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Scoones, Sir Geoffry Allen Percival     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. ° Wikipedia ° papers	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 *) KCB 01.01.1947 New Year 47 KBE 1944 ? CSI 11.06.1942 HM's birthday 42 OBE 1935 ? DSO 1917 ? 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, James Bruce 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) CB 01.01.1944 New Year 44 DSO 28.10.1942 Burma MC 1918 ? MID ? ? MID ? ? MID ? ? 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
Sheil-Small, Denis Humphrey Valentine	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 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)
Singh, Parkash Son of Udham Singh; husband of Giano, of Kanachak, Kathua, Kashmir. Wikipedia	01.04.1913 Kanachak Village, Kashmir, India - 17.02.1945 Burma (KIA) [Rangoon Memorial, Burma, face 43]	Jemadar ? [IO 49170] 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.
Slade, Leslie Henry Married (11.12.1942, Christchurch Mhow); one son.	01.06.1908 Alcombe, Dunster, Somerset - 2003	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]
Slim, Sir William Joseph "Bill"; 1st Viscount Slim   Son of John Slim, Bristol. Married (1926) Aileen, daughter of Rev. J. A. Robertson, MA, Edinburgh; one son, one daughter. ° Wikipedia ° Australian Dictionary of Biography ° papers	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, Wesley Guard	24.01.1901 -	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) DSO 20.04.1944 Burma DSO 22.03.1945 Burma 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) 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 ? VC 29.06.1915 Richebourg L'Avoué (Battle of Festubert), 18.05.15 * MC 27.09.1920 Tochi Valley, Waziristan, North West Frontier, India 22.10.19 ** MID 1915 France MID 1920? Waziristan MID 1921? Mesopotamia MID 1931? NW Frontier MID 1936? Mohmand Operations 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	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
Stanford, Edward Stephenson	(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]
Stevens, John Northmore	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 MBE 14.08.1947 HQ Southern Command	15.05.1941 commissioned, Indian Army Departments (Indian Army Corps of Clerks) (1947)     Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General, HQ Southern Command, India (Poona)
Stone, Ronald Victor	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) 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]
Surita, Ivan Bernard St Regis	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) 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.

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