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Falck, Rudolph Julian Of Jewish descent. Son of George and Elisabeth Falck. Husband of Pauline Mary Falck, of Epsom, Surrey.	1920 ? - 26.09.1944 (MIA) [age 24] [Groesbeek Memorial, panel 8]	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 06.07.1942 [237410] WS/Lt. 06.01.1943	Education: Oxford University (BA) 06.07.1942 commissioned, the Pionieer Corps [emergency commission] 06.01.1944 transferred to the Parachute Regiment (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 4 Provost Section, 1st Airborne Division (Arnhem [missing in action])
Farrands, Noel Frank	? -	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 16.01.1943 [258878] WS/Lt. 16.07.1943 (reld 24.04.1947; disability) Hon. Lt. 24.04.1947	16.01.1943 commissioned, the Royal Regiment of Artilley [emergency commission] (09.1944) Gun Position Officer, E Troop, 3rd Airlanding Light Battery RA (Arnhem [POW])
Feltham, Robert Harold Bruce "Bob" Son of Thomas Bruce (Town Clerk of Herford City) and Myrtle Feltham. Married 1st (22.05.1946) Joy Delanoix Cooke, a farmer's daughter from Bourne in Lincolnshire (divorced 1953); one son. Married 2nd (1956) Elizabeth ...; one son.	24.08.1923 - 02.10.2001 Hereford, Herefordshire	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 02.04.1943 [269401] WS/Lt. 02.10.1943 Lt. 08.03.1947, seniority 24.02.1946 A/Capt. 11.01.1946-17.02.1946, 23.02.1946-16.04.1946 T/Capt. 17.04.1946-23.08.1950 Capt. 24.08.1950 T/Maj. 01.09.1950-19.02.1951 Maj. 24.08.1957 T/Lt.Col. 20.12.1965-06.01.1966 Lt.Col. 07.01.1966 (Empl. List 1) (Special List 24.08.1973) (retd 24.08.1978; own request)	Education: psc, psc(a) 1941 enlisted 02.04.1943 commissioned, The Hampshire Regiment [emergency commission to 07.03.1947] 08.04.1943 transferred to the Parachute Regiment 1st Parachute Battalion (N Africa, Sicily, Italy, UK) (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 7 Platoon (S Company), 1st Parachute Battalion (Arnhem) 08.03.1947 commissioned, The Dorset Regiment [since 17.05.1958 The Devonshire & Dorset Regiment] [permanent commission] After the war he served with 9th Battalion The Parachute Regiment in Palestine before joining 2nd Battalion The Dorsetshire Regiment in Malaya. His career then followed tours with the regiment, Staff College in 1957, staff tours, RAF Staff College, further staff tours and second in command of 1st Battalion The Cheshire Regiment in 1964-65. Bob was then promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and joined the Trucial Oman Scouts in 1965. In 1974 he returned to the area with the Kuwait Liaison Team until 1978 when he left the Army and remained in Kuwait as their logistics advisor until 1986. After retiring to Herefordshire he became involved with SSAFA, Forces Help Society as well as Chairman of the Parish Council.
Fitch, John Anthony Colson "Tony" Son of Sydney Hewitt Fitch and Madeline Fitch, of Sheringham, Norfolk.	14.08.1912 - 19/23.09. 1944 (KIA) [age 32] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, 20.B.20]	Cadet Cpl. ? 2nd Lt. (Suppl.Res.) 19.04.1933 [58834] 2nd Lt. 01.02.1935 Lt. 01.02.1938 A/Capt. 01.09.1939 WS/Capt. 01.01.1941 Capt. 01.02.1943 T/Maj. 03.06.1943 T/Lt.Col. 1944?	late Cadet-Corporal, Brighton College Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps 19.04.1933 commissioned, the The Manchester Regiment [Supplementary Reserve of Officers] 01.02.1935 commissioned, the The Manchester Regiment [Regular Army] (01.1937) - (01.1939) 2nd Battalion The Manchester Regiment (07.1943) Officer Commanding, B Company, 2nd Parachute Battalion (Sicily) Second-in-Command, 2nd Parachute Battalion 01.1944 - 1944 Brigade Major, 1st Parachute Brigade (09.1944) Commanding Officer, 3rd Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [killed in action])
Fitzgerald, George Henry	? -	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 07.08.1943 [288765] WS/Lt. 07.02.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	07.08.1943 commissioned, the Parachute Regiment [emergency commission] (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 9 Platoon (C Company), 11th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem)
Flavell, James Sydney Channell "Johnny"	01.07.1924 - 04.2005 still alive	Cadet ? [6216570] 2nd Lt. 22.04.1944 [315210] WS/Lt. 22.10.1944 Lt. 22.11.1947, seniority 01.01.1947 A/Capt. 18.10.1946-17.01.1947 T/Capt. 18.01.1947-09.09.1948, 04.01.1950-17.11.1950, 18.05.1951-30.06.1951 Capt. 01.07.1951 (retd 02.07.1961) MID 30.09.1958 Cyprus 01-06.1958	22.04.1944 commissioned, the Parachute Regiment [emergency commission] (09.1944) Liaison Officer, 2nd Parachute Battalion (Arnhem) 22.11.1947 commissioned, the Middlesex Regiment [regular army commission]
Fleet, William George	? -	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 04.12.1942 [253793] WS/Lt. 04.12.1942 Capt. 30.06.1949 (Empl. List 4) Capt. & Paymr. 17.04.1955 (reld 01.08.1956) Hon. Capt. 01.08.1956	04.12.1942 commissioned, the Pioneer Corps [emergency commission]  15.09.1943 transferred to the Parachute Regiment (09.1944) Regimental Signals Officer, 11th Parachute Regiment (Arnhem) 30.06.1949? transferred to South Staffordshire Regiment [short service commission] 17.04.1955 transferred to the Royal Army Pay Corps [short service commission]
Fletcher, Peter Noel	? -	Cadet ? [151768] 2nd Lt. 29.10.1943 [299274] WS/Lt. 29.04.1944 T/Capt. 25.10.1944 (reld > 04.1946) MBE 01.01.1946 New Year 46	29.10.1943 commissioned, the Army Air Corps [emergency commission] (09.1944) Adjutant, No. 1 Wing, The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem)
Flockhart, Alexander Simmers "Sandy" Younger son of Ma and Pa Flockhart of the Levenhall Arms. Married (1949) Beatrice Rankin; one son, two daughters.	26.01.1916 Musselburgh - 26.03.2004 Edinburgh	Lt. 11.11.1940 [154175] WS/Capt. 11.11.1941 (reld > 04.1946) MB	Education: Musselburgh Grammar; George Watson’s College; Edinburgh Dental Hospital & School (...-1939) 11.11.1940 commissioned, the Army Dental Corps [emergency commission] served Eastern Command & Western Command (09.1944) Dentist & Anaesthesist, 133rd Parachute Field Ambulance (Arnhem [POW]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 dentist in a POW hospital Dental practice in Musselburgh since 1947 (moved to Edinburgh 1948) & visiting surgeon to Edinburgh Dental Hospital and School. Adviser to the Scottish Dental Estimates Board. Retired 1981. Played rugby & golf.
Fogarty, Christopher Winthrop Son of late Philip Christopher Fogarty, ICS, and late Hilda Spenser Fogarty. Married (1961) Elizabeth Margaret Ince (died 1972).	18.09.1921 - 23.09.2005 London [?]	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 04.07.1942 [237353] WS/Lt. 04.01.1943 (retd < 04.1946) CB 1973 ?	Education: Ampleforth College; Christ Church, Oxford 04.07.1942 commissioned, the Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] (09.1944) Command Post Officer, 1st Airlanding Light Battery RA (Arnhem [POW]) Assistant Principal, 1946, Principal, 1949, HM Treasury; Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance of Eastern Nigeria, 1956; Assistant Secretary, HM Treasury, 1959, Under-Secretary, 1966; Treasury Representative, South Asia and Far East, 1967-1972; Deputy Secretary, HM Treasury, and Director, European Investment Bank, 1972-1976.  Deputy Secretary, Overseas Development Administration, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, (formerly Ministry of Overseas Development), 1976-1981.
Foot, Reginald Sydney From London.	13.04.1913 - 1978 ??	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 04.07.1940 [138194] WS/Lt. 04.01.1942 Lt. 12.10.1946, seniority 13.04.1939 A/Capt. 13.05.1942-12.08.1942 T/Capt. 13.08.1942-13.06.1945, 22.10.1945-19.02.1946 WS/Capt. 20.02.1946 Capt. 12.10.1946, seniority 01.07.1946 A/Maj. 20.11.1945-19.02.1946 T/Maj. 20.02.1946-12.04.1949 Maj. 13.04.1949 (retd 07.10.1958; disability) local Lt.Col. 19.12.1953-18.11.1955 MC 21.10.1943 Sicily	Education: psc served in the ranks for 307 days (mobilized TA) 04.07.1940 commissioned, The South Staffordshire Regiment [emergency commission to 11.10.1946]  (07.1943) - (09.1944) Second-in-Command, B Company, 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Sicily; Arnhem [wounded, POW]) 12.10.1946 - 07.10.1958 permanent commission
Forman, Michael Bertram "Mike"	28.03.1921 - 15.03.2005 Moffat	2nd Lt. 24.05.1939 [91061] WS/Lt. 01.01.1941 T/Capt. 21.10.1941 WS/Capt. 17.03.1944 (reld > 04.1946) A/Maj. 17.12.1943 Hon.Maj. > 04.1946 TD 13.07.1951 ?	24.05.1939 commissioned, The King's Own Scottish Borderers - Territorial Army (late Cadet CQMS, Loretto School Contingent, Junior Division, OTC) 24.08.1939 mobilized as Platoon Commander, 7th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers 1941 Intelligence Officer, 7th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers mid 1941 - late 1942 Company Commander, 7th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers late 1942 Instructor at Battle School (Voxter and Invershin) when 7 KOSB was serving with OSDEF (09.1944) Officer Commanding, B Company, 7th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (Arnhem [wounded, POW at Braunschweig till 05.1945]) 08.1945 - 05.1946 acting Second-in-Command, 2nd Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (Peshawar, India)
Forshall, Peter Hyde	05.08.1905 Iping, Midhurst, West Sussex - 20.06.1980 Iping, Midhurst, West Sussex	Gnr. ? 2nd Lt. 17.06.1939 [88545] WS/Lt. 01.01.1941 (reld < 04.1946) T/Capt. 07.08.1941 Hon. Capt. < 04.1946	late Cadet, Shrewsbury School Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps 17.06.1939 commissioned, the Royal Armoured Corps  - Territorial Army (3rd County of London Yeomanry) [from RA] 24.08.1939 mobilized TA 12.07.1940 posted to MI 5 (Military Intelligence, section 5, the security service) 04.05.1943 transferred to the Parachute Regiment (09.1944) Second-in-Command, Support Company, 11th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem) ? - 30.11.1955 Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [age limit] Post-war a stockbroker.
Foulkes, Ralph Colwyn	? - 04.2005 still alive	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 13.02.1943 [262970] WS/Lt. 13.08.1943 (reld 16.01.1946; disability) Hon. Lt. 16.01.1946	13.02.1943 commissioned, the Reconnaissance Corps [emergency commission] (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 7 Section (C Troop), 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron (Arnhem)
Frank, Antony Mutrie "Tony"   From Liverpool. Married (1949) Clare Frank (née ...) (died 12.03.2006); five sons.	02.12.1917 - 07.2007 still alive	2nd Lt. 01.10.1939 [99817] WS/Lt. 01.04.1941 A/Capt. 06.06.1942 T/Capt. 1943? WS/Capt. 11.02.1946 T/Maj. 11.02.1946-(04.1946) (reld > 04.1946) MC 23.12.1943 Sicily 07.43 SSM 14.11.1947 Arnhem 09.44 MID 20.09.1945 Arnhem 09.44	01.10.1939 commissioned, The Lancashire Fusiliers [emergency commission] 11.05.1943 transferred to the Parachute Regiment (07.1943) A Company, 2nd Parachute Battalion (Sicily) (09.1944) Second-in-Command, A Company, 2nd Parachute Battalion (Arnhem)
Fraser, William Annfred	? - 20.09.1944 (KIA) [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, 17.A.9]	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 01.03.1941 [176422] WS/Lt. 01.09.1942 T/Capt. 28.11.1943	01.03.1941 commissioned, The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's) [emergency commission] 11.03.1943 transferred to the Parachute Regiment (09.1944) Liaison Officer, 3rd Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [killed in action])
Frazer, Simon Macleod	(06?).1906 Fulham, London - 10.06.1991	2nd Lt. 04.07.1927 [64382] Lt. 07.03.1939 Lt. 22.01.1941 WS/Capt. 22.01.1942 T/Maj. 23.10.1943 Hon. Maj. ? OBE 10.06.1967 HM's birthday 67 TD 14.11.1967 ? MB, BS	04.07.1927 commissioned, the Territorial Army - General List (University Candidates) 07.03.1935 - 30.10.1935 Territorial Army - General List (Officer Training Corps, Imperial Service College Contingent, Junior Division) 30.10.1936 - (01.1939) Army Service Corps Unit, Officer Training Corps, University of London 24.08.1939 mobilized 22.01.1941 transferred to the Royal Army Medical Corps - Territorial Army (09.1944) Second-in-Command, 181st Airlanding Field Ambulance (Arnhem [POW]) ? - 01.04.1964 Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [age limit] Director of Health Services, Bermuda.
Frost, John Dutton   Son of late Brig.­Gen. Frank Dutton Frost, CBE, MC and Elsie Dora Bright. Married (1947) Jean MacGregor Lyle; one son, one daughter. Interview at IWM	31.12.1912 Poona, India - 21.05.1993 Milland, Hampshire	2nd Lt. 01.09.1932 [53721] Lt. 01.09.1935 Capt. 01.09.1940 A/Maj. 17.12.1941-16.03.1942 T/Maj. 17.03.1942-19.02.1943 WS/Maj. 20.02.1943 Maj. 01.07.1946 A/Lt.Col. 20.11.1942-19.02.1943 T/Lt.Col. 20.02.1943-15.02.1948, 24.02.1952-07.04.1955 local Lt.Col. 23.12.1949-31.12.1951, 18.02.1952-23.02.1952 Bt. Lt.Col. 01.07.1953 Lt.Col. 27.05.1955 T/Col. 27.06.1955-27.05.1956 Col. 28.05.1956 T/Brig. 27.03.1958-27.05.1960 Brig. 28.05.1960 Maj.Gen. 11.10.1961, seniority 10.02.1961 (retd 18.04.1967) CB 01.01.1964 New Year 64 DSO 11.02.1943 North Africa 42-43 DSO 20.09.1945 Arnhem 09.44 MC 15.05.1942 Bruneval raid 27.02.42	Education: Wellington College; RMC Sandhurstl Staff College, Camberley (1946) 01.09.1932 commissioned, The Cameronians 17.06.1938 - 04.03.1941 seconded to the Iraq Levies local Capt. 01.06.1940-31.08.1940 29.09.1941 - 16.12.1941 Adjutant 1941 - 1945 Major and Lt­Col, Parachute Regiment (Bruneval raid, 1942; Oudna, 1942; Tunisian campaign, 1942-43; Primosole Bridge, 1943; Italian campaign, 1943; Arnhem Bridge, 1944) (09.1944) Commanding Officer, 2nd Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [wounded, POW]) 16.02.1948 - 30.11.1949 GSO2, HQ Lowland District 23.12.1949 - 01.01.1952 GSO2, Senior Officers' School 24.02.1952 - 31.08.1952 AA&QMG South Malaya District 01.09.1952 - 11.09.1953 AA&QMG, 17th Gurkha Infantry Division 12/09/1953 - 31.01.1955 GSO1, 17th Gurkha Infantry Division District 27.06.1955 - 27.08.1957 Commader & Chief Instructor, School of Infantry, Southeastern Command, Netheravon 27.03.1958 - 29.03.1961 Commander, 44 Parachute Brigade Group (TA) 11.10.1961 - 20.02.1964 General Officer Commanding, 52nd Lowland Division District & Infantry Division 25.02.1964 - 23.01.1967 General Officer Commanding Troops in Malta and Libya 1965 Comdr Malta Land Force Deputy Lieutenant (DL), West Sussex, 1982. Cross of Grand Officer, SMO, Malta, 1966. Published: A drop too many (1980); Two Para - Falklands (1983); Nearly there : some memoirs (1991)
Fuller, Herbert John	? -	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 07.12.1940 [160594] WS/Lt. 07.06.1942 T/Capt. 15.03.1943 (reld > 04.1946) MID 11.01.1945 Italy 43-44	07.12.1940 commissioned, the Royal Ulster Rifles [emergency commission] ? transferred to The East Lancashire Regiment 01.08.1942 transferred to the Parachute Regiment (09.1944) Intelligence Officer, B Squadron (No. 1 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem)

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