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1939-1945

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MacFarlane, Duncan Son of Colin MacFarlane. Married (21.02.1945, St Marylebone district, London) Violet C. Clutterbuck ((03?).1922 - ).	± 1916 -	Sgt. ? 2nd Lt. 12.08.1943 WS/Lt. 12.08.1943 (reld > 04.1947) A/Capt. ? ?	12.08.1943     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]       served Indian Pioneer Corps
Macgregor, Eric Gerald	16.03.1915 Chorlton district, Lancashire - 01.1991 Westminster district, London	2nd Lt. 02.04.1942 WS/Lt. 02.10.1942 (reld > 04.1946)	02.04.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] (1942)     1st Battalion 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) (North Africa)
Machin, Dennis "Mick" / "Mike" Son (with two brothers) of William Machin (1890-1979), and Minna Mildred Ruddlestone (1893-1958). Married (31.03.1935, Scarborough, North Riding of Yorkshire) Marjorie Bland; three children.	24.07.1915 Rotherham, Yorkshire - 05.02.2008 St Peters hospital, Chertsey, Surrey [Randalls Park Crematorium, Leatherhead]	Boy Soldier 01.01.1930 [2320325] L/Cpl. (1936) WS/Sgt. (07.1940) 2nd Lt. 22.11.1942 WS/Capt. 21.04.1945 (reld 01.10.1945) WS/Capt. (Regular Army) 01.10.1945, seniority 21.04.1945 [355944] (reld 15.07.1946) T/Maj. (Regular Army) 21.04.1945-(04.1946) Hon. Maj. (Regular Army) 15.07.1946 Ntce 23.07.1937 Palestine 04-10.36	01.01.1930     joined, Royal Corps of Signals 1936     served in Palestine ("name brought to notice") (10.1940)     1st Holding Company, Western Desert Force Signals  ? - 21.11.1942 Officer Cadet Training Unit, India 22.11.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] 18.01.1943 - ? 4th Gurkha Rifles 01.10.1945     transferred, Royal Army Ordnance Corps (Administrative Branch) - Regular Army       possibly held a Territorial Army commission in the early 1950s
Mackaness, Herbert John Son of A. John Mackaness, horse dealer. Married (09.03.1917, Parish Church St. Paul, Northampton) Ethel Timms, daughter of Arthur Timms, foreman.	(09?).1895 Northampton district, Northamptonshire - 1969 Northamptonshire	P/O (prob) 07.10.1940 [86193] (commission terminated 15.11.1941) 2nd Lt. 04.05.1942 (reld > 04.1947)	WW I     served as a Gunner in the Australian Imperial Force 07.10.1940     commissioned, RAF (Adminstrative and Special Duties Branch) [emergency commission] 04.05.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] 13.05.1943     cashiered by sentence of a Field General Court Martial 26.02.1944     the notification in the London Gazette of the 30th July 1943 stating that 2nd Lt. H.J. Mackaness has been cashiered is hereby cancelled
Mackie, Richard	? -	2nd Lt. 02.04.1942 ... ...	(02.1942)     "A" Company, Officer Training School, Belgaum (India) 02.04.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
MacKintosh, Stanley McLeod Son of Maj. Stanley Hugh MacKintosh, DSO, OBE, and Isabella Jane MacKintosh, of Edinburgh. Brother of Maj. Simon Roy MacKintosh, MC, Black Watch & Seaforth Highlanders.	21.04.1918 - 16.06.1945 [age 27] [Chungkai War Cemetery, Myanmar (Burma), 3.B.4]	2nd Lt. 06.02.1944 [EC 12389] WS/Lt. 06.08.1944 A/Capt. ?	Education: Clifton College (1930.3-1937.2; South Town House; IIIa-VI; Praepostor; Scholarship; Head of School); Balliol College, Oxford (Sebag-Montefiore Scholarship, Classical; Domus Classical Exhibitioner; 2nd Class Classical ModsMember of Balliol Eight and Leander Rowing Club). Served as an ambulance man with the Friends Ambulance Unit (Finland, London & China/Burma).       served Special Operations Executive (SOE) 06.02.1944     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] ? - 16.06.1945 16th Punjab Regiment
Maddox, Patrick Reginald "Red"	01.11.1913 - 09.1991 Kingston upon Thames district, Surrey	2nd Lt. 01.03.1942 [ABRO 458] T/Capt. (1943) Maj. ? ? MC 16.12.1943 Burma LM 19.11.1948 ?	07.01.1942     commissioned, Army in Burma Reserve of Officers       Burma Levies       served Special Operations Executive (SOE), being detached to Office of Strategic Services (OSS) Detachment 101 (Deputy Group Leader of Group "A", then in charge of the 1st Battalion) Worked in mining in Burma.
Mahal, D P	? -	Maj. (1947)	... - ... ... (1947)     HQ Southern Command, India (Poona)
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)
Maitland-Heriot, Gerald Ian Son (with six brothers and two sisters) of Frederick Maitland-Heriot (1852-1925), and Emily Macaulay Pelly (1857-1918). Married (05.04.1931) Paula Elsie Barbara Gordon (? - 2004), daughter of Cuthbert Henry Gordon, of Bishar, India; one daughter.	08.05.1898 Rivadavia, Buenos Aires, Argentina - 19.07.1988 South Africa	2nd Lt. 17.04.1917 T/Lt. 1918? T/Lt. 08.10.1918 (reld 01.04.1920) 2nd Lt. 07.01.1942 [EC 4872] WS/Capt. 07.04.1943 (reld 07.10.1947) T/Maj. 07.04.1943-07.10.1947 Hon. Maj. 07.10.1947 MC 01.02.1919 * ED ? ? * He led forward observing parties near St. Quentin, 18th-24th September, 1918, in close proximity to the infantry, and maintained communication with the rear under continuous shell and machine-gun fire. Through his courage and resource information was passed back of the utmost value.	Education: Sedburgh School, Cumberland.       Officer Cadet Unit 17.04.1917     commissioned, Royal Field Artillery - Special Reserve of Officers 1916 - 1919 1st Divisional Artillery (France) (MC; was gassed) 20.02.1919 - ? Staff Lieutenant, 1st class 1935 - 1939 Commanding Officer, Calcutta Light Horse (Auxiliary Force, India) 07.01.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] 1940 - 1947 attached, Royal Armoured Corps (India)
Malham, Ronald Cecil	? - 26.03.1944 [age 24] [Calcutta (Bhowanipore) Cemetery, India, L. 140]	Sgt. ? 2nd Lt. 22.08.1943	? - 22.08.1943 'A' Company, 4 Wing, Officers' Training School, Mhow 22.08.1943     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Maling, John Darwin Married (1950) Frida Paget; one son, three daughters.	06.02.1915 Timaru, New Zealand - 16.03.2009 Walkanae, New Zealand	2nd Lt. 29.08.1935 [AI 537] Lt. 29.11.1937 A/Capt. 30.12.1939-29.03.1940 T/Capt. 30.03.1940-06.11.1940 WS/Capt. 07.11.1940 Capt. 29.08.1943 A/Maj. 07.08.1940-06.11.1940 T/Maj. 07.11.1940-31.07.1941, 01.09.1942-20.07.1943 WS/Maj. 21.07.1943 Maj. 29.08.1948 [384747] A/Lt.Col. 12.05.1941-05.07.1941, 04.09.1942-03.10.1942, 15.07.1943-20.07.1943 T/Lt.Col. 21.07.1943-14.08.1943, 06.11.1943-13.11.1943, 16.07.1945-28.02.1946, 02.06.1956-28.09.1956 Lt.Col. 30.04.1957, seniority 29.09.1956 (retd 16.02.1959) DSO 20.09.1945 Burma MC 31.12.1937 NW Frontier of India 37 MID 18.02.1938 Waziristan 37 MID 19.09.1946 Burma	Education: Christ's College, Christchurch; Royal Military College, Sandhurst; Staff College, Quetta (psc, 1947). 29.08.1935 commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 1935 - 1936 1st Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment (India) 17.11.1936     commissioned, Indian Army 1936 - 1941? 1st Battalion (King George V's Own) (Ferozepore Sikhs) 11th Sikh Regiment 1941 - ? adjutant and a founding member of the Mazhbi and Ramdasia Sikhs, later known as the Sikh Light Infantry (Jullundur)     1st Battalion Sikh Light Infantry (01.1945) Second-in-Command (04.1945)     acting Commanding Officer (wounded in the head 10.04.1945) 06.1945 - 1947 Commanding Officer 23.04.1948     transferred, Royal Regiment of Artillery battery commander with 66 Airborne Light Regiment RA brigade major with the 53rd Welsh Division 33rd Airborne Light Regiment RA (Egypt) instructor, School of Land/Air Warfare 1956 Commanding Officer, 16th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Cyprus) instructor, School of Land/Air Warfare Worked for the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service, 1959-11.1981.
Malins, Philip Geoffrey	08.05.1919 - 09.04.2012	2nd Lt. 11.10.1942 [EC 8253] WS/Lt. 11.04.1943 WS/Lt. 01.09.1945, seniority 11.04.1943 [355043] T/Capt. 1946? MBE 06.06.1946 Burma [citation available upon request] MC 04.04.1946 Far East (Netherlands East Indies) [citation available upon request]	11.10.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]       served Royal Indian Army Service Corps 01.09.1945     transferred, Royal Army Service Corps
Manders, Thomas William Married ... ; ... children (one son?).	13.01.1902 St Olave Bermondsey district, London - 11.1976 Torbay district, Devon	Assistant Commissary (with rank of Lt.) 13.09.1941 WS/Capt. 27.10.1944 T/Maj. 27.10.1944-(04.1947)	WW I     served, Inniskilling Dragoon Guards 13.09.1941     commissioned, Indian Army Departments [emergency commission]       served, Royal Indian Army Service Corps
Manmohan Singh	? -	Capt. (1945) Maj. (1947)	served Royal Indian Army Service Corps 16.08.1945 - 23.10.1945 15th Advanced Course, RIASC School, Kakul (1947)     HQ Southern Command, India (Poona)
Marcks, Charles Albert Son of Albert James Marcks, and Florence Watson. Married ((03?).1941, Pwllheli district, Caernarvonshire / Gwynedd) Mary D. Gibbon (born (12?).1920), daughter of Charles Rupert Gibbon and Hilda Mary Codd; ... children (one son?).	13.01.1915 West Ham district, Essex / Greater London - 10.1998 Birkenhead district, Cheshire	2nd Lt. 02.08.1941 [200256] WS/Lt. 30.04.1943 (reld < 04.1947) T/Capt. 30.04.1943-(04.1946)	02.08.1941     commissioned, The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [emergency commission] 1942? transferred, Indian Army
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]
Marks, Herbert Married ...; ... children (one daughter?).	18.05.1900 Ludworth, Co. Durham - 26.12.1965 Kings College Hospital, London	Assistant Commissary (with rank of Lt.) 13.09.1941 (reld > 04.1947) T/Capt. 03.11.1943-(04.1947) A/Maj.? | T/Maj. ? 1943? IndGSM - & clasp Khajauri 1931 IndGSM36 - & clasp Waziristan 39|45 St - - Bur St - - WM 39|45 - - IndSM - - CorM - - LSGC - -	16.08.1920     enlisted service in Royal Horse Artillery/Royal Artillery (Driver to Sergeant) 21.04.1928     transferred, Royal Indian Army Service Corps (Sergeant, Staff Sergeant to Warrant Officer Class I) 13.09.1941     commissioned, Indian Army Departments [emergency commission] ? - 02.1942 Instructor, RIASC School, Kakul 02.1942     Officer Commanding, No. 54 Mule Company RIASC (first one into Burma)       Deputy Assistant Director, Supplies & Transport (operations Eastern Frontier Command) (Major)       Officer Commanding, Divisional Mule Regiment, 17th Indian Division (Major)       Senior Supply Officer (General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2)), 17th Indian Division (Major) 1944     Second-in-Command, Driver Training Depot RIASC (Jullundur) (Major) 1945     Deputy Assistant Director, Supplies & Transport (General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2)), Lucknow Area (Major) 1945     Deputy Assistant Director, Supplies & Transport (General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2)), Jalpaiguri Sub Area (Major) 1946     Deputy Assistant Director, Supplies & Transport  (General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2)), Bengal & Assam Area (Major)       Officer Commanding, 614th Company RIASC (Divisional Transport) (Major)
Marriott, George Rex	? New Zealand -	2nd Lt. 05.07.1941 WS/Lt. 08.01.1942 T/Capt. 08.01.1942-(04.1946)	Officer Training School, Belgaum (India) 05.07.1941     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Marshall, Leslie Percy Rouen Son of ... Marshall, and ... Adkins. Married ((06?).1942, Romford district, Sussex) Marion D. Stevens.	21.07.1915 West Ham district, London - 14.04.1973 Peldon, near Colchester, Essex	2nd Lt. 29.10.1942 WS/Lt. 29.04.1943 (reld > 04.1946, < 04.1947)	29.10.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]       served Royal Indian Army Service Corps Sales manager.
Marston, Henry Hope Millward "Miles" Son of Sydney Millward Marston (1895-1935), and Ilma Harrison, of The Hollies, Farnborough, Kent. Married Jill Smith; two daughters.	03.07.1920 Brentford district, Middlesex - 08.11.2003 Cirencester district, Gloucestershire	2nd Lt. 18.05.1940 [EC 13636] WS/Lt. 1811.1941 A/Capt. 01.06.1942-31.08.1942 T/Capt. 01.09.1942-20.09.1942, 21.07.1943-02.02.1944 WS/Capt. 03.02.1944 A/Maj. 03.11.1943-02.02.1944 T/Maj. 03.02.1944-11.05.1948 Lt. 13.02.1946, seniority 03.01.1943 [130689] Capt. 03.07.1947 T/Maj. 06.03.1949-07.04.1949, 06.06.1949-30.09.1949, 19.08.1950-02.07.1953 Maj. 03.08.1954, seniority 03.07.1954 T/Lt.Col. 17.09.1962-13.10.1963 Lt.Col. (Empl. List 1) 19.11.1963 (supernumerary 19.11.1966) Col. 30.06.1969 (retd 17.11.1974) Hon. Brig. 17.11.1974 MC 24.08.1944 Italy * MID 23.05.1946 Mediterranean EM 30.03.1971 - * In February 1942 2/7th Gurkha Rifles were holding the ridge at Cassino. The weather was atrocious with blinding sleet. The plan was for two divisions, the 2nd New Zealand and the 4th Indian, to attack the town from the North. Fighting was fierce and continuous and one of the two leading companies of the 2/7th Gurkha Rifles was apparently overrun. Miles, with additional help from men from the 4/16th Punjabis, was ordered to restore the situation. It turned out that some of the Gurkhas from the supposed overrun company were stiff in position. Even so fighting was still fierce and Miles was wounded in the neck. He was subsequently awarded the Military Cross.	Education: Hailebury (Edmonstone House, 1934.2 -1936.3; football team 1936); Staff College (1951; psc).       served in the ranks for 258 days 18.05.1940     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission to 12.02.1946]       attached 7th Gurkhas (8th Army, Libya, Italy Greece) 13.02.1946     commissioned, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 1947     Punjab Boundary Force 1950     served in Korea 22.03.1952 - 06.08.1954 Brigade Major, HQ 16th Independent Parachute Brigade Group 07.08.1954? - 18.08.1960 Deputy Assistant Adjutant General, War Office 17.09.1962 - 13.08.1963 General Staff Officer (Operations & Plans), Allied Land Forces South East Asia 19.10.1963 - 08.03.1964 specially employed, Tanganyika M.F. 09.03.1964 - (02.1967) General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1) (Special Duties Team), Ministry of Defence 08.02.1965     transferred, Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers 1967? - 1968? Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers ? - 1974? Commandant of the Queen Victoria School at Dunblane
Martin, Charles Jasper Son of Capt. C.F. Martin. Married ((06?).1915, Dublin Southdistrict, Ireland) Gladys Mary Gore-Browne; ... children (son Maj. Hugh Edward Ross Martin, RA).	02.12.1888 India - 04.03.1949 Farnborough, Hampshire	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 04.12.1912 T/Capt. 30.11.1914-04.09.1917 Lt. 09.06.1915 A/Maj. 13.04.1917-17.10.1917 Capt. 05.09.1917 A/Maj. 19.10.1917-02.02.1919 Lt. 08.12.1927, seniority 04.03.1915 Capt. 08.12.1927, seniority 04.12.1916 Maj. 04.12.1930 Lt.Col. 29.03.1936 (retd 29.03.1940) OBE 1918 ? MC 1915 ?	Education: Wellington College (1900.3-1907; Anglesey; XV 1907). AMIAE 1932.  1910     from Special Reserve of Officers 04.12.1912     commissioned, Army Service Corps (from 1917 Royal Army Service Corps) 03.02.1919 - 31.03.1920 Staff Captain, War Office (temporarily) 19.05.1920 - 31.12.1922 Adjutant, ... (Territorial Army) 01.01.1923 - 31.12.1925 Adjutant, ... 08.12.1927     transferred, Indian Army (Indian Army Service Corps) 21.04.1938 - 28.03.1939 Assistant Director of Supplies & Transport, India ... - ... ...
Martin, Edward John	31.03.1910 -	2nd Lt. 28.08.1930 Lt. 28.11.1932 Capt. 28.08.1938 A/Maj. 20.09.1940-19.12.1940 T/Maj. 20.12.1940-18.04.1941, 10.10.1941-28.07.1944 WS/Maj. 29.07.1944 Maj. 01.07.1946 A/Lt.Col. 29.04.1944-28.07.1944 T/Lt.Col. 29.07.1944-12.01.1947, 20.02.1950-30.09.1952 Maj. 19.03.1948, seniority 01.07.1946 [378189] Lt.Col. 01.10.1952, seniority 06.09.1952 (supernumerary 06.09.1955) (retd 12.09.1958) A/Col. 12.10.1944-19.01.1945 NW Frontier of India 1936-37 Medal and Clasp	28.08.1930     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 23.10.1931     commissioned, Indian Army       1/17th Dogras 23.04.1941   09.11.1941 General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3) (Operations), Northern Command, India 10.11.1941 - 30.11.1941 General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), Air Landing School, India 01.01.1943 - 31.08.1943 General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), Air Landing School, India 01.09.1943 - 06.11.1943 General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), RAF Station, India 07.11.1943 - 28.04.1944 General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2) (Air Liaison Officer) 29.04.1944 - 11.10.1944 General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1) (Air), General Headquarters, India 12.10.1944 - 19.01.1945 Colonel General Staff (Air), General Headquarters, India 20.01.1945 - 31.05.1945 General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1) (Air) 1946/47?     Special List (ex-Indian Army) 13.01.1947 - 11.1947 General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2) (Instructor), Staff College, Quetta 19.03.1948     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery 02.10.1955 - (01.1957) General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), War Office
Martin, James Mansergh Wentworth Elder son of late James Wentworth Martin (1847-), Castle Jane, Glanmire, Co. Cork, Ireland, and late Violet Hammond, of Great Meadow, Hambledon, Surrey. Married (1944) Mrs Jean Lindsay Barnes (died 1978), daughter of late Sir Henry Cowan, MP.	05.08.1902 St Marylebone district, Greater London - 16.11.1986 Bracknell district, Berkshire	2nd Lt. 31.08.1922 [14512] Lt. 31.08.1924 12.05.1930, seniority 30.11.1924 [147] Capt. 31.08.1931 Maj. 31.08.1939 A/Lt.Col. 10.03.1942-09.06.1942 T/Lt.Col. 10.06.1942-(01.1946) WS/Lt.Col. 10.10.1943 A/Col. 04.05.1943-(01.1946) T/Col. 22.02.1945-(04.1947) Col. 03.06.1948, seniority 18.10.1946 A/Brig. 24.06.1943-(04.1947) T/Brig. ? T/Maj.Gen. 21.07.1951-08.05.1952 Maj.Gen. 09.05.1952 (retd 02.09.1956) CB 01.06.1953 HM's coronation 53 CBE 23.03.1944 Sicily	Education: Charterhouse; Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; Staff College (psc; 1936). 31.08.1922     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery (Royal Field Artillery) 19.08.1925 - 15.09.1927 employed with West African Frontier Force 30.01.1928 - 27.12.1929 ADC to the Governor of Assam 12.05.1930     transferred, 8th King George V's Own Light Cavalry - Indian Army 28.06.1938     official interpreter in French 1938 - 1943 operations in Iraq, Meerut Cavalry Brigade: 25.04.1939 - 31.01.1940 Staff Captain 1943 - 1944 Brigadier General Staff to General Alexander, 15 Army Group, Italy 1944 - 1945 Second-in-Command, 1st Indian Armoured Brigade, 14 Army, Burma 1945 - 1947 Commander, 1st Indian Armoured Brigade, India 31.01.1948 transferred, Royal Scots Greys 1948 - 1949 Chief of Staff, British Troops in Trieste 1949 - 1951 Commander, 9th Armoured Brigade 21.07.1951 - 10.07.1953 Deputy Chief of Staff to Marshal Alphonse Juin, Commander-in-Chief, Allied Land Forces Central Europe, Fontainebleau, France 10.08.1953 - 05.08.1956 General Officer Commanding, Salisbury Plain District 02.09.1956 - 05.08.1962 Regular Army Reserve of Officers [exceeded age limit] Liveryman of the Merchant Taylors' Company.
Marwood, David Christopher Laborde Elder son of Hubert George Marwood, and Gertrude S. Laborde. Married ((09?).1951, Tonbridge district, Kent) Jean M.B. Sharp.	12.02.1923 Chelsea district, London -	Pte. 1941 2nd Lt. 06.09.1942 [EC 8475] WS/Lt. 06.03.1943 A/Capt. 1944 T/Capt. 10.06.1944-(12.1946) (reld late 1946)	Education: Tonbridge School (Welldon House; 1936.2-1940); St Catharine's College, Cambridge (1947, MA; Econ. Trip. (Part I), 1948). 1941     served in Home Guard before enlisting in the Royal Scots 1942     Officer Training School, Bangalore 06.09.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]       served Royal Indian Army Service Corps (India, Assam and Burma) Assistant Preparatory School Master, 1946. FCIS. Member of Council of Chartered Inst. of Sects. With Anthony Gibbs & Son Ltd., 1949. War Office, 1950-1952. Basildon Development Corporation, 1952-1954. Company Secretary with I.T.C. Ltd., Putney since 1954.
Masters, John Son of late John Masters, 16th Rajputs, and Ada (neé Coulthard). Married Barbara Allcard; one son, one daughter (one daughter deceased).	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 General Staff Oficer, 1st grade (GSO1), MO1, GHQ (I) 1947 General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (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.
Mathew, John Stanley Son of Robert C. Mathew, and Dorothy G. Le Thicke. Twin brother of Maj. Peter Gerald Mathew, Indian Army. Married ((09?).1949, Watford district, Hertfordshire) Leila F.C. Hunt.	12.09.1920 Hampstead district, London - 01.2000 Barnet district, Hertfordshire / Middlesex	Pte. ? 2nd Lt. 10.07.1941 (reld < 04.1947)	10.07.1941     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]       16th Punjab Regiment
Mathew, K T	? -	T/Maj. (04.1947) Lt.Col. (1947)	served Royal Indian Army Service Corps (04.1947)     Deputy Assistant Judge Advocate-General, Southern Army, India (1947)     HQ Southern Command, India (Poona)
Mathew, Peter Gerald Son of Robert C. Mathew, and Dorothy G. Le Thicke. Twin brother of 2nd Lt. John Stanley Mathew, Indian Army. Married ((09?).1951, Westminster district, London) Joan Harding.	12.09.1920 Hampstead district, London -	2nd Lt. 10.09.1941 [EC 3663] T/Maj. ? (reld < 04.1947) MBE 17.01.1946 Burma	10.09.1941     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]       16th Punjab Regiment
Mathews, Cecil Allan	02.09.1890 - 1950 ?	2nd Lt. 01.10.1941 [EC 5249] WS/Capt. ? (dismissed the service by sentence of a General Court Martial 10.03.1945) A/Maj. 06.10.1941-(07.1944)	01.10.1941     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Maxwell, Francis Scott "Bufty" Married (07.03.1923, The Garrison Church, Lucknow, India) Mary Eileen Nicolay (19.03.1904 - ), daughter of Maj. Herbert Cleland Nicolay (1875-1915), and Elisabeth Susanna Winifred Hanby (1883?-1950); two daughters.	30.03.1899 Newton Abbot district, Devon - 23.08.1973 Brynhir, Criccieth, Caernarvonshire, North Wales	2nd Lt. 24.04.1918 [IA 607] Lt. 24.04.1919 Capt. 24.04.1923 Maj. 24.04.1936 Lt.Col. 24.04.1944 (retd 21.02.1948)	Education: Staff College (psc). 24.04.1918     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 19.10.1918     commissioned, Indian Army       1st Punjab Regiment 09.05.1933 - 18.05.1937 Staff Captain, ... (India) 25.02.1939 - 15.06.1941 Brigade Major, ...
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).	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
McAlpin, Duncan Francis Claude Married; ... children (son Lt. Dunstan F.T. McAlpin).	1890 ? - (03?).1965 Hove district, Sussex [aged 75]	2nd Lt. 26.08.1916 Lt. 01.12.1919, seniority 26.05.1918 Capt. 26.05.1921 (retd 21.03.1923) 07.02.1930, seniority 10.05.1921 Capt. AIRO 31.05.1927, seniority 23.06.1920 Maj. AIRO 23.06.1933 (reld 01.01.1935) 2nd Lt. 08.09.1940 (reld < 04.1944) Gen SM - & clasp Iraq	? - 01.12.1919 commissioned, Indian Army Reserve of Officers (Infantry Branch) [served Indian Army Service Corps / Supply & Transport Corps] 01.12.1919 - 21.03.1923 commissioned, Indian Army 31.05.1927 - 01.01.1935 commissioned, Army in India Reserve of Officers 08.09.1940     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
McAlpin, Dunstan Francis Thomas Son of Maj. Duncan F.C. McAlpin. Married ((06?).1950, Darlington district, Co. Durham) Mary McCarthy; three sons, three daughters.	1923 - 01.09.2012 (of Earls Court and the Suir Inn, Cheekpoint Waterford)	Pte. ? 2nd Lt. 06.09.1942 WS/Lt. 06.03.1943 (reld > 04.1946)	06.09.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]       served Royal Indian Army Service Corps
McCabe, Antony Donald Calder	? -	Cpl. ? 2nd Lt. 12.11.1942 (reld > 04.1947)	12.11.1942 commissioned, Indian Army Adjutant, 14th Punjab Regiment
McCarthy, Denis	28.10.1905 -	Lt. 22.04.1930 [MZ/8870] Capt. 22.04.1933 Maj. 22.04.1940 (to take rank and precedence from 22.10.1940) A/Lt.Col. 10.02.1941-09.05.1941 T/Lt.Col. 10.05.1941-18.03.1943, 11.05.1943-23.05.1943, 15.01.1944-(04.1947) Lt.Col. 22.10.1947 (retd 16.09.1948)	Education: MB, BCh. 22.04.1930     commissioned, Indian Medical Service ? - ? ?
McCoy, Samuel Vallis Son (with two brothers and two sisters) of James Abernethy McCoy (died 1931, aged 66), solicitor, and Ethel Elizabeth Peet (died 1947). Brother of Capt. J.A. McCoy, RN, and of Cdr. J.W. McCoy, RN.	25.11.1908 -	2nd Lt. 31.01.1929 Lt. 30.04.1931 Capt. 27.03.1939 A/Maj. 31.02.1941-(01.1946) MBE 18.10.1943; Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct 1957	31.01.1929 commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 03.04.1930     commissioned, Indian Army 01.01.1933 - 18.01.1935 ADC to the Governor of Burma 20.02.1939 - 02.10.1940 ADC to .... served RAF (F/Lt. 503365)
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
McDermott, Hugh Patrick	? -	Pte. ? 2nd Lt. 22.08.1943 WS/Lt. 22.02.1944	? - 22.08.1943 'A' Company, 4 Wing, Officers' Training School, Mhow 22.08.1943     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
McDonnell, Ernest Andrew	? - 12.08.1943 [Ranchi War Cemetery, India, 1.H.12]	Wt.Offr. cl. I ? 2nd Lt. 04.02.1943 WS/Lt. ?	04.02.1943     commissioned, Indian Army General List [emergency commission]
McEntire, Robert Whigham Son of Robert Virtue McEntire. Married (17.11.1945, Lahore) Margaret Hamilton McConnell; one daughter.	18.04.1918 Edinburgh, Scotland - 1984 Haymarket district, Edinburgh, Scotland	2nd Lt. 22.12.1940 (reld > 04.1947) A/Maj. ? ? IndGSM36 - - 39|45 St - - Bur St - & rosette Def M - - WM 39|45 - - MID ? ? CorM - -	22.12.1940     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]       8th Punjab Regiment
McGahan, Arthur John Son of Charles McGahan, and Matilda Vaughan. Married ((06?).1945, Camberwell district, Surrey) Faith M. Clayton; three sons.	1913 Wellington, Bombay, India - ?	2nd Lt. 22.03.1943 WS/Lt. 22.03.1943	served with Hong Kong Volunteers; captured at the fall of Hong Kong; exchange prisoner at Lorenzo Marques 22.03.1943     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
McGregor, Eric Gerald	? -	2nd Lt. 02.04.1942 WS/Lt. 02.10.1942 A?/Capt. ?	02.04.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] (1944)     1st Battalion 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles)
McGregor, John Hugh Gordon	see:	RINVR officers section
McIntyre, Henry Finch Son of J.T. McIntyre. Married (1923) Eileen Quin Smith, younger daughter of G.T. Quin Smith.	10.11.1898 Dalsingh, Bengal, India -	2nd Lt. 18.06.1917 Lt. 18.06.1918 Capt. 18.06.1921 Maj. 18.06.1935 A/Lt.Col. 13.04.1942-12.07.1942 T/Lt.Col. 13.07.1942-17.06.1943 Lt.Col. 18.06.1943 Hon. Brig. 15.03.1951 MC 06.05.1932 North West Frontier of India 10.30-03.31 MID 06.05.1932 North West Frontier of India BWM 14|20 - - VM - - IndGSM - & clasp NW Frontier of India 30-31	Education: Stonyhurst; Royal Military College, Wellington (1916-); Staff College, Quetta (1934-1935). 18.06.1917     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 25.06.1917     commissioned, Indian Army       38th Dogra Regiment 10.1917     posted to Aden 07.02.1919 - 25.02.1919 special appointment (Class HH) (Intelligence), Egyptian Expeditionary Force 26.02.1919 - 14.11.1919 special appointment (Class GG) (Intelligence), Egyptian Expeditionary Force       2nd Battalion 17th Dogra Regiment 15.09.1936 - 13.03.1938 Staff Captain, ... (India) 01.06.1938 - 20.09.1939 General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), ... (India) 21.09.1939 - 30.07.1941 General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), ... (India) 1946/47?     Special List (ex-Indian Army) [personal number 421911]
McIntyre, Thomas	? -	2nd Lt. 04.06.1942 ... ...	(02.1942)     "A" Company, Officer Training School, Belgaum (India) 04.06.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
McKay, Ronald Alexander	? -	2nd Lt. 26.11.1941 [EC 6107] WS/Capt. 01.08.1942 T/Maj. 15.08.1942-(04.1946) MID 05.04.1945 Burma / Eastern Frontier of India	26.11.1941     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]       served Royal Indian Army Service Corps
McKenzie, Fergus Stewart Son (with three sisters and six brothers) of William Thomson McKenzie (1867-1927), and Margaret Elizabeth Lindsay (1870-1962). Married (20.04.1955, Isla Bank, New Zealand) W. Ngaire McKenzie; four children.	04.10.1915 Isla Bank, Southland, New Zealand - 19.08.2002 [Calcium Cemetery, Isla Bank, Southland, New Zealand]	2nd Lt. 05.07.1941 [EC 2930] WS/Capt. ? (reld 26.12.1946) T/Maj. ? Hon. Maj. 26.12.1946	Officer Training School, Belgaum (India) 05.07.1941     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]       8th Punjab Regiment
McKillop, Hugh Frederick Married (30.11.1929, Plympton St Mary district, Cornwall / Devon) Cynthia Geraldine Hall Parlby (born 03.07.1903).	28.06.1901 * - 01.1991 Chichester, West Sussex * year according to Army List; death registration shows 1902	2nd Lt. 31.08.1922 Lt. 30.11.1924 Capt. 31.08.1931 Maj. 31.08.1939 A/ Lt.Col. 28.02.1944-27.05.1944 T/Lt.Col. 28.05.1944-(01.1946) WS/Lt.Col. ? [17751] (retd 11.12.1948) Hon. Brig. 11.12.1948	31.08.1922 commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 11.11.1923 commissioned, Indian Army (5th Battalion 19th Hyderabad Regiment) 20.08.1938 - 14.10.1940 General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), ... served The Scinde Horse (14th Prince of Wales's Own Cavalry) 1947?   transferred, Special List (ex-Indian Army)
McMorran, Walter Richardson	? -	2nd Lt. 02.04.1942 ... ...	(02.1942)     "A" Company, Officer Training School, Belgaum (India) 02.04.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
McQuire, James Hector Son of Frederick James McQuire, and Daisy ... Married ...; one son.	05.09.1907 India - (09?).1977 Norwich Outer district, Norfolk	Wt.Offr. or NCO ? Lt. (Assistant Ordnance Mechanical Engineer) 20.08.1942 [OW/310] A/Capt. 23.04.1943-22.07.1943 T/Capt. 23.07.1943-(04.1947) WS/Capt. ? (reld 01.10.1951) Capt. 01.10.1951, seniority 13.04.1949 [420716] Hon. Maj. ?	20.08.1942     commissioned, Indian Army Departments [emergency commission] 23.04.1943 - (04.1946) a Staff Captain, Directorate of Mechanical Engineering, Master-General of the Ordnance Branch, India HQ Staff 01.10.1951 - 23.01.1953 commissioned, Royal Army Ordnance Corps - Territorial Army 24.01.1953 - 24.08.1961 Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers - Army Emergency Reserve of Officers 25.08.1961 - 05.09.1962 Regular Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]
McVeagh, Norman James	? -	L/Cpl. ? 2nd Lt. 22.08.1943 WS/Lt. 22.02.1944	? - 22.08.1943 'A' Company, 4 Wing, Officers' Training School, Mhow 22.08.1943     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Meadows, Percival Herbert "Perc[e]y"/ "Val" Married Mary (née ...).	15.05.1919 - 07.1997 Norwich district, Norfolk	2nd Lt. 10.07.1941 [EC 2802] (reld > 04.1947) T/Capt. ? CBE 01.01.1963 New Year 63: Dep Per Secr to PM Singapore MC 13.09.1945 Burma 39|45 St - - Bur St - - Def M - - WM 39|45 - - MID 19.07.1945 Burma EM ? - Loyalty to Brunei Medal	Education: Wye College (qualified in tropical horticulture; captain of boxing); courses at Magdalene College, Cambridge; School of Oriental and African Studies. Served on a coffee plantation in Kenya, then a tea plantaion in Ceylon. 1939/40?     enlisted, The Lincolnshire Regiment [won the Combined Services Boxing Championship at welter weight] 1941 - 10.07.1941  posted to India & officer training 10.07.1941 commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] 07.1941? - 1943? 8th Battalion 12th Frontier Force Regiment [served at NW Frontier, then on an intelligence course in Karachi, where he also gain his pilot's licence in a Gypsy Moth] 1943? - 1945? Brigade Intelligence Officer, 74th Indian Infantry Brigade (25th Indian Division, 16th Indian Corps) (Arakan) 1945 - 1947? transferred, 2nd Gurkha Rifles Joined Malayan Civil Service, and after independance stayed on to become Deputy Permanent Secretary (Special Duties) in the office of the prime minister of Singapore. Chariman of the War Committee when the Brunei Rebellion broke out, 1963. Ended his career as director of Far East Levingston Shipbuilding in Singapore.
Meads, Robert William	? -	Tpr. ? 2nd Lt. 22.08.1943 WS/Lt. 22.02.1944	? - 22.08.1943 'A' Company, 4 Wing, Officers' Training School, Mhow 22.08.1943     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Mehta, M D	? -	Capt. (1947)	... - ... ... (1947)     HQ Southern Command, India (Poona)
Menon, K H	? -	Capt. (1947)	... - ... ... (1947)     HQ Southern Command, India (Poona)
Meppen-Walter, Groves [Warburton] Son of Mervyn Meppen-Walter, inspector of police in India, and Winnifred Ella Clarke.	09.04.1901 -	2nd Lt. 30.07.1941 (reld > 04.1947) A/Maj. ? ?	30.07.1941     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]       may have served in the Royal Indian Army Service Corps
Merrett, Thomas Kilminster [= Richard Melsome] "Dick" Son (with six brothers and one sister) of Albert Henry Merrett (1869-1924), and Margaret Jane Melsome (1867-1925), of Duntisbourne Rouse, nr Cirencester, Gloucestershire. Married ((09?).1929, Ringwood district, Hampshire) Norah Mabel Tatchell (02.11.1906 - (12?).1979), daughter of W.G. Tatchell, of Ringwood, Hampshire; two sons, two daughters.	16.04.1901 Westrip, Cainscross, Gloucestershire - (03?).1981 The Leigh, nr Cricklade, Swindon district, Wiltshire [His younger brother, the real T.K. Merrett, lived: 13.11.1905 Westrip, Cainscross, Gloucestershire - (12?).1980 Swindon district, Wiltshire]	2nd Lt. 18.04.1930 [837 IA] Lt. 18.04.1930, seniority 18.10.1927 Capt. 18.07.1934 Maj. 18.07.1942 (retd 25.01.1949) A/Lt.Col. 24.08.1943-23.11.1943 T/Lt.Col. 24.11.1943-09.09.1945 WS/Lt.Col. 10.09.1945 A/Col. 10.03.1945-(04.1946) A/Brig. ? 1947 Hon. Col. 25.01.1949	Education: Staff College (psc). He served as Richard Merrett (his real name) in the Royal Navy in the Great War and was too old to fly between the Wars. So he used his younger brother’s name – Thomas Kilminster (TK) to join the RAF and serve later in the Army. Besides flying, he also was involved in boxing. As Richard Merrett he was mentioned in dispatches for an engagement in WWI between the ship he was on and a U-boat where his gun disabled the U-boat after taking a direct hit. Also, his name appears on the church wall at the parish church in Dymock, Gloucestershire on a plaque for those who served during WWI. 18.07.1925 - 17.04.1930 commissioned, Royal Air Force [short service commission] 18.04.1930     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 18.04.1930     commissioned, Indian Army       served Royal Indian Army Service Corps with 14th Army (India & Burma) 02.12.1944 - (04.1946) Assistant Director of Supplies, Supplies and Transport Branch, Central Command, India 1947? - 25.01.1949 Special List (ex-Indian Army) [service number 45339] Justice of the Peace (JP), Wiltshire, 1955.
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).	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]
Middleton, John Gordon	? Dundee, Scotland -	2nd Lt. 10.10.1941 (reld > 04.1947) 39|45 St - - Afr St - - Def M - - WM 39|45 - -	10.10.1941     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] Was in the jute business in India.
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]
Miller, J	? -	2nd Lt. ? Capt. ? MM ? ?	?     commissioned, Indian Army? [emergency commission] [possibly: British Army] (1942)     1st Battalion 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) (North Africa)
Miller, Robert Charles Patrick "Pat" Son of Hugh Molyneux Miller (1880-1942), and Beatrix Frances Dupuis Cavendish (1888-1973), of The Secretaries, Bures, Suffolk. Married 1st ((06?).1950, Westminster district, London; marriage dissolved 1953) Elizabeth Ogilvie Noall, elder daughter of Mr & Mrs William Noall, of Toorak, Melbourne, Australia. Married 2nd (27.10.1955, Westminster district, London) Lydia Georgina Vaux Miéville (02.05.1920 - 10.1998), only daughter of Lt.Col. A.L. Miéville, DSO, MC, Canadian Engineers; one daughter.	17.03.1916 Wandsworth district, London - 02.11.1982 Blyth district, Suffolk	2nd Lt. 02.07.1937 27.08.1938, seniority 28.01.1937 [928 AI] Lt. 19.09.1939, seniority 28.04.1939 Capt. 28.01.1945 (reld 28.05.1947; ill-health) WS/Maj. 1946? T/Lt.Col. ? Hon. Lt.Col. 28.05.1947 39|45 St - - Afr St - - WM 39|45 - -	Education: St Peter's College, Radley (1930.1-1933.2); Christ's College, Cambridge (1935; BA History). 02.07.1937     commissioned, General List - Territorial Army (University Candidates) 27.08.1938     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) [served NW Frontier of India] 19.09.1939     commissioned, Indian Army (18th King Edward VII's Own Cavalry) Head master, Geldeston Hall, Geldeston, nr Beccles, Suffolk, 1960s/1970s.
Miller, Robert Cuthbert	? -	Tpr. ? 2nd Lt. 22.08.1943 WS/Lt. 22.02.1944	? - 22.08.1943 'A' Company, 4 Wing, Officers' Training School, Mhow 22.08.1943     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Mischler, Norman Martin Son (with one brother) of Martin Mischler (1877?-1965), and Martha Sarah Lambert (1884-1959), of Brondesbury Park, London NW. Brother of Maj. Stanley Max Mischler, MBE, TARO. Married ((06?).1949, St Marylebone district, London) Helen Dora Chiappa-Sinclair (23.11.1926 - predeceased him), daughter of F/Lt. Alfred Joseph Chiappa-Sinclair, RAFVR (1896-1944) & Dora Louise Marchi (1903-1994), of Park Road, London NW1; one son, one daughter.	09.10.1920 Paddington, London - 10.09.2009 [Bungay, Suffolk ?]	Pte. ? 2nd Lt. 17.08.1941 [EC 3294] WS/Lt. 24.02.1942 (reld 1946) T/Capt. 24.02.1942-(04.1946) T/Maj. (1946) MID 09.05.1946 Burma MID 19.09.1946 Burma	Education: St Paul's School, London; St Catharine's College, Cambridge (MA). 17.08.1941     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]       served Royal Indian Army Service Corps in Burma Campaign Played cricket for England 1941/42 & Cambridge. Cricket Blue, 1946. Joined Burt, Boulton & Haywood, 1947, Vice-Chairman 1963; Deputy Managing Director, Hoechst UK Ltd, 1966; Chairman: Harlow Chemical Co. Ltd, 1972-1974; Kalle Infotec Ltd, 1972-1974; Chairman: Hoechst UK Ltd, 1975-1984; Hoechst Ireland Ltd, 1976-1984; Berger Jenson & Nicholson Ltd, 1979-1984. Director: Berger, Jenson & Nicholson Ltd, 1975-1984; Ringsdorff Carbon Co. Ltd, 1968-1984; Vice-Chairman, German Chamber of Industry and Commerce in London, 1974-1984; Member Council, Chemical Industries Assoc. Ltd, 1975-1984. Freeman, City of London. Officer's Cross, German Order of  Merit, 1985.
Mitchley, Edward Charles Thomas Married ((03?).1920, Grimsby district, Humberside / Lincolnshire) Eunice M. Dolan; one son, one daughter.	27.06.1893 Wandsworth district, London - 06.10.1968 Brandfold, Goudhurst, Kent	Lt. 26.01.1917 [IA 623] [384094] A/Capt. 30.05.1919-31.10.1919 Capt. 26.01.1920 Maj. 26.01.1934 A/Lt.Col. 25.10.1940-24.01.1941 T/Lt.Col. 25.01.1941-14.03.1941 Lt.Col. 15.03.1941 (retd 23.09.1947) A/Col. 08.02.1942-07.08.1942 T/Col. 08.08.1942-..., 28.03.1943-(01.1946) A/Brig. 24.10.1943-(01.1946) Hon. Brig. 23.09.1947 OBE 30.12.1941 Middle East (East Africa and Madagascar)	? - 26.11.1917 mobilized, Special Reserve (for 2 years, 215 days) 26.01.1917     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 27.11.1917     commissioned, Indian Army 1919     transferred, 3/11 Gurkha  Rifles 25.10.1940 - 08.02.1942 Commander, Royal Indian Army Service Corps, ... (Middle East)       Commandant, Indian Army Service Corps Training School
Mohite, Hanmantrao Martandrao	23.03.1908 -	2nd Lt. 27.08.1931 [27 IA] Lt. 24.10.1932, seniority 23.12.1930 Capt. 23.09.1937 WS/Maj. 25.11.1943 Maj. 23.09.1945 A/Lt.Col. 25.08.1943-24.11.1943 T/Lt.Col. 25.11.1943-(01.1946) MID 16.12.1943 Burma / Eastern Forntier of India	Education: Royal Military College, Sandhurst. 27.08.1931     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 24.10.1932     commissioned, Indian Army       attached Royal Indian Army Service Corps ? - 12.05.1948 Brigadier General Staff, Southern Command 12.05.1948 - ? Commander, HQ Poona Subarea (Southern Command) Transferred to National Indian Army, reaching rank of Maj.Gen. General Officer Commanding, Madras Area (1953). Director of Supplies and Transport, 20.08.1953-17.04.1957.
Moment, Eckford George Crisp	? -	2nd Lt. 03.03.1944	03.03.1944     commissioned, Army in Burma Reserve of Officers [emergency commission]
Monaghan, Thomas Joseph "Tom" Married (1946) Bridget Keays-Byrne; four sons, one daughter.	24.09.1920 Dublin - 28.12.1998 London	2nd Lt. 13.07.1940 [EC 428] WS/Lt. 01.08.1941 T/Capt. 30.01.1943-(04.1944) A/Maj. (1944) Lt. 10.11.1945, seniority 24.03.1943 [336884] Capt. 24.09.1947 (retd 07.03.1954; receiving a gratuity) Hon. Maj. 07.03.1954 MC 05.10.1944 Burma	Education: Duke of York's Royal Military School, Dover.       served in the ranks for 1 year, 210 days, The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (Dunkirk 06.1940) 13.07.1940     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]       8th Punjab Regiment (1944)     seconded, 152nd Indian Parachute Battalion (Burma) (MC) 10.11.1945     permanent commission, The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Montagu, John Drogo Son of John William Montagu (1876-1954), and Violet Irene Shuter (1891-1970). Married (24.11.1952) Dorothy Boreham Chuter (18.08.1926-04.1990), daughter of Charles Edward Chuter, of Brisbane, Australia; two daughters, three sons.	30.05.1916 Pewsey district, Wiltshire -	2nd Lt. 30.01.1936 [584 AI] Lt. 30.04.1938 A/Capt. 08.06.1940-07.09.1940 T/Capt. 08.09.1940-28.05.1941 WS/Capt. 29.05.1941 Capt. 30.01.1944 A/Maj. 01.03.1941-28.05.1941 T/Maj. 29.05.1941-31.05.1941, 20.10.1941-12.08.1942, 30.09.1942-13.04.1943, 03.11.1943-20.09.1944 WS/Maj. 04.01.1946 Maj. 30.01.1949 (retd 08.02.1950) T/Lt.Col. 04.01.1946-(04.1947) Hon. Lt.Col. 08.02.1950	Education: Royal Military Acdemy, Woolwich. 30.01.1936 commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 07.04.1937 commissioned, Indian Army ... - ... ... (1947)     2nd Punjab Regiment (Meerut) 1947/48?     Special List (ex-Indian Army)
Moore, Alick Bartley Brady Son of Rev. A.K. Moore, Rector Thoresby Park, Nottinghamshire. Married (28.08.1940, Sy Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne) Joy Armitage, daughter of Lt.Col. F.A.W. Armitage, of West Yorkshire Regiment; ... children (one son?).	16.06.1910 East Retford district, Nottinghamshire - 1949	2nd Lt. SRO 29.05.1929 2nd Lt. 16.06.1931 Lt. 16.09.1933 Capt. 16.06.1939 A/Maj. 11.08.1942-10.11.1942 T/Maj. 11.11.1942-(04.1946) Capt. 08.03.1948, seniority 16.06.1939 [41880]	Education: Cambridge (1927?-1930?). 29.05.1929     commissioned, The Queen's Regiment - Supplementary Reserve of Officers 16.06.1931     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 23.10.1932     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]       6th Duke of Connaught’s Own Lancers 06.04.1938 - 07.01.1939 ADC to HE the Vicreoy of India (1940)     ADC to the Governor of Victoria, Australia (Sir Winston Duggan) 1946/47?     Special List (ex-Indian Army) 08.03.1948     commissioned, King's Own Scottish Borderers
Moore, Douglas	? -	Pte. ? [6101245] 2nd Lt. 20.05.1945 [EC 16001]	served in the ranks, The Queen's Regiment 20.05.1945     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Moorthy, M S K	? -	Capt. (1947)	... - ... ... (1947)     HQ Southern Command, India (Poona)
Morehen, John Edward Son of George John Morehen, and Laura Elizabeth Laurance. Married ((03?).1935, Edmonton district, Essex / Hertfordshire / Middlesex) Lilian M. Sims.	(03?).1905 Edmonton district, Essex / Hertfordshire / Middlesex - 1955 London	T/Conductor ? Assistant Commissary (with rank of Lt.) 19.03.1942 (reld > 04.1947)	served in the ranks, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 19.03.1942     commissioned, Indian Army Departments [emergency commission]       served Indian Army Ordnance Corps
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 T/Col. 23.08.1946-(04.1947) 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)
Morgan, Thomas George Albert	08.07.1908 - 1977 Liverpool, Lancashire	2nd Lt. 20.12.1941 WS/Lt. 20.12.1941 (reld > 04.1947) A?/Capt. ? ?	20.12.1941     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Morison, David George Son of George Robert Morison, businessman, and Ethel Godfrey. Married (08.07.1947, British Consulate, Port Said, Egypt) Elva Mary Bennett; three sons, one daughter.	18.01.1920 Salisbury, Wiltshire - 06.07.1998 Mackay Base Hospital, Mackay, Queensland, Australia [Pacific Gardens Crematorium, Sarina]	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 (1948 HQ Petrol Group (Suez), RASC MELF) 06.04.1953 - 07.04.1953 Regular Army Reserve of Officers 07.04.1953     transferred, Australian Forces
Morris, George Edward Married Alice (she predeceased him); two daughters.	1910 - 21.04.2011 hospital	2nd Lt. 09.12.1942 WS/Lt. ? (reld > 04.1946, < 04.1947) A?/Capt. ?	09.12.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]       2nd Battalion Duke of Lancaster's Regiment
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)
Morris, Sydney George	? -	Sgt. ? 2nd Lt. 22.08.1943 WS/Lt. 22.02.1944	? - 22.08.1943 'A' Company, 4 Wing, Officers' Training School, Mhow 22.08.1943     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Mortimer, Leonard Widdicombe Married ...; ... children (one son?).	01.02.1912 - 07.2002 Durham Northern district, Durham	L/Cpl. ? 2nd Lt. 22.10.1942 [EC ....] WS/Lt. 22.04.1943 WS/Lt. 01.09.1945, seniority 22.04.1943 [353132] WS/Capt. 25.07.1945 T/Maj. 25.07.1945-(12.1946) (reld > 12.1946, < 04.1947) Hon. Maj.  (reld > 12.1946, < 04.1947)	22.10.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] 01.09.1945     transferred, Royal Army Ordnance Corps His son writes: "Retired as substantive Major, formerly Indian Army Service Corps (Dimapur, Imphal and Kohima sectors) and The Green Howard's. Believed to be acting Col. IASC. Ran a POW camp in Yorkshire in 1946; criticised in House of Commons for using German POWs as NCOc over Italian POWs." 01.01.1949 - 01.02.1967 Regular Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]
Morton, Benjamin Son of ... Morton, and ... Wall.	12.01.1913 Bakewell district, Derbyshire - 09.1992 South Warwickshire district	2nd Lt. 05.09.1936, seniority 31.01.1935 [AI 183] Lt. 14.11.1937, seniority 30.11.1936 A/Capt. 03.09.1939-02.12.1939 T/Capt. 03.12.1939-16.12.1939 WS/Capt. 07.11.1940 Capt. 31.01.1943 A/Maj. 07.08.1940-06.11.1940 T/Maj. 07.11.1940-31.03.1941 Maj. 18.05.1948 [67806] (removed from the Army on conviction by the Civil Power 14.01.1953)	from General List - Territorial Army (University Candidates) 05.09.1936     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 14.11.1937     commissioned, Indian Army ? - 15.02.1942 1/14 Punjab Regiment (11th Indian Division) (captured) 1942 - 1945? POW in Japanese captivity (spent some time in Changi) 1946/47?     Special List (ex-Indian Army) 18.05.1948     commissioned, Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Morton, Robert Bruce Tulloh Son of Robert Hugh A. Morton, and ... Brown, of The Coppice, Charlton Kings, Gloucestershire. Married (10.11.1950, St Andrew's Church, Calcutta, India) Diana Russell Kaye, younger daughter of Mr & Mrs Alexander Kaye, of Melbourne.	(09?).1916 Cheltenham district, Gloucestershire -	2nd Lt. 01.03.1941 [EC 1886] WS/Lt. ? (reld > 04.1946, < 04.1947) A?/Maj. ? MC 20.07.1944 Italy	Education: Harrow (1930.1-1935.2; Moretons; Rugby XV 1934); Fitzwilliam House, Cambridge. In business, India. Joined North Bengal Mounted Rifles, 1938. 01.03.1941     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] (1941) - (1944) 1st Battalion 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) (India, Iraq, Iran, North Africa & Italy)
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
Munir Ahmed, M	? -	Capt. (1945)	served Royal Indian Army Service Corps 16.08.1945 - 23.10.1945 15th Advanced Course, RIASC School, Kakul
Munns, Sydney Oswald	(09?).1909 Nottingham district, Nottinghamshire -	T/Sub-Conductor ? T/Lt. (Assistant Commissary) 10.04.1942 [CC/93] (reld 05.03.1949) T/Capt. 14.05.1944-(04.1947)	initially served with the Sherwood Foresters 10.04.1942     commissioned, Indian Army Departments (Indian Army Corps of Clerks) [emergency commission] 14.02.1944 - (04.1946) Staff Captain, Directorate of Organization, Adjutant-General's Branch, HQ Staff of the Army in India 05.03.1949     enlisted in the ranks, Territorial Army
Murdoch, F	? -	2nd Lt. 07.09.1940 WS/Capt. 01.10.1943 T/Maj. 01.10.1943-(04.1946)	07.09.1940     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Murray, Edward Dymoke Married 1st ... Married 2nd ... Gallagher (of the Belfast tobacco company).	09.06.1910 Dorking district, Surrey - 01.2002 Worthing district, West Sussex	2nd Lt. TA 26.07.1930 2nd Lt. 30.01.1932 [196 IA] Lt. 30.04.1934 Capt. 30.01.940 WS/Maj. 10.08.1942 Maj. 01.07.1946 A/Lt.Col. 10.05.1942-09.08.1942 T/Lt.Col. 10.08.1942-19.08.1944, 14.06.1945-07.10.1948, 01.01.1950-28.09.1951, 20.01.1952-11.04.1952 Maj. 15.08.1948, seniority 01.07.1946 [47348] Lt.Col. 12.04.1952 (supernumerary 12.04.1955) (retd 07.10.1958) T/Col. 29.09.1951-19.01.1952 DSO 04.04.1952 Malaya (2nd Bn 7th GR) OBE 16.12.1943 Burma MID 19.09.1946 Burma	Education: St Paul's School; Staff College (psc) late Cadet CQMS, St. Paul's School Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps served in the ranks, 14th Battalion The London Regiment - Territorial Army 26.07.1930 commissioned, 12th Battalion The London Regiment - Territorial Army 30.01.1932 commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 18.04.1933 commissioned, Indian Army (2nd Battalion 4th Bombay Grenadiers) (1943) 6th Gurkha Rifles (attached V Force) 15.08.1948     permanent commission, 7th Gurkha Rifles 03.07.1949 - 31.12.1949 General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), HQ Malaya District 29.09.1951 - 20.01.1952 Inspector Gurkha Training Far East 25.06.1954 - (02.1957) Assistant Adjutant General, War Office 07.10.1958 - 09.06.1965 Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
Murray, John Married (1947) Margaret Wilson (predeceased him); two sons.	15.12.1922 Ayr - 06.02.2011	2nd Lt. 26.11.1942 [EC 11207] WS/Lt. ? (reld 26.06.1946; ill-health) T/Capt. ? Hon. Capt. 26.06.1946 MC 16.11.1944 Burma	Education: Ayr Academy; Indian Military Academy. 26.11.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] 05.1944 - ? Intelligence Officer, 3rd Battalion 1st King George V's Own Gurkha Rifles (Burma) Director of James Finlay & Co, the long established Scottish trading company. Retired 1987.
Murray, John Eric Scott Married ...; ... children (one son?).	21.11.1912 India - 11.2003 Reading district, Berkshire	2nd Lt. 26.11.1941 WS/Lt. 15.07.1943 (reld > 04.1947) A/Maj. ? ?	26.11.1941     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]       served Royal Indian Army Service Corps
Murray-Lyon, David Murray Eldest son of Dr. T.M. Murray-Lyon. Married (1916) Meredith Napier; one daughter.	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, 04.04.1919-26.04.1919 T/Lt.Col. 24.06.1918-26.04.1919, 11.09.1919-08.11.1919 Bt. Lt.Col. 01.07.1932 Lt.Col. 02.04.1936 Col. 01.04.1940, seniority 01.07.1935 (retd 03.05.1942) T/Brig. 01.04.1940-10.1940? A/Maj.Gen. 17.10.1940-16.10.1941 T/Maj.Gen. 17.10.1941-23.12.1941 Hon. Maj.Gen. 11.06.1943, seniority 03.05.1942 DSO 18.02.1918 action at Moeuvres (Fr.) 30.11.17 * DSO 21.12.1937 Waziristan 36-37 MC 14.01.1916 service in Flanders 15 MID 01.01.1916 France MID 21.12.1917 France MID 24.05.1918 France MID 28.12.1918 France MID 18.02.1938 Waziristan / NW Frontier 37 1914-15 Star; British War Medal 1914-1918; Inter-Allied Victory Medal 1914-1919 (with MID); IGS 1908 with Clasp 'North West Frontier 1930-31; IGS 1936 with two clasps 'NWF 1936-37' & 'NWF, 1937-39', with MID; 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star; Defence Medal; War Medal 1939-45; 1937 Coronation Medal * For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. When the enemy attacked and penetrated the line after intense fighting and continual bombing attacks, by his courage and personal example he succeeded in driving them out and held his position against further heavy attacks with splendid coolness and determination.	Education: Edinburgh University 29.12.1908 - 02.11.1910 commissioned into the Royal Garrison Artillery: Lowland (City of Edinburgh) (supernumerary) [Territorial Force] 02.11.1910 - 08.12.1911 transferred to the 3rd Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers [Special Reserve of Officers] 08.12.1911 transferred to The Highland Light Infantry [Regular Forces] 08.12.1911 - 31.05.1915 1st Battalion The Highland Light Infantry (Lucknow, India, then France [04.12.1915-31.05.1915; wounded twice]) (platoon commander, latterly as company commander) 09.02.1916 - 09.12.1916 Adjutant, 4th Battalion The Highland Light Infantry (UK) 16.12.1916 - 17.04.1917 Second-in-Command, 2nd Battalion The Highland Light Infantry (France) 04.11.1917 - 07.04.1918 Commanding Officer, ... Battalion The Liverpool Regiment (France) 07.04.1918 - 27.04.1918 Commanding Officer, 2nd Battalion The Highland Light Infantry (France) 27.04.1918 - 24.06.1918 Major at Battalion HQ (2nd Battalion The Highland Light Infantry?) (France till 11.11.1918) 24.06.1918 - 04.04.1919 Commanding Officer, 1st/5th Battalion The Royal Scots Fusiliers (Territorial Force) 04.04.1919 - 26.04.1919 Commanding Officer, 15th Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry 26.04.1919 - 11.09.1919 Major, 51st Battalion The Highland Light Infantry (Army of the Rhine) 11.09.1919 - 08.11.1919 Commanding Officer, 5th Battalion Royal Irish Regiment (Army of the Rhine) 08.11.1919 - ? Second-in-Command, 52nd Battalion The Devonshire Regiment (Army of the Rhine) 08.03.1920 - 07.09.1923 Adjutant, 6th Battalion The Highland Light Infantry (Glasgow) 08.09.1923 restored to the establishment of the HLI 08.09.1923 - 10.10.1925 2nd Battalion The Highland Light Infantry (Cairo, Egypt, from 1925 India [as OC of Advance Party]) 10.10.1925 - 25.01.1927 Adjutant, ... The Highland Light Infantry (Auxiliary Force, India) 26.01.1927 transferred to the Indian Army (1932) - 1936 2nd Battalion, 4th Prince of Wales's Own Gurkha Rifles 1936 - 1939 Commanding Officer, 2nd Battalion, 4th Prince of Wales's Own Gurkha Rifles Senior Liaison Officer Indian Army to Scotland 01.04.1940 - 09.1940? Brigade Commander, Zhob Brigade 17.10.1940 - 23.12.1941 General Officer Commanding, 11th Indian Division (Malaya)
Murthi, A N S	? -	Maj. (1947)	... - ... ... (1947)     HQ Southern Command, India (Poona)