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1939-1945

* Most of the 'indigenous' Indian Army officers are not shown in the sources at my disposal, so can't add these on these pages.
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Eastwood, John Arthur Frederick Son of Walter Vine Eastwood (1879-1959), and May Tuff (1884-1973), of Muswell Hill, Middlesex.	(12?).1916 Edmonton district, Essex / Hertfordshire / Middlesex - 04.04.1943 (MPK) [age 27] [Rangoon Memorial, face 37]	2nd Lt. 20.11.1941 [EC 4293] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 T/Capt. 11.03.1943-04.04.1943	joined London Rifle Brigade 20.11.1941     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] ? - 04.04.1943 missing, presumed killed while serving with 8th Punjab Regiment * * In April 1946 Army List showing as a Deputy Assistant Director of Mechanical Engineering, HQ Southern Army, India from 29.10.1943 onwards.
Eaves, Kenneth Leslie Son of Albert Charles Eaves, and Grace A. Barton. Married ((12?).1941, Walsall district, Staffordshire) Winifred M. Baggott.	25.10.1919 Edmonton district, Essex / Hertfordshire / Middlesex - (09?).1979 Worthing district, West Sussex	Gdsmn. ? 2nd Lt. 29.10.1941 WS/Lt. 01.07.1942 (reld < 04.1947) T/Capt. 01.07.1942-(04.1946)	29.10.1941     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]       served Royal Indian Army Service Corps 16.08.1945 - 23.10.1945 15th Advanced Course, RIASC School, Kakul
Edge, Victor Alexander Son of Alfred and Laura Edge; husband of Dorothy Hannah Edge, of Raynes Park, Surrey.	? - 09.02.1946 [Ramleh War Cemetery, Palestine, 7.E.9]	Lt. 16.12.1925 [MZ/22135] Capt. 16.12.1928 (retd mid-1930s) T/Maj. 15.06.1943-(04.1944) A/Lt.Col. ? MID ? ?	? - 15.12.1925 Assistant Surgeon, 2nd Class, Indian Medical Department 16.12.1925 commissioned, Indian Medical Service 1930 - 1932 Senior Medical Officer, Port Blair 31.08.1940 - (04.1944) specially employed (retired officer, re-employed)
Edgcumbe-Rendle, Frank William "Bob" Son of William Edgcumbe Rendle, OBE (1880-1936), and Eleanor Kathleen Evelyn Tizard (1899-). Married ((03?).1957, Worthing district, Essex) Margaret A. Walker; one son, one daughter.	14.12.1923 St George Hanover Square district, London - 05.07.2010 Amberley, West Sussex	2nd Lt. 17.07.1943 WS/Lt. 17.01.1944 (reld > 12.1946, < 04.1947) A/Capt. ? 1946?	17.07.1943     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]       served 16th Light Cavalry
Edward-Collins, Charles Edward Son of Edward Charles Edward-Collins, DL, JP, Trewardale, Cornwall, and Eleanor Mary, daughter of Lt-Col F. Alms. Brother of Adm. Sir Frederick Edward-Collins, RN. Married (1907) Nora Mabel de la Cour (died 1952), daughter of late Col R.D. de la Cour Corbett, DSO; two sons, three daughters.	28.05.1881 Blisland, Bodmin, Cornwall - 21.11.1967 Blisland, Bodmin, Cornwall	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 03.03.1900 Lt. 07.11.1901 Capt. 03.03.1909 Bt. Maj. 06.06.1912 Maj. 01.09.1915 T/Lt.Col. 18.09.1918-21.05.1919 Bt. Lt.Col. 28.06.1924 Lt.Col. 03.03.1926 Col. 24.05.1930, seniority 28.06.1928 T/Brig. 15.09.1933-14.09.1937 Maj.Gen. 15.09.1937 (retd 15.09.1940) CB 11.05.1937 HM's coronation CIE 04.02.1920 Bushire Force, South Persia 19 MID 1912? Abor Expedition MID 1919? South Persia	Education: Marlborough; Royal Military College Sandhurst 03.03.1900 commissioned, The Devonshire Regiment 1900 - 1902 served South Africa (Queen's Medal with clasp, King's Medal with two clasps) 14.01.1907 seconded for service with the Indian Supply and Transport Corps 14.10.1909 transferred to the Indian Army 1911 - 1912 Abor Expedition (despatches, medal with clasp, Bt. Maj.) 1914 - 1918 served Egypt, Mesopotamia & Palestine 18.09.1918 - 21.05.1919 Assistant Director of Supplies and Transport, India (served South Persia (despatches, CIE, medal)) 01.11.1923 - 02.03.1926 Assistant Director of Transport, India 19.05.1927 - 23.05.1930 Commandant, Indian Army Service Corps Training Establishment, India 24.05.1930 - 14.09.1933 Deputy Director of Transport, India 15.09.1933 - 14.09.1937 Deputy Director of Supplies and Transport, India 30.08.1935 - 14.09.1937 also: ADC to the King 15.09.1937 - 15.09.1940 Director of Supplies and Transport, India (retired) Commanded North Cornwall Group Home Guard, 1942-1945. High Sheriff of Cornwall, 1955.
Edwards, Arthur Frank	see:	British Army officers' section
Edwards, Thomas Oliver Martin Son (with four brothers) of Col. Clement Maitland Edwards (1860-1946), The Worcestershire Regiment, and Caroline Mary Anne Bell (1870-1945). Husband of Elizabeth Edwards, of Toorak, Melbourne, Australia; one daughter.	17.02.1902 Farnborough, Hartley Wintney district, Hampshire - 04.10.1943 (KIA) [age 41] [Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel, 3.H.9]	2nd Lt. 01.02.1923 Lt. 01.02.1925 Lt. IA 12.01.1928, seniority 01.05.1925 [IA 184] Capt. 01.02.1932 Maj. 01.02.1940	Education: Royal Military College, Sandhurst. 01.02.1923     commissioned, The Worcestershire Regiment 12.01.1928     transferred, Indian Army ? - 04.10.1943 1st Battalion 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles)
Eley, I H	? -	QMS ?	? - 22.08.1943 'A' Company, 4 Wing, Officers' Training School, Mhow
Elkington, Peter John	? - ?	L/Cpl. ? 2nd Lt. 16.01.1944 [EC 12254] WS/Lt. 16.07.1944 (reld 15.05.1945; ill-health) Hon. Lt. 15.05.1945	16.01.1944     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]       served probably with 14th Army (Burma)
Ellis, Alfred Thomas John "Jock" Son (with one sister and one brother) of Alfred William Ellis (1868-1944), and Emily Alice Radcliffe (1871-1927). Married ((09?).1937, Croydon, Surrey)  Joyce Louise Tigg (07.11.1910 - 07.1986), daughter of Donald Bain Tigg (1879-1935), and Ethel Strangways Young (1883-1973); two daughters.	14.09.1910 Taunton, Somerset - (06?).1969 Oxted, Surrey South Eastern district, Surrey	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 27.09.1941 [207784] 2nd Lt. 29.12.1941, seniority 27.09.1941 [EC 5967] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 (reld > 08.1947) A/Capt. 16.03.1944-16.06.1944 T/Capt. 17.06.1944-10.10.1944, 06.07.1945-(08.1947) Hon. Capt. ? EM 12.08.1947 -	previous service for increment of pay 1 year, 16 days 27.09.1941     commissioned, South Staffordshire Regiment [emergency commission] 29.12.1941     transferred, Royal Indian Army Service Corps - Indian Army [language skills: Urdu (elementary)]
Ellis, Norman Howard Son of ... Ellis, and ... Morris.	08.02.1920 * Haverfordwest district, Monmouthshire - 03.2001 Hereford district, Herefordshire * Army records show 08.02.1918	2nd Lt. 18.10.1941 WS/Lt. 18.10.1941 T/Capt. 03.01.1943-(04.1944) WS/Capt. ? Lt. 17.11.1945, seniority 01.01.1941 [333658] Capt. 08.02.1947 (reld 07.01.1949) Hon. Capt. 07.01.1949	14.04.1936     enlisted (at Pembroke Dock), Royal Armoured Corps & served in the ranks for 5 years, 187 days       Officer Training School, Belgaum (India) 18.10.1941     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] 17.11.1945     commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps 16.08.1947     transferred, The Royals - Royal Armoured Corps
Elton, Peter John Son of Sydney George Elton, and of Dorothy Joan Elton, of Eastbourne. Brother of S.Lt. Geoffrey William Elton, RNVR.	03.1924 - 21.05.2008	Pte. ? 2nd Lt. 24.01.1943 [EC 10132] WS/Lt. 24.07.1943 (reld 28.11.1945; ill-health) Hon. Lt. 28.11.1945 MC 08.02.1945 Burma / Eastern Frontier of India (Arakan) [recommendation available upon request]	Education: Eastbourne College (Powell House, 1938-...); Clare College, Cambridge (BA 1947; MA 1952). 24.01.1943     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]       3rd Battalion 14th Punjab Regiment (MC; wounded twice) Businessman.
Emerson, John Halifax Patrick Sloan Son of John William S.  Emerson, and Hannah E.M. A'hern. Married ((03?).1951, Westminster district, Middlesex) ... Orr.	28.08.1918 Cuckfield district, Sussex / West Sussex -	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 25.08.1938 [948 IA] Lt. 25.11.1940 A/Capt. 23.10.1940-22.01.1941 T/Capt. 23.01.941-02.02.1941, 27.02.1941-31.07.1943 WS/Capt. 01.08.1943 Capt. 25.08.1946 (retd 01.01.1949) A/Maj. 01.05.1943-31.07.1943 T/Maj. 01.08.1943-(04.1947) T/Lt.Col. 1948? Hon. Lt.Col. 01.01.1949 OBE 15.06.1996 HM birthday 1996: Honorary Secretary, Indian Army Association, for services to ex-servicemen and women	Education: Royal Military College, Sandhurst. 25.08.1938 commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 14.09.1939 transferred, Indian Army served 4th Bombay Grenadiers 1947?     Special List (ex-Indian Army) 01.01.1949 continues to be borne on the Special List (ex-Indian Army) British Army while employed with the Pakistan Armed Forces
Emery, Malcolm Alfred Married ((12?).1949, Paddington district, London) Margaret H. Newton.	17.09.1922 - 08.06.2002 Camberley, West Surrey district, Surrey	2nd Lt. 30.01.1943 WS/Lt. 30.07.1943 A/Capt. 18.12.1945-17.03.1946 T/Capt. 18.03.1946-05.07.1946 WS/Capt. 06.07.1946 A/Maj. 06.04.1946-05.07.1946 T/Maj. 06.07.1946-31.10.1946, 22.02.1947-01.03.1949 Lt. 02.03.1949, seniority 17.09.1943 [401321] Capt. 17.09.1949 T/Maj. 05.09.1952-16.09.1956 Maj. 17.09.1956 (retd 21.02.1976) MBE 31.10.1967 *	30.01.1943     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission to 12.07.1946] 02.03.1949     permanent commission, Royal Army Ordnance Corps Hypnotherapist.
* Major Emery, the Senior Ammunition Technical Officer Southern Command, was called from his quarters on the evening of 7th March 1967, to deal with two anti-tank rockets that had been found in a shed in the grounds of Stoborough School near Wareham. He arrived at the School shortly before midnight and using a torch located the two rockets in a ledge above the eaves of the roof. Major Emery obtained a ladder and examined the two rockets closely. One was found to be a Practice round and safe to handle. The other was an unfired High Explosive Anti-Tank Rocket from which both the safety band, which safeguards the ejection pin, and the ejection pin itself were missing. There were several scratches and marks on the cover where the fuze is located and round the edge of the aperture from which the ejection pin had been forcibly withdrawn. Having been tampered with the rocket was in a particularly sensitive and dangerous state. Destroying the rocket where it lay would have caused considerable damage to the surrounding buildings and the School. Although he was fully aware of the personal risk involved, Major Emery decided to move the rocket to a location where it would be safer to destroy it. After ensuring that everyone in the area had been evacuated, except Chief Superintendent Davis of the Dorset Constabulary who stayed to hold the torch, Major Emery carefully removed the rocket from the ledge and carried it through pouring rain to his Bomb Disposal Vehicle. Realising that the vibration and jolting of the vehicle could cause the missile to explode he decided against placing it in a sandbagged container in the back of the vehicle. He therefore cushioned the rocket on his lap whilst the vehicle was driven several miles to the demolition area well knowing that any shock or jar to the firing mechanism could cause an explosion which would kill him instantly. During his period of duty as Senior Ammunition Technical Officer Southern Command, Major Emery has dealt with many ammunition incidents and unexploded missiles. His bravery and calm disciplined behaviour whilst dealing with this particularly dangerous missile is in the highest tradition of the Service.
English, Marcus Gunn "Mickey" Son of Kenneth Marcus English (1886-1961), and Janet Mary Matthews (1889-), of Clifford Chambers, Stratford-on-Avon. Married (25.01.1947, Compton, Surrey) Grace Emily Norton "Gee" Longbourne, only daughter of Mr & Mrs James Longbourne, of Cowichan, Vancouver Island, Canada; (four?) children.	01.10.1921 Wilton district, Wiltshire - 03.11.2009 Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	2nd Lt. 08.02.1942 [EC 10045] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 (reld 09.02.1949) A/Maj. ? ? Lt. 09.02.1949, seniority 01.10.1944 [402078] Capt. 11.07.1949	1940     enlisted, Royal Warwickshire Regiment (Birmingham) 08.02.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] 1942     Scinde Horse Regiment (Karachi) 09.02.1949     commissioned, 2nd County of London Yeomanry - Territorial Army 29.11.1950     transferred, Territorial Army Reserve of Officers Emigrated to Canada, 1950. Worked for MacMillan Bloedel Lumber Company for 32 years, living in Crofton, Port Alberni, Powell River and Vancouver, before retiring to Galiano Island in 1982.
Eustace, John Patrick Leonard Elder son of Charles Frere Eustace (1868-1901), and Lydia Lucy Acutt. Married (23.07.1929, St Marylebone district, Middlesex) Janet Mary Ferard, daughter of Henry Cecil Ferard, CSI, CIE.	03.08.1898 - Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa	2nd Lt. 16.12.1918 [AI 266] Lt. 16.12.1919 Capt. 16.12.1924 Maj. 16.12.1936 A/Lt.Col. 01.05.1942-31.07.1942 T/Lt.Col. 01.08.1942-15.12.1944 Lt.Col. 16.12.1944 (retd 20.10.1948) MC 10.12.1937 for distinguished services rendered in the field in connection with the operations in Waziristan 25.11.36-16.01.37	Education: St Andrew's College, Grahamstown. WW I     served with South African infantry 16.12.1918     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 25.12.1918     commissioned, Indian Army served in 3rd Afghan War (1919), Iraq (Arab rebellion, 1920), India on the North West Frontier (1930 & 1936-1938) and Palestine (1937)     2nd Royal Battalion (Ludhiana Sikhs) 11th Sikh Regiment ? - ? ? 1947?     Special List (ex-Indian Army)
Eynott, Clive Edward Stephen	10.1908 - 03.1991 Barnet district, Hertfordshire / Middlesex	Wt.Offr. I ? [767783] Assistant Commissary (Lt.) 17.11.1945 [CC 204] MID 19.09.1946 Burma	served in the ranks, Royal Army Service Corps 17.11.1945     commissioned, Indian Army Departments [emergency commission] (1947)     HQ Southern Command, India (Poona)

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