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British Army Officers
1939-1945

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R.R. Fairbairn to R.C.C. Futcher

Fairbairn,
Richard Robert
R.R. Fairbairn

Son of Henry George Fairbairn, and
Florence Frances Carter.
Married.

23.09.1916
Camberwell district,
Greater London
-
04.1994
Surrey Mid-Eastern
district, Surrey

Pte.	?
2nd Lt.	22.07.1936 [68462]
Lt.	22.07.1939
T/Capt.	05.01.1941-(04.1941)
WS/Capt.	08.09.1942
Capt.	11.04.1945
T/Maj.	08.09.1942-(04.1944)
WS/Maj.	12.03.1945
T/Lt.Col.	12.03.1945-(04.1946)
Lt.Col.	01.05.1947
Bt. Col.	01.05.1950

MC	20.12.1940	France
TD	04.08.1950	& 1st clasp
LM	30.05.1946	military services to USA

			served in the ranks, 28th London Regiment
22.07.1935			commissioned, 56th (1st London) Divisional Engineers - Corps of Royal Engineers - Territorial Army
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
(1940)			216th Army Field Company RE (British Expeditionary Force, France)
10.01.1951			Territorial Army Reserve of Officers

Fairbairn,
Thomas
T. Fairbairn

?
-

2nd Lt.	16.08.1939
WS/Lt.	16.02.1941 (red < 04.1946)
Hon. Lt.	< 04.1946

16.08.1939			commissioned, 9th The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers - Territorial Army
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
(1940)			9th Battalion The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (France)

Fairhurst,
Denis Irving
D.I. Fairhurst (Photo courtesy of Mr Anthony Fairhurst)

Son of George Noel Fairhurst (1881?-1964), and Jeannette Irving "Netta" Williamson (1894-1979) (she remarried 1971 Lt.Col. Francis Michael Benedict Carey Boylan).
Married (04.12.1966, Catholic Cathedral, Macao) Manuela Nogueira.

01.04.1918
Greendyke, Surrey Road, Bournemouth, Christchurch district, Hampshire
-
17.01.2004
East Surrey district, Surrey

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	18.05.1940 [132570]
WS/Lt.	18.11.1941 (reld 24.09.1952)
T/Capt.	14.07.1943-(04.1944), 25.07.1945-(04.1946)
Hon. Capt.	24.09.1952

?	-	18.05.1940	110th Officer Cadet Training Unit
18.05.1940			commissioned, The Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons) - Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]
(04.1944)			Fighting Vehicles School, India

Fairhurst,
Francis Noel St John
F.N.St.J. Fairhurst

Son of George Noel Fairhurst (1881?-1964), and Jeannette Irving "Netta" Williamson (1894-1979) (she remarried 1971 Lt.Col. Francis Michael Benedict Carey Boylan).
Married 1st (06.06.1940, Roman Catholic Chapel, Kasr el Nil, Cairo, Egypt) Helen Gladys Trevor Williams (02.08.1915 - 12.1993), youngest daughter of Mr & Mrs Trevor Williams, of Cairo, Egypt; two daughters, two sons.
Married 2nd ((09?).1973, Westminster district, London) Blanche Kathleen "Sally" Fairhurst (15.08.1915 - 08.1995).

28.12.1915
Christchurch district, Hampshire
-
19.06.1976

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	29.08.1935 [66065]
Lt.	29.08.1938
A/Capt.	25.05.1940-28.07.1940, 28.09.1940-23.10.1940
T/Capt.	24.10.1940-28.08.1943
Capt.	29.08.1943
A/Maj.	01.08.1945-31.10.1945
T/Maj.	01.11.1945-21.03.1947, 31.03.1947-28.08.1948
Maj.	29.08.1948 (retd 17.10.1962)
local Lt.Col.	28.06.1956-(01.1957)

MID

08.07.1941

Middle East

Education: Royal Military College, Sandhurst.

29.08.1935			commissioned, 7th Queen's Own Hussars - Royal Armoured Corps
01.10.1938	-	22.05.1940	Aide-de-Camp, ...
?	-	1945?	POW (No. 1112) in German captivity (Oflag 79, Braunschweig, Niedersachsen)
17.10.1962	-	28.12.1965	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]

Faithfull,
Donald George Stuart
D.G.S. Faithfull

Son of William George Faithfull (1887-1967), and Elsie Esther Cripps (1888-1980).
Married ((09?).1962, Newcastle upon Tyne district, Northumberland) Dorothy M. Keen (1931 - ).

08.04.1916
West Ham district, Essex
-
16.03.1980
Harrow district, London

?	07.1940 [990273]
2nd Lt.	27.11.1941 [220164]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942
A/Capt.	01.05.1944
T/Capt.	1945?
WS/Capt.	06.10.1945 (reld 24.01.1946)
A/Maj.	06.09.1945

39\|45 St	-	-
Bur St	-	-
Def M	-	-
WM 39\|45	-	-
MID	19.07.1945	Burma

Bank clerk.

07.1940			enlisted, 4th Field Training Regiment Royal Artillery (Bulford)
11.1940			385th (Duke of Connaught's Own Yeomanry) Battery, 97th (Kent Yeomanry) Army Field Regiment RA
07.1941			133rd Officer Cadet Training Unit RA
27.11.1941			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
27.11.1941			78th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA (Scunthorpe)
17.01.1942			RA Depot (Woolwich)
31.01.1942	-	10.04.1942	sea passage to India
10.04.1942			Reserve Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA
24.05.1942			1st Reserve Light Anti-Aircraft Battery RA
14.12.1942			5th Indian Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RIA [entered operational area 29.05.1943; left field area and entered concessional area 02.09.1943; war leave 12-23.03.1944]
29.04.1944			inter posted to RHQ from 31st Indian Light Anti-Aircraft Battery RIA

Falconar,
Geoffrey Barnard
G.B. Falconar

Married (02.04.1965, Harrow, Middlesex) Christine Helen Harding (10.10.1918 - 09.2002), divorced wife of Theobald Rollo Pierce Butler (1913-1983), and daughter of William Gilbert Harding (1876-1939), and Charlotte Crees (1877-1941).

13.09.1905
Barnet, Middlesex
-
21.04.1970
Bromley district, Kent

RAF:
P/O (prob)	01.08.1927 (terminated on cessation of duty 28.09.1927)
Army:
Cpl.	?
2nd Lt.	17.05.1941 [183974]
WS/Lt.	23.08.1942
T/Capt.	23.08.1942-31.03.1945
WS/Capt.	01.04.1945 (cashiered by sentence of a general court martial 23.08.1947)
T/Maj.	01.04.1945-23.08.1947

Obtained civil aviator's certificate (No. 8176), taken on a D.H. 60 "Moth" 27/60 h.p. Cirrus Mk. I at Hampshire Aeroplane Club, 01.11.1927.

01.08.1927	-	28.09.1927	commissioned, Reserve of Air Force Officers (General Duties Branch) [Class A.A.]
17.05.1941			commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]

"Major G. B. Falconar, of the Royal Engineers, formerly with the Black Watch Royal Canadian Highlanders, pleaded guilty at a court martial yesterday [15.07.1947] to four charges of unlawfully disposing of army property to Chinese buyers in 1946." [Papers on trial to be found in this collection.]

Falvey,
Brian
J.M. Farmiloe

?
-

?	? [2573959]
2nd Lt.	26.12.1942 [265507]
WS/Lt.	26.06.1943 (reld < 04.1946)
Hon. Lt.	< 04.1946

25.06.1954

			served in the ranks, Middlesex Yeomanry
26.12.1942			commissioned, Royal Corps of Signals [emergency commission]
			served in Western Desert, Greece & Germany

Fancourt,
Albert Sidney
A.S. Fancourt (Photo courtesy of Mr Daniel Perriton)

Married ((12?).1933, Cardigan district, Cardiganshire / Pembrokeshire) Olive P. Phillips.

20.04.1909
Islington district, London
-
03.1995
Truro district, Cornwall

CQMS	? [6596051]
2nd Lt.	07.07.1944 [329384]
WS/Lt.	07.01.1945
T/Capt.	04.02.1946-(04.1947)
WS/Capt.	?
Lt.	11.04.1949, seniority 07.01.1945
Capt.	14.07.1951 (reld 11.04.1960)
Hon. Maj.	11.04.1960

07.07.1944			commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers (Postal Section) [emergency commission]
11.04.1949	-	11.04.1960	short service commission

Fane,
Julian Patrick
J.P. Fane

From Plumpton.

17.02.1921
-
11.08.2013

2nd Lt.	31.12.1939 [112858]
Lt.	01.07.1941
A/Capt.	02.10.1942-01.01.1943
T/Capt.	02.01.1943-01.04.1945
WS/Capt.	02.04.1945
Capt.	01.07.1946
A/Maj.	02.01.1945-01.04.1945
T/Maj.	02.04.1945-30.10.1947, 08.03.1948-17.05.1948, 07.03.1949-30.12.1952
Maj.	31.12.1952
Bt. Lt.Col.	01.07.1960
Lt.Col.	20.04.1962 (supernumerary 20.04.1965)
Col.	15.06.1966, seniority 01.07.1964 (retd 29.03.1969)

MC	20.12.1940	gallantry in France & Flanders 39-40
MC	03.05.1945	NW Europe
MID	20.12.1940	France & Flanders 39-40
CdeG	?	North Africa ?

31.12.1939			commissioned, The Gloucestershire Regiment [emergency commission]
24.07.1946			transferred, 12th Lancers
02.04.1960			transferred, The Life Guards

Farmiloe,
John Meakin
J.M. Farmiloe

29.12.1919
-
12.02.2007
Wexham
[age 87]

2nd Lt.	31.05.1941 [189472]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942
...	...
Lt.Col.	01.09.1966 (retd 05.01.1970)

			served in the ranks for 2 years, 29 days (mobilized TA)
27.04.1940			commissioned, The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) [emergency commission to 28.03.1954]
21.12.1960			transferred, Royal Army Education Corps

DA, ATD

Farr,
Walter Richard
W.R. Farr

?
-

2nd Lt.	? [142184]
Lt.	29.07.1940 (reld 17.10.1941)

29.07.1940

commissioned, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment [emergency commission]

Farran,
Roy Alexander [St Thomas Aquinas]
R.A. Farran

02.01.1921
Purley, Surrey
-
02.06.2006
Calgary, Alberta, Canada

2nd Lt.	27.04.1940 [129133]
WS/Lt.	27.10.1941
T/Capt.	15.02.1943-(04.1944)
Lt.	27.04.1946, seniority 02.07.1943
Capt.	02.01.1948 (reld 04.03.1948)
A/Maj.	? 01.02.1951-16.11.1951
Lt. TA	05.03.1948, seniority 02.01.1944
Capt. TA	09.06.1949
Hon. Maj.	? 09.06.1949 17.11.1951

DSO	?	?
MC	04.11.1941	Middle East
MC	26.03.1942	Middle East
MC	10.02.1944	Italy
CdeG	1946	?
LM	16.01.1948	?

Education: Bishop Cotton School at Simla.

			Officer Cadet Training Unit, Sandhurst
27.04.1940			commissioned, 3rd Carabiniers (Prince of Wales's Dragoon Guards) - Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission to 26.04.1946]
?	-	20.05.1941	attached to the 3rd King's Own Hussars (Egypt & Crete [wounded; POW, but escaped)
01.1942	-	03.1942	ADC to Maj.Gen. J.C. Campbell (commanding 7th Armoured Division) (North Africa)
03.1942	-	(09?).1942	served in North Africa (wounded [evacuted to UK])
02.1943	-	05.1943	served in North Africa
01.04.1944			transferred to Special Air Service Regiment - Army Air Corps
05.1943	-	1945	2nd Special Air Service Regiment (North Africa, Sicily, Italy, UK, France, Italy, Norway)
27.04.1946			permanent commission
09.11.1946			transferred to 3rd King's Own Hussars
1946?	-	?	Second-in-Command, 3rd King's Own Hussars (Palestine)
			instructor, Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst
05.03.1948	-	08.06.1949	Special Air Service Regiment - Territorial Army
09.06.1949	-	31.01.1951	Special Air Service Regiment - Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
01.02.1951	-	16.11.1951	Hereford Light Infantry - Territorial Army
17.11.1951	-	?	Special Air Service Regiment - Territorial Army Reserve of Officers

Soldier, farmer & writer.
Published: Winged dagger (1948); The history of the Calgary Highlanders, 1921-1954 (1954); Operation Tombola (1960); etc.

Farrar-Hockley,
[Sir] Anthony Heritage
"Tony"

Son of late Arthur Farrar-Hockley, journalist, and Agnes Beatrice (née Griffin).
Married 1st (1945) Margaret Bernadette Wells (died 1981); two sons (and one son deceased).
Married 2nd (1983) Linda Wood.

08.04.1924 *
Coventry
-
11.03.2006

* Army List gives 1923

2nd Lt.	05.11.1942 [251309]
WS/Lt.	05.05.1943
A/Capt.	18.06.1944-17.09.1944
T/Capt.	18.09.1944-09.03.1945
WS/Capt.	10.03.1945
A/Maj.	10.12.1944-09.03.1945
T/Maj.	10.03.1945-31.07.1945, 01.09.1945-14.04.1948
2nd Lt.	28.04.1945, seniority 08.04.1945 17.12.1957, seniority 08.04.1944
Lt.	08.10.1946 20.12.1957, seniority 08.10.1945
Capt.	27.04.1951 20.12.1957, seniority, 08.04.1950
T/Maj.	16.03.1956-07.04.1957
Maj.	08.04.1957
Brev. Lt.Col.	01.07.1961
Lt.Col.	26.06.1962 [supernumerary 26.06.1965]
Col.	01.12.1965, seniority 01.07.1965
T/Brig.	24.06.1966-30.12.1966
Brig.	31.12.1966
A/Maj.Gen.	26.08.1970-09.11.1970
Maj.Gen.	10.11.1970
Lt.Gen.	12.05.1977 16.08.1977, seniority 12.05.1976
Gen.	30.07.1979 (retd 14.02.1983)

GBE	31.12.1981	New Year 45
KCB	11.06.1977	HM's silver jubilee & birthday 77
DSO	08.12.1953	Korea
DSO	27.04.1965	Radfan Area of Southern Arabia *
MBE	12.06.1958	HM's birthday 58
MC	10.05.1945	gallant & distinguished services in the field
MID	1943	?
MID	13.04.1954	POW Korea

* During the Radfan operations Lieutenant-Colonel Farrar-Hockley's battalion was called upon to perform an extremely difficult ten-mile advance into mountainous enemy territory, and .then to attack and occupy an enemy base. This base was highly inaccessible and strongly defended. The whole operation was fraught with tactical and administrative difficulties and 'included two hard fought battles as well as several skirmishes. Largely due to the inspiration and exceptional leadership of its Commanding Officer, the performance of this battalion during this very testing period was admirable. During the battle which developed in the enemy base, the helicopter in which Lieutenant-Colonel Farrar-Hockley was making a reconnaissance was brought down beyond our lines by enemy fire. Having with some difficulty rejoined his battalion, which by that time was pinned down, and although still under fire himself, he launched a well executed attack which finally drove the enemy from their position. This was only one example of the energy, drive and resource with which this officer inspired his battalion at this time. Whether personally leading patrols into enemy country, or by his own example drawing forth exceptional efforts from his men, or improvising ingenious methods of supply, Lieutenant-Colonel Farrar-Hockley's leadership and bravery were of a high order. The services rendered by this gallant officer in furtherance of these operations were outstanding during this very difficult period.

Education: Exeter School; jssc, Staff College, Camberley (1953, psc).

1940	-	05.11.1942	enlisted under-age (1940), The Gloucestershire Regiment (was found out & rejoined 1941; served in the ranks for 294 days)
05.11.1942			commissioned, The Wiltshire Regiment [emergency commission to 27.04.1945]
11.11.1942			transferred to the Parachute Regiment, Army Air Corps
1942	-	1945	6th Parachute Battalion (1st Airborne Division) (Greece, Italy, Southern France)
28.04.1945			commissioned, The Gloucestershire Regiment [permanent commission]
21.06.1946	-	30.11.1946	Deputy Assistant Adjutant General (DAAG), Airborne Division (Middle East Forces) (Palestine)
10.10.1947	-	10.03.1948	General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), RAF Group UK
1950	-	1953	Adjutant, 1st Battalion The Gloucestershire Regiment (UK, Korea; POW, escaped six times, but was recaptured each time)
15.02.1954	-	23.09.1954	Staff Captain (Air), Eastern Command
16.03.1956	-	03.11.1957	Deputy Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster General (DAA&QMG), Parachute Brigade Group (Cyprus & Port Said)
04.11.1957	-	11.01.1959	Brigade Major, ... (Jordan, 1958)
31.05.1958			transferred to The Parachute Regiment
1959	-	1961	College Chief Instructor, Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst
26.06.1962	-	1965	Commanding Officer, 3rd Parachute Battalion (Persian Gulf & Radfan campaign)
24.06.1965	-	30.11.1965	Principal Staff Officer, HQ Director of Borneo Operations
01.12.1965	-	09.04.1966	Colonel (General Staff), Principal Staff Officer (Borneo)
26.04.1966	-	1968	Commander, 16th Parachute Brigade (Southern Command)
1968	-	1970	Defence Fellowship, Exeter College, Oxford (BLitt)
1970	-	1970	Director of Public Relations (Army)
26.08.1970	-	29.07.1971	Commander Land Forces, Northern Ireland
10.10.1971	-	10.10.1973	General Officer Commanding, 4th Division (Germany)
12.04.1974	-	09.04.1977	Director of Combat Development (Army), Ministry of Defence
12.05.1977	-	30.05.1979	General Officer Commanding, South East District
30.07.1979	-	15.11.1982	Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces Northern Europe
24.04.1981	-	14.02.1983	ADC General to the Queen

Author (military history), defence consultant and lecturer. Colonel Commandant: Prince of Wales's Division, 1974-01.06.1980; Parachute Regiment, 18.12.1977-31.12.1983; Colonel, The Gloucestershire Regiment, 31.12.1978-1984. President, UK-Korea Forum, 1991-. FRSA 1997.
Published: The edge of the sword, 1954; (ed) The commander, 1957; The Somme, 1964; Death of an army, 1968; Airborne carpet, 1969; War in the desert, 1969; Student, 1973; Goughie : the Life of General Sir Hubert Gough, GCB, GCMG, KCVO, 1975; Opening rounds, 1988; The British part in the Korean War, vol. 1: A distant obligation, 1990, vol. 2: An honourable discharge, 1995; Army in the air, 1994; contributor: (and associate ed.) The D-Day encyclopaedia, 1994; Oxford illustrated history of the British Army, 1994; Oxford companion to the Second World War, 1995; Dictionary of National Biography

Farren,
Richard Hugh
R.H. Farren

05.08.1888
Great Bealings, Woodbridge district, Suffolk
-
25.04.1977
Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex

2nd Lt.	23.07.1907
Lt.	23.07.1910
Capt.	30.10.1914
Bt. Maj.	13.06.1917
Maj.	20.06.1917
Lt.Col.	20.05.1938 (half-pay 20.05.1939) (full-pay 31.05.1939)
Col.	31.08.1939, seniority 20.05.1938 (supernumerary 05.08.1943) (retd 19.06.1946)
T/Brig.	31.08.1939-25.05.1941, 13.03.1942-20.09.1942
Hon. Brig.	19.06.1946

MBE	31.05.1956	HM's birthday 56: for political and public services in Hastings and St. Leonards
MID	15.08.1917	Mesopotamia
BWM 14\|20	-	-
VM	-	-
39\|45 St	-	-
It St	-	-
Def M	-	-
WM 39\|45	-	-
Jub M 35	-	-
Cor M 37	-	-

Education: Royal Military Academy, Woolwich

23.07.1907			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery
27.09.1916	-	05.09.1917	Brigade Major RA, IEF "D" (from 28.07.1916-06.07.1917 serving in Mesopotamia; wounded)
22.01.1918	-	21.03.1918	served France & Belgium
21.03.1918	-	18.12.1918	POW in German captivity
09.04.1919	-	08.03.1920	specially employed, War Office
10.03.1920	-	08.03.1921	Adjutant, ... (Territorial Force)
09.03.1921	-	31.03.1922	Brigade Major, 47th (London) Division
23.12.1923	-	22.12.1927	Instructor in Gunnery (Class A), School of Artillery, India
(03.1931)			24th Mountain Brigade RA (Quetta)
(06.1933)			24th Mountain Brigade RA (Quetta)
(01.1937)			24th Mountain Brigade RA (Quetta)
(01.1939)			Mountain Artillery Training Centre (Ambala)
31.08.1939	-	25.05.1941	Commander Royal Artillery (CRA), ... (temporary)
01.01.1942	-	20.09.1942	Group Commander, Home Forces
01.01.1943	-	31.05.1943	Assistant Military Secretary, War Office
11.09.1943	-	12.09.1943	Colonel Armistice Control Commission Italy
13.09.1943	-	05.01.1944	Staff Officer, 1st grade (SO1) (Civil Affairs), Allied Force HQ

Farrer,
Mrs Beatrice Sheila
(née Greville)
Mrs S.B. Farrer

Daughter of Henry Brooke Macartney Crewe Greville (1870-1944), and Cecilia Ada Hervey-Bathurst (1874-1959).
Married (15.02.1936, Church of St Peter-with-St Thomas, Vere Street, London W1) Michael James Farrer (05.03.1903 - 25.03.1960), son of Arthur Richmond Farrer (1858-1925), and Charlotte Mary Easton (1862-1954); ... children (one son, one daughter?).

22.05.1910
Kensington district, London
-
26.06.1976

2nd Sub.	18.12.1941 [221949]
WS/Sub.	26.04.1942
T/Jun.Cdr.	27.07.1943-(04.1944)
A/Sen.Cdr.	1945?

MBE

24.01.1946

NW Europe

18.12.1941

commissioned, Auxiliary Territorial Service

Faulkner,
Edward Bazil
E.B. Faulkner

Son of ... Faulkner, and ... Blong.
Married ((12?).1940, Southport district, Lancashire) Nancy Mona Ledran (11.06.1921 - 06.1991); three children (one? son, two? daughters).

12.10.1919
Bolton district, Lancashire
-
27.11.1962
Cerro la Cruz, Ciudad de Dios Surcs, near Lima, Peru
(died in an air crash)

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	17.03.1943 [186352]
WS/Lt.	17.09.1943
T/Capt.	30.07.1944-(04.1946)

Education: King George V School, Southport; BSc.
Joined engineering branch of the Post Office, 1938, becoming an executive engineer in the radio branch of the Engineer-in-Chief's Office in 1948.

?	-	01.05.1942	HQ Sigo
01.05.1942	-	04.05.1942	ISTC
04.05.1942	-	12.11.1943	General HQ Auxiliary Units
17.03.1943			commissioned, Royal Corps of Signals [emergency commission]
12.11.1943	-	?	HQ W.O W/T Station M SU Forest Moor

Chief resident engineer for Preece, Cardew and Rider with Empresa Nacional de Telecommunicaciones, Republic of Colombia, 1956. Shortly before his death he joined the International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Associate Member (1957), then Member (1961), The Institution of Engineering and Technology.

Fawell,
John Stafford
J.S. Fawell

Only son (with two sisters) of Stafford Henry Fawell, and Phyllis Maude Tapp.
Married 1st (04.02.1939, All Saints Church, Crondall, Aldershot district, Hampshire) Lucie Joyce Georgina Reade Braid (31.10.1915 - 15.08.1994), younger daughter of Lt.Col. & Mrs A.R. Braid, of Ryelaw, Church Crookham.
Married 2nd ((03?).1948, Worthing district, Sussex) Joan Frances Howell (27.09.1922 - 10.04.2003); three children.

01.08.1914
Bromley district, Kent
-
03.12.1995
West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Cadet	? [7686372]
2nd Lt.	21.10.1944 [331946]
WS/Lt.	21.04.1945 (reld 09.12.1946)
T/Capt.	(1946?)
Hon. Capt.	09.12.1946

Education: Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey (Summer Quarter 1928-Oration Quarter 1932); Pembroke College, Cambridge (BA, 1936).
Wharfinger firm's clerk.

21.10.1944			commissioned, Intelligence Corps [emergency commission]
			worked at the London Cage or one of the other cages in Prisoner of War Interrogation Section (Home Command); was also stationed in Africa and Germany

District manager, Holland-America Line, Vancouver.

Fearn,
Neville
N. Fearn

?
-

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	13.12.1942 [261267]
WS/Lt.	13.06.1943
T/Capt.	12.10.1944-(04.1946)

	DSO	24.01.1946	NW Europe 44-45
	MID	08.11.1945	NW Europe 44-45

13.12.1942			commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]
			served Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Sherwood Rangers

Feilden,
[Sir] Bernard Melchior
B.M. Feilden

Son of Robert Humphrey Feilden, MC, and Olive Feilden (née Binyon).
Married 1st (1949) Ruth Mildred Bainbridge (died 1994); two sons, two daughters.
Married 2nd (1995) Christina Matilda Beatrice Murdoch.

11.09.1919
Hampstead, London
-
14.11.2008
Bawburgh, Norfolk

L.Cpl.	?
2nd Lt.	11.05.1940 [132066]
WS/Lt.	11.11.1941 (reld > 04.1946)
T/Capt.	01.12.1942-(04.1944)
Hon. Capt.	> 04.1946

Kt	1985	?
CBE	1976	?
OBE	1969	?
EM	25.03.1949	-

?	-	11.05.1940	either 141st or 142nd Officer Cadet Training Unit (RE)
11.05.1940			commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]
			served with Bengal Sappers and Miners (India, Mesopotamia and Italy)

Architect. FRIBA, 1968 (ARIBA, 1949). AA Diploma (Hons), 1949; Bratt Colbran Scholar, 1949. Architect, Norwich Cathedral, 1963-1977; Surveyor to the Fabric: York Minster, 1965-1977; St Paul's Cathedral, 1969-1977; Consultant Architect, UEA, 1969-1977. Dir, Internat. Centre for the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property, Rome, 1977-1981. Consultant, Feilden and Mawson, Chartered Architects (Partner, 1956-1977); Member, Cathedrals Advisory Commission for England, since 1981.
Hoffman Wood Prof. of Architecture, Leeds Univ., 1973-1974. Member: Ancient Monuments Bd (England), 1964-1977; Council, RIBA, 1972-1977; Cathedrals Fabric Commission, 1990-1995; Cathedrals Fabric Committees, Bury St Edmunds, Ely and Norwich, 1990-. President: Ecclesiastical Architects' and Surveyors' Assoc., 1975-1977; Guild of Surveyors, 1976-1977. FSA 1969; FRSA 1973; Hon. FAIA 1987. Corresp. Mem., Architectes en Chef, France. DUniv York, 1973; Hon. DLitt: Gothenburg, 1988; East Anglia, 1989. Aga Khan Award for Architecture, 1986.
Published: The Wonder of York Minster, 1976; Introduction to Conservation, 1979; Conservation of Historic Buildings, 1982; Between Two Earthquakes, 1987; Guidelines for Conservation (India), 1989; Guidelines for Management of World Cultural Heritage Sites, 1993; articles in Architectural Review, Chartered Surveyor,
AA Quarterly

Feilding,
the Hon. Basil [Egerton]
B.E. Feilding

Son of Rudolph Edmund Aloysius Feilding, Viscount Feilding (1885-1937) and Agnes Imelda Mary Harding (1885-1937).
Brother of Lt. the Hon. David Charles Feilding, Maj. the Earl of Denbigh, Sq.Ldr. the Hon. Hugh Richard Feilding, RAFVR & Capt. the Hon. Henry Anthony Feilding, MC.
Married (14.09.1939) Rosemary Eardley-Wilmot, daughter of Cdr. Neville Eardley-Wilmot, RN; three sons, two daughters.

14.05.1916
-
03.10.1970

AuxAF:
P/O	11.07.1936 (reld 03.07.1938)
Army:
Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	25.02.1940 [121334]
WS/Lt.	25.08.1941
T/Capt.	14.08.1943-(04.1944)

Education: Oratory School, South Kensington; Ampleforth College

11.07.1936	-	03.07.1938	605 (County of London) (Fighter) Squadron AuxAF
			served in the ranks, The Royal Fusiliers
			Officer Cadet Training Unit, Sandhurst
25.02.1940			commissioned, Coldstream Guards [emergency commission]
29.07.1940	-	14.05.1941	1st Battalion Coldstream Guards
15.05.1941	-	31.05.1942	HQ 30th Infantry Brigade
01.06.1942	-	10.08.1944	Guards Armoured Training Wing
11.08.1944	-	08.10.1944	4th Battalion Coldstream Guards (NW Europe)
09.10.1944	-	05.11.1944	1st Battalion Coldstream Guards (NW Europe)
06.11.1944	-	1945	4th Battalion Coldstream Guards (NW Europe) (wounded 01.03.1945 & 28.03.1945)

Feilding,
the Hon. David Charles
D.C. Feilding

Son of Rudolph Edmund Aloysius Feilding, Viscount Feilding (1885-1937) and Agnes Imelda Mary Harding (1885-1937).
Brother of Maj. the Earl of Denbigh, Capt. the Hon. Basil Egerton Feilding, Sq.Ldr. the Hon. Hugh Richard Feilding, RAFVR & Capt. the Hon. Henry Anthony Feilding, MC.
Married (19.10.1938) Elizabeth Alice Fletcher; three sons.

01.08.1913
-
25.11.1966

Spr.	?
Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	23.04.1940 [129835]
WS/Lt.	23.10.1941 (reld 10.12.1952)
Hon. Lt.	10.12.1952

Education: Oratory School, Woodcote, nr Reading

			served in the ranks, Corps of Royal Engineers
?	-	22.04.1940	141st Officer Cadet Training Unit RE
23.04.1940			commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]
1940	-	1945	POW in German captivity

Portrait painter.

Feilding,
the Hon. Henry Anthony
H.A. Feilding as a child

Son of Rudolph Edmund Aloysius Feilding, Viscount Feilding (1885-1937) and Agnes Imelda Mary Harding (1885-1937).
Brother of Lt. the Hon. David Charles Feilding, Maj. the Earl of Denbigh, Sq.Ldr. the Hon. Hugh Richard Feilding, RAFVR & Capt. the Hon. Basil Egerton Feilding.
Married (02.08.1950) Dunia Maureen Spencer, daughter of Dr. Gordon Spencer; one son, one daughter.

27.02.1924
Lutterworth district, Leicestershire / Northamptonshire / Warwickshire
-
02.1994
Rugby district, Leicestershire / Northamptonshire / Warwickshire

Cadet	? [14437520]
2nd Lt.	13.08.1944 [327338]
WS/Lt.	13.02.1945
T/Capt.	10.10.1945-(04.1946)
Hon. Capt.	12.01.1952

12.07.1945

NW Europe

Education: Ampleforth College; King's College, Cambridge University (1952, MA)

13.08.1944			commissioned, Coldstream Guards [emergency commission]
18.11.1944	-	1945	1st Battalion Coldstream Guards (NW Europe)
12.01.1952	-	?	Regular Army Reserve of Officers

Justice of the Peace (JP), Warwickshire, 1967. High Sheriff, Warwickshire, 1976-1978.

Feilding,
the Hon. William Rudolph Stephen

see:

Denbigh and Desmond,
Earl of;

Fell,
B.G. ?
B.G. Fell

?
-

2nd Lt.	?
...	...
Maj.	(03.1945)

?			commissioned, ? [emergency commission]
(03.1945)			HQ 23rd (Chindit) Infantry Brigade

Fennell,
Rev. Maurice
M. Fennell

?
-

Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class (Capt.)

27.10.1943 [297174]

27.10.1943

commissioned, Royal Army Chaplains' Department [emergency commission]

Fenning,
Dennis Maxwell
D.M. Fenning (Photo courtesy of Mr Patrick Gariepy)

Son (with one brother) of Col. William Maxwell Fenning (1873-1959), and Mary Frances Gladys Dawson (1886?-1962).
Married 1st ((06?).1940, Bedford district, Bedfordshire) Dorothy Guthrie.
Married 2nd (07.12.1957, Bedford, Bedfordshire) Edna Newton.

01.10.1917
Multan, India
-
16.12.1999
Bedford, Bedfordshire

2nd Lt.	29.10.1938 [78070]
WS/Lt.	01.01.1941 (reld > 04.1946, < 04.1947)
T/Capt.	27.06.1943-(04.1946)
Hon. Capt.	> 04.1946, < 04.1947
Capt.	19.12.1950
Maj.	04.06.1954, seniority 20.01.1954

	ERD	18.01.1963	-
	TD	04.06.1954	-

			late Cadet, Bedford School Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
29.10.1938			commissioned, 5th Battalion The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment - Territorial Army
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
07.06.1941			transferred, Royal Army Service Corps (General List)
(07.1941)			No. 1 Vehicle Reserve Depot, RASC (Feltham)
01.10.1942			transferred, Royal Army Ordnance Corps (Administrative Branch)
19.12.1950			Supplementary Reserve of Officers [later: Army Emergency Reserve]
01.11.1963			Regular Army Reserve of Officers

Ferguson,
Hugh Charles
H.C. Ferguson

?
-

2nd Lt.	06.04.1945, seniority 03.06.1940 [342620]
WS/Lt.	? (reld 16.01.1947)
T/Capt.	26.07.1945-(04.1946)
Hon. Capt.	16.01.1947

06.04.1945

commissioned, General List, Infantry (African Colonial Forces Section) [emergency commission]

Fergusson,
[Sir] Bernard Edward;
Baron Ballantrae of Auchairne and The Bay Islands (cr. 10.07.1972)
B.E. Fergusson

Youngest son of Gen. Sir Charles Fergusson of Kilkerran, 7th Bt, GCB, GCMG, DSO, MVO, and of Lady Alice
Boyle (died 1958), daughter of 7th Earl of Glasgow.
Married (1950) Laura Margaret (died 1979), youngest daughter of Lt.Col. A.M. Grenfell, DSO; one son.
From Maybole, Ayrshire.

06.05.1911
Kensington, Greater London
-
28.11.1980
Auchairne, Ballantrae, Ayrshire.

2nd Lt.	27.08.1931 [52627]
Lt.	27.08.1934
Capt.	27.08.1939
A/Maj.	27.07.1940-26.10.1940
T/Maj.	27.10.1940-05.09.1942
WS/Maj.	06.09.1942
Maj.	01.07.1946
Bt. Lt.Col.	01.07.1951
A/Lt.Col.	06.06.1942-05.09.1942
T/Lt.Col.	06.09.1942-23.09.1942
WS/Lt.Col.	20.02.1944
A/Col.	20.08.1943-19.02.1944
T/Col.	20.02.1944-08.12.1946, 14.05.1951-05.05..1952
Col.	06.05.1952 (retd 13.12.1958)
A/Brig.	02.11.1943-01.05.1944
T/Brig.	02.05.1944-12.01.1945, 15.08.1945-08.12.1946, 10.01.1955-13.12.1958
Hon. Brig.	13.12.1958

Kt	1974	?
GCMG	03.09.1962	Gov.Gen. NZ
GCVO	16.04.1963	?
DSO	05.08.1943	Burma
OBE	08.06.1950	HM's birthday 50
MID	30.12.1941	Middle East 02-07.41
MID	26.04.1945	Burma

Palestine 1936-39 Medal & Clasp

Education: Eton; Royal Military College, Sandhurst; idc (1954), psc

27.08.1931			commissioned, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)
11.03.1935	-	10.03.1937	ADC to Maj.Gen. (later Field Marshal) A.P. Wavell, 2nd Infantry Division (Aldershot)
1937			served Palestine, 1937 (medal and clasp)
05.10.1937	-	12.01.1938	special appointment (Class GG) (tempoary)
27.01.1938	-	1939	Instructor, Royal Military College, Sandhurst
1939	-	10.05.1940	Instructor, Staff College, Camberley
11.05.1940	-	20.10.1940	Brigade Major, 46th Infantry Brigade
21.10.1940	-	14.12.1940	General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), HF
15.12.1940	-	16.12.1940	General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), Military Mission
17.12.1940	-	10.07.1941	General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2) to Deputy C-in-C Middle East
11.07.1941	-	26.08.1941	Assistant Military Secretary (P) to Commander-in-Chief
27.08.1941	-	27.11.1941	BLST GHQ Middle East
08.04.1942	-	05.06.1942	General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), GHQ India
06.06.1942	-	23.09.1942	Secretary (General Staff Officer, 1st grade GSO1)) (Joint Plans)
1943	-	1944	Wingate Expeditions into Burma; Commander 16th Infantry Brigade in 1944 Expedition (wounded)
13.01.1945	-	14.08.1945	Colonel, Combined Operations HQ
15.08.1945	-	08.12.1946	Director (Grade B) of Combined Operations (Military)
11.12.1946	-	20.11.1947	Assistant Inspector-General, Palestine Police
1948	-	1951	commanded 1st Battalion The Black Watch
14.05.1951	-	06.11.1953	Colonel, General Staff (Intelligence), Supreme HQ, Allied Powers, Europe
10.01.1955	-	18.09.1956	Commander, 153rd Highland Brigade, TA
20.09.1956	-	(02.1957)	Brigadier (SE), Allied Force HQ (Port Said Operations)
1957	-	1958	Commander, 29th Infantry Brigade

Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief (Designate) of New Zealand, 1962-1967. International Observer Team, Nigeria, October 1968-March 1969. Member, Committee to review Defamation Act, 1952, 1971-1974; Chairman, Scottish Trust for the Physically Disabled, 1971-. Chairman, British Council, 1972-1976. Lord High Commissioner to General Assembly of Church of Scotland, 1973, 1974. Colonel, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regt), 1969-1976. Hon. DCL Canterbury, 1965; DUniv Waikato, 1967; Hon. LLD: Strathclyde, 1971; Dundee, 1973; Hon. DLitt St Andrews, 1974Chairman, London Board, Bank of New Zealand, since 1968; Chancellor, University of St Andrews, since 1973; Registrar, Order of St Michael and St George, since 1979.
Published: Eton Portrait, 1937; Beyond the Chindwin, 1945; Lowland Soldier (verse), 1945; The Wild Green Earth, 1946; The Black Watch and the King's Enemies, 1950; Rupert of the Rhine, 1952; The Rare Adventure, 1954; The Watery Maze: The Story of Combined Operations, 1961; Wavell: Portrait of a Soldier, 1961; Return to Burma, 1962; The Trumpet in the Hall, 1970; Captain John Niven, 1972; HubbleBubble (light verse), 1978; Travel Warrant, 1979

Fern,
Harry Wilson
H.W. Fern

Son of ... Fern, and ... Wilson.
Married ((12?).1939, Hammersmith district, London) Lillian E. Rands (1915-), daughter of Thomas C. Rands, and Ethel M. Clow; one daughter.

(06?).1913
Leeds district, West Riding of Yorkshire
-
07.02.2011
Connaught Court RMBI Home, York

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	07.02.1942 [226093]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942
T/Capt.	14.07.1943-(04.1944)
WS/Capt.	30.11.1944
T/Maj.	30.11.1944-(04.1946)

07.02.1942

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

Freeman of city of London, Chartered Secretary (FCIS), member of MCC and LGR freemason.

Ferrari,
Remo Luigi Mario
"Ray"
R.L.M. Ferrari

Son of Virginio Ferrari, and Bice Setti.
Married ((06?).1944, Holborn district, Middlesex) Margaret Legg Robertson; two sons, two daughters.

29.08.1922
Lambeth district, London
-
04.02.2008
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Lt.	16.06.1945 [348987]
WS/Capt.	16.06.1946 (reld 05.05.1953)
Hon. Capt.	05.05.1953

Education: MB BS Lond. 1944; MRCS Eng. LRCP Lond. 1944; LMCC 1955; (King's Coll. Hosp.).

16.06.1945

commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission]

His daughter writes: "I know my dad served in the British Army and was stationed in India and Malaysia."

Festing,
[Sir] Francis Wogan
F.W. Festing

Only son of late Brig.Gen. Francis Leycester Festing, CB, CMG (1877-1948), and Charlotte Katharine Grindall Festing (1873?-1957).
Married (29.09.1937, St Mary's, Swinburne) Mary Cecilia Riddell (22.11.1906 - 04.1992), elder daughter of late Cuthbert David Giffard Riddell (1868-1937), and Evelyn Mary Liddell (?-1932), of Swinburne Castle, Northumberland; four sons.

28.08.1902
Dublin, Ireland
-
03.08.1976
Hexham, Northumberland

2nd Lt.	23.12.1921
...	...
Bt. Maj.	1938
Maj.	06.01.1939
local Lt.Col.	23.02.1939-31.12.1939
A/Lt.Col.	01.01.1940-31.03.1940
T/Lt.Col.	01.04.1940-12.04.1942
WS/Lt.Col.	13.04.1942
A/Col.	13.10.1941-12.04.1942
T/Col.	13.04.1942-27.11.1943
WS/Col.	28.11.1943
Col.	08.02.1945
A/Brig.	13.10.1941-12.04.1942
T/Brig.	13.04.1942-27.11.1943
A/Maj.Gen.	28.11.1942-27.11.1943
T/Maj.Gen.	28.11.1943-16.08.1946
Maj.Gen.	17.08.1946, seniority 23.11.1944
T/Lt.Gen.	26.06.1949-16.01.1950
Lt.Gen.	06.02.1952
Gen.	29.11.1956
Field Marshal	01.09.1960 (half-pay 1961)

GCB 1957 (KCB 1956; CB 1946); KBE 1952 (CBE 1945); DSO 1942; DL

Education: Winchester (1915-1919); Royal Military College, Sandhurst (1920-1921); Staff College (psc, 1934).

23.12.1921			commissioned, The Rifle Brigade
...	-	...	...
1936			Air Liaison Officer, Eastern Command
23.02.1939	-	31.12.1939	General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), Staff College, Camberley
01.01.1940	-	20.09.1940	General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), ...
1940	-	1941	Commanding Officer, 2nd Battalion East Lancashire Regiment
13.10.1941	-	27.11.1942	Brigade Commander, 29th Independent Brigade Group (Madagascar)
28.11.1942	-	28.08.1945	General Officer Commanding, 36th Infantry Division (India & Arakan 1944, N Burma 1944/45)
1945			General Officer Commanding, Hong Kong (re-occupation)
1946			Director of Weapons and Development, War Office
...	-	...	...
29.09.1958	-	31.10.1961	Chief of the Imperial General Staff
1958	-	1960	ADC General to the Queen

Fickling,
William Angus
W.A. Fickling (Photo courtesy of Mr Nicholas Fickling)

Son of Angus Fickling (1864-1908), and Sarah Rosa Hoyer (1863-1953).
Married (25.05.1922, Pokesdown, Hampshire) Eva Mary Turley (16.07.1898 - 09.1993); one son (Cdr. Peter Angus Fickling, RN).

29.06.1893
Bournemouth, Hampshire
-
23.05.1971
Highcliffe, Hampshire

2nd Lt.	16.03.1918
Lt.	16.09.1919 (reld 30.09.1921)
2nd Lt.	25.08.1940 [146068]
WS/Lt.	25.08.1940
WS/Capt.	01.12.1942 (reld > 07.1945, < 10.1945)
T/Maj.	01.12.1942-(07.1945)
A/Lt.Col.	?
Hon. Maj.	> 07.1945, < 10.1945

			served in the ranks, Hampshire Regiment
?	-	15.03.1918	Officer Cadet Unit
16.03.1918	-	30.09.1921	commissioned, Middlesex Regiment - Territorial Force (10th Battalion, later 7th Battalion)
30.08.1918	-	(09.1919)	seconded, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
Bank Manager with the Midland Bank in Parkstone, Poole, Dorset.
25.08.1940			commissioned, [Auxiliary Military] Pioneer Corps [emergency commission]
			served in North Africa (might have been Second-in-Command of a Pioneer Corps Regiment that was digging latrines for the 8th Army)
			also famous as the real-life 'Major Fibbing' in the Punch Cartoons during the war

Field,
Philip Sidney
H.W. Fillery

19.01.1917
-
06.2000
North Cotswolds, Gloucestershire

2nd Lt.	05.06.1943 [278861]
WS/Lt.	05.12.1943 (reld > 04.1946, < 08.1946)
T/Capt.	1945?
Hon. Capt.	> 04.1946, < 08.1946

29.10.1954

05.06.1943

commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission]

Fielding,
Frank
F. Fielding

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

15.03.1921
-
16.02.1998
San José, Santa Clara, California, USA

2nd Lt.	25.10.1941 [214282]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942
Lt.	28.04.1945, seniority 15.09.1943
A/Capt.	12.06.1943-11.09.1943
T/Capt.	12.09.1943-19.12.1945
WS/Capt.	20.12.1945
Capt.	15.03.1948
A/Maj.	20.09.1945-19.12.1945
T/Maj.	20.12.1945-20.12.1947
Maj.	15.03.1955 (retd 23.05.1958)

Instructor In gunnery (A.A.), qualified on two Short Gunnery Staff Courses (Guns, Radar and Searchlights), or a Long Gunnery Staff Course (A.A.).

			served in the ranks (mobilized Territorial Army 24.08.1939) for 2 years, 53 days
25.10.1941			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
28.04.1945			permanent commission

Fillery,
Henry Walter
H.W. Fillery

Son of Francis Henry Fillery, and Bertha Mary Gammage.
Married ((12?).1936, Southwark district, Surrey) Dorothy May Willcocks, of Paignton, Devon.

(12?).1909 ?
Paddington district, London ?
-
09.09.1943
Salerno, Italy
(DOW) [age 32 (33?)]
[Salerno War Cemetery, Italy, I.D.32]

2nd Lt.	19.10.1940 [153094]
WS/Lt.	?
A?/Capt.	?

19.10.1940			commissioned, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [emergency commission]
?	-	09.09.1943	9th Battalion The Royal Fusiliers (died of wounds during the Salerno landings)

Fillingham,
John Francis
J.F. Fillingham

Son of Frank Fillingham, and Ada Wright.
From Hull.

16.02.1918
Sculcoates district, East Riding of Yorkshire
-
12.1991
Richmond district, Surrey

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	05.07.1939 [91497]
WS/Capt.	03.09.1943
T/Maj.	03.09.1943-(04.1946)
2nd Lt.	01.05.1948, seniority 03.09.1943
...	...
Maj.	24.08.1952
2nd Lt.	03.05.1958, seniority 27.08.1939
Lt.	03.05.1958, seniority 03.03.1941
Capt.	03.05.1958, seniority 27.08.1945
Maj.	03.05.1958, seniority 27.08.1952 (retd 09.04.1962)

	MBE	19.04.1945	Italy
	BSM	16.01.1947	?

05.07.1939			commissioned, The East Yorkshire Regiment (The Duke of York's Own) - Territorial Army
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
			served in Italy
1945	-	1948	seconded to the Air Ministry Directorate of Intelligence as the senior Army representative on Section AI 9 dealing with E&E matters
?	-	02.05.1958	short service commission, Intelligence Corps
03.05.1958	-	09.04.1962	permanent commission, Intelligence Corps

Findlay,
James
J. Findlay (Photo courtesy of Mr Frank de Planta)

From Aberdeen.

?
-

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	15.02.1941 [172397]
WS/Lt.	15.08.1942
T/Capt.	29.04.1943-24.06.1944
WS/Capt.	25.06.1944
T/Maj.	25.06.1944-(04.1946)

DSO

15.06.1944

Italy

			Officer Cadet Training Unit
15.02.1941			commissioned, The Gordon Highlanders [emergency commission]
(08.1942)	-	(1944)	1st Battalion The London Scottish (Higham, Suffolk, then Italy) (DSO)

Findlay,
Peter [Clark]
P. Findlay (Photo courtesy of Fiona Findlay)

Son of Peter Findlay (1888-), and Isabella ...
Married (18.05.1940, Mount Abu) Joyce Kathleen Whigham-Teasdale (11.01.1913 - 08.03.1989), daughter (with two sisters) of Robert John Whigham Teasdale (1886-1920), and Winifred Muriel Gladys Harding (1886-1970); one daughter, one son.

12.08.1908
Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland
-
27.05.1974
Bow Arrow Hospital, Dartford, Kent

CQMS	? [3128073]
2nd Lt.	01.12.1943 [313278]
WS/Lt.	01.12.1943
Lt.	01.01.1947, seniority 01.12.1943
T/Capt.	(1949)
Capt.	01.12.1949 (reld 01.01.1956)
Hon. Capt.	01.01.1956

LSGCM

15.04.1949

- [date of qualification 18.12.1948]

18.12.1930			enlisted in the ranks, Royal Scots Fusiliers (Ayr)
			served UK (from 19.12.1930), Palestine (from 23.02.1922), Egypt (from 10.12.1932), Palestine (from 09.05.1936), Egypt (from 31.10.1936), India (from 27.11.1936), UK (from 18.07.1940), Madagascar (from 18.03.1942), India (from 28.06.1942), Iraq (from 12.09.1942), Middle East (from 12.02.1943) & British North Africa (from 29.08.1943)
18.09.1943			transferred, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
01.12.1943			commissioned, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [immediate emergency commission] (captured)
07.10.1944	-	1945	POW (No. 140036) in German captivity (Stalag VII-A, Moosburg, Bayern)
01.01.1947	-	01.01.1956	short service commission, Corps of Royal Engineers (Movement Control Section)
26.06.1958			enlisted in the ranks, Territorial Army

His daughter writes: "I know he was in Egypt (as I was born there) and in Cyprus (family photos) and possibly in Burma and Korea."

Finlay,
Campbell Kirkman
"Kim"
C.K. Finlay

Son of Sir Campbell Kirkman Finlay and Alice Kathleen Norton.

1909
-

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	29.08.1929 [44093]
Lt.	29.08.1932
Capt.	29.08.1939
WS/Maj.	22.09.1942
Maj.	01.01.1949
A/Lt.Col.	?
Hon. Lt.Col.	?

Education: Royal Military College

29.08.1929			commissioned, Irish Guards
(03.1931)	-	(06.1933)	1st Battalion Irish Guards (Windsor & Aldershot [UK])
(01.1937)	-	29.08.1939	Supplementary Reserve of Officers
29.08.1939	-	?	Regular Army Reserve of Officers
(1940)			Officer Commanding, No. 3 Company, 2nd Battalion Irish Guards
22.06.1942	-	17.08.1944	Commanding Officer, 2nd (Armoured) Battalion Irish Guards (UK, NW Europe)

Published: This matter of life and death (1948)

Finney,
Arthur Henry
A.H. Finney

?
-

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	30.10.1941 [214951]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942 (reld 04.10.1947; disability)
Hon. Lt.	04.10.1947

	EM	08.02.1949	-
	EM	08.02.1949	1st clasp

30.10.1941

commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]

His granddaughter writes: "I was told he was blinded during the war then worked for the BBC radio to help ex-servicemen with sight disabilities and the guide dogs."

Finny,
Desmond Marriott
D.M. Finny

Son of Cecil Edward Finny, MD (1877-1956), & Isabel Norah Marriott (1878-1941), of 4 Dulwich Village, SE21.
Married (24.02.1931, Eastbourne district, Sussex) Elsie Gertrude Mayes (21.01.1909 - 06.1998), daughter of William Mayes, CIE (1874-1960), and Florence Calvert; one son.

12.09.1906
Hill House, Finchingfield, Braintree district, Essex
-
30/31.07.1940
[age 33]
[Fulford Cemetery, Yorkshire, section 2, row B, grave 2]

2nd Lt.	29.01.1927 [37200]
Lt.	29.01.1930
Capt.	29.08.1936

	MC	11.07.1940	Dunkirk
	MID	23.07.1937	Palestine

Education: Dulwich College Preparatory School (1915-1919); Dulwich College (09.1919-07.1925; in the Shooting VIII for four years and captain in 1925; Under Officer in the Officer Training Corps 1925, captain of Grenville, and in the Second XV 1924-1925; won the School Steeplechase 1925); Royal Military College, Sandhurst (1925-1927; in the Shooting Team; won the mile race versus Woolwich, and was captain of the cross-country team).
AMIMechE (after studying mechanics at Thornycrofts for two years).

29.01.1927			commissioned, The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
1927	-	1928	served with Shanghai Defence Force (China)
			served in India
02.03.1930	-	01.03.1931	seconded, Royal Army Service Corps
02.03.1931			transferred, Royal Army Service Corps
			served in Egypt & Palestine (despatches)
08.04.1938	-	05.09.1939	seconded for service as Assistant Inspector (Class CC tot 31.07.1938) under the Chief Inspector of Armaments on the Home Front
09.1939	-	01.1940	British Expeditionary Force (France) [Assigned to the Line of Communication Railhead.]
01.1940	-	04.1940	staff course, Staff College, Camberley
late 04.1940	-	06.1940	British Expeditionary Force (France) (MC) [Assigned as an ordnance officer on General Gort's staff at General Headquarters (G.H.Q.) of the B.E.F. After the Germans invaded France in May, Finny performed communications duties for G.H.Q., carrying orders from B.E.F. headquarters to units on the the front lines by motorcycle. During the evacuation from Dunkirk Captain Finny was assigned to duty assisting in the organization and embarkation of troops at the eastern mole at Dunkirk harbour, a breakwater which was used as a pier for the embarkation of troops onto ships alongside. He was present at the mole when it was subjected to heavy German air attack on May 29th, in which several ships were lost, including two destroyers. For bravery at the mole Captain Finny was awarded the Military Cross. Captain Finny was to have received his MC from the King at Buckingham Palace on August 7th 1940.]
06.1940	-	31.07.1940	HQ Staff, 10th Corps (Northern Command, Yorkshire) [On the night of July 30/31st, he was killed in a motor-cycle accident while on duty near Barton, Co. Durham.]

Firth,
John Humphrey
J.H. Frith

From Biddenham, Bedford.

21.03.1921
-
22.10.1998
Kings Lynn, Norfolk

2nd Lt.	08.07.1939 [92857]
WS/Lt.	08.01.1941 (reld 27.01.1946; disability)
Hon. Lt.	27.01.1946

23.04.1942

Middle East

			late Cadet, Wellington College Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
08.07.1939			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
(1939)	-	(1940)	"B" Battery, 52nd Heavy Regiment RA

Artist & retired teacher.

Firth,
Miss Pamela Hope
P.H. Frith

Daughter of Leslie L. Firth, a renowned horseman.
Married 1st (02.04.1948, London) Lt.Col. Vladimir Peniakoff, DSO, MC (1897-1951).
Married 2nd (08.10.1964) Thomas Stanley Matthews (16.01.1901 - 04.01.1991), editor of Time magazine; four stepsons.

15.12.1917
Kilcullen, Co Kildare
-
05.12.2005
Suffolk

2nd Sub.	30.05.1941 [196328]
WS/Sub.	30.05.1941, seniority 24.04.1941
T/J.Comd.	01.012.1942-(04.1946)
Hon. Capt.	26.08.1950

03.09.1939			mobilized ATS
30.05.1941			commissioned, Auxiliary Territorial Service [emergency commission]
26.08.1950	-	15.12.1967	Women's Royal Army Corps - Regular Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]

Fish,
B G [Brian G ?]

(12?).1920 ?
-
?

2nd Lt.	26.03.1944
WS/Lt.	26.09.1944

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

26.03.1944

commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]

Fishbourne,
Joseph Russell
J.R. Fishbourne

18.11.1909
-
05.2002
Braintree, Essex

2nd Lt.	29.08.1929
...	...
Col.	02.12.1954 (retd 14.01.1959)
Hon. Brig.	14.01.1959

	CBE	?	?
	MBE	01.03.1945	?

29.08.1929			commissioned, [Royal] Northumberland Fusiliers
23.01.1937			transferred, 3rd Dragoon Guards
04.12.1944	-	23.03.1945	General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), ... Officer Cadet Training Unit
02.12.1954	-	(02.1957)	Commander, ... Armoured Brigade (TA)

Fitch,
Frederic
C.K. Finlay

Son of Sydney Hewitt Fitch and Madeline Fitch, of Norwich.
Husband of Elizabeth Fitch, of Norwich.

?
-
19.06.1944
(KIA) [age]
[La Delivrande War Cemetery, Douvres, France, IX.F.1]

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	17.02.1934 [62355]
Lt.	17.02.1937
T/Capt.	14.05.1940-(04.1941)
WS/Capt.	20.07.1942
A/Maj. ?	?

> 11.1939
< 04.1941

			Supplementary Reserve of Officers
24.08.1939			mobilized
17.02.1944			Regular Army Reserve of Officers
?	-	19.06.1944	1st Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment

Fitzgeorge Parker,
Timothy Barclay
"Tim"
T.B. Fitzgeorge-Parker

Married 1st (1948) Pauline Whinney; one son, two daughters.
Married 2nd (1973) Eleanor Attfield; one son, one daughter.
Residence: (1944) Bude.

obituary

29.07.1920
Chipstead, Surrey
-
14.08.2006

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	19.11.1939 [107644]
Lt.	19.05.1941
A/Capt.	07.11.1943-06.02.1944
T/Capt.	07.02.1944-12.02.1944, 11.04.1944-14.05.1945, 17.05.1945-30.06.1946
Capt.	01.07.1946 (resigned commission 08.01. 1949)
T/Maj.	?
Hon. Maj.	08.01.1949

27.01.1944

Monte Corvino, Italy, 09.09.43

Education: Loretto School; Royal Military College, Sandhurst (3rd Cavalry Officer Cadet Wing)

19.11.1939			commissioned, The Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons) - Royal Armoured Corps
			served in Palestine, Syrian campaign, North Africa, Salerno, UK, Normandy & NW Europe
09.01.1949	-	?	Regular Army Reserve of Officers

Enjoyed a brief career as a trainer before becoming a racing journalist and prolific author.

FitzGerald,
Desmond Richard Sassoon
D.R.S. FitzGerald

Son of Derek Joseph Barrington FitzGerald and Violet Leah Sassoon.

05.01.1918
-
05.2000
Westminster, London

2nd Lt.	25.08.1938 [77598]
Lt.	01.01.1941
A/Capt.	04.11.1940-03.02.1941
T/Capt.	04.02.1941-17.08.1943
WS/Capt.	18.08.1943 (reld 03.02.1948)
A/Maj.	10.12.1942-23.02.1943, 03.08.1943-17.08.1943
T/Maj.	18.08.1943-(04.1946)
Hon. Maj.	03.02.1948

25.08.1938			commissioned, Irish Guards
(04.1940)			1 Company, 1st Battalion The Irish Guards (Norway)
(1942)			Adjutant, 1st Battalion The Irish Guards (North Africa)
08.1944	-	(09.1944)	Officer Commanding, 3 Squadron, 2nd (Armoured) Battalion The Irish Guards (NW Europe)
15.12.1951	-	05.01.1968	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]

Merchant banker, London.

FitzGerald,
Gerald Loftus
G.L. FitzGerald

Son of late Col. D.C.V. FitzGerald, MC, Indian Medical Service, of Nairobi Kenya.
Married (1937) Mary Stuart, daughter of late Charles E. Mills, Holbrook, Suffolk; one son, one daughter.

05.05.1907
-
01.1999
Winchester district, Hampshire

2nd Lt.	30.08.1926 [36596]
Lt.	30.08.1929
Capt.	01.01.1938
A/Maj.	02.12.1939-01.03.1940
T/Maj.	02.03.1940-29.08.1943
Maj.	30.08.1943
A/Lt.Col.	14.03.1944-13.06.1944
T/Lt.Col.	14.06.1944-30.05.1949
Lt.Col.	31.05.1949 (supernumerary 31.05.1952)
local Col.	16.08.1950-14.01.1951
T/Col.	15.01.1951-23.06.1952
Col.	24.06.1952
local Brig.	15.01.1951-19.10.1952
T/Brig.	10.11.1952-07.06.1956
Brig.	08.06.1956 (retd 05.04.1959)

CBE	31.05.1956	HM's birthday 56
DSO	21.06.1945	?
LeoI	25.09.1947	?
CdeG	25.09.1947	?

Education: Wellington College; Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; Staff College (psc)

30.08.1926			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery
(03.1931)			"N" Battery, Royal Horse Artillery (Sialkot)
(06.1933)			"N" Battery, Royal Horse Artillery (Secunderabad)
10.12.1936	-	01.12.1939	Adjutant, 67th (The York and Lancaster Regiment) Anti-Aircraft Brigade RA (Territorial Army)
13.01.1941	-	27.10.1941	General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), Artillery, HQ Western Command (Chester)
29.10.1941	-	19.12.1942	Brigade Major, ...
27.08.1943	-	12.03.1944	General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), School of Infantry (Barnard Castle)
01.11.1945	-	27.05.1946	Assistant Adjutant General, ... (British Army of the Rhine)
15.06.1946	-	11.09.1948	General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1) (Training), British Military Mission to Greece
11.11.1948	-	30.06.1950	Chief Instructor, Officer Cadet School
16.08.1950	-	14.01.1951	General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), British Joint Services Mission, Washington (USA)
15.01.1951	-	19.10.1952	Deputy Director of Operations & Intelligence, Washington
10.11.1952	-	30.09.1955	Commander, HQ Training Brigade RA, Western Command
03.10.1955	-	1958	Deputy Director of Weapons and Development, War Office

Fitzgerald,
Maurice Lawrence
M.L. Fitzgerald

?
-

Cadet	? [6464818 ?]
2nd Lt.	04.07.1940 [138045]
WS/Lt.	04.01.1942 (reld 18.07.1953)
T/Capt.	01.11.1943-(04.1946)
Hon. Capt.	18.07.1953

	39\|45 St	-	-
	Afr St	-	-

04.07.1940

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

FitzHugh,
Robert Michael
R.M. FitzHugh

Younger son of Capt. Godfrey FitzHugh, DL, JP (1874-1917), and Ethel Mary Peel (1877-1961), of Plas Power, Denibghshire.
Married 1st (11.12.1939, St Michael, Chester Square, Pimlico, Westminster district, London) Rafela Theodora Arkwright (06.06.1909 - (09?).1978), daughter of Bertram Harry Godfrey Arkwright (1879-1949), and Grace Emma Julia Hurt (1876-1950), of Sutton Scarsdale, Derbyshire; one son.
Married 2nd (06.1980, Wrexham district, Denbighshire) Persis Joan Mary Woodhouse (née Rooper) (18.04.1912 - 09.2006).

28.09.1910
Wrexham district, Denbighshire
-
14.01.2006
Overton, Wrexham, Denbighshire
[St Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Overton, Wrexham, Wales]

2nd Lt.	28.08.1930 [47563]
Lt.	28.08.1933
Capt.	28.08.1938
A/Maj.	01.12.1940-28.02.1941
T/Maj.	01.03.1941-10.08.1943, 27.06.1945-(01.1946)
Maj.	01.07.1946 (retd 29.09.1953)
T/Lt.Col.	(1949)
Hon. Lt.Col.	29.09.1953

	MID	08.11.1945	NW Europe
	MID	07.01.1949	Palestine 03.48-06.48

Education: Eton (...-1928); Royal Military College, Sandhurst (01.02.1929-1930).

28.08.1930			commissioned, 17th/21st Lancers
19.06.1939	-	06.09.1939	employed with Mechanical Car Depot
1939	-	1945	served with 17th/21st Lancers (UK & 29th Armoured Brigade, France, Belgium & Germany) (despatches)
1947	-	1948	served in Palestine (despatches)
29.09.1953	-	29.04.1961	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [exceeded age limit]

Deputy Lieutenant (DL) 1966, High Sheriff Flintshire, 1960.

Fitzpatrick,
Sir Geoffrey Richard Desmond
G.R.D. Fitzpatrick (Photo courtesy of Mr Kimberly J. Lindsay)

14.12.1912
-
12.10.2002

2nd Lt.	01.09.1932 [53670]
...	...
T/Lt.Col.	10.03.1943-23.09.1944, 27.01.1945-07.10.1952
...	...
Gen.	01.10.1968 (retd 26.01.1974)

GCB	?	?
GCVO	?	?
KCB	1965	?
DSO	12.07.1945	?
MBE	14.10.1943	?
MC	1939	?
MID	24.06.1943	?

01.09.1932			commissioned, 1st The Royal Dragoons
...	-	...	...
01.02.1942	-	23.05.1942	6th War Course, Middle East Staff School (Haifa)
...	-	...	...

FitzSimon,
Aubrey Granville
A.G. FitzSimon (Photo courtesy of Margaret Ann Granville FitzSimon Miles)

Son of Richard Granville Grenfell Symons FitzSimon (1881-1946), and Lilian Alberta Vickery (1884-1978).
Married ((09?).1939, Hampstead district, London) Doris H. Muirhead; three daughters, one son.

27.03.1917
Hampstead district, London
-
02.1991
Woking, Surrey NW district, Surrey

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	15.03.1941 [177809]
WS/Lt.	15.09.1942
T/Capt.	12.02.1946-(04.1946)

?	-	15.03.1941	either 162nd, 164th, 165th or 166th Officer Cadet Training Unit
15.03.1941			commissioned, The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) [emergency commission]
(12.1942)			Corps of Military Police Depot, Mytchett, Nr. Aldershot, Hants

Flawn,
Ewart Gordon Charles
Maj. E.C.G. Flawn, 1944. (Photo courtsey of Mr Charles Flawn)

From Gerrards Cross.

17.04.1906
West Ham, Essex
-
23.08.1987
Bideford, Devon

2nd Lt.	01.09.1939 [102341]
WS/Lt.	04.11.1940
T/Capt.	04.11.1940
WS/Capt.	10.07.1941 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Maj.	10.07.1941
Hon. Maj.	> 04.1944, < 04.1946

	MBE	13.12.1945	Italy
	MID	11.11.1943	North Africa

			late Cadet, Ley's School Contingent, Junior Division, OTC
1927			joined 'A' Battery, the Honourable Artillery Company - Territorial Army (as a Gunner)
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
01.09.1939			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army
			served in North Africa & Italy

Flay,
John Charles
J.C. Flay

From Worcester.

(09?).1907
Worcester district, Hereford and Worcester / Worcestershire
-
died 1970s??

2nd Lt.	31.07.1925 [33155]
Lt.	31.07.1927
Capt.	01.05.1930
Maj.	16.02.1939, seniority 21.08.1938 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Lt.Col.	10.09.1943-(04.1944)
Hon. Lt.Col.	< 04.1946

OBE	13.12.1945	Italy
MID	19.07.1945	Italy
TD	02.10.1942	-

			late Cadet Lance-Corporal, King's School (Worcester) Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
31.07.1925			commissioned, 67th (South Midlands) Field Brigade, Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
(06.1940)			Battery Commander (Dunkirk; wounded)
09.1943?	-	(01.1944)	Commanding Officer, 67th Field Regiment RA (TA) (Anzio)
?	-	19.10.1957	Territorial Army Reserve of Officers

Chartered accountant.
President, Worcester Rugby Football Club, 1955-1957.

Fleck,
James Douglas
J.D. Fleck (Photo courtesy of Mr Lee Lidbury)

Son of Wm. Fleck, M.D., Tudor House, High Wycombe, Bucks.

26.02.1890
-
(09?).1962

Capt.

21.10.1922 [92488]

Education: Campbell College, Belfast (1940-1908).

			Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
(1941)			8th (HD) Battalion The Royal Berkshire Regiment

Fleming,
Robert Peter
R.P. Fleming

Son (with three brothers) of Maj. Valentine Fleming (1882-1917), DSO, barrister & Conservative MP, who was killed in World War I, and Evelyn Beatrice St. Croix Rose (1885-1964).
Brother of Lt.Cdr. (Sp.Br.) Ian Lancaster Fleming, RNVR.
Married (1935) Celia Elizabeth Johnson (18.12.1908 - 25.04.1982), actress, daughter of John Robert Johnson (1880-), and Ethel Griffiths (1882-); one son, two daughters.

31.05.1907
St George Hanover Square district, London
-
18.08.1971
on a shooting expedition near Glencoe in Black Mount, Argyll, Scotland
[Nettlebed Churchyard]

2nd Lt.	29.11.1930
Lt.	29.11.1933 (reld 07.03.1936)
Lt.	27.05.1939, seniortiy 18.02.1937 [47986]
WS/Capt.	01.04.1941
T/Maj.	01.04.1941-05.06.1943
WS/Maj.	06.06.1943
T/Lt.Col.	06.06.1943-09.09.1944
WS/Lt.Col.	10.09.1944
T/Col.	10.09.1944-(04.1946)
Lt.	23.04.1948, seniority 18.02.1937
Lt.Col.	23.05.1951
Bt.Col.	23.05.1954

	OBE	14.06.1945	HM's birthday 45
?	MID?	1940?	Norway?

Order of the Cloud and Banner, Special Rosette (Chinese) for War Services, 14.05.1948.

Education: Eton; Christ Church, Oxford (1st Class English literature 1929).
At one time travelled widely, generally as a Special Correspondent of The Times.

1930			commissioned, Grenadier Guards - Supplementary Reserve of Officers
27.05.1939			transferred, Grenadier Guards - Regular Army Reserve of Officers
			Served War of 1939-1945, Norway, 1940 (mention); Greece, 1941 (wounded); SEAC 1942-1945. Peter and his brother Ian were commissioned by Colin Gubbins to help establish the Auxiliary Units. This was to be the "secret army" of civilian volunteers that would fight on, behind enemy lines, as part of the British anti-invasion preparations of World War II. His principal service, however, from 1942 to the end of the war, was as head of "D Division," in charge of military deception operations in Southeast Asia.
23.04.1948			commissioned, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry - Territorial Army [Commanded 4th Battalion Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry (TA), 1951-1954]
26.05.1954	-	31.05.1965	Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]

High Sheriff of Oxon., 1952. Pres. Oxfordshire Branch of Country Landowners Association, 1960-; Deputy Lieutenant (DL) Oxon, 31.07.1970.
Publications include: Brazilian Adventure (1933); One's Company (1934); News from Tartary (1936); Invasion 1940 (1957); The Siege at Peking (1959); Bayonets to Lhasa (1961); The Fate of Admiral Kolchak (1963); translated from French: Tibetan Marches by A. Migot.
Literature: Duff Hart-Davis, Peter Fleming : a biography.

Fletcher,
Carteret John
J. Fletcher

Son (with one sister and one brother) of Sir Carteret Ernest Fletcher (1868-1934), and Elsie McLauchlan, of Treyarnon, Cornwall.

06.07.1909
Countisbury, Harpenden, Hertfordshire
-
04.11.1943
(accidentally killed on a battle course) [age 35]
[Nakuru North Cemetery, Kenya, grave 493]

2nd Lt.	29.06.1940 [138881]
WS/Lt.	29.12.1941
A/Capt.	11.09.1942-04.11.1943

Education: MA (Oxon).

?	-	29.06.1940	either 161st or 162nd Officer Cadet Training Unit
29.06.1940			commissioned, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)
?	-	04.11.1943	attached, King's African Rifles

Fletcher,
Frank Eric
F.E. Fletcher (Photo courtesy of Mr Steve Fletcher)

Son of ... Fletcher, and ... Leigh.
Married ...; one son, one daughter.

14.06.1919
Poplar district, London
-
04.2004
Mendip district, Somerset

2nd Lt.	25.10.1941 [214121]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942 (reld > 04.1946, < 08.1946)
T/Capt.	10.08.1945-(04.1946)
Hon. Capt.	> 04.1946, < 08.1946

MID

29.11.1945

Italy

25.10.1941			commissioned, Royal Ulster Rifles [emergency commission]
(06.1942)	-	1945?	2nd Battalion London Irish Rifles, The Royal Ulster Rifles (North Africa, Italy)

Fletcher,
James
J. Fletcher

Son of Ralph Fletcher, and Lily Mangam, of Worksop, Nottinghamshire.

21.06.1916
Doncaster district, Nottinghamshire
-
07.10.1944
[age 28]
[Kandi War Cemetery, Sri Lanka, 2.C.7]

Lt.	27.10.1939 [103765]
WS/Capt.	27.10.1940

Education: Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Mansfield; Sheffield University. Qualified as dental surgeon 09.1939.

27.10.1939			commissioned, The Army Dental Corps [emergency commission]
			attached, Indian Army Dental Corps

Flint,
Peter
P. Flint

27.10.1922
-
19.01.1995
Richmond upon Thames district, Surrey

2nd Lt.	12.12.1942 [255757]
WS/Lt.	12.06.1943 (reld > 04.1946, < 04.1947)
A/Capt.	1946?

12.12.1942			commissioned, The Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment) [emergency commission]
01.06.1943			transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps
11.05.1945			transferred, The Green Howards

His daughter writes: "He was a parachutist with the army airborne division and I think he was involved D-Day+6. He served in the Far East with Mountbatten’s forces."

Flitton,
Ronald Edwin
R.E. Flitton (Photo courtesy of Maj. Chris Klein (retd))

Son (with two brothers and one sister) of Ernest Alfred Flitton (1871-1947), and Martha York (1871-1916).
Married (02.03.1929, Cairo, Egypt) Angela Santinon (28.05.1896 - 24.10.1960), daughter of Ferdinando Santinon (1851-1930), and Maria Venturin (1854-1898); two daughters.

24.03.1905
West Croydon, Surrey
-
14.01.1981
Blackwell, Weston-super-Mare district, Avon

Paym. (with rank of Lt.)	10.11.1939 [125068]
with rank of WS/Capt.	26.03.1939
T/Staff Paym. 1st Cl. (with rank of T/Maj.)	26.03.1943
Paym. (with rank of Capt.)	01.10.1946
Maj.	10.11.1952 (reld 20.07.1960)
Hon. Maj.	20.07.1960

	MBE	10.06.1948	HM's birthday 48
	MID	30.06.1942	Middle East 07.41-10.41

10.11.1939			commissioned, Royal Army Pay Corps [emergency commission]
?			short service commission, General List

A niece writes: "Believe he served with the 8th Army. Understood to be one of the last Officers to leave Crete during WW2. He was based in Cairo c. 1926-1953 (until the Suez Crisis). Worked at the War Office in London c.1950s."

Flohr,
Ramuald
"Roman"
R. Flohr

?
Poland
-

Cpl.	?
2nd Lt.	01.07.1941 [221252]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942 (reld 28.03.1946)
T/Capt.	22.10.1944-28.03.1946
Hon. Capt.	28.03.1946

			served in the ranks in a Palestine Unit
01.07.1941			commissioned, General List [emergency commission]
28.09.1942			transferred, The Palestine Regiment
1945	-	1947	worked for Central Tracing Bureau & International Tracing Service, United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
1947	-	1948	Director, Central Tracing Bureau, United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration

Flood,
George Robert
"Bob"
G.R. Flood

Married Jeanette (predeceased him); one son, one daughter.

26.11.1919
Guildford, Surrey
-
11.10.2004
Amesbury Abbey, Salisbury district, Wiltshire

2nd Lt.	15.10.1939 [102322]
...	...
T/Maj.	26.03.1944-31.03.1952
...	...
Brig.	31.12.1966 (retd 26.11.1974)

21.06.1945

NW Europe

15.10.1939			commissioned, The Royal Berkshire Regiment [emergency commission]
(1944)	-	(1945)	8th Parachute Battalion (NW Europe)
07.11.1945			permanent commission
1972	-	1974	ADC to the Queen

Flowerdew,
Frank Digby Mackworth
F.D.M. Flowerdew

Son of Lt.Col. Richard Edward Flowerdew, CIE, IMS (1886-1971), and Caroline Jane Mackworth (1881-1957), of Elmdene, Woking, Surrey.
Married (10.01.1942, Bournemouth) Margot Stewart, daughter of Mr & Mrs A.F. Martin Stewart, of Ferndown, Dorset; two sons (doctors), one daughter (nurse).

01.10.1913
India
-
28.07.1987
Southampton, Hampshire

Lt.	20.07.1939
WS/Capt.	20.07.1940 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Maj.	?
A/Lt.Col.	?
Hon. Maj.	< 04.1946

Education: Framlingham College (1928-1931); St Thomas's Hospital Medical School; MRCS Eng, LRCP Lond 1937.

			late Cadet Lance-Corporal, Framlingham College Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
20.07.1939			commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps - Territorial Army
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
			served in France and with the East African Command in Kenya, Abyssinia, and Madagascar

Late Children's Hospital Physician St. Thomas's Hospital; Hospital Physician Royal North. Hospital Holloway; Royal Victoria Hospital, Boscombe. Returned to East Africa to join a general practice in Nairobi, Kenya. Specialized as an anaesthetist. Returned to UK (Ferndown, Dorset), 1979.

Foot,
James Panton

Son of Cecil J. Foot, and Jessie W. Homer.

(09?).1921
Dorchester district, Dorset
-
(12?).2006
Dorset

2nd Lt.	31.05.1941 [189391]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942
T/Capt.	05.11.1943-(04.1944), 01.12.1944-(04.1946)
Capt. TA	21.09.1948
A/Maj. TA	01.05.1950

MBE

08.07.1943

SBS action *

?	-	31.05.1941	Officer Cadet Training Unit
31.05.1941			commissioned, The Devonshire Regiment [emergency commission]
(10.1942)			No. 2 Special Boat Squadron (North Africa) (10.1942 Operation Majestic Enterprise) (MBE)
21.09.1948			transferred, Territorial Army
14.05.1955			transferred, Territorial Army Reserve of Officers

* October 1942—North Africa. One of three officers [the others being Capt. Godfrey B. Courtney & Maj. Richard P. Livingstone] of the Special Service Brigade whose duty it was to put Major-General M.W. Clark of the U.S. Army and his mission ashore from the submarine in which they travelled to North Africa for the purpose of interviewing certain French authorities prior to the Allied landing in November 1942. These three officers had also to take General Clark and his party back to the submarine after the negotiations had been completed. General Clark has said of their services:— ‘Without their whole-hearted assistance and skilful use of the fine specialised equipment furnished them, I am sure that we could not have overcome the physical obstacles encountered in getting ashore and re-embarking through a heavy surf. Any consideration that can be given these officers will be well deserved and greatly appreciated by me.’ The skill, judgment and steady nerve contributed directly to the successful outcome of this most important preliminary to the main operation. (L.G. 08.07.43)

Foot,
Michael Richard Daniell
M.R.D. Foot

14.12.1919
-
18.02.2012

2nd Lt.	04.03.1939 [85455]
WS/Lt.	01.01.1941 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Capt.	06.12.1942-(04.1944)
A/Maj.	?

CBE	01.01.2001	New Year 2001
MID	22.03.1945	NW Europe
MID	20.09.1945	?
TD	21.04.1950	-

			late Cadet Corporal, University College Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
04.03.1939			commissioned, 35th (First Surrey Rifles) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Corps of Royal Engineers - Territorial Army
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
01.08.1940			transferred, Royal Artillery
			served Special Air Service (SAS), later Intelligence Corps

Professor of modern history & military historian.

Forbes,
Alexander Ronald
"Freddie"
A.R. Forbes

Son (with one brother) of Alexander Forbes (1881-1