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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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Badger, John Son of John and Christina Ethel May Badger, of Four Oaks, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire.	1923 ? - 19.09.1944 (KIA) [age 21] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, 19.A.18]	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 13.03.1943 [267242] WS/Lt. 13.09.1943 MC 21.10.1943 Sicily 07.43	13.03.1943 commissioned into The South Staffordshire Regiment [emergency commission] (07.1943) - (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 18 Platoon (C Company), 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Sicily; Arnhem [killed in action])
Baillie, Patrick "Pat"	? -	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 06.02.1943 [262135] WS/Lt. 05.08.1943 Lt. 26.07.1949, seniority 05.08.1943 (dismissed 28.12.1949; general court martial)	05.02.1943 commissioned into The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) [emergency commission] (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 7 Platoon (A Company), 1st Battalion The Border Regiment (Arnhem [POW]) 26.07.1949     transferred to The Royal Sussex Regiment [short service commission]
Bainbridge, Jack Mackenzie	? - deceased	2nd Lt. 04.07.1940 [138694] WS/Lt. 29.10.1941 Lt. ?, seniority 29.10.1941 Capt. 01.06.1949 A/Maj. 10.11.1950 Maj. 10.10.1952, seniority 10.11.1950 Lt.Col. ? Bt. Col. 01.08.1962 TD 06.05.1949 ?	04.07.1940 commissioned into The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) [emergency commission] (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 19 Platoon (D Company), 1st Battalion The Border Regiment (Arnhem [wounded, POW]) 15.12.1948 transferred to The Border Regiment - Territorial Army 16.03.1955 transferred to Territorial Army Reserve of Officers, Regiment List 17.01.1956 transferred back to Territorial Army, Active List (with seniority as a Major of 13.09.1951) 02.08.1962 transferred to Territorial Army Reserve of Officers, Regimental List
Baker, Albert Edward	06.06.1914 - 03.2005 still alive	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 01.08.1942 [240394] WS/Lt. 01.08.1942 (reld > 04.1946) MBE 01.11.1945 Rhine crossing?	01.08.1942 commissioned into The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's) [emergency commission] 18.12.1943 transferred to the Parachute Regiment (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 8 Platoon (B Company), 10th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [POW, later escaped])
Baldwin, John	? -	2nd Lt. 02.04.1943 [269414] WS/Lt. 02.10.1943 Hon. Lt. 09.06.1945 (retd) 2nd Lt. 10.08.1946 [short service commission] (retd 02.12.1947) Hon. Lt. 02.12.1947	02.04.1943 commissioned into The Essex Regiment [emergency commission] ? transferred to  the Glider Pilot Regiment (09.1944) Section Commander, C Squadron (No. 2 Wing), Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem) 10.08.1946 - 02.12.1947 commissioned into The Essex Regiment [short service commission]
Bannatyne, Ronald "Ronnie"	? -	2nd Lt. 19.10.1940 [151577] WS/Lt. 19.04.1942 (retd 09.05.1953) T/Capt. 1944? Hon. Capt. 09.05.1953	19.10.1940 commissioned into The King's Own Scottish Borderers [emergency commission] (09.1944) Officer Commanding, Anti-Tank Group (Support Company), 7th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (Arnhem [wounded; POW])
Barber, Charles Hilary	? -	2nd Lt. 16.04.1942 [232952] WS/Lt. 16.10.1942 T/Capt. 10.04.1945 Capt. 13.02.1950	16.04.1942 commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] (09.1944) Intelligence Officer, HQ Royal Artillery, 1st Airborne Division (Arnhem [evacuated]) ? transferred to the Territorial Army 27.09.1951 transferred to the Territorial Army Reserve of Officers, Regimental List
Barclay, Frank Horace From Exmouth.	? -	2nd Lt. 01.10.1939 [99951] WS/Lt. 01.04.1940 T/Capt. 1944? MC 21.10.1943 Sicily 07.43	01.10.1939 commissioned into The Devonshire Regiment [emergency commission] 04.05.1942 transferred to the Glider Pilot Regiment (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 13 Flight (D Squadron, No. 1 Wing), Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem)
Barclay, James Hamilton "Jimmy"	? -	2nd Lt. 19.04.1941 [182663] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 (reld 1945/46) Hon. Capt. 1945/46 TD 06.05.1949 ?	19.04.1941 commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] 17.08.1942 transferred to the Glider Pilot Regiment (09.1944) Section Commander, B Squadron (No. 1 Wing), Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem)
Barker, Alan Ernest * * the gazetting for his permanent commission gives as his first names: Alan Ernest Samuel	? -	2nd Lt. 08.08.1943 [289260] WS/Lt. 08.02.1944 Lt. 01.05.1947, seniority 15.11.1946 (reld 13.04.1948) Hon. Capt. 13.04.1948	08.08.1943 commissioned into the Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission to 30.04.1947] 23.01.1944 transferred to The South Staffordshire Regiment (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 8 Platoon (A Company), 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Arnhem [POW]) 01.05.1947 transferred to the Inns of Court Regiment - Territorial Army 13.04.1948 transferred to the Territorial Army Reserve of Officers, Regimental List
Barling, Anthony Seymour "Tony" Son of Seymour Gilbert Barling.	11.03.1919 - 30.05.2002 Great Malvern, nr. Droitwich, Worcestershire	Lt. 08.01.1944 [306036] WS/Capt. 08.01.1945 Capt. 30.04.1948, seniority 08.01.1945 (reld 20.02.1951) A/Maj. 30.04.1948 Hon. Maj. 20.02.1951	08.01.1944 commissioned into the Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission] (09.1944) Section Officer L, 133rd Parachute Field Ambulance (Arnhem [POW]) < 04.1948 transferred to Territorial Army 20.02.1951 transferred to Territorial Army Reserve of Officers, Regimental List Appointed Factory Doctor, Market Deeping District of the county of Lincoln, 19.03.1956.
Barlow, Hilaro Nelson	03.10.1906 Barnsley, Yorkshire - 19.09.1944 (MIA) [Groesbeek War Memorial, panel 1]	2nd Lt. 04.02.1926 [34606] Lt. 04.02.1929 Capt. 01.11.1937 A/Maj. 19.11.1940 Maj. 04.02.1943 T/Lt.Col. 21.03.1943 A/Col. 1944? OBE 01.01.1944 New Year 44	04.02.1926 commissioned into the The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's) (03.1931) 2nd Battalion, The Somerset Light Infantry 24.08.1932 - 23.08.1934 seconded for service under the Colonial Office (employed with RWAFF) 01.09.1934 - 31.08.1937 Adjutant, 1st Battalion The Somerset Light Infantry (Poona, India) 27.01.1938 - (01.1939) seconded as Instructor, Royal Military College, Sandhurst (09.1944) Deputy Commander, 1st Airlanding Brigade (Arnhem [missing in action])
Barnes, Stanley	? -	2nd Lt. 10.10.1943 [295896] WS/Lt. 10.04.1944 (retd 24.06.1946; disability) Hon. Lt. 24.06.1946	10.10.1943 commissioned into the Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission] 23.01.1944 transferred to The Border Regiment (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 11 Platoon (B Company), 1st Battalion The Border Regiment (Arnhem; wounded [POW])
Barnett, John Patrick	23.11.1908 - 13.12.1993	2nd Lt. 28.11.1942 [253696] WS/Lt. 28.05.1943 Capt. < 1950 (retd 24.12.1958; age limit) MWO 20.01.1947 Arnhem 09.44 * * date of Dutch Royal Decree 09.02.1946	28.11.1942 commissioned into the North Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's) [emergency commission] 04.04.1943 transferred to the Parachute Regiment (09.1944) Officer Commanding, HQ Defence Platoon, 1st Parachute Brigade (Arnhem) ? transferred to the Territorial Army 20.03.1950 transferred to the Territorial Army Reserve of Officers Golf club secretary, Kent.
Barrett, Robert Anthony	? -	2nd Lt. 14.12.1940 [160888] WS/Lt. 14.06.1942	14.12.1940 commissioned into The South Staffordshire Regiment [emergency commission] (07.1943) Officer Commanding, 7 Platoon (A Company), 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Sicily) (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 10 Platoon (A Company), 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Arnhem [POW])
Barrie, William Nicholson Son of David and Lilian Barrie; husband of Margaret Barrie, of Wylam, Northumberland. From Hexham.	1919 ? - 20.09.1944 * (KIA) [age 25] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, 3.B.5] * date in the CWGC database; other sources (such as his gravestone) still carry the date as 02.10.1944, presumed to have died of wounds	2nd Lt. 04.07.1940 [138718] WS/Lt. 04.01.1942 T/Capt. 1944? DFC 11.11.1943 Sicily 07.43	04.07.1940 commissioned into The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers [emergency commission] 1944? transferred to the Glider Pilot Regiment (09.1944) Second-in-Command, G Squadron (No. 1 Wing), Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem [killed in action])
Barron, Peter Roderick MacGregor Son of John Barron and Helen MacGregor, from Heysham, Lancashire.	06.08.1922 - 26.09.1944 (KIA) [age 22] [Groesbeek Memorial, panel 1]	2nd Lt. 17.01.1942 [223000] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 T/Capt. 1944? MID 20.09.1945 Arnhem 09.44	17.01.1942 commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] (09.1944) - 26.09.1944 Battery Captain "A", 2nd Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery RA (Arnhem [killed in action])
Barron, Thomas Robert Son of late Robert and Florence May Barron. Married (1942) Constance Lilian Bolter; one son, three daughters.	27.12.1918 - 04.2001 Harleston, Norfolk	2nd Lt. 13.03.1943 [267486] WS/Lt. 13.09.1943 (reld 1946) CBE 1980 ?	Education: Dame Allan's School, Newcastle-on-Tyne; King's College, Durham University (BA 1st class Hons (Econ.)) 1940 - 1946 served Royal Artillery & 1st Airborne Division: 13.03.1943 commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] (09.1944) Gun Position Officer, A Troop, 1st Airlanding Light Battery RA (Arnhem [evacuated]) Joined LNER as Traffic Apprentice, 1946; Assistant General Manager, London Midland Region, 1966, Western Region, 1967; British Railways Board: Director Management Staff, 1970; Controller of Corporate Planning, 1972; Director of Planning and Investment, 1977. Executive Director, Channel Tunnel, 1981-1982. Member, NW Economic Planning Council, 1965-1967. Member, British Railways Board, 1978-1981.
Barrow, ?	? -	2nd Lt. ? WS/Lt. ? T/Capt. ?	? commissioned into ? [emergency commission] (09.1944) Deputy Assistant Adjutant Quartermaster, 4th Parachute Brigade (Arnhem)
Barry, Philip Hanbury "Peter"	? -	2nd Lt. 01.08.1942 [240444] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 (retd 10.02.1947) Hon. Capt. 10.02.1947	01.08.1942 commissioned into The Royal Ulster Rifles [emergency commission] 05.05.1943 transferred to the Parachute Regiment (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 7 Platoon (C Company), 2nd Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [POW]) Medical doctor, Somerset.
Bartlett, Hugh Tryon From Bayswater.	07.10.1914 Balaghat, India - 26.06.1988 Hove, Sussex	2nd Lt. 05.04.1941 [180780] WS/Lt. 08.06.1942 T/Capt. 17.08.1942 WS/Capt. ? Capt. 20.11.1947, seniority 20.01.1945 A/Maj. 20.11.1947 Maj. 07.10.1948, seniority 20.11.1947 DFC 16.08.1945 NW Europe	Education: Pembroke College, Cambridge (1933) 05.04.1941 commissioned into the Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission] 01.08.1942 transferred to the Glider Pilot Regiment (09.1944) Second-in-Command, A Squadron (No. 1 Wing), Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem) 20.11.1947 transferred to the Royal Army Service Corps - Territorial Army 19.04.1950 transferred to the Territorial Army Reserve of Officers, Regimental List 05.02.1952 transferred to the Supplementary Reserve of Officers, renamed: Army Emergency Reserve of Officers (as a Major with seniority 04.11.1945) 02.12.1954 transferred to the Regular Army Reserve of Officers Played first-class cricket as a batsman, 1933-1949.
Baxter, Anthony Rysing "Tony" Married Alexandra Adele Brett, 1967.	? - 2004/05	2nd Lt. 28.06.1941 [193843] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 T/Capt. 26.09.1945	28.06.1941 commissioned into the King's Royal Rifle Corps [emergency commission] 16.03.1943 transferred to the Parachute Regiment (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 2 Platoon (A Company), 3rd Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [POW])
Baxter, Norman	? -	2nd Lt. 15.02.1941 [172126] WS/Lt. 15.08.1942	15.02.1941 commissioned into The Royal Warwickshire Regiment [emergency commission] 28.04.1943 transferred to the Parachute Regiment (09.1944) Adjutant, D Squadron (No. 1 Wing), Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem)
Bear, Henry Fairbrother	31.03.1914 - 04.1995 Hastings and Rother, East Sussex	2nd Lt. 02.11.1940 [155131] WS/Lt. ? A/Capt. 20.07.1943 WS/Capt. 21.12.1944 Hon. Capt. 1945/46 (reld) Lt. 01.05.1947, seniority 02.05.1942 Capt. 03.03.1950	02.11.1940 commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] (09.1944) Battery Captain "Q", 1st Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery, RA (Arnhem [evaded]) 01.05.1947 commissioned into The Honourable Artillery Company - Territorial Army 03.03.1950 transferred to the Territorial Army Reserve of Officers, Regimental List
Beaumont-Thomas, Nigel		see: Thomas, Nigel Beaumont
Beddoe, William Glyndwr "Taffy"	? [(12?).1904 ?? Merthyr Tydfil, Breconshire, Glamorgan, Mid Glamorgan ??] -	2nd Lt. 15.07.1943 [285618] WS/Lt. 15.01.1944 T/Capt. 30.10.1945	15.07.1943 commissioned into The Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] 22.01.1944 transferred to The King's Own Scottish Borderers (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 14 Platoon (D Company), 7th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (Arnhem [POW])
Beevers, Thomas	? -	2nd Lt. 20.04.1940 [129472] WS/Lt. 20.10.1941 Lt. 13.11.1947 (reld 19.12.1954) A/Capt. 01.01.1948	20.04.1940 commissioned into The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) [emergency commission] 01.08.1942 transferred to the Parachute Regiment (09.1944) Junior Liaison Officer 1st Parachute Brigade, 1st Airborne Division (Arnhem [POW]) 13.11.1947 commissioned into the Territorial Army, General List (Loretto School Contingent, Junior Training Corps) 01.01.1948 - 20.01.1951 Commanding Officer, Loretto School Contingent, Junior Training Corps - Territorial Army 20.01.1951 - 19.12.1954 Harrow School Contingent, Combined Cadet Forces - Territorial Army
Bell, John Mitchell Kenyon	05.06.1921 Wigan district, Greater Manchester, Lancashire - died before 03.1990 ?	2nd Lt. 15.11.1941 [217392] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 A/Capt. 22.10.1945-21.01.1946 T/Capt. 22.01.1946-04.06.1948 Lt. 01.10.1946, seniority 01.10.1942 [short service commission] Capt. 05.06.1948 [short service commission] Lt. 07.04.1951, seniority 05.12.1943 [permament commission] Capt. 07.04.1951, seniority 05.06.1948 [permanent commission] (retd 26.08.1957) TD 07.11.1947 ?	served in the ranks for 2 years 188 days (mobilized TA) 15.11.1941 commissioned into The King's Own Scottish Borderers [emergency commission to 30.09.1946] 27.11.1943 transferred to the Parachute Regiment (09.1944) Second-in-Command, C Company, 156th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem) 01.10.1946 short service commission to 06.04.1951 07.04.1951 transferred to the Royal Corps of Signals [permanent commission]
Bell, Keith Foster	? - deceased	2nd Lt. 15.02.1941 [172258] WS/Lt. 15.08.1942	15.02.1941 commissioned into The Royal Sussex Regiment [emergency commission] 20.08.1943 transferred to the Parachute Regiment (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 8 Platoon (C Company), 11th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem)
Benson, the Reverend Bernard Joseph Son of Henry and Bridget Benson, of Shipley, Yorkshire.	09.01.1914 - 27.09.1944 (DOW) [age 30] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, 4.B.10]	Capt. 16.10.1941 [205968] = Chaplain to the Forces 4th Cl.	16.10.1941 commissioned into the Royal Army Chaplains' Department [emergency commission] - Roman Catholic (09.1944) Chaplain, 181st Airlanding Field Ambulance (Arnhem [died of wounds])
Bewley, John Michael	? - 07.12.1944 (KIA) [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, 18.C.15]	2nd Lt. 05.04.1941 [180561] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 MID 10.05.1945 Ardennes 12.44	05.04.1941 commissioned into The Devonshire Regiment [emergency commission] 01.08.1941 transferred to the Royal Regiment of Artillery 18.09.1942 transferred to the Glider Pilot Regiment (09.1944) Section Commander, G Squadron (No. 1 Wing), Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem; Ardennes [killed in action])
Bingley, Richard Arthur James "Dick"