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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 Mervin Son (with five sisters and one brother) of Edward Aasen (1890-1961), and Eva Mary Fisher (1891-1942). Married Leona Blanche Hartley; one son.	25.06.1917 - 1954 Montreal, Que.	2nd Lt. ? Lt. 20.11.1943	?     commissioned, 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]) Lino operator in the newspaper printing business.
Adams, Norman Vere Maxwell Son of Dr. Daniel Vere Maxwell Adams and Edith Anne Maxwell Adams (née Williams). Husband of Hilda Mary Maxwell Adams, of Hunstanton, Norfolk.	1918 Boroughmuirhead district, Edinburgh City, Scotland - 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, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] 25.03.1942     transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944)     Section Commander, D Squadron (No. 1 Wing), Glider Pilot Regiment (pilot Horsa Cn. 457) (Arnhem [killed in action])
Adams, Ronald McCardie Martin Only son of Dr. ... Adams, and ... Martin, of North Shields.	05.02.1922 Tynemouth district, Northumberland - 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 Northumberland Fusiliers 13.09.1941     commissioned, The South Staffordshire Regiment [emergency commission] 01.11.1942     transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (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 Solicitor, National Westminster Bank, London.
Ainslie, John Thompson "Tom" Son of John Ainslie, and Elizabeth A. Thompson.	(12?).1918 Newcastle upon Tyne district, Northumberland / Tyne and Wear - 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: Newcastle Royal Grammar School; Pembroke College, Cambridge (1937; modern languages) 22.02.1941     commissioned, The Royal Norfolk Regiment [emergency commission] 01.01.1944     transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944)     Administration Officer (HQ Company), 2nd Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 00566/12B) in German captivity (Oflag 79, Brunswick, Lower Saxony) 01.09.1946     commissioned, 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" Married Barbara Courtenay Hyatt-Box (née Linton), former WRNS officer.	1913 Rutherglen district, Lanarkshire, Scotland - 1990 Kincardine district, Sutherland, Scotland	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, Royal Army Medical Corps - Territorial Army 24.08.1939     mobilized 1943 - 09.1944 Commanding Officer, 133rd Parachute Field Ambulance (Italy; Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 1674) in German captivity (Reserve-Lazarett XI-B)) ? - 31.03.1967 Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
Allenby, Peter Sewell Elder son of Sq.Ldr. Sewell Allenby, and Nelly A. Codrington, of Ealing. Married (1944) Racel Marita Jolliffe, elder daughter of the late C.H. Jolliffe, Colombo, Ceylon, and of Mrs. Jolliffe, of Parkstone, Dorset; ... children (two daughters?).	03.10.1918 Headington district - (06?).1971 Homington Down, Salisbury district, Wiltshire	Lt. 29.01.1944 [306749] WS/Capt. 29.01.1945 (reld > 04.1946)	29.01.1944     commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission] (09.1944)     Anaesthesist, 16th Parachute Field Ambulance (Arnhem [POW]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 53660) in German captivity (Stalag IX-C, Mühlhausen, Hessen)
Allsop, David Youngest son of George Allsop, and Mary Hutchinson, of Woodbine, Bakewell. Married (01.05.1943) Sub. Miriam B. Kaye, ATS, elder daughter of Brig. and Mrs G.L. Kaye, of Canford Cliffs, Bournemouth.	04.08.1917 Bakewell district, Derbyshire - 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, The Manchester Regiment [emergency commission] 01.11.1941     transferred, Royal Regiment of Artillery 28.05.1942     transferred, Reconnaissance Corps - Royal Armoured 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, The Gloucester Regiment [emergency commission] 09.04.1942     transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944)     Section Commander, B Squadron (No. 1 Wing), Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem [killed in action])
Anson, Patrick Anchitel Richmond Only son of Capt. Henry Percy Richmond Anson, The Middlesex Regiment, killed in action in Belgium, 25th May, 1915, and of Lilian Mary Anson (née Daw), of Alderney, Channel Islands.	17.03.1914 Staines district, Middlesex - 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, Sandhurst. 01.02.1934     commissioned, 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" Son of Clement Armstrong, and Ruby Welburn. Married (1941) Joan Girdwood Steel; two sons.	1914? / 1916? - 24.09.1991 Lanark, Scotland	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 26.10.1940 [153958] WS/Capt. 13.08.1942 T/Maj. 13.08.1942-... & 20.08.1945-... (reld > 04.1946)	26.10.1940     commissioned, The Border Regiment [emergency commission] (09.1944)     Officer Commanding, B Company, 1st Battalion The Border Regiment (Arnhem [wounded, captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 91199) in German captivity (Oflag 79, Brunswick, Lower Saxony)
Arnold, William Frank "Bill" Son of the late Spencer Arnold, and of Mrs Arnold, of Blundeston, nr Lowestoft. Married (1942) Priscilla E.M. Ryan, younger daughter of the late Sir Thomas Ryna, CIE, and of Lady Ryan, of Burley, nr Ringwood; ... children (two sons, one daughter?). Wife resided (1944): Burley, Ringwood, Hampshire.	22.05.1908 Yarmouth district, Norfolk - 02.1997 East Dereham district, 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, Royal Regiment of 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 [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 52772) in German captivity (Oflag IX A/H, Spangenberg, Hessen) ? - (1954) served on in Territorial Army - Royal Regiment of Artillery ? - 27.08.1966 Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
Ash, Bertram Percival Son of ... Ash, and ... Jones.	27.07.1912 Brentford district, Middlesex - 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, The Hampshire Regiment [emergency commission] 17.07.1942     transferred, Royal Armoured Corps 15.07.1943     transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944)     Officer Commanding, 3 Platoon (A Company), 3rd Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 565/XIIB) in German captivity (Oflag 79, Brunswick, Lower Saxony) Served in the London Fire Brigade (1950s).
Ashe, Norman Constantine de Courcy Elder son of Capt. Wellesley St. George Ashe, and Hon. Estelle Emily Spencer de Courcy. Married (15.07.1944) Bertha Frances Deirdré McCormick, youngest daughter of Canon & Mrs McCormick, Ardcarne Rectory, Boyle, Eire; ... children (one son?).	05.09.1922 Cheltenham district, Gloucestershire -	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 06.12.1941 [219857] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 (reld > 04.1946)	06.12.1941     commissioned, The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [emergency commission] 18.12.1943     transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Army Air Corps (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, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] 22.01.1944     transferred, King's Own Scottish Borderers (09.1944)     Officer Commanding, 8 Platoon (B Company), 7th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 91003) in German captivity (Oflag 79, Brunswick, Lower Saxony)
Ashmore, Norman Hugh Harry	1922 ? - 09.2008 still alive in the SE English countryside [aged 86]	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 20.01.1941 [168938] WS/Lt. 20.07.1942 (reld > 04.1946) MC 09.11.1944 Arnhem 09.44	20.01.1941     commissioned, The Welch Regiment [emergency commission] 05.02.1944     transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (1944) - (1945) Officer Commanding, 3 Platoon, 21st Independent Parachute Company (UK, Arnhem [evacuated], Norway) Played as an actor. Worked for British Council.
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 Madeleine Ashworth (née Ould). Brother of Lt.Col. J.B. Ashworth, The Royal Sussex Regiment.	(12?).1909 East Preston district, 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, The Royal Sussex Regiment [emergency commission] 01.01.1943     transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944)     Officer Commanding, HQ Company, 10th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [killed in action])
Astbury, Joseph Peter Son of Frank Llewellyn D. Astbury (1871-1925), and Albinia Esther Donne (born 1892). Married Elisabetta (née ...).	14.07.1916 Sleaford district, Lincolnshire - 05.12.1987 Islington, London	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 24.05.1941 [187989] WS/Lt. 05.05.1942 T/Capt. 05.05.1942 (reld > 04.1946)	Education: Christ's College, Cambridge University (1935-1938). 24.05.1941     commissioned, Royal Corps of Signals [emergency commission] (09.1944)     Officer Commanding HQ Squadron, General Headquarters Liaison Regiment ("Phantom") (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 90867) in German captivity (Oflag 79, Brunswick, Lower Saxony) Joined the Communist Party in 1936, and was a member of the Apostles. Enlisted in the army in 1940, coverage of Party Headquarters in connection with the SPRINGHALL case showed ASTBURY to be passing information to SPRINGHALL knowing he was working for the Russians. When questioned in December 1943 ASTBURY lied. He worked for Professor BLACKETT at Manchester University on atomic energy, and researched cosmic rays at the Jungfrau High Altitude Laboratory in Switzerland. Astbury was a Communist Party member during his time as a student at Cambridge. He maintained that membership through his military service and beyond, eventually admitting his allegiance. The Security Service first began to take an interest in him in 1936 when his name began to appear in intercepted correspondence of other suspects. There is a summary of his early career at serial 36g. He did, however, manage to join the Army and gain a commission before the Service could intervene, and so Captain Astbury served out the war in the GHQ Liaison regiment. The file details how he was captured at Arnhem on 17 September 1944 and after his release he seems to have courted publicity and given press interviews detailing his claims to have been involved with 'phantom' communication systems on D-Day and thereafter. The file reveals he was in regular contact with prominent Communists such as Douglas Springhall. In 1947, Astbury joined Manchester University to work as part of the "cosmic ray team." Astbury made his communist views public knowledge in November 1950, which also documents growing disagreements between him and the leader of the Manchester team. Astbury's name became closely linked to the Cambridge spy ring when a letter from him to Guy Burgess was found among the latter's possessions in New Bond Street on 7 June 1951 shortly after Burgess defected (copy at serial 141a). Despite a close watch being kept on his activities and contacts, no evidence seems to have emerged of Astbury passing information about his research to the Soviets. At this time, Astbury frequently travelled to Switzerland for research purposes and the Service continued to gather information on his work and contacts through to 1958.
Aston, Frederick Cuthbert Son of John Clifford Aston (born 1884), 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, Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army 24.08.1939     mobilized TA 24.02.1942     transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Army Air Corps (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	(12?).1919 ?? Auckland district, Durham ?? -	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, Pioneer Corps [emergency commission] 19.10.1943     transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944)     Motor Transport Officer (HQ Company), 11th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 2161) in German captivity (Oflag IX-A/4) 13.06.1946     transferred, Royal Army Pay Corps
Austin, George Norman Son of Robert Blacow Austin and May Austin (née Bretherton), of St. Anne's, Lytham St. Anne's, Lancashire.	(09?).1920 Preston district, Lancashire - 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, 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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