Currently being entered - extracts from the 'London Gazette' for 1953
1953
January
6th Reg. Army
Short Serv. Commn.
Capt. R. J. Whistler (99761) to be Major, October 1st, 1952.
Annual Brevets
The undermentioned Major to be Brevet Lieut.-Colonel, July 1st, 1952:
H. H. van Straubenzee, D.S.O., O.B.E. (63608)
13th Reg. Army
Short Serv. Commn.
Capt. John Peter Bennett (69362), from Res. of Offrs., to be Lieutenant, December 1st, 1952,
with seniority March 21st, 1947.
Lieut. J. P. Bennett (69632) to be Captain, December 1st, 1952, with seniority March 21st, 1951.
16th Terr. Army
2nd Lieut. R. M. van Oss (416590) is granted the acting rank of Lieutenant, January 16th, 1953.
23rd Terr. Army
2nd Lieut. (Actg. Lieut.) A. G. Johnston (409746) to be Lieutenant, January 25th, 1953,
with seniority December 16th, 1951.
30th Reg. Army
Capt. A. V. Brown (129098) to be Major, January 24th, 1953.
February
10th Reg. Army
2nd Lieut. D. S. Hawker (414877) to be Lieutenant, February 9th, 1953.
2nd Lieut. J. St. C. Simmons (414974) to be Lieutenant, February 9th, 1953.
13th Reg. Army
Short Serv. Commn.
2nd Lieut. K. A. How (417412) to be Lieutenant, January 20th, 1953.
17th Terr. Army
2nd Lieut. J. H. Pattisson (417227) is granted the acting rank of Lieutenant, February 20th, 1952.
20th Reg. Army
Lieut. P. W. Mitchell (337006) to be Captain, January 19th, 1953.
Terr. Army
2nd Lieut. A. R. Wood (414257), from R.A.S.C. A. E. Res. of Offrs., to be 2nd Lieutenant, September 16th,
952, with seniority June 7th, 1951.
2nd Lieut. A. R. Wood (414257) is granted the acting rank of Lieutenant, October 28th, 1952. (Substituted
for notification in Gazette (Supplement) dated October 28th, 1952, under A.E. Res. of Offrs., Nat. Serv.
List, R.A.S.C.)
27th Reg. Army
Capt. P. R. Hayter, M.B.E., M.C. (130716) to be Major, March 2nd, 1953.
March
3rd Reg. Army
Lieut.-Colonel H. J. C. Ducat-Hamersley (36514) retires on ret. pay March 5th, 1953, and is granted the hon. rank
of Colonel.
Reg. Army Res. of Offrs.
Capt. D. E. J. Sweetzer (357279), from Active List, to be Captain, March 6th, 1953, retaining his present seniority.
6th Reg. Army
2nd Lieut. E. W. Leask (387197) to be Lieutenant, March 11th, 1953.
13th Reg. Army
Lieut. M. L. Southern (278261) to be Captain, March 15th, 1953.
24th Reg. Army
The undermentioned Officer Cadet from the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, to be 2nd Lieutenant,
February 6th, 1953: Charles St. Clare SImmons (427004).
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1955
January
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February
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8th Reg. Army
Short Serv. Commn.
2nd Lieut. K. A. How (417412) to be Lieutenant, January 20th, 1953.
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