{"version":"2026-07-19","lastReviewed":"2026-07-19","resourceType":"Source-linked family military-service dossier index","canonicalUrl":"https://richardhammondchambersborgnis.org/military-records","homepageUrl":"https://richardhammondchambersborgnis.org/#service-across-generations","indexUrl":"https://richardhammondchambersborgnis.org/military-records","machineResourceUrl":"https://richardhammondchambersborgnis.org/military-records.json","publicationBoundary":{"headline":"Service across generations","summary":"Seven source dossiers document Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force service in Richard’s direct family archive and wider research cohort. Three are direct-line records, two use family-tree-supported collateral relationships, one remains a qualified collateral record and one has no established family connector. These are ancestral and collateral records, not ranks, decorations or entitlements held by Richard.","sourceNote":"Military claims follow opened Gazette pages, National Archives catalogues and institutional records. Genealogy sources grade relationships only and do not replace civil certificates.","excludedClaims":["Richard Peter’s reported MBE and Mediterranean commands","John Arnold’s reported Royal Household role and Eton Rifle Corps command","Richard Archibald’s reported Crown Representative title and unlocated French honours","a direct-line or Major-General description for Duncan Alwyn Macfarlane","a proved numbered cousin relationship for Terence Malcolm Bulloch","a claim that Robert Herbert’s DSO was itself awarded for the 22–23 April 1918 raids"]},"records":[{"id":"service-richard-peter-hammond-chambers-borgnis","slug":"richard-peter-hammond-chambers-borgnis","personId":"richard-peter-hammond-chambers-borgnis","canonicalName":"Richard Peter Hammond-Chambers-Borgnis","nameVariants":["R. P. 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ESPNcricinfo separately records his 1937 first-class appearance for Combined Services.","milestones":[{"id":"richard-peter-sub-lieutenant","date":"1 July 1931","title":"Sub-Lieutenant seniority","detail":"R. P. Hammond-Chambers-Borgnis was confirmed from Acting Sub-Lieutenant to Sub-Lieutenant with the stated seniority date.","sourceIds":["gazette-richard-peter-sub-lieutenant"],"status":"verified"},{"id":"richard-peter-lieutenant","date":"15 February 1933","title":"Promoted to Lieutenant","detail":"The Admiralty notice records promotion from Sub-Lieutenant to Lieutenant with seniority shown as 15 February 1933.","sourceIds":["gazette-richard-peter-lieutenant"],"status":"verified"},{"id":"richard-peter-retired","date":"1939","title":"Placed on the Royal Navy retired list","detail":"The Gazette records Lieutenant Richard Peter Hammond-Chambers-Borgnis on the retired list.","sourceIds":["gazette-richard-peter-retired"],"status":"verified"}],"sourceIds":["gazette-richard-peter-sub-lieutenant","gazette-richard-peter-lieutenant","gazette-richard-peter-retired","espn-richard-peter"],"confidence":"institutionally-supported","publicationStatus":"published","publicationBoundary":"The notices establish rank, seniority and retired-list status; they do not establish the wider family-site account of Mediterranean commands or an MBE.","unresolvedClaims":["Reported Royal Naval College, Greenwich education","Reported Mediterranean commands","Reported MBE"],"rightsBoundary":"No portrait is inferred from a name match; only separately rights-checked family or institutional images may be used.","homepageTreatment":"primary-card","dossierUrl":"https://richardhammondchambersborgnis.org/military-records/richard-peter-hammond-chambers-borgnis","homepageAnchorUrl":"https://richardhammondchambersborgnis.org/#service-richard-peter-hammond-chambers-borgnis","sources":[{"id":"gazette-richard-peter-sub-lieutenant","label":"Acting Sub-Lieutenants confirmed as Sub-Lieutenants, issue 33815, page 2292","institution":"The London Gazette","url":"https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/33815/page/2292/data.pdf","sourceRole":"primary-record","accessedOn":"2026-07-19","archivalIdentifier":"London Gazette 33815, p. 2292"},{"id":"gazette-richard-peter-lieutenant","label":"Sub-Lieutenants promoted to Lieutenants, issue 33912, page 1081","institution":"The London Gazette","url":"https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/33912/page/1081/data.pdf","sourceRole":"primary-record","accessedOn":"2026-07-19","archivalIdentifier":"London Gazette 33912, p. 1081"},{"id":"gazette-richard-peter-retired","label":"Royal Navy retirement notice, issue 34577, page 7689","institution":"The London Gazette","url":"https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34577/page/7689/data.pdf","sourceRole":"primary-record","accessedOn":"2026-07-19","archivalIdentifier":"London Gazette 34577, p. 7689"},{"id":"espn-richard-peter","label":"Richard Borgnis player record","institution":"ESPNcricinfo","url":"https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/richard-borgnis-9864","sourceRole":"institutional-profile","accessedOn":"2026-07-19","archivalIdentifier":"ESPNcricinfo player 9864"}]},{"id":"service-john-arnold-hammond-chambers-borgnis","slug":"john-arnold-hammond-chambers-borgnis","personId":"john-arnold-hammond-chambers","canonicalName":"John Arnold Hammond-Chambers-Borgnis","nameVariants":["J. 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Hammond-Chambers-Borgnis","John Arnold Hammond Chambers Borgnis"],"lifespan":"1883–1944","relationshipToRichard":"Richard’s paternal great-grandfather","relationshipStatus":"family-archive-direct-line","relationshipEvidence":"The supplied family archive identifies John Arnold as father of Richard Peter and therefore Richard’s paternal great-grandfather.","relationshipRoute":"/ancestry/hammond-chambers","service":"Territorial Force Reserve and Royal Defence Corps","rankOrRole":"Captain; formerly Adjutant and Quartermaster","servicePeriod":"1915–1919 documented sequence","units":["Territorial Force Reserve · General List","Royal Defence Corps · Protection Companies"],"decorations":[],"archivalIdentifiers":["London Gazette 29146, supplement p. 4157","London Gazette 30067, supplement p. 4644","London Gazette 31831, supplement p. 3515","London Gazette 37305, p. 5050"],"headline":"Territorial Force officer promoted to Captain in the Royal Defence Corps","summary":"The Gazette records his 1915 promotion from Second Lieutenant to Lieutenant, his 1917 promotion to Captain in the Royal Defence Corps, and his 1919 relinquishment as an Adjutant and Quartermaster while retaining the rank of Captain. A 1945 estate notice records his full identity and death on 11 October 1944.","milestones":[{"id":"john-arnold-lieutenant","date":"29 April 1915","title":"Promoted to Lieutenant","detail":"Second Lieutenant John A. Hammond-Chambers-Borgnis was promoted to Lieutenant in the Territorial Force Reserve, General List.","sourceIds":["gazette-john-arnold-lieutenant"],"status":"verified"},{"id":"john-arnold-rank-cross-check","date":"28 June 1916","title":"Lieutenant rank cross-check","detail":"An official wartime list again records Lt. J. A. Hammond-Chambers-Borgnis.","sourceIds":["gazette-john-arnold-rank-check"],"status":"verified"},{"id":"john-arnold-captain","date":"14 May 1917","title":"Promoted to Captain","detail":"The Royal Defence Corps notice promotes Lieutenant J. A. 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A reported Royal Household role and Eton Rifle Corps command remain unverified.","unresolvedClaims":["Reported Royal Household role","Reported Eton Rifle Corps command"],"rightsBoundary":"The estate notice is biographical evidence, not permission to reproduce any third-party portrait.","homepageTreatment":"primary-card","dossierUrl":"https://richardhammondchambersborgnis.org/military-records/john-arnold-hammond-chambers-borgnis","homepageAnchorUrl":"https://richardhammondchambersborgnis.org/#service-john-arnold-hammond-chambers-borgnis","sources":[{"id":"eton-john-arnold","label":"The Eton Register 1893–1899","institution":"Internet Archive scan of the published Eton Register","url":"https://archive.org/stream/etonregisterbei01assogoog/etonregisterbei01assogoog_djvu.txt","sourceRole":"primary-record","accessedOn":"2026-07-19"},{"id":"brasenose-john-arnold","label":"Brasenose College register","institution":"Internet Archive scan of the published Brasenose register","url":"https://archive.org/stream/brasenosecollege02bras/brasenosecollege02bras_djvu.txt","sourceRole":"primary-record","accessedOn":"2026-07-19"},{"id":"oxford-service-john-arnold","label":"Oxford University Roll of Service","institution":"Internet Archive scan of the Oxford University Roll of Service","url":"https://archive.org/download/oxforduniversity00univ/oxforduniversity00univ.pdf","sourceRole":"primary-record","accessedOn":"2026-07-19"},{"id":"gazette-john-arnold-lieutenant","label":"Territorial Force Reserve promotion, issue 29146, supplement page 4157","institution":"The London Gazette","url":"https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29146/supplement/4157/data.pdf","sourceRole":"primary-record","accessedOn":"2026-07-19","archivalIdentifier":"London Gazette 29146, supplement p. 4157"},{"id":"gazette-john-arnold-rank-check","label":"Wartime Lieutenant list, issue 29643, supplement page 6429","institution":"The London Gazette","url":"https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29643/supplement/6429/data.pdf","sourceRole":"primary-record","accessedOn":"2026-07-19","archivalIdentifier":"London Gazette 29643, supplement p. 6429"},{"id":"gazette-john-arnold-captain","label":"Royal Defence Corps promotion, issue 30067, supplement page 4644","institution":"The London Gazette","url":"https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30067/supplement/4644/data.pdf","sourceRole":"primary-record","accessedOn":"2026-07-19","archivalIdentifier":"London Gazette 30067, supplement p. 4644"},{"id":"gazette-john-arnold-relinquishment","label":"Royal Defence Corps relinquishment, issue 31831, supplement page 3515","institution":"The London Gazette","url":"https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31831/supplement/3515/data.pdf","sourceRole":"primary-record","accessedOn":"2026-07-19","archivalIdentifier":"London Gazette 31831, supplement p. 3515"},{"id":"gazette-john-arnold-estate","label":"Estate notice, issue 37305, page 5050","institution":"The London Gazette","url":"https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37305/page/5050/data.pdf","sourceRole":"primary-record","accessedOn":"2026-07-19","archivalIdentifier":"London Gazette 37305, p. 5050"}]},{"id":"service-richard-archibald-bulloch","slug":"richard-archibald-bulloch","personId":"richard-archibald-bulloch","canonicalName":"Richard Archibald Bulloch","nameVariants":["R. A. Bulloch","Maj. Richard Archibald Bulloch"],"lifespan":"1880–1963","relationshipToRichard":"Richard’s paternal great-grandfather","relationshipStatus":"family-archive-direct-line","relationshipEvidence":"The supplied family archive identifies Richard Archibald Bulloch as Richard’s paternal great-grandfather through Bettine Marion Bulloch.","relationshipRoute":"/ancestry/bulloch","service":"The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)","rankOrRole":"Colonel","servicePeriod":"1899–1936 documented sequence","units":["2nd Battalion, Black Watch","57th Infantry Brigade"],"decorations":["Companion of the Distinguished Service Order"],"archivalIdentifiers":["WO 372/3/165818","London Gazette 29886, supplement p. 20","London Gazette 31370, p. 6813","London Gazette 33628, p. 4642","London Gazette 34274, p. 2452"],"headline":"Black Watch officer, DSO and Colonel","summary":"Primary records trace his 1899 commission from the Royal Military College into the Black Watch, 1917 DSO appointment, 1919 brevet Lieutenant-Colonel promotion, 1930 promotion to Colonel and 1936 retirement. The National Archives catalogue records his wartime roles with the 57th Infantry Brigade and 2nd Battalion, Black Watch.","milestones":[{"id":"bulloch-commission","date":"18 October 1899","title":"Commissioned Second Lieutenant","detail":"Gentleman Cadet Richard Archibald Bulloch, from the Royal Military College, was commissioned into the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders).","sourceIds":["gazette-bulloch-commission"],"status":"verified"},{"id":"bulloch-dso","date":"1 January 1917","title":"Appointed to the Distinguished Service Order","detail":"Major Richard Archibald Bulloch, Royal Highlanders, appears in the DSO appointment list.","sourceIds":["gazette-bulloch-dso"],"status":"verified"},{"id":"bulloch-brevet","date":"3 June 1919","title":"Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel","detail":"Major (acting Lieutenant-Colonel) R. A. 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Reported French honours, Boer War clasps, wounds and the family-site ‘Crown Representative’ title remain outside the verified record.","unresolvedClaims":["Reported Legion d’Honneur","Reported Croix de Guerre with Palm","Reported Boer War clasps and wound history","Reported ‘Crown Representative’ title"],"rightsBoundary":"No portrait is treated as a verified likeness unless its subject and reuse rights are documented separately.","homepageTreatment":"primary-card","dossierUrl":"https://richardhammondchambersborgnis.org/military-records/richard-archibald-bulloch","homepageAnchorUrl":"https://richardhammondchambersborgnis.org/#service-richard-archibald-bulloch","sources":[{"id":"gazette-bulloch-commission","label":"Black Watch commission notice, issue 27127, page 6262","institution":"The London Gazette","url":"https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27127/page/6262/data.pdf","sourceRole":"primary-record","accessedOn":"2026-07-19","archivalIdentifier":"London Gazette 27127, p. 6262"},{"id":"national-archives-bulloch-medal-card","label":"Richard Archibald Bulloch medal index card","institution":"The National Archives","url":"https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D1580652","sourceRole":"institutional-profile","accessedOn":"2026-07-19","archivalIdentifier":"WO 372/3/165818"},{"id":"harrow-bulloch","label":"Harrow Almanack 1923","institution":"Harrow School","url":"https://www.harrowschool-ww1.org.uk/DOCS/HarrowAlmanack1923.pdf","sourceRole":"primary-record","accessedOn":"2026-07-19"},{"id":"gazette-bulloch-dso","label":"Distinguished Service Order appointment, issue 29886, supplement page 20","institution":"The London Gazette","url":"https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29886/supplement/20/data.pdf","sourceRole":"primary-record","accessedOn":"2026-07-19","archivalIdentifier":"London Gazette 29886, supplement p. 20"},{"id":"gazette-bulloch-brevet","label":"Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel promotion, issue 31370, page 6813","institution":"The London Gazette","url":"https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31370/page/6813/data.pdf","sourceRole":"primary-record","accessedOn":"2026-07-19","archivalIdentifier":"London Gazette 31370, p. 6813"},{"id":"gazette-bulloch-colonel","label":"Promotion to Colonel, issue 33628, page 4642","institution":"The London Gazette","url":"https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/33628/page/4642/data.pdf","sourceRole":"primary-record","accessedOn":"2026-07-19","archivalIdentifier":"London Gazette 33628, p. 4642"},{"id":"gazette-bulloch-retirement","label":"Retirement on retired pay, issue 34274, page 2452","institution":"The London Gazette","url":"https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34274/page/2452/data.pdf","sourceRole":"primary-record","accessedOn":"2026-07-19","archivalIdentifier":"London Gazette 34274, p. 2452"}]},{"id":"service-duncan-alwyn-macfarlane","slug":"duncan-alwyn-macfarlane","personId":"duncan-alwyn-macfarlane","canonicalName":"Duncan Alwyn Macfarlane","nameVariants":["D. A. Macfarlane","Colonel Duncan Alwyn Macfarlane"],"lifespan":"1857–1941","relationshipToRichard":"Qualified collateral relative through Helen Janet Ada Macfarlane; not a proved direct ancestor","relationshipStatus":"qualified-collateral","relationshipEvidence":"The archive supplies a collateral Macfarlane route, but the complete documentary connector needed for a direct-line claim has not been proved.","relationshipRoute":"/ancestry/barrow-macfarlane","service":"British Army · King’s Own Scottish Borderers","rankOrRole":"Colonel; temporary Brigadier-General","servicePeriod":"1901–1915 documented honours and rank","units":["King’s Own Scottish Borderers"],"decorations":["Companion of the Distinguished Service Order","Companion of the Order of the Bath · Military Division"],"archivalIdentifiers":["London Gazette 27359, p. 6314","London Gazette 28875, supplement p. 6581","London Gazette 29180, supplement p. 5326"],"headline":"Decorated collateral officer with a temporary Brigadier-General appointment","summary":"The Gazette records Major Duncan Alwyn Macfarlane’s DSO, Colonel D. A. Macfarlane’s temporary Brigadier-General rank and his later appointment as a Companion of the Order of the Bath while styled Colonel (temporary Brigadier-General).","milestones":[{"id":"macfarlane-dso","date":"1901","title":"Appointed to the Distinguished Service Order","detail":"Major Duncan Alwyn Macfarlane, King’s Own Scottish Borderers, appears among the DSO appointments.","sourceIds":["gazette-macfarlane-dso"],"status":"verified"},{"id":"macfarlane-temporary-brigadier","date":"1914","title":"Granted temporary Brigadier-General rank","detail":"Colonel D. A. Macfarlane, DSO, was granted the temporary rank of Brigadier-General.","sourceIds":["gazette-macfarlane"],"status":"verified"},{"id":"macfarlane-cb","date":"1915","title":"Appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath","detail":"Colonel (temporary Brigadier-General) Duncan Alwyn Macfarlane, DSO, was appointed CB in the Military Division.","sourceIds":["gazette-macfarlane-cb"],"status":"verified"}],"sourceIds":["gazette-macfarlane-dso","gazette-macfarlane","gazette-macfarlane-cb"],"confidence":"qualified","publicationStatus":"qualified","publicationBoundary":"His service record is primary-source supported, but the relationship remains collateral and qualified. He must not be described as Richard’s direct ancestor, a Major-General or Major James Macfarlane.","unresolvedClaims":["Complete documentary relationship path to Richard"],"rightsBoundary":"No image is assigned without a separately verified sitter identity and reuse licence.","homepageTreatment":"supporting-note","dossierUrl":"https://richardhammondchambersborgnis.org/military-records/duncan-alwyn-macfarlane","homepageAnchorUrl":"https://richardhammondchambersborgnis.org/#service-duncan-alwyn-macfarlane","sources":[{"id":"gazette-macfarlane-dso","label":"Distinguished Service Order appointment, issue 27359, page 6314","institution":"The London Gazette","url":"https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27359/page/6314/data.pdf","sourceRole":"primary-record","accessedOn":"2026-07-19","archivalIdentifier":"London Gazette 27359, p. 6314"},{"id":"gazette-macfarlane","label":"Temporary Brigadier-General rank, issue 28875, supplement page 6581","institution":"The London Gazette","url":"https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28875/supplement/6581/data.pdf","sourceRole":"primary-record","accessedOn":"2026-07-19","archivalIdentifier":"London Gazette 28875, supplement p. 6581"},{"id":"gazette-macfarlane-cb","label":"Companion of the Order of the Bath, issue 29180, supplement page 5326","institution":"The London Gazette","url":"https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29180/supplement/5326/data.pdf","sourceRole":"primary-record","accessedOn":"2026-07-19","archivalIdentifier":"London Gazette 29180, supplement p. 5326"}]},{"id":"service-henry-borgnis-baret-hammond-chambers","slug":"henry-borgnis-baret-hammond-chambers","personId":"henry-borgnis-baret-hammond-chambers","canonicalName":"Henry Borgnis Baret Hammond-Chambers","nameVariants":["H. 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IWM and the King’s Own museum identify the full-name officer as a temporary Captain in the 7th Battalion, killed in action near Bazentin-le-Petit on 21 July 1916 and commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.","milestones":[{"id":"henry-temporary-lieutenant","date":"26 December 1914","title":"Promoted to temporary Lieutenant","detail":"Temporary Second Lieutenant H. B. B. 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The relationship wording is family-tree supported and should not be presented as primary civil-record proof.","unresolvedClaims":["Exact birth date and resolution of the 1885/1886 year difference","Primary civil record for the sibling connector"],"rightsBoundary":"Institutional catalogue entries do not grant reproduction rights for any linked record image or portrait.","homepageTreatment":"index-only","dossierUrl":"https://richardhammondchambersborgnis.org/military-records/henry-borgnis-baret-hammond-chambers","homepageAnchorUrl":null,"sources":[{"id":"gazette-henry-hammond-chambers","label":"Temporary Lieutenant promotion, issue 29075, supplement page 1712","institution":"The London Gazette","url":"https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29075/supplement/1712/data.pdf","sourceRole":"primary-record","accessedOn":"2026-07-19","archivalIdentifier":"London Gazette 29075, supplement p. 1712"},{"id":"iwm-henry-hammond-chambers","label":"Henry Borgnis Baret Hammond-Chambers life story","institution":"Imperial War Museums · Lives of the First World War","url":"https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/765765","sourceRole":"institutional-profile","accessedOn":"2026-07-19","archivalIdentifier":"IWM Life Story 765765"},{"id":"kings-own-henry-roll","label":"First World War roll of honour","institution":"King’s Own Royal Regiment Museum","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20240518231522/http://kingsownmuseum.com/rolls-fww-roh-h.htm","sourceRole":"institutional-profile","accessedOn":"2026-07-20","note":"Archived HTTPS snapshot used because the live museum URL is HTTP-only and the HTTPS endpoint presents an invalid TLS certificate."},{"id":"kings-own-henry-index","label":"King’s Own officers index H","institution":"King’s Own Royal Regiment Museum","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20250523090533/http://www.kingsownmuseum.com/keithsh.htm","sourceRole":"institutional-profile","accessedOn":"2026-07-20","archivalIdentifier":"Officer index 1872","note":"Archived HTTPS snapshot used because the live museum URL is HTTP-only and the HTTPS endpoint presents an invalid TLS certificate. 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