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464-5 GRADATION LIST OF OFFICERS OF THE BRITISH ARMY.
MAJORS — continued.
BARNES, Cyril, D.C.M. Bom 23/4/94. (In ranks
Mobd. T.F. to 1112117—3 yrs. 119 dys.; Mobd.
T.F. to 1313119 — 1 yr. 102 dys.; relqd. commn.
1413119; temp. 2-Lt. 1915119 to UjSjW; temp. Capt.
15/8119 to ISjlllW; temp. Capt. & Acct. Off.
6th Class 19111/19 to 30/11/19; temp. Capt. &
Acct. Off. 5th Class 1/12/19 to 31/10/20). Corps
Mil. Acctnts. Capt. & Acct. Off. 5th Class
1/11/20. R.A.P.C. Capt. & Paym. 10/12/25. Maj.
6/2/38.
Acct. Grade 3, 15/8/19 to 18/11/19.
1914-21. France & Belgium 20/3/17 to 21/4/17 and
27/2/18 to 29/3/18. Gallipoli 3/5/15 to 9/1/16.
Egypt 5/11/14 to 2/5/15 and 10/1/16 to 18/3/16.
E.B.F. 19/3/16 to 3/2/17. Wounded twice.
Despatches L.G. 13/7/16. 1914-15 S. B.W.M.
V.M. D.C.M.
EASTWOOD, Gerald Arthur. Born 8/5/97. R.A.
2-Lt. 10/5/16. Lt. 10/11/17. Capt. 10/5/29.
Adjt. 21/1/34 to 31/3/36. IVIaJ. 6/2/38. (actg.
Lt.-Col. 3/10/40 to 2/1/41; temp. Lt.-Col. 3/1/41).
Attd. to Sudan Def. Force 27/11/25 to 31/7/32.
Brig. Maj. A.A. Comd. T.A. 29/9/38 to 31/5/39.
Brig. Maj. 1/6/39 to 2/10/40.
1914-21. France & Belgium 16/6/16 to 30/9/16.
Mesopotamia 23/8/18 to 31/10/18. B.W.M.
V.M.
Sudan 1927-28. Despatches L.G. 2/1/31.
(L.Q. 30/i2/^7.— Despatches.)
>g EARLY, Edmund Patrick Noel Mary, M.B. Born
19/12/03. I. M.S. Lt. 6/8/28 (6/8/29). Capt.
6/8/31. Maj. 6/2/38.
LONSDALE, Victor Oswald, O.B.E., o., y*. Born
10/10/97. R.A. 2-Lt. 26/8/16. (R.F.C. 4/2/17 to
31/3/lS). Lt. 26/2/18. (R.A.O.C. Ord. Off. 4th
Class 7/10/28 to 6/10/31). Capt. 26/8/29. R.A.O.C.
Capt. & Ord. Off. 4th Class 7/10/28 (7/10/31).
Maj. & Ord. Off. 3rd Class 8/2/38. (Lt.-Col. &
Ord. Off. 2nd Class; actg. 6/9/39 to 5/12/39; temp.
6/12/39 to 7/3/40; 6/4/40 to 20/7/40 & 1/8/40).
Empld. under Air Min. 1/4/18 to 29/6/19. Garr.
Adjt. Bulford, 1/7/23 to 30/9/23. Asst. Ballistic
Off., Exptl. Estabt., Shoeburyness, 1/10/23 to
4/2/27. Inst. R.A.O.C. Sch. of Instn. 16/3/35
to 12/12/37.
1914-21. France & Belgium -/11/16 to -/3/17.
Despatches L.G. 16/12/19. B.W.M. V.M.
{L.Q. 3/9/40.— O.B.E.)
ROSS, William Allan Rose, M.B. Born 5/7/03.
R.A.M.C. Lt. 9/2/28. Capt. 9/8/31. Maj. 9/2/38.
Attd. to Sudan Def. Force 6/12/30 to 5/12/31.
D.A.D.G., A.M.S. 1/6/39.
LAL, Sangham, M.B., F.R.C.S. Born 25/9/01.
I. M.S. Lt. 10/2/28 (13/5/31). Capt. 10/2/31
(13/5/31). Maj. 10/2/38.
SMITH, Kenneth Pearce, O.B.E., p.s.c-f. Born 26/7/98.
R. Berks R. 2-Lt. 19/7/16. Lt. 19/1/18. Capt.
24/6/25. Maj. 11/2/38. (actg. Lt.-Col. 3/9/39 to
2/12/39; temp. Lt.-Col. 3/12/39 to 20/2/40 &
23/3/40; actg. Col. 7/12/41; actg. Brig. 7/12/41).
Empld. with W.A.F.F. (temp. Capt. 6/2/24 to
23/6/25) 26/1/21 to 15/7/26. Empld. Air Staff duties
R.A.F. 15/2/36 to 16/5/37. Brig. Maj. Lond. Dist.
17/5/37 to 31/12/38. Spec. Empld. (G.S.0.2)
(local Lt.-Col.) 1/1/39 to 2/9/39.
1914-21. France & Belgium 5/8/17 to 29/3/18.
Russia -/5/19 to 23/8/19. Wounded twice.
B.W.M. V.M.
WILL, Wilfrid Byron Joseph. Born 22/2/98. Wore.
R. 2-Lt. 19/7/16. Lt. 19/1/18. E. Lan. R.
Lt. 20/12/22. Capt. 9/11/25. Adjt. 1/10/29 to
20/9/32. Maj. 15/2/38. (actg. Lt.-Col. 27/10/40 to
26/1/41; temp. Lt.-Col. 27/1/41).
Empld. with W.A.F.F. 4/4/23 to 13/3/25. Empld.
with R.W.A.F.F. (local Maj. 9/12/34) 5/10/32 to
11/11/36.
1914-21. France & Belgium 20/9/16 to 4/12/17 and
19/4/18 to 27/5/18. B.W.M. V.M.
LANE, Leslie Ward, M.C. Born 26/1/95. (In
ranks, Mobd. T.F. to 26/1/15—175 dys.; temp.
2-Lt. 27/1/15 to 22/5/16). R. Sussex R. 2-Lt.
27/10/15 (23/5/16). Lt. 1/7/17. (actg. Capt. 9/10/18
to 14/4/19). Capt. 15/3/28. Maj. 18/2/38.
Empld. under Air Min. 16/3/23 to 15/3/27.
Empld. with R.W.A.F.F. 13/6/28 to 10/4/32.
1914-21. France & Belgium 24/7/15 to 16/7/16 and
1/1/18 to 11/11/18. Wounded. 1914-15 S.
B.W.M. V.M. M.C.
LAWLOR, John Milliard Cairnes. Born 5/1/97.
(Mobd. Spec. Res. to 13/5/15—216 dys.) R.
Muns. Fus. 2-Lt. 20/10/15 (M.G.G. 14/2/17 to
13/5/19; temp. Lt. M.O.C. 1/5/17 to 30/6/17).
Lt. 1/7/17. D.W.R. Lt. 7/10/22. Capt. 1/7/28.
Adjt. 30/11/33 to 12/12/36. Maj. 18/2/38. (actg.
Lt.-Col. 14/2/40 to 13/5/40; temp. Lt.-Col. 14/5/40).
Empld. under Frontier Districts Admin. Egypt
29/3/22 to 29/3/24. Attd. to Sudan Def. Force
6/12/24 to 5/12/29. Brig. Maj. 8/9/37 to 2/2/40.
1914-21. France & Belgium -/5/16 to 1/2/17.
Greek Macedonia, Serbia, Bulgaria, European
Turkey and the Islands of the jEgean Sea
-/9/17 to 11/11/18. Despatches L.G. 4/1/17,
B.W.M. V.M.
MACLEAN, Gordon Forbes, O.B.E.,M.C.,p.s.c^. Born
29/5/97. A. & S.H. 2-Lt. 17/4/15. Lt. 25/8/16.
(actg. Capt. 6/4/18 to 5/4/19.) Capt. 14/2/23. Maj.
19/2/38. (actg. Lt.-Col. 17/6/40 to 16/9/40; temp.
Lt.-Col. 17/9/40).
Adjt. T.A. 3/9/26 to 20/1/30. G.S.0.3 China 21/2/33
to 2/3/35. Brig. Maj. Egypt 10/6/35 to 16/6/36.
G.S.0.3 War Office 17/6/36 to 30/11/36. G.S.0.2.
(temp.) 14/7/39.
1914-21. France & Belgium 1/6/15 to -/1/16.
Greek Macedonia, Serbia, Bulgaria, European
Turkey and the Islands of the Mgean Sea
-/1/16 to 11/11/18. 1914-15 S. B.W.M. V.M.
M.C.
Palestine 1936-39. Despatches L.G. 22/12/39.
M. and CI.
(L.G. 30/12/41.— O.B.E.)
BLAKE, Francis Arthur Alexander, 9*t. Born 19/10/97.
R.A. 2-Lt. 10/5/16. Lt. 10/11/17. Adjt. 1/2/29
to 31/1/32. Capt. 10/5/29. Maj. 19/2/38.
Spec. Appt. (Class EH) Interpreter Inter-Allied
Commn. of Control Konigsberg District 12/3/20
to 31/1/21. Spec. Empld. War Office 7/3/21 to
23/11/26. Mil. Attach6 (G.S.0.2) (local Lt.-Col.)
6/2/39 to 25/5/40.
1914-21. France & Belgium 28/8/16 to 18/4/17.
E.E.F. 25/11/17 to 31/10/18. Wounded. B.W.M.
V.M.
METFORD, Francis Owen. Born 24/8/99. R.E.
2-Lt. 25/1/18. Lt. 25/7/19. Capt. 24/12/28. (The
period 4/10/33 to 29/10/33 not to count for pay,
increase of pay or time promotion.) Maj. 20/2/38.
(Regtl. Seniority 25/1/3S.) (actg. Lt.-Col. 8/9/40 to
7/12/40; temp. Lt.-Col. 8/12/40).
Empld. Survey Duties, Gold Coast (Class B,
Art. 92, Rl. Wt. 1922) 25/11/25 to 10/11/30.
Empld. under Min. of Agriculture & Fisheries
10/8/31 to 31/7/32 and 1/11/33 to 14/6/35. Empld.
with Brit. Guiana-Brazil Boundary Commn.
15/6/35 to 22/8/37.
1914-21. France & Belgium 29/10/18 to 11/11/18.
B.W.M. V.M.
Iraq Operations 1919-20. Iraq. M. and CI.
Kurdistan 1923. CI.
(L.G. «/7/4i.— Despatches.)
DEN HAM, Michael Wilfred, ?*t. Born 22/4/97.
R.A. 2-Lt. 10/5/16. Lt. 10/11/17. Adjt. 23/1/29
to 22/1/32. Capt. 10/5/29. Maj. 24/2/38. (actg.
Lt.-Col. 29/7/40 to 28/10/ 40; temp. Lt.-Col. 29/10/40).
Spec. Appt. (Class FF) (Intell.) Heavy Art. France
21/9/18 to . Capt. Inst, in Gunn. (Class
EE) School of Art. 30/9/35 to 23/2/38. Inst, in 1
Gunn. 30/4/39 to 28/7/40.
1914-21. France & Belgium 29/9/16 to 11/11/18.
B.W.M. V.M.
MAJORS — continued.
BARNES, Cyril, D.C.M. Bom 23/4/94. (In ranks
Mobd. T.F. to 1112117—3 yrs. 119 dys.; Mobd.
T.F. to 1313119 — 1 yr. 102 dys.; relqd. commn.
1413119; temp. 2-Lt. 1915119 to UjSjW; temp. Capt.
15/8119 to ISjlllW; temp. Capt. & Acct. Off.
6th Class 19111/19 to 30/11/19; temp. Capt. &
Acct. Off. 5th Class 1/12/19 to 31/10/20). Corps
Mil. Acctnts. Capt. & Acct. Off. 5th Class
1/11/20. R.A.P.C. Capt. & Paym. 10/12/25. Maj.
6/2/38.
Acct. Grade 3, 15/8/19 to 18/11/19.
1914-21. France & Belgium 20/3/17 to 21/4/17 and
27/2/18 to 29/3/18. Gallipoli 3/5/15 to 9/1/16.
Egypt 5/11/14 to 2/5/15 and 10/1/16 to 18/3/16.
E.B.F. 19/3/16 to 3/2/17. Wounded twice.
Despatches L.G. 13/7/16. 1914-15 S. B.W.M.
V.M. D.C.M.
EASTWOOD, Gerald Arthur. Born 8/5/97. R.A.
2-Lt. 10/5/16. Lt. 10/11/17. Capt. 10/5/29.
Adjt. 21/1/34 to 31/3/36. IVIaJ. 6/2/38. (actg.
Lt.-Col. 3/10/40 to 2/1/41; temp. Lt.-Col. 3/1/41).
Attd. to Sudan Def. Force 27/11/25 to 31/7/32.
Brig. Maj. A.A. Comd. T.A. 29/9/38 to 31/5/39.
Brig. Maj. 1/6/39 to 2/10/40.
1914-21. France & Belgium 16/6/16 to 30/9/16.
Mesopotamia 23/8/18 to 31/10/18. B.W.M.
V.M.
Sudan 1927-28. Despatches L.G. 2/1/31.
(L.Q. 30/i2/^7.— Despatches.)
>g EARLY, Edmund Patrick Noel Mary, M.B. Born
19/12/03. I. M.S. Lt. 6/8/28 (6/8/29). Capt.
6/8/31. Maj. 6/2/38.
LONSDALE, Victor Oswald, O.B.E., o., y*. Born
10/10/97. R.A. 2-Lt. 26/8/16. (R.F.C. 4/2/17 to
31/3/lS). Lt. 26/2/18. (R.A.O.C. Ord. Off. 4th
Class 7/10/28 to 6/10/31). Capt. 26/8/29. R.A.O.C.
Capt. & Ord. Off. 4th Class 7/10/28 (7/10/31).
Maj. & Ord. Off. 3rd Class 8/2/38. (Lt.-Col. &
Ord. Off. 2nd Class; actg. 6/9/39 to 5/12/39; temp.
6/12/39 to 7/3/40; 6/4/40 to 20/7/40 & 1/8/40).
Empld. under Air Min. 1/4/18 to 29/6/19. Garr.
Adjt. Bulford, 1/7/23 to 30/9/23. Asst. Ballistic
Off., Exptl. Estabt., Shoeburyness, 1/10/23 to
4/2/27. Inst. R.A.O.C. Sch. of Instn. 16/3/35
to 12/12/37.
1914-21. France & Belgium -/11/16 to -/3/17.
Despatches L.G. 16/12/19. B.W.M. V.M.
{L.Q. 3/9/40.— O.B.E.)
ROSS, William Allan Rose, M.B. Born 5/7/03.
R.A.M.C. Lt. 9/2/28. Capt. 9/8/31. Maj. 9/2/38.
Attd. to Sudan Def. Force 6/12/30 to 5/12/31.
D.A.D.G., A.M.S. 1/6/39.
LAL, Sangham, M.B., F.R.C.S. Born 25/9/01.
I. M.S. Lt. 10/2/28 (13/5/31). Capt. 10/2/31
(13/5/31). Maj. 10/2/38.
SMITH, Kenneth Pearce, O.B.E., p.s.c-f. Born 26/7/98.
R. Berks R. 2-Lt. 19/7/16. Lt. 19/1/18. Capt.
24/6/25. Maj. 11/2/38. (actg. Lt.-Col. 3/9/39 to
2/12/39; temp. Lt.-Col. 3/12/39 to 20/2/40 &
23/3/40; actg. Col. 7/12/41; actg. Brig. 7/12/41).
Empld. with W.A.F.F. (temp. Capt. 6/2/24 to
23/6/25) 26/1/21 to 15/7/26. Empld. Air Staff duties
R.A.F. 15/2/36 to 16/5/37. Brig. Maj. Lond. Dist.
17/5/37 to 31/12/38. Spec. Empld. (G.S.0.2)
(local Lt.-Col.) 1/1/39 to 2/9/39.
1914-21. France & Belgium 5/8/17 to 29/3/18.
Russia -/5/19 to 23/8/19. Wounded twice.
B.W.M. V.M.
WILL, Wilfrid Byron Joseph. Born 22/2/98. Wore.
R. 2-Lt. 19/7/16. Lt. 19/1/18. E. Lan. R.
Lt. 20/12/22. Capt. 9/11/25. Adjt. 1/10/29 to
20/9/32. Maj. 15/2/38. (actg. Lt.-Col. 27/10/40 to
26/1/41; temp. Lt.-Col. 27/1/41).
Empld. with W.A.F.F. 4/4/23 to 13/3/25. Empld.
with R.W.A.F.F. (local Maj. 9/12/34) 5/10/32 to
11/11/36.
1914-21. France & Belgium 20/9/16 to 4/12/17 and
19/4/18 to 27/5/18. B.W.M. V.M.
LANE, Leslie Ward, M.C. Born 26/1/95. (In
ranks, Mobd. T.F. to 26/1/15—175 dys.; temp.
2-Lt. 27/1/15 to 22/5/16). R. Sussex R. 2-Lt.
27/10/15 (23/5/16). Lt. 1/7/17. (actg. Capt. 9/10/18
to 14/4/19). Capt. 15/3/28. Maj. 18/2/38.
Empld. under Air Min. 16/3/23 to 15/3/27.
Empld. with R.W.A.F.F. 13/6/28 to 10/4/32.
1914-21. France & Belgium 24/7/15 to 16/7/16 and
1/1/18 to 11/11/18. Wounded. 1914-15 S.
B.W.M. V.M. M.C.
LAWLOR, John Milliard Cairnes. Born 5/1/97.
(Mobd. Spec. Res. to 13/5/15—216 dys.) R.
Muns. Fus. 2-Lt. 20/10/15 (M.G.G. 14/2/17 to
13/5/19; temp. Lt. M.O.C. 1/5/17 to 30/6/17).
Lt. 1/7/17. D.W.R. Lt. 7/10/22. Capt. 1/7/28.
Adjt. 30/11/33 to 12/12/36. Maj. 18/2/38. (actg.
Lt.-Col. 14/2/40 to 13/5/40; temp. Lt.-Col. 14/5/40).
Empld. under Frontier Districts Admin. Egypt
29/3/22 to 29/3/24. Attd. to Sudan Def. Force
6/12/24 to 5/12/29. Brig. Maj. 8/9/37 to 2/2/40.
1914-21. France & Belgium -/5/16 to 1/2/17.
Greek Macedonia, Serbia, Bulgaria, European
Turkey and the Islands of the jEgean Sea
-/9/17 to 11/11/18. Despatches L.G. 4/1/17,
B.W.M. V.M.
MACLEAN, Gordon Forbes, O.B.E.,M.C.,p.s.c^. Born
29/5/97. A. & S.H. 2-Lt. 17/4/15. Lt. 25/8/16.
(actg. Capt. 6/4/18 to 5/4/19.) Capt. 14/2/23. Maj.
19/2/38. (actg. Lt.-Col. 17/6/40 to 16/9/40; temp.
Lt.-Col. 17/9/40).
Adjt. T.A. 3/9/26 to 20/1/30. G.S.0.3 China 21/2/33
to 2/3/35. Brig. Maj. Egypt 10/6/35 to 16/6/36.
G.S.0.3 War Office 17/6/36 to 30/11/36. G.S.0.2.
(temp.) 14/7/39.
1914-21. France & Belgium 1/6/15 to -/1/16.
Greek Macedonia, Serbia, Bulgaria, European
Turkey and the Islands of the Mgean Sea
-/1/16 to 11/11/18. 1914-15 S. B.W.M. V.M.
M.C.
Palestine 1936-39. Despatches L.G. 22/12/39.
M. and CI.
(L.G. 30/12/41.— O.B.E.)
BLAKE, Francis Arthur Alexander, 9*t. Born 19/10/97.
R.A. 2-Lt. 10/5/16. Lt. 10/11/17. Adjt. 1/2/29
to 31/1/32. Capt. 10/5/29. Maj. 19/2/38.
Spec. Appt. (Class EH) Interpreter Inter-Allied
Commn. of Control Konigsberg District 12/3/20
to 31/1/21. Spec. Empld. War Office 7/3/21 to
23/11/26. Mil. Attach6 (G.S.0.2) (local Lt.-Col.)
6/2/39 to 25/5/40.
1914-21. France & Belgium 28/8/16 to 18/4/17.
E.E.F. 25/11/17 to 31/10/18. Wounded. B.W.M.
V.M.
METFORD, Francis Owen. Born 24/8/99. R.E.
2-Lt. 25/1/18. Lt. 25/7/19. Capt. 24/12/28. (The
period 4/10/33 to 29/10/33 not to count for pay,
increase of pay or time promotion.) Maj. 20/2/38.
(Regtl. Seniority 25/1/3S.) (actg. Lt.-Col. 8/9/40 to
7/12/40; temp. Lt.-Col. 8/12/40).
Empld. Survey Duties, Gold Coast (Class B,
Art. 92, Rl. Wt. 1922) 25/11/25 to 10/11/30.
Empld. under Min. of Agriculture & Fisheries
10/8/31 to 31/7/32 and 1/11/33 to 14/6/35. Empld.
with Brit. Guiana-Brazil Boundary Commn.
15/6/35 to 22/8/37.
1914-21. France & Belgium 29/10/18 to 11/11/18.
B.W.M. V.M.
Iraq Operations 1919-20. Iraq. M. and CI.
Kurdistan 1923. CI.
(L.G. «/7/4i.— Despatches.)
DEN HAM, Michael Wilfred, ?*t. Born 22/4/97.
R.A. 2-Lt. 10/5/16. Lt. 10/11/17. Adjt. 23/1/29
to 22/1/32. Capt. 10/5/29. Maj. 24/2/38. (actg.
Lt.-Col. 29/7/40 to 28/10/ 40; temp. Lt.-Col. 29/10/40).
Spec. Appt. (Class FF) (Intell.) Heavy Art. France
21/9/18 to . Capt. Inst, in Gunn. (Class
EE) School of Art. 30/9/35 to 23/2/38. Inst, in 1
Gunn. 30/4/39 to 28/7/40.
1914-21. France & Belgium 29/9/16 to 11/11/18.
B.W.M. V.M.
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