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1939-1945

 

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Dalrymple-Hay,
Hugh Brereton
H.B. Dalrymple-Hay
15.02.1900
India
-
03.1987
Deben, Suffolk
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		15.04.1919 [IA 33]
Lt.
 		15.04.1920
Capt.
 		15.04.1925
Maj.
 		15.04.1937
Lt.Col.
 		15.04.1945
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 22.03.1945
 services in the field
Education: Cadet College, Quetta
15.04.1919

commissioned, Unattached List
22.04.1919

commissioned, Indian Army
(1937)
 -
 		(1945)
 		2nd Royal Lancers (Gardner’s Horse), Indian Armoured Corps (served also in North Africa)
Davis,
John Lewis Haycroft
J.L.H. Davis

Telegraph obituary 		12.02.1911
Sutton, Surrey
-
(11?).2006
2nd Lt.
 		05.02.1942 [EC 8737]
WS/Lt.
 		05.05.1942
T/Capt.
 		05.05.1942-30.09.1943
WS/Capt.
 		01.10.1943
T/Maj.
 		01.10.1943-(04.1946)
WS/Maj.
 		?
A/Lt.Col.
 		(1949)
A/Col.
 		?
Maj.
 		24.11.1951 [419951]
Hon. Col.
 		24.11.1951
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE
 07.11.1946
 special operations SE Asia
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 21.02.1946
 services in the field [to be dated 31.03.1944]
05.02.1942

commissioned, General List, Indian Army [emergency commission]
(1944)

attached 6th Rajputana Rifles (Special Operations Executive (SOE), South East Asia)
(1949)

Federation Volunteer State Forces, Malaya
24.11.1951
 -
 		12.02.1966
 		transferred to Intelligence Corps - Regular Army Reseve of Officers [age limit]
Davis,
Patrick David Channer
P.D.C. Davis 		1925
-
Pte.
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		17.10.1943
WS/Lt.
17.04.1944 (reld > 04.1946)
15.04.1919

commissioned, Unattached List
22.04.1919

commissioned, Indian Army
17.10.1943

commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
? -
 		? served 4/8 Gurkhas
Published: Animals that changed the world (1966; with A.A. Dent); A child at arms (1970)
Deakin,
Charles Cecil
C.C. Deakin
Married Elisabeth Wheeler (26.03.1914-2003?); two sons, one daughter.
 		16.07.1896
Atcham, Montgomeryshire
-
26.11.1978
Hornsby, Australia
2nd Lt. IARO
 		09.02.1918, seniority 31.10.1917
2nd Lt.
 		20.05.1919, seniority 31.07.1918 [IA 628 / 15638]
Lt.
 		31.07.1919
Capt.
 		24.04.1923
Maj.
 		24.04.1936
local Lt.Col.
 		05.03.1937-28.05.1940
A/Lt.Col.
 		17.05.1941-16.08.1941
T/Lt.Col.
 		17.08.1941-23.04.1944
Lt.Col.
 		24.04.1944 (retd 01.07.1948)
Hon. Brig.
 		01.07.1948
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 23.01.1942
 SW Pacific
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
 18.04.1946
 as POW
Mentioned in Despatches MID
 23.01.1942
 SW Pacific
Education: Staff College, Quetta (psc)
10.1914
 -
 		30.10.1917
 		served in the ranks, mobilized in the Territorial Force (2 years, 356 days)
31.10.1917
 -
 		19.05.1919
 		mobilized Indian Army Reserve of Officers (1 year, 201 days)
20.05.1919

commissioned, Indian Army (2nd Punjab Regiment)
(06.1933)

student, Senior Division, Staff College, Quetta
06.12.1935
 -
 		28.02.1937
 		Staff Captain, Lahore Brigade Area (Lahore, India)
05.03.1937
 -
 		28.05.1940
 		General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), 1st Australian Division (New South Wales, Australia)
29.05.1940
 -
 		02.05.1941
 		General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), ... (India)
1941?
 -
 		1945?
 		prisoner of war in Japanese captivity (POW Camp Pudu Jail, Kuala Lumpur)
Deedes,
 Sir Ralph Bouverie
R.B. Deedes
° papers
17.10.1890
Epsom, Surrey
-
03.03.1954
Guildford, Surrey
2nd Lt.
 		29.01.1910 [185407]
...
 		...
Lt.Gen
 		12.02.1945, seniority 01.04.1944 (retd 1946)

KCB, 14.06.1945 (HM's birthday 45); CB, 11.06.1942 (HM's birthday 42); OBE 1920; MC

29.01.1910

commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army)
05.03.1911

commissioned, Indian Army
...
 -
 		...
 		...
01.10.1937
 -
 		20.12.1939
 		Deputy Military Secretary, India
21.12.1939
 -
 		11.03.1941
 		Brigade Commander, Thal Brigade (India)
12.03.1941
 -
 		10.09.1942
 		District Commander, Waziristan District (India)
21.08.1943
 -
 		10.03.1944
 		specially employed: Military Secretary, India
11.03.1944
 -
 		(01.1946)
 		special appointment: Adjutant-General, India
de Salis,
Rudolph Albert
A. du P. Denning
naturalized UK citizen, 06.12.1915
 		03.07.1898
Switzerland
-
25.05.1958
London
2nd Lt.
 		29.06.1916 [IA25]
Lt.
 		29.06.1917
A/Capt.
 		29.05.1919-15.09.1919
Capt.
 		29.06.1920
Maj.
 		29.06.1934
A/Lt.Col.
 		22.09.1940-21.12.1940
T/Lt.Col.
 		22.12.1940-28.06.1942
Lt.Col.
 		29.06.1942 (retd 30.03.1947)
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 11.04.1946
 services in the field
29.06.1916

commissioned, Unattached List
02.07.1916

commissioned, Indian Army
18.04.1917

4th Cavalry (WW I)
?
 -
 		?
 		?

de Vere White,
Newport 		see: White,
Newport de Vere 		 
Dinwiddie,
Herbert William
H.W. Dinwiddie (Photo courtesy of Mr Charles Hawkshaw-Burn)
 22.03.1899
India
-
12.04.1981
2nd Lt.
 		24.04.1918 [14455]
...
 		...
Col.
 		? (retd 16.06.1948)
A/Brig.
23.06.1944-(01.1946)
Hon. Brig.
 		16.06.1948
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE
 06.06.1946
 HM's birthday 46
24.04.1918

commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army)
19.10.1935
 -
 		02.10.1939
 		General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), India
01.05.1940
 -
 		10.12.1941
 		General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), India
11.12.1941
 -
 		02.12.1942
 		General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), War Office
1944
 -
 		1946
 		Commander, 114th Indian Infantry Brigade
(1947)

HQ Southern Command, India
Dodkins,
Clifford Mayhew
C.M. Dodkins
Married Lorna Clementina Hartnoll (died 21.02.2007).
 18.10.1914
Croydon, Surrey
-
10.06.1974
Hove, Sussex
2nd Lt.
 		31.01.1935 [380533]
Lt.
 		30.04.1937
A/Capt.
 		16.11.1940-15.02.1941
T/Capt.
 		16.02.1941-30.01.1943
Capt.
 		31.01.1943
A/Maj.
 		10.07.1943-09.10.1943
T/Maj.
10.10.1943-29.01.1948
Capt. (Special List)
 		30.01.1948, seniority 31.01.1943
Maj.
 		31.01.1948
T/Lt.Col.
 		10.06.1954-30.06.1955
Lt.Col. (Emp. List (1))
 		01.07.1955
Col.
 		15.01.1961 (retd 28.10.1966)
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE
 01.01.1967
 ?
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 06.06.1946
 ?
Mention in Despatches MID
 19.07.1945
 ?
Mention in Despatches MID
 10.01.1946
 ?
31.01.1935

commissioned, Unattached List (for the Indian Army)
10.03.1936

commissioned, Indian Army
24.07.1939
 -
 		08.11.1939
 		ADC to HE The Governor Bihan
09.11.1939
 -
 		25.08.1940
 		Military Secretary
27.08.1940
 -
 		03.11.1940
 		Staff Station Officer Kohat
04.11.1940
 -
 		15.02.1941
 		Staff Captain, Kohat Brigade
01.04.1941
 -
 		10.07.1942
 		Adjutant, 44th Cavalry (India)
05.08.1942
 -
 		28.02.1943
 		Staff Captain, 267th Indian Armoured Brigade
01.03.1943
 -
 		04.08.1943
 		Staff Captain, IAC Frg. Brigade
30.01.1948

transferred, 3rd Dragoon Guards (Special List - ex-Indian Army)
11.09.1949
 -
 		14.02.1952
 		General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), RAC HQ, British Army of the Rhine
Published: (with David Littlejohn) Orders, decorations, medals and badges of the Third Reich (including the Free City of Danzig) (1968-1974; 2 vols.)
Donaldson,
Alexander Wishart
A.W. Donaldson 		?
-
2nd Lt.
 		15.03.1941
WS/Lt.
 		11.09.1942
T/Capt.
28.07.1943-(04.1946)
A/Maj. ?
 		?
15.03.1941
  
 		 
 		commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]



served with the 5/11 Sikh Regiment in the Malayan campaign, escaping from Singapore at the fall
Douglas,
William Abbott Gale
W.A.G. Douglas
Son of Gustavus Gale Douglas and of Fanny Jane Elizabeth Douglas (née Abbott).
Husband of Mary Evered Douglas, of Lilliput, Dorsetshire.
 25.07.1901
Fulham, Greater London, Middlesex
-
04.03.1942
[age 41]
[Singapore Memorial, column 351]
2nd Lt. (Army)
 		14.07.1921
Lt. (Army)
 		14.07.1923
Lt.
 		19.12.1931, seniority 14.10.1923 [818 IA]
Capt.
 		19.12.1931, seniority 14.07.1929
Maj.
 		01.08.1938
A/Lt.Col.
 		19.06.1941-18.09.1941
T/Lt.Col.
 		19.09.1941-04.03.1942
Education: Royal Military College, Sandhurst
14.07.1921

The Devonshire Regiment
20.04.1931
 -
 		18.12.1931
 		seconded, Indian Army
19.12.1931

transferred, Indian Army (Indian Army Ordnance Corps)



served at Kedah
?
 -
 		1942
 		HQ 11th Indian Infantry Division (Singapore)
AMIMechE.
Duffy,
Robert Michael
R.M. Duffy (Photo courtsey of Mr Richard Boudville) R.M. Duffy (Photo courtsey of Mr Richard Boudville)
R.M. Duffy (Photo courtsey of Mr Richard Boudville) R.M. Duffy (Photo courtsey of Mr Richard Boudville)
 R.M. Duffy (Photo courtsey of Mr Richard Boudville)
Eldest son of Thomas Michael & Beatrice Ann Duffy (née Perkins).
His parents settled in Buma, 1911.
Married 1st (01.05.1933) Colleen Coral Vaillant; two daughters (all died on the trek from Burma to India).
Married 2nd (28.12.1946) Eleanor Falicitas Elizabeth Boudville (died 26.05.1980); four daughters.
 		01.05.1907
Whitton, Twickenham, Brentford, Middlesex
-
03.05.1986
Perth, Australia
[Karrakata Lawn Cemetery, Section 'A', Grave No. 199, Perth]
2nd Lt.
 		1941
Lt.
 		?
Capt.
 		?
A/Maj.
1945/46?
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St
 ?
 ?
Burma Star Burma St
 ?
 ?
Defence Medal Def Med
 ?
 ?
British War Medal 1939-1945 BWM 39|45
 ?
 ?
George V Silver Jubilee Medal Geo V Jub
 ?
 ?
Territorial & Efficiency/Efficiency Medal with Clasp "India" TD
 ?
 ?
Power Station Assistant Superintendent at a Power Station in Rangoon, Rangoon Electric Tramway & Supply Co. Ltd. (Ahlone), 02.01.1925-30.09.1953 (except for the war period 03.1942-04.1946).
(1935)

Sergeant, III Field Brigade, Royal Artillery, Auxiliary Force India
1941

commissioned, Rangoon Field Brigade, Burma Auxiliary Force



Burma Intelligence Corps being attached to 20th Indian Division, Indian Command (Mhow) before return to Rangoon
After Burma became Independent in 1948, R.M. Duffy stayed back in Burma, became a Citizen of The Union of Burma and was appointed Construction Engineer to build this Ywama Power Station in Insein, Rangoon, 1958-62, and became the Power Station Engineer when operational. Migrated to Perth, Australia (1970s?).
       

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