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Radcliff, Herbert Charles Noel "Paddy" Son (with two sisters and one brother) of John Travers Radcliff (1879-1953), and the Hon. Mrs. Ivy Esmay Myee Barnewall (1890-1971), of Cape Town, South Africa.	(03?).1923 Kells, Ireland - 19.09.1944 (KIA) [age 21] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 6.D.1]	2nd Lt. 18.04.1942 [232560] WS/Lt. 18.10.1942	Education: Ampleforth (1932-07.1941; Gilling, Junior House, St Aidan's House; 09.1939 House Monitor; 01.1940 School Monitor). 1941     enlisted, King's Royal Rifle Corps 18.04.1942     commissioned, King's Royal Rifle Corps [emergency commission] 10.02.1943     transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944)     Officer Commanding, Medium Machine Gun Platoon (Support Company), 10th Parachute Battalion (Italy; Arnhem [killed in action])
Randall, Derrick Henry Son (with one brother) of Joseph Randall (1889-1956), and Rose Hannah Davis (1890-1972). Married ((12?).1943, Luton district, Bedfordshire) Zoe Christine Ellingham (06.04.1924 - 02.09.2001); two daughters, one son.	10.06.1921 Luton, Bedfordshire - 01.03.2015 Fordingbridge, Hampshire	Lt. 06.11.1943 [301125] WS/Capt. 06.11.1944 MID 20.12.1945 services while POW	Education: Dunstable Grammar School; Westminster Hospital, University of London (MB, BS 1951; University Medal); FRCS Eng (1948); MRCS Eng, LRCP Lond 1943. 06.11.1943     commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission] (09.1944)     Medical Officer, HQ RA, 1st Airborne Division (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 1673) in German captivity (Stalag XIB,  Fallingbostel) Assistant Surgeon, Royal Infirmary, Sheffield. Honorary Lecturer in Clinical Surgery, University of Sheffield. Consultant Surgeon, Rotherham Hospital. Member BMA. Fellow, Association of Surgeons of Great Britiain and Ireland. Late Surgical 1st Assistant, St George Hospital. Tutor in Surgery, University of Sheffield & Honorary 1st Assistant Royal Infirmary, Sheffield.
Redman, Theodore Francis "Theo" Son of ... Redman, and ... Gobby.	03.03.1916 Birkenhead district, Cheshire / Merseyside - 11.07.2004 Leeds, Yorkshire	Lt. 14.03.1942 [227643] WS/Capt. 14.03.1943 A/Maj. 16.07.1948 Col. TA ?	Education: MB 14.03.1942 commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission] (09.1944) Section Officer R, 133rd Parachute Field Ambulance (Arnhem)
Reese, Robert Miles Antony "Bob" / "Tony"   Son (with two sisters) of Robert John Reese (1884-1941), and Edith Maud Maxlow (1884-1957). Married (27.07.1945, Holy Trinity Church. New Barnet, Middlesex) Jean Caulfield Martin, WAAF (09.02.1921 - 15.03.2015), daughter of Mr & Mrs D.H. Martin, of Merton Park; one daughter, one son.	22.05.1921 St Bernard district, Edinburgh, Scotland - 05.10.1993	Pte. ? [6091908] 2nd Lt. 25.02.1940 [124182] Lt. 25.08.1941 A/Capt. 03.03.1944-02.06.1944 T/Capt. 03.06.1944-10.06.1945, 02.11.1945-30.06.1946 Capt. 01.07.1946 T/Maj. 01.01.1953-22.06.1953 Maj. 23.06.1953, seniority 25.02.1953 Lt.Col. 01.09.1963 [supernumerary 01.09.1966] (retd 05.08.1968) MBE 02.06.1973 HM's birthday 1973: Director, Save the Children Fund Home, Qui Nhon, Vietnam	Education: King's College, Taunton.       served in the ranks for 177 days, The King's Royal Regiment 25.02.1940     commissioned, The Border Regiment [from 01.10.1959 The King's Own Border Regiment]  (09.1944)     Officer Commanding, Anti-Tank Group, S Company, 1st Battalion The Border Regiment (Arnhem [wounded, captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 2206 & 686) in German captivity (Oflag 79) 02.11.1945 - 13.01.1946 Staff Captain, "Q" HQ Carlisle Sub-District 14.01.1946 - 06.12.1946 Staff Captain (PA & Ms), HQ Northwestern District 01.01.1948 - 14.03.1948 Staff Captain "A", HQ Garza Sub-District 25.10.1954 - 24.03.1957 Staff Captain "A", HQ Salisbury Plain District 01.09.1963 - 28.02.1966 Depot Commandant, Lancastrian Brigade Depot
Reid, Robert Payton known as: Robert Payton-Reid Son of John R. Reid, and Martha Craig.	31.07.1897 Foulden, Berwickshire - 01.11.1971 Witham, Essex	2nd Lt. 22.12.1915 [13802] Lt. 01.07.1917 Capt. 01.12.1927 Maj. 01.08.1938 A/Lt.Col. 10.08.1940-09.11.1940 T/Lt.Col. 10.11.1940-15.10.1941, 30.03.1942-21.08.1945 WS/Lt.Col. 22.08.1945 Lt.Col. 01.08.1945 A/Col. 22.02.1945-21.08.1945 T/Col. 22.8.1945 Hon. Col. 27.01.1948  (retd) DSO 09.11.1944 Arnhem 09.1944 British War Medal, Victory Medal, Territorial Force War Medal, Palestine 1936-1939 Medal and Clasp	22.12.1915 commissioned, The King's Own Scottish Borderers 1916 - 1919 served in the Great War (22.08.1916-18.08.1917 & 22.9.1918-11.11.1918 France & Belgium); wounded; acting Captain 5th Battalion (30.01.1919-04.04.1919) 1919 served with 2nd Battalion Thr King's Own Scottish Borderers (Devonport, UK) 24.12.1920 - 20.12.1925 employed with the King's African Rifles (temporary Captain 01.10.1923) (East Africa) interbellum served with 2nd Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (Egypt, Hong Kong) (1937) served with 1st Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (Malta, Palestine) 11.07.1937 - 09.08.1940 specially employed as Adjutant, The King's Own Malta Regiment (retaining the rank of Major in that regiment) 08.1940 - 01.1942 regimental service (?) 26.01.1942 - 29.03.1942 Second-in-Command, 7th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (UK) 30.03.1942 - 12.10.1943 Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (UK) [04.07.1942-18.07.1942 acting Commander, 9th Infantry Brigade (UK)] 12.10.1943 - 1945 Commanding Officer, 7th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (UK; Arnhem [evacuated]) [11.12.1944-14.12.1944 acting Commander, 1st Airlanding Brigade (UK)] 1946 - 25.04.1947 Commanding Officer, 2nd Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (India, Burma)
Reynolds, Jack Son of Charles Guy Reynolds (1892-1969), and Kathrine Mary Longlands (1890-1971). Married ((06?).1947, Thanet district, Kent) Cynthia Eulalie Mustchin Willcocks (05.06.1923 - 05.2006), sister of Capt. Arthur Hambly Willcocks, South Staffordshire Regiment; two children.	10.05.1922 Chichester, West Sussex - 22.08.2019 Pulborough, West Sussex	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 07.06.1941 [190738] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 MC 21.10.1943 Sicily 07.1943 EM 07.07.1950 -	Clerk. 03.1939     enlisted, Territorial Army       Officer Cadet Training Unit 07.06.1941     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] (07.1943)     Platoon Commander, Simforce (composite force of 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment) (Sicily) (09.1944)     Officer Commanding, No. 1 Mortar Platoon (Support Company), 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Arnhem [captured] 19.09.1944) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 538) in German captivity (25.09.1944--02.10.1944 Dulag XII-B, Hadamar; 06.10.1944-23.04.1945 Oflag 79, Braunschweig, Niedersachsen)
Richey, James Alexander Dodwell "Jimmy"	29.08.1910 Romford district, Essex - 03.1997 Wayland district, Norfolk	2nd Lt. 19.10.1940 [151648] WS/Lt. 19.04.1942 T/Capt. 1944?, 29.07.1945 MID 23.90.1943 North Africa 1942-43	Accountant. 01.09.1939     enlisted 19.10.1940 commissioned, The South Wales Borderers [emergency commission] 02.09.1942 transferred to the Parachute Regiment (1942) - (1943) 1st Parachute Battalion (North Africa) (09.1944) Second-in-Command, T Company, 1st Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [captured 19.09.1944]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 547) in German captivity (25.09.1944-02.10.1944 Oflag XII-B, Hadamar; 06.10.1944-23.04.1945 Oflag 79, Braunschweig)
Ridler, Derek Hughes Married; ... children (one son?).	01.09.1916 - 09.2002 Torbay district, Devon	Lt. 20.11.1939 [104446] WS/Capt. 20.11.1940 A/Maj. ? MC 23.12.1943 Sicily 07.1943 (see also Museum of Military Medicine) MID 20.09.1945 Arnhem 09.1944	20.11.1939 commissioned, Army Dental Corps [emergency commission] (07.1943) - 09.1944 Dentist & Anaesthesist, 16th Parachute Field Ambulance RAMC (Sicily, Arnhem [captured 18.09.1944, escaped & evaded 14.02.1945)
Rigby-Jones, Guy Married twice; three children. From London. Lived later at the Lake District & Hastings.	15.05.1911 Ormskirk district, Lancashire - 09.11.2002 St. Leonards on Sea, East Sussex	Lt. 08.11.1941 [216228] WS/Capt. 08.11.1942 Capt. TA 01.05.1947, seniority 08.11.1942 T/Maj. 23.11.1943 A/Lt.Col. TA 01.05.1947 MC 23.12.1943 Sicily 07.1943 TD ? ?	Education: medicine Christ College, Cambridge University (BA 1933; MA 1937; MB, BChir 1937). Surgeon. 08.11.1941 commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission] (09.1944) Specialist surgeon, 181st Airlanding Field Ambulance (Arnhem [captured 24.09.1944) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW in German captivity (26.09.1944-26.10.1944 Willem III Kazerne, Apeldoorn; 26.10.1944-31.03.1945 Kriegslazarett 4/686, Apeldoorn; 31.03.1945-15.05.1945 Hauptverbandplatz Heemstede) Orthopedic surgeon, London.
Ritchie, Ernest [Smith] "Ricky" Son (with two brothers and two sisters) of David Ritchie (1888-1958), and Anne McIntosh "Annie" Smith (1890-1953). Married (07.08.1947, Marlborough district, Wiltshire) June Baxter (01.07.1925 - 16.07.1993), daughter (with one brother and one sister) of James Lyell Baxter (1895-1985), and Christina Dalgety Walker (1897-1929); two sons.	19.04.1922 Monifieth, Dundee district, Angus, Scotland - 21.12.1976 Dunwich, Ipswich district, Suffolk [St James Church churchyard, Dunwich]	2nd Lt. 01.08.1942 [240431] WS/Lt. 01.02.1943 A/Capt. 05.05.1946-04.08.1946 T/Capt. 05.08.1946-22.02.1947 Lt. 22.02.1947, seniority 19.10.1944 WS/Capt. 23.02.1947 Capt. 19.04.1949 T/Maj. 23.02.1947-08.03.1948, 09.07.1953-31.01.1954, 01.07.1954-05.05.1955 Maj. 19.04.1956 (retd 29.04.1961)	1941 - 1942 served in the ranks, The Royal Scots (for 239 days ? - 31.07.1942 165th Officer Cadet Training Unit 01.08.1942     commissioned, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) [emergency commission to 21.02.1947] 07.08.1942 - 30.04.1943 8th Battalion The Sherwood Foresters 01.05.1943 - 03.12.1943 Camp Commandant, Airborne forces Development Centre (Old Sarum) 04.12.1943 - 31.12.1943 1st Battalion The Sherwood Foresters 01.01.1944 - 05.02.1944 Airborne Forces Depot and School 01.01.1944     transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps 06.02.1944 - 19.02.1944 No. 1 Airborne Forces Holding Unit 20.02.1944 - 22.09.1944 11th Parachute Battalion 18.09.1944 - 22.09.1944 Officer Commanding, .. Platoon, 11th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [wounded in the leg; captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 2117) in German captivity (Oflag IX-A/H, Spangenberg, Hessen) 11.04.1945 - 11.07.1945 repatriated & posted to Army Air Corps Depot (taken on strength 10.07.1945) 12.07.1945 - 21.08.1945 9th South Lancashire Personnel Transit Centre 22.08.1945 - 01.10.1945 1st Parachute Battalion 02.10.1945 - 01.01.1948 4th Parachute Battalion (11.10.1945 embarked for Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 23.10.1945 disembarked (Palestine), embarked for UK 24.01.1947, disembarked 03.02.1947) 22.02.1947     permanent commission, The Sherwood Foresters 1947?     16th Independent Parachute Brigade (Ogbourne St George, UK) 01.01.1948 - 07.03.1948 attached 2nd Parachute Battalion 09.03.1948 - 26.10.1949 4 Airborne Control Section, British Army of the Rhine (attached as liaison to RAF Schleswig (Goslar, Germany) & HQ Para Bemerode / Hannover / Hildesheim) 1949     16th Independent Parachute Brigade (Aldershot) 1952     seconded to the Royal West African Frontier Force (Nigeria) 1955     returned to the regimental duty with the Sherwood Foresters (1st Battalion, Sennelager, Paderborn) 1956     seconded as Company Commander to Royal Warwickshire Regiment (N Ireland) 1957     seconded as Training Major, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regimental Depot, Bedford 1958     Second-in-Command, Forester Brigade Regimental Depot, Normanton Barracks, Derby Publican and Landlord of The Ship Inn (formerly The Barne Arms Hotel), 1960.
Ritson, Ernest Vivian Son of Ernest and Florence Ritson. Husband of Claire Courtier Brown (23.11.1907 - 10.04.2005), of Hampstead, London.	(03?).1909 Stockport district, Cheshire / Lancashire - 20.09.1944 (KIA) [age 35] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 6.D.18]	2nd Lt. 15.04.1929 [41715] Lt. 15.04.1932 Capt. 06.12.1932 Maj. 24.05.1939 MID 20.09.1945 Arnhem 09.1944 [posthumously] TD 21.09.1944 -	15.04.1929 commissioned, The Manchester Regiment - Territorial Army (8th Battalion) 24.08.1939 mobilized TA 05.10.1943 transferred to the Parachute Regiment (09.1944) Second-in-Command, HQ Company, 156th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [killed in action])
Roberts, Alan Douglas Son of ... Roberts, and ... Farr.	06.07.1917 Rochford district, Essex - 02.2005 Kent, Kent	2nd Lt. 02.07.1943 [285010] WS/Lt. 02.01.1944 T/Capt. 27.12.1945 SSM 20.03.1947 Arnhem 09.1944	02.07.1943 commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] 22.01.1944 transferred to The Border Regiment (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 16 Platoon (C Company), 1st Battalion The Border Regiment (Arnhem [evacuated])
Roberts, Andrew Son of ... Roberts, and ... Galloway ?	27.07.1923 Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland - 2000 ? Saltcoats district, Scotland ?	2nd Lt. 21.11.1942 [251878] WS/Lt. 21.05.1943	Art student. 29.07.1941     enlisted 21.11.1942 commissioned, The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's) [emergency commission] 01.03.1943 transferred to the Parachute Regiment (09.1944) Liaison Officer of 2nd Parachute Battalion at 1st Parachute Brigade HQ (Arnhem [captured 19.09.1944]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW in German captivity (10.1944-04.1945 Oflag 79, Braunschweig)
Roberts, Graham Chatfeild Son of William Lionel Lloyd Roberts (1876-), solicitor, and Gertrude Gladys Clarke (1886-1956), of Chesham, Buckinghamshire. Changed last name by deed poll of 19.08.1948 to Chatfeild-Roberts.	02.04.1914 Kensington district, Greater London - 23.04.1985 Wakes Colne, Colchester district, Essex	2nd Lt. 06.07.1935 [65514] Lt. 06.07.1938 A/Capt. 05.09.1939 WS/Capt. 04.04.1941 Capt. 25.04.1951, seniority 26.11.1943 Maj. 04.06.1951 Lt.Col. 01.03.1957 TD 21.04.1950 - TD 15.07.1952 1st clasp Hkn 19.03.1948 ?	Education: Cheltenham College (01.1928-07.1932; Cadet C.S.M., Junior Divison, Officer Training Corps). 06.07.1935 commissioned, 3rd City of London Regiment (The Royal Fusiliers) - Territorial Army (01.1939) 10th (3rd City of London) Battalion (69th Searchlight Regiment) (Territorial) 24.08.1939 mobilized ? transferred to the Royal Artillery (04.1941 serving as such) 12.01.1942 transferred to the Reconnaissance Corps (09.1944) Aide-de-Camp to the General Officer Commanding, 1st Airborne Division (Arnhem) 1945? - 1951 Territorial Army Reserve of Officers 1951 - ? Territorial Army Solicitor 1948.
Roberts, Harry Royston Son of a former Sergeant of the King's Yorkshire Light Infantry who earned a Military Medal in World War I. Married (19.05.1945) Muriel (née ...); three sons, one daughter.	04.11.1920 York, Yorkshire - 21.07.1992 Swindon district, Wiltshire	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 12.06.1943 [281104] WS/Lt. 12.12.1943 (reld 1947) T/Capt. 13.12.1945	Fitter in the old LNER Railway Carriage and Wagon Works in York. 02.1943 enlisted, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 04.1943 - 06.1943 165th Officer Cadet Training Unit 12.06.1943 commissioned, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers [emergency commission] 06.1943 - 11.1943 101st Company REME 11.1943 - 12.1943 6th Guards Tank Brigade Workshops 12.1943 - 02.1944 4th Battalion Grenadier Guards 02.1944 - 09.1944 Officer Commanding, Motor Transport Repair Section, 1st Airborne Divisional Workshops REME (Arnhem [wounded & captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 2188) in German captivity (25.09.1944-05.10.1944 hospital Apeldoorn; 11.10.1944-13.04.1945 Oflag IXA, Spangenberg) 08.1945 - 09.1945 1st Airborne Division 09.1945 - 12.1946 HQ 1st Parachute Brigade (03.1946-12.1946 at Palestine) 12.1946 - 06.1947 156 Transit Campt Rejoined LNER in York. Became a Fellow of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers (FIME). Following senior positions in York, Doncaster and Derby he was appointed Works Manager at the former GWR Workshops in Swindon. Published: Capture at Arnhem (1999; posthumously published by his widow)
Roberts, J M [= J.McD. ?]	? -	2nd Lt. ? WS/Lt. ?	? commissioned, RASC ? [emergency commission] ? transferred to the Glider Pilot Regiment (09.1944) Section Commander, F Squadron (No. 2 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem)
Robertson, Richard Arnot Son of Thomas Robertson, and Alice Arnot, of Fishponds, Bristol.	28.03.1922 Wharfedale district, West (Riding of) Yorkshire - 21.09.1944 (MIA) [age 22] [Groesbeek Memorial, panel 2]	2nd Lt. 28.02.1943 [264567] WS/Lt. 28.08.1943	24.08.1939 commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission] (09.1944) Troop Officer, A Troop, 1st Parachute Squadron RE (Arnhem [missing in action])
Robertson-Durham, Alexander Weir Son of Alexander Weir Robertson-Durham (1877-1941), and Mabel Elizabeth Stevenson (1878-1957). Married (1939, Edinburgh) Eileen Patricia Hanjakos Cogan (1913 - 1988); one daughter, one son.	31.07.1913 Edinburgh, Scotland - 2000 Larbert, Stirlingshire, Scotland	2nd Lt. 16.01.1935 [63968] Lt. 16.01.1938 Capt. 11.04.1945  (reld 1945/46)	late Cadet Corporal, Edinburgh Academy Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps 16.01.1935 commissioned, The Royal Scots - Territorial Army (7th/9th Battalion) 24.08.1939 mobilized (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 1 Platoon, Medium Machine Gun Group (Support Company), 7th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 551) in German captivity (Oflag XIIB, Mainz)
Robinson, [Sir] Wilfred Henry Frederick "Chippy"; 3rd Baronet Son (with one sister) of Wilfred Henry Robinson (1889-1922), and Eileen St Leger (1888-1963), of Hawthornden, Wynberg, Cape, South Africa. Succeeded uncle 1954. Married (14.03.1946) Margaret Alison Kathleen "Maggie" Mellish, daughter of Frank Mellish, MC, of Bergendal, Gansbaai, Cape, South Africa; one son, two daughters.	24.12.1917 Johannesburg, South Africa - 03.12.2012 London	2nd Lt. 11.02.1940 [117940] WS/Lt. 11.08.1941 T/Capt. 27.12.1941 WS/Capt. 24.01.1945 (reld 27.02.1946) T/Maj. 05.05.1945 Hon. Maj. 27.02.1946	Education: Diocesan College, Rondebosch, Cape (1928-1936; Housemaster); St John's College, Cambridge (1937-1940; MA, 1944). 11.02.1940     commissioned, The Devonshire Regiment [emergency commission] 27.11.1943     transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944)     Second-in-Command, C Company, 3rd Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [captured 20.09.1944]) 20.09.1944 - 21.09.1944 POW in German captivity; escaped at Emmerich Schoolmaster, Kenilworth Cape, South Africa. Staff, Diocesan College School, Rondebosch, South Africa, 1950-1977, Vice-Principal, 1969-1977. Finance Officer, Society of Genealogists, 1980-1992.
Robson, Donald Hotham   Son (with three brothers) of Henry Isaac Robson (1873-1964), missionary, and Hilda Mallinson Rowntree (1874-1968). Married 1st (20.05.1936, St Margaret's Church, Putney) Diana Margaret Nordberg (01.01.1915 - 01.01.2000), daughter of Eric Nordberg, merchant. Divorced. Diana Robson remarried (1946) Harry William Arthur Ruck-Keene (1920-2001). Married 2nd ((03?).1946, Chelsea district, London) Inger Myhrle (née Ferner) (11.05.1913 - 18.05.1972), divorced wife of Johannes Myhre (1894-1987), and daughter of Ferner Jacobsen (1885-1964), and Ragnhild Olsen (1889-1966); two step-sons.	18.04.1908 Hoshangabad, Central Provinces, India - 06.01.1981 Chelsea district, London	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 07.09.1940 [148588] WS/Lt. 07.03.1942 (reld) T/Capt. 24.09.1942 Hon. Capt. 1945/46	Officer Cadet Training Unit, Sandhurst 07.09.1940     commissioned, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [emergency commission]       posted to the 52nd and carried out the appointments of Intelligence Officer and Adjutant 05.1943 - (09.1944) General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3) (Deputy Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster), 1st Airlanding Brigade (North Africa, Italy, UK, Arnhem [evacuated]) 01.1945 - (05.1945) Aide-de-Camp to General Officer Commanding, 1st Airborne Division (UK, Norway)
Robson, Foster Son of ... Robson, and ... Foster. From Altrincham.	05.05.1920 South Shields, Durham / Tyne and Wear - 02.11.1994 Wakefield, West Yorkshire	2nd Lt. 12.04.1941 [182390] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 T/Capt. 29.03.1944 MC 21.10.1943 Sicily 07.1943	12.04.1941 commissioned, Durham Light Infantry [emergency commission] 02.08.1942 transferred to the Glider Pilot Regiment (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 16 Flight (F Squadron, No. 2 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 2139) in German captivity (Oflag IXA/H, Burg Spangenburg)
Robson, Peter Thorp   Son of ... Robson, and ... Thorp.	15.09.1920 Reading, Berkshire - 12.1984 Brent, Middlesex	2nd Lt. 25.08.1943 [292155] WS/Lt. 25.02.1944	25.08.1943 commissioned, Royal Corps of Signals [emergency commission] (09.1944) Section Officer, A Section (wireless) (No. 1 Company), Divisional Signals, 1st Airborne Division (Arnhem [POW?]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 2156) in German captivity (Oflag IX A/H, Burg Spangenberg)
Roderick, Harold Cyril Joseph Son of Charles F. and Mabel Louisa Roderick, of Islington, London.	1920 ? - 18.09.1944 Arnhem (KIA) [age 24] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 5.B.9]	2nd Lt. 04.10.1943 [301778] WS/Lt. 1944?	04.10.1943 commissioned, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [emergency commission] 07.11.1943 transferred to the Parachute Regiment (09.1944) Liaison Officer 10th Parachute Battalion with 4th Parachute Brigade (Arnhem [killed in action])
Roebuck, Ernest Son of Edwin Roebuck, and Mary Roebuck (née Turner), of Ingbirchworth, Yorkshire.	(06?).1920 Penistone district, West Riding of Yorkshire - 19.09. 1944 (KIA) [age 24] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, 22.A.1]	2nd Lt. 10.10.1943 [295263] WS/Lt. 1944?	10.10.1943 commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] 23.01.1944 transferred to The South Staffordshire Regiment (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 20 Platoon (D Company), 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Arnhem [killed in action])
Rogers, Terence Patrick Walter "Terry" Son of Edward Rogers, and Geraldine Rogers. Husband of Eileen D. Rogers, of Kilburn, Middlesex. A.C.A.	12.05.1914 - 20.09.1944 (KIA) [age 30] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 6.B.16]	2nd Lt. 09.03.1940 [124276] WS/Lt. 09.09.1941 A/Capt. 1944?	09.03.1940 commissioned, The Royal Irish Fusiliers (Princess Vicotria's) [emergency commission] 20.05.1943 transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944) Second-in-Command, A Company, 156th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [killed in action])
Rogerson, James Fraser Son of Arthur Marsden Rogerson and Violet Kennedy Rogerson, of Four Oaks, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire.	1923 St Andrew district, Edinburgh, Scotland - 24/25.09.1944 (KIA) [age 21] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 6.A.20]	2nd Lt. 31.10.1942 [249830] WS/Lt. 01.05.1943	31.10.1942 commissioned, The Royal Berkshire Regiment [emergency commission] 12.04.1943 tansferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944) Officer Commanding, Medium Machine Gun Platoon, 11th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [killed in action])
Ross, John Graham	13.06.1921 St Mary and St PEter  district, Dundee, Scotland - 1993 Dalbeattie district, Scotland	2nd Lt. 28.04.1939  [88111] WS/Lt. 01.01.1941 T/Capt. 23.02.1941 WS/Capt. 13.08.1942 T/Maj. 13.08.1942 DSO 11.02.1943 North Africa  1942-43 MBE 28.02.1946 Arnhem 09.1944	28.04.1939 commissioned, The Black Watch (The Royal Highland Regiment) - Territorial Army 24.08.1939 mobilized TA 01.08.1942 transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (1942) - (1943) Officer Commanding, C Company, 2nd Parachute Battalion (North Africa) (09.1944) 2nd Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 2194) in German captivity (Stalag Luft 3 Sagan and Belaria)
Rowell, the Reverend John	? -	Capt. 04.04.1940 [123723] = Chaplain to the Forces 4th Cl. (retd 03.1946)	Education: King's College, London. 04.04.1940 commissioned, Royal Army Chaplains' Department [emergency commission] - Church of England (09.1944) - 09.1945 Chaplain, 1st Battalion The Border Regiment (Arnhem [evacuated]; UK; Norway) 09.1945 - 03.1946 Chaplain, ... The Border Regiment (British Army of the Rhine) Associate of the London College of Divinity 1935. Deacon 1935, priest 1936. Curate, St Mary, Rushden (1935-1937); All Saints with St. Katherine's, Northampton (1937-1940 & 1946-1947); Vicar, Long Buckby (1947-1950). Minister, St. Edmundsbury/Ipswich (1950-12.1957). Assistant minister (for life), Samlesbury, Lancashire (1950). Minister, Thurnham/Maidstone, Kent (27.10.1961-1966). Minister, Thurston/Bury St. Edmunds (15.07.1966-?).
Royall, [Prebendary] Arthur Robert Son of Harry Percy Royall (1890-1971), and Gertrude Ellen Chanay (1890-1974). Married ((12?).1949, Hendon district, Middlesex) Joan Ivy Florence Barkshire (23.05.1926 - 07.06.2009), daughter of Percy Albert Barkshire (1903-1972), and Florence Annie Doris May Thomas (1906-2000); two sons, two daughters.	13.10.1919 St Marylebone district, Greater London - 17.06.2013 Manormead Nursing Home, Hindhead, Surrey (formerly of Swaffham)	2nd Lt. 27.03.1943 [268902] WS/Lt. 27.09.1943 Lt. (TA) 1946/47? TD 09.01.1947 -	Education: Christ Church School, Lisson Grove, Middlesex (1924-); Lambeth (MA); Queen's College, Birmingham (1951). 27.04.1939     enlisted Territorial Army 28.08.1939     mobilized TA 27.03.1943     commissioned, The Border Regiment [emergency commission] (from Officer Cadet Training Unit) (09.1944) - 26.09.1944 Officer Commanding, 12 Platoon (B Company), 1st Battalion The Border Regiment (Arnhem [captured 26.09.1944]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 632) in German captivity (02.10.1944-16.10.1944 Dulag XII-B, Hadamar; 20.10.1944-12.04.1945 Oflag 79, Braunschweig) (1947)     The King's Royal Rifle Corps - Territorial Army Joined the clergy. Deacon 1953, priest 1954. Curate Ashford St Matthew, London Diocese (1953-56); Vicar of Heap Bridge, Manchester Diocese (1956­59); St Augustine's, Whitton, London Diocese (1959­64); Curate­in-charge of St Michael and All Angels, Bromley by Bow (1964­71); Rector of All Saints', Poplar, with St nicholas's, Blackwall, and St frideswide's, Poplar (1964­71); Rural Dean of Poplar (1965­66); Curate­in­Charge of St Saviour with St Gabriel and St Stephen, Poplar (1968­71); Rector of All Saints with St frideswide, Poplar, and St Michael and All Angels, Bromley by Bow, and St Saviour with St Gabriel and St Stephen, Poplar (1971­73); Rural Dean of Tower hamlets (1968­76); Rector of Bow with St Leonard's Bromley (1973­76); Prebendary of St Paul's Cathedral (1973­86); Curate­in­Charge of Holy Trinity, Tredegar Square, Stepney (1973­76); St Barnabas's, Bethnal Green (1973­75); Archbishops' Clergy Appointments Adviser (1976­85).
Royle, John Popplewell Son of Maj. John Bedward Royle, South Wales Borderers, and ... Watt. Married ((12?).1939, Chelsea district, London) Christian Dorothy Forbes-Gordon (09.5.1910 - 02.1991), divorced wife of Frederick Gustav M. Grey (1899-1957, and elder daughter of Maj. Arthur Dalrymple Forbes-Gordon (1873-1931), and Dorothy Ione Helen Eden (1882-1964). Christian Dorothy Royle remarried (31.08.1950) Lt.Cdr. John Charles Grattan, DSC, RN.	25.02.1915 Hailsham district, Sussex - 20.09.1944 (KIA) [age 29] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 3.B.9]	2nd Lt. 29.08.1935 (dismissed the service by sentence of general court-martial 14.09.1938) RSM ? 2nd Lt. 20.03.1941 [66172] WS/Lt. 20.03.1941 T/Capt. 12.10.1941-02.02.1943 WS/Capt. 03.02.1943 T/Maj. 03.02.1943-01.03.1943 WS/Maj. 02.03.1943 * * Army List shows him as (WS/Maj.) T/Lt.Col. with seniority of 02.03.1943	Education: Junior King's and at the King's School, Canterbury (1922-1932); Royal Military College, Sandhurst (1934-1935). 29.08.1935 - 14.09.1938 commissioned, The Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment)       served in the ranks as a WO I in the Scots Guards 20.03.1941     commissioned, The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) [emergency commission] 21.03.1941     transferred, Reconnaissance Corps - Royal Armoured Corps 17.08.1942     transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944)     Second-in-Command, No. 1 Wing, The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem [killed in action])
Russell, David Edward Charles Married to Diana Mary Kennedy Graham-Brown; one son, one daughter.	08.04.1923 - 12.03.2013	2nd Lt. 06.03.1943 [265711] WS/Lt. 06.09.1943 Lt. 22.02.1947, seniority 08.10.1945 A/Capt. 06.05.1946-05.08.1946 T/Capt. 06.08.1946-17.08.1948 A/Maj. 29.07.1946-12.09.1946 Capt. 08.04.1950 T/Maj. 15.04.1953-07.04.1956, 05.07.1956-07.04.1957 Maj. 08.04.1957 Lt.Col. 08.04.1965 (retd 21.04.1970)	Education: jssc, psc served in the ranks for 233 days 06.03.1943 commissioned, The King's Royal Rifle Corps [emergency commission to 21.02.1947] 29.12.1943 transferred, Parachute Regiment (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 7 Platoon (C Company), 2nd Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW in German captivity 06.05.1946 - 29.07.1946 General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), HQ Parachute Brigade 30.07.1946 - 12.09.1946 Brigade Major, ... 13.09.1946 - 11.02.1947 General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), ... 22.07.1947 transferred, The Royal Sussex Regiment [permanent commission] 21.01.1948 - 31.07.1948 General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), HQ Airborne Division 12.01.1951 - 09.11.1951 General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), HQ Infantry Brigade District 15.04.1953 - 07.01.1956 Brigade Major, HQ Parachute Brigade 01.08.1958 - 12.08.1960 General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), Royal Military Academy Sandhurst 14.02.1963 - 28.03.1965 DAMS, Ministry of Defence 31.12.1966 transferred, The Queen's Regiment
Russell, John Alexander "Ian" Son of ... Russell, and ... Kerr.	04.02.1920 Paisley, Scotland - 1991 Paisley, Scotland	2nd Lt. 31.05.1940 [189329] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 Capt. 04.12.1947 (retd 19.06.1953) MID 20.09.1945 Arnhem 09.1944	31.05.1940 commissioned, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [emergency commission] 17.09.1943 transferred to the Parachute Regiment (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 8 Platoon (C Company), 2nd Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 2142) in German captivity (Oflag IXA, Spangenberg)
Rutherford, John From Joppa, Midlothian.	01.06.1915 Dumfries, Scotland - 1998	Lt. 08.02.1940 [122030] WS/Capt. 07.02.1941 MC 23.12.1943 Sicily 07.1943	Education: MB 08.02.1940 commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission] (07.1943) - (09.1944) Regimental Medical Officer, 3rd Parachute Battalion (Sicily, Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 90971) in German captivity (Oflag XIIB, Hadamar)
Ryall, Geoffrey	? -	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 24.04.1943 [273321] WS/Lt. 24.10.1943	24.04.1943     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] (09.1944)     Troop Officer, Z Troop, 1st Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery, RA [attached Divisional Troops] (Arnhem [evacuated])

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