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Dale, James Alexander From Gillingham, Dorset.	[possibly: 26.11.1912 - 08.1986 Yeovil, Somerset]	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 21.09.1940 [149290] WS/Lt. 21.03.1942 A/Capt. 10.07.1943 T/Maj. 01.08.1944 (reld > 04.1946) DFC 11.11.1943 Sicily 07.1943 DFC 19.10.1944 Normandy 06.1944	21.09.1940 commissioned, The Lancashire Fusiliers [emergency commission] 25.05.1942 transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Army Air Corps (06.1944) Officer Commanding, Hamilcar Squadron, The Glider Pilot Regiment (Normandy) (09.1944) Officer Commanding, C Squadron (No. 2 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem) 26.11.1944 - (10.1945) Officer Commanding, .. Squadron, The Glider Pilot Regiment (at RAF Station Tarrant Rushton) [06.05.1945-13.05.1945 on leave]
Daniells, Lawrence Eugene Downes Son of ... Daniells, and ... Warren.	21.03.1918 Northampton district, Northamptonshire - 06.09.2010 Orkney, Scotland	Cadet ? [7931768] 2nd Lt. 04.03.1944 [312276] WS/Lt. 04.09.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	04.03.1944 commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission] (09.1944) Platoon Officer, 3 Parachute Platoon & 3 Para Jeep Section, 250th Light Composite Company RASC (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 25783) in German captivity (Oflag VII-B, Eichstätt, Bayern)
Dauncey, Michael Donald Keen "Mike" Only son of late Thomas Gough Dauncey, and Alice Keen. Married (1945) Marjorie Kathleen Neep, daughter of H.W. Neep, FCA; one son, two daughters.	11.05.1920 Coventry district, Warwickshire / West Midlands - 23.08.2017	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 03.05.1941 [184738] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 Lt. 11.01.1947, seniority 11.11.1942 A/Capt. 21.11.1945-20.02.1946 T/Capt. 21.02.1946-31.05.1946 WS/Capt. 01.06.1946 Capt. 11.05.1947 A/Maj. 01.03.1946-31.05.1946 T/Maj. 01.06.1946-12.07.1947, 01.02.1954-10.05.1954 Maj. 11.05.1954 Lt.Col. 09.06.1963 [supernumerary 09.06.1966] Col. 30.06.1968 (retd 30.01.1976) Hon. Brig. 30.01.1976 DSO 27.09.1945 Arnhem 09.1944	Education: King Edward's School, Birmingham; International Examination, Institution of Chartered Accountants; jssc, psc (1950)       served in the ranks for 234 days 03.05.1941     commissioned, The Cheshire Regiment [emergency commission to 10.01.1947] (from 170 (MG) Officer Cadet Training Unit, Droitwich) 03.05.1941 - 13.11.1943 5th Battalion The Cheshire Regiment (Warrenpoint [N Ireland], S England, Anglesey [N Wales]) 13.11.1943     transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944)     Adjutant, G Squadron (No. 1 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem [3 x wounded, captured 26.09.1944]) 09.1944 - 19.12.1944 POW in German captivity; escaped 11.01.1947     commissioned, The Cheshire Regiment [permanent commission] 01.03.1946 - 25.07.1947 Aide de Camp to the General Officer Commanding in Chief, Land Forces Greece 1948 - 1949 Parachute Battalion, British Army of the Rhine 10.01.1951 - 29.12.1952 General Staff Officer 3rd grade (GSO3), HQ Infantry Brigade 1957 - 1958 Instructor, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst     1963 Brigade Major, 126th Infantry Brigade 1963 - 1966 Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion The Cheshire Regiment (British Army of the Rhine & Cyprus) 07.04.1966 - 1968 General Staff Officer 1st grade (GSO1) (DS Plans), Joint Services Staff College 1968 - 1969 Commandant, Jungle Warfare School 1969 - 1972 Commandant, Support Weapons Wing, School of Infantry 1973 - 1975 Defence & Military Attaché, British Embassy Madrid Colonel, The Cheshire Regiment, 01.04.1978-1985. DL Gloucestershire, 19.09.1983. 1980-82 Chairman, Glos Joint Services Cadet Committee. 1981-90 Hon Colonel, 1st Cadet Bn Glos Regiment (ACF). 1994-98 President, The Glider Pilot Regiment Association. 2000 Leader The Airborne Pilgrimage to Arnhem.
Davies, Eric John From London. Later known as: Vere-Davies, Eric John. Married ...; four daughters.	09.12.1918 - 08.2005 Monmouth, Gloucestershire / Herefordshire / Monmouthshire	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 27.09.1941 [207782] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 (reld 04.12.1948) Hon. Capt. 04.12.1948 MC 13.01.1944 Italy MID 18.04.1946 Arnhem 09.1944	27.09.1941 commissioned, The South Staffordshire Regiment [emergency commission] (07.1943) Officer Commanding, 21 Platoon (D Company), 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Sicily) 02.05.1944 transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 10 Platoon (T Company), 1st Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [wounded, captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW in German captivity
Davies, Frank	17.07.1919 London - 12.11.1995 [St. Peter's Churchyard, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales]	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 11.02.1940 [117932] WS/Lt. 11.08.1941 (reld 05.10.1946) T/Capt. 12.01.1946 Hon Capt. 05.10.1946	11.02.1940 commissioned, The Devonshire Regiment [emergency commission] 01.11.1941 transferred, Royal Regiment of Artillery 17.09.1942 transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 6 Flight (C Squadron, No. 2 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 6167) in German captivity (Stalag Luft I, Barth, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)
Davies, John Alun Emlyn Son of Robert Emlyn and Mary Davies. Married (1941) Elizabeth Boshier (deceased); three sons.	04.05.1909 Corwen district, Denbighshire / Merionetshire - 12.07.1997 Bexley, Kent	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 29.06.1940 [138813] WS/Capt. 15.11.1943 (reld < 04.1946) T/Maj. 15.11.1943-... Hon. Maj. < 04.1946	Education: Ruabon Grammar School; Trinity College, Cambridge (Scholar; BA 1st cl. Pts I and II, History Tripos; MA 1984) Called to Bar, Lincoln's Inn, 1936. 29.06.1940 commissioned, The Royal Welch Fusiliers [emergency commission] 01.08.1942 transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps 1943 Deputy Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster General (DAA&QMG), 2nd Parachute Brigade Second-in-Command, HQ/Support Company, 1st Parachute Battalion (09.1944) Officer Commanding, HQ/Support Company, 1st Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [wounded, captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 140141) in German captivity (Stalag VII-A, Moosburg an der Isar, Bayern) 1944 Deputy Assistant Adjutant General (DAAG), 1st Airborne Division Joined Board of Trade, 1946; Assistant Solicitor, 1963; Principal Assistant Solicitor, Department of Trade and Industry, 1968-1972; Assistant Solicitor, Law Commission, 1972-1974; part-time Assistant, Law Commission, 1974-1977. Assistant Secretary to Jenkins Committee on Company Law, 1959-1962. Retired 1977.
Davies, Robert	03.07.1896 - died between 02.1967 and 02.1985	RQMS ? Lt. QM 26.01.1939 [85877] WS/Capt. QM 01.11.1942 Capt. QM 26.01.1945 Maj. QM 01.05.1947 (retd 28.01.1950) ? MBE? 1950/51? ? [only one further unconfirmed reference found about this decoration]	26.01.1939 commissioned, The South Staffordshire Regiment (09.1944) seaborne echelon, 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Arnhem) 28.01.1950 - 03.07.1951 Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
Davison, John Son of Gerald Willoughby Davison, and of Joan Davison, of Putney, London.	05.02.1921 - 18.09.1944 (KIA) [age 23] [Groesbeek Memorial, panel 1]	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 28.09.1940 [151701] WS/Lt. 28.03.1942	121st Officer Cadet Training Unit (OCTU) 28.09.1940 commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 7 Platoon (B Company), 156th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [killed in action])
Dawkins, Harold Peter Son of ... Dawkins, and ... Tilbury.	08.08.1922 Fareham, Hampshire - ?	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 02.01.1943 [258275] WS/Lt. 02.07.1943	02.01.1943 commissioned, Royal Sussex Regiment [emergency commission] 22.03.1943     transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944) A Company, 156th Parachute Battalion (at Arnhem with Carrier Platoon [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 91221) in German captivity (Oflag 79, Braunschweig, Niedersachsen)
Dawson, Charles Neville Bruce Son of Edward Elliot Neville Dawson (1880-1940), and Muriel Simpson Dawson (1882-1961), of London. Married ((12?).1940, Horsham district, Sussex) Sheila Mosley Mayne (11.12.1917 - 06.12.2005), CBE, JP, of Guildford, Surrey (she remarried Owen Walker and died 06.12.2005); one son, one daughter.	30.08.1916 Reading, Berkshire - 20.09.1944 (KIA) [age 27] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, 6.C.11]	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 27.08.1936 [69165] Lt. 27.08.1939 A/Capt. 11.09.1939 T/Capt. 11.12.1939 WS/Capt. 14.03.1943 Capt. 27.08.1944 T/Maj. 14.03.1943 MC 22.10.1940 BEF 1939-40 (France) MID 20.09.1945 Arnhem 09.44	Education: Marlborough College (05.1930-12,1934; Fleur de Lys House; House Prefect; XV 1933-1934; Hockey XI 1934); Royal Military College, Sandhurst (02.1935-1936; 1st XI Hockey 1935-36). 27.08.1936     commissioned, The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) (05.1940)     1st Battalion The Royal Berkshire Regiment (France) (MC) (09.1944)     4th Parachute Brigade (Arnhem [killed in action])
De Burgh, Patrick Rupert Richard "Paddy" Son (with one brother and one sister) of Lt.Cdr. Ulric Campbell de Burgh, RN (1898-1977), and Kathleen Maud Usher (1903-2000) (remarried 1939 Wilson). Brother-in-law of of Lt. Ronald Ingram-Johnson, Royal Artillery. Married 1st (12.08.1954; divorced 1957) Helen Sylvia Hobhouse (11.07.1925 - 22.03.1966), daughter of Edmund Walter Neill Hobhouse, FRCP (1888-1973), and Phyllis Claudia Smyly (1892-1974), of May Cottage, Mortimer Common, Berkshire. Married 2nd (22.08.1957) Bridget Elizabeth "Bridie" Cavenagh ((12?).1935 -), daughter of John Bernard Cavenagh (1890-1970), and Elizabeth Bower McTurk (1903-1993); one son, one daughter.	08.11.1923 Birkenhead district, Cheshire / Merseyside - 07.12.2010 West Lavington, Devizes, Wiltshire	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 01.05.1943 [273178] WS/Lt. 01.11.1943 A/Capt. 16.01.1945-15.04.1945 T/Capt. 16.04.1945-02.09.1945, 25.02.1946-23.07.1948 2nd Lt. 13.03.1946, seniority 08.11.1944 Lt. 08.05.1946 Capt. 08.11.1950 Maj. 08.11.1957 Lt.Col. 21.08.1965 Col. 30.06.1969 (retd 08.11.1978) OBE 01.01.1969 New Year 1969 MID 10.05.1945 NW Europe	Education: Imperial Service College (09.1937-03.1942; "F" House; 2nd XV 1941; 2nd XI 1941; Boxing; Athletics and Fencing Teams 1941; Sgt., Junior Division, Officer Training Corps). 01.05.1943     commissioned, Royal Artillery [emergency commission to 12.03.1946] ? - 09.1944 Staff Lieutenant, HQ RA, 1st Airborne Division (Arnhem [captured, but escaped]) 16.01.1945 - 20.04.1947 Staff Captain RA, 1st Airborne Division (Norway, UK, Palestine; qualified as parachutsist 1945) 13.03.1946     permanent commission 18.01.1954 - 01.05.1957 Instructor in Gunnery, School of Artillery 03.04.1959 - 12.01.1961 Staff Captain, War Office       Battery Commander, G Battery, 7th Parachute Light Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (UK and Bahrain) 1963 - 1965 Chief Instructor, Young Officers' Wing, School of Artillery (Larkhill) 1965 - 1968 Commanding Officer, 95 Commando Light Regiment Royal Artillery (Singapore and Borneo) 1968 - 1969 Carrier Borne Ground Liaison 1969 - 1972 Commander Recruiting and Liaison W 1972 - ? HQ Support Command Northern Army Group
De Gex, George Francis Son of late Brig.­Gen. Francis John de Gex, CB, CMG (1861-1917), and Edith Hope Miller (1878-1969). Married (1946) Ronda Marianne Recaño (05.07.1914 - 05.04.1982), daughter of late Charles Frederick Michael Recaño; one daughter.	23.04.1911 Farnham district, Hampshire - 16.08.1986 Pilton, Shepton Mallet, Somerset	2nd Lt. TA 20.08.1931 2nd Lt. 03.09.1932, seniority 29.01.1931 [50471] Lt. 29.01.1934 Capt. 29.01.1939 A/Maj. 09.10.1939-08.01.1940 T/Maj. 09.01.1940-26.05.1940, 26.05.1941-30.06.1946 Maj. 01.07.1946 local Lt.Col. 14.12.1944-31.12.1946, 14.10.1952-17.10.1952 A/Lt.Col. 01.01.1947-31.03.1947 T/Lt.Col. 01.04.1947-23.07.1949, 09.06.1951-11.09.1952, 18.10.1952-05.02.1953 Lt.Col. 06.02.1953 Col. 31.12.1954 T/Brig. ? Brig. 31.12.1958 Maj.Gen. 14.02.1961, seniority 10.02.1961 (retd 05.09.1966) CB 01.01.1964 New Year 1964 OBE 01.01.1949 New Year 1949 MID 20.12.1940 BEF DSC(US) 14.11.1947 Arnhem 09.1944 (see also homeofheroes)	Education: Wellington College, Berkshire (1924.3-1929.2; VI; Dormitory Prefect); Trinity Hall, Cambridge University 1939; 2nd Cl. Pt. I Mod. Lang. Trip. BA; MA); psc 1945; jssc 1949 20.08.1931 commissioned, Territorial Army, General List (University Candidates) 03.09.1932 commissioned, Royal Artillery (from General List, Territorial Army, University Candidates) (01.1937) 17th Field Brigade (Woolwich) (01.1939) Hong Kong-Singapore Royal Artillery (Singapore) 01.09.1939 - 15.10.1939 Adjutant, ... 29.05.1940 - 19.06.1940 Staff Captain, ... (British Expeditionery Force) 22.06.1940 - 15.01.1941 General Staff Officer 3rd grade (GSO3), ... 26.05.1941 - 14.07.1942 Brigade Major, ... 15.07.1942 - 08.01.1943 General Staff Officer 2nd grade (GSO2), ... 02.09.1943 - 09.04.1944 General Staff Officer 2nd grade (GSO2), ... (09.1944) Second-in-Command, 1st Airlanding Light Regiment RA (Arnhem [evacuated]) 14.12.1944 - 24.11.1946 General Staff Officer 2nd grade (GSO2), ... 01.01.1947 - 23.10.1948 General Staff Officer 1st grade (GSO1), ... 27.08.1949 - 10.11.1949 Chief Instructor 09.06.1951 - 22.06.1952 General Staff Officer 1st grade (GSO1), ... 31.12.1954 - (02.1957) Colonel General Staff, War Office 1958 - 1959 Commander, 1 Army Group Royal Artillery (AGRA) 1959 - 1960 DMS(B), War Office 1961 - 01.02.1964 Commander Artillery, Northern Army Group 01.03.1964 - 08.08.1966 Director, Royal Artillery Colonel Commandant, Royal Artillery, 22.08.1967-23.04.1976.
Dean, Henry Stanley Son (with two sisters and three brothers) of Charles Dean (1883-1935), and Mary Curling (1887-). Married 1st (1937?) Olive M. Cluff (04.06.1910 - 1988), daughter (with one brother) of James Cluff (1885-1960), and Elizabeth Marsh (1878-1913); one son. Married 2nd (08.05.1942,St Margarets Church, Johnstone) Lina Parducci (24.08.1909 - 20.04.1994), daughter (with one brother and two sisters) of Argante Parducci (1876-1954), and Argene Parducci (1885-1985)..	23.10.1916 St Pancras, London - 19.03.2011 Spain [age 93]	CSM ? [6346789] 2nd Lt. 21.10.1943 [305232] WS/Lt. 21.10.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	?     served in the ranks in The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment 21.10.1943     commissioned, The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment [immediate emergency commission] 11.12.1943     transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944)     Liaison Officer of 3rd Parachute Battalion at 1st Parachute Brigade HQ (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 2111) in German captivity (Oflag IX-A/H, Spangenberg, Hessen)
Deane-Drummond, Anthony John "Tony" Son of late Col John D. Deane­Drummond, DSO, OBE, MC. Married (1944) Mary Evangeline Boyd; four daughters.	23.06.1917 Upton upon Severn district, Worcestershire - 04.12.2012 Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire	2nd Lt. 28.01.1937 [71076] Lt. 28.01.1940 A/Capt. 26.08.1942-25.11.1942 T/Capt. 26.11.1942-29.06.1943 WS/Capt. 30.06.1943 Capt. 28.01.1945 A/Maj. 30.03.1943-29.06.1943 T/Maj. 30.06.1943-27.01.1950 Maj. 28.01.1950 Brev. Lt.Col. 01.07.1956 A/Lt.Col. 22.10.1945-12.01.1946 T/Lt.Col. 01.01.1957-24.07.1957 local Lt.Col. 01.01.1953-15.12.1955 Lt.Col. 25.07.1957 [supernumerary 25.07.1960] local Col. 11.04.1960-05.08.1960, 01.09.1960-10.02.1961 Col. 30.03.1961 T/Brig. 30.03.1961-07.10.1964 Brig. 08.10.1964 Maj.Gen. 01.06.1966, seniority 10.02.1966 (retd 29.05.1971) CB 01.01.1970 New Year 1970 DSO 25.08.1959 Oman MC 29.09.1942 escape MC 20.06.1946 Tragino Aqueduct raid 02.1941 MID 20.09.1945 Arnhem 09.1944 MID 07.01.1949 Palestine	Education: Marlborough College; Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; Staff College, Camberley (psc; 1945). 28.01.1937     commissioned, Royal Corps of Signals 1939 - 1940 Signals Officer, Commander Royal Artillery (CRA), II Corps (France) 06.1940 - 12.02.1941 No. 2 Commando, renamed 11th SAS Battalion (Europe & North Africa; POW Italy, escaped 15.06.1942) 08.1942 - 1943 Signals Officer, 2nd Parachute Brigade (North Africa, Italy) 1943 - (09.1944) Second-in-Command, 1st Airborne Divisional Signals (Italy, UK, Arnhem [POW, escaped]) 20.07.1945 - 21.10.1945 General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2) (Operations), 6th Airborne Division (Palestine) 22.10.1945 - 12.01.1946 General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1) (Operations), [6th Airborne Division ?] 13.01.1946 - 10.02.1946 General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2) (Operations), ... 11.02.1946 - 24.05.1947 Brigade Major, 3rd Parachute Brigade 01.07.1947 - 17.08.1948 General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), War Office 1949 - 1951 Instructor, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst 01.01.1953 - 15.12.1955 Instructor (General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2)), Staff College Camberley 01.01.1957 - 26.10.1957 General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1) (Communications), GHQ, UK Land Forces 1957 - 1960 Commanding Officer, 22nd Special Air Service Regiment (Malaya, Oman) 30.03.1961 - 19.10.1963 Commander, 44th Independent Parachute Brigade Group (TA) 22.10.1963 - 21.05.1966 Assistant Commandant (Brig.), Royal Military Academy Sandhurst 01.06.1966 - 01.07.1968 General Officer Commanding, 3rd Division 02.09.1968 - 01.08.1970 Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Operations), Ministry of Defence Colonel Commandant, Royal Signals, 01.05.1966-01.05.1971. Director: Paper and Paper Products Industry Trng Bd, 1971-1979; Wood Burning Centre, 1980-1983. British Gliding Champion, 1957; Pilot, British Gliding Team, 1958, 1960, 1963, 1965. Published: Return ticket (1951); Riot control (1975); Arrows of fortune (autobiography, 1991).
Delacour, Lindsay David Son of Lawrence Louis Delacour (1883-1962), and Jessie Emma Petrie (1881-1963), of Notting Hill, London.	12.09.1920 Egypt - 19.09.1944 (KIA) [age 24] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, 25.A.13]	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 22.03.1941 [179815] WS/Lt. 22.09.1942 MID 24.08.1944 Italy 09-11.1943	162nd Officer Cadet Training Unit (OCTU) 22.03.1941 commissioned, The South Staffordshire Regiment [emergency commission] 14.11.1942 transferred, Royal Armoured Corps 06.06.1943 transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 5 Platoon (A Company), 156th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [killed in action in the Dreijenseweg area at Oosterbeek])
Dennison, Mervyn William Elder son of Reverend William Telford Dennison and Hester Mary (née Coulter). Married (((09?).1944) Helen Maud Spiller (13.07.1921 - 18.09.2014), daughter of Claud George Spiller, Earley, Berks; one son, one daughter.	13.07.1914 Ballineen, County Cork, Ireland - 12.01.1993 Belfast, Northern Ireland	2nd Lt. 01.10.1939 [100018] WS/Capt. 10.01.1943 T/Maj. 1944? CBE 01.01.1967 New Year (lately Puisne Judge of the High Court of Zambia) MC 20.09.1945 Arnhem 09.1944	Education: Methodist College, Belfast; Queen's University, Belfast (BA); Middle Temple 01.10.1939 commissioned, The Royal Ulster Rifles [emergency commission] 1939 - 1943 served in 1st Battalion The Royal Ulster Rifles 28.04.1943 transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944) Officer Commanding, A Company, 3rd Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 2123) in German captivity (Oflag IX-A/H, Spangenberg, Hessen) Called to the Bar: Northern Ireland, 1945; Middle Temple, 24.11.1964. Crown Counsel, N Rhodesia, 1947; Legal Draftsman, 1952; Senior Crown Counsel and Parliamentary Draftsman, Federal Government of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, 1953; Federal Solicitor-General, 1959; QC (N Rhodesia) 1960; also Chairman Road Service Board, N Rhodesia, and Member Central African Air Authority; High Court Judge, Zambia, 1961-67. Secretary, Fermanagh CC, NI, 1967-73; Chief Commissioner, Planning Appeals Commission and Water Appeals Commission, 1973-80; Chairman, Industrial Tribunals in N Ireland, 1981-84. Member Senate, Queen's University, Belfast 1979-87. Honorary Colonel, The Zambia Regiment, 1964-66. JP, 1969-73, Deputy Lieutenant (DL) 1972, Co. Fermanagh. KStJ 1978 (CStJ 1964).
Derbyshire, Francis Alexander "Frank" Son of Francis Ignatious and Frances Elizabeth Derbyshire, of Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire. Married ((06?).1942, Derby district, Derbyshire) Mabel Dickinson, of Newton-le-Willows.	(09?).1919 Warrington district, Lancashire - 19.09.1944 (KIA) [age 25] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, 6.A.15]	2nd Lt. 15.01.1944 [304446] WS/Lt. 1944?	15.01.1944 commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] 01.04.1944 transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944) Section Commander, G Squadron (No. 1 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem [killed in action])
Des Vœux, Sir William Richard de Bacquencourt "Dicky"; 9th Baronet, cr. 1787, succ. 1942 Son of Lt.Col. Henry John des Vœux, OBE (1876-1940), and Dorothy Gladys Turner Farley (1887-1965). Married ((09?).1939, Kingsclere district, Hampshire) Jean Margaret Rew Elkington (09.09.1914 - 19.05.1974), only daughter of Lt.Col. John Ford Elkington, DSO; three daughters.	27.12.1911 Chelsea district, Greater London - 20.09.1944 Arnhem (DOW) [age 32] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 6.C.10]	Cadet 1930 2nd Lt. 27.08.1931 [52952] Lt. 27.08.1934 Capt. 27.08.1939 WS/Maj. 04.11.1940 T/Lt.Col. 04.11.1940 & 15.03.1943 MID 24.08.1944 Italy 09-11.1943 MID 20.09.1945 Arnhem 09.1944	Education: Wixenford; Eton; Royal Military College, Sandhurst (1930-1931). 27.08.1931     commissioned, Grenadier Guards (qualified as interpreter in French, 2nd class 06.1932) (10.1931) - (02.1932) 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards (Chelsea Barracks) (03.1932) - (08.1932) 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards (Chelsea Barracks (for Wellington Barracks)) (09.1932) - (01.1933) 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards (Wellington Barracks) (02.1933) - (09.1933) 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards (Wellington Barracks (for Windsor)) (10.1933) - (11.1933) 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards (Chelsea Barracks) (Warley (for Egypt)) (12.1933) - (03.1935) 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards (Chelsea Barracks) (Egypt) (04.1935) - (03.1936) 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards (Chelsea Barracks) (Egypt (for Warley)) (04.1936)     3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards (en route Chelsea Barracks) (05.1936)     3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards (Chelsea Barracks) (06.1936) - (10.1936) 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards (Chelsea Barracks (for Aldershot)) (11.1936) - (01.1937) 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards (Chelsea Barracks) 04.02.1937 - 06.02.1940 Adjutant, 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards (Chelsea Barracks, then Aldershot, from 13.10.1939 BEF, France) 07.02.1940 - 24.07.1940 specially employed (graded as General Staff Officer, grade 3 (GSO3)), ... 25.07.1940 - 25.05.1941 specially employed (graded as General Staff Officer, grade 3 (GSO3)), ... 07.1940? - 11.1940? Infantry Company Commanders’ School near Chichester 04.11.1940 - 01.1941 Commanding Officer, No. 10 Commando 01.1941     course, Staff College, Camberley 26.05.1941 - (10.)1941 Brigade Major, 20th Guards Brigade 1941 - 08.12.1941 Company Commander, 6th Battalion Grenadier Guards 09.12.1941 - (07.1942) specially employed (graded as General Staff Officer, grade 2 (GSO2)), ... 1942     joined 1st Airborne Division when it started and in 11.1942 dropped with a battalion from the 1st Parachute Brigade in North-Africa (wounded 16.11.1942) 15.03.1943 - 20.09.1944 Commanding Officer, 156th Parachute Battalion (Palestine, Italy, UK, Arnhem [died of wounds])
Deuchar, Ernest Son of ... Deuchar, and ... Taylor. From Bradford.	13.11.1911 Derby district, Derbyshire - 05.08.1995 Bradford, West Yorkshire	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 25.07.1942 [240289] WS/Lt. 25.07.1942  (reld < 04.1946) T/Capt. 09.10.1943 Hon. Capt. < 04.1946 MC 21.10.1943 Sicily 07.1943 MID 22.03.1945 Arnhem 09.1944	25.07.1942 commissioned, The South Staffordshire Regiment [emergency commission] (07.1943) Officer Commanding, 12 Platoon (B Company), 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Sicily) (09.1944) Deputy Assistant Provost Marshal, 1st Airborne Division (Arnhem) 21.09.1955 - 02.02.1971 Regular Army Reserve of Officers
Devlin, Brian Son of Dr. A.J. Devlin, Liverpool.	30.06.1919 Ireland - 07.06.1997 Mendlip, Somerset	Lt. 14.11.1942 [252477] WS/Capt. 14.11.1943 Capt. 14.11.1947, seniority 14.11.1943 WS/Maj. 12.02.1945 Maj. 14.11.1950 A/Lt.Col. 12.11.1944-11.02.1945 T/Lt.Col. 12.02.1945-01.03.1945, 25.02.1959-28.02.1960 Lt.Col. 29.02.1960 (retd 01.10.1963) Maj. TA 05.04.1965 Maj. T&AVR 01.04.1967 A/Lt.Col.  ,, 01.07.1967 Lt.Col.  ,, 30.01.1968, seniority 01.07.1967 OBE 01.01.1963 New Year 1963 MBE 01.01.1959 New Year 1959 39|45 St - - It St - - Fr&G St - - Def M - - BWM 39|45 - - GenSM - & clasp Malaya	Education: Stoneyhurst College (1932-1935); University of Liverpool (1941); MB ChB (1941); DPH (1951), DTM and H (1952) 1941 while awaiting his call up to the army, he served as a ship's doctor in a convoy to the Far East; three ships nearby were sunk by torpedoes 14.11.1942 commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission] 1942 - 1943 with 1st Parachute Brigade (N Africa, Sicily) (09.1944) Regimental Medical Officer, 7th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (Arnhem [wounded & captured 18.09.1944]) 18.09.1944 - 08.10.1944 POW in German captivity; escaped from Elizabeth Hospital at Arnhem 1944 - 1945 Commanding Officer, 181st Airlanding Field Ambulance (Norway) 1946 - 1949 Senior Medical Officer, British Military Mission to Saudi Arabia (14.11.1947 joined the regular forces) 1952 - 1955 Far East Land Forces, Singapore 1958 - 1962 seconded Federation of Malaya Military Foces (SMO/SO2 Med) 1963 British Army of the Rhine Senior Specialist in Army Health 05.04.1965 - 01.04.1967 Territorial Army 01.04.1967 - 29.02.1972 Territorial & Army Volunteer Reserve 29.02.1972 - ? Regular Army Reserve of Officers Worked at the Department of Health and Social Security in Birmingham, and later directed the blood transfusion unit in Frome.
Dickens, John Raymond Son (with two sisters) of John Dickens (1884-1959), and Constance Maud Mary Stiff (1881-1943). Married ((06?).1941, Lichfield district, Satffordshire) Joan Lilian Clarke (23.02.1920 - 05.03.2008); one son.	16.09.1914 Northampton district, Northamptonshire - 17.11.1997 Northampton district, Northamptonshire	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 29.03.1941 [180222] WS/Lt. 29.09.1942 (reld < 04.1946) T/Capt. 1944? Hon. Capt. < 04.1946	Master printer. 31.08.1939     enlisted 29.03.1941 commissioned, The South Staffordshire Regiment [emergency commission] (09.1944) Second-in-Command, C Company, 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Arnhem; wounded [captured 26.09.1944]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 2201) in German captivity ((26.09.1944-05.10.1944 hospital Apeldoorn; 09.10.1944-12.10.1944 Stalag XI-B, Fallingbostel; 13.10.1944-13.04.1945 Oflag IX-A/Z, Rotenburg an der Fulda, Hessen)
Dickenson *, John Burley "Dick" * Surname correctly spelled: Dickinson; incorrectly in Army records Son of George William Dickenson (1878-1938), and Lilian Gertrude Collins (1876-1953). Married (1930, Weymouth district, Dorset) Una Mary Woolacott (24.04.1906 - 11.1999); one daughter.	24.10.1905 Rochford district, Essex - (06?).1977 Weymouth district, Dorset	Cadet ? Lt. 27.07.1940 [138357] WS/Capt. 02.08.1941 T/Maj. 02.08.1941 Lt. 01.11.1946, seniority 27.07.1940 Maj. 27.07.1953 (reld 01.11.1956) Hon. Maj. 01.11.1956 LS&GCM 28.11.1947 -	27.07.1940     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission to 31.10.1946] (09.1944)     Battery Captain, 1st Airlanding Light Battery RA (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 2199) in German captivity (30.09.1944-17.10.1944 Oflag XI-B, Fallingbostel; 18.10.1944-29.03.1945 Oflag IX-A/Z, Rotenburg an der Fulda, Hessen) 01.11.1946 - 01.11.1956 short service commission
Dickson, Milton John Patrick Stanley Son of ... Dickson, and ... Milton.	01.03.1921 Stroud district, Gloucestershire - 02.1996 Exeter, Devon	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 19.10.1940 [153103] WS/Lt. 19.04.1942 Lt. 20.02.1946, seniority 01.09.1943 Capt. 01.03.1948 Maj. 29.03.1955 (retd 09.05.1955) Capt. TA 07.11.1958, seniority 30.08.1951 Maj. TA ? (reld 15.10.1965) EM 14.04.1950 -	19.10.1940 commissioned, The King's Regiment (Liverpool) [emergency commission] 27.05.1943 transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944) Officer Commanding, Mortar Platoon (HQ/Sp Company), 3rd Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 93301) in German captivity (Oflag VII-B, Eichstätt, Bayern) 20.02.1946 commissioned, The Royal Ulster Rifles [short service commission?] 20.02.1952 transferred, Northamptonshire Regiment 09.05.1955 - 07.11.1958 Regular Army Reserve of Officers 07.11.1958 - 15.10.1965 Territorial Army - Devonshire Regiment
Dinwiddie, Gordon Maitland Son of Lauderdale Maitland Dinwiddie (1894-) and Nora Helena Sigismonde Bobillier (1893-). Married (1951, Wandsworth, Surrey) Molly Bradley (1925-); two sons.	14.10.1916 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland - 1998	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 24.05.1939 [90195] WS/Lt. 01.01.1941 Lt. 25.10.1946, seniority 03.03.1941 A/Capt. 01.07.1941-30.09.1941 T/Capt. 01.10.1941-20.09.1943 WS/Capt. 21.09.1943 Capt. 25.10.1946, seniority 01.07.1946 A/Maj. 21.06.1943-20.09.1943 T/Maj. 21.09.1943-14.10.1943, 06.12.1943-30.06.1948, 10.01.1950-23.08.1952 Maj. 24.08.1952 T/Lt.Col. 17.12.1954-20.02.1958, 04.03.1959-19.02.1960 [Emp. List 1] Lt.Col. 20.02.1960 [supernumerary 20.02.1963] [KOSB Emp. List 1 15.09.1961] [Special List 01.01.1967] (retd 01.01.1971) TD 21.04.1950 -	Education: jssc, psc Wollen manufaturer. late Cadet, Sedbergh School Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps 24.05.1939 commissioned, The King's Own Scottish Borderers - Territorial Army 24.08.1939 mobilized to 24.10.1946 (09.1944) Officer Commanding, C Company, 7th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (Arnhem [wounded, captured 21.09.1944]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 2195) in German captivity (26.09.1944-06.10.1944 hospital Apeldoorn; 12.10.1944-29.04.1945 Oflag IX A/Z, Rotenburg an der Fulda) 25.10.1946 permanent commission 10.01.1950 - 17.06.1951 Generral Staff Officer 2nd grade (GSO2) (Inf.), HQ British Army of the Rhine 18.06.1951 - 04.11.1951 Generral Staff Officer 2nd grade (GSO2) (Ops.), HQ 1 Corps 05.11.1951 - 08.02.1952 General Staff Officer 2nd grade (GSO2) (L) 17.12.1954 - 01.02.1958 General Staff Officer 1st grade (GSO1), HQ Northern Army Group 06.02.1959 - 26.11.1961 specially employed, Malaya Military Forces 06.12.1961 - 25.03.1964 General Staff Officer 1st grade (GSO1) (L), ... Division/District 06.04.1964 - 20.01.1965 General Staff Officer 1st grade (GSO1), Ministry of Defence 10.10.1966 - (02.1967) Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster General (AA&QMG), Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
Dobie, David Theodor Son of Dave Walter Dobie, Director of The Tyneside Fischquay in North Shields, Newcastle, and Ragna Danilsen Nilsen (1885-1970).  Married to Rex Dobie; two daughters, one son.	21.10.1912 Tynemouth, Northumberland - 12.12.1971 Nairobi, Kenya	2nd Lt. 25.04.1936 [67437] Lt. 25.04.1939 T/Capt. 12.08.1940 WS/Capt. 28.12.1941 T/Maj. 28.12.1941 WS/Maj. 27.07.1944 (reld < 04.1946) T/Lt.Col. 1944? Hon. Lt.Col. < 04.1946 DSO 22.04.1943 North Africa 1942-43 MWO 20.03.1947 Arnhem 09.1944 * * date of Dutch Royal Decree 31.07.1945	25.04.1936 commissioned, The East Yorkshire Regiment (The Duke of York's Own) - Territorial Army (4th Battalion) 24.08.1939 mobilized TA 01.08.1942 transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps 1941 - 1942 3rd Parachute Battalion (1942) - 1943 Officer Commanding, B Company, 3rd Parachute Battalion (Tunisia; illness) Second-in-Command, 12th Parachute Battalion (UK) 1944 - 09.1944 Commanding Officer, 1st Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [captured, escaped]) ? - 13.03.1963 Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [age limit] Emigrated to East Africa, 1948. Mercedes Benz later Nissan dealer in Nairobi (Kenya) and Dar el Salaam (Tanzania) since 1949.
Dodd, Roy George Wortley "Bobby" Son of Robert and Louisa Wortley Dodd (née Fradd), of Flansham, Sussex.	25.06.1913 Hampstead district, Greater London - 18.09.1944 (KIA) [age 30] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 25.A.15]	2nd Lt. 02.01.1941 [173559] WS/Lt. 02.07.1942	02.01.1941 commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission] 01.01.1943 transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1943) Platoon Commander, D Company, 10th Parachute Battalion (Italy) (09.1944) Officer Commanding, Mortar Platoon (Support Company), 10th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [killed in action])
Dodwell, Christopher Bradford "Chris" Son of Prof Henry Herbert Dodwell (1879-1946), and Lily May Mason (1878-1958).	18.07.1919 Thame district, Buckinghamshire / Oxfordshire - 12.08.2012	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 11.01.1941 [166383] WS/Lt. 11.07.1942 (reld > 04.1946) T/Capt. 1944? DFC 11.04.1946 Arnhem 09.1944	Officer Producing Centre 11.01.1941 commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission] 19.08.1942 transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 12 Flight (E Squadron, No. 2 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 2124) in German captivity (Oflag IX-A/H, Spangenberg, Hessen)
Doig, Charles Son (with one brother) of Thomas Doig (1870-1938), joiner, and Ann Jane Murray (1869-1939). Married 1st (13.11.1939, St Nicholas Cafe, Correction Wynd, Aberdeen, Scotland) Agnes Airth Allison (06.11.1912 - 20.04.1984), daughter of Roger Allison, seaman, and and Elizabeth Noble; one son, one daughter. Married 2nd (1950, Victoria, Australia) Lorna Valmay Atkinson (15.04.1927 - 18.08.2006), daughter of Mark Atkinson (1895-1953), and Elsa May Logan  (1895-1947); one son.	27.08.1914 Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland - 29.06.2007 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 27.03.1943 [268306] WS/Lt. 27.03.1943 WS/Capt. 1947? (reld 27.08.1947) T/Maj. 1947? Hon. Maj. 27.08.1947	Grocer. 27.03.1943     commissioned, The Royal Scots Fusiliers [emergency commission] (09.1944)     Officer Commanding, 7 Platoon (B Company), 7th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (Arnhem [captured 20.09.1944]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 91004) in German captivity (25.09.1944-05.10.1944 Stalag XII-A, Limberg; 10.1944 Dulag XII-B, Hadamar; 10?.1944-04?.1945 Oflag 79, Braunschweig, Niedersachsen)
Donaldson, Adrian	21.09.1922 Moffat, Dumfries-shire, Scotland - 12.2016 Western Australia, Australia	2nd Lt. 07.03.1942 [228471] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 Lt. 16.01.1946, seniority 21.03.1945 A/Capt. 01.10.1944-31.12.1945 T/Capt. 01.01.1946-24.05.1947 WS/Capt. 25.05.1947 Capt. 21.09.1949 A/Maj. 06.02.1946-01.05.1946, 19.05.1947-24.05.1947 T/Maj. 25.05.1947-16.01.1948, 01.12.1950-30.03.1951 Maj. 21.09.1956 local Lt.Col. 10.05.1961-18.02.1964 T/Lt.Col. 29.02.1964-19.09.1964 Lt.Col. 20.09.1964 (Employed List 1) Col. 31.12.1968, seniority 30.06.1968 (retd 21.09.1977) local Brig. 31.10.1968-... Hon. Brig. 21.09.1977 CBE 31.12.1977 New Year 1978 MBE 14.04.1959 for services against the Eoka Terrorists in Cyprus DSO 09.11.1944 Arnhem 09.1944 39|45 St - - It St - - Fr&G St - - Def M - - BWM 39|45 - - GenSM - with 2 bars (Palestine 1945-48 & Cyprus Kor M - - UN Kor M - -	Education: psc served in the ranks for 173 days 07.03.1942 commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission to 15.01.1946] (09.1944) Gun Position Officer, C Troop, 2nd Airlanding Light Battery RA (Arnhem [evacuated]) 16.01.1946 permanent commission Royal Army Reserve of Officers (RARO) after retirement.
Donaldson, Thomas	? -	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 17.05.1941 [187038] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 (reld > 04.1946)	17.05.1941 commissioned, The King's Own Scottish Borderers [emergency commission] (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 2 Platoon, Medium Machine Gun Group (Support Company), 7th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 2124) in German captivity (Oflag IX-A/H, Spangenberg, Hessen)
Donaldson, William Stewart Son of William Donaldson (1890-). and Lilian Imrie (1895-). Married ((12?).1943, Fulham district, London) Norah Geraldine (Jill) Camlin (23.03.1921 - 01.2004), of Wimbledon, Surrey.	12.10.1918 Prestwich, Lancashire - 20.09.1944 (KIA) [age 25] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 21.B.10]	2nd Lt. 21.11.1943 [300870] WS/Lt. ?	Served Metropolitan Police (London). 21.11.1943 commissioned, Reconnaissance Corps [emergency commission] 26.02.1944 transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 11 Platoon (C Company), 156th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [killed in action])
Dormer, William Nicoll McNaughton	24.09.1921 St Fillans, Perth - 09.04.1991 Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk	2nd Lt. 29.03.1941 [180226] WS/Lt. 29.09.1942 Lt. 31.08.1946, seniority 24.03.1944 A/Capt. 18.02.1946-17.05.1946 T/Capt. 18.05.1946-23.09.1948 Capt. 24.09.1948 Maj. 24.09.1955 T/Lt.Col. 04.08.1966-30.12.1966 Lt.Col. 31.12.1966 (Special List 24.09.1971) (retd 24.09.1976)	Education: ptsc served in the ranks for 264 days 29.03.1941 commissioned, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) [emergency commission to 30.08.1946] 27.11.1943 transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944) officer, Support Company, 2nd Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 1158) in German captivity (Oflag 79, Braunschweig, Niedersachsen) 31.08.1946 transferred, Highland Light Infantry [20.01.1959 reformed as: Royal Highland Fusiliers] [permanent commission] 01.03.1949 - 01.03.1950 General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), HQ Independent Parachute Brigade 06.01.1958 - 18.01.1960 TSO2, Proof and Experimental Establishment 15.02.1962 - 07.05.1964 TSO2, War Office 04.08.1966 - (02.1967) TSO1, Army Personnel Reserve Establishment
Dorrien-Smith, Geoffrey Richard Son of Maj. Edward Pendarves Dorrien-Smith (1879-1937), DSO, and Frances Amy Selonia Bowlby.	09.04.1916 Chelsea district, Greater London - 21.09.1944 (KIA) [age 28] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 6.A.10]	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 27.08.1936 [69101] Lt. 27.08.1939 T/Capt. 21.05.1940-..., 10.08.1943-... Capt. 27.08.1944	Education: King's Mead School, Seaford; Royal Military College 27.08.1936 commissioned, The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) (09.1944) Second-in-Command, B Company, 3rd Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [killed in action])
Douglas, Colin Martin Married Gina Cachia (1931-1989); five children.	28.07.1912 Newcastle - 21.12.1991 Lambeth, London (heart failure)	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 11.10.1941 [210784] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 T/Capt. 15.10.1943 (reld > 04.1946) Hkn 19.03.1948 Norway 1945	11.10.1941 commissioned, The Border Regiment [emergency commission] 1942 - 07.1943 Medium Machine Gun Platoon Commander, 1st Battalion The Border Regiment 07.1943 - 1945 Adjutant, 1st Battalion The Border Regiment (Arnhem [evacuated]) Actor (played in Dr. Who & A family at war).
Douglas, John Shewell Son of Charles Shewell Douglas and Dorothy Douglas (née Hogarth), of Harpenden, Hertfordshire.	(03?).1921 Harpenden, Hertfordshire - 21.09.1944 (KIA) [age 23] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 2.B.1]	2nd Lt. 07.03.1942 [228396] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 T/Capt. 1944?	Education: BA 07.03.1942 commissioned, The Hampshire Regiment [emergency commission] 26.05.1943 transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944) Second-in-Command, B Company, 11th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [killed in action])
Douglass, Donald Marsh Son (with one brother and two sisters) of Norman Cecil Douglass (1890-1966), and Edith Marjorie Marsh (1892-). Brother of F/O Peter Norman Douglass, RAF. Married (1950, North Sydney, NSW) Margaret Ida Prescott (1928 - ); adopted two sons, two daughters. Read his diary	07.05.1919 Sydney, NSW, Australia - 10.06.2003 NSW, Australia	2nd Lt. 22.05.1943 [276864] WS/Lt. 22.11.1943 (retd 30.07.1946) Hon. Lt. 30.07.1946	Education: Epsom College (1934-1936). Came to the UK aged 7 for his father's work. c. 1940 - c. 1943  served in the ranks, 5th Battalion The Wiltshire Regiment (UK) 22.05.1943     commissioned, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps [emergency commission] (1943?)     "B" Company, 2nd Parachute Battalion (North Africa & Italy)) (09.1944) - 21.09.1944 Officer Commanding, Assault Platoon (Support Company), 2nd Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [captured]) 21.09.1944 - 12.04.1945 POW (No. 615) in German captivity (Oflag 79, Braunschweig, Niedersachsen) Returned to Australia after demobilization. Studied Medicine for a bit and then decided to become a Minister of Religion with the Church of England. He worked in various church roles, (was a Missionary in North West Australia, Rector of some various churches, and finished his working life as the Chaplain of a Psychiatric Hospital). Member of Bush Church Aid Society of Australia Field Staff.
Dover, Victor "Dicky" Son of ... Dover, and ... Victor. Married Joan Dover.	25.02.1919 Edmonton district, London - 22.12.1982 Swale district	2nd Lt. 14.01.1940 [113514] WS/Lt. 14.07.1941 A/Capt. 01.05.1943-31.07.1943 T/Capt. 01.08.1943-04.02.1944 WS/Capt. 05.02.1944 A/Maj. 05.11.1943-04.02.1944 T/Maj. 05.02.1944-24.06.1945 & 05.08.1945-13.11.1946 Lt. 08.06.1946, seniority 25.08.1941 Capt. 01.07.1946 T/Maj. 30.12.1946-22.06.1947 & 20.09.1951-04.04.1952 & 10.05.1952-17.07.1952 & 23.08.1952-24.02.1953 Maj. 25.02.1953 (retd 01.04.1959) MC 23.12.1943 Sicily 07.1943 MID 01.05.1953 Malaya 1952	Worked in insurance. 03.09.1939 served in the ranks for 134 days 14.01.1940 commissioned, The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment [emergency commission to 07.06.1946] 27.08.1942 transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (07.1943) A Company, 2nd Parachute Battalion (Sicily) (09.1944) Officer Commanding, C Company, 2nd Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [captured 18.09.1944]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 521) in German captivity (06.10.1944-12.04.1945 Oflag 79, Braunschweig, Niedersachsen) 08.06.1946 transferred to The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment [permanent commission] Published: The silken canopy (memoirs; 1979); The sky generals (airborne generals; 1981)
Downing, Maxwell William Married ((06.).1937, Kensington district, London) Peggy (Margaret) "Peta" Roberts (22.03.1914 - 23.03.1983); two sons (who died shortly after birth).	(06?).1911 Willesden district, Middlesex - 22.09.1944 (KIA) [age 33] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, 27.B.4] [commemorated at Thorpe Green War Memorial]	2nd Lt. 16.11.1940 [156901] WS/Lt. 16.05.1942	probably served in the British Expeditionary Force 16.11.1940 commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] 03.11.1942 transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944) Section Commander, G Squadron (No. 1 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem [killed in action])
Doyle, James Thorburn "Paddy" / "Jimmy" Son (with one brother and one sister) of Norman Doyle, ACA, LLB (1886-1953), and Mary Helen Laurie Thorburn (1888-1982), of Cheam, Surrey.	24.08.1920 Lambeth district, Greater London - 21.09.1944 (KIA) [age 24] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, 23.A.12]	Lt. 22.05.1943 [270898] WS/Capt. 22.05.1944	Education: Caterham School; Guy's Hospital (1937-1942); MB Lond 1943, BS; MRCS, LRCP 1942. Appointed House Surgeon to Guy's (USA) Hospital at The Wildernesse, Seal, 1942-1943. Had served with the Auxiliary Fire Service at Purley, and later at the fire squad at Guy's Hospital. 22.05.1943     commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission] (09.1944)     Section Officer (reserve), 181st Airlanding Field Ambulance (Arnhem [killed in action])
Drake, John Ellis Son of Alfred Gibson Drake (1896-1986), banker, and Mabel Cridge Ellis (1898-1968), of Lee, London. Married (1946?; divorced 1948?)) Wilrose Ferguson (26.10.1925 - 23.09.2018).	26.05.1923 Lee, Lewisham district, London - 07.03.2010 Medford, Jackson, Oregon, USA	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 22.11.1942 [251802] WS/Lt. 22.05.1943 (reld 28.10.1953) Hon. Capt. 28.10.1953 MC 29.03.1945 Arnhem 09.1944	Education: Aldenham School (09.1937-04.1941); Brasenose College, Oxford (1947-...). 08.1941 - 05.1942 1st Depot Battalion, Royal Signals 05.1942 - 11.1942 151st Officer Cadet Training Unit 22.11.1942     commissioned, Corps of Royal Signals [emergency commission] 11.1942 - 04.1943 77th (Devon and Cornwall) Divisional Signals 04.1943 - 11.1945 HQ 1st Airlanding Brigade 04.1943 - 09.1943 North Africa 09.1943 - 12.1943 Central Mediterranean Forces 09.1944     Assistant Brigade Signals Officer [L Section (No. 2 Company), 1st Airborne Divisional Signals] (Arnhem) 11.1945 - 11.1946 British Military Administration, Dodecanese
Drayson, Gareth Fitzalan Howard "Gremlin" Son (with one sister) of Rear-Admiral Edwin Howard Drayson, CBE (Rtd.) (1889-1977), and Hilda Jeannie Harding (1883-1974), of Lustleigh, Devon.	13.12.1916 St George Hanover Square district, London - 19.09.1944 (KIA) [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 15.B.20]	Lt. 07.03.1941 [181248] WS/Capt. 07.03.1942 MID 20.09.1945 Arnhem 09.1944	Education: MB, ChB (Edinburgh) 1940. 07.03.1941     commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission] (09.1944)     Regimental Medical Officer, 10th Parachute Battalion (Italy; Arnhem [killed in action])
Driver, [Sir] Antony Victor "Tony" Son of late Arthur William Driver and Violet Clementina Driver (née Browne). Married (1948) Patricia (née Tinkler); three sons.	20.07.1920 Fulham district, Greater London - 07.01.2002 [Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, Surrey ?]	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 27.03.1943 [267815] WS/Lt. 27.09.1943 (reld < 04.1946) - Kt 1986 HM's birthday 1986 (Chairman, South West Thames Regional Health Authority)	Education: King's College, University of London (BScEng Hons); Dip., Graduate School of Industrial Administration, Carnegie­Mellon University, Pittsburgh; CEng; FIMechE, FInstPet; FIMgt 27.03.1943 commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artilley [emergency commission] (09.1944) Troop Leader, E Troop, 3rd Airlanding Light Battery RA (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 537) in German captivity (Oflag 79, Braunschweig, Niedersachsen) In oil industry with Shell-Mex and BP Ltd, until 1975, and BP Oil Ltd, 1976-1980: seconded to British Petroleum Co., as Marketing Manager, N Europe, 1969-1971; General Manager, Sales, 1971-1978; Director, Personnel and Administration, 1979-1980. Non-executive Director: Candles Ltd, 1976-1980; Rockwool Ltd, 1978-1980; Baxter Fell & Co. Ltd, 1980-1985; Chairman, Hoogovens (UK) Ltd, 1985-1988. Director: Institute of Cancer Research, 1981-; Oil Industries Club Ltd, 1981-; Surrey Association of Youth Clubs and Surrey PHAB Ltd, 1991-. Chairman, South West Thames Regional Health Authority, 1982-1988. Liveryman, Tallow Chandlers' Co., 1977-; Freeman, City of London.
Dundas, James Strathearn   Second son (with two brothers) of Mr William C. Dundas & Mrs Dundas, of Shawpark, Selkirk, Scotland. Married (1942, Johnstone,Dumfries-shire, Scotland) Edith Isobel Walker (06.03.1919 - 19.01.2013), of Johnstone Manse, Lockerbie, Scotland.	1918 Selkirk, Scotland - 25.09.1944 Oosterbeek (KIA) [age 25/26?] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 2.C.3]	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 15.10.1939 [100912] WS/Lt. 01.04.1941 T/Capt. 1944?	Education: Edinburgh Academy'Edinburgh University (MA). 15.10.1939 commissioned, The King's Own Scottish Borderers [emergency commission] (09.1944) Second-in-Command, B Company, 7th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (Arnhem [killed in action])
Dupenois, Georges [Alexandre] Son (with one brother) of Alexander Georges Dupenois (1889-1974), and Maria Fernandes G. Dejardin (1898-1985). Married (22.07.1944, St Michael's Church, Stoke, Coventry district, Warwickshire) Rosemary Taylor (1924 - 2015); three sons, two daughters.	08.04.1921 Coventry district, Warwickshire / West Midlands - 14.11.2006 Newton St Cyres, Exeter, Devon	2nd Lt. 07.01.1943 [258679] WS/Lt. 22.12.1943 (reld 27.04.1948) 2nd Lt. TA 27.04.1948 Lt. TA 27.04.1948 (reld 22.12.1955) A/Capt. TA 08.08.1949 Hon. Capt. 22.12.1955	07.01.1943 commissioned, The Border Regiment [emergency commission] (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 14 Platoon (B Company), 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 557) in German captivity (Oflag XIIB, Hadamar) 27.04.1948 - 24.04.1953 Territorial Army - General List (Training Corps, Junior Training Corps, Emanuel School Contingent) 01.04.1950 [also?:] Regular Army Reserve of Officers - Border Regiment 24.04.1953 - ? Territorial Army - General List (Combined Cadet Force, Whitgift Middle School Contingent) ? - 22.12.1955 Territorial Army - General List (Combined Cadet Force, Trinity School Contingent)
Dyson, Walter Gilbert Son of Walter Dyson (1881-), and Mabel Jane Wright (1882-). Married ((06?).1945, Bradford district, West Riding of Yorkshire) Elizabeth Margaret Midgley (20.08.1926 - 03.03.2005). .	23.06.1923 Bradford district, West Yorkshire - 06.1996 Bradford district, West Yorkshire	2nd Lt. 23.01.1943 [259921] WS/Lt. 23.07.1943 (reld > 04.1946)	23.01.1943 commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission] 22.06.1943 transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944) Intelligence Officer, A Squadron (No. 1 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem)

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