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ABDUL HAQ, Gunner, 8017. 1 Mountain Bty.,. Hong Kong and Singapore Royal Artillery. 25th December 1941. Age 20. Son of Jhande Khan and Barkate, of Chak No. 143/91, Montgomery, Pakistan. 4. E. 8.
ACKERMAN, Staff Serjeant, LEONARD ALBERT GARDNER, 7581855. Royal Army Ordnance Corps. 3rd January 1942. Age 42. Husband of Florence Ackerman. 6. C. 20.
AINSLIE, Private, GEORGE, 2841. Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps. 20th August 1942. Age 21. 8. A. 5.
ALEXANDER, Private, KENNETH WILLIAM, 6202951. 1st Bn. Middlesex Regiment. 20th December 1941. Age 20. Son of George Alexander, and of Daisy Elizabeth Alexander, of Streatham, London. 5. B. 20.
ALEXANDER, Gunner, WILLIAM L., DR/234. Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps. 24th December 1941. Age 40. Son of John Young Alexander and Jeanie Dickie Alexander; husband of Elizabeth Forsyth Alexander, of Sandringham, Victoria, Australia. Chartered Accountant. 1. B. Coll. grave 2-9.
AMBLER, Captain, PHILIP, EC/267. 5th Bn. 7th Rajput Regiment. 19th December 1941. Age 30. Son of George and Hannah Halfey Ambler, of Preston, Lancashire. 1. B. 33.
ANDERSON, Signalman, JOHN, P/CDX 2459. H.M.S. Tamar. Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. 16th August 1942. Age 23. 1. A. 3.
ANDERSON, Master, JOSEPH STEWART, S.S. Patricia Moller. Merchant Navy. 30th December 1944. Age 50. Son of Alexander and Anne Stewart Anderson; husband of Isabelle Clow Anderson, of Glasgow. 3. B. 7.
ANSARI, Captain, MATREEN AHMED, G C, IEC 1694. 5th Bn. 7th Rajput Regiment and British Army Aid Group. 29th October 1943. Age 27. Son of Begum H. A. Ansari, of Hyderabad, Deccan, India. Sp. Mem. 1. E. Coll. grave 1. The following details are given in the London Gazette of March 18th, 1946: "Awarded the George Cross for most conspicuous gallantry in carrying out hazardous work in a very brave manner."
Capt. Ansari, serving in Hong Kong, became a prisoner of the Japanese when they invaded the Island in December 1941. The whole weight of the Japanese attack fell on the Rajputs who suffered severely, losing most of their officers. For a time Capt. Ansari was treated reasonably well until it became know he was related to the ruler of a great Indian State, whereupon they tried to persuade him to renounce his allegiance to the British and assist them in their efforts to spread subversion amongst the Indian ranks in their prison camps. When he refused they resorted to force, and in May 1942 he was thrown into Stanley Jail where he remained until September of that year. Owing to starvation, brutality, including alleged mutilation, he became unable to walk. When Capt. Ansari was eventually returned to the Indian Other Ranks camp he not only continued to proclaim his allegiance to the British but even started an organisation to assist prisoners to escape. In May 1943 he was again thrown into Stanley Jail where he was starved and tortured for a further five months. He was then sentenced to death with over thirty other British, Indian and Chinese, and they were all executed by beheading on 20th October 1943.
ARMSTRONG, Lieutenant Colonel, CYRIL, M B E, 10760. Royal Army Medical Corps. 19th October 1943. Age 51. Son of John Henry and Ethel Armstrong; husband of Elizabeth Childs Armstrong, of Fleet, Hampshire. M.D., D.P.H. 1. A. 14.
ARUNDELL, Lieutenant, RICHARD, 129826. Royal Engineers. 24th - 25th December 1941. Age 23. Son of William Henry and Dorothy Arundell, of Pinkneys Green, Berkshire. B.Sc. Engineering (Lond.)., M.D., D.P.H. 5. E. 18.
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