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Parkash Singh see: Singh,
Parkash 		 
Pizey,
Ray Martin *
W.J. Priest
* possibly the same as: Roy Martin Pizey ((12?).1900 Bristol, Avon - 1985 Devon)
 		?
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2nd Lt.
 		16.05.1942 [EC 57632]
Maj.
 		1942? (reld 07.07.1943)
T/Lt.Col.
 		1942?-07.07.1943
Mentioned in Despatches MID
 16.12.1943
 Burma / Eastern Frontier of India
Tea planter.
16.05.1942

commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
(1942)

Area Commander, Ledo Area, V Force (Burma)
Pratt,
Frederick Albert James
F.A.J. Pratt 		14.01.1901
Taunton, Somerset
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2nd Lt.
 		14.03.1942 [355479]
WS/Capt.
 		20.05.1943
T/Maj.
 		20.05.1943
WS/Maj.
16.02.1945
Capt.
 		01.06.1947, seniority 20.05.1943
Maj.
 		15.03.1955 (reld 11.10.1957)
T/Col.
 		15.03.1955
Hon. Col.
 		11.10.1957
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE
 01.01.1958
 New Year 58
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
 01.01.1949
 New Year 49
03.03.1919

enlisted service with the Somerset Light Infantry [personal no. 5662529]
14.03.1942

commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission to 30.05.1947]



15th Punjab Regiment



served Movement Control, Assam/Burma
01.10.1945

transferred from Indian Army to Movement Control Section, Royal Corps of Engineers, British Army [short service commission from 01.06.1947]
Prendergast,
John Hume
J.H. Prendergast

15.11.1910
Lahore
-
09.02.2008
[Salisbury ?]
2nd Lt.
 		15.11.1931
Capt.
 		15.11.1939
A/Maj.
 		14.10.1940-13.01.1941
T/Maj.
 		14.01.1941-06.08.1941,
27.08.1941-28.03.1942,
06.07.1942-(01.1946)
A/Lt.Col.
 		03.06.1941-06.07.1941,
06.04.1942-(01.1946)
...
 		...
Col.
 		23.07.1957 (retd 20.09.1960)
Hon. Brig.
 		20.08.1960
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 06.06.1946
 ?
Military Cross MC
 13.08.1937
 NW Frontier of India
Military Cross MC
 06.08.1940
 ?
Mentioned in Despatches MID
 09.05.1946
 ?



from Supplementary Reserve of Officers
15.11.1931
  
 		 
 		commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army)
22.01.1933

commissioned, Indian Army
...
 -
 		...
 		...
29.05.1948

transferred, York & Lancashire Regiment (British Army)
06.07.1948
 -
 		30.12.1950
 		GSO1 (MA), Kabul
15.09.1955
 -
 		(02.1957)
 		SO1 (Pt.), HQ 1 Corps, British Army of the Rhine
Prentice,
John Wickham
J.W. Prentice 		26.02.1913
Alresford district, Hampshire
-
1988
2nd Lt.
 		02.02.1933 [6 AI & 56814]
Lt.
 		02.05.1935
Capt.
 		02.02.1941
A/Maj.
 		15.01.1942-14.04.1944
T/Maj.
 		15.04.1942-30.06.1946
Maj.
 		01.07.1946 (retd 27.12.1948)
Hon. Lt.Col.
 		27.12.1948
Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE
 28.06.1945
 Italy
Military Cross MC
 13.08.1942
 Middle East (Egypt and Libya)
02.02.1933

commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army)
27.03.1934

commissioned, Indian Army (Poona Horse - Indian Armoured Corps)



served in Middle East (18th Cavalry) & Italy (17th Horse, HQ 43rd Gurkha Lorried Brigade)
Emigrated to Rhodesia, serving in the Rhodesian Guard Force at age 63.
Priest,
Walter James
W.J. Priest 		?
-
Conductor
 		?
T/Lt. (Assistant Commissary)
 		28.09.1940 (reld > 04.1946)
28.09.1940

commissioned, Indian Army Departments [emergency commission]
1942
 -
 		1945
 		POW in Japanese captivity
Prosser,
Michael Kemp
"Mike"
M.K. Prosser 		?
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2nd Lt.
 		18.04.1943
WS/Lt.
 		18.10.1943
WS/Capt.
 		?
Capt.
 		18.04.1951 [415965]
T/Maj.
 		?
Hon. Maj.
 		18.04.1951
18.04.1943

commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
18.04.1951

Brigade of Gurkhas - Regular Army Reserve of Officers (Honorary Major)

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