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Sankey, Crofton Edmund Peter Son of Lt.Col. Crofton Edward Pym Sankey, DSO (1877-1956), and Elizabeth Muriel Grindrod.	03.04.1923 Fulham district, Greater London / London / Middlesex - 23.09.1944 (KIA) [age 21] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, 23.A.18]	2nd Lt. 15.11.1942 [251037] WS/Lt. 15.05.1943	Education: Winchester College (1936-1941). 05.1942     special entry for army service 15.11.1942     commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission] 1943     1st Parachute Squadron RE (09.1944)     Intelligence Officer, HQ Royal Engineers, 1st Airborne Division (North Africa, Sicily, Arnhem [killed in action])
Saunders, Peter Argent Son of Edward Argent Saunders, and Jean Campbell.	11.05.1920 Pembroke Dock, Pembokeshire, Wales - 21.09.1944 (KIA) [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, 27.A.6]	2nd Lt. 15.11.1941 [217639] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 MID 24.08.1944 Italy 09.1943	15.11.1941     commissioned, The Rifle Brigade (Prince of Consort's Own) [emergency commission] 03.01.1943     transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1943) - (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 10 Platoon (D Company), 10th Parachute Battalion (Italy; Arnhem [killed in action])
Schwartz, Ralph Harding Married ((06?).1948, Surrey Mid Eastern district, Surrey) Betty W. Kerr.	10.02.1916 Belfast, Ireland - 24.07.1990 Weybridge, Surrey NW district, Surrey	2nd Lt. 07.12.1940 [160552] WS/Lt. 07.06.1942 (reld > 04.1946) T/Capt. 07.09.1942-(04.1944)	07.12.1940     commissioned, The South Staffordshire Regiment [emergency commission] (09.1944)     Assistant Adjutant, 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Arnhem [wounded, captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 2181) in German captivity (Oflag IX-A/Z, Rotenburg an der Fulda, Hessen)
Scott, George Barton Douglas "Scotty" / "Barrie"	12.06.1918 Troqueer district, Kirkcudbright, Scotland - 02.01.1992 Andover, Hampshire	Lt. 07.11.1942 [252536] WS/Capt. 07.11.1943 (reld > 04.1946)	Education: St Paul's School; St Mary's Hospital School; MD Lond 1952, MB MS 1947; MRCS Eng, LRCP Lond 18.07.1942; FRCPath. 07.11.1942     commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission] (09.1944)     Anaesthesist, 181st Airlanding Field Ambulance (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 52984) in German captivity (Stalag IX-C, Mühlhausen, Hessen) Pathologist. Trained in pathology in Worcester, Aberdeen, and London. Appointed reader, Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, in 1956. Was research fellow at Harvard University 1958 and, later, visiting professor at Medical College of Virginia, Richmond. Professor of morbid anatomy (later histopathology) at the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine from 1969 to his retirement in 1983.
Scott, Peter Tom Son (with one sister) of Ralph Quintus Scott (1884-1917), and Blanche Dallas Western (1894-1980). Married (1954, Sydney, New South Wales) Jane ...; one daughter.	29.06.1915 Adelaide, South Australia - 30.12.1978 Vaucluse, New South Wales, Australia	2nd Lt. 21.09.1940 [149360] WS/Lt. 21.03.1942	Assistant works chemist, fertiliser factory. Cadet Lieutenant Reserve, Australian Cadet Corps. 21.09.1940 commissioned, The East Surrey Regiment [emergency commission] 17.11.1942 transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944) Section Commander, D Squadron ( No. 1 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 2159) in German captivity (Oflag IX-A, Spangenberg)
Scott-Malden, Charles Peter Eldest son (with two brothers) of Gilbert Scott Scott­Malden (1889-1946), and Phyllis Dorothy Wilkinson (1892-1982). Married (29.11.1941, Paddington district, London) Jean Honor Chamberlain Silver (12.02.1917 - 15.02.2014), younger daughter of late Lt.Col. John Payzant Silver, CBE, DSO, RAMC (1868-1957), and Louise Mabel Drake-Brockman (1874-1969); two sons, two daughters.	29.06.1918 Steyning district, Sussex - 27.11.2001 Tadworth, East Surrey	2nd Lt. 12.12.1942  [255603] (special appointment) WS/Lt. 12.06.1943 WS/Capt. 23.06.1945 (reld 1946) A?/Maj. 1945 CB 11.06.1966 HM's birthday 1966	Education: Winchester College (1931.2-1936.2; Scholar; Bib. Prae., Gk. Verse); King's College, Cambridge (1935; major Scholar; 1 Cl. Pts. 1 and 2, B.A. 1939; John Stewart of Rannoch and Waddington Scholars, Browne Medal). Entered Ministry of Transport (Junior Grade of the Administrative Class), 21.09.1939. 1940 - 1941 RAMC       Royal Norfolk Regiment 18.12.1942 - 1945 transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Army Air Corps 1943 - 1944 General Staff Officer 3rd grade (GSO3) (Intelligence), 1st Airborne Division (North Africa, Italy & Arnhem [wounded]) 1945     General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), 44th Airborne Division (India) Ministry of Transport (later DoE) 1946-1976 (Assistant Secretary 1949, Under-Secretary, 1959, Deputy Secretary, 1968-1976). Member: Transport Tribunal, 1978-1988; Management Committee, Hanover Housing Association, 1978-1993; National Executive Committee, Abbeyfield Society, 1983-1990.
Scrivener, Edmund Filford Son of Walter Thomas Scrivener and Alice May Macdonald (with one sister & two brothers).  Married (1936) Elisabeth Ball; two daughters, one son.	10.09.1916 Fulham, London - 19.01.2003 Reading, Berkshire (in hospital after a stroke)	Bombardier 1941? Sgt. 1942? Cadet 1943 2nd Lt. 21.08.1943 [292013] WS/Lt. 21.02.1944 (reld 1946)	Cub reporter with the Evening News but parted company with them at the age of 17, and became a grocer. 15.12.1939 volunteered for Army service; served in the ranks in the Royal Artillery, starting at a Heavy Training Regiment (Blackdown) 1940 - 1943 9th Super Heavy Regiment RA (UK Southeast coast [Hull, Dover, Felixstowe etc.]) 1943 Officer Cadet Training Unit, Woolwich 21.08.1943 commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] 08.1943 - 01.1944? ... Anti-Tank Regiment RA (Leigh-on-Sea, near Southend) 23.01.1944 transferred, The Border Regiment (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 10 Platoon (A Company), 1st Battalion The Border Regiment (Arnhem [wounded; 25.09.1944 captured) 09.1944 - 05.1945 POW (No. 601) in German captivity (02.10.1944-04.10.1944 Dulag XII-A, Limburg; 02.10.1944-16.10.1944 Dulag XII-B, Hadamar; 20.10.1944-23.04.1945 Oflag 79, Braunschweig) Became a teacher, until retirement in 1981, and was also an Acting Member of the Questers Theatre, Ealing.
Seccombe, Ernest Walter	31.05.1913 Edmonton, Middlesex - 05.07.1974 Kensington district, London	2nd Lt. 20.04.1940 [129423] WS/Lt. 20.10.1941 T/Capt. 29.08.1943	20.04.1940 commissioned, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [emergency commission] 01.08.1942 transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944) Adjutant, 3rd Parachute Battalion (Arnhem) Senior tutor, Hospital Administrative Staff College, London.
Sharp, Roland Son (with one sister) of William Sharp (1877-1952), and Louisa Hindle (1878-1963). Married ((09?).1948, North East Cheshire district) Joyes Gee (07.04.1915 - 14.06.1984), daughter of Stanley Gee (1880-1945), and Joyes Hammersley (1884-1952); one son, one daughter.	01.01.1914 Stockport district, Cheshire - 24.09.1986 Poynton, Bournemouth district, Dorset	2nd Lt. 19.11.1943 [300729] WS/Lt. 19.05.1944	Clerk in charge at a bank. 19.11.1943 commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] 01.04.1944 transferred, The South Staffordshire Regiment (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 12 Platoon (B Company), 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Arnhem [escaped & evaded 17.09.1944])
Sharples, Arthur Derek Lind Son of Arthur and Natalie Douglas Sharples (née Lind), of Ealing, Middlesex.	24.04.1921 Chorlton district, Lancashire - 21.09.1944 Arnhem (DOW) [age 23] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, 5.D.20]	2nd Lt. 26.04.1941 [184453] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 T/Capt. 25.09.1943	26.04.1941 commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 2 Platoon, Anti-Tank Group (Support Company), 7th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (Arnhem [died of wounds, probably already at 20.09.1944])
Shaw, Edward Ernest "Ted" Son of Joseph Edward Shaw (1879-), and Lucy Atkins (1895-1966). Married ((03?).1941, Lewisham district, Kent) Dorothy May Smith (18.11.1922 - 03.11.1981); two daughters, one son.	05.04.1918 Greenwich district, London - 21.07.2005 Exeter, Devon	2nd Lt. 09.01.1943 [258511] WS/Lt. 09.07.1943 (reld > 04.1946) MC 20.09.1945 Arnhem 09.1944 [recommendation available upon request] EM 15.10.1996 -	09.01.1943     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] (09.1944) - 25.09.1944 Officer Commanding, C Troop, 1st Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery, RA [attached 3rd Parachute Battalion] (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 596) in German captivity (Oflag 79, Braunschweig, Niedersachsen)
Sherriff, Charles Gordon	06.12.1916 Canada - 02.12.2003 Edinburgh, Scotland	2nd Lt. 06.12.1937 [65928] WS/Lt. 22.08.1940 Lt. 06.12.1940 A/Capt. 22.05.1940-21.08.1940 T/Capt. 22.08.1940-26.11.1941 WS/Capt 27.11.1941 Capt. 06.12.1945 (half pay 02.10.1947) A/Maj. 27.08.1941-26.11.1941 T/Maj. 27.11.1941-09.06.1942, 19.05.1943-17.06.1945 Hon. Maj. 06.12.1947 (retd) DSO 20.09.1945 Arnhem 09.1944	06.12.1937     commissioned, The King's Own Scottish Borderers (from the Supplementary Reserve of Officers) (09.1944)     Officer Commanding, D Company, 7th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (Arnhem; wounded & captured 23.09.1944, POW, escaped 18.01.1945 from St Joseph Hospital outside Apeldoorn)
Shuttleworth, Donald Harrop Son of ... Shuttleworth, and ... Wright.	22.07.1911 Dudley district, Staffordshire / Worcestershire - 23.09.1944 (KIA) [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, 3.A.4]	2nd Lt. 22.02.1941 [174177] WS/Lt. 22.08.1942 A/Capt. 02.12.1943 MID 22.03.1945 Normandy 06.1944	22.02.1941 commissioned, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [emergency commission] ? transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944) Adjutant, No. 2 Wing, The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem [killed in action])
Siggins, Donald Cecil Clifford Son (with two? brothers and one? sister) of George McKim Siggins (1869-), and Ella Elizabeth Foy (1876-). Married (01.08.1950) ...; two daughters.	12.11.1917 Moy, Belfast, Dungannon district, Ireland - Canada	2nd Lt. 10.08.1940 [143826] WS/Lt. 10.02.1942 Capt. ? Maj. 01.08.1956 (reld 16.03.1971) TD 19.09.1961 -	10.08.1940     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] (09.1944)     Assistant Command Post Officer, 1st Airlanding Light Battery RA (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 5826) in German captivity (Oflag XIIB, Hadamar)       served Territorial Army
Silvester, Vernon John Ballis *     Married Joan Marjorie Robertson, residing at Cambridge; one son, one daughter. * called "Jack" in Australia	03.04.1915 Newtown, Powys, Wales - 05.09.1985 Ocean Shores, Northern New South Wales, Australia	2nd Lt. 23.08.1941 [204917] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 (reld 04.01.1946) A/Capt. 22.07.1943-(04.1944) T/Capt. ? Hon. Capt. 04.01.1946 MID 15.12.1942 Middle East 11.1941-04.1942	Despatch manager. 09.1932 - 09.1936 served in the ranks, Royal Horse Guards (London) [Territorial Army?] 23.08.1941 commissioned, The Welch Regiment [emergency commission] 1st Battalion The Welch Regiment (North Africa) [escaped from German mobile forces with a bullet in his knee, on 28, January 1942 and walked some 300 to 400 miles through the desert, hiding from the Germans, being helped by bedouins (Arab nomads) until 12th February 1942 where he merged with Poles from a South African battalion; he was admitted to hospital and then rejoined his unit, after which he became a heavy-weight boxing champion of his regiment] 30.03.1943 transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944) - 09.1944 Officer Commanding, HQ Company, 156th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [captured 20.09.1944]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW in German captivity (27.09.1944-05.10.1944 Dulag XII-A, Limburg; 05.10.1944-16.10.1944 Dulag XII-B, Hadamar; 20.10.1944-23.04.1945 Oflag 79, Braunschweig) Assistant Sales Manager for Beecham at Perth Australia, 1946, later Sales Director of Beecham Australia.
Simmons, Clifford Alan Son (with one brother) of Harry Richard Simmons (1891-1973), and Dorothy Elizabeth Cullingford (1895-1950). Married ((12?).1945, Westminster district, London) Jean Marjorie Arundel (10.09.1921 - 26.03.2016); three daughters.	13.06.1918 London - 15.03.2010 London	Lt. 31.10.1942 [250323] WS/Capt. 31.10.1943 MID 20.12.1945 gallant and distinguished services while Prisoner of War 1939-1945 Star, Italy Star, France and Germany Star, 1939-1945 War Medal, and the Oak Leaf (for mention of bravery in the King's despatches).	Education: BM, BCh Oxf 1942; MA Oxf 1944 (BA Oxf 1939); FRCS Eng 1950, FRCOG 1964. 31.10.1942 commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission] (09.1944) Section Officer, 181st Airlanding Field Ambulance (Arnhem) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 1162) in German captivity (Stalag XIB, Fallingbostel)
Simonds, Hon. John Mellor Son of ... Simonds, and ... Mellor. Husband of Ada Barbara Simonds, of St. Helens, Lancs.	01.08.1915 Bucklow district, Lancashire - 25.09.1944 (KIA) [age 29] [Groesbeek Memorial, panel 5]	Lt. 04.07.1940 [138581] WS/Lt. 04.01.1942 T/Capt. 13.08.1942	Education: Winchester College (1928-1934); Magdalene College, Cambridge.. 04.07.1940 commissioned, The North Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's) [emergency commission] (07.1943) Officer Commanding, Simforce (composite force of 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment) (Sicily) (09.1944) Officer Commanding, HQ Company, 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Arnhem [killed in action])
Simpson, David Anderson	11.09.1919 Scotland - 28.08.2019 Camberley, Surrey	2nd Lt. 14.06.1941 [193137] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 T/Capt. 24.07.1944	Education: Brasenose College, Oxford (BA). 13.09.1940     enlisted 14.06.1941 commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] 09.10.1942 - 02.04.1946 transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 19 Flight (B Squadron, No. 1 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem [captured 20.09.1944]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 8494) in German captivity (10.1944-11.1944 Dulag Luft, Wetzlar; 11.1944-01.1945 Stalag Luft 3, Sagan; 02.1945-04.1945 Stalag Luft 3-A, Lückenwalde)
Simpson, Denis Jackson Son (with one brother and two sisters) of Robert William Simpson (1884-1970), and Polly Taylor (1884-1962).	07.11.1921 West Derby district, Lancashire - 20.03.1989 Maidstone, Kent	2nd Lt. 01.11.1942 [249558] WS/Lt. 01.05.1943 Lt. 25.01.1947, seniority 07.05.1944 A/Capt. 06.12.1944-05.03.1945 T/Capt. 06.03.1945-06.11.1948 Capt. 07.11.1948 T/Maj. 23.02.1953-23.11.1955 Maj. 17.05.1956, seniority 07.11.1955 (retd 19.10.1959) MC 09.11.1944 Arnhem 09.1944 MID 20.09.1945 services in the field Hkn 19.03.1948 Norway 1945	Education: B.Eng. served in the ranks for 214 days 01.11.1942 commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission to 24.01.1947] (09.1944) Troop Officer, B Troop, 1st Parachute Squadron RE (Arnhem [POW, escaped]) (1945) 9th (Airborne) Squadron RE (Norway) 25.01.1947 permanent commission
Skilton, Douglas Henry "Doug" Son of ... Skilton, and ... Smith.	16.12.1918 Croydon, London - 02.01.2012	2nd Lt. 10.05.1941 [186152] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 T/Capt. 26.12.1944 MID 10.05.1945 NW Europe	Bank clerk. 10.05.1941 commissioned, The Border Regiment [emergency commission] (09.1944) Acting Intelligence Officer / Loading Officer, 1st Battalion The Border Regiment (Arnhem [evacuated])
Skinner, William Henderson Son of Alexander and Margaret Ogilvie Erskine Skinner.	31.08.1920 Dalmuir - 20.09.1944 (KIA) [age 24] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 15.A.6]	2nd Lt. 17.01.1943 [258862] WS/Lt. 17.07.1943	17.01.1943 commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission] (09.1944) 261st Field Park Company RE (Arnhem [killed in action])
Smellie, John Frederick Son of N.S.H. Smellie, and of Ileen M. Smellie, of Holywood, Co. Down, Northern Ireland.	21.01.1914 Cork, Ireland - 23.09.1944 (KIA) [age 30] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 6.A.4]	2nd Lt. 30.11.1940 [158421] WS/Lt. 30.05.1941 T/Capt. 12.02.1943	Education: Queen's University, Belfast (1932-..., law) 30.11.1940 commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] 17.09.1942 transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 4 Flight (B Squadron, No. 1 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem [killed in action])
Smillie, Norman Alastair Carruthers	22.12.1918 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - 23.03.1978 Central Saanich, British Columbia, Canada	2nd Lt. 09.03.1940 [124239] WS/Lt. 03.09.1941 T/Capt. 1944? WS/Capt. 02.10.1945 T/Maj. 02.10.1945	09.03.1940 commissioned, The Dorsetshire Regiment [emergency commission] 01.06.1942 transferred, Royal Regiment of Artillery 23.08.1942 transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 17 Flight (A Squadron, No. 1 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem)
Smith, Dennis Dale Son of Frederick George Smith, and Olive Mullett. Married (07.02.1947, Jerusalem, Palestine) Ethel Margaret Wells (1921? - ), daughter of James Stanley Wells.	10.01.1911 Broadstairs, Kent - 11.1986 Honiton, Devon	Lt. 27.07.1940 [140516]	27.07.1940 commissioned, The Cheshire Yeomanry (Earl of Chester's) (TA) (from 110th Officer Cadet Training Unit (Cavalry)) 19.12.1942 transferred, Royal Armoured Corps 30.01.1943 transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1943) Intelligence Officer, 10th Parachute Battalion (Italy) (09.1944) Second-in-Command, Support Company, 10th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 637) in German captivity (Oflag XIIB, Hadamar)
Smith, Eric John Ashford Son of Jack Smith, and Marie Newman. Married ...; ... children (one daughter?).	12.08.1922 Greenwich district, Greater London / London / Kent - 02.05.2016 Leatherhead, Surrey	2nd Lt. 22.08.1943 [292210] WS/Lt. 22.02.1944 (reld > 12.1946, < 04.1947)	22.08.1943     commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission] 10.12.1943     transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944)     Section Commander, D Squadron (No. 1 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem)
Smith, James Gordon Anstruther Son of ... Smith, and ... Hutton.	09.04.1920 Huddersfield district, West Yorkshire - [2002 still alive, USA]	2nd Lt. 10.02.1942 [232221] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 A/Capt. 1944?	10.02.1942 commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission] (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 1 Troop, 4th Parachute Squadron RE (Arnhem; evacuated)
Smith, John Raymond	? -	2nd Lt. 20.09.1941 [204942] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 T/Capt. 10.08.1943	20.09.1941 commissioned, Royal Corps of Signals [emergency commission] (09.1944) Officer Commanding, A Section (wireless) (No. 1 Company), Divisional Signals, 1st Airborne Division (Arnhem)
Smith, Peter	14.09.1916 London - 07.03.1995 Alton, Hampshire (died of carcinoma prostate)	Lt. 19.06.1941 [191713] WS/Capt. 19.06.1942 T/Maj. 22.06.1944-(04.1946) MID 20.12.1945 gallant and distinguished services while prisoner of war	Education: qualified St Thomas' (MB, 1939); FRCS (1941) 19.06.1941 commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission] (09.1944) - 09.1944 Specialist Surgeon, 133rd Parachute Field Ambulance (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 1675) in German captivity (Stalag XIB, Fallingbostel) Consultant Surgeon, Eastbourne, 1951-1976.
Smith, Sydney Robertson Son of Sydney Charles Hudson Smith and Margaret Smith Laing Smith, of Sheffield.	1923 ? - 20.09.1944 (KIA) [age 21] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, 30.C.4]	2nd Lt. 19.03.1942 [229896] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942	19.03.1942 commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] 09.10.1942 transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944) Section Commander, D Squadron ( No. 1 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem; killed in action)
Smith, Thomas Joseph Arthur Son of Thomas Percy Smith (1894-1970), and Clara Margaret Brooker (1894-1971).. Married ((19.03.1944, Hull) Jacqueline Maria Lawler (05.03.1922 - 09.09.2006); three sons.	16.01.1920 Battersea, Wandsworth district, London - 14.04.2000 Christchurch Hospital, Bournemouth, East Dorset district, Dorset	2nd Lt. 03.10.1940 [245990] WS/Lt. 03.04.1943	03.10.1940     commissioned, The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) [emergency commission] 11.12.1943     transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944)     Officer Commanding, 2 Provost Section with 4th Parachute Brigade (Arnhem) * His son writes: "As far as I know he trained for the Arnhem drop but for some reason he was not sent on the mission." * According to C. van Roekel's "Who was who during the Battle of Arnhem". I believe this post was filled by Lt. F.J. de R. Lock, however.
Smyth, Kenneth Bowes Inman "Kidney" Son of Charles Inman Smyth and Jessie Smyth. Husband of Elspeth Elizabeth Geddes Smyth, of Farnham, Surrey.	31.01.1907 Wolverhampton - 26.10.1944 (DOW) [age 38] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, 18.B.8]	2nd Lt. 30.08.1926 [36876] Lt. 30.08.1929 Capt. 05.08.1937 T/Maj. 04.12.1940 Maj. 30.08.1943 T/ Lt.Col. 19.05.1942 OBE 14.10.1943 Middle East MID 24.08.1944 Italy 09-11.1943 MID 20.09.1945 Arnhem 09.1944	30.08.1926 commissioned, The South Wales Borderers 31.01.1937 - 30.08.1939 Stn. Staff Officer 1st Class 23.08.1940 - 09.10.1940 specially employed 10.10.1940 - (04.1941) General Staff Officer 2nd grade (GSO2), HQ Aldershot Area (1942) staff appointment, Middle East HQ 06.12.1942 05.03.1943 16.10.1943 - - - 04.01.1943 08.04.1943 07.11.1943 acting Commander, 4th Parachute Brigade (09.1943) - (09.1944) Commanding Officer, 10th Parachute Battalion (Italy; Arnhem [wounded & captured]) 09.1944 - 26.10.1944 POW in German captivity (died of wounds)
Somerville *, Philip Charles Aimers Married 1st ((06?).1942, Newbury district, Berkshire) Sybil P. Hastings. Married 2nd ((03?).1975, Gainsborough district, Lincolnshire) Patricia Somerville. * Also spelled as: Sommerville	16.03.1918 - 07.12.2001 Norwich, Norfolk	2nd Lt. 16.03.1940 [126168] WS/Lt. 16.09.1941 T/Capt. 31.08.1942 BSM 14.11.1947 Arnhem	16.03.1940     commissioned, The Border Regiment [emergency commission] 14.01.1941     transferred, Reconnaissance Corps - Royal Armoured Corps (09.1944)     Clerk of Works, HQ 1st Airborne Division (Arnhem [evacuated])
Speke, Wilfred Henry Son of Henry Speke, and Lilian Priestley. Married (29.10.1939, St Stephen, Paddington, London) Hilda May Straford, of Lee, London.	(03?).1914 Leicester district, Leicestershire - 21.09.1944 (KIA) [age 30] [Groesbeek Memorial, panel 8]	Cadet ? [7914301] 2nd Lt. 28.04.1944 [315709]	28.04.1944 commissioned, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps [emergency commission] (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 4 Platoon (B Company), 11th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem; killed in action)
Speller, Cecil Edmund Kirby "John"	21.01.1924 - 08.05.2008 Exeter	2nd Lt. 27.02.1943 [264944] WS/Lt. 27.08.1943 Lt. 29.11.1947, seniority 21.07.1946 A/Capt. 18.07.1946-17.10.1946 T/Capt. 18.10.1946-03.03.1948, 09.12.1948-05.02.1950, 28.02.1950-20.01.1951 Capt. 21.01.1951 Maj. 21.01.1958 local Lt.Col. 28.06.1965 Hon. Lt.Col. 24.04.1969 (retd) MBIM. OStJ.	served in the ranks for 1 year 93 days 27.02.1943 commissioned, The Dorsetshire Regiment [emergency commission to 28.11.1947] 05.03.1943 transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (1944) - (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 2 Platoon, 21st Independent Parachute Company (UK, Arnhem) 1944/45? transferred, The Dorsetshire Regiment 11.02.1946 transferred, Royal Army Educational Corps 29.11.1947 commissioned, The Dorsetshire Regiment [from 17.05.1958 The Devonshire & Dorset Regiment] [permanent commission] 21.05.1958 - 17.07.1959 specially employed, Malaya Military Forces (03.1964) - 04.1964 Officer Commanding, D Company, All Arms Junior Leaders' Regiment 04.1964 - GSO2 (Ops) PSY, Borneo
Spence, Robert Eric	? -	2nd Lt. 18.05.1940 [132734] WS/Lt. 18.11.1941	18.05.1940 commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] 21.08.1942 transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944) Section Commander, F Squadron ( No. 2 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem)
Spivey, Robert Edward Son of ... Spivey, and ... Pearce.	25.03.1921 Fulham district, London - 08.02.1994 Australia	2nd Lt. 29.03.1941 [180067] WS/Lt. 29.09.1942 T/Capt. 17.10.1943 T/Maj. 1946? MID 10.05.1945 NW Europe (Arnhem)	29.03.1941     commissioned, The Royal Fusiliers [emergency commission] ?     transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps 1942 - 07.1944 21st Independent Parachute Company (North Africa; Italy) 07.1944 - 10.1945 Second-in-Command, 21st Independent Parachute Company (Italy; Arnhem [evacuated], Norway) 10.1945 - 1946 Commanding Officer, 21st Independent Parachute Company (Palestine) Assistant, Antarctic expedition, Marguerite Bay, 1948-1949 (Polar Medal).
St Aubyn, [the Hon.] Oliver Piers One of three sons and two daughters of Francis Cecil St. Aubyn, 3rd Baron St. Levan (1895-1978) and Hon. Clementine Gwendolen Catharine Nicolson, only daughter of 1st Baron Carnock. Married (1948) Mary (died 1987), eldest daughter of late Bailey Southwell; two sons, one daughter.	12.07.1920 St Michael's Mount, Cornwall - 24.05.2006 Cornwall	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 25.05.1940 [132149] WS/Lt. 25.11.1941 T/Capt. 30.04.1945-(04.1946) MC 09.11.1944 Arnhem 09.1944 MID 24.08.1944 Italy 09-11.1943	Education: Wellington, and St James's School, Maryland, USA ? - 24.05.1940 either 162nd, 164th, 165th, 166th, or Sandhurst Officer Cadet Training Units 25.05.1940 commissioned, The King's Royal Rifle Corps [emergency commission] (El Alamein 1942) 30.03.1943 transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (Turkish-Syrian border, Italy, Arnhem, Palestine) (09.1944) Intelligence Officer, 156th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [evacuated]) Stockbroker, Ringmer, Sussex. High Sheriff, East Sussex, 1982-1983.
Staddon, Roy Glinn Son of Leonard Rupert Staddon (1883-1955), and Eva M. Newton. Married ((12?).1946, Gosport district, Hampshire) Joyce M.P. Sims; one son, two daughters.	27.07.1921 Ramsgate, Thanet district, Kent - 21.12.2014 Scone, New South Wales, Australia	2nd Lt. 16.01.1943 [258888] WS/Lt. 16.07.1943	Student. 05.06.1939     enlisted 16.01.1943     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] (09.1944)     Troop Leader, A Troop, 1st Airlanding Light Battery RA (Arnhem [wounded & captured 22.09.1944]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 2203) in German captivity (05.10.1944-10.12.1944 hospital Heiningen; 10.12.1944-02.04.1945 Oflag IX-A/Z, Rotenburg an der Fulda, Hessen) Emigrated to Australia, 1947.
Stainforth, Peter Terrick Only son of Capt. Archibald George Clabon Stainforth, MC (1869-1965), and Flora Hope Glover (1896-1983), of Nigeria. Married 1st (1948) June Spink (died 1966), daughter of Capt Harold Spink of Groombridge, Chairman of Spink and Son; two sons (twins). Married 2nd (09.1970) Dorothy Snoxell.	08.07.1921 Tunbridge Wells, Kent - 13.12.2017 Knebworth, Hertfordshire	2nd Lt. 15.02.1942 [226295] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 (reld > 08.1946, < 12.1946)	Education: Fernden Preparatory School; Tonbridge School (1935.3-1940; Hill Side); Queens’ College, Cambridge University (BA (Hons.) 1947, MA 1951 (mechanical sciences)). 10.1940 - 1941 wartime short engineering course, Cambridge University 1941 - 14.02.1942 142nd Officer Cadet Training Unit 15.02.1942     commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission] 1942 - 1944 1st Parachute Squadron RE (UK 1941-1942, Tunisia 1942-1943 (wounded 03.1943), Sicily 1943, UK 1943-1944, Arnhem 1944) (09.1944)     Troop Officer, B Troop (Arnhem [wounded, captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 2190) in Oflag IX-A/Z  (Rotenburg an der Fulda, Hessen) Technical Officer (Engineering), Imperial Chemical Industries. Chemical R & D engineer, Plastics Division of ICI, Knebworth, Hertfordshire, 1948-1978. As an unofficial War Artist, he had the distinction of having one of his pictures, Flak and Silk, hung in the Chief of Staff's Room at the Cabinet Offices. Published: Wings of the wind (1952; wartime memoirs); Not found wanting : a history of the Stainforths, an Anglo-Saxon family (2004).
Stanford, Colin Macdonald   Son of ... Stanford, and ... Macdonald.	21.06.1923 Colchester district, Essex - 17.10.1992 Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia	2nd Lt. 26.09.1942 [245329] WS/Lt. 26.03.1943	26.09.1942 commissioned, The King's Royal Rifle Corps [emergency commission] 16.03.1943 transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 5 Platoon (B Company), 2nd Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [POW]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW in German captivity (Oflag IX A/H, Spangenberg)
Stark, Ronald Leslie "Ronnie" Son of ... Stark, and .. Bean.	30.05.1913 Edmonton district, Middlesex - 14.05.1990 Kinrossie, Scotland	Lt. 08.01.1941 [167154] T/Capt. 10.09.1942 WS/Capt. 05.05.1943 T/Maj. ? Hon. Maj. 1945/46 (retd) MC 15.06.1943 North Africa 1942-43 MID 23.09.1943 North Africa 1942-43 BL 09.02.1946 Arnhem 09.1944 * * date of Dutch Royal Decree	served in the ranks (Warrant Officer II) 08.01.1941 commissioned, The Essex Regiment [emergency commission] 01.08.1942 transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (1942) - (1943) B Company, 2nd Parachute Battalion (North Africa) (09.1944) Officer Commanding, S Company, 1st Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [captured 19.09.1944]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 531) in German captivity (Oflag XIIB, Hadamar; 01.1945-04.1945 Oflag VII-B, Eichstätt)
Steedman, Derrick Noel Crombie Son of Eric Crombie Steedman, and Violet Noel Layman. Married 1st (1946?) Lyndsay Natalie Stephens (1916 - 1993). Married 2nd (11.1988, Worthing, West Sussex) Anne Simon.	28.02.1923 Kensington district, Greater London / London / Middlesex - 28.01.2007 Cleveland	2nd Lt. 29.01.1944 [307632] WS/Lt. 29.07.1944 T/Capt. 06.02.1946	Education: Blundells School (played cricket). 29.01.1944     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] 27.03.1944     transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944)     Section Commander, D Squadron (No. 1 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem)
Steel, James Son of ... Steel, and ... Boyd.	29.03.1918 Galston district, Ayrshire, Scotland - ?	2nd Lt. 03.01.1943 [256839] WS/Lt. 03.07.1943	03.01.1943 commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission] (09.1944) Platoon Officer, 3 Platoon, 9th (Airborne) Field Company RE (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 11453) in German captivity (Stalag XIIA, Limburg)
Steele-Baume, Eric Henry Youngest son of T.E. Baume, and Mrs Baume, of Brighton, Sussex. Married (07.01.1947, St Mary's, Staveley-in-Cartmel, Ulveston district, Lancashire) Eileen Margaret "Bobbie" Costeloe, youngest daughter of Rev. F.C. Costeloe, of Staveley Vicarage, Newby Bridge; three daughters. I MAJOR ERIC HENRY BAUME, of 17 Morningside, Place, Edinburgh, at present serving with H.M. Forces, a British subject, hereby give notice that, after the expiration of twenty-one days from the publication of this Notice, I intend to assume the name ERIC HENRY STEELE-BAUME for all purposes and in lieu of my present name. Dated this 10th day of August 1942.	01.01.1910 Brighton, Sussex - 28.12.1968 Overstone Park, Brixworth district, Northamptonshire (accident)	2nd Lt. 01.09.1932 [53719] Lt. 01.09.1935 Capt. 01.01.1939 A/Maj. 08.04.1941-07.07.1941 T/Maj. 08.07.1941-10.10.1942, 27.10.1942-30.11.1942, 31.12.1942-24.01.1943, 12.02.1943-27.10.1943 WS/Maj. 28.10.1943 Maj. 01.07.1946 A/Lt.Col. 28.07.1943-27.10.1943 T/Lt.Col. 28.10.1943-01.03.1944, 20.08.1944-10.02.1947, 11.10.1948-09.02.1951 Lt.Col. 10.02.1951 supernumerary 10.02.1954 A/Col. 06.08.1946-01.01.1947 T/Col. 04.01.1953 Hon. Col. 02.07.1958  (retd) CBE 12.06.1958 HM's birthday 1958 [recommendation available upon request] MID 23.03.1944 Sicily 07.1943	Education: nadc,  jssc, psc 01.09.1932 commissioned, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 08.04.1937 - 14.01.1939 Instructor (Class C), Army Signal School, India 15.01.1939 - 07.01.1940 Adjutant & Quartermaster, ... 30.06.1941 - 12.03.1942 GSO2 BTN 1 13.03.1942 - 10.10.1942 GSO2 (Operations), BAS Washington 21.02.1943 - 22.07.1943 GSO2 (Plans) AFHQ 28.07.1943 - 15.11.1943 GSO1 GHQ India 16.11.1943 - 01.03.1944 GSO1 (Plans), ... Army Group 20.08.1944 - 13.06.1945 General Staff Officer 1st grade (GSO1) (Air), 1st Airborne Division  (Arnhem, Norway) 02.08.1945 - 30.11.1945 GSO1 (SD), GHQ West Africa 06.01.1946 - 07.05.1946 AAG, a liaison mission 25.06.1946 - 01.01.1947 GSO1, Air Inspectorate 11.10.1948 - 08.01.1950 GSO1 HQ HC District 28.08.1950 - 20.04.1952 AQMG, HQ BTA 04.01.1953 - 18.02.1955 Colonel General Staff (Operations & Training), AFLCE 11.05.1955 - (02.1957) Colonel in charge Administration, HQ LF Hong Kong
Steer, George William Son of ... Steer, and ... Mawdsley.	29.10.1908 St Queen's Ferry - 1993 Eeyemouth district, Scotland	Lt. 18.02.1940 [121441] [emergency commission] Lt. 21.05.1952, seniority 01.08.1938 [permanent commission] A/Capt. 13.02.1942-11.05.1942 T/Capt. 12.05.1942-11.08.1942, 12.10.1942-18.02.1943 WS/Capt. 19.02.1943 Capt. 01.01.1951, seniority 19.03.1943 [short service commission] Capt. 21.05.1952, seniority 14.03.1941 [permanent commission] A/Maj. 19.11.1942-18.02.1943 T/Maj. 19.02.1943-13.05.1943, 05.08.1949-20.05.1952 Maj. 21.05.1952, seniority 01.07.1946 (retd 26.12.1958)	07.04.1926 served in the ranks for 13 years 317 days 18.02.1940 commissioned, The King's Own Scottish Borderers [emergency commission to 30.12.1950] (from The Royal Scots) (09.1944) Officer Commanding, Mortar Group (Support Company), 7th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (Arnhem; wounded, captured 26.09.1944) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 580) in German captivity (30.09.1944-02.10.1944 Dulag XII-A, Limburg; 05.10.1944-20.01.1945 Dulag XII-B, Hadamar; 21.01.1945-15.04.1945 Oflag VII-B, Eichstätt; 22.04.1945-07.05.1945 Oflag VII-A, Moosburg) 19.04.1946 transferred, Royal Corps of Engineers, Movement Control Section 21.05.1952 commissioned, Royal Pioneer Corps [permanent commission]
Steevenson, Richard Vernon Carson Son of ... Steevenson, and ... Smyth.	16.04.1924 Amesbury district, Wiltshire - 08.1996 Plymouth, Devon	2nd Lt. 02.07.1943 [284568] [emergency commission] 2nd Lt. 20.03.1946, seniority 16.04.1945 [permanent commission] WS/Lt. 02.01.1944 Lt. 16.10.1946 T/Capt. 22.03.1948-16.04.1950 Capt. 16.04.1951 Maj. 02.02.1959, seniority 16.04.1958 T/Lt.Col. 17.05.1966-05.09.1966 Lt.Col. 06.09.1966 (retd 16.04.1975) MBIM	served in the ranks for 2 years 268 days 02.07.1943 commissioned, The Royal Berkshire Regiment [emergency commission to 19.03.1946] 05.11.1943 transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944) Section Commander, F Squadron ( No. 2 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem) 20.03.1946 commissioned, The Royal Berkshire Regiment [permanent commission] 09.02.1955 transferred, Royal Army Ordnance Corps 13.02.1964 - 01.09.1964 Deputy Assistant Director of Ordnance Services, HQ Infantry Brigade Group 01.09.1964 - 11.12.1964 HQ BLFK 12.12.1964 - 21.01.1965 HQ BAREK 22.02.1965 - 31.08.1965 HQ Kenya Army
Stephens, John Howard Son (with three sisters and one brother) of Arthur Leopold Stephens (1879-1948), and Ethel May Whitaker (1883-1974).. Married (06.1945, Romsey, Hampshire) Enid Margaret Blackshaw (1923 - 2005); five children.	11.01.1916 Cardiff district, Monmouthshire - 06.06.2007 Stoke Point, Clarkeville Beach, NSW, Australia	2nd Lt. 11.01.1941 [166162] WS/Lt. 1942? (reld 17.05.1947) Hon. Lt. 17.05.1947 39|45 St - - Afr St - - Fr&G St - - Def M - - WM 39|45 - -	Education: Bristol Grammar School; St Edmund Hall, Oxford University (MA 1938). 09.1939     enlisted 11.01.1941     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] 18.04.1942     transfer to the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve announced in the London Gazette; Aug. 1943 stated that this announcement was cancelled 16.05.1944 - 26.03.1946 transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944)     Section Commander, F Squadron ( No. 2 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem [captured 20.09.1944]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 5868) in German captivity (25.09.1944-26.09.1944 Dulag Luft, Oberursel; 26.09.1944-30.09.1944 Dulag, Wetzlar; 04.10.1944-04.945 Stalag Luft I, Barth; on escape committee) His son writes: "He lived in Australia (initially rural Tasmania) as far as he could from the horrors of war and  after the war for 35 years and had a distinguished career as director of Penguin Books Australia and retired to Cornwall where he is buried at Feock nr Truro after a funeral ceremony attended by the Cornish branch of the Parachute Regiment in uniform."
Stephenson, Thomas Godfrey Vaughan "Tom" Youngest of five children of Rev. Dr. George Alexander Vaughan Stephenson, LL.D. (1864?-), and Gertie Evelyn Paddon (1877?-), of Belfast, Northern Ireland. Brother of Sg.Cdr. George Vaughan Stephenson, MB, BCh, DPM, RNVR, and Lt.Cdr. Harry William Vaughan Stephenson, RN. Married (20.07.1940, Westminster district, London) Kathleen Clara Crawford Swayne (1912? - 18.01.1988), eldest daughter of Charles Robert Crawford Swayne (1880-1943), editor of Times Colonist, and Daisy Roskell Bayne, of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; ... children (one daughter?).	16.12.1912 - 01.03.1988 Saanichton, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	2nd Lt. 01.09.1932 [53662] 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. 27.09.1941-26.12.1941 T/Maj. 27.12.1941-11.04.1944 WS/Maj. 12.04.1944 Maj. 01.07.1946 A/Lt.Col. 12.01.1944-11.04.1944 T/Lt.Col. 12.04.1944-15.02.1949, 01.11.1950-11.10.1953 Lt.Col. 12.10.1953 [supernumerary 12.10.1956] (retd 27.04.1959) OBE 29.03.1945 NW Europe Gen SM - - 39|45 St - - Fr&G St - - Def M - - WM 39|45 - - Hkn 19.03.1948 liberation of Norway	Education: Campbell College, Belfast (09.1926-12.1930; Allison's House); Royal Military Academy, Woolwich (12.1930-09.1932; 1st XV 1930-31); Staff College (psc, 1943); Joint Services Staff College (jssc, 1949). 01.09.1932     commissioned, Corps of Royal Signals (09.1932) - (06.1933) served at Catterick (09.1935) - (10.1935) served at Aldershot (played for Hampshire XV 1936) (01.1937)     served in Palestine (01.1938) - (01.1939) served in India 10.06.1940 - 26.09.1941 General Staff Officer 3rd grade (GSO3), War Office 27.09.1941 - 26.10.1942 General Staff Officer 2nd grade (GSO2), War Office 02.1944 - 1945 Commander Royal Signals, 1st Airborne Division (UK, Arnhem, Norway) 20.01.1946 - 01.05.1946 General Staff Officer 1st grade (GSO1), GHQ (I), India 17.05.1946 - 16.12.1948 General Staff Officer 1st grade (GSO1), Canadian Army Staff College 1950 - 1952 Commander Royal Signals, 11th Armoured Division 08.01.1953 - 08.02.1955 General Staff Officer 1st grade (GSO1), General HQ Northern Army Group 14.07.1955 - 30.11.1955 General Staff Officer 1st grade (GSO1), War Office Retired to Canada, 15.05.1959. Initially, he worked in the electronics industry. Later on in retirement, he was active with the church and the Conservative Party of Canada.
Stevens, George Richard "Dick" Eldest of four sons of Brig.Gen. George A. Stevens. Unmarried.	04.10.1908 Boyle, Co. Roscommon - 28.11.2000 Isle of Wight	2nd Lt. 30.08.1928 [41437] Lt. 30.08.1931 Capt. 01.08.1938 A/Maj. 22.09.1939-21.12.1939 T/Maj. 22.12.1939-18.07.1942, 14.10.1942-23.01.1943 WS/Maj. 24.01.1943 Maj. 30.08.1945 local Lt.Col. 26.05.1941-18.07.1942 A/Lt.Col. 24.10.1942-23.01.1943 T/Lt.Col. 24.01.1943-24.03.1943, 22.09.1943-24.10.1943, 22.11.1943-30.09.1949 Lt.Col. 05.11.1950 (supernumerary 05.11.1953) (retd 14.09.1958) A/Col. 21.05.1945-29.07.1945 T/Col. 19.08.1955-(02.1957) A/Brig. 21.05.1945-29.07.1945 Hon. Col. 14.09.1958 OBE 26.06.1947 Dutch East Indies MID 30.12.1941 Western Desert MID 22.03.1945 NW Europe (Arnhem) MID 08.12.1953 Korea 1953	Education: Cheltenham; Royal Military College, Sandhurst; jssc. 30.08.1928     commissioned, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) (03.1931)     1st Battalion The Royal Fusiliers (Kamptee, India) (06.1933)     1st Battalion The Royal Fusiliers (Ahmednagar, India) (01.1937)     2nd Battalion The Royal Fusiliers (Shorncliffe) (01.1939)     1st Battalion The Royal Fusiliers (Jhansi, India) 18.12.1939 - 03.03.1940 Instructor, ... 30.06.1940 - 07.10.1940 General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), ... (12.1940) - 1941 Company Commander, 1st Battalion The Royal Fusiliers (Western Desert) 26.05.1941 - 18.07.1942 General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2) (Instructor), Staff College, Camberley 23.12.1942 - 24.10.1943 General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), Staff Airborne Forces 1943 - 11.1943 Second-in-Command, 12th (Airborne) Battalion The Devonshire Regiment 11.1943 - 06.08.1944 Commanding Officer, 12th (Airborne) Battalion The Devonshire Regiment (Normandy; wounded 07.06.1944) 06.08.1944 - 31.03.1945 as General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1) Senior British Liaison Officer to 1st Polish Parachute Brigade Group (Arnhem) 03.1945? - 1945? Commanding Officer, 10th Battalion The Gloucestershire Regiment (Burma & Malaya) 28.04.1945 - 29.07.1945 acting Commander, 72nd Infantry Brigade (Burma, India, Burma, India) 29.04.1946 - 29.12.1946 General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1) (Operations), HQ Allied Forces in the Dutch East Indies (Batavia) 11.09.1947 - 18.08.1949 General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1) 1950? - 05.11.1953 Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion The Royal Fusiliers (Korea) 02.04.1954 - 13.02.1955 Assistant Adjutant General (AAG) HQ British Element Trieste Forces (BETFOR) 19.08.1955 - (02.1957) Brigade Colonel HQ HC Brigade 14.09.1958 - 04.10.1963 Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit] Keen sailor (single-handed cruising). County Commissioner of the Isle of Wight Scouts, 1964-1972.
Stevens, Raymond Harold Son of Capt. Arthur Harold Stevens, MC, and Clara Napier Harrower, of Kingston Hill, Surrey.	07.11.1917 Wandsworth district, Greater London / London / Surrey - 24.09.1944 (DOW) [age 26] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 29.A.2]	2nd Lt. 20.01.1940 [117204] WS/Lt. 20.07.1941 A/Capt. 12.12.1943	Education: Stowe Public School (Cobham House, 01.1932-04.1936). 20.01.1940     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] (09.1944)     No. 1 Forward Observation Unit RA [attached 156th Parachute Battalion] (Arnhem; died of wounds)
Stevens, Richard Bridges Only son (with two sisters) of Maj. Dennis Bridges Stevens, RM (1895-1965), achartered accountant, nd Dorothy Gladys Campbell (1891-1960), of Purley, Surrey. Married ((09?).1948, Kensington district, London) Mary Evans (predeceased him); one son, two daughters.	09.10.1920 Croydon, London - 24.03.2010 Wycombe hospital (formerly of Gerrards Cross)	2nd Lt. 28.12.1940 [165811] WS/Lt. 28.06.1942	Education: Repton School (...-12.1938), Derbyshire; Exeter College, Oxford.       Officer Cadet Training Unit (Colchester & North Wales) 28.12.1940     commissioned, The Essex Regiment [emergency commission] 18.09.1942     transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Army Air Corps (07.1943)     took part in invasion of Sicily (his glider dropped short in the airborne invasion and he was rescued from the sea) (06.1944)     took part in the invasion of Normandy (09.1944)     Section Commander, C Squadron (No. 2 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem [wounded, POW]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 1679) in German captivity (Oflag 79 &  Stalag XI-B, Fallingbostel) Appeared in the Arnhem film "Theirs is the glory" (1946). Chartered accountant FCA. Worked in the oil industry for most of his career.
Stevenson, John	? -	Cadet ? [14274095] 2nd Lt. 31.10.1943 [299469] WS/Lt. 01.05.1944	31.10.1943 commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission] (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 1 Section (A Troop), 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron (Arnhem)
Stewart, Richard Henry Son (with two sisters and two brothers) of Francis Hugh Stewart (1879-1951), and Violet Beaumont Knight (1887-1972). Married (03.10.1940, Northumberland West district) Alice Margaret Pattison (19.08.1917 - 07.01.1999); two sons.	22.07.1916 Hong Kong - 02.01.1993 Claro, North Yorkshire	2nd Lt. 26.08.1937, seniority 27.08.1936 [67798] Lt. 27.08.1939 A/Capt. 03.09.1939-02.12.1939 T/Capt. 03.12.1939-12.08.1942 WS/Capt. 13.08.1942 Capt. 27.08.1944 A/Maj. 13.05.1942-12.08.1942 T/Maj. 13.08.1942-26.08.1949 Maj. 27.08.1949 (retd 03.01.1958) MC 14.03.1939 Palestine Palestine 1936-39 Medal & Clasp	Education: psc 26.08.1937 commissioned, The Border Regiment (from the General List Territorial Army - University Candidates) (1937) - (1939) 1st Battalion The Border Regiment (Palestine) (09.1944) Officer Commanding, Support Company, 1st Battalion The Border Regiment (Arnhem; wounded, captured) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 2132) in German captivity (Oflag IXA, Spangenberg) Solicitor, Scotby, Carlisle.
Stilton, Gordon Edward Son of ... Stilton, and ... Hiett.	10.04.1916 Leamington Spa, Warwick district, Warwickshire - 09.1997 Plymouth district, Devon	2nd Lt. 02.11.1940 [156218] WS/Lt. 02.05.1942 T/Capt. ??	02.11.1940 commissioned, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [emergency commission] 17.11.1942 transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944) Intelligence Officer, B Squadron (No. 1 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 6180) in German captivity (Stalag Luft 1, Barth)
Stokes, George Rose-Innes Masters Son (with one sister) of Percy Charles Stokes (1882-1932), and Jeannie Rose-Innes Cameron (1892-1977). Married (1963, Surrey) Betty Madeleine Fletcher (06.10.1920 - 2003); two step-children.	15.10.1921 Paris, France - 21.10.1984 Sutton, Surrey	2nd Lt. 21.08.1942 [243119] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 DFC 11.04.1946 Arnhem 09.1944	21.08.1942 commissioned, The Gordon Highlanders [emergency commission] 08.11.1943 transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944) Section Commander, C Squadron (No. 2 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem)
Storrs, David Valentine   Son (with one sister) of Lt.Col. Bernard St John Storrs (1884-1967), and Marjorie Dyson (1899-1960). Married ((09?).1948, Westminster district, London) Heather Margaret English; one son, two daughters.	18.02.1923 Burma - 21.02.1956 Holy Saviour Hospital, Val d'Or, Quebec (formerly of Barville Abitibi, East Quebec) (accident at a gold mine Barvue mine, Barraute, Quebec, Canada)	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 15.11.1942 [251041] WS/Lt. 15.05.1943 T/Capt. 13.04.1945 (reld > 04.1946) MC 09.11.1944 Arnhem 09.1944	Education: Farnborough; Clifton College, Bristol (1936.3-1941.2; School House; 4/2-VI; Praepostor; XXII, XV). 1941     enlisted service, Royal Engineers 15.11.1942     commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission] (09.1944)     Field Engineer, HQ Royal Engineers, 1st Airborne Division (Arnhem) Post-war student mining engineering, Royal School of Mines (2nd class honours). Charleton Prize, Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.
Stott, William Patrick "Pat" Son of William Stott, and Margaret Flanagan. Married (26.07.1952, Bowdon, Bucklow district, Cheshire) Elizabeth M. Sunter; two sons, one daughter.	14.02.1922 Baguley, Bucklow district, Cheshire - 02.05.2015 Altrincham, Cheshire	2nd Lt. 14.03.1942 [228611] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 (reld > 12.1946, < 04.1947) T/Capt. 27.12.1945-(12.1946)	Textile student. 27.02.1941     enlisted 14.03.1942     commissioned, The Border Regiment [emergency commission] (09.1944)     Second-in-Command, B Company, 1st Battalion The Border Regiment (Arnhem; wounded & captured 26.09.1944) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 619) in German captivity (02.10.1944-16.10.1944 Dulag XII-B, Hadamar; 20.10.1944-22.04.1945 Oflag 79, Braunschweig, Niedersachsen)
Strang, James Heaney Son of John and Mary Strang; husband of Margaret Strang, of Dunoon, Argyllshire.	05.05.1916 Glasgow, Scotland - 19.09.1944 (KIA) [age 28] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, 21.B.13]	2nd Lt. 29.10.1943 [299312] WS/Lt. 1944?	29.10.1943 commissioned, The King's Own Scottish Borderers [emergency commission] (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 4 Platoon (A Company), 7th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (Arnhem [killed in action])
Strathern, Kenneth Fairley Son (with two brothers and one sister) of the Revd. Robert Fairley Strathern, MA (1880-1935), and of Emma Stevenson Macrae (1882-1969), of Dundee.	24.01.1913 17 Monteith Row, Calton district, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland - 24.03.1945 (KIA) [age 31] [Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, 41.B.3]	2nd Lt. 01.10.1939 [99754] WS/Lt. 01.04.1941 T/Capt. 24.10.1944-24.03.1945 BSM 14.11.1947 Arnhem 19-25.09.1944 * [citation available upon request]	01.10.1939     commissioned, The Cameron Highlanders [emergency commission] 07.11.1943     transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Arny Air Corps (09.1944)     Intelligence Officer, D Squadron (No. 1 Wing), Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem)
* Recommentation for the award of the Bronze Star Medal to Lt. K.F. Strathern: "Throughout the action at ARNHEM between the 19th and 25th September [1944] this Officer displayed outstanding initiative and courage. His sector was under heavy mortar fire and was subjected to numerous heavy enemy attacks by tanks, self-propelled guns, and infantry. He continuously led patrols against the enemy and personally was responsible for destruction of enemy tanks end self-propelled guns. In spite of physical distress he insisted on carrying out his duties, inspiring his men and showing a complete disregard to his personal safety. This Officer's personal courage and bravery was an outstanding example to all ranks." [Recommended 28.10.1944 by Maj.Gen. R.E. Urquhart, Commander, 1st Airborne Division, approved by Lt.Gen. F.A.M. Browning, GOC, Headquarters, Airborne Troops, 21 Army Group, and finally by Field Marshal B.L. Montgomery, C-in-C 21st Army Group.]
Suter, Douglas John Son of ... Suter, and ... Halanen.	15.11.1921 Wandsworth district, Greater London / London / Surrey - 02.07.1972 South Africa	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 02.11.1940 [156367] WS/Lt. 02.05.1942 Lt. 30.11.1946, seniority 15.05.1944 A/Capt. 12.07.1945-11.10.1945 T/Capt. 12.10.1945-14.11.1948 Capt. 15.11.1948 (retd 14.01.1958) T/Maj. 15.10.1953-28.02.1954, 19.09.1955-(02.1957) Hon. Maj. 14.01.1958	served in the ranks for 1 year, 156 days ? - 02.11.1940 either 161st, 162nd, 164th, 165th, or 167th Officer Cadet Training Unit 02.11.1940 commissioned, The Lancashire Fusiliers [emergency commission to 29.11.1946] 01.11.1942 transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944) Signals Officer, 156th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 91021) in German captivity (Stalag XIIA Limburg an der Lahn) (another POW card) 30.11.1946 commissioned, The Lancashire Fusiliers [permanent commission] 20.10.1954 transferred, Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Sutton, William John Fisher * Son of ... Sutton, and ... Greggain. * death registration carries initials as: W.J.F.P.	24.01.1920 Islington, London - 05.1998 Stroud district, Gloucestershire	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 12.07.1941 [197751] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 Lt. 19.01.1946, seniority 19.10.1942 A/Capt. 06.11.1945-05.02.1946 T/Capt. 06.02.1946-18.04.1947 Capt. 19.04.1947 Maj. 19.04.1954 (retd 29.08.1959) EM 13.10.1950 - MID 28.05.1957 Malaya 07-12.1956	served in the ranks for 1 year, 314 days (mobilized TA) ? - 12.07.1941 Officer Cadet Training Unit 12.07.1941 commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission to 18.01.1946] 16.12.1943 transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944) Officer Commanding, Assault Platoon (HQ Company), 1st Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 2133) in German captivity (Oflag IXA/H, Burg Spangenberg) 19.01.1946 commissioned, The Queen's Regiment [permanent commission] 08.02.1954 - (1957?) specially employed Military Forces Malaya
Swinscow, Thomas Douglas Victor "Dougal"   Son (with one brother) of William Sprague Swinscow (1869-1954), and Nellie Alleyne (1889-1970). Married (17.07.1941, St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge, City of Westminster, London)  Josephine Noëlle Earle (25.12.1914 - 11.2005), second daughter of Charles F. Earle, and Mrs Earle, formerly of Charlton; three daughters.	10.07.1917 Stroud district, Gloucestershire - 24.09.1992 Exeter district, Devon	Lt. 15.05.1941 [188263] WS/Capt. 15.05.1942 T/Lt.Col. ? 1945? (retd 03.1946) BK 20.03.1947 Arnhem 09.1944 * * date of Dutch Royal Decree 31.07.1945	Education: Kelly College, Tavistock; St Thomas's Hospital Medical School, London (MRCS, LRCP, MB (1940), BS (1947)). 15.05.1941     commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission] 05.1941 - 1941 RAMC Depot (Crookham) 1941 - 1942 ... Field Ambulance, RAMC (UK South Coast) 1942 - 05?.1943 Medical Officer, First Army HQ (Largs, Scotland & N Africa (Constantine, Tunis)) 05?.1943 - 07?.1943 Medical Officer, AMGOT (Algiers) 07?.1943 - 01.1944 Medical Officer, ... Field Ambulance, 1st Airborne Division (Tunisia) 01.1944 - 03.1946 Regimental Medical Officer, 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron (Arnhem [wounded & evacuated], Norway) Subeditor, assistant editor & (from 1964) deputy editor of the British Medical Journal, 1946-1977. Published: Reap a destiny : divagations of a Taoist (memoirs; 1989); and a number of publications on medical, botanical & philosophical subjects.
Sykes, Humphrey Raith Second son of Humphrey Field Sykes (1889-1947), and Marguerite Bedforth (1889-), of Arkenley, Huddersfield. Married ((12?).1946, Kensington district, London) Lt. Vivienne Margaret Wain "Viv" King (01.07.1924 - 25.11.2010), Canadian Red Cross Corps, only daughter of Col. & Mrs C.H. King, of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Vivienne Sykes remarried Richard Dobell.	04.09.1916 Huddersfield, West Riding of Yorkshire - 12.01.1984 Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	2nd Lt. 12.07.1941 [197752] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 T.Capt. 15.11.1945	12.07.1941     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] 17.09.1942     transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944)     Section Commander, D Squadron ( No. 1 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem [captured]) 1944 - 1945 POW (No. 5984) in German captivity (Stalag Luft 1 (West Compound))