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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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Farquharson, Charles Duncan Frederick Acton Only son of David A. Farquharson, MB, CM, FRCP, FRCS, DPH, and Mrs Farquharson, of Darjeeling, India. Married (17.12.1932, St Patrick's Church, Fort William, Calcutta) Margaret "Peggy" Limpenny, elder daughter of Eng.Capt. C.J. Limpenny, DSO, RN, and Mrs Limpenny, of 65, Warwick Road, London, SW5; one daughter.	18.01.1904 Morningside district, Edinburgh, Scotland - 12.01.1967 Farnham, Surrey South Western district, Surrey	2nd Lt. 27.08.1924 [31493] Lt. 27.08.1926 Lt. 10.02.1929, seniority 27.11.1926 [AI 869] Capt. 27.08.1933 A/Maj. 03.08.1940-02.11.1940 T/Maj. 03.11.1940-30.06.1941 Maj. 27.08.1941 (retd 23.03.1948) Hon. Lt.Col. 23.03.1948	27.08.1924     commissioned, Yorl and Lancaster Regiment 10.02.1929     commissioned, Indian Army (1932)     2nd Royal Garhwal Rifles ? - ? ? ? - 18.01.1954 King's Royal Rifle Corps - Regular Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]
Fawcett, William Henry Martin Son (with three sisters and one brother) of Edward Pinder Fawcett (1874-1954), CBE, Indian Civil Service, and May Elizabeth Clifford. Cousin of Lt.Col. J.W.R.D. Ashdown, Indian Army. Married (11.11.1939) Dorothy Ethel Joan (née ...) (born 19.10.1917), of Avondale, Southern Rhodesia; two sons.	25.10.1909 - 11.10.1947 Multan [Karachi War Cemetery, India, 2.A.12]	2nd Lt. 29.08.1929 [AI 744] Lt. 29.11.1931 Capt. 29.08.1938 10.03.1939, seniority 01.08.1938 A/Maj. 01.10.1941-31.12.1941 T/Maj. 01.01.1942-13.03.1944 Maj. 29.08.1946 T/Lt.Col. ?	Education: Ampleforth College. 29.08.1929     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 18.10.1930     commissioned, Indian Army (3rd Battalion, 16th Punjab Regiment) ? - 08.1933 Special Instructors' certificate, Army Signal School, Poona (1937)     16th Punjab Regiment ? - 11.10.1947 Commanding Officer, 3rd Mahratta Light Infantry (possibly killed in peacekeeping operations during the Partitioning of India)
Fazal-ud-Din, Munshi * * also found with first name Mahomed, or even without specific first name	05.07.1888 -	T/Lt. 13.07.1917-16.03.1919 Lt. 17.03.1919 T/Capt. 17.03.1919-12.07.1920 Maj. 13.01.1929 (reld > 04.1946) OBE 03.06.1927 Waziristan	Education: MB 17.03.1919 commissioned, Indian Medical Service (1927) Agency Surgeon at Jandola, South Waziristan ? - ? ?
Feiling, Geoffrey Severin Anthony Only son of Dr. Anthony Feiling, MD, FRCP (1885-1975), neurologist, and Helga Isabel Hope Hawkins (1895-1979), of London W1, later of Walton-on-the-Hill, Surrey. Engaged (1943) Antonina Szmidt, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Carl Szmidt, late of Bialystok, Poland. Married ((06?).1951, Surrey Mid Eastern district, Surrey) Mrs Eva Veronika Stewart (née Varga), only daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Viktor Varga, of London NW2, formerly of Budapest.	06.10.1920 Paddington district, London - 19.07.2005 Buenos Aires, Argentina	2nd Lt. 09.10.1941 T/Capt. ? (cashiered by sentence of a General Court Marital 16.05.1944)	Education: Westminster College; London University. served in India & Persia 09.10.1941 commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] (1943) 4th Bombay Grenadiers Called to the bar, Lincoln's Inn, 1953. Emigrated to Argientina, 1954. Director of the high school department of Belgrano Day School & Vice-rector of Colegio San Pedro, 1954-1960. Director, Colegio Inglés de Rosario (Rosario English School), Buenos Aires, 1960-1967.
Felce, Arthur	? -	RSM ? Lt. (QM) 11.07.1942 WS/Capt. (QM) (1947?) Capt. TA 28.08.1952, seniority 07.07.1949 [425858] (reld 01.06.1954)	11.07.1942 commissioned, Special List of Quarter-Masters - Indian Army [emergency commission] (1947)     2nd Punjab Regiment 1947/48?     Special List (ex-Indian Army) 28.08.1952 - 01.06.1954 commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps - Territorial Army
Fell, William Matthew	? -	Sgt. ? 2nd Lt. 22.08.1943 WS/Lt. 22.02.1944 T/Capt. 29.03.1944-(04.1946)	? - 22.08.1943 'A' Company, 4 Wing, Officers' Training School, Mhow 22.08.1943     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Fidler, Norman Edward Louis "Tony" Married ((06?).1948, Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire) Jean Bradley.	27.12.1922 Halifax, Yorkshire - 07.2002 North Yorkshire	Tpr. ? [14743350] 2nd Lt. 26.08.1945 [EC 16255] T/Capt. 20.05.1946-(04.1947)	served in the rank, Royal Armoured Corps 26.08.1945     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Field, Cyril Leonard	? -	T/Conductor ? Assistant Commissary (Lt.) 26.03.1942 Capt. (1947)	26.03.1942 commissioned, Indian Army Departments [emergency commission] 21.01.1946 - (04.1947) Staff Officer, 3rd grade (SO3), Adjutant-General's and Quartermaster-General's Staff, Southern Army, India (1947)     HQ Southern Command, India (Poona)
Fisher, John Birrell Son of James Wotherspoon Fisher, and Janet Patterson Fisher. Married; two sons.	25.08.1919 Greenock, Scotland - 01.08.1993	Sgt. ? 2nd Lt. 22.08.1943 WS/Lt. 22.02.1944 T/Capt. 11.071944-(04.1947) WS/Lt. 01.03.1946, seniority 22.02.1944 [363305]	? - 22.08.1943 'A' Company, 4 Wing, Officers' Training School, Mhow 22.08.1943     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] 01.03.1946     transferred, Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Fisk, Frank Morton	? -	2nd Lt. 05.08.1942 [EC 5850] WS/Lt. 05.02.1943 (reld 11.08.1946) T/Capt. ? Hon. Capt. 11.08.1946	05.08.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Fitch, Keith Simpson Son of Wilmshurst Fitch. Married 1st (1922, London) Agnes Faulkiner Stuart. Married 2nd (06.04.1949, Ootacomund) Lilian Rosalie Margaret Inglis; one son.	28.08.1899 Waverley, NSW, Australia - 19.03.1955 Wellington, New Zealand	2nd Lt. 31.01.1918 Lt. 31.01.1919 Capt. 31.01.1923 (retd 26.05.1923; receiving a gratuity) Capt. 06.08.1929, seniority 13.04.1927 [MZ/8227] Maj. 13.10.1935, seniority 13.10.1933 Lt.Col. 13.10.1943 (retd 16.05.1949) OBE 01.01.1945 for famine relief in Bengal BWM 14|20 - - VM - - IndGSM - & clasp Afghanistan NWF 1919 & clasp Waziristan 1919-1920 & clasp North West Frontier 1930-31 39|45 St - - Bur St - - Def M - - BWM 39|45 - - Jub M - - Cor M - -	Education: MRCS, FRCS 31.01.1918     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 07.02.1918     commissioned, Indian Army (54th Sikhs) Became a Doctor of Medicine, studied at Guy’s Hospital and became MRCS and LRCS in 1929. 06.08.1929 commissioned, Indian Medical Service 1929 Indian Military Hospital, Dehra Dun 1932     Indian Military Hospital, Drosh 1933 leave ex India to 8 December 1934 Indian Military Hospital, Sialkot 1935 Civil Surgeon at Midnapur, Bengal 01.09.1935 Medical Officer, Presidency General Hospital Calcutta 14.04.1936 Civil Surgeon, Hooghly, Calcutta 01.11.1937     leave ex India 17.05.1939 Civil Surgeon, Darjeeling, Assam 15.05.1941 Honorary Surgeon to Governor of Bengal 1943 - 1944 Director of Air Raid Precautions Casualty Services, Bengal Deputy Surgeon General for Famine Relief, Bengal Acting Civil Surgeon, Chittagong 08.01.1945     Deputy Director for Resettlement, Indian Medical Service 16.05.1949     Royal Army Medical Corps, Regular Army Reserve of Officers [personal number 406934] Practiced medicine privately in India. After leaving India he practiced Medicine specialising in orthopaedic surgery, gynaecology at various times in London, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dublin and Sydney. In 1953, he was appointed to the Silverstream Hospital, Wellington, New Zealand. Died suddenly.
Fitzgibbon, Paul Aster	22.10.1914 - 12.1993 Bracknell district, Berkshire	Cpl. ? [7020675] 2nd Lt. 15.11.1942 WS/Lt. 15.05.1943 WS/Maj. 1945? (reld > 04.1946, < 04.1947) WS/Maj. (British Army) 01.10.1945, seniority 1945? [355933] A?/Lt.Col. ? ? MID? ? ?	12.12.1940     enlisted at Ballyumena 15.11.1942 commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] served Indian Army Ordnance Corps 01.10.1945 transferred, Royal Army Ordnance Corps (Adminsitrative Branch)
Fleming, Archibald John	? Scotland - 21.06.1942 [Tobruk War Cemetery, Libya, 9.C.4]	2nd Lt. 18.04.1941 [181578] Lt. 29.07.1941, seniority 29.07.1936 [EC 12759] A/Capt. ?	18.04.1941     commissioned, Royal Army Ordnance Corps (MM Branch) [emergency commission] 1941?     transferred, Indian Army ? - 21.06.1942 18 Mobile Workshop Company, Indian Army Ordnance Corps
Flewett, John Godfrey Son of the Rev. William Edward Flewett (1867-?), and Alice Francis Garde (1868-1950).	09.12.1900 * - 10.07.1987 Southampton, Hampshire * Death Index gives 09.12.1901	2nd Lt. 24.12.1920 [IA 500] Lt. 24.03.1923 Capt. 24.12.1928 Maj. 01.08.1938 T/Lt.Col. 05.04.1945 Lt.Col. 24.12.1946 A/Col. 01.01.1945-(04.1946) Col. 24.12.1947 (retd 29.06.1948) A/Brig. 08.02.1945-(04.1946) T/Brig. 24.12.1946-... Hon. Brig. 29.06.1948 RAF:   Sq.Ldr. 23.01.1950, seniority 01.08.1938 [501078] W/Cdr. 01.01.1951 Gp.Capt. 01.07.1952 Air Cdre. 01.07.1953 (reld 23.01.1960; retaining rank of A/Cdre.) DSO 28.06.1945 Burma DSO 06.06.1946 Burma MID 05.04.1945 Burma MID 09.05.1946 Burma	24.12.1920 commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 04.04.1922 commissioned, Indian Army 1922 - 1929 1st Battalion 23rd Sikh Pioneers) 1st Punjab Regiment 22.11.1939 - (04.1941) Staff Captain, ... ? - 1945 Commanding Officer, 5th Battalion 1st Punjab Regiment 08.02.1945 - (08?.)1945 Commander, 64th Indian Infantry Brigade 1945 - 1947 Commander, 64th Indian Infantry Brigade 1948/49? Special List (ex-Indian Army) [personal no. 399855] 23.01.1950 commissioned, RAF Regiment [short service commission] Commanding Officer, No. 1 (Armoured Car) Squadron RAF Regiment 08.02.1956 transferred to reserve
Flynn, William Cyril Moore Married ((03?).1940, Norwich district, Norfolk) Peggy Edith Colman (26.03.1918 - 10.2004); ... children (two sons, two daughters?).	20.12.1917 - (12?).1978 Hackney district, London	Pte. ? 2nd Lt. 22.08.1943 WS/Lt. 22.02.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	? - 22.08.1943 'A' Company, 4 Wing, Officers' Training School, Mhow 22.08.1943     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Ford, William James	11.11.1894 -	Assistant Commissary (with rank of Lt.) 06.07.1939 A/Capt. 17.07.1940-16.10.1940 T/Capt. 17.10.1940-17.12.1940 Deputy Commissary (with rank of Capt.) 01.03.1942 Commissary (with rank of Maj.) 25.02.1944 MBE 18.02.1943 Middle East	06.07.1939     commissioned, Indian Army Departments       served Royal Indian Army Service Corps
Forsyth, Ian Nigel Malcolm Son of Dr Noel Constable Forsyth, MD (1878-1948), and Dorothea Burn-Murdoch (?-1945). Married ((03?).1947, Ryedale district, North Riding of Yorkshire) Julia Hermione Myrtle Oliphant (08.05.1924 - 12.01.2003), daughter of R.Adm. Laurence Richard Oliphant (1878-1950), and Hon. Adelaide Daphne Hermione Willoughby (1883-1954); one daughter, four sons.	23.10.1919 Malton district, East Riing of Yorkshire - ?	2nd Lt. 17.08.1940 WS/Lt. 17.02.1942 (reld > 04.1946, < 04.1947) MID 04.04.1946 defence of Hong Kong 41	17.08.1940     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]       served 14th Punjab Regiment near Ferozapaw, India, then Hong Kong (captured 12.1941) 1941 - 1945 POW in Japanese captivity
Francis, Philip Garry	? -	Sgt. ? 2nd Lt. 22.08.1943	? - 22.08.1943 'A' Company, 4 Wing, Officers' Training School, Mhow 22.08.1943     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Franklen-Evans, Ivor John	23.11.1904 Saffron Walden district, Essex -	Lt. (prob) 23.04.1935, seniority 23.04.1934 Capt. (prob) 15.10.1935, seniority 23.04.1935 Capt. 28.08.1942, seniority 23.04.1935 A/Maj. 01.10.1941-31.12.1941 T/Maj. 01.01.1942-04.10.1942, 22.11.1942-15.11.1943 WS/Maj. 09.04.1944 Maj. 23.04.1944 A/Lt.Col. 09.01.1944-08.04.1944 T/Lt.Col. 09.04.1944-(04.1947)	Education: BA, MB, BCh (Cambridge, 1930); MRCP (London 1931). 23.04.1935     commissioned, Indian Medical Service ? - ? ? Served London Hospital, 1950s.
Franks, William	08.12.1914 Oldswinford, Stourbridge, Worcestershire - 15.12.1973 Stourbridge, West Midlands	Sgt. ? [5248346] 2nd Lt. 21.01.1943 [EC 10504] WS/Lt. 21.01.1943 A/Capt. 15.09.1943-14.12.1943 T/Capt. 15.12.1943-...	21.04.1931 - 29.09.1942 joined (underaged) & served in the ranks, 2nd Battalion Worcestershire Regiment 30.09.1942 - 20.01.1943 Officer Training School, Bengaum (India) 21.01.1943 commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] 21.01.1943 - ? 7th Rajput Regiment
Fraser, James Caldwell	08.12.1921 - 01.2002 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire	2nd Lt. 15.03.1942 [353693] Lt. 25.08.1945, seniority 08.06.1944 Capt. 08.12.1948 (retd 01.07.1953) Hon. Maj. 01.07.1953	15.03.1942 commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission to 25.08.1945] 25.08.1945 permanent commission, Royal Armoured Corps (02.1950) 3rd Dragoon Guards
Fraser, John Neilson Son of William Neilson Fraser, and Margaret Maud Isabel Fraser.	22.08.1903 Bradford, Yorkshire - (09?).1982 Hitchin district, Hertfordshire	Lt. 28.11.1927, seniority 10.06.1927 [RO 1232] Capt. 10.03.1936 Maj. 10.03.1945 (reld 23.03.1948) Hon. Lt.Col. 23.03.1948 Maj. 07.03.1948, seniority 10.03.1945 [392347] (reld 28.04.1961) Hon. Col. 28.04.1961 MBE 01.01.1951 New Year 51 MC 08.07.1943 Middle East (Egypt & Libya)	28.11.1927     commissioned, Army in India Reserve of Offiers (1942)     1st Battalion 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) (North Africa) 07.03.1948     commissioned, Gurkha Regiment - Regular Army Reserve of Officers [short service commission]
Fuller, Gordon Wallace	11.11.1909 Docking district, Norfolk - (12?).1979 Oundle district, Huntingdonshire	2nd Lt. 23.08.1941 [EC 3409] WS/Capt. 25.06.1944 (reld 02.07.1946) T/Maj. 1945? Hon. Maj. 02.07.1946	23.08.1941     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]       served Rajputana Rifles
Fuller, James Annesley O’Donnell "Shaun" Son of T/Capt. Dr. Ralph Annesley Fuller, MC, RAMC (1880-1964), and Madeline Mary O'Donnell, of Malvern Wells, Worcestershire.	17.04.1918 - 20.03.1944 (DOW) [age 25] [Imphal War Cemetery, India, collective grave 8.H.6-13]	2nd Lt. 27.01.1938 [A/1891] Lt. 27.04.1940 A/Capt. 07.05.1940-06.11.1940 T/Capt. 07.11.1940-(04.1941) A/Maj. ? (1944)	Education: Royal Military College, Sandhurst (tactics prize). 27.01.1938     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) (1st Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment) 01.04.1939     commissioned, Indian Army (1st Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles) 07.1942 - 04.1943 seconded, 159th (Indian) Battalion The Parachute Regiment ? - 20.03.1944 Officer Commanding, "D" Company 1st Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles (died of wounds at Sheldon’s Corner in the preliminary actions before Kohima)

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