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Mainprise-King, Terence	28.03.1906 - 10.1973 still alive	2nd Lt. 04.02.1926 [34832] Lt. 04.02.1929 Lt. 07.02.1936, seniority 04.05.1928 [342 AI] Capt. 07.02.1936, seniority 04.02.1935 A/Maj. 24.07.1940-23.10.1940 T/Maj. 24.10.1940-15.12.1940 WS/Maj. 15.11.1942 Maj. 04.02.1943 (retd 23.05.1948) A/Lt.Col. 15.08.1942-14.11.1942 T/Lt.Col. 15.11.1942-31.05.1943, 14.04.1944-(01.1946) A/Col. 07.07.1945-... WS/Col. ? T/Brig. ? Hon. Brig. 23.05.1948	Education: Royal Military College, Sandhurst 04.02.1926 commissioned, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 28.12.1933 - 29.11.1935 employed with Royal West African Frontier Force 07.02.1936  transferred, Indian Army (13 Frontier Force Rifles) ... - ... ... Commissioner for the Indian Military Widows' and Orphans' Fund, 01.10.1965-1970s.
Mains, Antony Archibald "Tony"	29.12.1913 - 11.2000 West Surrey	2nd Lt. 01.02.1934 [433551] Lt. 01.05.1936 A/Capt. 03.09.1939-02.12.1939 T/Capt. 03.12.1939-31.01.1942 Capt. 01.02.1942 A/Maj. 24.01.1944-23.04.1944 T/Maj. 24.04.1944 Maj. ? T/Lt.Col. ? Hon. Lt.Col. ?	Education: Royal Military College, Sandhurst 01.02.1934 commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 1st Battalion, The Dorset Regiment (India) 11.03.1935 commissioned, Indian Army 2/9th Gurkha Rifles intelligence instructor, Karachi chief military security officer, Baghdad ? - 03.1942 General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2),18th Indian Corps & assistant military governor, Rangoon chief military security officer in Assam and the 14th Army area then rejoined the Ghurkhas in Baluchistan and the NWFP chief intelligence officer of the central command and as chief staff officer of the Indian Infantry School at Mhow 24.02.1954 - ? Intelligence Corps - Regular Army Reserve of Officers Continued to live in Surrey and was involved in the Society for Army Historical Research, the Military Historical Society, the 9th Ghurkha Rifles Regimental Association, and the Burma Star association, and has contributed to different television productions on Indian and Ghurkha subjects. Published: Retreat from Burma : an Intelligence Officer’s personal story (1973); Field security : very ordinary intelligence (1993); A soldier with railways : experiences in India, Burma, Iraq, Syria and Lebanon (1994); The Anglo-Indian community services in World War II : before, during and after. In: The Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research (No. 298. 1996)
Marindin, John Francis	22.12.1897 Christchurch, Hampshire -	2nd Lt. 15.09.1915 [IA 166] Lt. 15.09.1916 Capt. 15.09.1919 Maj. 15.09.1933 A/Lt.Col. 01.10.1940-05.12.1940 Lt.Col. 06.12.1940 A/Col. 31.09.1944-09.12.1944 T/Col. 10.12.1944-(04.1946) A/Brig. 09.04.1945-18.08.1945 T/Brig. 19.08.1945-(04.1946) Hon. Brig. 21.01.1948 DSO 22.06.1944 Burma MID 16.12.1943 Burma / Eastern Frontier of India	15.09.1915 commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 28.10.1915 commissioned, Indian Army served 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles 15.06.1944 - 31.07.1944 Commander, 37th Indian Infantry Brigade (temporary) 1945? - 1946 Commander, 115th Indian Infantry Brigade 1946 Commander, Razmak Brigade (India) 1947? Special List (ex-Indian Army) [386063]
Masters, John Son of late John Masters, 16th Rajputs, and Ada (neé Coulthard). Married Barbara Allcard; one son, one daughter (one daughter deceased). Wikipedia	26.10.1914 Calcutta, India - 07.05.1983 Santa Fé, New Mexico, USA	2nd Lt. 30.08.1934 [IA 478] Lt. 30.11.1936 A/Capt. 28.09.1939-27.12.1939 T/Capt. 28.12.1939-04.04.1940 WS/Capt. 09.10.1940 Capt. 30.08.1942 A/Maj. 09.07.1940-08.10.1940 T/Maj. 09.10.1940-01.11.1940 Maj. ?  (retd 01.01.1949) A/Lt.Col. 10.06.1944-(01.1946) T/Lt.Col. ? Hon. Lt.Col. 01.01.1949 DSO 05.10.1944 Burma OBE 17.01.1946 Burma MID 19.09.1946 Burma	Education: Wellington; RMC, Sandhurst 30.08.1934 commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) seconded, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 09.10.1935 commissioned, Indian Army 1935 2nd Battalion 4th Prince of Wales' Own Gurkha Rifles (NW Frontier, 1936-37) 1939 Adjutant (Iraq, Syria, Persia, 1941) 1942 Brigade Major, 114th Indian Infantry Brigade 1943 Brigade Major, 111th Indian Infantry Brigade 1944 Commanding Officer, 3rd Battalion 4th PWO Gurkha Rifles (Burma) 1945 General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), 19th Indian Division 1946 GSO1, MO1, GHQ (I) 1947 GSO2 Staff College, Camberley Author. Published: Nightrunners of Bengal, 1951; The Deceivers, 1952, repr. 1966; The Lotus and the Wind, 1953; Bhowani Junction, 1954; Coromandel, 1955; Far, Far the Mountain Peak, 1957; Fandango Rock, 1959; The Venus of Konpara, 1960; To the Coral Strand, 1962; Trial at Monomoy, 1964; Fourteen Eighteen, 1965; The Breaking Strain, 1967; The Rock, 1969; The Ravi Lancers, 1972; Thunder at Sunset, 1974; The Field-Marshal's Memoirs, 1975; The Himalayan Concerto, 1976; Now, God Be Thanked, 1979; Heart of War, 1980; By the Green of the Spring, 1981; autobiography: Bugles and a Tiger, 1956; The Road Past Mandalay, 1961; Pilgrim Son, 1971; posthumous publication: Man of War, 1983.
Mayne, Sir Ashton Gerard Oswald Mosley   2nd son of late Major Mosley Mayne. Married 1916, Phyllis (died 1949), only daughter of the late Lt­Col H. Tweddell (only son Capt. RA, killed in action in Italy, 1943). ° Wikipedia ° papers	24.04.1889 Wincanton district, Dorset / Somerset - 17.12.1955	2nd Lt. 09.09.1908 [23034] ... ... T/Brig. 17.09.1938-09.05.1941 A/Maj.Gen. 12.04.1941-09.05.1941 Maj.Gen. 10.05.1941, seniority 22.04.1940 A/Lt.Gen. 12.05.1942-23.10.1942 Lt.Gen. 24.10.1942 Gen. 01.04.1944 (retd 01.09.1947) GCB, 1947 (KCB, 1944; CB 1941); CBE 1941; DSO 1917	09.09.1908 commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 09.12.1909 commissioned, Indian Army ... - ... ... 17.09.1938 - 11.04.1941 Commander, 9th Indian Infantry Brigade (India) 12.04.1941 - 11.05.1942 General Officer Commanding, 5th Indian Infantry Division (Sudan) (05?).1942 - (10?).1943 Commander, 21st Corps (Middle East) 01.10.1943 - 31.12.1944 General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Command, India (special appointment) 07.07.1944 - 1947 also: ADC General to the King 01.01.1945 - 1946 Secretary, Military Department, India Office
Mazumdar, Narendra Kumar	? -	2nd Lt. 01.08.1943 [ABRO 777] (reld 30.10.1946) T/Capt. ? Hon. Capt. 30.10.1946	01.08.1943 commissioned, Army in Burma Reserve of Officers [emergency commission]
Mazumdar, Tofael Ahmed	? -	2nd Lt. 01.08.1943 [ABRO 778] (reld 12.10.1946) T/Maj. ? Hon. Maj. 12.10.1946	01.08.1943 commissioned, Army in Burma Reserve of Officers [emergency commission]
MacLean, Malcolm Finlayson Married (22.12.1942) Daphne May Dempster (born 5th November 1923); at least one daughter.	21.12.1910 - 15.06.1952 (KIA) [age 41] [Pusan War Cemetery, Korea, 22.4.1447]	2nd Lt. 01.09.1934, seniority 28.01.1932 [62896] Lt. 13.10.1935, seniority 28.04.1934 Capt. 28.01.1940 A/Maj. 10.10.1940-09.01.1941 T/Maj. 10.01.1941-12.03.1941, 18.04.1941-30.06.1941 .WS/Maj. 10.09.1943 Maj. 01.07.1946 A/Lt.Col. 10.06.1943-09.09.1943 T/Lt.Col. 10.09.1943-21.12.1943	from General List - Territorial Army (University Candidates) 01.09.1934 commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 13.10.1935 commissioned, Indian Army ... - ... ... ? - 05.10.1947 Special List (ex-Indian Army) 06.10.1947 transferred, Royal Army Ordnance Corps
McCraith, Brian George [P]	(09?).1909 Hackney, Greater London -	2nd Lt. 02.1941 [EC 1006] WS/ Lt. ? (reld 13.04.1945; ill-health)	02.1941 commissioned, Indian Army
Messervy, Sir Frank Walter Eldest child of Walter John Messervy, bank manager, and Myra Naida de Boissiere. Married (1927) Patricia, daughter of Col E. Waldegrave Courtney, Silksworth, Camberley; one son, one daughter (and one son deceased). ° Wikipedia ° papers	09.12.1893 Trinidad - 02.02.1974  Heyshott, near Midhurst	2nd Lt. 22.01.1913 [81124] Lt. 22.04.1915 Capt. 22.01.1917 A/Maj. 23.11.1918-27.12.1918 Bt. Maj. 01.07.1929 Maj. 22.01.1931 local Lt.Col. 01.09.1932-30.06.1933 Bt. Lt.Col. 01.07.1933 Lt.Col. 10.04.1938 Col. 21.09.1939, seniority 01.07.1936 A/Brig. 01.03.1941-13.04.1941 A/Maj.Gen. 14.04.1941-13.04.1942 T/Maj.Gen. 14.04.1942-18.06.1942 Maj.Gen. 17.04.1943 A/Lt.Gen. 1944? [acting rank] A/Lt.Gen. 08.12.1944 [appointed rank] Lt.Gen. 01.06.1945, seniority 03.04.1944 (retd 22.08.1948) A/Gen. 15.08.1947 Hon. Gen. 22.08.1948 KCSI 12.06.1947 HM's birthday 47 KBE 05.07.1945 HM's birthday 45 CB 09.09.1942 Middle East 11.41-04.42 DSO 30.12.1941 Middle East 02.41-07.41 DSO 20.04.1944 Burma MID ? ? MID 01.04.1941 Middle East 08.39-11.40 MID 05.04.1945 Burma / Eastern Frontier India MID 19.07.1945 Burma LM ? ? ? Nile ? Order of the Nile, 4th class	Education: Eton; Royal Military College, Sandhurst; Staff College, Camberley (1925-1926; psc) 22.01.1913 commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 08.04.1914 commissioned, Indian Army 1914 9th Hodson's Horse 1914 - 1919 served European War (France, Palestine, and Syria) 1919 Kurdistan 12.02.1928 - 02.03.1932 Brigade Major, ... (Risalpur, NW Frontier, India) 01.09.1932 - 16.01.1936 Instructor (General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2)), Staf College, Quetta 1938 - 1939 Commanding Officer, 13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers 21.09.1939 - 28.02.1941 General Staff Officer, 1st  grade (GSO1), 5th Indian Division (India & East Africa) 10.1940 - 02.1941 also: Commander, Gazelle Force (Sudan and Eritrea) 01.03.1941 - 13.04.1941 Commander, 9th Indian Brigade (Keren, Ethiopia) 14.04.1941 - 02.01.1942 General Officer Commanding, 4th Indian Division (Western Desert, Cyrenaica [Libya]) 03.01.1942 - 12.02.1942 General Officer Commanding, 1st Armoured Division (Cyrenaica [Libya]) 09.03.1942 - 18.06.1942 General Officer Commanding, 7th Armoured Division (Egypt, Libya) 28.06.1942 - 14.08.1942 Deputy Chief of the General Staff, General Headquarters, Middle East Force 1942 - 1943 General Officer Commanding, 43rd Indian Armoured Division 30.07.1943 Director, Armoured Fighting Vehicles, General HQ India Command [specially employed] 1944 General Officer Commanding, 7th Indian Division (Arakan, Kohima) 10.1944 - 1945 General Officer Commanding, IV Corps (Burma, Tamu to Rangoon) 1945 General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Malaya Command 15.10.1946 - 1947 General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Northern Command, India 15.08.1947 - 10.02.1948 Commander-in-Chief, Pakistan Armed Forces Colonel, 16th Light Cavalry, 24.08.1945-01.09.1948. Colonel, The Jat Regiment, 1947-09.12.1955. Deputy Chief Scout, 04.1949-1950. Berks County Councillor, 1953-1956. Late Indian Administrative Service Literature: Henry Maule. Spearhead general : the epic story of General Sir Frank Messervy and his men in Eritrea, North Africa and Burma (London : Odhams, 1961)
Meston, Douglas George Brother of Maj. Hector Findlay Meston.	(09?).1904 Wandsworth, Greater London -	2nd Lt. 22.05.1942 (reld > 04.1946)	22.05.1942 commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Meston, Hector Findlay Brother of 2nd Lt. Douglas George Meston.	(09?).1906 Lambeth, Greater London -	2nd Lt. 11.12.1941 [EC 11898] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 T/Capt. 08.10.1943-(04.1946) Capt. ? (reld 14.06.1946) T/Maj. ? Hon. Maj. 14.06.1946	11.12.1941 commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Milanes, Reginald John Felix Son of Juan Henke Milanes. Married (17.04.1940, Peshawar) Rosamond Mary Tyndale-Biscoe; three sons.	12.07.1912 - 13.03.2007	2nd Lt. 01.09.1932 [53831] Lt. 01.12.1934 A/Capt. 03.09.1939-02.12.1939 T/Capt. 03.12.1939-28.01.1940, 01.02.1940-31.08.1940 Capt. 01.09.1940 A/Maj. 07.08.1940-06.11.1940 T/Maj. 17.11.1940-(04.1946) Maj. 09.03.1948, seniority 01.07.1946 (retd 13.06.1958) Hon. Lt.Col. 13.06.1958	01.09.1932 commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 29.11.1933 commissioned, Indian Army served 12th Frontier Force Regiment 09.03.1948 transferred, Royal Regiment of Artillery 13.06.1958 - 12.07.1967 Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
Moreton, Ernest Albert	29.12.1895 Eton district, Buckinghamshire - 15.03.1960 Felpham, Bognor Regis, Sussex	2nd Lt. 05.05.1917 [IA 692 & 14877] Lt.Col. 12.01.1941 Col. 04.07.1947, seniority 12.01.1944 (retd 21.11.1948) T/Brig. ? Hon. Brig. 21.11.1948	05.05.1917     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 12.01.1918 commissioned, Indian Army ... - ... ... (1947)     HQ Southern Command, India (Poona)
Morison, David George Married Elva Mary Morison (née ...); at least one son.	18.01.1920 Salisbury -	2nd Lt. 15.11.1941 WS/Lt. ? Lt. 02.12.1946, seniority 01.10.1942 [375942] Capt. 25.01.1948 (reld 06.04.1953)	Education: Rencombe College 1938 joined Territorial Army 1939 transferred to Regular Army (stationed in France three times as a tank Sergeant) ? - 14.11.1941 202nd Officer Cadet Training Unit 15.11.1941 commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission to 01.12.1946] ? - late 1944 officer commanding of a transport company (India, Burma & NW Frontier) 1945 served at Japanese War Tribunal (Singapore) 02.12.1946 - 06.04.1953 transferred, Royal Army Service Corps [short service commission] 1948 - 1952 served in Egypt 06.04.1953 - 07.04.1953 Regular Army Reserve of Officers 07.04.1953 transferred, Australian Forces
Morris, James Ronald	06.10.1900 Birkenhead, Cheshire -	2nd Lt. 16.07.1920 [312 IA] Lt. 29.10.1921, seniority 16.07.1921 Capt. 16.07.1927 Maj. 16.07.1938 A/Col. 30.03.1944 A/Brig. 30.03.1944-(01.1946) DSO 26.04.1945 Burma	16.07.1920 commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 29.10.1921 commissioned, Indian Army 9th Gurkha Rifles 1944 - 1944 Commander, 111th Indian Infantry Brigade (part of the "Chindits" Special Force) 1944 - 1946 Commander, 62nd Indian Infantry Brigade (part of the "Chindits" Special Force)
Morris, Norman Ernest	? - [possibly: 14.12.1923 - 04.1995 Louth, Lincolnshire]	L/Sgt. ? 2nd Lt. 28.05.1942 WS/Lt. 28.11.1942 (reld > 04.1946) A/Maj. ? ?	served in the ranks 28.05.1942 commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] 11th Sikh Regiment (India, Burma & Singapore)
Moss, Gerald Crompton de Vere	21.06.1903 - 1983/84 ?	2nd Lt. 30.08.1923 [IA 741] Lt. 30.11.1925 Capt. 30.08.1932 Maj. 30.08.1940 (retd 18.09.1948) A/Lt.Col. 20.08.1943-19.11.1943 T/Lt.Col. 20.11.1943-(04.1946) Hon. Lt.Col. 18.09.1948	30.08.1923 commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 01.11.1924 commissioned, Indian Army (2nd Battalion 4th Bombay Grenadiers) ? - 1948? Commanding Officer, 25th Battalion Indian Grenadiers Regiment
Murray-Lyon, David Murray Eldest son of Dr. T.M. Murray-Lyon. Married (1916) Meredith Napier; one daughter. personal papers	14.08.1890 Glendale, Northumberland - 04.02.1975	2nd Lt. [RGA] 29.12.1908 [4700] Lt. [RGA] ? 2nd Lt. (prob.) [KOSB] 02.11.1910 2nd Lt. [KOSB] 27.05.1911, seniority 02.11.1910 Lt. 09.03.1914 T/Capt. 28.04.1915-21.05.1915 Capt. 09.12.1915 A/Maj. 16.12.1916-17.04.1917, 26.04.1919-11.09.1919, 08.11.1919-08.03.1920 Bt. Maj. 01.01.1919 T/Maj. 09.04.1921 Maj. 09.12.1928 A/Lt.Col. 04.11.1917-27.04.1918, 04.04.1919-