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Nangle,
Gilbert William
D.A. Campion
 One of four sons of Col. Kenlis Edward Nangle (1871-1950), Indian Army, and Sybella Bernard Nangle (née Slator) (born 1875), of Portstewart, Co. Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
 		02.10.1902
Aurangabad, India
-
02.03.1944
(KIA) [age 41]
[Cassino War Cemetery, Italy, XVIII.C.8]
2nd Lt.
 		31.01.1924 [IA 966]
Lt.
 		30.04.1926 (retd 04.11.1934)
Lt.
 		1941 [28113]
T/Capt.
 		?
A/Maj. ?
 		?
Mention in Despatches MID
 13.01.1944
 Middle East

1939-1945 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; War Medal

Education: Sedbergh; Royal Military College, Sandhurst
31.01.1924

commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army)
15.03.1925

commissioned, 3rd Battalion 7th Rajput Regiment - Indian Army
1936

enlisted in French Foreign Legion fighting in Spain with Junta
1940

in Palestine Police Force
1941

re-commissioned, Indian Army - General List [emergency commission ?]
1941

on secret service in Iraq
(1942)

Officer Commanding, Indian 4 Patrol, Indian Long Range Squadron (ILRS), attached Long Range Desert Group (Libya)
1943
 -
 		02.03.1944
 		2nd Battlaion 7th Gurkha Rifles (killed in action)
Nash,
Kenneth Howard 		see: British Army  
Nash,
Leonard Augustus Howard
L.A.H. Nash
Married (1915, Birkenhead) Eva Marie Cornish; one son (Capt. Kenneth Howard Nash, Royal Artillery).
 		(09?).1891
Hastings, Sussex
-
1948
London
2nd Lt.
 		01.04.1941
WS/Lt.
 		1941?
WS/Capt.
 		18.01.1942
T/Maj.
 		18.01.1942-(04.1944)
WS/Maj.
 		28.05.1942
T/Lt.Col.
 		28.05.1942-(04.1946)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
 ?
 ?
Efficiency Decoration ED
 ?
 ?
01.04.1941

commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Newell,
Douglas Jasper
D.J. Newell 		15.10.1918
Dorking, Surrey
 -
2004
Dorset
Cpl.
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		05.09.1943
WS/Lt.
05.03.1944
British Army:
 		 
WS/Lt.
 		01.09.1945, seniority 05.03.1944 [353868]
Hon. Capt.
 		01.01.1949
Lt. TA
 		03.03.1953
Capt. TA
 		19.09.1955



volunterred early on and was posted to Ireland and from there went to OCTU, Sandhurst before going to India and Burma as a commisioned officer
05.09.1943

commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
01.09.1945
  
 		 
 		commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps - British Army [emergency commission]
01.01.1949
  
 		 
 		Regular Army Reserve of Officers
03.03.1953
  
 		 
 		Dorsetshire Regiment - Territorial Army
01.04.1958
  
 		 
 		Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
Newton,
Harold Robert
"Bob"
H.R. Newton (Photo courtesy of Mrs Anne Ammundsen) Cross on H.R. Newton's field grave (Photo courtesy of Mrs Anne Ammundsen)
 Son of Capt. Henry J.H. Newton and Thelma Celeste Newton (1893-1985), of Hove, Sussex.
Brother of Col. P.S. Newton, MBE.
Unmarried.
 		02.03.1917
Scarborough, Yorkshire
-
19.12.1941
Hong Kong
(KIA) [age 24]
[Sai Wan Military Cemetery,
Hong Kong, IV.L.1]
2nd Lt.
 		26.08.1937 [810 AI]
Lt.
 		03.09.1939
T/Capt.
06.07.1940-19.12.1941
Mention in Despatches MID
 04.04.1946
 defence of Hong Kong 41
Education: Brighton Grammar School; Royal Military College, Sandhurst
26.08.1937

commissioned, Unattached List for the Indian Army
22.10.1938

commissioned, Indian Army
22.10.1938
 -
 		19.12.1941
 		5th Battalion 7th Rajput Regiment
Newton-King,
Richard Mowbray
R.M. Newton-King 		24.08.1897
-
30.04.1966
Hampton Wick
2nd Lt.
 		15.11.1915
Lt.
 		15.11.1916
A/Capt.
 		...-28.03.1918,
04.10.1918-14.11.1919
Capt.
 		15.11.1919
Maj.
 		15.11.1933
A/Lt.Col.
 		01.10.1939-31.12.1939
T/Lt.Col.
 		01.01.1940-03.01.1941
Lt.Col.
 		01.02.1941
A/Col.
 		13.08.1942-12.02.1943
T/Col.
 		13.02.1943-(04.1946)
Hon. Col.
 		07.11.1953 [24113]
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
 ?
 ?
15.11.1915

commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army)
20.11.1915

commissioned, Indian Army
...
 -
 		...
 		...



transferred, Special List (Ex-Indian Army)
Noble,
Stanley
S. Noble 		1900
Brighouse, Yorkshire
-
A/Regimental Sergeant-Major
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		09.09.1942
WS/Lt.
 		09.09.1942
A/Capt.
 		16.09.1943-(04.1944) (reld 1947)
1914

joined the Royal Artillery (Ireland)



transferred to the Auxiliary Forces as a mule boy (India)
09.09.1942

commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Northam,
Victor Palser
V.P. Northam (Photo courtesy of Mr Charles Hawkshaw-Burn)
Married (15.03.1937, Jhelum) Teresa 'Tilly' Hawkshaw; ... children.
 		15.09.1900
Bristol, Avon
-
05.1967
Tasmania
2nd Lt.
 		24.12.1920 [AI 754]
Lt.
 		24.03.1923
Capt.
 		24.12.1928
Maj.
 		01.08.1938
A/Lt.Col.
 		08.01.1943-07.04.1943
T/Lt.Col.
 		08.04.1943-(04.1946)
Lt.Col.
 		24.12.1946 (retd 01.10.1948)
24.12.1920
  
 		 
 		commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army)
07.03.1922
  
 		 
 		commissioned, Indian Army
...
 -
 		...
 		...
?
 -
 		06.05.1949
 		employed with the Pakistan Armed Forces [retired 01.10.1948 but was continued to be borne on the Special List (ex-Indian Army)]
       

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