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1939-1945

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Wade, Harry	? -	2nd Lt. 10.04.1943 [EC 8053] WS/Lt. 10.10.1943 (reld 01.12.1945) Hon. Lt. 01.12.1945	10.04.1943     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]       may have served 2nd Indian Airborne Division
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, Belgaum 1947/48? transferred to Special List (ex-Indian Army)
Waite, John Johnston Son of John Waite, insurance superintendent, and Elizabeth Waite. Husband of Alice Margaret Waite.	1895 ? Co. Armagh - 05.06.1942 (MPK) [age 47] [Alamein Memorial, column 197]	T/2nd Lt. (prob) 18.02.1916 Lt. (prob) 21.09.1918, seniority 18.11.1917 [IA 135] Lt. 21.09.1919 Capt. 14.11.1920 Maj. 25.03.1935 (Special Unemployed List 01.04.1936)	Education: Military Training College, Cork. ? - 18.02.1916 cadet, Officer Training Corps 18.02.1916     commissioned, The Royal Irish Rifles 21.09.1918     commissioned, Indian Army [attached 59th Scinde Rilfes] ? - 05.06.1942 9th Jat Regiment
Wakefield, John Douglas	04.11.1919 ? Maidstone district, Kent ? - 06.12.2006 ? Colchester, Essex ?	2nd Lt. 27.06.1942 [7880] WS/Lt. 27.12.1942 (reld > 04.1947) Capt. 1948? 39|45 St - - Bur St - - Def M - - WM 39|45  - - EM 21.01.1949 - EM 21.01.1949 1st clasp	27.06.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
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, John Morgan Purdon	? - 1991	2nd Lt. 22.12.1940 MC 19.12.1946 gallant & distinguished services in the field (El Mechile 08.04.41) [citation available upon request]	Wine merchant with Phipson & Sons at Calcutta, India. 22.12.1940     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]       served 2nd Royal Lancers, Indian Armoured Corps (Gardner's Horse) His daughter writes: "He was an Italian POW having been caught in North Africa. Later, escaped when Italy capitulated, possibly being one of a trio with Eric Newby (his story was remarkably similar - 3 of them, IAC, broken ankle, hidden by villages, betrayed by doctor, one returned to marry a girl met there, etc), and was caught by the Germans and moved to a POW camp in Brunswick, I think."
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.	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)
Wallace, Frederick Ingram Son (with one sister and two brothers) of Jeremiah Thomas Wallace (1868-1945), and Elizabeth Taylor (1883-1962).	02.09.1907 Dublin South district, Ireland - 07.09.1960 Spalding district, Lincolnshire	2nd Lt. 01.09.1927 [IA 781] Lt. 01.12.1929 Capt. 01.09.1936 A/Maj. 06.09.1939-05.12.1939 Maj. 01.09.1944 (retd 11.12.1948) A/Lt.Col. 22.05.1944-08.07.1944 T/Lt.Col. 1946? Hon. Lt.Col. 11.12.1948 2nd Lt. 27.06.1952 [38539] Capt. 27.06.1952 (reld 01.12.1954) DSO 06.06.1946 Burma [citation available upon request] MID 27.09.1945 Burma - Ntce 1938 name brought to notice for service in Waziristan, NW Frontier of India 11.36-01.37	Education: Royal Military College, Sandhurst (1926-1927). 01.09.1927     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 31.12.1928     commissioned, Indian Army (17th Dogra Regiment) 26.08.1937 - 05.09.1939 Instructor, Royal Military College, Sandhurst (1945/46)     1st Battalion 17th Dogra Regiment 27.06.1952 - 01.12.1954 General List - Territorial Army
Walters, Clarence Lane Married ((03?).1913, Exeter district, Devon) Irene Saltmarsh.	(06?).1893 Woolwich district, Greater London - (12?).1952 Sidcup district, Kent	Assistant Commissary (with rank of Lt.) 29.05.1940 [OS 104] WS/Capt. 20.07.1942 T/Maj. 20.07.1942-(04.1946) MBE 13.06.1946 HM's birthday 46	29.05.1940     commissioned, Indian Army Departments [emergency commission]       served Indian Army Ordnance Corps 1944? - 1946? Officer Commanding, Dehu Ordnance Depot
Ward, George Frederick Son of Thomas Ward (born 1854), draper manager, then publican, and Elizabeth Ward (born 1870).	09.08.1892 Birmingham, Warwickshire -	Tpr. 01.12.1914 L/Cpl. 05.02.1916 Cpl. 10.11.1916 2nd Lt. 01.08.1917 Lt. 01.02.1919 (reld 01.04.1920) A/L/Bdr. 01.12.1939 [1523186] L/Sgt. 12.04.1940 2nd Lt. 29.09.1940 [149794] WS/Lt. 28.09.1940 A/Capt. 06.1942-... WS/Capt. 30.09.1942 (reld 1947) A/Maj. ...-29.09.1942 T/Maj. 30.09.1942-20.09.1943 MID 30.05.1918 ? 14|15 St - - VM - -	Education: School Belle Vue, Bradford. Worked as a rancher in Australia, then served with the Queensland Mounted Police till 1914. Class 1 National Reservist, Royal Canadian Dragoons  (before 11 Aug 1914, 11526) 01.12.1914 - 1917? enlisted service, "B" Squadron, King Edward’s Horse, The King’s Overseas Dominions Regiment (France from 21.04.1915; UK leave 18-24.12.1915) 05.02.1917 - 31.07.1917 Cadet School 01.08.1917     commissioned, Royal Warwickshire Regiment - Supplementary Reserve Conservative party agent Manchester Junior movement, 1928. Secretary and agent of Morecambe and Lonsdale Conservative Association, 1935-1939. 11.11.1939 - 1940 enlisted service, 143rd (Counter-Defence & Anti-Aircraft) Battery, Royal Artillery - Territorial Army (Aintree) 1940 - 28.09.1940 163rd Officer Cadet Training Unit (Shorncliffe) 28.09.1940     commissioned, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment [emergency commission] 04.10.1940 - 02.04.1941 1/7th Battalion The Royal Warwickshire Regiment 03.04.1941  - 18.11.1941   70th Battalion The Royal Warwickshire Regiment 19.11.1941     detached, Royal Indian Army Service Corps 29.12.1941 transferred, Indian Army (embarked for India from Glasgow 07.01.1942) (08.1944) serving at Simla 01.07.1946 - (10.1946) Motor Transport Officer, Junior Leaders Wing, Infantry School (India)
Warren, John Lewis Son (with two brothers and one sister) of Patrick James Warren (1890-), and Mae Irene Lewis (1896-). Married Helena Overtoom; three children.	03.05.1921 Dublin, Ireland - 02.10.1957 The Netherlands	Pte. ? 17.12.1935 [3385734] 2nd Lt. 02.08.1941 [EC 4601] (reld > 04.1947) T/Capt. (1945) MBE 01.01.1946 New Year 46	17.12.1935     enlisted, East Lancashire Regiment       170th Officer Cadet Training Unit 02.08.1941     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]       MG Company Commander, 6th Rajputana Rifles (North Africa; wounded [hospital Cape Bon, Tunisia])
Waters, Michael Edward Married Hilda Grace Rossiter (10.11.1904 - ).	14.11.1903 Dublin South district, Ireland - (06?).1968 Coventry district, Warwickshire	Lt. (Assistant Commissary) 13.11.1941 WS/Capt. 1947? Capt. 01.01.1949 [405562] Hon. Maj. 01.01.1949 Lt. 29.04.1952, seniority 10.01.1945 Capt. 29.04.1952, seniority 11.01.1951 Maj. 11.01.1958	1920     left Ireland & joined Queens Bays 13.11.1941     commissioned, Indian Army Departments [emergency commission] 1947?     Special List (ex-Indian Army) 01.01.1949 - 28.04.1952 Royal Army Ordnance Corps - Regular Army Reserve of Officers 29.04.1952 - 28.04.1958 short service commission, Royal Army Ordnance Corps - Regular Army 29.04.1958 - 14.11.1958 Regular Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]
Waugh, Douglas George Son of Charles Robert Waugh, and Irene Winifred Viney. Married Nellie Sanders; one daughter.	23.04.1907 Mhow, Bengal, India - 1948 Nigeria (heart attack after playing polo)	Pte. ? 2nd Lt. 04.04.1943 [EC 11517] WS/Lt. 04.10.1943 (reld > 04.1946, < 04.1947) T/Maj. (1945) T/Lt.Col. (1946) A/Col. ? ? 39|45 St - - Bur St - - Def M - - WM 39|45  - - MID 27.09.1945 Burma MID 09.05.1946 Burma	attended Lawrence Royal Military School  at Sanawar in the Simla Hills in India 04.04.1943     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]       served Indian (Auxiliary) Pioneer Corps District Officer, Nigeria.
Webster, Thomas Alexander	? -	2nd Lt. 25.01.1944 [EC 11967] WS/Lt. 25.01.1944 (reld > 04.1947)	25.01.1944     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Weld, Denis John Patrick Married 1st ((09?).1940, Basford district, Nottinghamshire) Joan Ashford. Married 2nd (1946/47?) Rachel Evans, QAIMNS(R), daughter of Mr & Mrs A.G. Evans, of Llanelly, ... children (one son, one daughter?).	01.04.1907 Naas district, Ireland - (12?).1977 Oundle district, Huntingdonshire	2nd Lt. 29.01.1927 Lt. 29.01.1930 21.11.1935, seniority 29.04.1929 [IA 508] Capt. 29.01.1936 A/Maj. 02.1943 Maj. 29.01.1944 (retd 30.06.1948) A/Lt.Col. 21.10.1943-20.01.1944 T/Lt.Col. 21.01.1944-(01.1946) Hon. Lt.Col. 30.06.1948 Maj. 01.01.1949 [37303] IndGSM - & clasps NW Frontier 36-37 & NW Frontier 37-39 39|45 St - - Bur St - - Def M - - WM 39|45  - -	Education: Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Passed the following courses: Army veterinary School Certificate, passed the Supply Course at the RIASC School, passed the Animal Transport Course at the RIASC School, Short Motor Transport Course, Chaklala. 29.01.1927     commissioned, The Cheshire Regiment 21.11.1935     transferred, Indian Army 11.1935     1/1 Punjab Regiment) 30.08.1938     28th Motor Transport Company, Royal Indian Army Service Corps (1946)     Officer Commanding, 3rd IRB Petrol-Oil-Lubricants Depot, Panagar 01.01.1949 - 24.10.1962 Royal Army Service Corps - Regular Army Reserve of Officers [exceeded age limit]
West, Jesse Kenneth	? -	L/Sgt. ? 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]
Westcott, Frank Percy	? -	2nd Lt. 02.04.1942 ... ...	(02.1942)     "A" Company, Officer Training School, Belgaum (India) 02.04.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Weston, Gerald Norman	? -	Wt.Offr. I ? 2nd Lt. 06.02.1944 [EC 12417] WS/Lt. 06.02.1944 (reld > 04.1947)	06.02.1944     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Wheeler, George Oliver	? -	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]
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
White, Vincent Gordon Lindsay	? -	Pte. ? 2nd Lt. 22.08.1943 WS/Lt. 22.05.1944	? - 22.08.1943 'A' Company, 4 Wing, Officers' Training School, Mhow 22.08.1943     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Whitewright, Edmund Ireland Son of Chief Engineer Edmund Ireland Whitewright, MN.	01.1925 Cathcart district, Glasgow, Scotland -	2nd Lt. 21.07.1944 WS/Lt. 21.01.1945 (reld > 04.1947) A?/Capt. ?	Education: High School of Glasgow (1939-1943). 21.07.1944     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]       served 1/9th Gurkha Rifles
Whittaker, Robert Allon Married (Poona, India) Edna Jane Wood; ... children (two sons?).	? - 1950s ?	L/Cpl. ? 2nd Lt. 10.06.1942 [EC 6545] (reld 13.06.1946) A/Capt. 30.06.1942-(04.1944) Hon Capt. 13.06.1946	Punjab Regiment 10.06.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] ? - (04.1944) a Staff Captain at the Directorate of Movements, Quartermaster-General's Branch, India HQ Staff Emigrated to South Africa.
Wiles, Basil Son of Charles Timothy Wiles, and Mary Turner Jeffery, Married 1st (1931, Northamptonshire) Noreen Amy Norris (20.01.1911 - 2002), daughter of Rowland Stephen Laver Norris (1874-1955), and Eleanor Gertrude Clayton; one son. Married 2nd Gladys Margaret ... (died 10.12.1995, aged 87).	20.10.1900 Northampton, Northamptonshire - 11.02.1964 Napier, New Zealand [Wharerangi Cemetery, section 15, plot 3]	2nd Lt. 07.11.1928 Lt. 07.02.1931 Capt. 07.11.1939	07.11.1928     commissioned, Army in India Reserve of Officers (1939)     Movement (R.T.) Staff & M.F.O. School teacher.
Wilkinson, Thomas Alec	? -	BQMS ? 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]
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
Willcocks, Roger Malcolm Durant Married; four daughters.	26.06.1912 - 23.07.1962 New Zealand	2nd Lt. 01.09.1932 [AI 143] Lt. 01.12.1934 A/Capt. 03.09.1939-02.12.1939 T/Capt. 03.12.1939-01.02.1940, 21.04.1940-13.07.1940 Capt. 01.09.1940 A/Maj. 01.09.1941-(01.1946) Maj. 01.07.1946 (retd 30.08.1948) T/Lt.Col. ? Hon. Lt.Col. 30.08.1948 Maj. RARO 01.01.1949 [56761] (reld 07.09.1951; on appointment to the New Zealand Military Forces)	01.09.1932     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 05.11.1933     commissioned, Indian Army       Royal Garwhal Rifles 01.01.1949 - 07.09.1951 Devonshire Regiment - Regular Army Reserve of Officers
Williams, David Montague	08.02.1895 - 06.1961	2nd Lt. SRO 09.12.1915 [13207] Lt. 09.09.1917 09.01.1918, seniority 09.09.1917 [IA 669] Capt. 26.08.1920 Maj. 26.08.1934 A/Lt.Col. 03.04.1941-02.07.1941 T/Lt.Col. 03.07.1941-25.08.1942 Lt.Col. 26.08.1942 (retd 05.05.1948) Hon. Col. 05.05.1948	? - 08.12.1915 served in the ranks, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, mobilized Territorial Force, for 1 year, 126 days 09.12.1915 - 08.01.1918 mobilized, Special Reserve of Officers for 2 years, 31 days 09.09.1917     commissioned, Army 09.01.1918     commissioned, Indian Army WW II     served Royal Indian Army Service Corps Emigrated to Australia, 1948.
Williams, John Keble Son of the Rev. Canon Robert Keble Williams, BA (1885-), and Grace Winifred Trew (1890-), of Llanrhian Vicarage, Pembrokeshire.	(09?).1922 Llanrhian, Haverfordwest district, Pembrokeshire - 11.07.1942 [age 20] [Delhi War Cemetery, India, 1.B.9]	A/L/Sgt. ? 2nd Lt. 09.07.1942	09.07.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] ? - 11.07.1942 10th Battalion 17th Dogra Regiment
Williams, Patrick Robert Married (09.1926, Kingston district, Middlesex / Surrey) Edith G.L. Sykes.	10.09.1902 East Stonehouse district, Devon - 16.12.1941 [Singapore Memorial, column 241] [memorial window at West Hill Church, Devon]	2nd Lt. 31.08.1922 [418] Lt. 31.08.1924 21.01.1936, seniority 30.11.1924 Capt. 21.01.1936, seniority 31.08.1931 Maj. 31.08.1939	Education: Staff College (psc). 31.08.1922     commissioned, The Lancashire Fusiliers 24.04.1930 - 21.02.1932 Station Staff Officer, ... (India) 15.02.1933 - (06.1933) Adjutant, Depot The Lancashire Fusiliers (Bury) 21.01.1936 commissioned, Indian Army 01.08.1939 - (04.)1941 Staff Captain, ... 1941 - 16.12.1941 14th Punjab Regiment
Williams, Sterling John de Courcy	? -	L/Cpl. ? 2nd Lt. 22.08.1943 WS/Lt. 22.02.1944 T/Capt. 12.09.1944-(04.1946)	? - 22.08.1943 'A' Company, 4 Wing, Officers' Training School, Mhow 22.08.1943     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Willis, Horace George	22.06.1911 - 27.11.1984 Boston, Lincolnshire	S/Sgt. ? 2nd Lt. 28.05.1942 WS/Capt. 10.06.1943 T/Maj. 10.06.1943-(04.1946)	28.05.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]       probably with 19th Hyderabad Regiment
Wilmshurst, Frank Son of ... Wilmshurst, and ... Ashbourn. Married; ... children (one son?).	09.03.1917 Hampstead, London - 07.02.1996 Poole, Dorset	2nd Lt. 19.03.1944 WS/Lt. 19.09.1944 (reld > 04.1946, < 04.1947) T/Capt. ? Hon. Capt. > 04.1946, < 04.1947	19.03.1944 commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] No. 1027 Indian Platoon Royal Indian Army Service Corps (Administrative Division), South East Asia Command (Burma)
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, John Adam	? New Zealand -	2nd Lt. 05.07.1941 [EC 2893] WS/Lt. ? (reld 17.02.1946) T/Capt. ? Hon. Capt. 17.02.1946	Officer Training School, Belgaum (India) 05.07.1941     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Wilson, Philip Joseph	? -	Rifmn. ? 2nd Lt. 22.08.1943 WS/Lt. 22.02.1944 T/Capt. 02.06.1944-(04.1946)	? - 22.08.1943 'A' Company, 4 Wing, Officers' Training School, Mhow 22.08.1943     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Wilson, Stanley Horace	1911 ? - 29.11.1962 ? Sydenham, Kent ?	L/Cpl. ? 2nd Lt. 12.08.1943 [EC 10583] WS/Lt. 12.02.1944 (reld 01.12.1945; ill-health) T/Capt. 24.02.1944-01.12.1945 Hon. Capt. 01.12.1945	12.08.1943     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
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)
Winckler, Dennis Lancelot Married (05.1943, Baghdad, Persia) Louise Storey.	14.07.1915 India - 26.12.1999 Halton district, Cheshire	2nd Lt. 21.06.1940 WS/Lt. 15.08.1941 T/Capt. 15.08.1941-(04.1946)	03.1940 - 06.1940 "D" Company No. 12 Platoon, Officers' Training School, Belgaum (India) 21.06.1940 commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] 3rd Battalion 8th Punjab Regiment 24.12.1944 - (04.1946) General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), Training Teams, Directorate of Military Training, General Staff Branch, India Headquarters Staff Accountant.
Wollheim, James Henry "Jimmy" Son of Eric Wollheim (1880?-1948), and Constance Mary Baker. Married 1st ((03?).1945, Henley district, Buckinghamshire / Berkshire / Oxfordshire) Rosalind V.B. Taylor. Married 2nd (1947, Greece) Rhea De Coulacou; one son. Married 3rd (17.03.1952, Kensington district, London) Patricia M. Batchelor; two daughters.	02.06.1920 St Giles district, Greater London - 26.08.1985 Sussex [buried Bolney, Sussex]	2nd Lt. 22.06.1940 WS/Lt. 22.12.1941 T/Capt. 02.01.1942-(04.1947) WS/Lt. 27.08.1945, seniority 22.12.1941 [380593]	22.06.1940     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] 27.08.1945     transferred, Royal Army Service Corps (for service with Expeditionary Force Institutes) [without pay and allowances from Army Funds] 01.09.1946     transferred, Royal Army Service Corps
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 - 04.1986 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 - - WM 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]
Wootton, Clarence Wynn	15.09.1904 Wolverhampton district, Shropshire / Staffordshire / West Midlands - 1980 Chatham district, Kent	CSM ? Lt. QM 08.04.1942 WS/Capt. QM 08.04.1945 (reld > 04.1947)	served in the ranks, North Staffordshire Regiment (NW Frontier of India) 08.04.1942     commissioned, "Special List" of Quarter-Masters of the Royal Engineers - Indian Army [emergency commission]
Wormald, Peter John Elder son (with one brother) of Capt. Guy Wormald (1883-1916), The Lancashire Fusiliers, and Doris Eleanor Kindersley (1886-1973) [later Mrs T.E. Winslow], of Weymouth, Dorsetshire. Brother of Capt. Alan Guy Wormald, The King's Royal Rifle Corps. Married 1st (24.02.1940, All Saints Church, Malabar Hill, Bombay) Audrey Josephine Sara Petrie (21.12.1921 - 24.07.1944), daughter of Walter MacGregor Petrie (1885-1965), and Violet Maud Emily Mackenzie-Kennedy (1891-1969). Married 2nd (03.08.1945, St Mary's Church, Weymouth, Dorset) Merial Phyllis Moule, WRNS ((06?).1924 - ), daughter of Dr Horace Frederick Moule (1873-1967), and Phyllis Edith Kindersley (1893-1949), of Weymouth, Dorset; four (?) daughters, one (?) son.	21.09.1913 Kensington district, London - 07.01.2011 Ringwood, Hampshire	Lt. (prob) 01.09.1938 [MZ/18440] Capt. 27.09.1939, seniority 01.05.1939 (retd 26.02.1949) A/Maj. 11.08.1942-10.11.1942 T/Maj. 11.11.1942-(01.1946) Hon. Maj. 26.02.1949 MID 17.12.1942 Waziristan	Education: Trinity College, Cambridge (MA, 1947); MD, 1954; Middlesex Hospital (MB, ChB, 1938); MRCS Eng, LRCP Lond, 1938. 01.09.1938     commissioned, Indian Medical Service (1942)     served in Waziristan (despatches) Harvard Hospital, Salisbury, Wiltshire. Director Public Health Laboratory General Infirmary, Salisbury. Published: several articles on medical microbiology in professional journals.
Wratten, Herbert Redgnap "Bertie"	? -	2nd Lt. 02.04.1942 ... ...	(02.1942)     "A" Company, Officer Training School, Belgaum (India) 02.04.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Wright, Douglas Married ...; ... children (one daughter?).	? -	Pte. ? 2nd Lt. 29.10.1942 (reld > 04.1946, < 04.1946)	29.10.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Wyndham, Roy Edward Percy Married ((06?).1948, Chelsea district, London) Jane "Joan" Bellamy (24.12.1921 - 22.07.1967) [she remarried Williamson]; three sons.	19.07.1913 - 13.07.1954 Ankole, Uganda (accidently shot while trying to see to a wounded lion)	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 31.08.1933 [AI 365] (half-pay 06.08.1935) (full-pay 04.01.1936) Lt. 29.04.1936 A/Capt. 15.10.1939-14.01.1940 T/Capt. 15.01.1940-11.12.1940, 29.12.1940-30.06.1941 Capt. 29.01.1942 A/Maj. 07.05.1942-(01.1946) Maj. 29.01.1947 (retd 04.02.1947; ill-health) MC 13.08.1937 NW Frontier of India 37	Education: Royal Military College, Sandhurst. 31.08.1933     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 22.03.1936 commissioned, Indian Army (1937)      3rd Battalion, 6th Rajputana Rifles served Rajputana Rifles Game ranger, Uganda.

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