Officers of the British Army 1939-1945 -- A

British Army Officers
1939-1945

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AARO
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ABBI

ABBO
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ABBO

ABBS
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ABDY

ABEA
to
ABUL

ACAR
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AIZL

AKER
to
AMSW

ANDE
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ARAN

ARBU
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ARBU

ARCH
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AZZO

C.E. Acarnley to P.G.D. Aizlewood

Acarnley,
Cyril Ernest
C.E. Acarnley

30.01.1893
Shoreditch, London, Middlesex
-
29.01.1982
Bournemouth, Dorset

T/2nd Lt.	?
T/Lt.	26.10.1918
T/Capt.	26.08.1918-15.08.1919
2nd Lt.	08.12.1939 [110209]
WS/Lt.	12.02.1940
T/Capt.	20.05.1940-(04.1941)
WS/Capt.	18.05.1941
T/Maj.	06.09.1942-(04.1946)

(1918)			Service Battalion, The King's Royal Rifle Corps
26.08.1918	-	15.08.1919	seconded as Brigade Physical and Bayonet Training Supervising Officer
			late Captain, Indian Army
08.12.1939			commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission]
			part of the administration of Luxembourg until the re-establishment of its government at the end of WW2

Acaster,
John Nicholson
J.N. Acaster

04.08.1910
-
28.12.2003
Sleaford, Lincolnshire

2nd Lt.	25.11.1942 [283896]
WS/Lt.	25.05.1944

25.11.1942

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

Ace,
Thomas John
T.J. Ace

?
-

2nd Lt.	18.07.1936 [68415]
Lt.	18.07.1939
T/Capt.	25.08.1944
Capt.	1946?, seniority 11.04.1945

18.04.1947

18.07.1936			commissioned, The Welch Regiment - Territorial Army (5th Battalion)
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
			employed The King's African Rifles

Ace,
William Onslow
W.O. Ace

27.08.1918
-
01.1991
Llanelli, Dyfed

2nd Lt.	01.03.1941 [176245]
WS/Lt.	01.09.1942
T/Capt.	12.08.1944

01.03.1941

commissioned, The Welch Regiment [emergency commission]

Acford,
Peter Frank
P.F. Acford

Son of Frederick William Acford (1883-1961), and Millicent Hilda Frampton (1885-1969).
Married 1st (20.06.1946, Venice, Italy; divorced 24.06.1965) Elda Maria Agnese Babillo (15.02.1919 - 03.1990); two sons.
Married 2nd (02.07.1966, Bristol, Gloucestershire district, Somerset) Dorothy R. Smith (née Hill).

23.09.1916
Sandown, Isle of Wight
-
07.05.1999
Bristol, Gloucestershire

2nd Lt.	28.03.1942 [229492]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942
T/Capt.	06.03.1943-22.01.1946
WS/Capt.	23.01.1946 (reld 08.1948)
A/Maj.	10.1945
T/Maj.	23.01.1946-08.1947
Hon. Maj.	08.1948

MID

29.11.1945

Italy

28.03.1942

commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]

Acharya,
Bindiganavale Srinivas Srinivas
B.S.S. Acharya

12.04.1910
-
06.1996
Surrey Northern

Lt.	10.01.1942 [221814]
WS/Capt.	10.01.1943

Education: MB

10.01.1942

commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission]

Acheson,
Alexander Mayfield
A.M. Acheson

10.06.1898
-
29.12.1969
Stanway, Essex

Lt. (QM)	01.04.1938 [75890]
WS/Capt.	01.11.1942
Capt. (QM)	11.04.1945 (reld > 04.1946)
A/Maj.	31.10.1945
Hon. Maj. (QM)	> 04.1946

	MBE	?	?
	TD	13.04.1951	?

01.04.1938			commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers - Territorial Army [44th (Leicester Regiment) Anti-Aircraft Battalion]
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
01.08.1940			transferred to the Royal Regiment of Artillery
(04.1944)			specially employed
?	-	12.06.1953	Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]

Acheson,
Charles Anthony
C.A. Acheson

?
-

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	01.08.1942 [242852]
WS/Lt.	01.06.1943 (reld > 04.1946)
Capt. TA	? (retd 01.04.1967)

01.08.1942

commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]

Acheson,
H W K
H.W.K. Acheson

?
-

2nd Lt.	20.11.1943 [300412 ?]
WS/Lt.	20.05.1944 (reld > 04.1946)

20.11.1943

commissioned, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment [emergency commission]

Acheson,
J G
J.G. Acheson

?
-

Lt.	02.09.1939 [...]
T/Capt.	01.06.1943

			commissioned, ... - Territorial Army
			Special List - Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
(04.1944)			specially employed

Acheson,
J F
J.F. Acheson

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Acheson,
J M T
J.M.T. Acheson

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Acheson,
Patrick Merrick
P.M. Acheson

Son (with four brothers and three sisters) of John Fleetwood Acheson (1855?-1922), and Jessie McNicol (1865?-1958), of Lambeth, London, later of Sydenham, Kent.
Brother of Cdr. (E) Douglas Harold Acheson, RN.
Married ((12?).1924, Camberwell district, London) Nora Cheney, MRCS, LRCP (06.09.1900 - (03?).1981).

08.10.1898
Uttoxeter district, Derbyshire / Staffordshire
-
17.01.1959
Aldeburgh, Suffolk

Lt.	01.06.1940 [133128]
WS/Capt.	09.02.1941 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Maj.	09.02.1941-(04.1944)

MID

08.11.1945

NW Europe

Education: Dulwich College (15.09.1909-07.1917; Shooting VIII 1917, Gymnastics VI 1916/17; exhibitioner); King's College Hospital (MRCS Eng, LRCP Lond (1923); Warneford Scholar 1917).
House surgeon, King's College Hospital, 1923-1924. Assistant Medical Officer, Lambeth Hospital, Brook Street, 1924.

1917	-	1918	Cadet 24th Officers' Cadet Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
01.06.1940			commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission]

Medical practitioner. Honorary Surgeon, King's College Hospital. Ran a practice with his wife as P.M. & N. Acheson, at Aldeburgh, Suffolk.

Acheson,
Robert Russell
R.R. Acheson

?
-

2nd Lt.

25.02.1940 [121306]

			Cadet, Officer Cadet Training Unit, Sandhurst (for The Somerset Light Infantry)
25.02.1940			commissioned, The Queen's Regiment

Acheson,
Stanley
S. Acheson

12.01.1895
Manchester, Lancashire
-
23.09.1984
Swanage, Poole district, Dorset

T/2nd Lt.	23.03.1915-14.04.1917
T/Lt.	15.04.1917-08.11.1920
Lt.	09.11.1920, seniority 01.07.1917 [9868]
Capt.	28.03.1927
Maj.	01.08.1938
A/Lt.Col.	03.09.1939-02.12.1939
T/Lt.Col.	03.12.1939-22.02.1944
WS/Lt.Col.	23.02.1944
A/Col.	23.08.1943-22.02.1944
T/Col.	23.02.1944
Hon. Col.	18.04.1948 (retd)

OBE	10.06.1948	HM's birthday 48
MBE	04.06.1934	HM's birthday 34
MID	20.12.1940	France & Flanders

1914-15 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal; Palestine 1936-39 Medal & Clasp

			from the ranks of the Canadian Military Forces
09.09.1915	-	11.11.1918	served France & Belgium (wounded)
09.11.1920			commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps
22.07.1927	-	21.07.1932	attached to Sudan Defence Force
late 1930s			served Palestine
(04.1944)			specially employed

Acheson,
Sydney Edwin Albert
S.E.A. Acheson

?
-

2nd Lt.	03.10.1942 [247550]
WS/Lt.	03.04.1943
T/Capt.	?
Hon. Capt.	(1945/46)

03.10.1942

commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission]

Acheson,
Vincent William
V.W. Acheson

?
-

2nd Lt.	02.03.1940 [124069]
WS/Lt.	02.09.1941
T/Capt.	01.05.1942

02.03.1940

commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]

Acheson,
William Brodie
W.B. Acheson

?
-

2nd Lt.	20.07.1941 [198947]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942
T/Capt.	21.02.1945

20.07.1941

commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]

Acheson-Gray,
Charles Nevill
C.N. Acheson-Gray

?
-

Cadet	? [2665601]
2nd Lt.	01.10.1943 [295068]
WS/Lt.	?

01.10.1943

commissioned, The Coldstream Guards [emergency commission]

Acheson-Gray,
Charles Reginald
C.R. Acheson-Gray

21.04.1908
Eastbourne district, Sussex
-
23.04.1968
Tunbridge Wells, Tonbridge district, Kent

Gnr.	?
2nd Lt.	06.04.1940 [126638]
WS/Lt.	?
T/Capt.	?
Hon. Capt.	?

13.06.1947

06.04.1940

commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery

Printers representative.

Acheson-Gray,
Douglas Arthur Percy
D.A.P. Acheson-Gray

Son of ... Acheson-Gray, and ... Gabb.

25.08.1912
Hambledon district, Surrey / Sussex
-
22.07.1981
New Malden, Kingston upon Thames district, Surrey

2nd Lt.	25.02.1939 [85379]
WS/Lt.	01.01.1941
Lt.	11.04.1945
T/Capt.	13.09.1942
A/Maj.	13.09.1942
Hon. Capt.	?

04.08.1950

25.02.1939			commissioned, The Welch Regiment - Territorial Army
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
01.08.1940			transferred, Royal Regiment of Artillery
?	-	29.12.1962	Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [exceeded age limit]

Acheson-Webb,
R,
Esq.
R. Acheson-Webb

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Achilles,
D A
D.A. Achilles

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Achotogui,
J J
J.J. Achotogui

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Achurch,
R B
R.B. Achurch

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Ackerley,
C L
C.L. Ackerley

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Ackerley,
G
G. Ackerley

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Ackerley,
J
J. Ackerley

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Ackerley,
K G
K.G. Ackerley

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Ackerman,
C H
C.H. Ackerman

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Ackerman,
H L
H.L. Ackerman

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Ackerman,
L T
L.T. Ackerman

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Ackerman,
R G
R.G. Ackerman

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Ackerman,
W L
W.L. Ackerman

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Ackernley,
M C
M.C. Ackernley

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Ackernley,
T L
T.L. Ackernley

?
-

Capt.

08.03.1938

commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army

Ackers,
C H S
C.H.S. Ackers

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Ackers,
H
H. Ackers

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Ackers,
W A
W.A. Ackers

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Ackland,
B H
B.H. Ackland

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Ackland,
B N
B.N. Ackland

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Ackland,
C F R
C.F.R. Ackland

?
-

2nd Lt.	19.11.1938
WS/Maj.	11.08.1943
T/Lt.Col.	11.08.1943

19.11.1938			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
(04.1944)			School of Anti-Aircraft Artillery

Ackland,
F R D
F.R.D. Ackland

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Ackland,
G T
G.T. Ackland

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Ackland,
H A
H.A. Ackland

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Ackland,
H J
H.J. Ackland

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Ackland,
J V
J.V. Ackland

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Ackland,
Mrs M S
M.S. Ackland

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Ackland,
N
N. Ackland

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Ackland,
W
W. Ackland

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Ackrill,
J L
J.L. Ackrill

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Ackrill,
E B
E.B. Ackrill

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Ackroyd,
A E G
A.E.G. Ackroyd

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Ackroyd,
A H
A.H. Ackroyd

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Ackroyd,
C
C. Ackroyd

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Ackroyd,
D
D. Ackroyd

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Ackroyd,
D F
D.F. Ackroyd

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Ackroyd,
E J F
E.J.F. Ackroyd

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Ackroyd,
E N
E.N. Ackroyd

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Ackroyd,
H C
H.C. Ackroyd

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Ackroyd,
Henry James
H.J. Ackroyd (Photo courtesy of Mr David Ackroyd)

Son of Arthur Ackroyd, Royal Garrison Artillery, and Agnes Evangeline "Eva" Cockburn.
Married (1936, Karachi, India) Kay Ackroyd; two sons.

14.07.1906
Shoeburyness
-
23.02.1957
Surbiton, Surrey

Wt.Offr. I	?
2nd Lt.	25.06.1942 [63898]
WS/Lt.	1943?, seniority 25.06.1942
WS/Capt.	05.11.1945
T/Maj.	05.11.1945-(04.1946)
Capt.	01.08.1947, seniority 05.11.1945 (reld 24.08.1950; disability)
Hon. Maj.	24.08.1950

			posted to Chichester
1935	-	1942	posted to India (NW Frontier)
25.06.1942			commissioned, Army Educational Corps [emergency commission]
			posted to Orkney (for 2 years)
(1945)	-	1950	posted to Perth, then postings the south of the UK, Nairobi (Kenya), then Cairo & Ismylia
01.08.1947	-	24.08.1950	short service commission

Ackroyd,
J
J. Ackroyd

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Ackroyd,
J G
J.G. Ackroyd

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Ackroyd,
J W
J.W. Ackroyd

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Acland,
Miss A D
A.D. Acland

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Acland,
[Sir] Antony Guy;
5th Baronet (cr. 1890)
A.G. Acland

Son of Captain Sir Hubert Guy Dyke Acland, 4th Bt, DSO, RN, and Lalage Mary Kathleen (died 1961), eldest daughter of Captain John Edward Acland.
Succeeded father, 1978.
Married 1st (1939) Avriel Ann WingfieldStratford
(15.08.1915 - 07.07.943); one daughter.
Married 2nd (1944) Margaret Joan Rooke; one son, one daughter.

17.08.1916
-
14.12.1983

2nd Lt.	28.01.1937
Lt.	28.01.1940
A/Capt.	14.01.1941-13.04.1941
T/Capt.	14.04.1941-01.08.1941
WS/Capt.	02.08.1941
Capt.	28.01.1945
A/Maj.	02.05.1941-01.08.1941
T/Maj.	02.08.1941-24.02.1943, 10.06.1943-20.08.1945, 24.01.1946-27.01.1950
Maj.	28.01.1950 (retd 28.07.1958)

Education: Winchester College; Royal Military Academy, Woolwich

28.01.1937			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery
1939	-	1940	served in France
			specialised in AntiAircraft
			Instructor, Fire Control
1948	-	1949	Instructor in Gunnery, Military College of Science

Joined SaundersRoe on Rocket Development and Trials, 1958; projects included Black Knight and Black Arrow research rockets; retired, 1967.

Acland,
Arthur Geoffrey Dyke
A.G.D. Acland

17.05.1908
St George Hanover Square district, London
-
14.09.1964
Westmorland

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Acland,
Adrian West
A.W. Acland

?
-

2nd Lt.

17.04.1944 [318849]

commissioned,

Acland,
Charles Edward Bankes
C.E.B. Acland

Son of John Edward Acland (1848-1932), and Norah Letitia Nugent Bankes (1867-1938).

24.12.1906
Dorchester, Dorset
-
28.12.1982
Shaftesbury, Dorset

2nd Lt.	04.02.1926 [37220]
Lt.	04.02.1929
Capt.	29.01.1938
A/Maj.	04.01.1940-03.04.1940
T/Maj.	04.04.1940-07.02.1941
Maj.	04.02.1943 (dismissed the service by sentence of a General Court Martial 01.03.1957)
A/Lt.Col.	23.01.1945-22.04.1945
T/Lt.Col.	23.04.1945-28.03.1946, 31.08.1947-17.11.1948, 01.04.1950-25.07.1952, 21.08.1952-09.01.1956

Education: Blundell's School, Tiverton.

04.02.1926			commissioned, The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
?	-	?	?

Acland,
Cuthbert Henry Dyke
C.H.D. Acland

Third son (with two brothers and one sister) of the Rt. Hon. Sir Francis Edward Dyke Acland, 14th Bt, MP, DL, JP (1874-1939), and Eleanor Margaret Cropper (1878-1933)..

18.11.1910
Chelsea, London
-
17.03.1979
Brent district, Greater London

2nd Lt.	12.07.1941 [194287]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942 (reld > 08.1946, < 12.1946)

OBE

01.01.1971

New Year 1971: North-Western Area Agent, The National Trust.

Education: Trinity College, Cambridge (BA).
Chartered Land Agent, Surveyor & Valuer.

12.07.1941

commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]

High Sheriff of Westmorland, 1965-1968.
Published: "Country Life" picture book of the Lake District (1979).

Acland,
Charles Lawford
C.L. Acland

?
-

2nd Lt.	? [169339]
WS/Lt.

commissioned,

Acland,
Mrs D M
D.M. Acland

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Acland,
E
E. Acland

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Acland,
Miss E M D
E.M.D. Acland

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Acland,
Sir H T D
H.T.D. Acland

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Acland,
James Alison
J.A. Acland

Son of Capt. Sir Hubert Guy Dyke Acland, RN (1890-1976), and Lalage Mary Kathleen Acland (1889-1961).
Married (15.01.1942) Diana Marcia Briggs (15.05.1920 - 11.12.2002), daughter of James Edward Briggs; one daughter, two sons.

06.06.1919
-
06.10.1993
West Stafford, Dorchester, Weymouth district, Dorset

2nd Lt.	01.07.1939
Lt.	01.01.1941
A/Capt.	08.01.1941-07.04.1941
T/Capt.	08.04.1941-27.09.1943
WS/Capt.	28.09.1943
Capt.	01.07.1946
A/Maj.	28.06.1943-27.09.1943
T/Maj.	28.09.1943-25.06.1947
Maj.	01.07.1952 (retd > 1967)
A/Lt.Col.	04.04.1946-28.05.1946

DSO

15.06.1944

Education: Nautical College, Pangbourne; Royal Military College, Sandhurst; Staff College, Camberley (psc)

01.07.1939			commissioned, The King's Shropshire Light Infantry
?	-	?	?
04.04.1946?	-	28.05.1946?	1st Reconnaissance Regiment, RTC
23.10.1946			transferred to the Royal Tank Regiment
1958	-	1960	fought in the Malayan Campaign

Acland,
Miss Katharine
K. Acland

?
-

2nd Lt.	? [192025]
WS/Lt.	?

commissioned,

Acland,
Peter Bevil Edward
P.B.E. Acland

Younger son of Col. Alfred Dyke Acland, CBE, TD (1858-1937), and Hon. Beatrice Danvers Smith (1864-1942).
Married (07.07.1927) Bridgett Susan Barnett (who served in the Middle East, 1940-43; desptaches) (21.07.1904 - 21.06.1996), daughter of Rev. Herbert Barnett; two sons.

09.07.1902
Chelsea, Greater London
-
09.01.1993
Feniton, Honiton, Devon

L/Cpl.	?
2nd Lt.	20.12.1922 [25997]
Lt.	20.12.1925
local Capt.	24.04.1940-(04.1941)
WS/Maj.	15.03.1943
T/Lt.Col.	15.04.1943-(04.1946)
WS/Lt.Col.	?
A/Col.	17.09.1943-11.07.1945
T/Col.	1949?
A/Brig.	12.07.1945-(04.1946)
T/Brig.	1947
Lt.Col. TA	01.05.1947, seniority 17.03.1944
Col. TA	01.11.1951, seniority 01.05.1950 (reverted to unemployment 01.11.1951)
Hon. Brig.	01.11.1951

OBE	13.06.1946	HM's birthday 46
MC	09.09.1941	Middle East (as Bimbashi in the sudan Defence Force)
TD	01.07.1949	?
TD	24.10.1952	1st & 2nd clasps

Order of the Nile, 4th Class; Greek Military Cross, class "C" (14.10.1949)

Education: Eton College; Christ Churh, Oxford University (1921-1924; MA)
Served in the Sudan Political Service, 1924-1940.

			Cadet L/Cpl., Oxford University Contingent, Senior Division, Officer Training Corps
20.12.1922			commissioned, 96th (Devonshire Yeomanry) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery - Territorial Army
			Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
			served War of 1939-45: Abyssinia, Western Desert, Ægean (wounded, despatches)
01.05.1947	-	1951	Commanding Officer, 29th (Royal Devon Yeomanry) Field Regiment RA - Territorial Army

Honorary Colonel, Royal Devon Yeomanry, 21.06.1952.
Chairman, Devon AEC, 1948-58; Member, National Parks Commission, 1953-60; Chairman, Devon T&AFA, 1960. DL Devon, 1948-1962; High Sheriff for Devon, 1961; JP 1962. Vice-Lord-Lieutenant of Devon, 1962-78. OStJ.

Acland,
Sir William Henry Dyke;
3rd Baronet (cr. 1890)
W.H.D. Acland

Oldest son of Sir William Alison Dyke Acland, 2nd Bt, and late Emily Anna (author of several novels), daughter of late Viscountess Hambleden and late Rt Hon. W.H. Smith.
Brother of Capt. H.G.D. Acland, RN.
Succeeded father, 1924.
Married (1916) Margaret (died 1967), daughter of late
Theodore Barclay, of Fanshaws, Hertford; three daughters (and one daughter deceased).

16.05.1888
-
04.12.1970

2nd Lt.	?
...	...
Col.	01.10.1935

MC	?	?
AFC	?	?
MID	?	?

Education: Eton; Christ Church, Oxford, MA 1909; Imperial Defence College (1939)

			commissioned, Royal Scots Greys
1914	-	1919	served European War (Military Cross, Air Force Cross, 4th Class Order of St George, despatches)
24.08.1939			mobilized, Territorial Army

Late Colonel, Royal Devon Yeomanry Artillery, RFC and RAF.
Justice of the Peace (JP) and Deputy Lieutenant (DL) Herts, retired from Aldermanic Bench, Herts CC, 1966. High Sheriff of Hertfordshire, 1951; Governor Police College.

Acland-Hood,
Arthur John Palmer
A.J.P. Acland-Hood

?
-

2nd Lt.	? [134247]
WS/Lt.

commissioned,

Acland-Troyte,
G J
G.J. Acland-Troyte

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Acock,
J R
J.R. Acock

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Acott,
S W
S.W. Acott

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

A'Court,
C B
C.B. A'Court

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

A'Court,
Kenneth Pearce
K.P. A'Court

Son of Ernest Edward A'Court (1888-1957), and Emily Victoria Pearce (1888?-1967).
Married ((12?).1941, Bristol district, Gloucestershire) Emily Caroline A'Court (11.10.1919 - 09.1992); ... children (two sons?).

16.02.1923
Bristol district, Gloucestershire
-
28.12.2009
Royal Bournemouth Hospital

2nd Lt.	15.08.1942 [242737]
WS/Lt.	02.02.1944 (reld > 12.1946, < 04.1947)

15.08.1942

commissioned, The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's) [emergency commission]

Acres,
A A I
A.A.I. Acres

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Acres,
E J
E.J. Acres

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Acres,
G A G
G.A.G. Acres

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Acres,
G C
G.C. Acres

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Acres,
R V
R.V. Acres

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Acres,
S E
S.E. Acres

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Acteson,
Charles Henry
C.H. Acteson

Son (with one sister, two brothers and two half-siblings) of Arthur Charles Acteson (1881-), and Caroline Isabella McMahon (1881-1959).
Married 1st ((06?).1935, Medway district, Kent) Yvonne Lillian Kathleen Reader (22.07.1916 - 09.04.1990); one son. Yvonne Acteson remarried (1959) Benjamin J. Puxty.
Married 2nd ((09?).1948, Battersea district, London) Joan S. Lewis; one son, one daughter. Joan Acteson remarried (1971) Edward Creed.

30.12.1907
Campbellpore, India
-
(12?).1961
Westminster district, London

2nd Lt.	19.09.1942 [245586]
WS/Lt.	19.09.1942 (reld > 12.1946, < 04.1947)
T/Capt.	28.09.1943-(04.1946)

19.09.1942

commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]

Acton,
the Lord
Lord Acton

?
-

Lt.	23.05.1937
WS/Capt.	11.12.1941
T/Maj.	11.12.1941

			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army
24.08.1939			mobilized TA

Acton,
Mrs B I
B.I. Acton

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Acton,
Cyril
C. Acton

?
-

WS/RQMS	?
Lt. (QM)	31.08.1941 [211657]
WS/Capt. (QM)	31.08.1944 (reld < 04.1946)
Hon. Capt.	< 04.1946
Maj.	01.05.1947 (reld 01.02.1956)

31.08.1941			commissioned, Royal Corps of Signals [emergency commission]
01.05.1947			commissioned, Royal Corps of Signals - Territorial Army
01.03.1950	-	01.02.1956	Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [exceeded age limit]

Acton,
C C H
C.C.H. Acton

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Acton,
D
D. Acton

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Acton,
D C
D.C. Acton

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Acton,
E L L
E.L.L. Acton

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Acton,
E P
E.P. Acton

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Acton,
G
G. Acton

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Acton,
G D
G.D. Acton

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Acton,
G N
G.N. Acton

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Acton,
H
H. Acton

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned, RAMC

Acton,
H
H. Acton

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned, RASC

Acton,
H L
H.L. Acton

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Acton,
J
J. Acton

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned, The East Lancashire Regiment

Acton,
J
J. Acton

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned, The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment)

Acton,
J H
J.H. Acton

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Acton,
J S
J.S. Acton

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Acton,
J W
J.W. Acton

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Acton,
Miss M J O
M.J.O. Acton

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Acton,
T H
T.H. Acton

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Acton,
W J R
W.J.R. Acton

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Acton,
W T
W.T. Acton

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Acton Burnell,
Albert Ernest
"Bertie"
A.E. Acton Burnell

Son of Ernest Acton Burnell, and Frances Elizabeth Jane Burnell.
Married 1st ((06?).1915, Reigate district, Surrey; divorced 1926) Madeline Wilkins, daughter of Mr & Mrs C.E. Wilkins, of Merstham, Surrey.
Married 2nd ((09?).1937, Chelsea district, London) Elise Grace Savage (? - 04.05.1955).

18.09.1889
South Norwood, Croydon district, London
-
29.08.1956
St Mary Abbots Hospital, Kensington district, London (formerly of Cromwell Road, London SW5)

T/2nd Lt.	23.02.1915
T/Lt.	01.07.1917 (reld 19.02.1920)
T/Capt.	07.01.1920-18.02.1920
Lt.	01.08.1940 [142889]
A/Capt.	01.08.1940-31.10.1940
T/Capt.	01.11.1940-09.03.1942
WS/Capt.	10.03.1942
T/Maj.	10.03.1942-16.12.1945
WS/Maj.	17.12.1945
T/Lt.Col.	17.12.1945-(04.1947)

23.02.1915			commissioned, Service Battalion, The Shropshire Light Infantry
27.01.1918			transferred, General List (graded as Staff Lieutenant, 3rd class)
17.04.1918			special appointment, Class HH
12.05.1919			transferred, The Shropshire Light Infantry
07.01.1920	-	18.02.1920	special appointment, Class GG
Chief Passport Officer (which was in fact Head of Station of the Secret Intelligence Service) in Geneva, Switzerland up to 12.1939.
01.08.1940			commissioned, Intelligence Corps [emergency commission]
01.08.1940	-	09.12.1941	special appointment: served with Military Intelligence section 9 (MI9) in the Prisoner of War Interrogation Section (Home); from 05.1941? at the Royal Patriotic School (London Reception Centre) interrogating civilians arriving in the UK from abroad; from 19.07.1941 graded as General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3)
10.12.1941	-	03.03.1945	a General Staff Officer 2nd grade (GSO2), Directorate of Military Intelligence, Department of the Chief of the Imperial General Staff, War Office, serving in Military Intelligence section 19 (MI19), as head of subsection RPS (Royal Patriotic School)
03.03.1945	-	?	Control Commission for Germany

Acutt,
C W
C.W. Acutt

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Acutt,
R J
R.J. Acutt

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Acworth,
C R G
C.R.G. Acworth

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Acworth,
G W
G.W. Acworth

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Adair,
[Sir] Allan Henry Shafto;
6th Baronet (cr. 1838, succ. 1949)

Only son of Sir Robert Shafto Adair, 5th Bt and Mary (died 1950), daughter of Henry Anstey Bosanquet. Succeeded father, 09.10.1949.
Married (28.04.1919) Enid (died 1984), daughter of late Hon. Mrs Dudley Ward; three daughters, two sons (Desmond Allan, killed in action, 10.11.1943; the other died in infancy).

03.11.1897
London
-
04.08.1988

Cadet	?
Prob. 2nd Lt.	02.05.1916
Lt.	?
A/Capt.	22.09.1918-...
Lt.	29.06.1920, seniority 02.08.1918 [15446]
Capt.	29.09.1923
Maj.	22.05.1932
A/Lt.Col.	08.05.1940-07.08.1940
T/Lt.Col.	08.08.1940-18.09.1940
Lt.Col.	19.09.1940
A/Col.	17.10.1940-16.04.1941
T/Col.	17.04.1941-29.06.1943
Col.	30.06.1943
A/Brig.	17.10.1940-16.04.1941
T/Brig.	17.04.1941-20.09.1943
A/Maj.Gen.	21.09.1942-20.09.1943
T/Maj.Gen.	21.09.1943-24.07.1946
Maj.Gen.	25.07.1946, seniority 12.11.1944 (retd 11.03.1947)

GCVO	19.12.1974	?
KCVO	01.01.1967	New Year 67
CVO	13.06.1957	HM's birthday 57
CB	29.03.1945	NW Europe
DSO	27.08.1940	recent operations
MC	02.12.1918	*
MC	02.04.1919	**
MID	29.04.1941	services in the field
MID	22.03.1945	NW Europe
MID	09.08.1945	NW Europe
MID	04.06.1946	NW Europe

British War Medal; Victory Medal; Commander, Order of Leopold with Palm & Croix de Guerre 1940 with Palm (8.11.1945)
* For conspicuous gallantry and resource while in command of the support company. Owing to thick fog the leading company lost direction and failed to turn up. He led his. company correctly into position and then made several personal reconnaissances under heavy machine-gun and rifle fire, and cleared up the situation. He captured the objectives without the assistance of tanks or artillery, and broke up a hostile counterattack the following morning.
** For conspicuous gallantry and skill at Preue-au-Sart, on 4th November, 1918. In command of the left front company, which was held up by an organised line of machine guns, he so manoeuvred his platoons as to capture the line with a minimum of casualties. Although wounded in the leg, he continued in command until relieved the following day.

Education: Harrow (1912-1916)

			ex-Cadet, Officer Training Corps
02.05.1916	-	29.12.1916	joined the Grenadier Guards - Special Reserve of Officers [5th Reserve Battalion]
30.12.1916 28.12.1917	- -	07.06.1917 11.11.1918	served 2 Company, 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards (France & Belgium (wounded)) [Officer Commanding, 22.09.1918-11.11.1918]
12.11.1918	-	10.1922	3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards (London, UK)
29.06.1920			commissioned, Grenadier Guards [permanent commission]
10.1922	-	10.1923	Guards Depot (Caterham)
10.1923	-	?	2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards (London, UK)
01.02.1926	-	31.01.1930	Staff Captain, HQ London District (UK)
1930	-	1940	regimental service (UK, Middle East, UK)
(1939)	-	11.04.1940	Second-in-command, 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards
12.04.1940	-	07.05.1940	Chief Instructor, 161 Officer Cadet Training Unit (Camberley)
08.05.1940	-	1940	Commanding Officer, 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards
17.10.1940	-	15.09.1941	Commander, 30th Independent Infantry Brigade (Guards) (UK), redesignated:
15.09.1941	-	11.09.1942	Commander, 6th Guards Armoured Brigade (UK)
12.09.1942	-	12.06.1945	General Officer Commanding, Guards Armoured Division (UK, NW Europe) [from 12-21.9.1942 acting]
12.06.1945	-	12.1945	General Officer Commanding, Guards Division (NW Europe)
12.1945	-	14.11.1946	General Officer Commanding, 13th Infantry Division (Greece)
11.03.1947	-	03.11.1957	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]

Colonel, Grenadier Guards, 1961-1974. Exon (21.11.1947), Ensign (30.06.1950) & Lieutenant (31.08.1951-14.11.1967) of HM Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard. Governor of Harrow School, 1947-1952. Deputy Grand Master, United Grand Lodge of Freemasons, 1969-1976. Deputy Lieutenant (DL), County Antrim. Justice of the Peace, Suffolk. Justice of the Peace (JP).
Published: Oliver Lindsay (ed.). A Guards' general : the memoirs of Major General Sir Allan Adair, Bt, GCVO, CB, DSO, MC, JP, DL (London : Hamish Hamilton, 1986)

Adair,
A C
A.C. Adair

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Adair,
A R
A.R. Adair

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Adair,
D A S
D.A.S. Adair

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Adair,
D H
D.H. Adair

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Adair,
George Graeme Blenworth
"Robin"
G.G.B. Adair (Photo courtesy of Robin Adair)

Elder son of Mrs Phyllis Adair.
Married (1954?, Middlesex) Hilary Berrisford, daughter of Canon & Mrs E.A. Berrisford, of Bramshott Rectory, Liphook; ... children (one son?).
Lived (1955) at: "The Studio", Moses Hill Farm, Kingsley Green, Sussex.

08.08.1919
-
06.2005
South & West Dorset

2nd Lt.	19.10.1940 [151575]
WS/Lt.	19.04.1942 (reld > 04.1946, < 04.1947)
T/Capt.	05.12.1944-(04.1946)

18.11.1955

19.10.1940			commissioned, The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) [emergency commission]
(04.1944)			specially employed

Adair,
H M
H.M. Adair

?
-

2nd Lt.
WS/Lt.

commissioned,

Adair,
H S
H.S. Adair

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Adair,
Miss J G
J.G. Adair

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Adair,
J L
J.L. Adair

?
-

2nd Lt.

commissioned,

Adair,
J R
J.R. Adair

?
-

2nd Lt.
WS/Lt.

commissioned,

Adair,
John Valentine
J.V. Adair

(03?).1889
Baltinglass, Ireland
-
04.01.1976
Ranelagh, Dublin

2nd Lt.	?
Capt.	? (reld 01.04.1920)
Lt.	15.06.1940 [59060]
WS/Capt.	15.09.1940
T/Maj.	15.09.1940-(04.1941)

			commissioned, North Irish Horse
			12th Lancers
01.04.1920	-	13.02.1939	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]
15.06.1940			commissioned, Pioneer Corps [emergency commission]

Adam,
Clifford Wallace [James]
S. Adams

Son of George Adam, and Edith A. Sibley.
Married ((09?).1957, Bromley district, Kent) Dorothy M.L. Kidd.

16.12.1919
Hendon district, Oxfordshire
-
10.1995
Bromley district, Kent

Gnr.	02.1938
Sgt.	1940
Cadet	1942
2nd Lt.	08.10.1942 [247594] *
Lt.	08.04.1943
T/Capt.	13.12.1944-24.04.1946
WS/Capt.	25.04.1946 (reld > 04.1946, < 08.1946)
A/Maj.	01.1946
Hon. Capt.	> 04.1946, < 08.1946

	CBE	12.06.1982	HM's birthday 82: Senior Principal Inspector of Taxes, Board of Inland Revenue
	EM	04.03.1952	-

* Instructor in Gunnery (Anti-Aircraft), qualified at a War Gunnery Course

Education: Royal High School of Edinburgh (?-1936; Officer Training Corps).

02.1938			228th Battery, 94th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery - Territorial Army
1941			served Gibraltar
1942			Officer Cadet Training Unit
08.10.1942			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
1942	-	1943	served Orkney

Adam,
Henry John Fullerton
J.V. Adair

02.07.1914
-
29.08.2012

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	18.10.1942 [259514]
WS/Lt.	18.10.1942
T/Capt.	01.11.1943-(04.1946)

18.10.1942

commissioned, Royal Corps of Signals [emergency commission]

Adam,
John Cameron
J.C. Adam

11.10.1916 ?
Scotland
-

Sigmn.	?
2nd Lt.	02.09.1939 [99578]
WS/Lt.	02.03.1941 (reld > 04.1946)
T/Capt.	01.04.1942-(04.1946)
Hon. Capt.	> 04.1946

02.09.1939			commissioned, Royal Corps of Signals - Territorial Army
(07.1943)			possibly Signals Officer, GHQ Liaison Regiment ("Phantom") (Sicily)
			possibly Patrol Commander, "H" Squadron, GHQ Liaison Regiment ("Phantom")
?	-	11.10.1966	Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]

Adam,
Robert Leslie
R.L. Adam

12.10.1915 ?
-
03.1991 ?

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	15.03.1941 [179511]
WS/Lt.	15.09.1942 (reld > 04.1946)

?	-	15.03.1941	Officer and Cadet Training Centre, RASC
15.03.1941			commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission]

Adam,
Sir Ronald Forbes
"Bill";
2nd Baronet

Eldest son (with two brothers and one sister) of Sir Frank Forbes Adam, 1st Bt (1846-1926), and Rose Frances Kemball (1863-1944), of Pownall House, Wilmslow, Cheshire.
Succeeded father, 22.12.1926.
Married (07.01.1915, Maidenhead district, Berkshire) Anna Dorothy Pitman (04.08.1892 - 02.05.1972), daughter (with one sister) of Frederick Islay Pitman (1862-1942), and Helen Isabel Jamieson (1866?-1944), of Braymead, Bray, Berkshire; four daughters.

30.10.1885
Bombay, India
-
26.12.1982
Faygate, Sussex
[buried at St Mary Magdalene churchyard, Rusper, near Horsham, Sussex]

2nd Lt.	27.07.1905 [1632]
Lt.	27.07.1908
Capt.	30.10.1914
Maj.	14.11.1916
T/Lt.Col.	01.01.1923-30.12.1925
Bt. Lt.Col.	01.07.1926
Col.	09.10.1932, seniority 01.07.1930
T/Brig.	01.10.1936-23.09.1937
T/Maj.Gen.	24.09.1937-17.12.1937
Maj.Gen.	18.12.1937
T/Lt.Gen.	03.01.1938-23.10.1938
Lt.Gen.	24.10.1938
Gen.	12.04.1942 (supernumerary 30.10.1945) (retd 15.07.1946)

GCB	01.01.1946	New Year 46
KCB	01.07.1941	HM's birthday 41
CB	02.01.1939	New Year 39
DSO	03.06.1918	Italy
OBE	03.06.1919	HM's birthday 19: North Russia
MID	30.05.1918	?
MID	06.01.1919	?
MID	05.06.1919	?
MID	20.12.1940	France 03-06.40

1914 Star & Clasp; British War Medal; Victory Medal

Education: Fonthill, East Grinstead, Sussex; Eton College (1898.3-1902.3); Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; Staff College, Camberley (1920-1921); Hon. LLD (Aberdeen); idc. psc.

27.07.1905			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery
1914	-	1918	served World War I (France & Belgium 26.09.1914-05.09.1916 & 11.05.1917-10.11.1917, Italy 11.11.1917-04.11.1918) (despatches, DSO, OBE)
08.07.1915	-	18.10.1915	Adjutant, ...
11.03.1918	-	17.04.1918	Brigade Major (Staff Officer RA) (Italy)
18.04.1918	-	08.10.1918	Brigade Major, RA (Italy)
09.10.1918	-	26.04.1919	General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), RA (Italy)
21.06.1919	-	15.01.1920	Brigade Major, RA (Bordon)
01.04.1922	-	31.12.1922	General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), War Office (London)
01.01.1923	-	30.12.1925	General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), Staff College, Camberley
19.01.1927	-	18.01.1931	General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), War Office (London)
09.10.1932	-	18.01.1935	General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1) [Instructor], Staff College, Camberley
19.01.1935	-	30.09.1936	General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), War Office (London)
01.10.1936	-	13.11.1936	Deputy Director of Military Operations, War Office (London)
14.11.1936	-	23.09.1937	Commander Royal Artillery, 1st Division (Aldershot Command, UK)
24.09.1937	-	02.01.1938	Commandant (Major-General, General Staff), Staff College, Camberley
03.01.1938	-	24.10.1939	Deputy Chief of the Imperial General Staff, War Office (London)
25.10.1939	-	07.06.1940	General Officer Commanding, III Corps (UK, France & Belgium)
08.06.1940	-	02.06.1941	General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Northern Command (UK, [York])
03.06.1941	-	1946	Adjutant-General to the Forces, War Office (London)

Colonel Commandant, Royal Army Dental Corps (Representative 1950), 1945-1951. Colonel Commandant, Royal Artillery, 05.09.1940-1950. Colonel Commandant, Army Educational Corps, 23.10.1940-1950. Honorary Fellow, Worcester College, Oxford; President, United Nations Association.
President: MCC, 1946-47; Library Association, 1949; National Instititute of Adult Education, 1949-64; Chairman: Linoleum Working Party, 1946; National Institute Industrial Psychology, 1947-52; Council, Institute of Education, London University, 1948-67; Member, Miners Welfare Commission, 1946-52; Chairman and Director-General, British Council, 1946-54; Executive Board UNESCO, 1950-54, Chairman, 1952-54; Principal, Working Men's College, 1956-61.

Adam,
William
"Bill"
W. Adam

?
Scotland
-

2nd Lt.	16.06.1939 [90329]
WS/Lt.	01.01.1941
Lt.	11.04.1945
A/Capt.	?
T/Capt.	30.10.1943-(04.1946)
Capt.	19.05.1947, seniority 01.05.1947

BSM

20.01.1947

			late Officer Cadet, Aberdeen University Contingent, Senior Division, Officer Training Corps
16.06.1939			commissioned, 5th/7th Battalion The Gordon Highlanders - Territorial Army
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
(07.1943)			Patrol Commander, "E" or "K" Squadron, GHQ Liaison Regiment ("Phantom") (Sicily; attached 1st Battalion The Gordon Highlanders)
1944	-	(1945)	"L" Squadron, GHQ Liaison Regiment ("Phantom") (attached HQ XX Corps, 21st Army Group, later British Army of the Rhine, NW Europe)
1946?			transferred, Royal Regiment of Artillery
14.08.1953			Territorial Army Reserve of Officers

Adams,
Benjamin Campbell
B.C. Adams

10.07.1909
Glasgow
-
07.1997
North Somerset

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	16.11.1941 [217650]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942
T/Capt.	02.01.1943
WS/Capt.	01.06.1944
T/Maj.	01.06.1944

Education: Glasgow Academy (1921-1926).

1939	-	1941	Trooper, Bengal Mounted Rifles (Auxiliary Force) (India)
			Officer Cadet Training Unit, Kirkee
16.11.1941			commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]
1941	-	1943	Iraq
1943	-	1945	Middle East (Lebanon, Libya, Egypt) [mainly reconstructing railways]
1945	-	1946	British Army of the Rhine (Osnabrück, Lustringen) [mainly reconstructing railways]

Adams,
Henry Archibald
H.A. Adams (Photo courtesy of Mr Peter Epps)

Son of Archibald Adams, and Emily Leonora.

27.01.1894
Mt Abu, Maharashtra, India
-
25.01.1978
West London

2nd Lt.	01.04.1916, seniority 01.06.1915 [19773]
T/Capt.	06.09.1920
Capt.	01.01.1923
Maj.	18.05.1934 (retd 29.01.1939)

Education: St Andrews University.

01.04.1916			commissioned, The Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment) (during his first few days on the Western Front in 1917 knocked on the head & captured; POW in German captivity)
06.09.1920			seconded, West African Frontier Force
(03.1931)			1st Battalion The Highland Light Infantry (Malta) (on the strength of the depot, Maryhill (Glasgow))
21.09.1932	-	(06.1933)	seconded 4th Battalion The Nigeria Regiment - Royal West African Frontier Force (Ibadan)
(09.1935)	-	(01.1938)	2nd Battalion The Highland Light Infantry (Peshawar; Mohmand operations 09-10.1935)
(01.1939)			2nd Battalion The Highland Light Infantry (Palestine)
29.01.1939	-	28.10.1946	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [exceeded age limit]
24.08.1939			mobilized RARO
1939	-	05.1940	1st Battalion The Highland Light Infantry (France; knocked on the head & carried off during the attempts to hold off enemy attacks at Rexpoede near Dunkirk; captured)
05.1940	-	1945	POW in German captivity (Oflag IX-A/H)

Adams,
Henry Stephen Brandram
H.S.B. Adams

From Luton.
Married ((09?).1939, Lewisham district, Kent) Sheila A.M. Gillies.

30.11.1910
West Ham, Essex
-
01.1997
Isle of Wight

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	26.10.1941 [222744]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Capt.	26.11.1942-(04.1944)
Hon. Capt.	?

	MBE	19.04.1945	Italy
	EM	19.05.1953	-

26.10.1941			commissioned, Royal Corps of Signals [emergency commission]
			Signals Officer, "H" Squadron, GHQ Liaison Regiment ("Phantom")
(1945)			attached Headquarters Allied Armies in Italy, Central Mediterranean Forces

Adams,
John Buchanan
J.B. Adams

26.11.1906
-
24.06.1966
Amersham, Buckinghamshire

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	30.08.1926 [36262]
Lt.	30.08.1929
Capt.	30.08.1937
A/Maj.	18.10.1939-29.12.1939, 22.04.1940-10.05.1940
T/Maj.	11.05.1940-06.12.1941
WSMaj.	07.12.1941
Maj.	30.08.1943
A/Lt.Col.	07.09.1941-06.12.1941
T/Lt.Col.	07.12.1941-11.07.1943
WS/Lt.Col.	12.07.1943
Lt.Col.	31.07.1948 04.03.1949, seniority 15.06.1948
A/Col.	12.01.1943-11.07.1943
T/Col.	12.07.1943
Col.	18.01.1949 (retd 15.05.1952)
A/Brig.	07.09.1943-09.02.1944, 06.01.1945-...
Hon. Brig.	15.05.1952

	MID	23.03.1944	Sicily
	MID	08.11.1945	NW Europe

Education: Royal Military Academy; BA; jssc

30.08.1926			commissioned, Royal Corps of Signals
01.11.1935	-	31.03.1939	Instructor, School of Signals
(1944)	-	(1945)	served in Sicily & NW Europe

Adams,
Kingston St Barbe
"Tony"
K.St.B. Adams

Married 1st ((09?).1952, Stratford district, Warwickshire) Monica T. Parker; ... children (two sons, two daughters?).
Married 2nd (21.10.2006, St James Church, Cradley, Malvern) Angela Brodie.

07.11.1921
-
20.08.2013

2nd Lt.	11.07.1942 [237877]
WS/Lt.	11.01.1943
Lt.	02.08.1947, seniority 07.05.1944
A/Capt.	07.11.1946-06.02.1947
T/Capt.	07.02.1947-06.11.1948
Capt.	07.11.1948
Maj.	07.11.1955 (retd 28.09.1978)
T/Lt.Col.	?
Hon. Lt.Col.	28.09.1978

MID

07.01.1949

Education: BA.

			served in the ranks for 149 days
11.07.1942			commissioned, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment [emergency commission to 01.08.1947]
02.08.1947			permanent commission

Adams,
Michael Alexander Ernest
"Mike"
M.A.E. Adams

Son of ... Adams, and ... Hopkins.
Married (1952) Jenny ...; four daughters.

05.09.1925
Croydon district, London
-
31.10.2008
Bath, Avon

Cadet	? [14679838]
2nd Lt.	28.10.1944 [334129]
WS/Lt.	28.04.1945 (reld 17.11.1951)
Hon. Lt.	17.11.1951

Education: Dulwich College Preparatory School; Dulwich College (1939-1943); Imperial College (BSc (Civil Engineering).

28.10.1944			commissioned, The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [emergency commission]
			seconded, West African Frontier Force

Civil engineer.

Adams,
Sidney
S. Adams

Son of John Adams, of "Darmstadt", Grove Road, Sutton, jeweller.
His brother 2nd Lt. Caleb Henry Adams (06.01.1890-20.09.1917), Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment, was killed in action near Ypres .

21.01.1886
-
11.03.1964
Whitstable, Kent

Lt.	31.10.1940 [154420]
WS/Capt.	31.10.1941 (reld < 04.1946)

Education: Dulwich College (18.09.1901-12.1902); LMSSA Lond 1936; Guy's and Charing Cross Hospital (LDS RCS Eng 1913).
Assistant Dental Hospital Surgeon, Guy's and Charing Cross Hospital. Dental Surgeon, Holborn Union Schools, Mitcham.

WW I			served as Captain dental surgery
31.10.1940			commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps

Adams,
William Edwyn
W.E. Adams

Son (with one sister) of Horace Owen Adams (1873-1959), journalist, and Amy Anita Kent (1878-), of Beckenham.
Married ((06?).1938, Bromley district, Kent) Grace Sydney Purchese (04.06.1907 - 10.1991), daughter of Sidney Arthur Purchese (1876-).

14.07.1909
Lewisham district, London
-
03.02.1957
Highbury, Islington district, London

Sgt.	?
2nd Lt.	25.03.1941 [178691]
WS/Lt.	20.12.1941 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Capt.	20.12.1941-(04.1944)
Hon. Capt.	< 04.1946

	EM	08.10.1948	-
	BSM	17.10.1946	?

Education: Dulwich College Preparatory School; Dulwich College (15.06.1922-07.1925).

			served in the ranks
25.03.1941			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
			HQ 80th Anti-Aircraft Brigade RA
(04.1944)			instructor in F.C.

British consul representative.

Adams,
William Ellis
W.E. Adams

20.10.1910
-
30.06.1989
Chippenham district, Wiltshire

Sgt. (A/Wt.Offr. III)	?
Lt.	27.01.1940 [117034]
A/Capt.	16.01.1941-15.04.1941
T/Capt.	16.04.1941-14.11.1944
WS/Capt.	15.11.1944
A/Maj.	15.08.1944-14.11.1944
T/Maj.	15.11.1944-01.07.1952
Capt.	01.08.1946, seniority 15.11.1944
Lt. (QM)	02.07.1952, seniority 10.09.1951
Capt. (QM)	02.07.1952, seniority 10.09.1951
Maj. (QM)	02.07.1952, seniority 27.01.1952 (retd 20.10.1963; age)

LSGCM

17.04.1953

date of qualification 26.07.43

			served in the ranks for 14 years, 184 days
27.01.1940			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission to 31.07.1946]
01.08.1946	-	02.07.1952	short service commission
02.07.1952	-	20.10.1963	permanent commission
20.10.1963	-	20.10.1965	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]

Adamson,
Francis Alexander
F.A. Adamson (Photo courtesy of Mr Iain Miskimmin)

Second son of John Adamson.

08.01.1911
-
22.06.1961
Aldershot, Hampshire (formerly of St Andrews)

2nd Lt.	29.01.1931 [49793]
Lt.	29.01.1934
Capt.	29.01.1939
A/Maj.	12.10.1939-11.01.1940
T/Maj.	12.01.1940-22.05.1940, 09.03.1941-01.09.1941, 10.09.1941-07.10.1941, 13.02.1942-23.04.1942, 08.05.1944-07.07.1945, 20.02.1946-30.06.1946
Maj.	01.07.1946
A/Lt.Col.	24.06.1946-23.09.1946
T/Lt.Col.	24.09.1946-25.10.1946, 30.10.1946-08.05.1947

Palestine 1936-39 Medal & clasp.

Education: Trinity College, Glenalmond; Royal Military College, Sandhurst.

29.01.1931			commissioned, The Royal Scots Fusiliers
(05.1940)			Officer Commanding, "A" Company 2nd Battalion The Royal Scots Fusiliers (wounded and evacuated via Arras)

Adamson,
John Grant
J.G. Adamson

09.06.1914
-
17.04.1993
Swanwick, Mansfield district, Derbyshire

Lt.	16.07.1938 [76032]
WS/Capt.	04.09.1940
Hon. Capt.	?

16.07.1938	-	09.06.1964	commissioned, The Army Dental Corps - Territorial Army Reserve of Officers (Class I) [attained age limit]
			may have served at Cairo, Egypt

Adcock,
Harry Castle
H.C. Adcock

Married (23.03.1940) Joyce Rosalie Rutterford; one daughter.

29.04.1917
Prescot, Lancashire
-
20.09.1989
Llandrindod Wells, Wales

2nd Lt.	07.06.1939 [91997]
WS/Lt.	01.01.1941
T/Capt.	05.10.1942
WS/Capt.	22.02.1944 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Maj.	?
Capt. RARO	07.06.1949
Hon. Maj.	07.06.1949

07.06.1939			comissioned, Royal Tank Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps - Supplementary Reserve
24.08.1939			mobilized
(1941?)	-	(04.1944)	instructor, Armoured Fighting Vehicle School, Ahmednagar, India
07.06.1949	-	29.04.1967	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]

Adderley,
Charles Maynard
C.M. Adderley

25.12.1907
Wharfedale district, Yorkshire
-
18.02.1993
Chinnor, Bullingdon district, Oxfordshire

2nd Lt.	01.09.1927 [38378]
Lt.	01.09.1930
Capt.	01.02.1938
A/Maj.	30.03.1940-29.06.1940
T/Maj.	30.06.1940-10.07.1940, 13.01.1941-31.03.1942
WS/Maj.	01.04.1942
Maj.	01.09.1944
A/Lt.Col.	01.01.1942-31.03.1942
T/Lt.Col.	01.04.1942-30.09.1942, 01.05.1945-(01.1946)
Lt.Col.	16.11.1949 (retd 22.01.1956)

MID

07.01.1949

Palestine

NW Frontier of India 1936-37 Medal & Clasp

Education: psc

01.09.1927			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery
01.11.1938	-	06.10.1939	Adjutant, ... - Territorial Army
10.05.1945	-	04.02.1946	Commanding Officer, 92nd (Loyals) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA
22.01.1956	-	25.12.1962	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]

Addis,
Jasper Jocelyn John
T.F.H. Addis

Son of William Judson Addis (1867-1934), secondary school master, and Annie Florence Fisher.
Brother of F/Lt. Ambrose James van Someren Addis, RAFVR.
Married 1st ((06?).1931, St Marylebone district, London; divorced 1936) Hilda Agnes Wadnow (05.06.1904 - 03.1996). She remarried (1937) George H. Powe & (1947) Reginald W. Hore.
Married 2nd ((06?).1946, Kensington district, London) Agnes M. Bryant (née Jackson).

01.05.1904
Edmonton district, Essex / Hertfordshire / Middlesex
-
28.05.1986
Southwark, London

2nd Lt.

05.03.1940 [122629] (reld 03.06.1941; ill-health)

Education: Dulwich College Preparatory School; Dulwich College (13.06.1917-12.1921; Spenser (athletic house); Junior Scholar 1917; Senior Scholar 1920).
Solicitor.

05.03.1940

commissioned, The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) [emergency commission]

Addis,
Thomas Frederick Herbert
T.F.H. Addis

From Finedon, Northamptonshire.
Son (with two brothers) of Thomas H. Addis (1877-1951), and Miriam Kilby Stroud (née Newman) (1895-1982).
Married ((09?).1956, Wellingborough district, Northamptonshire) Shirley E. Harvey.

15.09.1921
Wellingborough district, Northamptonshire
-
19.11.2006
Wellingborough, Northamptonshire

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	03.10.1942 [247173]
WS/Lt.	03.04.1943
A/Capt.	(1944)
T/Capt.	11.01.1946-(04.1947)
WS/Capt.	? (reld 23.04.1948)
T/Maj.	?
Hon. Maj.	23.04.1948

08.03.1945

Italy [for full citation see: WGS website]

Education: Wellingborough Grammar School, Northamptonshire (1932-1940); Bede College, Durham University.

03.10.1942			commissioned, The Durham Light Infantry [emergency commission]
(1944)			Officer Commanding, "A" Company, 2/5th Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment

Addison,
George Henry
G.H. Addison

Son of LtCol G.W. Addison, RE. Married 1st (1905) Margaret (died 1946), daughter of R. Henderson; one son deceased, one daughter deceased. Married 2nd (1947) Winifred (died 1962), widow of Col A D. Legard and daughter of Col Sir William Morris, KCMG, CB.

13.05.1876
-
05.02.1964
[Guildford ?]

2nd Lt.	01.10.1895 [6245]
Lt.	1898
Capt.	01.10.1904
Maj.	1914
Bt. Lt.Col.	03.06.1916 (for distinguished service in the field)
A/Lt.Col.	16.01.1917-...
T/Lt.Col.	...-02.04.1919
Lt.Col.	01.02.1922 23.01.1923, seniority 19.01.1922 (half-pay 19.01.1926)
Col.	20.02.1926, seniority 03.06.1920
T/Brig.	21.08.1930-(03.1931)
Maj.Gen.	15.12.1931 (half-pay 15.03.1932) (full-pay 08.06.1932) (retd 16.03.1936) (recalled 01.09.1939) (reverted to retd 19.09.1941)

CBE	02.01.1933	New Year 33
CMG	1918	?
DSO	1915	?

Queen's medal 3 clasps; King's medal 2 clasps; 3rd
class Order of St Anne (with swords) (Russia; 09.1916); Chevalier, Légion d'Honneur (France; 21.08.1919); Officier, Ordre de Leopold (Belgium; 07.10.1919); Croix de Guerre (Belgium; 07.10.1919)

Education: Wellington; Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; FellowCommoner, King's College, Cambridge, 1920-1923, BA (Honours Mech. Sc.), 1922; MA 1927.

01.10.1895			commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers
1899	-	1902	served South Africa
03.08.1904 12.09.1904 12.09.1905 01.10.1908	- - - -	(08.1909) 11.09.1905 30.09.1908 03.08.1909	Instructor, Royal Military Academy: Officer of a Company of Gentlemen Cadets, Class B Officer of a Company of Gentlemen Cadets, Class A Commander of a Company of Gentlemen Cadets
03.11.1914	-	?	Adjutant
1914	-	1918	served European War
16.01.1917	-	?	Commander Royal Engineers (CRE) of a Division
?	-	02.04.1919	Assistant to Engineer-in-Chief (Class X), HQ ...
19.01.1922	-	?	RE Instructor (Class Z), School of Military Engineering
10.07.1926	-	?	Member (Class Y), Royal Engineer Board
1927	-	20.08.1930	Assistant Adjutant-General, War Office
21.08.1930	-	15.03.1932	Chief Engineer, Aldershot Command
08.06.1932	-	16.03.1936	Engineer-in-Chief, Army HQ, India
16.03.1936	-	?	Regular Army Reserve of Officers - General List
1936	-	1937	Financial Adviser, Army HQ, India
01.09.1939	-	22.08.1941	Inspector of the Royal Engineers, attached to the Military Training Directorate, War Office

Colonel Commandant, Royal Engineers, 14.03.1940-13.05.1946.
MIMechE 1924; Hon. MIStructE 1940.

Addison,
George Donald
G.D. Addison (Photo courtesy of Mr Charles Hawkshaw-Burn)

Son of ... Addison, and ... MacKenzie.
From Peterborough.

21.07.1913
Settle district, Yorkshire - West Riding
-
14.12.1973
Lower Bourne, Farnham, Surrey

2nd Lt.	10.08.1940 [143207]
Lt.	?
A/Capt.	23.08.1941-02.10.1941, 27.12.1941-14.02.1942
T/Capt.	15.02.1942-04.08.1943, 30.09.1943-28.04.1944
WS/Capt.	29.04.1944
A/Maj.	29.01.1944-28.04.1944
T/Maj.	29.04.1944-20.07.1949
Lt.	02.06.1945, seniority 23.06.1941
Capt.	02.06.1945, seniority 21.07.1944
Maj.	21.07.1949 (retd 15.08.1958)
A/Lt.Col.	01.04.1947-01.05.1947
T/Lt.Col.	20.12.1947-18.06.1950, 04.07.1952-04.09.1953
Hon. Lt.Col.	15.08.1958

19.03.1942

Middle East (Egypt & Libya)

Some sources also indicate a DSO, which can't be substantiated, however.

Education: Staff College (psc)

			served in the ranks for 1 year, 98 days
?	-	10.08.1940	102nd Officer Cadet Training Unit
10.08.1940			commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]
(1942)			2nd Battalion Royal Tank Regiment (Middle East)
27.08.1942	-	06.09.1944	6th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment
27.08.1942	-	06.10.1942	"B" Squadron
06.10.1942	-	05.06.1943	recalled to regiment
05.06.1943	-	03.11.1943	hospital
04.11.1943	-	01.02.1944	Adjutant
01.02.1944	-	06.09.1944	Officer Commanding, "C" Squadron (evacuated to Advanced Dressing Station)
02.06.1945			permanent commission, Royal Tank Regiment - Royal Armoured Corps
(1947)			HQ Southern Command (Poona, India)
15.08.1958	-	21.07.1963	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]

Addison,
John
J. Addison (Photo courtesy of Carol & David Cartwright)

Son of John Addison (1894-1971), and Elizabeth Gray (1896-1925).
Married (28.04.1945, Chester, Cheshire) Phyllis Mary Evans (25.12.1917 - 06.04.2011); two daughters.

23.09.1921
Tynemouth district, Northumberland
-
11.07.2010
Chester, Cheshire

Cadet	? [915355]
2nd Lt.	23.10.1943 [296207]
WS/Lt.	23.04.1944 (reld 31.12.1948)
T/Capt.	?

28.01.1949

& 1st clasp

24.08.1939			mobilized in the ranks, Royal Artillery - Territorial Army (227th (Medium) Battery - 57th (Lowland) Medium Regiment, RA) (Leith)
23.10.1943			commissioned, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers [emergency commission]

Adye,
John Frederic
J.F. Adye

Elder son (with one brother) of Maj.Gen. Sir John Adye (1857-1930), KCMG, CB, and Clara Joan Williams (1874-1929), of Grosvenor Place, London W1.
Married (28.01.1930, Holy Trinity Church, Brompton Road, Kensington district, London) Grace Désirée Brooke, daughter (with one brother) of Brig.Gen. Christopher Robert Ingham Brooke (1869-1948), CMG, DSO, MP, and Irene Spencer Coddington (1873?-1925), of Richmond, Yorkshire.

25.02.1900
St George Hanover Square, London
-
16.04.1977
Fairfield, Surrey South Western district

2nd Lt.	23.01.1919 [14676]
Lt.	23.01.1921
Capt.	23.01.1932
Maj.	01.08.1938 (retd 06.07.1949)
A/Lt.Col.	04.12.1941-03.03.1942
T/Lt.Col.	04.03.1942-08.03.1943, 23.12.1943-(01.1946)
A/Col.	06.02.1944-09.03.1944
A/Brig.	06.02.1944-09.03.1944
Hon. Col.	06.07.1949

	DSO	13.12.1945	Italy
	MID	11.01.1945	Italy

23.01.1919			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery (Royal Horse Artillery)
03.10.1928	-	11.04.1930	employed with Royal West African Frontier Force
10.12.1932	-	31.12.1935	Adjutant, ...
01.04.1936	-	24.05.1937	seconded, Indian Army
06.02.1944	-	09.03.1944	acting Commander Royal Artillery (CRA), 4th Indian Division
(1944)	-	(1945?)	Commanding Officer, 132nd Field Regiment RA (Italy)
06.07.1949	-	08.06.1955	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [exceeded age limit]

Afford,
Joseph
"Joe"
J. Afford

Son of Charles and Jane Afford.
Husband of Constance Ellen Afford, of Hopwas, Staffordshire; three sons.

18.04.1888
Offord D'Arcy, Huntingdonshire
-
16.02.1942
Edinburgh Castle
[Offord D'Arcy Cemetery, grave 34]

Pte.	18.02.1907
CSM	07.1916
Wt.Offr. II	11.09.1916
2nd Lt.	03.02.1917 [139285]
Lt.	03.08.1918 (retd 26.06.1922; receiving a gratuity)
A/Capt.	...-27.08.1917
T/Capt.	28.08.1917-31.03.1919
A/Capt.	01.04.1919, seniority 28.08.1917 till 11.07.1919
Capt. (retd)	26.06.1922

MC	18.10.1917	Ypres 09.17
DCM	22.09.1916	Longueval (France)
14 St	-	& clasp & rosette
BWM 14\|20	-	-
VM	-	-
MID	22.09.1916	Morval (France) 09.16

18.02.1907	-	01.02.1917	enlisted service, The Bedfordshire Regiment (WW I in France)
03.02.1917			commissioned, The Yorkshire Regiment
1920/21?			transferred, The Green Howards
26.06.1922	-	18.04.1938	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
19.01.1941	-	16.02.1942	Regimental Officer, HQ Reconnaissance Corps (Edinburgh)

Aggleton,
John Wheeler
J.W. Aggleton

Married ((06?).1945, Surrey) Mary Rice (predeceased him); one son, one daughter.

29.04.1916
Hampstead
-
23.03.2008
Rowledge, Surrey

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	10.05.1941 [187279]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942
WS/Capt.	04.10.1944
T/Capt.	10.02.1943-(04.1944)
Capt.	07.06.1951, seniority 26.10.1949
T/Maj.	24.09.1945-(04.1946)
Maj.	02.06.1959 (reld 01.03.1968)
Hon. Maj.	01.03.1968

MBE

30.10.1956

Malaya 01-06.56

Trainee, mechanical transport.

10.05.1941			commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission]
19.05.1945			transferred, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
07.06.1951	-	01.03.1968	short service commission, Royal Army Service Corps [later: Royal Corps of Transport]

Agnew,
Frederick Douglas
F.D. Agnew

Son of Capt. Douglas Agnew (1869-1953), and Helen Louise Ann Thorne (died 1962).
Married 1st (02.04.1938) Barbara Glasspool, daughter of Reginald Thomas Booth Glasspool (divorced in 1950); one daughter.
Married 2nd (12.10.1951) Vivien Elizabeth Willoughby Bartlett, daughter of Harold Willoughby Bartlett.

18.01.1909
Weymouth, Dorset
-
19.06.1982

2nd Lt.	07.04.1927 [37896]
Lt.	07.04.1930
Capt.	18.01.1933
T/Maj.	21.01.1941-11.04.1946
Maj.	12.04.1946, seniority 11.04.1945

	TD	20.06.1946	?
	TD	13.07.1951	2 clasps

Education: Repton School

			late Cadet, Repton School Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
07.04.1927			commissioned, 5th Battalion The King's Regiment (Liverpool) - Territorial Army
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
?	-	02.1942	served at Singapore [captured]
02.1942	-	1945?	POW in Japanese captivity
?	-	23.05.1959	Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]

Aikenhead,
David Francis
D.F. Aikenhead

Younger son of LtCol Frank Aikenhead, RA, and Mabel Louisa Aikenhead. Married (1917) Margaret Clotilda Bayne; one son, one daughter.

29.06.1895
-
19.05.1955
[Frome, Somerset ?]

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	12.08.1914 [5698]
Lt.	09.06.1915
A/Capt.	08.10.1917-02.11.1917
Capt.	03.11.1917
A/Maj.	12.04.1918-16.04.1919
Maj.	10.08.1933
A/Lt.Col.	29.02.1940-28.04.1940
T/Lt.Col.	29.05.1940-06.03.1941
Lt.Col.	07.03.1941 (supernumerary 07.03.1944)
A/Col.	22.10.1941-21.04.1942
T/Col.	22.04.1942-06.06.1942, 01.09.1942-13.12.1943
Col.	30.06.1944, seniority 07.03.1944 (retd 10.12. 1947)
A/Brig.	22.10.1941-21.04.1942
T/Brig.	22.04.1942-06.06.1942, 01.09.1942-13.12.1943, 01.06.1944-05.07.1945
Hon. Brig.	10.12.1947

DSO	27.08.1940	recent operations
MC	15.02.1919	*
MID	14.12.1917	?
MID	30.12.1941	Middle East 02.41-07.41
MID	15.12.1942	Middle East 11.41-04.42

1914 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal; Afghanistan NW Frontier 1919 Medal & Clasp; Iraq Operations 1919-20 Medal & Clasp
* On September 27th, 1918, the brigade advanced across the Canal du Nord to a position near Marquion. During the advance the battery came under heavy shell and machine gun fire which threatened to delay the battery. Owing to the personal gallantry of this officer and the fine example which he set to his battery the guns were brought into action without delay and with the greatest credit to all concerned.

Education: Cheltenham College; Royal Military Academy, Woolwich

12.08.1914			commissioned, Royal Horse Artillery
10.1914	-	11.1918	served in France [10.1914-06.1915 & 10.1916-11.11.1918]; twice wounded
1919			India, Afghan War
1920			Mesopotamia & Iraq rebellion
			much service in Egypt
10.09.1923	-	02.03.1924	Adjutant, ...
01.04.1925	-	31.03.1929	Adjutant, 62nd (North Midland) Field Brigade, RA (Territorial Army)
(09.1939)			Officer Commanding, J Battery, Royal Horse Artillery
early 1940	-	04.1941	Commanding Officer, 2nd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery (France [Dunkirk], UK, Egypt [10.1940], Greece)
22.10.1941	-	06.06.1942	Corps Commander Royal Artillery (CCRA), 30th Corps (Libya)
01.09.1942	-	14.05.1943	Commander Royal Artillery (CRA), 48th (South Midland) Division (Home Forces)
15.05.1943	-	13.12.1943	Brigadier Royal Artillery (BRA), ... (Home Forces)
14.12.1943	-	31.05.1944	Commander Royal Artillery (CRA), ... (Home Forces)
01.06.1944	-	26.10.1944	Commander, 7th Army Group Royal Artillery (AGRA) (Palestine, Italy)
10.1944			Commander Corps Royal Artillery (CCRA), 3rd Corps (Greece)
10.12.1947	-	29.06.1953	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
02.03.1950	-	16.08.1952	Lieutenant, Army Cadet Force, Somerset

Ainsbury,
Peter Frank

05.01.1923
Wandsworth district, London
-
08.08.1944
Wokingham district, Berkshire / Wiltshire

Sapper Cadet

Education: Birmingham University (BSc; 1941 Senior Training Corps, Engineering Section, Clitheroe).

never commissioned

Junior Scientific Officer, Ministry of Aircraft Production.

Ainslie,
Andrew
A. Ainslie

?
-

Cadet	?
Lt.	11.02.1940 [117417] (reld > 04.1946)
T/Capt.	22.07.1940-(04.1941)
T/Maj.	(1956)

MBE

31.05.1956

HM's birthday 56

			served in the ranks, The Royal Scots
?	-	11.02.1940	166th Officer Cadet Training Unit
11.02.1940			commissioned, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers [emergency commission]
(1940)			9th Battalion The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (France)
26.03.1941			transferred, The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment)
(08.1955)			No. 118 Recruiting Centre (Edinburgh)
			The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) (A.O.E.R.) (Re-employed)

Aird,
Malcolm Henry
M.H. Aird

Son of Malcolm Rucker Aird and Nellie Margaret Dummett. Married (17.08.1922) Joan Meredith Sturgis, daughter of Henry Sturgis; three sons. From Newbury.

05.11.1899
-
09.07.1965

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	20.12.1918 [17881]
Lt.	20.12.1920
Capt.	14.05.1930
Maj.	01.08.1938
A/Lt.Col.	01.12.1940-28.02.1941
T/Lt.Col.	01.03.1941-05.06.1944
WS/Lt.Col.	06.06.1944
Lt.Col.	06.10.1944 (supernumerary 06.10.1947) (retd 18.02.1948)
A/Col.	06.12.1943-05.06.1944
T/Col.	06.06.1944-23.10.1944, 08.03.1945-(01.1946)
Hon. Col.	18.02.1948

OBE	21.06.1945	NW Europe
MID	04.06.1946	NW Europe
LM	17.10.1946	?

Education: Harrow School, London; Royal Military College, Sandhurst

20.12.1918			commissioned, 9th Queen's Royal Lancers
06.08.1925	-	31.05.1927	Cavalry Depot
01.09.1928	-	12.11.1930	Adjutant, ...
22.02.1942	-	21.04.1942	acting Commander, 29th Armoured Brigade (UK)
24.10.1944	-	07.03.1945	Assistant Adjutant-General, ...
?	-	06.10.1947	Commanding Officer, 9th Queen's Royal Lancers

Airey,
[Sir] Terence Sydney
T.S. Airey (Photo courtesy of Mr W.J.M. Gosling)

Son of late Sydney Airey, and Helen Airey, of Orchard Cottage, Holbrook, Suffolk.
Married 1st (1934) Constance Hedley (marriage dissolved 1947); one son.
Married 2nd (1947) Bridget Georgiana, daughter of
late Col the Hon. Thomas Vesey.

09.07.1900
Kings Lynn, Norfolk
-
26.03.1983
Fritton, near Norwich, Depwade district, Norfolk

2nd Lt.	16.07.1919 [20246]
Lt.	16.07.1921
local Capt.	16.04.1930-19.04.1933
Capt.	20.04.1933
local Maj.	24.10.1934, 05.06.1937-31.07.1938
Maj.	01.08.1938
local Lt.Col.	01.04.1939-08.07.1940?
A/Lt.Col.	23.07.1940-22.10.1940
T/Lt.Col.	23.10.1940-30.04.1942
WS/Lt.Col.	01.05.1942
A/Col.	01.11.1941-30.04.1942
T/Col.	01.05.1942-20.05.1942, 31.08.1942-20.02.1945
local Col.	21.05.1942-30.08.1942
Col.	21.02.1945
A/Brig.	31.08.1942-28.02.1943
T/Brig.	01.03.1943-07.06.1945, 06.09.1945-(01.1946)
A/Maj.Gen.	08.06.1944-07.06.1945
T/Maj.Gen.	08.06.1945-05.09.1945
Maj.Gen.	18.11.1947, seniority 10.02.1946
Lt.Gen.	22.01.1952 (retd 21.08.1954)

KCMG	01.01.1951	New Year 51
CB	16.06.1944	HM's birthday 44
CBE	05.08.1943	North Africa (Algeria & Tunisia)
OBE	30.12.1941	Middle East (Egypt & Libya)
MID	30.12.1941	?
MID	24.06.1943	?
MID	23.05.1946	Italy
LM	04.04.1946	?
LegH	1947/48?	?
CdeG	1947/48?	?

Education: Gresham's School; Royal Military College, Sandhurst; Staff College, Camberley (1935-1936).

16.07.1919			commissioned, the Durham Light Infantry
			service in the Eastern Arab Corps
13.01.1928	-	12.01.1935	attached to Sudan Defence Force (from 29.09.1932 as General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3))
			British Mission to the Egyptian Army
05.06.1937	-	08.07.1940	employed
05.06.1937	-	31.07.1938	General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3)
01.08.1938	-	1940?	General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2)
23.07.1940	-	09.05.1941	General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), British HQ, Sudan
25.05.1941	-	31.10.1941	General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), British HQ, Abyssinia
01.11.1941	-	20.05.1942	Director of Special Operations, Middle East (Cairo, Egypt)
21.05.1942	-	30.08.1942	General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), ...
31.08.1942	-	07.02.1943	Director of Military Intelligence, Middle East (Cairo, Egypt)
08.02.1943	-	07.06.1944	Brigadier General Staff, 18th Army Group (Tunisia, Sicily, Italy)
1944			Chief Intelligence Officer Allied Mediterranean Forces
1944	-	1945	Assistant Chief of Staff Allied Mediterranean Forces (Italy)
1946			Chief of Staff Central Mediterranean Force
1946			Acting Deputy Commander in Chief Allied Forces Italy
16.09.1947	-	31.03.1951	Allied Commander & Military Governor, British-US Zone of Free Territory of Trieste [General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, British Element, Trieste Force]
01.04.1951	-	22.01.1952	Assistant Chief of Staff (Intelligence), Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
22.01.1952	-	1954	Commander, British Forces, Hong Kong
21.08.1954	-	09.07.1962	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]

Representative Colonel, Light Infantry Brigade, 1954-55. Colonel, The Durham Light Infantry, 10.04.1952-01.07.1956.

Aish,
Henry James
H.J. Aish

Only son of Sidney James Aish (1875-1953), and Kate Rabbetts (1882-1962), later of Bournemouth.
Married (11.08.1938, Boston district, Lincolnshie) Dorothy Elisabeth "Doffie" Rysdale (01.03.1915 - 12.11.1988), of Boston, Lincolnshire, later of Wellington, Shropshire, daughter of Albert Charles Rysdale (1883-1950), and Dorothy Mary Leach (1886-1962). Dorothy Aish remarried (1956) Lt.Cdr. Ronald Richard Palmer (1917-1983).

21.11.1911
Hendon district, London
-
16.06.1941
Kuneira, Syria
(KIA) [age 29]
[Damascus Commonwealth War Cemetery, Syria, H.45]

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	28.12.1940 [165613]

Education: Mill Hill School (1925-1930; Head of Winterstoke House; captain of cricket, 1930); Lincoln College, Oxford (BA 1934; MA; captain of the College cricket XI; played in the senior trial; further played at rugby, hockey and soccer).
Schoolmaster at Boston Grammar School (1935-1937), then on teaching staff, Wrekn College, Wellington, Shropshire.

05.1940			volunteered for service (called up 09.1940)
1940	-	27.12.1940	either 164th, 165th or 166th Officer Cadet Training Unit
28.12.1940			commissioned, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment [emergency commission]
05?.1941	-	16.06.1941	1st Battalion Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment

Aitchison,
George Michael Hough
G.M.H. Aitchison

Eldest son (with three brothers [of which one died at birth]) of George Aitchison, MBE (1883-1943), and Marjorie Hough (1886-1983), of White Craggs, Ambleside, Westmorland.

04.01.1920
Kendal district, Westmorland, Cumbria
-
19.05.1944
(KIA) [age 24]
[Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio, Italy, XV.C.11] [photo]
[memorial at Holy Trinity Church, Brathay, South Lakeland, Cumbria]

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	21.09.1940 [149699]
WS/Lt.	21.03.1942
T/Capt.	24.09.1943-19.05.1944

Education: Marlborough College (01.1934-12.1937; Cotton House).
1st Wray Group, Boy Scouts. Training as land agent.

1939			enlisted service, The Cheshire Regiment
			either 122nd, 123rd, or 125th Officer Cadet Training Unit, or Survey School of Training (RA)
21.09.1940			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
			Certificate of the Long Survey Course at the School of Artillery
			No. 20 Air Observation Post Course, The Light Aircraft School
			served British North Africa Forces & Central Mediterranean Forces
?	-	19.05.1944	attached, 655 Air Observation Post Squadron, Royal Air Force (killed when his aircraft (Auster Mk. III) was hit by a British artillery shell at 2,500 ft)

Aitchison,
Thomas Stewart
T.S. Aitchison (Photo courtesy of Mr Frank de Planta)

?
-

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	02.09.1939
WS/Lt.	02.02.1941
T/Capt.	10.03.1943-(04.1944)

Education: Merchiston Castle.

02.09.1939			commissioned, 2nd Battalion London Scottish - The Gordon Highlanders - Territorial Army
(08.1942)			1st Battalion The London Scottish (Higham, Suffolk)

Aitken,
Lachlan Coventry
"Bob"
L.C. Aitken

Son of Col. William Aitken, Royal Artillery, and Susan E. Aitken.
Married (09.1933) Mary Eleanor "Nell" Ingersoll, elder daughter of Mr & Mrs Hamilton Ingersoll, of St Catherine's, Ontario, Canada; ... children (one daughter?).

18.08.1900
Cramond, Midlothian, Scotland
-
05.03.1979
Silton, Gillingham, Dorset

2nd Lt.	17.07.1919 [17880]
Lt.	17.07.1921
Capt.	17.07.1932
Maj.	01.03.1938
A/Lt.Col.	10.03.1941-09.06.1941
T/Lt.Col.	10.06.1941-14.05.1944, 13.02.1945-01.01.1946
Lt.Col.	02.01.1946 (supernumerary 02.01.1949) (retd 12.02.1951)
T/Brig.	?
Hon. Brig.	12.02.1951

OBE	09.09.1942	Middle East
MID	13.01.1944	Middle East
MID	24.08.1944	Italy

17.07.1919			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery
(03.1931)			24th Field Brigade (Lucknow, India)
(06.1933)			posted to Canada
24.11.1935	-	30.06.1936	Adjutant, ...
01.11.1936	-	14.02.1940	Brigade Major, 32nd (Midland) Anti-Aircraft Group (under 2nd Anti-Aircraft Division, 1st Anti-Aircraft Corps) (Leicester)
21.04.1941	-	05.1944	Commanding Officer, 9th (Londonderry) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RA (SR)
12.02.1951	-	18.08.1955	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]

Aitken,
Robert Mitchell
R.M. Aitken

16.05.1902
Glasgow, Scotland
-
07.10.1982
Hadleigh, Southend on Sea district, Essex

L/Cpl.	? [2744994]
Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	09.09.1942 [243706]
WS/Lt.	09.09.1942 (reld 21.10.1945)
A/Capt.	?
Hon. Lt.	21.10.1945

Boy Scout messenger.

24.03.1917	-	28.02.1929	enlisted service in the ranks, Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) [served 9 years colours, 3 years reserve, total 12 years]
22.01.1941	-	08.09.1942	enlisted service in the ranks, Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)
09.09.1942			commissioned, Pioneer Corps [emergency commission]
(1944)			served African Auxiliary Pioneer Corps (East Africa)
(1945?)			served in Jerusalem ?

Aitken,
William Henry Hutton
"Jumbo"
W.H.H. Aitken

Son (with two sisters) of Henry Aitken, KC (1851-1931), and Ethel Hutton, of Ediburgh, Scotland.
Married (25.07.1928, St Jude's, South Kensington, London) Mary Dorothea "Dodo" Davidson, daughter of Col. J.S. Davidson (?-1945); two sons.

19.09.1898
St George district, Edinburgh, Scotland
-
27.08.1978
Woking, Surrey

2nd Lt.	19.02.1916 [13500]
Lt.	19.08.1917
A/Capt.	04.02.1919-09.03.1919
T/Capt.	04.02.1919-...
Capt.	21.07.1925
Maj.	24.09.1934
A/Lt.Col.	15.04.1940-14.07.1940
T/Lt.Col.	15.07.1940-13.04.1941
Lt.Col.	14.04.1941 (supernumerary 14.04.1944)
A/Col.	28.10.1941-27.04.1942
T/Col.	28.04.1942-30.12.1944
Col.	31.12.1944, seniority 14.04.1944 (supernumerary 31.12.1949) (retd 21.09.1950)
A/Brig.	28.10.1941-27.04.1942
T/Brig.	28.04.1942-31.03.1943, 20.08.1944-(01.1946)
Hon. Brig.	21.09.1950

BSM

14.05.1948

preparation of invasion as Assistant Chief Engineer, HQ Southwestern District [recommendation available upon request]

British War Medal; Victory Medal; Iraq Operations 1919-20 Medal & Clasp

Education: Cheltenham College; Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; Cambridge University.

19.02.1916			commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers
09.1917	-	11.1917	served in France
11.1917	-	04.11.1918	served in Italy (wounded)
04.02.1919	-	?	Education Officer, ...
04.02.1926	-	29.01.1930	Officer Company of Gentlemen Cadets, Royal Military College
(03.1931)	-	(06.1933)	served in India
10.07.1936	-	26.09.1937	employed under the Air Ministry (London)
(01.1939)			served at Blackdown (UK)
			served Middle East
28.10.1941	-	31.01.1943	Commander, Chemical Warfare Troops (Home Forces) (attached as Assistant Chief Engineer, HQ Southwestern Disitrict, Southern Command)
01.04.1943	-	21.11.1943	Director of Chemical Engineers (Home Forces) (attached as Assistant Chief Engineer, HQ Southwestern Disitrict, Southern Command)
22.11.1943	-	19.08.1944	O.E. [= ...?] (Home Forces)
20.08.1944	-	(05.1945)	Chief Engineer, HQ Southwestern District, Southern Command (Home Forces)
21.09.1950	-	19.09.1956	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]

Played for the Army Golf Team 1938, and Army Golf Champion on several occasions.

Aizlewood,
John Aldam
J.A. Aizlewood

Son of George Henry Aizlewood (1863-1927), and Emily Aldam (1860-1947), of Whirlow Grange, Parkhead, nr Sheffield.
Married (06.01.1920) Margaret Delia "Meta" Dennis (04.08.1896 - 24.01.1977), only daughter of Col. Meade James Crosbie Dennis, CB, RA, DL, JP (1865-1945), and Hon. Alice Handcock (?-1937), younger daughter of 4th Baron Castlemaine, of Baltinglass, Co. Wicklow; one son [Capt. Peter George Dennis Aizlewood, RAC], one daughter.

04.01.1895
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
-
27.09.1990
Dowdeswell, Andoversford, Cheltenham district, Gloucestershire

2nd Lt.	12.08.1914 [9221]
Lt.	28.05.1915
Capt.	17.10.1922
Bt. Maj.	01.01.1931
Maj.	28.05.1932
Lt.Col.	28.05.1936
Col.	01.08.1939, seniority 28.05.1939 (retd 09.05.1945)
local Brig.	19.05.1939-31.07.1939
T/Brig.	01.08.1939-(04.1941)
A/Maj.Gen.	12.12.1942-11.12.1943
T/Maj.Gen.	12.12.1943
A/Lt.Gen.	1943?
Hon. Maj.Gen.	09.05.1945

MC	18.01.1918	*
MC	22.06.1918	**
MID	14.01.1943	Iraq / Syria / Persia 04.41-02.42
MID	WW I	?

* For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty when with the leading troops of an advanced guard. Owing to his initiative and resource an enemy ammunition column was destroyed, a headquarters raided, and several officers, fifty men and two machine guns were captured.
** For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. On the troops on his right flank withdrawing, he immediately organised a counter-attack, leading it himself, by which the lost ground was regained. He succeeded in (maintaining his position, displaying the greatest initiative and gallantry throughout a most trying period.

Education: Uppingham School (01.1909-07.1913; Fircroft House; School Praeses; XV 1912); Royal Military College, Sandhurst (1913-1914; Prize Cadetship; XV 1913; term report); Staff College, Quetta (1932-1933; psc).

12.08.1914			commissioned, 4th Battalion Royal Dragoon Guards
1914	-	1918	served European War (France & Belgium), latterly with the Machine Gun Corps (despatches)
05.08.1927	-	02.08.1931	Brigade Major, India
1932			Major, 4th/7th Battalion Royal Dragoon Guards
28.05.1936	-	1939	Commanding Officer, 4th/7th Battalion Royal Dragoon Guards
19.05.1939	-	31.07.1939	specially employed
1939	-	1945	served in India, Persia and UK:
01.08.1939	-	1940	Commander, 3rd Meerut Cavalry Brigade (India)
1940	-	1941	Commander, 2nd Indian Army Brigade
1941	-	1942	Commander, 252nd Indian Armoured Brigade Group
17.08.1942	-	26.08.1942	Commander, 29th Armoured Brigade (UK)
26.08.1942	-	03.12.1942	Commander, 30th Armoured Brigade (UK)
02.12.1942	-	17.10.1943	General Officer Commanding, 42nd Armoured Division (UK)
1943	-	1944	Commander, Essex and Suffolk District
1943	-	1944	acting General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Command

Farming. Deputy Lieutenant (DL) Gloucester, 10.02.1960. Colonel, 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards, 06.05.1948-06.06.1958.

Aizlewood,
Peter George Dennis
P.G.D. Aizlewood

Only son of Maj.Gen. John Aldam Aizlewood, MC, DL, and Margaret Delis Dennis.
Married (07.07.1951, Warwick district, Warwickshire) Phayre Marion Margaret Standring, daughter of H.W. Standring, OBE, of Warwick; two sons, two daughters.

08.06.1923
India
-
16.10.2007
Chastleton, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire

2nd Lt.	20.02.1943 [264475]
WS/Lt.	20.08.1943 (reld > 12.1946, < 04.1947)
T/Capt.	29.12.1945-(12.1946)
Lt.	07.02.1949, seniority 08.06.1946
Capt.	02.10.1950

Education: Winchester College (1936.3-1941.3; B (Moberly's) House; played cricket [Lords XI, Princes 1941] & racquets); Royal Agricultural College (1947).

1942			Royal Armoured Corps Officer Cadet Training Unit, Sandhurst (Belt of Honour)
20.02.1943			commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]
02.1943	-	06.06.1944	4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards (UK, Normandy [severely wounded; lost a leg])
1945			instructor, Royal Armoured Corps Officer Cadet Training Unit
1946			Aide-de-Camp to Commander-in-Chief, Middle East Forces
07.02.1949			commissioned, Warwickshire Yeomanry - Royal Armoured Corps - Territorial Army
24.02.1954	-	?	Territorial Army Reserve of Officers

Became a dairy farmer, taking over from his father in Gloucestershire, and maintaining a very successful Jersey herd. In spite of the loss of his leg, he continued to ride and play cricket as a wicket keeper. Justice of the Peace (JP) Gloucestershire, 1962.

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