British Army Officers 1939-1945

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Abbot,
Edward George Henry
E.G.H. Abbot

?
-

2nd Lt.	15.10.1941 [220631]
WS/Lt	01.06.1943

15.10.1941

commissioned, General List [emergency commission]

Abbot,
Frederick Maurice
F.M. Abbot

?
-

2nd Lt.	23.03.1940 [124648]
WS/Lt.	23.09.1941
T/Capt.	?
Hon. Capt.	1945/46 (retd)

23.03.1940

commissioned, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [emergency commission]

Abbot,
Richard
R. Abbot

?
-

2nd Lt.	13.05.1942 [234773]
WS/Lt.	13.05.1942
T/Capt.	22.09.1943

Education: BSc,

13.05.1942			commissioned, Royal Army Ordnance Corps - MM Branch [emergency commission]
01.10.1942			transferred, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
(04.1944)			School of Anti-Aircraft Artillery

Abbott,
Albert
A. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	05.12.1942 [254722]
WS/Lt.	05.06.1943
Lt. & Paym.	05.06.1944

05.12.1942

commissioned, Royal Army Pay Corps [emergency commission]

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Abbott,
Albert Leigh
A.L. Abbott

Son of J. Abbott, of Norwood.
Married (05.01.1918, St Margaret's, Westminster, St George Hanover Square district, London) Alice Elizabeth Hudson (1893-1981), daughter of Henry Hudson (1857-), and Emma Lumb (1866-), of London and Leeds; two sons, one daughter (son Capt. Anthony Cecil Abbott, Royall Engineers).
Addresses: 22, Craven Street, Strand, London (1926); 5, Buckingham Place, London SW1 (1947).

17.10.1890
Hendon, Greater London, Middlesex
-
13.12.1952
Dulwich, Camberwell district, London

2nd Lt.	21.08.1915 [25211]
A/Lt.	?
Lt.	01.07.1917, seniority 01.06.1916
A/Capt.	27.05.1917-22.10.1918
A/Maj.	22.10.1918-17.06.1919
Maj.	24.03.1920
Lt.Col.	16.02.1933
Bt. Col.	16.02.1937 [supernumerary 16.02.1939]

MC	03.06.1918	HM's birthday; France & Flanders
TD	?	-
CdeG	15.04.1918	?

Education: SA Travelling Studentship (1913).
Inspector of Housing, Ministry of Health, 1920-1921.

			served as a Corporal in the London Regiment
21.08.1915			commissioned into the London Divisional Engineers
?			transferred to the Corps of Royal Engineers - Territorial Army
(06.1933)	-	16.02.1939	Commander Royal Engineers, 56th (1st London) Division [Territorial Army and Supplementary Reserve]
16.02.1939			transferred from the Active List to the Territorial Army Reserve of Officers, Class II
?	-	05.11.1943	employed as a Lt.Col.; restored to Brevet rank of Col.

Architect. LRIBA (1925), FRIBA (18.02.1931). He worked for various local authorities in the construction of over 1 ,000 council houses. He later became a popular exponent of 'stock-broker tudor' architecture.

Abbott,
Anthony Cecil
"Tony"
A.C. Abbott

Son of Col. Albert Leigh Abbott (1890-1952), and Alice Elizabeth Hudson (1893-1981).
Brother of Capt. Dennis Leigh Abbott, RE.
From Gerrards Cross.

23.08.1921
Croydon district, London
-
10.03.1992
Brighton, Sussex

2nd Lt.	15.11.1941 [214770]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942
Lt.	23.03.1946, seniority 23.02.1944 (reld 1946)
T/Capt.	01.11.1945-(04.1946)

12.07.1945

NW Europe

Education: Dulwich College (1935-1939); Architectural Association (AADip Hons).

15.11.1941			commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission to 22.03.1946]
23.03.1946			permanent commission [notification cancelled 18.10.1946]

Senior Designer, BBC Television, since 1962 (Designer, 1954-62). AA, 1946-51; Architects' Dept, LCC; private practice, designing new Kuwait, 1952-54. RDI (1972); RIBA.
Work for television includes: opera: Billy Budd, 1966; Rigoletto, La Bohème, Faust, 1968; Otello, 1969; drama: Horror of Darkness, 1964; Brothers Karamazov, Poet Game, 1965; The Idiot, Somerset Maugham, 1984, Out of the Unknown, Ross, 1966; Richard II, Beyond the Sunrise, 1968; Rembrandt, Vortex, 1969; St Joan, The Tempest, 1970; Traitor, The General's Day, Sextet, 1971; Oh Fat White Woman, The Grievance, The Merchant of Venice, Lady Windermere's Fan, 1972; Caucasian Chalk Circle, Loyalties, Secrets, An Imaginative Woman (film), Twelfth Night, 1973; The Applecart, ForgetMeNotLane, Savages, 1974; A Story to Frighten the Children (film), Look Back in Anger, 1975; 84 Charing Cross Road, A Picture of Dorian Gray, Abide with Me (film), Rogue Male (film), 1976; Heartbreak House, She Fell Amongst Thieves (film), 1977; Beaux Stratagem, Richard II, Julius Caesar, 1978; Crime and Punishment, 1979; Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, The Crucible, The Fatal Spring, 1980; Timon of Athens, Little Eyolf, Baal, 1981; Accounts, 1982; Shibear-Going Home; A Fellow by the Name of (film); Mr Pye (film), 1985; theatre work includes: Hotel in Amsterdam, Time Present, This Story is Yours, Look Back in Anger, 1968; Fidelio (opera), The Marquise, So What About Love, 1969; The Entertainer, 1974; The Exorcism, 1975; Julius Caesar (opera), 1984. Awards: Guild of TV Directors and Producers: Designer of the Year, for The Idiot, 1984, Billy Budd, 1966; Pye Colour Award: Best Colour Prodn, for Otello, 1969; Soc. of Film and TV Arts: Designer of the Year, for Vortex, Rembrandt, 1970.

Abbott,
Arthur Brinsmead
A.B. Abbott

06.04.1916
Dartford district, Kent
-
21.09.2007
Guildford, Surrey

Sgt.	?
2nd Lt.	09.03.1940 [124909]
WS/Lt.	09.09.1941
T/Capt.	09.01.1943
Hon. Capt.	1945/46 (retd)

	TD	23.01.1947	?
	CdeG	1944	?

09.03.1940			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
			52nd (B.Y.) Heavy Regiment RA

Abbott,
Arthur Charles
A.C. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	19.07.1941 [198566]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942
Lt.	01.11.1946, seniority 01.10.1942
T/Capt.	16.05.1945
Capt.	01.11.1947 (reld 01.07.1959)
Hon. Capt.	01.07.1949

19.07.1941			commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission to 31.10.1946]
01.11.1946			short service commission
01.11.1949			Regular Army Reserve of Officers
01.11.1954			Regular Army Reserve of Officers (Class III)

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Abbott,
Arthur Dare
A.D. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	30.03.1942 [229413]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942
WS/Capt.	21.02.1945
T/Maj.	?
Hon. Maj.	1945/46 (retd)

11.06.1948

?; 2nd clasp

30.03.1942			commissioned, Pioneer Corps [emergency commission]
			joined TA after retirement ?

Abbott,
Barry Atkinson
B.A. Abbott

Son of Richard Atkinson Abbott, and Adah Kathleen Hume.

17.09.1914
Auckland, New Zealand
-
12.07.1970
New Zealand

2nd Lt.	30.08.1940 [161522]
WS/Lt.	01.03.1942

Education: Kings College, Auckland; Auckland University College (LL.B, 1938); postgraduate study at Jesus College, Cambridge.
Had just commenced work in the Colonial Service as a cadet in Nigeria when military service in the Second World War (till 1946) interrupted his career.

30.08.1940

commissioned, General List [emergency commission]

In 1954 he became an Administrative Officer and he was also in charge of the local-government wing of the Institute of Administration in the Northern Region of Nigeria.

Abbott,
Bernard
B. Abbott

04.02.1895
-
09.06.1984
Ludlow, Herefordshire

T/2nd Lt.	28.03.1917-27.09.1918
T/ Lt.	28.09.1918-30.11.1920, 02.07.1923-23.08.1926
Lt.	24.08.1926, seniority 02.07.1923
A/Capt.	12.06.1919-09.11.1919 (demobilized 10.11.1919)
Capt.	02.01.1927
Maj.	02.07.1935
A/Lt.Col.	08.12.1941-07.03.1942
T/Lt.Col.	08.03.1942
A/Col.	11.09.1945
Col.	11.09.1949 (retd 04.02.1952)

British War Medal; Victory Medal

Education: LDS.

			served in the ranks for 1 year 294 days
			served in the Great War (France & Belgium 03.06.1916-31.07.1916, 04.1917-09.1917; wounded)
12.06.1919	-	09.11.1919	company commander, King's Own Scottish Borderers
24.08.1926			commissioned, The Army Dental Corps
?	-	?	?

Colonel Commandant, The Royal Army Dental Corps 08.03.1954-[early 1960s?].

Abbott,
Bernard Cyril
B.C. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	03.10.1942 [243625]
WS/Lt.	03.04.1943
T/Capt.	01.06.1945

03.10.1942

commissioned, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers [emergency commission]

Abbott,
Bernard John
B.J. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	10.07.1940 [108051] 01.02.1944, seniority 03.09.1939
WS/Lt.	25.01.1941
T/Capt.	25.01.1941
WS/Capt.	19.01.1943
T/Maj.	19.01.1943
T/Lt.Col.	?
Hon. Lt.Col.	26.12.1945 (retd)

			served the Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps
10.07.1940			commissioned, The Lincolnshire Regiment [emergency commission]

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Abbott,
Bryan
B. Abbott

From North Shields.

?
-

TSM	?
2nd Lt.	25.05.1940 [132973]
WS/Lt.	?
T/Capt.	?
WS/Capt.	10.07.1943
A/Maj.	?
T/Maj.	10.07.1943
WS/Maj.	?
T/Lt.Col.	?
Hon. Lt.Col.	10.05.1947 (retd)

	MBE	29.03.1945	NW Europe
	MID	13.01.1944	Middle East

25.05.1940

commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]

Abbott,
Bryan William
B.W. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	17.05.1941 [65947]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942, backdated 25.08.1942
T/Capt.	25.08.1942

17.05.1941

commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]

Abbott,
Cecil James Frederick *
C.J.F. Abbott

* also found as: Frederic
Married ((06?).1923, St Martin district, London) Violet M. Hill.

16.05.1893
Wandsworth, London, Surrey
-
12.01.1978
Bournemouth district, Dorset

2nd Lt.	25.06.1921, seniority 26.09.1916 [21162]
Lt.	26.03.1918
Capt.	01.02.1926 (retd 04.04.1935)
Bt. Maj.	01.09.1939 (RARO)
WS/Maj.	19.06.1943
T/Lt.Col.	19.06.1943
Hon. Lt.Col.	05.09.1945 (retd RARO; age limit)

	MBE	11.07.1940	BEF France 40
	MC	01.01.1919	Italy

			served Great War in the 2nd Battalion The Honourable Artillery Company
25.06.1921			commissioned, The Honourable Artillery Company
27.02.1928	-	(03.1931)	Adjutant, 5th (Territorial) Battalion The Manchester Regiment
(06.1933)			1st Battalion The Manchester Regiment
			transferred, Regular Army Reserve of Officers, Class II
(1940)			HQ Brest Sub-Area, Manchester Regiment (BEF) (MBE)
(04.1944)			Commandant, Northallerton Military Prison and Detention Barracks

Abbott,
Charles Sidney
C.S. Abbott

Son of Sidney Abbott, and Gertrude Ralph.
Married ((12?).1941, Don Valley district, West Riding of Yorkshire) Cicely Lax, of South Tottenham, Middlesex.

24.12.1917
Doncaster district, Lincolnshire / Nottinghamshire / West Riding of Yorkshire
-
06.09.1944
(KIA) [age 26]
[Cassino Memorial, panel 5]

2nd Lt.	12.04.1941 [180919]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942

Edcuation: BA.

12.04.1941			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
06.06.1944			transferred, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
?	-	06.09.1944	9th Battalion The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) (Italy [killed in action])

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Abbott,
Cyril Douglas
C.D. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	14.11.1942 [252913]
WS/Lt.	14.05.1943

14.11.1942

commissioned, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers [emergency commission]

Abbott,
Cyril John Milford
C.J.M. Abbott

Son of Mrs Graham, Woodleigh, Worksop, Nottinghamshire.
Married ((09?).1935, Tiverton district, Devon / Somerset) Amy C. Quick.

26.11.1909
Redruth district, Cornwall
-
29.09.1975
Great Dunmow, Chelmsford district, Essex

2nd Lt.	10.05.1939 [...]
WS/Lt.	09.10.1940
T/Capt.	10.12.1940
WS/Capt.	04.03.1944
T/Maj.	?
Hon. Maj.	1945/46 (retd)

Education: Uppingham School (Constables House; 05.1923-07.1927); University of Sheffield (LL.M, 1933).
Solicitor.

			late Cadet-Corporal, Uppingham School Contingent, Junior Division, OTC
10.05.1939			commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps - Territorial Army
24.08.1939			mobilized TA

Abbott,
David Adrian
D.A. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	19.10.1940 [153286]
WS/Lt.	19.04.1942
T/Capt.	?
Hon. Capt.	1945/46 (retd)

19.10.1940

commissioned, The South Lancashire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Volunteers) [emergency commission]

Abbott,
David Higgs
D.H. Abbott

Son of ... Abbott, and ... Higgs.

03.08.1924
Ripon district, Yorkshire
-
14.11.1993
Canterbury district, Kent

Cadet	? [1116968]
2nd Lt.	18.12.1943 [302815]
WS/Lt.	18.06.1944

18.12.1943

commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]

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Abbott,
Dennis Leigh [Charles]
D.L. Abbott

Son of Col. Albert Leigh Abbott (1890-1952), and Alice Elizabeth Hudson (1893-1981).
Brother of Lt. Anthony Cecil Abbott, RE.
Married 1st ((12?).1947, Camberwell district, London) Joan Ellen Boddie (1922? - 20.10.1962); ond son.
Married 2nd ((09?).1965, Weston-super-Mare district, Somerset) Evelyn J. Burston.

04.05.1920
Croydon district, London
-
06.03.2013
Worcestershire

2nd Lt.	23.11.1940 [158200]
WS/Lt.	23.05.1942 (reld > 04.1946, < 04.1947)
T/Capt.	07.09.1944-(04.1946)

MID	10.05.1945	NW Europe
EM	12.08.1949	-
OON	18.07.1947	Holland 09.44-03.45 [recommendation available upon request]

Education: Dulwich College (1933-1937).

23.11.1940			commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]
1944	-	1945	Second-in-Command, 72nd Field Company RE (NW Europe) (Knight of the Order of Oranje-Nassau with swords)

Abbott,
Douglas Bramwell
D.B. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	11.07.1942 [240023] 1580b
WS/Lt.	11.01.1943
T/Capt.	15.10.1945

11.07.1942

commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission]

Abbott,
Douglas Charles
D.C. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	31.03.1943 [286821]
WS/Lt.	? (retd 14.05.1945)

31.03.1943

commissioned, Territorial Army Reserve of Officers, Special List (for service with the Army Cadet Force, Surrey)

Abbott,
Douglas George Charles
D.G.C. Abbott

Married ((09?).1932, Bodmin district, Cornwall) Vera G. Hutchings.

19.01.1910
-
25.05.1992
Worthing, West Sussex

Lt.	15.04.1941 [181975]
WS/Capt.	28.02.1942
T/Maj.	28.02.1942
Hon. Maj.	1945/46 (retd)
Capt.	01.10.1946, seniority 28.02.1942

MID

04.04.1946

NW Europe

15.04.1941			commissioned, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [emergency commission]
21.08.1942			transferred to the Royal Army Ordnance Corps - Administrative Branch
01.10.1946			short service commission
(1947)			served at Singapore

Road Safety Organiser, Bexhill Borough Council, 1961.

Abbott,
Douglas Henry
D.H. Abbott

?
-

Cadet	? [7664711]
2nd Lt.	06.11.1943 [67330]
WS/Lt.	06.05.1944

06.11.1943

commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission]

Abbott,
Douglas William David
D.W.D. Abbott

Son of ... Abbott, and ... McLaughlan.

07.09.1916
Braintree district, Essex
-
12.1995
Weymouth district, Dorset

2nd Lt.	19.07.1941 [198288] 554a
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942
T/Capt.	16.09.1944

19.07.1941

commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]

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Abbott,
E H
E.H. Abbott

?
-

WS/Sjt.Maj.

02.12.1939 [...]

02.12.1939

Warrant Officer, Class I - Artillery Clerk [Royal Regiment of Artillery]

Abbott,
Edward James
E.J. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	22.05.1943 [288386]
WS/Lt.	22.11.1943

22.05.1943

commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission]

Abbott,
Edward Walter
E.W. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	23.06.1941 [191669]
WS/Lt.	25.01.1942
T/Capt.	18.11.1943
Hon. Capt.	1945/46 (retd)

23.06.1941			commissioned, Royal Army Ordnance Corps - Administrative Branch [emergency commission]
23.05.1942			transferred, Pioneer Corps

Abbott,
Francis Louis
F.L. Abbott

Son of ... Abbott, and ... Squire.

12.10.1913
Wandsworth district, London
-
01.2005
South Somerset

2nd Lt.	27.07.1940 [140009]
WS/Lt.	27.01.1942
T/Capt.	16.07.1943-(04.1944), 08.04.1945-(04.1946)

Solicitor, 11.1938.

27.07.1940			commissioned, The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) [emergency commission]
(1943?)	-	(1944?)	served 2nd/7th Battalion The Middlesex Regiment [admitted to 2nd Field Ambulance 25.01.1944 and evacuated to Naples by hospital ship; rejoined 08.02.1944 from No. 1 Reception Camp]

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Abbott,
Frank Clarence
F.C. Abbott

Son of ... Abbott, and ... Burley.

09.08.1918
Yarmouth district, Norfolk
-
20.07.1980
Colchester district, Essex

2nd Lt.	12.07.1941 [197310]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942
Hon. Capt.	01.07.1948 (retd; to TARO)

12.07.1941			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
01.07.1948			transferred from the Active List to the Territorial Army Reserve of Officers

Abbott,
Frederick George
F.G. Abbott

?
-

Gnr.	?
2nd Lt.	12.07.1939 [...]
WS/Lt.	12.01.1941
T/Capt.	02.04.1942
Hon. Capt.	1945/46 (retd)

			late Cadet, Brighton College Contingent, Junior Division, OTC
12.07.1939			commissioned into the Royal Artillery - Territorial Army
24.08.1939			mobilized TA

Abbott,
Frederick George
F.G. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	30.05.1942 [235062]
WS/Lt.	30.11.1942

30.05.1942

commissioned, Reconnaissance Corps - Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]

Abbott,
G
G. Abbott

?
-

WS/Staff Sjt.Maj.

21.10.1941 [...]

21.10.1941

Warrant Officer, Class I [Royal Army Service Corps]

Abbott,
Geoffrey George
G.G. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	06.03.1943 [267419]
WS/Lt.	06.09.1943
Hon. Lt.	1945/46 (retd)

06.03.1943

commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission]

Abbott,
Geoffrey Walter
G.W. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	21.02.1942 [226994]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942

21.02.1942

commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission]

Abbott,
George Cave
"Jim"
G.C. Abbott

Son of George Hodson Abbott (1878-), and Esther Jackson.

21.06.1914
Grantham district, Leicestershire / Lincolnshire
-
11.2008 still alive

2nd Lt.	08.11.1941 [214854]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942 (reld > 04.1946)
T/Capt.	10.07.1943-(04.1946)

08.11.1941

commissioned, Royal Army Ordnance Corps - Administrative Branch [emergency commission]

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Abbott,
George Charles
G.C. Abbott

05.06.1911
-
21.04.1986
Greenwich district, London

Lt. QM	25.09.1941 [211992] [emergency commission]
Lt. QM	14.09.1948 [permanent commission]
Capt. QM	01.08.1946, seniority 25.09.1944 [emergency commission]
Capt. QM	14.09.1948 [permanent commission]
Maj. QM	19.08.1953
Lt.Col. QM	07.12.1959 (retd 05.06.1966)

	MID	24.08.1944	Italy
	LSGCM	03.10.1947	?

			served in the ranks for 13 years 238 days
			served as Warrant Officer, Class I for 1 year 93 days
25.09.1941			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission to 31.07.1946]
01.08.1946			short service commission
14.09.1948			permanent commission

Abbott,
George Frederick
G.F. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	25.09.1943 [294632]
WS/Lt.	25.09.1943
Hon. Lt.	1945/46 (retd)

25.09.1943

commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps - Non-Medical Section [emergency commission]

Abbott,
George William
G.W. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	15.07.1941 [199840]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942
T/Capt.	24.10.1945

			served as Sergeant, Royal Engineers
15.07.1941			commissioned, General List [emergency commission]

Abbott,
Graham Sharrah
G.S. Abbott (Photo courtesy of Mrs Elizabeth East-Robinson)

Son of Stanley Charles Abbott (1890-1953), and Marion Alice Sharrah (1889-1961), of Wimbledon.
Married (05.11.1938, Surrey North Eastern district) Sybil Mary Furneaux (18.08.1912 - 2001), daughter of John Dunster Furneaux (1879-1950), and Rose Caroline Price (1880-1935), of Fulham; three daughters.

17.07.1915
Wandsworth district, London
-
24.09.1994
Cobham, Surrey Northern district, Surrey

2nd Lt.	05.02.1936 [66818]
Lt.	05.02.1939
WS/Capt.	06.04.1940
Capt.	18.09.1945, seniority 24.08.1939
A/Maj.	1940?
T/Maj.	25.11.1942-(04.1946)
WS/Maj.	14.12.1945 (reld > 04.1946, < 08.1946)
T/Lt.Col.	1945?
Hon. Lt.Col.	> 04.1946, < 08.1946

MID	20.12.1940	BEF France 39-40
MID	11.01.1945	Italy
TD	21.04.1950	& 1st clasp

Education: King's College School, Wimbledon.

			late Cadet C.S.M., King's College School Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
05.02.1936	-	(01.1938)	commissioned, 5th Battalion East Surrey Regiment - Territorial Army
1938?			transferred to the Royal Artillery - Territorial Army
(01.1939)	-	(1944?)	57th (East Surrey) Anti-Tank Regiment RA [mobilized TA 24.08.1939]
(1940)			commanded a battery in France (BEF) (despatches)
1942	-	(1944?)	Second-in-Command (served in Western Desert & Italy)
1945			Commanding Officer, 13th Anti-Tank Regiment RA (Italy) (despatches)
1946			Commanding Officer, 381st (East Surrey) Light Regiment RA (TA)
?	-	17.07.1965	Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]

Member, Wimbledon Borough Council, 1953-1955. Justice of the Peace (JP), Surrey, 1963.
Published: An outline history of 57th (East Surrey) Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery 1939-1945 (1945)

Abbott,
H J
H.J. Abbott

not in Army List ?

?
-

2nd Lt.	? [108159]
WS/Maj.	?
T/Lt.Col.	?
Hon. Lt.Col.	26.12.1945 (retd)

commissioned, Lincolnshire Regiment

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Abbott,
Harold Dickenson
H.D. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	28.11.1942 [253526]
WS/Lt.	28.05.1943 (retd 1945/46)

28.11.1942

commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]

Abbott,
Harold Stanley
H.S. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	11.02.1940 [121932]
WS/Lt.	11.08.1941
T/Capt.	08.02.1944

11.02.1940			commissioned, The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) [emergency commission]
08.02.1944	-	(04.1944)	Assistant Instructor, Small Arms School (Netheravon Wing)
17.07.1944	-	(04.1946)	Adjutant, Infantry Heavy Weapons School, Netheravon

Abbott,
Henry James
H.J. Abbott

11.10.1894
-
(01.)1982
Salisbury district, Wiltshire

Lt. QM	17.10.1939 [102147]
WS/Capt. QM	01.11.1942
Capt. QM	17.10.1945
Maj. QM	15.10.1946 (retd 11.10.1949)

Meritorious Service Medal; 1914 Star & Clasp; British War Medal; Victory Medal

			served Great War in France & Belgium 17.09.1914-09.07.1915 & 26.01.1916-11.11.1918 (wounded)
			served in the ranks for 14 years 179 days; served as Warrant Officer, Class II for 6 years 233 days; served as Warrant Officer, Class I for 5 years 82 days
17.10.1939			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery

Abbott,
Henry Linford
H.L. Abbott

?
-
11.07.1967 ?

Lt.	15.02.1941 [168550]
T/Capt.	21.09.1945

15.02.1941

commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]

Abbott,
Henry Ridley
H.R. Abbott

Son of ... Abbott, and ... Davis.

12.06.1911
King's Norton district, Staffordshire / Warwickshire / Worcestershire
-
09.1992
Worcester district, Worcestershire

2nd Lt.	29.01.1941 [168919]
WS/Lt.	02.04.1942
T/Capt.	02.04.1942
WS/Capt.	28.02.1944
T/Maj.	28.02.1944

Education: University of Birmingham (BSc, 1932).

			served as a Trooper, Royal Armoured Corps
29.01.1941			commissioned, Army Educational Corps [emergency commission]
			Commandant, Army School of Education, Maymyo, Burma

Head, Darwen Grammar School. Assistant Master, Goole Grammar School.

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Abbott,
Henry Tudor
H.T. Abbott

Son of ... Abbott, and ... Sherwood.

02.06.1918
Wallinford district, Berkshire / Oxfordshire
-
12.2001
Oxford district, Oxfordshire

2nd Lt.	22.10.1939 [108227]
Lt.	22.04.1941
A/Capt.	08.02.1941-07.05.1941
T/Capt.	08.05.1941-29.03.1942, 01.06.1942-03.11.1944
WS/Capt.	04.11.1944
Capt.	01.07.1946
A/Maj.	10.01.1944-15.02.1944, 11.09.1944-03.11.1944
T/Maj.	04.11.1944-01.06.1952
Maj.	02.06.1952
Lt.Col.	16.08.1959 (retd 13.03.1962)

			served in the ranks for 2 years 200 days
22.10.1939			commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps

Abbott,
the Reverend Herbert Alldridge
H.A. Abbott (Photo courtesy of Gillian Sykes)

Son of Benjamin Charles Abbott.
Married (04.08.1909, St Peter, Blackburn, Lancashire) Gabriella van der Weegen (1883? - 06.02.1958), daughter of Franciscus Henricus van der Weegen (1851-1930), and Sophia Plompen (1856-); one son, one daughter.

16.03.1881
Marylebone, London
-
31.12.1962
Lelant Nursing Home, Mannamead, Plymouth, Devon
[buried at churchyard at Lanhydrock, Bodmin, Cornwall]

2nd Lt.	25.11.1942 [21053]
WS/Lt.	25.05.1944
A/Col.	1946?

MBE	13.06.1946	HM's birthday 46
Def M	-	-
Jub M	1935	-
CFM	-	& clasp

Cadet Long Service Award

Education: King's College, London; Queens' College, Cambridge (Exhibitioner). BA 1904, MA 1907, Hist. Tripos Parts I and II.
Tutor and Lecturer, Training College, Chester, 1906-1908; Assistant Master, Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Blackburn, 1908-1911; Headmaster, Eggars Grammar School, Alton, Hants., 1911-1918; Headmaster Palmer's School, Grays, Essex, 1918-1946. Deacon, 1909; Priest, 1910.

			Royal Fusiliers, 1899-1903; Captain 1st VB Hampshire Regt; Executive Officer National Reserves, 1914
25.11.1942			commissioned, Territorial Army Reserve of Officers - Special List (for service with Army Cadet Force - Essex)

Essex Cadet Committee, 1918-1946; Colonel TARO and OC Palmer's School Cadet AA Regt. RA (formerly 10th Cadet Bn Essex Regt), 1919-1950; Hon. Colonel of Essex Army Cadet Force, 1950; OC No. 2 Company, National Defence Companies, 6th Bn Essex Regt, 1936-1939; Attached to 2nd Bn Coldstream Guards, 1921. District Commissioner Boy Scouts Assoc., 1919-1934; Chairman Thurrock Youth Committee, 1940-1946; President Thurrock Sea Cadet Corps since 1940 and Chairman, 1940-1946; Chaplain 106 (Orsett Hundred) Squadron ATC; Organised and conducted first Schoolboy Party to Canada, 1926 (Life) FRHistS 1907; Founder Vice-President (1930-1931) and Pres. (1931-1932) Thurrock Rotary Club; Vice-President (Grays Branch) British Legion; Member Headmasters' Conference since 1926; Member Inc. Assoc. of Headmasters since 1911. Prebendary of Marney (or Mornays) in Prebendal Church of St Endellion, Cornwall, June 1946-December 1958, and Vicar of Lanhydrock, Bodmin, Cornwall, September 1946-December 1958, resigned.

Abbott,
Jack Reuben
J.R. Abbott

07.11.1905
-
(09?).1982
Watford district, Hertfordshire

RQMS	?
Lt. QM	24.07.1940 [147828]
WS/Capt. QM	24.07.1943

	MBE	30.12.1941	Middle East 41
	MID	05.04.1945	Burma / India

24.07.1940

commissioned, The West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Own) [emergency commission]

Abbott,
James
J. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	13.08.1942 [242357]
WS/Lt.	13.02.1943

13.08.1942

commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]

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Abbott,
James
J. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	28.06.1941 [193673]
WS/Lt.	28.06.1941
T/Capt.	07.06.1943
Hon. Capt.	1945/46 (retd)

28.06.1941

commissioned, The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) [emergency commission]

Abbott,
Jerrold Roscoe
J.R. Abbott

Son of Jerrold Abbott (1881-1946), and Amy Constance Roscoe (1884-1973).
Married ((09?).1939, Warwick district, Warwickshie) Dorothy Floyd; one son, one daughter.

18.04.1914
Ashbourne district, Derbyshire / Staffordshire
-
09.1988
Clwyd

2nd Lt.	26.05.1934 [62957]
Lt.	26.05.1937 [Suppl. Reserve]
Lt.	26.05.1944 [RARO]
T/Capt.	13.10.1940

			late Officr Cadet, Bangor University College Contingent, Senior Division, Officer Training Corps
26.05.1934			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery - Supplementary Reserve, Category B
(01.1939)			2nd Medium Regiment RA (Longmoor)
24.08.1939			mobilized
(04.1944)			specially employed
26.05.1944			transferred to the Regular Army Reserve of Officers

Abbott,
John Alexander
J.A. Abbott

?
-

Cadet	? [11400075]
2nd Lt.	20.11.1943 [300919]
WS/Lt.	20.11.1943
T/Capt.	14.08.1945

20.11.1943

commissioned, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers [emergency commission]

Abbott,
John Bertram
J.B. Abbott

?
-

Lt.	05.10.1943 [294836]
WS/Capt.	05.10.1945

05.10.1943

commissioned, Royal Army Veterinary Corps [emergency commission]

Abbott,
John Douglas
J.D. Abbott

?
-

Lt.	08.01.1944 [306033]
WS/Capt.	08.01.1945

Education: MB

08.01.1944

commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission]

Abbott,
J F
J.F. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	? []
Lt.	?
T/Capt.	22.04.1916
A/Maj.	16.06.1919-10.07.1919
Maj.	17.10.1927

?			commissioned, Indian Army
22.04.1916	-		Company Commander, 1/8th Gurkha Rifles
16.06.1919	-	10.07.1919	Second-in-Command, 3/8th Gurkha Rifles
> 06.1933	-	< 01.1937	retired from the Indian Army
02.07.1940			having attained the age limit of liability to recall, ceases to belong to the Indian Regular Reserve of Officers
08.08.1940			retired officer, re-employed [Royal Regiment of Artillery]

Abbott,
John Freeman
J.F. Abbott

29.03.1916
-
04.2002
Gloucester district, Gloucestershire

2nd Lt.	15.05.1943 [276919]
WS/Lt.	15.11.1943

15.05.1943

commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission]

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Abbott,
John George Herbert
J.G.H. Abbott

Married ((06?).1916, Basingstoke district, Berkshire / Hampshire) Madeleine Stubbs.

(09?).1892
Wellingborough district, Bedfordshire / Northamptonshire
-
22.01.1963
Winchester

2nd Lt.

12.03.1943 [...]

12.03.1943

commissioned, Territorial Army Reserve of Officers - Special List (for service with the Army Cadet Force - Hampshire & the Isle of Wight)

Abbott,
John Hallen
J.H. Abbott

Son of ... Abbott, and ... Hills.

02.02.1919
Ecclesall Bierlow district, Derbyshire / West Riding of Yorkshire
-
03.2001
Salisbury district, Wiltshire

2nd Lt.	21.06.1942 [235613]
WS/Lt.	21.12.1942
A/Capt.	04.12.1943
T/Capt.	04.03.1944

21.06.1942

commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]

Abbott,
John Jennings
J.J. Abbott

Son of William Herbert and Alice Abbott, of Knowle, Warwickshire.

23.09.1900
-
22.04.1940
(KIA)
[Brookwood Memorial, panel 11, column 2]

2nd Lt.	24.12.1920 [17828]
Lt.	24.12.1922
Capt.	08.06.1935 (retd 01.03.1938)
Capt.	07.01.1939, army seniority 16.04.1936, regimental seniority 22.02.1936
Maj.	23.06.1939

24.12.1920			commissioned, The Worcestershire Regiment
(03.1931)			1st Battalion The Worcestershire Regiment (Plymouth)
(06.1933)			2nd Battalion The Worcestershire Regiment (Malta)
(01.1937)			2nd Battalion The Worcestershire Regiment (Sialkot)
07.01.1939			transferred from the Regular Army Reserve of Officers to the Active List
	-	22.04.1940	1st Battalion The Worcestershire Regiment (missing in action)

Abbott,
John James William
J.J.W. Abbott

Married ((12?).1945, Lambeth district, London) Irene M. Bellchambers.

?
-

Cadet	? [14324765]
2nd Lt.	27.01.1944 [303037]
WS/Lt.	28.07.1944

27.01.1944

commissioned, The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) [emergency commission]

Abbott,
John Lancelot Stutely
J.L.S. Abbott

Son of Reginald F.S. Abbott, and Minnie Reffell.
Married 1st ((06?).1937, Surrey North Eastern district, Surrey) Araminta Barbara Langhorne (16.10.1914 - (06?).1980).
Married 2nd (10.1985, Chichester district, Sussex) Olwen S. Hall.

05.05.1913
Godstone district, Surrey
-
30.11.2003
Chichester district, Sussex

Cadet	? [1929304]
2nd Lt.	05.09.1943 [292527]
WS/Lt.	05.03.1944 (reld < 04.1947)
T/Capt.	24.02.1945-(04.1946)

MID

04.04.1946

NW Europe

05.09.1943

commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]

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Abbott,
John Nesbitt White
J.N.W. Abbott

Married ((12?).1949, Westminster district, London) Romaney K. Rawlins.

?
-

2nd Lt.	05.07.1939 [92085]
WS/Lt.	27.04.1941
T/Capt.	27.04.1941-..., 06.07.1945-...

MID

24.06.1943

Middle East 42

			late Cadet, Eton College Contingent, Junior Division, OTC
05.07.1939			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army
24.08.1939			mobilized TA

Abbott,
John Paul Fenwick
J.P.F. Abbott

07.05.1920
-
01.10.2013
Malton, North Yorkshire

2nd Lt.	09.03.1940 [124878]
WS/Lt.	09.09.1941
Lt.	10.09.1949, seniority 07.11.1942
A/Capt.	10.03.1943-09.06.1943
T/Capt.	10.06.1943-04.02.1946
Capt.	01.11.1946, seniority 05.02.1946 [short service commission]
Capt.	10.09.1949, seniority 07.05.1947 [permanent commission]
A/Maj.	12.10.1945-01.12.1945, 27.01.1946-04.02.1946
T/Maj.	05.02.1946-22.05.1946, 25.09.1951-06.05.1954
Maj.	07.05.1954
T/Lt.Col.	23.04.1962-27.05.1962
Lt.Col.	28.05.1962
Col.	31.12.1966 (retd 27.04.1974)

CBE

01.01.1969

Malaya

Efficiency Medal, 2nd clasp (28.11.1947)

Education: psc

			served in the ranks for 308 days
09.03.1940			commissioned, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment [emergency commission to 31.10.1946]
(04.1944)	-	(04.1946)	on the special list of The King's African Rifles
20.01.1945	-	02.05.1945	GSO3 (Operations), Area HQ, East Asia Command
26.05.1945	-	11.10.1945	Staff Captain, ... Infantry Brigade, South East Asia Command
12.10.1945	-	01.12.1945	Brigade Major, ...
27.12.1945	-	10.02.1946	Deputy Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General (DAA&QMG), ...
23.05.1946	-	31.01.1947	Staff Captain, HQ, Western Command
01.11.1946			short service commission
01.02.1947	-	04.08.1948	BAS France
06.09.1948	-	12.1948	HQ, British Army of the Rhine
10.09.1949			commissioned into the Royal Army Ordnance Corps [permanent commission]
04.09.1950	-	24.09.1951	Staff Captain, War Office
25.09.1951	-	25.03.1953	Deputy Assistant Director of Ordnance Services (DADOS)
25.04.1955	-	24.04.1957	Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General (DAQMG), General HQ, Middle East Land Forces
23.08.1957	-	01.03.1960	DADOS, War Office
15.11.1960	-	22.04.1962	DAA&QMG, BAS, USA
23.04.1962	-	09.07.1963	AQMG (Logistics), BAS, Washington
19.09.1965	-	24.03.1968	Director of Ordnance Services, Ministry of Defence, Federation of Malaysia

Abbott,
J R
J.R. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	? [49086]
T/Lt.	?
T/Capt.	11.07.1916
Capt.	13.10.1920
Capt. TARO	01.06.1916

AMIEE

			commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers (?)
(1916)	-	(1920)	served with Tyne Electrical Engineers
			transferred to the Territorial Army Reserve of Officers, Class II
26.03.1940			transferred from Anti-Aircraft Battalion (TARO)

Abbott,
John Richard
J.R. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	27.06.1940 [136324]
Paym. Lt.	27.12.1941
Hon. Lt.	1945/46 (retd)

27.06.1940

commissioned, Royal Army Pay Corps [emergency commission]

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Abbott,
John Robert
J.R. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	03.12.1943 [298958]
WS/Lt.	03.06.1945

03.12.1943

commissioned, Territorial Army Reserve of Officers - Special List (for service with the Army Cadet Force, York (West Riding))

Abbott,
John Rupert
J.R. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	13.01.1941 [163837]
WS/Lt.	13.07.1942
T/Capt.	01.01.1944

13.01.1941

commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]

Abbott,
Kenneth David George
K.D.G. Abbott

Married; one son, one daughter.

17.10.1910
Worcester, Worcestershire
-
26.08.1971
Manchester district, Lancashire

Lt.	10.03.1940 [127185]
WS/Capt.	10.03.1941
T/Maj.	22.12.1943
WS/Maj.	08.04.1945
T/Lt.Col.	?
Hon. Lt.Col.	1945/46 (retd)

MID

19.07.1945

Italy

Education: St Edmund's School, Canterbury; Manchester University (MCRS Eng, LRCP Lond. 1937); D. Obst. RCOG 1947.
After house appointments at the Royal Infirmary and Withington Hospital, Manchester. he spent a year at Booth Hall Children's Hospital as assistant medical officer.

10.03.1940			commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission]
			served at Dunkirk, Burma & India

After the war he returned to Withington Hospital as assistant obstetrical officer and took the diploma in obstetrics in 1947. The following year he went into partnership in general practice at Altrincham.

Abbott,
Kenneth Edgar Lucas
K.E.L. Abbott

Son of ... Abbott, and ... Lucas.
Married 1st ((09?).1941, Bradford district, Yorkshire) Thelma D. Wright.
Married 2nd ((03?).1948, Surrye Mid Eastern district) Irene R. Abbott (née McCarthy).

18.08.1916
Epsom district, Surrey
-
03.06.2006
Plymouth district, Devon

2nd Lt.	28.06.1941 [194730]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942
T/Capt.	02.03.1943

28.06.1941

commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission]

Abbott,
Kenneth Martin Rennison
K.M.R. Abbott

Married ((06?).1937, Hammersmith district, London) Kathleen F. Taylor.

15.04.1912
Edmonton district, Essex / Hertfordshire / Middlesex
-
26.08.1979
Enfield district, Middlesex

2nd Lt.	14.03.1943 [277938]
WS/Lt.	19.09.1943
A/Capt.	09.09.1943
T/Capt.	1944?
Hon. Capt.	14.05.1945 (retd; disability)

14.03.1943

commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]

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Abbott,
Kenneth Michael
K.M. Abbott

?
-

Cadet	? [5127504]
2nd Lt.	20.11.1943 [300541]
WS/Lt.	20.05.1944
Lt. TA	01.05.1947, seniority 08.09.1946

20.11.1943			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
01.05.1947			transferred to the Army Air Corps - Territorial Army

Abbott,
Leslie
L. Abbott

?
-

Cadet	? [14252258]
2nd Lt.	19.09.1943 [293707]
WS/Lt.	?
WS/Capt.	01.11.1945 (retd 1945/46)

MID

08.11.1945

NW Europe

19.09.1943

commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]

Abbott,
Leslie Herbert Ronald
L.H.R. Abbott

Son of ... Abbott, and ... Goldsack.
Married ((06?).1943, Bromley district, London / Kent) Beryl G. Bent.

19.04.1915
Dover district, Kent
-
2001
Fuengarla, Spain

2nd Lt.	24.04.1943 [271569]
WS/Lt.	24.10.1943
T/Capt.	03.06.1945
Hon. Capt.	17.05.1947 (retd)

24.04.1943

commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]

Educated at Dover Grammar School for Boys (1925-32) , he was Secretary of the Old Pharosians just before the war, and admitted a solicitor in 1937 and became a partner in Knocker, Elwin and Lambert, Dover. During his war service he attained the rank of Captain, R.A. and from 1946-49 he served in the Legal Division of the Control Commission in Germany. He is now a partner in a firm of solicitors having offices in Wolverhampton. Stafford, Rugby, Coventry and West Kensington.

Abbott,
Lionel
L. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	09.08.1941 [203179]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942
A/Capt.	21.12.1942

09.08.1941			commissioned, Corps of Royal Signals [emergency commission]
?			transferred to the Corps of Royal Engineers

Abbott,
Lionel Edward Stanley
L.E.S. Abbott

Son of ... Abbott, and ... Humphreys.
Married ((06?).1939, Acle district, Norfolk) Georgina J. Revell.

03.06.1914
Salford district, Lancashire
-
21.03.1998
Cheltenham district, Gloucestershire

2nd Lt.	15.02.1941 [170738]
WS/Lt.	15.08.1942
T/Capt.	30.06.1945

15.02.1941

commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]

Abbott,
Leslie Leonard
L.L. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	02.02.1943 [286517]
WS/Lt.	21.08.1944

02.02.1943

commissioned, Territorial Army Reserve of Officers - Special List (for service with the Army Cadet Force - Surrey)

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Abbott,
Mrs Margaret
(née McKenzie)
Mrs. M. Abbott

?
-

Sister

02.11.1942 [246669] 2361e

02.11.1942

commissioned, Qeen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve

Abbott,
Maurice Arthur Ridley
M.A.R. Abbott

Son of Arthur C. Abbott, and Elizabeth M. Ridley.
Married (04.1936, Wandsworth district, London; divorced) Ruby Dorothea Annette Sinclair (13.05.1912-01.1978). She remarried ... Pennell, later ... Evenett,

08.01.1914
Croydon district, London
-
19.06.1947
(died in plane crash of Pan Am Flight 121 near Mayadin, Syria)

2nd Lt.	01.02.1942 [224926]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942
WS/Capt.	03.07.1944
T/Maj.	03.07.1944

01.02.1942

commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]

Abbott,
[Sir] Myles John
M.J. Abbott

Third son of Edmund Rushworth Abbott (1866-1953), solicitor, and Emily Beatrice Abney Sandys (1868-1947).
Brother of Capt. Edmund Geoffrey Abbott, AM, RN, and Lt.Cdr. Frank del Sandys Abbott, RNVR.
Married 1st ((06?).1932, St Marylebone district, London) Grace Ada Coker, divorced wife of Alfred Thomas Jeffery; one daughter.
Married 2nd (14.09.1960, Lagos, Nigeria) Dorothy Anne Smith, widow of Robert Currie Campbell.

27.02.1906
Northwood, Uxbridge district, Middlesex
-
12.01.1984
Warwick, Bermuda

2nd Lt.	04.03.1933 [58294]
Lt.	14.03.1936

22.07.1964

Chief Justice, Bermuda

Education: King's School, Canterbury.
Solicitor, 1929. Partner in Chas. Rogers Sons & Abbott, 1930. Selected for appointment to Colonial Legal Service, 1935, Assistant Crown Solicitor Hong Kong, 03.1936. Called to the Bar (Gray's Inn), 1940. Crown Counsel, 1941.Official Receiver and Registrar of Trade Marks, Hong Kong, 1941.

			late Cadet, Knig's School (Canterbury) Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
04.03.1933			commissioned, The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) [9th Battalion]
18.04.1936	-	08.08.1956	Territorial Army Reserve of Officers - Class II [exceeded age limit]
1941	-	1945	POW in Japanese captivity

President of the High Court of Ethiopia, 10.1946-10.1949. Puisne Judge, HM's Supreme Court of Nigeria, 04.1950-1955. Judge of the High Court, Lagos, 11.1955-1957. Federal Justice of the Federal Supreme Court, Nigeria, 1957-1961. Chief Justice of Bermuda, 10.1961-1971.
Published: (ed) West African Court of Appeal Reports, 1946-49; (ed) Federal Supreme Court Reports, Nigeria, Vol. 4, 1959, 1960.

Abbott,
Miss Marguerite Joan
Miss M.J. Abbott

?
-

2nd Sub.	10.08.1941 [196854]
WS/Sub.	12.05.1942
T/Jun.Cdr.	28.01.1943
WS/Jun.Cdr.	17.08.1944
T/Sen.Cdr.	17.08.1944

10.08.1941			commissioned, Auxiliary Territorial Service
01.05.1943	-	(04.1944)	Deputy Assistant Provost Marshal, Northern Ireland Command

Abbott,
Miss Margery Louise
Miss M.L. Abbott

?
-

Sister

30.05.1941 [209679]

30.05.1941

commissioned, Territorial Army Nursing Service

Abbott,
Miss Mary Oliphant
Miss M.O. Abbott

?
-

2nd Sub.	15.10.1943 [297857]
WS/Lt.	15.04.1944

15.10.1943

commissioned, Auxiliary Territorial Service

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Abbott,
Noel Horatio
N.H. Abbott

Son of ... Abbott, and ... Bridgeman.
Married ((09?).1939, Liskeard district, Cornwall) Tony H.F. Abbott (née De Montezuma).

25.12.1915
Edmonton district, Essex / Hertfordshire / Middlesex
-
22.12.1988
Enfield, Southern Australia, Australia

2nd Lt.	24.10.1942 [249291]
WS/Lt.	24.04.1943

24.10.1942

commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]

Abbott,
Norman McConville
N.M. Abbott

Son of ... Abbott, and ... McConville.

08.01.1912
Cockermouth district, Cumbria / Cumberland
-
25.11.1983
Birkenhead district, Merseyside

2nd Lt.	15.03.1941 [177719]
WS/Lt.	15.09.1942
T/Capt.	10.12.1945

15.03.1941

commissioned, The Border Regiment [emergency commission]

Abbott,
Norman Sutton
N.S. Abbott

05.10.1910
Newport district, Glamorgan / Gwent / Monmouthshire
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18.09.1982
St Austell district, Cornwall

2nd Lt.	07.05.1943 [276163]
WS/Lt.	07.11.1943 (reld < 04.1946)

07.05.1943

commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]

Abbott,
Norman Sydney
N.S. Abbott

?
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2nd Lt.	13.06.1934 [63030]
WS/Lt.	17.11.1939
Lt.	?
WS/Capt.	?
Capt.	01.01.1949
Hon. Maj.	29.06.1963

13.06.1934			commissioned, 8th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment - Territorial Army
16.06.1937	-	29.06.1963	Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [exceeded age limit]
17.05.1939			transferred, Corps of Royal Engineers
24.08.1939			mobilized

Abbott,
P
P. Abbott

?
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2nd Lt.
WS/Lt.

commissioned,

Abbott,
P A
P.A. Abbott

?
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2nd Lt.
WS/Lt.

commissioned,

Abbott,
P R
P.R. Abbott

?
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2nd Lt.
WS/Lt.

commissioned,

Abbott,
P R L
P.R.L. Abbott

?
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2nd Lt.
WS/Lt.

commissioned,

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Abbott,
Percy William
"Bill"
P.W. Abbott (Photo courtesy of Mr Victor Abbott)

Son of Walter James Abbott (1886-1966), MM, RSM Hampshire Regiment, and Helen Powell (1886-1931).
Married (20.07.1940, Staines district, Middlesex) Violet Maud Chiles (1919 - ), daughter of Lindsay Calvin Chiles (1888-1978), and Maud Matilda Alice King (1891-1978); one daughter, three sons.

31.01.1917
Gosport, Alverstoke district, Hampshire
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01.05.2000
York, Yorkshire

WS/Cpl.	?
Lt. (Technical Maintenance Officer)	24.07.1942 [241976]
WS/Capt. (TMO)	24.07.1945 (reld > 04.1946)

Education: King Edward VI Grammar School, Totnes.

24.07.1942			commissioned, Royal Corps of Signals [emergency commission]
			served in Burma

Electrical Engineer (National Physical Laboratory, Teddington); Area Engineer (GPO, Shrewsbury); Area Manager (GPO, York and Bristol). Worked in Bermuda.

Abbott,
R
R. Abbott

?
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2nd Lt.
WS/Lt.

commissioned,

Abbott,
R A
R.A. Abbott

?
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2nd Lt.
WS/Lt.

commissioned,

Abbott,
R C
R.C. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.
WS/Lt.

commissioned,

Abbott,
R D
R.D. Abbott

?
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2nd Lt.
WS/Lt.

commissioned,

Abbott,
R E
R.E. Abbott

?
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2nd Lt.
WS/Lt.

commissioned,

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Abbott,
R S
R.S. Abbott

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2nd Lt.
WS/Lt.

commissioned,

Abbott,
S S
S.S. Abbott

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-

2nd Lt.
WS/Lt.

commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps

Abbott,
S S
S.S. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.
WS/Lt.

commissioned, East Surrey Regiment

Abbott,
T A
T.A. Abbott

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-

2nd Lt.
WS/Lt.

commissioned,

Abbott,
T E
T.E. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.
WS/Lt.

commissioned,

Abbott,
T F
T.F. Abbott

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2nd Lt.
WS/Lt.

commissioned,

Abbott,
Miss V
V. Abbott

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2nd Lt.
WS/Lt.

commissioned,

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Abbott,
W
W. Abbott

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2nd Lt.
WS/Lt.

commissioned,

Abbott,
W A
W.A. Abbott

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2nd Lt.
WS/Lt.

commissioned,

Abbott,
William Clarence Winston
W.C.W. Abbott

Married ((09?).1934, Holborn district, London / Middlesex) Nora E. McManus.

01.02.1900
Bridgend, Glamorgan
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2nd Lt.	30.10.1928 [41278]
Lt.	09.03.1932 (reld 20.08.1949)

			late Cadet Corporal, Queen's College (Taunton) Cadet Battalion
30.10.1928			commissioned, 81st (Welsh) Field Brigade - Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army
08.08.1934	-	20.08.1949	Territorial Army Reserve of Officers (Class II)

Abbott,
W I
W.I. Abbott

?
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T/2nd Lt.	23.10.1914 [125739]
Lt.	15.07.1940, seniority ? (reld 20.08.1945)
T/Capt.	?
Hon. Capt.	20.08.1945

23.10.1914			Lincolnshire Regiment
15.07.1940			commissioned, Royal West Kent Regiment
?	-	20.08.1945	Reserve of Officers [age limit]

Abbott,
W J
W.J. Abbott

?
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2nd Lt.	15.06.1943
WS/Lt.	15.06.1943
T/Capt.	15.02.1944-(04.1946)

15.06.1943

commissioned, General List [emergency commission]

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Abbott,
William Henry
W.H. Abbott

?
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Cadet	? [823828]
2nd Lt.	05.03.1944 [320494]
WS/Lt.	05.03.1944

05.03.1944

commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]

Abbott-Young,
Edric Charles
E.C. Abbott-Young

Son of the late Walter Evelyn Colebrook Young, Government of India.
Married (04.02.1922, Holy Trinity, West-hill, Putney, Wandsworth district, London) Sybil Priestley, daughter of the Neville George de Bretton Priestley, of Roadside, West Hill, Putney, and the late Mrs Priestley, daughter of Dr Charles Homans, of Borston, USA; one son, one daughter.
Of Belvoir, St Peter and formerly of Rockvale, Millbrook, St Lawrence.

19.10.1890
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04.03.1963
Jersey

2nd Lt.	28.05.1915
T/Capt.	05.10.1918-...
Maj. TA	06.05.1926
Lt.	12.02.1940 [36528]
WS/Capt.	16.06.1940 (retd 1945/46)
T/Maj.	01.08.1940

19.06.1934

Education: Bedford Grammar School (1899-1900); Dulwich College Preparatory School (1900-1903); Dulwich College (19.12.1903-12.1908; 2nd Rugby Football XV 1907-08; Athletic Sports 120 yards 1907, 100 yards 1908); City and Guilds Engineering College (1908-1911; ACGI, 1911).
Assistant Engineer in the Indian Public Works and State Railway Departments, 07.1913. AMInstCE, 1921. Retired 01.04.1924. Farmer, 1924.

28.05.1915			commissioned, Indian Army Reserve of Officers - Infantry Branch
05.10.1918	-	?	Officer Commanding, No. 7 Mechanical Transport Company (Northwestern Frontier of India & Persia; Afghanistan 1919)
(03.1931)	-	(06.1933)	Major, Royal Engineers - Territorial Army [316th (Surrey) Company, Surrey Group, Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Companies]
12.02.1940			commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]
01.08.1940	-	(04.1941)	Deputy Commander, Royal Engineers, ...
?	-	(04.1944)	Staff Officer, Royal Engineers, Western Command

Publications: contributions to magazines.

Abbotts,
C
C. Abbotts

?
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WS/Sub-Cond.	23.07.1940 [...]
WS/Cond.	24.08.1945

23.07.1940

Regimental Warrant Officer, Class I - Royal Army Ordnance Corps

Abbotts,
Edward Bruce
E.B. Abbotts

Son of ... Abbotts, and ... Jones.
Married ((09?).1939, Birmingham district, Warwickshire) Irene Amos.

22.04.1914
Derby district, Derbyshire
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08.1992
St Albans district, Hertfordshire

2nd Lt.	02.09.1939 [101431]
WS/Lt.	02.03.1941
T/Capt.	13.05.1943

			late Officer Cadet, Birmingham University Contingent, Senior Division, Officer Training Corps
02.09.1939			commissioned, The North Staffordshire Regiment - Territorial Army
26.05.1941			transferred to the Reconnaissance Corps

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Abbotts,
Ernest Tredwell
E.T. Abbotts

27.10.1907
Banbury district, Northamptonshire / Oxfordshire / Warwickshire
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2nd Lt.	16.02.1941 [169910]
WS/Lt.	16.08.1942
T/Capt.	?
Hon. Capt.	1945/46 (retd)

Chartered surveyor.

			Bombardier, Royal Artillery
16.02.1941			commissioned, General List [emergency commission]

Abbotts,
Frederick Raymond
F.R. Abbotts

Son of ... Abbotts, and ... Williams.
Married ((03?).1941, Bolton district, Lancashire) Jean Roberts.

28.05.1916
Bolton district, Lancashire
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11.2002
East Devon

2nd Lt.	04.01.1942 [222784]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942

04.01.1942

commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]

Abbotts,
George Duncan Macintyre
G.D.M. Abbotts

Married ((09?).1922, Sunderland district, Co. Durham / Tyne and Wear) Mildred Forrest.

22.09.1897
Burton upon Trent district, Derbyshire / Staffordshire
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15.09.1962
Bournemouth district, Dorset

Prob. 2nd Lt.	16.01.1915
Lt.	01.09.1915
A/Capt.	18.05.1918-..., 13.09.1918-...
T/Capt.	11.04.1919?, seniority 16.02.1918
A/Maj.	13.01.1919-13.04.1919
2nd Lt.	31.10.1939 [104670]
WS/Lt.	31.10.1939
T/Capt.	16.08.1940
WS/Capt.	23.08.1942
T/Maj.	23.08.1942
WS/Maj.	05.03.1944
A/Lt.Col.	05.12.1943
T/Lt.Col.	1944?
Hon. Lt.Col.	1945/46 (retd)

15.02.1919

16.01.1915			commissioned, 3rd Battalion, Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment - Special Reserve
20.01.1918			seconded to 5th Battalion Machine Gun Corps
18.05.1918	-	?	&
13.09.1918	-	?	Second-in-Command of a Company, Machine Gun Corps
13.01.1919	-	13.04.1919	Company Commander, Machine Gun Corps
31.10.1939			commissioned, The Manchester Regiment [emergency commission]

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