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1939-1945

 

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Jai Singh
Jai Singh (Photo courtesy of Mr Charles Hawkshaw-Burn) 		01.08.1910
-
2nd Lt.
 		29.01.1931
16.03.1932, seniority 28.08.1930
Capt.
 		28.08.1938
WS/Maj.
 		03.11.1943
A/Lt.Col.
 		03.08.1943-02.11.1943
T/Lt.Col.
 		03.11.1943-(01.1946)
29.01.1931
  
 		 
 		commissioned, Unattached List (fior Indian Army)
16.03.1932
  
 		 
 		commissioned, Indian Army
...
 -
 		...
 		...
(1947)
  
 		 
 		HQ Southern Command, India (Poona)
Jameson *,
Sydney Vernon
S.V. Jameson
* Born as William George Arthur Fairclough.
Married 1st (08.05.1940, Jubbulpore, India) Olivia Bapty (dr., widow), daughter of Felix Laborder Bapty.
Married 2nd (Cairo) ...; ... children (one son?).
 		05.09.1902
Plumstead, London
-
(09?).1970
Southend on Sea district, Essex
2nd Lt. 21.03.1940
Lt. 21.03.1940, seniority 21.03.1935 (reld < 04.1947)
21.03.1940     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
      served Indian Army Ordnance Corps
      96 Mobile Workshops IAOC (Kohat)
(04.1944) - (04.1946) Unemployed List
AMIAE.
Jane,
John Hugh Buchanan
J.H.B. Jane
 Son of George Henry Jane, and Winifred Buchanan.
 		09.1921
Totnes district, Devon
-
06.11.1950
Oxford
2nd Lt.
 		28.03.1942
WS/Lt.
 		01.10.1942
A?/Capt.
 		?
c. 1941
  
 		 
 		went to India
28.03.1942

commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]



served Rajputana Rifles
Jeffares,
Richard Lett
R.L. Jeffares 		(09?).1909
Shardlow district, Derbyshire / Leicestershire / Nottinghamshire 
-
2nd Lt.
 		25.06.1940
WS/Capt.
 		25.04.1943
T/Maj.
25.04.1943-(04.1946)



a tea planter at the start of the war, he started off as a private in the Assam Valley Light Horse regiment then ended up in the Maharattas as a Major at war's end:
25.06.1940

commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Jenkins,
Iorwerth George
I.G. Jenkins (Photo courtesy of Mr Charles Hawkshaw-Burn) 		?
-
2nd Lt.
 		? [389]
Capt.
 		?
T/Maj.
(1944)
Military Cross MC
 08.02.1945
 Burma
?

commissioned, Indian Army
(1944)

4/14th Punjab Regiment
(1947)
  
 		 
 		HQ Southern Command, India (Poona)
Jesudian,
M S
M.S. Jesudian (Photo courtesy of Mr Charles Hawkshaw-Burn) 		?
-
Maj.
 		(1947)
...
 -
 		...
 		...
(1947)
  
 		 
 		HQ Southern Command, India (Poona)

John,
Robert Michael
R.C.W. Johns
Son of Ernest Alfred Hansford John, and Elizabeth Mary McNulty.
Married Anne Phebe Clifford Smith (born 1931).

07.05.1924
Willesden district, London / Middlesex
-
1980
Glasgow, Scotland
Pte.
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		18.04.1943
WS/Lt.
 		18.10.1943 (reld > 04.1946, < 04.1947)
1942?
 -
 		17.04.1943
 		served in the ranks, Indian Army (Jat Regiment)
18.04.1943

commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]



served in Burma, and ended the war in charge of a Japanese POW camp in Thailand, having taught himself Japanese

Johns,
Reginald Charles Warmington
R.C.W. Johns

(09?).1898
Hampstead district, Greater London / London / Middlesex
-
2nd Lt.
 		1917? [AI 62]]
Lt.
 		12.09.1918
Capt.
 		12.09.1922
Maj.
 		02.09.1935
Lt.Col.
 		14.09.1944 (retd 02.10.1946)
1917?

commissioned, Indian Army
01.09.1938
  
 		 
 		transferred, Special Unemployed List
1939
 -
 		1946
 		not shown in the Army List

Jones,
Albert Edward Edwin
A.E.E. Jones
Son of ... Jones, and ... Ebery.
Married; one son.

27.02.1915
Mile End, Greater London
-
(09?).1971
Maidstone district
A/Sgt.
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		16.07.1942
WS/Lt.
 		16.01.1943
T/Capt.
 		?
A/Maj.
 		?



served in the ranks, Indian Army
16.07.1942

commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]



served Royal Indian Army Service Corps
Jones,
Cyril Howard
C.H. Jones 		?
-
L/Cpl.
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		15.11.1942 [EC 8145]
WS/Lt.
 		15.11.1943
T/Capt.
 		15.11.1943-(04.1946)
WS/Capt.
 		? (reld 20.04.1947)
T/Maj.
 		?
Hon. Maj.
 		?
15.11.1942

commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]



2/10 Gurkha Rifles
(05.1944)
  
 		 
 		Wireless Telegraphy School, Middle East Training Centre
Jones,
T E
T.E. Jones 		?
-
Lt. (QM)
 		15.12.1943
WS/Capt. (QM)
15.12.1946

War Medal; India Service Medal; L.S.G.C. (G.VI.R. 1st type) (W.O.2., Worcs. Regt.); Indian Independence 1947 (Capt., S.L.Q.M. I.A.)




served Worcestershire Regiment
15.12.1943

commissioned, "Special List" of Quarter-Masters of the Indian Army [emergency commission]
Jordan,
Henry James Godfrey
H.J.G. Jordan
 Married; at least one son.
 		?
-
Lt.
 		25.08.1941, seniority 25.08.1936
WS/Capt.
11.08.1941 (reld > 04.1946)
25.08.1941

commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
1941
 - 1946 served Indian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (stationeed at Poona & Bombay)
Joseph,
Charles Henry
C.H. Joseph (Photo courtesy of Alex Joseph) 		06.02.1916
-
25.01.2007
2nd Lt.
 		? [IEC 1422]
WS/Lt.
 		?
T/Capt.
?
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) MBE
 28.06.1945
 Burma
Mentioned in Despatches MID
 10.01.1946
 Burma *
* possibly another MID at 05.04.1945 [name, rank & corps correspond, but personal number is given as IEC 5161]
?

commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]



served Royal Indian Army Service Corps

 

Jumps,
William
W. Jumps
 Married; three daughters, one son.
 		?
-
S/Sgt.
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		18.08.1942 [EC 5765]
WS/Lt.
 		18.08.1942
T/Capt.
 		03.07.1943-(04.1947)
T/Maj.
 		?
Hon. Maj.
 		?
Long Service Good Conduct Medal LSGCM
 03.12.1948
 [date of qualification 19.01.43]
18.08.1942

commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
       

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