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Oakes, Charles William Married Clair Oakes (née ...) (died 23.02.2007, aged 83).	03.10.1912 - 10.1992 Poole, Dorset	2nd Lt. 02.02.1933 [62363] Lt. 02.05.1935 Capt. 02.02.1941 Maj. ? (retd 16.04.1951)	02.02.1933 commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 05.03.1934 commissioned, Indian Army ... - ... ... 16.04.1951 - 03.10.1962 Regular Army Reserve of Officers - Royal Armoured Corps [age limit]
O'Brien, Gerald Godfrey Married; at least one son.	02.02.1919 - 02.2002 Portsmouth, Hamsphire	Gnr. ? 2nd Lt. 29.10.1941 WS/Lt. 13.05.1943 WS/Capt. ? ? A/Maj. ? (reld 1946; disability due to TB)	1940 - 1946 served in the Royal Indian Army Service Corps 29.10.1941 commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
O'Dowd, Rudolph Montague Son (with one sister and two brothers) of Thomas Emmett O'Dowd (1866-), and Esther Charlotte Tondorff (1875-). Married (15.11.1930, Cawnpore, Bengal, India) ...; one daughter, one son.	23.10.1902 Jamalpur, Monghyr District, Bengal, India - 1976 North Sydney, NSW, Australia	2nd Lt. 01.08.1941 WS/Lt. ? WS/Capt. 01.07.1943 T/Maj. 01.07.1943-21.04.1945 T/Lt.Col. 22.04.1945-(04.1947) ? MBE? ? ?	01.08.1941     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] 29.12.1943 - 21.04.1945 a Staff Officer, Royal Engineers, 2nd grade (SORE2), Directorate of Works, Engineer-in-Chief's Branch, India Headquarters Staff 22.04.1945 - (04.1947) a Staff Officer, Royal Engineers, 1st grade (SORE1), Directorate of Works, Engineer-in-Chief's Branch, India Headquarters Staff
Ofverberg, John Marcus Son of Jakob Evald Ofverberg (1892-1927), and Maggie Breckin (1891-1981). Married Karin Birgitta Svensson (30.07.1925 - 18.06.1991), daughter of Karl Emil Svensson (1879-1938), and Emilia Katarina Nordström (1885-1979); one son, one daughter.	30.08.1920 Epsom, Surrey - (03?).1985 Mid Warwickshire district, Warwickshire	Pte. ? 2nd Lt. 10.09.1941 WS/Lt. 01.04.1942 T/Capt. 01.04.1942-(07.1944) Lt. 30.01.1946, seniority 28.02.1943 [359555] [CANCELLED] Sgt. ? [22222000] Lt. 15.03.1951, seniority 13.10.1944 [359555] Hon. Maj. 11.11.1953	10.09.1941     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] 30.01.1946     commissioned, The York and Lancaster Regiment [permanent commission] [according to London Gazette notification cancelled 24.05.1946] 15.03.1951     commissioned, Infantry Battalion, Honourable Artillery Company - Territorial Army 11.11.1953     Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
Ogden, Brian John Neville Son (with one sister) of Sir Alwyne George Neville Ogden, KBE, CMG, BA, FRSA (1889-1981), and Jessie Vera Bridge (1900-1969). Married (13.09.1958, Winchester district, Hampshire) June Patricia Anne Buck.	29.11.1924 Tianjin, China - 30.07.2002 Ross on Wye district, Herefordshire	Pte. 18.06.1943 2nd Lt. 03.09.1944 [EC 14619] WS/Lt. 03.03.1945 (reld > 12.1946, < 04.1947) A/Capt. 25.05.1945? T/Capt. (1946?) Lt. 01.01.1949 [410710] Hon. Capt. 01.01.1949 MID 07.11.1946 special operations in SE Asia	Education: Dulwich College (1938-1940 & 09.1942-1943). Tientsin Volunteer Corps, 04-12.1941. He was captured on 8 Dec 1941 in Tianjin China where his father was British Consul General. He was exchanged in Sep 1942 to complete his education in England. Home Guard Anti-Aircraft 1942-1943. 18.06.1943     enlisted service, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) (embodied 08.1943) 09.1943     embarked for passage to India 10.1943 - 10.1944 Officer Training School, Bangalore 22.10.1944     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] 10.1944 - 11.1944 4th Bombay Grenadiers 11.1944 - 02.1945 34 TU, 9th Battalion 7th Rajput Regiment 02.02.1945 - 15.12.1945 served Special Operations Executive (SOE) with Force 136: 02.02.1945 - 24.05.1945 Operation Remorse (China) 25.05.1945 - 15.12.1945 ME 74 01.01.1949     Brigade of Gurkhas - Regular Army Reserve of Officers He had left the army in 1947 and joined the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) and served in various ports in the Far East. He retired from HSBC as the Bank Secretary in 1972 and joined the Hong Kong Stock Exchange as General Manager. Retiring completely ten years later to England.
Oldham, Robert William [Arthur] Married ...; ... children.	02.09.1892 Nottingham district, Nottinghamshire - 04.1987 South East Hampshire district, Hampshire	Assistant Commissary (with rank of Lt.) 04.07.1939 [CC/11] Deputy Commissary (with rank of Capt.) 15.05.1941 A/Commissary (with rank of A/Maj.) 15.02.1942-14.05.1942 T/Commissary (with rank of T/Maj.) 15.05.1942-06.07.1943 Commissary (with rank of Maj.) 07.07.1943 (retd 22.10.1947) T/Lt.Col. 04.1947? Hon. Lt.Col. 22.10.1947	04.07.1939     commissioned, Indian Army Departments       Assistant Adjutant-General (Organisation), GHQ 2nd Echelon India Command
Oliffe, Francis "Frank" Son of William and Mary Agness Oliffe Married Hypatia Balfour (14.03.1892 - 15.01.1988); one daughter.	02.10.1894 Gibraltar - 03.12.1984 Musgrove Hospital, Taunton, Taunton Deane district, Somerset	2nd Lt. (prob) 27.03.1915 [11598] 2nd Lt. 23.10.1915 Lt. 27.12.1916 A/Capt. 09.05.1919-26.12.1919 Capt. 27.12.1919 Maj. 27.12.1933 A/Lt.Col. 11.09.1940-10.12.1940 T/Lt.Col. 11.12.1940-28.01.1941 Lt.Col. 29.01.1941 T/Col. ? Col. 16.04.1944, seniority 29.01.1944 (retd 03.04.1948) A/Brig. 22.10.1945?-21.01.1946 T/Brig. 22.01.1946-(04.1947) Hon Brig. 03.04.1948 OBE 28.10.1942 Burma 12.41-05.42 [recommendation available upon request]	27.03.1915 - 12.06.1917 commissioned, 4th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers - Special Reserve of Officers [mobilized for 2 years, 78 days] 13.06.1917     commissioned, Indian Army (76th Punjab Regiment)) ?     transferred, Royal Indian Army Service Corps 11.09.1940 - 25.12.1940 Assistant Director of Transport, India       Commander, Burma Army Service Corps, HQ 1st Burma Division (OBE) 08.12.1945 - (04.1947) Deputy Director of Supplies and Transport, Quarter-Master-General's Branch, India Headquarters Staff
Ollis, Alfred Arthur	(12?).1892 Birmingham, Warwickshire - (12?).1959 Birmingham, Warwickshire	Sub-Conductor ? Assistant Commissary (with rank of Lt.) 10.05.1940	10.05.1940     commissioned, Indian Army Departments [emergency commission]       captured at Singapore, spending the rest of the war in Japanese captivity
Oliver, Robert Michael Farquharson Married ((03?).1959, Truro district, Cornwall) Ruby E. Hoskins; two daughters, one son.	26.09.1913 - 10.1997 St Austell district, Cornwall	2nd Lt. 25.08.1938 [78035] 15.09.1939, seniority 25.08.1938 [AI 972] WS/Lt. 03.08.1940 Lt. 25.11.1940 A/Capt. 03.05.1940-02.08.1940 T/Capt. 03.08.1940-06.03.1944 WS/Capt. 07.03.1944 Capt. 25.08.1946 (retd 05.12.1948) T/Maj. 07.03.1944-(04.1946) WS/Maj. 1947/48? T/Lt.Col. 1947/48? Hon. Lt.Col. 05.12.1948 MID 28.10.1942 Burma 12.41-05.42	served in the ranks for 6 years, 141 days 25.08.1938     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 15.09.1939     commissioned, Indian Army (1942)     18th Royal Garhwal Rifles (despatches) 16.02.1949 - 13.12.1951 restored to Special List (ex-Indian Army) while employed with Pakistan Armed Forces
Oliver, Roland Brian	? -	Sapper ? 2nd Lt. 22.10.1944 [EC15185] (reld > 04.1947) A?/Capt. ?	served in the ranks, Corps of Royal Engineers 22.10.1944     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]       served with the 4th & 6th Battalions (3rd) Madras Regiment       served in Burma & ended up at Fort Sandeman on the North West Frontier of India
O'Marah, Andrew Joseph Married; ... children (one son?).	(03?).1905 Dolgelly, Merionethshire / Montgomeryshire -	CSM ? 2nd Lt. 12.12.1943 [EC 12018] WS/Lt. 21.12.1943 [353122] A/Capt. ? ?	served in the ranks 12.12.1943 commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] 01.09.1945 transferred, Royal Army Ordnance Corps (Administrative Branch)
O'Neal, Norman Peter George Son (with two brothers) of Rev. Lionel Nurse O'Neal (1883-1940), vicar, and Dorothy Harriet Garrard (1886-1974). Married 1st ((03?).1946, Bedford, Bedfordshire) Ursula Garrard (02.10.1924 - 09.1998), youngest daughter of the Rev. Oswald Norman Garrard (1892-1961), and Mrs Garrard, of Bedford; two sons, one daughter. Married 2nd Veronica ....; one son.	23.04.1915 Forres, Moray, Scotland - (09?).1974 Tonbridge district, Kent	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 31.01.1935 [464 AI] Lt. 30.04.1937 Capt. 31.01.1943 Maj. 31.01.1948 (retd 11.10.1948) Maj. RARO 29.11.1950 [388665]	Education: Royal Military College, Sandhurst. 31.01.1935     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army [left for India on HMT Neuralia from Southampton 15.02.1935] 17.03.1936     commissioned, Indian Army ? - 1942 Adjutant, 2nd Battalion, 1st King George V Own Gurkha Rifles 1942 - 1945 POW in Japanese captivity (some time at Changi) 1946/47?     Special List (ex-Indian Army) 29.11.1950 - 23.04.1965 Brigade of Gurkhas - Regular Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit] Indian rubber plantation manager. Returned from Malaya to the UK (Derby), 1955.
O'Neill, John Hugh Shirley Son of John O'Neill, of East Indian Railways, and Lucy O'Neill. Married (31.01.1940) Elsie Gabrielle Page (14.02.1910 - 07.2000), daughter of Cdr. Reginald Ernest Page, RN (1869-1932), and Isobel May Goodman (1875-1952); one daughter. Elsie O'Neill remarried Harry Logan.	04.08.1918 India - 24.12.1950 Kuala Lumpur, Malaya [buried in Singapore]	2nd Lt. 01.07.1939 [AI 1070] WS/Lt. 15.10.1940 Lt. 01.01.1941 A/Capt. 16.07.1940-14.10.1940 T/Capt. 15.10.1940-18.11.1940, 21.12.1940-(1945) Capt. 01.07.1946 (retd 13.01.1948) T/Maj. (1945) Hon. Maj. 13.01.1948 MC 20.09.1945 Burma	Education: Saint Joseph’s boarding school, Nanitol, India; Royal Military College, Sandhurst. 01.07.1939     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 29.01.1940     commissioned, Indian Army (1945)     6/15th Punjab Regiment (Burma) (MC)
Orman, Leslie Son (with one sister) of Lt.Col. Frank Leslie Orman (1869-1943), and Mary Norton. Married (07.01.1936, Jubbulpore, India) Rachel Mary Pope (07.08.1912 - 22.09.1999), second daughter of Maj. Maurice Edward Weston Pope (1879-1945), and Dorothy Alice Warre (1884-1961), of Marshfield, Chippenham; ... children (one son?). Rachel Orman remarried (05.02.1944, Christ Church, Lucknow) Maj. Philip Edward Salkeld (1911-1976).	13.05.1905 Maymyo, Burma - 29.11.1943 Racecourse Walk, Lahore, Punjab (gunshot wound in head) [age 38] [buried at Lahore, later transferred Karachi War Cemetery, 6.C.7]	2nd Lt. 30.08.1924 [IA 221] Lt. 30.11.1926 Capt. 30.08.1933 A/Maj. ...-31.05.1941 T/Maj. 01.06.1941-29.08.1941 Maj. 30.08.1941	30.08.1924     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 14.10.1925     commissioned, Indian Army (1932)     Sam Browne's Cavalry (12th Frontier Force)       Probyn's Horse, Indian Cavalry
Ormiston, George Ross Elder son of George Alfred Ormiston (1875-), and Beatrice Hockley, of Bath, Somerset. Married (23.08.1938, St Matthias Church, Plymouth, Devon) Margaret Catherine Hannah Bill (? - 08.08.2000), daughter (with two brothers) of Rt.Rev. Sydney Alfred Bill (1884-1964), and Margaret Ford (?-1955); two daughters.	09.08.1910 Asanol, India - 1968 St Andrews district, Fife, Scotland	2nd Lt. 29.01.1931 [IA 377] Lt. 29.04.1933 Capt. 29.01.1939 A/Maj. 10.04.1944-(01.1946) Maj. ? (retd 21.09.1948) RAF:   Sq.Ldr. 04.09.1950, seniority 01.09.1947 [501256] (transferred to reserve 04.09.1946; retaining rank of W/Cdr.)	29.01.1931     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 02.04.1932     commissioned, Indian Army (1938)     2nd/4th Punjab Regiment (1945)     4/5 Mahratta Light Infantry [took the surrender of the Japanese troops in Malacca (Southern Malaya) and was the first military commander of the town] (1947)     2nd Punjab Regiment 01.01.1949 - 04.09.1950 commissioned, Dorsetshire Regiment - Regular Army Reserve of Officers [399815] 04.09.1950 - 04.09.1956 short service commission, Royal Air Force Regiment
Ormsby, Montague Albert "Monty" Son of Montague Henry Ormsby (1877-1955), and Marian Wallace Green (?-1936), of Woodbridge. Married (1945) Diana (Beanie) Warnford (14.03.1923 - 1995); one son.	16.09.1916 Madras, India - 14.02.2006 Salisbury ?	2nd Lt. 26.08.1938 [69271] Lt. 26.11.1940 A/Capt. 14.02.1941-13.05.1941 T/Capt. 14.05.1941-25.10.1943 WS/Capt. 26.10.1943 Capt. (Special List) 01.07.1946 A/Maj. 26.07.1948-25.10.1943 T/Maj. 26.10.1943-13.03.1948, 01.05.1948-25.04.1950, 04.02.1951-25.08.1951 Maj. 26.08.1951 A/Lt.Col. 15.12.1944-09.01.1945 T/Lt.Col. 26.04.1950-03.02.1951, 01.05.1958-20.05.1958 local Lt.Col. 01.04.1958-30.04.1958 Lt.Col. 21.05.1958 (supernumerary 21.05.1961) (Special List 01.10.1966) (retd 01.05.1970) MBE 13.06.1981 HM's birthday 81 MC 20.07.1944 Italy MC 19.05.1950 ?	Education: Uppingham School (1930.3-1935.2). 1938?     from Supplementary Reserve of Officers 26.08.1938     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 13.09.1939     commissioned, Indian Army (1942)     1st Battalion 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) (North Africa, Italy) 05.1943 - 07.1943 Instructor, Brigade Malta 26.07.1943 - 05.02.1944 Chief Instructor, Indian Reinforcement Camp 27.07.1945 - 11.1946 Chief Instructor, 2nd Gurkha Rifles Regimental Centre 14.03.1948     commissioned, 2nd Gurkha Rifles [permanent commission] 26.04.1952 - 30.08.1952 General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), Gurkha Infantry Brigade 15.11.1952 - 14.02.1953 IQ, HQ Gurkha Infantry Brigade 11.07.1953 - 06.04.1955 Deputy Assistant Adjutant General (DAAG), Malay 01.04.1963 - 06.09.1966 Commandant, Army Method of Instr. Centre
Osborn, Jack Dashwood Breton Son of Francis Burton Osborn (1872-1942), and Beatrice De Courcie Goldie (1867-1955). Married Evlyn Elizabeth ... (1898? - 24.06.1933); one son, one daughter.	16.06.1902 Staines district, Middlesex - 31.10.1962 Marown, Isle of Man [buried 03.11.1962]	2nd Lt. 04.06.1942 [EC 11195] WS/Capt. 01.11.1942 (reld 01.12.1945) T/Maj. (1944) Hon. Maj. 01.12.1945	Appointed Assistant Superintendent Traffic Department, Indian State Railway Establishment Secretary of State, 10.12.1925. 04.06.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]       served Indian Engineers
Osmany, Muhammad Ataul Ghani	01.09.1918 Sunamganj, Sylhet, British India - 16.02.1984 London City [buried near the Shrine of Hazrat Shah Jalal (R), in Sylhet, Bangladesh]	Maj. (1945)	served Royal Indian Army Service Corps 16.08.1945 - 23.10.1945 15th Advanced Course, RIASC School, Kakul Literature: Dewan Mohammad Tasawwar Raja, O General My General : Bangabir General Mohammad Ataul Ghani Osmany, Commander-in-chief Liberation War of Bangladesh, 1971 (2010).
Popularly known as: Banga-Bir [= Brave of Bengal / Warrior of Bengal], General M.A.G. Osmany was the Commander-in-Chief of Bangladesh Forces during the Bangladesh Liberation War.  An officer with the British Indian Army since 1939, he saw service in Burma as part of the Army Service Corps, rising to the rank of Major by 1942. He joined the Pakistan Army after partition of India in 1947 as a Lt. Colonel. His career was checkered, he clashed with his superiors over issues regarding the recruitment and treatment of Bengali soldiers, earned a reputation as a hard nosed, stubborn officer, and retired as a Colonel in 1967 as the DDMO in GHQ Pakistan. A legend among Bengali servicemen for his willingness to butt heads with the brass, he joined the Awami League and was elected MNA in the 1970 Pakistan general elections. He was "elected" as Commander-in-Chief of all Bangladesh forces in 1971 by Bengali officers (on 4th April 1971 at Teliapara Conference, Sylhet), a choice ratified by Bangladesh Government in exile (on 10th April 1971). After nine months of softening up of the Pakistan Forces in occupied Bangladesh by the Mukti Bahini through guerilla warfare, a Joint Forces agreement was signed by the Government of Bangladesh and Government of India. And on 16th December 1971 after 12 days of conventional conflict, Bangladesh was liberated by the Joint Allied Forces of Bangladesh and India. Colonel Osmani headed the Bangladesh Forces and General SAM Manekshaw led the Indians. The Allied Forces theatre commander was Lt General Jagjit Singh Aurora who accepted the surrender of the Pakistanis from their theatre commander, Lt General AAK Niazi. In April 1972, Osmani retired as the first full General of Bangladesh Army. He served as shipping minister during 1972-1975 in the Awami League government. He was active in politics during 1977-1984 as the head of his own Jatya Janata Party until his death.
Ottley, John Francis Shibley Son of Col. William John Ottley, 32nd Sikh Pioneers.	11.05.1912 - 1963 Huntingdonshire	2nd Lt. 28.01.1932 [AI 17] Lt. 28.04.1934 Capt. 28.01.1940 Maj. 01.07.1946 (retd 16.06.1948) T/Lt.Col. ? Hon. Lt.Col. 16.06.1948	28.01.1932     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 13.03.1933     commissioned, Indian Army ? - ? ? (1947)     Commanding Officer, 5th Battalion 1st Punjab Regiment
Otway, Denis Raymond Youngest son of Harry Francis Otway (1872-1948), and Matilda Emma Sheppard (1871-1957), of London SE26. Married ((03?).1948, Chanctonbury district, Sussex) Eileen Theresa Dodd (16.09.1923 - 04.2001), formerly married to Arthur Ogilvie Easton (1913-1998), and younger daughter of Walter J, Dodd, and Winifred Jessie Warde (1893-), of West Chiltington, Sussex; two daughters, one son.	12.03.1916 Camberwell district, London - 03.1986 Maidstone district, Kent	2nd Lt. 21.06.1941 WS/Capt. 24.11.1943 T/Maj. 24.11.1943-(04.1946)	01.05.1940     enlisted service 21.06.1941     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] (1945)     1st Batallion 1st Punjab Regiment (Burma)
Outten, Edmund Charles Also known as: E.C. Van Outten, or C.E. Outten.	21.10.1919 Rochford district, Essex - 05.2002 North Dorset	2nd Lt. 01.11.1941 WS/Lt. 03.01.1943 A/Capt. ? ?	01.11.1941 commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Owen, Gwynne Vivian Son of ... Owen, and ... Jones. Married ((03?).1947, Portsmouth district, Hampshire) Patricia J. Collins; ... children.	18.09.1921 Willesden district, Middlesex - 03.1997 Brighton district, Sussex	Pte. ? 2nd Lt. 10.09.1941	10.09.1941     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] ? - 02.1942 served Rajputana Rifles (captured at Singapore) 1942 - 1945 POW in Japanese capitivity (River Kwai) Emigrated to Rhodesia 1947, returned to UK 1964.

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