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	==Early life==		==Early life==
	John Hume Prendergast was born in [[Lahore]] in 1910, the son of Major-General [[Charles Gordon Prendergast]], he was educated at [[Victoria College, Jersey]]<ref name=times>{{cite news\|title=Obituary \|work= [[The Times]]\|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article3856880.ece \| location=London \| date=2 May 2008 \| accessdate=7 May ~~2022~~}}</ref> and was commissioned into the [[Royal Sussex Regiment]] as a supplementary reserve officer with the rank of second lieutenant with effect from 25 December 1929, when he was described in the ''[[London Gazette]]'' as "John Hume Prendergast; (late Cadet Corpl., Victoria Coll. Contgt., Jun. Div., O. T. C.)"<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=33563 \|date=24 December 1929 \|page=8383}}</ref> In 1931, he returned to India and in November 1931 was transferred as a second lieutenant to the Unattached List for the [[British Indian Army\|Indian Army]].<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=33772 \|date=17 November 1931 \|page=7412}}</ref> He joined the 4th battalion [[15th Punjab Regiment]] on 22 January 1933, serving with them on the [[North-West Frontier Province (1901–1955)\|North West Frontier]], and was also seconded to the Frontier Corps unit the [[Tochi Scouts]] as of 4 August 1936. It was while he was a Lieutenant of the 15th Punjab Regiment attached to the Tochi Scouts that he was awarded his first [[Military Cross]], in 1937. The citation read; "while commanding the advance guard of a regular force column on the frontier. When [[Pashtun people\|Pathan]]s attacked from a flanking hillside, he was ordered to clear the way. With sound use of fire and movement, skills in which the Pathan were also adept, he dislodged the enemy."<ref name=times/><ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=34426 \|date=13 August 1937 \|page=5177}}</ref>		John Hume Prendergast was born in [[Lahore]] in 1910, the son of Major-General [[Charles Gordon Prendergast]], he was educated at [[Victoria College, Jersey]]<ref name=times>{{cite news\|title=Obituary \|work= [[The Times]]\|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article3856880.ece \| location=London \| date=2 May 2008 \| accessdate=7 May 2010}}</ref> and was commissioned into the [[Royal Sussex Regiment]] as a supplementary reserve officer with the rank of second lieutenant with effect from 25 December 1929, when he was described in the ''[[London Gazette]]'' as "John Hume Prendergast; (late Cadet Corpl., Victoria Coll. Contgt., Jun. Div., O. T. C.)"<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=33563 \|date=24 December 1929 \|page=8383}}</ref> In 1931, he returned to India and in November 1931 was transferred as a second lieutenant to the Unattached List for the [[British Indian Army\|Indian Army]].<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=33772 \|date=17 November 1931 \|page=7412}}</ref> He joined the 4th battalion [[15th Punjab Regiment]] on 22 January 1933, serving with them on the [[North-West Frontier Province (1901–1955)\|North West Frontier]], and was also seconded to the Frontier Corps unit the [[Tochi Scouts]] as of 4 August 1936. It was while he was a Lieutenant of the 15th Punjab Regiment attached to the Tochi Scouts that he was awarded his first [[Military Cross]], in 1937. The citation read; "while commanding the advance guard of a regular force column on the frontier. When [[Pashtun people\|Pathan]]s attacked from a flanking hillside, he was ordered to clear the way. With sound use of fire and movement, skills in which the Pathan were also adept, he dislodged the enemy."<ref name=times/><ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=34426 \|date=13 August 1937 \|page=5177}}</ref>

	==World War II==		==World War II==
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	After the independence and [[Partition of India]] in 1947, Prendergast transferred from the [[Indian Army]] and received a [[British Army]] commission into the [[York and Lancaster Regiment]] in 1948. He was next appointed as the British [[defence attaché]] in [[Kabul]] due to his knowledge of the region, with the local rank of colonel.<ref name=times/>		After the independence and [[Partition of India]] in 1947, Prendergast transferred from the [[Indian Army]] and received a [[British Army]] commission into the [[York and Lancaster Regiment]] in 1948. He was next appointed as the British [[defence attaché]] in [[Kabul]] due to his knowledge of the region, with the local rank of colonel.<ref name=times/>

	In 1950 he reverted to the rank of major to join the [[1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment\|1st Battalion]], York and Lancasters in [[Braunschweig\|Brunswick]], [[Germany]] and in 1951 was appointed to command the battalion, which at the time was part of a lorried infantry brigade in an armoured division.{{fact\|date=May ~~2022~~}}		In 1950 he reverted to the rank of major to join the [[1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment\|1st Battalion]], York and Lancasters in [[Braunschweig\|Brunswick]], [[Germany]] and in 1951 was appointed to command the battalion, which at the time was part of a lorried infantry brigade in an armoured division.{{fact\|date=May 2020}}

	In 1952, he was promoted colonel again for a staff appointment at HQ [[I Corps (United Kingdom)\|1st British Corps]] in Germany.<ref name=times/>		In 1952, he was promoted colonel again for a staff appointment at HQ [[I Corps (United Kingdom)\|1st British Corps]] in Germany.<ref name=times/>

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	==Early life==		==Early life==
	John Hume Prendergast was born in [[Lahore]] in 1910, the son of Major-General [[Charles Gordon Prendergast]], he was educated at [[Victoria College, Jersey]]<ref name=times>{{cite news\|title=Obituary \|work= [[The Times]]\|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article3856880.ece \| location=London \| date=2 May 2008 \| accessdate=7 May ~~2010~~}}</ref> and was commissioned into the [[Royal Sussex Regiment]] as a supplementary reserve officer with the rank of second lieutenant with effect from 25 December 1929, when he was described in the ''[[London Gazette]]'' as "John Hume Prendergast; (late Cadet Corpl., Victoria Coll. Contgt., Jun. Div., O. T. C.)"<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=33563 \|date=24 December 1929 \|page=8383}}</ref> In 1931, he returned to India and in November 1931 was transferred as a second lieutenant to the Unattached List for the [[British Indian Army\|Indian Army]].<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=33772 \|date=17 November 1931 \|page=7412}}</ref> He joined the 4th battalion [[15th Punjab Regiment]] on 22 January 1933, serving with them on the [[North-West Frontier Province (1901–1955)\|North West Frontier]], and was also seconded to the Frontier Corps unit the [[Tochi Scouts]] as of 4 August 1936. It was while he was a Lieutenant of the 15th Punjab Regiment attached to the Tochi Scouts that he was awarded his first [[Military Cross]], in 1937. The citation read; "while commanding the advance guard of a regular force column on the frontier. When [[Pashtun people\|Pathan]]s attacked from a flanking hillside, he was ordered to clear the way. With sound use of fire and movement, skills in which the Pathan were also adept, he dislodged the enemy."<ref name=times/><ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=34426 \|date=13 August 1937 \|page=5177}}</ref>		John Hume Prendergast was born in [[Lahore]] in 1910, the son of Major-General [[Charles Gordon Prendergast]], he was educated at [[Victoria College, Jersey]]<ref name=times>{{cite news\|title=Obituary \|work= [[The Times]]\|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article3856880.ece \| location=London \| date=2 May 2008 \| accessdate=7 May 2022}}</ref> and was commissioned into the [[Royal Sussex Regiment]] as a supplementary reserve officer with the rank of second lieutenant with effect from 25 December 1929, when he was described in the ''[[London Gazette]]'' as "John Hume Prendergast; (late Cadet Corpl., Victoria Coll. Contgt., Jun. Div., O. T. C.)"<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=33563 \|date=24 December 1929 \|page=8383}}</ref> In 1931, he returned to India and in November 1931 was transferred as a second lieutenant to the Unattached List for the [[British Indian Army\|Indian Army]].<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=33772 \|date=17 November 1931 \|page=7412}}</ref> He joined the 4th battalion [[15th Punjab Regiment]] on 22 January 1933, serving with them on the [[North-West Frontier Province (1901–1955)\|North West Frontier]], and was also seconded to the Frontier Corps unit the [[Tochi Scouts]] as of 4 August 1936. It was while he was a Lieutenant of the 15th Punjab Regiment attached to the Tochi Scouts that he was awarded his first [[Military Cross]], in 1937. The citation read; "while commanding the advance guard of a regular force column on the frontier. When [[Pashtun people\|Pathan]]s attacked from a flanking hillside, he was ordered to clear the way. With sound use of fire and movement, skills in which the Pathan were also adept, he dislodged the enemy."<ref name=times/><ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=34426 \|date=13 August 1937 \|page=5177}}</ref>

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	After the independence and [[Partition of India]] in 1947, Prendergast transferred from the [[Indian Army]] and received a [[British Army]] commission into the [[York and Lancaster Regiment]] in 1948. He was next appointed as the British [[defence attaché]] in [[Kabul]] due to his knowledge of the region, with the local rank of colonel.<ref name=times/>		After the independence and [[Partition of India]] in 1947, Prendergast transferred from the [[Indian Army]] and received a [[British Army]] commission into the [[York and Lancaster Regiment]] in 1948. He was next appointed as the British [[defence attaché]] in [[Kabul]] due to his knowledge of the region, with the local rank of colonel.<ref name=times/>

	In 1950 he reverted to the rank of major to join the [[1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment\|1st Battalion]], York and Lancasters in [[Braunschweig\|Brunswick]], [[Germany]] and in 1951 was appointed to command the battalion, which at the time was part of a lorried infantry brigade in an armoured division.{{fact\|date=May ~~2020~~}}		In 1950 he reverted to the rank of major to join the [[1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment\|1st Battalion]], York and Lancasters in [[Braunschweig\|Brunswick]], [[Germany]] and in 1951 was appointed to command the battalion, which at the time was part of a lorried infantry brigade in an armoured division.{{fact\|date=May 2022}}

	In 1952, he was promoted colonel again for a staff appointment at HQ [[I Corps (United Kingdom)\|1st British Corps]] in Germany.<ref name=times/>		In 1952, he was promoted colonel again for a staff appointment at HQ [[I Corps (United Kingdom)\|1st British Corps]] in Germany.<ref name=times/>
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[[Brigadier (United Kingdom)|Brigadier]] '''John Hume Prendergast''' [[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]] [[Military Cross|MC & Bar]] was a [[British Indian Army]], and later [[British Army]], officer and travel writer.

==Early life==
John Hume Prendergast was born in [[Lahore]] in 1910, the son of Major-General [[Charles Gordon Prendergast]], he was educated at [[Victoria College, Jersey]]<ref name=times>{{cite news|title=Obituary |work= [[The Times]]|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article3856880.ece | location=London | date=2 May 2008 | accessdate=7 May 2010}}</ref> and was commissioned into the [[Royal Sussex Regiment]] as a supplementary reserve officer with the rank of second lieutenant with effect from 25 December 1929, when he was described in the ''[[London Gazette]]'' as "John Hume Prendergast; (late Cadet Corpl., Victoria Coll. Contgt., Jun. Div., O. T. C.)"<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=33563 |date=24 December 1929 |page=8383}}</ref> In 1931, he returned to India and in November 1931 was transferred as a second lieutenant to the Unattached List for the [[British Indian Army|Indian Army]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=33772 |date=17 November 1931 |page=7412}}</ref> He joined the 4th battalion [[15th Punjab Regiment]] on 22 January 1933, serving with them on the [[North-West Frontier Province (1901–1955)|North West Frontier]], and was also seconded to the Frontier Corps unit the [[Tochi Scouts]] as of 4 August 1936. It was while he was a Lieutenant of the 15th Punjab Regiment attached to the Tochi Scouts that he was awarded his first [[Military Cross]], in 1937. The citation read; "while commanding the advance guard of a regular force column on the frontier. When [[Pashtun people|Pathan]]s attacked from a flanking hillside, he was ordered to clear the way. With sound use of fire and movement, skills in which the Pathan were also adept, he dislodged the enemy."<ref name=times/><ref>{{London Gazette |issue=34426 |date=13 August 1937 |page=5177}}</ref>

==World War II==
===Norwegian Campaign===
During [[World War II]] Prendergast was flown home in the spring of 1940 to join the Anglo-French landings in [[Norway]] as he was an expert in mountain warfare after his time of the North West Frontier. The [[German Army (Wehrmacht)|German Army]] was already deployed when he arrived and within hours of arrival, he was awarded a Bar to his Military Cross.<ref name=times/>
" Although a mountain warfare adviser to 2nd Battalion [[Scots Guards]], he was in command of a mixed force of British troops and Norwegian reservists at [[Mosjøen]], on the northwest coast. With a line of withdrawal to be kept secure he fought a brisk defensive action, killing 50 of the enemy, before bringing his force to safety with the loss of only one man."<ref name=times/>

===India and Burma===
After the withdrawal of the Anglo-French force from Norway, he returned to [[India]] and was the mountain warfare instructor at the Infantry School, in [[Poona]]. He remained here until 1941 when he was ordered to raise a battalion-sized force to defend the Indian naval base south of [[Calcutta]]. He was then appointed as the Second in Command of the 1/[[15th Punjab Regiment]] in the [[14th Indian Infantry Division]] and saw action in the first, [[Arakan Campaign 1942–1943|Arakan campaign of 1942-43]] against the [[Japan]]ese, [[55th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)|55th Division]].<ref name=times/>
After being withdrawn due to illness he rejoined the battalion in time for its advance with the [[19th Indian Infantry Division]] across the [[Chindwin]] into the Shwebo plain and the advance on [[Mandalay]].<ref name=times/>
He was then appointed to command the 3rd Btn [[6th Rajputana Rifles]],of the 19th Indian Infantry Division, in early 1945, he was in command during the final stages of the Burma campaign and the capture of [[Rangoon]].<ref name=times/>

He was awarded the [[Distinguished Service Order|DSO]] in the [[Karen Hills]] east of [[Toungoo]] in central Burma, while commanding his battalion in the fight to halt a Japanese counter-attack astride the [[Mawchi]] road which was attempting to the [[Fourteenth Army (United Kingdom)|Fourteenth Army]]'s line of communication.<ref name=times/>
He was also mentioned in dispatches for his part in mopping-up operations after the Japanese surrender in August 1945.<ref name=times/>

==Post war==
After the independence and [[Partition of India]] in 1947, Prendergast transferred from the [[Indian Army]] and received a [[British Army]] commission into the [[York and Lancaster Regiment]] in 1948. He was next appointed as the British [[defence attaché]] in [[Kabul]] due to his knowledge of the region, with the local rank of colonel.<ref name=times/>

In 1950 he reverted to the rank of major to join the [[1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment|1st Battalion]], York and Lancasters in [[Braunschweig|Brunswick]], [[Germany]] and in 1951 was appointed to command the battalion, which at the time was part of a lorried infantry brigade in an armoured division.{{fact|date=May 2020}}

In 1952, he was promoted colonel again for a staff appointment at HQ [[I Corps (United Kingdom)|1st British Corps]] in Germany.<ref name=times/>
His final appointment in the army was commander of the [[147th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|147th Brigade]] of the [[Army Reserve (United Kingdom)|Territorial Army]] (TA) based in [[Leicester]].<ref name=times/>

==Civilian life==
On his retirement he travelled widely and published the books, ''The Road to India'', a guide to motoring in the sub-continent, ''A Plume of Dust'', about travel in Central Europe, and a light-hearted autobiography, ''Prender’s Progress''.<ref name=times/>

==Promotions==
*2nd Lieutenant 15 November 1931
*Lieutenant 15 February 1934
*Captain 15 November 1939
*Acting Major 14 October 1940 – 13 January 1941
*Temporary Major 14 January 1941 - 06.08.1941, 27 August 1941 – 28 March 1942, 06.04.1942 - 05.07.42
*War Substantive Major 6 July 1942
*Major 1 July 1946
*Acting Lieutenant Colonel 03.06.1941 - 06.07.1941, 06.04.1942 - 05.07.42,
*Temporary Lieutenant Colonel 06.07.42 - 16.7.43, 29.05.45 - 28.05.48, 06.07.48 - 3.4.51
*Local Colonel 06.07.48 - 30.12.50
*Lieutenant Colonel 23 October 1951
*Colonel 23 July 1957 (retd 20 August 1960)
*Hon. Brigadier 20 August 1960 <ref name="unithistories">{{cite web|title=unithistories|url=http://www.unithistories.com/officers/IndianArmy_officers_P01.html}}</ref>

==Awards==

*[[File:Dso-ribbon.png|90px]] DSO - London Gazette 6 June 1946
*[[File:Military Cross ribbon.png|90px]] MC - London Gazette 13 August 1937. NW Frontier of India
*[[File:Military Cross ribbon.png|90px]] MC - London Gazette 6 August 1940
*MID - London Gazette 9 May 1946 <ref name="unithistories"/>

==References==
{{reflist}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080303230314/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/03/03/db0301.xml Daily Telegraph obituary]
* The Half-yearly Army List February 1950 & February 1957
* The Indian Army List (various dates)

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