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1939-1945

 

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Hadden,
George
G. Hadden
?
-
 
Wt.Offr. ?
Assistant Commissary (with rank of Lt.) 16.02.1944 (reld > 04.1947)
16.02.1944     commissioned, Indian Army Departments [emergency commission]
Haddon,
David Alfred
D.A. Haddon (Photo courtesy of Mr David A. Haddon) D.A. Haddon (Photo courtesy of Mr David A. Haddon)
D.A. Haddon (Photo courtesy of Mr David A. Haddon) D.A. Haddon (Photo courtesy of Mr David A. Haddon)
Son of English parents who have moved to Scotland.
Married (wife died 2001); two sons.
24.09.1920
Hamilton, Scotland
-
08.2007 still alive in Canada
L/Cpl.
1942
2nd Lt.
24.09.1942
Lt.
23.07.1944?
A/Capt.
01.09.1943-22.07.1944,
11.1944-08.1946
Education: started studying at Glasgow University when war broke out (till 1941)
07.07.1941


conscripted into British Army (Royal Armoured Corps) (Catterick Camp, Yorkshire)
1942?


2-month passage to India in the troopship Cameronia
?
-
23.09.1942
Officers' Training School, Mhow (India)
24.09.1942


commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
24.09.1942
-
31.08.1943
"A" Company, 1st/4th Bombay Grenadiers (Nasirabad, India [till 12.1942], Iraq)
01.09.1943
-
22.07.1944
Captain Second-in-Command, 252nd Indian Armoured Brigade HQ Squadron (Iraq, Egypt)
02.1944
-
03.1944
attended Middle East Training Centre for 6 weeks (Gaza, Palestine)
22.07.1944
-
06.08.1946
"A" Company, from 11.1944 Motor Transport Officer, 1st/4th Bombay Grenadiers [11.1945 renamed Indian Grenadiers] (Egypt, Syria & Lebanon, returned to India, repatriated and demobilized)
In 1951 emigrated with wife and baby to Canada and have lived in the Toronto area ever since.
Haimes,
Brian Joseph [Laurence]
B.J. Haimes
Son of William Joseph Haimes, and Winifred May McKeown.
Married (03.1946) Joan Mary Theresa Collins (died 02.2009); two sons, five daughters.
22.11.1923
Birkenhead district, Cheshire / Merseyside
-
03.03.2014
Newcastle
Pte. ?
2nd Lt. 06.09.1942
WS/Lt. 06.03.1943 (reld > 04.1947)
WS/Capt. 1947?
A/Maj.? 1947?
Capt. 14.04.1954, seniority 30.11.1951 [431405]
Maj. 22.08.1959, seniority 02.01.1958 (reld 22.11.1969)
Army Emergency Reserve Decoration ERD 15.07.1966 -
Education: St Joseph's College, Liverpool; John Fisher School, Purley.
      originally volunteered for the RAF but was found to be too shortsighted for flying duties and subsequently enlisted with the Black Watch as an Officer Cadet
06.09.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
      served Royal Indian Army Service Corps
(1943/44?)     posted the Rawalpindi, Chaklala Air Base where he subsequently became commandant of the Air Supply Depot with [acting?] rank of Captain
      spent a period of time immediately after VE-Day on attachment in Berlin before returning to India
14.04.1954 - 01.04.1967 commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps - Army Emergency Reserve of Officers
01.04.1967 - 22.11.1969 commissioned, Royal Corps of Transport - Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve [exceeded age limit]
On Partition of India (1947) he went to Perth, Australia where he entered university and subsequently gained a scholarship to Magdelen College, Oxford (MA). On leaving Oxford University he joined the Royal Dutch Shell Group (editor Shell Aviation News & Shell Magazine) from which he retired in 1978 and then lived in the north of England.
Published: Supersonic (1964).
His son writes: "When retired from the RCT he had attained the rank of Lt or full Colonel but I certainly remember the red flashes of a Staff Officer on his uniform and am of course aware, having served myself the necessary ranks needed to achieve GSO status. This was was according to his 2nd in command who wrote his Obituary for the Observer."
Haining,
Peter Archibald Angus
"Gus"
P.A.A. Haining (From: beeldbankwo2.nl) P.A.A. Haining (From: beeldbankwo2.nl)
P.A.A. HainingP.A.A. Haining (Photo courtesy of Mr Atnhony Dewey) (Also showing in: beeldbankwo2.nl) P.A.A. Haining (Photo courtesy of Mr Atnhony Dewey) (Also showing in: beeldbankwo2.nl)
P.A.A. Haining (From: beeldbankwo2.nl) P.A.A. HainingP.A.A. Haining (Photo courtesy of Mr Atnhony Dewey) (Also showing in: beeldbankwo2.nl)
P.A.A. Haining (From: beeldbankwo2.nl) P.A.A. Haining (From: beeldbankwo2.nl)
P.A.A. Haining (From: beeldbankwo2.nl) P.A.A. Haining (Photo courtesy of Mr Atnhony Dewey) (Also showing in: beeldbankwo2.nl)
Son of Peter Haining (?-1953), and Gertrude Moran (?-1972).
Married Margaret Letitia McCall (02.02.1923 - 06.2007).
07.07.1922
Dennistoun district, Glasgow, Scotland
-
1987
Girvan district, Ayrshire, Scotland
Pte. ?
2nd Lt. 30.05.1943 [EC ....]
WS/Lt. 30.11.1943
WS/Capt. 14.02.1945
T/Maj. 14.02.1945-(04.1947)
WS/Capt. 01.08.1947, seniority 14.02.1945 [384013] (reld 14.05.1952)
Hon. Maj. 14.05.1952
30.05.1943     commissioned, Royal Garhwal Rifles - Indian Army [emergency commission]
(05.1946)     in command of Japanese POW camps in Dutch East Indies
01.08.1947     transferred, Royal Pioneer Corps
Hall,
Robert William
R.W. Hall
07.03.1918
-
09.1988
Gloucester district, Gloucestershire
Sub-Conductor ?
2nd Lt. 21.05.1944 [EC 13425]
WS/Lt. 21.05.1944 (reld > 04.1946, < 04.1947)
21.05.1944     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
      served 14 Punjab Regiment
Halliwell,
Edwin
"Ted"
E. Halliwell
Son of John Halliwell, and MaryThomasson.
Married ((06?).1947, Horwich district, Lancashire) Margaret Twist; one daughter, one son.
30.08.1919
Bolton district, Lancashire
-
07.03.2007
Bushey, Hertfordshire
[aged 87]
2nd Lt. 16.01.1942
WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 (reld > 08.1946, < 12.1946)
T/Capt. 19.04.1944-(08.1946)
16.01.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
      served Probyns Horse
Former headmaster Ashfield School.
Hamilton,
Robert
R. Hamilton
1922
Motherwell, Scotland
-
1979
2nd Lt. 22.11.1942 [EC 6689]
WS/Lt. 22.05.1943
28.03.1945, seniority 22.09.1943 (reld < 04.1947)
A?/Capt. ? ?
22.11.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
1944/45     4/10 Baluch Regiment (Italy)
Hamilton-Bryan,
Percy Henry
P.H. Hamilton-Bryan
Son of ... Bryan, and ...
Married 1st ((06?).1935, Bristol district, Gloucestershire) Ellen V. Hodges.
Married 2nd ... Harris.
(12?).1910
Bristol district, Gloucestershire
-
1969
Bristol district, Gloucestershire
2nd Lt. 17.01.1942
WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 (reld > 04.1946, < 04.1947)
T/Capt. 05.06.1944-(04.1946)
17.01.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
      served with the Chindits (Burma)
Published: The Barford cat affair (science fiction novel; 1958)
Hammond,
Arthur Verney
A.V. Hammon A.V. Hammon
A.V. Hammon A.V. Hammond (Photo courtesy of Mr Anil Katoch)
Son of late Col. Sir Arthur George Hammond, VC, KCB, DSO (1843-1919), and Edith Jane Wright.
Married 1st ((09?).1919, Farnham district, Surrey / Hampshire / Sussex; marriage dissolved 1946) Mary Ellen Eaton, daughter of Rev. Thomas Eaton; two daughters
Married 2nd ((12?).1947, Kensington district, London) Edythe Boyes Cooper, daughter of J. Boyes Cooper, of Edinburgh.
16.10.1892
Kensington district, London
-
15.01.1982
Bournemouth district, Dorset
2nd Lt. 06.09.1911 [85999]
Lt. 06.12.1913
Capt. 06.09.1915
Bt. Maj. 01.07.1928
Maj. 06.09.1928
Bt. Lt.Col. 01.01.1933
Lt.Col. 15.10.1936
Col. 26.03.1939, seniority 01.01.1936
local Brig. 20.05.1938-22.10.1938
A/Brig. 01.02.1941-31.07.1941
T/Brig. 01.08.1941-22.10.1943
A/Maj.Gen. 15.10.1943-22.10.1943
Maj.Gen. 23.10.1943, seniority 23.10.1942 (retd 20.01.1947)
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB 08.06.1944 HM's birthday 44
Distinguished Service Order DSO 16.12.1943 Burma / Eastern Frontier of India *
1914-1915 Star 14|15 St - -
British War Medal 1914-1920 BWM 14|20 - -
Victory Medal VM - -
Mentioned in Despatches MID 07.02.1919 for gallant & distinguished services in the field
General Service Medal 1918-1962 Gen SM - & clasp NW Persia
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St - -
Bumra Star Bur St - -
Defence Medal Def M - -
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45 - -
Jubilee Medal 1935 Jub M - -
Coronation Medal 1937 Cor M - -
* Place: East Bengal and North Arakan. Date: May to December 1942. He has commanded 123rd Indian Infantry Brigade since August 1941 with marked success. Before the advance of the Division into the Arakan, he was responsible for organising the defence of Chittagong, which he did most efficiently. Since then his Brigade has led the advance of the Division southwards against all sorts of difficulties and under conditions of considerable discomfort and hardship, and latterly against strong enemy opposition. His able leadership, both on the operational and administrative side, has had marked influence on the campaign, and resulted in a deep advance into territory held by the enemy and the maintenance of the initiative by our forces.
Education: Streete Court; Wellington College (1906.1-1910); Royal Military College, Sandhurst (1910-1911); Staff College, Quetta (1925-1926; psc).
06.09.1911     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army)
      Royal West Kent Regiment
03.12.1912     commissioned, Indian Army (Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides (Cavalry))
1914 - 1918 served European War (NW Frontier 1915-1916, Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force 1917-1919) (despatches)
1920 - 1921 served NW Persia
15.05.1928 - 14.05.1932 Brigade Major, ... (India)
1936 - 1938 Commanding Officer, The Guides Cavalry
20.05.1938 - 22.10.1938 specially employed, India
23.06.1939 - 21.10.1940 General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), War Office (London)
07.12.1940 - 31.01.1941 General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), ... (India)
08.1941 - 06.1942 Commander, 23rd Indian Infantry Brigade (Assam & Burma), redesignated:
06.1942 - 11.1943 Commander, 123rd Indian Infantry  Brigade (Burma 1942-43) (DSO)
16.03.1943 - 22.10.1943 also: ADC to the King
06.01.1944 - 31.10.1945 special appointment as Commander, Lucknow District
Hammond,
Edward Wallace
E.W. Hammond
Son (with one sister and one brother) of John Hammond (1867-1949), and Alice Jane Parsons (1866?-).
Married (05.11.1927, Allahabad, Bengal, India) Kathleen May Colquhoun, daughter of Thomas James Colquhoun.
21.05.1902
St Johns, Sunderland, Co. Durham
-
28.06.1948
Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire
Assistant Commissary (with rank of Lt.) 24.12.1941
T/Capt. 12.03.1943-09.03.1944
WS/Capt. 10.03.1944 (reld > 04.1947)
T/Maj. 10.03.1944-(04.1947)
29.04.1918 - 11.12.1919 served as Private, Gunner 2nd class & Gunner in Royal Marine Artillery (lied about age upon enlistment)
24.12.1941     commissioned, Indian Army Departments [emergency commission]
      served Indian Army Ordnance Corps
Hampton,
Philip Arthur Edward
P.A.E. Hampton (Photo courtesy of Mr Andrew Thomas)
?
New Zealand
-
2nd Lt. 05.07.1941 [EC 2964]
WS/Lt. ?
WS/Capt. 14.07.1942 (reld 22.01.1947)
T/Maj. 29.09.1944-(04.1946)
Hon. Maj. 22.01.1947
      Officer Training School, Belgaum (India)
05.07.1941     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Hanna,
John Riddell Musgrave
J.R.M. Hanna (Photo courtesy of Jayne McGarvey) J.R.M. Hanna (Photo courtesy of Jayne McGarvey)
J.R.M. Hanna (Photo courtesy of Jayne McGarvey)
Son of John Alexander Hanna, JP, merchant, of Marietta, Knock, Belfast.
Married 1st (30.04.1925, British Consulate General, Paris, France) Doris Blackwood (1898? - ), daughter of William John Blackwood, insurance broker.
Married 2nd (28.08.1948, Kensington district, London) Catherine Emily "Kitty" Shepherd, née Hamilton-Johnstone, daughter of Lt.Col. & Mrs G. Hamilton Johnstone, of Churchill, Co. Donegal.
14.07.1897
Belfast, Ireland
-
02.10.1983
Fish Hoek, South Africa
T/2nd Lt. 14.07.1915-30.06.1917
T/Lt. 01.07.1917-24.11.1917
Lt. 10.10.1919, seniority 14.04.1917 [IA 587]
A/Capt. ...-31.10.1919
Capt. 08.04.1920
Maj. 08.04.1934
A/Lt.Col. 13.03.1940-12.06.1940
T/Lt.Col. 13.06.1940-04.02.1942
Lt.Col. 05.02.1942 (retd 27.07.1947)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) OBE 01.01.1944 New Year 44

1915 Star; Victory Medal; British War Medal; General Service Medal + clasp Iraq

Education: Campbell College, Belfast (04.1908-03.1914; U.V.; 1st XV 1913-1914).
      served in the ranks; mobilized Territorial Force to 13.07.1915, for 196 days
14.07.1915     commissioned, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers - Territorial Force (11th Battalion)
 25.11.1917     Indian Army Reserve of Officers
10.10.1919     commissioned, Indian Army
      served 2/129th Baluchis
1925     transferred, 1st Punjab Regiment
      Lt.Col, Indian Army (OBE 1944)
Happell,
William Horatio
W.H. Happell
Son of W.A. Happell, Indian Colonial Service.
Married (1925) Ivy Ellen Grimley.
15.04.1890
Edmonton
-
04.02.1971
Dulwich
2nd Lt.
18.09.1909 [1408]
Lt.
18.12.1911
Capt.
01.09.1915
A/Maj.
18.01.1918-07.02.1918
T/Maj.
29.09.1919-31.12.1919
Maj.
18.09.1925
Lt.Col.
18.09.1935
Bt. Col.
22.08.1938
Col.
18.09.1939, seniority 22.08.1938 (retd 29.04.1944)
T/Brig.
22.08.1938-01.01.1944
Hon. Brig.
29.04.1944
Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire CIE 01.01.1943 New Year 43
Mentioned in Despatches MID 27.08.1918 ?
Education: Tonbridge; Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
18.09.1909


commissioned, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)
28.03.1914


transferred, Indian Army
04.1915
-
11.1915
SSO



served with the 99th Deccan Infantry during its service on the NW Frontier (Mahsud campaign) [Mahsud (02.03.1918)], then Iraq (10.04.1917-31.10.1918)
29.09.1919
-
31.12.1919
Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General (DAAG), Mesopotamian Expeditionery Force
04.05.1920
-
23.07.1920
Staff Captain, Mesopotamian Expeditionery Force
09.1920
-
07.02.1922
various staff posts in Iraq
08.02.1922
-
29.05.1922
Staff Captain, Iraq Expeditionery Force (temporary)
30.05.1922
-
30.09.1922
Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General (DAAG), Mesopotamian Expeditionery Force
25.05.1927
-
15.11.1929
Deputy Assistant Judge Advocate General, India
16.11.1929
-
14.02.1930
Assistant Judge Advocate General (Extra), India
15.02.1930
-
29.02.1936
Assistant Judge Advocate General, India
01.03.1936
-
21.08.1938
Deputy Judge Advocate General, India
22.08.1938
-
01.01.1944
Judge Advocate General, Adjutant-General's Branch, HQ Staff of the Army in India
Hardaker,
Marcus William Bennett
M.W.B. Hardaker
28.02.1899
-
Gnr.
WW I [158025]
Sgt.
WW I [1411482]
Conductor
?
Asst. Commissary (with rank of Lt.) 14.07.1936
Deputy Commissary (with rank of Capt.) 07.04.1939
Commissary (with rank of Maj.)
28.05.1941
WS/Lt.Col.
? (retd 30.06.1948)
Hon. Col.
30.06.1948
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) MBE
01.01.1943
New Year 43
British War Medal 1914-1920 BWM 14|20
?
?
Victory Medal VM
?
?
Indian General Service Medal Ind Gen SM
?
& clasp Iraq
31.03.1917


enlisted, Royal Garrisson Artillery (British Army)
04.12.1918
 
 
transferred as Warrant Officer, Indian Army Ordnance Corps
14.07.1936


commissioned, Indian Army Department



served Indian Army Ordnance Corps
1947?
 
 
Special List (ex-Indian Army) [personal number 61810]
Harding,
Clifford Maurice
C.M. Harding (Photo courtesy of Sarah Robson) C.M. Harding (Photo courtesy of Sarah Robson)
C.M. Harding (Photo courtesy of Sarah Robson)
Son (with two brothers) of Ernest John Harding (1885-1962), and Violet May Matthews (1893-1964).
Married ((06?).1956, Rochdale district, Lancashire) Greta Higson (01.1928 - 2016); four daughters, one son.
30.07.1922
Tisbury, Wiltshire
-
29.11.2016
Lytham Saint Annes, Lancashire
2nd Lt. 30.05.1943
WS/Lt. 30.11.1943 (reld > 08.1947)
A/Capt.? 1946?
30.05.1943     commissioned, Royal Indian Army Service Corps - Indian Army [emergency commission]
College of Resurrection, Mirfield, 1946. University of Leeds (BA, 1947). Ordained deacon 1948, priest 1949. Manchester Curate of St. Aug. Tonge Morr, 1948-1954; Assistant Priest at Blantyre, Nyasaland, East Africa (1954-56); Chaplain to the Forces (1956-59); Vicar of St John’s, Werneth, Oldham (1959-65); Chaplain of Ormerod Children’s Home, St Annes (1965-79); Elmslie School, Blackpool (1980-85).
Hardy,
Henry
H. Hardy
01.04.1919
Ecclesall Bierlow district, Yorkshire
-
03.2005
Alton district, Hampshire
Gnr. ?
2nd Lt. 27.10.1941
WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 (reld > 10.1945, < 01.1946)
A/Capt. 01.05.1943
      previous service for increment of pay 156 days
27.10.1941     commissioned, Royal Indian Army Service Corps - Indian Army [emergency commission]
(04.1945) - (10.1945) Intelligence Officer, Special Wireless Section - 2nd Royal Lancers (Gardner's Horse) - Indian Armoured Corps
Harkirat Singh
Harkirat Singh (Photo courtesy of Mr Charles Hawkshaw-Burn)

07.04.1911
-
2nd Lt.
02.02.1933
...
...
T/Maj.
12.08.1943-(01.1946)
T/Brig. ?
?
02.02.1933
 
 
commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army)
15.12.1935


commissioned, Indian Army
...
-
...
...
(1947)
 
 
HQ Southern Command, India (Poona)
Harley,
David Bertram
D.B. Harley (Photo courtesy of Mr Frank de Planta)
Son of ... Harley, and ... Peirse.
Married ((12?).1946, Bedford district, Bedfordshire) Jean C. Halkett.
(12?).1922
Hastings district, Sussex
-
Pte. ?
2nd Lt. 15.03.1942
WS/Lt. 01.10.1942
Lt. 21.12.1946, seniority 05.04.1945 (retd 02.04.1949; receiving a gratuity on account of disability)
Education: Down College, Cambridge (BA 1950, MA 1955).
15.03.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission to 20.12.1946]
(1942)     1st Battalion 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) (North Africa)
21.12.1946 - 02.04.1949 commissioned, The Buffs [permanent commission]
Joined the clergy (deacon 1956, priest 1958 St Alb. Assistant Master Bedford School 1950-1958; Curator of Biddenham 1956-1958; Chaplain of Stamford School from 1958; L to Offic Dio Line from 1959).
Harnal,
Balram
B. Harnal
04.04.1918
-
13.06.2014
2nd Lt. ? [IC 488]
... ...
Lt.Col. ?
?     commissioned, Indian Army [Indian commission]
      8th Battalion 10th Baluch Regiment
Harper,
James Gordon
J.G. Harper
Married Roberta (née ...); one son, one daughter.
26.09.1915
Chorlton district, Lanscashire
-
23.02.2007
2nd Lt.
30.01.1936
Lt.
30.04.1938
A/Capt.
20.02.1941-19.05.1941
T/Capt.
20.05.1941-30.12.1942,
13.07.1943-13.01.1944
WS/Capt.
14.01.1944
Capt.
30.01.1944
A/Maj.
14.10.1943-13.01.1944
T/Maj.
14.01.1944-16.09.1946
WS/Maj.
17.09.1946
Maj.
30.01.1949 (emp. List 5 12.07.1962-15.06.1965) (retd 26.09.1970)
A/Lt.Col.
17.06.1946-16.09.1946
T/Lt.Col.
17.09.1946-05.11.1946
30.01.1936


commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army)
30.03.1937


commissioned, Indian Army



7th Rajput Regiment



Special List (ex-Indian Army)
02.05.1948


transferred, Royal Army Service Corps
15.07.1965


transferred, Royal Corps of Transport
Harper-Nelson,
John Joseph
see: Nelson,
John Joseph Harper
 
Harrington,
Geoffrey Mortimer
G.M. Harrington
Son (with three brothers) of Lt.Col. George William Harrington, Indian Army, and Annis Dorothy Maud Bakewell, of Como, S. Perth, Western Australia.
Married ((09?).1939, Dartford district, Kent) Marjorie Gladys Simmons (10.10.1918 - ); one daughter.
Residence: (1954) Kalamunda, Australia.
22.11.1915
Tidworth, Andover district, Hampshire
-
2nd Lt. 04.02.1943 [EC 7173]
WS/Lt. 04.02.1943 (reld 04.1947)
A?/Capt. ?
04.1932     enlisted, British Army
1934 - 1938 served at Malta
1938 - 1947 served in India
04.02.1943     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
      served Guides Cavalry
Representative Caxton Publishing Co. Ltd., London, 08.1947-(1951). Emigrated to Australia, 1951.
Harrington,
George William
G.M. Harrington
Married ((03?).1915, Woolwich district, London) Annis Dorothy Maud Bakewell ((03?).1894 - ); four sons (Capt. Geoffrey Mortimer Harrington, Indian Army).
26.12.1891
London
-
Conductor ?
Lt. 11.05.1941 [EC 6986]
WS/Maj. 06.09.1945 (reld 10.05.1947)
T/Lt.Col. 06.09.1945-10.05.1947
Hon. Lt.Col. 10.05.1947
11.05.1941     commissioned, "Special List" of Quarter-Masters, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Harris,
Dennis
D. Harris
?
-
Pte.
?
2nd Lt.
05.09.1943
WS/Lt.
05.03.1944
05.09.1943


commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Harris,
Peter
D. Harris
Married ...; four sons.
?
-
?
L/Cpl. ?
2nd Lt. 28.05.1942 [EC 9035]
WS/Lt. 28.11.1942
T/Capt. 15.08.1943-(04.1946)
Mentioned in Despatches MID 22.08.1946 Far East
Mentioned in Despatches MID ? ?
28.05.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
      4th Gurkha Rifles
Hartley,
Horace
H. Hartley
?
-

Lt. ? [ABRO 347]
T/Capt. ?
Mentioned in Despatches MID 28.09.1944 Burma
?     commissioned, Army in Burma Reserve of Officers
 (1944)     attached Royal Engineers (Burma) (despatches)
Hartwell,
John Redmond
J.R. Hartwell

Son of Sydney Charles Elphinstone Hartwell (1844-1899), and Marian Janette Hartwell (née Jenkins).
Married 1st (1911) Nina Oliver (marriage dissolved, 1921), daughter of General G.F.W. St John; one daughter.
Married 2nd (1929) Hazel Hay (died 1945), younger daughter of Sir John Benton,
KCIE, widow of Captain Liston, IA; one son.
Married 3rd (1946) Edith
Elizabeth, daughter of late F.W. Frosdyke.
07.05.1887
Naini Tal, West Bengal, India
-
19.09.1970
Eastbourne, Sussex
2nd Lt.
24.01.1906 [80089]
Lt.
24.04.1908
Capt.
24.01.1915
A/Maj.
05.07.1917-04.09.1917,
21.03.1918-19.05.1918,
19.07.1918-14.09.1918
Maj.
24.01.1921
Lt.Col.
06.09.1930 (Unemployed List 28.10.1934-30.10.1934)
Col.
29.03.1935, seniority 06.09.1933 (Semi-Effective List 29.03.1938-19.08.1938)
T/Brig.
23.10.1938-15.01.1941
A/Maj.Gen.
26.10.1940-15.01.1941
Maj.Gen.
16.01.1941, seniority 22.04.1940 (retd 31.05.1943)
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
01.07.1941
HM's birthday 41
Distinguished Service Order DSO
03.06.1916
distinguished service in the field
Education: Radley; Royal Military College, Sandhurst
24.01.1906


commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army): 89th Royal Irish Fusiliers
18.03.1907


commissioned, Indian Army
1907
-
1928
1/4th Prince of Wales's Own Gurkha Rifles
1914
-
1918
served in France and Belgium, Gallipoli Egypt, NW India, Baluchistan (wounded; despatches, DSO)
25.08.1914
-
02.11.1914
AESO
14.03.1919
-
07.05.1919
Staff Captain, ... (India)
08.05.1919
-
16.10.1920
Personal Assistant to Quartermaster-General, Army HQ, India
17.11.1920
-
14.04.1921
Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General (DAQMG), Egyptian Expeditionery Force (temporary)
01.07.1922
-
27.02.1923
Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General (DAAG), Army HQ, India
1927
 
 
Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General (DAAG), Shanghai Defence Force
1928


transferred, 1st Battalion 2nd King Edward's Own Gurkha Rifles (the Sirmoor Rifles)
06.09.1930
-
27.10.1934
Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion 18th Royal Garhwal Rifles
29.03.1935
-
28.03.1938
Instructor, Senior Officers' School, Belgaum, India
23.10.1938
-
1940
Brigade Commander, Sind (Independent) Brigade Area, Karachi
26.10.1940
-
1943
Commander, Kohat District, North West Frontier Province
Represented Radley at cricket, rackets, and fives, and RMC at these and hockey; Army Lawn Tennis VI, 1926; and won Indian Army Lawn Tennis Singles, 1924 and 1925 and doubles 1925 and 1926.
Harty,
Arthur Henry
E.P. Hemingway
Son of Theophilus Harty (1858-1943), overseer to a plantation in Clarendon, and M.E. Fowles.
Married (06.11.1919, Dover, Kent) Gladys Maud Davies, daughter of the late Lt.Col. Henry Davies, CMG; one son, one daughter (and one son deceased). Father of Lt.Cdr. (E) Richard Harty, RN (1920-1970).
13.08.1890
-
19.10.1977
Kingston, Jamaica
Capt.
24.11.1919, seniority 17.07.1916
Maj.
07.02.1926
Lt.Col.
07.02.1934
Col.
09.08.1943, seniority 07.02.1937
Maj.Gen.
12.11.1946
Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire CIE
1942
?
Education: Jamaica College, Jamaica; Queen's University, Kingston, Canada (MB,
BS 1912); MRCS (England) & LRCP (London) (1914)
08.1914


joined Royal Navy as a Surgeon; served in Grand Fleet and Mediterranean Fleet in European War
24.11.1919


commissioned, Indian Medical Service
1920
-
1923
served in Burma
1923
-
1942
Bombay Presidency and Sind
1942
-
1945
Inspector-General, Civil Hospitals, Central Provinces
1945
-
1948
Surgeon-General, Bombay
23.08.1945
-
1948
King's Honorary Physician
Officer, Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem (OStJ), 01.07.1944.
Harvey,
[Sir] Charles Offley
C.O. Harvey
° Wikipedia
° papers
16.07.1888
Eastbourne district, Sussex
-
11.10.1969
2nd Lt.
09.09.1908
...
...
Col.
15.08.1936, seniority 01.01.1934
T/Brig.
24.04.1939-11.03.1941
A/Maj.Gen.
15.10.1940-11.03.1941
Maj.Gen.
12.03.1941, seniority 22.04.1940 (retd 01.04.1947)

Kt, 1946; CB 1941; CVO 1922; CBE 1922; MC and Bar; LLD (Hon.)

09.09.1908


commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army)
...
-
...
...
24.04.1939
-
14.10.1940
Commander, Wana Brigade (India)
1940
-
1942
General Officer Commanding, 8th Indian Division
1943
-
1946
Military Adviser-in-Chief, Indian States Forces
Colonel, KGO Central India Horse, 23.12.1944.
Hastings,
Ronald Hamilton Rodney
R.H.R. Hastings
Son of Reginald Hastings Hastings [until 1917: Frankenberg] (1890-1966), and Eileen H. Lambert.
Married ((03?).1946, Rathdown district) ...; ... children (one son?).
(09?).1921
South Dublin
-
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 07.06.1941 [190264]
L/Cpl. ?
2nd Lt. 24.09.1942 [EC 5978]
WS/Lt. 24.03.1943 (reld 25.01.1948)
T/Capt. 1947?
Hon. Capt. 25.01.1948
07.06.1941     commissioned, Royal Ulster Rifles [emergency commission] [announcement cancelled 15.07.1941]
24.09.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
      served 6th Gurkha Rifles
Hatton,
Thomas Ellis
"Tim"
T.E. Hatton
?
-
2nd Lt.
15.10.1944 [EC 15159]



Private, The Queen's Regiment
15.10.1944


commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]



9th Gurkha Rifles
Tim Hatton volunteered for the army at the age of seventeen, and was commissioned into the 9th Gurkha Rifles, with whom he served in Malaya, Indonesia, Thailand and India during Partition. He was a member of the Malayan Police Service from 1948 to 1967, serving throughout the two Malayan Emergencies, and retiring as Acting Director of the Malaysian Special Branch. He was awarded the Colonial Police Medal and the OBE. On returning to the UK he became a principal in the Development Commission. Since 1982 he has been heavily involved in education, as Clerk to the Governors of the Haberdasher's Aske Schools and Director of the United Westminster Schools Foundation. He currently lives in Salisbury, where he is an official guide to the cathedral.
Published
: Tock tock birds (2004; memoir)
Hawkins,
Edward John
E.J. Hawkins (Photo courtesy of Mr D.E. Hawkins, ACIOB (RE))
Son of Edward William, Postmaster at Madras, and Maude Elizabeth Hawkins.
Married; ... children (one son?).
21.01.1898
Madras
-
2nd Lt.
15.01.1942
15.01.1942


commissioned, Army in Burma Reserve of Officers [emergency commission]
[Possibly Divisional Engineer, Major P&T Signals. Born Madras India 1898.]
Hawkins,
George Ledsam Seymour
E.J. Hawkins
Son of George Ezar Hawkins (c. 1841-1917), and Constance Caroline Boyce (1869-c. 1950), of Apton Hall, Rochford, Essex.
Married (1921) Katharine Marian (died 1957), daughter
of George Hancock, Templecombe, Somerset; one daughter, one
son deceased.
13.05.1898
Freebridge Lynn district, Norfolk
-
11.1978
Dereham, Norwich district, Norfolk
[buried 14.11.1978 at Bylaugh Cemetery]
2nd Lt. SRO
15.08.1914
2nd Lt.
29.03.1918, seniority 13.05.1917
Lt.
13.11.1918
A/Capt.
02.10.1918-03.04.1919
Indian Army:
 
Lt.
07.12.1923, seniority 15.05.1916
Capt.
07.12.1923, seniority 13.05.1919
Maj.
13.05.1933
Bt. Lt.Col.
01.07.1934
Bt. Col.
24.05.1936, seniority 24.05.1935
Col.
01.07.1938, seniority 24.05.1935
A/Brig.
?
Maj.Gen.
12.04.1942 (retd 06.04.1945)
Companion of the Order of the Bath (Military Division) CB
01.01.1943
New Year 43
Military Cross MC
?
?
15.08.1914
-
28.03.1918
mobilized Special Reserve of Officers for 3 years, 226 days (served European War (MC), France and Belgium)
08.1914


commissioned, 4th Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment
1915
 
 
transferred, Royal Field Artillery
29.03.1918
 
 
commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery
07.12.1923


transferred, Indian Army
04.07.1928
-
07.08.1933
Commandant, Indian Army Ordnance Corps School (India)
28.03.1936
-
29.11.1937
Assistant Director of Ordnance Services (ADOS), India (served North West Frontier (Waziristan)) (despatches)
30.11.1937
-
1941
Ordnance Consulting Officer, India Office
07.06.1941
-
1945
Director of Ordnance Services, India HQ Staff
Colonel Commandant, Indian Army Ordnance Corps, 1945-1956; Regional Director, Southern Region Ministry of Works, 1945-1957.
Haworth,
Richard Chester Arundel
R.C.A. Haworth (Photo courtesy of Mr David S.C. Wilson)
?
-
Tpr. ?
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]
?     transferred, Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Haworth,
Walter James Laurence
W.J.L. Haworth (Photo courtesy of Mr Robin Smith)
?
-
2nd Lt. 02.04.1942
WS/Lt. 02.10.1942
... ...
(02.1942)     "A" Company, Officer Training School, Belgaum (India)
02.04.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Hayes,
Guy Lavington
G.L. Hayes
Son of Clifford Akhurst Hayes (1896-1960), and Marian Elizabeth Larkworthy (1892-).
Married Nina ... (? - 2015); two sons, one daughter.
12.09.1922
Mere district, Dorset
-
26.05.2000
Harare, Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe
L/Cpl. ?
2nd Lt. 24.09.1942
WS/Lt. 24.03.1943
T/Capt. ?
WS/Lt. 01.10.1945, seniority 24.03.1943 [355462] (reld 13.10.1951)
Hon. Capt. 13.10.1951
24.09.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
      7th Rajput Regiment
01.10.1945     transferred, The Gloucestershire Regiment
Hayes,
Leonard
L. Hayes
Son of Richard and Maria Hayes.
Married ...; ... children (one daughter?).
02.04.1902
St Marylebone district, London
-
23.08.1969
Totland, Isle of Wight
Asst. Commissary (Lt.) 14.12.1941 (reld > 04.1946)
Deputy Commissary (T/Capt.) (1944)
Deputy Commissary (T/Maj.) (1945)
14.12.1941     commissioned, Departmental Officers India Unattached List (Executive Establishment) - Indian Army Ordnance Corps [emergency commission]
A daughter writes: "Joined the King's Own Royal Regiment around 1920 as a Private and left straight away for India, joined the Indian Army within a couple of years of arriving in India. Did all his General Schools Certificates via post and attained officer status and progressed to Lt.Col., but took the title of Major after leaving the army at Partition."
Haylock,
Stanley William
S.W. Haylock (Photo courtesy of Mr Charles Hawkshaw-Burn)
31.07.1897
Basford district, Derbyshire / Nottinghamshire
-
2nd Lt.
11.04.1917 [943 IA & 402440]
...
...
Lt.Col.
23.03.1943 (retd 04.02.1949)
T/Col.
21.06.1942-(01.1946)
T/Brig.
17.04.1946-(04.1947)
Hon. Brig.
04.02.1949
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
16.08.1938
Waziristan 37
11.04.1917


commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army)
25.11.1917


commissioned, Indian Army
28.03.1937
-
31.05.1940
Deputy Assistant Director of Ordnance Services (DADOS), India
(1947)
 
 
HQ Southern Command, India (Poona)
Hayton,
James Albert
J.A. Hayton
1914
-
1960
Wt.Offr. Class I ?
2nd Lt. 01.07.1941
WS/Lt. 01.07.1941 (reld > 04.1947)
T/Capt. 01.10.1941-(04.1947)
01.07.1941     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
      served probably Indian Army Corps of Engineers
Hazells,
Colin Leslie Donne
C.L.D. Hazells
?
-
Pte.
? [24418]
Sgt.
(1919?)
Sub-Conductor
09.1920
Assistant Commissary (Lt.)
29.07.1940
A/Maj.
(1942)
WS/Maj.
01.11.1943 (reld > 12.1947)
A/Lt.Col.
08.1943-31.10.1943
T/Lt.Col.
01.11.1943-(04.1947)
British War Medal 1914-1920 BWM 14|20
?
?
Victory Medal VM
?
?
Indian General Service Medal Ind Gen SM
?
& clasp Waziristan 21-24
Long Service Good Conduct Medal LSGCM
04.1936
?
Living in Madras and working as a shopkeeper.
22.05.1917
 
 
enlisted, 2nd Battalion The Dorset Regiment (served in Mesopotamia); 
03.1919


re-enlisted as a regular serviceman
09.1920
 
 
transferred, Indian Army Ordnance Corps (serving in Rawalpindi)
29.07.1940
 
 
commissioned, Indian Army Departments [emergency commission]



served Royal Indian Army Ordnance Corps
(1942)
 
 
Standardization Officer, IGS Cawnpore
12.1942
 
 
Officer Commanding, O.I.D. Delhi Fort
08.1943


DIS&C Bombay Area
04.1946
 
 
AIGS Central India Area
07.1946


DIS&C Bengal Area
Heape,
Richard Christopher [Ashton]
R.C. Heape (Photo courtesy of Mr Simon Heape) R.C. Heape
R.C. Heape
Son of Edmund Ashton Heape (1880-1944), and Edith Gladys Lynette Matterson (1890-1953).
Married ((03?).1950, Kensington district, London) Pamela Mary Fitzwilliam (11.04.1924 - 12.1999); three sons.

Service record kindly provided by Mr Simon Heape

13.01.1924
-
22.12.1989
North East Hampshire
Pte. ?
2nd Lt. 04.04.1943
WS/Lt. 04.10.1943
A/Capt. 19.05.1945-18.08.1945
T/Capt. 19.08.1945-31.01.1948
Lt. 22.11.1947, seniority 13.07.1946 [375248]
T/Capt. 09.08.1948-12.01.1951
Capt. 13.01.1951
T/Maj. 19.11.1955-(02.1957)
Maj. 13.01.1958 (retd 04.12.1960)
      served in the ranks for 1 year, 59 days
      probably Officer Cadet Training Unit at Ahmednagar
04.04.1943     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission to 21.11.1947]
      served with 19th King George V's Own Lancers, Indian Armoured Corps
1946?     Special List (ex-Indian Army)
22.11.1947     commissioned, 9th Lancers - Royal Armoured Corps
Heard,
Edward Gordon Dunham
"James"
J.E.F. Hill
Son of ... Heard, and ... Skarden.
Married (1952) Mary Jean Costerton (née Taylor), widow of Capt. Peter D'Arcy Costerton; ... children.
18.01.1913
Plymouth, Devonport district, Devon
-
15.09.1991
Hindon, Wiltshire
2nd Lt. 31.08.1933 [AI 406]
Lt. 30.11.1935
A/Capt. 29.12.1939-28.03.1940
T/Capt. 29.03.1940-30.06.1941
WS/Capt. 02.06.1941
Capt. 31.08.1941
A/Maj. 02.03.1941-01.06.1941
T/Maj. 02.06.1941-30.06.1941,
20.12.1942-21.01.1943,
21.05.1943-17.04.1944,
26.08.1944-30.08.1946
Maj. 31.08.1946
24.09.1947, seniority 31.08.1946 [56884]
Lt.Col. 12.02.1955
Col. 03.04.1960 (retd 18.10.1964)
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) MBE 28.06.1945 Italy
Military Cross MC 26.12.1941 Middle East (East Africa & Madagascar)
Mentioned in Despatches MID 30.10.1956 Malaya
Education: Allhallows, Honiton; Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
31.08.1933     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army)
23.03.1935     commissioned, Indian Army (12th Frontier Force Regiment)
      3rd Battalion 12th Frontier Force Regiment (MC)
26.08.1944 - 06.04.1947 Brigade Major, 17th Indian Infantry Brigade (MBE)
24.09.1947     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery
04.10.1950 - 15.01.1953 Brigade Major, ... Anti-Aircraft Brigade
1954? - 1956? Commanding Officer, 25th Field Regiment RA (Malaya)
1958?     Staff College (psc)
1959? - ? served at Bielefeld, Germany
1961? - 1964 Deputy Director of Public Relations for the Armed Forces (Far East) (Singapore)
Bought a house in Fleet (Hampshire). Worked for the War Office, 1964-1965?. Employed as Retired Officer – UK internal security services, 1965 – 1979?. Retired to Hindon in Wiltshire.
Heath,
Sir Lewis Macclesfield
"Piggy"
L.M. Heath L.M. Heath
Son of Col Lewis Forbes Heath, ISC.
Married 1st (1915) Marjorie (died 1930s?), daughter of late Brig.Gen. Arthur Blanchard Hawley Drew, CIE; three sons, two daughters.
Married 2nd (1941)  Katherine Margaret (died 1984), daughter of the later T.A. Lonergan, Auckland, NZ; one son.

in DUTCH

23.11.1885
India
-
10.01.1954
Bath
2nd Lt.
18.01.1905 [93958]
Lt.
18.04.1907
Capt.
18.01.1914
A/Maj.
03.02.1916-13.02.1916
T/Maj.
30.05.1919-26.09.1919
Maj.
18.01.1920
Bt. Lt.Col.
01.01.1929
Lt.Col.
06.12.1929
Bt. Col.
06.05.1932, seniority 06.05.1931
Col.
09.01.1934, seniority 06.05.1931
local Brig.
16.01.1936-15.07.1936
T/Brig.
16.07.1936-19.01.1939
Maj.Gen.
20.01.1939 (semi-effective lsit 24.04.1939-20.10.1939)
A/Lt.Gen.
26.04.1941-09.05.1941
Lt.Gen.
10.05.1941 (retd 13.04.1946)
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) KBE
30.05.1941
East Africa
Companion of the Order of the Bath (Military Division) CB
02.01.1939
New Year 39
Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire CIE
03.06.1921
East Persia
Distinguished Service Order DSO
08.09.1933
Chitral Reliefs 09-10.32
Military Cross MC
22.12.1916
Mesopotamia
Mention in Despatches MID
01.04.1941
Middle East 08.39-11.40
Mention in Despatches MID
30.12.1941
Middle East
Mention in Despatches MID
19.12.1946
Malaya
Education: Wellington College; Royal Military College, Sandhurst
18.01.1905


commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army)
15.03.1906


commissioned, Indian Army (19th Punjabis)
20.12.1909
-
25.01.1913
employed with King's African Rifles
1914
-
1919
served artillery in European War (Egypt & Mesopotamia) (wounded [lost an eye and suffered permanent injury to his left arm]; despatches, MC)
30.05.1919
-
08.08.1919
Deputy Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General (DAA&QMG), ... (India & Afghanistan)
09.08.1919
-
26.09.1919
Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General (DAAG), ... (India)
1919
-
1921
Commandant Seistan Levy Corps (East Persia) (CIE)
21.11.1924
-
05.07.1928
Assistant Commandant & Commandant Indian Wing, Army School of Education, India
1928
 
 
10/14 Punjab Regiment
1929
-
1933
Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion (King George's Own) (Ferozepore Sikhs) 11th Sikh Regiment (served NW Frontier of India 1930 (despatches; Bt Col.) & 1932 (despatches; DSO))
09.01.1934
-
15.07.1936
Instructor (General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2)), Senior Officers' School, Belgaum, India
16.01.1936
-
15.07.1936
specially employed, India
16.07.1936
-
23.04.1939
Brigade Commander, Wana Brigade (India) [1937 served NW Frontier of India (despatches)]
21.10.1939
-
(07?).1940
General Officer Commanding, Deccan District (India) (temporary)
(07?).1940
-
25.04.1941
General Officer Commanding, 7th Indian Division (Sudan) (temporary)
26.04.1941
-
15.02.1942
Commander, III Indian Corps (Malaya; captured)
1942
-
1945
prisoner of war in Japanese captivity (Singapore, Formosa and Manchukuo (Manchuria))
Hedley,
Robert Cecil Osborne
T.E. Hatton
Son of late Major R.C. Hedley, Corbridge,
Northumberland.
Married (1945) Lucy, daughter of late J.D.N.
Strang and Mrs Strang, Oakwood, Hexham, Northumberland.
31.10.1900
Hexham, Northumberland
-
19.11.1973
Haydon Bridge, Northumberland
2nd Lt.
24.12.1920 [63963]
Lt.
24.03.1923
Capt.
24.12.1928
Maj.
01.08.1938
A/Lt.Col.
30.07.1942-29.10.1942
T/Lt.Col.
30.10.1942-(01.1946)
A/Col.
04.05.1944-(01.1946)
Col.
08.01.1947 (retd 08.06. 1952)
A/Brig.
31.05.1944-(01.1946)
T/Brig.
?
T/Maj.Gen.
19.09.1950-14.02.1952
Hon. Maj.Gen.
08.06.1952
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
19.10.1951
Malaya
Companion of the Order of the British Empire CBE
26.06.1947
Sumatra
Distinguished Service Order DSO
1944
Burma
Distinguished Service Order DSO
21.06.1945
Burma
Distinguished Service Order DSO
28.06.1945
Burma
Mention in Despatches MID
15.12.1942
Middle East
Mention in Despatches MID
1944?
Burma
Mention in Despatches MID
08.04.1949
Malaya
Mention in Despatches MID
13.12.1949
Malaya
IGS Medal with clasp, Waziristan, 1923-1924; NW Frontier Clasp to IGS Medal, 1930.  Sumatra (Gen. Service Medal and Clasp); Malaya (clasp)
Education: St Bees School; Royal Military College, Sandhurst
24.12.1920


commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army)
10.03.1922


commissioned, Indian Army
1923


Lieut 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force)
03.02.1935
-
17.12.1938
Company Officer (Instructor), Royal Military College, Sandhurst
1941
-
1942
Deputy Assistant Military Secretary, GHQ, Middle East Forces
1942
-
1944
Commanding Officer, 2nd Battalion 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force)
31.05.1944
-
09.07.1945
Commander, 48th Indian Infantry Brigade (Burma)
1945
-
1946
HQ Allied Land Forces South East Asia (ALFSEA)
30.01.1946
-
11.1946
General Officer Commanding, 26th Indian Infantry Division (Sumatra)
1947


Commandant, School of Infantry, Mhow
1948


Brigadier Commanding British Gurkha Troops in India
1948
-
1949
Brigadier Commanding Johore Sub-District, Malaya
1949
-
1950
Commander, 48th Gurkha Infantry Brigade
19.09.1950
-
07.05.1952
Maj.Gen. Bde of Gurkhas, and GOC South Malaya District
12.09.1952
-
01.11.1958
Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
Schools Liaison Officer, Western Command, 1952-1961. 
Hemingway,
Eugene Percival
E.P. Hemingway (Photo courtesy of Mr William H. Spemann)
Son of John William Hemingway, and Norah Chinal.
Married (09.10.1935) Doris Violet Wood (died 04.05.2007); two daughters, one son.
21.08.1913
Fategarh, India
-
01.12.1993
Auckland, New Zealand
[his ashes were scattered at the War Memorial, Waikumete Cemetery, Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand]
Gunner
13.09.1934 [788729]
Sgt. Art. Clerk
1940?
QMS Art. Clerk
1942?
2nd Lt.
08.07.1943 [EC 10856]
WS/Lt.
08.08.1943
A/Capt.
23.03.1944-20.06.1944
T/Capt.
21.06.1944-...,
10.07.1944-(04.1946)
Capt.
21.06.1948
WS/Maj.
20.01.1948
A/Lt.Col.
20.08.1947-07.01.1947,
10.01.1948-19.01.1948
T/Lt.Col.
20.01.1948-20.02.1948
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St - -
Africa Star Afr St - -
Bumra Star Bur St - -
Defence Medal Def M - -
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45 -  
India Indpendance Medal 1948 Indep M - -

 

13.09.1934
 
 
enlisted, Royal Regiment of Artillery
13.09.1934
-
07.10.1940
8th Field Regiment RA
22.08.1940
-
01.03.1943
served 7th Armoured Division / 5th Indian Infantry Division / HQ 9th Army / GHQ Paiforce (Middle East Forces) (Egypt, Sudan Eritrea 22.08.1940-15.07.1941, Palestine, Lebanaon 16.07.1941-15.10.1942, Iraq 16.10.1942-01.03.1943):
08.10.1940
-
07.07.1941
GHQ 02E (Br)
08.07.1941
-
15.11.1941
28th Field Regiment RA
15.11.1941
-
28.10.1942
HQ 9th Army
29.10.1942
-
01.03.1943
GHQ Paiforce
14.03.1943
-
07.07.1943
Officer Training School, Belgaum (India)
08.07.1943


commissioned, Royal Indian Army Service Corps - Indian Army [emergency commission to 31.12.1947]
08.07.1943
-
04.08.1943
officiating Officer Commanding, 75th Air Transport Company RIASC (Nowshera)
05.08.1943
-
05.11.1943
YO [= Young Officers' ?] course, RIASC School, Kakul (India)
12.12.1943
-
07.01.1944
Air Despatch, Chaklala (India)
27.02.1944
-
28.04.1947
HQ 14th Army (South East Asia Command):
27.02.1944
-
28.04.1944
4th Indian Company RIASC (AD) (Argatarla) (Platoon Commander, from 23.03.1944 Second-in-Command, from 21.04.1944 officiating Officer Commanding)
29.04.1944
-
10.07.1946
attached officer, SPCR Ferozepore
11.07.1946
-
07.08.1947
establishment officer, RIASC Records (MT) Lucknow
08.08.1947
-
07.02.1948
HQ No. 1 RAMO Calcutta and Delhi [from 01.01.1948 on a short service commission [SS 15334]]
08.02.948
-
01.02.1951
Deputy Assistant Director of Supplies & Transport, HQ Calcutta Sub Area:
08.02.1948
-
10.04.1948
117th Company RIASC (GT) (Calcutta)
11.04.1948
-
20.06.1948
officiating DADS&T, HQ Calcutta Sub Area (Calcutta)
21.06.1948
-
03.10.1948
12th Company RIASC (Supplies) [administrative posting only]
04.10.1948
-
01.02.1951
General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3) (Staff Duties), HQ Calcutta Sub Area (Calcutta)
Moved to New Zealand arriving 24.05.1951 on the SS Rangitira at Auckland.
Hemingway,
William Frederick
W.F. Hemingway
20.11.1903
-
2nd Lt.
23.04.1941 [EC 2150]
T/Lt.
23.07.1941
WS/Capt.
? (reld 07.03.1946)
T/Maj. ?
Hon. Maj.
07.03.1946



served Middle East Land Forces & South East Asia Command:
23.04.1941
 
 
commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]



Officer Commanding, 318th Indian Railway Bridge Construction Company
Henderson,
A G
A.G. Henderson (Photo courtesy of Mr Charles Hawkshaw-Burn)
?
-
Lt.
(1947)
...
-
...
...
(1947)
 
 
HQ Southern Command, India (Poona)
Henderson,
Ernest Edward
E.E. Henderson
24.08.1918/19?
-
Cpl. ?
2nd Lt. 10.07.1941
WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 (reld > 04.1947)
T/Capt. 01.11.1943-(04.1947)
10.07.1941     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
      7th Rajput Regiment
His son writes: "My father died several years ago in South Africa, after emigrating to Rhodesia. He spent time from 1945 to 1946 in Baragwanath Hospital Johannesburg recovering from TB before being repatriated to UK."
Hennessey,
Thomas Ashley
J.L. Hopper
Married (1941/42?, Lucknow, India) Sister Jessie Fraser, QAIMNSR; one daughter.
08.11.1916
Newtonards district, Belfast, Northern Ireland
-
20.05.2008
Oakville, Ontario, Canada
Cpl. ?
2nd Lt. 10.06.1941
WS/Lt. 25.10.1942 (reld > 04.1947)
A/Capt. ? ?
      enlisted service (06.1940 Dunkirk, then Burma)
10.06.1941     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
      injured & hospitalized
02.02.1945 - (04.1946) a Staff Captain, Directorate of Organization, Adjutant-General's Branch, India Headquarters Staff
Emigrated to Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1948.
Henry,
Harris Samuel
H.S. Henry
01.01.1903
-
02.01.1986
Capt. 09.01.1943 (granted antedate for 5 years)
Education: MSMF (Agra).
09.01.1943     commissioned, Indian Medical Services, Indian Land Forces [emergency commission (within Indian limits]
A grandchild writes: "Posted in Quetta pre-partition, later on joined the Indian railways and retired as DMO from Abu Road. Settled in Udaipur."
Henry,
Kenneth Morrison
see: RINVR officers' section  
Heuer,
Karl [Hermann Ernst]
K. Heuer (Photo courtesy of Mrs Yvette Bryson)
Son of Hermann E.O. Heuer, and Edith Bower.
Married (1942, Abbottabad, India) Beryl D. Rose; one daughter.
26.09.1912
St Marylebone district, London
-
06.12.1972
St Marylebone district, London
Pte. ? [557860]
2nd Lt. 26.09.1941 [EC 3934]
A/Capt. 15.01.1942-(04.1943)
WS/Capt. 22.04.1943 (reld 12.07.1946)
T/Maj. 22.04.1943-(04.1946)
Hon. Maj. 12.07.1946
25.11.1940 - 25.09.1941 served in the ranks, 1st Battalion The Wiltshire Regiment
26.09.1941     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
01.01.1942 - (04.1946) Royal Indian Army Service Corps School
Company executive.
Hibbert,
Arthur
A. Hibbert (Photo courtesy of Mr David S.C. Wilson)
?
-
Pte. ?
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]
Hickman,
Philip Harry Bolingbroke
P.H.B. Hickman
Son (with one brother) of Philip Devereux Hickman (1878-), and Hilda Brooks (1878-).
Married Betsy Gordon Webster (01.06.1908 - 11.1993), daughter of Thomas Harold Creed Webster (1872-1948), and Anne Gordon Bois (1875-1953)
14.02.1908
India
-
06.1990
West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire
2nd Lt. 02.02.1928 [123 IA]
Lt. 02.05.1930
Capt. 02.02.1937
A/Maj. 04.10.1941-03.01.1942
T/Maj. 04.01.1942-30.01.1943,
08.04.1943-01.02.1945
Maj. 02.02.1945
02.02.1928     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army)
20.03.1929     commissioned, Indian Army
      3rd Gurkha Rifles
Hiles,
Robert Ralls
R.R. Hiles
Son (with one brother and one sister) of George Hilditch Hiles (1884-1933), and Annie Ralls (1885-1969).
Married (21.07.1951, Claro district, West Riding of Yorkshire) Barbara J Ogden; three sons.
12.07.1915
Tiverton district, Devon
-
02.08.2005
Cheltenham district, Gloucestershire
2nd Lt. 09.11.1940 [EC 890]
WS/Lt. 15.06.1941 (reld > 04.1947)
A/Capt. ...-14.06.1941
T/Capt. 15.06.1941-30.06.1941,
15.10.1941-(04.1947)
Mention in Despatches MID 23.03.1944 Sicily
09.11.1940     commissioned, 4th Prince of Wales Own Gurkha Rifles - Indian Army [emergency commission]
His son writes: "I know my father joined up in India soon after the outbreak of war, served in India then joined 8th Army in North Africa, was a beachmaster in Sicily and then remained in Italy for the duration of the war. "
Hill,
Herbert Lawrence
H.L. Hill
04.08.1899
Chester district, Cheshire / Flintshire
-
05.04.1955
Jhelum, Pakistan
2nd Lt.
21.08.1918 [AI 906]
Lt.
21.08.1919
Capt.
21.08.1923
Maj.
21.08.1936
A/Lt.Col.
03.10.1940-02.01.1941
T/Lt.Col.
03.01.1941-20.08.1944
Lt.Col.
21.08.1944
A/Col.
?
Col.
01.10.1947, seniority 21.08.1947
T/Brig.
?
(T/?)Maj.Gen.
?
Companion of the Order of the British Empire CBE
05.06.1952
HM's birthday 52
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
1941/42?
?
Mentioned in Despatches MID
19.12.1946
Malaya 42
Mentioned in Despatches MID
25.09.1947
POW Far East
Education: Staff College (psc)
21.08.1918
 
 
commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army)
11.01.1919


commissioned, Indian Army
18.05.1935
-
14.03.1938
Staff Captain, Kohat District, Northern Command, India
15.03.1938
-
17.05.1939
Brigade Major, Quetta Brigade, Baluchistan District, Western Command, India
16.10.1940
-
(04.1941)
Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General (DAQMG), ... (India)
?
-
02.1942
[Commanding Officer?], 19th Hyderabad Regiment
[escaped Singapore on the motor launch "Mary Rose" 14.02.1942, which was, however, intercepted by the Japanese]
02.1942
-
1945
in Japanese captivity at Muntok, and from 1945 at Changi in Singapore
01.09.1948
 
 
retired, but continued to be borne on the Special List (ex-Indian Army) British Army while employed with the Pakistan Armed Forces
Hill,
John Edwin Francis
J.E.F. Hill
Son of a prison officer.
10.10.1911
Calcutta, India
-
25.03.1975
Australia
2nd Lt.
06.02.1944 [EC 12409]
WS/Lt.
06.08.1944 (reld > 04.1946)
A?/Capt. ?
?



officer training at Belgaum
06.02.1944
 
 
commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]



served Royal Indian Army Service Corps
Hill,
Peter Lionel Heyliger
P.L.H. Hill (Photo courtesy of Mrs Imogen von Muenchhausen) P.L.H. Hill (Photo courtesy of Mrs Imogen von Muenchhausen)
Son (with one sister) of Lionel Runnels "Nello" Hill (1878-1969), and Edith Louisa Fanny Farrar (1882-1960).
Married (27.02.1937, Peshawar, India) Isa Pollock (19.03.1909 - 23.07.1995); three daughters, one son.
12.10.1910
-
28.05.2002
T/2nd Lt. 28.12.1938
T/Lt. 28.12.1938, seniority 23.02.1935
Capt. 23.02.1940, seniority 12.10.1938 [IA 1341]
A/Maj. 25.01.1941-24.04.1941
T/Maj. 25.04.1941-05.05.1941,
14.10.1941-11.10.1947
Maj. 12.10.1947 (retd 29.06.1948)
Went out to India in 1935 or 1936 as Technical Advisor to the Indian Army and was lived in the R.I.A.S.C. Mess in Chaklala.
28.12.1938 - 22.02.1940 temporary commission, Unattached List (for Indian Army) [05.05.1939 for employment in the Royal Indian Army Service Corps Tech. List; shown as Workshop Officer, RIASC, Heavy Repair Shops, Quetta (1938) & Deolali and Rawalpindi (1939), India]
23.02.1940     commissioned, Indian Army
      served,  Royal Indian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
His daughter writes: "He was posted to Egypt in 1939 with his workshop company and was first based in Mena Camp and then the Western Desert. A year later he was posted to Kedgoan Camp in Ahmednagar. He joined the 17th Army Division in 1941. Only two men from his Company managed to walk out of Burma, my Dad a fellow from West Yorks. He was very ill. He was posted to Hydrabad Sind in 1943 and went war again in September 1944. When the war ended he was posted to Secunderabad In April1946. His Workshop was attached to a Ghurka Regiment."
Hilton,
Jeffery Roy
J.R. Hilton (Photo courtesy of Mr David S.C. Wilson)
?
-
A/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]
?     transferred, Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Hilton,
Thomas
T. Hilton (Photo courtesy of Mr Clive Hilton) T. Hilton (Photo courtesy of Mr Clive Hilton)
Son of Mr Alfred Hilton, and Helen Hilton (née Ramsden), of Bolton, Lancashire.
Married (10.1945, New Delhi) Ada Macmillan (she was a QARANC); one son, one daughter.
22.11.1912
Little Hulton, Bolton district, Lancashire
-
05.1990
Pwllheli and Porthmadog district, Gwynedd
2nd Lt.
29.11.1941
WS/Lt.
01.10.1942 (reld early 1946)
A/Capt. ?
?
A/Maj. ?
1946?
Mentioned in Despatches MID
?
?
29.11.1941


commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]



Adjutant, 14/12 Frontier Force Regiment



Postings Branch, Adjutant-General's Staff, GHQ India
Hingston,
Walter George
W.G. Hingston
Son (with two sisters and one brother) of Charles Alfred Hingston, DL (1874-1959), and Mildred Alice Pleydell-Bouverie (1877-1961), of Barton, Nottingham.
Married (03.01.1939, Church of the Redemption, Delhi) Elizabeth Margaret Lewis (23.03.1917 - 10.12.2012), daughter of Brig. Sir Clinton G. Lewis, OBE, Surveyor General of India, and Lilian Eyre Wace; two daughters.
Residence: (1949) Hampstead, London.

15.02.1905
Radcliffe upon Trent, Bingham district, Nottinghamshire
-
18.06.1992
Brighton district, Sussex
2nd Lt. 29.01.1925
Lt. 29.01.1927
Lt. 14.03.1936, seniority 29.04.1927
T/Capt. 18.01.1936-13.03.1936
Capt. 14.03.1936, seniority 29.01.1934
A/Maj. 01.08.1941-31.10.1941
T/Maj. 01.11.1941-28.01.1942
Maj. 29.01.1942 (retd 1945; disability)
A/Lt.Col. 10.08.1942-09.11.1942
T/Lt.Col. 09.11.1942-04.06.1943,
16.12.1943-.........1945
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Civil Division) OBE 01.01.1964 New Year 64: lately Chief Information Officer (B), Department
of Scientific and Industrial Research
Mentioned in Despatches? MID? 1941? ?
General Service Medal & clasp NW Frontier of India 1939/40; 1939/45 Star; Africa Star
Education: Harrow School (1918.3-1923.2; The Knoll House); Royal Military College, Sandhurst (1923-1924); Staff College, Quetta (1938-1939; psc).
29.01.1925     commissioned, The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
11.03.1931 - 13.03.1936 employed with the Nigeria Regiment, Royal West African Frontier Force [service under the Colonial Office]
14.03.1936     commissioned, Indian Army (1st Punjab Regiment)
1939 - 1940 5th Battalion, 1st Punjab Regiment(NW Frontier of India)
06.08.1940 - 09.06.1941 General Staff Officer, grade 3 (GSO3) (Intelligence), HQ 4th Indian Division (Egypt [Sidi Barrani] & Sudan & Eritrea [Keren])
10.06.1941 - 31.07.1941 General Staff Officer, grade 3 (GSO3), General Headquarters, India
01.08.1941 - 08.08.1942 General Staff Officer, grade 2 (GSO2) (Public Relations), General Headquarters, India
09.08.1942 - 1943 Deputy Director, Public Relations (General Staff Officer, grade 1 (GSO1)), General Headquarters, India
1943 - 11.12.1943 Chief Public Relations Officer, Ceylon (graded as General Staff Officer, grade 1 (GSO1))
12.12.1943 - 1945 General Staff Officer, grade 1 (GSO1), India Office
FRGS. Spent 18 years, from 1945-1963 as Chief Information Officer, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (OBE). Editor of the Geographical Magazine from 1963-1968. Member of Marlborough and Ramsbury Rural District Council and served from 1970-1974.
Published: The tiger strikes : a record of the exploits of troops from India in the theatre of war of the Middle East during 1940-1941 (1943); The tiger kills : India's fight in the Middle East and North Africa (1944; with Lt.Col. G.R. Stevens); The tiger triumphs : the story of three great divisions in Italy (1946); Never give up : the history of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, 1919-1942 (1950).
Hiran,
C S
C.S. Hiran (Photo courtesy of Mr Charles Hawkshaw-Burn)
?
-
Maj.
(1947)
...
-
...
...
(1947)
 
 
HQ Southern Command, India (Poona)
Hitchcock,
Robert
J.L. Hopper
18.01.1913
Rawalpindi
-
 
Boy 1928
Gnr. 1931
L/Bdr. ?
Sgt. ?
S/Sgt. 26.01.1936
Wt.Offr. 1st cl. ?
Assistant Commissary (with the rank of Lt.) 15.07.1942 [OS/444] (reld 14.07.1949)
A/Capt. 26.03.1943
26.11.1928     enlisted, Royal Artillery Boys' Depot, Bangalore (qualified a Boy Trumpeter)
1928 - 1934 14th Field Artillery
1934 - 1936 25th Field Artillery
1936 - 1949 Indian Army Ordnance Corps (IAOC Training Centre, Jubbulpore; 217 Indian Army Ammunition Depot; 223 Indian Army Ammunition Depot; 26.09.1945 Staff Captain General HQ Delhi)
15.07.1942     commissioned, Indian Army Departments [emergency commission]
Hobbins,
Geoffrey Arthur
G.A. Hobbins
Son (with one sister and one brother) of Charles Barton Hobbins (1869-1938), and Ada Elizabeth Harriet Watchurst (1869-1954).
Married 1st ...; ... children (one son?).
Married 2nd ((03?).1959, Brentwood district, Essex) Mina Alice Willmott (05.07.1910 - 1988); one daughter.
19.10.1900
Lee, Lewisham district, London
-
(03?).1976
New Forest district, Hampshire
2nd Lt. ABRO 13.04.1942 (reld 01.02.1943)
2nd Lt. 01.02.1943 (reld > 12.1946, < 04.1947)
A/Maj. ? ?
13.04.1942     commissioned, Army in Burma Reserve of Officers
01.02.1943     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
      served Indian Electrictrical and Mechanical Engineers
Hobbs,
Thomas Edgar
T.E. Hobbs (Photo courtesy of Mr Roland Hobbs)
Son of ... Hobbs, and ... Jarvis.
30.10.1919
Luton district, Bedfordshire / Hertfordshire
-
24.03.1988
Surrey
L/Cpl. ?
2nd Lt. 10.07.1941 [EC 2869]
WS/Lt. 01.10.1942
T/Capt. ?
WS/Capt. 03.02.1944
WS/Capt. 01.11.1945, seniority 03.02.1944 [358675]
A/Maj. ?
Mentioned in Despatches MID 19.07.1945 Italy
      served in World War II: fought in Burma, was wounded, sent to Poona and returned to active service behind enemy lines:
10.07.1941     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
      7th Gurkha Rifles (Italy)
01.11.1945     transferred, The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
Hodding,
Charles
C. Hodding
?
-
early 1950s
Lt.
?
T/Capt.
?
Capt.
01.05.1922 (retd)
2nd Lt.
23.04.1941
WS/Lt.
02.11.1941
T/Capt.
02.11.1941-(04.1946)
local Maj.
10.05.1943-(04.1944)
Lt.Col. ?
?
Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE
01.01.1945
New Year 45
Military Cross MC
03.06.1919
HM's birthday 19: Aden Peninsula
  VD
?
?
1910s?
-
1930s?
served Reserve of Officers, Indian Army:
(1919)


Aden Machine Gun Company
[ 1933


East Coast Battalion ? ]
23.04.1941

commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
(04.1944)


specially employed
Hodgen,
Gordon West
G.W. Hodgen G.W. Hodgen (Photo courtesy of Sandra Hodgen)

Son (with two sisters and three brothers) of Alexander Hodgen (1864-), and Ellen Winnifred West (1869-1922).
Married 1st (03.09.1932, St Bonaventure's RC Church, Ranikhet, Bengal, India) Dorelle Geraldine Rice (13.03.1913 - 11.05.2007)
, daughter of Gerald Dominick Rice, DSO (1883-1965), and Florence May Tomasina Murray (1879-1968); one son, one daughter..
Married 2nd ((12?).1949, Westminster district, London) Amy Jane Powell (née Roper-Robinson) (01.11.1909 - (09?).1973).
02.02.1894
Allahabad, Bengal, India
-
29.02.1968
Fuengirola, Malaga, Spain
2nd Lt. 16.09.1914, seniority 19.08.1914 [183408]
Lt. 01.09.1916, seniority 01.09.1915
T/Capt. 20.08.1917-...
Capt. 19.08.1918
T/Maj. 26.07.1919-31.03.1921
Maj. 19.08.1932
Bt. Lt.Col. 01.01.1936
Lt.Col. 02.03.1937
Col. 16.09.1940, seniority 01.01.1939
A/Brig. 16.09.1940-15.03.1941
T/Brig. 16.03.1941-22.06.1942
A/Maj.Gen. 23.06.1941-22.06.1942
T/Maj.Gen. 23.06.1942-02.04.1944
Maj.Gen. 03.04.1944 (retd 01.10.1947)
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB 02.06.1943 HM's birthday 1943
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) OBE 19.12.1922 Waziristan Force 1920-1921 [to be dated 23.10.1921]
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) MBE 12.09.1919 distinguished services rendered in India [to be dated 03.06.1919]
Mentioned in Despatches MID 10.06.1923 Waziristan 1919-1920
Education: Royal College of Science, University of London.
16.09.1914     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army)
30.09.1915     commissioned, Indian Army (123rd Outram's Rifles)
20.08.1917 - ? Assistant Recruiting Officer, India
26.07.1919 - 30.09.1919 Administrative Commandant (Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General (DAQMG)), India
01.10.1919 - 31.03.1921 Administrative Commandant (Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General (DAQMG)), Kalabagh (Waziristan Force)
18.07.1927 - 16.10.1930 Embarkation Staff Officer, India
23.10.1930 - 30.09.1934 Deputy Assistant Director of Supplies, India
22.03.1937 - 15.09.1940 Assistant Director of Supplies and Transport, India
16.09.1940 - 22.06.1941 Deputy Director of Supplies and Transport, India
23.06.1941 - 15.07.1945 Director of Supplies and Transport, India
1946 - 1946 Maj.Gen. in charge of Administration, Central Command, India
 1946 - 1947 Director-General Lands, Hirings and Disposals
 1946 - 1947 President Claims Commission (India)
Colonel Commandant, Royal Indian Army Service Corps, 12.11.1945-01.10.1948.
Hodgkinson,
Frank Outram
J.L. Hopper
Married ((03?).1921, Nottingham) ... Murrell.
27.09.1900
-
02.1986
Worthing, West Sussex
2nd Lt.
16.07.1921 [IA 416]
Capt.
?
Maj.
16.07.1938
T/Lt.Col.
?
Lt.Col.
18.12.1946 (retd 01.01.1949)
16.07.1921


commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army)
20.11.1921


commissioned, Indian Army (attached 61st Pioneers)
?
-
01.01.1933
ADC to His Excellency the Governor of Burma
(01.1939)
 
 
seconded
(11.1939)
-
(04.1946)
not listed in the Army List
Hodgson,
Edward

E. Hodgson

Son of George Hodgson (1887-), grocers manager, and Daisy Olga Arthur (?-1922).
Raised by his aunt Lilian Annie Morris (née Arthur), of Morpeth, Northumberland.
Married 1st (25.02.1946, Old Mission Church, Calcutta, India) Norma Loveday Mcdonald; one daughter.
Married 2nd (1972).
14.11.1918
Bedlington, Northumberland
-
21.03.1973
Hampshire
Cpl. ?
2nd Lt. 21.01.1943
WS/Lt. 21.07.1943 (reld > 04.1946, < 04.1947)
T/Capt. 15.12.1943-(04.1946)
Education: grammar school, Northumberland.
21.01.1943     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]

 

Hodson,
Thomas Alan Hunter
"Tom" / "Tim"
T.A.H. Hodson (Photo courtesy of Jane Hodson) T.A.H. Hodson (Photo courtesy of Jane Hodson)
T.A.H. Hodson (Photo courtesy of Jane Hodson) T.A.H. Hodson (Photo courtesy of Jane Hodson)
T.A.H. Hodson (Photo courtesy of Jane Hodson) T.A.H. Hodson (Photo courtesy of Jane Hodson)
Married (06.03.1947, St Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore) Alice Blakey Sawdon (07.1919 - 25.01.1994), daughter of William Arthur Sawdon (1889-1940), and Elsie May Gibbins (1893-1982); two daughters.

02.03.1925
Douglas, Isle of Man
-
08.12.1989
Durban, South Africa
Pte. ?
2nd Lt. 19.03.1944 [EC 13098]
WS/Lt. 19.09.1944 (reld 25.08.1947)
A?/Capt. 1945?
Lt. 08.03.1954, seniority 30.09.1952 [434298]
Capt. 30.09.1956
Education: Ingleby Private School, Douglas, Isle of Man (1930-1935); King William's College, Castletown, Isle of Man (won a scholarship) (1935-1943; passed Oxford and Cambridge School Certificate 07.1941).
02.03.1943     enlisted service, Royal Scots (for Indian Army)
19.03.1944     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
      served Royal Indian Army Service Corps
1945     seconded, No. 23 Movement Control Group, Rangoon; promoted Staff Captain (Q) Movements, as Railway Transport Officer, Rangoon
12.1946     posted as Embarkation Control Officer, Singapore
08.03.1954     short service commission, Royal Army Ordnance Corps (served in Malaya; Officer-in-Charge, Stores Section attached to No. 3 Infantry Workshops (REME)
08.03.1959     Regular Army Reserve of Officers
Joined Federation of Malaya Police as Police Lieutenant, 15.01.1951-07.03.1954. Prison Officer, Hong Kong Government, 23.03.1959-31.09.1964 (promoted Principal Officer after two years). Transferred to Immigration Department, Hong Kong Government as Senior Immigration Inspector, 01.09.1964, ending up as Assistant Principal Immigration Officer. Moved to South Africa 1976.
Hogg,
John Chalmers
J.C. Hogg
28.09.1910
Belfast, Ireland
-
2007
2nd Lt. 15.10.1939 [102396]
WS/Lt. 15.12.1941
29.12.1941, seniority 15.12.1941 [EC ....]
A/Capt. 19.12.1942-31.03.1943
T/Capt. 19.03.1943-(04.1946)
Education: Queen's University (Belfast) (1931; BA, LL.B).
15.10.1939     commissioned, The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) [emergency commission]
29.12.1941     transferred, Royal Indian Army Service Corps
Holker,
Hugh Ian
H.I. Holker H.I. Holker
Son (with one sister) of John Holker (1882-1938), and Ellen M. Milne (1885-1973).
Married (03.12.1949, Wilmslow Parish Church) Dorothy Roe (08.06.1917 - 04.2005), daughter (with two brothers and one sister) of Frederick John Roe (1887-1961), and Dorothy Brame (1888-1967); two sons.
21.03.1920
Fulham, London
-
08.07.1990
Epsom, Sutton district, Surrey
L/Sgt. ?
2nd Lt. 20.02.1944 [EC 12517]
WS/Lt. 20.08.1944
WS/Capt. 1946? (reld > 12.1946, < 04.1947)
Capt. 01.05.1947, seniority 21.03.1947 [384464]
Hon. Maj. 17.12.1959
      previous service for increment of pay 1 year, 32 days
20.02.1944     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
      served with 4th Bombay Grenadiers
01.05.1947     commissioned, Intelligence Corps - Territorial Army
17.12.1959     Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
Hollwey,
William Alan
W.A. Hollwey
Son of William Hugh Hollwey, and Mabel Emily Smith, of Corsham, Wiltshire.
(03?).1920
Clutton district, Somerset
-
16.03.1943
Htizwe, Burma
(KIA) [age 23]
[Rangoon Memorial, Burma, face 75]
Pte. ?
2nd Lt. 17.08.1941 [EC 3326]
WS/Lt. 12.08.1942
T/Capt. 12.08.1942-16.03.1943
Education: Cambridge University (BA).
17.08.1941     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
      served Royal Indian Army Service Corps
? - 16.03.1943 attached, 10th Pathans, Royal Indian Engineers
Holmes,
Bertram
B. Holmes
Son of Charles Holmes, and Elizabeth Lilleystone.
Married ...; ... children.
16.01.1889
Portsea, Hampshire
-
(03?).1950
Portsmouth district, Hampshire
Conductor (1934)
Lt. & Assistant Commissary 06.03.1937
Capt. & Deputy Commissary 23.11.1938
Maj. & Commissary 28.11.1939 (retd 07.02.1940)
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) MBE 04.06.1934 HM's birthday 34: Superintending Clerk, Lucknow District, India
06.03.1937     commissioned, Indian Army Departments (Indian Corps of Clerks)
? - ? ?
Holmes,
Marshall
M. Holmes (Photo courtesy of Mrs Vanessa Hammond)
Married ...; ... children (one daughter?).
?
-
2nd Lt. 04.06.1945 [EC 14043] (reld > 04.1947)
04.06.1945     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
      served Royal Indian Army Service Corps
Holmes,
Robert John
"Bob"
R.J. Holmes (Photo courtesy of Mr David McMeekin) R.J. Holmes (Photo courtesy of Mr David McMeekin)

Son (with four brothers and six sisters) of William John Holmes (1866-123), and Margaret Ann Moffatt (1872-1952).
Married 1st (27.07.1927, Shanghai, China) Rosemary Margaret Woodcock (01.07.1896 - (12?).1984); one son, two daughters.
Married 2nd Ruby Oella Whitcome (10.02.1899 - 24.09.1997), daughter (with two brothers) of George Phillip Whitcome (1863-1923), and Sara P. McQuaters (1862-1910).
06.05.1903
Mayboy, Coleraine district, Co. Londonderry, Northern Ireland
-
10.11.1989
Mission Memorial Hospital, Mission, British Columbia, Canada
[Hatzic Cemetery, Mission, British Columbia]
2nd Lt. 19.10.1942 [EC 11613]
WS/Lt. 1943?, seniority 25.09.1942
T/Capt. 25.09.1942-(06.1943)
WS/Lt.Col. 03.06.1943 (reld 21.02.1946)
A/Col. 03.12.1942-02.06.1943
T/Col. 03.06.1943
Hon. Col. ?
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) OBE 08.02.1945 Burma / Eastern Frontier of India [recommendation available upon request] *
Mention in Despatches MID 01.06.1943 Burma
Mention in Despatches MID 19.09.1946 Burma
* In establishing and developing the L of C Road Transport on the INDO-BURMA Front, Colonel HOLMES has shown himself to be a most able and energetic organiser. He has had to meet the opposition which inevitably attends the launching of any new venture, but he has overcome this by the results achieved if in no other way. Under his direction, record quantities of supplies and stores were transported night and day to 4th Corps until the very evening on which the road was cut by the enemy, and, but for his efforts, the reserves at the disposal of troops in the IMPHAL plain during these current operations must have been appreciably less.
[Recommended by Brig. H.C. Latham, Brigadier in charge of Administration Fourteenth Army Advance Echelon, approved by Maj.Gen. A.H.J. Snelling, Major General Administration Fourteenth Army, approved by Lt.Gen. W.J. Slim, GOC-in-C Fourteenth Army, approved by Gen. G.J. Giffard, C-in-C 11th Army Group]
19.10.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
      served Royal Indian Army Service Corps
(1944)     in charge of HQ Lines of Communications Road Transport, Fourteenth Army Advance Echelon (OBE)
An obituary reads: "Colonel Robert John Holmes, O.B.E., a resident of Mission for over 35 years, died on Nov. 10, 1989 at Mission Memorial Hospital. Born in the County of Londonderry, Northern Ireland, Bob (as he was known by his many friends in Mission and Matsqui) was always an adventurous person. At 16, he found himself in the Northwest Frontier of India and for nine years, endured the rigours of malaria and other tropical diseases. Then came another nine years in the interior of China. He was captured by the Chinese and held for ransom. On the day appointed for his execution, he escaped! During World War II he was Commander of Motor Transport on the Burma Road in support of the 14th Army. He was appointed by General Alexander. He controlled both military and civilian transport. Under his command were 22,000 Indian and 1,000 British troops. He built a military airport, but his main responsibility was to control and deliver the supplies needed to maintain the 14th Army. More than 88,000 tons per month were transported over some of the most treacherous roads in the world and under frequent encounters with Japanese forces. He succeeded in preventing the Japanese from penetrating the hill area and gaining egress to the Plains and into India itself. For his service, he was honored with the Order of the British Empire. Soon after he and his wife Ruby settled in Mission, Bob acquired the ownership of Holmes Motors on First Avenue. Later, he obtained the qualifications in Real Estate from the University of British Columbia in the field of appraisals. He proceeded with advanced studies in municipal administration, taxation, and finance. Until his retirement, he was Chief Assessor for the district of Matsqui. Each year since, he has served on the Court of Revision. Colonel Holmes is survived by his wife, Ruby, three brothers and a sister in Northern Ireland, and a sister in England."
Holmes-Walker,
Cyril
C. Holmes-Walker

Son (with one brother) of Rev. William Holmes Walker (1872-1942), and Margaret Elizabeth Perkin (1873-1956).
Married (02.09.1933, Parish Church, Riddlesden, West Yorkshire) Edith Smith (1906-), daughter of Arthur Smith; ... children.
17.09.1905
Iran
-
11.1987
Honiton district, Devon
L/Cpl. ? [7944215]
2nd Lt. 11.10.1942 [EC 8131]
WS/Lt. 11.04.1943
T/Capt. 04.08.1943-(04.1946?)
WS/Capt. ?
T/Maj. ?
WS/Capt. 01.11.1945, seniority ... [358161] (reld > 04.1946, < 08.1946)
Mentioned in Despatches MID 19.09.1946 Burma
11.10.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
      served Royal Indian Army Service Corps
04.05.1943 - (01.1946) Staff Captain, Supplies and Transport, Southern Army, India
01.11.1945     transferred, Royal Army Service Corps
Holt,
Eric Wilson
E.W. Holt (Photo courtesy of Mr Andrew Holt) 
Son (with one sister) of George Arthur Holt (1873-1940), and Beatrice Annie Wilson (1869-1940).
Married (31.12.1932, Ormskirk, Lancashire) Marion Constance Marsh (12.08.1906 - 08.02.1967), daughter (with four sisters and two brothers) of Thomas Redford Marsh (1867-1955), and Eliza Emma Boardman (1867-1908); two sons, one daughter.
26.11.1907
Stretford, Lancashire
-
26.04.1952
Blackpool, Lancashire (accident)
Bdr. ?
2nd Lt. 02.12.1943 [EC 11968]
WS/Lt. 02.06.1944
A/Capt. ? 1946 ?
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St - -
Bumra Star Bur St - -
Defence Medal Def M - -
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45 - -
02.12.1943     commissioned, Indian Army Ordnance Corps - Indian Army [emergency commission]
Hope,
Thomas Henry
T.H. Hope
24.04.1901
Hartlepool district, Durham
-
(09?).1964
Darlington district, Durham
T/Conductor ?
T/Lt. (AOME) 01.02.1941 [OW 114]
A/Capt. ?
01.02.1941     commissioned, Departmental Officer, Indian Unattached List, Royal Indian Army Ordnance Corps (Workshop Branch) - Indian Army Departments [emergency commission]
      36 Ordnance (M) W/S Company
15.02.1942 - 1945 POW in Japanese captivity
Hopkins,
John Jefferay
J.J. Hopkins
09.05.1921
Lewisham district, London
-
04.08.2012
Shepton Mallet, Somerset
Dvr. ?
2nd Lt. 10.06.1941
WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 (reld > 12.1946, < 04.1947)
10.06.1941     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Hopley,
Gordon David
G.D. Hopley
Son of John Henry Hopley (1866-1944), and Minnie Thomas (1867-1949).
Married ((12?).1930, Stockport district, Cheshire) Helena Hannah Margaret Plant (14.04.1901 - 30.07.1981); one son.
28.06.1900
Chester, Cheshire
-
02.03.1977
Poynton, Macclesfield district, Cheshire
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 15.04.1919 [AI 358]
Lt. 15.04.1920
Capt. 15.04.1925 (Special Unemployed List 01.11.1935)
Maj. 16.02.1940
Lt.Col. 16.02.1949 (retd 21.05.1949)
21.05.1949, seniority 16.02.1949 [413477]
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Civil Division) MBE 08.06.1963 HM's birthday 1963: Chief Warden, Cheshire, Civil Defence Corps
Education: Cadet College, Quetta; advanced course, Army School of Physical Training, Aldershot (2nd class or standard); passed the Course of Animal Transport Instruction; Long Motor Transport Course., Aldershot and Civil Works Course in UK; special language skills: Amharic.
15.04.1919     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army)
      2nd Battalion, 12th Frontier Force Regiment
      Special List (ex-Indian Army)
21.05.1949 - 28.06.1955 Cheshire Regiment - Regular Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]
Hopper,
John Lawrence
J.L. Hopper
?
-
2nd Lt.
29.03.1941
A/Maj. ?
?
29.03.1941


commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]



served Frontier Force Rifles (India / Burma)
Horley,
Eric Wilfred
see: Army Officers' section  
Hornsby,
Leslie Charles
see: Army Officers' section  
Horsfall,
Herbert Reginald
J.L. Hopper
Son of Squire Horsfall (1885-1963), and Sarah Elizabeth Nuttall (1886-).
Married ((09?).1959, Leeds, West Yorkshire) Jacqueline M. Pishhorn...; ... children (one daughter?).
21.02.1917
Todmorden district, West Riding of Yorkshire
-
02.1996
Leeds district, West Yorkshire
Sgt. ?
2nd Lt. 12.12.1942 [EC 6872]
WS/Lt. 12.06.1943
A/Capt. ...-28.09.1943
T/Capt. 29.09.1943-23.05.1944
Capt. 01.11.1948 [399872]
      previous service for increment of pay 1 year, 233 days
12.12.1942     commissioned, 3rd Battalion 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles - Indian Army [emergency commission]
01.11.1948 - 09.05.1952 commissioned, Rifle Brigade - Territorial Army
09.05.1952 - 21.02.1967 Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]
Horsfield,
Terence Ronald
T.R. Horsfield (Photo courtesy of Mr Frank de Planta)
Married ((03?).1947, Bedford district, Bedfordshire) Ann C. Halkett.
28.12.1921
-
03.1984
Bath district, Somerset
L/Cpl. ?
2nd Lt. 20.11.1941
WS/Lt. 01.09.1942 (reld 07.09.1945; ill-health)
T/Capt. 01.09.1942-(04.1944)
Hon. Lt. 07.09.1945
20.11.1941     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
(1942)     1st Battalion 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) (North Africa)
Horsford,
Derek Gordon Thomond
D.G.T. Horsford
07.02.1917
Kensington, Greater London
-
05.10.2007
Motcombe ?
2nd Lt.
28.01.1937
...
...
T/Lt.Col.
12.08.1944-30.08.1946
...
...
Maj.Gen.
15.07.1966, seniority 14.04.1966 (retd 24.02.1972)
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE
1962
?
Distinguished Service Order DSO
28.06.1945
?
Distinguished Service Order DSO
17.01.1946
?
Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE
08.12.1953
?
Mentioned in Despatches MID
25.01.1943
?
Mentioned in Despatches MID
10.01.1946
?
28.01.1937


commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army)
09.04.1938
 
 
commissioned, Indian Army
1944
-
1945
Commanding Officer, 4/1 Gurkha Rifles (Burma)
...
-
...
...
Hotblack,
Herbert Derek Turner
H.D.T. Hotblack
Son (with one brother and one sister) of Lt. Herbert Seymour Hotblack, RFA (1887-1972), and May Willaby Barter (1897-1975).
Married (10.02.1951, Holy Trinity Church, Brompton, Kensington district, London) Beryl Mary Watson, eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs F. Russell Watson, of Buenos Aires; one son, one daughter.
06.07.1922
-
06.1999
West Surrey district
Pte. ?
2nd Lt 27.10.1941
WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 (reld > 04.1946)
27.10.1941     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
      served Royal Indian Army Service Corps
Mechanical engineer.
Houston,
Ivan Thomas
I.T. Houston (Photo courtesy of Mr Andrew Thomas)
?
New Zealand
-
2nd Lt. 05.07.1941 [EC 2951]
WS/Lt. ?
A/Maj. (1946)
Mentioned in Despatches MID 19.09.1946 Burma
      Officer Training School, Belgaum (India)
05.07.1941     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Howard,
Ian Stanley Anderson
I.S.A. Howard
Married ((06?).1938, Caerleon district, Monmouthshire) Margaret R.K. Davies.
18.04.1913
-
09.1988
Newton Abbot district, Devon
Gnr. ?
2nd Lt 18.10.1941
WS/Lt. 01.04.1942
A/Capt. 01.01.1942-31.03.1942
T/Capt. 01.04.1942-22.07.1943
WS/Maj. 23.07.1943 (reld > 04.1946, < 04.1947)
local Lt.Col. 21.10.1942-(04.1943)
A/Lt.Col. 23.04.1943-22.07.1943
T/Lt.Col. 23.07.1943-(04.1946)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) OBE 16.12.1943 Burma
18.10.1941     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
      served Royal Army Indian Service Corps
01.01.1942 - 20.10.1942 a Deputy Assistant Director of Public Relations, India Headquarters Staff
21.10.1942 - 23.03.1943 Assistant Director of Public Relations, Eastern Army, India
24.03.1943 - 07.01.1945 General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), Directororate of Public Relations, India Headquarters Staff
08.01.1945 - (04.1946) an Assistant Director of Public Relations, India Headquarters Staff
Howitt,
John Francis Grahamsley
J.F.G. Howitt
Son (with one sister) of George Grahamsley Howitt (1864-1932), and Katherine Agnes Carpenter (1874-1922).
Married (15.01.1934, Delhi, India) Helen Margaret Methven Wilson (25.09.1913 - 07.12.2005), daughter (with one brother) of Norman Methven Wilson (1881-1961), and Sarah Walker Dalrymple (1881-1963); two sons.
26.03.1900
Brentford district, Middlesex
-
(06?).1971
Salisbury district, Wiltshire
2nd Lt.. 15.04.1919
Lt.. 15.04.1920
Capt. 15.04.1925
Maj. 15.04.1937 (retd 29.04.1944)
T/Lt.Col. ?
Hon. Lt.Col. 29.04.1944
15.04.1919     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army)
23.04.1919     commissioned, Indian Army
01.03.1924 - 09.04.1924 ADC to District Commander, India
... - ... ...
Hudson,
Hubert Boyd
H.B. Hudson
13.05.1908
-
08.1985
2nd Lt. 30.01.1932
... ...
T/Lt.Col. 23.11.1943-(04.1947)
30.01.1932     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army)
23.11.1943 - (04.1947) Assistant Quarter-Master-General (Q C), India
Hudson,
Thompson
T. Hudson

Married Bobbie ... (1905 - 04.07.1988
01.10.1896
Mutford, Waveney District, Suffolk
-
25.10.1979
Co. Dublin, Ireland
[Deansgrange Cemetery, Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland]
2nd Lt. (on prob.) TF 29.07.1916
2nd Lt. 29.04.1917 [690 IA]
Lt. 29.04.1918
Capt. 23.03.1921
Maj. 23.03.1935
A/Lt.Col. 24.05.1941-23.08.1941
T/Lt.Col. 24.08.1941-22.03.1943
Lt.Col. 23.03.1943 (retd 12.12.1948(
A/Col. 16.12.1943-15.06.1944
T/Col. 16.06.1944-(01.1946)
A/Brig. 29.05.1945-28.11.1945
T/Brig. 29.11.1945-(04.1947)
Hon. Brig. 12.12.1948
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) OBE 01.10.1945 New Year 1945
28.11.1914 - 28.07.1916 served in the ranks, mobilized Territorial Force for 1 year, 244 days
29.07.1916 - 05.05.1917 mobilized Territorial Force for 281 days - 1st.Suffolk Yeomanry
29.04.1917     commissioned, Army (from Territorial Force) - 1st.Suffolk Yeomanry, attached 31st Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers.
06.05.1917     commissioned, Indian Army
21.06.1930 - 20.06.1933 Adjutant & Quartermaster Indian Army Service Corps Training Establishment
18.04.1935 - 11.10.1935 Staff Captain , ... (India)
01.05.1936 - 17.04.1938 Staff Captain , ... (India)
16.05.1943 - (04.1947) Director of Canteens, General HQ, India
1947?     Special List (ex-Indian Army) [service number 399525]
Hugh-Jones,
Noel
N. Hugh-Jones
Son of Llewellyn Hugh-Jones, CBE (1863-1922), of Chevet Hay, Wrexham.
Married (04.09.1923, Chester) Margaret Joyce Gamon, daughter of Mr & Mrs John Percival Gamon, of Chester.
24.03.1894
Wrexham
-
10.06.1952
East Preston, Sussex
2nd Lt. TF 01.05.1913 [15056]
T/Capt. TF 1916
2nd Lt 18.06.1917, seniority 13.03.1915 [AI 367]
Lt. 13.03.1916
A/Capt. 25.10.1917-16.01.1918
Capt. 13.03.1919
Maj. 13.03.1933
Lt.Col. 05.12.1938 (retd 11.11.1946; ill-health)
A/Col. 04.01.1941-03.07.1941
T/Col. 04.07.1941-31.03.1943,
12.09.1944-(04.1946)
local Col. 01.04.1943-11.09.1944
A/Brig. 15.10.1941-14.04.1942
T/Brig. 15.04.1942-11.03.1943
Hon. Brig. 11.11.1946
Military Cross MC 03.06.1919 HM's birthday: Palestine
1914 Star 14 St - -
Mentioned in Despatches MID 1918? Palestine
Mentioned in Despatches MID 1937? Waziristan
1939-19145 Star 39|45 St - -
Bur St - -
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45 -  
Mentioned in Despatches MID 1940? NW Frontier
Mentioned in Despatches MID 17.12.1942 Waziristan
Mentioned in Despatches MID 28.10.1942 Burma
Medal of the Royal Humane Society in bronze RHSbr 1916 sinking of s.s. City of Birmingham
Education: St Peter's College, Radley (Junior School; third term 1907-second term 1911; VIII (Cox) 1910-11); Univeristy of London (1912); Cadet College, Wellington, South India, 1916-1917; Staff College (psc).
Articled to solicitors, 1911-1914.
      late Cadet, Radley College Contingent, Junior Division, Officers Training Corps
01.05.1913 - 1916 commissioned, 4th (Denbighshire) Battalion The Royal Welsh Fusiliers (mobilized Territorial Force for 2 years, 96 days; served in France 1914-1916)
18.06.1917     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army)
03.07.1917     commissioned, Indian Army: 53rd Sikhs Frontier Force, later 3rd Battalion 12th Frontier Force Regimet
1918 - 1919 served in Palestine (wounded; MC, despatches)
1919     served 3rd Afghan War (medal)
18.02.1925 - 06.02.1927 Instructor (Class B), Army School of Education, India
16.03.1931 - 04.07.1933 Deputy Assistant Atjutant General, Army HQ India
17.07.1935 - 03.07.1937 Deputy Assistant Atjutant General, ... (India)
1937     served Waziristan NW Frontier (despatches)
1940     served NW Frontier (despatches twice)
16.01.1941 - 14.10.1941 General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), ... (India)
15.10.1941 - 21.07.1942 Commander, 48th (Gurkha) Indian Infantry Brigade (Burma & Assam) (despatches)
1941 - 1942 acting General Officer Commanding, 19th Indian Division
01.04.1943 - (04.1946) Deputy Director-General of Recruiting, Adjutant-General's Branch, India Headquarters Staff
Hughes,
Arthur John Lloyd
A.J.L. Hughes
Son of Capt. Arthur Lloyd Hughes, Master Mariner New Zealand Shipping Co. (1871-), and Mary Elizabeth McGuigan (1870-1947).
Married 1st (03.11.1934, The Church of Our Lady, Bulford, Amesbury district, Wiltshire) Dorothy Eleanor Hughes, widow of William Walker Skynner (1889-1916), and daughter of Robert Raines Hughes (1868-?), and Florence Eleanor Bedford (1858?-1941).
Married 2nd ((09?).1962, Bridge district, Kent) Eunice Woodget (29.07.1926 - 01.1985), daughter of ... Woodget and ... Barker,

01.06.1901
Portsmouth district, Hampshire
-
11.03.1973
Birchington, Thanet district, Kent
P/O (prob) RAF 13.07.1925
P/O RAF 13.01.1926
F/O RAF 13.02.1927
F/Lt. RAF 05.11.1930 (reld 14.11.1935)
2nd Lt. 14.11.1935 [AI 347]
Lt. 16.12.1935, seniority 14.02.1928
Capt. 16.12.1935, seniority 14.11.1934
A/Maj. 27.01.1941-26.04.1941
T/Maj. 27.04.1941-19.05.1941
Maj. 14.11.1942 (retd 28.07.1948) (resigned commission 14.01.1954)
T/Lt.Col. 19.11.1943-(04.1947)
Hon. Lt.Col. 28.07.1948
13.07.1925     commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commission]
29.08.1932     10 (Bomber) Squadron RAF (Boscombe Down) [interpreter 2nd class in French 01.1934]
13.07.1935     Reserve of Air Force Officers (Class A)
14.11.1935     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army)
16.12.1935     commissioned, Indian Army
(1938)     served 4th Grenadiers (Rawalpindi, India)
.. - ... ...
Translated from the French: Philippe Harlé, The Glenans sailing manual (1963).
Hughes,
Arthur Robert [Percy]
A.R. Hughes A.R. Hughes
A.R. Hughes
Son (with two brothers and one sister) of Arthur George Hughes (1873-1899), and Edith Blanche Batting (1871-1921).
Married 1st (19.09.1923, Queensland, Australia) Lorna Avenal Trimble Hadley (10.09.1901 - 1972).
Married 2nd (1925) Elizabeth Kate Jary (02.12.1900 - 19.05.1983), daughter of Herbert Jary (1872-1962), and Annie Belson Colman (1875-1956); two sons.

12.03.1900
Wycombe, Marlow, Buckinghamshire
-
12.04.1992
Kingsland, Waitakere, Auckland, New Zealand
2nd Lt. 02.10.1940 [EC 688]
WS/Lt. ?
T/Capt. ?
WS/Capt. 1946? (reld 31.08.1947)
T/Maj. 1946?
Hon. Maj. 31.08.1947
Mentioned in Despatches MID 19.12.1946 Malaya 1942
Education: Bisham Abbey Church of England School; King's School.
02.10.1940     commissioned, Indian Signal Corps - Indian Army [emergency commission]
15.02.1942 - 1945 captured at Singapore & POW in Japanese captivity (Changi)
Retired 1958 as a Lt.Col. in the Territorial Land Forces of New Zealand. Farmer. QSO, JP, GCLJ, KMlJ.
Hughes,
Derek Spencer
D.S. Hughes
Son of Leonard Arthur Hughes, and Evelyn Gertrude Gardner.
Married (1948, Buckrose, East Riding of Yorkshire) Rosemary Jarratt; one daughter.
01.08.1918
Leeds district, West Riding of Yorkshire
-
10.04.1967
Adelaide, Australia
Sgt. ?
2nd Lt. 28.05.1942
WS/Lt. 28.11.1942 (reld > 12.1946, < 04.1947)
28.05.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
      served Ludhiana Sikhs
Hughes,
Lawrence
L. Hughes
?
-
2nd Lt. 09.05.1942 [EC 6608]
WS/Lt. 09.11.1943 (reld > 04.1946, < 04.1947)
A/Capt. ? ?
09.05.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
      served Royal Indian Army Service Corps
Humphreys,
Frank
F. Humphreys
?
-
CSM ?
2nd Lt. 22.10.1942 [EC 7921]
WS/Lt. 22.04.1943 (reld 1945)
T/Capt. ?
A/Maj. ?
Mentioned in Despatches MID 27.09.1945 Burma
22.10.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
      served Royal Indian Army Service Corps (despatches )
Hungerford,
Winspeare Toye
W.T. Hungerford
Son of Winspeare Campbell Augustus Hungerford (1871-1945), and Frances Eyre Hungerford (1864-1942).
Married (04.10.1923) Lilian Gregory, daughter of Thomas Bates Gregory; one daughter.
20.08.1898
Chester district, Cheshire / Flintshire
-
08.07.1970
Dorset
T/2nd Lt 06.04.1918-11.01.1919 [15595]
2nd Lt 06.01.1919 [IA 778]
Lt. 20.12.1919
Prov. Capt. 20.12.1924-31.08.1925
Capt. 18.10.1926
Maj. 20.12.1936
A/Lt.Col. 15.01.1942-20.01.1942
T/Lt.Col. 21.01.1942-01.10.1942,
27.10.1942-08.10.1944
Lt.Col. 09.10.1944 (retd 05.12.1947)
A/Col. 10.09.1944-11.10.1944
Mentioned in Despatches MID 30.12.1941 Middle East
Mentioned in Despatches MID 16.12.1943 Burma / Eastern Frontier of India
Education: St Andrew's College, Dublin; Trinity College, Dublin University.
06.04.1918 - 05.01.1919 temporary commission, British Army
06.01.1919     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army)
12.01.1919     commissioned, Indian Army (12th Cavalry)
... - ... served Royal Indian Army Service Corps (despatches twice)
Hunt,
Patrick Gowlland
P.G. Hunt

Son (with one brother) of Walter Simeon Hunt (1880-1969), and Mildred Mary Gowlland (1881-1974).
Married 1st ((06?).1944, Brentford district, Middlesex) Mona Alice Yelverton Dawson (06.12.1910 - 26.02.1953); one daughter.
Married 2nd Joyce Eleanor Thornton (13.04.1917 - 1990).
24.12.1913
Faversham, Kent
-
02.03.1973
Chelsfield, Bromley district, Kent
2nd Lt 28.01.1937 [735 AI]
Lt. 28.04.1939
A/Capt. 04.07.1940-03.10.1940
T/Capt. 04.10.1940-27.01.1945
WS/Capt. 22.09.1944
Capt. 28.01.1945 (retd 17.12.1948)
A/Maj. ...-21.09.1944
T/Maj. 22.09.1944-(08.1947)
Hon. Maj, 17.12.1948
Capt. 05.03.1951, seniority 08.12.1946 [70686]
Maj. 18.10.1954, seniority 27.04.1953
Education: qualified at the Army School of Chemical Warfare, India and the Chemical Warfare School; qualified in small arms (Hythe or Saugor); qualified at a Support Platoon Commander's Course (Saugor).
      served in the ranks for 3 years, 137 days
28.01.1937     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army)
10.04.1938     commissioned, Baluch Regiment - Indian Army
? - ? ?
05.03.1951     commissioned, Royal Corps of Signals - Supplementary [later: Army Emergency] Reserve of Officers
01.02.1955     commissioned, Regular Army Reserve of Officers
Hunter,
Arthur John
A.J. Hunter
?
-

2nd Lt
13.08.1942 [EC 14747]
WS/Lt.
?
T/Capt. ?
?
A/Maj. ?
?
Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE
04.01.1946
for service with the RAF



commissioned during the Malayan retreat in 1941/42, escaped to Ceylon, and later parachuted into Burma and Malaya, in 1945, while serving with Force 136:
13.08.1942


commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]



6/19 Hyderabad Regiment
Hutchison,
Henry
H. Hutchison
?
-
01.03.1940
[Brookwood Memorial, panel 26, column 1]
Wt.Offr. Cl. I (Conductor)
?
? -
01.03.1940
serving in the Indian Army Ordnance Corps
Hutton,
Reginald Antony
"Reggie"
R.A. Hutton
Son of Charles Antony (died 1942) and Laura Beatrice Hutton (née Rogers) (1876-1966), Earls Colne, Essex.
Married (1934) Margaret Isabel (died 1967), daughter of Mark Feetham; two daughters.
18.04.1899
London
-
21.12.1983
Newton Ferrers, Devon
2nd Lt.
21.12.1917 [15346]
Lt.
31.12.1918
A/Capt.
28.10.1919-20.12.1922
Capt.
21.12.1922
Maj.
21.12.1935
A/Lt.Col.
28.12.1940-27.03.1941
T/Lt.Col.
28.03.1941-14.03.1942
WS/Lt.Col.
15.03.1942
Lt.Col.
21.12.1943
A/Col.
15.09.1941-14.03.1942
T/Col.
15.03.1942-...,
08.10.1944-(01.1946)
Col.
? (retd 1947)
A/Brig.
19.12.1941-18.06.1942,
06.11.1944-(04.1946)
T/Brig.
19.06.1942-31.08.1943
Hon. Maj.Gen.
04.06.1948
2nd Lt. TA
24.01.1952
Capt. TA
24.01.1952
Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire CIE
01.01.1948
New Year 48
Distinguished Service Order DSO
04.01.1945
Burma
Distinguished Service Order DSO
15.11.1945
Burma
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
30.12.1941
New Year 42
Mentioned in Despatches MID
1940
?
Education: Haileybury; Royal Military College, Sandhurst; Staff College, Camberley (1934-1935; psc)
21.12.1917


commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army)
21.03.1918


commissioned, Indian Army (2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles)
1919


served 3rd Afghan War
1919
-
1920
served Mahsud and North Western Frontier of India
1933


served Mohmand-Bajaur
01.10.1936
-
21.01.1939
Staff Captain, ... (NW Frontier, India & Waziristan)
22.01.1939
-
20.08.1940
Brigade Major, ... (NW Frontier, India & Waziristan)
12.10.1940
-
27.12.1940
General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), ... (Middle East: Western Desert, Crete)
28.12.1940
-
14.09.1941
General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), ... (East Africa: Somaliland, Abyssinia, and Eritrea)
15.09.1941
-
17.04.1942
Deputy Director of Military Intelligence, East Africa (Somaliland, Abyssinia, and Eritrea)
06.11.1944
-
11.12.1944
Commander, 51st Indian Infantry Brigade (Burma)
11.12.1944
-
29.12.1944
Commander, 53rd Indian Infantry Brigade (Burma)
13.01.1945
-
31.08.1945
Commander, 51st Indian Infantry Brigade (Burma & Malaya)
1946
-
1946
Commander, 89th Indian Infantry Brigade
1946
-
1947
Controller of Ordnance Services, I Corps (India)
1947
-
1951
Chief of the General Staff, Pakistan Army
24.01.1952
-

commissioned, General List - Territorial Army
31.03.1956
-
18.04.1964
Lieutenant, Army Cadet Force, Devon [age limit]
Deputy Lieutenant (DL), Devon, 1962.
Hyland,
James Patrick
J.P. Hyland
Married (19.09.1921, Bombay, India) Gertrude Rata (24.07.1889 - ); two daughters.
05.12.1895
Ballynahinch
-
1945?
A/CQMS ?
T/2nd Lt. 13.01.1916-19.07.1917
T/Lt. 20.07.1917-29.10.1918
Lt. 30.10.1918, seniority 20.10.1917
Capt. 11.09.1920
Maj. 11.09.1934
Lt.Col. 11.09.1942 (retd 21.08.1944; ill-health)
      served in the ranks, The Connaught Rangers
13.01.1916     commissioned, The Connaught Rangers [temporary commission]
?     transferred, Supply and Transport Corps
30.10.1918     commissioned, Indian Army
      served Royal Indian Army Service Corps
Hyne,
Ian Frank
I.F. Hyne
21.02.1924
-
03.12.2008
Lister Hospital, Stevenage
2nd Lt.
16.04.1944
WS/Lt.
16.10.1944
2nd Lt.
16.08.1947, seniority 21.02.1945 [380584]
Lt.
21.08.1948
T/Capt.
07.02.1950-20.02.1951
Capt.
21.02.1951
Maj.
30.09.1958 (dismissed the Service by sentence of a General Court Martial 15.05.1963)
16.04.1944
 
 
commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission to 15.08.1947]



served Royal Indian Army Service Corps
16.08.1947
-
15.05.1963
permanent commission, Army Catering Corps
       

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