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apanderson Administrator
Joined: 21 Dec 2006 Posts: 2571 Location: Stirlingshire
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Posted: Mon Mar 18, 2013 11:42 am Post subject: Ian Bruce Deas Dewar, St. Bride's Episcopal Church, Onich |
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Situated on the A82.
In proud and grateful memory of IAN BRUCE DEAS DEWAR
Captain 2/7th The Dogra Regiment and Wing Commander the South Waziristan Scouts
Killed in action Dargai Sar near Jandola, Waziristan, N.W.E.P., India, 14th April 1938
Eldest son of David Deas Dewar and Agnes Dickson Hill, born 3rd February 1901, killed in action 14 April 1938, age 37, North-West Frontier, India.
He appears on the ‘Unattached List for the Indian Army’, Supplement to London Gazette, 3rd August 1920, see:
http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/32005/supplements/8141/page.pdf
London Gazette 7th April 1922, shows his appointment from Second Lieutenant to Lieutenant, see:
http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/32665/pages/2819/page.pdf
and
http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/32665/pages/2820/page.pdf
His brother Ewan Charles Malise Deas Dewar is commemorated on one of the small plaques, see:
http://warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?p=56629#56629
And their parents on the other.
For more information on the Church, see: http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/ballachulish/stbrides/index.html |
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Kenneth Morrison
Joined: 29 Sep 2008 Posts: 7755 Location: Rockcliffe Dalbeattie
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Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 7:47 pm Post subject: |
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I was a bit puzzled about the rank "Wing Commander" until I found this
South Waziristan Scouts
Headquarter Company (Consisting of Specialist elements)
2 x Troops Mounted Infantry, each troop 59 strong
3 x Infantry wings (each equivalent of an infantry battalion)
Total Strength: l4 x Officers and 2,774 Pathan
The Scout Corps were commanded by a Major, the wings by Captains and the companies by Subedars and troops by Jemadars. _________________ Ken |
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stuartn
Joined: 13 Dec 2016 Posts: 2551
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Posted: Sun May 20, 2018 7:06 pm Post subject: WMR (ex UKNIWM) number |
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WMR 76353 |
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