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1939-1945

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Cable, Desmond James	05.10.1916 Middlesex - 02.1994 Teignbridge, Devon	2nd Lt. 27.08.1936 [380032] T/Maj. 15.04.1943 Bt. Lt.Col. 01.07.1956 (retd 01.04.1957) T/Lt.Col. 16.04.1956 OBE 01.06.1953 MC 17.12.1942 MID 09.05.1946	Education: psc 27.08.1936 commissioned onto the Unattached List 02.11.1937 transferred to the Indian Army ... - ... ... 16.06.1947 transferred to the Royal Regiment of Artillery
Cable, Gordon Evelyn Porter	13.06.1910 - 07.2002 Exeter, Devon	2nd Lt. 29.01.1931 [380923] T/Maj. 14.02.1941 Lt.Col. 02.11.1951 (retd 01.07.1957)	29.01.1931 commissioned onto the Unattached List 22.06.1932 transferred to the Indian Army 01.08.1940 - 15.02.1942 DADOS, 9th Indian Division 27.09.1947 transferred to the Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Campion, David Allan	? -	Cpl. ? 2nd Lt. 29.10.1941 [?] T/Lt. 24.06.1942-(04.1946) (reld > 04.1946)	29.10.1941 commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Cantlay, James Edward Married Joanne (née ...).	? - 1983	2nd Lt. 16.11.1940 [?] WS/Lt. 16.05.1942 (reld > 04.1946) T/Capt. 26.06.1942-(04.1946)	16.11.1940 commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] (1941) Officer Commanding, Indian 1 Patrol, Indian Long Range Squadron (ILRS), attached Long Range Desert Group
Cariappa, Kodandera Madappa "Chimma"	28.01.1900 * Shanivarsanthe in erstwhile Coorg - 15.05.1993 Bangalore * according to Army List; other sources give 28.01.1899	2nd Lt. 17.07.1920 [IAPN 967] Lt. 17.07.1921 Capt. 17.07.1927 Maj. 17.07.1938 A/Lt.Col. 19.12.1942-18.03.1943 T/Lt.Col. 19.03.1943-(01.1946) ... ... Field Marshal ? OBE ? ? MID 19.10.1944 Burma & Eastern Frontier of India MID 05.04.1945 Burma & Eastern Frontier of India	Education: Staff College 17.07.1920 commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 17.07.1920 commissioned, Indian Army 7th Rajputana Regiment 23.11.1936 - 31.07.1939 Staff Captain 01.08.1939 - 22.11.1940 Brigade Major 15.01.1949 - 14.01.1953 Commander-in-Chief, (independent) Indian Army
Chambers, Henry Maurice Married (1920) Aileen Geraldine Olga Allison (born 1896) (marriage dissolved 1947); two sons.	15.07.1897 - 1967	T/2nd Lt. 25.09.1914-11.08.1917 T/Capt. 12.08.1917-02.12.1917 Lt. 25.06.1916 [IA 811] A/Capt. 29.12.1917-15.06.1919 Capt. 16.06.1919 Maj. 16.06.1933 Lt.Col. 27.09.1939 A/Col. 05.04.1941-04.10.1941 T/Col. 05.10.1941 WS/Col. 01.04.1946 Col. 07.04.1947 28.11.1947, seniority 01.03.1947 (retd 14.01.1948) A/Brig. 11.02.1942-10.08.1942 T/Brig. 11.08.1942-31.03.1946 A/Maj.Gen. 01.04.1945-31.03.1946 T/Maj.Gen. 01.04.1946 Hon. Maj.Gen. 14.01.1948 CBE 17.01.1946 Burma MID 22.08.1946 Far East MID 19.09.1946 Burma	Education: Staff College (psc) 25.06.1916 commissioned, British Army 03.12.1917 commissioned, Indian Army (5th Mahratta Light Infantry) 01.11.1925 - 28.02.1927 General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), ... (India) 01.03.1927 - 31.12.1927 General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), ... (India) 01.01.1928 - 31.03.1929 General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), ... (India) 19.04.1932 - 04.02.1933 General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), ... (India) 05.02.1933 - 18.04.1936 General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), ... (India) 05.04.1941 - 18.07.1943 General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), ... (India) 1942 acting Commander, 64th Indian Infantry Brigade 19.07.1943 - 09.02.1944 Brigadier General Staff, ... (India) 1945 Commander, 71st Indian Infantry Brigade (Burma) 1945 acting General Officer Commanding, 26th Indian Infantry Division (Burma) 1945 - 1946 General Officer Commanding 26th Indian Infantry Division (Burma, Sumatra)
Chetwynd-Stapylton, Henry Philip	? -	Pte. ? 2nd Lt. 01.10.1941 WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 T/Capt. 11.11.1942-(04.1946)	01.10.1941 commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Connett, Frank James Married 1st (23.09.1918) Millicent Agnes Joyce (born 02.05.1897 Calcutta, India; died 17.05.1931 Guildford, Surrey, UK); four daughters, three sons. Married 2nd (11.05.1935) Henrietta Ellenora Cornish (born 24.04.1912 Calcutta, India; died 17.01.1986 Sydney, NSW, Australia); one daughter, one son. Lived in India (Calcutta, then Bombay), then Australia (Sydney).	13.03.1892 Honiton, Devon - 02.08.1968 Sydney, NSW, Australia	Capt. 29.07.1927, seniority 13.12.1923 Maj. 08.08.1942	served World War I in Mesopotamia & Persia (1918) Lance Corporal, 1st/4th Battalion The Hampshire Regiment (Kirkee, India) 29.07.1927 commissioned, Indian Army Reserve of Officers probably served as logistics officer in World War II
Cook, Douglas Oswald	26.11.1899 - 13.10.1973 Cross-in-Hand, Heathfieid, Sussex	2nd Lt. 21.08.1918 [IA 751] Lt. 21.08.1919 Capt. 21.08.1923 Maj. 21.08.1936 A/Lt.Col. 18.06.1941-17.09.1941 T/Lt.Col. 18.09.1941-01.07.1944 Lt.Col. 02.07.1944 (retd 18.05.1948)	21.08.1918 commissioned, Unattached List 13.01.1919 commissioned, Indian Army ? - ? served Royal Indian Army Service Corps
Coppen, George Charles	03.03.1917 ? -	2nd Lt. 01.11.1941 [EC 4584] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 T/Capt. 20.03.1943-(04.1946) WS/Capt. ? T/Maj. ? Lt. TA 16.12.1947, seniority 01.10.1942 [388634] Capt. TA 01.09.1951 Maj. TA 08.04.1953 (retd 23.02.1960) MC 21.06.1945 Burma TD 17.05.1960 ?	01.11.1941 commisioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] 13th Frontier Force Rifles 16.12.1947 - 23.02.1960 commissioned, Royal Ulster Rifles - Territorial Army 23.02.1960 - 03.03.1967 Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
Cowan, David Tennant Son of Charles Thomas and Kate Cowan. Married 1st (1920)  Anne Elliot Dunlop (died 1973); one daughter (one son killed in action) Married 2nd (1973) Frances Elisabeth Newall, widow of Lt­Col F.H.A. Stables.	09.10.1896 - 15.04.1983 Andover, Hampshire	2nd Lt. (prob) 14.08.1915 [13209] Lt. 14.05.1917 [IA 202] A/Capt. 06.05.1919-12.04.1920 Capt. 03.05.1920 local Maj. 16.11.1932-01.11.1934 Bt. Maj. 01.07.1933 Maj. 03.05.1934 Bt. Lt.Col. 01.01.1938 A/Lt.Col. 21.12.1939-20.03.1940 T/Lt.Col. 21.03.1940-02.05.1942 Lt.Col. 03.05.1942 A/Col. 01.10.1941-01.03.1943 WS/Col. 02.03.1943 Col. 17.04.1943, seniority 01.01.1941 A/Brig. 01.10.1941-01.03.1943 A/Maj.Gen. 02.03.1943-01.03.1943 T/Maj.Gen. 02.03.1943-11.02.1945 Maj.Gen. 12.02.1945 (retd 09.01.1948) CB 05.07.1945 Burma CBE 28.06.1945 Burma DSO 28.10.1942 Burma DSO 22.06.1944 Burma MC 25.08.1916 * * For conspicuous gallantry in action. He led his platoon with great dash against the enemy's trenches, and, when fired on by about five machine-guns, withdrew a short distance and dug himself in. He then returned, reported to his C.O., and led up another platoon to reinforce his own.	Education: Reading; Glasgow University; Staff College (psc) 14.08.1915 commissioned, 3rd Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 1915 - 1917 2 Bn Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (despatches, MC) [moblized Special Reserve to 26.07.1917 for 1 year, 347 days] 27.07.1917 transferred, 6th Gurkha Rifles, Indian Army 27.09.1919 - ? Staff Captain, India 1919 - 1920 Third Afghan War, Waziristan (despatches) 16.09.1921 - 29.11.1922 Deputy Assistant Military Secretary, India 1927 - 1928 Staff College, Quetta, India 03.04.1930 - 31.05.1932 Assistant Military Secretary, India 01.06.1932 - 01.11.1934 Chief Instructor (General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2)), Indian Military Academy 21.12.1936 - 16.10.1938 General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), India (Waziristan 1937; despatches) 1939 - 1940 Commanding Officer, 1/6 Gurkha Rifles 18.09.1940 - 17.02.1941 General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), India 18.02.1941 - 30.09.1941 Deputy Director of Military Training, General Headquarters India 01.10.1941 - 14.12.1941 Officiating Director of Military Training, General Headquarters India 15.12.1941 - 01.03.1942 Deputy Director of Military Training, General Headquarters India 1942 - 1945 General Officer Commanding, 17th Indian Infantry Division ("Black Cats") (Burma) 1945 - 1946 General Officer Commanding, British Commonwealth Occupation Force, Japan 1948 Regular Army Reserve of Officers Commandant (Lieutenant, seniority 30.03.1948), Devon Army Cadet Force, 01.04.1950-16.10.1957. Chm. Approved Sch., Devon, 1951-60; Sec. (part­time) Assoc. of Managers of Approved Schs, 1963-73. DL Devon, 18.02.1954-07.12.1960. Captain and Manager, Indian Army Hockey Team, NZ and Australia Tour, 1926; Hon. Commandant Empire Village, VIth British Empire and Commonwealth Games, Wales, 1958.
Coy, Francis Caleb "Frank"	10.04.1889 St George Hanover Square, London, Surrey -	T/2nd Lt. 11.02.1917-02.12.1917 2nd Lt. 11.11.1917 Lt. 11.11.1918 Capt. (prov.) 10.11.1922 Capt. 09.01.1925, seniority 10.11.1922 Maj. 10.11.1935 (retd 10.04.1941) Hon. Lt.Col. 21.12.1943 (reverted to retd)	? - 10.02.1917 served in the ranks, mobilized Territorial Force (2 years, 190 days) 11.11.1917 commissioned, British Army 03.12.1917 transferred, Indian Army (1940) serving in the Punjab, India
Crawford, James Dirom Son of James Muir Crawford, and Winifred Edith Wernicke. Married (08.02.1938, Lahore) Anne Elizabeth Coldstream; ... children.	29.06.1911 Shepton Mallet, Somerset - 17.07.1991 Bath, Somerset	2nd Lt. 27.08.1931 ... ... Lt.Col. 24.07.1953 (supernumerary 24.07.1956) (retd 07.02.1958)	27.08.1931 commissioned, Unattached List (for the Indian Army) 23.01.1932 commissioned, Indian Army 20.03.1943 - 15.04.1944 General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), ... 19.11.1947 transferred, 3rd Dragoon Guards
Cryer, Edward Reginald James	23.07.1905 Devizes, Wiltshire - 1987 Surrey	Sub-Conductor ? T/Conductor ? Assistant Ordnance Mechanical Engineer (T/Lt.) 15.09.1941 T/Capt. 01.04.1942-(04.1946)	15.09.1941 commissioned, Indian Army Departments [emergency commission]

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