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Dale, James Alexander From Gillingham, Dorset.	[possibly: 26.11.1912 - 08.1986 Yeovil, Somerset]	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 21.09.1940 [149290] WS/Lt. 21.03.1942 A/Capt. 10.07.1943 T/Maj. 01.08.1944 (reld > 04.1946) DFC 11.11.1943 Sicily 07.43 DFC 19.10.1944 Normandy 06.44	21.09.1940 commissioned into The Lancashire Fusiliers [emergency commission] 25.05.1942 transferred to the Glider Pilot Regiment (06.1944) Officer Commanding, Hamilcar Squadron, The Glider Pilot Regiment (Normandy) (09.1944) Officer Commanding, C Squadron (No. 2 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem) 26.11.1944 - (10.1945) OC .. Squadron, The Glider Pilot Regiment (at RAF Station Tarrant Rushton) [06.05.1945-13.05.1945 on leave]
Daniells, Lawrence Eugene Downes	? -	Cadet ? [7931768] 2nd Lt. 04.03.1944 [312276] WS/Lt. 04.09.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	04.03.1944 commissioned into the Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission] (09.1944) Platoon Officer, 3 Parachute Platoon & 3 Para Jeep Section, 250th Light Composite Company RASC (Arnhem)
Dauncey, Michael Donald Keen "Mike" Only son of late Thomas Gough Dauncey and Alice Dauncey (née Keen); married 1945, Marjorie Kathleen, daughter of H. W. Neep, FCA; one son two daughters.	11.05.1920 - 04.2005 still alive [Uley, near Dursley, Glos]	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 03.05.1941 [184738] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 Lt. 11.01.1947, seniority 11.11.1942 A/Capt. 21.11.1945-20.02.1946 T/Capt. 21.02.1946-31.05.1946 WS/Capt. 01.06.1946 Capt. 11.05.1947 A/Maj. 01.03.1946-31.05.1946 T/Maj. 01.06.1946-12.07.1947, 01.02.1954-10.05.1954 Maj. 11.05.1954 Lt.Col. 09.06.1963 [supernumerary 09.06.1966] Col. 30.06.1968 (retd 30.01.1976) Hon. Brig. 30.01.1976 DSO 27.09.1945 Arnhem 09.44	Education: King Edward's School, Birmingham; International Examination, Institution of Chartered Accountants; jssc, psc (1950) served in the ranks for 234 days 03.05.1941 commissioned into The Cheshire Regiment [emergency commission to 10.01.1947] (from 170 (MG) Officer Cadet Training Unit, Droitwich) 03.05.1941 - 13.11.1943 5th Battalion The Cheshire Regiment (Warrenpoint [N Ireland], S England, Anglesey [N Wales]) 13.11.1943 transferred to the Glider Pilot Regiment (09.1944) Adjutant, G Squadron (No. 1 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem [3 x wounded, POW, escaped]) 11.01.1947 commissioned into The Cheshire Regiment [permanent commission] 01.03.1946 - 25.07.1947 Aide de Camp to the General Officer Commanding in Chief, Land Forces Greece 1948 - 1949 Parachute Battalion, British Army of the Rhine 10.01.1951 - 29.12.1952 General Staff Officer 3rd grade (GSO3), HQ Infantry Brigade 1957 - 1958 Instructor, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst - 1963 Brigade Major, 126th Infantry Brigade 1963 - 1966 Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion The Cheshire Regiment (British Army of the Rhine & Cyprus) 07.04.1966 - 1968 General Staff Officer 1st grade (GSO1) (DS Plans), Joint Services Staff College 1968 - 1969 Commandant, Jungle Warfare School 1969 - 1972 Commandant, Support Weapons Wing, School of Infantry 1973 - 1975 Defence & Military Attaché, British Embassy Madrid Colonel, The Cheshire Regiment, 01.04.1978-1985. DL Gloucestershire, 19.09.1983. 1980-82 Chairman, Glos Joint Services Cadet Committee. 1981-90 Hon Colonel, 1st Cadet Bn Glos Regiment (ACF). 1994-98 President, The Glider Pilot Regiment Association. 2000 Leader The Airborne Pilgrimage to Arnhem.
Davies, Eric John From London.	09.12.1918 - deceased	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 27.09.1941 [207782] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 (reld 04.12.1948) Hon. Capt. 04.12.1948 MC 13.01.1944 Italy MID 18.04.1946 Arnhem 09.44	27.09.1941 commissioned into The South Staffordshire Regiment [emergency commission] (07.1943) Officer Commanding, 21 Platoon (D Company), 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Sicily) 02.05.1944 transferred to the Parachute Regiment (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 10 Platoon (T Company), 1st Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [wounded, POW])
Davies, Frank	? -	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 11.02.1940 [117932] WS/Lt. 11.08.1941 (reld 05.10.1946) T/Capt. 12.01.1946 Hon Capt. 05.10.1946	11.02.1940 commissioned into The Devonshire Regiment [emergency commission] 01.11.1941 transferred to the Royal Regiment of Artillery 17.09.1942 transferred to the Glider Pilot Regiment (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 6 Flight (C Squadron, No. 2 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem)
Davies, John Alun Emlyn Son of Robert Emlyn and Mary Davies. Married (1941) Elizabeth Boshier (deceased); three sons.	04.05.1909 - 12.07.1997 Bexley, Kent	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 29.06.1940 [138813] WS/Capt. 15.11.1943 (reld < 04.1946) T/Maj. 15.11.1943-... Hon. Maj. < 04.1946	Education: Ruabon Grammar School; Trinity College, Cambridge (Scholar; BA 1st cl. Pts I and II, History Tripos; MA 1984) Called to Bar, Lincoln's Inn, 1936. 29.06.1940 commissioned into The Royal Welch Fusiliers [emergency commission] 01.08.1942 transferred to the Parachute Regiment 1943 Deputy Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster General (DAA&QMG), 2nd Parachute Brigade Second-in-Command, HQ/Support Company, 1st Parachute Battalion (09.1944) Officer Commanding, HQ/Support Company, 1st Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [wounded, POW at Stalag 7A]) 1944 Deputy Assistant Adjutant General (DAAG), 1st Airboorne Division Joined Board of Trade, 1946; Assistant Solicitor, 1963; Principal Assistant Solicitor, Department of Trade and Industry, 1968-1972; Assistant Solicitor, Law Commission, 1972-1974; part­time Assistant, Law Commission, 1974-1977. Asst Secretary to Jenkins Committee on Company Law, 1959-1962. Retired 1977.
Davies, Robert	03.07.1896 -	RQMS ? Lt. QM 26.01.1939 [85877] WS/Capt. QM 01.11.1942 Capt. QM 26.01.1945 Maj. QM 01.05.1947 (retd 28.01.1950) MBE 1950/51 ?	26.01.1939 commissioned into The South Staffordshire Regiment (09.1944) seaborne echelon, 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Arnhem) 28.01.1950 - 03.07.1951 Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
Davison, John Son of Gerald Davison, and of Joan Davison, of Putney, London.	1921 ? - 18.09.1944 (KIA) [age 23] [Groesbeek Memorial, panel 1]	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 28.09.1940 [151701] WS/Lt. 28.03.1942	121st Officer Cadet Training Unit (OCTU) 28.09.1940 commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 7 Platoon (B Company), 156th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [killed in action])
Dawson, Charles Neville Bruce Son of Edward Elliot Neville Dawson and Muriel Simpson Dawson; husband of Sheila Mosley Dawson, of Guildford, Surrey.	30.08.1916 - 20.09.1944 (KIA) [age 27] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, 6.C.11]	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 27.08.1936 [69165] Lt. 27.08.1939 A/Capt. 11.09.1939 T/Capt. 11.12.1939 WS/Capt. 14.03.1943 Capt. 27.08.1944 T/Maj. 14.03.1943 MC > 08.1944 ? MID 20.09.1945 Arnhem 09.44	Education: Royal Military College 27.08.1936 commissioned into The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) (09.1944) 4th Parachute Brigade (Arnhem [killed in action])
De Burgh, Patrick Rupert Richard "Paddy" Son of Lt.Cdr. Ulric Campbell de Burgh, RN and Kathleen Maud Usher. Married (1954) Helen Sylvia Hobhouse (divorced).	08.11.1923 - 04.2005 still alive	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 01.05.1943 [273178] WS/Lt. 01.11.1943 A/Capt. 16.01.1945-15.04.1945 T/Capt. 16.04.1945-02.09.1945, 25.02.1946-23.07.1948 2nd Lt. 13.03.1946, seniority 08.11.1944 Lt. 08.05.1946 Capt. 08.11.1950 Maj. 08.11.1957 Lt.Col. 21.08.1965 Col. 30.06.1969 (retd 08.11.1978) OBE 01.01.1969 New Year 69 MID 10.05.1945 NW Europe	01.05.1943 commissioned into the Royal Artillery [emergency commission to 12.03.1946] ? - 09.1944 Staff Lieutenant, HQ RA, 1st Airborne Division (Arnhem [POW, evacuated]) 16.01.1945 - 20.04.1947 Staff Captain RA, 1st Airborne Division 13.03.1946 permanent commission 18.01.1954 - 01.05.1957 IG, School of Artillery 03.04.1959 - 12.01.1961 Staff Captain, War Office
De Gex, George Francis Son of late Brig.­Gen. Francis John de Gex, CB, CMG and Edith Hope Miller. Married (1946) Ronda Marianne (died 1982), daughter of late C.F. Recaño; one daughter.	23.04.1911 - 16.08.1986 Pilton, Shepton Mallet, Somerset	2nd Lt. TA 20.08.1931 2nd Lt. 03.09.1932, seniority 29.01.1931 [50471] Lt. 29.01.1934 Capt. 29.01.1939 A/Maj. 09.10.1939-08.01.1940 T/Maj. 09.01.1940-26.05.1940, 26.05.1941-30.06.1946 Maj. 01.07.1946 local Lt.Col. 14.12.1944-31.12.1946, 14.10.1952-17.10.1952 A/Lt.Col. 01.01.1947-31.03.1947 T/Lt.Col. 01.04.1947-23.07.1949, 09.06.1951-11.09.1952, 18.10.1952-05.02.1953 Lt.Col. 06.02.1953 Col. 31.12.1954 T/Brig. ? Brig. 31.12.1958 Maj.Gen. 14.02.1961, seniority 10.02.1961 (retd 05.09.1966) CB 01.01.1964 New Year 64 OBE 01.01.1949 New Year 49 MID 20.12.1940 BEF DSC(US) 14.11.1947 ..., 45	Education: Wellington College, Berks; Trinity Hall, Cambridge (MA); jssc; psc 20.08.1931 commissioned into the Territorial Army, General List (University Candidates) 03.09.1932 commissioned into the Royal Artillery (from General List, Territorial Army, University Candidates) (01.1937) 17th Field Brigade (Woolwich) (01.1939) Hong Kong-Singapore Royal Artillery (Singapore) 01.09.1939 - 15.10.1939 Adjutant, ... 29.05.1940 - 19.06.1940 Staff Captain, ... (British Expeditionery Force) 22.06.1940 - 15.01.1941 General Staff Officer 3rd grade (GSO3), ... 26.05.1941 - 14.07.1942 Brigade Major, ... 15.07.1942 - 08.01.1943 General Staff Officer 2nd grade (GSO2), ... 02.09.1943 - 09.04.1944 General Staff Officer 2nd grade (GSO2), ... (09.1944) Second-in-Command, 1st Airlanding Light Regiment RA (Arnhem [evacuated]) 14.12.1944 - 24.11.1946 General Staff Officer 2nd grade (GSO2), ... 01.01.1947 - 23.10.1948 General Staff Officer 1st grade (GSO1), ... 27.08.1949 - 10.11.1949 Chief Instructor 09.06.1951 - 22.06.1952 General Staff Officer 1st grade (GSO1), ... 31.12.1954 - (02.1957) Colonel General Staff, War Office 1958 - 1959 Commander, 1 Army Group Royal Artillery (AGRA) 1959 - 1960 DMS(B), War Office 1961 - 01.02.1964 Commander Artillery, Northern Army Group 01.03.1964 - 08.08.1966 Director, Royal Artillery Colonel Commandant, Royal Artillery, 22.08.1967-23.04.1976.
Dean, Henry Stanley	? - deceased	CSM ? [6346789] 2nd Lt. 21.10.1943 [305232] WS/Lt. 21.10.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	? served in the ranks in The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment 21.10.1943 commissioned into The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment [immediate emergency commission] 11.12.1943 transferred to the Parachute Regiment (09.1944) Liaison Officer of 3rd Parachute Battalion at 1st Parachute Brigade HQ (Arnhem [POW])
Deane-Drummond, Anthony John "Tony" Son of late Col John D. Deane­Drummond, DSO, OBE, MC. Married (1944) Mary Evangeline Boyd; four daughters. Interview at IWM	23.06.1917 - 04.2005 still alive	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 28.01.1937 [71076] Lt. 28.01.1940 A/Capt. 26.08.1942-25.11.1942 T/Capt. 26.11.1942-29.06.1943 WS/Capt. 30.06.1943 Capt. 28.01.1945 A/Maj. 30.03.1943-29.06.1943 T/Maj. 30.06.1943-27.01.1950 Maj. 28.01.1950 Brev. Lt.Col. 01.07.1956 A/Lt.Col. 22.10.1945-12.01.1946 T/Lt.Col. 01.01.1957-24.07.1957 local Lt.Col. 01.01.1953-15.12.1955 Lt.Col. 25.07.1957 [supernumerary 25.07.1960] local Col. 11.04.1960-05.08.1960, 01.09.1960-10.02.1961 Col. 30.03.1961 T/Brig. 30.03.1961-07.10.1964 Brig. 08.10.1964 Maj.Gen. 01.06.1966, seniority 10.02.1966 (retd 29.05.1971) CB 01.01.1970 New Year 70 DSO 25.08.1959 Oman MC 29.09.1942 escape MC 20.06.1946 Tragino Aqueduct raid 02.41 MID 20.09.1945 Arnhem 09.44 MID 07.01.1949 Palestine	Education: Marlborough College; Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; Staff College, Camberley (psc; 1945) 28.01.1937 commissioned into the Royal Corps of Signals 1939 - 1940 Signals Officer, Commander Royal Artillery (CRA), II Corps (France) 1940 - 12.02.1941 No. 2 Commando, renamed 11th SAS Battalion (Europe & North Africa; POW Italy, escaped 15.06.1942) 08.1942 - 1943 Signals Officer, 2nd Parachute Brigade (North Africa, Italy) 1943 - (09.1944) Second-in-Command, 1st Airborne Divisional Signals (Italy, UK, Arnhem [POW, escaped]) 20.07.1945 - 21.10.1945 GSO2 (Operations), 6th Airborne Division (Palestine) 22.10.1945 - 12.01.1946 GSO1 (Operations), [6th Airborne Division ?] 13.01.1946 - 10.02.1946 GSO2 (Operations), ... 11.02.1946 - 24.05.1947 Brigade Major, 3rd Parachute Brigade 01.07.1947 - 17.08.1948 GSO2, War Office 1949 - 1951 Instructor, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst 01.01.1953 - 15.12.1955 Instructor (GSO2), Staff College Camberley 01.01.1957 - 26.10.1957 GSO1 (Communications), GHQ, UK Land Forces 1957 - 1960 Commanding Officer, 22nd Special Air Service Regiment (Malaya, Oman) 30.03.1961 - 19.10.1963 Commander, 44th Independent Parachute Brigade Group (TA) 22.10.1963 - 21.05.1966 Assistant Commandant (Brig.), Royal Military Academy Sandhurst 01.06.1966 - 01.07.1968 General Officer Commanding, 3rd Division 02.09.1968 - 01.08.1970 Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Operations), Ministry of Defence Colonel Commandant, Royal Signals, 01.05.1966-01.05.1971. Director: Paper and Paper Products Industry Trng Bd, 1971-1979; Wood Burning Centre, 1980-1983. British Gliding Champion, 1957; Pilot, British Gliding Team, 1958, 1960, 1963, 1965. Published: Return ticket (1951); Riot control (1975); Arrows of fortune (autobiography, 1991)
Delacour, Lindsay David Son of Lawrence Louis and Jessie Emma Delacour, of Notting Hill, London.	12.09.1920 - 19.09.1944 (KIA) [age 24] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, 25.A.13]	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 22.03.1941 [179815] WS/Lt. 22.09.1942 MID 24.08.1944 Italy 09-11.43	162nd Officer Cadet Training Unit (OCTU) 22.03.1941 commissioned into The South Staffordshire Regiment [emergency commission] 14.11.1942 transferred to the Royal Armoured Corps 06.06.1943 transferred to the Parachute Regiment (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 5 Platoon (A Company), 156th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [killed in action in the Dreijenseweg area at Oosterbeek])
Dennison, Mervyn William Elder son of Reverend W. Telford Dennison and Hester Mary (née Coulter). Married (1944) Helen Maud, daughter of Claud George Spiller, Earley, Berks; one son, one daughter.	13.07.1914 County Cork - 12.01.1993 [Creevylough- gare, Saintfield, Ballynahinch, Co. Down ?]	2nd Lt. 01.10.1939 [100018] WS/Capt. 10.01.1943 T/Maj. 1944? CBE 01.01.1967 New Year (lately Puisne Judge of the High Court of Zambia) MC 20.09.1945 Arnhem 09.44 DL	Education: Methodist College, Belfast; Queen's University, Belfast (BA); Middle Temple 01.10.1939 commissioned into The Royal Ulster Rifles [emergency commission] 1939 - 1943 served in 1st Battalion The Royal Ulster Rifles 28.04.1943 transferred to the Parachute Regiment (09.1944) Officer Commanding, A Company, 3rd Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [POW]) 1945 called to the Bar: Northern Ireland, 1945; Middle Temple, 1964 Crown Counsel, N Rhodesia, 1947; Legal Draftsman, 1952; Senior Crown Counsel and Parliamentary Draftsman, Federal Government of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, 1953; Federal Solicitor-General, 1959; QC (N Rhodesia) 1960; also Chairman Road Service Board, N Rhodesia, and Member Central African Air Authority; High Court Judge, Zambia, 1961-67. Secretary, Fermanagh CC, NI, 1967-73; Chief Commissioner, Planning Appeals Commission and Water Appeals Commission, 1973-80; Chairman, Industrial Tribunals in N Ireland, 1981-84. Member Senate, Queen's University, Belfast 1979-87. Honorary Colonel, The Zambia Regiment, 1964-66. JP, 1969-73, DL 1972, Co. Fermanagh. KStJ 1978 (CStJ 1964).
Derbyshire, Francis Alexander "Frank" Son of Francis Ignatious and Frances Elizabeth Derbyshire, of Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire. Husband of Mabel Derbyshire, of Newton-le-Willows.	1919 ? - 19.09.1944 (KIA) [age 25] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, 6.A.15]	2nd Lt. 15.01.1944 [304446] WS/Lt. 1944?	15.01.1944 commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] 01.04.1944 transferred to the Glider Pilot Regiment (09.1944) Section Commander, G Squadron (No. 1 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem [killed in action])
Des Vœux, Sir William Richard de Bacquencourt "Dicky"; 9th Baronet, cr. 1787, succ. 1942 Son of Lt.Col. Henry John des Vœux, OBE, and Dorothy Gladys Turner Farley. Married (1939) Jean Margaret Rew, only daughter of Lt.Col. John Ford Elkington, DSO; three daughters.	27.12.1911 - 20.09.1944 Arnhem (KIA) [age 32] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 6.C.10]	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 27.08.1931 [52952] Lt. 27.08.1934 Capt. 27.08.1939 WS/Maj. 04.11.1940 T/Lt.Col. 04.11.1940 & 15.03.1943 MID 24.08.1944 Italy 09-11.43 MID 20.09.1945 Arnhem 09.44	Education: Eton; Royal Military College, Sandhurst 27.08.1931   commissioned into the Grenadier Guards (01.1937) 3rd Battalion, The Grenadier Guards 04.02.1937