Geboortedatum:

26 september 1909

Overlijdensdatum:

4 augustus 1944

Begraven op:

Oorlogsbegraafplaats van het Gemenebest Ranchi
Vak: 5. Rij: F. Graf: 2.

Dienstnummer:

44155, Royal Armoured Corps

Nationaliteit:

Britse (1801-heden, Koninkrijk)

Edward Ronald Pettit kwam op 4 augustus 1944 om het leven. Op dat moment droeg hij de rang van Lieutenant Colonel.

Bevorderingen (bekend):
1928 - 1929, Gentleman Cadet - Royal Military College, Sandhurst;
29 augustus 1929: 2nd Lieutenant;
29 augustus 1932: Lieutenant;
september 1935: acting Captain;
1 augustus 1938: Captain;
7 september 1940: temporary Major;
april 1944: temporary Lieutenant Colonel.

Loopbaan:
29 augustus 1929: 9th Queen's Royal Lancers;
28 september 1935: Colonial Service;
september 1935 - 27 maart 1938: ADC Commander in Chief, Nigeria;
1 september 1939: Regimental Duty, 9th Queen’s Royal Lancers, United Kingdom;
december 1940: Squadron Leader, 24th Lancers, United Kingdom;
1942: Second in Command The Lothian and Border Horse, 36th Yeomanry Regiment, United Kingdom;
9 oktober 1943: 26th Hussars, Meerut, India;
oktober 1943: Squadron Leader 3rd Carabiniers, Prince of Wales’s Dragoon Guards, Burma;
april 1944: GSO1, AFV, Headquarters 14th Army, India.

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• Foto 1: Familie
• - Army Form W.3121 May 1944. Approved by Lieutenant General Commanding IV Corps
  - The London Gazette of 30th August 1929, Issue 33530
  - The London Gazette of 30th August 1932, Issue 33859
  - The London Gazette of 11th October 1935, Issue 34207
  - Supplement to The London Gazette of 2nd August 1938, Issue 34538, dated 5th August 1938
  - Supplement to The London Gazette of 6th February 1945, Issue 36928, dated 8th February 1945
  - Commonwealth Wargraves Commission
  - Regimental Headquarters (HQ) of The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers & Greys), RSDG, Edinburgh Castle, Scotland
  - Museum of The 9th/12th Royal Lancers, Derby
  - Familyhistory (UK and Canada)
  

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