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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
Rayner, Richard Bartrum Son of Tom Rayner, garage proprietor at Cleckheaton, Yorkshire, and Mary Margaret McLennan. Married (11.08.1945, All Soul's Church, Cawnpore, India) Nursing Sister Henrietta Annie Hutchinson; ... children (one son?).	24.11.1918 Inverness, Scotland - 14.01.1975 Reading and Wokingham district, Berkshire	Bdr. ? 2nd Lt. 22.08.1943 WS/Lt. 22.02.1944 (reld > 12.1946, < 04.1947) A/Maj. 1946?	? - 22.08.1943 'A' Company, 4 Wing, Officers' Training School, Mhow 22.08.1943     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] Entered the plastics industry, lastly as Director Plastic Tubing Co Ltd. Chairman British Plastics Federation 1973/74.
Read, Frank Victor	? -	2nd Lt. 09.11.1944 WS/Lt. 09.05.1945	09.11.1944     commissioned, Royal Indian Army Service Corps - Indian Army [emergency commission]
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]
Reekie, John Masson Son of Alexander Duthie Reekie, and Jessie Watt Garden. Married ...; ... children (one son?).	14.05.1910 Montrose district, Scotland - 2013 Montrose district, Scotland	Lt. (OME 4th cl.) 13.08.1940 [142833] Lt. 01.06.1941, seniority 13.08.1940 09.04.1943, seniority 01.06.1936 A/Capt. 22.08.1942-21.11.1942 T/Capt. 22.11.1942-12.12.1942 WS/Capt. 13.12.1942 A/Maj. 19.09.1942-17.12.1942 T/Maj. 18.12.1942-(08.1947)	13.08.1940     commissioned, Royal Army Ordnance Corps [emergency commission] 01.06.1941     transferred, Indian Army Ordnance Corps - Indian Army ?     transferred, Indian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers - Indian Army
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.
Reese, Harold David Son (with one sister and two brothers) of David Richard Reese (1892-1953), and Caroline Sarah Pagett (1889-1967). Married ((12?).1946, Birmingham district, Warwickshire) Edith M. Whiting; one son.	(06?).1919 Handsworth, West Bromwich district, Staffordshire - 27.12.1911 Hereford, Herefordshire	Cpl. ? 2nd Lt. 08.07.1943 WS/Lt. 05.11.1943 (reld > 12.1946, < 04.1947) A?/Capt. 1946?	08.07.1943     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] His granddaughter writes: "I believe he was in the 7th Frontier Force Rifles? He was based at a jungle training camp in Chindwara for most of his war, training troops for fighting in Burma, and spending a little bit of time in Abbottabad as well."
Reeve, Montague Banks Pearman	12.09.1897 - 17.11.1963 Little Cornard, Sudbury district, Suffolk	2nd Lt. 18.06.1917 ... ... Lt.Col. 18.06.1943 A/Brig. 1945?	18.06.1917     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 1944 - 1945 Assistant Quartermaster-General, North-Western Army, India 1945 - 1946 Brig. in charge of Administration, Delhi
Reid, Gordon Knightly Son of Edward Harold and Edith Rosetta Reid. Married (15.08.1943, Isfahan) ....	26.07.1915 Calcutta, West Bengal, India - 28.03.1971 Rustington, Sussex	2nd Lt. 05.09.1941 WS/Lt. 08.02.1942 T/Capt. 01.10.1944-(04.1946) WS/Lt. 01.12.1946, seniority 08.02.1942 [371929] Lt. 01.01.1949, seniority 08.02.1942 Capt. 01.01.1949 Maj. 05.09.1954 (reld 24.09.1960) Hon. Maj. 24.09.1960	05.09.1941     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] 01.12.1946     transferred, North Staffordshire Regiment 01.01.1949     commissioned, North Staffordshire Regiment [short service commission] 01.12.1950     transferred, Corps of Royal Engineers - Movement Control Section Salesman.
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
Renwick, Hew Son of James W.M. Renwick, and Mrs Renwick, of East Sheen. Married (30.08.1939, Lindfield Church, Cuckfield district, Sussex) Evelyn Betty "Pip" Mason (23.11.1913 - 01.2000), daughter of Reginald Maxwell Mason, and Catherine Mary Symonds (1886-1972), of Westland, Chailey, Sussex & Birling Gap, Eastbourne; one son. Residences: 27, Byron Road, Mill Hill, N.W. 208; Hamsland Holt, Horsted Keynes, Sussex.	07.12.1892 United Provinces, India - (09?).1979 Horstead Keynes, Lewes district, East Sussex	L/Cpl. ? 2nd Lt. TF 03.09.1915 2nd Lt. 03.06.1916 [AI 848] Lt. 03.06.1917 A/Capt. ...-01.07.1918, 17.07.1918-27.05.1920 Capt. 28.05.1920 Maj. 28.05.1934 A/Lt.Col. 19.10.1940-18.01.1941 T/Lt.Col. 19.01.1941-27.05.1942 Lt.Col. 28.05.1942 (retd 11.12.1946)	Education: Mill Hill School, 09.1902-07.1908; London University (Officer Training Corps, London Scottish). 03.09.1915 - 05.05.1917 mobilized Territorial Force [2nd Battalion The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)] (for 1 year, 245 days) (served in France, 1914-1917) 03.06.1916     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 06.05.1917     commissioned, Indian Army (attached 39th Garhwal Rifles) 1919     served Afghan War 1939 - 1945 NW Frontier of India: Commanding Officer, 6th Battalion The Royal Garhwal Rifles & Administrative Commandant, Peshawar, NWFP
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
Richards, Leonard "Len" Son (with one sister) of Abraham Richards (1895-1955), and Martha Price (?-1938). Married (01.1949, Ealing, Middlesex) Geneviève Michelle Ceppe; one daughter, one son.	02.11.1921 Aberdare, Glamorgan, South Wales - 21.06.2009 Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	Sgt. ? 2nd Lt. 29.04.1943 WS/Lt. 29.10.1943 (reld 1946) A/Capt.? 1946?	Education: Heath School, Hounslow; King's College, Cambridge (1947; Colonial Service Probationer).       previous service for increment of pay 178 days (with Royal Army Medical Corps) 29.04.1943     commissioned, 12th Frontier Force Rifles - Indian Army [emergency commission] Completed his Colonial Service training at London University and was then posted as an administrative officer to Tanganyika, the western Pacific and Northern Rhodesia before retiring from the Service in 1959 on health grounds. The family migrated to Montreal and Len embarked on a new career as a social worker. A Bachelors and a Masters degree in social work were followed by an MA in political science, an MPhil in public administration and a PhD in community development. After several years as a practicing social worker Len decided that his future lay in academia. An appointment as an associate professor of social work at the University of Calgary was followed by another as Director of the School of Social Work at the University of Newfoundland. He then returned to Calgary where he spent the remainder of his working life, as a professor and from 1978 as the Dean of the Faculty of Social Welfare. Len retired in 1984 and moved to British Columbia
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: lately 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)
Ride, [Sir] Lindsay Tasman .	10.10.1898 - 17.10.1977	2nd Lt. 15.01.1942 WS/Lt.Col. 03.09.1944 A/Col. 03.03.1944-02.09.1944 T/Col. 03.09.1944-(04.1946) - Kt 1962 ? CBE 09.11.1944 British Army Aid Group OBE 16.06.1942 Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps	served Aust. Imp. Forces, 1916-1919 (twice wounded) 1941     Commanding Officer, Hong Kong Field Ambulance, Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps (OBE) 15.01.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] 1942     prisoner of war, escaped 1942 - 1945 formed and commanded the British Army Aid Group, headquartered in Kweilin, Kwangsi; this MI9 unit provided help, medical and otherwise, to POW escapees from Hong Kong while gathering intelligence (CBE) 1948 - 1962 Brig., Commandant Royal Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps Literature: Edwin Ride, BAAG Hong Kong Resistance 1942-1945 (British Army Aid Group) (1981).
Rider, Horace William Married; ... children (one daughter?).	? -	RQMS ? Lt. 02.12.1943 [EC 11361](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 Honourable 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
Ritchie, Donald Beaton	1913 Hillhead district, Scotland - 1998 Dunoon district, Scotland	L/Sgt. ? 2nd Lt. 21.05.1944 [EC 11650] WS/Lt. 21.05.1944 01.08.1945, seniority 21.05.1944 [353362] (reld < 04.1946) Hon. Lt. < 04.1946	21.05.1944     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] (03.1945)     HQ 23rd (Chindit) Infantry Brigade 01.08.1945     transferred, Royal Corps of Signals
Roberts, Alan Frank Lermitte Son of ... Roberts, and ... Abbott. Married ((12?).1950, Surrey Northern district, Surrey) Enid Valerie Holleyman (1930 - ), 6th child of Frank Wilfred Holleyman (1892-1949), and Winifred Sarah Eldridge (1898-1981); one son, three daughters.	29.10.1913 Richmond district, Surrey - (03?).1975 Surrey Mid Eastern district, Surrey	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 12.04.1941 [182157] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 (reld > 12.1946, < 04.1947)	12.04.1941     commissioned, Royal Fusiliers [emergency commission] 01.08.1943     transferred, Indian Army 16.06.1944 - (04.1946) Staff Captain, Directorate of Organization, Adjutant-General's Branch, India Headquarters Staff
Roberts, Denis Herbert	? -	Cpl. ? 2nd Lt. 22.08.1943 WS/Lt. 22.02.1944	? - 22.08.1943 'A' Company, 4 Wing, Officers' Training School, Mhow 22.08.1943     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
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
Roberts, Walter Augustine Son (with two brothers, five sisters and two half-sisters) of James Patrick Roberts (1897-1967), and Gertrude Cecilia Thomas (1901-1943). Married ((03?).1951, Norwich district, Norfolk) Mary Patricia Moore (26.11.1929 - 12.2011); one daughter, two sons..	25.02.1923 India - 11.12.1975 Hethersett, Norwich district, Norfolk	2nd Lt. 15.10.1944 WS/Lt. 1945?, seniority 15.04.1942	15.10.1944     commissioned, Royal Indian Artillery - Indian Army [Indian emergency commission] His son writes: "He was born in India of British (Catholic) parents and went to school and university there. He eventually left India to go to England in the late 40's or early 1950. I think he was fighting in Burma against the Japs."
Robertson, Alexander Guyan Son (with one brother and one sister) of James Robertson (1881-1936), and Isabella Margaret M. MacArthur (1888-1950). Married (28.02.1942, St John's Church, Broughty Ferry, Dundee, Scotland) Dorothy Joan Sibbald (26.05.1918 - 20.04.2008), daughter of Benjamin Sibbald (1885-1976), and Joan Bulloch (1890-1981); three sons, one daughter.	03.01.1918 Hillview Cottage, Middleton St, Alexandria, West Dumbartonshire, Scotland - 19.11.1984 St Columba's Hospice, Edinburgh, Scotland	Pte. ? 2nd Lt. 16.01.1944 [EC 12183] WS/Lt. 16.07.1944 (reld > 12.1946, < 04.1947) A?/Capt.? ?	16.01.1944     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]       Adjutant, (3rd?) Madras Regiment (NW Frontier) His son writes: "I would just mention that there is no doubt that my father held the rank of Captain (presumably "War Substantive") as he (explained to me in later years ) was automatically promoted to that rank upon his appointment as Regimental Adjutant. Throughout my youth he received "official" communications from "Colonial" sources and the Royal Overseas Club (?) addressed to "Capt. A.G. Robertson". I may say that he subsequently had command of "Force Ferret" during the Malayan Emergency (where he normally was employed in H.M. Customs attaining the senior rank of Assistant Controller) and as a consequence had, during those operations of engaging communist Chinese forces in the jungle, the substantive rank of Lt.Col."
Robinson, Norman	30.07.1909 - 21.04.1965	Wt.Offr. ? [1439505] Lt. (Assistant Commissary) 07.04.1944 [OS 617] Hon. Capt. 01.01.1949 Lt. QM 01.01.1949 [402904] (reld 30.07.1964)	08.09.1939 - 06.04.1944 served with Royal Artillery in Lebong,  Darjeeling, West Bengal 07.04.1944     commissioned, Indian Army Departments [emergency commission] 1946/47?     Special List (ex-Indian Army) 01.01.1949 - 30.07.1964 commissioned, Royal Army Ordnance Corps - Regular Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]
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
Rogers, John Crerar Son (with one brother and one sister) of John Rogers (1894-1962), and Agnes "Nan" Aitken Crerar (1894-1968). Married ...; ... children (one son?).	07.04.1916 Ripon, North Yorkshire - 11.10.2003 Dundee City, Scotland	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 01.01.1943 [256707] WS/Lt. 01.07.1943 T/Capt. ?	01.01.1943     commissioned, Pioneer Corps [emergency commission] 01.09.1944     transferred, Indian Army 01.01.1949 - 21.06.1967 Royal Pioneer Corps - Regular Army Reserve of Officers [exceeded age limit]
Rogers, Leslie Robert Sidney Married ((12?).1933, Southwark district, Surrey) Patricia Dorothy Madeline Stone (04.03.1910 - 11.06.2006); two sons.	18.05.1909 Maidstone district, Kent - 10.1996 Ashford district, Kent	2nd Lt. 18.12.1941 [EC 16580] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 (reld > 04.1947)	He had been travelling to/working in Singapore prior to WWII as a planter. 18.12.1941     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] 15.02.1942 - 02.09.1945 POW in Japanese captivity (captured at Singapore)
Rogers, Stuart Scott Son (with two brothers) of Reginald Scott Rogers (1895-1970), and Marjorie Prince (1894-1993), of Pembroke Lodge, View Road, London N6. Married ((09?).1951, Taunton district, Somerset) Margaret Helen Findlay (08.06.1929 - 09.2001), daughter of George Theodore Findlay (1891-1968), and Elizabeth Thomson Porteous (1902-1980); one daughter, two sons.	18.03.1923 Muswell Hill, Edmonton district, London - 06.11.1969 Chartridge, Chesham district, Buckinghamshire	2nd Lt. 04.04.1943 WS/Lt. 04.04.1943 (reld > 04.1947) A? or T?/Maj. ?	Education: Highgate School (09.1935-07.1941; cricket XI 1938-1941; football XI 1938-1940 (Captain)); Pembroke College, Cambridge University (1941-1943; Cambridge versus Oxford cricket 1942-1943). 04.04.1943     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]       6th Gurkha Rifles & Chindits (Burma) Partner in Keith, Bayley & Rigg, Stockbrokers. Member of London Stock Exchange. Played first-class cricket for Somerset, 1947-1953.
Rooney, Bertram Francis Louis "Runce" Married Bertha Adriana "Beppy" ... (1925? - 18.04.1971); ... children (one son?).	15.09.1922 Dublin South district, Ireland -	2nd Lt. 09.07.1942 WS/Lt. 09.01.1943 T/Maj. 01.01.1948-25.07.1948, 28.10.1948-10.01.1949 Lt. 29.10.1949, seniority 15.03.1945 [405272] Capt. 29.10.1949, seniority 15.09.1949 T/Maj. 01.12.1949-06.02.1950, 20.07.1951-14.09.1956 Maj. 15.09.1956 Lt.Col. 13.01.1964 Col. 31.12.1969, seniority 30.06.1969 (retd 31.03.1977) OBE 13.12.1966 Borneo 12.65-06.66 [recommendation available upon request] MBE 01.01.1959 New Year 59 [recommendation available upon request]	Education: jssc, psc.       served in the ranks for 1 year, 274 days 09.07.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission to 28.10.1949]       1st Gurkha Rifles (Burma) 29.10.1949     permanent commission, Royal Regiment of Artillery 16.08.1950     transferred, 7th (Duke of Edinburgh's Own) Gurkha Rifles 20.02.1955 - 01.09.1957 Deputy Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General, HQ British Gurkhas in India (MBE) 11.06.1959 - 11.01.1961 Brigade Major, HQ Gurkha Infantry Brigade 10.10.1966 - (01.1967) General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), HQ Corps 16.11.1970     DPR HQ Far East Command 12.1971     Force Commander, Brunei Military Forces
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]
Ross, Donald Son (with two sisters) of William John Ross (1881-1956), and Laura Brown (1880-1979). Married Josephine Coll, of Limerick, Ireland.	05.05.1905 - 05.1992 Dublin, Ireland	2nd Lt. 03.09.1925 Lt. 03.12.1927 Capt. 03.09.1934 A/Maj. 18.09.1941-17.12.1941 T/Maj. 18.12.1941-02.09.1942 Maj. 03.09.1942 T/Lt.Col. ? OBE 02.06.1944 HM's birthday 44 [recommendation available upon request]	03.09.1925     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 14.10.1926     commissioned, Indian Army 19.04.1936 - 21.10.1937 Aide-de-Camp       served 13th Lancers, Indian Armoured Corps 21.09.1942 - (10.1943) General Staff Officer, grade 1 (GSO1), Armoured Fighting Vehicles Directorate, General Headquarters (GHQ), India (OBE)
Ross, Ernest James Married ...; ... children (one son?).	09.07.1914 - 11.09.1987 [Hamilton Park Cemetery Hamilton, Hamilton City, Waikato, New Zealand]	Wt.Offr. 1st cl. ? 2nd Lt. 28.05.1944 [EC 13744] WS/Lt. 26.07.1944 (reld > 12.1947)	previous service for increment of pay 2 years 32 days 28.05.1944     commissioned, Indian Army Ordnance Corps - Indian Army [emergency commission]
Ross, James	? -	Tpr. ? 2nd Lt. 22.08.1943 WS/Lt. 22.02.1944	? - 22.08.1943 'A' Company, 4 Wing, Officers' Training School, Mhow 22.08.1943     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Rostron, Norman James Son of ... Rostron, and ... Roberts. Married ((06?).1941, Hammersmith district, London) Marie Ottilie Kuss (21.08.1910 - 05.1998); two sons, one daughter.	15.12.1915 Ormskirk district, Lancashire -	Cpl. ? 2nd Lt. 29.08.1942 WS/Lt. ? WS/Capt. 10.05.1943 (reld > 12.1946, < 04.1947) T/Maj. 10.05.1943-(12.1946)	29.08.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]       served Royal Indian Army Service Corps
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
Rubython, Basil John Son of Reginald John Rubython (1889-1977), and Bessie Salt. Married 1st ((12?).1941, Hendon district, Middlesex) Irene Smith (08.03.1920 - 03.2005); two sons, one daughter (and one daughter died in infancy). Married 2nd ((03?).1965, St Marylebone district, London) Maureen C.C. Federico. Maureen Rubython remarried (1975) William Howe.	10.10.1918 Fulham district, London - 21.04.1969 Fulham district, London (road accident) [cremated at Golders Green, East Chapel]	BQMS ? 2nd Lt. 12.12.1942 WS/Lt. 12.06.1943 (reld > 04.1946, < 04.1947)	served in the ranks, Royal Regiment of Artillery       Sandhurst Officer Cadet Training Unit 12.12.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]       served 17th Dogra 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
Rumsey, John Richard Longston Son of Henry St John Rumsey (1884-1972), and Ivy Kealy (1882-1932). Married ((12?).1934, New Forest district, Hampshire) Myrtle Dorothy Wilmer (03.09.1910 - 15.10.1994), daughter of Charles Henry Wilmer (1869-1914), and Dorothy Rose Hannah Taylor (1881-1966); ... children (three daughters, one son?).	25.10.1911 Fareham, Hampshire - 01.1999 Huntingdon district, Huntingdonshire	RAF:   (A) P/O (prob) 02.09.1932 P/O 02.09.1933 F/O 02.04.1935 F/Lt. 02.04.1937 (reld 24.09.1938) Indian Army:   2nd Lt. 24.09.1938 [IA 777] Lt. 19.10.1938, seniority 24.12.1934 A/Capt. 15.02.1940-15.04.1940 Capt. 24.09.1940 A/Maj. 20.01.1941-19.04.1941 T/Maj. 20.04.1941-12.11.1941, 01.06.1942-(01.1946) WS/Maj. ? Maj. 01.07.1946 (retd 20.01.1949) A/Lt.Col. 20.05.1944-(01.1946) T/Lt.Col. ? Hon. Lt.Col. 20.01.1949 British Army:   Maj. 20.01.1949, seniority 01.01.1949 [409885]	02.09.1932     commissioned, Royal Air Force (General Duties Branch) [short service commission] 11.1936 - 1938? 49 Squadron RAF 02.09.1938     transferred to the Reserve of Air Force OFficers, Class A 24.09.1938     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 19.10.1938     commissioned, Indian Army (6th Rajputana Rifles) ... - ... ... 13.01.1942 - 23.05.1942 6th War Course, Middle East Staff School (Haifa) ... - ... ... 20.01.1949 - 28.02.1962 commissioned, Rifle Brigade - Regular Army Reserve of Officers [exceeded age limit] Civil servant in Kenya Service (Temporary Livestock Officer, 04.07.1949; Assistant Labour Officer, 01.01.1950; Secretary Rural Wages Committee; Labour Officer, 01.01.1954]. Published: Air Supply in Burma, in: Army Quarterly 55 (Oct. 1947-Jan. 1948) pp. 33-42.
Rupnarsing Khattri,	1911 - 1994	Jemadar 29.08.1942 [40591 IO] WS/Subadar ? MC 08.03.1945 Italy [recommendation available upon request]	30.10.1928     enlisted, Indian Army 07.10.1943     commissioned, 9th Gurkha Rifles - Indian Army [Indian Officer commission]  (1944)     1st Battalion 9th Gurkha Rifles (MC)
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, Harold Rodney	? -	Tpr. ? 2nd Lt. 22.08.1943	? - 22.08.1943 'A' Company, 4 Wing, Officers' Training School, Mhow 22.08.1943     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
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])
Ryan, Frederick Timothy Married ...; ... children (one son?).	26.05.1926 India - 01.2005 Australia	2nd Lt. 13.01.1945 [EC 15765] (reld 01.12.1945) WS/Lt. ? Hon. Lt. 01.12.1945	13.01.1945     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Ryan, Patrick Tynan Married ...; ... children (one son?).	18.02.1918 - 03.1999 Watford district, Hertfordshire	2nd Lt. 04.09.1941 WS/Lt. 08.02.1942 T/Capt. 08.02.1942-(04.1947) WS/Capt. ? T/Maj. ? Capt. 09.12.1950 [413990] Lt. 07.01.1953, seniority 15.06.1946 Capt. 17.05.1953	04.09.1941     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] 1947?     Special List (ex-Indian Army) 09.12.1950     Royal Ulster Rifles - Regular Army Reserve of Officers 07.01.1953     Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army 03.05.1961     Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
Ryder, Louis Bernard De Ville Married ((06?).1942, Newcastle under Lyme district, Staffordshire) Joyce "Joy" Clews; five children.	? - 01.06.1974 New Zealand	Sgt. ? 2nd Lt. 30.05.1943 WS/Lt. 30.11.1943 WS/Lt. 01.10.1945, seniority 30.11.1943 [355808] (reld > 04.1946, < 04.1947) Lt. 01.01.1952, seniority 29.08.1950 Capt. 29.08.1954 (reld 01.08.1967) Hon. Capt. 01.08.1967	1940     enlisted, Royal Army Ordnance Corps 12.1942 - 29.05.1943 Officer Training School, Mhow 30.05.1943     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]       served Indian Engineers early 1944 - mid 1945 served in the Inland Water Transport Branch of the 7th Division Indian Engineers in the Arakan 01.10.1945     transferred, British Army - Corps of Royal Engineers 01.01.1952     short service commission, Corps of Royal Engineers (Movement Control Section)       served with Movements in Austria, East Africa, Cyprus, Aden and finished his military career with the old Strategic Reserve Movement Control set up, at Salisbury 15.07.1965     transferred, Royal Corps of Transport Emigrated to New Zealand.

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