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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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Lack, Richard Robert Son of Robert Richard Lack, and ... Kemp.	02.02.1914 Wayland district, Norfolk - 12.1998 Norwich district, Norfolk	2nd Lt. 26.10.1940 [EC 783] WS/Capt. ? (reld 16.02.1950) Capt. TA 16.02.1950, seniority 07.06.1945 [329438] Maj. TA 01.11.1952	26.10.1940 commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] 10.11.1940 served 10th Cavalry QVO Guides 16.02.1950?     commissioned, Northumberland Hussars - Royal Armoured Corps - Territorial Army 22.11.1956 - 02.02.1964 Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]
Lacy-Scott, David Geffrey	18.08.1920 Calcutta, India -	Gnr. ? 2nd Lt. 27.10.1941 [EC 3850] WS/Lt. ? (reld 22.12.1945; ill-health) T/Capt. ? Hon. Capt. 22.12.1945	Education: Marlborough College; Cambridge University. 27.10.1941     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] Cricket player, 1946-1948.
Lafferty, Richard Grey Delamere	19.05.1923 -	Cpl. ? 2nd Lt. 26.11.1942 WS/Lt. 26.05.1943 (reld > 04.1946) A/Capt. ? ?	26.11.1942 commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] served with the Maratha Light Infantry
Lamb, John Gray Son of James and Isabella Lamb, of Aberdeen.	15.09.1913 St Machar district, Scotland - 08.07.1943 [Karachi War Cemetery, Pakistan, 11.C.2]	2nd Lt. 01.03.1941 [EC 1725] WS/Lt. 01.09.1942 A/Capt. 1943? MID 06.04.1944 Middle East	01.03.1941     commissioned, Indian Armoured Corps - Indian Army [emergency commission] ? - 08.07.1943 2nd Royal Lancers, I.A.C.
Lambert, Basil Eric Son of ... Lambert, and ... Gale. Married ((12?).1948, Surrey North Western district) Madge L. Graves; ... children (two daughters?).	01.01.1923 Chertsey district, Surrey -	Cpl. ? 2nd Lt. 22.08.1943 [EC 11754] WS/Lt. 22.02.1944 (reld > 01.1947, < 04.1947) T/Capt. 16.03.1944-(12.1946) Lt. 01.02.1951, seniority 25.07.1946 [416035] Capt. 03.02.1954, seniority 22.06.1952 Maj. 01.01.1957 ERD 12.03.1957 - ERD 17.09.1963 1st clasp ERD 17.03.1970 2nd clasp	05?.1943 - 08.1943 Offcer Cadet Training Unit, Mhow 22.08.1943     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] 08.1943     10th Baluch Regiment (HQ in Karachi), immediately seconded to Movements & Transportation       later given small operating unit in New Delhi, then posted to Burma 01.02.1951     Corps of Royal Engineers (Movement Control Section), Supplementary Reserve of Officers [later: Army Emergency of Officers] 15.07.1965     transferred, Royal Corps of Transport 01.04.1967     Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve 31.03.1970     Regular Army Reserve of Officers
Lambert, Denis de Gruchy Son of John Sempill Lambert, an Assistant Commissioner of Indian Railways, and Constance Annie de Gruchy. Married (11.12.1934) Ella Mary Gwendolen ffoliott Powell (20.12.1905- 14.02.1987), daughter of Col. Atherton ffoliott Powell, and Emily Alice Powell; two children.	08.09.1900 Manmar - 02.1994 Uckfield district, Sussex	2nd Lt. 24.12.1920 [IA 258] Lt. 24.03.1923 Capt. 24.12.1928 Maj. 01.08.1938 A/Lt.Col. 03.08.1943-02.11.1943 T/Lt.Col. 03.11.1943-(01.1946) Lt.Col. 24.12.1946 (retd 08.05.1948) Lt.Col. RARO 01.01.1949 [402699]	Education: Royal Military College, Sandhurst. 24.12.1920     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 27.03.1922     commissioned, Indian Army 01.04.1932 - 22.01.1934 ADC to the Governor of the United Provinces       served The Scinde Horse (14th Prince of Wales's Own Cavalry) 1947?     Special List (ex-Indian Army) 01.01.1949 - 08.09.1955 7th Hussars - Regular Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]
Lamond, Ian Scott Married (03.09.1951) Irene Margaret Simpson Collier; one son.	27.06.1915 Meigle, Perthshire, Scotland - 13.12.1993 Dundee, Scotland	2nd Lt. 23.01.1944 [EC12743] WS/Lt. 09.02.1944 (reld > 04.1946, < 04.1947) [A?]/Capt. ? MC 24.05.1945 Burma (capture of Meiktilla)	served in the ranks, 2nd Fife and Forfar Yeomanry - Territorial Army 23.01.1944 commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] served 9th Royal Deccan Horse - Indian Armoured Corps (Burma)
Lancaster, Maurice Poynter Son (with one half-brother) of Theodore Pointer Lancaster (1869-1938), and Ethel Louise Nash (1869-1899). Married (08.02.1930, Cannanore, Madras, India) Enid Mary Jane Frere (14.06.1907 - 1983?), daughter (with two sisters) of Allan Gray Frere (1879-1937), and Aelia Katherine Melissa King (1883-1975); one son, two daughters.	16.05.1898 Waterlooville, Hampshire - 14.06.1946 British Military Hospital, Poona, India [Kirkee War Cemetery, India, 2.A.7]	Lt. 20.09.1919, seniority 31.07.1919 [IA 769] Capt. 24.04.1923 Maj. 24.04.1936 A/Lt.Col. 06.05.1941-05.08.1941 T/Lt.Col. 06.08.1941-23.04.1944 Lt.Col. 24.04.1944 DSO 03.03.1942 Middle East [recommendation available upon request] MID 30.12.1941 Middle East 02.41-07.41	served in the ranks for 1 day; transferred to Army Reserve 08.06.1916; served in the ranks Mobilized Army Reserve for 1 year, 22 days; mobilized Indian Army Reserve of Officers to 19.09.1919 [1 year, 324 days] 20.09.1919     commissioned, Indian Army (1941/42)     Commanding Officer, 2/5th Mahratta Light Infantry (DSO, despatches) [captured at Tobruk] 1942? - 1945 POW (No. 1965) in Italian & German captivity (latterly at Oflag O79, Braunschweig) ? - 14.06.1946 General HQ (I), Simla, India
Larder, Thomas Henry	10.06.1907 Stockport district, Cheshire / Lancashire - (12?).1976 Southampton district, Hampshire	2nd Lt. 04.03.1942 [EC 5725] WS/Lt. ? WS/Capt. ? (reld 02.09.1946) T/Maj. ? Hon. Maj. 02.09.1946	04.03.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Latchford, Trevor Austin	07.11.1923 - ?	2nd Lt. 04.10.1942 WS/Lt. 04.10.1942? (reld > 04.1946, < 04.1947)	served in the ranks, Royal Berkshire Regiment 04.10.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Lavender, Sydney Salter Son of F.W. Lavender, JP, of Walsall, Staffordshire. Married ((09?).1939, Ploughley & Bullingdon district, Oxfordshire) Elizabeth Mary Scott, daughter of Rev. Stanley Pelham Scott, MA, of Shobrooke, Devonshire; two sons.	28.08.1894 Walsall, Staffordshire - 1976 Storrington, West Sussex	T/2nd Lt. 26.03.1915-30.09.1916 [11546] T/Lt. 01.10.1916-11.01.1918 Lt. British Army 26.12.1916 Lt. 12.01.1918 [AI 749 (IA 284??)] T/Capt. 07.07.1919-17.11.1919 Capt. 26.12.1919 Maj. 26.12.1933 A/Lt.Col. 01.02.1940-30.04.1940 T/Lt.Col. 01.05.1940-28.05.1940 Lt.Col. 29.05.1940 (retd 20.10.1947) A/Col. 13.04.1945-(04.1947) A/Brig. 13.04.1945-(04.1947) T/Brig. (1947) Hon. Brig. 20.10.1947 DSO 30.12.1941 Middle East DSO 24.02.1942 Middle East MID 30.12.1941 Middle East MID 01.03.1945 escape & evasion	South Staffordshire Regiment 30.11.1916     transferred, Machine Gun Corps 12.01.1918     commissioned, Indian Army       46th Punjab Regiment 07.07.1919 - 17.11.1919 Assistant Provost Marshal, India       14th Punjab Regiment 1930 - 1931 North West Frontier Province 1936 - 1937 North West Frontier Province (1938) - (1941) 4th Battalion 16th Punjab Regiment (North Africa & Eritrea)
Law, Edward Lionel	24.11.1891 -	T/2nd Lt. 06.01.1916-30.04.1916 T/Lt. 01.05.1916-23.05.1917 T/Capt. 24.05.1917-12.08.1918 Lt. 13.08.1918, seniority 06.10.1917 [IA 671] A/Capt. 08.12.1919-15.04.1920 Capt. 11.09.1920 Maj. 11.09.1934 Lt.Col. 11.09.1942 (retd 26.01.1947)	served Manchester Regiment 13.08.1918     commissioned, Indian Army (probationary; 13.08.1919 confirmed) (06.1939)     served Hong Kong Mule Corps (captured by the Japanese for allegedly taking films in a prohibited area, but was released after the intervention of the British consul) ... - ... ...
Lawford, James Philip Son of Lancelot Henry Lawford, an officer in the Chinese Maritime Customs, and Laura Hamilla Taylor. Married (16.12.1944) Joan Mary Spencer; two sons, two daughters.	29.12.1915 Peking, China - 06.11.1977 Winchfield, Basingstoke, Hampshire	2nd Lt. 28.08.1937, seniority 30.01.1936 [631 AI] Lt. 16.01.1939, seniority 30.04.1938 A/Capt. 18.08.1940-25.10.1940, 07.11.1940-17.11.1940 T/Capt. 18.11.1940-14.10.1942 WS/Capt. 15.10.1942 Capt. 30.01.1944 A/Maj. 15.07.1942-14.10.1942 T/Maj. 15.10.1942-15.09.1943, 03.11.1943-24.12.1947, 04.10.1948-29.01.1949 Maj. 30.01.1949 Lt.Col. 02.04.1959 (retd 28.05.1961) MC 05.10.1944 Burma	Education: Cheltenham College; Clare College, Cambridge (honours MA degree in history 1937).       University Candidates - General List - Territorial Army 28.08.1937     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 16.01.1939     commissioned, Indian Army 1938 - 1947 1st Battalion, 16th Punjab Regiment (NW Frontier & Burma border) 25.12.1947     transferred, Royal Regiment of Artillery (Special List) - British Army Senior lecturer in international affairs, later senior lecturer in communication at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, 1967-1977. Published: (editor with W. E. Catto) Solah Punjab : the history of the 16th Pubjab Regiment (1967); (with Peter Young) Charge : or, How to play war games (1969, new edition 1986); (editor with Young) History of the British Army (1970); History of the 30th Punjabis (1972); (with Young) Wellington's masterpiece : the Battle and Campaign of Salamanca (1972); History of the Battle of Salamanca (1973); Wellington's Peninsula Army (1973); The Battle of Vitoria 1813 (1973); Clive : Proconsul of India (1976); (editor and contributor) The Cavalry (1976); (with Young) Napoleon : the last campaigns, 1813-15 (1977); Britain's Army in India : from its origins to the conquest of Bengal (1978).
Lawrence, Charles Sydney	? -	Assistant Commissary (with rank of Lt.) 13.11.1941	13.11.1941 commissioned, Indian Army Departments [emergency commission] (1947)     HQ Southern Command (Poona, India)
Lawrenson, Ralph Married Gertrude Talbot Edwards; one son, one daughter.	20.07.1899 South Africa - 1973 UK	2nd Lt. 20.12.1918 [AI 338 & 14620] Lt. 20.12.1919 Capt. 20.12.1924 Maj. 20.12.1936 A/Lt.Col. 18.11.1941-17.02.1942 T/Lt.Col. 18.02.1942-19.12.1944 Lt.Col. 20.12.1944 (retd 29.04.1948) A/Brig. (1943) DSO 09.09.1942 Middle East (Libya, 18.11-19.12.1941] [recommendation available upon request] BWM 14|20 - - Ind GSM - & clasps Waziristan 1929-21 & 1921-24 Ind GSM - & clasps NW Frontier 1936-37 & 1937-39 39|45 St - - Afr St - & clasp 8th Army Bur St - - WM 39|45 - - MID 01.10.1942 for gallantry in action	20.12.1918     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 30.03.1919     commissioned, Indian Army 30.11.1920 - 31.03.1921 Orderly Officer, attached 51st Sikhs       16th Punjab Regiment (1941/42)     Commanding Officer, 4 Battalion 6 Rajputana Rifles (Middle East (Egypt and Libya)) (DSO) 1943 - 1943 Commander, 7th Indian Infantry Brigade (temporary?)       Special List (ex-Indian Army) 01.01.1949 - 20.07.1954 Gloucestershire Regiment - Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
Laws, [the Rev.] Howard Stracey Youngest son of Mr & Mrs Robert George Laws, of Uphill, Weston-super-Mare. Brother of Col. Arthur Thurlow Laws, RA. Married (22.09.1942, The Cathedral, Calcutta, India) Peggie Elise Borie Leech, daughter of Lt.Col. Alleyn Borie Robert Leech, Indian Army, and Violet Elise Lewis. Residence: (1950) Pen-y-Bigil, Ogmore-by-Sea, Glamorgan.	05.06.1913 - 07.1991 Gloucester district, Gloucestershire	P/O RAF (SR) 11.02.1932 (reld 23.01.1933) P/O (prob) RAF 23.01.1933 F/O RAF 23.07.1934 F/Lt. RAF 01.10.1936 (reld 10.02.1939) Lt. 07.03.1939, seniority 10.05.1935 [837 AI] A/Capt. 21.10.1939-20.01.1940 T/Capt. 21.01.1940-22.04.1940, 26.06.1940-31.03.1941 Capt. 10.02.1941 A/Maj. 01.01.1941-31.03.1941 T/Maj. 01.04.1941-30.08.1941, 01.09.1941-01.11.1941, 10.09.1942-30.06.1946 Maj. 01.07.1946 A?/Lt.Col. ? (retd 1948)	Education: Sherborne College (2nd term 1927-1931). 11.02.1932     commissioned, RAF Special Reserve (General Duties Branch) 23.01.1933     commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commission] 27.05.1936     RAF Station Biggin Hill 19.10.1936     No. 1 School of Technical Training (Apprentices) RAF (Halton) 26.08.1937     HQ No. 5 (Bomber) Group RAF (Mildenhall) 21.01.1939     transferred to Reserve (Class A) 10.02.1939     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 07.03.1939     commissioned, Indian Army       19th Hyderabad Regiment       Kumaon Regiment 16.10.1945 - (04.1946) a Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General, Directorate of Prisoners of War, Adjutant-General's Branch, India Headquarters Staff Land agent. Joined the clergy, being ordained as Deacon 21.05.1967 (Probate 1968) to Wotton, Gloucestershire (1967-1970). Retired 01.12.1978 as Rector of Aston Ingham and The Lea (from 1970), diocese of Hereford.
Lazaras, Spyridion Stylianos Son of Demosthenes and Joanna Lazaras. Married Arlette Hagemann; one daughter. Of Corfu, Greece.	16.03.1913 Haldibari, India - 06.03.1946 Dibrugharh, India [Gauhati War Cemetery, India, 4.A.4]	A/Sgt. ? 2nd Lt. 12.08.1942 [EC 8079] WS/Lt. 12.08.1943 A/Capt. 31.05.1944	12.08.1942     commissioned, Royal Indian Army Service Corps - Indian Army [emergency commission]
Leach, Harry Son of James Edward Leach (1870-), and Dora Mary Starkey (1874-1905). Married Alberta Simpson (08.07.1907-09.2002); one daughter, one son).	15.08.1902 Barrow-in-Furness - 13.03.1946 Highcliffe-on-Sea [Highcliffe (St Mark) Churchyard, sec. 8, grave 8]	T/Conductor ? 2nd Lt. 09.06.1943 [OS/227] T/Lt. 09.09.1943-13.03.1946	served in the ranks, Royal Indian Army Ordnance Corps 09.06.1943 commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Leather, Colin Married ...; ... children (one son?).	21.12.1915 - 03.2004 Hull district, Yorkshire	2nd Lt. 16.10.1940 [EC 1074] A/Capt. 30.12.1940-29.03.1941 T/Capt. 30.03.1941-15.03.1946 WS/Capt. 16.03.1946 A/Maj. 16.12.1945-15.03.1946 T/Maj. 16.03.1946-07.03.1948 Lt. 10.05.1947, seniority 03.03.1941 [366356] Capt. 10.05.1947, seniority 01.07.1946 T/Maj. 03.01.1950-20.12.1951 Maj. 21.12.1951 (retd 20.07.1960) MBE 26.06.1947 gallant and distinguished services in the Netherlands East Indies prior to 30.11.46	Education: Staff College (psc). 16.10.1940     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission to 09.05.1947]       served Royal Indian Army Service Corps (MBE) [Captured after the fall of Tobruk on 26 June 1942 and woke up on an Italian hospital ship before being transferred to Caserta Hospital. He escaped around the time of the Italian Armistice but was recaptured and then somehow transferred with Allied soldiers to Gothenburg from a Stalag POW where he sailed to Liverpool in Aug 1944 on the SS Drotningholm.] 10.05.1947     commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [permanent commission]
Lee, Harry Mackwood Crowther	04.06.1916 - 03.04.2000 Mid Surrey district, Surrey	2nd Lt. 27.08.1936 [699 AI] Lt. 27.11.1938 WS/Capt. 16.03.1941 Capt. 27.08.1944 A/Maj. ...-15.03.1941 T/Maj. 16.03.1941-30.06.1941, (10.1944)-(10.1946) Capt. 21.11.1947, seniority 27.08.1944 [378782] Maj. 27.08.1949 (retd 04.01.1971) T/Lt.Col. 29.04.1954-19.04.1960 Hon. Lt.Col. 04.01.1971	Education: Royal Military College, Sandhurst (01.02.1935-1936); Staff College (psc). 27.08.1936     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 06.11.1937     commissioned, Indian Army (18th Royal Garhwal Rifles)       3rd Battalion 18th Royal Garhwal Rifles (04.1946) - (10.1946) Deputy Assistant Adjutant General (DAAG) (Demobilization), General HQ, India       Special List (ex Indian Army) 21.11.1947     permanent commission, Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Lee, Thomas Roy "Tom" Married three times (last wife still alive at 08.2012).	29.08.1925 - 08.2012 still alive in Devon	Pte. ? 2nd Lt. 19.03.1944 [EC 12705] WS/Lt. 19.09.1944 (reld > 04.1947) T?/Capt. ?	19.03.1944     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]       served Princess Mary’s 10th Regiment (Burma) Company director/importer of tea, spices, tobacco (Africa). Other various residences: London, Cannes (France), Devon.
Leech, Alleyn Borie Robert Only son of Mr & Mrs Lawrence Leech, of Clevedon, Somerset. Married (14.07.1920, St Peter's, Parkstone) Violet Elise Lewis (02.05.1898 - 1984), elder twin daughter of John Penry Lewis, CMG (1854-1923), late Ceylon Civil Service, and Violet Marion U. Anderson; ... children (daughter Peggie married Capt. Howard Stacey Laws, Indian Army).	20.11.1896 Dorchester district, Dorset - 03.08.1975 Aylmerton, Norwich, Norfolk	T/2nd Lt. 16.12.1914-25.06.1917 Lt. 26.06.1917, seniority 15.09.1916 [IA 934] A/Capt. 16.10.1917-22.11.1917 Capt. 15.09.1919 Maj. 15.09.1933 Lt.Col. 03.06.1939 (retd 24.12.1947) A/Col. 26.10.1944-(04.1947) Hon. Col. 24.12.1947 MID 19.09.1946 Burma	Education: Denstone College (09.1911-07.1914; Heywood Dormitory (Black and Red); played cricket, 1914; xv, 1915). 16.12.1914     commissioned, 11th Battalion The Worcestershire Regiment (served in France 09.1915-12.1915 & Saloniki 12.1915-06.1917) 11.05.1917     probationer to Indian Army 26.06.1917     commissioned, Indian Army (on probation; 26.06.1918 confirmed) & attached 1/98th Infantry (served India & Baluchistan 06.1917-05.1918)       19th Hyderabad Regiment
Lees, Howard Duncan Son of William R. Lees, and Lilian Russell. Married 1st ((03?).1947, Bridge district, Kent)Heather M. Smith; three sons, one daughter. Married 2nd ((03?).1972, Brighton district, Sussex) Christine E. Bradley; one son.	02.07.1925 Wandsworth district, London - 28.11.2004 Worthing, West Sussex	Spr. ? [14668448] 2nd Lt. 10.12.1944 [EC 15625] WS/Lt. 10.05.1945 (Unemployed List 16.10.1947-16.01.1952) Lt. 08.12.1948, seniority 02.07.1948 [401135] Lt. 17.01.1952, seniority 05.09.1950 T/Capt. 10.05.1952-14.09.1952, 01.03.1954-04.09.1954 Capt. 05.09.1954 Maj. 05.09.1961 (retd 12.10.1967)	served in the ranks, Royal Engineers for 1 year, 36 days 10.12.1944     commissioned, Sikh Rifles - Indian Army [emergency commission to 07.12.1948]       seconded, Airborne Troops       Special List (ex-Indian Army) 08.12.1948     commissioned, The Buffs - Territorial Army 17.01.1952     commissioned, The Buffs [permanent commission]
Leftwich, John Martin	28.09.1923 - 07.2004 Croydon, London, Surrey	2nd Lt. 07.08.1943 Capt. 28.09.1950 (retd 01.03.1958)	07.08.1943 commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission to 04.07.1947] 05.07.1947 permanent commission, 3rd Dragoon Guards
Leigh, Harold Charles	29.06.1903 Axbridge district, Somerset - 02.1991 Huntingdon district, Huntingdonshire	Ordnance Mechanical Engineer (with rank of Lt.) 16.05.1942, seniority 16.05.1937 (reld > 04.1947)	16.05.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Lemon, Mark Wallis	? -	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]
Lentaigne, Walter David Alexander "Joe" Elder son of late Hon. Mr Justice Lentaigne, Burma High Court and Stackallen, Navan, Eire. Married 1st (1928) Suzanne Catherine Marsden; one son, two daughters. Married 2nd (1948) Hermione Constance, youngest daughter of late Sir Alfred Lascelles, QC; one son.	15.07.1899 - 24.06.1955 London	2nd Lt. 01.10.1918 Lt. 01.10.1919 Capt. 01.10.1924 Maj. 01.10.1936 local Lt.Col. 01.12.1940-17.07.1941 A/Lt.Col. 19.07.1941-18.10.1941 T/Lt.Col. 19.10.1941-05.02.1943 WS/Lt.Col. 06.02.1943 Lt.Col. 01.10.1944 A/Col. 06.08.1942-05.02.1943 T/Col. 06.02.1943-29.03.1945 WS/Col. 30.03.1945 A/Brig. 06.08.1942-05.02.1943 T/Brig. 06.02.1943-29.03.1945 A/Maj.Gen. 30.03.1944-29.03.1945 T/Maj.Gen. 30.03.1945-(01.1946) (retd 1955) CB 1947 ? CBE 1945 ? DSO 1942 ? MID 1920s Waziristan MID 1937? Waziristan MID 1944? Burma	Education: Oratory School, Edgbaston; Imperial Defence College (idc) (1946); Staff College (psc) (1935-1936) 01.10.1918 commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 11.10.1918 commissioned, Indian Army (4th Gurkha Rifles) 1919 served Afghanistan, NWF 1919 - 1921 served Waziristan 1921 - 1924 served Waziristan (despatches) 1930 served NW Frontier, India 1936 - 1937 served Waziristan (despatches) 03.07.1938 - 29.11.1940 Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General India (served Waziristan 1938-1939) 01.12.1940 - 17.07.1941 Instructor (General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2)), Staff College Quetta, India 19.07.1941 - 08.1942 Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion 4th Prince of Wales's Own Gurkha Rifles (served Burma) 06.08.1942 - 29.03.1944 Commander, 111th Indian Infantry Brigade ("Chindits") (Burma) 30.03.1944 - 1945 General Officer Commanding, 3rd Indian Infantry Division ("Chindits") (Burma) 1945 - 1946 General Officer Commanding, 39th Indian Division 1947 Director of Military Operations & Deputy Quartermaster-General, GHQ India 1948 - 1955 Commandant, Indian Staff College
Lermitte, Leonard Ralph Son of Henry Rhodes Lermitte (1866-1921), and Augusta Maud Cottrell (1862-1954). Married Eileen Mary Backus (17.12.1907 - 12.1999), of Ashtead, Surrey; one daughter, one son.	(12?).1902 Richmond district, Surrey - 14.09.1942 Amritsar, India (formerly of Colombo, Ceylon) [Delhi War Cemetery New Delhi, India, 3.B.3]	2nd Lt. 02.04.1942	(02.1942)     "A" Company, Officer Training School, Belgaum (India) 02.04.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] ? - 14.09.1942 17th Battalion Dogra Regiment (died suddenly on active service)
Le Warne, Leslie Arthur Married ((03?).1926, Reading district, Berkshire) ... House.	11.10.1890 Aldershot, Hampshire - (03?).1966 Reading district, Berkshire	Asst. Ordn. Mech. Eng. (with rank of Lt.) 19.09.1933 [OW/9] Asst. Ordn. Mech. Eng. (with rank of Capt.) 23.04.1938 Asst. Ordn. Mech. Eng. (with rank of Maj.) 05.11.1940 (retd 06.09.1946)	WW I     served as a Non-Commissioned Officer in the British Army 19.09.1933 commissioned, Indian Army Departments based in Quetta in the early 1930s and probably involved in tank action in Waziristan at about that time and then spent a brief period at Hyderabad Sindh spent most of the war with Japan at Agra in the Red Fort there
Lewton-Brain, Derek Son of Lawrence Lewton-Brain, MA (1879-1922), of Kuala Lumpur, and Anne Elizabeth O'Meara (1877-1967), of Parkstone, Dorset. Brother of Lt. Gerald Evan Lewton-Brain, Indian Army, and Capt. Eustace Gerrard Lewton-Brain, RA. Married ((12?).1945, Bournemouth district, Dorset) Evelyn Constance Helen Wood (25.09.1910 - 06.1998), daughter (with one brother) of Archibald Thomas Wood (1874-1965), and Maud Leahy (1880-1967); three daughters.	02.03.1913 - 01.1991 Tunbridge Wells district, Kent	2nd Lt. 02.08.1943	Education: St Gregory's School, Downside. 02.08.1943     commissioned, Army in Burma Reserve of Officers [emergency commission]
Lewton-Brain, Gerald Evan Son of Lawrence Lewton-Brain, MA (1879-1922), of Kuala Lumpur, and Anne Elizabeth O'Meara (1877-1967), of Parkstone, Dorset. Brother of 2nd Lt. Derek Lewton-Brain, Army in Burma Reserdve of Officers, and Capt. Eustace Gerrard Lewton-Brain, RA. Married (01.1941).	24.01.1907 - 01.1999 Mid Powys district, Wales	2nd Lt. 30.01.1943 WS/Lt. 30.01.1944 (reld > 04.1946, < 04.1947)	Served with Indian police. 30.01.1943     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Lightfoot, Rowland Wynn Son (with one brother and one sister) of George William Lightfoot (1872-1948), and Laura Elizabeth Smith (1879-1954). Married (08.1942, Quetta, Baluchistan, India) Nancy Korb (14.05.1916 - 11.1984).	31.12.1911 Masham, Yorkshire - 01.1984 South Shields district, Tyne and Wear	Wt.Offr. ? Assistant Commissary (with rank of Lt.) 08.04.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	08.04.1944     commissioned, Indian Army Departments [emergency commission]
Lincke, Leo Diarmid Phipps "Old Man" / "Bunny" Son (with one sister) of Sidney Howard Phipps Lincke (1891-1955), and Iris Lydia MacDiarmid (1898-1983). Married ...; five daughters, one son.	16.11.1921 Bombay, India - 13.08.1987 Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida, USA [Saint Michaels Cemetery, Pensacola, Florida, plot scatterd]	2nd Lt. 29.03.1941 WS/Lt. ? (reld > 04.1946, < 04.1947) A?/Capt. ?	29.03.1941     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]       served in North Africa & Italy
Lincoln, Owen Robert Married Constance Marcia "Dolly" Shepherd; three sons, one daughter	17.12.1904 Baroda, India - 19.09.1993 Goondee Nursing Home, Strathfield, Sydney, Australia	2nd Lt. 11.06.1942 WS/Lt. 11.12.1942 (reld > 12.1947) A/Capt. ?? ?	11.06.1942 commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] possibly served with the Royal Indian Army Ordnance Corps 1947?     Special List (ex-Indian Army)
Lindsay, Pooler Leeman Son of Richard Lindsay, and Mrs Lindsay, of Portadown. Married (1932) Mary Cuthbert Greer Spence (22.05.1894 - 07.1987), daughter of Mr & Mrs T.H. Spence, of Gleneden, Portadown, Northern Ireland; two sons.	27.07.1899 Co. Armagh, Ireland - 03.10.1988 Little Bealings, Woodbridge, Deben district, Suffolk [All Saints’s Church Cemetery, Little Bealings, Suffolk]	2nd Lt. 31.01.1918 Lt. 31.01.1919 A/Capt. ...-16.05.1921 Capt. 31.01.1923 Maj. 31.01.1936 A/Lt.Col. 28.06.1941-27.09.1941 T/Lt.Col. 28.09.1941-30.01.1944 Lt.Col. 31.01.1944 A/Col. 10.06.1944-(01.1946) Col. 01.08.1947, seniority 31.01.1947 (retd 01.07.1948) A/Brig. 10.06.1944-(01.1946) T/Brig. (1947) Hon. Brig. 01.07.1948	31.01.1918     commissioned, Unattached List  (for Indian Army) 06.02.1918     commissioned, Indian Army (1932) - (1935) 5/10th Baluch Regiment KGO (JR) 08.1941 - 04.1942 Commanding Officer, 14/10th Baluch Regiment 15.04.1942 - ? Commanding Officer, 7/10th Baluch Regiment 1944 - 1947 Commander, 150th Indian Infantry Brigade 1947?     Special List (ex-Indian Army) [service number 391993]
Lindsey, Peter Kenneth John	? -	2nd Lt. 09.07.1942 WS/Lt. 09.01.1943 (reld > 04.1946)	09.07.1942 commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] possibly served with the 5th Punjab Regiment 1945/46? transferred, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
Little, David Fountaine Son of Francis W. Little, and Mary I. Fountaine. Married twice; two daughters from first marriage.	22.09.1922 Worcester district, Worcestershire - 27.04.2012 in hospital, Brighton (fatally injured after a fall at Hurstpierpont on 23.04.2012)	2nd Lt. 10.12.1941 [EC 6014] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 Lt. 14.07.1945, seniority 22.03.1944 [350631] Capt. 22.09.1948 (dismissed the service by sentence of a General Court Martial 02.06.1950) MC 16.11.1944 Burma *	served in the ranks for 190 days (mobilized Territorial Army) 10.12.1941     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]       14th Punjab Regiment (1944)     153rd Parachute Battalion, attached to 2/5th Royal Gurkha Rifles Frontier Force (MC) 14.07.1945     commissioned, The Worcestershire Regiment [permanent commission] 1948     6th Parachute Battalion       4th/6th Parachute Battalion, British Army of the Rhine Started working in tea plantations, 1950.
* Recommendation for the award of an immediate Military Cross to A/Capt. D.F. Little: Capt. Little was in command of D Company 2/5th Royal Gurkha Rifles which was holding the forward south west positions of our box at Ningthoukong village. Early in the morning of 12 June 1944 the Japanese attacked  heavily, preceded by six tanks and accompanied by an intense artillery and mortar bombardment. The leading platoon of D Company and the neighbouring platoon on its left were blasted from their positions by the Japanese tanks, and casualties began to mount rapidly, particularly amongst sub-unit commanders, further to the rear through the enemy bombardment and close range fire of Japanese tanks not within our position. In consequence the situation became confused and for some time was critical. With great coolness and under heavy fire, Capt. Little reorganized his men and so re-grouped them that the enemy penetration on his front was halted and all further efforts by him to advance were thrown back. Meanwhile, a Japanese tank was halted in a lane about 40 yards from Capt. Little's headquarters and was causing casualties by the sweeping close range fire of its guns. Capt. Little at once took a PIAT gun and crossing some exposed ground under heavy and accurate fire stalked the tank down a narrow approach under full observation and secured two hits on it with his PIAT bombs. Throughout the day, Capt. Little handles his company with tactical skill and set a fine example of coolness and leadership under difficult conditions, combined with a complete disregard for his own personal safety. [Recommended 21.06.1944 by Lt.Col. N. Eustace, commanding 2/5 Royal Gurkha Rifles, approved 25.06.1944 by Brig. R.C.O. Hedley, commanding 48th Gurkha Infantry Brigade, 27.07.1944 by Maj.Gen. D.T. Cowan, commanding 17th Indian Light Division, 28.07.1944 by Lt.Gen. G.A.P. Scoones, commanding IV Corps, 05.08.1944 by Lt.Gen. W.J. Slim, commanding 14th Army, 16.08.1944 by Gen. G.J. Giffard, commanding 11th Army Group.]
Lloyd, [Samuel] Edward George Son (with two sisters and one brother) of Arthur Lloyd (1869-), and Emily Lloyd (1872-). Married (25.09.1933, Rossnowlagh, County Donegal, Eire) Elizabeth Colvin; three sons, one daughter.	09.04.1900 Kington, Herefordshire - 30.03.1975 Dewchurch, Hereforshire	Sub-Conductor (T/Cond.) ? Lt. & Assistant Commissary 02.09.1941 T/Capt. 15.01.1944-... WS/Capt. (Deputy Commissary) 1945? A/Maj. (Commissary) (10.1945) MBE 01.01.1942 New Year 1942	1919     enlisted, King's Shropshire Light Infantry 16.01.1942     commissioned, Indian Army Corps of Clerks - Indian Army Departments [emergency commission] 01.1942     escaped Singapore to India (07.1942)     overseas (01.1943) - (10.1944) on staff of Advanced HQ Southern Army (renamed Southern Command), Indian Army 11.05.1945 - (10.1946) Establishment Officer on staff of HQ Eastern Command, Indian Army (Tollygunge)
Locke, Edwin Albert Son (with one sister and one brother) of Albert John Locke (1884-1960), and Ethel Harris (1883-1950).	17.03.1909 Enfield, Edmonton district, Middlesex - 04.09.1976 Haywards Heath, Cuckfield district, West Sussex	2nd Lt. 02.09.1941 WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 (reld > 08.1946, < 12.1946)	Working for Liptons Tea in Calcutta. 02.09.1941     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]       served Royal Indian Army Service Corps
Loftus-Tottenham, Frederick Joseph Son of Frederick William Loftus Tottenham (1870-1936), and Roberta Guadaloupe Barron (?-1975), of Glenfarne Hall, Leitrim, Ireland. Married 1st (23.12.1922) Marjorie Fielden Dare (27.01.1900 - 30.09.1978), daughter of Alfred Dare, of Kobe, Japan; three sons (eldest two killed in action: Lt. Ralph Frederick Loftus-Tottenham, Indian Army & Lt. John Richard Loftus-Tottenham, Indian Army). Married 2nd (16.09.1980) Isobel Helen Baker (05.01.1905 - 08.05.1992).	04.05.1898 - 11.04.1987 Warminster, Wiltshire	2nd Lt. 18.04.1916 [IA 73] Lt. 18.04.1917 Capt. 18.04.1920 Maj. 18.04.1934 A/Lt.Col. 20.05.1940-19.08.1940 T/Lt.Col. 20.08.1940--17.04.1942 Lt.Col. 18.04.1942 local Col. 26.09.1942-26.02.1943 A/Col. 27.02.1943-26.08.1943 T/Col. 27.08.1943-(04.1946) WS/Col. ? Col. 08.01.1947, seniority 18.04.1945 28.11.1947, dating changed to 01.01.1947 (retd 27.02.1948) Col. RARO 03.07.1951, seniority 18.04.1945  A/Brig. 27.02.1943-26.08.1943 T/Brig. 27.08.1943-(04.1946) A/Maj.Gen. 04.08.1944-(04.1946) T/Maj.Gen. ? Hon. Maj.Gen. ? CBE 12.06.1947 HM's birthday 47: Force 401 DSO 22.06.1944 Burma DSO 22.03.1945 Burma MID 17.12.1942 Waziristan MID 05.04.1945 Burma MID 19.07.1945 Burma	Education: St Edmunds College, Old Hall, Hertfordshire. 14.04.1916     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 25.04.1916     commissioned, Indian Army (Gurkha Rifles)       served, 10th Gurkha Rifles 1941 - 1942 Commanding Officer, 153rd Gurkha Parachute Battalion 1942 - 1944 Commanding Officer, 33rd Indian Infantry Brigade (Burma) 04.08.1944 - 1945 General Officer Commanding, 81st (West Africa) Division (India, Burma) [except for 15-26.8.1944 & 31.1-2.3.1945] 1946 - 1947 Commander, Force 401 (Iraq) 27.02.1948     transferred, Special List (ex-Indian Army) [23216] (1948)     General Officer Commanding, 7th Pakistan Infantry Division 28.08.1950     ceased to be employed with the Pakistan Armed Forces and reverted to retired list (Regular Army Reserve of Officers) In charge Home Guard, Northern Ireland, 1954-1956.
Loftus-Tottenham, John Richard Son (with two brothers) of Maj.Gen. Frederick Joseph Loftus-Tottenham, CBE, DSO, and Marjorie Fielden Dare, of Kensington, London. Brother of Lt. Ralph Frederick Loftus-Tottenham, Indian Army.	05.04.1925 - 22.07.1945 (KIA) [age 20] [Rangoon War Cemetery, Burma, 3.F.12]	2nd Lt. 03.10.1943 [EC 11985] WS/Lt. 03.04.1944	03.10.1943     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] ? - 22.07.1945 3rd Battalion 6th Gurkha Rifles (Burma)
Loftus-Tottenham, Ralph Frederick Son (with two brothers) of Maj.Gen. Frederick Joseph Loftus-Tottenham, CBE, DSO, and Marjorie Fielden Dare, of Kensington, London. Brother of Lt. John Richard Loftus-Tottenham, Indian Army.	15.10.1923 Uckfield district, Sussex - 18.02.1944 (KIA) [age 20] [Cassino War Cemetery, Italy, XIX.F.9]	2nd Lt. 12.02.1942 [EC 4844] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942	12.02.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] (1942) - 18.02.1944 1st Battalion 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) (North Africa & Italy)
Logan, Eric Frank Son of Allan J. Logan, and Alice J. Rooke. Married ((09?).1949, Southend on Sea district, Essex) Stella J. Davis; two sons.	20.07.1921 Chelmsford district, Essex - 26.09.1979 Birch, Colchester district, Essex	Cpl. ? 2nd Lt. 29.10.1941 WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 01.08.1945, seniority 01.10.1942 [350670] A/Capt. 01.01.1943-31.03.1943 T/Capt. 01.04.1943-04.04.1943 Lt. 26.11.1947, seniority 20.07.1944 A/Capt. 26.11.1947 Capt. 20.07.1948 (Unattached List 01.10.1951-03.10.1952) A/Maj. 28.05.1953 Maj. 20.07.1955, seniority 28.05.1953 Lt.Col. 01.08.1963 TD 17.05.1960 -	29.10.1941     commissioned, Royal Indian Army Service Corps - Indian Army [emergency commission]       81 Company RIASC 01.08.1945     transferred, Royal Army Service Corps 26.11.1947     commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps - Territorial Army 01.10.1965     Territorial Army Reserve of Officers Architect.
Long, Robert Herbert "Lucy" Son (with one brother) of John Norman Long (1882-1962), and Margaret Helen Webb (1878-1949). Married Margaret Ethel Culshaw (12.12.1909 - 15.07.1988), daughter of George Harold Culshaw (1864-1930), and Ethel Louisa Carr (1874-1951); one son.	20.07.1905 Farnham district, Surrey - 20.11.1970 Surrey Northern district (car accident) (formerly of Park Gardens, London SE9)	2nd Lt. 29.01.1927 T/Lt. 20.03.1929-28.01.1930 Lt. 29.01.1930 14.03.1936, seniority 29.04.1929 Capt. 14.03.1936, seniority 29.01.1936 A/Maj. 29.06.1940-31.08.1940, 07.06.1941-03.07.1941 T/Maj. 04.07.1941-28.01.1944 Maj. 29.01.1944 A/Lt.Col. 14.01.1942-20.03.1946 T/Lt.Col. 04.05.1946-04.11.1948 Lt.Col. 03.08.1951 (Employed List 1) [37261] (supernumerary 03.08.1954) T/Col. 05.11.1948-31.07.1949 Col. 23.08.1954 (retd 31.08.1957) T/Brig. 01.08.1949-28.04.1951 Hon. Brig. 31.08.1957 OBE 07.06.1951 HM's birthday 51: service with Pakistan Forces MID 25.10.1940 ?	Education: Staff College (psc).       served in the ranks for 3 years, 319 days 29.01.1927     commissioned, Prince of Wales's Volunteers 20.03.1929 - 10.03.1935 employed with Royal West African Frontier Force 14.03.1936     commissioned, Indian Army 29.06.1940 - 31.08.1940 Deputy Assistant Adjutant General (DAAG), Malaya Command 07.06.1941 - 31.01.1942 Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General (DAQMG), ... 14.01.1942 - 13.02.1942 Assistant Quartermaster-General (AQMG), ... 02.02.1948 - 04.11.1948 Assistant Quartermaster-General (AQMG), Pakistan 05.11.1948 - 31.07.1949 Colonel "Q", ... 01.08.1949 - 07.01.1951 Deputy Quartermaster-General (DQMG), ... 03.08.1951 - 07.08.1954 Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General (AA&QMG), HQ 3rd Anti-Aircraft Group 23.08.1954 - (02.)1957 Colonel A/Q, Northern Command 31.08.1957 - 20.07.1963 Regular Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit] His grandson writes: "I understand he was Adjutant of 2/7 Rajput Regiment in Corps HQ in Malaya when captured by Japanese. Served out the war in POW camps. Commanded 14th Rajputs in Burma in 1946; seconded to Pakistan army on independence/partition, promoted Acting Brigadier (subsequently awarded OBE for service with Pakistan army); resumed service with British Army at rank of Colonel, final two postings were Q staff officer positions in Nottingham and Edinburgh, I think."
Loraine-Smith, Bernard Lawson Married ((06?).1946, Westminster district, London) Rachel Anne Studd (01.05.1924 - 05.12.2010); one daughter, one son.	20.04.1912 - 23.01.1985 Oxford district, Oxfordshire	2nd Lt. SRO 10.02.1934 2nd Lt. 31.01.1936 [575 IA] Lt. 30.04.1938 A/Capt. 10.12.1940-09.03.1941 T/Capt. 10.03.1941-01.06.1941, 16.07.1941-29.01.1944 Capt. 30.01.1944 Capt. 17.08.1946 [62336] Maj. 20.04.1948 (retd 27.11.1953; disability) MC 24.05.1945 Burma [recommendation available upon request]	late Officer Cadet, Cambridge University Contingent, Senior Division, Officer Training Corps  10.02.1934     commissioned, The Durham Light Infantry - Supplementary Reserve of Officers 31.01.1936     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 20.03.1937     commissioned, Indian Army (Probyn's Horse)       served 5th (Probyn's Horse) Cavalry, Indian Armoured Corps (Burma; wounded in action 24.04.1945 & evacuated) (MC) 17.08.1946     transferred, 7th Queen's Own Hussars - Royal Armoured Corps [21.02.1947 antedated to 20.04.1935]
Lord, Alfred	? -	Lt. (Qr.Mr.) 12.05.1941 [363579] WS/Capt. (Qr.Mr.) 12.05.1944 (reld 20.10.1947) Hon. Capt. (Qr.Mr.) 20.10.1947? Hon. Capt. (Qr.Mr.) 20.10.1951 (regranted) 2nd Lt. TA 23.01.1952 Capt. TA 23.01.1952 (reld 29.03.1956) Hon. Capt. (Qr.Mr.) 29.03.1956 (regranted) 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals; LSGC (Military) (named to Indian Army), 30.12.1947.	Quarter-Master-Sergeant (QMS), Lancashire Fusiliers 12.05.1941 commissioned a Lieutenant, “Special List” of Quarter-Masters of the Royal Engineers (Indian Army) [emergency commission] 23.02.1946 - 19.10.1947 transferred to General List 20.10.1947 - 20.10.1951 enlisted service, Territorial Army 23.01.1952 - 29.03.1956 commissioned service, Territorial Army
Lough, Oliver William Only on of Wilfrid Howard Lough (1877-1959), and Madeline Hyslop (1890-1969), of Reigate, Surrey. Married (07.09.1949, Eton district, Buckinghamshire) Mary Elizabeth Grant Bisset ((03?).1927 - 22.12.1918), third daughter of V.Adm. Arthur William La Touche Bisset, CB, CBE, RN (1892-1956), and Margaret Frances McNeil Grant (?-1968), of Bishop's Blake, Farnham Royal, Buckinghamshire; three sons, one daughter.	25.04.1921 Epsom district, Surrey - 04.05.1986 Hastings & Rother district, East Sussex	Gnr. ? 2nd Lt. 01.10.1941 [4043] WS/Lt. 01.05.1942 A/Capt. 01.02.1944-26.05.1945 T/Capt. 01.08.1945-08.09.1945 WS/Capt. 05.10.1946 (reld > 04.1946, < 04.1947) A/Maj. 27.05.1945-31.07.1945 T/Maj. 09.09.1945-... 39|45 St - - Bur St - - Def M - - WM 39|45 - - MID 19.09.1946 Burma	Education: Trinity College, Oxford University (1949; MA). 20.12.1940 - 03.03.1941 Royal Scots (UK, from 05.01.1941 abroad) 04.03.1941 - 19.08.1941 Officer Training School, Bangalore (India) 20.08.1941 - 18.11.1941 Officer Training School, Ahmednagar 01.10.1941     commissioned, Royal Indian Army Service Corps - Indian Army [emergency commission] 19.11.1941 - 31.07.1945 5th Armoured Brigade Transport Company RIASC, 255th Company RIASC & 605th Company RIASC 01.08.1945 - 08.09.1945 HQ Allied Land Forces South East Asia (Supply & Transport Directorate) 09.09.1945 - 25.02.1946 Officer Commanding, 605th Company RIASC Headmaster, Temple Grove, Heron's Ghyll, nr Uckfield. Secretary Cottesmore Golf Club and Rye Golf Club.
Lovett, Osmond de Turville Son (with three brothers and two sisters) of William Edward Turville Lovett (1865-), and Maud Brock (?-1914), of Tamworth, Dunster. Married (1940) Eleanor Barbara, fifth daughter of late Albert Leslie Wright, late of Butterley Hall, Derbyshire; no children.	21.10.1898 Bristol district, Gloucestershire - 17.10.1982 Natal, South Africa	2nd Lt. 18.06.1917 [IA 77] Lt. 18.06.1918 Capt. 18.06.1921 Maj. 18.06.1935 A/Lt.Col. 06.03.1940-05.06.1940 T/Lt.Col. 06.06.1940-06.10.1940, 15.11.1940-17.06.1943 Lt.Col. 18.06.1943 WS/Col. ? Col. 15.11.1946, seniority 18.06.1946 T/Brig. 1943 A/Maj.Gen. 17.07.1945-05.10.1945 T/Maj.Gen. 1945 Maj.Gen. 03.06.1947, seniority 08.05.1947(retd 18.10.1948) CB 01.01.1948 New Year 48 CBE 21.06.1945 Mediterranean DSO 17.06.1943 Middle East (Egypt & Lybia) * DSO 20.07.1944 Italy ** BWM 14|20 - - VM - - GenSM - & clasp NW Persia MID 1920? NW Persia 19-20 39|45 St - - Afr St - & clasp 8th Army It St - - Def M - - WM 39|45 - - MID ? ?	Education: Blundells, Tiverton; Cadet College, Wellington, India. 18.06.1917     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 27.06.1917     commissioned, Indian Army (1/9th Gurkha Rifles) (India) 16.05.1918 - 03.05.1919 served in Mesopotamia (2/9th Gurkha Rifles) 1919     transferred, 1st Battalion 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) 1919 - 1921 served NW Persia (wounded, whilst successfully ambushing a party of Bolsheviks during a snowstorm on 16.12.1920) 11.1923 - 1925 seconded to the Mandalay Battalion, Burma Military Police, as Assistant Commandant 05.1928 - 05.1933 seconded for duty with the Indian State Forces as Adjutant General Patiala State 01.1934     posted, 2nd Battalion 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) (Waziristan 1939) 1940     Senior Supervising Officer of the Shamsher Dal Battalion of the Nepalese Contingent 1940     Commanding Officer, Regimental Centre, 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) 03.03.1941 - 03.1941 acting Commanding Officer, 4th Battalion 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) 15.04.1941 - 03.1943 Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) (Meerut, 07.1941 Iraq, then Cyprus, then North Africa) 03.1943 - 05.04.1943 Commander, 7th Indian Infantry Brigade (North Africa) (wounded) 06?.1943 - (07?).1945 Commander, 7th Indian Infantry Brigade (Italy & Greece) 17.07.1945 - 05.10.1945 acting General Officer Commanding, 4th Indian Infantry Division (Greece) 10.1945 - 1946 General Officer Commanding, 19th Indian Infantry Division 1946 - 1947 General Officer Commanding, 7th Indian Infantry Division (Malaya)       took over command of the Rawalpindi District during the troublesome time of partition Settled in Natal, South Africa, where he took up farming in the Mooi River District.
* Brigadier O. de T. Lovett was commanding the 7th Indian Brigade during the AKARIT operations. It was on his skilful planning and by his Brigade that the almost inaccessible ZOUAI and FATNASSA features were stormed with complete success against determined opposition on a moonless night, and over 2000 prisoners captured there. The fighting spirit of his Brigade comes from himself and was shown in its best form by the speed, determination and fierceness of the thrust. His tactical skill in this operation could not have been surpassed and his courage and leadership were of the very highest order. Throughout, he was in the middle of the battle under intense shell, mortar and small arms fire conducting operations with his usual coolness and decision. Though wounded in three places early in the battle, one a severe wound, he refused to leave his Brigade and continued in command till the night when the battle was finished and the position secured for good. Brigadier Lovett’s conduct was an inspiration to his whole Brigade and to all from outside who chanced to be near him at any time. ** Brigadier Lovett commanded the 7th Indian Infantry Brigade in its operations in the hills North and North West of CASSINO from 10 Feb ’44 to 28 Mar ‘44. During the whole of this time the Brigade remained in the line without relief, frequently in heavy rain and snow and under intense shelling and mortaring. The Brigade carried out a major operation against the MONASTERY feature on 17/18 Feb and suffered heavy casualties. During every hour in these hills casualties were being sustained at the rate of some thirty every day and the whole area was exposed to enemy fire and under direct observation. Throughout this period of very considerable strain Brig Lovett remained calm and cheerful, visiting his troops daily and frequently going right up to forward company positions along exposed tracks, to move along which by day brought down mortar and MMG fire. These tracks were covered by enemy snipers who were extremely active during daylight. It is largely due to his inspiring leadership and personality, contempt of danger and personal example that his Brigade were able to remain in position without relief throughout this period. His responsibilities were more than ordinarily large because the sector under his command required five battalions to hold and carry out the operational role assigned to him. Owing to the great difficulty in communications it was not until Brigadier Lovett had himself visited his forward positions on 18 Feb that it was possible to obtain accurate and invaluable information of the situation after the attack on the MONASTERY. His clear appreciation of the tactical side of the operations was always of the greatest value and his services throughout the period were outstanding. It was only through his own courage and energy that tired and very depleted battalions were kept offensively minded and the influence of his actions was most clearly felt whenever things were at their worst.
Lowther, Albert William Son of A.W. Lowther, of Limerick, Eire. Married (1931) Pearl Browne, daughter of Duncan Browne, of Scaynes Hill, Sussex; one son.	05.07.1896 Pembroke district, Pembrokeshire - 02.1985 Heathfield, Uckfield district, Sussex	T/2nd Lt. 22.07.1918-21.07.1919 T/Lt. 22.07.1919-19.12.1919 2nd Lt. 20.12.1919, seniority 22.04.1919 [AI 575] Lt. 15.04.1920 Capt. 15.04.1925 Maj. 15.04.1937 A/Lt.Col. 06.12.1941-05.03.1942 T/Lt.Col. 06.03.1942-14.04.1945 Lt.Col. 15.04.1945 (retd 24.08.1947) A/Col. 29.03.1943-28.09.1943 T/Col. 29.09.1943-(01.1946) A/Brig. 29.03.1943-28.09.1943 T/Brig. 29.09.1943-(01.1946) CBE 15.11.1945 Burma DSO 01.06.1943 Burma	Education: privately.       served Great War in Mesopotamia & NW Frontier of India 20.12.1919     commissioned, Indian Army       2/1 Punjab Regiment, attached 55th Indian Infantry Brigade (DSO) 23.04.1943 - 19.01.1945 Commander, 4th Indian Infantry Brigade (Burma) (CBE)
Lubbock, Cecil Ernest Son of Daniel Lubbock (1883-), and Ellen Parsons (1883-). Married Agnes Anderson Coldham (31.03.1901 - 03.2001), daughter of William Alexander Coldham (1873-), and Annie Anderson (1872-); one daughter, one son.	22.06.1915 Norwich, Norfolk - 09.06.1980 Cheltenham district, Gloucestershire	2nd Lt. 11.04.1942 WS/Lt. 11.10.1942 local Capt. ?	11.04.1942     commissioned, Royal Indian Army Service Corps [emergency commission] 24.04.1943 - (04.1946) Aide-de-Camp to Governor Central Provinces and Berar (Sir Henry J. Twynam, KSCI, CIE)
Lucas, George Shirley Married ...; ... children (one son?).	12.07.1922 - 08.1995 Banbury district, Oxfordshire	Pte. ? [6853859] 2nd Lt. 09.07.1942 [EC 11001] WS/Lt. 09.01.1943 (reld 26.11.1945; ill-health) T/Capt. 04.1944? Hon. Capt. 26.11.1945	served in the ranks, King's Royal Rifle Corps early 1942     arrived in Bombay, India 04.1942     Officer Cadet, Officer Training School, Mhow 09.07.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] 09.1942     5th Mahratta Light Infantry (Bangalore) (1944)     17th Battalion 5th Mahratta Light Infantry (India & Burma) (09.1944 invalided out with the sprue (coeliac disease), arriving back in the UK early 1945)
Luke, William Cockburn Son of William Buckham Luke and Margaret Ker Cockburn Luke, of Kirkcaldy, Fife.	1912 Dysart district, Fife, Scotland - 05.05.1946 (KIA) [age 34] [Taukkyan War Cemetery, Myanmar, 21.J.11]	2nd Lt. 04.03.1942 [EC/9200] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 A/Capt. ?	(02.1942)     8 Platoon, "A" Company, Officer Training School, Belgaum (India) 04.03.1942     commissioned, Indian Army (Royal Indian Army Service Corps) [emergency commission]
Lumsden, Ronald Macdonald Son of William and Hilda Lumsden.	18.11.1918 Karachi, India - 27.05.1942 (KIA) [age 24] [Alamein Memorial, column 179]	2nd Lt. ?	Education: Indian Military Academy, Dehra Dun (Sword of Honour) ? - 27.05.1942 4th Battery, 2nd Field Regiment Royal Indian Artillery
Lyle, Robert Ludovic Married Monica (née ...); children.	16.06.1912 - 15.02.2007	2nd Lt. 25.05.1940 WS/Capt. 14.06.1942 T/Maj. 09.03.1943-(04.1946) Lt. 30.11.1946, seniority 01.08.1938 Capt. 30.11.1946, seniority 16.06.1943 Maj. 16.06.1948 T/Lt.Col. 05.07.1954-11.01.1956, 01.07.1956-(02.1957) Lt.Col. ?, seniority 01.07.1956 (Emp. List 1) (retd 22.07.1959) OBE ? ?	Education: Staff College (psc) 25.05.1940 commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] 30.11.1946 permanent commission, The East Surrey Regiment
Lyons, Thomas Edward	(03?).1895 Drummully (near Clones), Co. Monaghan, Ireland -	T/2nd Lt. 25.09.1918 T/Lt. 25.03.1920 (reld 04.07.1920) A/Capt. 1920? L/Cpl. ? 2nd Lt. 20.12.1940 [161160] (reld > 04.1947)	WW I     Pte. & Cpl., 11th Battalion Manchester Regiment 25.09.1918     commissioned, Royal Irish Rifles WW I     attached, Royal Fusiliers 18.011.1939 - 20.12.1940 served in the ranks, Royal Fusiliers 20.12.1940     commissioned, West Yorkshire Regiment [emergency commission] 29.12.1941     transferred, Indian Army
Lyttle, Claude Edward Wilson Son of Edward Lyttle, and of Maud Mary Lyttle, of Boscombe, Hampshire. Married Zita Duffy (her second marriage), of Durban, Natal, South Africa.	1901 ? - 13.08.1945 [age 44] [Kanchanaburi Cemetery, Thailand, 4.G.48]	Lt. & Assistant Commissary 10.05.1940 [ST/84] A?/Capt. ?	10.05.1940     commissioned, Indian Army Departments [emergency commission]       served Royal Indian Army Service Corps

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