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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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