CHINDITS 1944 Harper, Alexander Forrest

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Harper ​

• FORENAME

Alexander Forrest ​

• UNIT

3 Bn 9th Gurkha Rifles (111 Ind.Bde) ​

• RANK

Lieutenant Colonel ​

• NUMBER

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• AWARD

Mention in Despatches ​

• PLACE

Burma 1944 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 12.7.1910 England​

RMC Sandhurst​

2 Bn Lancashire Fusiliers​

Royal Deccan Horse,Indian Army​

Indian Army Cavalry School,Saugor (instructor)​

ADC to Governor of Bengal 1938-40​

3 Bn 9th Gurkha Rifles​

D.S.O. for Java 1945​

played Polo for England postwar​

2 autobiographies:- "Horse and Foot"(1995) and "More Horse and Foot" (2002)​

married Rosemary Hayward 1946 (2 children)​

died 11.3.2003 ​

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