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The service number of each person is (when known) given after the date of commissioning. Most officers had only a wartime career, but when no indication is given about a Territorial Army commission or an emergency commission, the officer involved served as a Regular Army officer, with in most cases an active army career before and after the war. For explanations & abbreviations you can look at the help page.

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Aasen, Clifford M	? -	2nd Lt. ? Lt. 20.11.1943	? commissioned into the Canadian Infantry Corps - 20.11.1943 No. A-16 Canadian Infantry Training Centre, Calgary, Alta. 20.11.1943 - 14.03.1944 Prince Albert & Battleford Volunteers 14.03.1944 - No. A-34 Training Centre (Reinforcements) CIC Canloan scheme: CDN/285 (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 8 Platoon (A Company), 1st Battalion The Border Regiment (Arnhem [wounded, POW])
Adams, Norman Vere Maxwell Son of Dr. Daniel Vere Maxwell Adams and Edith Anne Maxwell Adams; husband of Hilda Mary Maxwell Adams, of Hunstanton, Norfolk.	1917 ? - 18.09.1944 (KIA) [age 27] [Groesbeek Memorial, panel 8]	Cadet Gnr. ? 2nd Lt. 27.04.1940 [129156] WS/Lt. 27.10.1941	122nd Officer Cadet Training Unit, RA 27.04.1940 commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] 25.03.1942 transferred to the Glider Pilot Regiment (09.1944) Section Commander, D Squadron (No. 1 Wing), Glider Pilot Regiment (pilot Horsa Cn. 457) (Arnhem [killed in action])
Adams, Ronald McCardie Martin Private papers at IWM Interview at IWM	05.02.1922 - 03.2008 still alive	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 13.09.1941 [204374] WS/Lt. 27.10.1941 (reld > 04.1946)	06.1940 served with the Royal Nortumberland Fusiliers 13.09.1941 commissioned, The South Staffordshire Regiment [emergency commission] 01.11.1942 transferred, Parachute Regiment (09.1943) 156th Parachute Battalion (Taranto, Italy) (09.1944) Officer Commanding, Mortar Platoon (Support Company), 156th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [evacuated])  1944 - 1945 served with IS 9, operational section of Military Intelligence (MI) 9 helping escapers in the Netherlands 1945 - 1946 Field Security Officer in northern Ruhr, Germany
Ainslie, John Thompson "Tom"	? - deceased	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 22.02.1941 [174191] WS/Lt. 22.08.1942 Lt. 01.04.1950, seniority 01.09.1946 (retd 10.06.1952) A/Capt. 21.06.1949 A/Maj. 01.01.1950	Education: Pembroke College, Cambridge (1937) 22.02.1941 commissioned into The Royal Norfolk Regiment [emergency commission] 01.01.1944 transferred to the Parachute Regiment (09.1944) Administration Officer (HQ Company), 2nd Parachute Battalion (Arnhem) 01.09.1946 commissioned into the Territorial Army, General List (1949) served Glasgow Academy Contingent, Combined Cadet Force 01.01.1950 - 10.06.1952 Commanding Officer, Glasgow Academy Contingent, Combined Cadet Force
Alford, William Carson "Bill" From Rutherglen, Lanarkshire.	? -	Lt. 09.05.1939 [88813] WS/Capt. 09.05.1940 T/Maj. 10.12.1941 WS/Maj. 10.08.1943  (reld < 04.1946) A/L.Col. 06.05.1943 T/Lt.Col. 1944? Hon. Lt.Col. < 04.1946 OBE 24.08.1944 Italy 09-11.43 MID 24.08.1944 Italy 09-11.43 MID 20.09.1945 Arnhem 09.44	Education: MB 09.05.1939 commissioned into the Royal Army Medical Corps - Territorial Army 24.08.1939 mobilized 1943 - 09.1944 Commanding Officer, 133rd Parachute Field Ambulance (Italy; Arnhem [POW]) ? - 31.03.1967 Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
Allenby, Peter Sewell	? -	Lt. 29.01.1944 [306749] WS/Capt. 29.01.1945 (reld > 04.1946)	29.01.1944 commissioned into the Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission] (09.1944) Anaesthesist, 16th Parachute Field Ambulance (Arnhem [POW])
Allsop, David	04.08.1917 - 09.09.1987 Poole, Dorset	A/Cpl. ? 2nd Lt. 29.11.1939 [105457] WS/Lt. 29.05.1941 T/Capt. 07.08.1943 WS/Capt. 26.12.1944 (reld > 04.1946) T/Maj. 26.12.1944 BL 31.07.1945 Arnhem 09.44	served in the ranks, The Manchester Regiment - Territorial Army 29.11.1939 commissioned into The Manchester Regiment [emergency commission] 01.11.1941 transferred to the Royal Artillery 28.05.1942 transferred to the Reconnaissance Corps (09.1944) Second-in-Command, 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron (Arnhem [evacuated]) (1945) Officer Commanding, 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron (Norway) Transport & dairy manager, Pontesbury nr. Shrewsbury.
Anderson, Dermod Green	1915 ? - 25.09.1944 (KIA) [age 29] [Groesbeek Memorial, panel 8]	2nd Lt. 15.03.1940 [123868] WS/Lt. 15.09.1941	15.03.1940 commissioned into The Gloucester Regiment [emergency commission] 09.04.1942 transferred to the Glider Pilot Regiment (09.1944) Section Commander, B Squadron (No. 1 Wing), Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem [killed in action])
Anson, Patrick Anchitel Richmond Son of Capt. Henry Percy Richmond Anson, The Middlesex Regiment, killed in action in Belgium, 25th May, 1915, and of Lilian Mary Anson, of Alderney, Channel Islands.	17.03.1914 - 29.09.1944 (DOW in Stalag XI B at Soltau) [age 30] [Becklingen War Cemetery, 4.E.12]	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 01.02.1934 [62643] Lt. 01.02.1937 T/Capt. 25.07.1940 Capt. 01.02.1942 T/Maj. 27.04.1943	Education: Royal Military College 01.02.1934 commissioned into The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) (01.1937) - (01.1939) 1st Battalion The Middlesex Regiment (Malaya) (09.1943) - (09.1944) Officer Commanding, A Company, 10th Parachute Battalion (Italy; Arnhem [died of wounds])
Armstrong, Thomas Wilfred Welburn "Tom"	1914 - 24.09.1991	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 26.10.1940 [159958] WS/Capt. 13.08.1942 T/Maj. 13.08.1942-... & 20.08.1945-... (reld > 04.1946)	26.10.1940 commissioned into The Border Regiment [emergency commission] (09.1944) Officer Commanding, B Company, 1st Battalion The Border Regiment (Arnhem [wounded, POW])
Arnold, William Frank "Bill"	22.05.1908 - 02.1997 East Dereham, Norfolk	Cadet L/Cpl. ? 2nd Lt. 13.05.1931 [50329] Lt. 13.05.1934 Capt. 01.06.1937 Maj. 13.07.1939 Lt.Col. 01.05.1951 Bt. Col. 01.05.1954 TD 10.10.1947 ?	late Cadet Lance-Corporal, Gresham's School Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps 13.05.1931 commissioned into the Royal Artillery - Territorial Army (06.1933) - (06.1937) 412th (Suffolk Yeomanry) Battery, 108th (Suffolk and Norfolk Yeomanry) Army Field Brigade, RA (12.1938) - (01.1939) 55th (Suffolk and Norfolk Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment 24.08.1939 mobilized TA (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 1st Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery, RA (Arnhem [POW]) ? - (1954) served on in Territorial Army - Royal Regiment of Artillery ? - 27.08.1966 Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
Ash, Bertram Percival	27.07.1912 - 10.1989 Surrey North-Western, Surrey	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 21.12.1940 [164720] 01.1942, seniority 21.06.1941 WS/Lt. 21.12.1941 (reld > 04.1946)	21.12.1940 commissioned into The Hampshire Regiment [emergency commission] 17.07.1942 transferred to the Royal Armoured Corps 15.07.1943 transferred to the Parachute Regiment (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 3 Platoon (A Company), 3rd Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [POW])
Ashe, Norman Constantine de Courcy	? -	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 06.12.1941 [219857] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 (reld > 04.1946)	06.12.1941 commissioned into The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [emergency commission] 18.12.1943 transferred to the Glider Pilot Regiment (09.1944) Section Commander, E Squadron (No. 2 Wing), Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem [evaded])
Ashley, Cyril John	? -	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 22.04.1943 [273042] WS/Lt. 22.10.1943 (reld > 04.1946)	22.04.1943 commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] 22.01.1944 transferred to the King's Own Scottish Borderers (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 8 Platoon (B Company), 7th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (Arnhem [POW])
Ashmore, Norman Hugh Harry	? - 03.2005 still alive	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 20.01.1941 [168938] WS/Lt. 20.07.1942 (reld > 04.1946) MC 09.11.1944 Arnhem 09.44	Actor. 20.01.1941 commissioned into The Welch Regiment [emergency commission] 05.02.1944 transferred to the Parachute Regiment (1944) - (1945) Officer Commanding, 3 Platoon, 21st Independent Parachute Company (UK, Arnhem [evacuated], Norway)
Ashworth, Charles Frederick Son of Lt.Col. Hugh Stirling Ashworth, killed in action in Egypt, 26th March, 1917, while commanding 4th Battalion The Royal Sussex Regiment, and Elsie M. Ashworth.	(12?).1909 East Preston, Sussex - 21/22.09.1944 (KIA) [age 35] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, 5.D.11]	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 02.11.1940 [156502] WS/Capt. 08.06.1943 T/Maj. 08.06.1943	02.11.1940 commissioned into The Royal Sussex Regiment [emergency commission] 01.01.1943 transferred to the Parachute Regiment (09.1944) Officer Commanding, HQ Company, 10th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [killed in action])
Astbury, Joseph Peter	14.07.1916 - 11.1987 Islington, London	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 24.05.1941 [187989] WS/Lt. 05.05.1942 T/Capt. 05.05.1942 (reld > 04.1946)	24.05.1941 commissioned into the Royal Corps of Signals [emergency commission] (09.1944) Officer Commanding HQ Squadron, General Headquarters Liaison Regiment ("Phantom") (Arnhem [POW])
Aston, Frederick Cuthbert Son of John Clifford Aston and Minnie Cartinel Ellis.	12.09.1919 - 03.2003 Ipswich, Suffolk	2nd Lt. 07.06.1939 [90059] WS/Lt. 01.01.1941 T/Capt. 1944? WS/Capt. 12.02.1946 (retd 18.07.1949) T/Maj. 12.02.1946 RAF: Fl.Lt. 18.07.1949, seniority 01.09.1945 [500788] Sq.Ldr. 01.07.1953 (retd 29.03.1958) DFC 16.08.1945 Rhine crossing TD 21.04.1950 ?	07.06.1939 commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army 24.08.1939 mobilized TA 24.02.1942 transferred to the Glider Pilot Regiment (09.1944) Officer commanding, .. Flight, (C Squadron, No. 2 Wing), Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem) 18.07.1949 joined RAF Regiment [short service commission] 01.04.1952 - 29.03.1958 permanent commission
Atkinson, Laurence	? -	A/Sgt. ? 2nd Lt. 17.01.1941 [167910] WS/Lt. 17.07.1942 A/Maj. 09.03.1942	served in the ranks 17.01.1941 commissioned into the Pioneer Corps [emergency commission] 19.10.1943 transferred to the Parachute Regiment (09.1944) Motor Transport Officer (HQ Company), 11th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [POW]) 13.06.1946 transferred to the Royal Army Pay Corps
Austin, George Norman Son of Robert Blacow Austin and May Austin, of St. Anne's, Lytham St. Anne's, Lancashire.	1920 ? - 24.09.1944 (KIA) [age 24] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, 20.C.18]	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 02.11.1940 [155378] WS/Lt. 02.05.1942 Comdn 27.08.1942 act of gallantry	02.11.1940 commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] (09.1944) Battalion HQ (attached RA), 2nd Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment (Arnhem [killed in action])

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