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Garforth-Bles,
George David [Garforth]
G.D. Garforth-Bles
Son of Capt. George Marcus Garforth-Bles, of Manchester and Knutsford.
Married 1st (28.03.1939) Susan Muir-Mackenzie (marriage dissolved 1947); one son, one daughter.
Married 2nd (1948) Ann Deshon; thee sons.

05.10.1909
Knutsford, Cheshire
-
27.09.2006
2nd Lt.
 		29.08.1931, seniority 30.01.1930 [IA 998]
Lt.
 		30.10.1932, seniority 30.04.1932
Capt.
 		01.08.1938
A/Maj.
 		10.09.1939-04.10.1939,
30.07.1942-03.10.1942
T/Maj.
 		04.10.1942-(01.1946)
Maj.
 		01.07.1946 (retd 02.01.1948)
A/Lt.Col.
 		(1946)
T/Lt.Col.
 		?
Hon. Lt.Col.
 		02.01.1948
Mention in Despatches MID
 19.09.1946
 Burma
Education: Rugby School; Jesus College, Cambridge University



from General List, Territorial Army
29.08.1931

commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army)
30.10.1932

commissioned, Indian Army
19131
 -
 		1939
 		The Guides Cavalry (10th Queen Victoria's Own Frontier Force) (NW  Frontier Force)
1937
 -
 		1937
 		course at the Army Equitation School, Saugor, Central India



4th Battalion, 3rd Madras Regiment (Burma; despatches)
Emigrated to Canada, where he took up the post of secretary at the Eglinton Hunt Club in Toronto. On his return to England, he ran a small family business.
Published: (with S.D. Clarke) Now or Never : the story of the 4th Battalion, the Madras Regiment in the Burma Campaign (1946)
Gellatly,
Cyril James
C.J. Gellatly 		?
-
2nd Lt.
 		22.08.1943
WS/Lt.
 		22.02.1944
A/Capt. ?
 		?
RAF:
Cadet Pilot
 		26.09.1951 [4080252]
(A) P/O (prob)
 		27.02.1952
P/O
 		03.12.1952
F/O
 		1953 (reld 22.09.1953)
22.08.1943

commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]



served with 11th Sikhs
1951
 -
 		1953
 		served with RAF
Hotel manager, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1960.
Genders,
Charles Herbert
C.H. Genders
Married (26.07.1939) Jean Paul Neilson, elder daughter of Doctor & Mrs H. Ross Neilson, of Isle of Wight; ... children (one son?).
 		08.08.1904
-
05.1998
Horsham district, West Sussex
L/Cpl.
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		29.01.1927 [37330]
T/Lt.
 		25.10.1926-28.01.1930
Lt.
 		29.01.1930
21.02.1936, seniority 29.04.1929 [AI 377]
Capt.
 		30.03.1936, seniority 29.01.1936
A/Maj.
 		23.06.1941-22.09.1941
T/Maj.
 		23.09.1941-28.01.1944
Maj.
 		29.01.1944 (retd 23.04.1948)
T/Lt.Col.
 		15.04.1944-(04.1946)
Hon. Lt.Col.
 		23.04.1948
Education: Royal Military College, Sandhurst.



served in the ranks for 6 years, 192 days, Royal Army Ordnance Corps
29.01.1927

commissioned, Lincolnshire Regiment
25.10.1926
 -
 		21.09.1935
 		employed with King's African Rifles
21.02.1936
  
 		 
 		transferred, Indian Army



1st Battalion 8th Punjab Regiment
25.11.1938
 -
 		22.06.1941
 		Staff Captain, ...
23.04.1948
 -
 		24.04.1965
 		Reserve of Officers
Ghosh,
D B
D.B. Ghosh (Photo courtesy of Mr Charles Hawkshaw-Burn) 		?
-
Maj.
 		(1947)
...
 -
 		...
 		...
(1947)
  
 		 
 		HQ Southern Command, India (Poona)
Gill,
D R
D.R. Gill (Photo courtesy of Mr Charles Hawkshaw-Burn) 		?
-
Capt.
 		(1947)
...
 -
 		...
 		...
(1947)
  
 		 
 		HQ Southern Command, India (Poona)
Gill,
Gurdial Singh
G.S. Gill
Son of Bir Singh Gill.
Married Rena Leighton, daughter of Alexander Lister.
 		21.03.1896
-
T/Lt.
 		20.06.1923-19.06.1926
T/Capt.
 		20.06.1926-25.08.1926
Lt.
 		26.08.1926
Capt.
 		26.08.1926, seniority 20.06.1926
Maj.
 		20.12.1934, seniority 20.12.1932
Lt.Col.
 		20.12.1942
Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire CIE
 13.06.1946
 HM's birthday 46: as Inspector of Prisons, Madras
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Civil Division) OBE
 1942
 ?
Education: Edinburgh Univeristy (MB and ChB, 1919)
1914
  
 		 
 		entered Indian Medical Service
20.06.1923
 -
 		25.08.1926
 		temporary commission, Indian Medical Service
26.08.1926

commissioned, Indian Medical Service
1941
 -
 		1946?
 		Inspector-General of Prisons, Madras
Did his medicine in Edinburgh, practised in Bolton, and returned to India with his Scottish wife Rena, to join the Indian Medical Service. In 1930, the IMS was abolished and its members were given the option of joining the defense services or one of the quasi-military services. Gurdial Singh chose the Prisons Service. With the IMS he had served several years in northwest India. The Prisons Department posted him to the South - and, in time, Rena and he preferred it here. When Gurdial Singh retired, he was Inspector General of Prisons, Madras.
Gill,
Thomas
T. Gill (Photo courtesy of Kieron Ridehalgh)
05.05.1917
-
01.2000
Padiham, Preston and South Ribble district, Lancashire
L/Cpl.
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		30.05.1943 [RC 11021]
WS/Lt.
 		19.10.1943
T/Capt.
 		18.02.1944-(04.1946)
Mention in Despatches MID
 08.02.1945
 brave conduct during a fire at Bombay docks 04.44
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St
 -
 -
Burma Star Bur St
 -
 -
Def M
 -
 -
BWM 39|45
 -
 -
30.05.1943

commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]



served Indian Army Ordnance Corps
A teacher in later years and also a trustee of Padiham Building Society.
Gilmore,
Scott
S. Gilmore 		?
USA
-
2nd Lt.
 		08.07.1943
WS/Lt.
08.01.1944
08.07.1943

commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] (volunteered as an American citizen)



served 8th Gurkha Rifles (Burma)
Published: A Connecticut Yankee in the 8th Gurkha Rifles: a Burma memoir (1995)
Goddard,
Eric Norman
E.N. Goddard (Photo courtesy of Mr Charles Hawkshaw-Burn)
3rd son of late Arthur Goddard, Chartered Accountant, London.
Married (1939) Elizabeth Lynch, daughter of late Major Lynch Hamilton and Frances Prioleau; one son.
 		06.07.1897
Lambeth district, Greater London
-
11.06.1992
Tunbridge Wells, Kent
2nd Lt.
 		?
...
 		...
Lt.Col.
 		16.12.1936
Col.
 		19.04.1939
A/Brig.
 		02.11.1940-01.05.1941
T/Brig.
 		02.05.1941-31.12.1942
A/Maj.Gen.
 		04.08.1942-31.12.1942
T/Maj.Gen.
 		01.01.1943-15.04.1944
Maj.Gen.
 		16.04.1944 (retd 11.1948)
A/Lt.Gen.
1947
Hon. Lt.Gen.
 		11.1948

CB 1947; CIE 1944; CBE 1942 (OBE 1919); MVO 1936; MC

Education: Dulwich College
15.11.1915

commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army)
18.11.1915
  
 		 
 		commissioned, Indian Army



service in Mesopotamia, Persia and Kurdistan, 1916-19 (despatches twice, OBE, MC); GSO3 AHQ India, 1923-25; 12th Frontier Force Regt, 1928; Staff College, Quetta, 1928-29; Brigade Major, Nowshera Brigade, 1932-34; Chitral relief, 1932 (despatches, bar to MC); Mohmand operations, 1933 (despatches); Bt Major, 1933; GSO2 Eastern Command, 1934-36; Officer i/c King's Indian Orderly Officers, 1936 (MVO 4th class); Commanding Officer, 4th Battalion 15th Punjab Regiment, 1936
19.04.1939
 -
 		14.10.1940
 		Colonel in charge of Administration, Burma
02.11.1940
 -
 		13.01.1942
 		Brigade Commander
01.1942

Majord-General in charge of Administration Army in Burma
12.1941 - 12.1944 served in Burma and on Eastern front, including Maj.­Gen. i/c Administration 11th Army Group and Allied Land Forces SE Asia, 1943-44 (despatches four times, CIE,
CBE)
15.05.1945
 -
 		(01.1946)
 		special appointment
1947
 -
 		1948
 		General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Command, India
Special appointment CCG, 1949-53; Dir of Civil Defence, North­Western Region (Manchester), 1955-63; Pres., East Lancs Br., British Red Cross, 1964-66.
Godenho,
T B
T.B. Godenho (Photo courtesy of Mr Charles Hawkshaw-Burn) 		?
-
Capt.
 		(1947)
...
 -
 		...
 		...
(1947)
  
 		 
 		HQ Southern Command, India (Poona)
Gokhale,
M A
M.A. Gokhale (Photo courtesy of Mr Charles Hawkshaw-Burn) 		?
-
Capt.
 		(1947)
...
 -
 		...
 		...
(1947)
  
 		 
 		HQ Southern Command, India (Poona)
Golding,
Cyril Frederick
C.F. Golding 		26.10.1894
Elham, Kent
-
01.07.1951
Lt.
 		08.02.1935, seniority 18.06.1930 [RO/3212]
Capt.
 		? (reld 14.08.1947)
T/Maj.
 		?
Hon. Maj.
 		14.08.1947
08.02.1935

commissioned, Army in India Reserve of Officers



served in the Royal Indian Army Service Corps (Iraq, Burma & Malaya) (eventually as an Acting Lt.Col. ?)
 
Goodway,
Cyril Ernest Francis
C.E.F. Goodway 		1910 ?
-
2nd Lt.
 		10.11.1940 [EC 1024]
WS/Lt.
 		14.01.1942
T/Capt.
 		14.01.1942-05.11.1943
WS/Capt.
 		06.11.1943
A/Maj.
 		06.08.1943-05.11.1943
T/Maj.
 		06.11.1943-(04.1946)
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) MBE
 17.01.1946
 Burma
Mention in Despatches MID
 10.01.1946
 Burma
10.11.1940

commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]



served Royal Indian Army Service Corps
Goodyer,
Ronald Charles John
R.C.J. Goodyer
Son of ... Goodyer, and ... Waghorn.
 		(03?.)1913
St Germans, Cornwall
-
c. 1955/56
Coventry area
(heart attack)
Cpl.
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		26.11.1942
WS/Lt.
 		26.05.1943
T/Capt.
 		27.06.1944-(04.1946)
A/Maj. ?
 		?
Education: Duke of York's School, Dover
26.11.1942

commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Goring,
Arthur
A. Goring (Photo courtesy of Mr Richard Hide)

25.01.1907
Richmond district, Surrey
-
2nd Lt.
 		30.08.1926
Lt.
 		30.08.1929
Lt. (IA)
 		24.03.1930, seniority 30.11.1928
Capt.
 		30.08.1935
Maj.
 		30.08.1940
A/Lt.Col.
 		01.05.1942-31.07.1942
T/Lt.Col.
01.08.1942-(04.1944),
15.08.1944-(01.1946)
Education: Royal Military College, Sandhurst; Staff College (psc)
30.08.1926
  
 		 
 		commissioned, The Royal Fusiliers
24.03.1930

transferred, Probyn's Horse - Indian Army
15.09.1934
 -
 		05.06.1936
 		ADC to General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Northern Command, India
16.07.1940
 -
 		(04.)1941
 		General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), Directorate of Military Operations and Intelligence, General Staff Branch, HQ Staff of the Army in India
1941
 -
 		12.1941
 		attached HQ Staff, Hong Kong (escaped)
Fruit Farm and Nurseries at Dince Hill, Whimple, in the county of Devon till 1954. OStJ, 28.06.1957. CStJ, 12.1960.
Graham,
John Onslow
J.O. Graham
Son of Herbert Walter Onslow Graham and Phyllis Ann Graham; husband of Kathleen Graham.
 		21.01.1916
-
03.01.1942
Kampar, Malaya
(KIA) [age 25]
[Taiping War Cemetery, 2.F.17]
2nd Lt. TA
 		08.07.1936
2nd Lt.
 		29.01.1938 [881/AI]
Lt.
01.10.1915
     

late Cadet Corporal, Tonbridge School Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps

08.07.1936

commissioned, 4th Battalion Somerset Light Infantry, Territorial Army (Bath)
29.01.1938

commissioned into the Army, Unattached List [permanent commission]
06.04.1939

commissioned into the Indian Army, General List
?
 -
 		03.01.1942
 		1st Battalion 8th Punjab Regiment
Grant,
Frederick William
F.W. Grant
Son of Frederick William Grant, Sub-Conductor in the Indian Army and formerly of the Oxfordshire Light Infantry.
Married (1929, Cawnpore) ... Hazells. 
03.03.1903
Poona, India
-
08.1995
Poole, Dorset
Staff Sgt.
 		(1929)
Sub-Conductor
 		(1934)
Conductor
 		?
Assistant Commissary (Lt.)
 		01.10.1940
WS/Capt.
 		15.04.1941
T/Maj.
25.12.1942-(04.1946)
A/Lt.Col.
 		10.03.1943-(04.1944)
01.10.1940
  
 		 
 		commissioned, Indian Army Departments [emergency commission]



served Indian Army Ordnance Corps
(04.1944)
 		 
 		 
 		specially employed
Grant,
Harold James
H.J. Grant 		22.10.1920
Ranchi, India
-
2nd Lt.
 		05.07.1941
WS/Lt.
18.11.1941
T/Capt.
 		15.03.1943-(04.1947)
T/Maj. ?
 		?
Hon. Maj. ?
 		?
05.07.1941
  
 		 
 		commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]



served Royal Garwhal Rifles (Burma & Italy)
Greedy,
William
W. Greedy (Photo courtesy of Mr Charles Hawkshaw-Burn) 		19.07.1900
-
Assistant Commissary (Lt.)
 		09.03.1942
A/Deputy Commissary (A/Capt.)
 		15.02.1942-14.05.1942
T/Deputy Commissary (T/Capt.)
 		15.05.1942-(01.1946)
WS/Capt.
 		30.11.1943
A/Maj.
 		30.08.1943-29.11.1943
T/Maj.
 		30.11.1943-(04.1947)



temporary commission
09.03.1942

permanent commission, Indian Army Departments
(1947)
  
 		 
 		HQ Southern Command, India (Poona)
Green *,
Rodney
J.O. Graham
* changed last name in 1947 by deed poll to: Needham

15.05.1923
-
05.12.2006
2nd Lt.
 		?
Lt.
 		?
A/Capt.
 		?
?
 -
 		?
 		Captain, 4th Battalion, 1st King George V's Own Gurkha Rifles (India) (wounded)
Social anthropologist.
Grimshaw,
Ewing Henry Wrigley
"Harry"
E.H.W. Grimshaw


30.06.1911
India
-
01.11.2007
Amesbury Abbey
2nd Lt.
 		29.01.1931 [50117]
Lt.
 		29.04.1933
Capt.
 		29.01.1939
A/Maj.
 		23.02.1941-22.05.1941
T/Maj.
 		23.05.1941-30.06.1941,
15.04.1944-14.07.1944
WS/Maj.
 		15.07.1944
Maj.
 		01.07.1946
A/Lt.Col.
 		15.04.1944-14.07.1944
T/Lt.Col.
 		15.07.1944-13.08.1945,
01.07.1949-15.03.1953
A/Brig.
 		16.03.1945-15.09.1945
...
 		...
Maj.Gen.
 		22.01.1962 (retd 30.07.1965)
Companion of the Order of the Bath (Military Division) CB
 1965
 ?
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) CBE
 1957
 ?
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 28.06.1945
 Burma
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) OBE
 10.06.1954
 ?
Mention in Despatches MID
 05.08.1943
 ?
Mention in Despatches MID
 05.04.1945
 ?
29.01.1931

commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army)
05.04.1932

commissioned, Indian Army



served War of 1939-1945: Western Desert & Burma (despatches twice)
06.04.1943
 -
 		15.04.1944
 		Brigade Major, ... (India)
16.03.1945
 -
 		04.03.1946
 		Commander, 161st Indian Brigade
03.10.1947

transferred, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers



active service in Malaya, 1948 and 1950, Kenya, 1954, Suez, 1956 and Cyprus, 1958; General Officer Commanding, 44th Division (TA) and Home Counties District, 1962-1965
Colonel, The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, 1966-1968; Deputy Colonel, The Royal Irish Rangers, 1968-1973. Deputy Constable, Dover Castle, 1962-1965.
Gurdial Singh
Gurdial Singh (Photo courtesy of Mr Charles Hawkshaw-Burn) 		15.06.1908
-
2nd Lt.
 		31.01.1929 [IA 935]
Lt.
 		30.04.1931
Capt.
 		31.01.1938
Maj.
 		31.01.1946
T/Lt.Col.
 		(1947)
31.01.1929
  
 		 
 		commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army)
25.03.1930
  
 		 
 		commissioned, Indian Army
...
 -
 		...
 		...
(1947)
  
 		 
 		HQ Southern Command, India (Poona)
       

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