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1939-1945

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Rabjohns, Reginald Frank	17.10.1891 -	Assistant Commissary (with rank of Lt.) 01.08.1940 [OS/139] T/Deputy Commissary (with rank of T/Capt.) 15.07.1941-(04.1946) WS/Deputy Commissary (with rank of WS/Capt.) ? (retd 16.12.1947) Hon. Maj. 16.12.1947	24.07.1941     commissioned, Indian Army Departments [emergency commission to 19.01.1945] 20.01.1945     permanent commission
Radcliffe-Genge, George Married; ... children (one son?).	01.10.1906 - (06?).1976 Leicester district	2nd Lt. 24.07.1941 [EC 2906] WS/Lt. 18.12.1942 (reld 23.01.1946; ill-health) T/Capt. 18.12.1942-(04.1944) Hon. Lt. 23.01.1946	24.07.1941     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Rae, Bertram Langford Denis Son of Denis Wilmot Rae (1865-), and Ma Kyin (1880-). Married 1st (23.12.1924, Mandalay, Bengal, India & 31.05.1923, Edinburgh; divorced 1940) Ethel Maud Shirran (10.01.1904-), daughter of George Shirran; one son. Ethel Rae would later become the Kazini Elisa Maria Dorgi Khangsarpa, wife of the First Minister of Sikkim. Married 2nd (08.07.1941) Herta Helene Josephine Margarethe Schmid (17.07.1913-), of Vienna, Austria; five sons and one who died at birth.	28.09.1903 Bhamo, Burma (now Myanmar) - 18.03.1972 Austria ?	2nd Lt. ? [ABRO 1370] (reld 20.01.1946) ... ... T/Lt.Col. ? Hon. Lt.Col. ? MID 19.09.1946 Burma	Education: in Scotland. Police official, Indian Police. Joined the service as assistant district superintendent, Burma, 12.12.1924. Later district superintendent. ? - ? possibly on special operations behind Japanese lines
Rahim Khilji, Fazal	? -	2nd Lt. ? [IEC 1946] A/Capt. ? MID 05.04.1945 Burma	(1945) 13 Frontier Force Rifles (Burma; wounded; possibly a Military Cross [not substantiated]) (1946?) - 12.1946 8/13 Frontier Force Rifles (Djakarta, Indonesia at the headquarters of SEAC) 12.1946 went to Peshawar, transferred to the Pakistan Army and made it to Brigadier
Ramchandran, P V	? -	Maj. (1947)	... - ... ... (1947)     HQ Southern Command, India (Poona)
Ramnesh Chandera	? -	Maj. (1945)	served Royal Indian Army Service Corps 16.08.1945 - 23.10.1945 15th Advanced Course, RIASC School, Kakul
Ramsay-Brown, Donald Younger son of Rev. G.E. Brown, MA, and Mrs Brown. Married 1st ((03?).1946, Westminster district, London) Yvonne Doreen Wray (17.11.1915 - (06?).1976), daughter of A.E. Wray, and Mrs I.H. Wray, of Cheltenham; two daughters, one son. Married 2nd ((12?).1979, Chipping Norton district, Oxfordshire) Margaret J. "Tigger" Stack.	03.07.1917 Chuddergent, Hyderabad, India - 28.06.2007 Islip, nr Oxford, Oxfordshire	2nd Lt. 26.08.1937 [842 IA] Lt. 26.11.1939 A/Capt. 10.09.1940-09.12.1940 T/Capt. 10.12.1940-01.02.1941, 07.03.1941-02.02.1944 WS/Capt. 03.02.1944 Capt. 26.08.1945 A/Maj. 03.11.1943-02.02.1944 T/Maj. 03.02.1944-04.11.1944, 30.12.1944-(01.1946) WS/Maj. ? (retd 12.12.1948) A/Lt.Col. 02.03.1945-(01.1946) Maj. 01.01.1949 [388206] Hon. Lt.Col. 01.01.1949 MC 14.01.1943 Middle East (Egypt and Libya) MC 17.06.1943 Middle East (Egypt and Libya)	26.08.1937     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 22.10.1938     commissioned, Indian Army ... - ... 1st Battalion 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) 01.01.1949 - 03.07.1967 King's Royal Rifle Corps - Regular Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit] Iraq Petroleum Company.
Rana Jhalak Jung Bahadur	? -	Capt. (1947)	... - ... ... (1947)     HQ Southern Command, India (Poona)
Rana, Mohammed Yasin	? -	2nd Lt. 1942 [4234] Capt. ? Maj. ?	1942 commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] (03.1942)     37 Platoon, 7 Company, Officers Training School, Bangalore (09.1946) 26th Battalion Frontier Force Rifles
Rand, Alan Bowring	(09?).1908 Kingston, Surrey -	2nd Lt. 31.05.1941 (reld > 04.1946) A/Capt. ? ?	31.05.1941 commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] (1941) Officer Commanding, Indian 3 Patrol, Indian Long Range Squadron (ILRS), attached Long Range Desert Group
Raymond, Antony Elliot Garden Son (with one brother [Lt. Claud Raymond, VC (1923-1945)] and two sisters) of Lt.Col. Maurice Claud Raymond, CIE, MC (1884-1959), and Margaret Lilias Nancy Brown (1882?-1969), of Fulham, London. Husband of Joan Raymond.	22.11.1918 Isle of Wight - 14.06.1945 [age 26] [Rawalpindi War Cemetery, Pakistan, 2.B.17]	2nd Lt. 25.08.1938 [944 AI] Lt. 25.11.1940 A/Capt. 11.03.1941-10.06.1941 T/Capt. 11.06.1941-23.08.1941, 04.10.1941-09.05.1943, 04.07.1943-14.6.1945	25.08.1938     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 11.09.1939     commissioned, Indian Army ? - 14.06.1945 The Poona Horse (17th Queen Victoria's Own Cavalry), Indian Armoured Corps
Read, Ronald Douglas	? -	Wt.Offr. ? [051609] Assistant Commissary (with rank of Lt.) 23.03.1944 (reld 16.05.1946)	16.02.1935 - 22.12.1939 served in the ranks, British Army 22.12.1939 - 16.05.1946 served, Indian Army Ordnance Corps 23.03.1944     commissioned, Indian Army Departments [emergency commission]
Rees, Thomas Mends Married; one son, one daughter.	01.07.1914 Merthyr Tydfil district, Glamorgan - 09.1987 Haverfordwest, Dyfed	Wt.Offr. ? Assistant Commissary (with rank of Lt.) 30.03.1944 Deputy Commissary (with rank of Capt.) ? 1946 ? * (reld 1947) Hon. Maj. ? 1947? * Held acting/temporary rank [Captain?] for various periods: 26.11.1944-10.05.1945,  26.06.1946-27.07.1946, 21.11.1946-....1947.	travelled to India in 1933 (Mohmand operations) with the Welch Regiment and  seconded to the Indian Army after that 30.03.1944 commissioned, Indian Army Departments [emergency commission] 11.1946 Staff Captain (OS8), HQ South East Asia Command
Rees, Thomas Wynford "Pete" Son of late Rev. Thomas Morgan Rees. Married (1926) Rosalie, only daughter of Sir Charles Innes; one son (Lord Peter Wynford Innes Rees (1926-2008) *), one daughter. * Commissioned 2nd Lt. in the Scots Guards [354975] 28.09.1945	12.01.1898 Cardiff, Glamorgan - 15.10.1959 [Abergavenny?]	2nd Lt. 15.11.1915 [37923] Lt. 15.11.1916 A/Capt. 20.09.1917-22.09.1917 Capt. 15.11.1919 Maj. 15.11.1933 Bt. Lt.Col. 10.12.1937 Lt.Col. 07.07.1939 A/Col. 01.06.1940-30.11.1940 T/Col. 01.12.1940-15.03.1943 Col. 16.03.1943, seniority 10.12.1940 A/Brig. 21.03.1941-20.09.1941 T/Brig. 21.09.1941-29.03.1943 A/Maj.Gen. 30.03.1942-05.03.1944 T/Maj.Gen. 06.03.1944-07.01.1947 Maj.Gen. 08.01.1947, seniority 11.02.1945 (retd 1948) CB 05.07.1945 Burma CIE 01.01.1931 New Year 31 DSO 15.02.1919 * DSO 1940s? ? MC < 02.1919 ? MID WW I ? MID 1924? Waziristan MID 1936? Waziristan MID 1937? Waziristan MID 30.12.1941 Middle East 02-07.41 MID 24.06.1943 Middle East 05-10.42 * For conspicuous gallantry throughout the day on September 19th,1918, during the attack on the Turkish position about Tabsor, and especially after passing through the last objective into open country. Collecting various details of four different units up to a total af about 80 men, he organised them into parties, charged in face of strong opposition, and took two trenches, capturing about 50 prisoners and two field guns. Subsequently, when mounted on a captured pony, he saw a third field gun escaping, whereupon he galloped after it and, single-handed, captured the gun and team complete. He set a magnificent example to all units by his initiative and utter disregard of danger.	Education: Staff College, Camberley (1931-1932; psc) 15.11.1915 commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 24.11.1915 commissioened, Indian Army (7th Rajput Regiment) served European War, 1914-1919 (despatches, MC, DSO, wounded) (09.1918) 73rd Carnatic Infantry, attached 125th Napiers Rifles (Egypt) 1920 Waziristan 19.11.1922 - 14.06.1923 Staff Captain, ... (India) 15.06.1923 - 23.10.1924 Staff Captain, Waziristan Force (despatches) 03.07.1925 - 06.08.1926 General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), ... (India) 02.09.1926 - 05.12.1927 Instructor (Officer Company of Gentlemen Cadets) at Royal Military College, Sandhurst 02.01.1928 - 13.11.1930 ADC (Private Secretary) to Governor of Burma 14.10.1934 - 03.12.1934 General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), ... (India) (1937) 5th Battalion (Napier's) 6th Rajputana Rifles 21.01.1936 - 24.01.1937 Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General, Army HQ India (Waziristan, 1936-1937) (Bt Lt.Col., despatches twice) 25.01.1937 - 31.01.1938 General Statt Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), Waziristan District 1939 Commanding Officer, 3rd Battalion 6th Rajputana Rifles served war of 1939-1945 (wounded twice, despatches, Bar to DSO, CB): 01.06.1940 - 20.03.1941 General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), 4th Indian Division (Middle East) 21.03.1941 - 29.03.1942 Brigade Commander, ... (Sudan) 30.03.1942 - 21.06.1942 General Officer Commanding, 10th Indian Division (Iraq and North Africa) 19.07.1943 - ? specially employed 11.1943 - 1945 General Officer Commanding, 19th Indian Division (The Dagger Division) (Burma) 1945 - 1947 General Officer Commanding, 4th Indian Division 08.1947 - 09.1947 Commander, Punjab Boundary Force 09.1947 - 12.1947 Head of Military Emergency Staff to Emergency Committee of Cabinet, Delhi Colonel, The Rajputana Rifles, 1946; Honorary Colonel, 5th Battalion The Welch Regiment, TA, 21.08.1951. Honorary President, The Boys' Brigade (Wales). Deputy Lieutenant (DL) Monmouthshire, 15.01.1955; Vice-President and Hon. Co. Comr, Boy Scouts, Monmouthshire; Civil Defence Controller, Cardiff Sub­Region of Wales. Hon. LLD Univ. of Wales. Chief Executive Officer and General Manager, Cwmbran New Town, South Wales.
Renny, Gerald Douglas Cazalet	(12?).1921 Lambeth district, London - ?	2nd Lt. 04.07.1942 [EC 3983] WS/Lt. ? A?/Capt. (1946)	04.07.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]       served Scindi Horse
Richards, Charles Harold Son of Capt. C. Richards, West yorkshire Regiment (1857-1902), and ... Dobbins.	17.01.1897 Fulford Barracks, York, Yorkshire -	Lt. (A.C.) 05.12.1940  [MES-14F] (reld 01.01.1947) WS/Maj. ? T/Lt.Col. ?	Indian Army [emergency commission] attached, Indian Army, Southern Command, Poona 05.12.1940 Lieutenant (Assistant Commissary), Indian Army Departments
Richardson, Gordon Stewart Newnham Married Mary Elizabeth de Gruchy; ... children (one daughter?).	12.07.1910 Croydon district, London -	2nd Lt. 28.08.1930 [426 IA] Lt. 28.11.1932 Capt. 28.08.1938 A/Maj. 08.04.1941-30.06.1941, 22.12.1941-28.12.1941 T/Maj. 29.12.1941-30.10.1942 WS/Maj. 31.10.1942 Maj. 01.07.1946 A/Lt.Col. 31.07.1942-30.10.1942 T/Lt.Col. 31.10.1942-01.07.1943, 16.02.1944-02.10.1945 WS/Lt.Col. 03.10.1945 Lt.Col. 01.04.1950 (supernumerary 01.04.1953) A/Col. 15.12.1944-09.01.1945, 02.03.1945-18.05.1945, 17.07.1945-02.10.1945 T/Col. 03.10.1945-09.11.1945, 20.11.1949-28.01.1951 A/Brig. 15.12.1944-09.01.1945, 02.03.1945-18.05.1945. 17.07.1945-02.10.1945 T/Brig. 03.10.1945-09.11.1945 Brig. 12.04.1961 (retd 29.12.1964) DSO 24.08.1944 Italy DSO 28.06.1945 Italy OBE 02.06.1973 HM's birthday 73: latley director, Gurkha Training Scheme, Nepal MID 18.02.1938 ? MID 13.12.1949 ?	Education: Staff College (psc). 28.08.1930     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 24.10.1931     commissioned, Indian Army 18.12.1938 - 05.09.1940 Instructor, ... 06.09.1940 - 21.12.1941 General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), ... 22.12.1941 - 30.07.1942 Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General (DAQMG), ... 08.08.1942 - 03.06.1943 Assistant Quartermaster General (AQMG), ... 1943 - 1944 Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) 18.02.1944 - 14.12.1944 Commandant, ... 15.12.1944 - 09.01.1945 Brigade Commander, ... 02.03.1945 - 18.05.1945 Brigade Commander, ... 07.07.1945 - 16.07.1945 Garrison Commander, ... 17.07.1945 - 09.11.1945 Brigade Commander, ... 01.06.1948     commissioned, 2nd Gurkha Rifles - Gurkha Regiment 04.07.1949 - 19.11.1949 General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), ... 20.11.1949 - 30.06.1950 Inspector Gurkha Training 29.01.1951 - 20.08.1952 General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1) (Training), Western Command 29.08.1961 - 29.12.1964 ADC to the Queen
Riddick, George Reginald	31.07.1916 - 31.01.2007 Cranbrook, Kent	2nd Lt. 27.08.1936 [68915] Indian Army: 2nd Lt. 05.11.1937 Lt. 27.11.1938 A/Capt. 04.09.1939-27.11.1939, 16.08.1940-21.08.1940 T/Capt. 22.08.1940-02.05.1941, 12.05.1941-08.03.1943, 26.03.1943-16.09.1943, 20.11.1943-26.08.1944 Capt. 27.08.1944 A/Maj. 16.07.1943-16.09.1943, 10.08.1944-06.09.1944 T/Maj. 07.09.1944-26.08.1949 REME: Lt. 23.09.1947, seniority 31.07.1939 Capt. 23.09.1947, seniority 27.08.1944 Maj. 27.08.1949 T/Lt.Col. 10.12.1953-31.12.1957 Lt.Col. 01.01.1958 (retd 31.07.1971) OBE 01.01.1971 New Year 71 MC 08.07.1943 ? MID 25.11.1943 ? NW Frontier of India 1936-39 Medal & Clasp	Education: Staff College (psc) served in the ranks for 5 years, 361 days 27.08.1936 commissioned, Unattached List 05.11.1937 transferred to Indian Army 12.05.1941 - 11.02.1943 General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), ... (India) 01.06.1945 - 26.12.1945 Brigade Major, ... (Lahore) 28.12.1945 - 20.09.1947 A.D.Int. Peshawar 23.09.1947 transferred to the Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers FIMechE, FBIM (AMIMechE, AMBIM)
Rider, Horace William Married; ... children (one daughter?).	? -	RQMS ? Lt. 02.12.1943 (reld > 04.1947)	02.12.1943     commissioned, "Special List" of Quarter-Masters of the Royal Engineers (Indian Army) [emergency commission]
Rieu, Etienne Alfred	05.02.1908 -	2nd Lt. TA 29.07.1929 2nd Lt. 31.01.1931 [381 IA] Lt. 30.04.1933 Capt. 31.01.1939 A/Maj. 25.05.1941-... T/Maj. ..., 10.06.1943-31.07.1944 WS/Maj. 01.08.1944 Maj. 01.07.1946 Maj. 21.11.1946, seniority 01.07.1946 [42175] (retd 14.04.1960) A/Lt.Col. 01.05.1944-31.07.1944 T/Lt.Col. 01.08.1944-20.11.1947, 17.08.1948-15.11.1953 Hon. Lt.Col. 14.04.1960	late Cadet, King's School (Worcester) Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps served in the ranks, The Horourable Artillery Company - Infantry 29.07.1929     commissioned, 12th London Regiment - Territorial Army 31.01.1931 commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 22.03.1932 commissioned, Indian Army served 5th Mahratta Light Infantry 03.06.1940 - (04.1941) Staff Captain, Directorate of Ordnance Services, India HQ Staff 21.11.1947 transferred, Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Roberts, Vernon Owain Son of Rev. Robert Owen Roberts. Married (03.11.1946) Hon. Isobel Caroline Irby (born 04.05.1917) (divorced 1950), daughter of Sir Greville Northey Irby, 7th Baron Boston and Constance Beryl Lester.	? -	2nd Lt. 27.07.1940 [EC 1222] WS/Lt. 25.04.1941 (reld > 04.1946) WS/Capt. (1946?) T/Maj. (1946) Capt. 04.03.1947, seniority 03.02.1944 [378600] (reld 23.03.1949) Hon. Maj. 23.03.1949 Capt. RARO 23.03.1949, seniority 01.01.1949 MID 19.09.1946 Burma	27.07.1940 commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission to 03.03.1947] served 1st Gurkha Rfiles 04.03.1947 - 23.03.1949 short service commission, The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) 23.03.1949 - ? Regular Army Reserve of Officers
Roe, Ronald Herbert Son of Herbert Bassett Roe, and Alice Margaret Roe, of Marlow, Buckinghamshire.	27.06.1914 - 14.11.1943 (KIA) [age 29] [Rangoon Memorial, face 48]	2nd Lt. ? [EC 9055] WS/Lt. ? A?/Capt. ?	Education: Oakham School (1923-1931) ? commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] ? - 14.11.1943 1st Battalion 16th Punjab Regiment
Rosie, John Alexander	1911 Alloway district, Ayr, Scotland - 1996 Edinburgh, Scotland	Pte. ? 2nd Lt. 20.02.1944 [EC 12677] WS/Lt. 20.08.1944 (reld > 12.1946, < 04.1947)	served in the ranks, Indian Army 20.02.1944     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Rowland, Eric Arthur Ingman	(09?).1921 Chester district, Cheshire -	Pte. ? 2nd Lt. 10.09.1941 (reld > 04.1946) Lt. 1946? [416568] Hon. Capt. 06.06.1951-..., 22.10.1955-25.12.1956, 20.06.1958	served in the ranks, Indian Army 10.09.1941 commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] served 6th Gurkha Rifles (1946?) Special List (ex-Indian Army) 06.06.1951 Brigade of Gurkhas, Regular Army Reserve of Officers [12.12.1951 "relinquished commission on enlistment in the Australian Military Forces"; possibly not effectuated, or cancelled later on]
Rowlandson, Algernon Harvey Wynyard Only son of Maj. H.W. Rowlandson, CBE, 82nd Punjabis. Married (30.09.1937, Srinagar, Kashmir) Ailsa Macleod Lawrance (died 11.08.1946, aged 39), daughter of Capt. & Mrs. R.C. Lawrance; two daughters.	15.11.1908 -	2nd Lt. 30.08.1928 [AI 305] Lt. 30.11.1930 Capt. 30.08.1937 T/Maj. ...-29.08.1945 Maj. 30.08.1945 (retd 27.12.1948) A/Lt.Col. 19.06.1944-(01.1946) T/Lt.Col. (1946) Hon. Lt.Col. 27.12.1948 MID 19.09.1946 Burma	30.08.1928   commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 24.11.1929 commissioned, Indian Army (1937)  - (1938) 36th Sikhs, attached South Waziristan Scouts served 3rd Madras Regiment
Ruff, Wallace Eliott	? New Zealand -	2nd Lt. 05.07.1941 WS/Lt. 01.03.1942 (reld > 04.1946)	Officer Training School, Belgaum (India) 05.07.1941     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Rugg, Kenneth George Son of ... Rugg, nad ... Tipping. Married ((09?).1949, Grimsby district, Lincolnshire) Iris T. Whitworth.	07.04.1920 Bromley district, Surrey / Kent - 10.1990 Gravesend district, Kent	Cpl. ? 2nd Lt. 18.10.1941 WS/Lt. 02.08.1942 T/Capt. 02.08.1942-28.02.1944 WS/Capt. 29.02.1944 (reld < 04.1947) T/Maj 29.02.1944-(04.1946)	18.10.1941     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]       served Royal Indian Army Service Corps 16.08.1945 - 23.10.1945 15th Advanced Course, RIASC School, Kakul
Russell, [Sir] Dudley Son of Harry P. Russell. Married (1929) Elizabeth, daughter of Sandys Birket Foster, New York, USA.	01.12.1896 Bexley Heath, Dartford district, Kent - 04.02.1978 [Nassau, Bahamas ?]	T/2nd Lt. 22.09.1914-31.01.1915 [8991 & AI 451] T/Lt. 01.02.1915-24.11.1917 Lt. 25.11.1917, seniority 22.06.1916 A/Capt. (1919) Capt. 16.06.1919 Maj. 16.06.1933 Lt.Col. 24.04.1938 A/Col. 16.10.1940-15.04.1941 T/Col. 16.04.1941-26.08.1941, 10.09.1941-22.10.1943 Col. 23.10.1943, seniority 24.04.1941 A/Brig. 10.09.1941-09.03.1942 T/Brig. 10.03.1942-07.01.1944 A/Maj.Gen. 08.01.1943-07.01.1944 T/Maj.Gen. 08.01.1944-11.02.1946 Maj.Gen. 12.02.1946, seniority 23.11.1945 A/Lt.Gen. 1947 Hon. Lt.Gen. 29.07.1954 (retd 1954) KBE 02.01.1950 New Year 50 CB 05.07.1945 Italy CBE 31.08.1944 Italy OBE 30.12.1941 Middle East 02.41-07.41 DSO 09.09.1942 Middle East 11.41-04.42 MC 08.03.1919 Egypt MID 24.06.1943 Middle East 05.42-10.42 MID 23.06.1945 Italy LM 02.08.1945 distinguished services in the cause of the Allies	Education: Staff College (1915) - (1917) 7th Battalion The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [WW I medals] 22.06.1916 commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 25.11.1917 commissioned, Indian Army (2nd Battalion 97th Deccan Infantry) 1935 - 1938 6th Royal Battalion (Scinde), 13th Frontier Force Rifles (Kohat, Razmak and Ahmednager, North West Frontier, India) [qualified as Higher Standard Interpreter in Pashto, 1936] 1938 - 1940 Commanding Officer, 6th Royal Battalion (Scinde), 13th Frontier Force Rifles 16.10.1940 - 26.08.1941 General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), 5th Indian Division (Middle East [Eritrea, Ethiopia & Abyssinia]) [present at Battle of Amba Alagi, Ethiopia, and negotiated surrender of the Italian Gen Amadeo, Duke of Aosta, Commander-in-Chief, Italian forces in East Africa, May 1941] 10.09.1941 - 07.01.1943 Commander, 5th Indian Infantry Brigade (Middle East [Western Desert]) [present at Second Battle of El Alamein, Oct 1942] 1943 - 1945 General Officer Commanding, 8th Indian Infantry Division (Middle East, Italy) 1947 General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Delhi and East Punjab Command of Indian Army 1948 - 1954 Chief British Adviser to Indian Army
Russell, W D	? -	Pte. ? 2nd Lt. 16.08.1941 [EC 3379] WS/Capt 16.11.1941 T/Maj. 10.04.1944-(12.1947) WS/Maj. ? (reld 01.01.1948) T/Lt.Col. (1947) Hon. Lt.Col. 01.01.1948	16.08.1941 commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] (1947)     HQ Southern Command (Poona, India)
Rutter, Joseph William	? -	Pte. 07.01.1931 [5825234] Sgt. ? 2nd Lt. 09.07.1942 [EC 8255] WS/Lt. 09.07.1942 T/Capt. 12.08.1943-02.02.1944 WS/Capt. 03.02.1944 (reld 31.12.1947) T/Maj. 03.02.1944-31.12.1947 Hon. Maj. 31.12.1947	07.01.1931 - 08.07.1942 served in the ranks, 2nd Battalion The Suffolk Regiment (NW Frontier of India) 09.07.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]       served Deccan Horse, then Indian Grenadiers (Burma [Kohima & Imphal])

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