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Ladds, Frederick William "Freddie" Mother's maiden name Cousans ??	04.12.1914 ?? Lincoln district, Lincolnshire ?? - 2002 ?	Cadet ? [7673468] 2nd Lt. 13.02.1944 [311011] WS/Lt. 13.08.1944 (reld > 04.1946) MID 10.05.1945 NW Europe	13.02.1944     commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission] (09.1944)     Signals Officer, 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron (Arnhem)
Lamond, William James Melville "Bill" Son of William Lamond, and Mary Young Ross Lamond (née Melville). Married 1st (14.09.1942, St Andrews) Elizabeth Philp Christie (born 1916, died 15.04.1963); one son, one daughter. Married 2nd (20.03.1980) Mary L. Tod.	18.10.1916 St Andrews, Fife, Scotland - 12.01.1985 Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 19.10.1940 [153050] WS/Lt. 19.04.1942 T/Capt. 18.12.1944 (reld > 04.1946) SSM 14.11.1947 Arnhem 09.1944	Education: Madras College, St Andrews 19.10.1940 commissioned, The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) [emergency commission] (09.1944) Officer Commanding, Signals Platoon (HQ Company), 7th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (Arnhem [evacuated]) Former president of St Andrews Golf Club.
Landale, Charles Anthony Son of ... Landale, and ... Foulger.	28.09.1924 Hambledon district, Surrey / Sussex - 02.1999 Salisbury, Wiltshire	Cadet ? [1953552] 2nd Lt. 19.12.1943 [303388] WS/Lt. 19.06.1944 2nd Lt. 23.03.1946, seniority 28.09.1945 Lt. 23.03.1947 A/Capt. 20.04.1947-19.07.1947 T/Capt. 20.07.1947-27.09.1951 Capt. 28.09.1951 T/Maj. 01.03.1956-27.09.1958 Maj. 28.09.1958 Lt.Col. 12.07.1966 Col. 30.06.1970 Brig. 31.12.1972, seniority 30.06.1972 (retd 28.09.1979)	Education: BA; jssc, psc served in the ranks for 284 days 19.12.1943 commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission to 22.03.1946] (09.1944) Troop Officer, HQ Troop, 1st Parachute Squadron RE (Arnhem) 23.03.1946 permanent commission 24.03.1948 - 04.10.1948 Staff Captain, War Office 01.03.1956 - 04.12.1957 Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General (DAQMG), HQ Northumbrian District 29.10.1959 - 27.09.1961 Brigade-Major, School of Military Engineering (SME) Regiment 24.11.1975 - 28.09.1979 ADC to the Queen
Lane, Thomas Benjamin "Henry"	23.11.1913 Watlington - 01.12.2001 Bognor Regis, West Sussex	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 01.10.1939 [100352] WS/Lt. ? WS/Capt. 13.08.1942 T/Maj. 13.08.1942 (reld > 04.1946)	01.10.1939 commissioned, The South Staffordshire Regiment [emergency commission] (07.1943) - (09.1944) Officer Commanding, A Company, 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Sicily; Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 533) in German captivity (Oflag XIIB, Mainz)
Langford, John Adair	26.02.1920 Dublin South, Ireland - 21.04.2012 Lymington, Hampshire	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 23.11.1940 [158269] WS/Lt. 23.05.1942 Lt. 03.05.1947. seniority 26.08.1942 WS/Capt. 1944? Capt. 03.05.1947, seniority 26.02.1947 (retd 15.12.1955) Maj. TA 01.06.1958	Engineering apprentice. 08.09.1939     enlisted 23.11.1940 commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] (09.1944) No. 1 Forward Observation Unit RA [attached 7th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers] (Arnhem [captured 20.09.1944]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 90891) in German captivity (12.10.1944-12.04.1945 Oflag 79, Braunschweig) (another POW card) 03.05.1947 - 15.12.1955 permanent [short service?] commission 15.12.1955 - 31.03.1961 served Territorial Army - Royal Artillery 31.03.1961 - ? served Territorial Army - Sharpshooters
Langley, John Macauley	28.02.1920 - 19.08.2004 Poole, Dorset	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 14.01.1940 [113485] WS/Lt. 14.07.1941 Lt. 02.08.1947, seniority 28.08.1942 A/Capt. 12.11.1942-11.02.1943 T/Capt. 12.02.1943-22.05.1944, 05.03.1945-26.02.1946, 15.04.1946-01.08.1947 Capt. 02.08.1947, seniority 28.02.1947 Maj. 06.12.1955, seniority 06.12.1954 (retd 14.02.1968)	served in the ranks for 134 days, mobilized TA 162nd Officer Cadet Training Unit 14.01.1940 commissioned, The Gloucestershire Regiment [emergency commission to 01.08.1947] 19.08.1942 transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944) Section Commander, G Squadron (No. 1 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem) 02.08.1947 commissioned into the Royal Army Service Corps [permanent commission] 15.07.1965 transferred to the Royal Corps of Transport
Lasenby, James Joseph	10.05.1916 - 23.12.1999 New Forest, Hampshire	Sgt. ? [2577407] 2nd Lt. 31.05.1943 [297337] WS/Lt. 01.12.1943 (reld > 04.1946)	Furniture buyer. 01.1939 enlisted 31.05.1943 commissioned, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps [immediate emergency commission] (09.1944) Officer Commanding, Signals Platoon (HQ Company), 1st Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [captured 20.09.1944]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 910000) in German captivity (29.09.1944-10.10.1944 Oflag XII-A, Limburg; 11.10.1944-25.10.1944 Oflag XII-B, Hadamar; 26.10.1944-23.04.1945 Oflag 79, Braunschweig)
Lathbury, [Sir] Gerald William Son of late Col. Henry Oscar Lathbury. Married 1st (1942) Jean Gordon Thin; two daughters. Married 2nd (1972) Mrs Mairi Zoë Gibbs, widow of Patrick Somerset Gibbs.	14.07.1906 Murree, India - 16.05.1978 Mortimer, Berkshire	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 04.02.1926 [34834] Lt. 04.02.1929 Capt. 21.03.1938 A/Maj. 29.02.194028.05.1940 T/Maj. 29.05.1940-05.04.1941 WS/Maj. 06.04.1941 Maj. 04.02.1943 local Lt.Col. 17.07.1940-05.01.1941 A/Lt.Col. 06.01.1941-05.04.1941 T/Lt.Col. 06.04.1941-07.06.1943 WS/Lt.Col. 08.06.1943 A/Col. 08.12.1942-07.06.1943 T/Col. 08.06.1943-12.01.1949 Col. 13.01.1949 A/Brig. 08.12.1942-07.06.1943 T/Brig. 08.06.1943-27.07.1949 Brig. 28.07.1949 T/Maj.Gen. 15.12.1948-13.12.1949 Maj.Gen. 14.12.1949 local Lt.Gen. 29.04.1955-01.05.1955 T/Lt.Gen. 02.05.1955-06.07.1955 Lt.Gen. 07.07.1955 Gen. 29.04.1960  (retd 25.02.1965, re-instated 24.08.1965; retd 20.06.1969) GCB 02.06.1962 HM's birthday 1962 KCB 31.05.1956 HM's birthday 1956 CB 08.06.1950 HM's birthday 1950 DSO 23.12.1943 Sicily MBE 03.09.1940 BEF 1939-40 DSC(US) 14.11.1947 Arnhem 09.1944 (see also homeofheroes) MID 07.01.1949 ?	Education: Wellington College; Royal Military College, Sandhurst (1924-1925); Staff College, Camberley (1937-1938); Imperial Defence College (1948) 04.02.1926 commissioned, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 15.08.1928 - 09.03.1934 seconded, Royal West African Frontier Force (Gold Coast Regiment) served throughout War of 1939-1945 in France and Belgium, North Africa, Sicily, Italy and North-West Europe; Palestine: 11.01.1939 - 28.02.1940 Brigade Major, 8th Infantry Brigade 29.02.1940 - 05.01.1941 General Staff Officer 2nd grade (GSO2), ... 06.01.1941 - 19.09.1941 General Staff Officer 1st grade (GSO1), ... 20.09.1941 - 03.05.1942 Commanding Officer, 3rd Parachute Battalion 04.05.1942 - 07.12.1942 General Staff Officer 1st grade (GSO1), Air Directorate, War Office 08.12.1942 - 24.04.1943 Commander, 3rd Parachute Brigade 25.04.1943 - 19.07.1945 Commander, 1st Parachute Brigade (N Africa, Sicily, Italy, UK, Arnhem [wounded & captured 18.09.1944; evaded from Elizabeth Hospital at Arnhem 19.10.1944, back in position 23.10.1944], Norway) 20.07.1945 - 27.11.1946 Commander, 3rd Parachute Brigade (Palestine) 06.01.1947 - 30.11.1947 specially employed 15.12.1948 - 31.10.1951 General Officer Commanding, 16th Airborne Division (TA) 05.11.1951 - 08.01.1954 Commandant, Staff College, Camberley 20.01.1954 - 29.03.1955 Vice-Adjutant-General, War Office 02.05.1955 - 30.06.1957 Commander-in-Chief, East Africa 04.11.1957 - 06.12.1959 Director­General of Military Training, War Office 06.01.1960 - 29.11.1961 General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Command 30.11.1961 - 28.01.1965 Quartermaster­General to the Forces 24.08.1965 - 01.04.1969 Governor & Commander-in-Chief of Gibraltar ADC General to the Queen, 13.02.1962-24.02.1965; Colonel, West India Regiment, 13.05.1959-30.07.1962; Jamaica Regiment, 31.07.1962-1968; Colonel Commandant, 1st Green Jackets, 43rd and 52nd, 31.12.1960-31.08.1965; Colonel Commandant, The Parachute Regiment, 20.03.1961-31.01.1965.
Lawson, John "Jock"	06.08.1919 -	Lt. 14.03.1942 [230831] WS/Capt. 14.03.1943 (retd > 04.1946) MID 20.09.1945 Arnhem 09.1944	14.03.1942 commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission] (09.1944) Section Officer J, 133rd Parachute Field Ambulance RAMC (Arnhem [captured 17.09.1944, escaped from Elizabeth Hospital at Arnhem 02.10.1944 & evaded)
Lawson, Peter Maurice [Levy]	29.07.1917 London - 01.09.2000 Perth, Western Australia	2nd Lt. 26.10.1940 [153960] WS/Lt. 26.04.1942 T/Capt. 07.05.1943 WS/Capt. 14.02.1945 T/Maj. 14.02.1945 Maj. 26.10.1953 (reld 03.09.1960) Hon. Maj. 03.09.1960 MID 09.01.1949 Palestine 09.1947-03.1948 MID 24.03.1953 Korea 07-12.1952	26.10.1940 commissioned, The Royal Sussex Regiment [emergency commission] 01.01.1943 transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1943) Second-in-Command, B Company, 10th Parachute Battalion (Italy) (09.1944) Officer Commanding, Signals Platoon (HQ Company), 10th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem) 1945? - 03.09.1960 transferred to The Royal Sussex Regiment [short service commission]
Lea, [Sir] George Harris First son (with three siblings) of George Percy Lea (1875-1961), and Jocelyn Clara Lea (1889-1971), of Franche, Kidderminster, Worcs. Brother of Maj. Christopher Gerald Lea, MC. Married ((09?).1948, Westminster district, London) Pamela Elizabeth Lovett-Tayleur (1919? - 16.12.2013), daughter of Brig. Guy Lovett-Tayleur (1891-1969), and Evelyn Maud Gwynne (1885-1956); one son, two daughters.	28.12.1912 Franche, Kidderminster, Worcestershire - 27.12.1990 St Brelade, Jersey, Channel Islands	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 02.02.1933 [58116] Lt. 02.02.1936 A/Capt. 26.09.1939-25.12.1939 T/Capt. 26.12.1939-01.02.1941 Capt. 02.02.1941 A/Maj. 15.05.1942-14.08.1942 T/Maj. 15.08.1942-21.06.1945 WS/Maj. 22.06.1945 Maj. 01.07.1946 Brev. Lt.Col. 01.07.1951 A/Lt.Col. 01.07.1944-06.06.1945, 18.06.1945-21.06.1945 T/Lt.Col. 22.06.1945-19.06.1949, 19.11.1951-27.07.1955 Lt.Col. 28.07.1955 Col. 17.12.1957, seniority 11.01.1956 T/Brig. 16.12.1957-14.01.1960 Brig. 15.01.1960 Maj.Gen. 30.04.1962, seniority 23.04.1961 Lt.Gen. 24.10.1967 (retd 07.09.1970) KCB 01.01.1967 New Year 1967 CB 13.06.1964 HM's birthday 1964 DSO 30.08.1957 Malaya * MBE 27.04.1951 Malaya 07-12.1950 MID 08.05.1956 Malaya 07-12.1955 Dato Seri Setia, Order of Paduka Stia Negara, Brunei, 1965. * For skill, personal bravery and determination, whilst commanding the Special Air Service Regiment during operations against Communist terrorists in Malaya. He personally directed the operations of his men., was parachuted with them into thick jungle, descended by rope from helicopter aircraft and shared every hazard, danger and discomfort inherent in jungle operations against a ruthless and fanatical enemy.	Education: Charterhouse (1926-1930); RAF College, Cranwell (1930-1931); Royal Military College, Sandhurst (1931-1932); nadc,  jssc, psc 02.02.1933 - 1940 commissioned, The Lancashire Fusiliers (regimental service, UK, China & India) [gained civil aviator's licence No. 11661, taken at D.H. 60 G. Gipsy 1, 85 h.p., at Cinque Ports Flying Club, 16.12.1933] 1940 - 1945 service with The Lancashire Fusiliers & Parachute Regiment (India, North Africa, Italy, NW Europe):       1st Battalion The Lancashire Fusiliers       Adjutant, 151st Parachute Battalion (India) 22.11.1943 - 30.06.1944 Brigade Major, 4th Parachute Brigade (07?).1944 - (09.1944) Commanding Officer, 11th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 526) in German captivity (Oflag XIIB, Hadamar)       post­war service: regimental duty and on staff with Parachute Regiment, RM Commando Brigade and SAS Regiment in UK, China and Malaya 18.06.1945 - 23.06.1946 General Staff Officer 1st grade (GSO1), Airborne Training Team, 44th Indian Airborne Division (India) 1946 - 12.1946 Commanding Officer, 15th Parachute Battalion 20.06.1949 - 31.01.1951 Deputy Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General (DAA&QMG), 3rd RM Commando Brigade HQ (Middle East, Hong Kong & Malaya) 02.06.1952 - 07.12.1954 Assistant Quartermaster-General (AQMG), Supreme HQ Allied Powers in Europe (SHAPE) (Paris, France) ? - ? Commander, 22nd SAS 16.12.1957 - 08.05.1960 Commander, 2nd Infantry Brigade Group 10.06.1960 - 18.03.1962 Deputy Military Secretary (A) (Brig.), War Office (London) 30.04.1962 - 15.10.1963 General Officer Commanding, 42nd Lancashire Division (TA) & NW District 22.10.1963 - 06.11.1964 Commander, Northern Rhodesia & Nyasaland Forces 04.03.1965 - 30.11.1965 Director of Operations (Borneo) 01.12.1965 - 10.11.1966 Director Borneo Operations & Commander Land Forces Borneo 22.10.1967 - 1970 Commander, British Army Staff & Military Member British Defence Staff & Military Attaché, Washington [changed at 24.10.1967 in: Head, British Defence Staff and Defence Attaché, Washington] Colonel, Lancashire Fusiliers, 31.12.1965-23.04.1968. Colonel, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, 11.11.1974-03.09.1977 (Deputy Colonel for Lancashire, 23.04.1968-01.04.1973). Lieutenant, HM Tower of London, 1972-1975. A Senior Administrator: Spey Investments Ltd, 1972; Brandt's Ltd, 1973-75; Managing director, Martin­Scott & Co. Ltd, 1975-1982; Chairman, Eagle Star Trust Co., Jersey and Guernsey, 1983-1988.
Lee, John Henry Dixon Son of ... Lee, and ... Pryer.	16.08.1919 Luton district, Bedfordshire - 01.01.1997 Wandsworth, London	Gnr. ? 2nd Lt. 29.07.1939 [94122] WS/Lt. 29.01.1941 (reld > 04.1946) T/Capt. 01.12.1942 Hon. Capt. > 04.1946 TD 17.01.1967 -	Chartered surveyor. late Cadet Corporal, Bedford School Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps 18.04.1939     enlisted 29.07.1939 commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army 24.08.1939 mobilized TA (09.1944) Officer Commanding, A Troop, 1st Airlanding Light Battery RA (Arnhem [captured 26.09.1944) 10.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 587) in German captivity (02.10.1944-04.10.1944 Oflag XII-A, Limburg; 04.10.1944-16.10.1944 Oflag XII-B, 21.10.1944-23.04.1945 Hadamar; Oflag 79, Braunschweig) served Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
Leitch, Carmel Stuart Son of Maj. George and Gertrude Leitch. Husband of Mildred Elizabeth Leitch, of Kettering, Northamptonshire.	06.11.1922 Calcutta, West Bengal, India - 24.09.1944 (KIA) [age 21] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, 2.B.3]	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 07.03.1942 [228472] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942	Education: Eagle House (1935-1936); Wellington College (1936.3-1940; Hockey XI 1940). 07.03.1942 commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]       served North Africa & Italy (09.1944) Command Post Officer, 2nd Airlanding Light Battery RA (Arnhem [killed in action])
Leschallas, Edward Henry Son of ... Leschallas, and .. Gardner.	17.08.1912 Cheltenham district, Gloucestershire - 22.08.1993 Head, Fareham, South East Hampshire	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 01.09.1932 [53754] Lt. 01.09.1935 A/Capt. 03.09.1939-02.12.1939 T/Capt. 03.12.1939-31.08.1940 Capt. 01.09.1940 A/Maj. 29.10.1942-28.01.1943 T/Maj. 29.01.1943-30.07.1943, 18.11.1945-30.06.1946 Maj. 01.07.1946 (retd 15.09.1958) MID 20.12.1940 France 1940 Palestine 1936-39 Medal & Clasp	Education: Royal Military College. 01.09.1932 commissioned, The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) 01.07.1942 - 01.10.1942 Adjutant, ... (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 23 Flight (G Squadron, No. 1 Wing), Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem)
Levien, Robert Hugh "Loopy"   Son of Robert John Goldsmid Levien (1873-1937), and Edith Alicia Blomefield. of Jewish descent. Married ((09?).1947, Fakenham district, Norfolk) Bridget Ann F. Cattell (13.09.1914 - 03.1994); two sons.	06.07.1917 Pembury, Tonbridge district, Kent - 17.10.2004 Wells Next The Sea, Norfolk	2nd Lt. 26.08.1937 (reld 29.07.1939) Sgt. ? ? [6346510] 2nd Lt. 15.04.1943 [73127] WS/Lt. 15.10.1943 Lt. TA 13.08.1948, seniority 15.10.1943 Capt. TA 13.11.1952 Maj. TA 12.01.1956 TD 15.11.1960 -	Education: Royal Military College, Sandhurst (1936-1937). Architectural student. 26.08.1937 - 29.07.1939 commissioned, The Lancashire Fusiliers 02.09.1939     enlisted 1941 - 1943 served in the ranks in the 2nd Parachute Battalion 15.04.1943     commissioned, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps [emergency commission] (09.1944)     Officer Commanding, 4 Platoon (B Company), 2nd Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [captured 19.09.1944]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 554) in German captivity (25.09.1944-02.10.1944 Dulag XIIB, Hadamar; 06.10.1944-12.04.1945 Oflag 79, Braunschweig) 13.08.1948     transferred, The Cheshire Regiment - Territorial Army 21.02.1952     transferred, The Royal Fusiliers - Territorial Army 30.04.1961     transferred, Unattached List - Territorial Army 30.04.1962     transferred, The Royal Fusiliers - Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
Lewis, John Thomas Married Joyce Bailey; one son, two daughters.	25.01.1914 Leeds, Hunslet district, Yorkshire - 04.12.1981 Marley, Exmouth, Exeter district, Devon	2nd Lt. 30.08.1939 [96196] WS/Lt. 02.03.1941 Capt. ? Maj. 25.01.1948 (retd 02.12.1955) MBE 12.06.1971 HM's birthday 1971: as Supplies Officer, Devon County Council TD 22.08.1952 & 1st clasp	24.08.1939 mobilized TA 30.08.1939 commissioned, The Devonshire Regiment  - Territorial Army 01.11.1941 transferred, Royal Regiment of Artillery (09.1944) Troop Officer, D Troop, 1st Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery, RA [attached 1st Parachute Brigade] (Arnhem [POW]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 600) in German captivity (Oflag 79, Braunschweig & Oflag XIIB, Hadamar) post-war transferred back to The Devonshire Regiment 02.12.1955 - 01.02.1964 Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
Lewis, Richard Peter Cecil "Pongo" Son (with one brother) of Richard Edward Lewis (1884-1967), and Phyllis Gertrude Howlett (1890-1978). Married ((12?).1942, Kensington district, London) Sheila Curtis Ledingham (05.09.1920 - 16.04.1996); two sons, one daughter.	30.05.1915 Shoreham-on-Sea, Steyning district, Sussex - 26.03.1985 Fleet, North East Hampshire	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 25.08.1938 [77176] Lt. 01.01.1941 A/Capt. 18.01.1941-17.04.1941 T/Capt. 18.04.1941-15.05.1941, 24.08.1941-02.07.1942, 24.08.1942-11.03.1943, 24.01.1944-29.05.1944 Capt. 30.05.1944 (retd 13.11.1948) A/Maj. 12.07.1944-08.07.1945 Hon. Maj. 13.11.1948 MID 20.09.1945 Arnhem 09.1944	Education: Royal Military College 25.08.1938 commissioned, The King's Regiment (Liverpool) 18.01.1941 - (04.1941) General Staff Officer for Weapon Training, Gibraltar Command (09.1944) Officer Commanding, C Company, 3rd Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 140108) in German captivity (Stalag VIIA, Moosburg) 13.11.1948 - 30.05.1965 Regular Army Reserve of Officers Corn merchant, Alton, Hampshire.
Lickorish, Alexander Adrian "Bertie" Son of ... Lickorish, and ... Rose. Married (29.04.1944, Our Lady of Dolours, Kensington, Middlesex) Heather Laydon How; one daughter.	23.08.1914 Edmonton district, Essex / Hertfordshire / Middlesex - 10.03.1960 Hathersage, Bakewell district, Derbyshire	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 28.11.1942 [251910] WS/Lt. 28.05.1943 T/Capt. 26.07.1945 (reld > 04.1946)	enlisted, London Scottish Regiment, being seconded to the Gordon Highlanders (Aberdeen) 28.11.1942     commissioned, Reconnaissance Corps - Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission] (09.1944)     Liaison Officer, 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron (Arnhem) 28.05.1945     captured, together with Lt. Geoffrey Perry, war propagandist Lord Haw-Haw (William Joyce). See story.] Manager of the Seacroft Hotel, Skegness.
Lindley, Francis William Son (with one sister and one half-sister) of John William Lindley (1881-1914), and Elizabeth Ellen Sumner (1882-1962).	05.12.1914 Doncaster, West Riding of Yorkshire - 16.03.1982	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 16.11.1941 [226192] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 A/Capt. 22.11.1943 T/Capt. 28.06.1945 Capt. 16.11.1947 Maj. 16.11.1954	01.12.1933     enlisted 16.11.1941 commissioned, The Green Howards [emergency commission] 12.04.1943 transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1943) Officer Commanding, 3 inch mortars (Support Company), 10th Parachute Battalion (Italy) (09.1944) Officer Commanding, Support Company, 10th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [wounded & captured 25.09.1944]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 2194) in German captivity (11.10.1944-29.04.1945 Oflag IX-A/Z, Rotenburg an der Fulda, Hessen [29.11.1944-09.01.1945 hospital]) 1945? - 21.05.1958 transferred, The Green Howards [short service commission] 21.05.1958 - 01.07.1959 Regular Army Reserve of Officers - Class III Sub postmaster, Retford, Nottinghamshire.
Lindsay, David Born as Andrew Douglas Nicolson. Assumed name of David Lindsay 21 days after date of publication 16.03.1942.	? -	BSM ? 2nd Lt. 15.03.1942 [41698] WS/Lt. 15.03.1942 T/Capt. 13.05.1943 WS/Capt. 21.12.1944 (reld < 04.1946) Hon. Capt. < 04.1946	15.03.1942     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] (09.1944)     Battery Captain, 3rd Airlanding Light Battery RA (Arnhem [evacuated])
Linton, James Edward Fryer "Jeff"	07.05.1909 Llandaff, Glamorgan, Wales - 27.12.1989 Cozumel Island, Mexico	2nd Lt. 31.01.1929 [41143] Lt. 31.01.1932 Capt. 01.08.1938 A/Maj. 04.08.1940-30.08.1940, 14.09.1940-16.11.1940 T/Maj. 17.11.1490-02.02.1944, 18.03.1944-22.12.1944 WS/Maj. 23.12.1944 A/Lt.Col. 23.09.1944-22.12.1944 T/Lt.Col. 23.12.1944 Col. 26.07.1954 (retd 31.01.1957) Hon. Brig. 31.01.1957 DSO 09.11.1944 Arnhem 09.1944	Education: Charterhouse School. 31.01.1929 commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 2nd Airlanding Light Battery RA (Arnhem [evacuated]) senior instructor in anti-tank warfare at the School of Artillery 12.1951 - 07.1954 Commanding Officer, 2nd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery Played First-Class cricket, 1932.
Lipmann-Kessel, [Prof.] Alexander William   Of Jewish descent. Changed name from Lipmann Kessel to A.W. Lippmann- Kessel by deed poll, dated 26.05.1937. Married 1st Mary Morgan. Married 2nd Peggy Oughton; two sons. Married 3rd Beryl Tilley; two daughters. From London.	19.12.1914 Pretoria, South Africa - 05.06.1986 Lambeth, London [Oosterbeek General Cemetery]	Lt. 14.03.1942 [227647] WS/Capt. 14.03.1943 (reld > 04.1946) MC 20.09.1945 Arnhem 09.1944 MBE 20.09.1945 Arnhem 09.1944	Education: Pretoria High School; University of the Witwatersrand; St Mary's Hospital, London (MRCS Eng 30.07.1937; LRCP Lond 30.07.1937); FRCS 1947 14.03.1942 commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission] (09.1944) General Duties Surgeon, 16th Parachute Field Ambulance (Arnhem [captured 18.09.1944, escaped 15.10.1944 from Willem III Barracks at Apeldoorn]) Junior hospital appointments; Senior  Registrar Orthopaedics, St Mary's Hospital, London, 1946; Clinical Resident Assistant, Instistute of Orthopaedics, 1947; Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon: Fulham, St Mary Abbots, and Charing Cross Hospitals.; Prof. of Orthopaedics, and Director of Clinical Studies, Institute of Orthopaedics, University of London, 1976-80. Samuel Camp Visiting Prof., Harvard Medical School, 1967. Codman Lecturer, Internatational Shoulder Surg.-Maj.­Maj. Conf., Toronto, 1983; Guildal Lecturer, Copenhagen, 1983. Hon. Consultant Surgeon, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital; Hon. Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Charing Cross Hospital. Published: Surgeon at arms, 1956; 2nd ed. 1977 (war memoirs); (contrib.) Clinical Surgery, 1967; (contrib.) Watson­Jones, Fractures and Joint Injuries, 1977; (contrib.) Triumphs of Medicine, 1977; Colour Atlas of Clinical Orthopaedics, 1980; Clinical Disorders of the Shoulder, 1981; Shoulder Surgery, 1982; Rotator Cuff Rupture and Repair, 1986; articles on orthop. surg. in jls; posthumous publication: Diagnostic Picture Tests in Orthopaedics, 1986
Livesey, Trevor John Son of ... Livesey, and ... Marlow.	09.01.1920 Prestatyn, St Asaph district, Denbighshire / Flintshire - 07.07.1959 St Albans district	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 17.01.1942 [222702] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 T/Capt. 18.03.1943 (reld > 04.1946) MC 11.02.1943 North Africa 1942-43 (Algeria, Tunesia)	Education: Kings School, Chester. Civil engineer. 30.05.1940     enlisted 17.01.1942 commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission] (09.1944) Officer Commanding, B Troop, 1st Parachute Squadron RE (Arnhem; caputred 21.09.1944) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 611) in German captivity (09.1944 Dulag XII-A, Limburg; 09.1944-10.1944 Oflag XIIB, Hadamar; 21.10.1944-22.04.1945 Oflag 79, Brunswick, Lower Saxony)
Livingstone, James Stewart "Jim" Married Linda (née ...); ... children.	04.10.1915 - 05.1998 Leicester, Leicestershire	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 06.09.1941 [203638] WS/Lt. 19.10.1941 T/Capt. 21.05.1943 WS/Capt. 20.12.1944 (reld > 04.1946) MC 09.11.1944 Arnhem 09.1944	06.09.1941 commissioned, The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) [emergency commission] (09.1944) Second-in-Command, C Company, 7th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (Arnhem [evacuated])
Llewellyn-Jones, Arvian David		see: Jones, Arvian David
Lloyd, ?	? -	2nd Lt. ? WS/Lt. ?	? commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] (09.1944) D Troop, 1st Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery, RA [attached Divisional Troops] (Arnhem) [according to C. van Roekel's "Who was who in the Battle of Arnhem"; doubtful, as UNSUBSTANTIATED by other sources]
Lock, Frederick John de Rivella Son of Frederick John Lock (1888-1962), and Alice de Rivella Ebsworth (1882-1971). Married (12.1945, Grantham district, Lincolnshire) Joan Elizabeth Orchard (remarried Napier); one daughter, one son.	15.04.1919 Krugersdorp, Gauteng, South Africa - 25.12.1953 Mbeya, Tanganyika (died of a snake bite)	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 21.01.1940 [113764] WS/Lt. 21.07.1941 (reld > 04.1946, < 08.1946) T/Capt. 13.07.1943-...1943 Hon. Capt. > 04.1946, < 08.1946	Officer Cadet Training Unit, Sandhurst (from Rifle Brigade) 02.01.1940     commissioned, The Lincolnshire Regiment [emergency commission] 21.11.1943     transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944)     Officer Commanding, 2 Provost Section, 1st Airborne Divisional Provost Company [attached 4th Parachute Brigade] (Arnhem [POW]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 626) in German captivity (Oflag 79, Brunswick, Lower Saxony & Oflag XIIB, Hadamar) Civil servant.
Locke, ? [same as F.J. de R. Lock ??]	? -	Lt. ?	? commissioned into ? [emergency commission] (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 11 Platoon (D Company), 10th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem)
Lockett, Bernard Stanley "Ben" Son of ... Lockett, and ... Cooper.	15.01.1916 Birkenhead district, Cheshire / Merseyside - 01.07.2000 Romsey, Southampton district, Hampshire	Cadet ? [407571] 2nd Lt. 04.03.1944 [312164] WS/Lt. 04.09.1944 (reld > 04.1946) MID 20.09.1945 escape & evasion	04.03.1944 commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] (09.1944) Troop Officer, A Troop, 1st Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery, RA [attached 1st Parachute Battalion] (Arnhem [wounded, captured 21.09.1944]) 21.09.1944 - 26.09.1944 POW in German captivity; escaped from train to Germany & evaded
Lockyer, Leslie Arthur George Son of Arthur Francis Lockyer (1881-?), and Polly Chynoweth Beebee (1882-?). Married 1st. Married 2nd; two sons.	29.05.1913 Bournemouth, Christchurch district, Hampshire - 25.12.1994 Bournemouth district, Hampshire	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 16.01.1943 [259999] WS/Lt. 16.07.1943 (retd 18.03.1946; disability) A/Capt. ? ? Hon. Capt. 18.03.1946	16.01.1943 commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission] (09.1944) RASC detachment, 1st Airlanding Brigade (Arnhem) [about 21 Sept badly wounded by a mortar blast, after which his left leg was amputated at the St Elisabeth Hospital in Arnhem; captured] 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 2201) in German captivity (Oflag 79, Waggum) Worked into his seventies as a sales representative. Became an active member of a local ex-servicemen’s club as treasurer and entertainments secretary.
Loder-Symonds, Robert Guy Son of Capt. Robert Francis Loder-Symonds, formerly The Cheshire Regt. and of Agnes Muriel Loder- Symonds. Husband of Merlin A. Loder-Symonds, of Hindon, Wiltshire.	01.03.1913 - 11.11.1945 (aircraft accident) [Jakarta War Cemetery 5.F.2]	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 31.08.1933 [56606] Lt. 31.08.1936 A/Capt. 07.04.1940-06.07.1940 T/Capt. 07.07.1940-07.07.1941 WS/Capt. 08.07.1941 Capt. 31.08.1941 A/Maj. 08.04.1941-07.07.1941 T/Maj. 08.07.1941-21.10.1942, 02.02.1943-17.12.1943 WS/Maj. 18.12.1943 A/Lt.Col. 18.09.1943-17.12.1943 T/Lt.Col. 18.12.1943-28.03.1945 WS/Lt.Col. 29.03.1945 A/Col. 29.09.1944-28.03.1945 T/Col. 29.03.1945 A/Brig. 29.09.1944-28.03.1945 T/Brig. 29.03.1945 DSO 24.02.1942 Middle East (Egypt and Libya) DSO 13.08.1942 Middle East (Egypt and Libya) MC 08.07.1941 Middle East 12.1940-02.1941 (Egypt and Libya) MID 30.12.1941 Middle East 02.1941-07.1941 MID 30.06.1942 Middle East 07.1941-10.1941 DSC(US) 14.11.1947 Arnhem 09.1944 (see also homeofheroes) ? ? 17.10.1946 Freedom Cross (Norway)	Education: Royal Military Academy 31.08.1933 commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery (01.1937) 22nd Field Brigade RA (Shorncliffe) (01.1939) - 30.04.1940 1st Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (Bulford) (UK, France) 01.05.1940 - 07.04.1941 Adjutant, 1st Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (France, UK, Egypt) 08.04.1941 - summer1942 Battery Commander, 1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery (Tobruk, Alamein; wounded) 23.09.1943 - 26.01.1944 Commanding Officer, 92nd (Loyals) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RA 01.1944 - summer1945 Commander Royal Artillery (CRA), 1st Airborne Division (Arnhem [evacuated], Norway) summer1945 - 11.11.1945 Commander Royal Artillery (CRA), 5th Indian Division (Burma)
Logan, James Watt "Jimmy" From Glasgow. Residence: (1943) Bearsden, Dumbartonshire. Married Elaine ...; one son.	29.10.1917 Govan district, Glasgow, Scotland - 24.08.1982 Largs, Scotland	Lt. 05.06.1941 [188966] WS/Capt. 05.06.1942 Capt. TA 01.05.1947, seniority 05.06.1942 DSO 14.06.1943 North Africa 1942-43 (Algeria, Tunisia) BL 20.03.1947 Arnhem 09.1944 * [investiture] * date of Dutch Royal Decree 09.02.1946	Education: Hillhead High School; University of Glasgow (MB, ChB 23.10.1940). 05.06.1941 commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission] (1942) - (1943) Officer Commanding, HQ Section, 16th Parachute Field Ambulance (North Africa) (09.1944) Regimental Medical Officer, 2nd Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 52889) in German captivity (Stalag IX-C, Mühlhausen, Hessen) 01.05.1947 - 25.01.1951 served Territorial Army 25.01.1951 - 31.03.1967 served Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
Long, Michael William Son (with three sisters) of William Rupert Long (1882-1952), and Eileen Long (1893-1976).	22.04.1923 Paddington, Westminster, London - 10.10.1987 Crowthorne, Bracknell, Berkshire	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 26.09.1942 [245325] WS/Lt. 26.09.1943 (reld > 04.1946)	Education: Wellington College (1937.1-1941.3; Stanley House; Dormitory Prefect; School Prefect; Head of Corps 1941). 26.09.1942 commissioned, King's Royal Rifle Corps [emergency commission] 10.12.1943 transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944) Section Commander, F Squadron (No. 2 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 2140) in German captivity (Oflag IX-A/H, Spangenberg, Hessen) 1946     Middle East Land Forces Advertising representative fot The Tothill Press Ltd., London SW!. Manager, Technical Publications, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire.
Longden, David Gordon Son of David Longden, and Gladys Poppie Charley, of Upton-on-Severn & London NW1. Married (16.03.1946, King's Chapel of the Savoy, London) Patricia Audrey Margaret Turner.	15.04.1915 Winchcomb district, Gloucestershire - 01.1997 Salisbury, Wiltshire	2nd Lt. 05.04.1941 [180633] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 (reld 29.07.1953) Hon. Lt. 29.07.1953	05.04.1941     commissioned, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) [emergency commission] (09.1944)     Intelligence Officer, 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 549) in German captivity (Oflag VII-B, Eichstätt, Bavaria & Oflag XIIB, Mainz) Joined Colonial Administrative Service. Seconded for one year to the Colonial Office, 1945-1946. Secretariat, Nyasaland & assistant distirct commissioner, Zomba, 08.1946-07.1948. ADC & private secretary to Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Nyasaland, 07.1948-1949. Under Sheriff of Surrey (and London), 1983.
Longland, Cedric James "Shorty" Son of Frank Longland (1883-1975), and Daisy Liddiard Shawyer (1883-1963). Married (1945) Helen Mary Cripps (26.11.1919 - 21.05.2008); three daughters. Residence: (1943) East Molesey, Surrey.	30.09.1914 Bolobo, Bandundu, Belgian Congo - 14.01.1991 Grittleton, nr. Chippenham, Wiltshire [Holy Cross Churchyard, Ashton Keynes]	Lt. 06.06.1942 [236049] WS/Capt. 06.06.1943 T/Maj. 18.09.1943 (reld > 04.1946) LVO 03.05.1949 for treatment of King George VI MC 23.03.1944 Sicily BK 20.03.1947 Arnhem 09.1944 * * date of Dutch Royal Decree 09.02.1946	Education: Monkton Combe School; St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical School; MB, BS (Hons in Medicine) London, 03.02.1937; LRCP Eng 1937; MRCS Eng 1937; FRCS Eng 1939; MS London, 1949; psc. House Surgeon and Demonstrator of Pathology, St Bartholomew's Hospital until 1942. 06.06.1942     commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission] (1942) - (09.1944) Specialist Surgeon, 16th Parachute Field Ambulance (North Africa, Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 129330) in German captivity (escaped, but was recaptured) (Reserve-Lazarett & Oflag VID, Münster) 1945     Senior Medical Officer, Bermuda Command First Assistant, Surgical Professorial Unit, St Bartholomew's Hospital, 1947; Assistant Surgical Professorial Unit, University College Hospital, 1951. Consultant surgeon, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, 1954-77. Published: articles in Lancet and British Journal of Surgery
Lonsdale, Richard Thomas Henry "Dickie" Youngest son of Mr & Mrs Robert Lonsdale, of Lancefield, Camberley & Carrick-on-Shannon, Eire. Married (11.08.1945, St Peter's, Pedmore, Worcestershire) Yvonne Perry, VAD, youngest daughter of Mr & Mrs J. Edgar Perry, of Lark Hill, Pedmore, Worcestershire.	27.12.1913 Manor Hamilton, Ireland - 23.11.1988 Bath district, Somerset [Aldershot Military Cemetery]	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 27.08.1936 [69129] Lt. 27.08.1939 A/Capt. 08.11.1939-01.02.1940, 06.02.1940-13.02.1940 T/Capt. 14.02.1940-19.11.1940, 01.09.1941-26.12.1942 Capt. 07.02.1943, seniority 27.12.1942 A/Maj. 01.01.1943-02.02.1943, 26.05.1943-22.07.1943 T/Maj. 23.07.1943-25.12.1944 WS/Maj. 26.12.1944 Maj. 07.02.1948 (Unemployed List 13.02.1950; own request) (restored to Employed List 23.02.1950) (retd 29.06.1951) A/Lt.Col. 26.09.1944-25.12.1944 T/Lt.Col. 26.12.1944-... Hon. Lt.Col. 29.06.1951 DSO 23.12.1943 Sicily 07.1943 DSO 09.11.1944 Arnhem 09.1944 MC 25.10.1940 Waziristan operations 1939 NW Frontier of India 37-39 Medal & Clasp.	Education: Eastbourne College; Royal Military College; psc. 27.08.1936     commissioned, The Leicestershire Regiment (01.1937)     2nd Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment (Aldershot) (01.1939)     1st Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment (Razmak, Waziristan) (1941)     151st Parachute Battalion, renamed (10.1941): 156th Parachute Battalion (India) (07.1943)     Officer Commanding, A Company, 2nd Parachute Battalion (Sicily) (09.1944)     Second-in-Command, 11th Parachute Battalion & Commander, Lonsdale Force (Arnhem [wounded]) 1944? - 1945 Commanding Officer, 3rd Parachute Battalion       served in Palestine 22.08.1951 - 27.12.1963 Regular Army Reserve of Officers - Irish Guards Private means, Jersey, Channel Islands.
Louis, Percy Youngest son (with one sister) of Mr. S. Louis, and Mrs. Rebecca Louis, of Highfield, Crawley Down, Sussex.	28.06.1915 London - 24.09.1944 (MIA) [age 29] [Groesbeek Memorial, panel 9]	Lt. 30.11.1939 [112068] WS/Capt. 30.11.1940 MID 1940 France	Education: MRCS Eng 31.01.1939, LRCP Lond 31.01.1939. 30.11.1939     commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission] 1940 - 1943 Medical Officer, 4th Battalion The Buffs (France 1940 & Malta 1940-1943) (despatches) (09.1944)     Liaison Officer, 133rd Parachute Field Ambulance RAMC [attached HQ 1st Airborne Corps; crossed the river] (Arnhem [missing in action])
Low, Angus Feredith Webster Youngest son of Dr J.W. Low, PhD, of St Davids, Madderty, Perthshire. Brother of Maj. Walter James Webster Low, Royals Signals & REME, and of Capt. Malcolm David Webster Low, The Black Watch. Married (01.04.1950, St Columba's, Pont Street, Chelsea district, London SW) Sheila Noel Trevor (1924? - ), eldest daughter of Lt.Col. A.C.H. Trevor, and D.N. Trevor, of Glynceiriog, Wrexham, Wales. Residence: (1960s) Lynwilg, Avon Avenue, Avon Castle, Ringwood, Hampshire.	28.01.1921 Angus, Scotland - 01.06.2002 Ringwood, Hampshire	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 05.04.1941 [180708] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 T/Capt. 22.07.1944 WS/Capt. ? Capt. RARO 18.04.1951 Hon. Maj. 18.04.1951 MID 01.11.1945 escape & evasion EM 18.02.1949 -	Education: Loretto School (09.1934-04.1939; House Prefect; VI, XV). East Indian merchant. Branch manager, Peirce Leslie & Co. Ltd., Coimbatore, South India, 05.04.1941     commissioned, The Gordon Highlanders [emergency commission] 01.11.1941     transferred, Royal Regiment of Artillery 01.09.1942     transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944)     Officer Commanding, 20 Flight (B Squadron, No. 1 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem [wounded; captured, escaped & evaded; lived for 6 months with underground movement]) 18.04.1951     transferred from Glider Pilot and Parachute Corps (GP) to the Gordon Highlanders - Regular Army Reserve of Officers Mercantile assistant.

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