British Army Officers
1939-1945

 

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Roche,
John Patrick
J.P. Roche

18.04.1914
Dublin
-
04.2000
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		01.07.1939 [93588]
A/Lt.
 		15.08.1940-31.12.1940
WS/Lt.
 		01.01.1941
A/Capt.
 		19.11.1942-18.02.1943
T/Capt.
 		19.02.1943-06.02.1944
WS/Capt.
 		07.02.1944
A/Maj.
 		07.11.1943-06.02.1944
T/Maj.
 		07.02.1944,
03.03.1945-09.09.1945
Lt.
 		30.11.1946, seniority 18.04.1940
Capt.
 		30.11.1946, seniority 18.04.1945
T/Maj.
 		15.01.1950-17.04.1950
Maj.
 		18.04.1950 (retd 29.06.1958)
Military Cross MC
 20.04.1944
 Burma
01.07.1939

commissioned, The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) - Supplementary Reserve of Officers
24.08.1939
 -
 		29.11.1946
 		mobilized SRO
01.08.1940
 -
 		(04.1941)
 		Instructor (Class B), Officers' Training School, India
30.10.1942

transferred, The West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Own) - Supplementary Reserve of Officers
30.11.1946

permanent commission
02.09.1954
 -
 		04.05.1956
 		specially employed, Military Forces Malaya
29.06.1958
 -
 		18.04.1964
 		Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
Rock,
Neville Winston
 N.W. Rock
Son of Frederick Charles Rock, and Leah Willetts.
Married ((12?).1938, Dudley district, Staffordshire) Joyce M.H. Westley.		 25.09.1916
Selly Park, Birmingham, King's Norton district, Warwickshire
-
2nd Lt. 20.04.1940 [129569]
WS/Lt. 20.10.1941 (reld < 04.1946)
Hon. Lt. < 04.1946
? - 20.04.1940

either 164th, 165th, 166th, 167th, 168th, or 170th Officer Cadet Training Unit
20.04.1940     commissioned, The Worcestershire Regiment [emergency commission]
? - 06.1942 "B" Company, 1st Battalion The Worcestershire Regiment (Tobruk; captured)
06.1942 - 04?.1945 POW (No. 1687) in German captivity (Oflag 7, Brunswick, Lower Saxony, Germany)
Rocke,
Stanley Frederick Parry
 S.F.P. Rocke
Son of ... Rocke, and ... Meredith-Thomas.
Married ((09?).1949, Chester district, Cheshire) Kathleen M. Ainsworth.		 31.08.1921
Swansea district, Glamorganshire
-
09.09.1988
Whitney-on-Wye, Hereford district, Herefordshire & Worcestershire
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 04.10.1941 [210985]
WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 (reld > 08.1946)
A/Capt. (1945?)
04.10.1941     commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission]
(03.1945)     HQ 23rd (Chindit) Infantry Brigade
Rockey,
Leslie William
L.W. Rockey 		(12?).1909
Cardiff, Glamorgan
-
Cadet
 		? [879373]
2nd Lt.
 		09.10.1943 [295154]
WS/Lt.
09.04.1944
T/Maj. ?
 		?
A/Lt.Col. ?
?
09.10.1943

commissioned, Pioneer Corps [emergency commission]
15.04.1945

transferred, The Royal Welch Fusiliers
Rockley,
Edward Horace
E.H. Rockley 		25.01.1907
Islington, Greater London
-
07.1989
Barrow in Furness, Cumbria
2nd Lt.
 		26.03.1944 [316394]
WS/Lt.
26.03.1944
A/Maj.
 		?
26.03.1944

commissioned, General List [emergency commission]
1944
 -
 		1945
 		attached 21st Army Group
Police officer, Barrow-in-Furness. Public Safety Officer, Control Commission of Germany, 619 Detachment, 1947 (Neustadt, Schleswig-Holstein).
Rodda,
Harold Charles Frank
H.C.F. Rodda (Photo courtesy of Mrs Judy Mcpherson)
Son of Frank Decimus Rodda, Beckenham, Kent.
Married 1st (11.10.1924; divorced) Gertrude Marguerite Henshaw, daughter of Percy Howard Henshaw, general manager FMS Governement Railways.
Married 2nd ((03?).1932, St Martin district, London; divorced 1948) Evelyn Marian Baldwin, only child of F.T. Baldwin, of Pietersburg, South Africa; ... children (one daughter?).
Married 3rd ((12?).1951, Westminster district, London) Marie Brigitte De Milleret.		 10.07.1900
Wun Oledow, Kingston district, Surrey
-
14.12.1966
Royal Hospital, Richmond upon Thames, Surrey
2nd Lt. 27.11.1944 [333928]
WS/Maj. ? (reld 23.05.1946)
A/Lt.Col. ? 1945 ?
T/Lt.Col. ?
Lt. 01.02.1951 (reld 02.11.1955)
Hon. Lt.Col. 23.05.1946 & 02.11.1955
Education: Tha Abbey School, Beckenham (1909-1911); Dulwich College (18.01.1912-12.1917).
Assistant Commissioner, Federated Malay States Police, 20.11.1920. Mauritius Police, 1930s.
1918 - 1919 Hon. 2nd Lt., Royal Air Force
27.11.1944     commissioned, General List [emergency commission]
(1945)     Officer Commanding, Motor Transport Staff, C.A.S. Police Depot, Negapatam
01.02.1951 - 01.11.1951 Surrey Contingent, Army Cadet Force, General List - National Service List
01.11.1951 - 02.11.1955 General List - Regular Army [short service commission]
Rodger,
Archibald Woodhouse
A.W. Rodger

 		?
-
Trooper
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		24.12.1939 [113124]
WS/Lt.
 		08.10.1940
WS/Capt.
 		19.04.1943
T/Maj.
19.04.1943-(04.1946)
Hon. Maj.
 		?
Mention in Despatches MID
 05.04.1945
 Burma & Eastern Frontier of India
Mention in Despatches MID
 09.05.1946
 Burma
Efficiency Medal (Territorial) EM
 18.04.1947
 ?
Efficiency Medal (Territorial) EM
 20.06.1952
 1st Clasp



served in the ranks, Inns of Court Regiment
24.12.1939     commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission]
09.07.1941
 -
 		07.1942
 		Adjutant, ... Battalion RASC
The war interrupted his Law studies and he eventually passed the Law Society Final Examination on the 08.11.1950 and was admitted to the Bar 03.1951. He worked as a solicitor with the firm of Ferris and Reed of Acton, London until his retirement in 1968.
Rodgers,
Harold William
 H.W. Rodgers
Son of Maj. R.T. Rodgers, of London N3.
Married (23.07.1938, St Albans' Abbey, Hertfordshire) Margaret Lota Boycott (19.04.1908 - 02.1998), only child of Dr Arthur Norman Boycott (1866?-1946), and Lota Brewer, of St Albans, Hertfordshire; one son, three daughters.
01.12.1907
near Bombay, India
-
24.06.2001
Birmingham district, Warwickshire
Lt. 28.11.1939 [110686]
WS/Capt. 17.08.1940
T/Maj. 17.08.1940-31.12.1943
WS/Maj. 01.01.1944 (reld > 01.1946, < 04.1946)
T/Lt.Col. 01.01.1944-(01.1946)
Hon. Lt.Col.. > 01.1946, < 04.1946
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE 23.09.1943 North Africa (Algeria, Tunisia)
Education: King's College School; St Bartholomew's Hospital (MRCS Eng, LRCP Lond 30.01.1931). FRCS 1933.
St Bartholomew's Hospital: House Surgeon, Demonstrator in Anatomy, Chief Assistant, Casualty Surgeon, Senior Assistant Surgeon.
28.11.1939     commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission]
      served in France, North Africa & Italy
Professor of Surgery, Queen's University of Belfast, 1947-1973, Professor Emeritus, 1973. Professor of Surgery and Head of Division of Hospital Care, University of Ife, Nigeria, 1974-1977, retd. Nuffield Medical Visitor to African Territories; WHO Visiting Professor to India; Vice-President Intervarsity Fellowship. FRSocMed 1932 (Past President, Section of Surgery); Past President: British Society of Gastro-enterology; Christian Medical Fellowship; British Surgical Research Society; YMCA (Belfast); Past Chairman, Ct of Examiners of RCS; President, Hibernian CMS. District Surgeon, St John's Ambulance Brigade. Member, RIIA, 1947-. Member, Birmingham Med. Inst.; Hon. Fellow, Polish Society of Surgeons, 1972. Hon. MD QUB, 1981. OStJ 1968.
Published: Gastroscopy, 1937; general articles in surgical and medical journals.
Rodgers,
J A
J.A. Rodgers (Photo courtesy of Mr John Cresser-Brown) 		?
-
?
Sapper Cadet ?
Education: Birmingham University (1941 Senior Training Corps, Engineering Section, Clitheroe).
?     commissioned, ? [emergency commission]
Rodie,
Daniel Winwright
"Win"
 D.W. Rodie
Son of D. Rodie (1878-1942), and Florence Coles.
Married ((09?).1940, Birmingham, Warwickshire) Kathleen M. Hayward, of Birmingham; ... children (one son?).		 1915 ?
Invercargill, New Zealand
-
10.05.1980
2nd Lt. 02.12.1940 [159434]
WS/Lt. 02.06.1942 (demobilized < 04.1947) (reld 31.01.1953)
Hon. Capt. 31.01.1953
02.12.1940     commissioned, Royal Army Ordnance Corps [emergency commission]
01.10.1942     transferred, Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
1942 - 1945? captured at Tobruk; POW in German captivity
Rogers,
Geoffrey Wynne
G.W. Rogers (Photo courtesy of Mr John Cresser-Brown) 		19.09.1920
-
01.2000
2nd Lt. 04.07.1942 [237303]
WS/Lt. 04.01.1943
T/Capt. 14.09.1943-(01.1946)
Education: Birmingham University (1941 Senior Training Corps, Engineering Section, Clitheroe).
04.07.1942     commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]
Rogers,
George Theodore
 G.T. Rogers 		26.02.1919
Portsmouth district, Hampshire
-
02.1999
Sutton district, Surrey
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 25.02.1940 [121843]
WS/Capt. 23.10.1942 (reld > 10.1945, < 01.1946)
T/Maj. 23.10.1942-(10.1945)
? - 25.02.1940 163rd Officer Cadet Training Unit
25.02.1940     commissioned, The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [emergency commission]
      arrived in Indian in early 1941 and joined the 14th Punjab Regiment, serving mostly in the 7th Battalion; promoted as far as Maj. then demoted to 2nd Lt. after what his superiors considered a rash attack on the enemy; ended the war as a Captain on the staff of General F.W. Messervy, returning home March 1945 after four years’ service
Rogers,
John Crerar		 see: Indian Army officers' section  
Rogers,
Oliver Crosby
O.C. Rogers 		1898 ?
-
2nd Lt.
 		12.06.1940 [136025]
WS/Lt.
 		11.07.1941 (reld > 04.1947)



served World War I
12.06.1940     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
Rogers,
Walter Clifford
 W.C. Rogers W.C. Rogers
W.C. Rogers
Son of Charles Abraham Rogers (1871-1944), and Annie Maria Watts (1874-).
Married 1st (07.08.1937, Brentford, London) Marjorie Maud Mary Wiggins (12.08.1910 - 01.07.1970); one daughter, one son.
Married 2nd ((09?.1958, Surrey South Western district, Surrey) Peggie F. Thomas (earlier married McDonald, later married Hatton) (1920 - 02.02.2016); two sons.		 18.02.1911
-
03.11.1979
Rogate, Chicester district, West Sussex
2nd Lt. 14.06.1941 [193112]
WS/Lt. 01.10.1942
WS/Capt. 19.09.1945 (reld > 10.1945, < 01.1946)
T/Maj. 19.09.1945-...
Hon. Maj. > 10.1945, < 01.1946
Efficiency Medal (Territorial) EM 14.05.1948 -
14.06.1941     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
Rogers,
William Norman Rowles
W.N.R. Rogers 		07.08.1922
Newport, Monmouthshire
-
03.09.2008
Spain
2nd Lt.
18.12.1943 [302891] (resigned his commission 25.07.1945)



served in Africa and and Italy ending up at Cassino:
18.12.1943     commissioned, The Gloucestershire Regiment [emergency commission]



seconded to the Royal West Kent Regiment
Rogerson,
John Edgar
 J.E. Rogerson
Son of John Brierley Rogerson (1884-1945), and Elizabeth Turner Hyde (?-1966).
Married ((09?).1943, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire) Joan West, daughter of Harold West, of Ashton-under-Lyne; two sons, one daughter.		 22.03.1917
 Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire
-
24.04.1976
Manchester (formerly of Ford Hall, Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derby)
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 08.08.1943 [289321]
WS/Lt. 08.02.1944
T/Capt. 09.10.1945-(04.1946)
Capt. 24.07.1951
Maj. 11.05.1953
Lt.Col. 01.11.1955
Bt. Col. 01.11.1960
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) OBE 01.01.1959 New Year 1959 [recommendation available upon request]
Military Cross MC 22.03.1945 NW Europe [recommendation available upon request]
Mention in Despatches MID 10.05.1945 NW Europe
Territorial Decoration TD 20.05.1958 -
Education: Holy Trinity, Heginbottom, Ashton.
1939 - 1943 9th Battalion The Manchester Regiment
1943 - 1943 Officer Cadet Training Unit, Sandhurst
08.08.1943     commissioned, The Reconnaissance Regiment - Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]
(1944/45)     3rd (Northumberland Fusiliers) Reconnaissance Regiment RAC (MC)
? - 13.08.1951 Lancashire (East) Contingent, Army Cadet Force
13.08.1951 - ? The Manchester Regiment (later part of Lancastrian Brigade) - Territorial Army
1955 - 1960 Commanding Officer, 9th Battalion The Manchester Regiment (Hon. Col. 1964) (MBE)
03.02.1961 - 03.02.1965 Lancashire (East) Contingent, Army Cadet Force (with rank of Lt.)
Deputy Lieutenant (DL), Lancashire 1964. Justice of the Peace (JP), Ashton-under-Lyne, 1957. Area Commissioner, St John Ambulance Brigade, 1965. SBStJ.
Roissier,
Douglas Philip St Clair
D.P.St.C. Roissier (Photo courtesy of Mr Lee Lidbury) 		17.03.1910
-
(06?).1970
Ipswich district, Suffolk
2nd Lt. 28.08.1930 [47630]
Lt. 28.08.1933
Capt. 01.05.1938
A/Maj. 13.07.1940-12.10.1940
T/Maj. 13.10.1940-23.06.1945
WS/Maj. 24.06.1945
A/Lt.Col. 24.03.1945-23.06.1945
T/Lt.Col. 24.06.1945-20.04.1949
Lt.Col. 14.04.1950 (supernumerary 14.04.1953) (retd 31.12.1958)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE 06.06.1946 Burma [recommendation available upon request]
Mention in Despatches MID 09.05.1946 ?
28.08.1930     commissioned, The Lincolnshire Regiment
03.06.1943 - 23.09.1943 training course, Staff College, Camberley
02.12.1943 - 14.06.1944 General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), ...
(1945)     Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion The Lincolnshire Regiment (Burma) (OBE)
Rollo,
Thomas Landale
 T.L. Rollo
Son of David Mackintosh Rollo (1867-1948), and Lily Jane Landale (1868-1948).
Married (19.04.1945, Kilmacolm, Renfrewshire, Scotland) Gladys Isobel Ledingham (06.08.1907 - 29.05.1984), daughter (with one brother and two sisters) of James Ledingham (1873-1951), and Joanna Fyfe Jack (1882-1931)
; two sons.		 07.01.1908
Cupar, Fife, Scotland
-
25.01.1986
Cupar, Fife, Scotland
2nd Lt. 10.06.1939 [88110]
WS/Lt. 05.12.1940
T/Capt. 05.12.1940-24.08.1943
WS/Capt. 25.08.1943 (demobilized > 10.1945, < 01.1946)
A/Maj. 25.03.1943-24.08.1943
T/Maj. 25.08.1943-(04.1945)
Maj. ?
Lt.Col. 29.05.1951
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Civil Division) OBE 09.06.1955 HM's birthday 55: for political and public services in Fife
Military Cross MC 29.03.1945 NW Europe [recommendation available upon request]
Territorial Decoration TD 15.06.1951 & 1st clasp
Mention in Despatches MID 22.03.1945 NW Europe
Education: Bell-Baxter School, Cupar; St Andrew's University (MA); Glasgow University; LL.B.
Joined family (legal) practice, 1934.
      late Cadet Lance-Corporal, St. Andrew's University Contingent, Senior Division, Officer Training Corps
10.06.1939     commissioned, 6th/7th Battalion The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) - Territorial Army
24.08.1939     mobilized TA
(1943/45)     7th Battalion The Black Watch (North Africa, Sicily, NW Europe) (MC)
> 04.1945
< 07.1945		     Unemployed List
06.1951 - 1954 Commanding Officer, 6/7th Battalion The Black Watch
29.12.1954 - 17.10.1964 Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [exceeded age limit]
Solicitor (Senior Partner in family legal firm) at Cupar, Fife, Scotland since 1951. Town Clerk, Cupar & Chamberlain of Falkland, 1964-1974. Member, Court, St Andrews University, 1973-1978. Member, council, Law Society of Scotland, 1973-1978.
Ronald,
Thomas Ian
T.I. Ronald T.I. Ronald
Married (08.03.1946, Cawnpore, India) Nanette (née ...); one son, one daughter.

10.03.1920
Cuckfield district, Sussex
-
06.09.2006
West Sussex
RAF:
 		 
(A) P/O (prob)
 		07.05.1938 (reld 09.09.1938)
RN:
 		 
Midsh. (A)
 		?
Army:
 		 
2nd Lt.
 		27.11.1939
WS/Lt.
 		15.05.1941
Lt.
 		28.04.1945, seniority 10.09.1942
A/Capt.
 		15.02.1941-14.05.1941
T/Capt.
 		15.05.1941-19.06.1943
WS/Capt.
 		20.06.1943
Capt.
 		10.03.1947
A/Maj.
 		20.03.1943-19.06.1943
T/Maj.
20.06.1943-28.04.1950,
06.09.1952-11.05.1954
Maj.
 		07.12.1954, seniority 10.03.1954
T/Lt.Col.
 		18.04.1963-20.08.1965
Lt.Col. (Employed List 1)
 		21.08.1965 (retd 02.04.1972)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) OBE
 01.01.1965
 New Year 65
Mention in Despatches MID
 19.09.1946
 Burma
Education: staff qualified (sq)
07.05.1938
 -
 		09.09.1938
 		commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commission]
1938?
 -
 		1939?
 		naval service
27.11.1939
  
 		 
 		commissioned, Royal Corps of Signals [emergency commission to 27.04.1945]
1939
 -
 		?
 		2nd Infantry Divisional Signals Regiment (BEF [evacuated through Dunkirk] & Far East)



served with the Chindits in Burma and 34 Indian Corps Signals Regoment in India, Malaya and Singapore, later travelling to Java and Sumatra
28.04.1945
  
 		 
 		permanent commission
28.09.1945
 -
 		12.09.1946
 		SO2, HQ Allied Forces Netherlands East Indies



Acting Commanding Officer, 19th Air Formation Signals Regiment in Singapore
01.06.1950
 -
 		28.08.1952
 		General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), War Office
1952
 -
 		1972
 		tours in the UK and BAOR, with postings to NATO HQ
in Paris and Brussels and to the British Army Staff in Ottawa; appointments in Sigs 7 and MI 8 at the War Office, finally Aldershot
03.05.1957
 -
 		02.06.1960
 		General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2)
23.09.1960
 -
 		30.08.1962
 		Army HQ, Ottawa
25.10.1962
 -
 		17.04.1963
 		HQ Eastern Command
18.04.1963
 -
 		25.06.1965
 		General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), UK Land Forces Planning Staff
07.08.1965
 -
 		(02.1967)
 		HQ British Army of the Rhine
For 15 years he was general manager of the London Hostels Association.
Rooney,
Edward Guy
 E.G. Rooney
Son (with one sister) of Edward James Rooney (1881-1945), and Edith Jean Strong (1880-1970).
Married ((09?).1955, Chelsea, Middlesex) Gudrun W. Kjellerup (née Baumgaard).		 07.12.1910
Lambeth, London
-
19.08.1956
Ljungby Hospital, Kroneberg, Sweden
2nd Lt. 07.09.1940 [148243]
WS/Lt. 08.11.1941
T/Capt. 08.11.1941-01.02.1943
WS/Capt. 02.02.1943
T/Maj. 02.02.1943-13.07.1944
WS/Maj. 14.07.1944 (reld > 10.1945, < 01.1946)
T/Lt.Col. 14.07.1944-(10.1945)
Hon. Lt.Col. > 10.1945, < 01.1946
Mention in Despatches MID 22.03.1945 Operation Neptune (Normandy 06.1944) *
Efficiency Medal (Territorial) EM 25.03.1949 -
Legionnaire, Legion of Merit (US) LM 07.11.1944 ?

* Liaison duties in gunfire were extremely well-executed and assisted greatly in cooperation between British and American forces.
07.09.1940     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
... - ... ...
? - 04?.1944 Chief Instructor, Combined Operations Bombardment Units
04?.1944 - ? Officer Commanding, No. 1 Combined Operations Bombardment Unit
(06.1944)     Chief Bombardment Liaison Officer (CBLO) with Naval Commander Western Task Force between British and American forces for naval gunfire during Operation Neptune (Normandy) (despatches)
... - ... ...
Roosevelt,
Kermit
 K. Roosevelt K. Roosevelt
Son of US President Theodore Roosevelt.
10.10.1889
Oyster Bay, NY
-
04.06.1943
Fort Richardson, Alaska (suicide)
T/Hon. Capt. (1918)
2nd Lt. 14.10.1939 [100336]
WS/Lt. 31.01.1940
T/Capt. 31.01.1940-(04.1941)
WS/Capt. 1941? (reld 02.05.1941; ill-health)
Military Cross MC 26.08.1918 Mesopotamia
(1918)     held Temporary Honorary commission on Special List (served in Mesopotamia as Captain in Motor Machine Guns (British Military Cross, Montenegrin War Cross, Order of Danilo))
14.10.1939     commissioned, The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) [emergency commission]
1940     officer appointed to command British contingent International Volunteer Force to fight in Finland
Explorer, soldier, businessman, and author.
Roper-Caldbeck,
Arthur Terence
A.T. Roper-Caldbeck
Third son of Maj. William Caldbeck Roper-Caldbeck (died 1936), and Alice Mary Young, of Scaynes Hill, Sussex.
Engaged (01.1934; broken off 07.1934) Joan Boniface Winnifrith, younger daughter of the late Rev. Bertram Winnifrith, MA, Rector of Ightham.
Engaged (01.1935; broken off 05.1936) Alison Lawson, elder daighter of Mr & Mrs John Lawson, of Borrobol, Sutherland.
Married 1st (13.08.1936, Lugano, Switzerland) Marion Huhn Aufermann (died 18.09.1961), daughter of the late Walter Charles William Aufermann and Mrs Ludwig Kast.
Married 2nd (25.07.1964) Laura Solari.
 		16.06.1906
Kensington, Greater London / London / Middlesex
-
2003 still alive at Chiasso, Switzerland
2nd Lt.
 		30.08.1926 [36310]
Lt.
 		30.08.1929
Capt.
 		10.12.1935 (retd 20.10.1937; receiving a gratuity)
T/Maj.
 		25.10.1940-(04.1941)
WS/Maj.
 		07.02.1942
Maj.
 		14.03.1952, seniority 01.01.1949
local Lt.Col.
 		09.09.1942-(04.1944)
Hon. Lt.Col.
 		< 04.1946 & 31.10.1956
Education: Harrow; Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
30.08.1926     commissioned, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's)



served with Shanghai Defence Force
(03.1931)
  
 		 
 		2nd Battalion The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Hong Kong)
19.10.1932
 -
 		12.09.1936
 		seconded, 6th Battalion The Nigeria Regiment - Royal West African Frontier Force (Enugu) [serving under the Colonial Office]
20.10.1937
 -
 		31.10.1956
 		Regular Army Reserve of Officers [exceeded age limit]
24.08.1939
  
 		 
 		mobilized RARO
11.08.1941
  
 		 
 		joined Special Operations Executive (SOE)
12.1941
 -
 		08.1942
 		Commandant, Special Training School 103 ("Camp X", Whitby, nr Oshawa, Lake Ontario, Canada)
1942
 -
 		1944
 		Commandant, Special Training School 43 (UK)
Ropes,
Arthur John
A.J. Ropes
Son of Arthur Reed Ropes, and Ethel Wood.
 		28.02.1909
Kensington, Greater London
-
died between 06.1958 and 02.1967
2nd Lt.
 		31.01.1929 [41189]
Lt.
 		31.01.1932
Capt.
 		01.08.1938
A/Maj.
 		10.10.1939-09.01.1940
T/Maj.
 		10.01.1940-21.06.1942,
26.06.1942-09.01.1943
WS/Maj.
 		10.01.1943
Maj.
 		31.01.1946
local Lt.Col.
 		14.02.1942-21.06.1942
A/Lt.Col.
 		10.10.1942-09.01.1943
T/Lt.Col.
10.01.1943-05.08.1944,
04.09.1944-09.05.1950,
03.05.1951-21.06.1951
Lt.Col.
 		22.06.1951 (supernumerary 22.06.1954)
T/Col.
 		01.05.1953-08.05.1955
Col.
 		09.05.1955 (retd 12.06.1958)
T/Brig.
 		09.05.1955-(02.1957)
Hon. Brig.
 		12.06.1958
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
 06.01.1944
 Middle East
Mention in Despatches MID
 30.12.1941
 Middle East
31.01.1929     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery
14.03.1936
 -
 		11.09.1938
 		employed School of Anti-Aircraft Defence
28.09.1939
 -
 		13.02.1942
 		Instructor Anti-Aircraft, British Military Mission to the Egyptian Army
14.02.1942
 -
 		21.06.1942
 		Senior Adviser Anti-Aircraft
10.10.1942
 -
 		19.07.1944
 		Commandant, Middle East School of anti-Aircraft and Counter-Defence
04.09.1944
 -
 		01.03.1945
 		Commandant, RA Practicing Camp, Western Command
24.03.1945
 -
 		14.08.1945
 		Chief Instructor, Anti-Aircraft School, Middle East
24.02.1946
 -
 		27.02.1948
 		Commandant, PC & TC, Middle East
?
 -
 		?
 		18th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Indian Army)
?
 -
 		?
 		5th Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Pakistan Army)
01.05.1953
 -
 		07.05.1955
 		Chief Instructor of Anti-Aircraft Artillery
09.05.1955
 -
 		(02.1957)
 		Brigade & Army Group RA Commander, 33rd Anti-Aircraft Brigade
Ropschitz,
David Henryk
D.H. Ropschitz D.H. Ropschitz
Youngest of ten children.
Naturalized British citizen 14.06.1949. Originally Dzuinek Henryk Ropschitz. Also known as David Henry Ropschitz.
Married ((09?).1949, Hendon district, Middlesex; divorced) Violet Eunice Smith; two sons, one daughter.
31.01.1913
Poland
-
16.09.1986
Huddersfield, Bradford district, Yorkshire
Lt. 22.12.1944 [342040]
WS/Capt. 22.12.1945 (reld > 04.1947)
Education: University of Genoa (MD 1937); medical UK registration 18.06.1948; MRCPsych 1971; DPM Eng 1954.
22.12.1944     commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps (North Africa Section) [emergency commission]
Senior Registrar (Psychiatry), Raihill Hospital, Liverpool. Registrar, Marlborough Day Hospital, London. Junior Hospital Medical Officer (Psychiatry), Central Hospital, Hatton. Senior Assistant Psychiatrist, Pastures Hospital, Mickleover. Consultant Psychiatrist, Halifax General Hospital Yorkshire. Retired 1978.
His daughter writes: "My father joined the RAMC in Taranto I think after being liberated from Ferramonti di Tarsia concentration camp."
Roscoe,
Eric
E. Roscoe
Son of ... Roscoe, and ... Owen.
Married ...; ... children (one son?).		 13.12.1915
Macclesfield district, Cheshire
-
12.2000
Birmingham district, Warwickshire
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 17.05.1941 [187167]
WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 (reld > 04.1946, < 08.1946)
T/Capt. 09.04.1944-(04.1946)
Hon. Capt.  > 04.1946, < 08.1946
17.05.1941     commissioned, Intelligence Corps [emergency commission]
His son writes: "He was attached to MI9/IS9. His name is in Appendix G of the historical report of IS9."
Roscoe,
John
J. Roscoe
Son of ... Roscoe, and ... Renshall.
Married ...; ... children (one son?).		 30.03.1916
Birkenhead district, Cheshire
-
23.03.1996
Brent district, Middlesex
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 10.01.1943 [258473]
WS/Lt. 10.07.1943 (reld > 08.1946, < 12.1946)
A/Capt. ?
10.01.1943     commissioned, Royal Corps of Signals [emergency commission]
1944 - 1945 served in NW Europe
Rose,
Arthur Raymond
A.R. Rose
Son of John William Rose (1862-1945), and Edith Elizabeth Wansey (1864-1949).
Married Edith Mary Snow (10.09.1902 - 26.08.1990), daughter of Walter Henry Snow (1870-1945), and Edith Rees (1874-1942); two sons, two daughters.		 06.11.1889
Streatham, London
-
05.04.1960
Redhill County Hospital, Surrey, Redhill, Surrey (formerly of Merstham, Surrey)
Pte. ?
2nd Lt. 30.09.1915
Lt. 01.07.1917 (reld 30.09.1921)
Lt. 31.10.1939 [104913] (reld 23.02.1940)
Military Cross MC 11.01.1919 *
* As brigade intelligence officer during operations in an advance lasting for several days, he was constantly exposed to heavy shell fire, and his reports, which contained most valuable and accurate information, materially assisted to direct operations. His courage and untiring energy were worthy of
high praise.		 Education: Marlborough College (09.1903-07.1908); Trinity College, Oxford (MA, BCL).
Solicitor, 1920.
30.09.1915 - 30.09.1921 commissioned, The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - Territorial Force (later Territorial Army)
31.10.1939 - 23.02.1940 commissioned, Royal Army Ordnance Corps [emergency commission]
Rose,
Edgar William
E.W. Rose (Photo courtesy of Mr John E. Harbidge-Rose) E.W. Rose (Photo courtesy of Mr John E. Harbidge-Rose)
E.W. Rose (Photo courtesy of Mr John E. Harbidge-Rose) E.W. Rose (Photo courtesy of Mr John E. Harbidge-Rose)
E.W. Rose (Photo courtesy of Mr John E. Harbidge-Rose) E.W. Rose (Photo courtesy of Mr John E. Harbidge-Rose)
Son of Edgar Thomas Rose (1876-1908), carpenter, and Emily Musselwhite (1878-1967). Had from 1911 as a stepfather  Walter John Harbidge Smith (1872-c.1940), a draper.
Married 1st (1930) Edith Doreen Medway (1907-1983) (marriage dissolved 1941); two sons, one daughter.
Partner from c. 1948-1955 Gwendoline Jean Knott; two sons.
Married 2nd (1961) Margaret Lucy Few (née Tubbs) (died 2004); one daughter, one son, one stepdaughter.
Used from 1950 on as last name: Harbidge-Rose.		 21.09.1907
Stonehills, Fawley, Hampshire
-
27.04.1974
Merry Oak, Southampton, Hampshire
Aircrafthand RAF
 		23.09.1925 [370886]
Carpenter RAF
 		13.04.1927
Carpenter Boat Builder RAF
 		29.03.1928
Aircraftman (AC1) RAF
 		01.12.1929
Leading Aircraftman (LAC) RAF
 		01.06.1930 (discharged 22.09.1933; below Air force physical standard of fitness)
Private TA
 		29.05.1934 [7343791]
Corporal TA
 		27.05.1935
Sergeant TA
 		15.04.1939
Staff Sergeant TA
 		30.06.1939
A/QM Sgt. TA
 		?
Lt. (QM)
03.09.1941 [181834]
WS/Capt. (QM)
 		03.09.1944 (reld from active duty 07.11.1945)
Maj.
 		01.05.1947 (removed 17.06.1950)
Efficiency Medal (Territorial) EM
 14.05.1950
 ? [18.05.51 award cancelled, due to conviction]
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St
 1946
 ? *
Africa Star Afr St
 21.01.1944
 & 1st Army clasp *
Defence Medal Def M
 1946
 ? *
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45
 1946
 ? *
* 26.05.1952: War Office (A.G.4 Medals Section) inform in writing the forfeiting of all awards; an appeal for reinstatement of the medals in 1962 was denied
 		Education: Queen's College, Southampton
23.09.1925

enlisted, Royal Air Force (for training as Carpenter, Group 5) (Uxbridge, Middlesex) (from 29.09.1925 RAF Calshot, Hampshire)
03.02.1926

RAF School of Technical Training at RAF Manston (Ramsgate, Kent)
18.05.1927

RAF Calshot (Fawley, Hampshire) (23.09.1928 awarded 1st Class Good Conduct Badge)
01.02.1929

Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment (MAEA), Felixstowe, Suffolk
22.08.1933
 -
 		22.09.1933
 		RAF Depot (Uxbridge, Middlesex) (for examinations)
29.05.1934
 -
 		09.04.1940
 		enlisted, 7th Southern Hygiene Company, RAMC - Territorial Army (Southampton, Hampshire)
30.10.1938
 -
 		13.11.1938
 		attended & qualified for Instructor's Course, RAMC Training Establishment, Crookham, Hampshire)
25.08.1939

mobilized, TA
10.04.1940
 -
 		02.09.1941
 		46th Field Hygiene Section, RAMC
03.09.1941     commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission]
03.09.1941
 -
 		18.05.1942
 		19th Light Field Ambulance, RAMC
19.05.1942
 -
 		23.08.1942
 		Royal Victoria Military Hospital (Netley, Southampton, Hampshire)
24.08.1942
 -
 		02.1943
 		84th General Hospital (Knutsford, Cheshire; 28.10.1942 embarked for North Africa: Algiers, Bone, Abdullah Bou Srira, Zerizah, Souk Ahras, Ras el Souani, Tebourba, and Medjez el Bab [wounded in action])
02.1943
 -
 		13.07.1943
 		evacuated to UK, 17.03.1943 returned to S/S No. 1 Depot RAMC (Crookham, Fleet, Hampshire), 22.03.1943 discharged from hospital & suffering long-term disability for the rest of his life
14.07.1943
 -
 		14.11.1944
 		3rd Anti-Aircraft Group (Horfield, Bristol, Gloucestershire) (28.11-07.12.1943 surgical procedure at RN Hospital)
15.11.1944
 -
 		11.09.1945
 		HQ 1st Anti-Aircraft Group (Kensington, London) (07.06.1945 Certificate of Good Service, Anti-Aircraft Command) 
01.05.1947
 		-
 		17.06.1950
 		served RAMC (Non-Medical Section), Territorial Army  (removed, having been convicted by the Civil Power)
01.05.1947
 -
 		31.03.1949
 		Registrar, 9th (Southern) General Hospital (Bristol, Gloucestershire)
01.04.1949
 -
 		17.06.1950
 		162nd Field Ambulance RAMC (Cambridge)
After his dishonourable discharge from the army (1950) he was a Civil Defence Corps Officer attached to Smiths Industries (the instrument makers) at Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, until about 1957; then he worked as a motor vehicle salesman, a brush salesman, a car cleaner and a furniture salesman between about 1957 and 1964 (mainly at Southampton, Hampshire); bus driver then bus inspector, Hants & Dorset Motor Services Limited (Southampton, Hampshire), 1964-1969; coach, minibus & taxi driver (Southampton, Hampshire), 1969-1973.
Rose,
Henry Leon *
 H.L. Rose
Married ((03?).1941, Nottingham district, Nottinghamshire) Georgina H. Elkan (1916 - ); ... children (two sons?).
* In Army records shown as: Harry Leon Rose.		 19.11.1910
-
(09?).1968
Lambeth district, London
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 10.04.1942 [232410]
WS/Lt. 10.10.1942 (reld > 04.1946)
10.04.1942     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
06.02.1945     transferred, Royal Army Ordnance Corps (Administrative Branch)
Rose,
Herbert Francis
H.F. Rose 		?
-
A/RQMS
 		?
Lt. (QM)
 		02.04.1943 [270130] (reld > 04.1946)
Mention in Despatches MID
 04.04.1946
 NW Europe
02.04.1943

commissioned, Pioneer Corps [emergency commission]
Rose,
James
J. Rose 		?
-
2nd Lt. 14.11.1939 [107066]
WS/Lt. 14.05.1941
Lt. 01.12.1946, seniority 14.05.1941
Capt. 01.11.1947 (reld 01.12.1949)
14.11.1939     commissioned, Royal Corps of Signals [emergency commission]
01.12.1946     short service commission
01.12.1949     Regular Army Reserve of Officers
Rose,
Simon		 see: Rosenberg,
Isidore		  
Rose,
William Thomas
W.T. Rose 		?
-
Mechanist Quartermaster Sergeant ?
Lt. (Inspector of RE Machinery) 12.05.1941 [191091]
WS/Capt. (IREM) 12.05.1944 (reld > 04.1946, < 04.1947)
12.05.1941     commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]
Rose-Miller,
George Patrick		 see: Miller,
George Patrick		  
Rosenberg,
Isidore
I. Rosenberg (Photo courtesy of Mr Simon Rose) I. Rosenberg (Photo courtesy of Mr Simon Rose)
I. Rosenberg (Photo courtesy of Mr Simon Rose)
Changed name to Simon Rose by deed poll of 03.09.1945, enrolled in the Supreme Court of Judicature on 31.01.1946.
04.11.1909
Grimsby, Humberside / Lincolnshire
-
01.1981
Westchester, New York, USA
2nd Lt. 03.09.1939 [99037]
WS/Lt. 15.01.1941
T/Capt. 15.01.1941-(04.1941)
WS/Capt. 16.03.1942
T/Maj. (1945?)
Maj 01.05.1947 (reld 03.08.1951)
Territorial Decoration TD 12.12.1950 -
Solicitor.
03.09.1939     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery  - Territorial Army
      served North Africa & Italy
late 1940s?     323rd (West Riding) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA
Emigrated to the USA in 1951.
Ross,
Alexander Douglas Wallace
A.D.W. Ross
Son of ... Ross, and ... Wallis.
 		03.03.1917
Aston district, Warwickshire
-
04.2003
South Somerset district, Somerset
L/Cpl.
 		? [2658044]
2nd Lt.
 		11.02.1940 [121517]
WS/Lt.
 		11.08.1941 (reld > 04.1946)
T/Capt.
 		15.08.1943-(04.1946)
Military Cross MC
 20.12.1940
 BEF France



served in the ranks, Coldstream Guards
?
 -
 		11.02.1940
 		either 164th, 165th, 167th or 168th Officer Cadet Training Unit
11.02.1940

commissioned, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers [emergency commission]
(1940)
  
 		 
 		9th Battalion The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (Platoon Commander, 6 Platoon, "X" Company)
Ross,
Alexander Duncan William
A.D.W. Ross 		?
-
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		02.11.1940 [156490]
WS/Lt.
 		02.05.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Capt.
 		?
Hon. Capt.
 		< 04.1946
Mention in Despatches MID
 04.04.1946
 NW Europe
Efficiency Medal (Territorial) EM
 17.06.1949
 -
?
 -
 		02.11.1940
 		either 161st, 162nd, 164th, 165th or 167th Officer Cadet Training Unit
02.11.1940

commissioned, The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding) [emergency commission]
Ross,
Alexander Graham
A.G. Ross 		?
-
Cadet ? [S/1501015]
2nd Lt. 30.10.1944 [337744]
WS/Lt. 30.04.1945 (reld > 05.1946, < 04.1947)
30.10.1944     commissioned, Pioneer Corps [emergency commission]
Ross,
David [Seath]
D. Ross
Married (1957, Dunfermline district, Fife, Scotland) Mary Erskine Addison.		 02.06.1925
Dalgetty district, Scotland
-
26.02.1985
Newington district, Scotland
Cadet ? [14678234]
2nd Lt. 27.07.1945 [352578]
WS/Lt. 27.01.1946 (reld > 04.1947)
Education: University of St Andrews (MA, 1951).
1945 - 27.07.1945 161st Officer Cadet Training Unit (Royal Military College, Sandhurst ?)
27.07.1945     commissioned, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) [emergency commission]
Ross,
Herbert Wallace
H.W. Ross
Son (with two brothers and one sister) of ...
Brother of Lt. John Eric Ross, RINVR,		 ?
-
21.07.1943
[Cassino Memorial, Italy, panel 8]
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 04.11.1941 [214755]
WS/Lt. 01.10.1942
04.11.1941     commissioned, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) [emergency commission]
? - 21.07.1943 1st Battalion The Black Watch
Ross,
James Hector
J.H. Ross 		?
-
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 01.10.1939 [99732]
WS/Lt. 01.04.1941
01.10.1939     commissioned, The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's) [emergency commission]
? - 1940 4th Battalion The Seaforth Highlanders (captured)
1940 - 1945? POW (No. 1247) in German captivity (Oflag VII-C, Laufen, Bayern (1940), then Oflag VII-B, Eichstätt, Bayern)
[Composed the original tune to the Scottish dance  "The Reel of the 51st Division", originally called "The 51st Country Dance (Laufen Reel)", devised during the winter of 1940 by Lt. J.E.M. Atkinson, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, Lt.Col. T.H. Hunter, RASC & Lt. A.P.H. Oliver, Seaforth Highlanders.]
Ross,
John McLaren
J.McL. Ross
Married ...; ... children (one son?).		 28.10.1910
-
1984
Glasgow, Scotland
Lt. 02.09.1933 [56516]
Capt. 02.03.1937
A/Maj. 01.11.1943-31.01.1944
T/Maj. 01.02.1944-04.03.1945
WS/Maj. 05.03.1945
Maj. 02.09.1945 (retd 18.05.1948; Indian Pension)
A/Lt.Col. 05.12.1944-04.03.1945
T/Lt.Col. 05.03.1945-(01.1946)
A/Col. 15.05.1945-18.06.1945
Hon. Lt.Col. 18.05.1948
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) MBE 06.06.1946 Burma
Mention in Despatches MID 27.09.1945 ?
02.09.1933     commissioned, Royal Army Veterinary Corps
01.04.1937     Indian Continuous Service Cadre
? - ? ?
Ross,
Rupert Cumine
R.C. Ross (Photo courtesy of Mr Simon Gault) 		?
-
2nd Lt.
11.07.1936
Lt.
 		11.07.1939
T/Capt.
 		23.11.1940-(04.1941)
WS/Capt.
 		31.03.1943 (reld > 04.1946)
T/Maj.
 		31.03.1943-(04.1946)



late Cadet Sergeant, Fettes College Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps

11.07.1936

commissioned, 9th (Dumbartonshire) Battalion The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's) - Territorial Army (Dumbarton)
1939?

transferred, Royal Regiment of Artillery
24.08.1939

mobilized TA
1939?
 -
 		1946?
 		54th (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA
Ross,
Thomas Russell Clayton
"Tommy"
T.R.C. Ross
Son (with one sister) of Andrew Russell Ross (1892-1981), and Catherine Olga Dorothy Harman (1888-1960).
Married (24.10.1946, Westminster Cathedral) Honora Emma Anna Sophie Emilia Maria Mac Swiney (24.10.1911 - 04.05.1992), daughter of
Valentine Emmanuel Patrick Mac Swiney (1871-1945), and Anna von Schlitz genannt von Gortz (1877-1938); one daughter, two sons.		 15.03.1920
Dublin, Ireland
-
10.01.2000
North Leach, Gloucestershire
2nd Lt. 04.07.1940 [137518]
WS/Lt. 04.01.1942 (reld 29.12.1945; disability)
Hon. Lt. 29.12.1945
      Officer Cadet Training Unit
04.07.1940     commissioned, The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) [emergency commission]
 
Ross,
William Sim
W.S. Ross
His twin brother Capt. George Ross was captured at St Valéry in 1940 and spent the war as a POW.
Married Bett ...; one son, one daughter.		 28.06.1906
-
09.12.2000
Raigmore Hospital, Inverness (formerly of Alness)
Sgt. ?
Lt. 01.10.1940 [181180]
WS/Capt. 19.02.192
T/Maj. 19.02.1942-(04.1946)
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) MBE 30.12.1944 Middle East (East Africa & Madagascar) 02-07.41 [recommendation available upon request]
01.10.1940     commissioned, Royal Corps of Signals [emergency commission]
      attached Sudan Defence Force
Farmer, Kenya ?
Rossall,
George Ernest Cluney
G.E.C. Rossall
Married; ... children.
 		30.04.1905
[Lancashire ?]
 -
12.1988
Preston and South Ribble, Lancashire
2nd Lt.
29.01.1925 [32115]
Lt.
 		29.01.1927
08.05.1929, seniority 30.03.1928
Capt.
 		01.04.1935
A/Maj.
 		01.09.1939-30.11.1939
T/Maj.
 		01.12.1939-31.03.1940,
17.04.1940-16.05.1940,
24.06.1940-21.01.1941,
27.05.1941-24.09.1941
WS/Maj.
 		25.09.1941
Maj.
 		29.01.1942
A/Lt.Col.
 		25.06.1941-24.09.1941
T/Lt.Col.
 		25.09.1941-22.12.1945,
21.01.1946-28.09.1948
Lt.Col.
 		29.09.1948 (supernumerary 22.09.1951)
T/Col.
 		01.09.1948-12.02.1952
Col.
 		13.02.1952
T/Brig.
 		17.11.1955-11.01.1956
Brig.
 		12.01.1956 (retd 21.01.1959)
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE
 01.01.1959
 New Year 59
Mention in Despatches MID
 01.08.1946
 Malaya 42
Mention in Despatches MID
 12.09.1946
 gallant and distinguished services while being PoW
Education: Royal Military College, Sandhurst; Staff College (psc)
29.01.1925

commissioned, The Manchester Regiment
09.05.1927
 -
 		29.09.1927
 		Staff Lieutenant 1st Class (Movement), Rhine Army (temporary)
30.02.1928
 -
 		07.05.1929
 		seconded, Royal Army Service Corps
08.05.1929

transferred, Royal Army Service Corps
20.10.1934
 -
 		04.11.1936
 		employed with Canadian Military Forces
17.04.1940
 -
 		23.05.1940
 		Deputy Assistant Director of Transport (DADT), ...
01.08.1940
 -
 		22.01.1941
 		Deputy Assistant Director of Transport (DADT), ...
1943
 -
 		1945
 		taken prisoner of war at Changi (in Japanese captivity)
16.06.1947
 -
 		31.08.1948
 		Assistant Director of Supply & Transport (ADST), ...
01.09.1948
 -
 		24.01.1949
 		CPO (Colonel), War Office (London)
18.02.1949
 -
 		29.03.1950
 		Deputy Director of Supply & Transport (DDST), ...
25.04.1950
 -
 		18.02.1953
 		Assistant Director of Supply & Transport (ADST), War Office (London)
27.02.1953
 -
 		30.10.1955
 		Deputy Director of Supply & Transport (DDST), HQ Anti-Aircraft Command
17.11.1955
 -
 		(02.1957)
 		Deputy Director of Supply & Transport (DDST), HQ Eastern Command
21.01.1959
 -
 		30.04.1963
 		Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
MIMechE. Honorary Colonel, Royal Army Service Corps (Territorial Army), 01.12.1958.
Rostron,
Donald Arthur
D.A. Rostron
Son of Henry Rostron (1883?-), and Edith Mary Becket (1885-)
Married (1959, Calcutta, India) ...; one step-son.		 13.07.1913
West Riding of Yorkshire
-
05.1999
York district, North Yorkshire
2nd Lt. 25.06.1938 [76053]
WS/Lt. 09.09.1940
Lt. 11.04.1945
T/Capt. 09.09.1940-12.05.1942
WS/Capt. 13.05.1942 (reld > 01.1946, < 04.1946)
T/Maj. 13.05.1942-(01.1946)
Hon. Maj. > 01.1946, < 04.1946
25.06.1938     commissioned, 6th Battalion The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding) - Territorial Army
? - 21.08.1963 Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [exceeded age limit]
Rothschild,
Nathaniel Mayer Victor Lord;
3rd Baron Rothschild (cr. 1885); Baronet (cr. 1847)
N.M.V. Rothschild N.M.V. Rothschild
N.M.V. Rothschild N.M.V. Rothschild

31.10.1910
Palace Green, Kensington, London
-
20.03.1990
St James's Place, London
2nd Lt.
10.06.1943 [279887] (without pay and allowances from Army Funds)
WS/Lt.
 		? (reld 02.02.1946)
local Lt.Col.
 		03.11.1943-02.02.1946
Hon. Lt.
 		02.02.1946
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (Civil Division) GBE
 1975
 ?
George Medal GM
 1944
 for dismantling a new type of bomb placed by German agents in a cargo of Spanish onions bound for Britain
Mention in Despatches MID
 02.08.1945
 NW Europe
Legionnaire, Legion of Merit (US) LM
 14.11.1947
 ?
Bronze Star Medal (US) BSM
 23.07.1948
 ?
      spent much of the Second World War in charge of the tiny but effective counter-sabotage section of MI5:
10.06.1943
  
 		 
 		commissioned, Intelligence Corps [emergency commission]
(04.1944)
  
 		 
 		Member, Chemical Board, Ministry of Supply
Zoologist and public servant.
Rothwell,
John
K. Rudge
Son of William Edward Rothwell (1880-1936), and Sarah Bell (1881-1953).
Married (21.03.1945, St Marylebone district, London) Elsie Oliphant (1905-); one son.		 19.09.1905
-
11.12.1980
Lambeth district, London
RSM 19.08.1939 [2650871]
Lt. QM 18.04.1940 [131571]
WS/Capt. QM 18.04.1943 (reld > 08.1946, < 12.1946)
T/Maj. QM 20.03.1944-(01.)1945
      served in the ranks, The Coldstream Guards & The King's African Rifles
18.04.1940     commissioned, General List [emergency commission]
18.04.1940 - ? 2/4 Battalion The King's African Rifles
Rouse,
Ernest John Joshua Colin
"Ted"
E.J.J.C. Rouse E.J.J.C. Rouse
E.J.J.C. Rouse
Son (with one sister and one brother) of Ernest Edwin Rouse (1895-1940), and Ellen Annie Collins (1896-1933).
Married ((06?).1941, Chatham district, Kent) Peggy R. Rouse ((06?).1919 - 18.12.2016), daughter of ... Rouse, and ... Coombs; two sons.		 17.06.1920
Bermondsey, London
-
02.12.2015
Darent Valley Hospital
2nd Lt. 16.03.1943 [267380]
WS/Lt. 16.09.1943 (reld > 08.1946, < 12.1946)
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Civil Division) MBE 31.12.1977 New Year 1978: Member, Gravesham Borough Council
Mention in Despatches MID 09.08.1945 NW Europe
Education: Wilson’s Grammar School, Camberwell.
Held an administrative post at St Francis Hospital, Dulwich.
16.03.1943     commissioned, Royal Corps of Signals [emergency commission]
      served at Government Code and Cipher School (GC&CS) at Bletchley Park
      commanded an independent mobile unit in the Normandy landings (53 Special Wireless Section)
Returned to the London County Council, where he remained for the whole of his working life, rising to a senior position in the housing department. Served on the former Northfleet Urban District Council for 24 years until local government reorganisation in 1974 created Gravesham. Mr Rouse was leader of the new council for two years and then continued as leader of the Labour group until 1981, before being made a freeman of the borough the following year.
Rowe,
Ernest Frank
E.F. Rowe (Photo courtesy of Mr Peter Rowe) E.F. Rowe (Photo courtesy of Mr Peter Rowe)
E.F. Rowe (Photo courtesy of Mr Peter Rowe)
Married ((03?).1934, Elham distirct, Kent) Kathleen Maud Dykes (14.08.1904 - 01.1996); ... children (one son?).		 02.12.1902
Gravesend district, Kent
-
27.08.1965
North Devon Infirmary, Barnstaple, Devon
WS/Sgt.Maj. 17.09.1941
Assistant Inspector of Armourers (Lt.) 05.08.1942 [239926] (reld > 07.1945, < 10.1945)
Hon. Lt.  > 07.1945, < 10.1945
Ordnance Executive Officer (Lt.) 21.09.1946, seniority 05.08.1942
O.E.O. (Capt.) 01.11.1947
O.E.O. (Maj.) 17.04.1952 (reld 21.09.1956)
Hon. Maj. 21.09.1956
17.09.1941 - 04.08.1942 Warrant Officer, Class I - Royal Army Ordnance Corps (Armourer Section)
05.08.1942     commissioned, Royal Army Ordnance Corps [emergency commission]
01.10.1942     transferred, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
21.09.1946     commissioned, Royal Army Ordnance Corps [short service commission]
Rowe,
Granville Richard
G.R. Rowe
Son (with one sister and two brothers) of Leslie Rowe (1891-), and Edith Maclean Harris (1892-1958).
Married ((09?).1954, Bourne district, Lincolnshire) Joan M. Rouse; one son.
Residence: (1944) Upminster.		 06.03.1914
Willesden district, Middlesex
-
11.1994
Grantham district, Lincolnshire
CSM (Wt.Offr. cl. II) ? [T/117091]
2nd Lt. 07.09.1943 [294984]
WS/Lt. 07.03.1944
Lt. 01.10.1946, seniority 07.03.1944
Capt. 07.09.1949
Military Medal MM 15.06.1943 Tamera, Algeria 03.43 [recommendation available upon request]
      served in the ranks, Royal Army Service Corps
(03.1943)     attached, 16th Parachute Field Ambulance RAMC (MM)
07.09.1943     commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [immediate emergency commission]
11.04.1945     transferred, The Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps
(07.1945)     3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment
01.10.1946 - 09.09.1953 short service commission, Royal Fusiliers
09.09.1953 - 01.10.1954 Regular Army Reserve of Officers (Class I)
01.10.1954 - 06.03.1959 Regular Army Reserve of Officers (Class III)
Rowe,
Jack Constable Price
J.C.P. Rowe
 Son of Henry Price Rowe (1890-1918), and Josephine Gertrude Armstrong.
Married ... Bristowe; three sons, one daughter.
 		15.05.1913
Crediton district, Devon
-
10.1999
Hastings and Rother district, East Sussex
2nd Lt.
31.08.1933 [56655]
Lt.
 		31.08.1936
A/Capt.
 		03.09.1939-02.12.1939
T/Capt.
 		03.12.1939-21.01.1940,
26.02.1940-30.08.1941
Capt.
 		31.08.1941
A/Maj.
 		01.12.1941-28.02.1942
T/Maj.
01.03.1942-01.05.1943,
05.06.1943-(01.1946)
Maj.
 		31.08.1946 (retd 02.10.1949; receiving a gratuity)
Hon. Lt.Col.
 		02.10.1949
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) MBE
 02.06.1943
 HM's birthday 43 *
* appointment cancelled and annulled, and his name erased from the Register, in consequence of his conviction by a civil Court, 17.12.1968
 		Education: Royal Military College, Sandhurst
31.08.1933

commissioned, The Devonshire Regiment
(01.1937)
  
  		2nd Battalion The Devonshire Regiment (Dover)
(01.1939)
  
 		 
 		2nd Battalion The Devonshire Regiment (Malta)
23.06.1944
 -
 		(09.1944)
 		Officer Commanding, "A" Company, 2nd Battalion The Devonshire Regiment (NW Europe)
02.10.1949
 -
 		15.05.1963
 		Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
?
 -
 		12.11.1968
 		Territorial Army (Army Cadet Force?)
Rowland,
George
G. Rowland
Married Charmain (née ...).
 		02.10.1910
-
21.03.2007
Bexhill-on-Sea
2nd Lt.
22.06.1940
...
 		...
T/Maj.
25.07.1944-20.06.1947
Maj.
 		21.06.1947, seniority 02.10.1946 (retd 26.10.1961)
...
 		...
Hon. Lt.Col.
 		26.10.1961
Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE
 23.03.1944
 ?
22.06.1940

commissioned, Corps of Royal Signals [emergency commission to 30.11.1946]
01.12.1946

permanent commission
Rowles,
Frederick
F. Rowles 		(03?).1902
Brentford district, Middlesex
-
(12?).1965
Chelmsford district, Essex
WS/RQMS ?
Lt. QM 09.11.1942 [274188]
WS/Capt. QM 09.11.1945
Capt. QM 01.11.1947
09.11.1942     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
Royle,
Rowland Percival
R.P. Rowle
Son (with two brothers and two sisters) of Percy Herbert Royle (1874-1934), and Florence Cassey (1874-1959).
Married ((09?).1948, Uckfield district, Sussex) Muriel A. Fisher.		 28.09.1915
Edmonton district, Middlesex
-
04.1986
Tunbridge Wells district, Kent
Gnr.? ? [1548647]
2nd Lt. 30.11.1940 [158873]
WS/Lt. 30.05.1942 (reld > 04.1946, < 08.1946)
T/Capt. 16.06.1943-(01.1946)
Hon. Capt. > 04.1946, < 08.1946
? - 29.11.1940 served in the rank, Royal Regiment of Artillery
30.11.1940     commissioned, The Middlesex Regiment [emergency commission]
05.01.1941     transferred, Corps of Royal Engineers
Ruddock,
Henry Edward
H.E. Ruddock (Photo courtesy of Mr Charles Hawkshaw-Burn)
 Son of Harold Edwy Colston Ruddock (1887-1915), and Constance Mary Aldous (1888-1933).
Married Pauline ...(died 11.03.2004); one daughter, one son.
 		13.05.1910
Richmond district, Surrey
-
05.1998
East Devon district, Devon
L/Bdr.
 		?
2nd Lt.
10.12.1938 [78989]
A/Capt.
 		15.08.1940-14.11.1940
T/Capt.
 		15.11.1940-27.11.1941
WS/Capt.
 		28.11.1941
Capt.
 		11.04.1945
A/Maj.
 		28.08.1941-27.11.1941
T/Maj.
 		28.11.1941-14.11.1945
WS/Maj.
 		15.1.1945
A/Lt.Col.
 		15.08.1945-14.11.1945
T/Lt.Col.
 		15.11.1945-14.08.1954
Lt.
 		06.03.1946, seniority 01.08.1938
Capt.
 		06.03.1946
Maj.
 		01.07.1946
Lt.Col.
 		15.08.1954 (retd 04.04.1958)
Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE
 29.06.1954
 ?
Mention in Despatches MID
 09.05.1946
 ?
Territorial Decoration TD
 ?
 -
Education: Staff College (psc)
 
  
 		 
 		served in the ranks, Honourable Artillery Company
10.12.1938

commissioned, 92nd (5th London) Field Regiment Royal Artillery - Territorial Army
24.08.1939
 -
 		05.03.1946
 		mobilized TA
06.03.1946
  
 		 
 		permanent commission
31.01.1947
 -
 		14.04.1947
 		Brigade Major, ...
15.04.1947
 -
 		13.01.1948
 		Staff Officer Royal Artillery, 2nd grade, HQ Southern Command (Poona, India)
25.04.1949
 -
 		31.01.1950
 		Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General, Anti-Aircraft Group
01.02.1950
 -
 		06.03.1951
 		Deputy Assistant Adjutant General, ...
Rudge,
Kenneth
"Ken"
K. Rudge
Married Eileen (née ...); two daughters.
 		04.1923
Cheltenham district, Gloucestershire
-
(14?).12.2006
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Cadet
 		? [14206554]
2nd Lt.
24.10.1944 [334502]
WS/Lt.
 		24.04.1945
(A/Capt. ?)
 		?
1941/42?
 -
 		23.10.1944
 		served in the ranks, Corps of Royal Signals
24.10.1944

commissioned, Corps of Royal Signals [emergency commission]



trained in Scotland, served Italy (Operation Roast, commando operation at Comacchio Lagoon, 04.1945) & Norway (1945?)
Rugge-Price,
Anthony Arthur Keith
A.A.K. Rugge-Price
Married (27.04.1939) Joan Lisette Douglas Pilkington (born 1919) (marriage dissolved 1948?); three sons.
 		09.11.1914
-
05.1997
Ealing, London
2nd Lt.
 		30.08.1934 [63560]
Lt.
 		30.08.1937
A/Capt.
 		26.08.1940-25.11.1940
T/Capt.
 		26.11.1940-21.12.1941
WS/Capt.
 		22.12.1941
Capt.
 		30.08.1942
A/Maj.
 		22.09.1941-21.12.1941
T/Maj.
22.12.1941-29.08.1947
Maj.
 		30.08.1947
T/Lt.Col.
 		05.03.1951-17.03.1954,
05.11.1956-15.11.1956
Lt.Col.
 		16.11.1956-(02.1957)
Col.
 		07.06.1963 (retd 12.11.1966)
Mention in Despatches MID
 10.05.1945
 NW Europe
Chevalier, Order of Leopold II with Palm (Belgium) LeoII
 25.09.1947
 ?
- CdeG
 25.09.1947
 Croix de Guerre 1940 with Palm (Belgium)
Education: Staff College, Camberley (psc)
30.08.1934

commissioned, 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own), Royal Armoured Corps
06.03.1939
 -
 		25.08.1940
 		specially employed
(06.)1944

Officer Commanding, "B" Squadron 13th/18th Hussars (Normandy / NW Europe)
05.01.948
 -
 		22.12.1948
 		General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), M.I. 11, War Office
05.03.1951
 -
 		14.03.1954
 		Technical Staff Officer, grade 1 (TSO1), Fighting Vehicles Department, Ministry of Supply
Ruggles-Brise,
 Sir John Archibald;
 2nd Baronet (cr. 1935)
J.A. Ruggles-Brice J.A. Ruggles-Brice
Elder son of Colonel Sir Edward Archibald
Ruggles­Brise, 1st Bt, MC, TD, DL, JP, MP, and Agatha (died 1937), eldest daughter of J. H. Gurney, DL, JP, of Keswick Hall, Norfolk.
Succeeded father, 1942.

13.06.1908
Finchingfield
-
20.02.2007
Spains Hall, Finchingfield, Essex
2nd Lt.
 		01.11.1938 [79330]
WS/Lt.
 		15.05.1940
Lt.
 		.11.04.1945 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Capt.
 		15.05.1940-(04.1941)
A/Maj.
 		10.12.1940-(04.1941)
WS/Maj.
 		12.01.1943
T/Lt.Col.
 		12.01.1943-(04.1944)
Hon. Lt.Col.
 		< 04.1946
Lt.Col.
 		01.05.1947 (retd 01.05.1950)
Hon. Col.
 		?
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
 1958
 ?
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
 1945
 ?
Territorial Decoration TD
 ?
 ?
Education: Eton 
01.11.1938

commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army
24.08.1939

mobilized TA
1939
 -
 		1945
 		served Anti-Aircraft Command (commanded 1st 450 Mixed Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RA, and 2nd Anti-Aircraft Demonstration and User Trials Regiment)
1947

formed and commanded 599 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment
01.05.1950
 -
 		13.06.1963
 		Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
Member of Lloyd's. President, CLA, 1957-1959 (helped promote Game Fair); Church Comr, 1959-1964; Chairman, Council of the Baronetage, 1958-1963. Patron, Essex Agricultural Society, 1970-1978. Liveryman, Spectacle Makers' Co., 1948-. DL 1945, JP 1946, Vice­Lieutenant, 1947, Co. Essex. Hon. Freeman of Chelmsford. Governor of Felsted and Chigwell Schools, 1950-1975. DUniv Essex, 1980. KStJ. Lord­Lieutenant of Essex, 1958-1978; Pro­Chancellor, University of Essex, 1964-1979.
Honorary Colonel, 459 (Essex) HAA Regiment RA, TA, 14.02.1958.
Rumsey,
Ernest Wilfred
E.W. Rumsey
Son (with one brother and one sister) of Albert Ernest Rumsey (1888-1960), and Ada Crawford (1882-1972).
Married ((06?).1950, Hertford district, Hertfordshire) Joan Elizabeth Moore (26.04.1919 - 12.1994); two sons.		 (12?).1914
Headington district, Buckinghamshire / Oxfordshire
-
05.02.1955
Calabar, Nigeria (formerly of Osterley, Middlesex)
SQMS ?
2nd Lt. 05.09.1942 [248000]
WS/Lt. 05.02.1943
T/Capt. 05.02.1943-29.11.1944
WS/Capt. 30.11.1944
T/Maj. 30.11.1944-08.01.1945
WS/Maj. 09.01.1945 (reld 16.02.1947)
T/Lt.Col. 12.07.1945-16.02.1947
Hon. Lt.Col. 16.02.1947
      served in the ranks, Royal Army Service Corps
05.09.1942     commissioned, General List [emergency commission]
Entered Colonial Service.
Rumsey,
Lucas Charles
"Bob"
L.C. Rumsey (Photo courtesy of Mr Kimberly J. Lindsay) 		20.07.1910
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
-
02.01.1968
Westminster district, London
2nd Lt. 03.09.1932, seniority 29.01.1931 [52396]
... ...
T/Lt.Col. 11.03.1944-19.11.1944
... ...
Brig. 16.07.1959 (retd 20.08.1965)
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE ? ?
Education: MA.
03.09.1932     commissioned, Royal Tank Corps [later: Royal Tank Regiment]
... - ... ...
30.01.1942 - 23.05.1942 6th War Course, Middle East Staff School (Haifa)
... - ... ...
Rushton,
Milton Michael
M.M. Rushton 		?
-
Cadet ? [816866]
2nd Lt. 23.10.1943 [296870]
WS/Lt. 23.10.1943
Lt. 01.12.1946, seniority 23.10.1943
Capt. 23.10.1949 (reld 24.02.1956; retaining rank of Capt.)
23.10.1943 - 30.11.1946 commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
01.12.1946 - 30.08.1955 short service commission
31.08.1955 - 24.02.1956 Regular Army Reserve of Officers (Class III)
Russell,
Douglas Alexander
D.A. Russell
Son (with three sisters and two brothers) of Alexander Stuart Russell (1882-1958), and Beatrice Maud Ahier (1889-1975).
Married (21.01.1942, Colchester, Essex) Vera Perchard (? - 1994); ... children.		 05.11.1920
Jersey, Channel Islands
-
06.1961
Jersey, Channel Islands
2nd Lt. 31.12.1939 [112957]
Lt. 01.07.1941
Capt. 01.07.1946
Maj. 31.12.1952 (retd 07.07.1956)
Military Cross MC 20.12.1940 BEF France
      served in the ranks for 121 days
08.1939 - 12.1939 Officer Cadet Training Unit, Royal Military College, Sandhurst
31.12.1939     commissioned, The North Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's) [emergency commission]
1940     2nd Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment (BEF, France) (MC)
07.1940 - 11.1940 seconded, No. 6 Commando
11.1940 - 03.1941 seconded, 5th Special Service Battalion (01.1941 Sniping 7 Intelligence Course STC Lochailort (Commando))
03.1941 - 08.1942 seconded, No. 6 Commando (11.1941 embarked overseas; 02.1942 special demolitions London; 08.1942 Operation Jubilee, Dieppe; captured)
08.1942 - 05.1945 POW in German captivity (No. 4092, Oflag VIIB, Eichstätt, Germany)
     

Sep 46 to Jul 50 Russian courses, I. Corps. Depot, Instructor, posted 4 I. Corps Int. School, Sep 50 FARELF Service with Malay Reg.; Jan 51 appointed Adj. 2nd Malay Reg.; Jul 51 Coy. Comd.  2nd Malay Reg. (Major); Nov 53 BAOR  Minden; Apr 54 unit move back to UK; Oct 54 BAOR Bad Zalzüflen; Oct 55 Unit back to UK; Jul 56 Reserve liability, Retired
Russell,
John Fairbairn
J.F. Russell 		29.10.1913
-
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 01.08.1942 [240699]
WS/Lt. 01.02.1943
T/Capt. 04.10.1943-(04.1944)
WS/Capt. 06.01.1946 (reld < 04.1947)
T/Maj. 06.01.1946-(04.1946)
01.08.1942     commissioned, The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders [emergency commission]
01.05.1943     transferred, Royal Regiment of Artillery
Russell,
Louis Frank Patrick
"Pat"
L.F.P. Russell (Photo courtesy of Dr Adrian O'Sullivan)
Son of ... Russell, and ... Baines.
Married ((12?).1950, St Marylebone district, London) Sheila F. O'Sullivan, daughter of Arthur Adrian O'Sullivan (1902-1973), and Phyllis "Jackie" Digby-Worsley (1905-2007); one son, two daughters.		 19.12.1920
Bacton, Smallbburgh district, Norfolk
-
01.1999
West Devon district, Devon
2nd Lt. 11.03.1939 [86279]
WS/Lt. 01.01.1941
WS/Capt. 10.10.1944 (reld > 08.1946, < 12.1946)
T/Maj. 10.10.1944-(08.1946)
Hon. Maj. > 08.1946, < 12.1946
Capt. 11.03.1949
      late Cadet Corporal, King's School (Canterbury) Contingent, Officer Training Corps
11.03.1939     commissioned, Royal Tank Regiment - Royal Armoured Corps - Supplementary Reserve of Officers
24.08.1939     mobilized SRO
      served with 13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers - Indian Army (in India, Iraq, Syria, and Persia)
(10.1945)     with Indian Armoured Corps Tank School
11.03.1949 - ? Regular Army Reserve of Officers
Russell,
Maurice Levenston
M.L. Russell 		?
-
Sgt.
 		? [14559984]
2nd Lt.
01.02.1945 [345542]
WS/Lt.
 		01.08.1945 (reld > 04.1946)
01.02.1945

commissioned, Intelligence Corps [emergency commission]
Russell,
Nelson
N. Russell N. Russell
Son of Nelson Russell, Strathmore, Lisburn, Northern Ireland.
Married (1926) Edith, daughter of A.T. Allan,
Highfield, Lisburn, Northern Ireland; no children.
 		07.07.1897
Lisburn, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland
-
20.10.1971
Tollymore, Newcastle, Co. Down, Northern Ireland
Prob. 2nd Lt.
 		03.04.1915
2nd Lt.
 		11.08.1915
T/Lt.
 		29.11.1915
Lt.
 		12.02.1916
2nd Lt.
16.11.1918, seniority 07.07.1916 [9593]
Lt.
 		16.11.1918, seniority 07.01.1918
Capt.
 		09.04.1929
Maj.
 		15.09.1937
A/Lt.Col.
 		03.10.1940-02.01.1941
T/Lt.Col.
 		03.01.1941-31.12.1942
WS/Lt.Col.
 		01.01.1943
Lt.Col.
 		14.03.1943
A/Col.
 		01.07.1942-31.12.1942
T/Col.
 		01.01.1943
A/Brig.
 		01.07.1942-31.12.1942
T/Brig.
01.01.1943-10.05.1944,
21.04.1945-31.01.1950
Brig.
 		01.02.1950 (retd 04.08.1950)
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
 09.06.1949
 HM's birthday 49
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 05.08.1943
 Tunisia
Military Cross MC
 16.05.1916
 Battle of the Somme *
Mention in Despatches MID
 23.03.1944
 Sicily
Mention in Despatches MID
 24.08.1944
 Italy
1914-1915 Star 14|15 St
 ?
 ?
British War Medal 1914-1920 BWM 14|20
 ?
 ?
Victory Medal VM
 ?
 ?
Palestine 1936-39 Medal & Clasp
* For conspicuous gallantry during a raid on the enemy's trenches. He was the first man into the trench, where he shot an officer, and finally skilfully withdrew after doing all the damage possible.
 		Education: Campbell College, Belfast
03.04.1915
 -
 		15.11.1918
 		mobilized Special Reserve (for 3 years, 227 days)
03.04.1915
 -
3rd Battalion The Royal Irish Fusiliers
(1916)

attached, 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Fusiliers (France and Belgium 09.07.1915-22.07.1916)
12.07.1916
 -
 		?
 		Adjutant, 10 Brigade Bombing School
16.11.1918

commissioned, The Royal Irish Fusiliers (Princess Victoria's)
1919
 -
 		1939
 		served, Egypt, India, Sudan, Palestine
01.04.1937
 -
 		30.03.1940
 		Brigade Major, ... (Home Forces)
1940
 -
 		?
 		General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2)
01.07.1942
 -
 		20.02.1944
 		Commander, 38th (Irish) Infantry Brigade (UK, N Africa, Sicily, Italy)
1945

Commander, Belfast Sub-Area
1946

Commander, Belfast Garrison
1947
 -
 		1950
 		Commander, Ulster Independent Infantry Brigade Group
Serjeant-at-Arms to Parliament of Northern Ireland, 1951-1959. Played cricket for Lisburn & Ireland.
Russell,
Roy
R. Russell (Photo courtesy of Mr Bill Ashby) 		1919 ?
-
Cadet ? [2360192]
2nd Lt. 03.11.1943 [299500]
WS/Lt. 03.05.1944 (reld > 04.1946, < 08.1946)
Hon. Lt. > 04.1946, < 08.1946

Called up 1940 into the Royal Corps of Signals. Basic Training. Posted to the Merchant Navy Wireless Telegraphy School at Hull – taught to send and receive 20 words of Morse per minute. Hospitalised due to a severe reaction against the anti-gas chemical in the battle-dress.  Medically Downgraded to Catagory ‘B’  UK Service only. Posted to No. 1 Special Wireless Group  at Rothamsted House, Harpenden, Hertfordshire.  Secret radio interception within the ‘Y’ Service. Autumn 1940 posted to 105 Special Wireless Section at Cardfields Farm near Hatfield Peveral in Essex.  Intercepting enemy aircraft signals. Mid 1941  105 Special Wireless Section was closed down, He got married and was selected for a commission and spent 6 months at an OCTU at Catterick.
03.11.1943     commissioned, Royal Corps of Signals [emergency commission]
      served with Auxiliary Units Signals
Russell,
William Edward
R. Rutherford  

05.05.1903
Plymouth district, Devon
-
02.1988
Sedgemoor district, Somerset
2nd Lt.
 		01.02.1923
Lt.
 		01.02.1925
Capt.
 		29.06.1935
Capt. & Ordn.Offr. 4th class
 		28.10.1935, seniority 28.10.1932
Maj. (& Ordn.Offr. 3rd class to 20.04.1944)
 		01.04.1939
A/Lt.Col. (& Ordn.Offr. 2nd class)
 		07.02.1942-06.05.1942
T/Lt.Col. (& Ordn.Offr. 2nd class to 20.04.1944)
 		07.05.1942-03.11.1943,
24.11.1943-08.08.1947
Lt.Col.
 		09.08.1947 (retd 18.11.1957)
T/Col.
 		22.02.1949-28.03.1951
Hon. Col.
 		18.11.1957
01.02.1923

commissioned, The Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire)
(03.1931)
  
 		 
 		11th Ordnance Officers' Course, Royal Army Ordnance Corps School of Instruction (Hilsea Barracks, near Cosham)
(06.1933)
  
 		 
 		served at Burscough
28.10.1935

transferred, Royal Army Ordnance Corps (as RAOC Ordnance Officer 4th Class to 27.10.1935)
(01.1937)
 -
 		(01.1939)
 		Deputy Assistant Director of Ordnance Services (DADOS), Ceylon
16.02.1941
 -
 		16.02.1942
 		Deputy Assistant Director of Ordnance Services (DADOS), ...
07.02.1942
 -
 		01.05.1943
 		Advt Special Inst Staff
02.05.1943
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 		01.01.1948
 		Assistant Director of Ordnance Services  (ADOS), ...
16.02.1948
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 		16.02.1949
 		COO Ordnance Depot
22.02.1949
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 		11.02.1951
 		Deputy Director of Ordnance Services (DDOS), HQ West Africa Command
Rutherfoord,
Andrew Joseph Hawksley
A.J.H. Rutherfoord (Photo courtesy of Mr Mike Rutherfoord) A.J.H. Rutherfoord
A.J.H. Rutherfoord 
 Married Mary (née ...) (predeceased him); one son, two daughters.
From Bedford.
 		22.02.1916
-
19.12.2007
Kingston upon Thames Hospital
2nd Lt.
30.01.1936 [67178]
Lt.
 		30.01.1939
A/Capt.
 		02.09.1939-01.12.1939
T/Capt.
 		02.12.1939-26.11.1942,
02.02.1943-29.01.1944
Capt.
 		30.01.1944
A/Maj.
 		04.09.1944-03.12.1944
T/Maj.
 		04.12.1944-09.01.1945,
26.02.1945-(01.1946)
Maj.
 		30.01.1949 (retd 28.08.1950)
Military Cross MC
 21.06.1945
 Holland 10/11.44 *
Silver Star Medal (USA) SSM
 15.02.1944
 N Africa **
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St
 -
 -
Africa Star Afr St
 -
 -
France & Germany Star Fr&G St
 -
 -
 
30.01.1936

commissioned, The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
(01.1937)
  
 		 
 		1st Battlaion The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (Gibraltar)
(01.1939)
  
 		 
 		1st Battlaion The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (Strensall)
01.04.1939

Air Intelligence Liaison Officer (General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3)), Royal Air Force
17.03.1939

General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), Air HQ, BMNI
10.05.1940
 -
 		21.06.1940
 		served France & Belgium
31.10.1941

Adjutant, 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment (Army Air Corps)
26.01.1942

HQ Parachute Brigade (from 13.11.1942 North Africa) (wounded)
?
 -
 		05.01.1944
 		1/4th Battalion The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (North Africa)
27.02.1944

General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), HQ 129th Infantry Brigade (UK, from 17.06.1944 NW Europe) (wounded in France)
15.08.1944
 -
 		01.1945
 		Officer Commanding, A Company, 1/4th Battalion The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (France, Belgium, Holland)
09.01.1945

1st Battalion The Parachute Regiment (from 07.05.1945 NW Europe)
      in command of some winter- (or mountain-)warfare training centre in Austria
      post-war regimental service in India & Malaya (possibly even Palestine)
28.09.1950 - 22.02.1966 Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
* Major Rutherfoord has commanded A Company 1/4 KOYLI since 15 Aug 44. During the whole of this period, and particularly during the operatons of the last three months in Holland, when most actions have been limited by the nature of the country to company battles, he has proved himself a fine natural leader. He has commanded his company with conspicuous success in many such actions. In the advance up to the Hollandsche Diep on 4 Nov, he commanded his company with outstanding skill, capturing and occupying his objective under heavy mortar and machine-gun fire. By his excellent leadership and clever use of ground he brought his company to the objective and captured a number of prisoners, LMGs [= light machine guns] and mortars. At Klundert on 5 Nov he led his company through very heavy enemy mortar and artillery concentrations and successfully occupied his objective. His company suffered fifteen per cent casualties on this occasion, and it was due entirely to his personal example and disregard of the enemy fire that they reached their objective. At Esschen on 25 Oct he was ordered to carry out a difficult night attack. The company was subjected to heavy artillery fire whilst approaching the start line, but Major Rutherfoord held his company back until there was a pause in the fire, and then went forward at great speed to his objective. The enemy were completely surprised and fifteen prisoners were taken. Major Rutherfoord himself led the attack and was the first to enter the houses held by the enemy. Major Rutherfoord is an outstanding officer and his courage and leadership have earned him the complete confidence of his men. [Date of citation for periodic MC: 17 Jan 45. Gazetted: 21 Jun 45]
** For gallantry in action with the Army of The United States on 14 March 1943 near Tamera, Tunisia. When the enemy attacked and gained a foothold in a wooded section within fifty yards of his company, which was weak in numbers due to casualties, Lieutenant Rutherfoord went forward alone, and with a sub-machine gun destroyed two enemy machine gun posts killing and wounding the crews and capturing the guns. This gallant act in the face of great danger is worthy of the highest praise.
Rutherford,
Norman Rae
N.R. Rutherford
Son (with two brothers) of William Rae Rutherford (1877-), and Margaret J. Dobson.
Married ((06?).1942, Newcastle upon Tyne district, Cumberland) Florence Hawtin (27.09.1919 - 12.1990); two sons.		 12.08.1920
Newcastle upon Tyne district, Cumberland
-
24.01.1980
Wandsworth district, London
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 22.11.1941 [217923]
WS/Lt. 01.10.1942
T/Capt. 05.06.1944-27.12.1945
WS/Capt. 28.12.1945 (reld > 08.1946, < 12.1946)
T/Maj. 28.12.1945-(08.1946)
22.11.1941     commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]
      46th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment (Egypt, El Alamein, Sicily, Anzio & Greece)
Rutherford,
Royce
"Roy"
R. Rutherford
?
-
11.01.2007
Gullane, Scotland
Cadet
 		? [14725140]
2nd Lt.
26.08.1945 [357370]
WS/Lt.
 		26.02.1946 (reld 30.03.1948)
T/Capt.
 		?
Hon. Capt.
 		30.03.1948



served 1st Battalion 16th Punjab Regiment & Queen's Lancashire Regiment
26.08.1945

commissioned, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) [emergency commission]
31.01.1951

Regular Army Reserve of Officers
Ruxton,
Anthony Fane
A.F. Ruxton
Son of Capt. Charles Harcourt Vernon Ruxton, and Phyllis Maitland Wood (later: Hoffe), of Waterrow, Somerset.		 04.09.1919
-
14.07.1943
(KIA) [age 23]
[Syracuse War Cemetery, Sicily, VII.D.13]
2nd Lt. 01.07.1939 [95530]
Lt. 01.01.1941
A/Capt. 23.09.1941-22.12.1941
T/Capt. 23.12.1941-14.07.1943
Military Cross MC 02.10.1942 Operation Jubilee (Dieppe raid 18/19.08.42, Yellow Beach, Sector 2) [citation available upon request]
Education: Royal Military College, Sandhurst (1938-1939).
01.07.1939     commissioned, Royal Ulster Rifles
      2nd Battalion Royal Ulster Rifles
(08.1942) - 14.07.1943 attached No. 3 Commando
* Recommendation for the award of the Military Cross to Lt. A.F. Ruxton: This officer behaved with the utmost vigour and gallantry in command of a scratch group and doubly handicapped by knowing none of the men, for he had been in the unit less than a week. His contempt for danger is no less remarkable than his skill at arms for he undoubtedly accounted for several of the enemy with his own hand. When we first came under fire, he stood fast and replied at close quarters, with no thought of cover. He effectively engaged the enemy O.P. [Observation Post] with a Bren and was one of the last men to withdraw, when he saved his Bren gun by swimming off with it on a Mae West. He set a splendid example to his men.
[Recommended 26.08.1942 by Maj. P. Young, approved by Lt.Col. J.F. Durnford Slater, commanding No. 3 Commando, and by Brig. R.E. Laycock.]
Ryper,
George Henry
G.H. Ryper 		11.10.1898
-
(03?).1970
St Marylebone district, London
2nd Lt. 31.01.1918 [43533]
Lt. 22.10.1919
T/Capt. 08.10.1940-(04.1946)
Lt. 01.08.1946
Capt. 10.12.1948, seniority 01.11.1947
Maj. 09.09.1952
Education: Wellington Cadet College.
31.01.1918     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army)
02.03.1918     commissioned, Indian Army
09.10.1923     Regular Army Reserve of Officers (General List - Cavalry)
      3rd Hussars - Royal Armoured Corps - Regular Army Reserve of Officers
      possibly commanded a workers' camp in Trieste, Italy towards the end of World War II
01.08.1946     commissioned, 3rd Hussars - Royal Armoured Corps [short service commission]
30.06.1948     transferred, Royal Armoured Corps
       
 
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