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1939-1945

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Wagstaff, Anthony Hugh	11.06.1913 - 06.1988 Fleet, Hants	2nd Lt. 02.02.1933 2nd Lt. [IA] 30.03.1934 [7 AI] Lt. 02.05.1935 A/Capt. 21.05.1940-20.08.1940 T/Capt. 21.08.1940-01.02.1941 Capt. 02.02.1941 A/Maj. 01.09.1942-30.11.1942 T/Maj. 01.12.1942-07.08.1944 WS/Maj. 08.08.1944 Maj. 01.07.1946 (retd 14.11.1948) A/Lt.Col. 08.05.1944-07.08.1944 T/Lt.Col. 08.08.1944-(01.1946) Hon. Lt.Col. 14.11.1948	02.02.1933 commissioned, Unattached List 30.03.1934 transferred to the Indian Army 1930s 18th KEO Cavalry [possibly even 18th KGO Lancers] 1939 - 1945 served World War II: 03.1940 - 06.1940 No. 12 Platoon, D Company, Officers' Training School, Belguam 1947/48? transferred to Special List (ex-Indian Army)
Wakefield, John Howard	17.02.1914 -	2nd Lt. 01.02.1934 [IA 316, later 421872] Lt. 01.05.1936 A/Capt. 08.05.1940-07.08.1940 T/Capt. 08.08.1940-15.10.1940, 19.12.1940-09.05.1941 WS/Capt. 10.05.1941 Capt. 01.02.1942 A/Maj. 10.02.1941-09.05.1941 T/Maj. 10.05.1941-30.06.1941, 20.07.1942-16.02.1946 Maj. 17.02.1946 (retd 04.06.1948) (reverted to retd 16.04.1951) Hon. Col. 16.04.1951	01.02.1934 commissioned, Unattached List 04.05.1935 transferred to the Indian Army       served with Poona Horse and Pakistan 19th Lancers 04.06.1948 - 16.04.1951 retired, but continued to be borne on the Special List (ex-Indian Army), British Army, while employed with the Pakistan Forces
Walker, [Sir] Walter Colyear Son of late Arthur Colyear Walker. Married (1938) Beryl (died 1990), daughter of late E.N.W. Johnston; two sons, one daughter. Guardian obituary	11.11.1912 India - 12.08.2001 Yeovil, Somerset	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 02.02.1933 ... ... T/Lt.Col. 26.02.1945-30.09.1953 Bt. Lt.Col. 01.07.1952 ... ... Brig. 09.06.1960 Maj.Gen. 01.02.1961 Lt.Gen. ? Gen. 01.07.1970 (retd 16.05.1972) KCB 1968 ? CB 1964 ? CBE 28.04.1959 ? OBE 13.12.1949 ? DSO 17.01.1946 ? DSO 30.10.1953 ? DSO 16.02.1965 ? MID 25.10.1940 ? MID 17.12.1942 ? MID 19.07.1945 ? MID 08.04.1949 ? MID 21.10.1952 ? Dato Seri Setia, Order of Paduka Stia Negara, Brunei, 1964; Hon. Panglima Mangku Negara, Malaysia, 1965.	Education: Blundell's; Royal Military College, Sandhurst; psc; sd (1942); jssc (1950); idc (1960) 02.02.1933 commissioned, Unattached List for the Indian Army 06.03.1934 commissioned, Indian Army 11.09.1937 - 26.05.1940 Adjutant, ... (1939-1941 Waziristan (despatches twice)) 27.05.1940 - 30.07.1941 Staff Captain, Razmak Brigade 21.02.1942 - 13.04.1942 Adjutant, ... 14.04.1942 - 23.04.1942 GSO3 (Ops), HQ 1st Burma Corps 06.07.1942 - 26.12.1943 Instructor (GSO2), Staff College, Quetta 04.1944 - fall 1944 Second-in-Command, 4/8 Gurkhas fall 1944 - 1945 Commanding Officer, 4/8 Gurkhas 27.07.1945 - 28.02.1946 General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), Indian Division 1949 - 1959 Malaya (despatches twice, OBE, Bar to DSO, CBE) [Atomic Trials, Maralinga, SA, 1956] 01.02.1961 - 31.01.1964 General Officer Commanding, ... Infantry Division 01.02.1964 - 03.03.1965 Director of Operations, Borneo (CB, Bar to DSO) 18.09.1965 - (02.1967) Deputy Chief of Staff, HQ AFCENT (Acting Chief of Staff, 1966-1967) 1967 - 1969 GOC-in-C, Northern Command 1969 - 1972 Commander-in-Chief, Allied Forces Northern Europe Colonel, 7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles, 11.09.1964-1975.  Published: The Bear at the Back Door (1978); The Next Domino (1980); Fighting On (1997; autobiography)
White, Newport de Vere later listed under last name: De Vere White, N.	18.01.1916 - 1976 Ireland	2nd Lt. 05.05.1941 [EC 12??] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 Lt. 22.02.1947, seniority 03.03.1941 [375260] Capt. 22.02.1947, seniority 01.07.1946 Maj. 18.01.1952 (retd 28.08.1958)	05.05.1941 commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission to 21.02.1947] 1942? - 1945? in Japanese captivity  22.02.1947 - 28.08.1958 Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [permanent commission] (served in Cyprus at one point) 28.08.1958 - 18.01.1966 Regular Army Reserve of Officers
Wilks, Michael Goodwin Married Barbara Donovan.	14.11.1923 - 07.03.2007	2nd Lt. 16.01.1944 WS/Lt. 16.07.1944 ... ... Maj. 03.12.1957, seniority 14.11.1957 (retd 12.06.1978)	16.01.1944 commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] late 14th Punjab Regiment, RASC & RAOC
Wilson, Frank Arthur Henry	? -	Sgt. ? 2nd Lt. 16.01.1944 [EC 11999] WS/Lt. 09.02.1944 (cashiered by sentence of a General Court Martial 30.07.1946; notification cancelled 23.04.1948)	? - 16.01.1944 Officer Training School, Bangalore 16.01.1944 commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]       served in the 6th Rajputana Rifles Post-war a sales representative & schoolteacher in Norfolk.
Wilson-Haffenden, Donald James Son of late Rev. L.A. Wilson­Haffenden, Seaford, Sussex. Married 1st (1923) Isabella Sutherland (died 1968); one daughter deceased. Married 2nd (1969) Ruth Lea Douglass (died 1978), late of CMS Married 3rd (1979), Annabella Khanna.	26.11.1900 Stroud, Gloucestershire - 27.05.1986 Wimbledon, London	2nd Lt. 02.02.1920 [A.I. 46] Lt. 29.01.1921 Capt. 29.01.1927 Maj. 29.01.1938 A/Lt.Col. 13.06.1940-12.09.1940 T/Lt.Col. 13.09.1940-20.01.1942 WS/Lt.Col. 21.01.1942 Lt.Col. 29.01.1946 A/Col. 21.07.1941-20.01.1942 T/Col. 21.01.1942-31.03.1942, 08.03.1943-(01.1946) Col. 10.05.1947 [74388] 10.09.1948, seniority 22.04.1947 (retd 09.05.1948) A/Brig. 06.01.1942-31.03.1942, 18.03.1943-20.06.1943 T/Brig. 21.06.1943-(01.1946) Hon. Maj.Gen. 09.05.1948 CBE 28.06.1945 gallant and distinguished services in Burma OBE 11.07.1940 for distinguished services in the field MID 05.04.1945 gallant and distinguished services in Burma and on the Eastern Frontier of India	Education: Christ's Hospital (1911-1916); Victoria College, Jersey (1916-1920?); student, Junior division, Staff College, Quetta (psc, 1936-[01.1937]) 29.01.1920 commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 02.02.1920 commissioned, 91st Punjabis (LI) 1921 - 1924 served Waziristan 8th Punjabi Regiment 24.04.1938 - 01.09.1939 Staff Captain, HQ 1st Division (Aldershot, UK) 11.06.1940 - (04.)1941 Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General (AA&QMG), 1st Division 1941 - 1942 Deputy Adjutant & Quartermaster-General (DA&QMG), 110 Force 1943 Deputy Adjutant & Quartermaster-General (DA&QMG), XXXIII Indian Corps (Burma) 24.03.1945 - (04.1946) a Deputy Quartermaster-General (DQMG), GHQ, India Chairman of the executive committee for evangelist Billy Graham's British crusades in 1954, 1966 and 1967. Brigade Secretary, The Boys' Brigade UK, 1954-1965. Published: Operation Exodus (1957)
Woods, Harold Starmer   Married (28.03.1932, Calcutta) Nanuoya Marjorie Watson (born 07.09.1910), daughter of Robert James Watson, businessman & government official in India.	22.02.1895 Rainham, Kent - 1986 New Forest district, Hampshire	Bombardier ? [979] Lt. 30.04.1920, seniority 04.04.1919 [736 IA] Capt. 13.02.1923 Bt. Maj. 06.05.1932 * Maj. 13.02.1936 A/Lt.Col. 01.06.1941-31.08.1941 T/Lt.Col. 01.09.1941-12.02.1944 Lt.Col. 13.02.1944 (retd 29.07.1948) Bt. Col. 04.05.1943 & 05.11.1944 [retained rank of Lt.Col.] A/Brig. 13.06.1945-12.1945 T/Brig. 12.1945-09.1946 Hon. Brig. 29.07.1948 OBE 03.07.1934 for valuable services rendered in the field in connection with military operations against the Upper Mohmands, period 07-10.1933 MID 06.05.1932 ? MID 04.01.1934 ? MID 28.10.1942 Burma 12.41-05.42 14|15 St - - BWM 14|20 - - VM - - GenSM - & clasps Kurdistan, NW Persia & Iraq IndGSM - & clasps NW Frontier 30-31 & Mohmands 33 39|45 St - - Bur St - - BWM 39|45  - - IndSM 39|45 - - * for distinguished services in Peshawar disturbances	1914 - 03.07.1917 served in the ranks, Royal Field Artillery [mobilized Territorial Force (for 2 years, 333 days)] (served in France 02.10.1914-15.10.1914, India 29.10.1914-03.12.1915, Persian Gulf 04.12.1915-28.06.1916, India 29.06.1916-03.07.1917) 04.07.1917 - 29.04.1920 mobilized Supply and Transport Corps, Indian Army Reserve of Officers (Adjutant, 14th Supply Company, Lahore) (for 2 years, 300 days) (Iraq) 30.04.1920 commissioned, Indian Army (service: Indian Army Service Corps) 04.06.1927 - 18.11.1930 Staff Captain, Peshawar District, India 04.1932 - ? Officer Commanding, 34th Animal Transport Company (Mohmand Force) 29.03.1934 - 1936 Deputy Assistant Director of Transport, Meerut District, India 1936 - 28.03.1938 Deputy Assistant Director of Transport, Peshawar District, India 1938 - ? officiating Commandant, No. 5 MAI 18.11.1939 - 04.03.1940 Staff Captain, GHQ, Delhi, India 01.1941 - 1941 Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General, 17th Indian Division 1941 - 1942 Commander RIASC, 17th Indian Division (Burma) 1942? - 1943 Chief Instructor of Desert Warfare at the RIASC Officers & Cadets Training School at Kakul 1943 - 1945 Senior Officer & Chief Instructor at the RIASC School at Kakul 1945 - 1945 Commandant RIASC School at Kakul 12.1945 - 09.1946 Deputy Director of Military Transport (India) 1944 - 1946 also: Deputy Director-Military of GSO1 school training at GHQ India at Delhi 09.1946 - 1947 Commandant RIASC School at Kakul 1947? - 29.07.1948 Special List (ex-Indian Army) [service number 112020]

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