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Here is another piece of information that I have obtained that you might be interested in for your collections......
Note I have the names in each category but tooooooo many to list here except for a few smaller countries......
Mike
Official Report of the Overseas Troops Entertainment Fund 1937 including Nominal Rolls of the Members of the Empire's Coronation Contingents.
CANADA:
Total Contingent: 351
Contingent Units:
Naval – 30 ( 4 Officers, 26 Men )
Army – 254 ( 69 Officers, 185 Men )
Air Force – 30 ( 8 Officers, 22 Men )
Mounted Police – 35 ( 2 Officers, 33 Men)
Nurses – 2
Stationed at:
Naval – Chatham
Army – Pirbright Camp, Surrey
Air Force – Pirbright Camp, Surrey
Mounted Police – Hyde Park Barracks
Nurses – Millbank Hospital
Date of Arrival:
All Units May 7th, 1937
Date of Departure:
Naval – May 22nd, 1937
All Others – May 26th, 1937
Remarks:
Naval Contingent on H.M.C.S. Skeena
Army Main body at Olympia from 10th to 12th May
AUSTRALIA:
Total Contingent: 158
Contingent Units:
Naval – 25 ( 1 Officer, 24 Men )
Army – 101 ( 9 Officers, 92 Men )
Air Force – 25 ( 2 Officers, 23 Men)
Nurses – 7
Stationed at:
Naval – Pirbright Camp, Surrey
Army – Pirbright Camp, Surrey
Air Force – Pirbright Camp, Surrey
Nurses – Millbank Hospital
Date of Arrival:
All Units March 25th, 1937
Date of Departure:
Naval – May 22nd, 1937
Army – May 22nd 1937
Others – July 9th, 1937
Remarks:
Naval Contingent / Army / Air Force Quartered at Wellington Barracks March 25th to April 15th, at Olympia from 10th to 12th May
SOUTH AFRICA
Total Contingent: 154
Contingent Units:
P. D. Corps – 54
Active Citizens Force – 50
Ex-Servicemen – 50
Total 12 Officers, 142 Men
Stationed at:
All – Pirbright Camp, Surrey
Date of Arrival:
All Units – May 4th, 1937
Date of Departure:
All Units – May 19th, 1937
Remarks:
At Olympia from 10th to 12th May, Part of contingent returned to South Africa 12th May.
REPRESENTING SOUTH AFRICAN WAR VETERANS
Total Contingent: 1
NEW ZEALAND
Total Contingent: 102
Contingent Units:
Naval – 50 ( 2 Officers, 48 Men )
Army – 49 ( 8 Officers, 41 Men )
Air Force – 1 ( 1 Officer )
Nurses – 2
Stationed at:
Naval – Portsmouth and Davonport
Army – Pirbright Camp, Surrey
Air Force – Pirbright Camp, Surrey
Nurses – Queen Alexandra's Hospital
Date of Arrival:
All Units April 19th, 1937
Date of Departure:
Naval – July 2nd, 1937
All Others – May 27th 1937
Remarks:
Naval Contingent April 30th Portsmouth thereafter Waymouth on H.M.S. Dunedin and Leander, Main Body at Olympia from 10th to 12th May
SOUTHERN RHODESIA
Total Contingent: 50
Contingent Units:
Army, 1st & 2nd Bn. Rhodesia Regt. – 33 ( 3 Officers, 30 Men )
British South Africa Police – 15 ( 1 Officer, 14 Men)
Staff Corps – 2
Stationed at:
All At – Pirbright Camp, Surrey
Date of Arrival:
All Units March 29th, 1937
Date of Departure:
All Units – May 28th, 1937
Remarks:
Quartered at Wellington Barracks March 29th to April 15th, at Olympia from 10th to 12th May
PIONEERS FROM RHODESIA (1890-1893)
Total Contingent: 11
An unofficial but welcome contingent which attended the Coronation Celebrations as guests of Mr. H. G. Latilla, a well known Rhodesian mining magnate.
COLONIAL
Total Contingent: 124
Contingent Units:
Permanent Forces – 69 (14 Officers, 55 Men )
(a) Royal West African Field Force
Nigeria Regiment
Gold Coast Regiment
Sterra Leone Battalion
Gambia Company
(b) King's African Rifles
Northern Brigade
Southern Brigade
Somaliland Camel Corps
(c) Northern Rhodesia Regiment
(d) TransJordan Frontier Force
(e) Maylay Regiment
Volunteer Defence Forces – 55 ( 37 Officers, 18 Men )
(a) Aden
(b) Barbados
(c) Bermuda
(d) British Guiana
(e) British Honduras
(f) Ceylon
(g) Falkland Islands
(h) Fiji
(I) Gold Coast
(j) Grenada
(k) Hong Kong
(l) Jamaica
(m) Kenya
(n) Leeward Islands
(o) Maylaya
(p) Malta
(q) Mauritius
(r) Nigeria
(s) St. Lucia
(t) St. Vincent
(u) Sierra Leone
(v) Trinidad
Stationed at:
Wellington Barracks, S.W.1 (principally) and other Quarters
Date of Arrival:
Various commencing April 12th to May 8th, 1937
Date of Departure:
Various
Remarks:
At Olympia from 10th to 12th May
INDIA
Total Contingent: 630
Contingent Units:
Navy – 7 ( 1 Officer, 6 Men )
Officers:
European – 59
King's Commissioned Officers – 61
Viceroy's Commissioned Officers and Police – 262
Other Ranks and Followers – 248
Stationed at:
All Stationed at Hampton Court Palace
Date of Arrival:
All Units May 3rd, 1937
Date of Departure:
All Units – May 25th, 1937
Remarks:
All Stationed at Hampton Court Palace during whole visit.
BURMA
Total Contingent: 30
Contingent Units:
Officers:
European – 4
Burmese – 13
Other Ranks – 13
Stationed at:
All Stationed at Hampton Court Palace
Date of Arrival:
All Units May 3rd, 1937
Date of Departure:
All Units – May 25th, 1937
Remarks:
All Stationed at Hampton Court Palace during whole visit.
NEWFOUNDLAND
Total Contingent: 8
Contingent Units:
Police – 8 ( 1 Officer, 7 Men )
Stationed at:
Chelsea Barracks
Date of Arrival:
All Units May 10th, 1937
Date of Departure:
All Units – May 25th, 1937
Remarks:
No permanent Military or Naval Units in the Dominion
“BAILEY” CONTINGENT ( SOUTH AFRICA )
Total Contingent: 50
Contingent Units:
Ex-Servicemen – 48
Nurses - 2
Stationed at:
Ex-Servicemen – Imperial Court Hotel, W.2.
Nurses – Privately
Date of Arrival:
All Units May 4th, 1937
Date of Departure:
All Units – May 19th, 1937
Remarks:
Disabled Ex-Servicemen whose visit was made possible by Sir Abe Bailey, Bart.
COLONIAL CORONATION CONTINGENT
Colonel C. C. Fowkes, M.C., (King's Rifles) Officer Commanding
Captain W. M. Harrington, O.B.E., M.C., (Gold Coast Regiment, R.W.A.F.F.) Staff Officer
I PERMANENT FORCE
(A) Royal West African Field Force
(i) Nigeria Regiment
Captain A. C. Davidson-Houston
Captain J. L. Proudlock
R.S.M. K. Kerr
Sgt. A. H. Rideout
Battery S.W. Dan Bauchi
Battalion S. M. Musa Bokwoi
L/Corporal Unguna Senchi
C.S.M. Jatto Ute
Sgt. Abade Baba
Sgt. Abdullai Bagarimi
Sgt. Suli Kano
C.S.M. Shidu Doso
Cpl. Idrissa Abasha
C.S.M. Bube Idah
Sgt. Marbruk Giari
C.S.M. Michael Elimby
Pte. Graba Kataina
(ii) Gold Coast Regiment
Captain J. E. B. Whitehead
R.S.M. M. B. McCabe
R.S.M. Ayifi Navarro
Sgt. Bukare KotoKoli
Bomb. Agazana Grunshi
Cpl. M. Michael Elimby
Pte. Garaba Kataina
(iii) Sierra Leone Regiment
Captain F. G. Windward, M.B.E.
C.S.M. A. E. Madden
R.S.M. James Allie
C.S.M. Josiah Bunabu
(iv) Gambia Company
Captain T. A. Davis
S.M. Samba Silla
(B) King's African Rifles
(i) Northern Brigade
Major N. A. Thorp
R.S.M. R. H. Eastbrook
R.S.M. Juma Rakuba
Sgt. Mustapha Khamis
Sgt. Kirotho Kamano
Tempy. S. M. Juna Mohamed Saleh
Cpl. Sawaye
L/Cpl. Angelo Olal
L/Cpl. Vitale Lamago
Pte. Ali Abdulla
(ii) Southern Brigade
Lieutenant G. R. B. Soltau
R.S.M. R.S. Parke
C.S.M. Kunkeyani
Drum-Major James
Sgt. Shabani Kekamadingye
Sgt. Tunga Kapongwe
Cpl. Iron
Driver Alifayo
Pte. Sultani Mserem
(iii) Somaliland Camel Corps
Lieutenant C d'A. P. Consett
Sgt. Mohamed Gabobi
Cpl. Ali Obaeyeh
( C) Northern Rhodesian Regiment
Captain A. N. Bagshaw
Sgt. R. Brett
R.S.M. Chisengalumbwe
Sgt. Kandi
(D) Transjordan Frontier Force
Lieut.-Colonel J. I. Chrystall, M.C.
British Warrant Officer R. W. Paget, M.M.
Sgt, Rastum Shaker
Sgt. Rashid Shabso
(E) Malay Regiment
2nd Lieutenant Ismail bin Tahar
2nd Lieutenant Ariffin bin Hali Abdu Hadi
Sgt. Adnan bin Saidi
VOLUNTEER DEFENCE FORCES
Aden
Captain W. N. P. Chattey
Yuzbashi Alkhadhar Muhain 'Aulaqi
Barbados
Lieut-Colonel W. Boring M.B.E., E.D.
C.S.M. P. E. Johnson
Bermuda
Captain W. E. Cooper
S.M. F.M. Minors
British Guiana
Captain Alvaro Gomes, M.B.E.
S.M. Ivor Roy Byron Robinson
British Honduras
Lieutenant George Arthur Elliot, M.M.
Sgt. Drummer Ulie Otto Bevin
Ceylon
Lieut-Colonel O. B. Forbes, E.D.
Lieut-Colonel Frank Gunasekera, O.B.E., E.D.
C.S.M. H.G. Jacotine
Sgt. C. F. Wightwick
Falkland Islands
Major M. J. Stewart
Cpl. D. W. O'Sullivan
Fiji
Major C.A.B. Joakes, O.B.E., M.C., E.D.
2nd Lieutenant Batu Edward Tuivanavou Thakombau
Gold Coast
Major L. C. Whitcombe
R.S.M. H. Q. Hammond
Grenada
Captain Ira Darnley Bain
Hong Kong
Major E, J, R, Mitchell, O.B.E.
Pay Lieut-Commander S. H. Ross
C.S.M. R.J. Everest, M.B.E.
Cadet W. W. C. Shewan
Kenya
Lieut-Colonel A. Dunstan Adams, M.C.
Petty Officer H. Rushworth
Leeward Islands
Major Orial St. Arnaud Duke, M.B.E., M.M.
Captain Keith Ernest Burton, M.B.E.
Captain Hubert Dinzey
Lieutenant Edward Pendrill Maloney
Malaya
Lieut-Colonel W. A. Gutsell
Lieut-Colonel H.R. Walden
Major A. P. Goldman
Captain E. H. B. Nobbs, M.C.
Captain L. A. Blackhall, M.C.
Captain Mohaned Ali Bin Maidin, M.B.E.
Captain Syed Shaidall
Lieutenant (A/Captain) S. Toolseram
Lieutenant M. C. Sheppard
R.S.M. Cheng Kang Nghee
Petty Officer Mohamed bin Haji Yunos
Malta
Lieutenant A. J. Calascione
Sgt. V. Muscal
Mauritius
Captain D. A. Taylor
C.S.M. M. Pousson
Nigeria
Major E. W. Nesham
Captain I. J. Vitoria
St. Lucia
Captain Thomas Gustavus Rochford Wade
St. Vincent
Lieutenant Harold John Hughes
Sierra Leone
Major C. Wilson Brown, O.B.E., M.C.
Trinidad
Major D. Gordon Smith, O.B.E., E.D.
W.O. F.A.G. Burke
Note I have the names in each category but tooooooo many to list here except for a few smaller countries......
Mike
Official Report of the Overseas Troops Entertainment Fund 1937 including Nominal Rolls of the Members of the Empire's Coronation Contingents.
CANADA:
Total Contingent: 351
Contingent Units:
Naval – 30 ( 4 Officers, 26 Men )
Army – 254 ( 69 Officers, 185 Men )
Air Force – 30 ( 8 Officers, 22 Men )
Mounted Police – 35 ( 2 Officers, 33 Men)
Nurses – 2
Stationed at:
Naval – Chatham
Army – Pirbright Camp, Surrey
Air Force – Pirbright Camp, Surrey
Mounted Police – Hyde Park Barracks
Nurses – Millbank Hospital
Date of Arrival:
All Units May 7th, 1937
Date of Departure:
Naval – May 22nd, 1937
All Others – May 26th, 1937
Remarks:
Naval Contingent on H.M.C.S. Skeena
Army Main body at Olympia from 10th to 12th May
AUSTRALIA:
Total Contingent: 158
Contingent Units:
Naval – 25 ( 1 Officer, 24 Men )
Army – 101 ( 9 Officers, 92 Men )
Air Force – 25 ( 2 Officers, 23 Men)
Nurses – 7
Stationed at:
Naval – Pirbright Camp, Surrey
Army – Pirbright Camp, Surrey
Air Force – Pirbright Camp, Surrey
Nurses – Millbank Hospital
Date of Arrival:
All Units March 25th, 1937
Date of Departure:
Naval – May 22nd, 1937
Army – May 22nd 1937
Others – July 9th, 1937
Remarks:
Naval Contingent / Army / Air Force Quartered at Wellington Barracks March 25th to April 15th, at Olympia from 10th to 12th May
SOUTH AFRICA
Total Contingent: 154
Contingent Units:
P. D. Corps – 54
Active Citizens Force – 50
Ex-Servicemen – 50
Total 12 Officers, 142 Men
Stationed at:
All – Pirbright Camp, Surrey
Date of Arrival:
All Units – May 4th, 1937
Date of Departure:
All Units – May 19th, 1937
Remarks:
At Olympia from 10th to 12th May, Part of contingent returned to South Africa 12th May.
REPRESENTING SOUTH AFRICAN WAR VETERANS
Total Contingent: 1
NEW ZEALAND
Total Contingent: 102
Contingent Units:
Naval – 50 ( 2 Officers, 48 Men )
Army – 49 ( 8 Officers, 41 Men )
Air Force – 1 ( 1 Officer )
Nurses – 2
Stationed at:
Naval – Portsmouth and Davonport
Army – Pirbright Camp, Surrey
Air Force – Pirbright Camp, Surrey
Nurses – Queen Alexandra's Hospital
Date of Arrival:
All Units April 19th, 1937
Date of Departure:
Naval – July 2nd, 1937
All Others – May 27th 1937
Remarks:
Naval Contingent April 30th Portsmouth thereafter Waymouth on H.M.S. Dunedin and Leander, Main Body at Olympia from 10th to 12th May
SOUTHERN RHODESIA
Total Contingent: 50
Contingent Units:
Army, 1st & 2nd Bn. Rhodesia Regt. – 33 ( 3 Officers, 30 Men )
British South Africa Police – 15 ( 1 Officer, 14 Men)
Staff Corps – 2
Stationed at:
All At – Pirbright Camp, Surrey
Date of Arrival:
All Units March 29th, 1937
Date of Departure:
All Units – May 28th, 1937
Remarks:
Quartered at Wellington Barracks March 29th to April 15th, at Olympia from 10th to 12th May
PIONEERS FROM RHODESIA (1890-1893)
Total Contingent: 11
An unofficial but welcome contingent which attended the Coronation Celebrations as guests of Mr. H. G. Latilla, a well known Rhodesian mining magnate.
COLONIAL
Total Contingent: 124
Contingent Units:
Permanent Forces – 69 (14 Officers, 55 Men )
(a) Royal West African Field Force
Nigeria Regiment
Gold Coast Regiment
Sterra Leone Battalion
Gambia Company
(b) King's African Rifles
Northern Brigade
Southern Brigade
Somaliland Camel Corps
(c) Northern Rhodesia Regiment
(d) TransJordan Frontier Force
(e) Maylay Regiment
Volunteer Defence Forces – 55 ( 37 Officers, 18 Men )
(a) Aden
(b) Barbados
(c) Bermuda
(d) British Guiana
(e) British Honduras
(f) Ceylon
(g) Falkland Islands
(h) Fiji
(I) Gold Coast
(j) Grenada
(k) Hong Kong
(l) Jamaica
(m) Kenya
(n) Leeward Islands
(o) Maylaya
(p) Malta
(q) Mauritius
(r) Nigeria
(s) St. Lucia
(t) St. Vincent
(u) Sierra Leone
(v) Trinidad
Stationed at:
Wellington Barracks, S.W.1 (principally) and other Quarters
Date of Arrival:
Various commencing April 12th to May 8th, 1937
Date of Departure:
Various
Remarks:
At Olympia from 10th to 12th May
INDIA
Total Contingent: 630
Contingent Units:
Navy – 7 ( 1 Officer, 6 Men )
Officers:
European – 59
King's Commissioned Officers – 61
Viceroy's Commissioned Officers and Police – 262
Other Ranks and Followers – 248
Stationed at:
All Stationed at Hampton Court Palace
Date of Arrival:
All Units May 3rd, 1937
Date of Departure:
All Units – May 25th, 1937
Remarks:
All Stationed at Hampton Court Palace during whole visit.
BURMA
Total Contingent: 30
Contingent Units:
Officers:
European – 4
Burmese – 13
Other Ranks – 13
Stationed at:
All Stationed at Hampton Court Palace
Date of Arrival:
All Units May 3rd, 1937
Date of Departure:
All Units – May 25th, 1937
Remarks:
All Stationed at Hampton Court Palace during whole visit.
NEWFOUNDLAND
Total Contingent: 8
Contingent Units:
Police – 8 ( 1 Officer, 7 Men )
Stationed at:
Chelsea Barracks
Date of Arrival:
All Units May 10th, 1937
Date of Departure:
All Units – May 25th, 1937
Remarks:
No permanent Military or Naval Units in the Dominion
“BAILEY” CONTINGENT ( SOUTH AFRICA )
Total Contingent: 50
Contingent Units:
Ex-Servicemen – 48
Nurses - 2
Stationed at:
Ex-Servicemen – Imperial Court Hotel, W.2.
Nurses – Privately
Date of Arrival:
All Units May 4th, 1937
Date of Departure:
All Units – May 19th, 1937
Remarks:
Disabled Ex-Servicemen whose visit was made possible by Sir Abe Bailey, Bart.
COLONIAL CORONATION CONTINGENT
Colonel C. C. Fowkes, M.C., (King's Rifles) Officer Commanding
Captain W. M. Harrington, O.B.E., M.C., (Gold Coast Regiment, R.W.A.F.F.) Staff Officer
I PERMANENT FORCE
(A) Royal West African Field Force
(i) Nigeria Regiment
Captain A. C. Davidson-Houston
Captain J. L. Proudlock
R.S.M. K. Kerr
Sgt. A. H. Rideout
Battery S.W. Dan Bauchi
Battalion S. M. Musa Bokwoi
L/Corporal Unguna Senchi
C.S.M. Jatto Ute
Sgt. Abade Baba
Sgt. Abdullai Bagarimi
Sgt. Suli Kano
C.S.M. Shidu Doso
Cpl. Idrissa Abasha
C.S.M. Bube Idah
Sgt. Marbruk Giari
C.S.M. Michael Elimby
Pte. Graba Kataina
(ii) Gold Coast Regiment
Captain J. E. B. Whitehead
R.S.M. M. B. McCabe
R.S.M. Ayifi Navarro
Sgt. Bukare KotoKoli
Bomb. Agazana Grunshi
Cpl. M. Michael Elimby
Pte. Garaba Kataina
(iii) Sierra Leone Regiment
Captain F. G. Windward, M.B.E.
C.S.M. A. E. Madden
R.S.M. James Allie
C.S.M. Josiah Bunabu
(iv) Gambia Company
Captain T. A. Davis
S.M. Samba Silla
(B) King's African Rifles
(i) Northern Brigade
Major N. A. Thorp
R.S.M. R. H. Eastbrook
R.S.M. Juma Rakuba
Sgt. Mustapha Khamis
Sgt. Kirotho Kamano
Tempy. S. M. Juna Mohamed Saleh
Cpl. Sawaye
L/Cpl. Angelo Olal
L/Cpl. Vitale Lamago
Pte. Ali Abdulla
(ii) Southern Brigade
Lieutenant G. R. B. Soltau
R.S.M. R.S. Parke
C.S.M. Kunkeyani
Drum-Major James
Sgt. Shabani Kekamadingye
Sgt. Tunga Kapongwe
Cpl. Iron
Driver Alifayo
Pte. Sultani Mserem
(iii) Somaliland Camel Corps
Lieutenant C d'A. P. Consett
Sgt. Mohamed Gabobi
Cpl. Ali Obaeyeh
( C) Northern Rhodesian Regiment
Captain A. N. Bagshaw
Sgt. R. Brett
R.S.M. Chisengalumbwe
Sgt. Kandi
(D) Transjordan Frontier Force
Lieut.-Colonel J. I. Chrystall, M.C.
British Warrant Officer R. W. Paget, M.M.
Sgt, Rastum Shaker
Sgt. Rashid Shabso
(E) Malay Regiment
2nd Lieutenant Ismail bin Tahar
2nd Lieutenant Ariffin bin Hali Abdu Hadi
Sgt. Adnan bin Saidi
VOLUNTEER DEFENCE FORCES
Aden
Captain W. N. P. Chattey
Yuzbashi Alkhadhar Muhain 'Aulaqi
Barbados
Lieut-Colonel W. Boring M.B.E., E.D.
C.S.M. P. E. Johnson
Bermuda
Captain W. E. Cooper
S.M. F.M. Minors
British Guiana
Captain Alvaro Gomes, M.B.E.
S.M. Ivor Roy Byron Robinson
British Honduras
Lieutenant George Arthur Elliot, M.M.
Sgt. Drummer Ulie Otto Bevin
Ceylon
Lieut-Colonel O. B. Forbes, E.D.
Lieut-Colonel Frank Gunasekera, O.B.E., E.D.
C.S.M. H.G. Jacotine
Sgt. C. F. Wightwick
Falkland Islands
Major M. J. Stewart
Cpl. D. W. O'Sullivan
Fiji
Major C.A.B. Joakes, O.B.E., M.C., E.D.
2nd Lieutenant Batu Edward Tuivanavou Thakombau
Gold Coast
Major L. C. Whitcombe
R.S.M. H. Q. Hammond
Grenada
Captain Ira Darnley Bain
Hong Kong
Major E, J, R, Mitchell, O.B.E.
Pay Lieut-Commander S. H. Ross
C.S.M. R.J. Everest, M.B.E.
Cadet W. W. C. Shewan
Kenya
Lieut-Colonel A. Dunstan Adams, M.C.
Petty Officer H. Rushworth
Leeward Islands
Major Orial St. Arnaud Duke, M.B.E., M.M.
Captain Keith Ernest Burton, M.B.E.
Captain Hubert Dinzey
Lieutenant Edward Pendrill Maloney
Malaya
Lieut-Colonel W. A. Gutsell
Lieut-Colonel H.R. Walden
Major A. P. Goldman
Captain E. H. B. Nobbs, M.C.
Captain L. A. Blackhall, M.C.
Captain Mohaned Ali Bin Maidin, M.B.E.
Captain Syed Shaidall
Lieutenant (A/Captain) S. Toolseram
Lieutenant M. C. Sheppard
R.S.M. Cheng Kang Nghee
Petty Officer Mohamed bin Haji Yunos
Malta
Lieutenant A. J. Calascione
Sgt. V. Muscal
Mauritius
Captain D. A. Taylor
C.S.M. M. Pousson
Nigeria
Major E. W. Nesham
Captain I. J. Vitoria
St. Lucia
Captain Thomas Gustavus Rochford Wade
St. Vincent
Lieutenant Harold John Hughes
Sierra Leone
Major C. Wilson Brown, O.B.E., M.C.
Trinidad
Major D. Gordon Smith, O.B.E., E.D.
W.O. F.A.G. Burke
