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Haddon, David Alfred Son of English parents who have moved to Scotland. Married (wife died 2001); two sons.	24.09.1920 Hamilton, Scotland - 08.2007 still alive in Canada	L/Cpl. 1942 2nd Lt. 24.09.1942 Lt. 23.07.1944? A/Capt. 01.09.1943-22.07.1944, 11.1944-08.1946	Education: started studying at Glasgow University when war broke out (till 1941) 07.07.1941 conscripted into British Army (Royal Armoured Corps) (Catterick Camp, Yorkshire) 1942? 2-month passage to India in the troopship Cameronia ? - 23.09.1942 Officers' Training School, Mhow (India) 24.09.1942 commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] 24.09.1942 - 31.08.1943 "A" Company, 1st/4th Bombay Grenadiers (Nasirabad, India [till 12.1942], Iraq) 01.09.1943 - 22.07.1944 Captain Second-in-Command, 252nd Indian Armoured Brigade HQ Squadron (Iraq, Egypt) 02.1944 - 03.1944 attended Middle East Training Centre for 6 weeks (Gaza, Palestine) 22.07.1944 - 06.08.1946 "A" Company, from 11.1944 Motor Transport Officer, 1st/4th Bombay Grenadiers [11.1945 renamed Indian Grenadiers] (Egypt, Syria & Lebanon, returned to India, repatriated and demobilized) In 1951 emigrated with wife and baby to Canada and have lived in the Toronto area ever since.
Halliwell, Edwin "Ted" Married Margaret (née ...).	1920 ? - 07.03.2007 Bushey, Hertfordshire [aged 87]	2nd Lt. 16.01.1942 WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 T/Capt. 19.04.1944-(04.1946)	16.01.1942 commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] served Probyns Horse Former headmaster Ashfield School.
Happell, William Horatio Son of W.A. Happell, Indian Colonial Service. Married (1925) Ivy Ellen Grimley.	15.04.1890 Edmonton - 04.02.1971 Dulwich	2nd Lt. 18.09.1909 [1408] Lt. 18.12.1911 Capt. 01.09.1915 A/Maj. 18.01.1918-07.02.1918 T/Maj. 29.09.1919-31.12.1919 Maj. 18.09.1925 Lt.Col. 18.09.1935 Bt. Col. 22.08.1938 Col. 18.09.1939, seniority 22.08.1938 (retd 29.04.1944) T/Brig. 22.08.1938-01.01.1944 Hon. Brig. 29.04.1944 CIE 01.01.1943 New Year 43 MID 27.08.1918 ?	Education: Tonbridge; Royal Military College, Sandhurst. 18.09.1909 commissioned, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) 28.03.1914 transferred, Indian Army 04.1915 - 11.1915 SSO served with the 99th Deccan Infantry during its service on the NW Frontier (Mahsud campaign) [Mahsud (02.03.1918)], then Iraq (10.04.1917-31.10.1918) 29.09.1919 - 31.12.1919 Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General (DAAG), Mesopotamian Expeditionery Force 04.05.1920 - 23.07.1920 Staff Captain, Mesopotamian Expeditionery Force 09.1920 - 07.02.1922 various staff posts in Iraq 08.02.1922 - 29.05.1922 Staff Captain, Iraq Expeditionery Force (temporary) 30.05.1922 - 30.09.1922 Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General (DAAG), Mesopotamian Expeditionery Force 25.05.1927 - 15.11.1929 Deputy Assistant Judge Advocate General, India 16.11.1929 - 14.02.1930 Assistant Judge Advocate General (Extra), India 15.02.1930 - 29.02.1936 Assistant Judge Advocate General, India 01.03.1936 - 21.08.1938 Deputy Judge Advocate General, India 22.08.1938 - 01.01.1944 Judge Advocate General, Adjutant-General's Branch, HQ Staff of the Army in India
Harkirat Singh	07.04.1911 -	2nd Lt. 02.02.1933 ... ... T/Maj. 12.08.1943-(01.1946) T/Brig. ? ?	02.02.1933     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 15.12.1935 commissioned, Indian Army ... - ... ... (1947)     HQ Southern Command, India (Poona)
Harper, James Gordon Married Roberta (née ...); one son, one daughter.	26.09.1915 - 23.02.2007	2nd Lt. 30.01.1936 Lt. 30.04.1938 A/Capt. 20.02.1941-19.05.1941 T/Capt. 20.05.1941-30.12.1942, 13.07.1943-13.01.1944 WS/Capt. 14.01.1944 Capt. 30.01.1944 A/Maj. 14.10.1943-13.01.1944 T/Maj. 14.01.1944-16.09.1946 WS/Maj. 17.09.1946 Maj. 30.01.1949 (emp. List 5 12.07.1962-15.06.1965) (retd 26.09.1970) A/Lt.Col. 17.06.1946-16.09.1946 T/Lt.Col. 17.09.1946-05.11.1946	30.01.1936 commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 30.03.1937 commissioned, Indian Army 7th Rajput Regiment Special List (ex-Indian Army) 02.05.1948 transferred, Royal Army Service Corps 15.07.1965 transferred, Royal Corps of Transport
Harris, Dennis	? -	Pte. ? 2nd Lt. 05.09.1943 WS/Lt. 05.03.1944	05.09.1943 commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Hartwell, John Redmond Son of Sydney Charles Elphinstone Hartwell (1844-1899), and Marian Janette Hartwell (née Jenkins). Married 1st (1911) Nina Oliver (marriage dissolved, 1921), daughter of General G.F.W. St John; one daughter. Married 2nd (1929) Hazel Hay (died 1945), younger daughter of Sir John Benton, KCIE, widow of Captain Liston, IA; one son. Married 3rd (1946) Edith Elizabeth, daughter of late F.W. Frosdyke.	07.05.1887 Naini Tal, West Bengal, India - 19.09.1970 Eastbourne, Sussex	2nd Lt. 24.01.1906 [80089] Lt. 24.04.1908 Capt. 24.01.1915 A/Maj. 05.07.1917-04.09.1917, 21.03.1918-19.05.1918, 19.07.1918-14.09.1918 Maj. 24.01.1921 Lt.Col. 06.09.1930 (Unemployed List 28.10.1934-30.10.1934) Col. 29.03.1935, seniority 06.09.1933 (Semi-Effective List 29.03.1938-19.08.1938) T/Brig. 23.10.1938-15.01.1941 A/Maj.Gen. 26.10.1940-15.01.1941 Maj.Gen. 16.01.1941, seniority 22.04.1940 (retd 31.05.1943) CB 01.07.1941 HM's birthday 41 DSO 03.06.1916 distinguished service in the field	Education: Radley; Royal Military College, Sandhurst 24.01.1906 commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army): 89th Royal Irish Fusiliers 18.03.1907 commissioned, Indian Army 1907 - 1928 1/4th Prince of Wales's Own Gurkha Rifles 1914 - 1918 served in France and Belgium, Gallipoli Egypt, NW India, Baluchistan (wounded; despatches, DSO) 25.08.1914 - 02.11.1914 AESO 14.03.1919 - 07.05.1919 Staff Captain, ... (India) 08.05.1919 - 16.10.1920 Personal Assistant to Quartermaster-General, Army HQ, India 17.11.1920 - 14.04.1921 Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General (DAQMG), Egyptian Expeditionery Force (temporary) 01.07.1922 - 27.02.1923 Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General (DAAG), Army HQ, India 1927     Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General (DAAG), Shanghai Defence Force 1928 transferred, 1st Battalion 2nd King Edward's Own Gurkha Rifles (the Sirmoor Rifles) 06.09.1930 - 27.10.1934 Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion 18th Royal Garhwal Rifles 29.03.1935 - 28.03.1938 Instructor, Senior Officers' School, Belgaum, India 23.10.1938 - 1940 Brigade Commander, Sind (Independent) Brigade Area, Karachi 26.10.1940 - 1943 Commander, Kohat District, North West Frontier Province Represented Radley at cricket, rackets, and fives, and RMC at these and hockey; Army Lawn Tennis VI, 1926; and won Indian Army Lawn Tennis Singles, 1924 and 1925 and doubles 1925 and 1926.
Harty, Arthur Henry Son of Theophilus Harty (1858-1943), overseer to a plantation in Clarendon, and M.E. Fowles. Married (06.11.1919) Gladys Maud Davies, daughter of the late Lt.Col. Henry Davies, CMG; one son, one daughter (and one son deceased). Father of Lt.Cdr. (E) Richard Harty, RN (1920-1970).	13.08.1890 - 19.10.1977 Kingston, Jamaica	Capt. 24.11.1919, seniority 17.07.1916 Maj. 07.02.1926 Lt.Col. 07.02.1934 Col. 09.08.1943, seniority 07.02.1937 Maj.Gen. 12.11.1946 CIE 1942 ?	Education: Jamaica College, Jamaica; Queen's University, Kingston, Canada (MB, BS 1912); MRCS (England) & LRCP (London) (1914) 08.1914 joined Royal Navy as a Surgeon; served in Grand Fleet and Mediterranean Fleet in European War 24.11.1919 commissioned, Indian Medical Service 1920 - 1923 served in Burma 1923 - 1942 Bombay Presidency and Sind 1942 - 1945 Inspector-General, Civil Hospitals, Central Provinces 1945 - 1948 Surgeon-General, Bombay 23.08.1945 - 1948 King's Honorary Physician Officer, Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem (OStJ), 01.07.1944.
Harvey, [Sir] Charles Offley ° Wikipedia ° papers	16.07.1888 - 11.10.1969	2nd Lt. 09.09.1908 ... ... Col. 15.08.1936, seniority 01.01.1934 T/Brig. 24.04.1939-11.03.1941 A/Maj.Gen. 15.10.1940-11.03.1941 Maj.Gen. 12.03.1941, seniority 22.04.1940 (retd 01.04.1947) Kt, 1946; CB 1941; CVO 1922; CBE 1922; MC and Bar; LLD (Hon.)	09.09.1908 commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) ... - ... ... 24.04.1939 - 14.10.1940 Commander, Wana Brigade (India) 1940 - 1942 General Officer Commanding, 8th Indian Division 1943 - 1946 Military Adviser-in-Chief, Indian States Forces Colonel, KGO Central India Horse, 23.12.1944.
Hatton, Thomas Ellis "Tim"	? -	2nd Lt. 15.10.1944 [EC 15159]	Private, The Queen's Regiment 15.10.1944 commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] 9th Gurkha Rifles Tim Hatton volunteered for the army at the age of seventeen, and was commissioned into the 9th Gurkha Rifles, with whom he served in Malaya, Indonesia, Thailand and India during Partition. He was a member of the Malayan Police Service from 1948 to 1967, serving throughout the two Malayan Emergencies, and retiring as Acting Director of the Malaysian Special Branch. He was awarded the Colonial Police Medal and the OBE. On returning to the UK he became a principal in the Development Commission. Since 1982 he has been heavily involved in education, as Clerk to the Governors of the Haberdasher's Aske Schools and Director of the United Westminster Schools Foundation. He currently lives in Salisbury, where he is an official guide to the cathedral. Published: Tock tock birds (2004; memoir)
Haylock, Stanley William	31.07.1897 Basford district, Derbyshire / Nottinghamshire -	2nd Lt. 11.04.1917 [943 IA & 402440] ... ... Lt.Col. 23.03.1943 (retd 04.02.1949) T/Col. 21.06.1942-(01.1946) T/Brig. ? Hon. Brig. 04.02.1949 OBE 16.08.1938 Waziristan 37	11.04.1917 commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 25.11.1917 commissioned, Indian Army 28.03.1937 - 31.05.1940 Deputy Assistant Director of Ordnance Services (DADOS), India (1947)     HQ Southern Command, India (Poona)
Heath, Sir Lewis Macclesfield Son of Col Lewis Forbes Heath, ISC. Married 1st (1915) Marjorie, daughter of late Brig.­Gen. A.B.H. Drew, CIE; three sons, two daughters. Married 2nd (1941)  Katherine, daughter of T. Lonergan, Auckland, NZ; one son. ° Wikipedia ° papers	23.11.1885 India - 10.01.1954	2nd Lt. 18.01.1905 [93958] ... ... Maj.Gen. 08.07.1943 A/Lt.Gen. 26.04.1941-09.05.1941 Lt.Gen. 10.05.1941 (retd 13.04.1946) KBE, 1941; CB 1939; CIE, 1921; DSO 1933; MC MID 30.12.1941 (Middle East) MID 19.12.1946 (Malaya)	18.01.1905 commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 15.03.1906 commissioned, Indian Army ... - ... ... 21.10.1939 - (07?).1940 General Officer Commanding, Deccan District (India) (temporary) (07?).1940 - 25.04.1941 General Officer Commanding, 7th Indian Division (Sudan) (temporary) 26.04.1941 - 15.02.1942 Commander, III Indian Corps (Malaya; captured) 1942 - 1945 prisoner of war in Japanese captivity
Hedley, Robert Cecil Osborne Son of late Major R.C. Hedley, Corbridge, Northumberland. Married (1945) Lucy, daughter of late J.D.N. Strang and Mrs Strang, Oakwood, Hexham, Northumberland.	31.10.1900 Hexham, Northumberland - 19.11.1973 Haydon Bridge, Northumberland	2nd Lt. 24.12.1920 [63963] Lt. 24.03.1923 Capt. 24.12.1928 Maj. 01.08.1938 A/Lt.Col. 30.07.1942-29.10.1942 T/Lt.Col. 30.10.1942-(01.1946) A/Col. 04.05.1944-(01.1946) Col. 08.01.1947 (retd 08.06. 1952) A/Brig. 31.05.1944-(01.1946) T/Brig. ? T/Maj.Gen. 19.09.1950-14.02.1952 Hon. Maj.Gen. 08.06.1952 CB 19.10.1951 Malaya CBE 26.06.1947 Sumatra DSO 1944 Burma DSO 21.06.1945 Burma DSO 28.06.1945 Burma MID 15.12.1942 Middle East MID 1944? Burma MID 08.04.1949 Malaya MID 13.12.1949 Malaya IGS Medal with clasp, Waziristan, 1923-1924; NW Frontier Clasp to IGS Medal, 1930.  Sumatra (Gen. Service Medal and Clasp); Malaya (clasp)	Education: St Bees School; Royal Military College, Sandhurst 24.12.1920 commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 10.03.1922 commissioned, Indian Army 1923 Lieut 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force) 03.02.1935 - 17.12.1938 Company Officer (Instructor), Royal Military College, Sandhurst 1941 - 1942 Deputy Assistant Military Secretary, GHQ, Middle East Forces 1942 - 1944 Commanding Officer, 2nd Battalion 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force) 31.05.1944 - 09.07.1945 Commander, 48th Indian Infantry Brigade (Burma) 1945 - 1946 HQ Allied Land Forces South East Asia (ALFSEA) 30.01.1946 - 11.1946 General Officer Commanding, 26th Indian Infantry Division (Sumatra) 1947 Commandant, School of Infantry, Mhow 1948 Brigadier Commanding British Gurkha Troops in India 1948 - 1949 Brigadier Commanding Johore Sub-District, Malaya 1949 - 1950 Commander, 48th Gurkha Infantry Brigade 19.09.1950 - 07.05.1952 Maj.Gen. Bde of Gurkhas, and GOC South Malaya District 12.09.1952 - 01.11.1958 Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit] Schools Liaison Officer, Western Command, 1952-1961.
Hemingway, Eugene Percival	? - 01.12.1992 New Zealand	Bombardier ? Sgt. ? 2nd Lt. 08.07.1943 WS/Lt. 08.08.1943 T/Capt. 10.07.1944-(04.1946)	08.07.1943 commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] served Royal Indian Army Service Corps
Hill, Herbert Lawrence	04.08.1899 Chester district, Cheshire / Flintshire - 05.04.1955 Jhelum, Pakistan	2nd Lt. 21.08.1918 [AI 906] Lt. 21.08.1919 Capt. 21.08.1923 Maj. 21.08.1936 A/Lt.Col. 03.10.1940-02.01.1941 T/Lt.Col. 03.01.1941-20.08.1944 Lt.Col. 21.08.1944 A/Col. ? Col. 01.10.1947, seniority 21.08.1947 T/Brig. ? (T/?)Maj.Gen. ? CBE 05.06.1952 HM's birthday 52 OBE 1941/42? ? MID 19.12.1946 Malaya 42 MID 25.09.1947 POW Far East	Education: Staff College (psc) 21.08.1918     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 11.01.1919 commissioned, Indian Army 18.05.1935 - 14.03.1938 Staff Captain, Kohat District, Northern Command, India 15.03.1938 - 17.05.1939 Brigade Major, Quetta Brigade, Baluchistan District, Western Command, India 16.10.1940 - (04.1941) Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General (DAQMG), ... (India) ? - 02.1942 [Commanding Officer?], 19th Hyderabad Regiment [escaped Singapore on the motor launch "Mary Rose" 14.02.1942, which was, however, intercepted by the Japanese] 02.1942 - 1945 in Japanese captivity at Muntok, and from 1945 at Changi in Singapore 01.09.1948     retired, but continued to be borne on the Special List (ex-Indian Army) British Army while employed with the Pakistan Armed Forces
Hilton, Thomas Married; at least one son.	? -	2nd Lt. 29.11.1941 WS/Lt. 01.10.1942	29.11.1941 commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] served 12th Frontier Force Regiment
Hobbs, Thomas Edgar	30.10.1919 - 24.03.1988 Surrey	L/Cpl. ? 2nd Lt. 10.07.1941 [EC.2869] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 T/Capt. ? WS/Capt. 03.02.1944 WS/Capt. 01.11.1945, seniority 03.02.1944 [358675] A/Maj. ? MID 19.07.1945 Italy	served in World War II: fought in Burma, was wounded, sent to Poona and returned to active service behind enemy lines: 10.07.1941 commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] 7th Gurkha Rifles (Italy) 01.11.1945 transferred, The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
Hodding, Charles	? - early 1950s	Lt. ? T/Capt. ? Capt. 01.05.1922 (retd) 2nd Lt. 23.04.1941 WS/Lt. 02.11.1941 T/Capt. 02.11.1941-(04.1946) local Maj. 10.05.1943-(04.1944) Lt.Col. ? ? MBE 01.01.1945 New Year 45 MC 03.06.1919 HM's birthday 19: Aden Peninsula   VD ? ?	1910s? - 1930s? served Reserve of Officers, Indian Army: (1919) Aden Machine Gun Company [ 1933 East Coast Battalion ? ] 23.04.1941 commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] (04.1944) specially employed
Hodgkinson, Frank Outram Married ((03?).1921, Nottingham) ... Murrell.	c. 1900 ? - 1986 West Sussex	2nd Lt. 16.07.1921 [IA 416]