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1939-1945

 

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J      
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)
James,
Denis Clode
D.C. James
Son of Percival David James (1880-1952), and Hilda Madeline Clode (1885-).
Married (03.09.1945, Kandy, Ceylon) Junior Commandant Alison Ann Christison, WAC (1924-), daughter of General Sir Alexander Frank Philip Christison (1893-1993), and Lizzie Isobel "Betty" Mitchell (1894-1974); two sons, three daughters.		 (03?).1917
Cardiff district, Glamorgan / Monmouthshire
-

Perth, Western Australia
Sgt. ?
2nd Lt. 30.05.1943
WS/Lt. 03.10.1943 (reld < 04.1947)
A?/Capt. ?
30.05.1943     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
      served Royal Indian Army Service Corps (Air Supply Division)
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
Jarman,
John Dennis
J.D. Jarman
Son of William A. Jarman, and of Olivia Mary Cooke, of Parkstone, Dorsetshire.		 26.10.1916
Ecclesall Bierlow district, Derbyshire / West Riding of Yorkshire
-
12.02.1942
[age 25]
[Singapore Memorial, column 263]
2nd Lt. 27.08.1936 [694 IA]
Lt. 27.11.1938 *

* Promoted Capt. 27.08.1944, which notification was cancelled 19.04.1946

 Education: Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
27.08.1936     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army)
01.11.1937     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
? - 12.02.1942 16th Punjab Regiment
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,
Frank Arthur
F.A. John 		?
-
Cpl. ?
2nd Lt. 06.02.1944 [EC 12381]
WS/Lt. 06.02.1944
01.09.1945, seniority 06.02.1944 [353862] (reld > 04.1946, < 04.1947)
A?/Capt. ?
06.02.1944     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
01.09.1945     transferred, Royal Army Service Corps

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,
Francis Vincent
F.V. Jones 		04.1918
Zanzibar
-
21.09.1942
(KIA) [age 24]
[Maynamati War Cemetery, Bangladesh, 4.C.10]
2nd Lt. 31.01.1942
31.01.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
? - 21.09.1942 5th Battalion 3rd Madras Regiment
Jones,
John Bamford
J.B. Jones
Married (mid 1920s; separated 1930s) Dorothy Mavis Boyd (21.04.1908 - 09.1994); two sons. She remarried Leslie Revell.		 (09?).1891
Oldham district, Greater Manchester / Lancashire
-
2nd Lt. 24.11.1943
WS/Lt. 24.05.1944 (reld > 04.1947)
24.11.1943     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Jones,
John Keane
J.K. Jones
Married (16.01.1945, London) Geraldine Jane Rosemary Knight-Bruce, daughter of Sir Gerald Trevor Knight-Bruce (1871-1953), and Lilian Isabel Booker (?-1951); two daughters, one son.		 18.01.1892
-
18.08.1967
T/2nd Lt. 28.11.1914-11.10.1915
T/Lt. 12.10.1915-10.01.1916
T/Capt. 11.01.1916-19.08.1917
Lt. 28.08.1916 [11054]
A/Capt. ...-01.09.1918
Capt. 28.08.1919
Maj. 28.08.1933
Lt.Col. 24.12.1938 (retd 01.02.1945)
A/Brig. 22.11.1941-15.12.1942
T/Brig. 16.12.1942-01.02.1945
Distinguished Service Order DSO 23.04.1942 Burma
1914 - 27.11.1914 served in the ranks, mobilized Territorial Force, for 95 days
28.08.1916     commissioned, British Army (11th Royal Warwickshire Regiment)
      attached, 3rd/6th Gurkhas
20.08.1917     commissioned, Indian Army
1938     Commanding Officer, 1st King George V's Own Gurkha Rifles
1941 - 1942 Commander, 16th Indian Infantry Brigade (Burma) (DSO)
1943 - 1944 Commandant, Indian Military Academy
Published: Historical record of the 6th Gurkha Rifles. Vol.1, 1817-1919 (1925; compiled by D.G.J. Ryan, G.C. Strahan, J.K. Jones)
Jones,
Louis [B]
L. Jones 		17.10.1897
-
2nd Lt. 16.08.1916 [IA 890]
Lt. 16.08.1917
Capt. 16.08.1920
Maj. 16.08.1934
A/Lt.Col. 19.08.1940-18.11.1940
T/Lt.Col. 19.11.1940-15.08.1942
Lt.Col. 16.08.1942 (retd 02.06.1947)
A/Col. 12.04.1943-02.06.1947
A/Brig. 12.04.1943-02.06.1947
Hon. Brig. 02.06.1947 [380827]
Distinguished Service Order DSO 25.04.1941 Middle East (Egypt & Libya) [Sidi Barrani]
Education: Staff College (psc).
16.08.1916     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army)
10.11.1916     commissioned, Indian Army
07.11.1935 - 30.09.1937 Staff Captain, ... (India)
01.10.1937 - 08.07.1939 Deputy Assistant Adjutant General (DAAG), ... (India)
(1941)     Commanding Officer, 4th Battalion 6th Rajputana Rifles
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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