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Rahim Khilji,
Fazal
F. Rahim Khilji
?
-
2nd Lt.
? [IEC 1946]
A/Capt.
?
Mention in Despatches 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
Ramsay-Brown,
Donald
D. Ramsay-Brown


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2007/07/19/db1901.xml
03.07.1917
Chuddergent, Hyderabad, India
-
28.06.2007

2nd Lt.
26.08.1937 [842 IA]
Capt.
26.08.1945
...
...
A/Lt.Col.
02.03.1945-(01.1946)
Military Cross MC
14.01.1943
Middle East
Military Cross MC
17.06.1943
Middle East
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
Rand,
Alan Bowring
A.B. Rand
(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
Rees,
Thomas Mends
T.M. Rees
Married; one son, one daughter.
01.07.1914
Merthyr Tydfil district, Glamorgan
-
1987
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"
T.W. Rees
T.W. Rees
T.W. Rees
T.W. Rees
T.W. Rees
T.W. Rees
Son of late Rev. T.M. Rees.
Married (1926) Rosalie, only
daughter of Sir Charles Innes; one son, one daughter.
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)
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
05.07.1945
Burma
Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire CIE
01.01.1931
New Year 31
Distinguished Service Order DSO
15.02.1919
*
Distinguished Service Order DSO
1940s?
?
Military Cross MC
< 02.1919
?
Mention in Despatches MID
WW I
?
Mention in Despatches MID
1924?
Waziristan
Mention in Despatches MID
1936?
Waziristan
Mention in Despatches MID
1937?
Waziristan
Mention in Despatches MID
30.12.1941
Middle East 02-07.41
Mention in Despatches 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.
Richards,
Charles Harold
C.H. Richards
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
Riddick,
George Reginald
G.R. Riddick

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)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
01.01.1971
New Year 71
Military Cross MC
08.07.1943
?
Mention in Despatches 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)
Rowland,
Eric Arthur Ingman
E.A.I. Rowland
?
-
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]
Russell,
[Sir] Dudley
D. Russell
Married (1929) Elizabeth, daughter of Sandys Birket Foster, New York, USA.
01.12.1896
-
04.02.1978
[Nassau, Bahamas ?]
T/2nd Lt.
22.09.1914-31.01.1915 [8991]
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)
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire KBE
1950
?
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
05.07.1945
Italy
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE
31.08.1944
Italy
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
30.12.1941
Middle East 02.41-07.41
Distinguished Service Order DSO
09.09.1942
Middle East 11.41-04.42
Military Cross MC
08.03.1919
Egypt
Mention in Despatches MID
24.06.1943
Middle East 05.42-10.42
Commander, Legion of Merit (US) 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)
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
       

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