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1939-1945

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Wade, Harry	? -	2nd Lt. 10.04.1943 [EC 8053] WS/Lt. 10.10.1943 (reld 01.12.1945) Hon. Lt. 01.12.1945	10.04.1943     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]       may have served 2nd Indian Airborne Division
Wade, Roy Hector Son (with two brothers and one sister) of Robert Marmaduke Wade (1874-1948), and Ellen Ross Nicol (1881-1976). Married 1st ((12?).1929, Bristol district, Gloucestershire) Phyllis Mabel Fry ((06?).1910 - 1940?); one son. Married 2nd ((06?).1941, Bristol district, Gloucestershire) Marie F. Kingston. Married 3rd ((03?).1948, Berwick district, Northumberland) Frances Louisa Purvis (21.06.1916 - 07.1993), daughter (with four sisters) of Francis Purvis (1880-1949), and Agnes Isabella Black (1883-1953); two daughters, one son.	15.07.1903 Plymouth, Devon - 03.1991 Gloucester district, Gloucestershire	Sub-Conductor ? A/Conductor ? Lt. (Assistant Commissary) 01.08.1942 (rled > 04.1947)	01.08.1942     commissioned, Indian Army Departments [emergency commission]
Waghorn, John Stanley Dighton Son of Sidney Stanley Waghorn, and Patricia Mary Dighton. Married ((12?).1952, Southend on Sea district, Essex) Margaret P. Moore; ... children (one daughter?).	12.03.1924 Rochford district, Essex - 02.02.2006 Southend on Sea district, Essex	Pte. ? 2nd Lt. 19.03.1944 [EC 12498] WS/Lt. 19.09.1944 (reld > 04.1947)	19.03.1944     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]       served 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles His daughter writes: "He was trained as an officer in Ireland and served until the end of the war after which he became a tea planter. He married my mother, Margaret, in 1952 and left India in 1962 when many families returned to the UK as a consequence of the threatened Chinese invasion. "
Wagstaff, Anthony Hugh	11.06.1913 - 06.1988 Fleet, Hants	2nd Lt. 02.02.1933 2nd Lt. [IA] 30.03.1934 [7 AI] Lt. 02.05.1935 A/Capt. 21.05.1940-20.08.1940 T/Capt. 21.08.1940-01.02.1941 Capt. 02.02.1941 A/Maj. 01.09.1942-30.11.1942 T/Maj. 01.12.1942-07.08.1944 WS/Maj. 08.08.1944 Maj. 01.07.1946 (retd 14.11.1948) A/Lt.Col. 08.05.1944-07.08.1944 T/Lt.Col. 08.08.1944-(01.1946) Hon. Lt.Col. 14.11.1948	02.02.1933 commissioned, Unattached List 30.03.1934 transferred to the Indian Army 1930s 18th KEO Cavalry [possibly even 18th KGO Lancers] 1939 - 1945 served World War II: 03.1940 - 06.1940 No. 12 Platoon, D Company, Officers' Training School, Belgaum 1947/48? transferred to Special List (ex-Indian Army)
Waite, John Johnston Son of John Waite, insurance superintendent, and Elizabeth Waite. Husband of Alice Margaret Waite.	1895 ? Co. Armagh - 05.06.1942 (MPK) [age 47] [Alamein Memorial, column 197]	T/2nd Lt. (prob) 18.02.1916 Lt. (prob) 21.09.1918, seniority 18.11.1917 [IA 135] Lt. 21.09.1919 Capt. 14.11.1920 Maj. 25.03.1935 (Special Unemployed List 01.04.1936)	Education: Military Training College, Cork. ? - 18.02.1916 cadet, Officer Training Corps 18.02.1916     commissioned, The Royal Irish Rifles 21.09.1918     commissioned, Indian Army [attached 59th Scinde Rilfes] ? - 05.06.1942 9th Jat Regiment
Wakefield, John Douglas	04.11.1919 ? Maidstone district, Kent ? - 06.12.2006 ? Colchester, Essex ?	2nd Lt. 27.06.1942 [7880] WS/Lt. 27.12.1942 (reld > 04.1947) Capt. 1948? 39|45 St - - Bur St - - Def M - - WM 39|45  - - EM 21.01.1949 - EM 21.01.1949 1st clasp	27.06.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Wakefield, John Howard	17.02.1914 -	2nd Lt. 01.02.1934 [IA 316, later 421872] Lt. 01.05.1936 A/Capt. 08.05.1940-07.08.1940 T/Capt. 08.08.1940-15.10.1940, 19.12.1940-09.05.1941 WS/Capt. 10.05.1941 Capt. 01.02.1942 A/Maj. 10.02.1941-09.05.1941 T/Maj. 10.05.1941-30.06.1941, 20.07.1942-16.02.1946 Maj. 17.02.1946 (retd 04.06.1948) (reverted to retd 16.04.1951) Hon. Col. 16.04.1951	01.02.1934 commissioned, Unattached List 04.05.1935 transferred to the Indian Army       served with Poona Horse and Pakistan 19th Lancers 04.06.1948 - 16.04.1951 retired, but continued to be borne on the Special List (ex-Indian Army), British Army, while employed with the Pakistan Forces
Walker, James Gerald Bromhead	11.03.1907 - 11.1991 Brighton district, Sussex	2nd Lt. 30.08.1926 ... ... T/Lt.Col. 16.06.1943-(04.1946)	30.08.1926     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 16.03.1943 - (04.1947) Assistant Quarter-Master-General (Q B), India
Walker, John Morgan Purdon	? - 1991	2nd Lt. 22.12.1940 MC 19.12.1946 gallant & distinguished services in the field (El Mechile 08.04.41) [citation available upon request]	Wine merchant with Phipson & Sons at Calcutta, India. 22.12.1940     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]       served 2nd Royal Lancers, Indian Armoured Corps (Gardner's Horse) His daughter writes: "He was an Italian POW having been caught in North Africa. Later, escaped when Italy capitulated, possibly being one of a trio with Eric Newby (his story was remarkably similar - 3 of them, IAC, broken ankle, hidden by villages, betrayed by doctor, one returned to marry a girl met there, etc), and was caught by the Germans and moved to a POW camp in Brunswick, I think."
Walker, Raymond Neville Married ...; ... children (one son?).	20.07.1913 - 05.09.1964 Puttenham, Guildford, Surrey	2nd Lt. 01.07.1933 [576 AI] Lt. 01.05.1938 A/Capt. 07.02.1941-06.05.1941 T/Capt. 07.05.1941-31.01.1944 Capt. 01.02.1944 (retd 01.10.1948) WS/Maj. 1947? T/Lt.Col. 1947? Hon. Lt.Col. 01.10.1948	01.07.1933     commissioned, 84th (East Anglian) Field Brigade, Royal Artillery - Territorial Army 01.02.1936     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 03.04.1937     commissioned, Indian Army ? - ? ?
Walker, [Sir] Walter Colyear Son of late Arthur Colyear Walker. Married (1938) Beryl (died 1990), daughter of late E.N.W. Johnston; two sons, one daughter.	11.11.1912 India - 12.08.2001 Yeovil, Somerset	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 02.02.1933 ... ... T/Lt.Col. 26.02.1945-30.09.1953 Bt. Lt.Col. 01.07.1952 ... ... Brig. 09.06.1960 Maj.Gen. 01.02.1961 Lt.Gen. ? Gen. 01.07.1970 (retd 16.05.1972) KCB 1968 ? CB 1964 ? CBE 28.04.1959 ? OBE 13.12.1949 ? DSO 17.01.1946 ? DSO 30.10.1953 ? DSO 16.02.1965 ? MID 25.10.1940 ? MID 17.12.1942 ? MID 19.07.1945 ? MID 08.04.1949 ? MID 21.10.1952 ? Dato Seri Setia, Order of Paduka Stia Negara, Brunei, 1964; Hon. Panglima Mangku Negara, Malaysia, 1965.	Education: Blundell's; Royal Military College, Sandhurst; psc; sd (1942); jssc (1950); idc (1960) 02.02.1933 commissioned, Unattached List for the Indian Army 06.03.1934 commissioned, Indian Army 11.09.1937 - 26.05.1940 Adjutant, ... (1939-1941 Waziristan (despatches twice)) 27.05.1940 - 30.07.1941 Staff Captain, Razmak Brigade 21.02.1942 - 13.04.1942 Adjutant, ... 14.04.1942 - 23.04.1942 GSO3 (Ops), HQ 1st Burma Corps 06.07.1942 - 26.12.1943 Instructor (GSO2), Staff College, Quetta 04.1944 - fall 1944 Second-in-Command, 4/8 Gurkhas fall 1944 - 1945 Commanding Officer, 4/8 Gurkhas 27.07.1945 - 28.02.1946 General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), Indian Division 1949 - 1959 Malaya (despatches twice, OBE, Bar to DSO, CBE) [Atomic Trials, Maralinga, SA, 1956] 01.02.1961 - 31.01.1964 General Officer Commanding, ... Infantry Division 01.02.1964 - 03.03.1965 Director of Operations, Borneo (CB, Bar to DSO) 18.09.1965 - (02.1967) Deputy Chief of Staff, HQ AFCENT (Acting Chief of Staff, 1966-1967) 1967 - 1969 GOC-in-C, Northern Command 1969 - 1972 Commander-in-Chief, Allied Forces Northern Europe Colonel, 7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles, 11.09.1964-1975.  Published: The Bear at the Back Door (1978); The Next Domino (1980); Fighting On (1997; autobiography)
Wallace, Frederick Ingram Son (with one sister and two brothers) of Jeremiah Thomas Wallace (1868-1945), and Elizabeth Taylor (1883-1962).	02.09.1907 Dublin South district, Ireland - 07.09.1960 Spalding district, Lincolnshire	2nd Lt. 01.09.1927 [IA 781] Lt. 01.12.1929 Capt. 01.09.1936 A/Maj. 06.09.1939-05.12.1939 Maj. 01.09.1944 (retd 11.12.1948) A/Lt.Col. 22.05.1944-08.07.1944 T/Lt.Col. 1946? Hon. Lt.Col. 11.12.1948 2nd Lt. 27.06.1952 [38539] Capt. 27.06.1952 (reld 01.12.1954) DSO 06.06.1946 Burma [citation available upon request] MID 27.09.1945 Burma - Ntce 1938 name brought to notice for service in Waziristan, NW Frontier of India 11.36-01.37	Education: Royal Military College, Sandhurst (1926-1927). 01.09.1927     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 31.12.1928     commissioned, Indian Army (17th Dogra Regiment) 26.08.1937 - 05.09.1939 Instructor, Royal Military College, Sandhurst (1945/46)     1st Battalion 17th Dogra Regiment 27.06.1952 - 01.12.1954 General List - Territorial Army
Walters, Clarence Lane Married ((03?).1913, Exeter district, Devon) Irene Saltmarsh.	(06?).1893 Woolwich district, Greater London - (12?).1952 Sidcup district, Kent	Assistant Commissary (with rank of Lt.) 29.05.1940 [OS 104] WS/Capt. 20.07.1942 T/Maj. 20.07.1942-(04.1946) MBE 13.06.1946 HM's birthday 46	29.05.1940     commissioned, Indian Army Departments [emergency commission]       served Indian Army Ordnance Corps 1944? - 1946? Officer Commanding, Dehu Ordnance Depot
Walton, William Married (02.06.1926, Manchester) Edna Constance Rush (23.11.1900 - 22.12.1984); one son, one daughter.	24.08.1893 Aston, Birmingham - 09.10.1963 Hanwell, Ealing district, Middlesex	Capt. 24.01.1928, seniority 03.03.1926 Maj. 08.08.1942	AMIMechE. 24.01.1928     commissioned, Army in India Reserve of Officers 20.01.1936 - 31.05.1936 called to Army Service with Indian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 12.11.1939 - 1945? called to Army Service with Indian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Warburton, Arthur Son of George Charles Warburton (1880-1946), and Florence Margaret Hopkinson (1881-1957). Married (30.04.1955, Oporto, Portugal)Margarita Grace McKay (14.12.1931 - 25.03.2011), daughter of William Fulton McKay (1903-1967), and Janet Girvan Milroy Fisher (1903-1992); two daughters, one son.	19.11.1913 Bolton district, Lancashire - 22.04.2001 Ulverston district, Lancashire	2nd Lt. 03.06.1943 WS/Lt. 03.12.1943	Won several cups for his cycling skills.. 03.06.1943     commissioned, 14th Punjab Regiment - Indian Army [emergency commission] Cotton spinner, later cotton mill manager in Nyassaland (Malawi), Ethiopia, Brazil and elsewhere.
Ward, George Frederick Son of Thomas Ward (born 1854), draper manager, then publican, and Elizabeth Ward (born 1870).	09.08.1892 Birmingham, Warwickshire -	Tpr. 01.12.1914 L/Cpl. 05.02.1916 Cpl. 10.11.1916 2nd Lt. 01.08.1917 Lt. 01.02.1919 (reld 01.04.1920) A/L/Bdr. 01.12.1939 [1523186] L/Sgt. 12.04.1940 2nd Lt. 29.09.1940 [149794] WS/Lt. 28.09.1940 A/Capt. 06.1942-... WS/Capt. 30.09.1942 (reld 1947) A/Maj. ...-29.09.1942 T/Maj. 30.09.1942-20.09.1943 MID 30.05.1918 ? 14|15 St - - VM - -	Education: School Belle Vue, Bradford. Worked as a rancher in Australia, then served with the Queensland Mounted Police till 1914. Class 1 National Reservist, Royal Canadian Dragoons  (before 11 Aug 1914, 11526) 01.12.1914 - 1917? enlisted service, "B" Squadron, King Edward’s Horse, The King’s Overseas Dominions Regiment (France from 21.04.1915; UK leave 18-24.12.1915) 05.02.1917 - 31.07.1917 Cadet School 01.08.1917     commissioned, Royal Warwickshire Regiment - Supplementary Reserve Conservative party agent Manchester Junior movement, 1928. Secretary and agent of Morecambe and Lonsdale Conservative Association, 1935-1939. 11.11.1939 - 1940 enlisted service, 143rd (Counter-Defence & Anti-Aircraft) Battery, Royal Artillery - Territorial Army (Aintree) 1940 - 28.09.1940 163rd Officer Cadet Training Unit (Shorncliffe) 28.09.1940     commissioned, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment [emergency commission] 04.10.1940 - 02.04.1941 1/7th Battalion The Royal Warwickshire Regiment 03.04.1941  - 18.11.1941   70th Battalion The Royal Warwickshire Regiment 19.11.1941     detached, Royal Indian Army Service Corps 29.12.1941 transferred, Indian Army (embarked for India from Glasgow 07.01.1942) (08.1944) serving at Simla 01.07.1946 - (10.1946) Motor Transport Officer, Junior Leaders Wing, Infantry School (India)
Ward, Peter John Son of Kenneth Edward Ward, tea planter, and Bridget Elizabeth ... Married (04.08.1952, Sacred Heart Church, Cala, Kalanga, Cape Province, South Africa) Sidney Agnes Wolff (1927? - ), daughter of Mr & Mrs S. Wolff, of Ulin; ... children.	18.12.1923 Calcutta, West Bengal, India - 1994	2nd Lt. 15.11.1942 WS/Lt. 15.05.1943 (reld > 04.1947)	15.11.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] A granddaughter writes: "I believe he served in the Burma police. He was he was in the British South African Police and was stationed at Marandellas. He saw service with a Gurkha Regiment, the King George V Rifles. He was also apparently in the Burma campaign and was parachuted behind enemy lines to carry out intelligence work. He was the Aide-de-Camp to the Governor of Malaya Sir Edward Gent."
Wardroper, John Michael Son (with one brother and one sister) of Arthur Kingsley Wardroper (1884-1947), and Mary Reah (1886-1938). Married 1st ((12?).1951, Newcastle upon Tyne district, Northumberland) Elizabeth Muriel Yvonne Heads (21.02.1922 - 21.08.2001), daughter (with one brother) of John Ernest Blocklock Heads (1888-1930), and Muriel Riddle (1892-1972); one son. Married 2nd ((09?).1972, Swindon district, Wiltshire) Gillian Whitaker ((06?).1946 - ), daughter (with eight brothers and six sisters) of William Herbent Whitaker (1908-1965), and Phyllin Mayjane Smith (1912-2008); three sons, one daughter.	18.03.1920 Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland - 26.09.1979 Scarborough district, North Yorkshire	Cpl ? 2nd Lt. 22.11.1942 (reld > 04.1947) A/Capt.? / T/Capt. ? ?	22.11.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Waris Ali	05.05.1920 - 05.1983	Additional Lans Daffadar 03.1941 [1330 ?] Jemadar 04.1941 2nd Lt. 26.11.1942 WS/Lt. 26.11.1942 Capt. PA 26.11.1947 [PA 905] A/Maj. PA 11.01.1949 T/Maj. PA 11.04.1949 A/Lt.Col. PA 06.09.1952-11.11.1952 (retd 1961) 39|45 St 19.09.1949 - Afr St 19.09.1949 - Bur St 11.04.1947 - Def M 19.09.1949 - WM 39|45 19.09.1949 - Cor M 1953 -	05.05.1939 - 22.05.1941 served in the ranks for 2 years, 18 days (half to count for pension): 06.1939 - 04.1941 Y Cadet (training program like University Training Corps, open to privileged Indians, normally sons of Indian Officers who had distinguished themselves) 23.05.1941 - 25.11.1942 served as Viceroy's Commissioned Officer for 1 year, 187 days (full to count for pension; total previous service for increment of pay 2 years, 196 days): 04.1941 - 04.1942 Jemadar, Royal Indian Army Service Corps 04.1942 - 11.1942 Officer Training School, Ahmed Nagar, India 26.11.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] 03.1943 - 06.1944 Squadron Officer, Poona Horse (17th Queen Victoria's Own Cavalry) 07.1944 - 08.1945 Squadron Officer, 8th King George V's Own Light Cavalry (Iraq) 08.1945 - 09.1947 Squadron Commander, 8th King George V's Own Light Cavalry (Iraq, then Burma) [commanded a Squadron of the 7th Light Cavalry in Burma] 10.1947     transferred, Pakistan Army 10.1947 - 03.1950 Squadron Commander, 6th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers ... - ... ...
Warren, John Lewis Son (with two brothers and one sister) of Patrick James Warren (1890-), and Mae Irene Lewis (1896-). Married Helena Overtoom; three children.	03.05.1921 Dublin, Ireland - 02.10.1957 The Netherlands	Pte. ? 17.12.1935 [3385734] 2nd Lt. 02.08.1941 [EC 4601] (reld > 04.1947) T/Capt. (1945) MBE 01.01.1946 New Year 46	17.12.1935     enlisted, East Lancashire Regiment       170th Officer Cadet Training Unit 02.08.1941     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]       MG Company Commander, 6th Rajputana Rifles (North Africa; wounded [hospital Cape Bon, Tunisia])
Waters, Michael Edward Married Hilda Grace Rossiter (10.11.1904 - ).	14.11.1903 Dublin South district, Ireland - (06?).1968 Coventry district, Warwickshire	Lt. (Assistant Commissary) 13.11.1941 WS/Capt. 1947? Capt. 01.01.1949 [405562] Hon. Maj. 01.01.1949 Lt. 29.04.1952, seniority 10.01.1945 Capt. 29.04.1952, seniority 11.01.1951 Maj. 11.01.1958	1920     left Ireland & joined Queens Bays 13.11.1941     commissioned, Indian Army Departments [emergency commission] 1947?     Special List (ex-Indian Army) 01.01.1949 - 28.04.1952 Royal Army Ordnance Corps - Regular Army Reserve of Officers 29.04.1952 - 28.04.1958 short service commission, Royal Army Ordnance Corps - Regular Army 29.04.1958 - 14.11.1958 Regular Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]
Waterston, James David Chandler Married ((03?).1947, Surrey South Western district, Surrey) Delia Mary K. Vaughan-Edwards (née Evans) (19.03.1916 - 10.2000).	20.03.1921 - (03?).1971 Hastings district, Sussex	Cpl. ? 2nd Lt. 10.06.1941 A/Lt. 01.09.1942-28.09.1942 WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 A/Capt. 01.10.1942-31.12.1942 T/Capt. 01.01.1943-(08.1947)	10.06.1941     commissioned, Royal Indian Army Service Corps - Indian Army [emergency commission]
Watford, Ronald Harrison Married ((06?).1928, Hailsham district, Sussex) Doris M. Atkins; ... children (one son?).	25.09.1901 - 08.1989 Bath district, Somerset	RQMS ? [1857330] Lt. QM 20.09.1940 Capt. QM ? 1941 ? 39|45 St - - Afr St - - Def M - - WM 39|45  - - LSGCM - - Ind Indep M - -	served in the ranks, Royal Corps of Signals 20.09.1940     commissioned, "Special List" of Quarter-Masters of the Royal Corps of Signals - Indian Army [emergency commission]
Watson, Reginald Frank William Son of Frank Harry Watson, and Mary Waner Mesny. Married (1948) Helen Patricia Helmore; two sons, one daughter.	11.11.1921 - 21.12.1989 Sydney, NSW, Australia	2nd Lt. 05.03.1942 [EC 5689] WS/Lt. 10.06.1942 A/Capt. 10.03.1942-16.07.1942 T/Capt. 10.06.1942-19.01.1944 WS/Capt. 20.01.1944 A/Maj. 20.10.1943-19.01.1944 T/Maj. 20.01.1944-(10.1945) AO 1985 ? CMG 1977 ? MID 27.09.1945 Burma MID 19.09.1946 Burma	Education: various schools and colleges in China. 05.03.1942     commissioned, 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles - Indian Army [emergency commission]       served in India, Burma and China (despatches twice), and Adviser to British Military Mission to China Chairman: State Bank of New South Wales, since 1986; Samuelson Group Pty Ltd (Australia), since 1986; Own retail co., Sydney, 1946-48 ; Gilbert Lodge & Co., Sydney, 1948-52; Admin. Officer, Aust. Defence Department, Melbourne, 1952-54; Godfrey Phillips Ltd, Sydney, 1954-56; Rothmans of Pall Mall, Australia, 1956-76 (Managing Director, 1968; Chief Executive, 1975); Managing Director, Dri-Clad Industries, Australia, 1977-78; marketing and industrial relations consultant, 1978-82. Part-time appointments to state government and federal government boards and authorities, 1972-83 (Chairman, NSW Overseas Trade Authority, 1978-83); Agent-Gen. for NSW in London, 1983-86. Trustee, Aust. Cancer Foundation for Medical Research, 1986-; Chairman, Aust. Museum Foundation, 1988-. Co-Founder, Variety Club of Australia, 1974. Freeman, City of London, 1983.
Watts, Hector Residence: (1970s) Reigate, Surrey.	? -	Cpl. ? 2nd Lt. 11.01.1944 [EC 11863] WS/Lt. 11.07.1944 WS/Lt. 01.09.1945, seniority 11.07.1944 [355220] A?/Capt. | T?/Capt. 1946? 39|45 St - - Bur St - - Def M - -	11.01.1944     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] 01.09.1945     transferred, Intelligence Corps
Waugh, Douglas George Son of Charles Robert Waugh, and Irene Winifred Viney. Married Nellie Sanders; one daughter.	23.04.1907 Mhow, Bengal, India - 1948 Nigeria (heart attack after playing polo)	Pte. ? 2nd Lt. 04.04.1943 [EC 11517] WS/Lt. 04.10.1943 (reld > 04.1946, < 04.1947) T/Maj. (1945) T/Lt.Col. (1946) A/Col. ? ? 39|45 St - - Bur St - - Def M - - WM 39|45  - - MID 27.09.1945 Burma MID 09.05.1946 Burma	attended Lawrence Royal Military School  at Sanawar in the Simla Hills in India 04.04.1943     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]       served Indian (Auxiliary) Pioneer Corps District Officer, Nigeria.
Webb, Reginald Lacey Holden Married ((12?).1946, Solihull district, Warwickshire) Anne Blakeway (09.11.1924 - 09.2005); one son, one daughter.	28.04.1916 India - (09?).1979 Salisbury district, Wiltshire	2nd Lt. 09.08.1941 T/Lt. 10.11.1942-30.11.1943 A/Capt. 01.09.1943-30.11.1943 T/Capt. 01.12.1943-09.02.1945 WS/Capt. 10.02.1945 A/Maj. 26.07.1944-06.09.1944, 25.12.1944-09.02.1945 T/Maj. 10.02.1945-13.02.1945, 16.03.1945-27.04.1952 Lt. 07.09.1946, seniority 03.03.1941 [200864] Capt. 07.09.1946, seniority 01.07.1946 Maj. 28.04.1952 Lt.Col. 17.06.1959 (retd 10.04.1961) MID 01.05.1953 ?	served in the ranks for 1 year, 291 days 09.08.1941     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission to 06.09.1946] 04.12.1943 - (04.1946) Instructor (Class B), Infantry Schools, India 07.09.1946     commissioned, The Hampshire Regiment [permanent commission] 21.08.1948     transferred, 10th (Princess Mary's Own) Gurkha Rifles
Webster, Thomas Alexander	? -	2nd Lt. 25.01.1944 [EC 11967] WS/Lt. 25.01.1944 (reld > 04.1947)	25.01.1944     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Weld, Denis John Patrick Married 1st ((09?).1940, Basford district, Nottinghamshire) Joan Ashford. Married 2nd (1946/47?) Rachel Evans, QAIMNS(R), daughter of Mr & Mrs A.G. Evans, of Llanelly, ... children (one son, one daughter?).	01.04.1907 Naas district, Ireland - (12?).1977 Oundle district, Huntingdonshire	2nd Lt. 29.01.1927 Lt. 29.01.1930 21.11.1935, seniority 29.04.1929 [IA 508] Capt. 29.01.1936 A/Maj. 02.1943 Maj. 29.01.1944 (retd 30.06.1948) A/Lt.Col. 21.10.1943-20.01.1944 T/Lt.Col. 21.01.1944-(01.1946) Hon. Lt.Col. 30.06.1948 Maj. 01.01.1949 [37303] IndGSM - & clasps NW Frontier 36-37 & NW Frontier 37-39 39|45 St - - Bur St - - Def M - - WM 39|45  - -	Education: Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Passed the following courses: Army veterinary School Certificate, passed the Supply Course at the RIASC School, passed the Animal Transport Course at the RIASC School, Short Motor Transport Course, Chaklala. 29.01.1927     commissioned, The Cheshire Regiment 21.11.1935     transferred, Indian Army 11.1935     1/1 Punjab Regiment) 30.08.1938     28th Motor Transport Company, Royal Indian Army Service Corps (1946)     Officer Commanding, 3rd IRB Petrol-Oil-Lubricants Depot, Panagar 01.01.1949 - 24.10.1962 Royal Army Service Corps - Regular Army Reserve of Officers [exceeded age limit]
West, Jesse Kenneth	? -	L/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]
West, Laurence Joseph Vincent "Laurie" Son (with three brothers and one sister) of Francis West (1872-1949), and Florence Geraldine Graham Meik (1883-1951). Married (02.04.1941, India) Daphn Ellen Williams (26.08.1916 - 06.01.1997), daughter (with three brother) of Arthur Andrew Williams (1884-1949), and Kathleen Alexina Murray (1886-); one daughter, four sons.	26.08.1914 Darjeeling, West Bengal, India - 30.08.2012 Royal Brisbane Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	2nd Lt. 29.03.1941 [EC 2356] WS/Lt. 29.09.1942 A?/Capt. ? OBE 13.06.1957 Commanding Officer, Selangor Home Guard, Federation of Malaya	Education: St Joseph's College, North Point, Darjeeling, 1925-1932. Joined Burmah Oil Company. 29.03.1941     commissioned, 2nd Battalion 9th Gurkha Rifles - Indian Army [emergency commission] 1942 - 02.09.1945 captured at Sinapore; POW in Japanese captivity (Changi Camp; Birma/Thai-railway) Went on to serve in Malaya as Lieutenant-Colonel and was awarded the AMN. Published: From Darjeeling to Down Under : a journey through the years to the end of an era (2004).
Westcott, Frank Percy	? -	2nd Lt. 02.04.1942 ... ...	(02.1942)     "A" Company, Officer Training School, Belgaum (India) 02.04.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Weston, Gerald Norman	? -	Wt.Offr. I ? 2nd Lt. 06.02.1944 [EC 12417] WS/Lt. 06.02.1944 (reld > 04.1947)	06.02.1944     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Wheeler, George Oliver	? -	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]
White, Benjamin Newport Son of Harry Vere White, and Katie McLeod Munro. Cousin of Maj. Newport de Vere White, Indian Army. Married (21.12.1946, Manchester district, Lancashire) Audrey Brown; one son, two daughters.	14.12.1918 Manchester, Lancashire - 07.09.2014	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 05.04.1941 [180694] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 (reld > 12.1946, < 04.1947)	05.04.1941     commissioned, The Manchester Regiment [emergency commission] 29.12.1941     transferred, Indian Army 15.10.1945     transferred, The Manchester Regiment His daughter writes: "He was Transport officer, 9th Indian Light Field Ambulance."
White, Martin William Helenns	30.09.1908 - 02.1992 still alive	2nd Lt. 30.08.1928 Lt. 30.11.1930 Capt. 30.08.1937 A/Maj. 03.09.1939-02.12.1939 T/Maj. 03.12.1939-19.12.1939, 20.01.194015.01.1943, 28.01.1943-29.08.1945 Maj. 30.08.1945 A/Lt.Col. 1944? MBE 04.06.1934 HM's birthday 34	30.08.1928     commissoined, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 10.10.1929     commissioned, Indian Army 23.02.1942 - ? Burma Frontier Force 04.1939 - ? Commanding Officer, Chitral Scouts (1944?) - (1947?) Commanding Officer, 2nd Battalion 9th Gurkha Rifles
White, Newport de Vere later listed under last name: De Vere White, N. Son (with one brother and one half-brother) of Hill Wilson De Vere White (1891-1952), and Lucy White (1876-1951). Cousin of Lt. Benjamin Newport White, Indian Army. Married ((09?).1958, Westminster district, London)  Margaret Ruth Kitton, youngest daughter of Lt.Col. and Mrs L.H. Kitton. Residence: (1958) Dugort, Achill Island.	18.01.1916 Thurles district, Ireland - 1976 Ireland	2nd Lt. 05.05.1941 [EC 12??] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 Lt. 22.02.1947, seniority 03.03.1941 [375260] Capt. 22.02.1947, seniority 01.07.1946 Maj. 18.01.1952 (retd 28.08.1958)	05.05.1941     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission to 21.02.1947] 1942? - 1945? in Japanese captivity  22.02.1947 - 28.08.1958 Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [permanent commission] (served in Cyprus at one point) 28.08.1958 - 18.01.1966 Regular Army Reserve of Officers
White, Vincent Gordon Lindsay	? -	Pte. ? 2nd Lt. 22.08.1943 WS/Lt. 22.05.1944	? - 22.08.1943 'A' Company, 4 Wing, Officers' Training School, Mhow 22.08.1943     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Whitewright, Edmund Ireland Son of Chief Engineer Edmund Ireland Whitewright, MN.	24.01.1925 Cathcart district, Glasgow, Scotland - 02.06.2006 Hospice of St Francis, Berkhamsted	Gnr. 15.03.1943 2nd Lt. 21.07.1944 WS/Lt. 21.01.1945 (reld 01?.1948) A/Capt. 14.03.1945-14.06.1945 T/Capt. 15.06.1945-01.04.1946, 01.05.1946-.........1948	Education: High School of Glasgow (1939-1943). 15.03.1943 - 1944 served in the ranks, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 1944 - 20.07.1944 161st (RMC) Officer Cadet Training Unit 21.07.1944     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] 20.08.1944 - 22.09.1944 passage from UK to Bombay, India 30.09.1944 - 26.01.1945 9th Gurkha Rifles (Dehra Dun) 26.01.1945 - 31.03.1946 2nd Battalion 9th Gurkha Rifles (39th Indian Training Division) (from 14.03.1945 as Quartermaster) 01.04.1946 - 16.11.1946 9th Gurkha Rifles (Pre-release Training/Demobilisation Wing) 22.11.1946 - 12.1947 2nd Battalion 9th Gurkha Rifles (Wana, NW Frontier, from 27.04.1947 Lahore/Ambala) (as Adjutant) 12.1947 - 01?.1948 passage to UK for demobilisation
Whittaker, Robert Allon Married (Poona, India) Edna Jane Wood; ... children (two sons?).	? - 1950s ?	L/Cpl. ? 2nd Lt. 10.06.1942 [EC 6545] (reld 13.06.1946) A/Capt. 30.06.1942-(04.1944) Hon Capt. 13.06.1946	Punjab Regiment 10.06.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] ? - (04.1944) a Staff Captain at the Directorate of Movements, Quartermaster-General's Branch, India HQ Staff Emigrated to South Africa.
Wiggett, Kenneth Frank Son of Howard Frank Wiggett, and Alice Constance Hawthorne.	(12?).1908 Redditch, Bromsgrove district, Worcestershire - 1998	RQMS ? Lt. 01.01.1944 (reld > 12.1946, < 04.1947)	served in the ranks, The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 01.01.1944     commissioned, "Special List" of Quartermasters of the Indian Army [emergency commission] A grandchild writes: "My grandfather was in the DCLI in India as RQMS. He went to India in around 1935. At one stage he was at Fort St Angelo, Cannanore. He transferred to Indian Army taking a commission, and I believe he finished as Captain in 1946/7."
Wilcox, Berkley George Son of Neville Cecil Wilson Wilcox (1876-), and Jessica Josephine Downing (1901-1979). Married Patricia Jackson (07.02.1929 - 06.04.2010); two sons.	27.06.1920 Kurseong, India - 03.04.1980 Auckland, New Zealand	2nd Lt. 01.11.1941 [EC 4516] WS/Lt. 27.06.1942 (reld 21.10.1946) Lt. 21.10.1946, seniority 27.06.1942 [375977] Capt. 29.12.1947 (reld 01.07.1950) Hon. Capt. 01.07.1950	previous service for increment of pay 1 year 219 days 01.11.1941     commissioned, Kumaon Regiment Regiment - Indian Army [emergency commission] 21.10.1946     commissioned, Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment [short service commission]
Wiles, Basil Son of Charles Timothy Wiles, and Mary Turner Jeffery, Married 1st (1931, Northamptonshire) Noreen Amy Norris (20.01.1911 - 2002), daughter of Rowland Stephen Laver Norris (1874-1955), and Eleanor Gertrude Clayton; one son. Married 2nd Gladys Margaret ... (died 10.12.1995, aged 87).	20.10.1900 Northampton, Northamptonshire - 11.02.1964 Napier, New Zealand [Wharerangi Cemetery, section 15, plot 3]	2nd Lt. 07.11.1928 Lt. 07.02.1931 Capt. 07.11.1939	07.11.1928     commissioned, Army in India Reserve of Officers (1939)     Movement (R.T.) Staff & M.F.O. School teacher.
Wilkinson, Thomas Alec	? -	BQMS ? 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]
Wilks, Michael Goodwin Married Barbara Donovan.	14.11.1923 - 07.03.2007	2nd Lt. 16.01.1944 WS/Lt. 16.07.1944 ... ... Maj. 03.12.1957, seniority 14.11.1957 (retd 12.06.1978)	16.01.1944 commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] late 14th Punjab Regiment, RASC & RAOC
Willcocks, Roger Malcolm Durant Married; four daughters.	26.06.1912 - 23.07.1962 New Zealand	2nd Lt. 01.09.1932 [AI 143] Lt. 01.12.1934 A/Capt. 03.09.1939-02.12.1939 T/Capt. 03.12.1939-01.02.1940, 21.04.1940-13.07.1940 Capt. 01.09.1940 A/Maj. 01.09.1941-(01.1946) Maj. 01.07.1946 (retd 30.08.1948) T/Lt.Col. ? Hon. Lt.Col. 30.08.1948 Maj. RARO 01.01.1949 [56761] (reld 07.09.1951; on appointment to the New Zealand Military Forces)	01.09.1932     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 05.11.1933     commissioned, Indian Army       Royal Garwhal Rifles 01.01.1949 - 07.09.1951 Devonshire Regiment - Regular Army Reserve of Officers
Williams, Brian Herbert Married; one son, three daughters.	07.12.1920 - 26.04.1993 Boughton, Chester and Ellesmere Port district, Cheshire	Bdr. ? 2nd Lt. 10.07.1941 WS/Lt. 01.03.1942 A/Capt. 01.12.1941-28.02.1942 T/Capt. 01.03.1942-31.03.1942, 01.07.1942-14.04.1943 WS/Capt. 15.04.1943 A/Maj. ...-14.04.1943 T/Maj. 15.04.1943-02.09.1943, 24.10.1943-(10.1945) 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; War Medal 1939-45, M.I.D. oak leaf; India Service Medal 1939-45; Efficiency Decoration, E.II.R., Territorial, reverse officially dated, ‘1959’	Education: Uppingham School (1934-1938); Corpus Christi College, Cambridge (BA 1948). In 1939 he was an undergraduate at university and his father, Owen Williams, was a Professor of Surgery at Liverpool University. 10.07.1941     commissioned, 11th Sikh Regiment - Indian Army [emergency commission] 23.03.1942 - 02.05.1942 Officers' Light Anti-Aircraft course serial No. 18, Anti-Aircraft School He transferred to the Royal Artillery (Territorial Army) as an Acting Captain in May 1947 (seniority December 1943). Promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in November 1959 and Brevet Colonel in November 1962. Barrister-at-law (admitted to the Bar, 1949). Stockbroker; partner Henry Cooke and Son since 1959.
Williams, David Montague	08.02.1895 - 06.1961	2nd Lt. SRO 09.12.1915 [13207] Lt. 09.09.1917 09.01.1918, seniority 09.09.1917 [IA 669] Capt. 26.08.1920 Maj. 26.08.1934 A/Lt.Col. 03.04.1941-02.07.1941 T/Lt.Col. 03.07.1941-25.08.1942 Lt.Col. 26.08.1942 (retd 05.05.1948) Hon. Col. 05.05.1948	? - 08.12.1915 served in the ranks, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, mobilized Territorial Force, for 1 year, 126 days 09.12.1915 - 08.01.1918 mobilized, Special Reserve of Officers for 2 years, 31 days 09.09.1917     commissioned, Army 09.01.1918     commissioned, Indian Army WW II     served Royal Indian Army Service Corps Emigrated to Australia, 1948.
Williams, John Keble Son of the Rev. Canon Robert Keble Williams, BA (1885-), and Grace Winifred Trew (1890-), of Llanrhian Vicarage, Pembrokeshire.	(09?).1922 Llanrhian, Haverfordwest district, Pembrokeshire - 11.07.1942 [age 20] [Delhi War Cemetery, India, 1.B.9]	A/L/Sgt. ? 2nd Lt. 09.07.1942	09.07.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] ? - 11.07.1942 10th Battalion 17th Dogra Regiment
Williams, Patrick Robert Married (09.1926, Kingston district, Middlesex / Surrey) Edith G.L. Sykes.	10.09.1902 East Stonehouse district, Devon - 16.12.1941 [Singapore Memorial, column 241] [memorial window at West Hill Church, Devon]	2nd Lt. 31.08.1922 [418] Lt. 31.08.1924 21.01.1936, seniority 30.11.1924 Capt. 21.01.1936, seniority 31.08.1931 Maj. 31.08.1939	Education: Staff College (psc). 31.08.1922     commissioned, The Lancashire Fusiliers 24.04.1930 - 21.02.1932 Station Staff Officer, ... (India) 15.02.1933 - (06.1933) Adjutant, Depot The Lancashire Fusiliers (Bury) 21.01.1936 commissioned, Indian Army 01.08.1939 - (04.)1941 Staff Captain, ... 1941 - 16.12.1941 14th Punjab Regiment
Williams, Sterling John de Courcy	? -	L/Cpl. ? 2nd Lt. 22.08.1943 WS/Lt. 22.02.1944 T/Capt. 12.09.1944-(04.1946)	? - 22.08.1943 'A' Company, 4 Wing, Officers' Training School, Mhow 22.08.1943     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Williams, Vincent Charles Son of Thomas Cameron Williams (1887-1968), and Ellen Maud Mary Colwell (1889-1968). Married Winifred Frances Waite (21.12.1914 - 24.08.1994), daughter of Bertie Waite, and Lilian Elsmere; one daughter.	14.02.1913 India - 08.1990 Bala, De Meirionnydd district, Gwynedd, Wales	Cpl. ? 2nd Lt. 01.10.1944 [EC 15162] WS/Lt. 1945?, seniority 01.10.1944 (reld > 12.1946, < 04.1947)	previous service (with Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers) for increment of pay 2 years, 145 days 01.10.1944     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]       served Indian Army Ordnance Corps (Administrative Staff)
Willis, Andre Graham Romain Son (with one brother) of Harry Graham Willis (1875-1943), and Alice Berthe Willis (1886-1969). Married (29.09.1945, Surrey North Eastern district) Jasmine Maclelland Trevor "Babs" Lloyd (06.06.1921 - 30.06.2014), daughter (with one brother) of Reginald Trevor Lloyd (1896-1970), and Winifred Lloyd (1895-1972); four children.	24.04.1916 Livingstone, Northern Rhodesia - 05.12.1998 St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands	2nd Lt. 22.12.1940 [EC 1357] WS/Lt. 22.06.1942 A/Capt. ...-18.07.1942 T/Capt. 19.07.1942-(08.1947)	22.12.1940     commissioned, Sikh Regiment - Indian Army [emergency commission]
Willis, Horace George	22.06.1911 - 27.11.1984 Boston, Lincolnshire	S/Sgt. ? 2nd Lt. 28.05.1942 WS/Capt. 10.06.1943 T/Maj. 10.06.1943-(04.1946)	28.05.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]       probably with 19th Hyderabad Regiment
Willoughby-Crisp, Colin Archibald Charles Digby Son (with two brothers) of Frank Archibald Willoughby Crisp (1881-1927), and Juliette Augustine Feuillette (1892-). Married (11.03.1943, Dehra Dunn, India) Patricia Maud Antoinette Nailer (08.11.1908 - 08.04.1993), daughter (with one brother and five sisters) of William Jesse Fitzroy Nailer (1881-1968), and Edith Webber Gordon (1882-1949); two daughters, one son.	20.03.1922 Khanagoda, Bombay, India - 09.10.1992 Ripon, Claro district, North Yorkshire	Cpl. ? 2nd Lt. 05.05.1942 [EC 5116] WS/Lt. 05.11.1942 (reld 16.12.1946) T/Capt. 1946? Hon. Capt. 16.12.1946	previous service for increment of pay 1 year, 123 days 05.05.1942     commissioned, 7th Rajput Regiment - Indian Army [emergency commission]
Wills, Kenneth Charles Austen Son (with three brothers) of Barnard Noel Wills (1892-1979), and Nancy Kate Austen (1891-1966). Married ((06?).1953, Wells district, Somerset) Rosette A.H. Courthope.	02.01.1921 Acton, Brentford district, Middlesex - 12.12.1995 Yeovil district, Somerset	Gnr. ? 2nd Lt. 17.08.1941 WS/Lt. 07.04.1942 T/Capt. 07.04.1942-(04.1946)	17.08.1941     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Willson, Charles Boswell Son of James Willson, MA, TCP, ICS, of Ballisnasloe, Ireland.	1891? - 04.04.1953 The Mount Kenya Hospital, Nyeri	2nd Lt. 27.11.1914 Lt. ? 24.07.1917, seniority 27.11.195 A/Capt. 04.04.1918-... Capt. 27.11.1918 (reld 01.05.1922) 2nd Lt. 10.08.1940 [EC 400] WS/Lt. 07.11.1942 (reld 09.05.1945; ill-health) T/Capt. 07.11.1942-(07.1944) Hon. Capt. 09.05.1945	27.11.1914 - 01.05.1922 commissioned, Indian Army Reserve of Officers (from 04.04.1918 to .... serving with Army Service Corps) 10.08.1940 - 09.05.1945 commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] Tea planter.
Wilmshurst, Frank Son of ... Wilmshurst, and ... Ashbourn. Married; ... children (one son?).	09.03.1917 Hampstead, London - 07.02.1996 Poole, Dorset	2nd Lt. 19.03.1944 WS/Lt. 19.09.1944 (reld > 04.1946, < 04.1947) T/Capt. ? Hon. Capt. > 04.1946, < 04.1947	19.03.1944 commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] No. 1027 Indian Platoon Royal Indian Army Service Corps (Administrative Division), South East Asia Command (Burma)
Wilson, Frank Arthur Henry	? -	Sgt. ? 2nd Lt. 16.01.1944 [EC 11999] WS/Lt. 09.02.1944 (cashiered by sentence of a General Court Martial 30.07.1946; notification cancelled 23.04.1948)	? - 16.01.1944 Officer Training School, Bangalore 16.01.1944 commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]       served in the 6th Rajputana Rifles Post-war a sales representative & schoolteacher in Norfolk.
Wilson, John Adam	? New Zealand -	2nd Lt. 05.07.1941 [EC 2893] WS/Lt. ? (reld 17.02.1946) T/Capt. ? Hon. Capt. 17.02.1946	Officer Training School, Belgaum (India) 05.07.1941     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Wilson, John Wrigley "Jack" Son (with two brothers) of James Bromley Wilson (1879-1968), and Ethel M. Wrigley (1878-1968). Married (08.08.1934) Alison Mollie Druce (13.02.1911 - 25.10.1998); two children.	25.06.1908 St Pancras, London - 07.2002 North Hampshire	2nd Lt. 07.05.1942 WS/Lt. 07.11.1942 A/Capt. ...-29.08.1943 T/Capt. 30.08.1943-(08.1947)	07.05.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] (1943)     7th Rajput Regiment       with the Indian State Lb Unit
Wilson, Philip Joseph Son of Paym.Cdr. Joseph Havelock Wilson RNR (1888-1942), and Pauline Berthe Marguerite Féron (1894-1974) Married ((03?).1949, Willesden district, Middlesex) Frances May Deacon; two sons, one daughter.	11.07.1917 Chartres, France - 04.12.1982 Kingston upon Thames, Surrey	Rfmn. ? 2nd Lt. 22.08.1943 WS/Lt. 22.02.1944 A/Capt. 02.03.1944-01.06.1944 T/Capt. 02.06.1944-06.06.1944, 06.04.1945-06.02.1946 A/Maj. 07.11.1945-06.02.1946 T/Maj. 07.02.1946-04.04.1948 Lt. 21.12.1946, seniority 11.01.1942 [371986] Capt. 21.12.1946, seniority 11.07.1946 T/Maj. 12.09.1949-10.07.1953 Maj. 11.07.1953 T/Lt.Col. 07.10.1963-31.08.1964 Lt.Col. 01.09.1964 Col. 30.06.1969 Brig. 30.06.1972 (retd 10.01.1975)	served in the ranks (mobilized TA) for 3 years, 355 days ? - 22.08.1943 'A' Company, 4 Wing, Officers' Training School, Mhow 22.08.1943     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission to 20.12.1946] 21.12.1946     permanent commission, Royal Army Service Corps 01.01.1948     transferred, Army Catering Corps 26.08.1948 - 11.09.1949 Staff Captain, War Office c. 1950     served at Dover, then c. 1952 Egypt, then c. 1954 Libya 1954 - 1957 Army Catering Corps Training School, Lichfield 22.07.1957 - 06.08.1959 Directorate of Army Catering, War Office (Chessington) 1959 - 1962 served in Kong Kong 1963     Army Catering Corps Training Centre (Aldershot) 07.10.1963 - 03.02.1966 AD/ACC, HQ Eastern Command 16.02.1966 - (02.1967) Chief Instructor, Army School of Catering       served in Singapore & British Army of the Rhine ? - 1975 Commandant, Army Catering Corps Training Centre
Wilson, Stanley Horace	1911 ? - 29.11.1962 ? Sydenham, Kent ?	L/Cpl. ? 2nd Lt. 12.08.1943 [EC 10583] WS/Lt. 12.02.1944 (reld 01.12.1945; ill-health) T/Capt. 24.02.1944-01.12.1945 Hon. Capt. 01.12.1945	12.08.1943     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Wilson-Haffenden, Donald James Son of late Rev. L.A. Wilson­Haffenden, Seaford, Sussex. Married 1st (1923) Isabella Sutherland (died 1968); one daughter deceased. Married 2nd (1969) Ruth Lea Douglass (died 1978), late of CMS Married 3rd (1979), Annabella Khanna.	26.11.1900 Stroud, Gloucestershire - 27.05.1986 Wimbledon, London	2nd Lt. 02.02.1920 [A.I. 46] Lt. 29.01.1921 Capt. 29.01.1927 Maj. 29.01.1938 A/Lt.Col. 13.06.1940-12.09.1940 T/Lt.Col. 13.09.1940-20.01.1942 WS/Lt.Col. 21.01.1942 Lt.Col. 29.01.1946 A/Col. 21.07.1941-20.01.1942 T/Col. 21.01.1942-31.03.1942, 08.03.1943-(01.1946) Col. 10.05.1947 [74388] 10.09.1948, seniority 22.04.1947 (retd 09.05.1948) A/Brig. 06.01.1942-31.03.1942, 18.03.1943-20.06.1943 T/Brig. 21.06.1943-(01.1946) Hon. Maj.Gen. 09.05.1948 CBE 28.06.1945 gallant and distinguished services in Burma OBE 11.07.1940 for distinguished services in the field MID 05.04.1945 gallant and distinguished services in Burma and on the Eastern Frontier of India	Education: Christ's Hospital (1911-1916); Victoria College, Jersey (1916-1920?); student, Junior division, Staff College, Quetta (psc, 1936-[01.1937]). 29.01.1920 commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 02.02.1920 commissioned, 91st Punjabis (LI) 1921 - 1924 served Waziristan 8th Punjabi Regiment 24.04.1938 - 01.09.1939 Staff Captain, HQ 1st Division (Aldershot, UK) 11.06.1940 - (04.)1941 Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General (AA&QMG), 1st Division 1941 - 1942 Deputy Adjutant & Quartermaster-General (DA&QMG), 110 Force 1943 Deputy Adjutant & Quartermaster-General (DA&QMG), XXXIII Indian Corps (Burma) 24.03.1945 - (04.1946) a Deputy Quartermaster-General (DQMG), GHQ, India Chairman of the executive committee for evangelist Billy Graham's British crusades in 1954, 1966 and 1967. Brigade Secretary, The Boys' Brigade UK, 1954-1965. Published: Operation Exodus (1957)
Wimble, Percival Arthur "Percy" Married (Bombay, India) Hilda Margaret ... (25.05.1905 - 10.1986); one daughter, one son.	27.01.1903 Thanet district, Kent - 16.04.1955 Ensbury Park, Bournemouth district, Hampshire	Wt.Offr. ? Assistant Commissary (Lt.) 16.01.1942 [OS/351] T/Capt. 20.09.1943-(04.1944) Deputy Commissary (WS/Capt.) (10.1944) (demobilized > 12.1946, < 04.1947) (reld 14.08.1949) Commissary (T/Maj.) (10.1944) Maj. 14.08.1949 [407454] (retd 01.01.1954) Hon. Maj. 01.01.1954	16.01.1942     commissioned, Indian Army Departments [emergency commission]       Indian Army Ordnance Corps (Departmental Officers I.U.L. - Executive Establishment) 16.01.1942 - (04.1944) Attached Officer, Ordnance Branch, Southern Army 01.06.1945 - (04.1946) Deputy Assistant Director of Ordnance Services (P) (DADOS(P)), Ordnance Branch, Southern Army       Special List (ex-Indian Army) 14.08.1949 - 01.01.1954 commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps - Territorial Army [exceeded age limit]
Winckler, Dennis Lancelot Married (05.1943, Baghdad, Persia) Louise Storey.	14.07.1915 India - 26.12.1999 Halton district, Cheshire	2nd Lt. 21.06.1940 WS/Lt. 15.08.1941 T/Capt. 15.08.1941-(04.1946)	03.1940 - 06.1940 "D" Company No. 12 Platoon, Officers' Training School, Belgaum (India) 21.06.1940 commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] 3rd Battalion 8th Punjab Regiment 24.12.1944 - (04.1946) General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), Training Teams, Directorate of Military Training, General Staff Branch, India Headquarters Staff Accountant.
Wollheim, James Henry "Jimmy" Son of Eric Wollheim (1880?-1948), and Constance Mary Baker. Married 1st ((03?).1945, Henley district, Buckinghamshire / Berkshire / Oxfordshire) Rosalind V.B. Taylor. Married 2nd (1947, Greece) Rhea De Coulacou; one son. Married 3rd (17.03.1952, Kensington district, London) Patricia M. Batchelor; two daughters.	02.06.1920 St Giles district, Greater London - 26.08.1985 Sussex [buried Bolney, Sussex]	2nd Lt. 22.06.1940 WS/Lt. 22.12.1941 T/Capt. 02.01.1942-(04.1947) WS/Lt. 27.08.1945, seniority 22.12.1941 [380593]	22.06.1940     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission] 27.08.1945     transferred, Royal Army Service Corps (for service with Expeditionary Force Institutes) [without pay and allowances from Army Funds] 01.09.1946     transferred, Royal Army Service Corps
Woods, Harold Starmer   Married (28.03.1932, Calcutta) Nanuoya Marjorie Watson (born 07.09.1910), daughter of Robert James Watson, businessman & government official in India.	22.02.1895 Rainham, Kent - 04.1986 New Forest district, Hampshire	Bombardier ? [979] Lt. 30.04.1920, seniority 04.04.1919 [736 IA] Capt. 13.02.1923 Bt. Maj. 06.05.1932 * Maj. 13.02.1936 A/Lt.Col. 01.06.1941-31.08.1941 T/Lt.Col. 01.09.1941-12.02.1944 Lt.Col. 13.02.1944 (retd 29.07.1948) Bt. Col. 04.05.1943 & 05.11.1944 [retained rank of Lt.Col.] A/Brig. 13.06.1945-12.1945 T/Brig. 12.1945-09.1946 Hon. Brig. 29.07.1948 OBE 03.07.1934 for valuable services rendered in the field in connection with military operations against the Upper Mohmands, period 07-10.1933 MID 06.05.1932 ? MID 04.01.1934 ? MID 28.10.1942 Burma 12.41-05.42 14|15 St - - BWM 14|20 - - VM - - GenSM - & clasps Kurdistan, NW Persia & Iraq IndGSM - & clasps NW Frontier 30-31 & Mohmands 33 39|45 St - - Bur St - - WM 39|45  - - IndSM 39|45 - - * for distinguished services in Peshawar disturbances	1914 - 03.07.1917 served in the ranks, Royal Field Artillery [mobilized Territorial Force (for 2 years, 333 days)] (served in France 02.10.1914-15.10.1914, India 29.10.1914-03.12.1915, Persian Gulf 04.12.1915-28.06.1916, India 29.06.1916-03.07.1917) 04.07.1917 - 29.04.1920 mobilized Supply and Transport Corps, Indian Army Reserve of Officers (Adjutant, 14th Supply Company, Lahore) (for 2 years, 300 days) (Iraq) 30.04.1920 commissioned, Indian Army (service: Indian Army Service Corps) 04.06.1927 - 18.11.1930 Staff Captain, Peshawar District, India 04.1932 - ? Officer Commanding, 34th Animal Transport Company (Mohmand Force) 29.03.1934 - 1936 Deputy Assistant Director of Transport, Meerut District, India 1936 - 28.03.1938 Deputy Assistant Director of Transport, Peshawar District, India 1938 - ? officiating Commandant, No. 5 MAI 18.11.1939 - 04.03.1940 Staff Captain, GHQ, Delhi, India 01.1941 - 1941 Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General, 17th Indian Division 1941 - 1942 Commander RIASC, 17th Indian Division (Burma) 1942? - 1943 Chief Instructor of Desert Warfare at the RIASC Officers & Cadets Training School at Kakul 1943 - 1945 Senior Officer & Chief Instructor at the RIASC School at Kakul 1945 - 1945 Commandant RIASC School at Kakul 12.1945 - 09.1946 Deputy Director of Military Transport (India) 1944 - 1946 also: Deputy Director-Military of GSO1 school training at GHQ India at Delhi 09.1946 - 1947 Commandant RIASC School at Kakul 1947? - 29.07.1948 Special List (ex-Indian Army) [service number 112020]
Woollett, Charles William Son (with one sister) of W.C. Woollett, and M. Woollett. Married ...; one daughter, one son.	31.05.1914 Gibraltar? - 11.2001 South and West Dorset district, Dorset	2nd Lt. 12.04.1933 17.11.1936, seniority 30.08.1935 [528 AI] Lt. 30.11.1937 A/Capt. 25.10.1939-24.01.1940 T/Capt. 25.01.1940-11.03.1940, 06.08.1940-29.06.1941 WS/Capt. 30.06.1941 Capt. 30.08.1943 A/Maj. 30.03.1941-29.06.1941 T/Maj. 30.06.1941 (one day only), 03.11.1943-15.01.1945, 13.03.1945-(01.1946) Maj. 30.08.1948 (retd 27.10.1948) A/Lt.Col. 30.01.1946-(08.1947)	12.04.1933     commissioned, The King's Regiment (Liverpool) - Supplementary Reserve of Officers 30.08.1935     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 17.11.1936     commissioned, Indian Army (8th Punjab Regiment) ... - ... ...
Wootton, Clarence Wynn	15.09.1904 Wolverhampton district, Shropshire / Staffordshire / West Midlands - 1980 Chatham district, Kent	CSM ? Lt. QM 08.04.1942 WS/Capt. QM 08.04.1945 (reld > 04.1947)	served in the ranks, North Staffordshire Regiment (NW Frontier of India) 08.04.1942     commissioned, "Special List" of Quarter-Masters of the Royal Engineers - Indian Army [emergency commission]
Workman, Hugh	? - ?	2nd Lt. 22.12.1940 [EC 1376] WS/Lt. 19.01.1942 T/Capt. 19.01.1942-23.02.1944 WS/Capt. 24.02.1944 (reld 31.01.1946) T/Maj. 24.02.1944-31.01.1946 Hon. Maj. 31.01.1946	22.12.1940     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Workman, James Gray Son of William Orr Workman (1880-1934), and Stephanie Dagmar Gray (1887-1956). Married (08.07.1946) Anne Stewart Young (29.10.1919 - 01.1990), daughter of Sir Arthur Stewart Leslie Young (1889-1950), and Dorothy Spencer (1888-1966); three sons, one daughter.	31.03.1913 Scotland - 31.10.1971 Lochgilphead, Scotland	2nd Lt. 15.11.1939 WS/Lt. 07.11.1940 T/Capt. 11.07.1941-(04.1947)	15.11.1939     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]       11th & 14th Battalions Sikh Regiment (Hindu Kush & Burma; injured)
Wormald, Peter John Elder son (with one brother) of Capt. Guy Wormald (1883-1916), The Lancashire Fusiliers, and Doris Eleanor Kindersley (1886-1973) [later Mrs T.E. Winslow], of Weymouth, Dorsetshire. Brother of Capt. Alan Guy Wormald, The King's Royal Rifle Corps. Married 1st (24.02.1940, All Saints Church, Malabar Hill, Bombay) Audrey Josephine Sara Petrie (21.12.1921 - 24.07.1944), daughter of Walter MacGregor Petrie (1885-1965), and Violet Maud Emily Mackenzie-Kennedy (1891-1969). Married 2nd (03.08.1945, St Mary's Church, Weymouth, Dorset) Merial Phyllis Moule, WRNS ((06?).1924 - ), daughter of Dr Horace Frederick Moule (1873-1967), and Phyllis Edith Kindersley (1893-1949), of Weymouth, Dorset; four (?) daughters, one (?) son.	21.09.1913 Kensington district, London - 07.01.2011 Ringwood, Hampshire	Lt. (prob) 01.09.1938 [MZ/18440] Capt. 27.09.1939, seniority 01.05.1939 (retd 26.02.1949) A/Maj. 11.08.1942-10.11.1942 T/Maj. 11.11.1942-(01.1946) Hon. Maj. 26.02.1949 MID 17.12.1942 Waziristan	Education: Trinity College, Cambridge (MA, 1947); MD, 1954; Middlesex Hospital (MB, ChB, 1938); MRCS Eng, LRCP Lond, 1938. 01.09.1938     commissioned, Indian Medical Service (1942)     served in Waziristan (despatches) Harvard Hospital, Salisbury, Wiltshire. Director Public Health Laboratory General Infirmary, Salisbury. Published: several articles on medical microbiology in professional journals.
Wratten, Herbert Redgnap "Bertie"	? -	2nd Lt. 02.04.1942 ... ...	(02.1942)     "A" Company, Officer Training School, Belgaum (India) 02.04.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Wright, Douglas Married ...; ... children (one daughter?).	? -	Pte. ? 2nd Lt. 29.10.1942 (reld > 04.1946, < 04.1946)	29.10.1942     commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
Wrigley, Neill Milnes Son (with one sister) of Philip Roscoe Wrigley, FRCS (1876-), and Gwendolen Mary Holmes. Married ...; ... children (one daughter?).	03.04.1922 Chorlton district, Lancashire - 29.12.1999 Finden, Worthing district, West Sussex	Pte. ? [3064916] 2nd Lt. 06.05.1942 WS/Lt. 06.11.1942 (reld > 12.1946, < 04.1947)	06.05.1942     commissioned, 18th Cavalry - Indian Army [emergency commission] Hotelier.
Wyndham, Roy Edward Percy Married ((06?).1948, Chelsea district, London) Jane "Joan" Bellamy (24.12.1921 - 22.07.1967) [she remarried Williamson]; three sons.	19.07.1913 - 13.07.1954 Ankole, Uganda (accidently shot while trying to see to a wounded lion)	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 31.08.1933 [AI 365] (half-pay 06.08.1935) (full-pay 04.01.1936) Lt. 29.04.1936 A/Capt. 15.10.1939-14.01.1940 T/Capt. 15.01.1940-11.12.1940, 29.12.1940-30.06.1941 Capt. 29.01.1942 A/Maj. 07.05.1942-(01.1946) Maj. 29.01.1947 (retd 04.02.1947; ill-health) MC 13.08.1937 NW Frontier of India 37	Education: Royal Military College, Sandhurst. 31.08.1933     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army) 22.03.1936 commissioned, Indian Army (1937)      3rd Battalion, 6th Rajputana Rifles served Rajputana Rifles Game ranger, Uganda.