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The service number of each person is (when known) given after the date of commissioning. Most officers had only a wartime career, but when no indication is given about a Territorial Army commission or an emergency commission, the officer involved served as a Regular Army officer, with in most cases an active army career before and after the war. For explanations & abbreviations you can look at the help page.

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Eason, Bryan Dennis Son of Edwin John D. Eason, and Maude Bryan. Married ((06?).1947, Pontypridd district, Glamorgan) Jean Whale; ... children (one son?).	(06?).1923 Croydon district, Greater London - 08.2010 still alive at Yeovil, Somerset	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 25.07.1943 [288421] WS/Lt. 25.01.1944 (retd > 04.1946)	11.09.1943     commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission] 23.01.1944     transferred, The South Staffordshire Regiment (09.1944)     Supernumerary Officer Commanding, Support Company, 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Arnhem [wounded, escaped])
Eastwood, Herbert David Son of Rev. John Eastwood (1885-), and Irene Symons Underhill (1881-19171), of Bangor, Wales. Married ((09?).1948, Bathavon district, Somerset) Betty Ann Margaret Skrine; one son.	27.01.1919 Bangor, Wales - 29.10.2010 France	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 11.02.1940 [121135] WS/Lt. 11.08.1941 (retd 26.09.1946) T/Capt. 16.04.1943 Hon. Capt. 26.09.1946 CBE 01.01.1973 New Year 73: as Senior Technical Adviser, MoD MC 09.11.1944 Arnhem 09.44	167th Officer Cadet Training Unit (OCTU) 11.02.1940     commissioned, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [emergency commission] 27.01.1944     transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps 1944 - 1945 Officer Commanding, 1 Platoon, 21st Independent Parachute Company (UK; Arnhem [evacuated]; Norway) Post-war career in the Security Services. Acting Resident Commissioner of Malacca, Malaysia in 1953. Senior Technical Adviser, Ministry of Defence.
Eden, Michael Charles Son of Brigadier Henry Charles Hamilton Eden and of Violet Alice Eden (née Pulleine). Married (1944, Battle, Sussex) Patricia "Patsy" Eden (1920 - 04.12.2010), of Hambleton, Lancashire; one son.	28.12.1921 Easthampstead district, Berkshire - 21.09.1944 (KIA) [age 22] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 20.C.10]	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 28.03.1943 [267948] WS/Lt. 28.09.1943	28.03.1943 commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission] 1944 - (09.1944) Troop Officer, 2 Troop, 4th Parachute Squadron RE (Arnhem [killed in action])
Edwards, Donald Kenneth	01.09.1923 - 13.11.1997 Trowbridge, Wiltshire	Cadet ? [7955805] 2nd Lt. 10.10.1943 [295840] WS/Lt. 10.04.1944 (reld > 04.1946) MC 09.11.1944 Arnhem 09.1944	10.10.1943 commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission] 23.01.1944 transferred, The South Staffordshire Regiment (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 17 Platoon (C Company), 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Arnhem; [?])
Edwards, Edward James	04.10.1911 - 08.03.1982 Buxted, Uckfield district, East Sussex	2nd Lt. 01.10.1939 [106399] WS/Lt. 20.08.1940 T/Capt. 20.08.1940-24.06.1942 WS/Capt. 25.06.1942 (reld > 10.1945, < 01.1946) A/Maj. 25.03.1942-(07.1942) T/Maj. 21.06.1943-(10.1945) Hon. Maj. > 10.1945, < 01.1946 EM 25.03.1949 - EM 25.03.1949 1st clasp	01.10.1939     commissioned, The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment [emergency commission] 11.08.1943     transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944)     Second-in-Command, C Company, 11th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 90953) in German captivity (Oflag 79, Braunschweig)
Egan, the Reverend Bernard [Charles] Mary Son of Edward Joseph Egan (1870?-1928), and Sarah Ann Lynott (1872-1945), of Buntingford, Hertfordshire.	09.01.1905 Streatham, Wandsworth district, London - 01.07.1988 London	Capt. = Chaplain to the Forces 4th Cl. 17.12.1940 [159715] (reld 11.12.1945; disability) Hon. Chaplain to the Forces 4th Cl. 11.12.1945 MC 23.03.1944 Sicily 07.1943	Education: Wimbledon College (1914-1923). Ordained Roman Catholic priest 09.09.1936. Jesuit (S.J.). Games Master, Beaumont 1939-1940. 17.12.1940     commissioned, Royal Army Chaplains' Department [emergency commission] - Roman Catholic 1941 - (1943) Chaplain, 1st Parachute Brigade (N Africa, Tunisia) (qualified parachutist 03.01.1942, being the first chaplain of any denomination to qualify as such) (07.1943) - (09.1944) Chaplain, 2nd Parachute Battalion (Sicily, Italy & Arnhem [wounded & captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 52943) in German captivity (Stalag IX-C, Mühlhausen, Hessen) Returned to education. Senior Geography Master, Corby School, Sunderland, 1945-1948. Headmaster, Barlborough Hall School, 1948-1949. Headmaster, Wimbledon College Preparatory School, London for some 20 years from 1949. Published: contributor to The priest among the soldiers (1947; ed. by Martin Dempsey).
Elliott, James Roland [Clarke] Elder son of James Taylor Elliott, Riversdale, Strabane, Co Tyrone, and Margaret Whiteside, 4th daughter of Walter Clarke, Lurgan, Co Armagh. Married (02.06.1942) Isabel, younger daughter of Edmund Ashworth Radford, MP, FCA and Beatrice Elizabeth Hay; one son, two daughters.	13.09.1916 Riversdale, Strabane - 18.03.1985 Isle of Man	Gnr. ? 2nd Lt. 01.04.1939 [87508] WS/Lt. 24.11.1940 T/Capt. 24.11.1940-(04.1941), 10.03.1943-(09.1944) Lt. 02.11.1948, seniority 24.11.1940 Capt. TA 01.11.1949 A/Maj. TA 08.06.1950 Maj. TA 13.12.1950, seniority 08.06.1950 Maj. AERO 20.10.1955, seniority 13.12.1950 Maj. RARO 27.02.1959, seniority 13.12.1950 MBE > 02.1943, < 12.1944 parachute training officer ERD 04.09.1984 & 1st and 2nd clasp	Education: Felsted School (1931-1932); Queen's University, Belfast late Cadet, Felsted School Contingent, Officer Training Corps 1937? - 01.04.1939 served in the ranks, 188th (Antrim) Fortress Battery, RA (TA) 01.04.1939 commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery - Supplementary Reserve of Officers 01.04.1939 - 1941? 8th Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA (24.08.1939 mobilized; served in the British Expeditionary Force in France) 1941 - 1942 parachute training officer at the Central Landing Establishment, Ringway Airport, Manchester 01.08.1942 transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps late 1942 - 1943 2nd Parachute Battalion (Tunisia & Italy; missed the Sicily landings due to being hospitalized after a motorbike accident); served also as Liaison Officer with the US Forces (09.1944) - 20.09.1944 Battery Captain "Q", 2nd Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery RA (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 543) in German captivity (Oflag 79, Braunschweig, Niedersachsen) 02.11.1948 - 26.04.1955 Regular Army Reserve of Officers (serving Territorial Army) 27.04.1955 - 19.10.1955 Territorial Army Reserve of Officers 20.10.1955 - 26.02.1959 Mobile Defence Corps, Army Emergency Reserve of Officers 27.02.1959 - ? Regular Army Reserve of Officers Motor trade executive.
Ellis, Frederick William	? -	Cadet ? [1762210] 2nd Lt. 24.09.1943 [293982] WS/Lt. ? WS/Capt. 05.09.1945 (reld < 04.1946) Hon. Maj. < 04.1946	24.09.1943 commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] (09.1944) Officer Commanding, H Troop, 2nd Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery RA [supporting 156th Parachute Battalion] (Arnhem [evacuated])
Erskine, James S	? -	Prov. 2nd Lt. ? 2nd Lt. 15.08.1943 Lt. 18.12.1943	? commissioned, Canadian Infantry Corps [emergency commission] (12.1943) No. A-16 Canadian Infantry Training Centre, Calgary, Alta. (02.1944) - 01.04.1944 Prince of Wales Rangers 01.04.1944 - No. A-34 Training Centre (Reinforcements) CIC Canloan scheme: CDN/452 (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 19 Platoon (D Company), 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Arnhem [wounded, captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 3451) in German captivity (Reserve-Lazarett 4/486-L, Apeldoorn, from 05.03.1945 Stalag XIB, Fallingbostel, Niedersachsen 01780) 08.06.1945 - 17.10.1945 No. 11 District Depot (struck off strength)
Evans, Kenneth Charles "Ken" Son of ... Evans, and ... Hall.	11.05.1922 Bedford district, Bedfordshire - 03.2000 Bridgend, Glamorgan	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 28.03.1943 [267949] WS/Lt. 28.09.1943 (reld > 04.1946)	Student (architecture). 23.10.1941     enlisted 28.03.1943 commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission] 1943 - (09.1944) Troop Officer, 1 Troop, 4th Parachute Squadron RE (Arnhem [wounded, captured 22.09.1944]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 2178) in German captivity (11.10.1944-28.03.1945 Oflag IX-A/Z, Rotenburg an der Fulda, Hessen)
Evans, Philip Brandon Son of ... Evans, and ... Phillips.	12.06.1921 Wolverhampton, Staffordshire -	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 07.01.1943 [258683] WS/Lt. 07.07.1943 (reld > 04.1946)	Education: Denstone College (09.1934--4.1940; Selwyn House; School Certificate 1939; Certificate A 1939; House Prefect). 07.01.1943 commissioned, The South Staffordshire Regiment [emergency commission] (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 16 Platoon (C Company), 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Arnhem [wounded, captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 2149) in German captivity (Oflag IX-A/H, Spangenberg, Hessen)
Ewens, Alfred Francis "Frank"	27.03.1909 Walthamstow, Essex - 02.1982 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire	2nd Lt. 01.12.1942 [250583] WS/Lt. 01.06.1943 (reld 14.10.1953) T/Capt. 10.07.1945 Hon. Capt. 14.10.1953	01.12.1942 commissioned, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers [emergency commission] (07.1943) - (09.1944) Adjutant, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, 1st Airborne Division (Arnhem [wounded & captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 2220 & 3429) in German captivity (Reserve-Lazarett 4/486, Apeldoorn, from 06.03.1945 Oflag 69, Neubrandenburg)

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