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1939-1945

 

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Gall,
Ian Russell
I.R. Gall (Photo courtesy of Mrs Linda Smith) 		1916 ?
-
2nd Lt. 22.08.1942
WS/Lt. 22.02.1943 (reld > 04.1947)
T/Capt. 20.08.1944-(04.1947)
22.08.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
      served Royal Indian Army Service Corps
16.08.1945 - 23.10.1945 15th Advanced Course, RIASC School, Kakul
Galvin,
Peter William
G.W. Garbett
Married Joan Mary ...; two sons.		 01.08.1920
-
17.02.2012
Nottingham
2nd Lt. 16.01.1944
Lt. 23.01.1946, seniority 24.04.1944 [353213]
... ...
Lt.Col. 30.06.1967 (retd 03.08.1975)
Mention in Despatches MID 07.02.1958 ?
16.01.1944     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
23.01.1946     permanent commission, The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own)
21.12.1966     transferred, The Queen's Regiment
Gannon,
Terence Vernon
T.V. Gannon (Photo courtesy of Mr Eugene Taylor) T.V. Gannon (Photo courtesy of Mr Eugene Taylor)		 10.04.1918
-
20.09.1994
Doncaster, South Yorkshire
2nd Lt. 22.12.1940 [EC 1355]
WS/Lt. 26.05.1942
T/Capt. 26.05.1942-(04.1946)
WS/Capt. 1946/47? (reld 03.02.1947)
T/Maj. 1946/47?
Hon. Maj. 03.02.1947
Capt. 05.12.1953 [431804]
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St - -
Pacific Star Pac St - & clasp Burma
France & Germany Star Fr&G St - -
Def M - -
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45 - -
22.12.1940     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
1940 - 1942 5th/11th Sikh Regiment (part of 22nd Indian Infantry Brigade)
[Action in Malaya & Singapore in which he was involved from 9 Dec 1941, his escape from Singapore to Sumatra, where he was evacuated on 1 Mar 1942 from Padang on the HMAS Hobart en route to Columbo, along with Lt Harry Taylor, Capt Steve Lyons and 4 other officers from 5/11 Sikh Regt.]
1947?     Special List (ex-Indian Army)
05.12.1953     commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps (EFI Section) - Regular Army Reserve of Officers
15.07.1965     transferred, Royal Army Ordnance Corps (EFI Section) - Regular Army Reserve of Officers
After the war he worked for the British Government in Malaya; 1949-52 Finance Office with the Public Works Department in Eritrea and then joined the NAAFI in 1953 until his retirement in Dec 1981.
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)
Garwood,
Stanley Morgan
S.M. Garwood
Son of William Morgan Garwood, and Beatrice Ada Baker.
Married (24.05.1945, Maidenhead district, Berkshire) Nanette Pamela Oppenheimer, elder daughter of Gustav Oppenheimer, and Mrs Cecily Oppenhimer, of Raymead, Maidenhead, Berkshire; ... children (one son, one daughter?).		 18.01.1917
Croydon district, London
-
25.07.1995
Windsor & Maidenhead district, Berkshire
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 22.02.1941 [174427]
WS/Lt. 22.08.1942
WS/Capt. 12.05.1943 (reld < 04.1947)
T/Maj. 12.05.1943-(04.1946)
A/Lt.Col. ?
      either Sandhurst, 162nd, 167th, or 168th Officer Cadet Training Unit
22.02.1941     commissioned, Royal Berkshire Regiment [emergency commission]
29.12.1941     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
      served Royal Indian Army Service Corps
Gasper,
Claude Arthur Terence
C.A.T. Gasper
Married ((09?).1933, Kensington district, London) Helene De Lacey-Cooney; ... children (one son?).		 06.12.1908
-
12.1989
Kingston upon Thames district, Surrey
2nd Lt. 02.11.1940 [EC 2264]
WS/Lt. 01.01.1942 (reld > 04.1947)
T/Capt. 01.01.1942-(04.1947)
Mention in Despatches MID 27.09.1945 Burma
Education: Cambridge (BA, 1931).
Solicitor.
02.11.1940     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
(1945)     4th Gurkha Rifles (despatches)
Gay,
George Frank
G.F. Gay (Photo courtesy of Mr Sunil Menon) 		24.09.1917
-
2nd Lt.
 		16.10.1943
WS/Lt.
16.04.1944
A?/Capt.
 		(1947)
16.10.1943

commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Geddis,
A D R
 A.D.R. Geddis (Photo courtesy of Mr Frank de Planta) 		?
-
2nd Lt. 22.12.1940 [EC 1379]
T/Capt. (1945)
Mention in Despatches MID 11.01.1945 Italy
22.12.1940     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
(1942) - (1944) 1st Battalion 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) (North Africa & Italy)
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
George,
Richard
R. George
Son of William and Mary George.		 02.10.1898
Cromarty, Scotland
-
1961
Hove, Sussex
2nd Lt. 14.11.1916 [IA 379 & 391477]
Lt. 14.11.1917
Capt. 14.11.1920
Maj. 14.11.1934
A/Lt.Col. 11.06.1941-10.09.1941
T/Lt.Col. 11.09.1941-14.11.1941
Lt.Col. 15.11.1941 (retd 07.05.1948)
T/Col. 14.06.19146-(04.1947)
local Brig. 01.08.1946
Hon. Col. 07.05.1948
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) OBE 1947/48? ?
14.11.1916     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army)
      served CI Horse - Indian Armoured Corps
24.07.1944 - 31.07.1946 as General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1) adviser attached to the Headquarters Staff of the Army in India
01.08.1946 - (04.1947) Deputy Military Adviser-in-Chief attached to the Headquarters Staff of the Army in India
Ghosh,
D B
D.B. Ghosh (Photo courtesy of Mr Charles Hawkshaw-Burn) 		?
-
Maj.
 		(1947)
...
 -
 		...
 		...
(1947)
  
 		 
 		HQ Southern Command, India (Poona)
Gidney,
Alan Francis
A.F. Gidney
Son of Francis Gidney, and Winifred M. Lark (née Roberts).		 (03?).1923
Edmonton district, Essex / Hertfordshire / Middlesex
-
Pte. ?
2nd Lt. 19.03.1944 [EC 12706]
WS/Lt. 19.09.1944 (reld > 04.1947)
T/Capt. ?
Mention in Despatches MID 19.09.1946 Burma
19.03.1944     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
      served 10th Gurkha Rifles (Burma) (despatches)
Giles,
Henry Frank
H.F. Giles
Married Mabel Josephine Salisbury (26.02.1901 - 27.03.1957); two daughters, three sons.		 (06?).1897
St Giles, Wimbirne, Blandford district, Dorset
-
(09?).1949
Tarrant Gunville, Blandford district, Dorset
Assistant Commissary (Lt.) 17.02.1942 (reld > 04.1947)
17.02.1942     commissioned, Indian Army Departments [emergency commission]
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 - -
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 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)
Gilmour,
James Thomson
J.T. Gilmour (Photo courtesy of Mr Robin Smith) 		?
-
2nd Lt. 04.03.1942
... ...
(02.1942)     "A" Company, Officer Training School, Belgaum (India)
04.03.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
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. ?)
 
Good,
Harry Mark
H.M. Good
Married ((12?).1948, Folkestone, Kent) Eleanor V. Woods (died 1986), a war widow; two daughters, one son.		 03.10.1917
Gretna, Scotland
-
1997
died of pneumonia
2nd Lt. 14.09.1941
WS/Lt. 22.01.1942
WS/Capt. ? (reld > 12.1946, < 04.1947)
T/Maj. ?
Hon. Maj. ?
Education: Magdalen College School, Oxford (1931-1934); Oxford University (MA 03.1948).
Articled Clerk with a firm of London solicitors.
      Officer Cadet Training Unit, Bombay
14.09.1941     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
      19th Lancers, then Staff Officer
Completing his articles, he practiced as a solicitor first in Folkestone, Kent. Moving to Bristol in 1950, he specialised professionally in Trusts, which required no court work of course, being very deaf at this stage, but he could lip read effectively, though suffering tinnitus badly. He finished his career as a partner in the firm of Meade King & Co, retiring a little early in 1980.
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]
Gordon,
John Vincent
J.V. Gordon
Son (with three sisters) of John Gordon (1870-), and Ada Shankster (1874-), of Hove, Sussex.
Married (12.12.1933, Nowshera, India) Georgette Verhoustraeten, daughter of the late Carlo Verhoustraeten, and Mrs H.M.M. Robertson; nine children.		 03.12.1900
Hove, Steyning district, East Sussex
-
21.09.1984
Pinhoe, Exeter, Devon (of South Yeo, Poughill, Crediton, Devon)
2nd Lt. 16.07.1920
2nd Lt. 30.11.1921, seniority 16.07.1921 [AI 247]
Lt. ?
Cpt. 17.10.1927
Maj. 16.07.1938
T/Lt.Col. ?
Lt.Col. 28.03.1947 (retd 30.08.1948)
Military Cross MC 01.12.1933 Mohmand-Bajaur operations 33
Education: Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
16.07.1920     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army)
30.11.1921     commissioned, Indian Army (attached 14th Sikhs)
      1st Battalion (King George's Own) (Ferozepore Sikhs) 11th Sikh Regiment
01.03.1930 - 29.03.1932 ADC to HE the Governor of Bengal
22.12.1938     transferred, Special Unemployed List
? - ? ?
Gore,
Reginald Malpas
R.M. Gore
Son of Dr. Alfred Joseph Gore, and Edith Tomkins.
Married (25.04.1923, St Peter's, Kodaikanal, South India) Helen Elizabeth Mary Mayne (02.04.1896 - 23.11.1986); one son.
20.04.1895
Chester
-
19.04.1969
Wortham, Diss, Norfolk
T/Lt. 03.05.1918-31.05.1918 [AI 25]
Lt. Army 05.01.1918
Lt. 01.06.1918
Capt. 01.01.1921
Maj. 01.01.1935
A/Lt.Col. 11.01.1941-10.04.1941
T/Lt.Col. 11.04.1941-31.12.1942
Lt.Col. 01.01.1943 (retd 26.10.1947)
King's Police Medal KPM 01.01.1935 for distinguished service
Grocer.
02.09.1914 - 02.05.1918 enlisted service, from 05.04.1916 2nd Lt. up to Capt., Australian Imperial Force (Gallipoli, France)
01.06.1918     commissioned, Indian Army
      was with the 88th Carnatic Infantry in Iraq and then with 90th Punjab Regiment which became 2nd/8th Punjab Regiment; apart from a secondment to the Burma Military Police (02.1931-1934; Assistant Commandant, Southern Shan States Battalion), he remained in the 8th Punjab Regiment until his retirement
      served India & Burma
Goring,
Arthur
A. Goring (Photo courtesy of Mr Richard Hide)
Younger son of Maj. Alan Goring, of Wiston, Sussex.
25.01.1907
Richmond district, Surrey
-
16.04.1982
Camden district, Greater London
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. Assistant Commissioner in Chief St John's Ambulance Brigade, 1957-1972.
Goudie,
Humphrey
"Rey"
H. Goudie 		?
-
2nd Lt. 10.06.1941 (reld > 04.1946, < 04.1947)
A?/Maj. ? ?
      enlisted service, Seaforth Highlanders
10.06.1941     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
      served Royal Indian Army Service Corps
Graham,
George Lawrence
P.L. Graham
Son (with eight sisters and five brothers) of Alfred Robert Augustus Graham (1858-1910), and Ethel Amelia Forkgein (1867-1924).
Married (22.02.1922, Rangoon, Begal, India) Agnes Myrtle Cully Madge (18.10.1898 - ), daughter (with one brother) of Bertram Cully Madge (1872-1905), and Marion Grant (1876-); ... children.		 20.04.1892
Rangoon, Bengal, India
-
1973
Waikumete, Auckland, New Zealand
Hon. Lt. ?
2nd Lt. 09.01.1945 [EC 5766]
WS/Lt. ? (reld 02.04.1946; on account of ill-health)
Hon. Lt. 02.04.1946
09.01.1945     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
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)
Grant,
John Mackenzie
J.M. Grant 		22.04.1910
-
06.1989
Torbay district, Devon
2nd Lt. 09.11.1940 [EC 853]
WS/Lt. 08.06.1941
A/Capt. 08.03.1941-07.06.1941
T/Capt. 08.06.1941-17.11.1942
WS/Capt. 18.11.1942
A/Maj. 18.08.1942-17.11.1942
T/Maj. 18.11.1942-17.01.1945
WS/Maj. 18.01.1945
A/Lt.Col. 18.10.1944-17.01.1945
T/Lt.Col. 18.01.1945-31.03.1953
Lt. 21.06.1947, seniority 01.08.1938 [378704]
Capt. 21.06.1947, seniority 22.04.1941
Maj. 21.06.1947, seniority 01.07.1946
Lt.Col. 01.04.1953 (supernumerary 01.04.1956)
Col. 27.02.1958 (retd 24.10.1963)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) OBE 24.04.1953 Korea
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) MBE 01.01.1944 New Year 44
Mention in Despatches MID 28.10.1942 Burma 12-41-05.42
Mention in Despatches MID 09.05.1946 Burma
Officer, Legion of Merit (USA) LM 12.10.1951 Korea
Education: Staff College (psc).
09.11.1940     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission to 20.06.1947]
      14th Punjab Regiment
15.10.1941 - 17.08.1942 General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), HQ Burma Army
18.08.1942 - 23.08.1943 General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), India
11.01.1944 - 17.10.1944 General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), 14th Army
05.06.1945 - 01.01.1946 General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), India
29.09.1946 - 16.04.1948 General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), India
21.06.1947     permanent commission, Royal Army Service Corps
04.07.1951 - 11.01.1952 Assistant Director of Supplies and Transport (ADST), HQ British Commonwealth Forces Korea
03.01.1955 - (02.1957) Assistant Director of Supplies and Transport (ADST), War Office
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
R. Green
* 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.
Green,
Sebert John Hely
"Jimmy"
S.J.H. Green
Son (with two brothers and two sisters) of Maj.Gen. Sebert Francis St Davids Green, CB, CBE, KHP, MD, FRCS (1868-1930), and Evelyn Caroline Marion Hely (?-1927), of Court Henry, Carmarthenshire.
 Married (1941, Bombay, India) Eileen Marion Jones, GRSM, LRAM, ARCM (18.08.1915 - 08.2001), daughter of Lt.Col. Frederick Harry Jones, MBE; one daughter.		 17.11.1906
Prospect, Bermuda
-
03.05.1991
Isle of Wight
2nd Lt. 30.08.1926 [AI 517 & 38252]
Lt. 30.11.1928
Capt. 30.08.1935
A/Maj. 05.08.1940-04.11.1940
T/Maj. 05.11.1940-15.12.1940
Maj. 30.08.1943
A/Lt.Col. 19.12.1943-18.03.1944
T/Lt.Col. 19.03.1944-(04.1947)
WS/Lt.Col. ? (retd 27.12.1948)
A/Col. 14.01.1945-08.02.1945,
18.02.1945-11.03.1945
A/Brig. 14.01.1945-08.02.1945,
18.02.1945-11.03.1945
Hon. Brig. 27.12.1948
Distinguished Service Order DSO 26.10.1944 Italy [citation available upon request]
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) MBE 28.10.1942 Burma 12.41-05.42 [citation available upon request]
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St - -
Africa Star Afr St - & 8th Army clasp
Def M - -
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45 - -
Education: Cheltenham College (09.1914-); Royal Military College, Sandhurst (1925-1926).
30.08.1926     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army)
06.11.1927     commissioned, Indian Army (13th Frontier Force Rifles)
1936 - 1939 served in Burma Military Police and Burma Frontier Force (military secretary to Government of Burma, 1938-1939)
1940     6th Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles (Sudan & Eritrea)
1941 - 1942 Brigade Major, 2nd Indian Infantry Brigade (Burma)
1942 - 1943 served in Persia, Iraq and Middle East
1943 - 1945 Commanding Officer, 6th Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles (Italy)
1945     member of Briggs Committee on Indian Army
1946     Assistant Quartermaster-General and Colonel Second-in-Command Victory Contingents in London
1947     Assistant Adjutant General, HQ Delhi
1947     Commander, 80th Independent Brigade Group
1947 - 1948 Commander, Meerut Sub-Area
Sector Commander, Isle of Wight Home Guard, 1952-1956. Councillor, Parish Church councillor & chairman of governors, Ventnor.
Greenway,
Cyril Durnford William Kelynge
C.D.W.K. Greenway
Son of ... Greenway, and ... Magill.
Married ((03?).1951, Chichester district, Sussex) Elizabeth St Clair (née Canny); one daughter.		 18.08.1911
Brentford district, Middlesex
-
12.2000
Ashford with Shepway district, Kent
2nd Lt. TA 10.01.1930
2nd Lt. 02.02.1935
Lt. 02.05.1937
Capt. 02.02.1943
13.09.1947, seniority 02.02.1943 [44679]
WS/Maj. 20.03.1942
Maj. 02.02.1948
T/Lt.Col. 04.12.1947-01.11.1951
Lt.Col. 02.11.1951 (Special List 01.04.1963) (retd 10.08.1965)
Education: Bristol Grammar School.
10.01.1930     commissioned, 4th (City of Bristol) Battalion The Gloucestershire Regiment - Territorial Army
02.02.1935     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army)
19.03.1936     commissioned, Indian Army
19.12.1941 - 30.03.1942 Assistant Director of Ordnance Services (ADOS), General Headquarters, Middle East Land Forces
18.03.1946 - 25.08.1946 Chief Ordnance Officer (COO), Vehicle Depot, Bombay
26.08.1946 - 19.02.1947 Chief Ordnance Officer (COO), Motor Transport & Supply Depot, Nissa
1946/47?     Special List (ex-Indian Army)
13.09.1947     transferred, Royal Army Ordnance Corps
01.06.1949 - 02.06.1952 Chief Ordnance Officer (COO), Central Ordnance Depot Ashford
04.11.1955 - (02.1957) Assistant Director of Ordnance Services (ADOS), HQ Northern District
AMBIM.
Gregory,
Benjamin Roland
B.R. Gregory (Photo courtesy of Mrs Linda Smith) 		25.09.1911
-
(12?).1977
Worthing district, West Sussex
2nd Lt. 26.10.1940 [EC 953]
WS/Capt. 28.04.1942 (reld 05.11.1946)
T/Maj. 28.04.1942-(04.1946)
Capt. 05.11.1946, seniority 06.08.1945 [371938]
Maj. ?
26.10.1940     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
      served Royal Indian Army Service Corps
16.08.1945 - 23.10.1945 15th Advanced Course, RIASC School, Kakul
05.11.1946 - 05.11.1954 short service commission, Royal Army Service Corps
05.11.1954 - 25.09.1956 Regular Army Reserve of Officers (Class III)
Griffiths,
Gower Barham
"Guy"
G.B. Griffiths
Son of Benjamin Barham Griffiths (1870-1955), and Constance Willoughby Thornton Smith.
Married (06.09.1956, St Marylebone district, London) Judith Mary Sheila de Stacpoole (10.11.1931 - 17.11.1992), daughter of Francis Gustave de Stacpoole (1890-1973), and Emily Marion Watson (1896-1979); three sons, one daughter.		 17.06.1920
St Asaph district, Merionethshire
-
03.04.1977
Greenwich, London
2nd Lt. 15.02.1941
WS/Lt. 10.03.1942
A/Capt. 10.12.1941-09.03.1942
T/Capt. 10.03.1942-11.02.1943
WS/Capt. 12.02.1943
A/Maj. 12.11.1942-11.02.1943
T/Maj. 12.02.1943-28.03.1944,
16.02.1945-31.08.1948
Lt. 28.04.1945, seniority 17.12.1942 [345096]
Capt. 17.06.1947
T/Maj. 12.03.1950-13.03.1953,
15.06.1953-16.12.1953
Maj. 17.06.1954 (retd 26.04.1958)
Education: Staff College, Quetta (psc).
      served in the ranks for 204 days
15.02.1941     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
      8/13 Frontier Force Rifles (Burma)
      held Brigade staff appointments
28.04.1945     commissioned, The King's Shropshire Light Infantry
Grimley,
Frederick Roberts Bridgeman
F.R.B. Grimley
Married Evelyn ...; one son, one daughter (daughter Phyllis married Maj. Henry John Pinel, Indian Army).		 23.03.1898
[16.03.1900?]
-
29.12.1976
Wandsworth district, London
Assistant Commissary
(with rank of Lt.)		 01.01.1939 [ST 32]
A/Capt. 22.12.1939-21.03.1940
T/Capt. 22.03.1940-03.04.1940,
05.04.1940-17.08.1940,
19.08.1940-14.04.1942
WS/Capt. 15.04.1942
Deputy Commissary (with rank of Capt.) 17.01.1945
A/Maj. 15.01.1942-14.04.1942
T/Maj. 15.04.1942-30.04.1943,
11.08.1943-(01.1946)
WS/Maj. ? (retd 21.06.1948)
T/Lt.Col. ?
Hon. Lt.Col. 21.06.1948
01.01.1939     commissioned, Indian Army Departments
      served Royal Indian Army Service Corps
(03.1939)     HQ Northern Command, India
15.01.1942 - (04.1944) Instructor, Royal Indian Army Service Corps School
02.09.1946 - (04.1947) Assistant Director of Supplies, Eastern Army (India)
Grimsey,
John Rust
J.R. Grimsey (Photo courtesy of Mr John Grimsey) J.R. Grimsey (Photo courtesy of Mr John Grimsey)
 Son of John Robert Grimsey (1859-1922), and Amy Deck (1875-1948).
 Married (17.06.1944, Surrey South Western district, Surrey) Beryll Joyce Storey (12.09.1909 - ); one son.		 11.03.1899
St Helena Westleton, Blything district, Suffolk
-
22.01.1951
Middleton, Blyth district, Suffolk
Pte. / Gdsmn. 29.09.1916 [22192]
2nd Lt. 27.05.1941
WS/Lt. 13.03.1942 (reld 10.1945)
T/Capt. 13.03.1942-10.1945
British War Medal 1914-1920 BWM 14|20 - -
Victory Medal VM - -
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St - -
Africa Star Afr St - -
Italy Star? It St? - -
Def M - -
Indian Army Long Service Good Conduct Medal? IA LSGCM? - -
Education: 2nd Class Certificate of Education (08.06.1917).
Farmer.
29.09.1916     enlisted, Coldstream Guards (to Army Reserve 30.09.1916)
14.04.1917 - 20.04.1919 mobilized (Caterham 16.04.1917; posted 2nd Battalion 01.04.1918; posted 3rd Battalion 15.04.1918; posted 2nd Battalion 26.08.1918 (embarked with Battalion Dunkirk 26.02.1919); transferred to Class "Z" Army Reserve on demobilization)
c. 1925 - 1941 enlisted in the Auxiliary Force North Bengal Mounted Rifles
Tea planter, probably at Sailihat Jalpaiguri (travelled from Calcutta, India per "Morvado" via Madras, Colombo, Marseilles and Plymouth, arriving in London 17.04.1931).
27.05.1941     commissioned, Indian Army (General List) [emergency commission]
      served with 8th Army (North Africa, Italy), attached to 9th Bengal Rifles
Post-war again farmer.
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.
Groves,
Robert
R. Groves 		?
-
Conductor ?
Lt. 15.05.1941
WS/Capt. 15.04.1944
WS/Maj. 05.08.1944
T/Lt.Col. 05.08.1944-(04.1947)
1921 - 1941 served in the ranks, Indian Army
15.04.1941     commissioned, "Special List" of Quartermasters of the Indian Army [emergency commission]
05.05.1944 - 12.05.1945 an Assistant Quartermaster-General, HQ Central Command, India
13.05.1945 - (04.1947) an Assistant Quartermaster-General, Directorate of Quartering, India Headquarters Staff
Mayor, Camberley, Surrey.
Grummitt,
Thomas Arthur
T.A. Grummitt
Son of Walter Grummitt, and Eliza Stancer.
Married ...; ... children (one son?).		 05.03.1915
Grantham district, Leicestershire / Lincolnshire
-
(12?).1979
Bromley district, Kent
Wt.Offr. ?
Assistant Commissary (Lt.) 27.04.1944 (reld > 04.1947)
A/Capt. ? ?
      enlisted, Royal Artillery
27.04.1944     commissioned, Indian Army Departments [emergency commission]
      served Indian Army Ordnance Corps (with HQ Southern Command at some time)
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)
Gurdit Singh
Gurdit Singh (Photo courtesy of Mrs Linda Smith) 		?
-
Maj. (1945)
      served Royal Indian Army Service Corps
16.08.1945 - 23.10.1945 15th Advanced Course, RIASC School, Kakul
Gwyn,
Philip Eustace Congreve Jermy
P.E.C.J. Gwyn (Photo courtesy of Mr Lionel V. Kerry)
Third of five sons of Maj. Reginald Preston Jermy Gwyn (1869-1955), and Isabel Mary Gertrude Nicholson (1870-1942), of Stanfield Hall, Norfolk.
Married (07.01.1928, Tokyo, Japan) Elisabeth Susanna Edith Tilley, daughter of the Rt.Hon. Sir John Anthony Cecil Tilley, GCMG, GCVO, CB (1869-1952), and Edith Honoria Cuninghame (?-1949); two sons, one daughter.		 14.01.1899
Dover, Kent
-
(09?).1976
Salisbury district, Wiltshire
2nd Lt. 27.10.1917 [66995]
Lt. 27.10.1918
Capt. 27.10.1922
Maj. 27.10.1935
A/Lt.Col. 01.04.1941-30.06.1941
T/Lt.Col. 01.07.1941-26.10.1943
Lt.Col. 27.10.1943
local Col. 19.12.1942-27.01.1944
A/Col. 28.01.1944-27.07.1944
T/Col. 28.07.1944-(04.1946)
Col. 06.07.1947, seniority 27.10.1946 (retd 20.11.1948)
A/Brig. 28.01.1944-27.07.1944
T/Brig. 28.07.1944-(04.1946)
Hon. Brig. 20.11.1948
Mention in Despatches MID 28.10.1942 Burma 12.41-05.42
Education: Stonyhurst; Staff College (psc).
27.10.1917     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army)
02.11.1917     commissioned, Indian Army (27th Punjabis)
      served in WW I
23.12.1935 - 06.01.1937 Staff Captain, ... (India)
1936 - 1937 served in Waziristan
07.01.1937 - 02.10.1940 General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), HQ China Command (Hong Kong) (temporary)
03.12.1942 - (04.1944) an Assistant Director of Military Intelligence, General Staff Branch, India Headquarters Staff
27.10.1943     Commanding Officer, 14th Punjabi Regiment (Burma)
08.03.1949 - 14.01.1957 Regular Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]
Chairman Depwade RDC, 1957-1965.
       

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