Norman, with sixteen years' service, and at the age of thirty-four, became Adjutant-General of the Army in India, and a year or two later Secretary to Government in the Military Department.
He finished his Indian service as Military Member of Council.

Lumsden became Quartermaster-General, and afterwards Adjutant-General, the two highest positions on the Indian staff.
There was a separate mess for all the staff officers, and I remember a curious circumstance in connexion with that mess which, unless the exception proves the rule, is strong evidence against the superstition that thirteen is an unlucky number to sit down to dinner.

On the 1st January, 1853, thirteen of us dined together; eleven years after we were all alive, nearly the whole of the party having taken part in the suppression of the Mutiny, and five or six having been wounded.
From the time of my arrival until the autumn of 1853, nothing of much importance occurred.

I lived with my father, and acted as his Aide-de-camp, while, at the same time, I did duty with the Artillery.
The 2nd Company, 2nd Battalion, to which I belonged, was composed of a fine body of men, who had a grand reputation in the field, but, being somewhat troublesome in quarters, had acquired the nickname of 'The Devil's Own.' Because of the unusually good physique of the men, this company was selected for conversion into a Mountain Battery, which it was thought advisable to raise at that time.

I was the only subaltern with this battery for several months, and though my commanding officer had no objection to my acting as A.D.C.to my father, he took good care that I did my regimental duty strictly and regularly.
One very painful circumstance stamped itself on my memory.