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British Army Officers
1939-1945

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EAGG
to
EYRE

A.A. Eagger to W.A. Eyre

Eagger,
Arthur Austin

Son of Edward and Elsie Eagger.
Married 1st (06.1927) Doris Orchard
(died 12.1933).
Married 2nd (1935) Kate Mortimer
Hare (died 1946); three sons.
Married 3rd (1948) Barbara Noel Hare
(died 2006).

14.03.1898
-
08.10.1993
Devon

Lt.	? (reld 30.09.1921)
Lt.	22.09.1928 [40511]
Capt.	22.03.1932
Lt.Col.	01.09.1937
T/Col.	29.04.1942
Hon. Brig.	14.03.1953

CBE	23.03.1944	Sicily
OBE	20.08.1940	services in the field
TD	01.08.1946	?
BSM	23.07.1948	?

Education: Aberdeen University (MB, ChB 1922)

?	-	30.09.1921	6th Battalion Gordon Highlanders - Territorial Army
22.09.1928			transferred to Royal Army Medical Corps - Territorial Army
(03.1931)			128th (Wessex) Field Ambulance, RAMC - Territorial Army
13.05.1933	-	31.08.1937	Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
01.09.1937	-	02.05.1939?	Commanding Officer, 6th (Southern) General Hospital - Territoral Army
03.05.1939	-	05.09.1939	Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
06.09.1939	-	01.08.1941	Territorial Army:
01.06.1940	-	(04.1941)	Assistant Director of Medical Services, ...
01.08.1941	-	14.03.1953	Territorial Army Reserve of Officers - Class II [age limit]
(09.1944)			Deputy Director of Medical Services, 1st Airborne Corps

Medical Dir, Slough Industrial Health Service; retd, 1963. Consultant, 1963-1979.
Honorary Colonel 16th (Airborne) Division, R.A.M.C., 05.04.1948-05.04.1953.
Published: Industrial resettlement (Proc. RSM; 1952); Health in the factory (Jl Royal Institute of Public Health and
Hygiene, 1953);Venture in industry : the Slough Industrial Health Service 1947-1963 (1965); Thorverton past and
present : with street directory (2nd., 1969)

Earl,
Geoffrey Frederick
G.F. Earl (Photo courtesy of Mrs Sue Gardner)

Son of Albert Edward Earl, and Ethel Emily Burck.
Married (11.1945, Bucklow district, Cheshire) Lilian Yarwood.

30.05.1912
Hendon district, Middlesex
-
10.1974
Hale, Cheshire

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	30.11.1940 [158586]
WS/Lt.	30.05.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Capt.	25.10.1942-(04.1944)
Hon. Capt.	< 04.1946

39\|45 St	-	-
Afr St	-	-
It St	-	-
Def M	-	-
WM 39\|45	-	-
EM	19.07.1949	-

Education: University School, London.
Qualified as an optician, 06.1937.

04.11.1938			enlisted, Territorial Army
			served WW II at Dunkirk, North Africa, Italy & Austria (repatriating troops):
?	-	30.11.1940	either 122nd, 123rd or 133rd Officer Cadet Training Unit
30.11.1940			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]

Earle,
Charles

Son of Col. Maxwell Earle, CB, CMG, DSO, Grenadier Guards (1871-1953), and Hon. Edith Elisabeth Earle (1874-1947), the elder daughter of the 1st Lord Loch.
Married 1st (1939) Marguerite Jeanne Marie Carver (marriage dissolved 1956), second daughter of Herbert Carver; one son, two daughters.
Married 2nd (1957) Fenella, only daughter of the late H.C. Whitehouse.
From Filkins & Knutford, Cheshire.

23.11.1913
-
22.03.1989
Holton, near Wincanton, Somerset

2nd Lt.	31.08.1933 [56644]
Lt.	31.08.1936
A/Capt.	03.09.1939-15.11.1939, 22.05.1940-08.06.1940
T/Capt.	09.06.1940-30.08.1941
Capt.	31.08.1941
A/Maj.	21.11.1941-20.02.1942
T/Maj.	21.02.1942-27.12.1942
WS/Maj.	28.12.1942
Maj.	31.08.1946
A/Lt.Col.	28.09.1942-27.12.1942
T/Lt.Col.	28.12.1942-20.05.1943, 13.06.1952-21.08.1953
local Lt.Col.	01.08.1945-30.08.1947, 13.01.1951-20.07.1951
Lt.Col.	22.08.1953 (supernumerary 22.08.1956) (Emp. List (1) 28.02.1955) (retd 05.02.1958)

DSO	24.01.1946	NW Europe *
OBE	23.09.1943	N Africa **
CdeG	27.03.1944	N Africa (Algeria) ***
Afr St	1942	with 1st Army Clasp 1942
It St	1943	?
Fr&G St	1945	?
Def M	?	?
Cor M 37	1937	?
Cor M 53	1953	?

* Major Earle joined the 1st Bn Grenadier Guards at the end of 1944. Since then he has been with the Bn in all its actions, doing duty as 2IC and, for short periods, in actual command. Throughout he has shown the highest ability in this difficult appointment of Second-in-Command and whilst in command of the Bn. In april 1945 during the absence of his commander on leave Major Earle commanded his Bn in a successful action which resulted in the liberation of the notorius concentration camp of Sandbostel. The action which made this possible was an exceedingly difficult one and one without military precedent. But for Major Earle's calm acceptance of difficulties and his complete disregard for safety when it was necessary to carry out personal reconnaissance under aimed enemy fire it is doubtful if this action would have been concluded as successfully or as quickly as it was with consequently relatively small casualties.
** For outstanding success in the peculiarly difficult but very responsible appointment of Chief Liaison Officer with the XIX French Corps. By his patience and ability he resolved the many intricate problems with which he was faced and the fact that relations with our Allies have always been ensured, is to a great extent due to his personal efforts.
*** Chef de la Liaison britannique auprès du 19ème Corps d'Armée Français, s'est acquitté de ces fonctions importantes et délicates avec le plus grand dévouement, une compétence remarquable et la plus parfaite camaraderie de combat. N'a pas hésité pour renseigner exactement les Commandements britanniques et français, à accomplir avec un complet mépris du danger de nombreuses reconnaissances avancées, notamment en Février 1943 dans la région du DJEBEL MANSOUR et du 6 au 13 Mai 1943, lors de la phase finale des opérations de Tunisie, dans la région de PONT-DU-FAHS et de ZAGHOUAN.

Education: Wellington College, Berkshire (school perfect and head of dormitory); Royal Military College, Sandhurst (Junior Under Officer, Commandant's Prize. 1st Prize for French); Joint Services Staff College (jssc); Staff College, Camberley (psc); American Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Va.

31.08.1933			commissioned, Grenadier Guards
1936	-	1938	2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards (Egypt)
(01.1939)			2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards (Wellington Barracks)
11.1939	-	1941?	Adjutant, 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards (France [wounded at Warneton 05.1940])
21.11.1941	-	12.03.1942	Brigade Major, Guards Brigade
13.07.1942	-	26.08.1942	General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2) (Training), General HQ, HF
27.08.1942	-	27.09.1942	General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2) (L), RHQ
28.09.1942	-	11.09.1943	General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1) (Liaison), HQ 1st Army (Tunisia) [actually serving as Chief Liaison Officer with the French XIX Corps]
09.1943	-	01.1944	Officer Commanding, No. 3 Company, [3rd?] Battalion Grenadier Guards (Italy)
02.01.1944	-	07.11.1944	Brigade Major, Guards Brigade
11.1944	-	08.1945	Second-in-Command, 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards (NW Europe)
01.08.1945	-	31.08.1947	General Staff Officer, grade 2 (GSO2) (Instructor), Staff College, Camberley
18.12.1947	-	13.01.1951	Adjutant, Chief Instructor, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
1953	-	1955	Commanding Officer, 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards
14.04.1955	-	1958	Assistant Adjutant General, War Office (responsible for morale & discipline, and the production of the 1957 Army Act and resulting Queen's Regulations, and training)

Personal Assistant to the Secretary (1958-1960), then (1960-1961) Secretary of the Royal Naval Lifeboat Institution. Secretary-General, International Cargo Handling Association, 1961-1972.

Earle,
Vernon Howard
V.H. Earle

1922 ?
-

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	10.10.1942 [247490]
WS/Lt.	10.04.1943
WS/Capt.	? (reld 24.07.1948)
T/Maj.	?
Hon. Maj.	24.07.1948

39\|45 St	-	-
Fr&G St	-	-
Def M	-	-
WM 39\|45	-	-

10.10.1942			commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]
			Inns of Court Regiment (11th Armoured Division, NW Europe)
			6th Duke of Connaught's Canadian Hussars

Earnshaw,
Richard Arthur

Son of ... Earnshaw, and ... De Wen.
Married ...; ... children (one son?).

07.06.1915
Edmonton district, Middlesex
-
?

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	29.11.1941 [219264]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942 (reld > 04.1946, < 08.1946)
T/Capt.	27.10.1944-(04.1946)
Hon. Capt.	> 04.1946, < 08.1946

29.11.1941			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
			attached, Indian Army

Easonsmith,
John Richard
"Jake"

Son of George and Daisy Aldridge Easonsmith; husband of Honour Gertrude Easonsmith, of Rudgeway, Gloucestershire; one daughter.
Last residence: Lower Hazel, near Alveston, Gloucestershire,

biography (with photos) at Clifton Rugby Football Club website

12.04.1909
Bristol
-
16.11.1943
[age 34]
[Leros War Cemetery, Greece, 3.B.3]

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	27.07.1940 [140546]
WS/Capt.	?
T/Maj.	?
A/Lt.Col.	10.1943?

	DSO	26.11.1942	gallant & distinguished services in the field
	MC	03.12.1941	Middle East

Education: Mill Hill School, London
Travelling wine saleman based in Bristol.

			served in the ranks, 4th Glosters (66th Searchlight Regiment) - Royal Artillery
?	-	27.07.1940	102nd Officer Cadet Training Unit
27.07.1940			commissioned, Royal Tank Regiment - Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]
1941 (10?).1941 1942? 1943? 10.1943	- - - - -	16.11.1943 1942? 1942? 10.1943 16.11.1943	Long Range Desert Group "R1" (New Zealand) Patrol Commander Officer Commanding "B" Squadron Second-in-Command Commanding Officer (Aegean operations)

Eastburn,
Gerald Jerome

Son (with one brother and one sister) of Abraham States Eastburn (1854-1937), and Elizabeth Stevenson (1862-).
Married ((09?).1928, Morpeth district, Northumberland) Hilda DeMartelly Seaman (05.07.1898 - 22.06.1976); one daughter, one son.

29.12.1890
East Kilbride, Lanark, Scotland
-
15.01.1974
Flushing, Falmouth, Truro district, Cornwall

T/2nd Lt.	24.11.1915
T/Lt.	? (reld 05.05.1920)
Maj.	05.05.1920
2nd Lt.	31.07.1944 [328005]
WS/Maj.	31.10.1944
T/Lt.Col.	31.10.1944-(12.1946)

01.01.1919

Italy

Education: Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College (chemistry).

WW 1			Pte., Army Service Corps [M2/103547]; 2nd Lt. & Lt., Machine Gun Corps; Maj., General Staff & Intelligence Corps
31.07.1944			commissioned, Intelligence Corps [emergency commission]

Eastman,
William Marsden
"Bill"

Son of Ralph Eastman (1878-1933), and Margaret Ellen Marsden, of Ealing Common, London W5.
Married (1941?, Malta) Yvonne Vassallo; two daughters.

26.10.1911
Brentford, Middlesex
-
08.04.1980
Malta

Lt.	23.10.1939 [103900]
A/Capt.	19.02.1941-18.05.1941
T/Capt.	19.05.1941-06.09.1942
WS/Capt.	07.09.1942
A/Maj.	07.06.1942-06.09.1942
T/Maj.	07.09.1942-11.06.1946
Lt.	12.12.1945, seniority 26.10.1934
Capt.	12.12.1945, seniority 26.10.1942
WS/Maj.	12.06.1946
Maj.	24.11.1948
A/Lt.Col.	12.03.1946-11.06.1946
T/Lt.Col.	12.06.1946-13.10.1953
Lt.Col.	14.10.1953
Col.	01.08.1959
Brig.	05.08.1966 (retd 21.11.1966)

GC	24.12.1940	bomb disposal Malta 06.11.40 [investiture 12.12.1944] *
39\|45 St	-	-
Afr St	-	& clasp 8th Army
It St	-	-
Def M	-	-
WM 39\|45	-	-
Cor M 53	-	-
Jub M 77	-	-

* On various dates Lieutenant Eastman, with Captain R.L.J. Jones, RAOC, worked under dangerous and trying conditions and performed acts of considerable gallantry in dealing with large numbers of various unexploded bombs, some of which were in a highly dangerous state and of the German delay type. On one occasion, these officers showed particular gallantry in dealing with an 1100lb. German bomb. Two attempts were made to explode this bomb but it failed to detonate; at the third attempt when it was in a most dangerous state, they succeeded in detonating it. On a second occasion, these officers, assisted by a Master Rigger of H.M. Dockyard, succeeded in removing a 400lb. high explosive Italian unexploded bomb which had been under water for a week in a 20ft. deep well inside a house. This bomb, fused at both ends, was in a dangerous state. It had to be raised to the ground floor by means of a gin, tackle, sling and ropes. This operation was doubly dangerous, as: (a) There was a possibility of the sling slipping while the bomb was being hauled up and (b) The bomb was two and half ft. long, the mouth of the well three ft. one inch wide, and for safety the bomb had to be kept horizontal, if possible, and pulled up thus. Lieutenant Eastman assisted the Master Rigger, guided the bomb from the floor of the well, and Captain Jones went to the top to guide it through the opening. They succeeded in getting the bomb out although there was only a six inch clearance as it came through the mouth of the well.

Education: Uppingham School (09.1925-12.1929; Brooklands House); Cambridge University; Staff College (psc); Inspecting Ordnance Officers' course, "B" Branch, RAOC Advanced Training School, Bramley (ioo); Ammunition Technical Officer's course, School of Ammunition, RASC, Bramley (ato).
Took over the family dyeing and dry cleaning business, 1933.

			late Cadet, Uppingham School Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
23.10.1939			commissioned, Royal Army Ordnance Corps [emergency commission to 11.12.1945]
03.1940	-	1942	Inspecting Ordnance Officer, Malta
1942			Chief Ordnance Officer, General Headquarters Cairo
23.01.1945	-	23.10.1945	Deputy Assistant Director of Ordnance Services (DADOS), Clothing and Stores Directorate, Department of the Quartermaster-General to the Forces, War Office
12.12.1945			permanent commission
24.10.1945	-	16.01.1949	Assistant Director of Ordnance Services (ADOS), War Office
12.12.1951	-	16.05.1954	Assistant Director of Ordnance Services (ADOS), Logistics Division, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers in Europe
21.09.1956	-	(02.1957)	Assistant Director of Ordnance Services (ADOS), Headquarters British Army of the Rhine
			Commandant, RAOC Training Centre (Blackdown)

MBIM.

Eastwood,
Sir Thomas Ralph

2nd son of Col. Hugh de Crespigny Eastwood, DSO (1863-1934), and Ellinor Smyth, youngest daughter of Gen. John Hall Smyth.
Married (21.04.1921) Mabel Vivian Prideaux, daughter of late Joseph Temperley; one son.

10.05.1890
Canterbury, Kent
-
15.02.1959
Rodmarton, Gloucestershire

2nd Lt.	09.03.1910 [19399]
Lt.	11.11.1911
Capt.	30.12.1914
T/Maj.	28.10.1917-14.10.1918
Bt. Maj.	01.01.1918
Maj.	03.06.1927
T/Lt.Col.	24.10.1918-19.12.1918
A/Lt.Col.	20.12.1918-03.08.1919
Bt. Lt.Col.	04.06.1927
Lt.Col.	13.04.1934
Col.	13.07.1936, seniority 04.06.1931
Maj.Gen.	12.01.1938
A/Lt.Gen.	20.11.1940-19.11.1941
T/Lt.Gen.	20.11.1941-04.12.1941
Lt.Gen.	05.12.1941 (retd 31.05.1947)

KCB	01.01.1943	New Year 43
CB	01.01.1941	New Year 41
DSO	1919	?
MC	29.10.1915	Gallipoli *
MID	28.01.1916	?
MID	04.01.1917	?
MID	11.12.1917	?
MID	20.12.1918	?
MID	09.07.1919	?
MID	20.12.1940	?
14\|15 St	?	?
BWM 14\|20	?	?
VM	?	?

Grand Cross, Ordre de Mérite Civil et Militaire d'Adolphe de Nassau, Luxembourg 25.07.1944

* For conspicuous gallantry and ability during operations on 6th-7th August, 1915, in the Gallipoli Peninsula. He guided the night advance of his brigade with skill and resource, especially when the head of the column came under the enemy's fire. Owing to the severity of the opposition the advance came gradually to a standstill, and at this point Captain Eastwood rendered very valuable service in reorganising the1 column, thus enabling it to continue the advance.

Education: Eton (1904-1908); Royal Military College, Sandhurst; Staff College, Camberley (1921-1922; psc)

09.03.1910			commissioned, The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)
1910	-	1912	1st Battalion The Rifle Brigade
06.11.1912	-	04.08.1914	ADC (extra to 01.07.1913) to the Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief, Dominion of New Zealand (Earl of Liverpool)
1914	-	1918	European War: German Samoa (29.08.1914), Gallipoli (25.04.1915-14.09.1915), Egypt (09.1915-18.03.1916), Egyptian Expeditionary Force (19.03.1916-04.1916), and France & Belgium (04.1916-15.11.1916 & 31.05.1917-11.11.1918)
25.05.1915	-	27.03.1916	Staff Captain, ... (Dardanelles & Egypt)
28.03.1916	-	14.11.1916	Brigade Major, ... (Egypt & France)
15.03.1917	-	27.10.1917	Brigade Major, ... (Home Forces & France)
28.10.1917	-	14.10.1918	General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), ... (France)
20.12.1918	-	03.08.1919	Commanding Officer, 12th Battalion The Rifle Brigade
04.08.1919	-	19.10.1919	Brigade Major on Lord Rawlinson's staff (Northern Russia)
21.01.1920	-	26.06.1920	Brigade Major, ... (Aldershot Command)
27.06.1920	-	04.01.1921	Brigade Major, ... (Cork, Ireland)
22.01.1923	-	29.02.1924	General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), War Office (London)
01.03.1924	-	21.01.1927	General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), War Office (London)
31.08.1928	-	10.08.1931	Instructor (General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2)), Staff College, Camberley
1931	-	1934	on the strength of the Depôt The Rifle Brigade [not Officer Commanding]
1934	-	1936	Commanding Officer, 2nd Battalion The King's Royal Rifle Corps
13.07.1936	-	11.01.1938	General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), 2nd Division (Aldershot Command)
12.01.1938	-	30.11.1939	Commandant (Major-General General Staff), Royal Military College, Sandhurst
01.12.1939	-	31.05.1940	General Officer Commanding, 59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division (British Expeditionery Force)
01.06.1940	-	09.06.1940	General Officer Commanding, 18th (East Anglian) Infantry Division (Home Forces)
25.06.1940	-	30.09.1940	General Officer Commanding, 4th Infantry Division (Home Forces)
01.10.1940	-	19.11.1940	Inspector-General, Home Guard
20.11.1940	-	02.06.1941	Director-General, Home Guard
03.06.1941	-	26.02.1944	General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Northern Command
27.02.1944	-	08.02.1947	Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Gibraltar
31.05.1947	-	10.05.1955	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]

Colonel Commandant, 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade, 14.03.1945-04.09.1951.
Justice of the Peace (JP), Wiltshire, 1951. KStJ , 22.06.1945.

Eastwood,
William James

Son of Arthur and Wilhelmina Eastwood.

(06?).1903
West Derby, Lancashire
-
01.05.1943
[age 40]
[Tel el Kebir War Memorial Cemetery, 4.M.1]

A/Col.	? [191534]
local Brig.	19.09.1942-(04.1943)

Education: M.B., Ch.B., M.Ch.Orth., F.R.C.S.E.
Honorary orthopaedic surgeon at Wigan Infirmary.

			commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps
			consultant surgeon (Middle East)

Eaton,
George Arthur

Son of L/Cpl. George Eaton, 1st North Staffordshire Regiment, and Florence Lilian Vidler.
Married (20.09.1940, Poole, Dorset) Kathleen Frances Flavell; one daughter.

23.01.1912
Elham district, Kent
-
18.11.1991
North Walsham district, Norfolk

2nd Lt.	21.09.1940 [149194]
WS/Lt.	18.10.1943
T/Capt.	(1944)
WS/Capt.	07.02.1944 (reld 22.10.1951) 20.08.1945, seniority 07.02.1944 [EC 14118]
T/Maj.	07.02.1944-(12.1947)
A/Lt.Col.	(1950)
Lt.	22.10.1951, seniority 23.12.1942 [149194]
Capt.	22.10.1951, seniority 01.11.1947
Maj.	23.12.1953

LSGCM

20.10.1950

[date of qualification 16.02.1945]

			either 161st, 162nd, 164th, 165th or 170th Officer Cadet Training Unit
21.09.1940			commissioned, The North Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's) [emergency commission]
(01.1943)	-	(04.1944)	posted, 6th Rajputana Rifles - Indian Army
20.08.1945			transferred, Indian Army
1947?			Special List (ex-Indian Army)
22.10.1951	-	22.10.1957	short service commission, The North Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's) [Employed List 4]
22.10.1957	-	22.10.1959	Regular Army Reserve of Officers

Eaton,
Leonard Victor
\
Son of Bertie Eaton (1885-1938), and Maud Emily Brandon (1886-1972).
Married ((03?).1942, Barnstaple district, North Devon) Bessie Chenhalls (03.02.1919 - 03.02.2009), daughter (with one sister) of George Hemmings Chenhalls (1892-1962), and Maria Whear Thomas (1898-1987); two daughters.

08.08.1916
Hackney, London
-
10.1997
North East Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire

Cadet	? [2013326]
2nd Lt.	05.08.1944 [326645]
WS/Lt.	05.02.1945 (reld > 04.1946, < 08.1946)
Hon. Lt.	> 04.1946, < 08.1946

Book keeper.

05.08.1944			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
			attached, Indian Army

Eaton,
Trevor Frederick
\
Son of ... Eaton, and ... Snook.
Married ((03?).1946, Newcastle upon Tyne district, Northumberland) Joyce M. Tyson; ... children (one daughter?).

24.04.1919
Edmonton district, Oxfordshire
-

2nd Lt.	27.07.1940 [140588]
WS/Lt.	27.01.1942 (reld 17.08.1946)
T/Capt.	24.09.1945-(04.1946)
Hon. Capt.	17.08.1946

MID

27.09.1945

Burma

27.07.1940			commissioned, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers [emergency commission]
			attached, The King's African Rifles (Served in Abyssinia, Eritrea, trained in Ceylon, fought with the 14th Army in Burma, mentioned in dispatches)

Architect.

Eccles,
David Gordon

Changed name by deed poll to: Lonsdale-Eccles, David Gordon.
Son (with two brothers and one sister) of Marmaduke William Eccles (1892-1952), and Gertrude Lonsdale (1895-1978).
Married ((03?).1942, Wellingtton district, Somerset) Peggy Alleyne Mackett (27.09.1921 - 10.12.2014), daughter (with one siter) of George Mackett (1893-1941), and Gladys C.G. Burwell (1898-1984); one daughter, one son.

02.06.1917
Barrow in Furness district, Cumbria
-
27.09.1991
Halton, Lancaster district, Lancashire

2nd Lt.	22.05.1943 [277473]
WS/Lt.	22.11.1943 (reld 03.12.1946)
T/Capt.	31.01.1946-03.12.1946)
Hon. Capt.	03.12.1946
Lt.	01.01.1949

22.05.1943			commissioned, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) [emergency commission]
21.08.1944			transferred, Royal Army Ordnance Corps
01.01.1949	-	?	Regular Army Reserve of Officers

Eck *,
Alexander

* Possibly changed surname from Isaac to Eck.

?
-

2nd Lt.	13.07.1945, seniority 21.11.1942 [254182]
Capt.	?

	DSO	21.02.1946	gallant & distinguished services in the field [to be dated 31.03.1944]
	MBE	?	?

13.07.1945

commissioned, General List [emergency commission]

Eckhard,
Basil Newton

Married ((03?).1943, Hailsham district, Sussex) Pamela "Pam" Lang; five children.

06.08.1919
-
14.02.2011
Prestbury, Cheshire

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	21.09.1940 [149169]
WS/Lt.	16.06.1941 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Capt.	1943?
Hon. Capt.	< 04.1946

MID	25.04.1943	for gallant & distinguished services
Cmdn	20.04.1943	for brave conduct
EM	21.02.1947	-

?	-	21.09.1940	either 161st, 162nd, 164th, 165th or 170th Officer Cadet Training Unit
21.09.1940			commissioned, The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) [emergency commission]
			No 2 Special Boat Squadron attached COPP HQ (Training Officer) (Operation Torch, North Africa)
			served Special Operations Executive (SOE)

Eckersley,
Basil Stuart
B.S. Eckersley

Son (with one brother) of John Edgar Eckersley (1871-1943), and Ellen Sheard (1875-1958).
Married ((09?).1950, Ketton district, Rutland) Margaret Elizabeth "Margot" Banks (05.09.1921 - 25.09.1983).
From Malvern Link.

18.01.1919
Upton on Severn district, Worcestershire
-
14.12.2003
Surrey Northern district

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	01.10.1939 [98879]
WS/Lt.	01.04.1941
T/Capt.	05.07.1942-25.06.1944
WS/Capt.	26.06.1944
T/Maj.	26.06.1944-03.10.1945
WS/Maj.	04.10.1945 (reld > 12.1946, < 04.1947)
T/Lt.Col.	04.10.1945-(04.1946)

MBE	17.01.1946	Burma
MID	19.07.1945	Burma
MID	10.01.1946	Burma

Education: Oxford University (scholar 1937; MA).

01.10.1939			commissioned, The Manchester Regiment [emergency commission]
(1945)			Deputy Assistant Adjutant General and Military Secretary, 2nd Infantry Division (MBE, despatches twice)

Called to the Bar, 01.1949.

Eckstein,
Morris
M. Eckstein

26.12.1911
-
05.1995
Hendon district, Middlesex

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	06.06.1942 [235428]
WS/Lt.	06.12.1942
A/Capt.	13.12.1942-(04.1944)
WS/Capt.	06.08.1945
T/Maj.	06.08.1945-(04.1946)

06.06.1942

commissioned, Royal Army Ordnance Corps [emergency commission]

Edgar,
Haig

04.02.1917
-
31.05.2004
St Matthews Nursing Home, Northampton, Northamptonshire

2nd Lt.	14.12.1939 [107516]
WS/Lt.	14.06.1941
T/Capt.	18.11.1941-(04.1944), 25.09.1945-(04.1946)
Hon. Maj.	?

39\|45 St	-	-
Fr&G St	-	-
BWM 39\|45	-	-
EM	13.06.1950	-

			served in the ranks, Inns of Court Regiment
14.12.1939			commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]
< 04.1941			transferred, 2nd Battalion The Northamptonshire Yeomanry

Company director.

Edge,
Maurice Leonard
M.L. Edge (Photo courtesy of Mr Bob Gerritsen)

Son of ... Edge, and ... Shaw.
Married ((06?).1939, Wandsworth district, London) Dorothy L. Evans.

05.04.1913
Portsmouth district, Hampshire
-
07.1997
Hereford district, Herefordshire

2nd Lt.	12.12.1942 [255677]
WS/Lt.	12.06.1943
A/Capt.	18.01.1944-(04.1944)
WS/Capt.	01.10.1945
T/Maj.	01.10.1945-(04.1946)

Education: BA.

12.12.1942			commissioned, Army Educational Corps
(06.1944)			Education Officer, HQ 1st Airborne Division

Edge,
Stanley
S. Edge (Photo courtesy of Mr Kimberly J. Lindsay)

?
-

2nd Lt.	07.03.1931 [49912]
...	...
Maj.	26.07.1939
T/Lt.Col.	?
Hon. Lt.Col.	?

07.03.1931			commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers - Territorial Army
...	-	...	...
29.01.1942	-	23.05.1942	6th War Course, Middle East Staff School (Haifa)
...	-	...	...

Edmond,
Douglas

30.04.1901
-
(09?).1969
Hounslow district, Greater London

2nd Lt.	18.09.1923 [27107]
Lt.	18.09.1925
Capt.	08.08.1928
Maj.	11.11.1933
Lt.Col.	27.05.1939
Maj.	28.08.1940 (reverted to this rank at own request whilst employed during the present emergency)
Lt.Col.	02.08.1944 (restored to the rank)
Bt. Col.	05.10.1952

	OBE	24.01.1946	NW Europe 1944-1945
	TD	03.04.1942	-

18.09.1923			commissioned, North Scottish Coast (later: Heavy) Brigade RA - Royal Corps of Artillery - Territorial Army
01.04.1934			transferred, 62nd (Scottish) Medium Regiment RA - Territorial Army
01.11.1938			transferred, 56th (Highland) Medium Regiment RA - Territorial Army
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
27.12.1943			transferred, Corps of Royal Engineers - Territorial Army
25.03.1944	-	(06.1944)	in charge of Ports Mechanical Branch, TN Directorate, HQ 21st Army Group, attached to staff of Rear-Admiral Mulberry/Pluto on staff of ANCXF (Invasion of Normandy, 1944) [HMS Odyssey] (OBE)
...	-	...	...

Edmonds,
Geoffrey John
G.J. Edmonds

Son of George F. Edmonds, and Grace F. Hardy.

(09?).1913
West Ham district, London
-
1992
Hong Kong, China

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	30.05.1942 [256787]
WS/Lt.	30.11.1942 (reld > 04.1946)

30.05.1942

commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission]

Vice Patron of the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club.

Edmundson,
Joshua William Stuart

Only child of Mr & Mrs J. Edmundson, of Orwell Park, Dublin.
Married ((09?).1936, Tavistock district, Devon) Iris Beryl Norrington, edler daughter of Lt.Col. R.L. Norrington, CMG, of Yelverton, Devon; ... children (two sons?).

12.10.1911
-
04.2000
Ipswich district, Suffolk

2nd Lt.	30.01.1937 [70074]
WS/Lt.	30.01.1940
A/Capt.	16.07.1940-(04.1941)
WS/Capt.	04.02.1943
Capt.	11.04.1945
WS/Maj.	01.11.1945 (demobilized < 04.1946)
Hon. Maj.	< 04.1946

12.03.1968

Education: Emmanuel College, Cambridge (BA Engineering 1935, MA 1946).
Assistant to Chairman of Tisons Ltd, Plymouth.

30.01.1937			commissioned, Devon & Cornwall (Fortress) Engineers, Corps of Royal Engineers - Territorial Army
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
07.1940	-	11.1943	seconded, Auxiliary Units, GHQ Home Forces
11.1943	-	03.1944	attached, School of Military Engineering (Ripon)
01.03.1944	-	?	seconded, Special Operations Executive (SOE)
?	-	28.02.1962	Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [exceeded age limit]

Edward VIII

see:

Windsor,
HRH the Duke of

Edward,
George Westbrook
G.W. Edward

Residence: (1945) Kingston Hill, Surrey.

04.12.1921
-
09.2001
Alderley Edge, Cheshire

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	11.07.1942 [237966]
WS/Lt.	11.01.1943 (reld < 04.1946)

	MC	23.08.1945	Italy
	MID	29.11.1945	Italy

Education: Guy's Hospital (MB BS 25.05.1951 Lond).

11.07.1942			commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]
(1945)			1st Derbyshire Yeomanry (Italy) (MC)

General practitioner, Alderley Edge, Cheshire (Allison, Wallace & Edward). Late House Surgeon & House Physician, St Olave's Hospital; Obstetric House Officer West Park Hospital, Macclesfield.

* Recommendation for the award of an immediate Military Cross to WS/Lt. G.W. Edward: On the 22nd April 1945, the Welch Regiment was trying to force a crossing over the canal south of S. Bartolomeo in Bosco in daylight. They were unable to do this due owing to strong enemy positions on the far bank and in the houses beyond. Lt. Edward's Troop was ordered up to support the Welch Regiment. The only possible fire position was the flood bank. This was covered by bazooka and spandau fire. Air reported three Tiger tanks 600 yards away approaching the canal through the close country. Despite this, Lt. Edward immediately took his own tank and his Troop Sergeant's tank to the flood bank to support the infantry. He caused considerable execution amongst the enemy, completely destroying 2 houses which were strong points and silencing sundry spandaus. Then, by skilful use of smoke, he screende the Tigers, enabling a platoon of infantry to cross the canal. Throughout this action Lt. Edward was the aim of considerable shelling and spandau and schmeisser fire, and a bazooka had a near miss before Lt. Edward put it out of action. He stayed in position until no longer required by the infantry. After this, the enemy made no further stand south of the Po.
[Recommended by Lt.Col. Sir I.P.A.M. Walker, commanding 1st Derbyshire Yeomanry, approved 06.05.1945 by Maj.Gen. H. Murray, commanding 6th Armoured Division, 14.05.1945 by Lt.Gen. C.F. Keightley, commanding 5 Corps, 18.05.1945 by Lt.Gen. R.L. McCreery, commanding 8th Army, and finally 20.05.1945 by Field Marshal Sir Harold R.L.G. Alexander, commanding Allied Force HQ.] (Citation kindly provided by Sim Morrison)

Edwards,
?
Edwards

?
-
?

2nd Lt.	?
Lt.	?

(04.1945)

14th Battalion The Nigeria Regiment

Edwards,
Arthur Frank

Son of Edward Edwards and Ellen Edwards (née Swann).
Married (1951) Betty Murray; two daughters, one son.

(12?).1918
Aston district, Warwickshire
-
2009

2nd Lt.	13.09.1941 [204318]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942 (reld 10.1946?)
T/Maj.	?
Hon. Maj.	10.1946?

39\|45 St	-	-
Bur St	-	-
Def M	-	-
BWM 39\|45	-	-

13.09.1941			commissioned, The Lancashire Fusiliers [emergency commission]
			served 2nd/8th Battalion The Lancashire Fusiliers (India)
01.08.1943			transferred, Indian Army
			served Jat Regiment (Digboy & Quetta)

Edwards,
Ernest John
E.J. Edwards (Photo courtesy of Mr Chris Edwards)

Married ((09?).1935, Thanet district, Kent) Dora Winifred Summers; one daughter, one son.
Residence: (1942) Petts Wood, Kent.

1908/09 ?
Garlinge, Thanet district, Kent
-

2nd Lt.	19.06.1942 [219155]
WS/Lt.	19.12.1942 (reld < 04.1947)
T/Capt.	10.11.1944-(04.1945)

Architect (ARIBA, PASI), working as a Senior Architectural Assistant for Woolwich Borough Council in a reserved occupation until he was called up in June 1942.

19.06.1942			commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]
			instructor, originally at the Brompton barracks in Chatham; also served in Elgin in Scotland and possibly at Towster
(07.1945)	-	(08.1946)	Unemployed List

Edwards,
Frederick Ernest
F.E. Edwards (Photo courtesy of Mr Chris Chettle)

?
-

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	04.07.1942 [237351]
WS/Lt.	04.01.1943 (reld > 01.1946, < 04.1946)
T/Capt.	08.11.1944-(01.1946)

04.07.1942

commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]

Edwards,
Hubert David
H.D. Edwards

Married (1945).

16.11.1923
-
09.2013 still alive

Cadet	? [14295153]
2nd Lt.	28.01.1945 [339809]
WS/Lt.	28.01.1945 (reld > 04.1946)

			drafted into the infantry in 1942, selected to promotion as JDI, then promoted to Lance Corporal; transferred to Royal Engineers in 1943; promoted to Sergeant
28.01.1945			commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers - Movement Control Section [emergency commission]

Egan,
John Francis
J.F. Egan

Married ((12?).1940, Liverpool North district, Lancashire) Eileen Rose McConlough (21.02.1919 - 02.2004), daughter of Albert McConlough, and Mary Howard (1896-1969); ... children (one daughter?).

05.10.1916
-
24.05.1999
Trafford, Greater Manchester

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	30.07.1943 [289841]
WS/Lt.	30.01.1944
Capt.	17.11.1948
Maj.	01.03.1952
Lt.Col.	06.10.1962

30.07.1943			commissioned, The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) [emergency commission]
			6th Battalion King's Own Royal Regiment
			attached, Indian Army
17.11.1948	-	11.10.1965	Royal Army Ordnance Corps - Territorial Army (from 05.05.1955-15.01.1957 Unattached List)
11.10.1965	-	?	Territorial Army Reserve of Officers

Egerton,
Scrope Arthur Francis Sutherland
S.A.F.S. Egerton (Photo courtesy of Mr Peter Epps)

Son of Claude Francis Arthur Egerton (1865-1957), and Alexandra Elizabeth Ritchie (?-1938).
Married (16.01.1933) Majorie "Peggie" Morrison (? - 1992), daughter of Hugh Morrison; three daughters.

12.06.1902
Chelsea district, London
-
05.11.1986

2nd Lt.	08.09.1923, seniority 30.08.1922
...	...
Maj.	30.08.1939 (retd 06.04.1946)
A/Lt.Col.	01.05.1942-27.06.1942, 01.12.1942-02.01.1943
T/Lt.Col.	03.01.1943-23.06.1945
Hon. Lt.Col.	06.04.1946

MID

30.06.1942

Education: Wellington College; Trinity College, Cambridge (BA).

08.09.1923			commissioned, The Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment)
1942	-	?	Commanding Officer, ... Battalion The King's Own Regiment (wounded & captured)

Ekins,
Maurice Seymour

Son of James Parker Ekins (1862?-1934), and Augusta Emma Bent (1864-1916).
Brother of Capt. Ronald Newman Ekins.
Married ((09?).1929, Kensington district, London) Catherine Laura Henn, of Camberley, Surrey; one daughter, one son.

13.10.1898
Dartford, Kent
-
04.11.1944
Oud Gastel, The Netherlands
(KIA) [age 46]
[Bergen-op-Zoom War Cemetery, The Netherlands, 9.B.14]

2nd Lt.	21.12.1917 [19824]
Lt.	21.06.1919
Capt.	19.09.1928
Maj.	01.08.1938
T/Lt.Col.	09.08.1940-(04.1941)
Lt.Col.	16.01.1942
A/Col.	10.02.1943-09.08.1942
T/Col.	10.08.1942
T/ Brig.	10.02.1943-04.11.1944

	BWM 14\|20	-	-
	VM	-	-

Education: Staff College (psc).

21.12.1917			commissioned, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
10.02.1918 05.09.1918	- -	16.04.1918 11.11.1918	served in France & Belgium (wounded)
27.02.1923	-	08.07.1923	AMLO (Class FF), ... (Turkey) (temporary)
11.06.1928	-	14.10.1929	Staff Captain, ... (Rhine Army) (temporary)
15.10.1929	-	10.06.1932	Staff Captain, 5th Division (Northern Command) (Catterick)
(06.1933)			student, Junior Division, Staff College, Camberley
01.10.1936	-	11.11.1938	Staff Captain, Directorate of Organisation, Adjutant-General's Branch, Headquarters Staff of the Army in India (India)
12.11.1938	-	(01.1940)	Brigade Major, Ambala Brigade (Ambala, Lahore District, Northern Command, India)
10.08.1942	-	28.01.1944	Commander, 177th Infantry Brigade (UK)
28.01.1944	-	03.1944	Commander, 131st (Surrey) Lorried Infantry Brigade (UK), redesignated:
03.1944	-	02.07.1944	Commander, 131st (Surrey) Infantry Brigade (UK, NW Europe)
04.07.1944	-	04.11.1944	Commander, 56th Infantry Brigade (NW Europe) (killed in action)

Ekins,
Ronald Newman

Son of James Parker Ekins (1862?-1934), and Augusta Emma Bent (1864-1916).
Brother of Brig. Maurice Seymour Ekins.
Married ((06?).1920, Lewisham district, Kent) Muriel Florence Wing ((06?).1894 - (09?).1937); one daughter.

(03?).1893
Redhill, Reigate district, Surrey
-
04.10.1939
RN Hospital, Haslar
[age 46]
[Gosport (Ann's Hill) Cemetery, Hampshire, plot 188, grave 26]

T/2nd Lt.	22.10.1914 [48905] (reld 01.09.1921; retaining rank of Capt.)
A/Capt.	05.08.1917-...
Capt.	?

BWM 14\|20	-	-
VM	-	-
MID	04.01.1917	?

1914			commissioned, The Northamptonshire Regiment - Regular Army Reserve of Officers
WW I			transferred, Machine Gun Corps (served in France & Belgium 02.1916-10.1916 & 02.1917-09.1917, in Russia 04.1919-08.1919; wounded)
24.08.1939			mobilized RARO
?	-	04.10.1939	attached Royal Engineers

Elgar,
Hugh Smiley

Son of Alfred J. and Eileen M.K. Elgar, of Bournemouth, Hampshire.

1924 ?
Bournemouth, Hampshire
-
18.04.1945
(KIA) [age 21]
[Becklingen War Cemetery, Germany, 2.C.13]

2nd Lt.	06.03.1943 [265716]
WS/Lt.	06.09.1943

10.05.1945

NW Europe [posthumously]

Education: Eton (...-1941)

06.03.1943			commissioned, The King's Royal Rifle Corps [emergency commission]
(1944)	-	18.04.1945	2nd Battalion The King's Royal Rifle Corps (NW Europe)

Elgin,
10th Earl of & 14th Earl of Kincardine;
Edward James Bruce;
Baron Bruce;
Earl of Kincardine and Baron Bruce of Torry;
Baron Elgin

Eldest son of 9th Earl of Elgin and Lady Constance Carnegie (died 1909), daughter of 9th Earl of
Southesk, KT.
Succeeded father, 1917.
Married (1921) Honourable
Katherine Elizabeth Cochrane, DBE, created 1938, elder daughter of 1st Baron Cochrane of Cults; three sons, three daughters.

08.06.1881
-
27.11.1968

...	...
Hon. Col.	28.01.1939

KT 1933; CMG 1919; TD, CD, LLD (hon.) Glasgow and St Andrews; Grand Cross Order of Polonia Restituta, 1944

Education: Eton; Balliol College, Oxford University

1935

1965

HM Lieutenant, County of Fife

Formerly Capt. Forfar and Kincardine RGA Militia; Major commanding Highland (Fife) RGA; served European War, 1914-1918 (CMG); Zone Adviser Home Guard, 1940-1946; Hon. Colonel 357 Medium Regiment, RA, TA; Hon. Colonel 471 H (M) AA. Regiment, Forth RA, TA; Hon. Air Commodore 948 Squadron RAF; Lord High Commissioner of Church of Scotland, 1925 and 1926; Chairman, Educational Endowments Commission, Scotland, 1926-1936; National Council on Juvenile Employment (Scotland), 1926-1946; Fife County Council, 1929-1938; Forth Conservancy Board, 1926-1955; Member Cttee of Inquiry, BBC, 1949; BBC General Advisory Council, 1952-1956; Housing Progress Panel (Scotland); President: Royal Highland and Agricultural Soc., 1949; ScottishPolish Soc.; Empire Exhibition (Scotland), 1938; Chairman, Land Settlement Assoc., England & Wales, 1933-1946; AD Labour, 1917; Labour Commandant with rank of Colonel, 1918; Chairman Carnegie United Kingdom Trust, 1923-1946; Past Chm. of Governors, Newbattle Abbey Coll. Grand Master Mason Scotland, 1921-1924; JP Fife. President Fife TA Association; Hon. Colonel Elgin Regiment (RCAC); Captain of Royal Company of Archers, Queen's Body Guard for Scotland; Director, Scottish Amicable Life Assurance Soc.; Past Dir,
Royal Bank of Scotland; VicePresident: Building Societies Association; National Trust for Scotland; Scottish Council (Development and Industry).

Elkington,
Alan Durham

Married (12.11.1919, Kensington, London) Isabel Griffin (05.01.1896 - 1978), daughter of Francis William Latimer Griffin and Harriet Witter; one son (W/Cdr. John Francis Durham Elkington, RAF).

12.1890
Edgbaston, Warwickshire
-
26.12.1966
Haverfordwest, Dyfed / Pembrokeshire

2nd Lt.	07.07.1909 (supernumerary till 01.01.1912)
Lt.	?
T/Capt.	17.05.1915-18.08.1916
Capt.	30.06.1917, seniority 01.06.1916
A/Maj.	01.04.1918-29.05.1918
T/Maj.	16.02.1918-...
Maj.	03.02.1921 (reld early 1920s)
Lt.	12.03.1940 [123462]
T/Capt.	30.09.1941-(04.1946)

StStan

1919?

N Russia

07.07.1909			commissioned, Territorial Force (5th & 6th Battalions, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment)
05.01.1916	-	early 1920s	seconded for duty with the Machine Gun Corps
05.01.1916	-	18.08.1916	Company Commander
01.10.1917	-	01.04.1918	Assistant Instructor (graded for pay at Hythe rates)
01.04.1918	-	29.05.1918	Instructor (graded for pay at Hythe rates)
02.11.1918	-	?	Senior Instructor
(1919?)			served in Northern Russia
Partner in a jewellers & silversmiths company.
12.03.1940			commissioned, Leicestershire Regiment [emergency commission]

Elliot,
John Scott

26.01.1915
-
30.09.1974
New South Wales, Australia

Lt.	06.03.1940 [125314]
WS/Capt.	06.03.1941 (reld > 04.1946, < 08.1946)

Education: Edinburgh University (MB, ChB 20.07.1939).

21.12.1940			commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission]
			1st Battalion The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)

Elliot,
John William Owen

Son of Hubert William Arthur Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound (1891-1969), and Mary Hestor Owen (1895-1945).
Married (01.04.1944, Guards Chapel, Westminster district, London) Mary Norah Mulholland (23.10.1924 - 06.01.2000), daughter of Hon. Godfrey John Arthur Murray Lyle Mulholland, and Hon. Olivia Vernon Harcourt; two sons, one daughter.

03.07.1921
-
06.08.2005
Cockfield, Sudbury district, Suffolk

2nd Lt.	21.12.1940 [165036]
WS/Lt.	21.06.1942 (reld > 04.1946, < 04.1947)
T/Capt.	1945?
Hon. Capt.	01.01.1949

Education: King's Mead School; Eton College; Trinity College, Cambridge.

21.12.1940			commissioned, Scots Guards [emergency commission]
(02.1945)			3rd Tank Battalion Scots Guards (wounded 02.1945)
22.01.1946	-	(04.1946)	a Staff Captain (Q), Quartermaster General's Branch, London District
01.01.1949			Regular Army Reserve of Officers

Elliot,
Robert

26.05.1905
Dover district, Kent
-
(03?).1982
Surrey NW district, Surrey

2nd Lt.	20.06.1927, seniority 20.06.1926 [38618]
Lt.	28.06.1929, seniority 20.06.1929
local Capt.	05.05.1937-23.11.1957
Capt.	24.11.1937
A/Maj.	31.08.1939-30.11.1939
T/Maj.	01.12.1939-14.05.1940, 07.06.1941-13.03.1942, 09.04.1942-02.12.1942, 30.12.1942-27.06.1943
Maj.	28.06.1943, seniority 20.06.1943
A/Lt.Col.	10.05.1944-09.08.1944
T/Lt.Col.	10.08.1944-12.07.1945, 13.09.1945-11.04.1949
Lt.Col.	12.04.1949 (supernumerary 12.04.1952)
T/Col.	05.04.1951-23.05.1952
Col.	24.05.1952
T/Brig.	01.02.54-18.04.1956
Brig.	19.04.1956 (retd 26.05.1957)

DSO	08.11.1945	North Africa
DSO	17.01.1946	Burma
MID	15.12.1942	Middle East 11.41-04.42

Education: King's School, Bruton; Royal Military College, Kingston, Ont. (Canada); Staff College (psc)

20.06.1927			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery
(03.1931)			11th Field Brigade RA (Aldershot)
08.02.1933	-	02.12.1938	employed with Royal West African Frontier Force as Battery Officer, 1st Section, Light Artillery, The Gold Coast Regiment (Accra)
03.12.1938	-	22.08.1939	General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), 4th Anti-Aircraft Divison (Chester)
			served WW2: Western Desert, Iraq, Iran, Arakan, Manipur & Burma:
23.08.1939	-	15.05.1940	General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), ...
07.10.1940	-	25.02.1941	General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), ...
(06.1942)			72nd Field Regiment RA (North Africa) (captured, but escaped) (DSO)
(02.1945)			Commanding Officer, 114th Field Regiment RA (Burma) (Bar to DSO)
05.04.1951	-	31.05.1951	Commander Royal Artillery (CRA), Arab Legion
01.06.1951	-	26.12.1953	Commander, Arab Legion Artillery
01.02.1954	-	25.09.1955	Brigade Commander, ... Anti-Aircraft Brigade
31.03.1956	-	(02.1957)	Commander, 101st Coast Brigade, RA (Territorial Army)

Elliott,
Cyril Matterson
C.M. Elliott

(09?).1910
Rothbury district, Northumberland
-
(12?).1967
Plymouth district, Devon

Fus.	?
2nd Lt.	23.08.1939 [95679]
WS/Lt.	23.02.1941 (reld > 04.1946)
T/Capt.	11.09.1941-(04.1946)
Hon. Capt.	?

23.08.1939			commissioned, 9th The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers - Territorial Army
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
(1940)			9th Battalion The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (France)
?	-	31.08.1960	Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [exceeded age limit]

Elliott,
Francis Newton
F.N. Elliott

Son of Francis Newton Elliott, and of Edith Annie Louise Pulling.
Married ((06?).1929, St George Hanover Square district, London) Ada Lucy May Bryant (01.05.1904 - 09.1987), of Woodley, Berkshire.

02.03.1899
Denver, Colorado, USA
-
18.08.1944
[age 45]
[Maynamati War Cemetery., Bangladesh, 1. C. 14]

2nd Lt.	12.09.1917 [11907]
Lt.	12.03.1919
Capt.	25.07.1929
Maj.	01.08.1938
A/Lt.Col.	20.05.1940-19.08.1940
T/Lt.Col.	20.08.1940-(07.1944)
local Col.	04.02.1943-(07.1944)

12.09.1917			commissioned, The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's)
31.05.11918	-	11.11.1918	served in France & Belgium (British War Medal, Victory Medal)
1919/20			served in Iraq (clasp NW Persia to General Service Medal)
1921/24			served in Waziristan (clasp Waziristan to General Service Medal)
15.12.1927	-	28.08.1929	employed with King's African Rifles
01.12.1934	-	30.11.1938	Adjutant, ... - Territorial Army
...	-	...	...

Elliott,
[Hon. Lord] Walter Archibald
"Archie"
W.A. Elliott

Second son (and second of five children) of Prof. Thomas Renton Elliott, CBE, DSO, FRS (1877-1961), physician on the staff of London University College Hospital, and Martha Sara Mary McCosh, of Broughton Place, Broughton, Peeblesshire.
Married (30.07.1954) Susan Isobel Mackenzie Ross (1929-), daughter of Phillip Mackenzie Ross, of Kaimend, North Berwick; two sons.

06.09.1922
Chelsea, London
-
09.08.2008
Colinton Nursing Home, Edinburgh, Scotland (formerly of Morton House, Winton Loan, on the southern edge of Edinburgh)

2nd Lt.	03.10.1942 [247094]
WS/Lt.	03.04.1943 (reld > 12.1946, < 04.1947)
T/Capt.	21.11.1945-(12.1946)

27.01.1944

Italy * [citation available upon request]

Education: Eton College; Trinity College, Cambridge; Edinburgh University.

03.10.1942			commissioned, Scots Guards
08.1943	-	1945	2nd Battalion Scots Guards (Tripolitania, Salerno/Italy, UK & NW Europe) (MC; wounded 03.1945)
1945	-	1947	Staff Captain
01.01.1949	-	?	Regular Army Reserve of Officers

Barrister Inner Temple and Scottish advocate, 1950, standing junior counsel to the Accountant of Court and Minsiter of Aviation. Queen's Counsel (QC) (Scottish Bar), 1963. Chairman, Medical Appeal Tribunals, 1971-1978. Chairman, Scottish Land Court, 1978-1992. President, Lands Tribunal for Scotland, 1971-1992. Brigadier, Queen's Bodyguard for Scotland (Royal Company of Archers).
Published: Us and them : a study of group consciousness (1986); Esprit de Corps : a Scots Guards officer on active service 1943-1945 (1996).

* Recommendation for the award of an immediate Military Cross to Lt. W.A. Elliott: During the night attack on the Tobacco Factory near Battipaglia on 11th Sept. Lieut. Elliott led his platoon with the greatest bravery and dash. He charged an over-ran with his first section at least 4 enemy Spandau posts. He personally accounted for four enemy soldiers with his own revolver and the section under his guidance captured 14 prisoners as well. Lieut. Elliott was later surrounded with most of his platoon and forced to surrender when enemy Armoured Fighting Vehicles over-ran his position. He shortly after escaped returning to our lines with useful and important information.
[Recommended 29.09.1943 by Lt.Col. G.A.D. Taylor, commanding 2nd Bn. Scots Guards, approved 01.10.1943 by Brig. J.A. Gascoigne, commanding 201st Guards Brigade, 13.10.1943 by Maj.Gen. D.A.H. Graham, commanding 56th London Division [unable to sign owing to injury to arm, being signed in stead by Lt.Col. R.C.S. Hall, AA&QMG], 4?.11.1943 by Lt.Gen. R.L. McCreery, commanding 10 Corps, and finally 22.12.1943 by Gen. H.R.L.G. Alexander, commanding 15 Army Group.]

Ellis,
G F
G.F. Ellis

?
-
?

2nd Lt.	?
Lt. (QM)	07.11.1943 [301196]
WS/Capt. (QM)	?
Capt. (QM)	18.11.1947

LSGCM

03.10.1947

07.11.1943			commissioned, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers [emergency commission]
07.11.1943	-	(07.1945)	Quarter-Master, Officers Training School, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (Rushton Hall, near Kettering)

Ellis,
Jack

23.10.1912
Rothwell, West Yorkshire
-
27.11.2007
Northampton, Northamptonshire

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	03.08.1940 [143239]
WS/Lt.	03.02.1942
T/Capt.	17.02.1942-01.10.1945
WS/Capt.	02.10.1945 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Maj.	20.10.1945-(12.1945)
Hon. Capt.	> 12.1945, < 04.1946

?	-	03.08.1940	Officer Producing Centre RASC
03.08.1940			commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission]

Rugby player & school teacher.

Ellis *,
John Roland
J.R. Ellis (Photo courtesy of Mr Iain Miskimmin)

Son of John Roland Ellis, and stepson of John Walton Fogg-Elliot, DL, JP (1867-1933), of Bedburn, Co. Durham.
Married (1939) Margaret Sybella Peel (20.07.1911 - 01.1993), daughter of his honour Robert Peel, OBE, QC, formerly county court judge, and Mary Beatrice Peel; one son, two daughters.
Residence: (1945) Knowlmere Manor, Clitheroe, Lancaster.
* Changed surname to Fogg-Elliot, 21 days after date of publication 27.03.1945, later by deed poll 22.06.1945.

31.05.1906
York district, Yorkshire
-
08.09.1976
St Marylebone district, London (formerly of Limpsfield, Surrey)

2nd Lt.	04.02.1926 [34638]
Lt.	04.02.1929
local Capt.	11.12.1936-30.06.1937
Capt.	01.07.1937
A/Maj.	01.10.1939-31.12.1939
T/Maj.	01.01.1940-03.02.1943
Maj.	04.02.1943 (retd 25.11.1947)

Education: Wellington (1920.1-1924); Royal Military College, Sandhurst (1924-1926).

04.02.1926			commissioned, The Royal Scots Fusiliers
29.03.1934	-	27.03.1938	attached to Sudan Defence Force
?	-	05.1940	Officer Commanding, "C" Company 2nd Battalion The Royal Scots Fusiliers (France & Belgium) (captured)
05.1940	-	1945	POW (No. 300) in German captivity (Oflag IX-A/H, Spangenberg, Hessen)
25.11.1947	-	31.10.1956	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [exceeded age limit]

Fellow of the Chartered Land Agents' Society (FLAS).

Ellis,
Lionel Frederic
L.F. Ellis

Married ((09?).1916, Southwark district, London) Jane Richmond (? - 1953); one son (Lt. (Sp.Br.) Christopher St John Ellis, RNVR), one daughter.

13.05.1885
-
19.10.1970
Harlington, Middlesex

...	...
2nd Lt.	18.09.1939
WS/Capt.	01.06.1940
T/Maj.	01.06.1940-(04.1946)

CVO 1937; CBE 1930; DSO 1919; MC

?			commissioned, Welsh Guards - Reserve of Officers (served European War, 1914-1919, in Welsh Guards (despatches 08.07.1919, DSO, MC)
General Secretary, National Council of Social Service (Incorporated), 1919-1937; Secretary National Fitness Council, 1937-1939).
18.09.1939			rejoined Welsh Guards on outbreak of war [emergency commission]

Published: Welsh Guards at war (1946); Official Histories of the War; France and Flanders, 1939-1940 (1953), and Victory in the West, 1944-1945: Vol. I, The Battle of Normandy (1962), Vol. II, The defeat of Germany (1968).

Ellis,
Richard Oswald

?
-

Sjt.Maj. (Arm.)	10.08.1939
Assistant Ordnance Mechanical Engineer (Lt.) = Electrical Mechanical Assistant Engineer (Lt.)	19.01.1941 [181071]
WS/Capt. (EMAE)	19.01.1944
Capt. (EMAE)	01.10.1946, seniority 19.01.1944
Maj. (EMAE)	22.12.1949

10.08.1939			Armament Serjeant-Major, Armament Artificer (Fitters) Section, Royal Army Ordnance Corps
19.01.1941			commissioned, Royal Army Ordnance Corps [emergency commission to 30.09.1946]
01.10.1942			transferred to the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
(06.1944)			probably attached 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) (Normandy; evacuated [illness ?])
23.05.1945	-	(04.1946)	Military Technical Officer, Experimental Establishment, Shoeburyness
01.10.1946			short service commission

Elmsley,
John Remigius Sherwood
J.R.S. Elmsley (Photo courtesy of Mr Brian O'Grady, via Pegasus Archive)

Son (with three sisters) of John Alexander Elmsley (1874-1951), and Lilian Rachel Walker (1878-1961).
Married 1st ((09?).1948, Don Valley district, Doncaster) Mary V. Kent.
Married 2nd ((09?).1959, Middlesex South district, Middlesex) Edwina Ann Fahie Wilson (29.08.1926 - 28.10.2003); three daughters, one son.

16.10.1917
Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
-
28.04.1977
[Richland Center, Richland County, Wisconsin, USA]

2nd Lt.	27.01.1938 [74502]
Lt.	01.01.1941
A/Capt.	02.11.1940-01.02.1941
T/Capt.	02.02.1941-28.03.1941, 27.04.1941-24.02.1943, 11.05.1943-31.07.1943, 06.10.1944-26.01.1946
Capt.	27.01.1946
T/Maj.	24.12.1947-26.01.1951
Maj.	27.01.1951 (reld 05.02.1958)

27.01.1938			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery
(06.1944)			No. 1 Forward Observation Unit RA (Airborne)
24.12.1947			specially employed

Elphick,
Clement Watson

16.12.1907
Newcastle-upon-
Tyne, Northumberland
-
11.1985
Keighley, Yorkshire

Lt.	14.11.1939 [115956]
WS/Capt.	14.11.1940
T/Maj.	10.03.1944-(04.1946) (reld > 04.1946)

DSO

28.10.1942

Burma 12.41-05.42

Education: MB

14.11.1939			commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission]
			served in Burma

Elphick,
Peter George
P.G. Elphick (Photo courtesy of Mr Simon Jervis)

Son of Clement Elphick (1873-1954), and Grace Judith Wade (1884-1955).
Married ((06?).1949, Newcastle upon Tyne district, Northumberland) Catherine I. "Judie" Errington; one daughter, one son.

(06?).1920
Newcastle upon Tyne district, Northumberland
-
23.10.2013
Stocksfield, Morpeth district, Northumberland

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	19.04.1941 [182723]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942
T/Capt.	15.08.1944-(04.1946)

19.04.1941			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
?			attached, Indian Army
23.03.1942	-	02.05.1942	Officers' Light Anti-Aircraft course serial No. 18, Anti-Aircraft School

Elwes,
John Hargreaves

Son of Lt.Col. Henry Cecil Elwes, DSO, MVO (1874-1950), and Edith Muriel Hargreaves (1874-1954).
Married (06.12.1934, Guards' Chapel, Wellington Barracks) Isabel Pamela Ivy Beckwith, daughter of Lt.Col. William Malebisse Beckwith (1877-1954), and Lady Muriel Beatrice Gordon-Lennox (1884-1969) . Isabel Elwes remarried (1950) John Darnley Coke Talbot.

11.01.1906
St Marylebone district, London
-
18.03.1943
Mareth, Gabes, Tunisia
(MPK) [age 37]
[Medjez-El-Bab Memorial, Tunisia, face 13]

2nd Lt.	04.02.1926 [34710]
Lt.	04.02.1929
local Capt.	01.05.1930-20.01.1934
Capt.	21.01.1934
A/Maj.	12.10.1939-11.01.1940
T/Maj.	12.01.1940-12.09.1940, 13.01.1941-03.02.1943
Maj.	04.02.1943

06.08.1940

Norway

04.02.1926			commissioned, Scots Guards
01.05.1930	-	30.04.1935	employed with Trans-Jordan Frontier Force
(1940)			B Company, 1st Battalion Scots Guards (Norway) (MC)
13.01.1941			General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), ....
?	-	18.03.1943	2nd Battalion Scots Guards

Elwes,
John Henry

Son of Maj. Arther Henry Stuart Elwes, and Millicent Ella Honora Chapman.
Married (15.02.1938) Pamela Cathleen Brinton, daughter of Lt.Col. John Chaytor Brinton.

14.07.1906
St George Hanover Square district, London
-
28.05.1940
France
(KIA) [age 34]
[Dunkirk Memorial, column 42]

2nd Lt.	04.02.1926 [34762]
Lt.	04.02.1929
Capt.	07.09.1936

Education: Marlborough College (01.1920-07.1924; Cotton House).

04.02.1926			commissioned, [Royal] Norfolk Regiment
25.01.1933	-	11.12.1936	employed with Royal West African Frontier Force
?	-	28.05.1940	2nd Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment

Emmet,
Arthur Maitland

Son of Rev. Cyril William Emmet, MA, BD (1875-1923), and Gertrude Julia Weir.
Married (1972) Catherine "Katie" Tinne (née Gough) (died 1993).
Residence: (1946) Basingstoke.

15.07.1908
West Hendred, Oxfordshire
-
03.03.2001
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

2nd Lt.	19.01.1934 [62284]
Lt.	19.01.1937
Capt.	12.06.1938
Capt. TARO	01.04.1950, seniority 12.06.1938 (reld 30.04.1957)
Hon. Maj.	01.04.1950
Hon. Lt.Col.	30.04.1957

MBE	06.06.1946	Burma (for his official account of the Arakan Campaign)
MID	09.05.1946	Burma
TD	?	-

Education: Sherborne; University College, Oxford. MA, Hon FRES, FLS.
Assistant Master, St Edward's School, Oxford, 1931-1957.

			late Cadet Serjeant, Sherborne School Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
19.01.1934			commissioned, Officer Training Corps, General List - Territorial Army (for service with St. Edward's School Contingent, Junior Division)
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
05.10.1940			transferred, 6th Battalion The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry - Territorial Army
			attached, 25th Indian Division (India & Burma)
18.10.1946			transferred, Combined Cadet Force - General List (in command of St. Edward's School Contingent, Junior Division)
01.04.1950	-	13.08.1958	Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [exceeded age limit]

Entomologist. President, Amateur Entomologists' Society, 1975; Vice-President, Royal Entomological Society 1980-81, Honorary Fellow 1984.
Published: The Arakan Campaign of the Twenty-fifth Indian Division. March 1944-March 1945 (1946); many entomological publications.

Emsley,
Eric Robert Marshall
E.R.M. Emsley

Son (with two brothers) of Cecil Howard Emsley (1890-1948), and Beatrice Margaret Horsfield (1895-1975).
Married 1st ((06?).1943, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire) Emily E.J. Watkins ((06?).1925 - ), daughter of Reginald Charlie Watkins (1892-1951), and Mildred Blanche Abbotson (1895-1976); one son.
Married 2nd ((09?0.1958, Westmorland South, Westmorland) Audrey Sykes (? - 27.07.2007); one daughter, one son.

17.11.1918
Leeds, Yorkshire
-
02.09.1993
Croston, Lancashire

2nd Lt.	20.05.1939 [87847]
WS/Lt.	01.01.1941
Lt.	11.04.1945 (reld > 04.1946, < 08.1946
T/Capt.	29.04.1944-(04.1946)
Hon. Capt.	> 04.1946, < 08.1946

20.05.1939			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
...	-	...	...
(1944)			Combined Operations Bombardment Unit
...	-	...	...

Endleman,
Sydney Peter

Son of ... Endleman, and ... Hirschenvelt.
Born as Simon Endleman, he began using as first name Sydney ("Syd"), later even Sydney Peter ("Peter").

21.01.1915
Whitechapel, London
-
12.06.2006
Epsom, Surrey

Cadet	? [1637203]
2nd Lt.	21.02.1942 [226466]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942 (reld > 04.1946, < 04.1947)

1939			enlisted for service
04.1940			actually called up for service
1941	-	02.1942	121st Officer Cadet Training Unit (Alton Towers)
21.02.1942			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]

Engers-Minne,
Wilhelm Frederick

Married (Middlesex) ... Payne.

16.04.1909
Camberwell district, London
-
02.1989
Slough district, Berkshire

2nd Lt.	29.11.1941 [219192]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942 (reld 06.08.1946)
T/Capt.	11.01.1945-06.08.1945
Hon. Capt.	06.08.1946

29.11.1941

commissioned, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) [emergency commission]

England,
Leslie George

Married ...; ... children (one daughter?).

10.01.1912
Orsett district, Essex
-
08.12.1975
Leigh-on-Sea, Essex

2nd Lt.	05.02.1940 [118384]
WS/Lt.	26.11.1940
T/Capt.	21.02.1941-03.04.1942
WS/Capt.	04.04.1942
T/Maj.	04.04.1942-20.07.1945
WS/Maj.	21.07.1945 (> 04.1946, < 08.1946)
T/Lt.Col.	21.07.1945-(04.1946)
Hon. Lt.Col.	> 04.1946, < 08.1946

	MBE	24.08.1944	Italy
	MID	11.01.1945	Italy

Shipping clerk.

05.02.1940			commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers (Transportation) [emergency commission]
(1943)			No. 1 Docks Group RE (MBE)
27.09.1943	-	04.12.1943	Dock Superintendent, Brindisi (Italy)
05.12.1943	-	(12.1943)	Dock Superintendent, Taranto (Italy)

England,
Patrick John [Michael]

(12?).1908
Cardiff, Glamorgan
-
13.07.1974
Llandaff, Cardiff, Glamorgan

Lt.	20.02.1941 [168257]
WS/Capt.	20.02.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
Hon. Capt.	< 04.1946

20.02.1941			commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission]
1942	-	1943	served in Sierra Leone
1944?	-	1945?	served in Brussels, Belgium

Medical practitioner.

Englefield,
Geoffrey Sidney

Son of Sidney Henry Englefield (born 1886), and Blanche Caroline Kedge (born 1884).
Married; ... children (one daughter?).

20.07.1918
Bromley district, Greater London / Kent
-
01.2005
Brent district, Middlesex

2nd Lt.	16.01.1943 [258905]
WS/Lt.	16.07.1943
T/Capt.	28.09.1945-(04.1946) (reld > 04.1946)

16.01.1943			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
			served in Nigeria & Burma

English,
Ian Roger

Son of John English, a mining engineer and manager of Heworth Colliery, and Beryl English.
Married (1949) Lise Petersen, sister of a member of the Danish resistance; two sons, two daughters.
Home address: (1943) Gateshead-on-Tyne.

18.06.1919
Heworth, Co. Durham
-
30.03.2006

2nd Lt.	04.01.1939 [79387]
WS/Lt.	14.12.1940
T/Capt.	14.12.1940-11.09.1944
WS/Capt.	12.09.1944
Capt.	01.05.1947, seniority 18.06.1946
A/Maj.	(08.1944), 01.05.1947-17.06.1953
T/Maj.	12.09.1944-(04.1946)
Maj.	18.06.1953, seniority 01.05.1947

MC	28.01.1943	Alamein, Western Desert 01-02.11.42 *
MC	18.02.1943	Gazala, Western Desert 05-06.06.42 **
MC	01.03.1945	France 09.08.44 ***
MID	04.04.1941	Western Desert
TD	1950	?
TD	28.06.1955	?
TD	16.09.1960	?

1939-45 Star; Africa Star (1940-43); Italy Star (1943-45); France & Germany Star (1944-45); Defence Medal (1939-45); British War Medal (1939-45); Commander-in- Chief's Commendation (Gen. Alexander) (10.1942)
* Captain English when commanding his Company during a night attack led his men throughout with skill and dash accounting for a number of prisoners and scuppering enemy MG posts. He successfully navigated and controlled his men over a long advance in the dark arriving on his detailed objective when he organised them for defence. Being hte most forward infantry during the day his position was under continual MG and shell fire and in close proximity to enemy tanks. When his Company was withdrawn after suffering a number of casualties, he remained behind on the position until they had all been evacuated. This officer showed great skill and leadership throughout this operation.
** This officer commanded the Carrier Platoon for 26 months and he trained them to a very high standard both tactically and mechanically and by personal example imbued an alertness of mind and aggressive spirit. During active operations he was always in the forefront of offensive and recce patrols. On 5 June he was in command of a mobile column of carriers doing a sweep across enemy Lines of Communication with the task of destroying enemy material. By offensive action his patrol destroyed MET and captured 5 lorries, attacked and captured one enemy tank taking the crew prisoner. On 6 June his small Carrier force by rapid shock action successfully attacked and captured 20 Officers and 210 Italian Other Ranks from dug in positions. Throughout all these operations he has shown personal disregard for danger and set a fine example of leadership.
*** Major English was commanding an assault Company during the attack south of Plesses Gronoult on August 9th 1944. Whilst moving up to the start line, his Company was heavily shelled, but he moved about amongst his men completely exposed and showing an absolute disregard to the fire and got them to the start line. Throughout the whole advance he was in front leading his men and encouraging them on through enemy artillery and mortar fire which was exceptionally heavy, and his Company was continually suffering casualties. The Company on his left lost its officers and dropped well behind his Company, but nevertheless he pushed relentlessly forward mopping up any enemy on the way and taking over 50 prisoners. He was the first on the objective and soon cleared up the enemy. He reorganised now his much depleted Company on only 50 men whilst under very heavy fire and held the position till the other Companies got to him. Throughout the action Major English showed complete disregard for enemy fire and his own safety. His leadership, cheerfulness and devotion to duty did much to ensure the capture of the objective and his supreme confidence in himself showed itself to his men. he set an example of fortitude which was an inspiration to all ranks.

Education: Scarborough; Oundle School, nr Peterborough (1933-1938)

			late Cadet Under-Officer, Oundle School Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
04.01.1939			commissioned, The Durham Light Infantry - Territorial Army
04.01.1939	-	23.03.1943	8th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
24.08.1939			mobilized Territorial Army
04.1940	-	06.1942	Officer Commanding, Carrier Platoon (France, Western Desert [wounded])
10.1942	-	23.03.1943	Officer Commanding, "C" Company (Western Desert [captured at Battle of Mareth])
23.03.1943	-	09.1943	prisoner of war (prison camp PG 49 - Fontenallato, Northern Italy)
1944?	-	1946	8th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
1944?	-	09.1944	Officer Commanding, "D" Company (Normandy, France, Belgium [wounded])
04.1945	-	1946	rejoined battalion
1946	-	20.03.1961	served in Territorial Army
20.03.1961	-	?	Territorial Army Reserve of Officers

Went to Selwyn College, Cambridge, to read for a degree in agriculture and became an adviser Fisons, the fertiliser manufacturers. Founder member (1989) of the Monte San Martino Trust, raising money for the education of the children of the Italian peasants who had come to his aid in 1943, by sponsoring walks along the route he and many others had taken.
Published: Into battle with The Durhams (with Maj. P.J. Lewis) (1949); Assisted passage : walking to freedom in Italy 1943 (1994); (ed.) Home by Christmas? (1997)

Erroll,
Frederick James;
1st Baron Erroll of Hale (cr. 1964)

Son of George Murison Erroll, engineer, and Kathleen Donovan Edington, both of Glasgow and London.
Married (1950) Elizabeth, only daughter of R. Sowton Barrow, Exmouth, Devon.

27.05.1914
-
14.09.2000
Kensington and Chelsea, London

2nd Lt.	17.06.1939
WS/Lt.	04.12.1940
T/Capt.	04.12.1940-(04.1941)
WS/Maj.	19.01.1944
T/Lt.Col.	19.01.1944-(04.1944)
Hon. Lt. Col.	< 04.1946

1960

Privy Counsellor

Education: Oundle School; Trinity College, Cambridge (MA); FIEE; FIMechE
Engineering Apprenticeship, 1931-1932; Cambridge University, 1932-1935; Engineer at MetropolitanVickers Electrical Co. Ltd, Manchester, 1936-1938.

			late Cadet-Lance Corporal, Oundle School Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
17.06.1939			commissioned, 4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), Royal Armoured Corps - Territorial Army
1940	-	1944	technical appointments in connection with Tank Construction and Testing [serving with Ministry of Supply]
1944	-	1945	service in India and Burma

Member of Parliament (MP) (C) Altrincham and Sale, 1945-1964. A Director of Engineering and Mining Companies until April 1955; Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Supply, April 1955-November 1956; Parliamentary Secretary, Board of Trade, 1956-1958; Economic Secretary to the Treasury, October 1958-1959; Minister of State, Board of Trade, 1959-1961; President, Board of Trade, 1961-1963; Minister of Power, 1963-1964. Member, House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology, 1985-1991. President, Consolidated Gold Fields, 1982-1989 (Chairman, 1976-1982); Chairman: Bowater Corporation Ltd; Whessoe plc, 1970-1987 (Consultant, 1987-1990); ASEA Ltd, 1965-1984; Fläkt Ltd, 1971-1985; Gen. Advr, ASEA, Sweden, 1965-1986. Member: Council Inst. Directors, 1949-1955, and 1965-1987 (Chm. Council, 1973-1976, Pres., 1976-1984, Chancellor, 1984-1987); NEDC, 1962-1963. President: Hispanic and LusoBrazilian Councils, 1969-1973; British Export Houses Assoc., 1969-1972; British Exec. Service Overseas, 1972-1985; UK South Africa Trade Assoc., 1979-1984; World Travel Market, 1986-1996; VicePresident: London Chamber of Commerce, 1969- (Pres., 1966-1969); Inst. of Marketing, 1983-1992; Automobile Assoc., 1986- (Chm., 1974-1986). Dep. Chm., Decimal Currency Board, 1966-1971; Chm., Cttee on Liquor Licensing, 1971-1972; Pres., Electrical Research Assoc., 1971-1974. Trustee, Westminster Abbey Trust, 1978-1986. FRSA 1971. Chairman, Bowater Corporation, 1973-1984.

Erskine,
Ian David

Son of Alan David Erskine, OBE, and Enid Rate. Married (01.03.1945) Marie "Mariora" Beatrice Evelyn Rochfort Hankey, daughter of Col. Cecil George Herbert Alers Hankey.

17.03.1898
district St George Hanover Square
-
27.07.1973
Sandwich, Kent [?]

2nd Lt.	01.05.1917 [15319]
Lt.	01.11.1918
Capt.	12.02.1926
Maj.	22.09.1933
A/Lt.Col.	18.12.1939-17.03.1940
T/Lt.Col.	18.03.1940-06.01.1941
Lt.Col.	07.01.1941 (supernumerary 07.01.1941) (supernumerary 07.01.1944)
A/Col.	11.02.1941-10.08.1941
T/Col.	11.08.1941-11.10.1941, 13.03.1942-26.05.1944
Col.	27.05.1944, seniority 07.01.1944
A/Brig.	11.02.1941-10.08.1941
T/Brig.	11.08.1941-11.10.1941, 13.03.1942-(01.1946)
Brig.	29.03.1949 (retd 10.05.1949)
A/Maj.Gen.	04.04.1942-04.05.1942
local Maj.Gen.	01.07.1945
Hon. Maj.Gen.	27.03.1951

CB	09.06.1949	HM's birthday 49
CBE	12.06.1947	HM's birthday 47
DSO	30.12.1941	?
MID	01.04.1941	?
MID	24.06.1943	?

British War Medal; Victory Medal; Palestine 1936-39 Medal & Clasp

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

01.05.1917			commissioned, Scots Guards
			served in France & Belgium (10.08.1917-29.10.1917 & 10.10.1918-11.11.1918; wounded)
29.10.1921	-	11.02.1923	Adjutant, Guards Depot
12.02.1923	-	11.02.1926	Adjutant, ... Scots Guards
24.07.1929	-	23.07.1932	Regimental Adjutant, Scots Guards
1933	-	1935	Staff College, Camberley
25.02.1935	-	20.01.1939	Brigade Major, 1st Guards Brigade (Aldershot Command & Palestine and Trans-Jordan)
18.12.1939	-	27.03.1940	Chief Instructor, Middle East
28.03.1940	-	14.06.1940	Commandant, Tactical School Middle East
1940			Commanding Officer, 2nd Battalion Scots Guards
11.02.1941	-	20.03.1941	Commander, 22nd Infantry Brigade (Egypt), redesignated:
20.03.1941	-	11.10.1941	Commander, 22nd Guards Brigade (Egypt)
13.03.1942	-	03.04.1942	Brigadier General Staff, Sudan
04.04.1942	-	04.05.1942	Major-General Commanding Troops & Commandant Sudan Defence Force (temporary)
05.05.1942	-	18.02.1943	Brigadier General Staff, Sudan
1943	-	1945	Brigade Commander, 148 Pre OCTU Training Establishments
21.12.1945	-	16.12.1948	Provost Marshal of the Army, War Office (London)
10.05.1949	-	17.03.1956	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]

Essame,
Hubert
H. Essame

Son of late Ernest H. Essame, Wokingham, Berks. Married 1st (1926) Hilda Mary (deceased), daughter of late T.J. Kennedy, ICS; two sons, one daughter. Married 2nd (1964) Dorothy
Mary, elder daughter of late Sir Frank and Lady Fox, Sydney, Australia.
From Honiton, Dorset.

24.12.1896
-
02.03.1976
West Wittering, nr. Chichester, W Sussex

2nd Lt.	03.10.1916 [5114] 03.12.1919, seniority 01.03.1916
T/Lt.	27.07.1917-31.08.1917
Lt.	01.09.1917
A/Capt.	03.08.1917-31.08.1919
Capt.	12.11.1924
Bt. Maj.	01.01.1936
Maj.	29.03.1938
A/Lt.Col.	03.07.1940-02.10.1940
T/Lt.Col.	03.10.1940-21.08.1941, 19.10.1941-14.03.1943
WS/Lt.Col.	15.03.1943
A/Col.	15.09.1942-14.03.1943
T/Col.	15.03.1943
A/Brig.	15.09.1942-14.03.1943
T/Brig.	15.03.1943-(01.1946)
Brig.	01.11.1947 (retd 24.06.1949)
A/Maj.Gen.	21.11.1946
T/Maj.Gen.	21.11.1947
Hon. Maj.Gen.	24.06.1949

CBE	11.10.1945	NW Europe
DSO	19.10.1944	NW Europe
MC	26.07.1918	*
MID	21.12.1917	?

British War Medal; Victory Medal
* For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during several days of rearguard actions. As Adjutant to the battalion, his personal courage and unflagging energy were a splendid example to all ranks. Although knocked over by a shell early in the operations, he overcame the shock by sheer will power, and continued his duties totally regardless of personal danger. His coolness and ability in the hazardous task of collecting information and keeping control of the situations as they arose, and the value of his services to his commanding officer cannot be estimated.

Education: Nottingham High School; Staff College, Quetta (psc)

1915	-	02.10.1916	mobilized Special Reserve (1 year, 124 days)
03.10.1916			commissioned, 2nd Battalion The Northamptonshire Regiment
28.05.1916 10.07.1918	- -	29.04.1918 11.11.1918	with battalion in France (wounded twice)
27.01.1917	-	31.08.1919	Adjutant, 2nd Battalion The Northamptonshire Regiment
04.02.1920			restored to the establishment
12.09.1926	-	20.01.1929	Adjutant, Auxiliary Forces, India
21.01.1929	-	21.12.1930	Staff College, Quetta (India)
21.12.1930			restored to the establishment
01.05.1932	-	31.05.1934	Staff Captain, 55th (West Lancashire) Division, TA (Western Command, UK)
01.06.1934	-	30.04.1936	General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), War Office (London)
04.05.1936			restored to the establishment
01.05.1938	-	30.11.1940	specially employed (General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2) to 02.07.1940)
1941	-	1942	Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion East Lancashire Regiment
15.09.1942	-	07.06.1943	Commander, 214th Independent Infantry Brigade (UK), redesignated:
07.06.1943	-	16.06.1945	Commander, 214th Infantry Brigade (UK, NW Europe)
01.06.1945	-	14.06.1945	acting General Officer Commanding, 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division (NW Europe)
1946	-	1949	President, Regular Commissions Board

Military lecturer, broadcaster, journalist and TV advisor. President, W. Wittering Horticulture and Produce Association.
Published: The 43rd Wessex Division at war (1952); The North West Europe campaign, 1944-1945 (1962); with Eversley Belfield, The battle for Normandy (1965); The battle for Germany (1969); Normandy bridgehead (1971); Battle for Europe, 1918 (1972); Patton the commander (1974); Sir Brian Horrocks with Eversley Belfield and Hubert Essame, Corps commander (1977)

Eugster,
[Sir] Basil Oscar Paul

15.08.1914
-
05.04.1984

2nd Lt.	29.08.1936, seniority 31.01.1935 [65413]
Lt.	31.01.1938
A/Capt.	12.09.1939-11.12.1939
T/Capt.	12.12.1939-11.08.1940, 18.09.1940-02.02.1941, 21.02.1941-20.05.1941
WS/Capt.	21.05.1941
Capt.	31.01.1943
A/Maj.	21.02.1941-20.05.1941
T/Maj.	21.05.1941-28.01.1946
WS/Maj.	29.01.1946
Maj.	31.01.1948
A/Lt.Col.	17.01.1945-21.02.1945, 05.12.1945-28.01.1946
...	...
Gen.	22.02.1971 (retd 29.04.1974)

KCB 1970 (CB 1966); KCVO 1968 ; CBE 1962; DSO 24.05.1945; MC 1938, and Bar, 06.08.1940

29.08.1936			commissioned, The Irish Guards
			served War of 1939-45 in Narvik, ltaly and NW Europe
18.09.1940	-	02.02.1941	instructor, Officer Cadet Training Unit
03.06.1943	-	23.09.1943	training course, Staff College, Camberley
11.10.1943	-	31.08.1944	Brigade Major, HQ 140th Infantry Brigade
03.11.1944	-	24.11.1944	General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2) (Operations), HQ 5 Corps (Central Mediterranean Forces)
01.1945	-	02.1945	Commanding Officer, 3rd Battalion Irish Guards
			GSO1, Guards Div., Dec. 1945- Jan. 1947 ; OC 2nd Battalion Irish Guards, 1947; JSSC, 1950; OC 1st Battalion Irish Guards, 1951-54; AAG War Office, 1954--56; Commandant, Eaton Hall Officer Cadet School, 1956--58; Commandant Mons Officer Cadet School, 1958 ; IOC 1959; Commander 3rd Infantry Brigade Group, and Dhekelia Area, Cyprus, 1959-62; Commandant School of Infantry, Warminster, 1962-63; GOC 4 Division, BAOR, 1963- 65; GOC London District and Maj.-Gen. Commanding Houshold Brigade, 1965-68; Commander, British Forces, Hong Kong, 1968-70; GOC-in-C, Southern Command, 1971- 72 ; C-in-C, UKLF, 1972-74. ADC (Gen.), 1973- 74

Eva,
Clifton Willie
C.W. Eva

Son (with three brothers and one sister) of Frederick Charles Eva (1870-1915), and Annie Bettison (1874-).
Married ((06?).1927, Newton Abbot district, Devon) Violet Gertrude Hooper.

03.05.1900
Falmouth, Cornwall
-
08.06.1948
Netley, Hampshire (formerly of Mutley, Plymouth, Devon)

2nd Lt.	19.06.1942 [236851] (without Army pay and allowances)
WS/Lt.	19.12.1942 (reld > 04.1947)

21.07.1918	-	24.03.1922	served RAF (from Private 2nd class to Aircraftman 2nd class)
19.06.1942			commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps (for service with Expeditionary Force Institutes) [emergency commission]

Evans,
Alan Morris
"Jerry"
A.M. Evans

Married ...; children.

23.09.1913
-
18.12.2006
[age 93]
[Margate Crematorium]

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	28.12.1940 [165405]
WS/Lt.
A/Capt.	21.12.1943-20.03.1944
T/Capt.	21.03.1944-17.12.1944
WS/Capt.	18.12.1944
A/Maj.	18.09.1944-17.12.1944
T/Maj.	18.12.1944-22.04.1945, 01.06.1945-22.09.1949
Lt.	31.08.1946, seniority 23.09.1939
Capt.	31.08.1946, seniority 23.09.1944
Maj.	23.09.1949 (retd 13.04.1958)

09.01.1947

			served in the ranks for 1 year, 117 days (mobilized TA)
?	-	28.12.1940	125th Officer Cadet Training Unit
28.12..1940			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission to 30.08.1946]
31.08.1946			permanent commission

Evans,
David Lewis
D.L. Evans

Married ((06?).1955, Bridgend district, Glamorgan, Wales) Jean Margaret Davies (19.02.1929 - 03.03.2011); two sons.

21.11.1919
-
30.04.2010

Cadet	? [295438]
2nd Lt.	16.04.1944 [320227]
WS/Lt.	16.10.1944 (demobilized 21.07.1946) (reld 01.07.1959)
Hon. Lt.	21.07.1946

Education: Medical School, University of Cardiff (BSc, MB BCh Wales 1952; MFOM RCP Lond. 1978; DObst RCOG 1954).

05.01.1940	-	15.04.1944	enlisted service, Household Cavalry - Territorial Army
16.04.1944			commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]
28.12.1944			transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Army Air Corps [02.1946 cancelled]

Area Medical Officer, National Coal Board, South Wales Area, Cardiff. Employment Medical Adviser. Employment Medical Advisory Service. Member British Medical Association & Society of Occupational Medicine. Author of papers on exercise physiology.

Evans,
Ernest Edward
E.E. Evans (Photo courtesy of Ann Howard at Ancestry.co.uk)

Son (with three brothers and four sisters) of Sgt.Maj. William George Evans (1868-1947), and Sarah Huggard (1872-1926).
Married (01.01.1938, St Timothy's Church, Slinn Street, Crookes, Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire) Zona Irene Wills (02.04.1916 - 02.2005), daughter (with one brother) of Clifford Albert Leslie Stephen Wills (1890-1951), and Marian Green Harding (1893-1974); two sons.

16.12.1912
Bradford district, Yorkshire
-
11.1995
Derby district, Derbyshire

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	05.07.1941 [194941]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942 (reld > 04.1946, < 08.1946)
T/Capt.	07.03.1943-(04.1946)
Hon. Capt.	> 04.1946, < 08.1946

Cmdn

01.1946

E.E. Evans (Photo courtesy of Ann Howard at Ancestry.co.uk)

Education: Bradford Grammar School for boys (Junior Division, Officers Training Corps); Sheffield University (Senior Division, Officers Training Corps) (B.A. First Class Classics Degree 1935); University of Leeds (Diploma in Teaching 1936).

			Officer Cadet Training Unit
05.07.1941			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]

Teacher, Hookergate Secondary School, Rowlands Hill, Co. Durham, from 1937, then Thornton Grammar School from 1948, then Swanwick Hall Grammar School from 1960 to 1975.

Evans,
James Bruns
J.B. Evans

Son of William Pawlett Evans and Olga Evans, of Maidenhead, Berkshire.

1922 ?
-
11.06.1944
(KIA) [age 22]
[Tilly-sur-Seulles War Cemetery, France, III.C.4]

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	10.04.1943 [269919]
WS/Lt.	10.10.1943

10.04.1943			commissioned, The Gloucestershire Regiment [emergency commission]
?	-	11.06.1944	B Company, 2nd Battalion The Gloucestershire Regiment (killed while trying to put a German tank out of action with a Piat at Tilly)

Evans,
Roger
R. Evans

Son of Roger Evans.
Married 1st (1919) Enid Jocelyn Agnew (? - 1921), daughter of Philip L. Agnew, of Farthingston, Northamptonshire; one son (died on active service 1942).
Married 2nd (1931) Eileen Stanton, daughter of Col. Edward Alexander Stanton, CMG, of Brownshill Court, nr Stroud, Gloucestershire; three sons.

09.01.1886
Christchurch district, Hampshire
-
22.10.1968
Stocklinch, nr Ilminster, Somerset

2nd Lt.	09.12.1911 [23006]
Lt.	01.11.1913
Capt.	02.12.1914 20.07.1921, seniority 21.01.1915
A/Lt.Col.	11.01.1919-23.01.1919
A/Maj.	24.01.1919-11.04.1919
Bt. Maj.	01.01.1921
Maj.	01.02.1926
T/Lt.Col.	17.01.1924-30.09.1927
Bt. Lt.Col.	01.07.1927
Lt.Col.	02.11.1929 (half pay 02.11.1933)
Col.	02.11.1933, seniority 01.07.1931 (full pay 09.03.1934) (half pay 16.12.1934) (full pay 20.05.1935) (half pay 17.12.1937) (full pay 12.01.1938)
T/Brig.	20.05.1935-16.12.1937, 12.01.1938-14.07.1938
Maj.Gen.	15.07.1938, seniority 22.03.1938 (retd 13.10.1944)

CB	01.07.1941	HM's birthday 41
MC	1918	?
MID	05.06.1919	?

British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Commander, Order of the Crown (Belgium), 1932.

Education: Staff College (psc); Imperial Defence College (idc).

			from Territorial Force
09.12.1911			commissioned, 7th Hussars
01.09.1914	-	31.08.1917	Adjutant, ...
19.11.1917	-	31.10.1918	served in Mesopotamia (MC, despatches)
01.08.1918	-	08.01.1919	General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force
09.01.1919	-	07.09.1919	7th Hussars
08.09.1919	-	31.03.1920	General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), general staff, General Staff War Office (temporary)
18.04.1920	-	21.01.1921	General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), general staff, General Staff War Office (temporary)
20.07.1921			transferred, Royal Horse Guards
17.01.1924	-	30.09.1927	General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), Staff College, Camberley
01.10.1927	-	22.01.1928	specially employed, War Office
23.01.1928	-	01.11.1929	General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), War Office
02.11.1929			transferred, 5th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards
02.11.1929	-	02.11.1933	Commanding Officer, 5th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards
09.04.1934	-	15.12.1934	military student, Imperial Defence College
20.05.1935	-	16.12.1937	Brigadier General Staff, Western Command, India
23.08.1937	-	14.07.1938	also: ADC to the King
12.01.1938	-	14.07.1938	Deputy Director of Military Intelligence, War Office
15.07.1938	-	23.08.1940	General Officer Commanding, 1st Armoured Division (Southern Command)
15.10.1940	-	25.11.1940	specially employed, War Office
1941			General Officer Commanding, Aldershot

Colonel, 5th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards, 23.11.1937-1947. Deputy Lieutenant (DL), 1947; Justice of the Peace (JP), 1949; County Alderman, 1957, Somerset; High Sheriff, 1957. Chairman, Somerset Territorial Army Association, 1948-1953.

Evans,
Stephen Morier
S.M. Evans

Son of Thomas Stephen and Beatrice Florence Evans.
Husband of Joan Phyllis Doreen Evans, of Musbury, Devon.

(06?).1904
Kingston district, Middlesex / Surrey
-
28.06.1945
(KIA) [age 41]
[Delhi War Cemetery, India, 2.K.14]

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	21.12.1940 [162468]
WS/Lt.	21.06.1942
A/Maj.	21.10.1943-(04.1944)

21.12.1940

commissioned, The Gloucestershire Regiment [emergency commission]

Evelegh,
Eliott Nial
E.N. Evelegh

Son of Col. Frederick John Evelegh (c.1852-1907), and Moriet Frances Creagh (c.1860-1952).
Married 1st (17.06.1925, All Saints' Church, Pendleton, Clitheroe district, Lancashire) Augusta Evelyn Rosemary Aspinall (1904? - 10.11.1926), only child of Maj. John Ralph Aspinall, of Standon Hall, Clitheroe.
Married 2nd Dorothy Mary Wheeler (10.12.1893 - (06?).1969), daughter Thomas William Taylor Wheeler; ... children (one son?).

17.12.1890
Oxford, Headington district, Oxfordshire
-
12.02.1964
Cholsey Cottage, Cholsey, Wallingford district, Berkshire

2nd Lt.	23.12.1910 [116]
Col.	10.07.1938, seniority 10.07.1937 (retd 14.01.1939)

	DSO	01.01.1918	?
	MC	29.06.1915	*

* For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. At the commencement of the war he was wounded in five places while with the 2nd Signal Company, and was sent home. In December, 1914, he returned to France with the 27th Divisional Signal Company, and since his return he has worked incessantly superintending the repair of cables and almost daily under fire. He has set a nne example to all by his energy, courage and devotion to duty.

Education: Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.

23.12.1910			commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers
14.01.1939	-	17.12.1948	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]

Everest,
William James
W.J. Everest

12.05.1901
-

2nd cl. Master Gunner	?
Lt. (District Officer)	04.09.1940 [147936]
WS/Capt. (District Officer)	04.09.1943
Capt. (District Officer)	01.07.1946
Maj. (District Officer)	14.10.1949 (retd 04.02.1955; disability)

04.09.1940			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
17.02.1946			permanent commission

Everett *,
Edward Newboy
E.N. Everett-Heath

* changed name to Everett-Heath (late 1940s?)

11.02.1902
-
(12?).1976
Surrey NW district, Surrey

2nd Lt.	31.08.1922
...	...
A/Lt.Col.	16.05.1941-(01.1946)
Lt.Col.	12.10.1949 (retd 21.05.1952)
Hon. Col.	21.05.1952

31.08.1922			commissioned, The Wiltshire Regiment
			transferred, The King's Own Regiment
...	-	...	....

Evershed,
Gerald Edwin
G.E. Evershed

Son of Edwin John Evershed and his wife, Florence Edith Richardson.

(03?).1909
Kingston, Surrey
-
07.03.1968
Eastbourne

2nd Lt.	22.06.1940 [133517]
WS/Lt.	22.12.1941
A/Capt.	15.05.1942-(04.1944)
WS/Maj.	05.01.1945 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Lt.Col.	?
Hon. Lt.Col.	< 04.1946

39\|45 St	-	-
Afr St	-	-
Bur St	-	-
Def M	-	-
BWM 39\|45	-	-

Qualified as a solicitor, 1932.

22.06.1940			commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission]
15.05.1942	-	(04.1944)	Deputy Assistant Judge Advocate-General, Eastern Army, India

Ewart,
James Oliver
"Joe"
J.O. Ewart

Son of James Oliver and Flora Livingstone Ewart, of Taynuilt, Argyllshire; husband of Margaret Armstrong Ewart.

1917 ?
-
01.07.1945
[age 28]
[Munster Heath War Cemetery, Germany, 2.F.24]

2nd Lt.	13.01.1940 [113332]
A/Lt.	11.07.1940-(04.1941)
WS/Lt.	?
WS/Maj.	24.12.1942
T/Lt.Col.	24.12.1942-(04.1944)
WS/Lt.Col.	?
T/Col.	?

CBE

Education: MA Hons.

13.01.1940			commissioned, Intelligence Corps [emergency commission]
02.04.1943	-	(04.1944)	Assistant Commandant, Intelligence Training Establishments
(05.1945)			HQ 21st Army Group

Ewing,
William
W. Ewing

Married (1939) ...; ... children (one son?).

28.06.1914
Troon, Ayrshire, Scotland
-
28.09.1973
Poole, Dorset

2nd Lt.	14.11.1936 [69478]
WS/Lt.	14.11.1939
T/Capt.	10.09.1942-10.04.1945
Capt.	11.04.1945

10.06.1969

& 1st clasp

Served in the Civil Service.

14.11.1936			commissioned, 313th (Ayr) Battery, 79th (Lowland) Field Brigade [later: Regiment], Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
			ended up in the Indian Army, believed to be serving in India and or Burma
?	-	28.06.1964	Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]

Went back to working for the National Assistance Board helping refugees to resettle.

Exham,
Kenneth Godfrey
K.G. Exham

Elder son of Col. Frank Simeon Exham, DSO, RAOC (1875-1951), and Frances Mary Body (1881-1968).
Brother of Maj.Gen. Robert Kenah Exham.
Married (1927) Joan Eleanor Stewart Hamilton (05.10.1901 - 12.1995), daughter of Alan Woodforde Ball Hamilton (1870-), of Maidenhead; no children.
Residence: (1945) Cobham.

17.09.1903
Greenwich, London
-
28.02.1974
Bicester, Ploughley district, Oxfordshire

2nd Lt.	30.08.1923 [27959]
Lt.	30.08.1925
local Capt.	29.05.1931
Capt.	04.04.1935
A/Maj.	01.05.1940-29.08.1940
Maj.	30.08.1940
local Lt.Col.	01.05.1940-02.01.1941
A/Lt.Col.	03.01.1941-02.04.1941
T/Lt.Col.	03.04.1941-24.12.1941
WS/Lt.Col.	25.12.1941
A/Col.	25.06.1941-24.12.1941
T/Col.	25.12.1941-16.06.1943, 27.03.1945-28.03.1945
Col.	29.03.1945, seniority 25.12.1944 (supernumerary 02.11.1951)
A/Brig.	27.03.1945-26.09.1945
T/Brig.	27.09.1945-30.03.1949
Brig.	31.03.1949
T/Maj.Gen.	01.01.1953-28.11.1953
Maj.Gen.	29.11.1953 (retd 11.10.1959; disability)

CB	10.06.1954	HM's birthday 54
DSO	12.04.1945	NW Europe
MID	04.04.1946	NW Europe

Education: Radley College (lent term 1918-summer term 1921; G House; F XV 1920); Royal Military College, Sandhurst; idc, psc.

30.08.1923			commissioned, The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding)
(12.1926)			2nd Battalion The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (Singapore)
(03.1931)			1st Battalion The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (Aldershot)
30.04.1931	-	25.08.1934	employed under Colonial Office (Adjutant, Malacca Volunteer Corps 30.04.1931-22.11.1932; Adjutant Experimental Company Malay Regiment 23.11.1932-25.08.1934)
(01.1937)			1st Battalion The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (Malta) (Russian Interpretership 1937)
1937	-	(01.1939)	student, Senior Division, Staff College, Camberley
21.01.1939	-	05.11.1939	General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), HQ Aldershot Command (Aldershot)
06.11.1939	-	30.04.1940	Brigade Major, 4th Infantry Brigade (British Expeditionary Force)
01.05.1940	-	02.01.1941	Instructor (General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2)), Staff College, Camberley
03.01.1941	-	24.06.1941	General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), Directorate of Staff Duties (W), Department of the Chief of the Imperial General Staff, War Office
25.06.1941	-	16.06.1943	specially employed as Chief of Staff and Head of Army Section of British Military Mission to USSR
08.1943	-	10.1943	Commanding Officer, 1/7th Battalion The Duke of Wellington's Regiment
10.1943	-	05.1944	Commanding Officer, 9th Battalion The Worcestershire Regiment
03.05.1944	-	22.05.1944	Assistant Quartermaster-General, 21st Army Group
23.05.1944	-	17.07.1944	General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), 21st Army Group
07?.1944	-	08?.1944	Commanding Officer, 1/6th Battalion The Duke of Wellington's Regiment
10.1944	-	14.03.1945	Commanding Officer, 6th Battalion The Royal Welch Fusiliers
27.03.1945	-	13.08.1945	Brigadier General Staff, 21st Army Group (Russian Laision Section)
14.08.1945	-	06.06.1946	Commander, 56th Infantry Brigade (British Army of the Rhine)
07.06.1946	-	23.01.1947	Deputy Secretary, Control Commission for Germany (Allied Secretariat, Berlin)
17.02.1947	-	30.11.1948	Commander, 151st Infantry Brigade (Territorial Army)
23.12.1948	-	30.11.1951	Deputy Director of Mililtary Training (c), War Office
1952			Imperial Defence College
30.10.1950	-	28.11.1953	also: ADC to King George VI and to the Queen
01.01.1953	-	09.01.1956	Chief of Staff, HQ Western Command
24.02.1956	-	13.06.1959	Commandant Queen's Own Nigeria Regiment & General Officer Comanding Nigerian Military Forces

Colonel, The Duke of Wellington's Regiment, 1958-1965; Honorary Colonel, 6/7th Battalion The Royal Welch Fusiliers, TA, 1964-1971.

Exham,
Robert Kenah
R.K. Exham

Younger son of Col. Frank Simeon Exham, DSO, RAOC (1875-1951), and Frances Mary Body (1881-1968).
Brother of Maj.Gen. Kenneth Godfrey Exham.
Married (06.11.1940, St John's Church, Ranmoor, Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire) Avril Mary Price ((06?).1920 - 2012), elder daughter of Maj. Frank Langley Price (1884-1963), and Constance Mary Winder (1886-), of Sheffield; two sons.

25.01.1907
Readlynch, Wiltshire
-
31.01.1985
Mayford, Woking, Surrey NW district, Surrey

2nd Lt.	30.08.1926 [36543]
Lt.	30.08.1929
Capt.	06.05.1938
A/Maj.	09.12.1940-15.01.1941, 26.05.1941-17.07.1941
T/Maj.	18.07.1941-29.08.1943
Maj.	30.08.1943
local Lt.Col.	12.03.1942-20.05.1943
A/Lt.Col.	08.03.1944-07.06.1944
T/Lt.Col.	08.06.1944-22.06.1944, 28.06.1944-22.07.1947
WS/Lt.Col.	23.07.1947
A/Col.	23.01.1947-22.07.1947
T/Col.	23.07.1947-16.01.1950
Col.	31.12.1950 (supernumerary 31.12.1956)
T/Brig.	17.01.1950-07.01.1955
Brig.	08.01.1955
Maj.Gen.	01.10.1957 (retd 09.06.1960)

CB	05.06.1952	HM's birthday 52
CBE	01.01.1949	New Year 49
OBE	13.06.1946	HM's birthday 46
MC	27.08.1940	recent operations
MID	07.02.1936	NW Frontier of India
MID	08.05.1936	NW Frontier of India
MID	04.04.1946	NW Europe

NW Frontier of India Medal & Clasp.

Education: Radley College (1921.2-1924.3; G House; F XV 1924); Royal Military College, Sandhurst; idc, psc.

30.08.1926			commissioned, The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding)
(03.1931)			2nd Battalion The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (Ahmednagar)
(06.1933)			2nd Battalion The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (Kamptee, for Nowshera)
31.12.1934	-	09.04.1937	Adjutant, 2nd Battalion The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (Nowshera) (qualified as interpreter 2nd class in Russian 01.1937)
(01.1939)			2nd Battalion The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (Multan) (on the strength of the depot)
(09.1939)	-	1939	Company Commander, HQ Company, 1st Battalion The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (BEF)
26.12.1939	-	08.12.1940	Staff Captain, ...
09.12.1940	-	15.01.1941	Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General, ...
26.05.1941	-	10.03.1942	Brigade Major, ...
12.03.1942	-	20.05.1943	General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), ...
02.1944	-	20.06.1944	Commanding Officer, 1/6th Battalion The Duke of Wellington's Regiment
(06?).1944	-	?	Commanding Officer, .... Battalion (wounded)
04.01.1945	-	06.01.1945	acting Commander, 158th Infantry Brigade (NW Europe)
16.01.1945	-	22.01.1947	General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), ...
23.01.1947	-	30.08.1947	Commander, ....
31.08.1947	-	31.12.1948	Colonel General Staff, ...
07.01.1950	-	20.08.1952	Commander, 3rd Infantry Brigade District, Middle East
29.10.1952	-	10.12.1954	Deputy Chief of Staff, HQ Northern Europe
11.12.1954	-	04.03.1956	Deputy Director of Military Operations (A), War Office
03.1957	-	1960	Director Land/Air Warfare, War Office

Eyre,
Walter Austin

13.03.1922
-
11.2002

Sapper Cadet

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

not commissioned ?

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