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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 31069" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Harper </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Alexander Forrest </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>3 Bn 9th Gurkha Rifles (111 Ind.Bde) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Lieutenant Colonel </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AWARD</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Mention in Despatches </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PLACE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Burma 1944 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 12.7.1910 England</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>RMC Sandhurst</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>2 Bn Lancashire Fusiliers</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Royal Deccan Horse,Indian Army</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Indian Army Cavalry School,Saugor (instructor)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>ADC to Governor of Bengal 1938-40</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>3 Bn 9th Gurkha Rifles</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>D.S.O. for Java 1945</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>played Polo for England postwar</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>2 autobiographies:- "Horse and Foot"(1995) and "More Horse and Foot" (2002)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>married Rosemary Hayward 1946 (2 children)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>died 11.3.2003 </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>IMAGES:</strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/a-f-harper.2713/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/2/2713-2aaf8840845b787025a4276497b02bf9.jpg?1591383568" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John Robertson, post: 31069, member: 1"] [LIST] [*][B]SURNAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Harper [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]FORENAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Alexander Forrest [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]UNIT[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]3 Bn 9th Gurkha Rifles (111 Ind.Bde) [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]RANK[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Lieutenant Colonel [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]NUMBER[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]AWARD[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Mention in Despatches [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]PLACE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Burma 1944 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]ADDITIONAL INFORMATION[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]born 12.7.1910 England[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]RMC Sandhurst[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]2 Bn Lancashire Fusiliers[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Royal Deccan Horse,Indian Army[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Indian Army Cavalry School,Saugor (instructor)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]ADC to Governor of Bengal 1938-40[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]3 Bn 9th Gurkha Rifles[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]D.S.O. for Java 1945[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]played Polo for England postwar[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]2 autobiographies:- "Horse and Foot"(1995) and "More Horse and Foot" (2002)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]married Rosemary Hayward 1946 (2 children)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]died 11.3.2003 [/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT][B]IMAGES:[/B][/INDENT] [INDENT][URL="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/a-f-harper.2713/"][IMG]http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/2/2713-2aaf8840845b787025a4276497b02bf9.jpg?1591383568[/IMG][/URL][/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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