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1939-1945

 

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Sahukar,
Adi Kaikhusaroo
A.K. Sahukar

Married; ... children (one son?).
?
-
11.2008 still alive
2nd Lt.
28.11.1941? [IC 1081 / IEC 2459]
Lt.
?
Mentioned in Despatches MID
29.11.1945
Italy
28.11.1941?
 
 
commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commision]
1941
-
1946
served Royal Indian Army Service Corps, being attached to various formations in North Africa, PAI Force, Italy, Greece and the UK
Served on in the Independent Indian Army, retiring as a Brigadier in 1969.
Sainter,
James Dow
J.D. Sainter
03.01.1896
-
07.1986
Surrey Mid Eastern district, Surrey
Lt. 07.05.1917 [IA 548]
A/Capt. 04.01.1919-02.05.1920
Capt. 03.05.1920
Bt. Maj. 01.01.1933
Maj. 03.05.1934
A/Lt.Col. 07.08.1940-06.11.1940
T/Lt.Col. 07.11.1940-02.05.1942
Lt.Col. 03.05.1942 (retd 14.01.1948)
Military Cross MC 20.10.1916 *
British War Medal 1914-1920 BWM 14|20 - -
Victory Medal VM - -
Mentioned in Despatches MID 20.10.1916 ?
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St - -
Pacific Star Pac St - -
British War Medal 1939-1945 BWM 39|45 - -
* For conspicuous gallantry during a raid. He led the left flank party of a raid in which forty or fifty of the enemy were killed and one prisoner captured. Previous to the raid he carried out and placed a torpedo in the enemy wire within 25 yards of the enemy trenches. He personally accounted for three of the enemy with his revolver, and, previous to the raid, carried out fine reconnaissances.
07.1915 - 15.09.1917 mobilized Territorial Force  for 2 years, 40 days (6th Battalion The Seaforth Highlanders; from 12.07.1916 France/Flanders; served in the battles of the Somme and Ancre, he was wounded on 13 November 1916 at Beaumont Hamel and was invalided to England)
07.05.1917     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army)
16.09.1917     commissioned, Indian Army (1st Battalion 66th Punjab Regiment)
(1933)     2nd Battalion 1st Punjab Regiment
? - 02.1942 Commanding Officer, 6th Battalion 1st Punjab Regiment (captured at the fall of Singapore)
02.1942 - 1945 POW in Japanese captivity (Senior British Officer at Nakom Pathom Camp)
Sama,
C M
C.M. Sama (Photo courtesy of Mr Charles Hawkshaw-Burn)
?
-
Maj.
(1947)
...
-
...
...
(1947)
 
 
HQ Southern Command, India (Poona)
Sampey,
Alexander William
A.W. Sampey

15.11.1908
-
04.09.1962
Ferndown, Dorset
Lt. (prob.)
23.04.1935 [MZ/14268]
Capt. (prob.)
23.04.1936
Capt.
08.1942, seniority 23.04.1935
A/Maj.
20.04.1941-19.07.1941
T/Maj.
20.07.1941-09.03.1943
WS/Maj.
10.03.1943
Maj.
23.04.1945 (retd 01.07.1948)
A/Lt.Col.
10.12.1942-09.03.1943
T/Lt.Col.
10.03.1943-13.04.1943,
18.05.1944-25.06.1944
Hon. Lt.Col.
01.07.1948
34.04.1935


commissioned, Indian Medical Service
...
-
...
...
Post-war a medical practitioner.
Sanders,
Gerard Arthur Ingalton
G.A.I. Sanders (Photo courtesy of Mr Charles Hawkshaw-Burn)
Married (1932).
12.06.1900
South Stoneham distrct, Hampshire
-
(03?).1980
Yeovilton district, Somerset
2nd Lt.
15.04.1919 [IA 414]
Lt.
15.04.1920
Capt.
15.04.1925
Maj.
15.04.1937
A/Lt.Col.
15.11.1940-14.02.1941
T/Lt.Col.
15.02.1941-16.03.1941,
21.11.1941-14.04.1945
Lt.Col.
15.04.1945 (retd 10.05.1949)
15.04.1919
 
 
commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army)
22.04.1919
 
 
commissioned, Indian Army
...
-
...
...
(1947)
 
 
HQ Southern Command, India (Poona)
?
-
12.06.1955
Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit] [402872]
Sanderson,
Victor George
V.G. Sanderson (Photo courtesy of Mr Nick Sanderson)
Son of George W. Sanderson, and Alice M. Keen.
19.09.1917
Blean district, Kent
-
08.1990
Canterbury district, Kent
2nd Lt. 10.06.1941 [EC 2500]
WS/Lt. 10.06.1941
T/Capt. ?
WS/Capt. 27.11.1944 (reld 09.11.1953)
T/Maj. 27.11.1944-(04.1946)
Mentioned in Despatches MID 05.04.1945 Burma / Eastern Frontier of India
10.06.1941     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
      served Royal Indian Army Service Corps
09.11.1953     short service commission (30.04.1954 cancelled)
Savage,
William Dudley
W.D. Savage W.D. Savage

20.03.1920
Gulval, nr Penzance
-
25.11.2008
nursing home nr Liskeard
L/Bdr.
?
2nd Lt.
12.08.1943
WS/Lt.
12.02.1944 (reld > 04.1946)
A/Capt. ?
1945 ?
British Army:
 
WS/Lt. 
01.09.1945, seniority 12.02.1944 [350042]
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Civil Division) MBE
1978
?



served in the ranks
12.08.1943
 
 
commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
01.09.1945
 
 
transferred, The Devonshire Regiment
BBC broadcaster of popular organ music.
Scoones,
Sir Geoffry Allen Percival
G.A.P. Scoones G.A.P. Scoones  
 
Son of Major Fitzmaurice Thomas Le Fevre Scoones, of the Royal Fusiliers, and his wife, Florence (née Osborne).
Elder brother of Gen. Sir Reginald Lawrence Scoones.

25.01.1893
-
19.09.1975
[Ashdon, Saffron Walden, Essex ?]
2nd Lt.
20.01.1912 [40494]
...
...
Col.
29.01.1939, seniority 01.01.1936
A/Brig.
17.05.1940-16.11.1940
T/Brig.
17.11.1940-16.04.1942
A/Maj.Gen.
17.04.1941-16.04.1942
T/Maj.Gen.
17.04.1942-16.09.1942
Maj.Gen.
17.09.1942
A/Lt.Gen.
01.08.1942-31.07.1943
T/Lt.Gen.
01.08.1943-05.06.1944
Lt.Gen.
06.06.1944, seniority 02.04.1944
Gen.
15.04.1946, seniority 30.06.1945 (retd 23.05.1948 *)
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath KCB
01.01.1947
New Year 47
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) KBE
1944
?
Companion of the Star of India CSI
11.06.1942
HM's birthday 42
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) OBE
1935
?
Distinguished Service Order DSO
1917
?
Military Cross MC
?
?
* retained on the Special List (Ex-Indian Army) British Army to 30.06.1949, while employed with the Defence Staff, Commonwealth Relations Office
20.01.1912


commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army)
08.03.1913


commissioned, Indian Army
...
-
...
...
29.01.1939
-
16.05.1940
General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), ... (India)
17.05.1940
-
16.04.1941
Deputy Director Military Operations, India
17.04.1941
-
08.04.1942
Director Military Operations & Intelligence, India
09.04.1942
-
31.07.1942
General Officer Commanding, 19th Indian Infantry Division (India)
01.08.1942
-
08.12.1944
Corps Commander, IV Corps (India, Burma)
19.12.1944
-
(01.1946)
General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Central Command, India (special appointment)
1947
-
01.08.1949
ADC General to HM the King
British High Commidssioner in New Zealand, 1953-1957.
Scott,
Edward
E. Scott (Photo courtesy of Mr Robin Smith)
?
-
2nd Lt. 02.04.1942
... ...
(02.1942)     "A" Company, Officer Training School, Belgaum (India)
02.04.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Scott,
James Bruce
J.B. Scott
Son of late James Scott, CIE, Westfield, Dorking.
Married (1923) Nancy Claridge, daughter of W.R. Davies, JP; two sons.
25.12.1892
-
30.05.1974
London
2nd Lt.
20.01.1912 [191952]
Lt.
20.04.1914
Capt.
20.01.1916
A/Maj.
23.08.1918-31.03.1919
Maj.
20.01.1929
Bt. Lt.Col.
01.01.1934
Lt.Col.
02.11.1936
Col.
21.12.1939, seniority 01.01.1937
local Brig.
29.06.1939-30.09.1939
T/Brig.
07.11.1939-30.06.1942
A/Maj.Gen.
01.07.1941-30.06.1942
T/Maj.Gen.
01.07.1942-19.06.1943
Maj.Gen.
20.06.1943 (retd 10.05.1947)
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
01.01.1944
New Year 44
Distinguished Service Order DSO
28.10.1942
Burma
Military Cross MC
1918
?
Mentioned in Despatches MID
?
?
Mentioned in Despatches MID
?
?
Mentioned in Despatches MID
?
?
Mentioned in Despatches MID
?
?
20.01.1912


commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army)
12.03.1913


commissioned, Indian Army
01.04.1932
-
31.12.1933
General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), AHQ, India
1935
-
1939
Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion 8th Gurkha Rifles
29.06.1939
-
30.09.1939
Commander, [1st Burma ?] Brigade
07.11.1939
-
30.06.1941
Commander, 1st Burma Brigade
01.07.1941
-
19.06.1942
General Officer Commanding, 1st Burma Division
20.06.1942
-
27.03.1943
General Officer Commanding, 39th Indian Light Division
1942?
-
1943?
Inspector of Infantry (India)
(03?).1943
-
12.11.1946
Commander, Peshawar District
 
Scott,
John Burridge
J.B. Scott
21.03.1923
London
-
11.04.1981
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Pte.
?
2nd Lt.
21.11.1943 [EC 11645]
Lt.
?
Capt.
? (reld 11.02.1946; ill-health)
Hon. Capt.
11.02.1946
Education: D.Phil. (history).



served in the ranks (initially possbily with Seaforth Highlanders)
21.11.1943
 
 
commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]



possibly serving with Frontier Force Rifles, then in Malaysia & Kenya
Invited and attended Queen Elizabeth's Coronation. Later Captain in South African Navy Marines.
Scott,
John Powell
J.P. Scott
Son of ... Scott, and ... Powell.
21.10.1919
Newton Abbot district, Devon
-
2nd Lt. 01.07.1939 [IA 1052]
Lt. 01.01.1941
A/Capt. 15.01.1942-14.04.1942
T/Capt. 15.04.1942-...
WS/Capt. ?, seniority 03.04.1942
Capt. 01.07.1946
T/Maj. (1946)
Mentioned in Despatches MID 16.12.1943 Burma / Eastern Frontier of India
Mentioned in Despatches MID 19.09.1946 Burma
01.07.1939     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army)
29.01.1940     commissioned, Indian Army
      12th Frontier Force Rifles
Sellen,
Lancelot Harry
L.H. Sellen
Married (03?).1929, Madras) Lilian Rowlands.
17.11.1901
-
12.1985
Chelmsford district, Essex
Wt.Offr.
?
T/Lt. (Assistant Commissary)
24.12.1941 [OS/330]
WS/Capt.
06.01.1944 (reld 01.04.1952)
A/Maj.
1943?
2nd Lt. TA
25.02.1952 [422928]
Capt. TA
25.02.1952 (reld 31.03.1956)
T/Maj. TA
?
Hon. Maj.
31.03.1956
c. 1920
 
 
joined Cheshire Regiment
1926
-
1941
served in the ranks, Indian Army Ordnance Corps
24.12.1941
 
 
commissioned, Indian Army Departments [emergency commission]
(1943?)
 
 
Deputy Assistant Director of Ordnance Services (DADOS), HQ 14th Army



221st Advanced Ordnance Depot (Imphal?)
25.02.1952
-
31.03.1956
commissioned, General List - Territorial Army
Setten,
John Westcott
J.W. Setten
Son (with two brothers and one sister) of John W. Setten (1871?-1919), manufacturer, and Marguerite E. Jacot (?-1966).
Brother of Lt. (E) William Borel Setten, RN.
Married ((12?).1938, Bromley district, Kent) Marjorie Richards (01.11.1909 - 12.1978); three sons.
28.03.1912
Moseley, Birmingham, King's Norton district, Warwickshire
-
03.01.2000
Sarasota, Florida, USA
Ordnance Mechanical Engineer (with rank of 2nd Lt.) 26.01.1943
Ordnance Mechanical Engineer (with rank of Lt.) 26.01.1943, seniority 26.01.1938 (reld < 04.1947)
A/Maj. ? ?
Education: Sherborne School (1925-1930); Corpus Christi College, Oxford (1930-).
26.01.1943     commissioned, Indian Army Ordnance Corps [emergency commission]
Motor & aeronautical engineer. Emigrated to Toronto, Canada where he worked for DeHaviland Aircraft and, subsequently, to Connecticut, USA where he worked for Sikorsky Helicopters. He retired in the mid-sixties to Sarasota FL.
Shakespear,
Henry Gordon Wyndham
H.G.W. Shakespear (Photo courtesy of Mr Frank de Planta) H.G.W. Shakespear (Photo courtesy of Mr Frank de Planta)
H.G.W. Shakespear
Second son of Maj. Wyndham Biddulph Shakespear (1888-1976), and Dorothy F.E. Crowdy (?-1965), of Sirmoor, Fordingbridge, Hampshire.
Married (1948) Jean Elizabeth Bernard, daughter of Mr & Mrs J.L. Bernard, of Bombay; one son, two daughters.

28.06.1920
Shillong, Assam
-
13.04.2009
Mattingley, Hampshire
2nd Lt. 22.10.1939 [IA 1214]
Lt. 22.04.1941
A/Capt. 01.01.1940-30.10.1940,
15.03.1941-07.04.1941,
01.01.1942-05.02.1942
T/Capt. 06.02.1942-02.02.1944
WS/Capt. 03.02.1944
Capt. 14.03.1948, seniority 01.07.1946 [380241]
A/Maj. 03.11.1943-02.02.1944
T/Maj. 03.02.1944-03.01.1945,
15.06.1945-13.03.1948,
19.11.1948-21.10.1952
Maj. 22.10.1952
Lt.Col. 20.10.1960 (supernumerary 20.10.1963) (retd 28.06.1975)
Military Cross MC 08.03.1945 Italy
Mentioned in Despatches MID 31.05.1963 Brunei
Black Star of Brunei.
Education: Malvern College (1934.3-1938.1; Army VI, Senior Chapel Prefect, Head of House, C.XI 1936-38, F.XXII, rackets cols.); Royal Military College, Sandhurst (Cricket & Rackets Blues); Staff College (1951; psc).
22.10.1939     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army)
30.03.1940     commissioned, Indian Army
      served at Dehra Dun
1941 - 1943 Indian Small Arms School
1943 - 1948? 1st Battalion 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) (North Africa, Italy [wounded], Greece, India [wounded], Singapore)
14.03.1948     commissioned, 2nd Gurkha Rifles - Gurkha Regiment
1949 - 1950 Commander, Boys Training Company, Brigade of Gurkhas (North Malaya)
11.09.1953 - 26.09.1955 General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), ... Infantry Division - Territorial Army
16.04.1959 - 12.10.1960 General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2) (Infantry), 12th School of Military Engineering
14.11.1964 - 24.11.1966 General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1) (Training), HQ Southern Command
12.12.1966 - (02.1967) Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General (AA&QMG), HQ Lines of Communications
Sharland,
Robert Edgar
R.E. Sharland (Photo courtesy of Mr David S.C. Wilson)
?
-
Bdr. ?
2nd Lt. 22.08.1943
WS/Lt. 03.11.1943
? - 22.08.1943 'A' Company, 4 Wing, Officers' Training School, Mhow
22.08.1943     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Shaughnessy,
John
J. Shaughnessy
?
-
Pte. ?
2nd Lt. 10.09.1941
WS/Lt. 01.10.1942
T/Capt. 28.09.1944-(04.1946)
10.09.1941     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Shearer,
William
W. Shearer (Photo courtesy of Mr Bill Shearer)
Son of Mr & Mrs J. Shearer, of Aberdeen.
Married (20.06.1920) Marjorie ...; two sons, one daughter.
27.05.1896
Aberdeen, Scotland
-
12.11.1972
Eastbourne, East Sussex
2nd Lt. 17.11.1917 [IA 1338]
2nd Lt. 03.09.1940 (reld < 04.1944)
WS/Lt. 1941
A/Capt. 20.01.1941
T/Capt. 1941-22.07.1941
A/Maj. 25.09.1941
T/Maj. 1942?-1944?
Education: Robert Cordons College, Aberdeen.
      joined the Burma Rifles at the end of WWI after serving with the Gordon Highlanders in France; Captain at Waziristan between the wars; passed examinations for rank of Capt. (1927) & Maj. (1928)
03.09.1940     commissioned, Indian Army (Royal Indian Army Service Corps) [emergency commission]
07.09.1940 - 19.01.1941 Assistant, Base Supply Depot, Quetta
20.01.1941 - 21.07.1941 Supply Adjutant, HQ [NW Distr.?] RIASC Regiment
22.07.1941 - 29.03.1942 Supply Training Centre RIASC (for No. 1 Supply Training Battalion, from 25.09.1941 as Second-in-Command)
30.03.1942 - 31.01.1943 19th Indian Divisional Regiment RIASC (Secunderabad)
01.02.1943 - 28.03.1943 Southern Army
29.03.1943 - 28.04.1943 [Waziristan District?] Regiment RIASC
29.04.1943 - 03.05.1943 Indian Station Supply Depot RIASC, Mangai
04.05.1943 - 25.03.1944 Indian Station Supply Depot RIASC, Bannu (from 07.07.1943 acting in command)
Insurance agent.
Sheil-Small,
Denis Humphrey Valentine
D.H.V. Sheil-Small
1923
-
L/Cpl.
?
2nd Lt.
15.11.1942 [EC 8908]
WS/Lt.
15.05.1943
T/Capt.
24.11.1943-(04.1946)
WS/Capt.
?
A/Maj.
(1945)
Capt. RARO
30.05.1951 [416366]
Hon. Maj.
30.05.1951
Military Cross MC
12.07.1945
Burma
15.11.1942


commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]



served 8th Gurkha Rifles
30.05.1951
-
14.02.1966
Brigade of Gurkhas - Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
Published: The gurkhas (1966; with Harold James); The undeclared war: the story of the Indonesian confrontation, 1962-1966 (1971; with Harold James); A pride of Gurkhas : the 2nd King Edward VII’s Own Goorkhas (the Sirmoor Rifles), 1948-1971 (1975; with Harold James); Green shadows : a Gurkha story (1982)
Shepherd,
Douglas Andrew
D.A. Shepherd (Photo courtesy of Mr Douglas A. Shepherd Jr.)
Second son of Capt. Ernest Andrew Shepherd (1866-1928), Pilot Captain, Singapore Pilot Service, and Katherine Margret Russell Black (1876-1938).
Married (04.01.1949, Bandung, Java, NEI) Angeline Desiree Engelke (1921-1996), youngest daughter of Bernhard Friedrich Engelke (1880-1962), and Emma Keijzer (1894-1967); one son, one daughter.
03.10.1910
Straits Settlement of Singapore

27.07.1987
Glendale, Los Angeles County, CA, USA
2nd Lt. 21.11.1941 [EC 5830]
WS/Lt. ? (reld 13.06.1947)
T/Capt. 22.04.1942-13.06.1947
Hon. Capt. 13.06.1947
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St - -
Burma Star Bur St - -
Defence Medal Def M - -
British War Medal 1939-1945 BWM 39|45 - -

Education: Cliftonville School, Margate, Kent; Officer Training School Belgaum, India (1941).
Bookkeeper at Paterson, Simons and Co. London office; technician at Philco, London, 1929-1937. Planter, P & T Lands (Pamanoekan en Tjiasem Lands) Subang, Java, Netherlands East Indies [Anglo-Dutch Plantations], 1937-1941.

1941     enlisted service, South Staffordhire Regiment
21.11.1941     commissioned, Indian Army (attached 1st Punjab Reigment) [emergency commission]
1941 - 1942 attached Sind District HQ Karachi for 3 months
1942 - 1942 cipher course, GHQ New Delhi
1942 - 1943 cipher officer, British Military Mission, Chunking, China, attached for 6 months
1943 - 1943 Intelligence School, Abbottabad, NW Frontier, 3 month course (air intelligence and cipher breaking)
1943 - 1945 Air intelligence unit, Calcutta
1945 - 1946 attached GHQ New Delhi, and intelligence unit in Singapore
14.02.1947 - 13.06.1947 overseas leave
Sheppard,
Donald George
D.G. Sheppard (Photo courtesy of Mr David S.C. Wilson)
?
-
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]
Sheppard,
Frederick Augustus Berrill
F.A.B. Sheppard
Son of Charles Augustus Sheppard, and Alice Berrill, later of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, and formerly of Alston, Northumberland, UK.
Married (06.11.1931, Greenwich district, London) Grace Mildred Morling, daughter of William Archibald Morling (1876-1931), and May Morling, of Maidstone, Kent & Ramsgate, Kent; two sons, two daughters.
21.04.1904
Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
-
31.07.1987
Lt. 02.02.1932, seniority 02.02.1931 [MZ/10389]
Capt. 02.02.1934
Maj. 02.08.1940 (retd 08.06.1949)
Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire CIE 01.01.1947 New Year 47: service at Madras
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Civil Division) OBE 12.06.1941 HM's birthday 41: service at Madras
Education: in Rockhampton; Charters Towers, Queensland; Melbourne University (06.1922-08.1929; MB, BS, 1929); FRCS (Eng) (1936), FRCS (C) (1948), FACS (1951).
Resident Medical Officer, Melbourne Hospital, 1930. Surgical registrar, Napier Hospital, Napier, New Zealand (destroyed by earthquake), 30.10.1930-04.02.1931. Went to UK. Surgical resgistrar in the Seaman's hospital Greenwich, 06.1931-12.1931.
02.02.1932     commissioned, Indian Medical Service
      training as a junior officer at Aldershot, then training in tropical medicine
12.10.1932 - 15.01.1934 posted to Quetta (NW Frontier of India)
20.01.1934 - 20.12.1935 posted to Poona (India) (specializing in otology)
21.12.1935 - 02;09.1936 return to UK on extended study leave
09.1936 - 03.1938 transferred to the civil branch of the IMS, was next posted to Cocanada
05.03.1938 - 17.02.1941 District Medical Officer, Madura, Madras (India) (responsible for the completion of the Erskine Hospital in Madura)
22.02.1941 - 15.04.1945 Chief of Surgery, Hospital & Professor of Surgery, Andhra Medical College (Vizagatapam, Madras, South India)
04.1945 - 03.1947 Chief of Surgery and Superintendant of the General Hospital & Professor of Surgery (Madura, Madras)
Left India, 1947, took up a position with the Winnipeg Clinic in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, for a short while before going in to private practice. Chief of surgery at the Miseracordia Hospital in Winnipeg. Left Winnipeg in September 1954, returning to Australia, where he practised in Toowoomba from 1955 to 1966. He returned to Canada with his wife, for a while before returning again to Australia in 1974.
BStJ, 01.01.1946.
Shore,
the Hon. Lionel Charles Frederick
L.C.F. Shore (Photo courtesy of Mr Frank de Planta) L.C.F. Shore (Photo courtesy of Mr Frank de Planta)
L.C.F. Shore (Photo courtesy of Mr Frank de Planta)
Son of Hugh Aglionby Shore, 6th Baron Teignmouth (1881-1964), and of Anna Adelaide Caroline Marsh (1886-1976), of Clevedon, Somerset.
03.01.1918
Dublin, Ireland
-
20.07.1944
(KIA) [age 26]
[Arezzo War Cemetery, Italy, III.D.9]
2nd Lt. 27.01.1938 [IA 903]
Lt. 27.04.1940
A/Capt. 05.07.1940-04.10.1940
T/Capt. 05.10.1940-18.10.1940,
03.12.1940-(04.1944)
A?/Maj. ?
 
Education: Wellington College (1931.3-1936.2; Murray House; House Prefect; Cricket XI); Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
27.01.1938     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army)
11.04.1939     commissioned, Indian Army
(1942) - 20.07.1944 1st Battalion 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) (North Africa & Italy)
Sibal,
H K
H.K. Sibal (Photo courtesy of Mr Charles Hawkshaw-Burn)
?
-
Maj.
(1947)
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Civil Division) MBE
?
?
...
-
...
...
(1947)
 
 
HQ Southern Command, India (Poona)
Sievwright,
Charles Frederick Hume
C.F.H. Sievwright
Married Gladys H. Thompson.
02.04.1917
-
late 1970s ?
2nd Lt.
28.01.1937 [398241]
Lt.
28.04.1939
A/Capt.
18.02.1940-16.03.1940,
06.04.1940-07.06.1940
T/Capt.
08.06.1940-23.02.1941,
12.05.1941-...,
02.01.1943-20.03.1943
WS/Capt.
03.02.1944
Capt.
28.01.1945
A/Maj.
03.11.1943-02.02.1944
T/Maj.
03.02.1944-(01.1946),
06.11.1948-27.01.1950
Maj.
28.01.1950
T/Lt.Col.
25.04.1955-06.01.1959
Lt.Col.
07.01.1959
T/Col.
04.02.1963-23.03.1963
Col.
24.03.1953 (retd 02.04.1972)
Education: Staff College (psc)
28.01.1937
 
 
commissioned Unattached List (for Indian Army)
02.04.1938
 
 
commissioned, Indian Army
?
-
?
?
06.11.1948
 
 
transferred, Royal Army Ordnance Corps
21.01.1947
-
23.07.1947
Deputy Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General, ... Infantry Brigade
13.03.1950
-
26.03.1952
Deputy Assistant Director of Ordnance Services, War Office
09.08.1953
-
13.04.1955
Deputy Assistant Director of Ordnance Services, HQ 1 Corps, British Army of the Rhine
17.02.1960
-
24.05.1962
CP & WSO, COD Chilwell
16.06.1962
-
30.01.1963
Officer-in-Charge of Technical Administration HQ Stores Organization RAOC
04.02.1963
-
29.06.1966
SPO, COD Bicester, Southern Command
15.07.1966
-
(02.1967)
Assistant Quartermaster-General (Colonel "Q"), Ministry of Defence
Sifton,
James Elgood
J.E. Sifton
(09?).1908
Fulham district, London
-
2nd Lt. 09.08.1941
WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 (reld < 04.1947)
T/Capt. 31.10.1942-(04.1946)
09.08.1941     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
      served Indian Army Ordnance Corps
Sigamani,
M D
M. Sigamani (Photo courtesy of Mr Charles Hawkshaw-Burn)
?
-
Capt.
(1947)
...
-
...
...
(1947)
 
 
HQ Southern Command, India (Poona)
Simmonds,
Eric William
E.W. Simmonds
*Also known as E.W. Pope-Simmonds.
Married (1950, Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia) Dorothy Florence Annette "Anne" Sharman; twin son & daughter (died at birth), one adopted daughter.
?
-
?
Tpr. ?
2nd Lt. 03.09.1944 [EC 14626]
WS/Lt. 10.10.1944 (reld > 04.1946)
Lt. 01.01.1949 [412265]
Hon. Capt. ?

Officer of the Legion of Merit (OLM) Civil Division, 1978. Rhodesia General Service Medal, 1981.

Male sorting clerk and telegraphist, Post Office (March, Wisbech), 11.1936.
      served in the ranks, Royal Armoured Corps
03.09.1944     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
01.01.1949 - 19.11.1958 10th Gurkha Rifles - Regular Army Reserve of Officers
Lived in Southern Rhodesia. Served as Assistant Registrar and finally as Registrar-General until 1980.
Simpson,
Joseph Leonard Leslie
J.L.L. Simpson
26.02.1901
Bristol district, Gloucestershire
-
(09?).1973
Mansfield district, Nottinghamshire
Conductor ?
Assistant Ordnance Mechanical Engineer (with rank of T/Lt.) 01.12.1940 [OW 88]
T/Capt. 15.01.1942-(04.1944)
WS/Capt. 01.07.1944
Electrical Mechanical Assistant Engineer (with rank of Lt.) 11.03.1945 (retd 07.09.1947)
T/Maj. 01.07.1944-(04.1947)
Hon. Capt. 07.09.1947
Capt. 29.08.1951 [418703] (reld 05.09.1956)
Hon. Maj. 29.08.1951
01.12.1940     commissioned, Indian Army Departments [emergency commission]
11.03.1945     permanent commission
1947?     Special List (ex-Indian Army)
29.08.1951 - 05.09.1956 commissioned, Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers - Regular Army Reserve of Officers [exceeded age limit]
Singh,
Parkash
P. Singh
Son of Udham Singh; husband of Giano, of Kanachak, Kathua, Kashmir.

01.04.1913
Kanachak Village, Kashmir, India
-
17.02.1945
Burma
(KIA)
[Rangoon Memorial, Burma, face 43]
Jemadar
? [IO 49170]
Victoria Cross VC
01.05.1945
Kanlan Ywathit, Burma 16/17.02.45 *
?
-
17.02.1945
14th Battalion, 13th Frontier Force Rifles
* At Kanlan Ywathit, in Burma, on the night of 16th-17th February, 1945, Jemadar Parkash Singh, 13th Frontier Force Rifles, was in command of a platoon of a rifle Company occupying a Company defended locality. At about 23.00 hours the Japanese, in great strength and supported by artillery, mortars, medium machine guns and, subsequently, flame throwers, initiated a series of fierce attacks on the position. The main weight of the attack was directed against Jemadar Parkash Singh's platoon locality. At .about 23.30 hours Jemadar Parkash Singh was severely wounded in both ankles by machine gun fire and was unable to walk about in his sector. His Company Commander, on being informed of this, ordered Jemadar Parkash Singh to be relieved and brought into a trench beside Company Headquarters, from where he kept shouting encouragement to all his men. A short time afterwards, owing to his relief having been wounded, Jemadar Parkash Singh crawled forward, dragging himself on his hands and knees, to his platoon sector and again took over command. At 00.15 hours, when his Company Commander visited the platoon area, Jemadar Parkash Singh was found, propped up by his batman—who had also been wounded, firing his platoon 2-inch mortar, the crew of which had both been killed, shouting encouragement to his men and directing the fire of his platoon. Having expended all the available 2-inch mortar ammunition,. Jemadar Parkash Singh then crawled around the position collecting ammunition for his platoon from the dead and,wounded. This ammunition he distributed himself. As one complete section of his platoon had by now become casualties, Jemadar Parkash Singh took over their Bren gun and held the Section's sector of the perimeter singlehanded until reinforcements were rushed up by the Company Commander. He fired the gun at this stage from a position completely in the- open as he was unable to stand up in a trench. He was again wounded in both legs, above the knees, by a burst of machine gun fire. In spite of intense pain and the loss of much blood from his wounds, Jemadar Parkash Singh continued firing his Bren gun and dragging himself from place to place only-by the use of his hands, as his legs were now smashed and completely useless. At the same time he continued to encourage and direct his men, regrouping the remnants of his platoon around him so that they successfully held up a fierce Japanese charge which was launched against them. At 01.45 hours Jemadar Parkash Singh was wounded for the third time in the right leg and was so weak from loss of blood that, he was unable to move. Bleeding profusely and lying on his right side with his face towards the enemy, he continued to direct the action of his men, encouraging them to stay their ground. Although it was obvious that he was now dying, Jemadar Parkish Singh shouted out the Dogra War Cry which was immediately taken up by the rest of the Company engaged in hand-to-hand fighting within the perimeter of his locality. His example and leadership at this period so inspired the Company that the enemy was finally driven out from the position. At 02.30 hours Jemadar Parkash Singh was wounded for a fourth time, this time in the chest, by a Japanese grenade. He died a few minutes later after telling his Company Commander not to worry about him for he could easily look after himself. Throughout the period of intense hand-to-hand fighting and heavy machine gun and grenade fire from 23.00 hours until the time of his death at 02.30 hours, Jemadar Parkash Singh conducted himself with conspicuous bravery and complete disregard of his severe wounds, and there is no doubt that his ceaseless encouragement of his platoon, his inspired leadership and outstanding devotion to duty, though himself mortally wounded, played an outstanding part in finally repelling the Japanese with heavy casualties.
Skill,
Reginald Alfred
R.A. Skill
23.03.1906
-
(03?).1982
Kingston upon Thames district, Greater London
2nd Lt. 06.02.1945
06.02.1945     commissioned, Army in Burma Reserve of Officers [emergency commission]
Slade,
Leslie Henry
L.H. Slade
Married (11.12.1942, Christchurch Mhow); one son.
01.06.1908
Alcombe, Dunster, Somerset
-
RQMS
? [5667321]
Lt.
06.01.1945 [EC 15683]



served in the ranks, Somerset Light Infantry
06.01.1945


commissioned, "Special List" of Quartermasters, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Slaughter,
Peter Hanton
P.H. Slaughter (Photo courtesy of Liz Avison)
Married (28.05.1949, Ste Anne de Bellevue, Quebec, Canada) Ruth Mary Avison (26.03.1926 - 12.05.1984), daughter (with one sister) of Henry Reade Charles Avison (1901-1967), and Mary Inez Fry (1901-1995); four sons.
25.09.1923
Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt
-
05.06.1996
Nokomis, Sarasota, Florida, USA
Tpr. ?
2nd Lt. 04.04.1943
WS/Lt. 04.10.1943 (reld > 12.1946, < 04.1947)
Education: McGill University, Montreal, Que. (BSc Engineering, 1951).
04.04.1943     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
      served probably 152nd Indian Parachute Battalion (Burma)
Sleigh,
Joseph William
J.W. Sleigh
Son of ... Sleigh, and ... Taylor.
(03?).1920
Barton upon Irwell district, Lancashire
-
2nd Lt. 14.10.1944 [EC 14016]
WS/Lt. 14.10.1944 (reld < 04.1947)
14.10.1944     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
      served 9th Gurkha Rifles
Slim,
Hon. John Douglas;
2nd Viscount Slim of Yarralumla and Bishopston
J.D. Slim J.D. Slim
Son of Field Marshal the 1st Viscount Slim, KG, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, GBE, DSO, MC, and Aileen (died 1993), daughter of Rev. J.A. Robertson, MA, Edinburgh.
Succeeded father, 1970.
Married (1958) Elisabeth, daughter of Arthur Rawdon Spinney, CBE; two sons, one daughter.

20.07.1927
-
2nd Lt.
29.07.1945 [EC 16211]
WS/Lt.
29.11.1946
Lt.
31.07.1948, seniority 20.07.1948 [388021]
T/Capt.
29.03.1950-03.03.1952,
12.01.1954-04.05.1955
Capt.
05.05.1955, seniority 20.07.1954
T/Maj.
26.09.1956-09.06.1957,
27.02.1958-21.10.1958,
20.12.1958-20.12.1959,
15.03.1960-19.07.1961
Maj.
20.07.1961
Lt.Col.
30.06.1967 (retd 27.10.1972)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) OBE
01.01.1973
New Year 73
Education: Prince of Wales Royal Indian Military College, Dehra Dun.



Private, The Queen's Regiment
29.07.1945


commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission IA to 09.02.1948, Regular Army to 30.07.1948]
1945
-
1948
served 6 Gurkha Rifles, Indian Army
31.07.1948


transferred, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's) [permanent commission]
1952


Special Air Service
1961


Staff College, Camberley
1962
-
1964
Brigade Major, HQ Highland Infantry Bde (TA)
1964


JSSC
1967
-
1970
Commander, 22 Special Air Service Regiment
1970
-
1972
General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1) (Special Forces), HQ UK Land Forces
President, Burma Star Association, 1971-. Vice-President, Britain-Australia Society, 1988- (Chairman, 1978-1984); Vice-Chairman, Arab-British Chamber of Commerce and Industry, 1977-1996. Master, Clothworkers' Co., 1995-1996. FRGS 1983. DL Greater London, 1988. Chairman, 1976-1991, and non­executive Deputy Chairman, since 1991, Peek plc (formerly Peek Holdings); Director, Trailfinders Ltd, since 1984, and a number of other companies.
Slim,
Sir William Joseph
"Bill";
1st Viscount Slim
W.J. Slim W.J. Slim
W.J. Slim W.J. Slim
W.J. Slim W.J. Slim
W.J. Slim W.J. Slim
W.J. Slim W.J. Slim
 
Son of John Slim, Bristol. Married (1926) Aileen, daughter of Rev. J. A. Robertson, MA, Edinburgh; one son (Lt.Col. John Douglas Slim), one daughter.

06.08.1891
Bristol, Gloucestershire
-
14.12.1970
St Marylebone, London
T/2nd Lt.
22.08.1914-31.01.1915 [8709]
T/Lt.
01.02.1915-01.09.1915
2nd Lt.
24.06.1916, seniority 01.06.1915
...
...
Col.
08.06.1939, seniority 01.01.1938
T/Brig.
08.06.1939-14.05.1942
A/Maj.Gen.
15.05.1941-14.05.1942
T/Maj.Gen.
15.05.1942-18.03.1943
WS/Maj.Gen.
19.03.1943
Maj.Gen.
16.11.1943
A/Lt.Gen.
19.03.1942-18.03.1943
T/Lt.Gen.
19.03.1943-02.04.1944
Lt.Gen.
03.04.1944
Gen.
01.07.1945 (retd 11.05.1948-31.10.1948)
Field Marshal
04.01.1949 (supernumerary 04.01.1949)
KG 1959; GCB 1950 (KCB 1944; CB 1944); GCMG 1952; GCVO 1954; GBE 1946 (CBE 1942); DSO 1943; MC; LLD (Hon.) Leeds, Birm., Cantab., Sydney, Adelaide, Melbourne; DCL (Hon.) Oxon.; DLit. (Hon.) New England, NSW; DSc (Hon.) NSW; FRACP (Hon.); FRCS Ed. (Hon.).
24.06.1916


commissioned, West India Regiment
...
-
...
...
08.06.1939
-
23.09.1939
Commandant, Senior Officers' School, Belgaum, India
24.09.1939
-
14.03.1941
Commander, 10th Indian Infantry Brigade (Eritrea; wounded)
15.03.1941
-
14.05.1941
Brigadier General Staff, India
15.05.1941
-
18.03.1942
General Officer Commandng, 10th Indian Infantry Division (Syria)
19.03.1942
-
05.1942
Commander, 1st Burma Corps (BurCorps)
05.1942
-
14.10.1943
Commander, XV (Indian) Corps (Burma)
15.10.1943
-
15.08.1945
General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, 14th Army
16.08.1945
-
07.12.1945
Commander-in-Chief, Allied Land Forces South East Asia
...
-
...
...
Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief, Australia, 08.05.1953-02.02.1960.
Published: Defeat into Victory (1956); Courage and other broadcasts (1957); Unofficial history (1959).
Literature: Sir G. C. Evans, Slim as Military Commander (1969); Ronald Lewin, Slim : the standardbearer  (1976)
Smith,
Arthur Harold
A.H. Smith  
Married ...; ... children (one son?).
27.03.1916
-
(12?).1973
Epping district, Essex
L/Cpl. ?
2nd Lt. 12.12.1942
WS/Lt. 12.06.1943 (reld > 04.1945, < 07.1945)
T/Capt. 19.07.1943-(04.1945)
1938     joined London Rifle Brigade (at Bunhill Row)
? - 12.12.1942 Officer Cadet Training Unit Bangalore
12.12.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
     

probably served with 13th Frontier Force Rifles

Smith,
Deryck Donald
D.D. Smith  

?
-
2nd Lt.
20.07.1940 [EC 556]
WS/Lt.
14.01.1941
Military Cross MC
25.09.1947

gallant and distinguished services in Malaya prior to the fall of Singapore in 1942

20.07.1940


commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]



served Royal Indian Army Service Corps
Smith,
Michael Johnstone
D.D. Smith
Son (with one sister) of Colin Walter Johnstone Smith, and Thelma Clemence Cunliffe (1890-1953).
Married Eleanor Isabel Rosemary Neal (died 04.08.2009, aged 90); one son, one daughter.
14.03.1921
-
10.1997
Bedford district, Bedfordshire
2nd Lt. 31.12.1939 [112972]
25.02.1941 [IA 1262]
Lt. 30.06.1941
A/Capt. 01.09.1941-30.11.1941
T/Capt. 01.12.1941-25.06.1943
WS/Capt. 26.06.1943
Capt. 01.07.1946 (Special List)
A/Maj. 26.03.1943-25.06.1943
T/Maj. 26.06.1943-02.10.1946,
02.12.1946-06.05.1948
Maj. 31.12.1952 (retd 30.09.1960)
A/Lt.Col. 19.09.1947-07.10.1947
Military Cross MC 24.05.1945

Burma

Military Cross MC 21.06.1945 Burma
Education: Bedford School.
      served in the ranks for 121 days
31.12.1939     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army)
25.02.1941     commissioned, Indian Army
(1945)     9/14th Punjab Regiment (MC & Bar)
07.05.1948     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery
Smith,
Wesley Guard
W.G. Smith  (Photo courtesy of Kylie Smith)  

Married; ... children (one son?).
24.01.1901
-
c. 1980 ?
2nd Lt.
14.07.1921 [IA 554]
Lt.
14.10.1923
Capt.
14.07.1929
Maj.
01.08.1938
A/Lt.Col.
19.05.1943-18.08.1943
T/Lt.Col.
19.08.1943-28.11.1944
WS/Lt.Col.
29.11.1944
Lt.Col.
14.07.1947
A/Col.
29.05.1944-28.11.1944
T/Col.
29.11.1944-(04.1946)
A/Brig.
?
T/Brig.
29.11.1944-(04.1946)
Distinguished Service Order DSO
20.04.1944
Burma
Distinguished Service Order DSO
22.03.1945
Burma
Mentioned in Despatches MID
19.12.1946
Malaya 1942
14.07.1921


commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army)
22.12.1922


commissioned, Indian Army (2nd Battalion 1st Punjab Regiment)
(1942)


18th Royal Garhwal Rifles (Malaya)
(1944)


Commanding Officer, 2nd Battalion 1st Punjab Regiment
1944
-
1944
acting Commander, 123rd Indian Infantry Brigade (Burma)
30.05.1944
-
19.04.1945
Commander, 6th Infantry Brigade (Burma, India) [except for 23.7-13.8.1944], redesignated:
19.04.1945
-
26.07.1945
Commander, 6th Independent Infantry Brigade Group (India, Burma)
Smyth,
[Rt. Hon. Sir] John George;
1st Baronet, of Teignmouth (cr. 1956)
J.G. Smyth J.G. Smyth (World War I)
J.G. Smyth
Eldest son of Wiiliam John Smyth (1869-?), Indian Civil Service, and Lillian May Clifford.
Brother of Brig. H.E.F. Smyth, MC, and Lt.Col. H.M. Smyth, OBE.
Married 1st (22.07.1920, London; marriage dissolved) Margaret, daughter of late Charles Dundas, ICS, Sialkot; one son, one daughter (and two sons deceased, of whom eldest son killed in action 1944).
Married 2nd (12.04.1940, Southsea), Frances Read, daughter of late Lieut­Colonel R.A. Chambers, OBE, IMS.
24.10.1893
East Teignmouth, Devon
-
26.04.1983
King Edward VII Hospital for Officers, Marylebone, London
[Golders Green Crematorium, London]
2nd Lt.
24.08.1912
Lt.
24.11.1914
Capt.
24.08.1916
Bt. Maj.
01.01.1928
Maj.
24.08.1929
local Lt.Col.
16.01.1931-30.06.1933
Bt. Lt.Col.
01.07.1933
Lt.Col.
16.07.1936
Col.
23.12.1940, seniority 01.07.1936 (retd 07.11.1942; disability)
A/Brig.
05.02.1940-02.04.1941
T/Brig.
15.06.1941-19.10.1941
A/Maj.Gen.
20.10.1941-03.1942
Hon. Brig.
01.06.1943 (with effect from 07.11.1942)
Bt
23.01.1956
?
Victoria Cross VC
29.06.1915
Richebourg L'Avoué (Battle of Festubert), 18.05.15 *
Military Cross MC
27.09.1920
Tochi Valley, Waziristan, North West Frontier, India 22.10.19 **
Mentioned in Despatches MID
1915
France
Mentioned in Despatches MID
1920?
Waziristan
Mentioned in Despatches MID
1921?
Mesopotamia
Mentioned in Despatches MID
1931?
NW Frontier
Mentioned in Despatches MID
1936?
Mohmand Operations
Mentioned in Despatches MID
20.12.1940
operations in the field 03-06.40

1914 Star with clasp "5th Aug-22nd Nov 1914"; British War Medal 1914-20; Victory Medal 1914-19 with "MID Oakleaf"; India General Service Medal 1902-1935 & 3 clasps (Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919, Mahsud 1919-20, Waziristan 1919-21); General Service Medal with clasp (Iraq); India General Service Medal 1902-1935 & 2 clasps (Afghanistan N.W.F. 1930-31; North West Frontier 1935); 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence Medal 1939-45; War Medal 1939-45 with "MID Oakleaf"

* For most conspicuous bravery near Richebourg on 18th May 1915. When a bombing party of ten men, who voluntarily undertook this duty, he conveyed a supply of ninety-six bombs to within twenty yards of the enemy's position, over extremely dangerous ground, after attempts of two other parties had failed. Lieutenant Smyth succeeded in taking the bombs to the desired position with the aid of two of his men ( the other eight having been killed or wounded ), and to effect his purpose he had to swim a stream, being exposed the whole time to howitzer, shrapnel, machine-gun and rifle fire.

** For gallantry and initiative at Khajuri, Tochi Valley, on the 22nd October 1919, when, having been sent forward from Idak to clear up the situation, his quick appreciation, disposition and leadership averted a serious disaster and contributed largely towards the saving of a valuable convoy attacked by the enemy. He showed great gallantry under heavy fire, inspired his command, and brought the convoy safely to Idak.
Education: Dragon Preparatory School, Oxford (1901-1907); Repton School, Repton, Derbyshire (1907-1911); Royal Military College, Sandhurst (1911-1912); Staff College, Camberley (1923-1925)
24.08.1912


commissioned, Unattached List
10.1912
-
10.1913

attached 1st Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment (training in the Punjab, India)
05.11.1913


commissioned, Indian Army
05.11.1913
11.1913
09.1914

11.1915
10.1916
-
-
-

-
-
12.1916
1914
08.1915

02.1916
12.1916
15th Ludhiana Sikhs:
Baluchistan
Western Front, France) (despatches, VC, Russian Order of St George, 4th Class [25.08.1915])
Senussi Campaign, Western Egypt
Mohmand Expedition, India
20.06.1918
-
30.09.1919
Brigade Major, 43rd Indian Infantry Brigade (India) (Afghan War, 1919)
01.10.1919
-
29.06.1920
Brigade Major, 43rd Indian Infantry Brigade (Waziristan Force) (despatches, MC)
06.1920
-
07.1920
on leave in the UK (marriage)
19.07.1920
-
16.02.1921
Brigade Major, 74th Infantry Brigade (Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force) (despatches)
13.01.1922
-
10.12.1922
General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), General Staff Branch (Intelligence), Army HQ, Delhi (India)
27.11.1925
-
21.11.1929
General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), Directorate of Military Training, Army HQ, Delhi (India)
22.11.1929
-
15.10.1931
3rd Battalion [later 2nd Battalion], 11th Sikh Regiment (Ludhiana Sikhs) (NW Frontier, India) (despatches)
16.01.1931
-
15.01.1934
Instructor (General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2)), Staff College, Camberley
16.01.1934
-
20.09.1936
Second-in-Command, 3rd/11th Sikh Regiment (Rattray's Sikhs) (Mohmand Operations) (despatches)
21.09.1936
-
1938
Commanding Officer, 3rd/11th Sikh Regiment (Rattray's Sikhs) (Chitral Relief Force, North West Frontier)
08.1939
-
09.1939
seconded to the Home Office (for Civil Defence preparations)
27.09.1939
-
01.1940
General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), 2nd London Division
05.02.1940
-
02.04.1941
Commander, 127th (Manchester) Infantry Brigade TA (BEF in France and Belgium (despatches))
05.1941
-
19.10.1941
Commander, 36th Indian Infantry Brigade (Baluchistan, India)
20.10.1941
-
19.12.1941
raised & Geneal Officer Commanding, 19th Indian Division (Secunderabad, India)
20.12.1941
-
03.1942
General Officer Commanding, 17th Indian Division (Burma at time of Japanese invasion)
1943
-
1944
Military Correspondent, Kemsley newspapers
1945
-
1946
Military Correspondent, Daily Sketch and Sunday Times
Played first-class cricket, 1922/23. Lawn Tennis Correspondent: Sunday Times, 1946-1951; News of the World, 1956-1957. Author, Wimbledon Programme articles, 1947-1973. Comptroller Royal Alexandra and Albert School, 1948-1963; Governor: Gypsy Road and West Norwood Secondary Schs, 1947-1949; Strand and West Norwood Secondary Schools, 1949-1951; St Martin's High School for Girls, 1950-1952; Dragon School, Oxford, 1953-66; Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton, 1956-1962. Executive, Returned British POW Association, 1946-1951. First Chairman Victoria Cross Association, 1956-1971 (Centenary of the Victoria Cross), Life President 1966; Vice-President Not Forgotten Association, 1956; President S London Branch Burma Star Association, 1957-; Vice-President Distinguished Conduct Medal League, 1957, President 1958-1970; Director Creative Journals Ltd, 1957-1963. Government Appointed Trustee, Far East POW and Internee Fund, 1959-1961; Honorary Vice-President Far Eastern POW Federation, 1960; President Old Reptonian Society, 1960 and 1961; Vice­President: Dunkirk Veterans Association, 1963-; International Lawn Tennis Club of GB, 1966. Contested (C) Wandsworth Central, 1945. MP (C) Norwood Division of Lambeth, 1950-1966; Parlementary Secretary, Mininster of Pensions, 1951-1953; Joint Parlementary Secretary, Minister of Pensions and National Insurance, 1953-55. Freeman of City of London in Worshipful Co. of Farriers, 1951; Master of Farriers' Co., 1961-62. Privy Councillor (PC), 1962.
Published
: Defence Is Our Business, 1945; The Western Defences (ed and introd), 1951; Lawn Tennis, 1953; The Game's the Same, 1956; Before the Dawn (story of two historic retreats), 1957; Paradise Island (children's adventure story), 1958; The Only Enemy (autobiography), 1959; Trouble in Paradise, 1959; Ann Goes Hunting (children's book), 1960; Sandhurst (A History of the Military Cadet Colleges), 1961; The Story of the Victoria Cross, 1962; Beloved Cats, 1963; Blue Magnolia, 1964; (with Col Macaulay) Behind the Scenes at Wimbledon, 1965; Ming (the story of a cat family), 1966; The Rebellious Rani (a story of the Indian Mutiny) 1966; Bolo Whistler (biography), 1967; The Story of the George Cross, 1968; In This Sign Conquer (The Story of the Army Chaplains), 1968; The Valiant, 1969; Will to Live: the story of Dame Margot Turner, 1970; Percival and the Tragedy of Singapore, 1971; Jean Borotra: the Bounding Basque, 1974; Leadership in War, 1939-1945, 1974; Leadership in Battle, 1914-1918, 1975; Great Stories of the Victoria Cross, 1977; Milestones: a memoir, 1979; plays: Burma Road (with Ian Hay), 1945; Until the Morning (with Ian Hay), 1950.
Snelling,
Arthur Hugh Jay
A.H.J. Snelling (Photo courtesy of Mr Charles Hawkshaw-Burn)
30.09.1897
-
30.12.1965
2nd Lt.
15.11.1915
...
...
T/Maj.Gen.
12.10.1944-09.05.1947
Maj.Gen.
10.05.1947 (retd 21.06.1948)
15.11.1915


commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army)
18.02.1940
-
23.01.1941
Assistant Director of Supply & Transport, India
24.01.1941
-
28.04.1941
District Commander, India
15.11.1945
-
(04.1947)
Major-General in charge of Administration, Southern Army (India)
(1947)
 
 
HQ Southern Command (Poona, India)
Sorby,
Robert Arthur Clement
R.A.C. Sorby
Son of Rev. Canon Albert Ernest Sorby, MA (1859-1934), and Lydia Jane Walker (?-1947), of Darfield, Yorkshire.
Married (28.08.1939, Westminster district, Middlesex) Leila Kathleen "Kitty" Mallet, younger daughter of Mr & Mrs S.R. Mallet, of La Corona, El Jabali, Argentina; ... children (two daughters?).
25.08.1910
Brnsley district, West Riding of Yorkshire
-
04.1985
Exeter district, Devon
2nd Lt. 27,08.1931 [IA 993]
WS/Lt. 27.11.1933
Capt. 27.08.1939
T/Maj. (1945?)
Maj. 01.07.1946 (retd 11.05.1947)
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) MBE 17.01.1946 Burma
Mentioned in Despatches MID 10.01.1946 Burma
Education: Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
27.08.1931     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army)
23.10.1932     commissioned, Indian Army
      8th King George V's Own Light Cavalry, Indian Armoured Corps
Spencer,
Cecil
C. Spencer
Son of Henry and Sarah Spencer.

23.02.1897
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
-
07.1991
Hastings and Rother district, East Sussex
2nd Lt. 05.01.1942
WS/Lt. 01.10.1942
A?/Maj. (1945?)
WW I     served with the Air Force in the Middle East

Following that war he obtained a degree in electrical engineering and moved to India where he married and raised his family.  He was living in Bombay, India, in 1939 working for BEST. 

05.01.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
(1945?)     Officer Commanding, No. 4 Technical Training Battalion, No. 1 Technical Training Centre, Indian Engineers
Following WW2 he remained in India and worked for GEC in Calcutta.
Sproule,
Andrew Roger Waldyve
A.R.W. Sproule (Photo courtesy of Mr Andrew R.H. Sproule)  
Son of Lt.Col. Harry Hatton Sproule (1873-), 2nd Royal Lancers (Gardner's Horse), and Evelyn Harenc (1879?-1971), of Ealing, Middlesex, later Netherhalt, Ledbury.
Married (20.01.1940, Poona, India) Mary Gwynedd Terry*, eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs W.J. Terry, of Littlestone, New Romney, Kent; one son.

* She remarried (18.06.1945, Khartoum) Leslie C. "Roger" Phillips, Sudan Government.
17.11.1911
-
08.04.1941
(KIA) [age 29]
[Alamein Memorial, Egypt, column 167]
2nd Lt.
27.08.1931 [IA 975]
Lt.
27.11.1933
Capt.
27.08.1939
Mentioned in Despatches MID
19.03.1942
Middle East [posthumously]
Education: Wellington College; Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
27.08.1931
 
 
commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army)
23.10.1932


commissioned, Indian Army
summer 1937
 
 
qualified at the Cavalry Combined Course at the small Arms School (Pachmarhi)
(1940)
-
08.04.1941
served 2nd Royal Lancers (Gardner's Horse), Indian Armoured Corps
Stables,
Francis Hugh Anthony
F.H.A. Stables  
Son of Rev. Walter Howard Stables, MA, and Harriet Emily Morse.
Married (01.06.1933, St Stephen's Church, Shottermill) Frances Elizabeth "Betty" Newall Watson (23.09.1909 - 07.1993), eldest daughter of Francis Newall Watson, of Ridgecoombe, Hindhead; ... children (three daughters?). Betty Stables remarried (1973) Maj.Gen. David Tennant Cowan, Indian Army.
30.11.1899
Leeds district, West Riding of Yorkshire
-
16.05.1972
Chute Colls, near Andover, Devizes district, Wiltshire
2nd Lt. 01.10.1918
Lt. 01.10.1919
Capt. 01.10.1924
Maj. 01.10.1936
Lt.Col. 01.10.1944
local Col. 06.12.1944-26.08.1945
Lt.Col. RARO 01.01.1949 [70527]
01.10.1918     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army)
07.10.1918     commissioned, Indian Army
      initially in 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles, from mid-1930s 8th Royal Gurkha Rifles, then seconded to Intelligence - Chinese and Japanese speaker
01.01.1949 - 04.05.1957 Intelligence Corps - Regular Army Reserve of Officers [exceeded age limit]
Stamp,
Robert Verdun
R.V. Stamp  
Son of Sydney Frank Stamp (1884-1969), and Hilda May Stallon (1891-1942), of Christchurch, Hampshire.
Married ((09?).1939, Oxford, Oxfordshire) Mona Walker.
(03?).1916
Christchurch, Hampshire
-
13.02.1942
(MPK) [age 26]
[Singapore Memorial, column 351]
Lt. (Ordnance Mechanical Engineer) (on prob) 13.04.1940, seniority 09.03.1936 [EC 23]
WS/Capt. 26.05.1941
T/Maj. 26.05.1941-13.02.1942
Engineering training at Morris Motors Ltd. Graduate, Institute of Automobile Engineers, 1938. AMIMech, AMIAE.
13.04.1940     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
      served Indian Army Ordnance Corps
13.02.1942     missing, presumed killed on board the "Kuala" by enemy action at Singapore
Stanford,
Edward Stephenson
E.S. Stanford  
(12?).1908
Stoke upon Trent, Staffordshire
-
CSM
?
2nd Lt.
04.02.1943
WS/Lt.
04.02.1943



served in the ranks, 2nd Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment
04.02.1943


commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Stanton,
William Hugh Foster
W.H.F. Stanton (Photo courtesy of Tremayne Stanton-Kennedy)
Son of Lt.Col. Hugh Auriol Stanton Stanton, DSO (1880-1949), and Frances May Foster (1888-).
Married (07.1947, Eta Jima, Japan) Joan Alice "Jo" Stock (29.07.1925 - 06.01.2011); two sons, one daughter.
17.08.1912
Kensington district, London
-
22.01.1991
Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
2nd Lt. 02.02.1935, seniority 31.08.1933
Lt. 31.08.1936
A/Capt. 23.11.1939-22.02.1940
T/Capt. 23.02.1940-09.03.1940,
15.03.1940-21.08.1940,
01.09.1940-18.03.1941
Lt. 19.03.1941, seniority 30.11.1935 [IA 1350]
Capt. 31.08.1941
A/Maj. 21.10.1941-20.01.1942
T/Maj. 21.01.1942-(04.1944),
11.08.1944-30.08.1946
Maj. 31.08.1946 (retd 02.12.1948)
Education: St Peter's College, Radley (1927.1-1927.3); Fitzwilliam House, Cambridge University (BA, 1931).
10.08.1933     commissioned, General List - Territorial Army (University Candidates)
02.02.1935     commissioned, The Dorsetshire Regiment
19.03.1938 - 18.03.1941 seconded, Royal Indian Army Service Corps - Indian Army
[1939 qualified at the supply course & mechanical transport course, RIASC School, Chaklala]
19.03.1941     transferred, Indian Army
Stead,
Charles Douglas Holliday
C.D.H. Stead
Son of Norrison Stead, and Julia Constance Booth.
Married ((06?).1940, Gateshead district, Durham) Ruth Shackleton.
13.03.1913
-
08.1990
Ryedale district, North Yorkshire
2nd Lt. 20.04.1941 [161754]
Lt. 29.07.1941, seniority 29.07.1936
WS/Capt. 29.06.1944
T/Maj. 29.06.1944-(04.1946)
T/Lt.Col. (1946)
Mentioned in Despatches MID 19.07.1945 Burma
Mentioned in Despatches MID 19.09.1946 Burma
20.04.1941     commissioned, Royal Army Ordnance Corps (MM Branch) [emergency commission]
01.10.1942     transferred, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
1942?     transferred, Indian Army (Indian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers)
Stein,
John Allan
J.A. Stein (Photo courtesy of Mr David S.C. Wilson)
?
-
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]
Stephens,
John Wilson
J.W. Stephens
Son of David Stephens, and Gurtrud Wilson.
Married Mary Emery Chubb (1911-); one son, two daughters.
13.01.1908
Cardiff district, Glamorgan / Monmouthshire
-
20.10.1994
Crondall, North East Hampshire
2nd Lt.
02.02.1928 [401483]
Lt.
02.05.1930
Capt.
02.02.1937
Maj.
02.02.1945
T/Lt.Col.
23.06.1946-(04.1947)
Lt.Col.
01.04.1950 (supernumerary 01.04.1953) (retd 09.04.1956; exceeded age limit)
T/Brig.
?
Hon. Brig.
09.04.1956
Distinguished Service Order DSO
19.05.1950
Malaya 07-12.49
02.02.1928


commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army)
22.03.1929
 
 
commissioned, Indian Army



10th Gurkha Rifles
15.10.1940
-
(04.1941)
Staff Captain, ... (temporarily)
06.01.1949
 
 
transferred, The Brigade of Gurkhas (from Special List (ex-Indian Army))



2nd Gurkha Rifles
09.04.1956
-
13.01.1963
Regular Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]
OStJ, 01.07.1955.
Stephenson,
Joseph Eric
J.E. Stephenson J.E. Stephenson
Son of Joseph and Fanny Stephenson.
Husband of Olive Stephenson, of Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire. 
17.09.1914
Bexleyheath, Kent
-
08.09.1944
(KIA) [age 30]
[Taukkyan War Cemetery, Myanmar, 12.E.6]
2nd Lt.
04.04.1942 [EC 6428]
WS/Lt.
04.10.1942
A/Maj.
?
English Cap for Association Football (played for Leeds United, 1934-1941).
04.04.1942


commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
?
-
08.09.1944
3rd Battalion 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles)
Stevens,
John Northmore
J.N. Stevens (Photo courtesy of Mr Charles Hawkshaw-Burn)
23.10.1899
Chard district, Somerset
-
Assistant Commissary (with the rank of Lt.)
15.05.1941
...
.
Deputy Commissary (with the rank of Capt.)
07.07.1943
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) MBE
14.08.1947
HQ Southern Command
15.05.1941


commissioned, Indian Army Departments (Indian Army Corps of Clerks)
14.01.1945
-
(04.1947)
Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General, Southern Army (India)
(1947)
 
 
Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General, HQ Southern Command, India (Poona)
Stevens,
Leonard John
L.J. Stevens
02.08.1903
Tavistock district, Devon
-
(03?).1979
Plymouth district, Devonshire
T/Conductor ?
T/Assistant Commissary (with the rank of T/Lt.) 17.12.1941 (reld > 04.1946)
17.12.1941     commissioned, Indian Army Departments (Indian Army Corps of Clerks)
02.1942     captured at Singapore
02.1942 - 1945? POW in Japanese captivity (probably at Changi POW Camp)
Stevenson,
Allan Irvine Russell
A.I.R. Stevenson  

Son of William Louis Stevenson.
Married (1939) Valerie Lack.
26.09.1911
-
2nd Lt.
30.08.1934 [487 AI]
Lt.
30.11.1936
Capt.
30.08.1942
A/Maj.
20.04.1941-19.07.1941
T/Maj.
20.07.1941-12.03.1942,
17.05.1942-29.11.1943
WS/Maj.
30.11.1943
Maj. (Special List)
30.08.1947
Maj.
10.12.1947, seniority 01.07.1946 [63437]
A/Lt.Col.
30.08.1943-29.11.1943
T/Lt.Col.
30.11.1943-09.12.1947,
08.10.1948-01.11.1951
Lt.Col.
02.11.1951 (retd 31.03.1962)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) OBE
23.05.1958
Malaya 57
Education: Staff College (psc), Inspecting Ordnance Officers Course, RAOC Advanced Training School, Bramley (ioo)



served in the ranks for 3 years, 180 days
30.08.1934
 
 
commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army)
14.12.1935

  commissioned, Indian Army



possibly 7th Gurkha Regiment
19.01.1943
-
30.08.1943
General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), GHQ India
31.08.1943
-
08.10.1944
Assistant Director of Ordnance Services, India
09.10.1944
-
22.07.1946
Chief Ordnance Officer, Ordnance Depot Bombay, India
25.10.1946
-
12.07.1947
Chief Ordnance Officer Avadi, India
10.12.1947
 
 
commissioned, Royal Army Ordnance Corps
08.10.1948
-
21.08.1950
Deputy Commandant, Central Ordnance Depot Northern Command
27.09.1954
-
17.07.1956
Assistant Director of Ordnance Services, War Office
16.08.1956
-
(02.1957)
Assistant Director of Ordnance Services, HQ Malaya Command
Stewart,
William Walcot
W.W. Stewart (Photo courtesy of Mr Frank de Planta)
Elder son of Mr & Mrs W.S. Stewart, of Jaipur, Assam & Great Ness House, Shropshire.
Married (28.09.1942, Cairo, Egypt) Cynthia Paula Roche, elder daughter of Lt.Col. L.S.P. Roche, MC, RAMC, and Mrs Roche, of Gezira House, Cairo; two daughters.
27.10.1915
-
23.04.2006
Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
2nd Lt. 29.08.1935 [191524 & AI 562]
Lt. 29.11.1937
A/Capt. 26.07.1940-25.10.1940
T/Capt. 26.10.1940-06.04.1941,
01.09.1941-26.07.1942
WS/Capt. 27.07.1942
Capt. 29.08.1943
A/Maj. 27.04.1942-26.07.1942
T/Maj. 27.07.1942-(01.1946)
WS/Maj. ? (retd 28.04.1948)
A/Lt.Col. 20.03.1945-(01.1946)
Hon. Lt.Col. 28.04.1948
Military Cross MC 17.06.1943 Middle East (Egypt and Libya)
Mentioned in Despatches MID 15.12.1942 Middle East 11.41-04.42
Mentioned in Despatches MID ? ?
Order of the Cedars (Lebanon); Royal Order of King George I (Greece).
Education: Haileybury (Highfield 1929.3 - 1933.3); Royal Military College, Sandhurst (1934).
29.08.1935     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army)
20.11.1936     commissioned, Indian Army
(1942) - (1945) 1st Battalion 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) (North Africa, Tunisia, Italy, Greece)
With Iraq Petrol Co. Ltd., 1947-1968 (Executive Director, 1966).Returned University College, London 1969. Post graduate diploma in classical archaeology 1971.
Stone,
Ronald Victor
R.V. Stone  

25.08.1918
-
17.04.2004
Westminster, London
2nd Lt.
31.05.1941 [189179]
WS/Lt.
01.10.1942
Lt.
16.08.1947, seniority 17.07.1940
Capt.
25.08.1947
T/Maj.
17.08.1953-01.12.1953
Maj.
02.12.1953 (retd 01.08.1958)
Efficiency Medal (Territorial) EM
30.10.1951
?



served in the ranks for 1 year, 272 days
31.05.1941
-
28.12.1941
commissioned, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers [emergency commission]
29.12.1941
-
15.08.1947
transferred, Indian Army [emergency commission]
16.08.1947
-
01.08.1958
transferred, Royal Army Ordnance Corps [permanent commission]
Strahan *,
Arthur William Booth
A.W.B. Strahan
* Changed last name to Strachan by deed poll, late 1950s.
Married 1st ((12?).1938, Bromley district, Kent) Joan D. Flint.
Married 2nd ((03?).1963, Ulverston district, Lancashire) Madeleine B. Morris.
31.10.1910
Kensington district, London
-
03.1990
Ulverston district, Lancashire
Lt. 15.01.1941
Capt. 15.01.1942
18.09.1942, seniority 17.10.1938
Education: University of Edinburgh (MB, ChB, 1935); FRCS Edin, 1946.
15.01.1941     commissioned, Indian Medical Service [emergency commission]
1942 - 1945 POW in Japanese captivity (Camp 'N' Sham-Shui-Po on Hong Kong)
Consulting Surgeon, Barrow & Furness Hospital Group. Fellow, Roy. Soc. Med. Member, Manchester Med. Soc. Late Clinical Tutor, Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh.Senior Assistent, Royal Infirmary, Preston.
Published: Hernial repair of whole-skin graft. In: British Journal of Surgery, 1951.
Stratton-Christensen,
Edwin [Franz] Olaf
E.O. Stratton-Christensen
Married (1934, Singapore) Noreen Winifred Donnelly (23.02.1913 - 1970); two daughters, one son.
13.09.1916
-
06.1995
Cambridge district, Cambridgeshire
2nd Lt. 20.07.1940 [EC 564]
T/Capt. ?
WS/Capt. ? (reld 28.07.1946)
T/Maj. ?
Hon. Maj. 28.07.1946
20.07.1940     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
      served Royal Indian Army Service Corps
(01.1944) - (1945?) POW
Stubbs,
Hubert Victor
H.V. Stubbs (Photo courtesy of Mrs Linda Smith) H.V. Stubbs (Photo courtesy of Mrs Linda Smith)

Son of ... Stubbs, and ... Billings.
Married ((06?).1946, Hendon district, Middlesex) Betty G. Golder.
17.08.1916
Abergavenny district, Wales
-
11.01.1971
Halstead, Bromley district, Kent
2nd Lt. 18.10.1941 (reld > 04.1946, < 04.1947)
T?/Capt. 1945?
A?/Maj. 1945/46?
18.10.1941     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
      served Royal Indian Army Service Corps (Iraq, Egypt & India)
16.08.1945 - 23.10.1945 15th Advanced Course, RIASC School (Kakul)
(01.1946)     Officer Commandng, 22 Section, 726 Civ.G.P. [Civilian General Purpose?] Transport Company, RIASC (Trichinopoly)
Sumner,
Noel Robert
N.R. Sumner (Photo courtesy of Mrs Elaine Barker, née Sumner)
N.R. Sumner (Photo courtesy of Mrs Elaine Barker, née Sumner)
Married (23.07.1947, Dehra Dun, India) Mavis Sylvia Rose (born 23.04.1925 Sialkot, India, died 17.12.1983 Canterbury, Kent); onedaughter, two sons.
24.12.1923
Eltam, London
-
15.09.1981
Tenterden, Kent
2nd Lt.
13.03.1943
WS/Lt.
13.09.1943
T/Capt.
01.11.1945-18.07.1946
WS/Capt.
10.10.1946
T/Maj.
19.07.1946-17.05.1947 (reld 1947)
31.07.1940
-
12.03.1943
70th Battalion The Middlesex Regiment
13.03.1943


commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
13.03.1943
-
18.12.1947
3rd/9th Gurkha Rifles
13.04.1943
-
14.06.1945
served in India
14.06.1945
-
22.08.1945
served in Burma
05.09.1945
-
29.10.1945
served in Malaya
03.11.1945
-
14.07.19147
served in Malaya
14.06.1947


served in India
Sunderland,
Herbert
H. Sunderland (Photo courtesy of Mr John Dowlan)
Younger son (with two sisters and one brother) of John Sunderland (1869-1941), boilermaker journeyman, and Lucy Symons (1866-1927).
Married (19.02.1927, Christ Church, Pellon, Halifax, Yorkshire) Doris Gledhill (17.01.1904 - 17.10.1975), daughter of Thomas Gledhill, wire tester; three daughters.
23.03.1900
Halifax, Yorkshire
-
28.12.1971
Halifax General Hospital, Halifax, Yorkshire
Cpl. (1931)
RQMS ?
Lt. QM 16.10.1941
WS/Capt. QM 16.10.1944
Wireless operator.
16.10.1941     commissioned, "Special List" of Quarter-Masters of the Royal Corps of Signals (Indian Army) [emergency commission]
Assistant Super Warehouse.
Suri,
R
R. Suri (Photo courtesy of Mr Charles Hawkshaw-Burn)
?
-
Maj.
(1947)
...
-
...
...
(1947)
 
 
HQ Southern Command, India (Poona)
Surita,
Ivan Bernard St Regis
I.B.St.R. Surita  
05.09.1915
Calcutta, Bengal
-
18.03.1968
Shiliguri, Bengal
2nd Lt.
21.06.1940
WS/Lt.
?
T/Capt.
?
WS/Capt.
03.02.1944
T/Maj.
26.11.1944-(04.1946)
Military Cross MC
22.07.1943
Middle East
Played first-class cricket for Bengal, India, 1935/36-1938/39.
21.06.1940


commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
(1943?)


served 6th Rajputana Rifles (Middle East, Italy)
Commissioner of North Bengal, 1960s.
Swaffield,
Henry Hamilton
H.H. Swaffield
Married; ... children (one son?).
(06?.)1903
Henley district, Buckinghamshire / Berkshire / Oxfordshire
-
(09?).1967
Bedford district, Bedfordshire
2nd Lt. 05.11.1941, seniority 05.11.1936
WS/Capt. 1946?, seniority 05.11.1941 (reld 1946)
A?/Maj. ?
05.11.1941     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
(09.1944) - (01.1945) Officer Commanding, 158th Indian Railway Workshops Company, Indian Engineers (taking the unit from Calcutta to Kalewa (Burma))
Swain,
G E
G.E. Swain (Photo courtesy of Mr Charles Hawkshaw-Burn)
?
-
2nd Lt.
20.07.1940 [EC 552?]
WS/Lt.
20.01.1942
T/Capt.
21.03.1942-(04.1946)
A?/Maj.
(1947)
20.07.1940


commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
(1947)
 
 
HQ Southern Command (Poona, India)
Sykes,
John Henry
J.H. Sykes (Photo courtesy of Mr William Sykes)
Son (with three brothers and one sister) of Lt.Col. William Sykes (1867-1950), Equitation Officer at Royal Military College Sandhurst 1912-1921, and Eleanor Mary Naylor (1876-1958).
Brother of Lt. Richard Alexander Sykes, Royal Armoured Corps.
Married 1st (30.01.1919, Kasr el-Nil Garrison Church, Cairo, Egypt) Leila Flowerdew Macphee (21.10.1894 - 28.09.1970), youngest daughter of the late D.S. Macphee, stockbroker, of Glasgow, and Mrs Macphee, of Broompark, Helensburgh; one daughter, two sons (one died in infancy, the other [S/Lt. William Alan Flowerdew Sykes, RNVR] was killed in action).
Married 2nd (12.05.1971, Cheltenham) Lady Florence Kathleen Howard (née Turner) (? - 1983), daughter of William Turner.
15.10.1896
Thanet district, Kent
-
10.04.1975
2nd Lt.
16.12.1.1914 [5740]
T/Lt.
01.01.1916-28.02.1916
Lt.
29.02.1916
11.01.1917, seniority 16.12.1915
Capt.
16.12.1918
Maj.
16.12.1932
Lt.Col.
01.12.1937
A/Col.
26.12.1940-14.06.1941
T/Col.
15.06.1941-26.06.1943
Col.
27.06.1943, seniority 01.12.1940 (retd 25.02.1947)
A/Brig.
26.12.1940-16.04.1941,
27.02.1944-07.05.1944
T/Brig.
08.05.1944-25.02.1947
Hon. Brig.
25.02.1947
Mentioned in Despatches MID
1931?
NW Forntier of India
Mentioned in Despatches MID
23.06.1943
Middle East
Education: Christ's Hospital, London; Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
16.12.1914     commissioned, 3rd Dragoon Guards
11.01.1917     commissioned, Indian Army
(1919)     6th King Edward's Own Cavalry
      served in the Palestine Campaign & NW Frontier of India (1930/31)
12.12.1935 - 15.11.1936 Deputy Assistant Director of Supplies & Transport, India
01.12.1937 - 30.11.1940 Assistant Director of Transport, Eastern Command, India
      served in Egypt, North Africa & NW Europe
27.02.1944 - (04.1946) Brigadier, Royal Indian Army Service Corps, North Western Army, India
       

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