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Abbott,
Burton Edward
B.E. Abbott 		21.11.1906
-
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		04.02.1926 [Indian Army AI 461] [Special List 34557]
Lt.
 		04.05.1928
Capt.
 		04.02.1935
A/Maj.
 		19.10.1940-11.01.1941, 15.08.1941-21.08.1941
T/Maj.
 		22.08.1941-14.11.1941
Maj.
 		04.02.1943 (retd 01.10.1948)
WS/Lt.Col.
 		?
A/Col.
 		23.08.1943-22.02.1944
T/Col.
 		23.02.1944
Hon. Col.
 		01.10.1948
local Brig.
 		22.03.1943-31.01.1944
A/Brig.
 		01.04.1944-21.05.1944
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) OBE
 > 04.1944 < 09.1945
 ?
Mention in Despatches MID
 27.09.1945
 Burma
Education: Royal Military College; psc
04.02.1926

commissioned onto the Unattached List (for the Indian Army)
08.04.1927

transferred to the Indian Army



13 FF Rifles, Indian Army
19.10.1940
 -
 		11.01.1941
 		Brigade Major, Eastern Command (India)
22.05.1941
 -
 		14.11.1941
 		General Staff Officer 2nd grade (GSO2), India
22.03.1943
 -
 		21.05.1944
 		Commander, ... Brigade
01.01.1949
 -
 		05.06.1957
 		transferred to East Lancashire Regiment - Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
Addison,
Leonard Joseph Lancelot
L.J.L. Addison
Son of Joseph Lancelot Addison and Harriet Addison. Married (1927) Phyllis Mabel, daughter of late E.E. Coombs, OBE; one son, one daughter.
 		27.09.1902
Woolwich
-
30.05.1975
Chelsea, London
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		01.02.1923
Lt.
 		01.02.1925
Lt.
 		04.07.1927, seniority 01.05.1925
Capt.
 		01.02.1932
A/Maj.
 		03.09.1939-02.12.1939
T/Maj.
 		03.12.1939-31.01.1940
Maj.
 		01.02.1940
A/Lt.Col.
 		05.08.1940-04.11.1940
T/Lt.Col.
 		05.11.1940-20.12.1943
WS/Lt.Col.
 		21.12.1943
Lt.Col.
 		01.08.1944
A/Col.
 		21.06.1943-20.12.1943
T/Col.
 		21.12.1943-...
Brig.
 		1945 (retd 1948)
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George CMG
 05.06.1952
 HM's birthday 52
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) CBE
 12.06.1947
 HM's birthday 47
Education: Dulwich; Royal Military College Sandhurst
01.02.1923

commissioned into the Royal West Kent Regiment
22.06.1926
 -
 		03.07.1927
 		seconded to Indian Army
04.07.1927

transferred to the Indian Army
30.09.1939
 -
 		04.08.1940
 		Deputy Assistant Director of Contracts
05.08.1940
 -
 		18.08.1940
 		Assistant Director of Contracts
1946

Chief Director of Purchase, Department of Food, Government of India
1947

Counsellor, UK High Commission to India, Calcutta
Acting Deputy High Commissioner for the UK in India (Calcutta), 03.1948-08.1948. Deputy High Commissioner for the UK in India (Calcutta), 1949-1952.
Afridi,
Monowar Khan
M.K. Afridi 		12.02.1900
-
1968 ?
T/Lt.
 		01.08.1924-19.05.1925
Lt.
 		20.05.1925, seniority 01.08.1924 [MZ 1100]
Capt.
 		01.08.1927
Maj.
 		01.02.1936, seniority 01.02.1934
A/Lt.Col.
 		01.08.1941-31.10.1941
T/Lt.Col.
 		01.11.1941-31.01.1944
Lt.Col.
 		01.02.1944
A/Col.
 		02.08.1944
local Brig.
 		05.08.1944
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) CBE
 06.06.1946
 Burma
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) OBE
 08.06.1944
 HM's birthday 44
Education: MD (MB)
25.05.1925

commissioned into the Indian Medical Service
04.01.1930
 -
 		14.03.1933
 		Deputy Assistant Director of Pathology, India
27.09.1934
 -
 		22.12.1935
 		Deputy Assistant Director of Pathology, India
05.08.1944
 -
 		?
 		Consultant, ...
Aird Smith,
William
W. Aird Smith
Son of Thomas and Janet Aird-Smith; husband of Dorothy Edith Aird-Smith, of Langport, Somerset.
 		29.08.1893
-
17.02.1942
(lost at sea) [age 49]
[Singapore Memorial, column 144]
Lt.
 		16.12.1918, seniority 01.03.1917 [IA 888]
Capt.
 		03.02.1920 (temporary non-effective list 12.04.1920-25.02.1921)
Bt. Maj.
 		01.01.1933
Maj.
 		03.02.1934
T/Lt.Col.
 		?
Lt.Col.
 		26.06.1942, seniority 09.09.1941
A/Brig.
 		?
Mention in Despatches MID
 19.12.1946
 Malaya 42
Education: psc
1914
 -
 		15.12.1918
 		mobilized Indian Army Reserve of Officers (3 years, 198 days)
16.12.1918

commissioned into the Indian Army



4th Battalion 6th Rajputana Rifles
30.08.1924
 -
 		15.02.1927
 		Staff Captain, ... (India)
16.10.1930
 -
 		16.09.1931
 		Staff Captain, 3rd (Jhelum) Infantry Brigade (Rawalpindi District, Northern Command, India)
17.09.1931
 -
 		07.10.1934
 		Brigade Major, 3rd (Jhelum) Infantry Brigade (Rawalpindi District, Northern Command, India)
05.12.1936
 -
 		06.04.1937
 		Deputy Assistant Quarter-Master General (DAQMG), ... (India)
07.04.1937
 -
 		(01.1940)
 		General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), Luckonw District, Eastern Command (India)
29.05.1940
 -
 		1941
 		Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General, ... (India)
1942
 -
 		17.02.1942
 		Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General (FAAG), 11th Indian Division (Malaya)
Alfieri,
Frederick John
F.J. Alfieri 		25.05.1892
-
17.03.1961
2nd Lt.
 		30.07.1918, seniority 29.10.1917
...
 		...
Maj.Gen.
 		01.06.1945, seniority 04.06.1944 (retd 1947)
Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire CIE
 ?
 ?
30.07.1918

commissioned into the Indian Army



34th Royal Sikh Pioneers, IA; Regt Duty and Staff Appts and RIASC
01.03.1935
 -
 		30.06.1938
 		Staff Captain, ... (India)
1938

Assistant Director of Supplies, Rawalpindi, India
22.06.1940
 -
 		17.06.1941
 		Assistant Quartermaster-General, Army HQ, India
18.06.1941
 -
 		28.04.1942
 		Assistant Adjutant-General, Army HQ, India
1941
 -
 		1942
 		Director of Organisation, India
1942

Major-General in charge of Administration, Central Command, India
1943
 -
 		1945
 		Deputy Quartermaster-General, India
1945
 -
 		1946
 		Director of Supplies & Transport, India
Ali,
Waris
W. Ali 		05.05.1920
-
05.1983
Additional Lans Daffadar
 		03.1941 [1330 ?]
Jemadar
 		04.1941
WS/Lt.
 		26.11.1942
Capt. PA
 		26.11.1947 [PA 905]
A/Maj. PA
 		11.01.1949
T/Maj. PA
 		11.04.1949
A/Lt.Col. PA
 		06.09.1952-11.11.1952 (retd 1961)
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St
 19.09.1949
 ?
Africa Star Afr St
 19.09.1949
 ?
Burma Star Bur St
 11.04.1947
 ?
Defence Medal Def M
 19.09.1949
 ?
British War Medal 1939-1945 BWM 39|45
 19.09.1949
 ?
Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal 1953 Cor M
 1953
 ?
06.1939
 -
 		04.1941
 		Y Cadet (training program like University Training Corps, open to privilaged Indians, normally sons of Indian Officers who had distinguished themselves)
04.1941
 -
 		04.1942
 		Jemadar, Royal Indian Army Service Corps
04.1942
 -
 		11.1942
 		Officer Training School, Ahmed Nagar, India
26.11.1942

commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
03.1943
 -
 		06.1944
 		Squadron Officer, Poona Horse (17th Queen Victoria's Own Cavalry)
07.1944
 -
 		08.1945
 		Squadron Officer, 8th King George V's Own Light Cavalry (Iraq)
08.1945
 -
 		09.1947
 		Squadron Commander, 8th King George V's Own Light Cavalry (Iraq, then Burma) [commanded a Squadron of the 7th Light Cavalry in Burma]
10.1947

transferred, Pakistan Army
10.1947
 -
 		03.1950
 		Squadron Commander, 6th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers
...
 -
 		...
 		...
Allan,
George
G. Allan 		?
-
Wt.Offr II
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		21.01.1943
WS/Lt.
 		21.01.1943 (reld > 04.1946)
21.01.1943

commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]



possibly served in the Indian Army Ordnance Corps 
Allen,
Frederick Joshua
F.J. Allen 		02.10.1897
-
died between 02.1967 and 02.1985
2nd Lt.
 		14.02.1917
..
 		...
Lt.Col.
 		15.06.1942 (supernumerary 15.06.1945) (retd 24.11.1948)
A/Col.
 		10.08.1942-09.02.1943
T/Col.
 		10.02.1943-(01.1946)
A/Brig.
 		01.05.1944-31.10.1944
T/Brig.
 		01.11.1944-(01.1946)
Hon. Brig.
 		24.11.1948
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) OBE
 28.10.1942
 ?
Mention in Despatches MID
 19.07.1945
 ?
14.02.1917

commissioned into the Indian Army
11.03.1936
 -
 		25.10.1940
 		specially employed, Indian State Forces
10.08.1942
 -
 		02.10.1944
 		Chief Signal Officer, Army HQ, India
Amoore,
David Miles
D.M. Amoore
Twin brother of Col. Wynyard Miles Amoore.
Married; one son, one daughter.
 		07.12.1916
-
06.2001
Vancouver, BC, Canada
2nd Lt.
 		28.01.1937 [IA 771]
Lt.
 		28.04.1939
A/Capt.
 		05.10.1939-04.01.1940
T/Capt.
 		05.01.1940-02.05.1941
WS/Capt.
 		03.05.1941
Capt.
 		28.01.1945 (retd 01.01.1949)
A/Maj.
 		03.02.1941-02.05.1941
T/Maj.
03.05.1941-30.06.1941,
17.06.1942-(01.1946)
WS/Maj.
 		?
T/Lt.Col.
 		?
Hon. Lt.Col.
 		01.01.1949
Military Cross MC
 22.07.1943
 Middle East
Military Cross MC
 19.04.1945
 Italy
28.01.1937

commissioned, Unattached List
19.04.1938

commissioned, Indian Army
...
 -
 		...
 		Commanding Officer, 1st/9th Gurkha Rifles
Emigrated to Canada.
Amoore,
Wynyard Miles
W.M. Amoore
Twin brother of Lt.Col. David Miles Amoore.
 		07.12.1916
-
2nd Lt.
 		28.01.1937 [IA 768]
Lt.
 		28.04.1939
A/Capt.
 		14.05.1940-13.08.1940
T/Capt.
 		14.08.1940-16.12.1940
WS/Capt.
 		17.12.1940
Capt.
 		28.01.1945
A/Maj.
 		17.09.1940-16.12.1940
T/Maj.
 		17.12.1940-30.06.1941,
17.06.1942-17.01.1945
WS/Maj.
 		18.01.1945
A/Lt.Col.
 		18.10.1944-17.01.1945
T/Lt.Col.
 		18.01.1945-(01.1946)
Capt.
 		12.02.1948, seniority 28.01.1945 [73383]
Maj.
 		28.01.1950
Lt.Col.
 		01.11.1958 (supernumerary 01.11.1961)
Col.
 		06.12.1963, seniority 02.07.1963 (retd 08.02.1966)
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 13.12.1945
 Italy
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) MBE
 19.05.1950
 Malaya
Mention in Despatches MID
 08.04.1949
 Malaya
Education: Staff College (psc)
28.01.1937

commissioned, Unattached List
30.04.1938

commissioned, Indian Army
...
 -
 		...
 		Commanding Officer, 6th Gurkha Rifles
12.02.1948

6th Gurkha Rifles, Gurkha Regiment
Ansell,
Charles Cecil
C.C. Ansell 		13.06.1919
-
01.2003
Oxfordshire
2nd Lt.
 		26.01.1939 [IA 1127]
Lt.
 		01.01.1941
A/Capt.
 		10.07.1940-09.10.1940
T/Capt.
 		10.10.1940-...,
23.05.1942-26.11.1942,
14.04.1943-02.02.1944
WS/Capt.
 		03.02.1944
Capt.
 		26.01.1947 (retd 30.05.1949)
A/Maj.
 		03.11.1943-02.02.1944
T/Maj.
 		03.02.1944-29.03.1944
WS/Maj.
 		1946?
Maj. RARO
 		30.05.1949 [405114]
Hon.Lt.Col.
 		30.05.1949
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 > 04.1944
< 04.1946
 ?
26.01.1939

commissioned, Unattached List
02.01.1940

commissioned, Indian Army
(12.1943)

OC "A" Company, 4/7th Rajputs (Arakan)
(1947?)

CO 4/7th Rajputs
30.05.1949

transferred from Special List (ex-Indian Army) to Regimental List, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), Regular Army Reserve of Officers
Ardeshir,
Eruch Ardeshir Ruttanji
E.A.R. Ardeshir (Photo courtesy of Mr Charles Hawkshaw-Burn) 		15.10.1900
-
2nd Lt.
 		30.04.1928, seniority 16.12.1927
...
 		...
T/Lt.Col.
 		28.02.1943-26.09.1943,
29.11.1943-05.04.1946
Lt.Col.
 		06.04.1946
30.04.1928

commissioned, Indian Medical Service
...
 -
 		...
 		...
(1947)

HQ Southern Command, India (Poona)
Auchinleck,
Sir Claude John Eyre
C.J.E. Auchinleck






Son of late Col John Claude Auchinleck, RA. Married (1921) Jessie (from whom he obtained a divorce, 1946), daughter of late Alexander Stewart, of Innerhadden, Kinloch-Rannoch, Perthshire.
° Wikipedia
° papers
21.06.1884
Aldershot, Hampshire
-
23.03.1981
Marrakech, Morocco
Cadet
 ?
2nd Lt.
 21.01.1903 [115611]
Lt.
 15.12.1905, seniority 10.07.1905
Capt.
 21.01.1912
A/Maj.
 21.02.1916-24.02.1916,
08.04.1916-04.05.1916,
11.07.1916-30.11.1916,
21.01.1917-23.02.1917,
07.03.1917-11.03.1917
Maj.
 21.01.1918
A/Lt.Col.
 24.02.1917-06.03.1917
T/Lt.Col.
 23.05.1919-26.08.1919
Bt. Lt.Col.
 15.11.1919
Lt.Col.
 21.01.1929
Col.
 01.02.1930, seniority 15.11.1923
T/Brig.
 01.07.1933-29.11.1935
Maj.Gen.
 30.11.1935
A/Lt.Gen.
 01.02.1940-15.03.1940
Lt.Gen.
 16.03.1940
Gen.
 26.12.1940
Field Marshal
 01.06.1946 (retd 01.12.1947)
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath GCB
 01.01.1945
 New Year 45
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
 03.07.1934
 Mohmand operations 07-10.33
Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire GCIE
 20.12.1940
 C-in-C India
Companion of the Star of India CSI
 08.05.1936
 Mohmand operations 08-10.35
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 03.06.1917
 Mesopotamia
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) OBE
 03.06.1919
 HM's birthday 19
Mention in Despatches MID
 WW I
 ?
Mention in Despatches MID
 03.07.1934
 Mohmand operations
Croix de Guerre avec Palme (France) CdeG
 WW I
 ?
Chief Commander, Legion of Merit (US) LM
 23.07.1948
 ?
Virtuti Militari 5th class (Poland), 15.05.1942; War Cross (Czecho­Slovakia), 1944; Order of the Star of Nepal, 1st Class, 1945; Knight Grand Cross of Order of St Olav (Norway) (19.3.1948); 1st Class Order of Cloud and Banner (China), 1947; Grand Officer Legion of Honour; Croix de Guerre (France), 1918, 1949
 		Education: Wellington College; Royal Military College, Sandhurst; Hon. LLD Aberdeen, 1948; Hon. LLD St Andrews, 1948; Hon. LLD Manchester, 1970; idc, psc
21.01.1903

commissioned, Unattached List, Indian Army
10.04.1904

commissioned, 62 Punjab Regiment, Indian Army
1914
 -
 		1919
 		World War I: Egypt (1914-1915), Aden (1915), Mesopotamia (1916-1919)
21.02.1916
08.04.1916
11.07.1916
21.01.1917
07.03.1917
 -
-
-
-
-
 		24.02.1916
04.05.1916
30.11.1916
23.02.1917
11.03.1917
 		Second-in-Command of a Battalion
24.02.1917
 -
 		06.03.1917
 		Commanding Officer of a Battalion
14.09.1917
 -
 		31.10.1918
 		Brigade-Major, ...
03.11.1918
 -
 		22.05.1919
 		General Staff Officer, grade 2 (GSO2), Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force
23.05.1919
 -
 		26.08.1919
 		General Staff Officer, grade 1 (GSO1), Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force
1919

Kurdistan
01.02.1923
 -
 		30.09.1924
 		Assistant Quartermaster-General, ... (India)
1927

Imperial Defence College
21.01.1929
 -
 		31.01.1930
 		Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion 1st Punjab Regiment
01.02.1930
 -
 		16.04.1933
 		Instructor (General Staff Officer, grade 1 (GSO1)), Staff College, Quetta (India)
01.07.1933
 -
 		02.04.1936
 		Commander, Peshawar Brigade, Mohmand Operations (India)
03.04.1936
 -
 		31.08.1936
 		unemployed list
01.09.1936
 -
 		17.07.1938
 		Deputy Chief of the General Staff & Director of Staff Duties, Army Headquarters, India
18.07.1938
 -
 		24.01.1940
 		Commander, Meerut District, Eastern Command, India
1938

Member, Expert Committee on the Defence of India
01.02.1940
 -
 		05.1940
 		General Officer Commanding, IV Corps (UK)
05.1940
 -
 		06.1940
 		General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Northern Norway
06.1940
 -
 		19.07.1940
 		General Officer Commanding, V Corps (UK)
20.07.1940
 -
 		11.12.1940
 		General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Command (UK)
21.12.1940
 -
 		04.07.1941
 		Commander-in-Chief, India (& Member of the Executive Council of the Governor-General of India)
05.07.1941
 -
 		15.08.1942
 		Commander-in-Chief, Middle East, also:
25.06.1942
 -
 		15.08.1942
 		General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, 8h Army (North Africa) (temp.)
16.08.1942
 -
 		19.06.1943
 		unassigned (India)
20.06.1943
 -
 		14.08.1947
 		Commander-in-Chief, India & War Member, Governor-General's Executive Council (20.06.1943-1946)
15.08.1947
 -
 		30.11.1947
 		Supreme Commander in India and Pakistan (under Joint Defence Council)
Aide-de-Camp General to the King, 15.05.1941-00.00.1946. Colonel, 1st Punjab Regiment; Colonel of the Indian Grenadiers, 1939-1947. Colonel, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, 06.04.1941-31.08.1947. A Governor of Wellington College, 1946-1959. President, London Federation of Boys' Clubs, 1949-1955. President,  National Small­bore Rifle Association, 1956. A Vice­President, Forces Help Society and Lord Roberts Workshop. Chairman, Armed Forces Art Society, 1950-1967.
Literature: John Connell [= J.H. Robertson]. Auchinleck : a biography of Field-Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck (1959); Brownlow, Donald Grey. Checkmate at Ruweisat : Auchinleck's finest hour (1977); Roger Parkinson, The Auk : Auchinleck, victor at Alamein (1977); Philip Warner. Auchinleck, the lonely soldier (1981); Alexander Greenwood. Field-Marshal Auchinleck : a biography of Field-Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck, G.C.B., G.C.I.E., C.S.I., D.S.O., O.B.E., LL. D. ([1990?])
Auchmuty,
Charles William
C.W. Auchmuty
Married (1944) Dolores Fielding (born 1922); two daughters.
 		28.02.1912
-
10.2003
Chichester, Sussex
2nd Lt.
 		21.09.1940 [EC 1146]
WS/Lt.
 		01.07.1941
T/Capt.
 		01.07.1941-02.02.1944
WS/Capt.
 		03.02.1944
T/Maj.
03.02.1944-(04.1946)
Efficiency Medal (Territorial) EM
 14.10.1949
 ? (with 1st clasp?)
21.09.1940

commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]



served with the 2/6 Rajputana Rifles
Auret,
Alan Sauer
A.S. Auret (Photo courtesy of Mr William de Villiers)
Son of Abraham Auret, and Isabel (‘Isabella’) Grey Palmer.
 		20.02.1883
Cape Colony, South Africa
-
05.04.1976
Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
2nd Lt.
 		22.10.1902
Lt.
 		22.01.1905
Capt.
 		22.10.1911
Maj.
 		22.10.1917
Lt.Col.
 		25.05.1927
Col.
31.01.1932, seniority 25.05.1931 (retd 29.03.1935)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) OBE
 03.06.1927
 HM's birthday 27
Defence Medal DefM
 ?
 ?
22.10.1902
 -
 		24.03.1904
 		commissioned, The Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)
25.03.1904