Norman Mcmahon - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family

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Norman Reginald McMahon (24 January 1866 – 11 November 1914) was a British Army officer.
He served with the Royal Fusiliers in the Burma expedition of 1886–87 and in the Second Boer War of 1899–1902.
During the latter campaign he served on the general staff as an aide-de-camp and then brigade major.
McMahon was seriously wounded in action and was subsequently mentioned in dispatches and awarded the Distinguished Service Order.
Once recovered he served as Deputy Assistant Adjutant General towards the end of the war.
McMahon was appointed chief instructor of the army's School of Musketry in 1905 and sought to improve the infantry's rate of fire.
His request for additional machine guns to be allocated to each battalion was rebuffed and he instead worked on increasing the rate of fire from the riflemen.
He implemented rapid-fire training on the Lee–Enfield rifle with each soldier being expected to achieve 15 aimed shots within a minute.
This later proved very effective during the opening stages of the First World War.
McMahon was promoted to brigadier-general in the first months of the war and was due to take over command of the 10th Infantry Brigade shortly before he was killed by shell fire.

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