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MacDonald, George Smith "Pat" Elder son of George Smith Macdonald, of Port Colborne. Married (23.06.1945, Holy Trinity Church, Welland) Dora Cardwell, younger daughter of Mr & Mrs Erwin Cardwell.	28.10.1918 Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada - 23.08.2008 Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada	2nd Lt. ? Lt. ?	- 22.10.1943 No. A-11 Training Centre (Reinforcements) CIC 22.10.1943 - 06.03.1944 No. A-21 Training Centre (Reinforcements) CIC 06.03.1944 - No. A-34 Training Centre (Reinforcements) CIC Canloan scheme: CDN/177 (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 3 Platoon (A Company), 7th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 91197) in German captivity (Stammlager XIIA) 02.06.1945 - 21.07.1945 No. 2 District Depot 21.07.1945 - ? No. A-22  Canadian Army Medical Corps Training Centre, as Army Counsellor Published: The memoirs of Capt. G. Smith 'Pat' Macdonald (Ret.): (soldier, lawyer, politician) (by Port Colborne Historical and Marine Museum, 2006).
MacDonald, John James "Scotty"   Married Theresa (predeceased him); four children.	22.04.1919 Sydney, NS, Canada - 10.03.2008 Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada	Prov. 2nd Lt. 25.02.1944 [F.54912] Lt. ? A/Capt. ? Capt. 01.10.1945 MM ? ?	? - 03.03.1944 Cadet, No. O-1 Officer Training Centre, Brockville Ont. 25.02.1944 commissioned into the Canadian Infantry Corps [emergency commission]  03.03.1944 - No. A-13 Training Centre (Prov. Reinforcements) CIC Canloan scheme: CDN/637 (09.1944) Supernumerary Officer, B Company, 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Arnhem [wounded, POW]) 09.1944 - 04.04.1945 POW in German captivity (at Oflag IX A/H at Spangenberg) (10.1945) 60 CI (B) Training Centre
MacDonnell, Charles James Son of Henry George Woodman (1888-1930), and Florence Young. Changed surname by deed poll of 03.06.1942 from Woodman to MacDonnell. Married Patricia Ada Cecilia Woodman (06.10.1929 - 04.01.2017); two daughters, two sons.	15.03.1921 Bedminster, Somersetshire - 17.04.1990 Ynys Mon district, Gwynedd, Wales	Sgt. ? [5189367] 2nd Lt. 07.09.1943 [294983] WS/Lt. 07.03.1944 (reld > 08.1946, < 12.1946)	served in the ranks, Reconnaissance Corps 07.09.1943     commissioned, The South Staffordshire Regiment [emergency commission] (09.1944)     Officer Commanding, No. 1 Medium Machine Gun Platoon (Support Company), 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Arnhem [wounded, POW]) 09.1944 - (04?).1945 POW (No. 2173) in German captivity (Oflag IX-A/Z, Rothenburg an der Fulda, Hessen)
Macduff-Duncan, Colin Edmund "Bobby"   Son (with one brother and one sister) of Charles Macduff-Duncan (1874-1939), and Mabel Barry Whitehead (1878-1945). Married (28.06.1950, St George's Church, Nenyuki, Kenya) Mary Katherine "Kitty" Hickson (1928 - 10.2021), daughter of Lt.Col. Lionel Henry Hickson, DSO, and Sibyl Hattie Hermione Graham; two sons.	25.01.1918 Eastcraigs, Corstorphine district, Edinburgh City, Scotland - 24.09.2000 Lymington, New Forest district, Hampshire	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 26.01.1939 [85601] Lt. 01.01.1941 A/Capt. 10.09.1941-09.12.1941 T/Capt. 10.12.1941-27.10.1942, 04.01.1943-03.12.1943, 17.09.1944-... WS/Capt. 01.12.1945 Capt. 01.07.1946 T/Maj. 01.12.1945 Maj. 26.01.1952 (retd 09.05.1954) MC 09.11.1944 Arnhem 09.1944 [citation available upon request]	Education: Royal Military College, Sandhurst. 26.01.1939     commissioned, The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) 1944?     7th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (09.1944)     Junior Liaison Officer 1st Airlanding Brigade, 1st Airborne Division (Arnhem [evacuated]) (1950)     attached, 3rd Battalion The King's African Rifles (Nanyuki, Kenya) 09.05.1954 - 25.01.1968 Regular Army Reserve of Officers
MacFadden, John Terence Moore Son (with two sisters and three brothers) of Dr. Arthur William James MacFadden, C.B., M.B. (1869-1933), and Alice Bristow Spence (1882-1944)..	26.01.1916 Hampstead district, London - 04.10.1944 (as a POW) [age 28] [Hanover War Cemetery, 15.F.6]	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 19.11.1939 [105619] WS/Lt. 19.05.1941	19.11.1939 commissioned, The Royal Ulster Rifles [emergency commission] 24.09.1943 transferred to the Parachute Regiment (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 9 Platoon (T Company), 1st Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [captured]) 22.09.1944 - 04.10.1944 POW (No. 2115) in German captivity (Stalag IX-A Ziegenhain) (died)
Macfarlane, Philip Son of Conrad Coulsting Macfarlane (1886-1945), and Helen Kathleen Maddison (1886-1969).	06.06.1915 Weston-super-Mere - 26.09.1999 Fort Lauderdale, Broward, Florida, USA	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 20.06.1942 [235819] WS/Lt. 20.12.1942 (reld > 04.1946)	20.06.1942     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] (09.1944)     Officer Commanding, B Troop, 1st Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery, RA [attached 2nd Parachute Battalion] (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 575) in German captivity (Oflag 79, Braunschweig, Niedersachsen)
MacInnes, William Son of ... MacInnes, and ... Macintyre.	01.01.1914 Kilmore and Kilbride district, Oban, Scotland - ?	BSM ? [780157] 2nd Lt. 16.09.1943 [301766] WS/Lt. 16.03.1944 (reld > 04.1946) Hon. Capt. ? 2nd Clasp to the Efficiency Medal (Territorial), 12.08.1949.	served in the ranks 16.09.1943 commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [immediate emergency commission] (09.1944) Liaison Officer, 2nd Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery RA (Arnhem [POW]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 2208) in German captivity (Oflag 79, Braunschweig, Niedersachsen)
Mackay, Eric MacLachlan Son of Ian MacLachlan Mackay and Violet Aimée Scott­Smith. Married 1st (1954) Ruth Thérèse Roth (died 1985); one son. Married 2nd (1994) Margaret Hadcock (née Shepherd).	26.12.1921 India - 16.11.1995 Yeovil, Somerset	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 12.10.1941 [210907] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 Lt. 19.01.1946, seniority 26.06.1944 A/Capt. 20.05.1943-19.08.1943 T/Capt. 20.08.1943-06.04.1946 WS/Capt. 07.04.1946 Capt. 26.12.1948 A/Maj. 20.09.1944-22.11.1944, 11.03.1946-06.04.1946 T/Maj. 07.04.1946-25.12.1955 Maj. 26.12.1955 T/Lt.Col. 18.02.1963-05.11.1963 Lt.Col. 06.11.1963 [supernumerary 06.11.1966] Col. 30.06.1968 Brig. 31.12.1969, seniority 30.06.1969 A/Maj.Gen. 08.09.1973 Maj.Gen. 02.11.1973, seniority 02.05.1973 (retd 29.01.1977) CBE 01.01.1972 New Year 1972 MBE 20.09.1945 Arnhem 09.1944 DSC(US) 14.11.1947 Arnhem 09.1944 (see also homeofheroes)   PPM 1965 = Pingat Peringatan Malaysia CEng 1976; MICE 1976	Education: Fettes College, Edinburgh; Staff College (1951); jssc (1960) 1940 served in the ranks of The Royal Scots Fusiliers for 270 days 12.10.1941 commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission to 18.01.1946] 1941 - 1945 1st Parachute Squadron RE (North Africa, Sicily, Italy, Arnhem, Norway): (09.1944) Officer Commanding, A Troop, 1st Parachute Squadron RE (Arnhem [POW, escaped]) 1945 - 1946 Officer Commanding, Field Company, 20th Indian Division (French Indo-China) 1946 Second-in-Command, 23rd Indian Divisional Engineerrs (Java) 1947 Officer Commanding, 35th Indian Field Company (Malaya) 1948 Supplementary Engineering Course, SME 01.09.1949 - 12.05.1950 Staff Officer RE 2nd grade (Intelligence), Army Incr., Joint Intelligence Bureau 11.01.1952 - 17.01.1954 GSO 2 (Organization and Equipment), HQ, Allied Land Forces Central Europe 05.05.1954 - 05.03.1956 Senior Instructor (GSO2 Tactics), SME 1956 - 1958 Officer Commanding, 33rd Field Squadron RE (Cyprus, Suez) 03.03.1958 - 04.06.1960 GSO 2 (Weapons), War Office 1961 - 1962 Second-in-Command, 2nd Divisional Engineers 18.02.1963 - 15.09.1963 specially employed, Federation of Malaya 04.04.1963 - 10.08.1965 Chief Engineer, Malaysian Army (Borneo/Malaya) 1966 - 1967 GSO 1 (Co­ordination), Master-General of the Ordnance 1968 - 1969 Colonel General Staff, RSME 1970 - 1971 Chief Engineer (Brig.), Army Strategic Command 1972 Chief Engineer (Brig.), UK Land Forces 08.09.1973 - 01.11.1976 Chief Engineer, British Army of the Rhine Managing Director: Cementation Sico Oman Ltd, 1977; Galadari Cementation Pte Ltd, Dubai, 1978-83; Forum Develt Pte Ltd, Singapore, 1983-85; Regional Director Iraq, Engineering Services International, 1981-82; Chairman, Amorshield Security Products, 1986-90.
MacKenzie, Alexander "Sandy"	? -	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 11.09.1943 [292965] WS/Lt. 11.03.1944 (reld 11.01.1950) Hon. Lt. 11.01.1950	11.09.1943 commissioned, The King's Own Scottish Borderers [emergency commission] (09.1944) Intelligence Officer, 7th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (Arnhem [wounded, POW])
Mackenzie, Charles Baillie Son of Theodore Charles Mackenzie, and M. Wilson. Married Nancy Veronica Dalziel (12.02.1917 - 09.1962); two daughters, one son.	29.12.1909 Invereness, Scotland - 14.06.1991 Inverness, Scotland	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 30.01.1930 [44938] Lt. 30.01.1933 Capt. 01.08.1938 A/Maj. 20.09.1940-19.12.1940 T/Maj. 20.12.1940-05.11.1942 WS/Maj. 06.11.1942 Maj. 01.07.1946 Lt.Col. (Brev.) 01.07.1951 A/Lt.Col. 06.08.1942-05.11.1942 T/Lt.Col. 06.11.1942-09.08.1952 Lt.Col. 10.08.1952 Emp. List 1 01.10.1953 T/Col. 02.10.1952-01.06.1954 Col. 02.06.1954 T/Brig. 03.09.1954 Brig. 02.06.1958 (retd 31.05.1959) DSO 09.11.1944 Arnhem 09.1944 [citation available upon request] OBE 02.01.1950 New Year 1950 Palestine 1936-1939 Medal & Clasp	Education: Royal Military College; Joint Services Staff College. 30.01.1930     commissioned, The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders 05.05.1933 - 01.04.1935 employed with King's African Rifles 01.06.1940 - 07.06.1940 General Staff Officer 3rd grade (GSO3), 1st Army 08.06.1940 - 14.09.1940 General Staff Officer 3rd grade (GSO3), ... Corps HQ 20.09.1940 - 13.10.1941 Brigade Major, ... 15.10.1941 - 18.07.1942 General Staff Officer 2nd grade (GSO2), GHQ HF 1942 - 1943 Commanding Officer, 5th (Scottish) Parachute Battalion (7th Camerons) 10.12.1943 - 19.08.1944 General Staff Officer 1st grade (GSO1), 21st Army Group 20.08.1944 - 10.10.1945 General Staff Officer 1st grade (GSO1) (Operations), 1st Airborne Division (Arnhem [evacuated]; Norway) 18.10.1945 - 24.08.1947 General Staff Officer 1st grade (GSO1), War Office 11.04.1948 - 31.03.1950 General Staff Officer 1st grade (GSO1), BMM Greece 01.04.1950 - 13.10.1950 General Staff Officer 1st grade (GSO1) (Training) 02.10.1952 - 21.07.1954 Assistant Adjutant General (Col.), War Office 03.09.1954 - (02.1957) Commander, 154th (Highland) Infantry Brigade, Scottish Command Secretary, Territorial & Auxiliary Forces Association, Glasgow, Scotland Published: It was like this! (1954).
Mackenzie, P	? - 2004/05	2nd Lt. ? WS/Lt. ? Initials unclear.	? commissioned, ... [emergency commission] (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 7 Platoon (B Company), 10th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem)
Mackey, Patrick Wallace Alexander "Pat" / "Paddy" Son (with two brothers) of Frank Alexander Mackey (1890-1942), and Ethel Finlay Wallace (1897-1993), of Farnham, Surrey.	15.01.1920 British Guiana - 18.09.1944 (KIA) [age 24] [Ede General Cemetery H.21]	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 20.04.1940 [129461] WS/Lt. 20.10.1941	Education: Felsted School (1934-1937). 20.04.1940 commissioned, The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) [emergency commission] 06.08.1942 transferred to the Highland Light Infantry 01.02.1943 transferred to the Parachute Regiment (09.1943) - (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 4 Platoon (A Company), 10th Parachute Battalion (Italy; Arnhem [killed in action])
MacLaine [25th of Lochbuie], Gillean Robert Son of Maj. Kenneth Douglas Lorne MacLaine, 24th of Lochbuie, MC and two bars (1880-1935), and Olive Marguerite Stewart-Richardson (1888-1959). Married (22.04.1943, Surbiton, Surrey) Noreen Olive Beadon (1924? - 1987?), daughter of Col. Vernon Beadon, MC, 9th Gurkhas; one son.	03.01.1921 London - 05.05.1970 Durban, South Africa	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 01.08.1942 [240684] WS/Lt. 01.02.1943 (reld 25.11.1953) T/Capt. 01.08.1945-(10.1945) A/Lt.Col. ? 1945 ? Hon. Capt. 25.11.1953	Education: Clayesmore; Royal Military College, Sandhurst. 1940 - 1942 Fleet Air Arm 01.08.1942     commissioned, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) [emergency commission] 01.08.1942     transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Army Air Corps       attached to Popski's Private Army for glider training (North Africa) 07.1943     Sicily landings 06.1944     Normandy landings (09.1944)     Section Commander, F Squadron (No. 2 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem) 01.1946     transferred, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) Member, Blairgowrie Town Council, 1947-1950. Emigrated to South Africa, 1950. Sales manager, Seagrams Whisky (Overseas Sales) Ltd., South Africa & Managing director, Highland Bonding Property Company Ltd., Durban, 1964-1969. Officer, South African Defence Foce, 1964. Export sales manager, Scottish and Newcastle Breweries Ltd., 1969-1970. Director, Scotia Investments (SA) Ltd., 1969-1970. Fellow, Institute of Directors, 1958. Member, Institute of Export, 1966.
Macleod, Norman	13.08.1914 Scotland - 10.1992 ?? North Uist, Inverness, Scotland ??	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 07.09.1940 [148308] WS/Lt. 07.03.1942 (reld > 04.1946) T/Capt. 10.07.1943	24.04.1943 commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] (09.1944) Battery Captain "G", 1st Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery, RA (Arnhem [wounded, POW]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 140226) in German captivity (Stalag VIIA, Moosburg.)
Madden, David John "Tiny" Eldest son (with two brothers) of Maj. John Grevile Madden (1889-1950), DSO, research scientist, Woolwich Arsenal, and of Airlie Hynes (1892-1982), of Alverstoke, Hampshire. His brother, Lt. Keith Mansfield Madden, MC, also died on service (03.03.1943).	01.10.1919 Greenwich, London - 21.09.1944 Arnhem (KIA) [age 25] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 2.B.14]	2nd Lt. 01.07.1939 [94285] Lt. 01.01.1941 WS/Capt. 13.05.1943 T/Maj. 13.05.1943-21.09.1944	Education: Royal Military Academy, Woolwich (The Benson Memorial Prize, 1939). 01.07.1939     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery (09.1944) - 21.09.1944 General Staff Officer 2nd grade (GSO2) (Air), 1st Airborne Division (Arnhem [killed in action])
Maguire, Hugh Pownall Only son (with one sister) of William Robert Maguire (1875-1949), and Kate Rhodes Pownall (1882-1956), of Chepstow Mansions, London W2. Married 1st (16.12.1936, St Mark's, North Audley Street, Westminster district, London) Elizabeth Marion Robertson, only daughter of Mr & Mrs David Robertson, of Chew Magna, Somerset. Married 2nd ((03?).1948, St Marylebone district, London) Marjorie Anne Lees (Mrs Kenneth Harwood-Smith) (24.06.1916 - 06.2005); two sons.	29.11.1911 Crosserlough, Ormskirk district, Lancashire - 02.03.1961 The Royal Masonic Hospital, Hammersmith, London W6 (formerly of Rottingdean, Sussex)	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 25.05.1940 [130962] WS/Capt. 12.06.1943 (reld < 04.1946) T/Maj. 12.06.1943 Hon. Maj. < 04.1946 Lt. 07.02.1952 Capt. 23.05.1952 (reld 07.02.1960)	Education: Clifton College (1923.1-1929.3; Hartnell's House & Watson's House; forms I-VI; XV (rugby football), boxing representative). 25.05.1940     commissioned, The Royal Ulster Rifles [emergency commission] (09.1944)     General Staff Officer 2nd grade (GSO2) (Intelligence), 1st Airborne Division (Arnhem [wounded & captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 642) in German captivity (Oflag VII-B, Eichstätt, Bayern & Oflag XIIB, Hadamar)       served Intelligence Corps - Territorial Army 07.02.1952 - 07.02.1957 served Royal Ulster Rifles - Regular Army [short service commision] 07.02.1957 - 07.02.1960 served Royal Ulster Rifles - Regular Army Reserve of Officers Stock exchange.
Maker, Alfred Bertie Son (with two brothers) of Thomas Henry Maker (1872-1938), and  Maria Mitchell (1877-1909).	23.11.1905 Chertsey district, Surrey - (06?).1971 Surrey Northern district, Surrey	WS/GQMS ? Lt. QM 03.09.1942 [246989] (reld < 04.1946)	served in the ranks, Royal Fusiliers 03.09.1942     commissioned, Glider Pilot Regiment - Army Air Corps [emergency commission] (09.1944)     Quartermaster, No. 2 Wing, The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem)
Mallett, William John "Bill" Son (with one sister) of William Charles Mallett (1892-1970), and Ella Mary Grayston (1895-1979). Married ((12?).1946, Rochford district, Essex) Patricia Mary Barnes (09.11.1923 - 21.10.2012).	03.11.1922 Billericay, Essex - 14.06.2003 Uttlesdord, Essex	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 24.10.1942 [249340] WS/Lt. 22.04.1943 (reld > 04.1946) T/Capt. 1944?	24.10.1942 commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] (09.1944) No. 1 Forward Observation Unit RA [attached 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron] (Arnhem [captured]) 26.09.1944 - 23.04.1945 POW (No. 598) in German captivity (Oflag XIIA, Limburg; Oflag XIIB, Hadamar; Oflag 79, Braunschweig, Niedersachsen) (POW card) Fruit grower of Ashdon.
Maltby, Ralph Alexander Son of Capt. Francis Brough Maltby, and Enid Rosamond Alexander (1893-1978). Married (1943) Jean Felicity Beath (26.12.1921 - 16.02.1979), daughter of Dr R. Maitland Beath, of Oxford.	03.10.1917 Thakeham district, Sussex - 17.09.1944 (KIA) [age 26] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, 3.C.18]	2nd Lt. 26.08.1937 [73034] WS/Lt. 26.08.1940 T/Capt. 16.12.1941 MID 09.07.1942 air operations RAF Order of the Patriotic War (USSR), 11.04.1944	Education: Wellington College (1931.1-1935).; Royal Military Academy, Woolwich (1936-1937). 26.08.1937     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery (01.1939)     2nd Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Lichfield) 1939 - 1940 served with British Expeditionary Force (BEF) (France) 1943     seconded, Glider Pilot Regiment (09.1944)     Intelligence Officer, No. 2 Wing, The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem [killed in action])
Manley, Bernard Vincent Son (with three brothers and one sister) of William John Manley (1861-1942), and Julia Mary Purkis (1870-1963). Married (11.06.1936, St Patrick's, Plumstead, London) Annie Marie Elizabeth Burton (26.11.1909 - 31.07.2006), daughter (with two sisters and two brothers) of Richard Burton (1886-1915), and Annie Amelia Wall (1886-1974); two daughters, one son.	26.09.1910 East Plumstead, Woolwich district, London - 04.08.2005 Yateley, Surrey	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 19.12.1942 [256220] WS/Lt. 19.06.1943 Lt. 24.05.1947, seniority 26.09.1935 A/Capt. 02.05.1944-01.08.1944 T/Capt. 02.08.1944-09.10.1945 WS/Capt. ? Capt. 24.05.1947, seniority 26.09.1941 A/Maj. 10.07.1945-09.10.1945 T/Maj. 10.10.1945-25.09.1948. Maj. 26.09.1948 (retd 17.05.1965)	served in the ranks for 2 years 169 days 19.12.1942 commissioned, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Administrative Branch [emergency commission to 23.05.1947] (09.1944) - 20.09.1944 Second-in-Command, Divisional Ordnance Field Park Company, 1st Airborne Division (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 532) in German captivity (Oflag XIIB Laufen) 24.05.1947 permanent commission 17.05.1965 - 05.07.1966 Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
Manning, Geoffrey "Geoff" From Leicester.	? -	2nd Lt. 20.04.1943 [270542] WS/Lt. 20.10.1943  (reld > 04.1946) T/Capt. 26.05.1945	20.04.1943 commissioned, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers [emergency commission] (09.1944) Officer Commanding, Wireless Communication Section, 1st Airborne Divisional Workshops REME (Arnhem)
Mansfield, Peter Geoffrey Alan Son of ... Mansfield, and ... Moon. Married ((09?).1951, Surrey North Eastern district, Surrey) Caroline E. Dingle.	16.03.1919 Stapleton, Bristol district, Gloucestershire - 28.02.1990 Bournemouth, Hampshire	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 22.06.1940 [134320] WS/Lt. 01.01.1941 (reld > 04.1946) T/Capt. 01.04.1941 & 18.07.1945	22.06.1940 commissioned, The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's) [emergency commission] 07.11.1942 transferred to the Parachute Regiment (09.1944) Second-in-Command, R Company, 1st Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 2138) in German captivity (Oflag IXA/H, Spangenburg)
Markwick, Eric John Son (with one sister and one brother) of James Markwick (1875-1936), and May Catherine Liversage (1876-1956), of Wallasey, Cheshire. Married ((12?).1943, Yarmouth district, Norfolk) Dorothy Durden, of Wallasey.	(03?).1918 Birkenhead district, Cheshire - 22.09.1944 (KIA) [age 26] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 3.C.4]	Cadet ? [2929995] 2nd Lt. 25.09.1943 [293609] WS/Lt. 1944?	25.09.1943 commissioned, The King's Regiment (Liverpool) [emergency commission] 22.10.1943 transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944) Section Commander, A Squadron (No. 1 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem [killed in action])
Marquand, Wilfred James "Bill" Son of Henry Edward Marquand, and Alice Maud Upson.	24.05.1917 St Peter Port, Guernsey - 15.05.1995 St Peter Port, Guernsey	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 15.03.1941 [177205] WS/Lt. 15.09.1942 (retd 26.10.1946; disability) T/Capt. 25.11.1943 Hon. Capt. 26.10.1946	19.12.1942 commissioned, Royal Corps of Signals [emergency commission] (09.1944) Signals Officer, 1st Parachute Brigade [J Section (No. 2 Company), 1st Airborne Divisional Signals] (Arnhem) Served as District Officer, British Solomon Islands Protectorate from 1946 and High Commissioner, Fiji, 1950-1953. He held the post of Assistant Secretary, Uganda from 1953 and was appointed Senior Assistant Secretary in 1961.
Marrable, Arthur Trevor Son of Harold Trevor Marrable (1881-1965), and Constance Edith Clarke (1881-). Married ((12?).1945, Croydon district, London) Ragna Wilhelmina Bulic-Medin (20.02.1910 - 29.11.2000).	12.10.1909 Yezd, Persia - 22.02.1954 Aldershot, Hampshire [Sandhurst Royal Military Academy Cemetery]	T/Lt. 02.02.1936 [67301] Lt 23.04.1936, seniority 27.10.193 Capt. 23.04.1937, seniority 27.10.1936 [short service commission] Capt. 23.04.1941, seniority 27.10.1936 [permanent commission] A/Maj. 07.07..1943-06.10.1943 T/Maj. 07.10.1943-21.08.1944 WS/Maj. 22.08.1944 Maj. 27.10.1945 A/Lt.Col. 22.05.1944-21.08.1944 T/Lt.Col. 22.08.1944-14.06.1945, 20.06.1945-15.02.1950 Lt.Col. 16.02.1950 A/Col. 30.07.1947 T/Col. 01.11.1947-04.11.1947 DSO 20.09.1945 Arnhem 09.1944 [citation available upon request] NW Frontier of India 1937-39 Medal & Clasp; Palestine 1936-39 Medal & Clasp; Palestine 1947-48 Clasp; 1939-1945 Star; France & Germany Star; Defence Medal; War Medal; Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal 1953	Education: MRCS Eng, LRCP Lond (1935). 02.02.1936 - 22.04.1936 commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [temporary commission] 23.04.1936     commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [short service commission] 1936 - 1940 served Egypt & Palestine (1936), India (1937-1940) 23.04.1941     commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [permanent commission]       served North Africa (1943) (04.1944)     RAMC Training Establishment 1944 - (09.1944) Commanding Officer, 181st Airlanding Field Ambulance (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 1945? POW in German captivity 1945     Commanding Officer, 181st Airlanding Field Ambulance (Norway) 1945 - 1946 Chief Instructor, Depot & Training Establishment RAMC 1947     Commanding Officer, 224th Parachute Field Ambulance (Middle East Land Forces [MELF]) 1947     Assistant Director of Medical Services, GHQ Middle East Land Forces 1947 - 1948 Commanding Officer, 16th Parachute Field Ambulance (MELF) 1948 - 1949 Commanding Officer, 23rd Parachute Field Ambulance (British Army of the Rhine) 1950     Commanding Officer, 35th Field Ambulance (MELF) 1950 - 1951 Commanding Officer, British Military Hospital Tripoli (MELF) 1951 - 1953 ADMS HQ Cyprus District (MELF) [& CO BMH Cyprus, 1952-1953] 1953 - 1954 Senior Medical Officer, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst Hospital
Marshall, George Christopher	? -	Cadet ? [854746] 2nd Lt. 05.04.1944 [314634] WS/Lt. 05.10.1944	05.04.1944 commissioned, Corps of Royal Signals [emergency commission] (09.1944) Signals Officer, HQ RA, 1st Airborne Division [F Section (No. 2 Company), 1st Airborne Divisional Signals] (Arnhem [evacuated])
Marshall, John Wilson Son of ... Marshall, and ... Wilson.	27.10.1919 Bolton, Lancashire - 08.1997 Deben, Suffolk	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 19.09.1942 [245234] WS/Lt. 19.03.1943 (retd 12.03.1946; disability) Hon. Lt. 12.03.1946 MID 24.08.1944 Italy 09-11.1943	Medical student, ... College, Oxford. 19.09.1942 commissioned, Reconnaissance Corps [emergency commission] (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 10 Section (D Troop), 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron (Arnhem) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 2141) in German captivity (Oflag IXA/H Burg Spangenberg)
Martin, Victor David Randall "Morph" Son of Robert J.V. Martin, MA, BD (St. And.), Church of Scotland minister. Married 1st (1946, Edinburgh, Scotland) Ray Harkness. Married 2nd ((09?).1980, Tunbridge Wells district, Kent) Gertrude M. Gunn.	19.03.1919 Alvah, by Banff, Scotland - 29.09.2001 Tunbridge Wells, Kent	Lt. 27.02.1943 [260584] WS/Capt. 27.02.1944 (reld > 04.1946) MID 20.09.1945 Arnhem 09.1944	Education: University of Aberdeen; MB, ChB 1942; DPH (Edin.) 1947. House physician & surgical posts in London, 1942. 27.02.1943     commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission] (09.1944)     Regimental Medical Officer, 1st Airlanding Light Regiment RA (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW in German captivity (Stalag IX-C Mühlhausen, Hessen) Assistant Medical Officer of Health & Medical Officer, Infectious Diseases, Dunfermline, 1948. Medical Officer of Health, Alton Rural & Urban Districts, and acting county Medical Officer, Hampshire, 1952. Senior Medical Officer, Hampshire County Council, 1956-1959. Medical Officer of Health, Doncaster, 1960.
Mason, Peter Brown Married Birdie Grobb (?-1996); two sons.	05.05.1921 Belgian Congo - 26.11.2008 Paris, Ontario, Canada	Prov. 2nd Lt. 11.12.1943 [B.150251] Lt. 22.01.1944	Education: elementary education in New Jersey & Toronto; Toronto Oakwood Collegiate Institute; University of Toronto (BASc, chemical engineering; 1947). 1943     joined Canadian Army   - 11.12.1943 cadet, No. O1 Officer Training Centre (CIC) 11.12.1943     commissioned, Canadian Infantry Corps [emergency commission] (Officer Training Centre, Brockville, Ont.) 17.12.1943 - 07.03.1944 No. A-10 Canadian Infantry Training Centre, Camp Borden, Ont. 07.03.1944 -   No. A-34 Training Centre (Reinforcements) CIC       Canloan scheme: CDN/176 (09.1944)     Officer Commanding, 16 Platoon (D Company), 7th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (Arnhem [wounded, captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW in German captivity (Oflag 64, Schubin, Poland from 11.1944) 17.07.1945 - 07.09.1945 No. 2 District Depot (from Canadian Army Overseas) (struck off strength) Joined B.F. Goodrich Canada Ltd. in 1947, and climbed up from compounder to President and Chief Executive Officer, since 01.09.1969. Retired 1976.
Matthews, Harold Theodore Bernhardt	08.10.1918 South Africa - 19.10.2003 Somerset Oaks, Somerset Weat, South Africa	Sgt. ? 2nd Lt. 01.02.1941 [270443] WS/Lt. ? (reld 26.08.1945) Hon. Lt. 26.08.1945	01.02.1941 commissioned, General List, Infantry, African Colonial Forces Section 10.04.1943 transferred, Parachute Regiment, African Colonial Forces Section (09.1944)     Liaison Officer 156th Parachute Battalion with 4th Parachute Brigade (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 91220) in German captivity (Oflag 79, Braunschweig, Niedersachsen & Oflag XIIA, Hadamar)
Mawson, Stuart Radcliffe   Son of late Alec Robert Mawson, Chief Officer, Parks Dept, LCC, and Ena (née Grossmith), daughter of George Grossmith Jr, Actor Manager. Married (1948) June Irene, daughter of George Percival; two sons, two daughters.	04.03.1918 London - 20.02.2008	Lt. 14.08.1943 [291107] WS/Capt. 14.08.1944 (reld > 04.1946) MRCS, LRCP 1943; MB, BChir Cantab 1946; FRCS 1947; DLO 1948	Education: Canford School; Trinity College, Cambridge; St Thomas's Hospital, London. BA Cantab 1940, MA 1976. House Surgeon, St. Thomas's Hospital, 1943. 14.08.1943 commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission] 1943 - 09.1944 Regimental Medical Officer, 11th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 1676) in German captivity (Stalag IV-G, Oschatz, Sachsen) Chief Assistant, ENT Department, St Thomas's Hospital, 1950; Consultant ENT Surgeon: King's College Hospital, 1951; Belgrave Hospital for Children, 1951; Consultant Surgeon, Ear Nose and Throat Department, King's College Hospital, London, 1951-1979, Head of Department, 1973-1979, Hon. Consultant, 1979. Recognized Teacher of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, University of London, 1958. Chm., KCH Med. Cttee and Dist Management Team, 1977-1979. FRSocMed (Pres. Section of Otology, 1974-1975); Liveryman, Apothecaries' Soc.; former Mem. Council, Brit. Assoc. of Otolaryngologists. Published: Diseases of the Ear (1963, 5th edn 1988); (jtly) Essentials of Otolaryngology (1967); (contrib.) Scott­Brown's Diseases of the Ear, Nose and Throat (4th edn 1979); (contrib.) Modern Trends in Diseases of the Ear, Nose and Throat (1972); Arnhem Doctor, 1981; numerous papers in scientific journals
McCardie, William Derek Hessing   Son (with one brother and two sisters) of William Joseph McCardie (1866-1939), and Esther Maye Porter Collins (1884-1973). Married ((03?).1955,West Cheshire) Diana V. Smith.	15.08.1912 Kingshead, King's Norton district, Staffordshire / Warwickshire / Worcestershire - 03.04.1977 Mews, Suffolk Square, Cheltenham district	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 27.01.1934 [62214] Lt. 27.01.1937 T/Capt. 10.04.1940 T/Maj. 1942? WS/Maj. 06.07.1943 T/Lt.Col. 06.07.1943 Lt.Col. 01.05.1947 (removed 06.06.1957; on conviction by the Civil Power) A/Col. 12.06.1945 OBE ??? ??? TD 10.10.1947 ?	late Cadet Corporal, Repton School Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps 27.01.1934 commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps - Territorial Army 27.01.1934 - 28.02.1939 48th (South Midland) Divisional RASC 28.02.1939 transfrerred to The South Staffordshire Regiment - Territorial Army (6th Battalion TA) 24.08.1939 mobilized (08.1942) - 08.04.1943 Officer Commanding, D Company, 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment 08.04.1943 - (09.1944) Commanding Officer, 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Sicly; Arnhem [wounded, captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 5977) in German captivity (Dulag Luft 1 Barth) 01.05.1947 - late 1949 Commanding Officer, 5th Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment 01.05.1950 - 06.06.1957 Territorial Army Reserve of Officers Company director, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. Also served with 17 Para.
McCartney, John Stewart Granville Son (with three sisters) of William McCartney (1887-1948), and Mary Hamilton MacQueen (1889-1974). Married ((03?).1944, Basingstoke district, Hampshire) Ruth J. Caudwell (04.03.1919 - 05.2002); two sons.	17.06.1919 Edinburgh, Scotland - 14.01.1995 Southampton, Hampshire	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 17.08.1940 [143723] WS/Lt. 15.02.1942 (reld > 04.1946) T/Capt. 26.12.1944	17.08.1940 commissioned, The Border Regiment [emergency commission] (07.1943) Officer Commanding 13 Platoon (B Company), 1st Battalion The Border Regiment (Sicily) (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 2 Medium Machine Gun Platoon (Support Company), 1st Battalion The Border Regiment (Arnhem [evacuated])
McCombe, David McCulloch Son of Peter McCombe (1863-1953), and Mary McCulloch (1874-1946). Married 1st (1927, Blythswood district, Scotland) Margaret Dickson McKee (1904 - 24.08.1934); two daughters. Married 2nd (01.1943?) Doris Roberts.	26.02.1906 Alexandria, Bonhill district, Dunbartonshire, Scotland - 1972 Harare, Rhodesia	2nd Lt. 07.1940 T/Lt. 01.1941 A/Capt. 05.1941 T/Capt. 10.1941 (reld 03.05.1946) local A/Maj. 08.1943-08.1943 (for one week)	Accountant. Came to South Africa for the Empire Exhibition (1936), and remained there. Working for the Board of Executors Trust, he became an estate agent. 1939 joined the Union Defence Force (in a civilian capacity) 10.06.1940 joined the South African Air Force (Johannesburg) 07.1940 - 02.1941 commissioned, Radio Signals Company (Pretoria) 02.1941 - (03/04?).1941 SAAF Signal Training School (Tempe, Bloemfontein) (03/04?).1941 - ? Air Force Station, Kimberley 26.07.1942 - 26.01.1943 detached for Special Duties to the United Kingdom Forces [to investigate the viability of establishing an airborne force in South Africa, resulting in his 'Report on British Airborne Troops with Special Reference to Training and Equipment of Parachute Troops and Air Landing Troops', dated 15.12.1942; he had embarked on the SS Stratheard 26.07.1942; in the meantime qualified as a parachutist at the RAF Central Landing Establishment in Ringway, Manchester & received glider training] 02.1943 - 04.1944 staff duties (explored the possibility to train South African paratroopers in the Middle East 08.1943; emplaned to Cairo 04.04.1944) 14.04.1944 transferred to the General Service Corps (Volunteer), and at the same time seconded to the British Army for duty with Headquarters, Airborne Forces 22.06.1944 - 26.09.1944 General Staff Officer 3rd grade (GSO3) (Air), 1st Airborne Division (Arnhem [wounded & evacuated]) 30.09.1944 - 18.11.1944 hospitalized 20.12.1944 posted back to the MAF Depot in Voortrekkerhoogte (arrived back in Pretoria 03.01.1945 and spent the rest of his time until demobilisation in 1946 in and out of hospitals) Returned to the Board of Executors (for the last period of his life in Rhodesia).
McCooke, John Brewster	25.05.1915 Belfast, Ireland - 02.01.1992 Stourbridge, West Midlands	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 03.08.1940 [140490] WS/Lt. 03.02.1942 (reld < 04.1946) T/Capt. 18.12.1942	03.08.1940 commissioned into The North Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's) [emergency commission] (09.1944) Second-in-Command, A Company, 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 91006) in German captivity (Stalag XIIA Limburg an der Lahn)
McCourt, James Frederick "Freddie" Son (with one sister) of Edmund Frederick McCourt (1884-1942), and Ida Byrne (1886-1941). Married Carolyn Pickel; two daughters, one son.	05.08.1918 Montreal, Que., Canada - 18.11.2004 Ste. Anne's Veterans Hospital, Montreal, Que., Canada	2nd Lt. ? Capt. ?	- 01.03.1944 RRC 01.03.1944 - No. A-34 Training Centre (Reinforcements) CIC Canloan scheme: CDN/465 (09.1944) Second-in-Command, A Company, 7th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (Arnhem [POW]) - 05.09.1945 No. 4 District Depot (struck off strength and placed on Reserve Active Officers, General List)
McDermont, Andrew Johnston "Jack" Only son of Mr & Mrs James T McDermont, Tredinnock, Stirling. Married ((03?).1943, Brentford district, Middlesex) Beatrice P.H. Cripps (1920 - ); one son.	1919 Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland - 22.09.1944 (KIA) [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 6.D.7]	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 30.03.1943 [268968] WS/Lt. 27.09.1943	30.03.1943 commissioned into The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [emergency commission] 02.04.1943 transferred to the Parachute Regiment (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 3 Platoon (A Company), 2nd Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [killed in action])
McGowan, the Reverend Daniel "Dan"   Son (with two brothers and one sister) of George McGowan (1882-1964), and Frances Fanny Kenny (1882-1952). Married ((06?).1947, Clader district, West Riding of Yorkshire) Mabel Cheetham. From Friern Barnet.	12.02.1913 Highgate, St Pancras, London - 08.07.1981 Brighouse, Claro district, North Yorkshire	Capt. 17.08.1943 [287572] = Chaplain to the Forces 4th cl.  MC 20.09.1945 Arnhem 09.1944 [citation available upon request]	17.08.1943     commissioned into the Royal Army Chaplains' Department [emergency commission] - Roman Catholic (09.1944)     Chaplain, 16th Parachute Field Ambulance (Arnhem [captured) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 382) in German captivity (Auswertestelle West Oberursel) Parish of Brighouse. Left the clergy, 10.1945. Married and became a parole officer. Struck by polio & rheumatism.
McKenna, James Lloyd "Jim" Son (with six sisters and three brothers) of Cornelius "Con" McKenna (1870-1947), and Elizabeth McGrath (1879-1947), of Grand Pabos, Gaspe County, Province of Quebec, Canada.	12.08.1918 Chandler, Co. Gaspe, Quebec - 22.09.1944 (KIA) [age 26] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, 6.A.9]	2nd Lt. 08.10.1941 Lt. 13.05.1942 39|45 St - - Fr&G St - - WM 39|45 - - CVSM 08.04.1943 & clasp 15.08.1944	Education: 3 years high school; special M.C.C. civil service course (diploma of merit equal to junior matriculation). Clerk in lumber camps & assistant foreman (2 years). Sales manager British American Oil (2 years). Estates officer, The Royal Trust Co. Ltd., Quebec, Que. (2 years). 09.10.1940 - 09.11.1940 enrolled, Royal Regiment of Canada - Non-Permament Active Militia of Canada (No. 50 Course, NPAM Training Centre) 08.10.1941 - 09.10.1941 enlisted, District Depot, Military District #5, Quebec City (Reinforcements, 20th Quota, Royal Canadian Artillery) 10.10.1941 - 13.03.1942 Officer Training Centre, Brockville, Ontario [19.01.1942-05.02.1942 sick with mumps at Brockville Military Hospital] 14.03.1942 - 27.07.1942 (A-1) Canadian Army Training Centre, Petawawa, Ontario [06.07.1942-20.07.1942 leave of absence] 28.07.1942 - 31.07.1942 District Depot, Military District #3, Ottawa (Miscellaneous Wing) 01.08.1942 - 15.09.1942 2nd Canadian Parachute Battalion [qualified as Lt. in paratroops at Montana, USA 15.08.1942] 16.09.1942 - 22.09.1942 District Depot, Military District #13 23.09.1942 - 04.04.1943 troop officer, A-1 (Royal Canadian Artillery) Army Training Centre, Petawawa, Ontario [25.09.1942-24.10.1942 sick with duodenal ulcer at Hospital Petawawa, Military Ward 1] 05.04.1943 - 16.09.1943 Orderly Officer, Camp Headquarters, Petawawa Military Camp [01.07.1943-05.07.1943 & 12.08.1943-16.08.1943 & 17.08.1943-23.08.1943 leave of absence] 16.09.1943 - 28.12.1943 A-1 Canadian Army Training Centre [completed refresher course 11.1943] [18.12.1943-28.12.1943 leave of absence] 29.12.1943 - 06.04.1944 A-3 Canadian Army Training Centre, Shilo, Manitoba [completed Self-Propelled Artillery course (25 pounder Sexton) & qualified driver in charge class III (wheel and track) 29.01.1944] 07.04.1944 - 08.06.1944 Officers Training Centre, Brockville, Ontario [for special infantry course to British Army] [31.05.1944-08.06.1944 sick leave] 09.06.1944 - 16.06.1944 A-34 Special Officers' Training Centre, Sussex Military Camp, Sussex, New Brunswick 17.06.1944     Canloan List CDN/639 17.06.1944 - 24.06.1944 embarked Canada, disembarked UK 25.06.1944 - 07.07.1944 X (IV) List 21 Army Group (103 Reinforcement Group) 08.07.1944 - 22.09.1944 Second-in-Command, Mortar Platoon (Support Company), 11th Parachute Battalion (UK, emplained 18.09.1944 for Arnhem [killed in action])
McLaren, Robert Leonard Son of Pte. Peter Melvin McLaren, The Bedfordshire Regt. (1864-died of wounds in Belgium, 24th October, 1917), and of Jessie Margaret King (1884-1964). Married (01.10.1938, St Paul's Church, Harringay, Midddlesex) Violet Brereton (22.03.1911 - 01.1970), of Eastwood, Essex; one daughter, one son.	04.06.1914 London - 18.09.1944 (KIA) [age 30] [Groesbeek Memorial, panel 1]	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 20.12.1941 [220547] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942	formerly of the Royal Army Medical Corps 20.12.1941 commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] (09.1944) Officer Commanding, F Troop, 2nd Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery RA (Arnhem [killed in action]) [glider did not arrive]
McLean, Duncan Son of Mr & Mrs A. McLean, of 4, St George's Terrace, York.	14.10.1917 Eaglesfield, Dumfries, Scotland - ?	2nd Lt. 24.06.1939 [94824] WS/Lt. 08.12.1940 T/Capt. 08.12.1940-(01.1943), 28.06.1945-(04.1946) WS/Capt. 16.04.1946 T/Maj. 16.04.1946-(04.1947) Hon. Maj. 1947? TD ? - EM 24.10.1947 [cancelled 21.09.1951 due to being awarded TD]	Education: St Peter's School, York (1929-1935; St Olave's, the Grove & the Rise). Joined Yorkshire Copper Company.       late Cadet Serjt., St. Peter's School Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps 24.06.1939     commissioned, 5th Battalion The West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Own) - Territorial Army 24.08.1939     mobilized TA 20.01.1943     transferred, Royal Armoured Corps 19.07.1943     transferred, The Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps 07.1943 - 09.1944 served 2nd Parachute Battalion (09.1944)     Adjutant, 2nd Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 616) in German captivity (Oflag XIIB, Hadamar) Published: History of 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment : from its formation to the Battle of Arnhem (1946).
McMillen, Christopher John Salter Son of William John McMillen, and Lettice Sall. Married ((12?).1940, Crosby district, Lancashire) Margaret Clark; ... children (one son?).	24.06.1916 Namirembe Kampala, Uganda Protectorates - 22.05.1989 Norton, Bury St Edmunds district, Suffolk [St Andrew Churchyard Norton, Suffolk]	2nd Lt. TA 24.08.1935 [65826] 2nd Lt. 29.01.1938 Lt. 01.01.1941 A/Capt. 08.01.1941-07.04.1941 T/Capt. 04.10.1940-28.01.1946 Capt. 29.01.1946 A/Maj. 01.03.1946-31.05.1946 T/Maj. 01.06.1946-14.05.1948, 04.06.1949-28.01.1951 Maj. 29.01.1951 (retd 28.04.1960) A/Lt.Col. 26.04.1947-14.07.1947 BK 20.03.1947 Arnhem 09.1944 * [recommendation available upon request] * date of Dutch Royal Decree 31.07.1945	24.08.1935     commissioned, 6th Battalion The Essex Regiment - Territorial Army (West Ham) 29.01.1938     commissioned, The Essex Regiment - Regular Army (09.1944)     No. 1 Forward Observation Unit RA (Airborne) [attached 1st Airlanding Brigade HQ] (Arnhem [evacuated]) 28.04.1960 - 24.06.1966 Regular Army Reserve of Officer [attained age limit]
McNabb *, Trevor Victor Patrick Son (with one brother and three sisters) of Lt.Cdr. Thomas Benbow McNabb, DSC, RNVR (1881-1955), and Gladys Mary Edwards (1884-1972), of Kensington, London. * Army List has (erroneously): McNab	28.03.1922 Wimbledon, Kingston district, Surrey - 27.09.1944 Enschede (DOW sustained while being a POW) [age 22] [Enschede Eastern General Cemetery, 195]	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 19.09.1942 [245232] WS/Lt. 19.03.1943 MID 24.08.1944 Italy 09-11.1943	Education: St Benedict's School, London. 19.09.1942     commissioned, Reconnaissance Corps [emergency commission] (09.1944)     Intelligence Officer, 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron (Arnhem [died as POW])
McNaught, Eustace Arthur	18.02.1922 Darjeeling, West Bengal, India - 12.10.1992 Yeovil, Somerset	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 30.01.1943 [259961] WS/Lt. 30.07.1943 (reld 15.02.1948) Hon. Capt. 15.02.1948 Lt. (Hon. Capt.) RARO 01.01.1949	30.01.1943 commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] (09.1944) Assistant Command Post Officer, 2nd Airlanding Light Battery RA (Arnhem) [glider did not arrive] 30.11.1944 transferred to the Special Air Service Regiment ? transferred to Royal Regiment of Artillery 01.01.1949 - ? Intelligence Corps - Regular Army Reserve of Officers
Meakin, Reginald Son (with two brothers and two sisters) of Sidney John Halsall Meakin (1880-1962), and Minnie Frances Lines (1887-1978).	14.01.1920 Liverpool, West Derby district, Lancashire - 23.02.2001 Liverpool, Lancashire	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 01.04.1944 [314146] WS/Lt. 01.10.1944 Capt. 03.10.1950 (reld 19.10.1964) Hon. Capt. 19.10.1964 Efficiency Medal (Territorial), 13.12.1949.	01.04.1944 commissioned into the Glider Pilot Regiment [emergency commission] (09.1944) Section Commander, B Squadron (No. 1 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 61756) in German captivity (Stalag Luft 1) transferred to The King's Regiment [short service commission] 15.05.1954 - 05.10.1964 transferred to the Corps of Royal Military Police
Meikle, Ian Ormiston Son of Ormiston and Phyllis Alma Meikle (née Adams), of Hornchurch, Essex.	16.08.1920 Upminster, Romford district, Essex - 21.09.1944 (KIA) [age 24] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, 2.B.11]	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 21.06.1941 [193470] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942	Education: Wycliffe College (School House, 1933-1938); Open English Scholarship, St John's College, Cambridge (BA). 21.06.1941     commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]       served in North Africa & Italy (09.1944)     Gun Position Officer, B Troop, 1st Airlanding Light Battery RA (Arnhem [killed in action])
Menzies, the Reverend Alastair Charles Vass Son (with two sisters) of Charles William Rowe Menzies (1885-1968), local government official, and Edith Evershed Vass (1885-1976). Married (03.04.1948, St Mark's Church, Reigate, Surrey South Eastern district, Surrey) Jean Mary Liell (29.12.1926 - 09.03.2006), daughter (with one brother and one sister) of Kingsley Liell (195-1980), chartered surveyor, and Iris Mary Gray (1901-1972); one daughter, three sons.	20.09.1916 South East Ham, West Ham district, London - 17.03.2005 Clare Cottage, Neacroft, Christchurch, Dorset	Capt. = Chaplain to the Forces 4th Cl. 30.10.1941 [205975] (retd 03.01.1946) Maj. TA = Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Cl. ? TD 15.03.1966 -	Education: Woolmore St. School; Coopers Foundation School; Associate of King's College, London (AKC), 1938; Lichfield Theological College 10.1938-06.1939; University of London (BA, 2nd cl. History 1952). Deacon 24.09.1939. Priest 29.09.1940 Lichfield. Curate of Christ Church, Stafford and Assistant Chaplain to HM Prisons, 24.09.1939-1941. 30.10.1941     commissioned into the Royal Army Chaplains' Department [emergency commission] - Church of England 1941 - 1942 Chaplain, 70th (Young Soldiers) Battalion The Royal West Kent Regiment & 265th Field Park Company, RE (UK) 1942 - 1943 Chaplain, 3rd Parachute Battalion (Tunisia) (09.)1943 - 20.09.1944 Chaplain, 156th Parachute Battalion (Italy, UK, Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 90860) in German captivity (Oflag 79, Braunschweig & Stalag XIIA Limburg) (1945)     Chaplain, Grenadier Guards ? - 12.11.1953 Regular Army Reserve of Officers 12.11.1953 - 01.04.1967 served in the Territorial Army (The Royal Fusiliers 1953, The Green Jackets till 1956, 44th Indian Parachute Brigade till 1959, Royal Army Service Corps till 1967) 01.04.1967 - ? Regular Army Reserve of Officers Chaplain & Assistant Master, Epsom College and Licentiate to Officiate Diocese of Guildford 1946-1977.
Michell, Charles Herbert David Son of ... Michell, and ... Sainsbury. Married ((06?).1941, Weston-super-Mare district, Somerset) Pamela R. Dolphin.	(09?).1918 Devizes district, Wiltshire - 09.11.1958 The Swan Hotel, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire	2nd Lt. 26.06.1937 [72247] WS/Lt. 26.06.1940	late Cadet Lance-Corporal, Monkton Combe School Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps 26.06.1937     commissioned, 4th Battalion The Gloucestershire Regiment - Territorial Army ?     transferred, Royal Regiment of Artillery 24.08.1939     mobilized TA 03.11.1942     transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944)     Section Commander, A Squadron (No. 1 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem)
Millar, Gerrard Roland "Dusty"	03.09.1916 Buttevant, Cork, Ireland - 26.09.1999	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 01.03.1941 [176150] WS/Lt. 25.08.1941 T/Capt. 01.03.1945 Lt. 01.12.1946, seniority 25.08.1941 Capt. ? (reld 01.12.1953; disability) Hon. Maj. 01.12.1953 MID 08.11.1945 services in the field	01.03.1941 commissioned, The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [emergency commission] 19.09.1942 transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944) Section Commander, B Squadron (No. 1 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem) 01.12.1946 - 01.12.1953 short service commission
Miller, Cecil Ralph	13.11.1917 Brighton, Steyning, Sussex - 19.02.2011 Edinburgh, Scotland	2nd Lt. 27.05.1936 [67820] Lt. 27.05.1939 T/Capt. 02.12.1939 Capt. TA 01.05.1947 17.02.1948 substituted for 11.04.1945 A/Maj. TA 23.03.1949 Maj. TA 12.04.1953, seniority 23.03.1949 TD ? ? TD 20.06.1950 ?	Education: Harrow School (1931.3-1935.2); Trinity College, Cambridge. late Cadet, Harrow School Contingent, Junior division, Officer Training Corps 27.05.1936 commissioned, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment - Territorial Army (7th Battalion) 24.08.1939 mobilized 27.01.1943 transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944) General Staff Officer 3rd grade (GSO3) (Air), 1st Parachute Brigade (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 52798) in German captivity (Stalag IXC, Bad Sulza) ? - 03.10.1955 served Territorial Army 12.04.1950 - ? seconded for service on the Staff 03.10.1955 - ? Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
Miller, Joseph Esmond Son of Col. John Francis Xavier Miller, OBE. Married (1946) Kathleen Veronica Lochée­Bayne; one son.	22.09.1914 Darlington - 03.02.1990 Salisbury, Wiltshire	Lt. 19.12.1940, seniority 01.09.1940 [163133] A/Capt. 14.03.1941-13.06.1941 T/Capt. 14.06.1941-18.12.1941 Capt. 19.12.1941, seniority 01.09.1941 A/Maj. 03.11.1943-02.02.1944 T/Maj. 03.02.1944-31.08.1948 Maj. 01.09.1948 T/Lt.Col. 27.01.1951-07.11.1958 Lt.Col. 08.11.1958 Col. 01.09.1963 Brig. 01.03.1971 A/Maj.Gen. 04.12.1973 Maj.Gen. 01.01.1974 (retd 21.01.1976) MC 21.10.1943 Sicily 07.1943 1939-1945 Star; Italy Star; France & Germany Star; DM; WM; GSM & clasp Arabian Peninsula; QEII Coronation Medal (1953)	Education: St George's College, Weybridge; London University (St Bartholomew's Hospital). MRCS, LRCP; MRCGP; MFCM; MBIM. Qualified, July 1940. Fellow RoySocMed; Mem., BMA; psc (1948) 19.12.1940 commissioned into the Royal Army Medical Corps [short service commission] 1940 - 1942 RAMC Depot 1942 - 1945 Airborne Forces (N Africa, Sicily, Italy, Holland, Germany): (07.1943) Regimental Medical Officer, 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Sicily) 03.11.1943 - 25.09.1944 Deputy Assistant Director of Medical Services (DADMS), 1st Airborne Division (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 52985) in German captivity (Stalag IXC, Mühlhausen, Hessen) 01.09.1945 from short service commission 1945 - 1947 RAMC Depot 18.02.1949 - 04.08.1950 Deputy Assistant Director of Medical Services (DADMS), HQ Middle East Land Forces (Egypt) 16.10.1950 - 23.11.1950 Deputy Assistant Director of Medical Services  (DADMS), ... Infantry Division (Middle East) 1950 - 1954 Commanding Officer, 35 Field Ambulance (Tripoli & Egypt) 1954 - 1957 Senior Medical Officer, Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst 1957 - 1959 Commanding Officer, 4 Field Ambulance (Germany) 1959 - 1961 Commanding Officer, 10 Brigade Group Medical Company (Aden) 17.03.1961 - 01.10.1961 Assistant Director of Medical Services (ADMS), HQ Middle East Command (Aden) 01.12.1961 - 1965 Officer-in-Charge & Chief Instructor, Field Training Centre & HQ AER RAMC 1965 - 1968 Commanding Officer, British Military Hospital Hong Kong 1968 - 1969 Assistant Director of Medical Services (ADMS), 4th Division (Germany) 1969 - 1971 Deputy Director of Medical Services (DDMS), HQ British Army of the Rhine 1971 - 1972 Deputy Director of Medical Services (DDMS), HQ Scotland (Army) 1972 - 1973 Deputy Director of Medical Services (DDMS), HQ UK Land Forces 04.12.1973 - 24.12.1975 Director of Medical Services (DMS), HQ UK Land Forces Honorary Surgeon to the Queen, 1973-21.01.1976. OStJ 1964, CStJ 1975.
Miller, Terence George Only son of late George Frederick Miller, Cambridge, and late Marion Johnston, Port William, Wigtownshire. Married (1944) Inga Catriona, 3rd daughter of Austin Priestman, MD, Folkestone, Kent; one son, three daughters.	16.01.1918 Chesterton, Cambridgeshire - 17.01.2015 Hunstanton, Norfolk	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 15.06.1940 [134055] WS/Lt. 15.12.1941 T/Capt. 06.06.1943-..., 12.10.1945-... WS/Capt. ? Capt. TA 03.02.1949, seniority 24.04.1946 A/Maj. TA 06.05.1950 Maj. TA 16.01.1952, seniority 06.05.1950 Lt.Col. AERO 26.07.1965, seniority 02.07.1964 TD 17.03.1961 ?	Education: Perse (foundn schol.); Jesus College, Cambridge (schol.; Nat. Sci. Tripos, pt 1 cl. 1, pt 2 cl. 1); MA (Cantab) Wiltshire Prizeman, 1939. 15.06.1940 commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] 10.10.1942 transferred to the Glider Pilot Regiment (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 3 Flight (B Squadron, No. 1 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 6177) in German captivity (Stalag Luft 1, Barth) 03.02.1949 - 12.05.1953 transferred to the Corps of Royal Engineers (Unattached List) - Territorial Army 13.05.1953 - 31.03.1967 transferred to the Corps of Royal Engineers - Army Emergency Reserve of Officers 01.04.1967 - 14.10.1967 transferred to the Corps of Royal Engineers - Territorial Army Volunteer Reserve (Category II) 15.10.1967 transferred to the Corps of Royal Engineers - Regular Army Reserve of Officers (Class III) Harkness Scholar, 1948; Research Fellow, Jesus College, 1949-1954. University Demonstrator, 1948; Lecturer in Geology, University of Keele, 1953; Senior Lecturer, 1963, Professor of Geography, University of Reading, 1965-1967; Principal, University College of Rhodesia, 1967-1969; Visiting Professor, Reading University, 1969-1971. Director, Polytechnic of North London, 1971-1980. Published: Geology (1950); Geology and Scenery in Britain (1953); scientific papers in various journals.
Miller, Thomas Visger Son of Thomas Miller, and Frances Joyce G. O'Dwyer (formerly Mrs John S. Harrison) (1890-). Married; ... children (one daughter?).	26.01.1921 Bath, Somerset - 02.11.1997 Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London	Cadet L/Cpl. ? 2nd Lt. 22.04.1939 [89654] WS/Lt. 01.01.1941 T/Capt. 1944? Lt. 31.08.1946, seniority 26.07.1943 Capt. 26.01.1948 (retd 25.07.1952)	late Cadet Lance-Corporal, Charterhouse School Contingent, Officer Training Corps 22.04.1939     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery - Supplementary Reserve of Officers 24.08.1939     mobilized (09.1944)     No. 1 Forward Observation Unit RA [attached 4th Parachute Brigade HQ] (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 608) in German captivity (Oflag XIIB, Eichstätt) 31.08.1946 - 25.07.1952 permanent [short service?] commission
Mills, Gordon Thomas Son of Trevor Wallace Mills (1890--1968), and Rose Lena Pitt Rees (1889-1952). Married ((06?).1940, East Glamorgan) Sybil Llewellyn, of Whitchurch, Glamorgan; one daughter.	(12?).1916 Cardiff, Glamorganshire - 28.09.1944 (KIA) [age 27] [Rhenen General Cemetery, 27.A.1]	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 27.11.1941 [220201] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 T/Capt. 1944? MID 11.04.1946 Arnhem 09.1944	27.11.1941 commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] 25.08.1942 transferred to the Glider Pilot Regiment (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 11 Flight (E Squadron, No. 2 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem [killed in action])
Mills, Kenneth Stanley "Ken" Son (with one sister) of Stanley Charles Mills (1888-1974), and Hilda Mary Mills (1893-1956), of Bristol.	14.03.1923 India - 23.09.1944 (KIA) [age 21] [Enschede Eastern General Cemetery, 199]	2nd Lt. 05.12.1942 [255204] WS/Lt. 05.06.1943	05.12.1942 commissioned into the Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission] 26.11.1943 transferred to the Glider Pilot Regiment (09.1944) Section Commander, D Squadron (No. 1 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem [killed in action])
Milo, Peter Middleton	16.12.1919 Croydon, Surrey - 12.12.1986 Chichester, West Sussex	2nd Lt. 18.05.1940 [130630] WS/Lt. 18.11.1941 Lt. 15.12.1945, seniority 16.06.1942 A/Capt. 01.07.1943-30.09.1943 T/Capt. 01.10.1943-21.08.1944 WS/Capt. 22.08.1944 Capt. 16.12.1946 A/Maj. 22.05.1944-21.08.1944 T/Maj. 22.08.1944-09.06.1945, 13.12.1946-31.03.1948, 17.04.1953-15.12.1953 Maj. 16.12.1953 local Lt.Col. 18.10.1960-15.04.1962 Lt.Col. 16.04.1962 (supernumerary 16.04.1965) (retd 16.03.1968) local Col. 27.10.1964	Education: psc served in the ranks for 264 days 24.08.1939 mobilized (TA) 18.05.1940 commissioned into The Cheshire Regiment [emergency commission to 14.12.1945] 12.06.1943 transferred to the Parachute Regiment (09.1944) Officer Commanding, C Company, 11th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 52947) in German captivity (Stalag IXC, Bad Sulza) 15.12.1945 commissioned into The Cheshire Regiment [permanent commission] 08.02.1950 - 08.02.1951 Staff Captain "A", HQ BTB 17.04.1953 09.01.1954 - - 29.12.1953 11.03.1954 Brigade Major, ... Infantry Brigade 12.04.1954 - 21.04.1956 Instructor, Joint School for Chemical Warfare 18.06.1956 - 29.06.1958 General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), Gibraltar (10.09.1956-29.06.1956 MA Rabat) 18.10.1960 - 13.03.1962 General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), British Joint Staff Mission, Washington 16.04.1962 - 21.04.1964 Deputy Commandant, Mercian Brigade Depot 27.10.1964 - (02.1967) Military Attaché (General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1)) Stockholm
Mobbs, Gerald Aubrey "Gerry" Married Elizabeth Lanchester; at least one son (Sir Nigel Mobbs).	21.03.1911 Northampton, Northamptonshire - 06.08.1976 Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire	Lt. 22.09.1939 [100118] WS/Capt. 01.06.1940 T/Maj. 01.06.1940 WS/Maj. 11.02.1943 (retd 08.12.1945; disability) T/Lt.Col. 11.02.1943  Hon. Lt.Col. 08.12.1945	22.09.1939 commissioned into the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Administrative Branch [emergency commission] 30.07.1940 - (04.1941) Deputy Assistant Director of Ordnance Services, ... (09.1944) Assistant Director of Ordnance Services, 1st Airborne Division (Arnhem [wounded, POW]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 140266) in German captivity (Stalag VIIA, Moosburg) Re-joined Slough Estates in 1945, a company of which he had been made a director during 1944. He served as a director of Slough Estates until his retirement in March 1976, his 65th birthday. Successively he was an executive director, chief executive and managing director, and from 1971 to 1976 chairman. He also held at one time a non-executive directorship of Horlicks. He was High Sheriff of the county of Buckinghamshire in 1962/3 and subsequently was a Deputy Lieutenant of the county until his death.
Monsell, John Humphrey Arnold [de la Poer] "Johnny"	18.08.1916 Kensington, London - 11.1989 Barnstaple, Devon	2nd Lt. 31.12.1939 [112889] Lt. 01.07.1941 A/Capt. 03.12.1941-02.03.1942 T/Capt. 03.03.1942-..., 11.11.1945-... Capt. 09.05.1946 (retd 17.09.1947) Lt. 02.09.1952, seniority 25.02.1947 Capt. 02.09.1952, seniority 16.12.1950	served in the ranks for 3 years, 108 days 31.12.1939 commissioned into The Royal Irish Fusiliers (Princess Victoria's) (09.1944) Officer Commanding, Medium Machine Gun Platoon (Support Company), 2nd Parachute Battalion (Arnhem) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 562) in German captivity (Oflag XIIB, Mainz) 02.09.1952 - 25.09.1955 short service commission 26.09.1955 - ? Regular Army Reserve of Officers
Montgomery, Hector Son (with one sister and one brother) of Victor Edward Montgomery (1894-), and Marjorie Mabel Maud Miller (1894-1986).. Married ((03?).1944, Hammersmith district, London) Katherine Anne Field (1914 - 2007); two sons.	29.04.1917 Paddington district, Greater London / London / Middlesex - 14.01.2012 Alton, Hampshire	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 22.10.1939 [105125] WS/Lt. 22.04.1941 (reld 16.02.1946; disability) T/Capt. 04.06.1943 Hon. Capt. 16.02.1946 Efficiency Medal (Territorial), 28.01.1949.	22.10.1939     commissioned, The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) [emergency commission] 01.11.1942     transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (1942)     151st Parachute Battalion (India) (09.1944)     Second-in-Command, B Company, 156th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem) Sales manager, Woking, Surrey.
Montgomery, Thomas Everard Son of Thomas Alexander and Gladys Montgomery; husband of Lavender Montgomery, of Kilshannig, Co. Cork, Irish Republic.	04.01.1908 Fiji - 21.11.1944 (DOW) [age 36] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, Spec. Mem.] Buried at the time in Lingen Cemetery, Germany, but whose grave is now lost.	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 14.12.1940 [160794] WS/Capt. 10.10.1943 T/Maj. 10.10.1943	14.12.1940 commissioned, The Border Regiment [emergency commission] (09.1944) Officer Commanding, A Company, 1st Battalion The Border Regiment (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 21.11.1944 POW in German captivity (M. Stammlager VI/C Bathorn) [died of wounds]
Moore, Francis Pepys Durie "Frank" Married ((12?).1946, Kensington district, London) Barbara G. Pusey; two sons, one daughter.	24.02.1924 - 16.12.2014 Petworth, West Sussex	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 24.04.1943 [271510] WS/Lt. 24.10.1943 39|45 St - - It St - - Fr&G St - - Def M - - WM 39|45 - - GenSM - - ? ? - -	24.04.1943     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] 1943 - 1944 1st Airlanding Light Regiment RA (UK, Italy) (09.1944)     Troop Leader, F Troop, 3rd Airlanding Light Battery, 1st Airlanding Light Regiment RA (Arnhem [evacuated]) 08.10.1945     transferred to the Parachute Regiment (cancelled 07.01.1947) Fellow of the Institution of Agricultural Engineers (FIAgrE) since 1954. Designer of the innovative Moore Mower.
Moorwood, Stanley James Duffield	01.09.1918 Sheffield, Yorkshire - 05.02.1985 Andover, Hampshire	Cadet L/Cpl. ? 2nd Lt. 03.06.1939 [89110] WS/Lt. 01.01.1941 (reld > 04.1946) T/Capt. 16.05.1945	03.06.1939 commissioned, The York and Lancaster Regiment (Hallamshire Battalion) - Territorial Army (late Cadet Lance-Corporal, Oakham School Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps) 24.08.1939 mobilized TA 08.11.1943 transferred to the Glider Pilot Regiment (09.1944) Section Commander, D Squadron (No. 1 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem) Solicitor, Shamley Green, Surrey.
Morley, Wilfred David Clarence "Wilf"	07.05.1920 Edmonton, Oxfordshire - 31.03.1995 Bromley, Kent	Cadet ? [T/76292] 2nd Lt. 03.09.1943 [292711] WS/Lt. 03.03.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	03.09.1943 commissioned into the Parachute Regiment [emergency commission] (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 1 Provost Section with 1st Parachute Brigade (Arnhem)
Morris, ?	? -	2nd Lt. ? WS/Lt. ?	? commissioned into ? [emergency commission] (09.1944) APO (Army Postal Officer?), 1st Airborne Division (Arnhem)
Morrison, the Reverend James Gilbert   Youngest of five children of the  Rev. James Horne Morrison, MA, minister of the United Free Church. Married (24.05.1944, Ulverston, Lancashire) Jean Calderbank, daughter of James Calderbank, of Ulverston; three sons.	23.11.1915 Falkland, Fife, Scotland - 12.11.2008 Cambridge (formerly of Rhonehouse and Kirkpatrick Durham)	Capt. 27.02.1942 = Chaplain to the Forces 4th Cl. [225398] [emergency commission] Capt. 01.07.1946 = Chaplain to the Forces 4th Cl. [permanent commission] zA/Maj. 01.07.1945-30.09.1945 = A/Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Cl. T/Maj. 01.10.1945-30.04.1950 = T/Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Cl. Maj. 01.05.1950 = Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Cl. Lt.Col. 01.01.1960 = Chaplain to the Forces 2nd Cl. (retd 23.11.1970) MBE 14.06.1980 HM's birthday 1980: for seervices to the British community in Rotterdam MID 23.05.1958 Malaya 08-12.1957	Education: University of Aberdeen, MA (1937). On staff of Church of Scotland Huts & Canteens Commission, 1940-1942. 27.02.1942 commissioned into the Royal Army Chaplains' Department [emergency commission to 30.06.1946] - Church of Scotland 14.01.1943 - (09.1944) Chaplain, 7th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 93304) in German captivity (Stalag XIIA, Limburg) 01.07.1946 permanent commision (served Cyprus, France, Aden, Malaysia, Germany & UK) 08.11.1948 - 03.01.1952 Staff Chaplain, British Army of the Rhine 25.01.1952 - 18.07.1955 Senior Chaplain to the Forces, Aldershot District 08.01.1960 - 21.08.1960 Senior Chaplain to the Forces, BFAP (1st Bn Royal highland Fusiliers) 1970 - 1970 Chaplain, Cyprus Minister, The Scots Church (Presbyterian) at Rotterdam (Neth.), 1972-1981.
Morrison, John Alexander Son of ... Morrison, and Dorothy H. ... (1894-).	20.02.1919 Karachi, India - 26.01.2001 ? South Africa	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 07.06.1939 [88880] WS/Lt. 01.01.1941 A/Capt. 18.01.1941 T/Capt. 31.03.1943-..., 19.08.1945-... (retd 1946) Maj TA ? TD 12.12.1950 ?	Education: Perth Academy; Skerry’s College, Edinburgh. Insurance clerk. served in the Honourable Artillery Company 07.06.1939 commissioned into The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) - Territorial Army 24.08.1939 mobilized TA 20.08.1942 transferred to the Glider Pilot Regiment (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 5 Flight (D Squadron, No. 1 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 5979) in German captivity (Stalag Luft 1, Barth) Management position within a major South African company. Published: Silent invader : a glider pilot's story of the invasion of Europe in World War II (1999)
Morrissey, Dennis Richard Lawrence	04.07.1910 St George Hanover Square district, London - (03?).1975 Dover district, Kent	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 18.05.1940 [130361] WS/Capt. 15.02.1942 (retd 04.07.1947; disability) T/Maj. 10.07.1943 Hon. Maj. 04.07.1947	18.05.1940 commissioned into The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) [emergency commission] 15.05.1942 transferred to the Royal Regiment of Artillery 27.02.1943 transferred to The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) (09.1944) Officer Commanding, HQ Company, 1st Battalion The Border Regiment (Arnhem; wounded [captured]) 09.1944 - (04?).1945 POW (No. 140228) in German captivity (Stalag VII-A at Moosburg an der Isar, Bayern)
Mortlock, Douglas Gerald "Digby"	24.12.1920 Fulham district, Greater London - 02.1990 still alive	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 11.10.1941 [212936] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 Lt. 01.02.1947, seniority 24.06.1943 A/Capt. 23.04.1943-22.07.1943 T/Capt. 23.07.1943-08.07.1945, 28.08.1945-29.09.1946 WS/Capt. 30.09.1946 Capt. 24.12.1947 A/Maj. 30.06.1946-29.09.1946 T/Maj. 30.09.1946-23.04.1950, 25.01.1951-23.12.1954 Maj. 24.12.1954 T/Lt.Col. 02.04.1962-10.07.1962 Lt.Col. 11.07.1962 (supernumerary 11.07.1965) (retd 01.12.1967)	served in the ranks for 219 days 11.10.1941 commissioned into the Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission to 31.01.1947] (09.1944) Brigade RASC Officer, 1st Parachute Brigade (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 76774) in German captivity (Stalag XIIA, Limburg) 15.07.1965 transferred to the Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Morton, Richard Elwin "Dicky" Son of ... Morton, and ... Taylor.	04.05.1917 Newton Abbot district, Devon - 08.1997 Yeovil, Somerset	2nd Lt. 22.02.1941 [174530] WS/Lt. 22.08.1942 Lt. 19.07.1947, seniority 04.11.1941 A/Capt. 11.03.1943-10.06.1943  T/Capt. 11.06.1943-15.01.1944, 16.03.1944-18.07.1947 Capt. 19.07.1947, seniority 01.07.1946 T/Maj. 01.04.1952-06.05.1952, 09.05.1952-27.08.1952 Maj. 04.05.1953 Lt.Col. 31.08.1960 (retd 02.12.1962) MID 07.01.1949 Palestine 09.47-03.1948	served in the ranks 1 year 38 days 22.02.1941 commissioned into The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's) [emergency commission to 18.07.1947] ? transferred to the Parachute Regiment (09.1944) Second-in-Command, C Company, 2nd Parachute Battalion (Arnhem) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 91816) in German captivity (Stalag XIIA, Limburg) 19.07.1947 commissioned into The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [permanent commission] ? transferred to the Parachute Regiment
Moy-Thomas, Edward Alfred Son of Alan and Gertrude Moy-Thomas, of Monte Carlo. Married (29.04.1936, St George's, Bloomsbury, Holborn district, London) Wilma Mary Marsden (20.08.1914 - 02.2006) [she remarried to Frederick Laws], of Highgate, Middlesex, daughter of Mr & Mrs Wilfred Marsden, Keeper of Printed Books of the British Museum; two children. His brother F/Lt. James Alan Moy-Thomas RAFVR was killed in a road accident (29.02.1944).	09.03.1910 St George Hanover Square district, London - 20.09.1944 (KIA) [age 34] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 16.B.15]	2nd Lt. 07.09.1940 [148593] WS/Lt. 07.03.1942 T/Capt. 1944?	Education: Eton (R.A. Young's); Christ Church. Worked for Messrs. France, Fenwick, shipowners. 08.1939     volunteered for service in an anti-aircraft battery of the Honourable Artillery Company Officer Cadet Training Unit, Sandhurst 07.09.1940 commissioned, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [emergency commission] took part in the airborne invasion of Sicily, then Taranto & Foggia (09.1944) Staff Captain, 1st Airlanding Brigade (Arnhem [killed in action])
Muir, Iain Colquhoun Son of William Clark Muir and Margaret Welsh Muir (née Miller), of Muswell Hill, Middlesex.	15.02.1922 Edmonton district, Essex / Hertfordshire / Middlesex - 25.09.1944 (KIA) [age 22] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 3.C.15]	2nd Lt. 22.02.1941 [172724] WS/Lt. 22.08.1942 A/Capt. 1944? MID 22.03.1945 NW Europe (Normandy)	22.02.1941 commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] 05.11.1942 transferred to the Glider Pilot Regiment (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 22 Flight (D Squadron, No. 1 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem [killed in action])
Munford, Dennis Stewart Son of ... Munford, and ... Burton. Married Audrey Grace (née ...) (died 26.01.2007, aged 85).	16.09.1912 Yarmouth district, Norfolk - 27.02.2002 Waveney, Suffolk [age 89]	Gnr. ? 2nd Lt. 08.06.1940 [134902] WS/Lt. 08.12.1941 T/Capt. 09.11.1942 WS/Capt. 26.01.1944 (retd 29.08.1951) A/Maj. 1944? Hon. Maj. 29.08.1951 39|45 St - - It St - - Fr&G St - - Def M - - WM 39|45 - - EM 28.03.1989 - BSM ? ? BL 08.11.1945 Arnhem 09.1944 * [date of Dutch Royal Decree 09.02.46]	08.06.1940 commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 3rd Airlanding Light Battery RA (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 76239) in German captivity (Oflag XIIB, Hadamar) Retired Colonial Service official, Southwold, Suffolk.
Murdoch, Barry	15.10.1917 - 01.11.2001 Southamton, Hampshire	2nd Lt. 26.08.1937 [73111] WS/Lt. 01.05.1940 Lt. 26.08.1940 A/Capt. 01.02.1940-30.04.1940 T/Capt. 01.05.1940-02.11.1942, 06.03.1943-25.07.1945 WS/Capt. 26.07.1945 Capt. 26.08.1945 A/Maj. 26.04.1945-25.07.1945 T/Maj. 26.07.1945-02.11.1947, 15.09.1949-25.08.1950 Maj. 26.08.1950 (retd 15.10.1972) local Lt.Col. 15.06.1956-25.05.1958 MBE 29.03.1945 NW Europe 1944-45 MID 22.03.1945 ?	26.08.1937 commissioned, The Lincolnshire Regiment 21.04.1939 - ? temporary Adjutant, 4th Battalion The Devonshire Regiment 06.03.1943 - 13.04.1943 Adjutant, ... (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 8 Flight (D Squadron, No. 1 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem) 03.02.1948 transferred, Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Murray, Alexander Donald Milles   Elder son of Brig. Cyril Alexander 'Alick' George Octavius Murray (1887-1960), formerly of The KOSB, and Marjorie Lilias  Milles (died 1965), of Philipburn, Selkirk.	06.04.1925 Kensington district, London - 18.09.1944 Oosterbeek (KIA) [age 19] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 16.C.18]	Cadet ? [14425786] 2nd Lt. 25.02.1944 [311345] WS/Lt. 1944?	Prefect and Head of House (Bramston's), Winchester College, 1943. 25.02.1944 commissioned, The King's Own Scottish Borderers [emergency commission] (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 5 Platoon (B Company), 7th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (Arnhem [killed in action])
Murray, Douglas Campbell Son of Jack Murray, and Emma Wilks, of Fleetwood, Lancashire. Married Hilda Parkinson; one son.	17.04.1913 Fleetwood, Fylde district, Lancashire - 22.01.2005 Battle Hospital, Reading, Berkshire	2nd Lt. 29.09.1939, seniority 13.08.1939 [106883] WS/Lt. 13.02.1941 WS/Capt. 19.03.1943 (reld 08.1945) A/Maj. ? 12.1942?-03.1943? T/Maj. 19.03.1943-(09.1944) MC 23.09.1943 North Africa 1942-43 (Algeria, Tunisia) [investiture 04.1944?] 39|45 St - - Afr St - - It St - - Fr&G St - - Def M - - WM 39|45 - -	13.08.1939 commissioned, Royal Corps of Engineers - Supplementary Reserve of Officers 24.08.1939 mobilized 08.1939 attached, 107th Army Troops Company RE (summer camp) 10.1939 - 11.1939 attached, 50th Divisional Engineers (UK) 11.1939 - 01.1940 48th Divisional Engineers (UK 01.1940 - 11.1941 Section Officer, 253rd Field Company RE (France & Belgium 01.1940-06.1940, then UK) 11.1941 - 01.1942 Section Officer, 103rd Army Troops Company RE (Marine Division) 01.1942 - 09.1944 1st Parachute Squadron RE (Tunisia, Sicily, Italy, UK & Arnhem [captured]) 01.1942 - 12.1942 Second-in-Command 12.1942 - 09.1944 Officer Commanding 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 607) in German captivity (Oflag XIIB, Hadamar) (another POW card) Post-war he became Chief Engineer for Reading, Berkshire.
Murray, Francis Anthony Stoddard "Tony" Son of ... Murray, and ... Cameron.	28.09.1918 Hillhead district, Scotland - 16.02.1965 Tain district, Scotland	2nd Lt. 26.01.1939 [85686] WS/Lt. 25.12.1940 Lt. 01.01.1941 A/Capt. 18.09.1940-28.10.1940, 04.11.1940-24.12.1940 T/Capt. 25.12.1940-05.03.1941, 07.06.1941-25.06.1942, 14.04.1943-15.09.1943 WS/Capt. 16.09.1943 Capt. 01.07.1946 A/Maj. 16.06.1943-15.09.1943 T/Maj. 16.09.1943-19.02.1947 WS/Maj. 20.02.1947 Maj. 26.01.1952 A/Lt.Col. 20.11.1946-19.02.1947 T/Lt.Col. 20.02.1947-28.01.1949 MC 09.11.1944 Arnhem 09.1944 39|45 St - - Afr St - & clasp 1st Army Bur St - - It St - - Fr&G St - - Def M - - WM 39|45 - - Gen SM - & clasp Malaya & clasp Palestine 1945-48 MID 27.04.1951 ?	26.01.1939     commissioned, The Durham Light Infantry       attached Army Air Corps (09.1944)     Officer Commanding, F Squadron (No. 2 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem)
Murray, Iain Arthur Only son of Lt.Col. Sir Malcolm Donald Murray (1867-1938), and Lady Hilda Joanna Gwendoline Finch (1872-1931). Married 1st (15.12.1932; divorced 1946) Angela Houssemayne Du Boulay (17.10.1912 - 27.09.2001), daughter of Lt.Col. Arthur Houssemayne Du Boulay; two daughters. Married 2nd (16.01.1947; divorced 1959) Anne Drummond (30.06.1911 - 1985), daughter of Hon. Rupert Drummond.	17.09.1904 St George Hanover Square district, London - 23.01.1986 Maidstone district, Kent [age 81]	2nd Lt. 18.09.1939 [99246] WS/Lt. 10.08.1940 T/Capt. 10.08.1940 WS/Maj. 02.06.1943 T/Lt.Col. 02.06.1943 Hon. Lt.Col. 1945/46 (retd) DSO 19.10.1944 NW Europe (Normandy 06.1944) DSO 16.08.1945 NW Europe (Rhine crossing 03.1945)	Education: Eton College. Page of Honour to HM George V, 1917-1921. 18.09.1939 commissioned, The Grenadier Guards [emergency commission] 13.05.1942 transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944) Commanding Officer, No. 1 Wing, The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem)
Myers, Edmund Charles Wolf "Eddie" Of Jewish descent. Elder son of late Dr Charles Samuel Myers, CBE, FRS and Edith Seligman. Married (12.10.1943) Louisa Mary Hay (died 1995), elder daughter of late Aldred Bickham Sweet­Escott; one daughter. From Minehead, Somerset.	12.10.1906 Kensington, London - 06.12.1997 Stow-on-the- Wold, Gloucestershire	2nd Lt. 30.08.1926 [36717] Lt. 30.08.1929 Capt. 30.08.1937 A/Maj. 08.02.1940-07.05.1940 T/Maj. 08.05.1940-05.04.1942 WS/Maj. 06.04.1942 A/Lt.Col. 10.02.1941-08.03.1941, 02.02.1942-05.04.1942 T/Lt.Col. 06.04.1942-01.07.1943 WS/Lt.Col. 02.07.1943 A/Col. 03.08.1942-30.09.1942, 01.03.1943-01.07.1943 T/Col. 02.07.1943-09.02.1944, 23.07.1945-31.03.1946 Col. 12.12.1949 [supernumerary 12.12.1955] A/Brig. 01.03.1943-31.08.1943 T/Brig. 01.09.1943-09.02.1944, 28.02.1944-14.08.1944 Brig. 07.02.1955 (retd 01.07.1959) CBE 06.01.1944 New Year 1944 DSO 20.04.1943 Middle East BL 20.03.1947 Arnhem 09.1944 Hkn 25.03.1949 Norway 1945 MID 23.07.1937 Palestine MID 10.10.1952 Korea LM 30.10.1953 Korea Palestine 1936-39 Medal & Clasp; Africa Star; Italy Star; France & Germany Star	Education: Haileybury; Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; Caius College, Cambridge (BA, CEng, MICE); psc, fs 30.08.1926 commissioned into the Corps of Royal Engineers 1936 served Palestine 08.02.1940 - 15.03.1940 Staff Officer Royal Engineers, GHQ Middle East Land Forces 12.03.1941 - 17.01.1942 GSO2, ... [part of 7th Armoured Division?] 02.02.1942 - 02.08.1942 GOS1, ... [part of 7th Armoured Division?] 03.08.1942 - 30.09.1942 Deputy Director ME 01.10.1942 - 28.02.1943 Lieutenant-Colonel, Field Staff (Commander, British Military Mission to Greek Resistance Forces, SOE) 01.03.1943 - 09.02.1944 Director Special Operations (MO4) 28.02.1944 - 14.08.1944 MO1 UK (09.1944) - (1945) Commander Royal Engineers, 1st Airborne Division (Arnhem [evacuated]; Norway) 23.07.1945 - 28.02.1946 Colonel General Staff, South East Asia Command 01.04.1946 - 13.10.1948 SO1, Joint Iintelligence Board, Ministry of Defence 12.12.1949 - 16.05.1951 Colonel General Staff (GSO1), War Office 1951 - 1952 served Korea (1st Commonwealth Division) 12.12.1952 - 10.12.1954 Colonel General Staff, RAF Staff College 07.02.1955 - 03.02.1956 Chief Engineer (Brigadier), HQ British Troops in Egypt 30.04.1956 - 1959 Deputy Director Personnel Administration, War Office Secretary, Royal Engineers Flying Club, 1934-1935. Chief Civil Engineer Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Co. Ltd, 1959-1964. Construction Manager, Power Gas Corp. Ltd, Davy-Ashmore Group, 1964-1967. Regional Sec., British Field Sports Soc., 1968-1971. Published: Greek entanglement (1955).