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Williams, David Henry James

Nationality:
British

Biography

8-31-1923: Captain
8-31-1944: Lieutenant Colonel
11-28-1947: Colonel
9-01-1948: ex-British Indian Army, nu Pakistan Armed Forces
28-11-1949: Retires

Regiment: B S S L; 13 Frontier Force Rifles; 35 S;
Date of commission: 31 Aug 1918;
Date of release: (28 Nov 1949)

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Rank:
Major
Unit:
South Wazinstan Scouts, British Army
Awarded on:
February 18th, 1938
'for distinguished services rendered in connection with the operations in Waziristan, North West Frontier of India, I7th January to I5th September, 1937'
Mentioned in Dispatches
Rank:
Major
Unit:
South Wazinstan Scouts, British Army
Awarded on:
October 17th, 1939
"for valuable services rendered in the field in connection with the operations in Waziristan, during the period i6th December, 1937, to 3ist December, 1938"
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

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