MaureenE Posted 9 February , 2016 Share Posted 9 February , 2016 The FIBIS Fibiwiki page Indian Ranks gives details, which confirm Steven's advice in his post 23. http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php/Indian_Ranks Cheers Maureen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 9 February , 2016 Share Posted 9 February , 2016 Difficult to equate the S-M with anything British - he was, effectively a commissioned rank (albeit Viceroy's Commission, rather than King's). I suppose in a way he could be described as the native Adjutant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helpjpl Posted 9 February , 2016 Share Posted 9 February , 2016 Capt F A Maclean - shown on 1911 photo Captain Frederick Allan Maclean's MIC can be viewed on ancestry: Ancestry.co.uk - British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920 Birth Date: 9 November 1878 Baptism Date: 13 January 1879 Baptism Place: Karrachee, Bengal, India Father: Frederick Gurr Maclean Mother: Robina Charlotte nee Godby Hart's Army List, 1908 - Lieutenant Frederick Allan Maclean, 591 34 Pioneer Last Regiment: E Yorkshire Regiment Years Served: 8 2nd Lieut: 14 Feb 00 Lieut: 16 Aug 01 Indian Army Quarterly List, 1912 - Surname: Maclean Given Name: Frederick Allan Birth Date: 9 Nov 1878 First Comm: 14 Feb 00 Date Rank: 14 Feb 09 Rank: Captain Company: British Officers of the Indian Army Remarks: 129 Baluchis Indian Army List 1919 (Non Effective Lists) shows date of retirement as 15 Feb 18. He died in Surrey on 26 April 1960. His father, Frederick Gurr Maclean, was Director-General of Indian Telegraphs - Dictionary of Indian Biography - Google Books JP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helpjpl Posted 9 February , 2016 Share Posted 9 February , 2016 Capt R D Davies - not on photo Captain Ronald Despard Davies. MIC on ancestry: Ancestry.co.uk - British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920 Indian Army Quarterly List, 1912 Surname: Davies Given Name: Ronald Despard Birth date: 1 Oct 83 First Comm: 22 Apl 03 Date Rank: 22 July 05 Rank: Lieutenant Company: British Officers of the Indian Army Remarks: 127 Infantry Captain Ronald Despard Davies, Indian Army, was awarded the medal and clasp for service in Somaliland 1908-10. POW Records: Prisoners of the First World War | International Committee of the Red Cross - Details about the person Born Bristol. Son of David Samuel Davies, Doctor of Medicine & Medical Officer for Bristol and Louisa Gertrude nee Despard. Married Kathleen Mary James on 4 Oct 1928 at St Mary, Henbury, Gloucestershire. Died 12 March 1957. JP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helpjpl Posted 9 February , 2016 Share Posted 9 February , 2016 Lt H V Lewis - ibid Lt/Capt. Harold Victor Lewis, 129th Balushis, MIC is on ancestry: Ancestry.co.uk - British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920 Indian Quarterly List, 1912 - Surname: Lewis Given Name: Harold Victor Birth Date: 6 Sep 87 First Comm: 9 Sep 08 Date Rank: 9 Dec 10 Rank: Lieutenant Company: British Officers of the Indian Army Remarks: 129 Baluchis Born Freeland, Woodstock. Son of Victor Arthur Nicholas Lewis and Mary Anne nee Clayton. Major-Gen, Indian; Who was Who IV page 682 FullDisplay Harold Victor Lewis married Joyce Bailey in Delhi on 18 Mar 1924. Lewis, Harold Victor CB, CIE, DSO, MC of Hillside Cottage Bourne End Buckinghamshire died 20 September 1945. Probate 4 March (1946) to Joyce Lewis widow and Michael Arthur Lewis professor of the Royal Naval College. Effects £22568 12s 9d On Sept. 20, 1945, suddenly, at Hillside Cottage, Bourne End, Bucks, Major-General Harold Victor Lewis. Indian Army. Harold Victor Lewis (1887 - 1945) - Find A Grave Memorial JP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryBrook Posted 9 February , 2016 Share Posted 9 February , 2016 Harold Victor Lewis M.C. award, for Distinguished Service. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29202/supplement/6128 M.C. bar London Gazette issue 29940 of 13.2.1917 page 1539 D.S.O., King's Birthday Honours List. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30111/supplement/5471 He was also 3 x mentioned in despatches. Edit to add:- Companion of the Order of the Empire of India https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34711/page/6947 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1914 Posted 9 February , 2016 Share Posted 9 February , 2016 Maureen & Steven, thanks for the rank insights- makes sense thinking in terms of a sort of adjutant. I think I was mixing things up with the Havildar-major. Best, Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1914 Posted 9 February , 2016 Share Posted 9 February , 2016 JP & Harry, this is some "tasty" detail. Really good and beautifully sourced......I feel like such an amateur. All will be put to good use asap. If I hadn't had to have a new gas boiler installed this week I would be immediately subscribing to Ancestry! Thanks again, Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorke Scarlett Posted 9 February , 2016 Share Posted 9 February , 2016 I'm late in on this one but the photos in #1 put some faces to names in the October 1914 story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helpjpl Posted 10 February , 2016 Share Posted 10 February , 2016 Captain Frederick Allan Maclean's MIC can be viewed on ancestry: Ancestry.co.uk - British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920 Birth Date: 9 November 1878 Baptism Date: 13 January 1879 Baptism Place: Karrachee, Bengal, India Father: Frederick Gurr Maclean Mother: Robina Charlotte nee Godby Hart's Army List, 1908 - Lieutenant Frederick Allan Maclean, 591 34 Pioneer Last Regiment: E Yorkshire Regiment Years Served: 8 2nd Lieut: 14 Feb 00 Lieut: 16 Aug 01 Indian Army Quarterly List, 1912 - Surname: Maclean Given Name: Frederick Allan Birth Date: 9 Nov 1878 First Comm: 14 Feb 00 Date Rank: 14 Feb 09 Rank: Captain Company: British Officers of the Indian Army Remarks: 129 Baluchis Indian Army List 1919 (Non Effective Lists) shows date of retirement as 15 Feb 18. He died in Surrey on 26 April 1960. His father, Frederick Gurr Maclean, was Director-General of Indian Telegraphs - Dictionary of Indian Biography - Google Books JP Marriage - Christ Church, Woking, Surrey - Name: Frederick Allan Maclean Age: 38 Rank or Profession: Captain, Indian Army Father's Name: Frederick Gurr Maclean (deceased) Father's Rank or Profession: Director-General of Indian Telegraphs Marriage Date: 15 Feb 1917 Spouse: Madge Florence Busk Age: 21 Father's Name: Robert Westley Busk (deceased) Father's Rank or Profession: Merchant JP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 10 February , 2016 Share Posted 10 February , 2016 Was Zahman Khan wounded on 26th Oct.....you refer to the Bn's first action? Was this more specifically also at Messines? Would you also have Mala Khan, Amir Khan & Zaman Khan's ranks by any chance. Acording to the Appendices, Zahman Khan was wounded on the 30th November, which is odd because in the text it refers to his wound far earlier - when the regiment came out of the Line on the 4th November. I suspect he was wounded at Messines, or possibly earlier in the fighting at Hollebeke Chateau. He was a Subedar, as were Mala Khan and Amir Khan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick1914 Posted 12 February , 2016 Share Posted 12 February , 2016 Steven, as always much appreciated for following up. Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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