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1939-1945

 

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Oakes,
Charles William
C.W. Oakes
 Married Clair Oakes (née ...) (died 23.02.2007, aged 83).
 		03.10.1912
-
10.1992
Poole, Dorset
2nd Lt.
 		02.02.1933 [62363]
Lt.
 		02.05.1935
Capt.
 		02.02.1941
Maj.
 		? (retd 16.04.1951)
02.02.1933

commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army)
05.03.1934

commissioned, Indian Army
...
 -
 		...
 		...
16.04.1951
 -
 		03.10.1962
 		Regular Army Reserve of Officers - Royal Armoured Corps [age limit]
O'Brien,
Gerald Godfrey
Portrait, c. 1943/44. (Photo courtesy of Mr M.G. O'Brien)
 Married; at least one son.
 		02.02.1919
-
02.2002
Portsmouth, Hamsphire
Gnr.
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		29.10.1941
WS/Lt.
13.05.1943
WS/Capt. ?
 		?
A/Maj.
 		? (reld 1946; disability due to TB)
1940
 -
 		1946
 		served in the Royal Indian Army Service Corps
29.10.1941

commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Ollis,
Alfred Arthur
A.A. Ollis (Photo courtesy of Mrs Angela Drew)		 (12?).1892
Birmingham, Warwickshire
-
(12?).1959
Birmingham, Warwickshire
Sub-Conductor ?
Assistant Commissary (with rank of Lt.) 10.05.1940
10.05.1940     commissioned, Indian Army Departments [emergency commission]
      captured at Singapore, spending the rest of the war in Japanese captivity
Oliver,
Roland Brian
R.B. Oliver 		?
-
Sapper ?
2nd Lt. 22.10.1944 [EC15185] (reld > 04.1947)
A?/Capt. ?
      served in the ranks, Corps of Royal Engineers
22.10.1944     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
      served with the 4th & 6th Battalions (3rd) Madras Regiment
      served in Burma & ended up at Fort Sandeman on the North West Frontier of India
O'Marah,
Andrew Joseph
A.J. O'Marah (Photo courtesy of Mr Kevin O'Marah) A.J. O'Marah (Photo courtesy of Mr Kevin O'Marah)
Married; ... children (one son?).
 		(03?).1905
Dolgelly, Merionethshire / Montgomeryshire
-
CSM
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		12.12.1943 [EC 12018]
WS/Lt.
21.12.1943 [353122]
A/Capt. ?
 		?



served in the ranks
12.12.1943

commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
01.09.1945

transferred, Royal Army Ordnance Corps (Administrative Branch)
O'Neal,
Norman Peter George
N.P.G. O'Neal (Photo courtesy of Mr Alan O'Neal)
Son (with two brothers) of Rev. Lionel Nurse O'Neal (1883-1940), vicar, and Dorothy Harriet Garrard (1886-1974).
Married 1st ((03?).1946, Bedford, Bedfordshire) Ursula Garrard (02.10.1924 - 09.1998), youngest daughter of the Rev. Oswald Norman Garrard (1892-1961), and Mrs Garrard, of Bedford; two sons, one daughter.
Married 2nd Veronica ....; one son.
23.04.1915
Forres, Moray, Scotland
-
(09?).1974
Tonbridge district, Kent
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 31.01.1935 [464 AI]
Lt. 30.04.1937
Capt. 31.01.1943
Maj. 31.01.1948 (retd 11.10.1948)
Maj. RARO 29.11.1950 [388665]
Education: Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
31.01.1935     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army [left for India on HMT Neuralia from Southampton 15.02.1935]
17.03.1936     commissioned, Indian Army
? - 1942 Adjutant, 2nd Battalion, 1st King George V Own Gurkha Rifles
1942 - 1945 POW in Japanese captivity (some time at Changi)
1946/47?     Special List (ex-Indian Army)
29.11.1950 - 23.04.1965 Brigade of Gurkhas - Regular Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]
Indian rubber plantation manager. Returned from Malaya to the UK (Derby), 1955.
O'Neill,
John Hugh Shirley
J.H.S. O'Neill
Son of John O'Neill, of East Indian Railways, and Lucy O'Neill.
Married (31.01.1940) Elsie Gabrielle Page (14.02.1910 - 07.2000), daughter of Cdr. Reginald Ernest Page, RN (1869-1932), and Isobel May Goodman (1875-1952); one daughter. Elsie O'Neill remarried Harry Logan.		 04.08.1918
India
-
24.12.1950
Kuala Lumpur, Malaya
[buried in Singapore]
2nd Lt. 01.07.1939 [AI 1070]
WS/Lt. 15.10.1940
Lt. 01.01.1941
A/Capt. 16.07.1940-14.10.1940
T/Capt. 15.10.1940-18.11.1940,
21.12.1940-(1945)
Capt. 01.07.1946 (retd 13.01.1948)
T/Maj. (1945)
Hon. Maj. 13.01.1948
Military Cross MC 20.09.1945 Burma
Education: Saint Joseph’s boarding school, Nanitol, India; Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
01.07.1939     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army)
29.01.1940     commissioned, Indian Army
(1945)     6/15th Punjab Regiment (Burma) (MC)
Ormiston,
George Ross
G.R. Ormiston (Photo courtesy of Mr Sunil Menon)
Son of George Alfred Ormsiton (1875-), and Beatrice Hockley.
Married (1939, Plymouth) Margaret Catherine Bill; two daughters.
 		09.08.1910
Asanol, India
-
2nd Lt.
 		29.01.1931 [IA 377]
Lt.
 		29.04.1933
Capt.
 		29.01.1939
A/Maj.
 		10.04.1944-(01.1946)
Maj.
 		? (retd 21.09.1948)
RAF:
 		 
Sq.Ldr.
 		04.09.1950, seniority 01.09.1947 [501256] (transferred to reserve 04.09.1946; retaining rank of W/Cdr.)
29.01.1931

commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army)
02.04.1932
  
 		 
 		commissioned, Indian Army
...
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 		...
 		...
(1947)
  
 		 
 		2nd Punjab Regiment
01.01.1949
 -
 		04.09.1950
 		commissioned, Dorsetshire Regiment - Regular Army Reserve of Officers [399815]
04.09.1950
 -
 		04.09.1956
 		short service commission, Royal Air Force Regiment
Ormsby,
Montague Albert
"Monty"
 M.A. Ormsby (Photo courtesy of Mr Frank de Planta)
Son of Montague Henry Ormsby (1877-1955), and Marian Wallace Green (?-1936), of Woodbridge.
 Married (1945) Diana (Beanie) Warnford (14.03.1923 - 1995); one son.

16.09.1916
Madras, India
-
14.02.2006
Salisbury ?
2nd Lt. 26.08.1938 [69271]
Lt. 26.11.1940
A/Capt. 14.02.1941-13.05.1941
T/Capt. 14.05.1941-25.10.1943
WS/Capt. 26.10.1943
Capt. (Special List) 01.07.1946
A/Maj. 26.07.1948-25.10.1943
T/Maj. 26.10.1943-13.03.1948,
01.05.1948-25.04.1950,
04.02.1951-25.08.1951
Maj. 26.08.1951
A/Lt.Col. 15.12.1944-09.01.1945
T/Lt.Col. 26.04.1950-03.02.1951,
01.05.1958-20.05.1958
local Lt.Col. 01.04.1958-30.04.1958
Lt.Col. 21.05.1958 (supernumerary 21.05.1961) (Special List 01.10.1966) (retd 01.05.1970)
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) MBE 13.06.1981 HM's birthday 81
Military Cross MC 20.07.1944 Italy
Military Cross MC 19.05.1950 ?
Education: Uppingham School (1930.3-1935.2).
1938?     from Supplementary Reserve of Officers
26.08.1938     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army)
13.09.1939     commissioned, Indian Army
(1942)     1st Battalion 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) (North Africa, Italy)
05.1943 - 07.1943 Instructor, Brigade Malta
26.07.1943 - 05.02.1944 Chief Instructor, Indian Reinforcement Camp
27.07.1945 - 11.1946 Chief Instructor, 2nd Gurkha Rifles Regimental Centre
14.03.1948     commissioned, 2nd Gurkha Rifles [permanent commission]
26.04.1952 - 30.08.1952 General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), Gurkha Infantry Brigade
15.11.1952 - 14.02.1953 IQ, HQ Gurkha Infantry Brigade
11.07.1953 - 06.04.1955 Deputy Assistant Adjutant General (DAAG), Malay
01.04.1963 - 06.09.1966 Commandant, Army Method of Instr. Centre
Osborn,
Jack Dashwood Breton
J.D.B. Osborn (Photo courtesy of Mr Nigel Osborn) J.D.B. Osborn (Photo courtesy of Mr Nigel Osborn)
J.D.B. Osborn (Photo courtesy of Mr Nigel Osborn) J.D.B. Osborn (Photo courtesy of Mr Nigel Osborn)
Son of Francis Burton Osborn (1872-1942), and Beatrice De Courcie Goldie (1867-1955).
Married Evlyn Elizabeth ... (1898? - 24.06.1933); one son, one daughter.		 16.06.1902
Staines district, Middlesex
-
31.10.1962
Marown, Isle of Man
[buried 03.11.1962]
2nd Lt. 04.06.1942 [EC 11195]
WS/Capt. 01.11.1942 (reld 01.12.1945)
T/Maj. (1944)
Hon. Maj. 01.12.1945
Appointed Assistant Superintendent Traffic Department, Indian State Railway Establishment Secretary of State, 10.12.1925.
04.06.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
      served Indian Engineers
Osmany,
M A G
M.A.G. Osmany (Photo courtesy of Mrs Linda Smith) 		?
-
Maj. (1945)
      served Royal Indian Army Service Corps
16.08.1945 - 23.10.1945 15th Advanced Course, RIASC School, Kakul
Ottley,
John Francis Shibley
J.F.S. Ottley (Photo courtesy of Mrs Julia Boak)
Son of Col. William John Ottley, 32nd Sikh Pioneers.		 11.05.1912
-
1963
Huntingdonshire
2nd Lt. 28.01.1932 [AI 17]
Lt. 28.04.1934
Capt. 28.01.1940
Maj. 01.07.1946 (retd 16.06.1948)
T/Lt.Col. ?
Hon. Lt.Col. 16.06.1948
28.01.1932     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army)
13.03.1933     commissioned, Indian Army
? - ? ?
(1947)     Commanding Officer, 5th Battalion 1st Punjab Regiment
Outten,
Edmund Charles
E.C. Outten
Also known as: E.C. Van Outten, or C.E. Outten.
 		21.10.1919
Rochford district, Essex
-
05.2002
North Dorset
2nd Lt.
 		01.11.1941
WS/Lt.
 		03.01.1943
A/Capt. ?
 		?
01.11.1941

commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
       

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