JAMES, Keith Wyndham
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Rank:
Captain
Unit / Base:
51ME Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Inns of Court Regiment
Yorkshire Hussars
Royal Sussex Regiment
Service:
Army
Number:
117487
Born:
Sunday, February 27, 1921
Died:
1984
Service
02.09.1939 - Inns of Court Regiment.
04.02.1940 - 110 O.C.T.U. commissioned Second Lieutenant, Yorkshire Hussars.
02.12.1940 attached 51 Middle East Commando.
27.01.1942 attached 1 Special Service Regiment.
25.03.1942 to 15.05.1942 - (1 Special Service Regt) parachute training course, Kabrit.
04.02.1940 - 110 O.C.T.U. commissioned Second Lieutenant, Yorkshire Hussars.
02.12.1940 attached 51 Middle East Commando.
27.01.1942 attached 1 Special Service Regiment.
25.03.1942 to 15.05.1942 - (1 Special Service Regt) parachute training course, Kabrit.
04.07.1942 Captain, 1 Special Service Regiment.
30.10.1942 posted 8 Bn. Eastern Arab Corps, Sudan Defence Force 30, (rank Bimbashi).
03.02.1943 posted Army HQ Cairo.
04.02.1943 Captain, Director, Near East Arab Broadcasting Station, Jaffa.
07.08.1944 relinquished commission (ill health), granted honorary rank of Captain.
30.10.1942 posted 8 Bn. Eastern Arab Corps, Sudan Defence Force 30, (rank Bimbashi).
03.02.1943 posted Army HQ Cairo.
04.02.1943 Captain, Director, Near East Arab Broadcasting Station, Jaffa.
07.08.1944 relinquished commission (ill health), granted honorary rank of Captain.
19.02.1951 short service commission Lieutenant, Royal Sussex Regiment, relinquishing honorary rank, with seniority from 17 Feb 1948.
19.08.1952 promoted Captain, Royal Sussex Regiment.
07.12.1954 appointed Lieutenant, Canadian Guards, Canadian Army.
01.07.1959 relinquished commission, granted honorary rank of Captain.
Later appointed Officer of Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service. Postings included Persia, Sierra Leone, Dacca, Blantyre and Capetown.
Sources
1st Special Service Regiment Officers (linked content below).
London Gazette 34787, page 771 (1940).
London Gazette 36684, page 4107 (1944).
London Gazette 39231, page 2798 ((1951).
London Gazette 39712, page 6472 (1952).
Photo of commission appointment certificate to Candian Army
London Gazette 41784, page 4989 (1959).
London Gazette 46898, page 6826 (1976).
[Images and additional details] Nick James, son.
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