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Originally Posted by leigh kitchen
The closest I've got to identifying "R.H.B.R." is an officer named Captain Ronald Herbert Roe, born 27/6/1914, son of Herbert Basset Roe and Alice Margaret Roe.
Serving with the 1st Battalion of the16th Punjab Regiment he was killed on 14/11/1943 and is commemorated on the Rangoon Memorial.
Even assuming that there may be a "B......" before the "Roe" then he seems an unlikely candidate given the cap's buttons specifying "Sikh Regiment".
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Given that his father was a Herbert as well, it's not too much of a stretch to imagine 'Basset' was also carried across as a family name, which would give you the required initials. Obviously doesn't help with the Sikh connection though.
Kevin