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Wagstaff,
Anthony Hugh
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11.06.1913
-
06.1988
Fleet, Hants
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2nd Lt.
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02.02.1933
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2nd Lt. [IA]
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30.03.1934 [7 AI]
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Lt.
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02.05.1935
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A/Capt.
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21.05.1940-20.08.1940
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T/Capt.
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21.08.1940-01.02.1941
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Capt.
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02.02.1941
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A/Maj.
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01.09.1942-30.11.1942
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T/Maj.
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01.12.1942-07.08.1944
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WS/Maj.
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08.08.1944
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Maj.
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01.07.1946 (retd
14.11.1948)
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A/Lt.Col.
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08.05.1944-07.08.1944
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T/Lt.Col.
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08.08.1944-(01.1946)
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Hon. Lt.Col.
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14.11.1948
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02.02.1933
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commissioned,
Unattached List
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30.03.1934
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transferred
to the Indian Army
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1930s
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18th
KEO Cavalry [possibly even 18th
KGO Lancers]
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1939
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-
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1945
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served
World War II:
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03.1940
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-
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06.1940
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No. 12
Platoon, D Company, Officers' Training School, Belguam
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1947/48?
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transferred
to Special List (ex-Indian Army)
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Wakefield,
John Howard
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17.02.1914
-
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2nd Lt.
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01.02.1934 [IA
316, later 421872]
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Lt.
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01.05.1936
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A/Capt.
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08.05.1940-07.08.1940
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T/Capt.
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08.08.1940-15.10.1940,
19.12.1940-09.05.1941
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WS/Capt.
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10.05.1941
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Capt.
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01.02.1942
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A/Maj.
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10.02.1941-09.05.1941
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T/Maj.
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10.05.1941-30.06.1941,
20.07.1942-16.02.1946
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Maj.
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17.02.1946 (retd
04.06.1948) (reverted to retd 16.04.1951)
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Hon. Col.
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16.04.1951
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01.02.1934
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commissioned,
Unattached List
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04.05.1935
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transferred
to the Indian Army
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served with
Poona Horse and Pakistan 19th Lancers
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04.06.1948
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-
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16.04.1951
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retired,
but continued to be borne on the Special List (ex-Indian Army), British Army,
while employed with the Pakistan Forces
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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

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11.11.1912
India
-
12.08.2001
Yeovil, Somerset
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Cadet
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?
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2nd Lt.
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02.02.1933
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...
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...
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T/Lt.Col.
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26.02.1945-30.09.1953
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Bt. Lt.Col.
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01.07.1952
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...
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...
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Brig.
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09.06.1960
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Maj.Gen.
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01.02.1961
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Lt.Gen.
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?
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Gen.
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01.07.1970 (retd
16.05.1972)
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KCB
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1968
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?
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CB
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1964
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?
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CBE
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28.04.1959
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?
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OBE
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13.12.1949
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?
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DSO
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17.01.1946
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?
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DSO
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30.10.1953
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?
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DSO
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16.02.1965
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?
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MID
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25.10.1940
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?
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MID
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17.12.1942
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?
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MID
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19.07.1945
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?
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MID
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08.04.1949
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?
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MID
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21.10.1952
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?
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Dato Seri Setia, Order of Paduka Stia Negara,
Brunei, 1964; Hon. Panglima Mangku Negara, Malaysia, 1965.
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Education: Blundell's; Royal Military College,
Sandhurst; psc; sd (1942); jssc (1950); idc (1960)
02.02.1933
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commissioned,
Unattached List for the Indian Army
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06.03.1934
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commissioned,
Indian Army
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11.09.1937
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-
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26.05.1940
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Adjutant,
... (1939-1941 Waziristan
(despatches twice))
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27.05.1940
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-
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30.07.1941
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Staff
Captain, Razmak Brigade
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21.02.1942
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-
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13.04.1942
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Adjutant,
...
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14.04.1942
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-
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23.04.1942
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GSO3
(Ops), HQ 1st Burma Corps
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06.07.1942
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-
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26.12.1943
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Instructor
(GSO2), Staff College, Quetta
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04.1944
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-
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fall
1944
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Second-in-Command,
4/8 Gurkhas
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fall
1944
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-
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1945
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Commanding
Officer, 4/8 Gurkhas
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27.07.1945
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-
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28.02.1946
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General
Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1),
Indian Division
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1949
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-
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1959
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Malaya
(despatches twice, OBE, Bar to DSO, CBE) [Atomic Trials, Maralinga, SA, 1956]
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01.02.1961
|
-
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31.01.1964
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General
Officer Commanding, ... Infantry Division
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01.02.1964
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-
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03.03.1965
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Director
of Operations, Borneo (CB, Bar to DSO)
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18.09.1965
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-
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(02.1967)
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Deputy
Chief of Staff, HQ AFCENT (Acting
Chief of Staff, 1966-1967)
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1967
|
-
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1969
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GOC-in-C,
Northern Command
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1969
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-
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1972
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Commander-in-Chief,
Allied Forces Northern Europe
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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)
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White,
Newport de Vere

later listed under last name:
De Vere White, N.
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18.01.1916
-
1976
Ireland
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2nd Lt.
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05.05.1941 [EC
12??]
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WS/Lt.
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01.10.1942
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Lt.
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22.02.1947,
seniority 03.03.1941 [375260]
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Capt.
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22.02.1947,
seniority 01.07.1946
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Maj.
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18.01.1952 (retd
28.08.1958)
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05.05.1941
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commissioned, Indian Army
[emergency commission to 21.02.1947]
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1942?
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-
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1945?
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in
Japanese captivity
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22.02.1947
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-
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28.08.1958
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Royal
Inniskilling Fusiliers [permanent commission] (served in Cyprus at one point)
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28.08.1958
|
-
|
18.01.1966
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Regular
Army Reserve of Officers
|
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Wilks,
Michael Goodwin

Married Barbara Donovan.
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14.11.1923
-
07.03.2007
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2nd Lt.
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16.01.1944
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WS/Lt.
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16.07.1944
|
...
|
...
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Maj.
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03.12.1957,
seniority 14.11.1957 (retd 12.06.1978)
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16.01.1944
|
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commissioned, Indian Army
[emergency commission]
|
|
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late 14th Punjab Regiment, RASC & RAOC
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Wilson,
Frank Arthur Henry
|
?
-
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Sgt.
|
?
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2nd Lt.
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16.01.1944 [EC
11999]
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WS/Lt.
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09.02.1944 (cashiered
by sentence of a General Court Martial 30.07.1946; notification
cancelled 23.04.1948)
|
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?
|
-
|
16.01.1944
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Officer
Training School, Bangalore
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16.01.1944
|
|
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commissioned, Indian Army
[emergency commission]
|
|
|
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served
in the 6th Rajputana Rifles
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Post-war a sales representative &
schoolteacher in Norfolk.
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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.
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26.11.1900
Stroud, Gloucestershire
-
27.05.1986
Wimbledon, London
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2nd Lt.
|
02.02.1920 [A.I.
46]
|
Lt.
|
29.01.1921
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Capt.
|
29.01.1927
|
Maj.
|
29.01.1938
|
A/Lt.Col.
|
13.06.1940-12.09.1940
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T/Lt.Col.
|
13.09.1940-20.01.1942
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WS/Lt.Col.
|
21.01.1942
|
Lt.Col.
|
29.01.1946
|
A/Col.
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21.07.1941-20.01.1942
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T/Col.
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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)
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A/Brig.
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06.01.1942-31.03.1942,
18.03.1943-20.06.1943
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T/Brig.
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21.06.1943-(01.1946)
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Hon. Maj.Gen.
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09.05.1948
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Education: Christ's Hospital (1911-1916); Victoria College,
Jersey (1916-1920?); student, Junior division, Staff College, Quetta (psc, 1936-[01.1937])
29.01.1920
|
|
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commissioned,
Unattached List (for Indian Army)
|
02.02.1920
|
|
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commissioned,
91st Punjabis (LI)
|
1921
|
-
|
1924
|
served
Waziristan
|
|
|
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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.
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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
|
* 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]
|
|