court Circular)
To be a Companion:- Brigadier-General Herbert Mullaly, for services in connexion with the operations against the Zakka Khel and Mohmunds.
Wednesday 01 May 1918 (Court Circular)
On arrival Their Majesties were received by the Mayor and the Town Clerk of Chatham, the Mayor and Town Clerk of Gillingham, Admiral Sir Doveton Sturdee, Bt. (Commander-in-Chief at the Nore), and Staff, and Major-General Sir Herbert Mullaly and Staff.
Friday 01 December 1922
Major General Sir Herbert Mullaly, surveying the vital Eastern problem, begs Greater Britain to live up to its faith in peace and good will, especially with the Turks and our Moslem fellow-subjects, and to refrain from offending them and their religious principles.
Tuesday 18 March 1924 (Court Circular)
Major General Sir Herbert Mullaly is staying at Potifino, Italy.
Monday 13 June 1932
Obituaries
Major General Sir Herbert Mullaly, late R.E., died at La Tour de Peilz, Switzerland, on June 9, at the age of 72.
The son of Mr. John Mullaly, of the Honourable East India Company's Service, he was educated privately, and joined the Royal Engineers from Woolwich in 1878. His first active service was as field engineer with the Chin-Lushai Expedition, 1889-90, when he was mentioned in dispatches. In 1895 he was officiating assistant secretary of the Military Department, India, D.A.A.G. for R.E., and secretary of the Defence Committee, India, and in 1896 he was appointed D.A.Q.M.G. for Mobilization, India. In the South African War, 1899-1900, he served as D.A.A.G., being present at Lombard's Kop, the defence of Ladysmith, and other operations. He was severely wounded and mentioned four times, and received his brevet of lieutenant-colonel and four clasps.
After his return to India he was in 1902-3 officiating deputy secretary, Military Department, India, and was then D.Q.M.G., and in charge of mobilization, India, till 1906, when he was appointed Director of Military Operations in India, a post which he held till 1910. He was made C.B. in 1905. In 1908 he officiated as Chief of Staff with the Bazar Valley field Force and the Zakka Khel Expedition, and was again mentioned and created C.S.I. He commanded a brigade from 1910 to 1913. In the Great War he commanded a division and the East coast Defences, and was mentioned twice and created K.C.M.G. in 1917. He retired on an Indian pension in 1920.
Sir Herbert Mullaly married, in 1883, Mabel, daughter of the late Mr. Hastings Read, I.C.S.; she died in 1924.