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Waddy, Alexander Peter Harry Son of Capt. Alexander Harry Waddy, and of Dorothy Latham Boote, of Bransgore, Hampshire.	10.02.1919 Great Ousborne district, Yorkshire - 18.09.1944 (KIA) [age 25] (Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 27.C.4] [commemorated at Bransgore War Memorial]	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 01.07.1939 [95501] Lt. 01.01.1941 A/Capt. 22.05.1940 WS/Capt. 04.11.1943 T/Maj. 04.11.1943-18.09.1944	Education: Royal Military College, Sandhurst (1938-1939). 01.07.1939     commissioned, The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) (09.1944) - 18.09.1944 Officer Commanding, B Company, 3rd Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [killed in action])
Waddy, John Llewellyn Son of Lt.Col. Richard Henry Waddy, DSO (1886-1952), and Olive Meriel Rose Llewellyn (1896-1962). Married ((09?).1945, Melton Mowbray) Megan Ann Davies (30.04.1922 - 01.01.2012); no children.	17.06.1920 Taunton district, Somerset - 27.09.2020 Taunton, Somerset	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 03.07.1939 [95593] Lt. 03.01.1941 A/Capt. 24.09.1940-23.12.1940 T/Capt. 24.12.1940-28.02.1941, 20.04.1941-23.01.1944 WS/Capt. 24.01.1944 Capt. 01.07.1946 A/Maj. 24.10.1943-23.01.1944 T/Maj. 24.01.1944-09.07.1945, 27.07.1945-03.04.1948 Maj. 03.07.1952 Lt.Col. 07.08.1960 [supernumerary 07.08.1963] Col. 16.11.1964, seniority 23.08.1964 (retd 31.08.1974) OBE 01.01.1963 New Year 1963 [citation available upon request] MID 29.06.1954 Malaya 2nd half 1953	Education: Wellington College (1934.1-1938); Royal Military College, Sandhurst (1938-1939); psc (1950), fs. 03.07.1939     commissioned, The Somerset Light Infantry (10.1941)     151st Parachute Battalion (India) (1942)     Intelligence Officer, 156th Parachute Battalion (injured 02.1942) 04.11.1942 - 30.11.1942 Adjutant, 156th Parachute Battalion (1943)     Intelligence Officer, 4th Parachute Brigade (Middle East, Italy) (09.1944)     Officer Commanding, B Company, 156th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [wounded & captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW in German captivity 1945 - 1946 9th Parachute Battalion (Palestine, Malaya, Egypt) 23.10.1948 - 07.01.1950 General Staff Officer 3rd grade (GSO3), HQ Southwest District 26.04.1951 - 06.07.1952 General Staff Officer 3rd grade (GSO3), HQ ... Infantry Division 02.05.1956 - 04.04.1958 General Staff Officer 2nd grade (GSO2), UK ALS Canada 10.06.1958     transferred to the Parachute Regiment 07.08.1960 - 13.09.1962 Deputy Commandant Airborne Forces 14.09.1962 - 14.11.1964 Chief Instructor, SA Wing, School of Infantry, Eastern Command       Commandant, Depot The Parachute Regiment & Airborne Forces Colonel, Special Air Service. Published: A tour of the Arnhem battlefields (1998).
Wadsworth, John Graham Hilton First son (with two sisters and one brother) of Hilton Wadsworth (1893-1968), brewery representative, and Violet May Wilson, of Surbiton, Surrey. Married ((09?).1947, Liverpool North district, Lancashire) Norah Tynan ((09?).1923 - 10.03.2010), daughter of Daniel Tynan, and Margaret Deering, of West Derby; two sons, two daughters.	02.02.1924 Dún Laoghaire. Co. Dublin, Ireland - 25.11.2012 Bristol	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 12.03.1944 [312500] WS/Lt. 12.09.1944 (reld 21.03.1951) T/Capt. 06.05.1946-(12.1946) Hon.Capt. 21.03.1951 BSM 14.11.1947 Arnhem 09.1944 [citation available upon request]	Education: City of London School (played cricket); RAF Probationer; Corpus Christi College, Oxford (1941-1942; no Oxford University degree); Royal Military College, Sandhurst (1943-1944; Sam Browne belt [presented to outstanding graduates], buckled on by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Surpreme Allied Commander, on 11.03.1944). 1942     enlisted service 12.03.1944     commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission] (09.1944) - (1945) Troop Officer, HQ Troop, 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron (Arnhem, then Norway & Germany) Administrative Officer, G.C. (Colonial Office), 1948 (Class III, 1953; Class I, 1957; Ghana Civil Service). Head of Programme Contracts, British Broadcasting Corporation.
Wainwright, Thomas James "Tom"	1914? - 06.2004 Denmark	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 15.10.1939 [101367] WS/Lt. 15.04.1941 A/Capt. 18.04.1940 T/Capt. 11.03.1942-(04.1946) (reld > 04.1946) MID 20.09.1945 escape and evasion [citation available upon request] BK 20.01.1947 Arnhem 09.1944 [date of Dutch Royal Decree 31.07.1945] [citation available upon request]	Education: Reading University (BSc, dairying). Worked for chemical company ICI. 15.10.1939     commissioned, The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) [emergency commission]       served in India, where he volunteered for the Airborne Forces 01.11.1942     transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944)     Officer Commanding, Support Company, 156th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem) 23.09.1944     evaded capture
Walchli, Robert Oscar "Robin" Son of Oscar Walchli (1893?-1960), and Millie Fryer (1879?-1952). Married ((03?).1942, Crickhowell district, Breconshire) Mary Beryl Evans (died 08.03.2007, aged 89); two daughters.	18.12.1919 Islington district, Greater London - 19.04.2006	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 19.10.1940 [153528] WS/Lt. 19.04.1942 (reld > 04.1946) T/Capt. 29.03.1944-(04.1946) Hon. Maj. ? EM 19.09.1995 -	Officer Cadet Training Unit (OCTU) 19.10.1940     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] 02.05.1942     transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Army Air Corps 1943     involved in Operation Turkey Buzzard (Royal Air Force Handley Page Halifax bombers towing Airspeed Horsa gliders 3,200 miles (5,100 km) from England to Tunisia) and the Sicily airborne landings (Operation Fustain 13th July 1943 , Objective to take the Primosole Bridge across the Simeto River) (09.1944)     Officer Commanding, 24 Flight (G Squadron, No. 1 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem) Chartered quantity surveyor, Sarratt, Hertfordshire.
Walker, John Waine "Johnny" Son of Oscar Waine Walker (1890-), and Dorothy Grace Drury (1900-1989). Married  ((09?).1952, Westminster, London) Evelynne A. "Eve" Orr; one son, one daughter.	28.04.1921 Henley on Thames - 17.04.2011 [aged 89] Kent and Sussex Hospital, Tunbridge Wells, Kent (formerly of Weald, Sevenoaks, Kent)	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 22.02.1941 [172952] WS/Lt. 22.08.1942 T/Capt. 13.05.1943-(04.1946) (reld > 04.1946) MID 10.05.1945 NW Europe	22.02.1941     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] (09.1944)     Officer Commanding, B Troop, 1st Airlanding Light Battery RA (acting as Forward Observation Officer, attached to the 7th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers) (Arnhem [evacuated])
Walley, Howard Trevor Son (with one sister) of Arthur Leonard Walley (1889-1985), and Ethel Maud Hitt (1898-1936), of Plymouth.	24.01.1923 Cardiff district, Glamorgan - 13.12.1944 [Phaleron War Cemetery, Greece, 17.A.10]	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 05.12.1942 [255151] WS/Lt. 05.06.1943	Education: Sutton High School for Boys (1937-1939). 05.12.1942     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] (09.1944)     Troop Leader, D Troop, 2nd Airlanding Light Battery RA (Arnhem) ? - 13.12.1944 165th Field Regiment RA (attached 7th US Army) [shot dead by Greek ELAS Supporters after the British Army had helped defeat the German Army in Greece]
Wallis, David William Son (with two sisters) of Frederick Wallis (1886-1970), and Katherine Elizabeth Ellis (1886-1935), of Rannoch, Perthshire.	14.12.1914 Birmingham, Solihull district, Warwickshire - 18.09.1944 (KIA) [age 29] (Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 18.C.10] [commemorated at a memorial on the east bank of Loch Rannoch]	2nd Lt. 26.07.1939 [93375] WS/Lt. 30.01.1941 T/Capt. 30.01.1941 WS/Capt. 18.08.1942 T/Maj. 18.08.1942-18.09.1944 MID 25.10.1945 Arnhem 09.1944	Education: Uppingham School (9.1928-04.1933; Running VIII, 1933); Emmanuel College, Cambridge (came up in 1933 to study Modern and Medieval Languages but did not graduate). 26.07.1939     commissioned, The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry - Territorial Army 24.08.1939     mobilized TA 1939 - 1940? 4th Battalion The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (served with BEF; wounded) > 04.1941 < 04.1944     transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps - Territorial Army (09.1944) - 18.09.1944 Second-in-Command, 2nd Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [killed in action])
Walpole, Robert Holland	17.07.1922 Oxted, Godstone district, Surrey - 12.07.2012	Cadet ? [1929836] 2nd Lt. 14.11.1943 [299893] WS/Lt. 14.05.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	Civil engineer. 03.03.1943     enlisted 14.11.1943     commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission] (09.1944)     Troop Officer, C Troop, 1st Parachute Squadron RE (Arnhem [captured 19.09.1944]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 570) in German captivity (26.09.1944-03.10.1944 Malag XII-B, Hadamar; 06.10.1944-12.04.1945 Oflag 79, Braunschweig) Civil engineer, Gerrards Cross. BSc ACGI DIC CEng FICE (Civil Eng 1940-42, ’46-47). Memories by his son Jonathan (Civil Eng 1973-76): "Father was born in Oxted, Surrey, where he and his sister Catherine spent their childhood. He was sent to a boarding school in Caterham. He did well at school and won an exhibition to study civil engineering at Imperial College in London. By this time the War had broken out and the time for his studies was reduced to two years, nevertheless he graduated with a first class honours degree. While at University, he made a lifelong friend in John Barter (HLLJ Barter, also Civil Eng 1940-42, ’46-7). Robert joined the royal engineers and later became a parachutist. He learned to drive in the Army and also gained a good head for heights. He was captured at the battle of Arnhem and spent the rest of the war in a prisoner-of-war camp in Germany (he always blamed his poor teeth, and his dislike of boiled turnips and swede, on his period of incarceration). After returning to Britain he remained in the army until demobilisation, teaching surveying, and was de-mobbed as a Captain. He then returned to Imperial College for a year to study for a DIC, after which he embarked on a trip to Sweden, where he worked on the construction of a dam. Returning to England, he took up a position with ICI in Middlesbrough. It was here that he met another of his friends, Mike Robinson. He enjoyed playing rugby, and this became his favourite sport to enjoy on television in later life. Most importantly it was here that he met his wife to be, Marjorie. The wedding took place in Bedale church in October 1952 and they went to live in Runcorn, Cheshire, where Julia and Jonathan were born. In 1959, Father joined Taylor Woodrow and moved south to Gerrards Cross, moving into a brand new house in Howards Wood Drive. Andrew was born in this house in 1963 and it was while living here that father first started his own consulting engineers business - Robert Walpole and Partners - which continues as a thriving business.. At work, He became an expert in the design of container handling facilities and concrete pavements just at the time when freight was transferring to containers. He travelled around the country designing and supervising projects in many of the major cities. Nearing retirement, he became a parish councillor and enjoyed using his professional skills on local projects. He organised the works to protect Gerrards Cross common from Gypsy encampments. His pre-cast concrete posts and embankments are now part of the landscape. He made new friends on the Parish council and also when he and Mum took up playing Bridge. Dad continued working into his late seventies and it was then that he started walking with a stick. He suffered with heart disease that brought seemingly innumerable trips to the hospital and, in the last years of his life, he became severely disabled with MS."
Walters, Ernest Frederick Son of Thomas Walters (1886-1954), and Louisa Beddow (1890-1984). Married Elizabeth May Hinton (01.11.1916 - 12.1999), daughter (with one sister) of Thomas Ernest Hinton (1888-1923), and Mary Whitehouse (1886-1961); one son.	08.12.1919 Smethwick, West Bromwich, Staffordshire - 07.06.1983 Plymouth, Devon	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 03.10.1942 [247035] WS/Lt. 03.04.1943 (reld > 04.1946) Hon. Capt. > 04.1946 EM 18.02.1949 -	Shipping clerk. 01.05.1939     enlisted 03.10.1942     commissioned, The South Staffordshire Regiment [emergency commission] (07.1943)     Officer Commanding, 19 Platoon (D Company), 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Sicily) (09.1944)     Officer Commanding, Pioneer Platoon (HQ Company), 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Arnhem [captured 26.09.1944]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 625) in German captivity (02.10.1944-04.10.1944 Oflag XII-A, Limburg; 04.10.1944-16.10.1944 Oflag XII-B, Hadamar; 20.10.1944-12.04.1945 Oflag 79, Braunschweig)
Warr, Peter Esmond Elder son of William Allsop Cetswayo Warr (1883-1984), and Emily Robinson (1889-1984), of Hindhead, Surrey. Married ((03?).1947, Bucklow district, Cheshire)Marguerite E. Gysin, elder daughter of Mr & Mrs Charles F. Gysin, of Wilmslow, Cheshire; three sons, one daughter.	30.10.1919 Graysholt, Alton district, Hampshire - 19.01.1982 North East Hampshire district, Hampshire	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 17.05.1941 [187052] WS/Lt. 06.02.1942 T/Capt. 06.02.1942-30.04.1943 WS/Capt. 01.05.1943 (reld > 04.1946) T/Maj. 01.05.1943-(04.1946) DSO 20.09.1945 Arnhem 09.1944 [citation available upon request] MBE 09.09.1942 Middle East (Egypt and Libya) 1941/42 [citation available upon request]	Education: Hurstpierpoint College (Junior Division, Officer Training Corps). 17.05.1941     commissioned, The East Surrey Regiment [emergency commission] 10.1941 - (1942) parachute training school at Kabrit, later No. 4 Middle East Training School (1942)     1st Special Air Service Regiment 01.01.1943     transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1943) - 21.09.1944 Officer Commanding, B Company, 10th Parachute Battalion (Italy; Arnhem [wounded, POW]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 686 & 3449) in German captivity (Reserve-Lazarett 4/486-L, Apeldoorn, from 06.03.1945 Oflag 69, Neubrandenburg; Stalag Luft IV, Tychowo, Poland) Manufacturers agent (Elstead, Surrey).
Warrack, Graeme Matthew Son of Malcolm Warrack, LDS (died 1945), and Jessie Matthew, of Edinburgh. Married (22.09.1939) Jean Buchanan Brown (1913 - ), daughter of Rev. William Brown, BD, and Christina King, of Dunbar; one son, two daughters.	27.06.1913 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland - 13.01.1985 Humbie, East Lothian, Scotland	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 28.01.1933 [57723] Lt. 28.01.1936 Capt. 16.01.1938 A/Maj. 25.11.1940 WS/Maj. 01.12.1942 (reld 1945/46) T/Lt.Col. 01.12.1942 A/Col. 1944 Hon. Col. 1945/46 Maj. TA 10.10.1950, seniority 09.01.1945 A/Lt.Col. TA 10.10.1950 Lt.Col. TA 27.06.1951 A/Col. TA 01.12.1956 Col. TA 14.02.1958, seniority 01.12.1956 (retd 28.01.1968) local Brig. TA 01.12.1960 CBE 01.01.1968 New Year 1968 [citation available upon request] OBE 20.09.1945 Arnhem 09.1944 [citation available upon request] DSO 24.05.1945 Arnhem 09.1944 [citation available upon request] TD 14.11.1947 - TD 03.11.1950 - TD 10.01.1958 -	Education: Edinburgh Academy; Trinity College, Glenalmond; University of Edinburgh & University of Pennsylvania (medicine & dentistry) (MRCP (LRCP 1936); LRCS 1936), FDS, LDS; Glasgow (LRFPS 1936) [registered 31.07.1936].       Officer Cadet from Edinburgh University Contingent, Senior Division, Officer Training Corps 28.01.1933     commissioned, Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) - Territorial Army       company commander, 7th/9th Battalion Royal Scots (Territorial) 24.08.1939     mobilized TA 30.07.1940     transferred, Royal Army Medical Corps  25.11.1940 - (04.1941) Deputy Assistant Director of Medical Services, ... 08.1942 - 1944 Commanding Officer, 181st Airlanding Field Ambulance (N Africa, Sicily, Italy) 1944 - (09.1944) Assistant Director of Medical Services, 1st Airborne Division (Arnhem [captured 26.09.1944 & escaped & evaded 10.1944 from hospital at Apeldoorn) ? - 10.10.1950 Territorial Army Reserve of Officers 10.10.1950 - 01.12.1956 Supplementary Reserve of Officers [renamed: Army Emergency Reserve of Officers] 01.12.1956 - 01.12.1960 Territorial Army (Active List) 01.12.1960 - 28.01.1968 Territorial Army Reserve of Officers Retired from the Army and started a practice in Edinburgh as general practitioner. Served on in the TA (Chief Medical Adviser to the TA Council). Honorary Colonel, 144th Parachute Field Ambulance RAMC (V), 10.01.1969-10.01.1979. Chairman, Edinburgh, Lothians and Peebles Territorial and Auxiliary Forces Association, 1962. Deputy Lieutenant, Edinburgh, 21.11.1963; President, Royal Odonto-Chirurgical Society of Scotland, 1967. Honorary Physician to the Queen, 29.07.1958-29.07.1960. Member of Queen's Body Guard for Scotland (Royal Company of Archers); Chairman, Royal British Legion, Scotland, 1981-1984. Published: Travel by dark : after Arnhem (1963).
Watkins, the Reverend Robert Talbot Son of Robert Watkins, and Marie Talbot Chinchen. From Leeds.	13.07.1913 Tynemouth district, Northumberland - 15.03.1973 Sheffield district	Capt. 28.05.1941 [188498] = Chaplain to the Forces 4th Cl. (retd 17.06.1946) MC 09.11.1944 Arnhem 09.1944 [citation available upon request] 39|45 St - - Afr St - & clasp It St - - Fr&G St - - Def M - - WM 39|45 - - MID 1943? Sicily 07.1943	Education: University (BA; MA). 28.05.1941     commissioned, Royal Army Chaplains' Department [emergency commission] - Methodist 1941     qualified as paratrooper 1943     16th Parachute Field Ambulance RAMC (09.)1944 - 10.1945 Chaplain, 1st Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [evacuated], Norway) 10.1945 - 02.1946 Chaplain, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Kent 02.07.1956 - 17.11.1962 Territorial Army (Active List) 17.11.1962 - 01.04.1967 Territorial Army Reserve of Officers 01.04.1967 - 13.07.1968 Regular Army Reserve of Officers (Class III) Parishes: Oxford Hall, Manchester/Salford, Southport, Bristol & Sheffield.
Watling, Stanley Edward "Stan" Son of Edward and Ethel Watling (née Watling), of Woodbridge, Suffolk. Husband of Phyllis J. Watling, of Overton, Hampshire.	(03?).1916 Woodbridge, Suffolk - 19.09.1944 (KIA) [age 28] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, 6.B.19]	Sgt. ? [2612035] (Drum Major) 2nd Lt. 04.10.1943 [301782] WS/Lt. 1944? BEM 23.09.1943 North Africa (Algeria & Tunisia) [citation available upon request]	served in the ranks, 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards 04.10.1943     commissioned, Reconnaissance Corps - Royal Armoured Corps [immediate emergency commission] 11.12.1943     transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944)     Officer Commanding, 4 Platoon (A Company), 156th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [killed in action])
Wayte, Albert Edwyn Francis Son (with one sister) of Edwyn John Wayte (1880-1958), and Violet Constance Maria Catherine Wulff (1889-1959), of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada.	30.01.1917 Montreal, Quebec - 20.09.1944 Arnhem (DOW) [age 27] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, 26.B.1]	Prov. 2nd Lt. 12.01.1943 2nd Lt. 12.07.1943 Lt. 21.08.1943	12.01.1943 - 01.04.1944 commissioned, Royal Rifles of Canada 10.04.1943 - 03.05.1943 attending 11th Battle Drill Course, attached S.10 Canadian Battle Drill School (Vernon, British Columbia) 23.07.1943 - 21.08.1943 attending Officers' Qualifying Course, attached A.16 Canadian Infantry Training Centre (Calgary, Alberta) 13.11.1943 - 19.11.1943 attending Hygiene and Sanitation Course, attached A.22 Canadian Army Medical Training Centre (Borden Military Camp, Ontario) 01.12.1943 - 21.12.1943 attending artillery practice, attached 20 Canadian Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery 03.01.1944 - 26.02.1944 attending Canadian War Intelligence Course, attached Royal Military College (Kingston, Ontario) 01.04.1944 - 03.05.1944 No. A-34 Special Officer's Training Centre (Reinforcements), Canadian Infantry Corps (Sussex Military Camp, New Brunswick) 04.05.1944     Canloan scheme: CDN/477 12.05.1944 - 20.09.1944 Officer Commanding, 10 Platoon (C Company), 7th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (UK, emplaned for Arnhem 18.09.1944 [died of wounds])
Webber, Daniel Robert Wyndham "Dan" Son (with one sister) of Col. Mervyn Robert Howe Webber (1876-1944), formerly Skinner's Horse Indian Army, and Wyndham Emma Hughes-Hallett (1884-1955). Of Irish descent. Married ((06?).1951, Surrey Mid Eastern district) 2nd Sub. Francesca Rhondda Conlan (1918 - 03.12.2014), Auxiliary Territorial Service; one son, two daughters.	10.12.1913 Uidapour, India - 31.07.1993 West Somerset district, Somerset (lived in Ireland; died while on a visit to his daughter in the UK)	2nd Lt. 30.08.1934 [63580] Lt. 30.08.1937 A/Capt. 21.09.1939-23.11.1939, 08.12.1939-03.01.1940 T/Capt. 04.01.1940-30.06.1940, 26.07.1940-29.08.1942 Capt. 30.08.1942 A/Maj. 18.10.1941-17.01.1942 T/Maj. 18.01.1942-14.05.1942, 05.06.1942-09.02.1944, 20.03.1944-24.06.1945, 30.06.1945-11.04.1946 WS/Maj. 12.04.1946 Maj. 30.08.1947 A/Lt.Col. 12.01.1946-11.04.1946 T/Lt.Col. 12.04.1946-29.05.1946, 24.10.1946-14.02.1948 Lt.Col. 01.03.1957 (retd 22.06.1958)	Education: Malvern College (09.1928-1932; House 9; House Prefect); Royal Military College, Sandhurst (09.1932-1934; Half Blue Swimming and Cross Country); Staff College (psc). 30.08.1934     commissioned, The West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Own) (09.1944)     Officer Commanding, HQ Company, 11th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [captured 19.09.1944) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 552) in German captivity (26.09.1944-10.10.1944 Dulag, Hadamar; 16.10.1944-2.04.1945 Oflag 79, Braunschweig, Niedersachsen) 1946     Commanding Officer, 12th (Yorkshire) Parachute Battalion 1946 - 1947 Commanding Officer, 2nd Parachute Battalion (1949)     General Staff Officer, grade 2 (GSO2) (Plans), British Army of the Rhine (12.1953)     Officer Commanding, The West Yorkshire Regiment Depot 1955 - (1956) Second-in-Command, 1st Battalion The West Yorkshire Regiment (Suez) ? - 25.04.1958 Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion The West Yorkshire Regiment (Colchester)
Welch, William Gordon Son (with one sister and one brother) of William Beadie Welch (1884-1956), and Isabella Corr (1879-1936). Married (1943, Dumfries district, Scotland) Ruby Kerr (14.07.1921 - 1980); one daughter. Residence: (1943) Walton, Staffs.	21.12.1918 Shepton Mallet, Somerset - 28.05.1977 Bournemouth district, Hampshire	2nd Lt. 25.05.1940 [132473] WS/Lt. 25.11.1941 Lt. 09.08.1947, seniority 09.09.1941 A/Capt. 10.07.1943-09.10.1943 T/Capt. 10.10.1943-17.06.1945, 11.07.1945-28.01.1946 WS/Capt. 29.01.1946 Capt. 09.08.1947, seniority 01.07.1946 A/Maj. 29.10.1945-28.01.1946 T/Maj. 29.01.1946-16.07.1947 Maj. 09.03.1953 Lt.Col. 04.09.1961 (retd 23.03.1963) MC 21.10.1943 Sicily 07.1943 [citation available upon request]	Education: psc. Student. 25.05.1940     commissioned, The Border Regiment [emergency commission to 08.08.1947] (09.1944)     Second-in-Command, C Company, 1st Battalion The Border Regiment (Arnhem [wounded & captured 26.09.1944]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 2186) in German captivity (26.09.1944-06.10.1944 hospital Apeldoorn; 10.10.1944-28.03.1944 Oflag IX-A/Z, Rotenburg/Fulda) 09.08.1947     commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [permanent commission]
Wellbelove, John Arthur Son of John and Mary Eva Wellbelove, of Eston, Saskatchewan, Canada.	28.10.1919 Eston, Sask., Canada - 21.09.1944 (KIA) [age 24] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 30.C.2]	Lt. 20.11.1943	?     commissioned, Canadian Infantry Corps [emergency commission] (11.1943) - 14.03.1944 The Prince Albert & Battleford Volunteers 14.03.1944 - 03.05.1944 No. A-34 Training Centre (Reinforcements) CIC 04.05.1944     Canloan scheme: CDN/318 12.05.1944 - 21.09.1944 Officer Commanding, 13 Platoon (B Company), 1st Battalion The Border Regiment (UK, emplaned for Arnhem 17.09.1944 [killed in action])
Wells, Charles Edward Cecil Son (with two brothers) of Wilfrid Wood Wells (1881-1973), and Emily Mary Sutton Flack (1885-1968). Married (20.12.1945, Truro, Cornwall) Catherine Millicent "Pixie" Watson, daughter of H.A. Watson; two sons, one daughter.	09.03.1917 Chelsea district, Greater London - 09.05.1993 Zoar, Truro district, Cornwall	Lt. 14.08.1943 [287897] WS/Capt. 14.08.1944 Lt. 18.08.1948 Capt. ? (reld 08.04.1956) MID 20.12.1945 gallant and distinguished services while POW	Education: St Peter's College, Radley (1930.3-1933.2); St Bartholomew's Hospital; Helen Cave School 1937; LMSSA (London, 1942); MB, BS (1943 Lond); U. (London); MRCP (London, 1951), FRCP (London, 1966) [registered 18.12.1942]. 14.08.1943     commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission] (09.1944)     Section Officer, 16th Parachute Field Ambulance RAMC [attached to 1st Parachute Brigade HQ] (Arnhem [wounded, captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 1161) in German captivity (Stalag XI-B, Fallingbostel) 18.08.1948 - 17.07.1949 commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps - Territorial Army 18.07.1949 - 08.04.1956 Territorial Army Reserve of Officers 08.04.1956     commissioned RN (Acting Surgeon Lieutenant Commander, with seniority 12.04.1954)
Wetherill, Peter Hindley Only son (with one sister) of Henry Buswell Wetherill, CIE, MA (1876-1959), Indian Educational Service, and Rhoda Hindley, of Cheapside, Ewhurst, Surrey, later of Surbiton, Surrey. Married 1st ((12?).1948, Surrey Northern district, Surrey) Oriana Valerie Cooper (died 1979); two sons. Married 2nd (Kent) Tina Crookshank. Residence: (1946) Thames Ditton, Surrey.	14.09.1919 Naim Tal, India - 31.07.2009 Cheltenham Hospital, Gloucestershire	2nd Lt. 26.01.1940 [117403] WS/Lt. 26.07.1941 T/Capt. 26.03.1942 WS/Capt. 20.01.1946 T/Maj. 20.01.1946-(04.1946)	Education: Rugby School (05.1933-05.1938; Kilbracken House; XXII; lawn tennis captain 1938); St John's College, Oxford. 26.01.1940     commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission] 1943     joined Airborne Engineers (09.1944)     Second-in-Command, 9th (Airborne) Field Company RE (Arnhem [wounded, captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 2135) in German captivity (Oflag IX-A/H, Spangenberg)
Whimster, William Swanson Son (with one brother) of William Swanson Whimster (1877-1952), and Frances Mary Rust (1885-1928). Married Anna McIntosh Miller (25.10.1911 - 28.04.1994); two daughters.	10.04.1910 Dun district, Angus, Scotland - 22.12.1992 Brighton district, Sussex	2nd Lt. 19.07.1939 [93355] WS/Lt. 19.04.1940 Lt. 30.07.1946, seniority 19.04.1940 [short service commission] Lt. 13.09.1947, seniority 01.08.1938 [permanent commission] A/Capt. 19.01.1940-18.04.1940 T/Capt. 19.04.1940-09.09.1943, 01.12.1943-24.12.1945 WS/Capt. 1944? Capt. 13.09.1947, seniority 10.04.1943 A/Maj. 01.10.1946-31.12.1946 T/Maj. 01.01.1947-09.04.1948 Maj. 10.04.1948 T/Lt.Col. 04.08.1954 Lt.Col. 21.04.1956 (retd 02.09.1958) MID 20.12.1940 ? MID 10.05.1945 NW Europe (Arnhem) TD ? -	late Officer Cadet, Aberdeen University Contingent, Senior Division, Officer Training Corps 19.07.1939     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army 24.08.1939 - 29.07.1946 mobilized TA (09.1944)     No. 1 Forward Observation Unit RA (Airborne) [attached 10th Parachute Battalion] (Arnhem [evacuated]) 30.07.1946     short service commission 13.09.1947     permanent commission
White, Kenneth Grayston Son (with one brother and one sister) of Edwin Clarence White (1885-1954), and Amy Ella Grayston (1882-1964).	15.07.1917 Romford district, Essex - 10.10.2009 Ipswich, Suffolk	2nd Lt. 16.01.1943 [258890] WS/Lt. 16.07.1943	Actuarial clerk. 16.01.1943     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] (09.1944)     Troop Leader, C Troop, 2nd Airlanding Light Battery RA (Arnhem [wounded & captured 25.09.1944]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 2200) in German captivity (25.09.1944-02.10.1944 hospitals Arnhem & Apeldoorn; 04.10.1944-10.10.1944 Stalag XI-B, Fallingbostel; 13.10.1944-29.03.1945 Oflag IX-A/Z, Rotenburg) Literature: Marion Gerritsen-Teunissen, Dagboek in krijgsgevangenschap : Luitenant Kenneth Grayston White, 1st Airlanding Light Regiment Royal Artillery : Arnhem september 1944 (2010).
Whittaker, Harry Son (with one brother) of Harry Whittaker (?-1947), and Maggie Salisbury (1885-1967). Married (13.06.1937, Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire) Edna Hughes (22.07.1916 - 04.11.1951), daughter of Thomas Hughes (1889-1966), and Beatrice Ellen Whittall (1892-1917), of New Moston, Manchester; one son, one daughter.	22.05.1916 Manchester, Lancashire - 20.09.1944 (KIA) [age 28] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 23.B.3]	2nd Lt. 12.06.1943 [278877] WS/Lt. 12.12.1943	12.06.1943     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] (09.1944)     Liaison Officer, 1st Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery, RA (Arnhem [killed in action])
Widdicombe, John Wicks Only son of Samuel Widdicombe (1889-1968), and Hilda Elizabeth Wicks (1885-1965), of Newbury, Berkshire. Married (18.02.1944, St Nicholas's Church, Newbury, Berkshire) Mabel McMillan Lonsdale (20.03.1922 - 06.10.1974), youngest daughter of John Lowry Lonsdale (1877-), and Jessie Hill McMillan (1880-), of Coatbridge, Lanarkshire; one daughter, one son.	31.07.1918 Taunton district, Somerset - 23.11.2005 Cairns, Queensland, Australia	2nd Lt. 05.12.1942 [253322] WS/Lt. 05.06.1943 T/Capt. 19.04.1945-(04.1946)	05.12.1942     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] (09.1944)     Assistant Command Post Officer, 3rd Airlanding Light Battery RA (Arnhem; evacuated) Solicitor.
Widdowson, George   Married 1st Kathleen Mary Widdowson (1936); one son. Married 2nd Mary Widdowson (née ....).	10.01.1911 Whittington, Chesterfield district, Derbyshire - 15.12.2002 East Yorkshire district, Yorkshire	2nd Lt. 21.01.1931 [49397] Lt. 21.01.1934 Capt. 28.04.1934 Maj. 09.05.1939 Maj. AERO 29.06.1956, seniority 09.05.1939 Lt.Col. AERO 29.07.1957, seniority 15.01.1957 A/Col. AERO ? Col. AERO 01.01.1961, seniority 15.01.1960 Col. TA 20.11.1963 (retd 31.03.1967) CBE 13.06.1964 HM's birthday 1964 [citation available upon request] MBE 31.05.1956 HM's birthday 1956 [citation available upon request] TD 31.01.1946 - TD 04.01.1955 1st clasp TD ? 2nd clasp TD 04.01.1955 3rd clasp TD 19.01.1962 4th clasp TD 18.07.1967 5th clasp	Bank cashier.       lated Cadet, Hymers College Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps 21.01.1931     commissioned, Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment) - Territorial Army (5th Battalion) (01.1939)     Officer Commanding, C Company, 5th Battalion The Green Howards (Beverley) 1939     Detachment Commander in charge of the Guard, Dishforth RAF Station (Vulnerable Point Duties) 24.08.1939     mobilized 1939 - (1940) 7th Battalion The Green Howards (Bridlington, France, Dunkirk) (OC HQ Company) 31.01.1943     transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1943)     Officer Commanding, D Company, 10th Parachute Battalion (Italy) (09.1944)     Second-in-Command, 10th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [captured 20.09.1944]) 09.1944 - 05.1945 POW (No. 91001) in German captivity (10.1944-20.01.1945 Oflag XII-B, Hadamar; 23.01.1945-14.04.1945 Oflag VII-B, Eichstätt; 23.04.1945-07.05.1945 Stalag VII-A, Moosburg) 01.05.1947 - 18.05.1956 Corps of Royal Engineers - Territorial Army 19.05.1956     placed on Unattached List - Territorial Army 29.06.1956 -  19.11.1963  Army Emergency Reserve of Officers 20.11.1963 - 31.03.1967 Territorial Army The war over George returned to what became a successful career in Barclays Bank. He also joined the Territorial Army, not to The Green Howards, but to The Royal Engineers where he raised 229 (East Riding) Airborne Engineer Squadron and later became second in command of 131 Parachute Engineer Regiment. After the award of the MBE, he commanded 130 (Lanes) Engineer Regiment (Army Emergency Reserve), and then was promoted Colonel of 25 Engineer Group and Chief Engineer of 51st Highland Division. Appointed CBE and for four years ADC (Army Emergency Reserve) to the Queen (10.04.1962-10.01.1966), he was also a Justice of the Peace, later Deputy Lieutenant for the West Midlands (01.11.1975). As a magistrate he served in both Hull and Birmingham.
Wilkinson, Peter William "Sam" Son of ... Wilkinson, and ... Ogle. Married June Wilkinson; three children.	10.12.1922 North Finchley, Barnet district, Greater London / Hertfordshire / Middlesex - 20.01.2017 East Haddon, Northamptonshire	2nd Lt. 07.03.1942 [228466] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 A/Capt. 10.1944 T/Capt. 01.01.1945 (retd 10.1946) MC 09.03.1944 Italy 09-11.1943 [citation available upon request]	Education: Gresham's School, Holt (1936-1940). 01.1941     enlisted Royal Artillery (special entry scheme) 07.03.1942     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] 03.1942 - 09.1945 458th Independent Light Battery RA, expanded 02.1943 into 1st Airlanding Light Regiment RA (North Africa, Italy, Arnhem, Norway) (09.1944)     Command Post Officer, 3rd Airlanding Light Battery RA (Arnhem [evacuated]) 09.1945 - 10.1946 Air OP, 652 Squadron RAF (Germany) Chartered accountant. Chief Executive of a major building society till 1983. Published: The gunners at Arnhem (1999).
Willcock, Douglas Brian Youngest son (with two brothers) of Edgar Douglas Willcock (1884-1938), and Margaret Emily Hooper (1885-1968), of The Grey House, Albrighton, later of The Island, Oaken, nr Wolverhampton. Brother of Capt. Cecil Martin Willcock, Parachute Regiment. Married (28.02.1944, Holy Trinity Church, Belbroughton, Bromsgrove district, Worcestershire) Helen Margaret Welcome Nicholls ((09?).1919 - 23.11.2006), only daughter of Francis W. Nicholls, and Margaret Thompson, of Brookfield, Belbroughton, Worchestershire; one son, one daughter.	02.12.1921 Wolverhampton district, Shropshire - 09.10.1954 Albrighton, Shropshire	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 01.03.1941 [176224] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 (reld 27.04.1946; disability) Hon. Lt. 27.04.1946 39|45 St - - Afr St - - It St - - Fr&G St - -	Builder. 25.05.1939     enlisted ? - 01.03.1944 163rd, 164th, 165th, 166th, 167th, 168th or 170th Officer Cadet Training Unit 01.03.1941     commissioned, The South Staffordshire Regiment [emergency commission] 01.11.1942     transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944)     Officer Commanding, 9 Platoon (C Company), 156th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [captured 23.09.1944]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 76777) in German captivity (10.1944-01.1945 Oflag XII-B, Hadamar; 01.1945-04.1945 Oflag VII-B, Eichstätt) 20.09.1945     transferred, Corps of Royal Engineers
Willcocks, Arthur Hambly [Mustchin] Son (with one brother and two sisters) of ... Willcocks, and ... Mustchin. His sister Cynthia married Lt. Jack Reynolds, Royal Artillery. Married 1st ((09?).1947, Croydon district, Surrey) Ellen M. Schultz. Married 2nd ((03?).1954, Birmingham district, Warwickshire) Teresa V. Kings. Married 3rd ((03?).1980, Scarborough district, North Yorkshire) Pamela E. Anyan.	15.02.1918 Sutton, Epsom district, Surrey - 28.08.1986 Scarborough, Yorkshire	? ? [6093500] 2nd Lt. 17.05.1941 [187080] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 (retd 21.05.1947) T/Capt. 01.11.1945 Hon. Capt. 21.05.1947	Clerk. 15.01.1940     enlisted, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) 21.02.1941 - 16.05.1941 162nd Officer Cadet Training Unit 17.05.1941     commissioned, The South Staffordshire Regiment [emergency commission] (07.1943) - (09.1944) Officer Commanding, Mortar Group (Support Company), 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Sicily; Arnhem [captured 19.09.1944]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 544) in German captivity (25.09.1944-02.10.1944 Oflag XII-B, Hadamar; 06.10.1944-23.04.1945 Oflag 79, Braunschweig, Niedersachsen)
Williams, Albert Arthur "Billy"	23.11.1893 Hackney, Middlesex - 23.05.1984 Brighton, Sussex	Pilot Officer (prob.) 01.07.1940 [81281] Pilot Officer 01.07.1941, seniority 01.07.1940 (WS) Flying Officer 01.07.1941 (T) Flight Lieutenant 01.01.1943	1914 - 1918 served in the Royal Naval Air Service and the Royal Air Force (France; Mesopotamia; France) 01.07.1940     commissioned,  RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) (for Intelligence Duties) [emergency commission]       served for four years as Intelligence Officer with RAF Fighter Command stations 1944     seconded to SHAEF Joint Field Censorship Group (09.1944)     RAF Field Press Censor, Public Relations Team, 1st Airborne Division (Arnhem) Fleet Street journalist.
Williams, John Llewellyn From Heswall, Cheshire.	08.1918 Willesden, London - 30.01.2010 ? Dereham, Norfolk ?	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 05.04.1941 [180556] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 T/Capt. 30.01.1945 DSO 09.11.1944 Arnhem 09.1944 [citation available upon request] 39|45 St - - Afr St - - It St - - Fr&G St - - Def M - - WM 39|45 - -	05.04.1941     commissioned, The King's Regiment (Liverpool) [emergency commission] 29.08.1943     transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944)     Motor Transport Officer, 1st Parachute Battalion [Liaison Officer with 1st Parachute Brigade HQ] (Arnhem)
Wilson, Bernard Alexander "Boy" / "Bob" Only son of Bernard Alexander Wilson (1854-1941), and Edith Wilson (1860-), of Braunston, Oakham. Married ((03?).1928, St George Hanover Square district, London) Hilda Mary Le Roy Lewis (1902-1975), daughter of Col. Herman Le Roy Lewis, CB, CMG, DSO, of Wilderton, Bournemouth & London SW59; one son, one daughter.	10.06.1897 Marylebone, London - (12?).1965 Chelsea district, London	2nd Lt. 1915 [43050] Lt. 1917? [Special Army Reserve of Officers] Lt. 31.07.1920, seniority 01.07.1917 [Wiltshire Yeomanry] Lt. 09.04.1925 [Regular Army Reserve of Officers] WS/Capt. 01.06.1940 T/Maj. 01.06.1940-... & 17.07.1943-... WS/Maj. 1945? (reld 24.09.1947) T/Lt.Col. 1945? Hon. Lt.Col. 24.09.1947 DSO 09.11.1944 Arnhem 09.1944 [citation available upon request] MC 26.05.1917 * MID WW I ? MID 24.08.1944 Italy 09-11.1943 CorM 1953 - * For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He carried out several difficult reconnaissances under heavy fire and obtained most valuable information, has previously done fine work.	Education: Eton (1911.1-1915.2; BA). Stockbroker. 1915 - 1918 commissioned, 10th Royal Hussars - Special Reserve of Officers (served in France 1917-1919; MC, despatches twice) 31.07.1920     transferred, Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry - Territorial Force 24.08.1939     mobilized 28.12.1939     transferred, [Auxiliary Military] Pioneer Corps  1940     served Pioneer Corps; Officer Commanding of a Mobile Bath and Laundry Unit (BEF; evaded through Le Havre; slighty wounded) 27.08.1941     transferred, Welch Regiment       served Home Defence Forces (Wales) 20.09.1942     transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps 09.1942 - 07.1943 Second-in-Command, 21st Independent Parachute Company 07.1943 - 10.1945 Officer Commanding, 21st Independent Parachute Company (Italy, UK, Arnhem [wounded, evacuated], Norway) 1945 - 11.1946 Commanding Officer, The Airborne Forces Holding Battalion (Yorkshire) ? - 24.09.1947 Regular Army Reserve of Officers [exceeded age limit] Stockbroker, 1947-1960s. Honorary Colonel of a TA Unit, 12.1951.
Wilson, Baldwin "Charles" / "Flip" Son of ... Wilson, and ... Harper.	05.10.1917 Lancaster, Lancashire - 02.2002 Wighton district, Cumberland	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 12.04.1941 [182276] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 A/Capt. 12.12.1943 T/Capt. 27.09.1945 EM 13.06.1950 -	12.04.1941     commissioned, The Border Regiment [emergency commission] (09.1944)     Second-in-Command, A Company, 1st Battalion The Border Regiment (Arnhem [wounded, captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 2192) in German captivity (Oflag IX-A/Z. Rotenburg/Fulda)
Wilson, Robert Finlay Son of Adam Wilson, timber merchant, and Jean Arthur Logan. Marreid (01.07.1939, The Old Church, Kirkport, Ayrshire) Johanna Galle (1915 - ), daughter of Oswald Hugo Galle, agricultural implements manufacturer, and Bertha Pauline Sauer..	03.04.1914 Dailly district, Ayrshire, Scotland - 2000 Ayr district, Ayrshire, Scotland	2nd Lt. 14.07.1934 [63202] Lt. 09.11.1937	14.07.1934     commissioned, The Royal Scots Fusiliers - Territorial Army (4th/5th Battalion) 15.04.1939     transferred, Territorial Army Reserve of Officers, Regimental List       seconded, The King's Own Scottish Borderers ? (09.1944)     Loading Officer, 7th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 76780) in German captivity (Stalag XII-A, Limburg) ? - 03.04.1964 Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]
Winchester, John Chisholm "Jack" Son (with one sister) of George Chisholm Winchester M.B. (1867-1941), and Ada Mary Jobling (1877-1961).	03.01.1912 Berwick district, Durham / Northumberland - 08.04.1992 Kenya	2nd Lt. 28.012.1932 [50841] Lt. 28.01.1935 A/Capt. 03.09.1939-02.12.1939 T/Capt. 03.12.1939-27.01.1940 Capt. 28.01.1940 A/Maj. 25.09.1940-24.12.1940 T/Maj. 25.12.1940-23.04.1943, 03.06.1943-08.08.1945 WS/Maj. 09.08.1945 Maj. 01.07.1946 Brev. Lt.Col. 01.07.1952 A/Lt.Col. 20.09.1942-30.10.1942, 21.06.1945-08.08.1945 T/Lt.Col. 09.08.1945-11.03.1946, 05.03.1951-17.07.1953 local Lt.Col. 12.03.1946-06.10.1946, 25.11.1946-08.12.1947 Lt.Col. 18.07.1953 local Col. 28.09.1955-06.10.1955 Col. 07.10.1955, seniority 28.06.1955 Brig. 04.01.1960 (retd 27.07.1964) CBE 01.01.1962 New Year 1962 [citation available upon request] MC 09.11.1944 Arnhem 09.1944 [citation available upon request] MID 24.06.1943 Middle East 05-10.1942 Olav 17.10.1946 Norway [citation available upon request]	Education: Cambridge University (MA 1945, BA 1934); idc,  jssc, psc (1944). 28.01.1932     commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers 1932 - 1940 transferred to India: Bengal Sappers and Miners 5th Field Company RE (Mohmand Campaign) 3rd Field Company RE (Waziristan Campaign 1937) 05.1940     Adjutant, 5th Indian Division 25.09.1940 - 10.06.1941 Staff Officer Royal Engineers (SORE), Sudan 1941 - 1942 Officer Commanding, 20th Field Company RE (Eritrea)       served Abyssinia, Cyprus, North Africa, Iraq:       Royal Bombay Sappers and Miners 10.09.1942 - 30.10.1942 Commander Royal Engineers (CRE), 1st Indian Division       Officer Commanding, 241st Field Company RE (UK) 1944 - (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 9th (Airborne) Field Company RE (Arnhem [evacuated], Norway) 21.06.1945 - 12.03.1946 Commander Royal Engineers (CRE), 1st Airborne division 13.03.1946 - 08.12.1947 General Staff Officer 2nd grade (GSO2), Staff College, Camberley 21.01.1948 - 19.01.1949 Staff Officer 2nd grade (SO2), ... 20.01.1949 - 21.05.1950 Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General (DAQMG), HQ East Africa Command 09.07.1951 - 06.02.1953 General Staff Officer 1st grade (GSO1), War Office 1953 - 1955 Commandant (?), Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst 07.10.1955 - (02.1957) Colonel (General Staff), British Joint Staffs Mission Washington 1958     Commander, 27th Engineer Group (TA)       Secretary to the Army Council 1962     Brigadier in charge of administration, Cyprus 1963     planning and training for counter-revolutionary warfare, War Office Retired to Kenya.
Wise, Edgar Gerald "Gerry" Son of Edgard James Wise, and Isabella Hogarth. Married Lysbeth ...; one son.	14.02.1921 Monk Seaton, Tynemouth district, Northumberland - 11.09.1999 Whitley Bay	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 17.01.1942 [222736] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 Lt. 07.06.1947, seniority 14.08.1943 A/Capt. 01.05.1946-31.07.1946 T/Capt. 01.08.1946-07.01.1947 WS/Capt. 08.01.1947 Capt. 14.02.1948 A/Maj. 08.10.1946-07.01.1947 T/Maj. 08.01.1947-02.04.1947, 25.05.1947-18.07.1947, 08.10.1947-11.10.1950, 01.11.1951-13.02.1955 Maj. 14.02.1955 (retd 22.01.1960) MID 07.01.1949 Palestine	served in the ranks for 2 years 138 days; mobilized TA 17.01.1942     commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission to 06.06.1947] 10.03.1943 - 26.09.1944 Intelligence Officer, 9th (Airborne) Field Company RE (N Africa, Sicily, Taranto, Arnhem [wounded, captured]) 26.09.1944 - 05.1945 POW (No. 2157) in German captivity (Oflag IX-A/H, Spangenburg; attempted escape, but was recaptured) 1946? - 1948 9th Airborne Squadron RE (Palestine) 07.06.1947     permanent commission 1948 - 1960 Military Survey Officer (specialising in geodetic and photogrammetric survey developments & undertakings in Europe, Africa and the Middle East) Civil Engineer (Consultant). Senior Executive Engineer, Nigerian Federal Ministry of Works and Survey. Chief Engineer in Saudi Arabia. Assistant Director for the Abu-Dhabi defence department, 1968-1972. UK Consultant Engineer for British Engineers. Formed his own company (Earth Anchorage Company of Technical Consultants), 1977.
Withecombe, Eric Son of William Edward Withecombe, and Edith Camilla Mill. Married ((06?).1946, Bucklow district, Cheshire) Freda Mary Meldrum (08.02.1921 - 10.1988); one daughter, one son.	18.01.1920 Bideford district, Devon - 22.09.2005 (hospital) Budleigh Salterton, Devon	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 05.12.1942 [255048] WS/Lt. 05.06.1943	05.12.1942     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] (09.1944)     Liaison Officer, 2nd Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery RA (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 91016) in German captivity (Oflag 79, Braunschweig, Niedersachsen)
Withers, Lennard Son of Henry C. Withers, and Alison Mary Slater. Married (04.09.1945, Croydon, London) Violet Patricia Birchall White (1924 - 2012), daughter of George Luke White, and Mary Elizabeth Birchall; one daughter, two sons.	30.07.1921 Croydon, Greater London - 16.12.2014 Rusthall, Kent	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 22.02.1941 [174423] WS/Lt. 22.08.1942 T/Capt. 20.12.1944 MC 21.10.1943 Sicily 07.1943 [recommendation available upon request]	? - 07.06.1941 Sandhurst Officer Cadet Training Unit 07.06.1941     commissioned, The Northamptonshire Regiment [emergency commission] (07.1943)     Officer Commanding, 15 Platoon (C Company), 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Sicily) (09.1944)     Officer Commanding, No. 2 Mortar Platoon (Support Company), 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Arnhem [escaped])
Withnall, William Charles Son of George Henry Withnall, and Jayne Evans. Married ((06?).1943, Stafford district, Staffordshire) Nancy Maud Talbot (03.05.1918 - 04.1992); one son.	28.07.1918 Newport, Shropshire - 19.02.1976 Newport, Wrekin district, Shropshire	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 24.12.1942 [258055] WS/Lt. 24.06.1943 (reld > 08.1946, < 12.1946) A/Capt. ?	24.12.1942     commissioned, The North Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's) [emergency commission] (09.1944) - 20.09.1944 Officer Commanding, 7 Platoon (A Company), 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 548) in German captivity (Oflag XII-B, Hadamar; Oflag 79, Braunschweig, Niedersachsen)
Wood, Peter Warburton Son of Warburton William Wood, and Lilian Mary Brettle. Married (10.03.1951) Jane Stephenson Bull, daughter of P.M. Bull; three sons, one daughter.	22.06.1919 Nottingham, Nottinghamshire - 21.07.2011 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 05.10.1940 [151302] WS/Lt. 05.04.1942 T/Capt. 04.03.1943-(04.1944), 13.12.1944-(04.1946) Hon. Capt. ? MC 24.01.1946 Rhine Crossing 1945 [recommendation available upon request] EM 22.04.1949 -	? - 05.10.1940 Officer Cadet Training Unit 05.10.1940     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] 09.12.1943     transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944)     Section Commander, C Squadron (No. 2 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem) Chartered accountant (FCA). From 1972 Vice-President, Finance, Hudson's Bay Company, merchandising firm, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (joined the company 1947, Treasurer 1962). Chairman & director, Roxy Petroleum Ltd. Director, Eaton Funds Ltd. Director, Fuji Bank Canada. Director, Guardian Insurance Company of Canada
Wood, R	? -	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. ? WS/Lt. ?	?     commissioned, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps [emergency commission] (09.1944)     Officer Commanding, 3 Platoon (A Company), 11th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem)
Wood, Ronald William "Ron" Son of William and Mary Wood, of Pershore, Worcestershire.	1916 ? - 23.09.1944 (DOW) [age 28] [Utrecht (Soestbergen) General Cemetery, 12D.2.13]	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 23.10.1943 [296198] WS/Lt. 1944?	23.10.1943     commissioned, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps [emergency commission] (09.1944) - 23.09.1944 Officer Commanding, 6 Platoon (B Company), 156th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [died of wounds])
Woods, James Henry Son of Michael Woods, KPM (King's Police Medal), and Alice L. Roberts, of Finchley, Middlesex.	21.09.1916 St Olave district, London - 25.09.1944 (KIA) [age 28] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, 26.B.9]	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 24.04.1943 [273331] WS/Lt. 24.10.1943	Joined Metropolitan Police (London), 26.04.1937 [warrant number 125926]; uniform service, later CID. Though having passed the examination for promotion to Police Sergeant in 1942, he already joined the Army before getting the actual promotion. 15.04.1942     joined the Army 24.04.1943     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] (09.1944) - 25.09.1944 Gun Position Officer, D Troop, 2nd Airlanding Light Battery RA (Arnhem [killed in action])
Woods, Reginald Bryan "Dan" / "Lakari"   Son of Capt. Alfred Reginald Woods, and Eileen Elizabeth Woods, of Lenaderg, Co. Down, Northern Ireland.	25.06.1919 Golford, Malahide, Co. Dublin - 14.10.1944 (DOW) [age 25] [Becklingen War Cemetery, 8.C.3]	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 01.03.1941 [176460] WS/Lt. 01.09.1942	Education: Sedburgh School; Queens' College, Cambridge University (Medieval & Modern Languages, BA by proxy 1941). 01.03.1941     commissioned, The Royal Ulster Rifles [emergency commission]       1st (Airborne) Battalion The Royal Ulster Rifles 05.05.1943     transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944)     Officer Commanding, Mortar Platoon (Support Company), 2nd Parachute Battalion (North Africa, Sicily, Arnhem [wounded & captured 20.9.1944]) 09.1944 - 14.10.1944 POW (No. 1159) in German captivity (Stalag XII-B, Fallingbostel) [died of wounds]
Woodward, Geoffrey Calvin Son of Stanley Woodward (1888-), and Norah Hennessy (1892-1975). Married ((03?).1841, Durham Western district, Co. Durham) Mary Peirse (1920 - ); two sons.	(06?).1916 Toxteth Park district, Lancashire - (06?).1978 Cherfold, Chiddingfold, Surrey	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 14.09.1940 [148970] WS/Lt. 14.03.1942 T/Capt. 16.06.1944	14.09.1940     commissioned, The South Staffordshire Regiment [emergency commission] (09.1944)     Officer Commanding, Anti-Tank Group (Support Company), 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Arnhem [wounded, captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW in German captivity
Wright, David From Glasgow. Married (1951) Brenda Lockwood; one daughter.	29.08.1917 Glasgow, Scotland - 01.04.2011 Cambridgeshire	Lt. 20.12.1941 [218952] WS/Capt. 20.12.1942 MC 23.09.1943 North Africa 1942-43 (Algeria, Tunisia) [citation available upon request] BK 20.03.1947 Arnhem 09.1944 [date of Dutch Royal Decree 09.02.1946] [citation available upon request]	Education: MB. Doctor. 20.12.1941     commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission] (1942/43)     16th Parachute Field Ambulance (N Africa [OC No. 1 Section]) (09.1944)     Medical Officer, 1st Parachute Brigade (Arnhem [captured] 20.09.1944) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 571) in German captivity (25.09.1944-02.10.1944 Oflag XII-B, Hadamar; 08.10.1944-12.04.1945 Oflag 79, Braunschweig)
Wright, Leonard William "Len" Son (with one sister and one brother) of Willaim Charles Wright (1892-1943), and Annie Harriett Powell (1894-1954). Married (04.05.1946, Spalding, Lincolnshire)  Rita Marjorie Tutty (17.02.1926 -22.12.1981), daughter of Percy Edwin Tutty (1898-1981), and Minnie Cutforth (1899-1972); one son.	09.02.1923 Lambeth district, London - 26.01.2003 Ipswich district, Suffolk	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 22.05.1943 [276874] WS/Lt. 22.11.1943 Lt. 07.09.1946, seniority 09.08.1945 Capt. 09.02.1950 (retd 03.10.1955; receiving a gratuity)	Civil servant. 12.02.1942     enlisted 22.05.1943     commissioned, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps [emergency commission] (09.1944) - 20.09.1944 Officer Commanding, 9 Platoon (C Company), 3rd Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [wounded & captured 20.09.1944]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 90944) in German captivity (24.09.1944-26.09.1944 Oberursel; 26.09.1944-04.10.1944 Stalag XII-A, Limburg; 04.10.1944-16.10.1944 Stalag XII-B, Hadamar; 20.10.1944-12.04.1945 Oflag 79, Braunschweig) 07.09.1946 - 03.10.1955 permanent commission, The Gordon Highlanders
Wright, Philip Richard Thomas "Pop" Son of Richard Gane Wright (1877-1942), and Gladwys Sirsie Chaning Pearce (1878-). Married ((12?).1939, Burton district, Staffordshire) Iola Elizabeth Slator ((09?).1917 - 2017), daughter of Arthur Slator, and Justina May Robinson (1883?-1949), of Burton-on-Trent; one son, one daughter. Iola Wright remarried (1949) Thomas P. Symonds.	11.10.1910 Kingston district, Middlesex / Surrey - 19.09.1944 (KIA) [age 33] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, 19.C.17]	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 03.08.1940 [140491] WS/Lt. 03.02.1942 T/Capt. 13.08.1942 A/Maj. 1944?	Solicitor. 03.08.1940     commissioned, The North Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's) [emergency commission] (07.1943)     Second-in-Command, D Company, 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Sicily) (09.1944) - 19.09.1944 Officer Commanding, C Company, 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Arnhem [killed in action])
Wyss, Ernest Mariel "Oscar" Son of Fritz Wyss, and Florence Whittaker.	28.02.1919 Chester district, Cheshire / Flintshire - 20.09.1944 (KIA) [age 25] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, 15.C.10]	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 07.09.1940 [148579] WS/Lt. 07.03.1942 T/Capt. 07.04.1943 MID 20.09.1945 Arnhem 09.1944	Education: Moseley Grammar School (1931-1935). 07.09.1940     commissioned, The South Staffordshire Regiment [emergency commission] 13.12.1942     transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps [transferred back at a later stage?] (07.1943)     Second-in-Command, C Company, 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Sicily) (09.1944) - 20.09.1944 Second-in-Command, D Company, 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Arnhem [killed in action])

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