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The World War 2 Japanese Prison Diaries of
Alexander John James
Miscellaneous Rolls
 13th Reserve M.T. Company R.A.S.C. Officers Mess
Sergeants Mess
HQ Section
‘C’ Company
O & S in England
No. 25 PLATOON, “D” COMPANY, RCHOM
No. 1 COMPANY, BANGALORE AND KAKUL
O & S in India
17th Division R.I.A.S.C Mess (Ahmednagar)
44th Brigade Transport Company (Poona)
O & S Changi
44th Indian Infantry Brigade HQ (Changi)
Attached to Brigade HQ (Changi)
6/1 Punjab Regiment
7/8 Punjab Regiment
44 Brigade HQ B.O.R.S.
‘T’ Block Changi R.A.S.C. Officers Mess
13th Reserve M.T. Company R.A.S.C. Officers Mess
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Name
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Rank
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Regiment & Notes
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Briggs T.M.R.
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Major
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O.C. Regular Officer, commissioned in 1919. Was adjutant of the No. 2 Driving School Perham Down before forming the company at Leatherhead. Brother-in-law of Alfie Harrison. Amateur international foot-baller for Scotland. Was promoted to Lt. Col. after the company left England.
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Wood Peter (Chippy).
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2/Lt.
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H.Q. Section subaltern. Lives in Monkton Combe, or thereabouts. Went to Monkton Combe School.
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Jonas
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Capt.
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A. Section
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Anderson
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2/Lt.
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A. Section. Later transferred to H.Q. Section
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Spoon Capt.
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Capt.
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B. Section. Reputed to have been employed by Bertram Mills amongst other odd jobs.
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Carter John Haddon
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Capt.
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C. Section. 2 i/c of the company.
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Ellesworth
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Lieut.
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C. Section late of O.C. “D” Section, but was useless as such. Sold petrol pumps in civil life.
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Deacon
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Capt.
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E. Section (Workshops). Lived in India for some time.
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Sergeants Mess:-
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Name
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Rank
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Regiment & Notes
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Chatterton
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M.S.M.
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Regular army but reputed to have been chucked out for embezzlement. Served in India for some time. Had a tremendous capacity for Bass.(beer)
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Strangleman
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C.S.M.
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Regular army. Received a direct commission in December 1940.
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McClean Donald
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C.Q.M.S.
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Employee of Post Office Telephones; refused a commission in R. Signals, became C.S.M.
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Frank
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Sgt.
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H.Q. Section. Employee of Gaslight & Coke Coy. Married a local girl while the company was at Vicars Cross, Chester. Became C.Q.M.S.
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Thompson
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Sgt.
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Ex C. Section. An accountant in civil life.
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Thompson
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Sgt.
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E Section
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Smithson
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Sgt.
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E Section – ex blacksmith. Was on the dole for 2 years prior to enlistment.
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Dunwoodie.
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Sgt.
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A Section.
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Stavent, Andy
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Sgt.
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B Section
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Milldown
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Sgt.
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B Section – Regular army.
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Campbell
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Sgt.
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C Section. Lived at Glasgow where he was in his father’s butchery business.
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Smith
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Sgt.
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D Section.
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Kirkpatrick
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Sgt.
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D Section ex HQ Section. Provost Corporal.
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HQ Section:-
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Name
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Rank
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Regiment & Notes
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Johnson
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Cpl.
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Scotsman. Played International Rugger Trials. Due to inherit his father’s trawling business.
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Kirkpatrick, Bob
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Cpl.
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Provost Corporal. Very efficient. Accompanied me on a run from Leatherhead to Perham Down and back via Crane Bridge Road. Went to D Section as Sergeant.
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McKay
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Cpl.
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Ellis
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Cpl.
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Became provost corporal in Kirkpatrick’s place.
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Holt
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L/Cpl.
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A farmer from Somerset.
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Sheppard
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L/Cpl.
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Worked in the orderly room.
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Rankin
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L/Cpl.
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A cook – ex head waiter in civil life, was chucked out of H.Q. Section for inefficiency.
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Aitcheson
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Driver
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O.C.’s Driver; a valet in civil life.
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Banner
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Driver
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Lived in Birmingham, hopeless driver, but first class comedian. Sgt’s Mess orderly.
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Bailey
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Driver
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Yorkshireman, excellent D.R.
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Bentley
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Driver
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Nephew of W.O. Bentley – owned an Aston Martin.
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Bird
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Driver
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Yorkshireman, pretty bolshy, but a good driver.
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Benton
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Driver
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Brown
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Driver
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Sgts. Mess orderly
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Chalmers
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Driver
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Butcher
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Craven
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Driver
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Storeman and assistant cook
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Davison
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Driver
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Peter Wood’s driver. Accompanied me on a drive from Chester to Llantrisant and back via Bristol.
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Dungawell
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Driver
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Posted to another company from Lugwardine, but was returned.
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Epton
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Driver
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Hogg
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Driver
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D.R.
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Lennox
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Driver
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Breakdown wagon driver – unconscious humorist.
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Mitchell
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Driver
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D.R. ex-butcher.
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Roper
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Driver
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Cook.
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Rowcliffe – Tiny
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Driver
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A Ruston mechanical digger driver. Lived near Bridgwater. I had a colossal scrap with him when we had boxing at Leatherhead. An excellent driver.
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Stewart – Dave
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Driver
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Ex-Transport driver. Went with me to Ludlow from Leatherhead. Posted to another company from Lugwardine.
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Dunn
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Driver
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Weaver
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Driver
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Hibbin
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Driver
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Pay N.C.O.
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Campbell
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Driver
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Garton
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Driver
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Snowdon
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Driver
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Killed at Leatherhead in a motorcycle accident.
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Gibson
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Driver
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Officers’ Mess orderly.
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Ainge
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Driver
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Died at Leatherhead. I drove his body to his home in the Clee Hills near Ludlow, visiting Leslie on the way.
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Wilson
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Driver
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Lewis gunner.
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‘C’ Company:-
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Name
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Rank
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Regiment & Notes
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MacDonald
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Cpl.
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Regular army.
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Stocks
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Cpl.
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Left the company after a motorcycle accident.
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Shanks
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Cpl.
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Transport driver from Glasgow.
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Reid
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Cpl.
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Dunmore
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Cpl.
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Mentiplay
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Cpl.
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Graham – Peter
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Cpl.
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Roebuck
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Cpl.
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Very good mechanic.
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Tree
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Cpl.
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Wood
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Cpl.
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Henderson
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Dvr.
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Section cook. Lives in Aberdeen.
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Stacey
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Dvr.
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Section cook. Lives in London.
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Spain – “Red”
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Dvr.
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Nelson
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Dvr.
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Ex-tailor.
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Boothe
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Dvr.
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A Londoner. Capt. Carter’s batman driver.
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White
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Dvr.
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Ellesworth’s batman driver.
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Smith 376
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Dvr.
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D.R. A good driver.
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Pierce
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Dvr.
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D.R. A good driver.
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Wilson – Ted
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Dvr.
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I was best man at his wedding in Chester, November ’40. Lives in Ashford in Kent.
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Carmichael
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Dvr.
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Smith J.D.
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Dvr.
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Office clerk.
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Smith 108
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Dvr.
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Stacey
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Dvr.
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Hughes
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Dvr.
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Walker – “Syd.”
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Dvr.
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Kept the canteen at Newbold.
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Harrison
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Dvr.
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Trotter
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Dvr.
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Kain
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Dvr.
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Transport driver.
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Foster “Big Bob”
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Dvr.
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Transport driver.
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Sheedy
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Dvr.
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Unconscious humourist.
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Shaw ‘Dopey’
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Dvr.
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Mad.
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Shaw – “Tick”
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Dvr.
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Yorkshireman.
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Thom – “Long”
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Dvr.
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Wilson
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Dvr.
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Smith 904
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Dvr.
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Ran over my leg with a Leyland Beaver at Newbold.
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Henderson – “Timber”
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Dvr.
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Owned a small wood business in Scotland.
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McKnight, Peter
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Dvr.
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Davey
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Dvr.
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Accompanied me on an illicit drive to Bristol from Miskin Manor.
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Robson
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Dvr.
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Robson – “Curly”
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Dvr.
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Beesley
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Dvr.
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Olivier
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Dvr.
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Tiffany
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Dvr.
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Park, Gordon
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Dvr.
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Came from Aberdeenshire and spoke a language unintelligible even to other Scotsmen. Had to have an interpreter for orderly room- M.I. room etc.
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Jones
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Dvr.
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Biejat
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Dvr.
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Owned a market garden and a house in London which was flattened by a bomb.
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Lawson
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Dvr.
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O & S in England
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Name
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Rank
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Regiment & Notes
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Mackinnon
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Cpl.
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RASC Pelham Down
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Buck
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Cpl.
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RASC 287 Coy. Llantrisant
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Lander
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S/Sgt.
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RASC 287 Llantrisant
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Wortham R
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Lt.
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ASC 287 Llantrisant
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O’Donnell 7th
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Col.
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Gurkhas
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White
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Lt. Col.
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CRASC
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Jones
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Sgt.
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RASC Coy. 287 Coy. Llantrisant
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Baker
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Sgt.
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RASC Pelham Down
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No. 25 PLATOON, “D” COMPANY, RCHOM :-
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Name
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Rank
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Regiment & Notes
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Dioc R.S..
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2 Lt.
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Essex Regiment. Was said to have been at Changi, but I never saw him.
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Williams Sgt.
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Sgt.
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LRB.
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Guage Sgt.
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Sgt.
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R.A.
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Hogshaw Gun.
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Gun.
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H.A.C. Employed by a S. American railway company. Ran away with a cigarette case of mine. Was at Changi with 11th Divn.
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Bennett Norman
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H.A.C.
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Harnex John
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H.A.C.
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Densham Peter
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H.A.C. Has an extraordinarily pleasant voice.
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Williams Peter
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H.A.C. Budding poet.
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Heritage
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H.A.C.
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Christopher
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R.A. Old Estonian. Good pianist.
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Acton Norman
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RASC Service manager for A.C. cars. Keen motorist.
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Acton Tim
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RASC. Keen motorist.
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Hollins Dick
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RASC. In the wool trade. Inherited large sum of money at the age of 30.
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Sperling John
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RASC. Racehorse trainer. Had served in the Life Guards.
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McDougal
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RASC.
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Pickering
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Gren. Guards. Was made provost sergeant on J11 & J30 regular army.
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Jones
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R.E. Apprentice at L.M.S. Works, Derby. Keen motorist.
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Roberts
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R.E.
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Clarke Nobby
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R.E.
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Henshaw
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R. Scots. Joined us at Aldershot straight from civilian life.
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John Butler
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R. Scots. Joined us at Aldershot straight from civilian life.
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Ellis
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K.O.Y.L.I.
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Attwood
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Stewart
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Black Watch.
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Guthrie
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Black Watch.
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Jones
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Sherwood Foresters. Ex-school teacher. Later became Bde. M.T.S.O. in 44th Bdre.
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Balance Geoff
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MacMullen
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Fisher
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R.A.
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No. 1 COMPANY, BANGALORE AND KAKUL :-
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Name
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Rank
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Regiment & Notes
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Bird Capt.
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Capt.
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5/6 Gurkhas. Company Commander.
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Walker Lieut.
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Lieut.
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Guides Cav. No. 3 Platoon Commander.
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Gould Sgt. Major
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Sgt. Major
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Queens. Known as “Tombola.”
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Balchim Sgt.
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Sgt.
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Bird Sgt.
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Sgt.
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Fagan Lieut.
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Lieut.
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Bros Acton
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Thomas
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Priestly
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Good at games, but quite mad.
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Smallwood
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Civil Servant. Shared my room at Bangalore.
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Fitzgerald
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Stansfield
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Later returned home through ill health.
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Bassett
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Coughtrie
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Naughton
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Bowkett Bob
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Employed by Vocentry & Jeffs of Cheltenham. Very keen on cars.
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Hollins Dick
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Cleveland John
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Went on leave with me to Kashmir after leaving Bangalore.
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Sanderson
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John Henson
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Read
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Colquhoun Bob
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Doulas John
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Kellow
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Wilson
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Cottier
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Cook
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H.P.S. Killed in action in Malaya. With 45 Bde. Tpt. Coy.
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Lewis
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Canadian. Motor tester & salesman.
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Learmont
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Magness
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Hopkins John
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Mitchell Jan
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Jobson
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Shared my room at Kabul.
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Gaudie
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Very keen on cars.
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McKenzie-Duncan
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Sperling John
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Saville Peter
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Played hockey for England.
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Chrichton George
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Holden
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Everett
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Was at Belgaum. Employed by some large firm in CP.
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Fell Ray
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Owner of the “White Riley” (original E.R.A.)
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Hennessey Paddy
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Came to Darjeeling with me on leave after Kabul.
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Beck
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Was in T Block, Southern Area, Changi.
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Halifax
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Was in T Block, Southern Area, Changi.
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McCassey
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Was in T Block, Southern Area, Changi.
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Adams Peter
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McDougal
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Wood
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Wood
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Stride
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Also at Changi.
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Barker
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Clayton
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Bathurst
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Bowken
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Died in hospital, Changi.
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O & S in India
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Name
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Rank
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Regiment & Notes
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Adams
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Capt.
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Kings.
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Roxborough
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R.S.M.
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Iniskillings.
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Taylor
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S/Sgt.
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S.W.B.
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Peart
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Major
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RIASC
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McLoud Sandy
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Capt.
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RIASC
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Roberts
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Major
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RIASC
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Carles Robin
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Major
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RIASC
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Thomas F.
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Att. RIASC
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Rendal
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Att. RIASC
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Montieth
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Lt.
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Ross
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Lt.
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17th Division R.I.A.S.C Mess (Ahmednagar)
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Name
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Rank
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Regiment & Notes
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Woods
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Lt. Col.
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C.R.I.A.S.C.
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Pritchard
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Major
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O.C. Div. Tps. Tpt. Coy.
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Robso
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Major
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O.C. 44 Bde. Tpt. Coy.
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Wood
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Major
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O.C. 45 Bde. Tpt. Coy.
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Barham
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Major
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O.C. 46 Bde, Tpt. Coy.
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Jayoram P.K.
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Capt.
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Sup. O. 44 Bde.
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Mitchell I.G.G.
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2/Lt.
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44 Bde. Tpt. Coy.
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Sodhi
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Capt.
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46 Bde. Tpt. Coy.
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Stride
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Capt.
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Sup. O. 45 Bde.
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Hennessey Paddy
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2/Lt.
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Div. Tps. Tpt. Coy.
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Cooke H.P.C.
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2/Lt.
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45 Bde. Tpt. Coy.
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44th Brigade Transport Company (Poona)
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Name
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Rank
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Regiment & Notes
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Robeson
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Major
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Founded company at Poona.
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Brett
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Capt.
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Temporary O.C. after Robeson was sacked.
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White Finch
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Major
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O.C. ex-Lahore Supply Depot.
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Jayoram P.K.
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Capt.
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Supply officer.
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Mitchell I.G.G.
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2/Lt.
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O I/C. C Section.
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Lall Sham .
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Sub.
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Singh Judan
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Jem.
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A Section.
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Singh Backtawan
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Jem.
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B Section.
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Nath Kidan
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Jem.
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C Section.
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Singh Lachman
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Jem.
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Q.M.
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Nadkarni
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Jem.
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Supply.
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Bapat
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Jem.
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Supply.
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Dalton
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Sergeant
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I.A.O.S. LAD Sergeant.
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Singh Duleep
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Havildar
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Head clerk.
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Singh Mall
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Havildar
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Singh Judan
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Havildar
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Became . When Mall Singh left.
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Singh Gummulkh
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Havildar
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A Section.
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Havildar
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Singh Duleep
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Havildar
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C Section.
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Singh Anjan
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Havildar
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B Section. Went to Saugn with me.
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Bishamber Singh
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Havildar
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-fitter L.A.O.
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Singh Khagan
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Naik
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A Section.
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Singh Hanbans
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Naik
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B Section. Went to Ahamednagar on S.A.
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Naik
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course with me.
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Das Jamman
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Naik
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C Section.
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Singh Kashmina
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Naik
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A Section “Q” Naik.
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Gundit Singh
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Sepoy
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My driver. (Lt. Alex John James)
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Singh Aman
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Sepoy
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My orderly. (Lt. Alex John James)
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Singh Banta
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Sepoy
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Singh Mansla
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Sepoy
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D.R.
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Singh Hacharam
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Sepoy
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D.R.
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Ram Biru
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Sepoy
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Cook.
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Singh Lekh
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Sepoy
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Lakhan Ram
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Sepoy
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Singh Gopal
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Sepoy
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Singh Gian
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Sepoy
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Ram Gunga
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Bhisti.
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Nepali Kalle
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Gurkha acting mess-. Good driver and very good orderly. Lives in Darjeeling.
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Singh Nan
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(Alias George) mess waiter.
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Rashid
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Mess cook. A Moslem. The only one in the company. He was an excellent cook but had slit trench mania.
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Singh Badhan
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O & S Changi
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Name
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Rank
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Regiment & Notes
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Evans
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Chief Engineer
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Of the Jalavihar.
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Morrison
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Col.
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Of the Leicestershire Regt.
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Roy
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Doctor
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R.A.M.C.
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Phillips
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Pte.
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British Bm.
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Smith
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L/Cpl.
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British Bm.
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Pike
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Pte.
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British Bm.
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Maddams
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Pte.
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British Bm. Ex-IRA.
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44th Indian Infantry Brigade HQ (Changi)
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Rank
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Regiment & Notes
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Ballantine George C.
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Brigadier
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B.C. Late OC 2/2 Punjab Regiment.
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Neep Fredric Ronald
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Major
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B.M. 2/4th Sikh Regt.
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Ellis Tom F.
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Captain
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Staff Captain. 2/2 Punjab Regt. Son-in-law elect of the B.C. Hails from Devonshire. Went to Blundell’s, and then an agricultural college. Became fed-up with the latter and joined the army through Sandhurst in the summer of 1938.
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Watson Bill
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Captain
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Div. L.O. 6/14th Punjab Regt. Went through Belgaum. Studied agriculture in England, but worked for a large firm in Madras just before the war. He had spent three years rubber planting in Malaya, and thereafter some time in West Africa.
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His brother – a senior forest officer in Malaya, was in Changi Gaol. His sister used to drive at Brooklands, and in various rallies. He had very pronounced likes and dislikes.
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Nodden Charles Drake
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Captain
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Bde. Sigs. Officer. Royal Signals. Lived at Ballintoy, N. Ireland in a converted coastguard station on the cliffs. His father is a prominent chemist in Calcutta. At the outbreak of war, Nodden was still at Campbell College Belfast. He had had even
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at that time, a very wide experience of wireless telegraphy, and joined the R. Sigs. at home. He came out to OCTU (Officer Cadet Training Unit) at Bangalore with draft
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RCHDM. After his subsequent course at the R. Sigs. depot, he spent a few weeks on the frontier before joining the Brigade just before we left for Singapore. At Changi, he was general factotum and odd-job man, being exceptionally clever with his hands.
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Address: 12 Regent Park, Tollygunge, Calcutta.
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Collins Newton Q.A.
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Captain
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RIASC. BDE. RIASC officer. Lived at Bangalore, employed as salesman by Godfrey Philips & Co., the tobacco people. Went to Belgaum and Kakul, joined the Brigade at Poona.
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Address: C/o. Col. P.A. Barton, “Rotha House,” 4 Benson Cross Road, Bangalore, S. India.
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Thoms Robert S.
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Captain
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7/8 Punjab Regt. Bde. Intelligence Officer. Lived in Calcutta where he was a buyer for a jute firm.
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Jones E.R.
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2/Lt.
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7th Punjab Regt. Bde. Tpt. Officer. A school teacher in civil life. Lived at or near Nottingham. Joined the Sherwood Foresters, and came out to India on J 11 to OCTU at Bangalore.
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Readwin C.S.
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2/Lt.
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6/14th Punjab Regt. Bde. Orderly officer. An account on the staff of the R & K Railway.
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N. India. Address: C/o/ Auditing Acs., R & K Railway, Igatnagar, U.P.
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Hare John
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Captain
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I.A.O.C. Bde. w/s Section. A tea planter from Bengal. Went through Belgaum and Jubblepore.
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Attached to Brigade HQ (Changi)
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Name
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Rank
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Regiment & Notes
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Sam Arthur
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2/Lt.
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7/8th Punjab Regt. Bde. L.O. Ran a brickmaking and quarrying business at Asansol. An Armenian, educated at Stowe. Very keen on rugger.
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Lived in India for most of his life, mostly in Bengal. His brother – an Oxford Blue for boxing – has a forestry job in Orissa. I have a standing date to visit Darjeeling with Arthur after the war.
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Address: Marsamuda, Asansol P.O., E.I.R.
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(Phone A.361)
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Johnson H.C.
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2/Lt.
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6/1st Punjab Regt. Bde. L.O. Lived in Ceylon on a tea estate.
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Barker Freddie R.J.
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2/Lt.
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4/9th Jat Regt. 45 Bde. Brother-in-law of Edgar Readion. Lived in Bareilly, U.P.
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Richard Danger
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Lt.
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R.N.V.R. Knows the Luffs at Shepton Mallett.
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Fabian
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Lt.
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R.N.V.R. Hailed from Shanghai.
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Heale R.W.
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Lt.
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R.N.V.R. Previously a salesman for Borneo Motors.
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Mansfield
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Lt.
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R.N.V.R.
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Nicholish
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Lt.
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R.N.V.R.
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Turnbull
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Lt.
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R.N.V.R.
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6/1 Punjab Regiment
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Name
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Rank
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Regiment & Notes
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Sainter
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Lt. Col.
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O.C.
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Strong
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Captain
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Mortimer
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Captain
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Knew Annesley Knox at Dandhurst.
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Hills
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Captain
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Adjutant.
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Brown
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Captain
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Bm. MT officer.
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Seymour
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2/Lt.
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Levine
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2/Lt.
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Q.M.
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Hammett
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2/Lt.
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Johnson
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2/Lt.
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Hammond Derrick
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Capt.
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7/8 Punjab Regiment
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Name
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Rank
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Regiment & Notes
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Southern
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Lt. Col.
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OC
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Staple
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Major
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2 I/C.
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Jimmy Gran
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Captain
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Frazer Alec
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Captain
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Regular.
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Hodgson Stev
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Captain
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Came from Java.
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Sam Arthur
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2/Lt.
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Thurston George
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2/Lt.
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Market gardener in Essex.
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MacDonald
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2/Lt.
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Worked for a firm in Calcutta.
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Bennett David
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2/Lt.
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One of the “curry cadets” of draft RCHOM
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Thomas Robert
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Cpt.
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Jones E.S.
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2/Lt.
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44 Brigade HQ B.O.R.S.
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Name
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Rank
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Regiment & Notes
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Newbury
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Conductor
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Head clerk
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Brown
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Sub/Cdr.
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B.O.W.O.
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Walker
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Sub/Cdr.
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T.O.W.O.
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Sproul
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Sub/Cdr.
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Bde. W/S Section.
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Chatford
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Sgt.
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Clerk & photographer.
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Druce
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Sgt.
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Clerk & photographer.
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Bentley
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Sgt.
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Clerk & photographer
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Knowles
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Sgt.
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Signals section.
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Cook
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Sgt.
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Dalton
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Sgt.
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44th Bde. Tpt. Coy. L.A.D.
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‘T’ Block Changi R.A.S.C. Officers Mess
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Name
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Rank
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Regiment & Notes
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Chamberlain
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Major
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R.I.A.S.C. OC 28th Inf. Bde. Tpt. Coy.
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Fillmore
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Captain
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R.I.A.S.C. Barrick officer, Penang.
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Vining Dick
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Captain
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R.I.A.S.C. 12th Bde. RIASC officer.
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Collins
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Captain
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R.I.A.S.44th Bde. RIASC officer.
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Stride
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Captain
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R.I.A.S.C. 45th Inf. Bde. Tpt. Coy.
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Beck
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Captain
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R.I.A.S.C.
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Sanders
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Captain
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R.I.A.S.C.
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Lodds
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Captain
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R.I.A.S.C. M.A.S.
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Skinner
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Captain
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R.A.S.C.
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Halifax
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Lt.
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R.I.A.S.C. 28th Inf. Bde. Tpt. Coy.
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Lt.
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R.I.A.S.C. M.A.S.
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Beniso
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Lt.
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RASC.
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Martin
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Lt.
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RASC.
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Lucas
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Lt.
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RASC S.I.S.
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Mitchel
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Lt.
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44th Bde. Tpt. Coy.
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Pratti
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Captain
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N.A.A.F.I. officer.
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Jukes J.C.
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Captain
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N.A.A.F.I officer part owner of the Wilkes G.N. (Shelsley Special) Address: “Dulston”, Anglefield Rd., Berkhamstead, Herts.
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Perry
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Captain
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N.A.A.F.I officer.
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O’Dell
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2/Lt.
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N.A.A.F.I. officer
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Williams J
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2/Lt.
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N.A.A.F.I. officer
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