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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
?
-
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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