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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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Jack, Gordon Cumming Son (with three brothers) of Gavin Lambie Jack (1858-1924), and Jessie Hamilton Hall (1864-1948). Married ...; ... children (one son?).	10.07.1905 Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland - 07.02.1986 Victoria Terrace, Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland (formerly of High Range, South India)	2nd Lt. 26.09.1941 A/Capt. 25.07.1942 WS/Capt. 12.02.1943 (reld > 12.1946, < 04.1947) A/Maj. 12.11.1942-11.02.1943 T/Maj. 12.02.1943-(12.1946)	Worked for Finlay, Muir & Co on tea plantations in Travencore from 1920s onwards. 26.09.1941     commissioned, Royal Indian Army Service Corps - Indian Army [emergency commission]
Jaffery, Syed Amir-ud-Din His father was in the Police, Khan Bahadur Syed Hamid ud din, Kotwal of Delhi 1922-1926. Married Anjumanara ...; two sons, four daughters.	30.10.1917 - 1967	2nd Lt. 15.05.1941 WS/Lt. 04.05.1942 A/Capt. ...-03.05.1942 T/Capt. 04.05.1942-11.08.1942 WS/Capt. 26.11.1944 A/Maj. ...-25.11.1944 T/Maj. 26.11.1944-(08.1947)	Officer Training School, Mao 15.05.1941     commissioned, Indian Army [Indian emergency commission]       served Royal Indian Army Service Corps 1942 - 1944 served with an Army Transport Company (Burma) His son writes: "Was sent to UK in an AT Coy which was supposed to take part in the Normandy landings. The Coy was stationed in Barryport, Wales to the best of my knowledge. Finally, however, they did not take part in the landings. At the time of Partition he was a Major and opted for the Pakistan Army and retired as a Colonel."
Jai Singh	01.08.1910 -	2nd Lt. 29.01.1931 16.03.1932, seniority 28.08.1930 Capt. 28.08.1938 WS/Maj. 03.11.1943 A/Lt.Col. 03.08.1943-02.11.1943 T/Lt.Col. 03.11.1943-(01.1946)	29.01.1931     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 16.03.1932     commissioned, Indian Army ... - ... ... (1947)     HQ Southern Command, India (Poona)
James, Denis Clode Son of Percival David James (1880-1952), and Hilda Madeline Clode (1885-). Married (03.09.1945, Kandy, Ceylon) Junior Commandant Alison Ann Christison, WAC (1924-), daughter of General Sir Alexander Frank Philip Christison (1893-1993), and Lizzie Isobel "Betty" Mitchell (1894-1974); two sons, three daughters.	15.12.1916 Cardiff district, Glamorgan / Monmouthshire - Perth, Western Australia	Sgt. ? 2nd Lt. 30.05.1943 WS/Lt. 03.10.1943 (reld < 04.1947) A/Capt. 12.07.1944-(08.1947)	30.05.1943     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]       served Royal Indian Army Service Corps (Air Supply Division)
Jameson *, Sydney Vernon * Born as William George Arthur Fairclough. Married 1st (08.05.1940, Jubbulpore, India) Olivia Bapty (dr., widow), daughter of Felix Laborder Bapty. Married 2nd (Cairo) ...; ... children (one son?).	05.09.1902 Plumstead, London - (09?).1970 Southend on Sea district, Essex	2nd Lt. 21.03.1940 Lt. 21.03.1940, seniority 21.03.1935 (reld < 04.1947)	21.03.1940     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]       served Indian Army Ordnance Corps       96 Mobile Workshops IAOC (Kohat) (04.1944) - (04.1946) Unemployed List AMIAE.
Jamshed Khan, M	? -	Pte. ? 2nd Lt. ? Capt. ?	?     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission?] 23.03.1942 - 02.05.1942 Officers' Light Anti-Aircraft course serial No. 18, Anti-Aircraft School
Jane, John Hugh Buchanan Son of George Henry Jane, and Winifred Buchanan.	03.09.1921 Totnes district, Devon - 06.11.1950 Oxford	2nd Lt. 28.03.1942 WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 A/Capt. ...-31.03.1944 T/Capt. 01.04.1944-(08.1947)	c. 1941     went to India 28.03.1942 commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] served Rajputana Rifles
Jarman, John Dennis Son of William A. Jarman, and of Olivia Mary Cooke, of Parkstone, Dorsetshire.	26.10.1916 Ecclesall Bierlow district, Derbyshire / West Riding of Yorkshire - 12.02.1942 [age 25] [Singapore Memorial, column 263]	2nd Lt. 27.08.1936 [694 IA] Lt. 27.11.1938 * * Promoted Capt. 27.08.1944, which notification was cancelled 19.04.1946	Education: Royal Military College, Sandhurst. 27.08.1936     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 01.11.1937     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] ? - 12.02.1942 16th Punjab Regiment
Jeffares, Richard Lett	24.07.1909 Shardlow district, Derbyshire / Leicestershire / Nottinghamshire  -	2nd Lt. 25.06.1940 WS/Lt. 01.05.1941 A/Capt. ...-30.04.1941 T/Capt. 01.05.1941-21.02.1942, 10.06.1942-24.04.1943 WS/Capt. 25.04.1943 A/Maj. 25.01.1943-24.04.1943 T/Maj. 25.04.1943-(08.1947)	a tea planter at the start of the war, he started off as a private in the Assam Valley Light Horse regiment then ended up in the Maharattas as a Major at war's end: 25.06.1940 commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Jemmett, Frederick Anthony Married ((06?).1960, St Asaph district, Denbighshire) Joan Lord; two daughters.	15.04.1919 - 26.07.2013	L/Sgt. ? 2nd Lt. 29.10.1942 [ECO 9993] WS/Lt. 29.04.1943 01.10.1945, seniority 29.04.1943 [356804] A/Maj. ? ? MID 19.07.1945 Burma MID 20.09.1945 Burma: for his courage in tackling machine gun fire from the enemy in order to allow his men to escape from their tank when it came under attack [citation available upon request] MID 19.09.1946 Burma	29.10.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]       seeing action in France, North Africa and Burma, where he rose to the rank of Major, commanding Indian troops (7th Light Cavalry, Indian Armoured Corps) 01.10.1945     transferred, Royal Armoured Corps Teacher & deputy headmaster, St John’s Cathedral School, Salford, 1946-1960. Headmaster, Ysgol Mair, Rhyl, 1960-1984. Later represented the town as a county, borough and town councillor.
Jenkins, Iorwerth George	25.08.1918 - (06?).1968 Llanelly district, Carmarthenshire, Wales	2nd Lt. 22.10.1940 [389] A/Capt. ...-14.03.1942 T/Capt. 15.03.1942-... T/Maj. (1944) MC 08.02.1945 Burma	22.10.1940 commissioned, Indian Army (Special List [from 25.01.1942?]) (1944) 4/14th Punjab Regiment (1947)     HQ Southern Command, India (Poona)
Jesudian, Manuel Selvaraj	06.08.1912 -	2nd Lt. 01.03.1942 WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 ... ... Maj. (1947)	01.03.1942     commissioned, Movement Control - Indian Army [emergency commission] (1947)     HQ Southern Command, India (Poona)
John, Frank Arthur	? -	Cpl. ? 2nd Lt. 06.02.1944 [EC 12381] WS/Lt. 06.02.1944 01.09.1945, seniority 06.02.1944 [353862] (reld > 04.1946, < 04.1947) A?/Capt. ?	06.02.1944     commissioned, Royal Indian Army Service Corps - Indian Army [emergency commission] 01.09.1945     transferred, Royal Army Service Corps
John, Robert Michael Son of Ernest Alfred Hansford John, and Elizabeth Mary McNulty. Married Anne Phebe Clifford Smith (born 1931).	07.05.1924 Willesden district, London / Middlesex - 1980 Glasgow, Scotland	Pte. ? 2nd Lt. 18.04.1943 WS/Lt. 18.10.1943 (reld > 04.1946, < 04.1947)	1942? - 17.04.1943 served in the ranks, Indian Army (Jat Regiment) 18.04.1943 commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] served in Burma, and ended the war in charge of a Japanese POW camp in Thailand, having taught himself Japanese
Johns, Reginald Charles Warmington	06.09.1898 Hampstead district, Greater London / London / Middlesex -	2nd Lt. 12.09.1917 [AI 62]] Lt. 12.09.1918 Capt. 12.09.1922 Maj. 02.09.1935 Lt.Col. 14.09.1944 (retd 02.10.1946)	12.09.1917 commissioned, Indian Army 01.09.1938     transferred, Special Unemployed List 1939 - 1946 not shown in the Army List
Johnston, Nathaniel	? - ?	2nd Lt. 08.01.1942 ... ... T/Capt. 02.01.1943-(04.1947)	08.01.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] 20.10.1944 - (04.1947) Assistant Director of Labour, India
Jones, Albert Edward Edwin Son of Charles Robert Jones, and Violet Maud Ebery. Married ...; one son.	27.02.1915 Mile End, Greater London - (09?).1971 Maidstone district	A/Sgt. ? 2nd Lt. 16.07.1942 WS/Lt. 16.01.1943 A/Capt. 18.01.1945 T/Capt. ? WS/Capt. ? A/Maj. ?	served in the ranks, Royal Welch Fusiliers (previous service for increment of pay 278 days) 16.07.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]       served Royal Indian Army Service Corps
Jones, Cyril Howard	? -	L/Cpl. ? 2nd Lt. 15.11.1942 [EC 8145] WS/Lt. 15.11.1943 T/Capt. 15.11.1943-(04.1946) WS/Capt. ? (reld 20.04.1947) T/Maj. ? Hon. Maj. ?	15.11.1942 commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] 2/10 Gurkha Rifles (05.1944)     Wireless Telegraphy School, Middle East Training Centre
Jones, Francis Vincent	04.1918 Zanzibar - 21.09.1942 (KIA) [age 24] [Maynamati War Cemetery, Bangladesh, 4.C.10]	2nd Lt. 31.01.1942	31.01.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] ? - 21.09.1942 5th Battalion 3rd Madras Regiment
Jones, John Bamford Married (mid 1920s; separated 1930s) Dorothy Mavis Boyd (21.04.1908 - 09.1994); two sons. She remarried Leslie Revell.	(09?).1891 Oldham district, Greater Manchester / Lancashire -	2nd Lt. 24.11.1943 WS/Lt. 24.05.1944 (reld > 04.1947)	24.11.1943     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Jones, John Keane Married (16.01.1945, London) Geraldine Jane Rosemary Knight-Bruce, daughter of Sir Gerald Trevor Knight-Bruce (1871-1953), and Lilian Isabel Booker (?-1951); two daughters, one son.	18.01.1892 - 18.08.1967	T/2nd Lt. 28.11.1914-11.10.1915 T/Lt. 12.10.1915-10.01.1916 T/Capt. 11.01.1916-19.08.1917 Lt. 28.08.1916 [11054] A/Capt. ...-01.09.1918 Capt. 28.08.1919 Maj. 28.08.1933 Lt.Col. 24.12.1938 (retd 01.02.1945) A/Brig. 22.11.1941-15.12.1942 T/Brig. 16.12.1942-01.02.1945 DSO 23.04.1942 Burma	1914 - 27.11.1914 served in the ranks, mobilized Territorial Force, for 95 days 28.08.1916     commissioned, British Army (11th Royal Warwickshire Regiment)       attached, 3rd/6th Gurkhas 20.08.1917     commissioned, Indian Army 1938     Commanding Officer, 1st King George V's Own Gurkha Rifles 1941 - 1942 Commander, 16th Indian Infantry Brigade (Burma) (DSO) 1943 - 1944 Commandant, Indian Military Academy Published: Historical record of the 6th Gurkha Rifles. Vol.1, 1817-1919 (1925; compiled by D.G.J. Ryan, G.C. Strahan, J.K. Jones)
Jones, Leslie Henry Ernest "Jonah" Son of Robert F. Jones, and Sarah Miln. Married 1st ((09?).1939, Lewisham district, London; divorced 1941) Maude Ethel Silversmith (26.03.1916 - 21.04.2013). Maude Jones remarried (1948) George E. Rose. Married 2nd ((09?).1947, Surrey Mid Eastern district) Sheila I. Burt; one son, one daughter.	06.06.1916 Islington district, London - 01.08.1975 Kalamata, Greece	Sgt. ? [108103] 2nd Lt. 12.11.1942 [EC 8041] WS/Lt. 12.05.1943 (reld > 12.1946, < 04.1947) WS/Capt. 18.06.1945 A/Maj. ...-17.06.1945 T/Maj. 18.06.1945-(08.1947) MID 27.09.1945 Burma MID 19.09.1946 Burma	served in the ranks, Royal Army Service Corps 1939 - 1940 served British Expeditionary Force (Dunkirk evacuation)       served with British Embassy in Chungking, China 1942     Officer Cadet Training Unit, Bangalore, India 12.11.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] (previous service for increment of pay1 year, 206 days)       Royal Indian Army Service Corps Officers Training School, Kakul, near Abbottabad, North Western Frontier Province, India 1942 - 1944 served in India 1944 - 1945 served in Arakan, Burma
Jones, Louis [Brian] Son (with four brothers and four sisters) of William J. Jones (1855-1927), and Nannie Geraghty (1855-1947), of Co. Roscommon. Married (28.03.1921, Christ Church, Mhow, India) Adeline Florence Violette Watkins (1897 - (03?).1969), only daughter of Maj. & Mrs A.C. Watkins, 60th Rifles, of Mhow, Central India.	17.10.1897 Athlone, Ireland - 07.05.1955 Ashford Hospital, Ashford, Kent (formerly of Tenterden, Kent)	2nd Lt. 16.08.1916 [IA 890] Lt. 16.08.1917 Capt. 16.08.1920 Maj. 16.08.1934 A/Lt.Col. 19.08.1940-18.11.1940 T/Lt.Col. 19.11.1940-15.08.1942 Lt.Col. 16.08.1942 (retd 02.06.1947) A/Col. 12.04.1943-02.06.1947 A/Brig. 12.04.1943-02.06.1947 Hon. Brig. 02.06.1947 [380827] 2nd Lt. 14.02.1952 [416195] Capt. 14.02.1952 DSO 25.04.1941 Middle East (Egypt & Libya) [Sidi Barrani] * [citation available upon request] MID ? ? CdeG ? ?	Education: Royal Military College, Sandhurst; Staff College (psc). 16.08.1916     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 10.11.1916     commissioned, Indian Army - 1st 123rd Outram Rifles (served Mesopotamia 1916, Siberia 1919, NW Frontier of India 1921-1923) 07.11.1935 - 30.09.1937 Staff Captain, 8th Indian Brigade (India) 01.10.1937 - 08.07.1939 Deputy Assistant Adjutant General (DAAG), HQ Peshawar District (India) (1941)     Commanding Officer, 4th Battalion 6th Rajputana Rifles (Western Desert, Eritrea and Syria and was captured by the Vichy French in Syria)       General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), HQ 10th Army       instructor, Senior Officers' School, India       General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), General HQ, India ? - 1946 Commandant, Officers' Training School, Bangalore 1946 - 1947 Commander, Poona Sub-Area 14.02.1952     commissioned, General List - Territorial Army (Adjutant and Quartermaster of the 2nd Kent Charing Battalion Home Guard)
* Recommendation for the award of the Distinguished Service Order to Lt.Col. L. Jones: For showing gallantry and powers of leadership of a high order while in command of his battalion, during the operations which led to the capture of cam TUMUR EAST on 9/10th December, 1940.  During the advance of his battalion to its objective it encountered an enemy counter-attack, supported by armoured vehicles, directed on camp TUMUR WEST. The skilful dispositions of the battalion, and its efficient handling under the inspiring leadership of this officer, resulted in the breakdown of the enemy counter-attack and the capture of some thousand prisoners. Throughout the operations this officer displayed courage and skill of a high order. [Recommended 16.12.1940 by Brig. W.I. Lloyd, commanding 5th Indian Infantry Brigade, approved by Lt.Gen. H.M. Wilson, commanding British Troops in Egypt, and Gen. A.P. Wavell, Commander-in-Chief Middle East]
Jones, Roderick Idrisyn	04.10.1895 - 10.07.1970	Lt. 25,08.1918 ... ... T/Brig. 14.08.1943-(01.1946) Maj.Gen. 1946 (retd 1948) CB 1947 ? CBE 1946 ? OBE 1943 ?	25.08.1918     commissioned, Indian Army 1943 - 1945 Deputy Director of Supplies and Transport, GHQ India 1945 - 1945 Deputy Adjutant and Quartermaster-General, 33rd Indian Corps in Burma until defeat of Japanese Forces 1945 - 1946 Deputy Adjutant and Quartermaster-General, 12th Army and Burma Command (CBE) 1946 - 1947 Director of Supplies  and Transport, India, and Head of RIASC (with rank of Maj.Gen.)
Jones, Sydney Walter	? -	S/Sgt. ? 2nd Lt. 22.08.1943 WS/Lt. 22.02.1944	? - 22.08.1943 'A' Company, 4 Wing, Officers' Training School, Mhow 22.08.1943     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Jones, T E	? -	Lt. (QM) 15.12.1943 WS/Capt. (QM) 15.12.1946 War Medal; India Service Medal; L.S.G.C. (G.VI.R. 1st type) (W.O.2., Worcs. Regt.); Indian Independence 1947 (Capt., S.L.Q.M. I.A.)	served Worcestershire Regiment 15.12.1943 commissioned, "Special List" of Quarter-Masters of the Indian Army [emergency commission]
Jones, William Trevor Married (1950, Madras, India) Marjorie E. Burgess (predeceased him). Had a relationship with aviator Sheila Scott, OBE (27.04.1922 - 20.10.1988). Lived in Hertfordshire, retired to Malta.	29.11.1911 Cardiff, Wales - late 1994 Malta	2nd Lt. 22.12.1940 WS/Lt. 27.08.1941 (reld > 12.1946, < 04.1947)	Education: Howard Gardens Grammar School, Cardiff. Worked for Cooperative Wholesale Society, Cardiff. 22.12.1940     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]       served 8th Punjab Regiment 1943     served Special Operations Executive (SOE) Post-war overseas marketing director for Ovaltine. Area of business was Asia/Far East.
Jordan, Henry James Godfrey Married; at least one son.	? -	Lt. 25.08.1941, seniority 25.08.1936 WS/Capt. 11.08.1941 (reld > 04.1946)	25.08.1941 commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] 1941 - 1946 served Indian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (stationeed at Poona & Bombay)
Joseph, Charles Henry	06.02.1916 - 25.01.2007	2nd Lt. ? [IEC 1422] WS/Lt. ? T/Capt. ? MBE 28.06.1945 Burma MID 10.01.1946 Burma * * possibly another MID at 05.04.1945 [name, rank & corps correspond, but personal number is given as IEC 5161]	? commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] served Royal Indian Army Service Corps
Jumps, William Married; three daughters, one son.	? -	S/Sgt. ? 2nd Lt. 18.08.1942 [EC 5765] WS/Lt. 18.08.1942 T/Capt. 03.07.1943-(04.1947) T/Maj. ? Hon. Maj. ? LSGCM 03.12.1948 [date of qualification 19.01.43]	18.08.1942 commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]

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