British army officer. Born in India to a military family. One of the founders of modern guerrilla warfare, he specialised in creating military units which used these tactics, the best known such unit being the Chindits.
Killed in an air crash in India along with 9 others, mainly Americans. Individual identification was not possible and initially all the bodies were buried in India but in 1950 they were exhumed and reburied in Arlington Cemetery, USA.
Thomas Booth was born circa 1894 in Nowgong, East India, a son of Thomas and Agnes Elizabeth Booth. On 31 March 1901 when the 1901 census was undertaken, he is shown as a 6-year-old boy living at ...
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
Lieutenant Colonel Duane Willard Beeson was born on 16 July 1921 in Boise, Idaho, USA, the son of Carl Beeson (1889-1964) and Zelda K. Beeson née Parsons (1891-1987). Our Picture Source and his Wi...
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal, Sir Glenn Torpy KCB CBE DSO ADC.
