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Cain, Robert Henry Vicroria Cross Reference Son of Robert James Cain, Douglas, Isle of Man. Married (1941) Mary Denise Addison; one son, three daughters. From Salcombe, Devon.	02.01.1909 Shanghai, China - 02.05.1974 Crowborough, Sussex [Bradden Cemetery (family grave, name not on headstone) (Worth Crematorium, Crawley, Sussex)]	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 20.04.1940 [129484] A/Lt. 18.09.1940 WS/Capt. 07.04.1943 (reld 28.12.1945) T/Maj. 07.04.1943 Hon. Maj. 28.12.1945 VC 02.11.1944 Arnhem * * During the period 19 to 25 September 1944 at Arnhem, Holland, Major Cain's company was cut off from the battalion and throughout the whole of this time was closely engaged with enemy tanks, self-propelled guns and infantry. The Major was everywhere danger threatened, moving among his men and encouraging them to hold out. By his leadership he not only stopped but demoralized the enemy attacks and although he was suffering from a perforated ear-drum and multiple wounds, he refused medical attention.	Education: King William's College, Isle of Man Worked for Shell in Thailand, and later Malaya 20.04.1940 commissioned into The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers [emergency commission] 1942 - 1945 attached to The South Staffordshire Regiment (N Africa, Sicly, Italy, Arnhem, Norway) (07.1943) - (09.1944) Officer Commanding, B Company, 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Sicily; Arnhem [escaped]) 01.10.1945 transferred to The South Staffordshire Regiment Returned to his pre-war occupation with Shell, living in the Far East and later West Africa, before retiring to the Isle of Man with his family.
Caird, William Small	? - 11.1987	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 14.12.1940 [160264] WS/Lt. 14.06.1942 T/Capt. 24.12.1943 (reld > 04.1946) EM 16.09.1949 ?	14.12.1940 commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] (09.1944) No. 1 Forward Observation Unit RA [attached 1st Parachute Battalion] (Arnhem [evacuated])
Cairns, John Brown	? -	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 06.06.1942 [235320] WS/Lt. 06.12.1942 (reld > 04.1946)	06.06.1942 commissioned into the Royal Corps of Signals [emergency commission] (09.1944) Second-in-Command Signals, 1st Parachute Brigade [J Section (No. 2 Company), 1st Airborne Divisional Signals] (Arnhem)
Cairns, Stanley Galland	? -	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 21.12.1940 [164161] WS/Lt. 21.06.1942 T/Capt. 1944? WS/Capt. 28.02.1945 T/Maj. 28.02.1945 (reld > 04.1946)	122nd Officer Cadet Training Unit (OCTU) 21.12.1940 commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] 29.05.1942 transferred to the Glider Pilot Regiment (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 13 Flight (D Squadron, No. 1 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem)
Cambier, Harry Michael Ashbrooke Son of Lt.-Col. Valentine Cambier and Hilda Doris Cambier.	09.09.1921 Batavia - 10.10.1944 (murdered while being POW) [age 23] [Vorden General Cemetery, 17]	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 28.02.1942 [226876] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 MID 24.08.1944 Italy 09-11.1943	Education: New College, Oxford (Exhibitioner; degree in mathematics) 28.02.1942 commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] served in Egypt 14.04.1943 transferred to the Parachute Regiment [training at the Middle East Pararchute School and posted to 156 Battalion which was the stationed at Jenin in Palestine in early 1943; platoon commander in B Company, Tunisia, Italy] 12.1943 - (09.1944) Officer Commanding, Assault Platoon (Support Company), 156th Parachute Battalion (UK, Arnhem [POW, murdered])
Cameron, Donald Arthur	? -	2nd Lt. 11.12.1943 [C.121208] WS/Lt. 22.01.1944`(reld 30.08.1945)	11.12.1943 commissioned into the Canadian Infantry Corps [emergency commission] (from OTC, Brockville, Ont.) (01.1944) - 07.03.1944 No. A-10 Canadian Infantry Training Centre, Camp Borden, Ont. 07.03.1944 - No. A-34 Training Centre (Reinforcements) Canloan scheme: CDN/136 (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 2 Platoon (A Company), 7th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (Arnhem [POW]) 31.05.1945 - 30.08.1945 No. 3 District Depot (from Canadian Army Overseas) [struck off strength and placed on Reserve Active Officers, General List]
Cane, Peter Howard   Son of Lionel Charles William Cane and of Doris Cane (née Guyot), of Reading, Berkshire; stepson of Betty Cane, of Reading.	1919 ? - 17.09.1944 (KIA) [age 25] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 18.A.13-14]	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 22.02.1941 [174425] WS/ Lt. 22.08.1942	22.01.1941 commissioned into The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) [emergency commission] 21.01.1943 transferred to the Parachute Regiment (09.1944) - 17.09.1944 Officer Commanding, 6 Platoon (B Company), 2nd Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [killed in action])
Carr, Brian Dean "Sammy"	24.04.1918 - deceased	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 04.07.1940 [138170] WS/ Lt. 04.01.1942 T/Capt. 17.11.1942-..., 11.07.1945-... BL 20.03.1947 Arnhem 09.44 * * date of Dutch Royal Decree 09.02.1946	04.07.1940 commissioned into The Royal Sussex Regiment [emergency commission] 1st Battalion The Royal Sussex Regiment 05.02.1943 transferred to the Parachute Regiment (09.1943) - 17.09.1944 Motor Transport Officer [& temp. Second-in-Command?], HQ Company, 10th Parachute Battalion (Italy; Arnhem) Supervisor, trust company, Vancouver, BC.
Carrick, William Jack	04.08.1910 - 04.1988 York, Yorkshire	Lt. [OME4] 27.05.1940 [131615] A/Capt. [OME3] 13.01.1941 WS/Capt. 28.05.1943 T/Maj. 28.05.1943-(01.1946) Capt. 01.03.1949, seniority 28.05.1943 Hon. Maj. 29.03.1954 Hkn 19.03.1948 liberation of Norway	27.05.1940 commissioned, Royal Army Ordnance Corps (as Ordnance Mechanical Engineer, 4th Class [with rank of Lieutenant]) [emergency commission to 01.03.1949] 08.12.1940 - (04.1941) Staff Captain, Directorate of Ordnance Services, Department of the Quarter-Master- General to the Forces, War Office 1943? transferred to the Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (09.1944) CO 1st (Airborne) Divisional Workshops, REME [Arnhem (seaborne echelon)] 01.03.1949 - 29.03.1954 short service commission 29.03.1954 - 28.10.1959 Regular Army Reserve of Officers 28.10.1959 - 04.08.1965 Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
Carter, Edward Robert Erskine "Erk" Second son of Arthur Norwood Carter, QC, and Edith Isonel (Ireland) Carter. Married Verna Leman Andrews, daughter of Rev. H. Andrews, Rawdon, P.Q., 31.05.1947; two sons, two daughters.	20.02.1923 Saint John, N.Br. - 16.04.1982	Corp. 11.1940 [G.50751] Sgt. 1941 Cadet 12.06.1942 Prov. 2nd Lt. 10.10.1942 2nd Lt. 09.01.1943 WS/Lt. 03.06.1944 (reld 24.08.1945)	Education: University of New Brunswick (1940-1942; arts course); Osgoode Hall, Toronto (1945-1947); Rhodes scholar for N.Br. (1947); University of New Brunswick Law School (1947; BCL); Oxford University (1949; BCL) 06.06.1942 - 12.06.1942 No. 7 District Depot, Fredericton, N.Br. 12.06.1942 - 16.10.1942 Cadet, Officers Training Centre Brockville, Ont. 17.10.1942 - ? No. A-23 Training Centre (Coastal & Anti-Aircraft Artillery), Halifax, N.S. 1942 - 1944 served with Royal Canadian Artillery, lastly with 86th Coast Battery, RCA 08.06.1944 - ? No. A-11 Training Centre (Provisional Reinforcements) ? - ? No. A-34 Training Centre Canloan scheme: CDN/609 1944     103rd Reinforcement Group (UK) 10.07.1944 - 09.1944 Officer Commanding, 6 Platoon (B Company), 7th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (Arnhem [POW till 04.1945]) ? - 24.08.1945 No. 7 District Depot (struck off strength and placed on the Reserve Active Officers, General List) Read Law with McMillan, Binch, Wilkinson, Berry & Wright, Toronto, Ont; called to Bar of New Brunswick, 1947; Ontario 1951; associated with A. N. Carter, QC in practise of law, St John, NB, 1949-53; Legal Officer, Abitibi Power & Paper Co. Ltd, Toronto, Ont, 1953-54; joined Fennell, McLean, Seed & Carter, 1954; Partner, 1955-58. President and Chief Executive Officer: Patino Mining Corp., later Patino NV, 1958-72; Hambro Canada Ltd, 1973-75. Chm. and Dir, Advocate Mines Ltd; Director: Bank of Montreal; Westroc Industries Ltd; Sun Alliance Insurance Co.; Global Natural Resources Ltd; Imperial General Properties Ltd; British Canadian Resources Ltd. Member, Law Soc. of Upper Canada. Hon. Consul of Norway, 1977-. QC (Can.) 1978; Counsel, Borden and Elliot, Barristers and Solicitors.
Cartwright, Hugh Harry Langan	04.05.1920 - 04.2004 Dacorum, Hertfordshire	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 02.04.1943 [269402] WS/Lt. 02.10.1943 Lt. 23.01.1946, seniority 11.09.1943 A/Capt. 16.12.1945-15.03.1946 T/Capt. 16.03.1946-10.03.1948 Capt. 11.03.1948 T/Maj. 22.03.1951-16.05.1953, 30.12.1953-19.10.1954, 01.12.1954-10.03.1955 Maj. 11.03.1955, seniority 18.06.1954 Lt.Col. 01.10.1962 [supernumerary 01.10.1965] (retd 04.05.1975) Efficiency Medal (Territorial), 21.01.1949	Education: psc served in the ranks for 3 years 212 days; mobilized in the TA 02.04.1943 commissioned into The South Staffordshire Regiment (regiment renamed: Staffordshire Regiment 31.01.1959) [emergency commission to 22.01.1946] (09.1944) Signals Officer, 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Arnhem [wounded, POW]) 23.01.1946 permanent commission 20.04.1946 - 03.06.1946 Staff Captain, HQ ... Infantry Division 04.06.1946 - 30.11.1947 General Staff Officer 3rd grade (GSO3), HQ ... Infantry Division 01.12.1947 - 08.08.1949 HQ British Army of the Rhine 03.09.1949 - 18.01.1950 Instructor, Officer Cadet Training Unit Eaton Hall 22.03.1951 - 17.04.1953 Deputy Assistant Adjutant General (DAAG), War Office 27.06.1955 - 15.10.1956 Deputy Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster General (DAA&QMG), HQ LFPG 27.06.1955 - 15.10.1956 specially employed, Ghana Army 24.06.1965 - (02.1967) Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster General (AA&QMG) (Stats.) & Officer-in-Charge Records CS & RC, Far East Land Forces
Casey, Thomas	? -	Cadet ? [791440] 2nd Lt. 11.12.1943 [303987] WS/Lt. 11.12.1943 (reld < 04.1946) Hon. Lt. < 04.1946	11.12.1943 commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] (09.1944) Officer Commanding, P Troop, 1st Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery RA (Arnhem [POW])
Chapman, John Frederick King	? -	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 02.11.1940 [156529] WS/Lt. 02.05.1942 (reld > 04.1946) T/Capt. 11.10.1945	02.11.1940 commissioned into The South Staffordshire Regiment [emergency commission] (07.1943) Officer Commanding, 14 Platoon (B Company), 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Sicily) (09.1944) Adjutant, 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Arnhem [POW])
Chapman, M J unknown	? -	2nd Lt. WS/Lt.	? commissioned into the ? [emergency commission] ? transferred to the Glider Pilot Regiment (09.1944) Section Commander, A Squadron (No. 1 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem)
Chard, Peter Son of Richard Harmer Chard and Mary Annie Rachel Chard, of Ashford, Kent.	16.05.1920 - 09.10.1944 (DOW) [age 24] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, 24.A.14]	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 09.12.1939 [105888] (regimental seniority 04.11.1939) Lt. 04.05.1941 T/Capt. 18.12.1940-..., 13.05.1943-.... MID 20.09.1945 Arnhem 09.44	Education: Royal Military Academy 122nd Officer Cadet Training Unit 09.12.1939 commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery (09.1944) Officer Commanding, C Troop, 2nd Airlanding Light Battery RA (Arnhem [died of wounds])
Chatford, A G unknown	? -	2nd Lt. WS/Lt.	? commissioned into the ? [emergency commission] ? transferred to the Glider Pilot Regiment (09.1944) Section Commander, E Squadron (No. 2 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem)
Chidgey, Cecil Cyril "Bill"	16.12.1912 - 04.08.2004 South Somerset, Somerset	SQMS ? Lt. 05.02.1941 [171117] [emergency commission] Lt. 05.12.1945, seniority 16.12.1934 [permanent commission] A/Capt. 14.05.1941-13.08.1941 T/Capt. 14.08.1941-17.04.1944 WS/Capt. 18.04.1944 Capt. 30.08.1946 A/Maj. 18.01.1944-17.04.1944 T/Maj. 18.04.1944-02.03.1946, 03.02.1947-10.11.1948, 05.01.1949-29.08.1951 Maj. 30.08.1951 (retd 16.12.1966)	served in the ranks for 7 years 24 days; Warrant Officer class 2 for 65 days 05.02.1941 commissioned into the Royal Army Ordnance Corps [emergency commission] (09.1944) Officer Commanding, Ordnance Field Parks, 1st Airborne Dvision (Arnhem [wounded, POW]) 05.12.1945 permanent commission
Chignell, the Reverend Wilfred Rowland	05.06.1908 Worcester - 01.01.1994 Hereford, Herefordshire, Monmouthshire	Capt. 18.09.1943 [291948] = Chaplain to the Forces 4th cl. (retd summer 1946) MID 10.05.1945 NW Europe (Arnhem 09.44) MID 04.04.1946 NW Europe	18.09.1943 commissioned into the Royal Army Chaplains' Department [emergency commission] - Church of England (09.1944) - 1946 Chaplain, No. 2 Wing, The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem [evacuated]; UK) 02.1946 - mid-1946 Chaplain, airborne forces, Palestine Vicar, Fownhope & Brockhampton, Herefordshire (1948), later Kington/Huntington. Deacon of Kington (22.09.1961). Last at Whitbourne, Worcestershire (1964-1973). Active member of the Worcester Nomads Cricket Club. Published: A History of The Worcestershire County Cricket Club 1844-1950 (1951); Worcestershire Cricket 1950-1968 (1968)
Chittleburgh, Kenneth Trevor Son of Charles Frederick and May Mildred Chittleburgh, of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.	1921 ? - 21.09.1944 (KIA) [age 23] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, 3.B.6]	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 10.05.1941 [186045] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942	Awarded a Norfolk County Swimming Championship. 10.05.1941 commissioned into The Royal Norfolk Regiment [emergency commission] 27.10.1942 transferred to the Glider Pilot Regiment (09.1944) Section Commander, D Squadron (No. 1 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem [killed in action])
Chivers, John Norton	22.07.1918 - 19.06.2004 Bristol, Gloucestershire	Cpl. ? 2nd Lt. 30.03.1940 [126311] WS/Capt. 15.08.1943 (reld > 04.1946, < 01.1949) T/Maj. 15.08.1943 Hon. Maj. > 04.1946, < 01.1949 MBE 01.01.1946 New Year 46 Efficiency Medal (Territorial), 28.01.1949	30.03.1940 commissioned into the Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission] (from OCTU) (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 261st Field Park Company RE (UK) [only a detachment of his company fought at Arnhem, but he himself took not part in the battle]  Sheriff, Bristol, 1969.
Christie, John Alban Son of Harold Alban Christie and Edith Margaret Christie, of Wallington, Surrey; husband of Joyce Madeliene Christie, of Wallington.	1921 ? - 20.09.1944 (KIA) [age 23] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, 1.A.19]	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 11.07.1942 [237906] WS/Lt. 11.01.1943	11.07.1942 commissioned into the Reconnaissance Corps [emergency commission] (09.1944) Officer Commanding, Support Troop, 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron (Arnhem [killed in action])
Chrystal, John	? -	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 21.11.1942 [251849] WS/Lt. 21.05.1943 (reld < 04.1946) Hon. Lt. < 04.1946	21.11.1942 commissioned into The King's Own Scottish Borderers [emergency commission] (09.1944) Officer Commanding, Signals Platoon (HQ Company), 7th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (Arnhem [POW])
Clapham, Edward Eric From Bexley Heath.	? -	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 09.01.1943 [258481] WS/Lt. 09.07.1943 (reld 27.05.1953) Hon. Lt. 27.05.1953 MC 23.12.1943 Sicily 07.43	09.01.1943 commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] (09.1944) Officer Commanding, A Troop, 1st Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery, RA [attached 1st Parachute Battalion] (Arnhem [POW])
Clark, David Graham	? -	Cadet L/Cpl. ? 2nd Lt. 16.03.1940 [124953] WS/Lt. 18.05.1941 T/Capt. 18.05.1941 WS/Capt. 13.03.1944 (reld > 04.1946) T/Maj. 1944?	Royal Army Service Corps (No. 2 Training Centre) 16.03.1940 commissioned into the Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission] (09.1944) Second-in-Command, HQ Royal Army Service Corps, 1st Airborne Division (Arnhem)
Clark, John	? -	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 15.03.1941 [177668] WS/Lt. 15.09.1942 (reld; disability) Hon. Lt. 07.03.1947	15.03.1941 commissioned into The King's Own Scottish Borderers [emergency commission] (09.1944) Liaison Officer, 7th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers at 1st Airlanding Brigade HQ (Arnhem [POW])
Clark, Patrick Benedict	? -	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 17.12.1939 [109544] WS/Lt. 17.06.1941 T/Capt. 10.03.1943-..., 01.10.1944-... WS/Capt. ? Lt. 02.11.1953, seniority 29.03.1949 Capt. 02.11.1953. seniority 29.03.1953 T/Maj. 01.10.1954 Maj. 12.04.1962 (retd 16.09.1972) Efficiency Medal (Territorial), 18.11.1955	Artist's Rifles (163rd Officer Cadet Training Unit) 17.12.1939 commissioned into The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) [emergency commission] 24.02.1942 transferred to the Glider Pilot Regiment (09.1944) Section Commander, A Squadron (No. 1 Wing) or C Squadron (No. 2 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem) 02.11.1953 commissioned into The East Surrey Regiment [short service commission] 29.01.1954 posted to The King's African Rifles, Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika Battalions 15.07.1957 - (02.1959) transferred to the Royal Army Pay Corps [short service commission] (as Captain and Paymaster) (04.1962?) transferred to General List [short service commission] 16.09.1964 transferred to Royal Corps of Signals [limited service regular commission] (with seniorities as Lt. 04.02.1949, Capt. 04.02.1953, Maj. 12.04.1962)
Clark, Philip Roy	? -	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 21.09.1940 [149279] WS/Lt. 21.03.1942 T/Capt. 14.01.1945 Capt. 14.07.1952 (reld 19.03.1962)	21.09.1940 commissioned into The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [emergency commission] ? transferred to the Glider Pilot Regiment (09.1944) Section Commander, F Squadron (No. 2 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem) 14.07.1952 transferred to the Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army 10.03.1957 transferred to the Army Emergency Reserve of Officers, Regimental List
Clarke, John	17.02.1914 - 1992	Lt. 19.12.1940 [189050] T/Capt. 16.12.1944 WS/Capt. 1945? Capt. 01.10.1946, seniority 24.07.1946 (reld 01.10.1953) Hon. Maj. 01.10.1953 MID 20.09.1945 Arnhem 09.44	19.12.1940