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1st British Airborne Division
Arnhem, September 1944

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Hacart,
Frantz Yves
F.Y. Hacart

22.09.1911
St Quen
-
18.09.1944
(KIA)
[repatriated to Chateau de Frecquiennes Pavilly France on 28.09.1948]

Lt.

1942			Free French Forces (Forces françaises de l'Extérieur)
(09.1944)			Liaison Officer from French Army, 156th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem; initially for Operation Linnet)

Hackett,
[Sir] John Winthrop
"Shan"
J.W. Hackett

Son of Hon. Sir John Winthrop Hackett, KCMG, LLD, Perth, WA, and Deborah, daughter of Frederick Slade Drake- Brockman, Perth.
Married (21.03.1942, Jerusalem) Margaret, daughter of Joseph Frena, Graz, Austria, and widow of Friedrich Grossman; (one daughter deceased), and two adopted step daughters.

3 interviews at IWM
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"Hackett"
under "Maker/Producer Information")

05.11.1910
Perth, Western Australia
-
09.09.1997
Coberley Mill, Gloucestershire

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	02.09.1933, seniority 29.01.1931 [52752]
Lt.	29.01.1934
Capt.	29.01.1939
A/Maj.	01.01.1941-31.03.1941
T/Maj.	01.04.1941-16.12.1942
WS/Maj.	17.12.1942
Maj.	01.07.1946
A/Lt.Col.	17.09.1942-16.12.1942
T/Lt.Col.	17.12.1942-30.06.1943
WS/Lt.Col.	01.07.1943
A/Col.	01.01.1943-30.06.1943
T/Col.	01.07.1943-18.06.1945, 18.03.1946-21.11.1947, 16.01.1948-04.11.1951
Col.	05.11.1951
A/Brig.	(01.01.1943-30.06.1943
T/Brig.	01.07.1943-18.06.1945, 01.01.1947-05.09.1947, 22.11.1947-15.01.1948, 01.03.1952-23.03.1956
Brig.	24.09.1956
T/Maj.Gen.	24.03.1956-30.03.1957
Maj.Gen.	31.03.1957
Lt.Gen.	18.07.1961, seniority 11.04.1961
Gen. (local)	14.04.1966-17.10.1966
Gen.	18.10.1966 (retd 01.10.1968)

GCB	10.06.1967	HM's birthday 67
KCB	02.06.1962	HM's birthday 62
CB	01.01.1958	New Year 58
CBE	01.06.1953	HM's coronation 53
MBE	1938	?
DSO	13.08.1942	Middle East (Egypt and Libya)
DSO	24.05.1945	NW Europe (Arnhem 09.44)
MC	21.10.1941	Middle East (Syria, Iraq & Iran)
MID	23.07.1937	Palestine
MID	1937/41?	Transjordan Frontier Force
MID	1937/41?	Transjordan Frontier Force
MID	24.08.1944	Italy 09-11.43
MID	20.09.1945	Arnhem 09.44
MID	07.01.1949	Palestine 46-47

Palestine 1936-1939 Medal & Clasp.
DL; BLitt, MA Oxon; FRSL (1982)

Education: Geelong Grammar School, Australia; New College, Oxford (Hon. Fellow 1972); psc; idc (1951).

			Oxford University Contingent, Senior Division, Officer Training Corps
02.09.1933			commissioned 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars
			Palestine, 1936 (despatches)
27.09.1937	-	15.07.1941	seconded to Transjordan Frontier Force local Capt. to 28.01.1939 local Maj. 16.05.1940-31.12.1940
16.07.1941	-	28.09.1941	seconded to Commission of Control, Syria and Lebanon (Syria; wounded)
07.11.1941	-	26.03.1942	General Staff Officer 2nd grade (GSO2) (Operations), 9th Army (Western Desert; wounded)
17.09.1942	-	31.12.1942	General Staff Officer 1st grade (GSO1) (O), Raiding Forces GHQ, Middle East Forces
01.01.1943	-	17.09.1944	Commander, 4th Parachute Brigade (Italy, Arnhem [wounded])
13.01.1946	-	17.03.1946	General Staff Officer 1st grade (GSO1), ... Division
18.03.1946	-	31.12.1946	Colonel General Staff, Int. Org. ACA
01.01.1947	-	03.08.1947	Brigadier General Staff (BGS) (1), Austria
06.09.1947	-	21.11.1947	Commander, Transjordan Frontier Force
22.11.1947	-	15.01.1948	Comd (Brig.), HQ Middle East
16.01.1948	-	19.07.1948	Comd (Col.)
01.08.1949	-	13.11.1950	Senior Army Instructor, Royal Naval College, Greenwich
01.03.1952	-	26.01.1954	Deputy Quartermaster General (DQMG), British Army of the Rhine
29.01.1954	-	23.03.1956	Commander, 20th Armoured Brigade
24.03.1956	-	03.02.1958	General Officer Commanding, 7th Armoured Division
10.02.1958	-	09.02.1961	Commandant, Royal Military College of Science
18.07.1961	-	31.12.1962	General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Northern Ireland Command
04.02.1963	-	31.03.1964	Deputy Chief of Imperial General Staff, War Office
01.04.1964	-	03.02.1966	Deputy Chief of the General Staff, Ministry of Defence
14.04.1966	-	10.07.1968	Commander-in-Chief, British Army of the Rhine, and Commander Northern Army Group in NATO

ADC (Gen.), 1967-1968. Colonel Commandant, REME, 04.02.1961-03.02.1966; Hon. Colonel: 10th (Volunteer) Battalion The Parachute Regiment, TA, 1965-1967; 10th Volunteer Bn, The Parachute Regt, 1967-1973; Oxford University Officers Training Corps, 1967-21.07.1978; Col, Queen's Royal Irish Hussars, 1969-1975. Mem., Lord Chancellor's Cttee on Reform of Law of Contempt, 1971-1974; Mem., Disciplinary Tribunal, Inns of Court and Bar, 1972-1983. Vis. Prof. in Classics, KCL, 1977. Lectures: Lees Knowles, Cambridge, 1961; Basil Henriques Meml, 1970; Harmon Meml, USAF Acad., 1970; Jubilee, Imperial Coll., 1979. President: UK Classical Assoc., 1971; English Assoc., 1973. Hon. Liveryman, Worshipful Company of Dyers, 1975; Freeman of City of London, 1976. DL Glos 1982. Hon. LLD: Queen's Univ. Belfast; Perth, WA, 1963; Exeter, 1977; Buckingham, 1987. FKC, 1968; Hon. Fellow St George's Coll., University of Western Australia, 1965. Chesney Gold Medal, RUSI, 1985.
Published: I was a stranger (1977); (jointly) The Third World War (1978); (jointly) The untold story (1982); The profession of arms (1983); (ed.) Warfare in the Ancient World (1989); articles and reviews.
Literature: Roy Fullick, Shan Hackett : the biography of Sir John Hackett GCB, DSO, MC (2003).

Haddon,
Thomas
"Tommy"

Son of Major J.T. Haddon of the Cameronians.
Married (1939) Clodagh, the youngest daughter of Lt.Col. Bertrand Russell (youngest son of Lord Chief Justice Russell of Killowen); three sons.

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"Haddon"
under "Maker/Producer Information")

19.02.1913
Farnham district, Hampshire / Surrey / Sussex
-
12.04.1993

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	02.02.1933 [58141]
Lt.	02.02.1936
A/Capt.	03.09.1939-02.12.1939
T/Capt.	03.12.1939-01.02.1941
Capt.	02.02.1941
A/Maj.	01.01.1942-31.03.1942
T/Maj.	01.04.1942-16.10.1943
WS/Maj.	17.10.1943
Maj.	01.07.1946
Lt.Col. (Brev.)	01.07.1951
A/Lt.Col.	17.07.1943-16.10.1943
T/Lt.Col.	17.10.1943-01.02.1948, 24.08.1949-25.06.1951, 12.07.1951-09.12.1955
Lt.Col.	10.12.1955
Col.	25.09.1958, seniority 14.01.1957 [supernumerary 25.09.1964]
local Brig.	13.09.1958-24.09.1958
T/Brig.	23.09.1958-13.01.1961
Brig.	14.01.1961 (retd 20.02.1968)

	CBE	10.06.1961	HM's birthday 61; Singapore
	OBE	07.06.1951	HM's birthday 57

NW Frontier of India 1936-37 Medal & Clasp

Education: Hamilton Academy; Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst; idc, psc

02.02.1933			commissioned, The Border Regiment
1933	-	1935	1st Battalion The Border Regiment (Northern Ireland)
1935	-	1939	2nd Battalion The Border Regiment (India)
09.1939	-	02.1940	Officer Commanding, B Company, 1st Battalion The Border Regiment (UK, France)
07.02.1940	-	26.05.1941	Adjutant, 1st Battalion The Border Regiment (France [Dunkirk], UK)
1941	-	1941	attended Staff College, Camberley
17.11.1941	-	30.11.1941	specially employed
01.12.1941	-	31.12.1941	General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), War Cabinet Office (Assistant Secretary of the Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee)
01.01.1942	-	26.01.1943	General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), War Cabinet Office (Assistant Secretary of the Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee)
27.01.1943	-	07.1943	Second-in-Command, 1st Battalion The Border Regiment (Sicily)
07.1943	-	09.1944	Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion The Border Regiment (Arnhem [POW at Hadamar])
04.06.1945	-	13.01.1948	General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), Chief of Staff Committee, War Office
1948	-	1949	Second-in-Command, 1st Battalion The Border Regiment (Palestine, East Africa)
24.08.1949	-	25.04.1951	GSO1, HQ Hong Kong
12.07.1951 04.09.1952 02.02.1953	- - -	03.09.1952 01.02.1953 29.06.1955	GSO1, War Office (Army Council Secretariat)
12.1955	-	1958	Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion The Border Regiment (British Army of the Rhine)
29.09.1958	-	27.04.1961	Commandant, Singapore Military Forces [01.01.1959-03.09.1961 specially employed, Singapore Military Forces]
11.01.1963	-	02.07.1965	Chief of Staff, HQ Land Forces Hong Kong

ADC to the Queen, 26.03.1964-20.02.1968. President of the Border Regiment Association, 1966. Vice-President Border Affairs in the King's Own Royal Border Regimental Association, 1975. Vice President of the Regular Commissions Board in Wiltshire, 1966-1968.

Haeffner,
Bruno Henry
B.H. Haeffner

?
-

[possibly:
18.03.1915
-
12.1994 Pontypool, Monmouthshire]

Gnr.	?
2nd Lt.	20.01.1940 [117210]
WS/Lt.	20.07.1941
Capt.	? (reld ?)
Hon. Maj.	?

12.01.1951

			served in the ranks
20.01.1940			commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
19.08.1942			transferred to the Glider Pilot Regiment
(09.1944)			Section Commander, A Squadron (No. 1 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem)

Haig,
Oliver Peter

Son of Lt.Col. Oliver Haig (1875-1959), and Esmé Armstrong Crabbe (?-1955).
His sister Betty Haig married Cdr. Denis Vaughan Sprague, RN.
Married (10.05.1930, St George Hanover Square district, Middlesex) Rosamond Mary Ponsonby (1906 - 14.04.1985), eldest daughter of Sir George Arthur Ponsoby, KCVO, of Birdham, Chichester; one son, one daughter.
Residence: Ramornie, Fife.

06.10.1908
St Marylebone, London
-
13.05.1987
Scanisport, Inverness district, Inverness-shire, Scotland

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	30.06.1939 [93769]
WS/Lt.	30.11.1940
T/Capt.	30.11.1940
WS/Capt.	10.06.1943 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Maj.	10.06.1943
Hon. Maj.	< 04.1946
Lt.	14.07.1952, seniority 14.12.1947
Capt.	14.07.1952, seniority 18.02.1952
Maj.	? (reld 14.07.1960)
Hon. Maj.	14.07.1960

	Hkn	19.03.1948	Norway 45
	TD	22.09.1950	-

			late Cadet, Clifton College Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
30.06.1939			commissioned into The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry - Territorial Army (4th Battalion)
24.08.1939			mobilized
			served in France & Belgium
14.01.1941			transferred to the Reconnaissance Corps - Territorial Army
			served with 1st Airborne Division (North Africa, Italy, Holland & Norway)
(09.1944)	-	(1945)	Assistant Provost Marshal, 1st Airborne Division (Arnhem [evacuated]; Norway)
16.06.1945			transferred to The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry - Territorial Army
?	-	14.07.1952	Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
14.07.1952	-	14.07.1960	short service commission, 1st Royal Green Jackets

Hall,
Kenneth Arthur
K.A. Hall

?
-

Cadet	? [1929154]
2nd Lt.	26.12.1943 [303535]
WS/Lt.	26.06.1944 (reld > 04.1946)

26.12.1943			commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]
1944	-	(09.1944)	Troop Officer, 3 Troop, 4th Parachute Squadron RE (Arnhem [evacuated])

Halliday,
Keith Creighton
K.C. Halliday

Mother's maiden name Caldwell ??

(09?).1917 ??
Birkenhead district, Cheshire / Merseyside ??
-
23.09.1944
(KIA)
[Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, 2.B.8]

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	19.04.1942 [243505]
WS/Lt.	19.10.1942

19.04.1942			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
(09.1944)			Troop Leader, B Troop, 1st Airlanding Light Battery RA (Arnhem [killed in action])

Halls,
Jack Reginald
J.R. Halls

Married Patricia Diana Lawrence; one son, one daughter.

[Perhaps the same as:
John Reginald Halls
born 28.05.1906 Thetford district, Norfolk / Suffolk
died 10.1985 Downham district, Cambridgeshire / Norfolk]

?
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
-

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	26.10.1940 [155128]
WS/Lt.	25.04.1941
T/Capt.	25.04.1941
WS/Capt.	14.03.1944
T/Maj.	14.03.1944 (reld > 04.1946)

26.10.1940			commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission]
(09.1944)			Officer-in-Charge Transport, 1st Airborne Division (Arnhem)

Halsall,
Bernard Holt
B.H. Halsall

From Southport.

18.03.1921
Southport, Ormskirk district, Lancashire
-
04.03.2011

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	22.06.1940 [134176]
WS/Lt.	22.12.1941
T/Capt.	31.10.1944 (reld > 04.1946)

21.10.1943

Sicily 07.43

22.06.1940			commissioned, The King's Regiment [emergency commission]
24.08.1942			transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Army Air Corps
(09.1944)			Officer Commanding, 7 Flight (No. 2 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem)

Halstead,
Richard Angus
R.A. Halstead

From Durham.

?
-

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	06.09.1941 [203705]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
Hon. Lt.	< 04.1946

20.04.1944

Italy

06.09.1941			commissioned, The Suffolk Regiment [emergency commission]
09.03.1943			transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps
(09.1944)			Officer Commanding, 3 Platoon (R Company), 1st Parachute Battalion (Arnhem)

Hanmer,
Nicholas Brian
"Nick"
N.B. Hanmer

Son of ... Hanmer, and ... Dodd.

17.07.1921
Uckfield district, Sussex
-
09.2003
Ipswich district, Suffolk

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	01.03.1941 [176197]
WS/Lt.	01.09.1942
T/Capt.	03.09.1945
Capt.	10.07.1948 (reld 06.12.1949)

MBE

31.12.1960

New Year 61: Somaliland

01.03.1941			commissioned, The Royal Sussex Regiment [emergency commission]
26.03.1943			transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps
(09.1943)			Platoon Commander, B Company, 10th Parachute Battalion (Italy)
(09.1944)			Adjutant, 10th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem)

Senior Administrative Officer in the former Somaliland Protectorate (1960).

Hannah,
Alexander
"Chad"
A. Hannah

?
-

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	23.08.1941 [203025]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942 (retd 28.08.1945; disability)
Hon. Lt.	28.08.1945

23.08.1941			commissioned, The King's Own Scottish Borderers [emergency commission]
(09.1944)			Officer Commanding, 1 Platoon, Anti-Tank Group (Support Company), 7th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (Arnhem [wounded, POW])

Happer,
William Richard Armour
W.R.A. Happer

05.06.1914
-
06.1994
Teignbridge, Devon

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	20.09.1941 [210484]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942
Lt. TA	08.02.1949, seniority 01.10.1942 (reld 22.08.1951)
Hon. Lt.	22.08.1951

20.09.1941			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
11.05.1944			transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Army Air Corps
(09.1944)			Section Commander, F Squadron (No. 2 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem)
08.02.1949	-	22.08.1951	The Parachute Regiment - Territorial Army

Hardie,
Norman George
N.G. Hardie

?
-
20.09.1944
(KIA)
[Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 3.B.19]

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	21.09.1940 [149735]
WS/Lt.	21.03.1942
T/Capt.	12.02.1943

21.09.1940			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
27.07.1942			transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Army Air Corps
(09.1944)			Officer Commanding, 1 Flight (A Squadron, No. 1 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem [killed in action])

Harding,
Leslie Owen
"Les"
L.O. Harding

Son of ... Harding, and ... Knowles.

21.12.1913
Lewisham district, Greater London
-
11.1984
Crawley district, West Sussex

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	15.08.1942 [242557]
WS/Lt.	15.02.1943 (reld < 04.1946)
Hon. Lt.	< 04.1946

15.08.1942			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
(09.1944)			Officer Commanding, G Troop, 2nd Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery RA [supporting 10th Parachute Battalion] (Arnhem [POW])
09.1944	-	04.1945?	POW in German captivity (at Oflag IX A/H at Spangenberg)

Hardman,
Lawrence Kent
"Laurie"
L.K. Hardman

13.02.1913
-
02.1988
Hastings and Rother district, East Sussex

Cadet Cpl.	?
2nd Lt.	08.03.1930 [45029]
Lt.	08.03.1933
Capt.	12.03.1935
T/Maj.	15.05.1941
WS/Maj.	24.08.1945
T/Lt.Col.	24.08.1945
Hon. Lt.Col.	?

	MID	10.05.1945	NW Europe (Arnhem)
	TD	14.06.1945	-

			late Cadet Corporal, Leys School Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
08.03.1930			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army
08.03.1930	-	(08.1939)	225th Field Battery, 57th (Home Counties) Field Regiment (Brighton)
24.08.1939			mobilized
(04.1941)			Deputy Assistant Adjutant General, South Eastern Command
(09.1944)			Deputy Assistant Adjutant General, 1st Airborne Division (Arnhem)
?	-	22.04.1961	Territorial Army Reserve of Officers

Hardman-Mountford,
John Ernest
till 01.07.1940: J.E. Mountford
J.E. Hardman-Mountford

Son of Ernest and Louisa Mountford.
Married (21.03.1940) Peggy Maureen Hardman (31.03.1916 - 23.05.2001); one son, one daughter (twins).

26.11.1917
Chelmsford, Essex
-
22.12.1971
in a road traffic accident

2nd Lt.	08.12.1937 [73655]
WS/Lt.	08.12.1940
Lt.	09.11.1946, seniority 03.03.1941 [permanent commission]
A/Capt.	05.06.1941-04.09.1941
T/Capt.	05.09.1941-26.02.1944
Capt.	08.12.1945
Capt.	09.11.1946, seniority 01.07.1946 [permanent commission]
A/Maj.	22.09.1947-31.10.1947
T/Maj.	01.11.1947-29.04.1948, 08.05.1952-31.08.1952
Maj.	01.09.1952 (retd 04.04.1968)
Lt. TAVR	09.01.1969, seniority 15.09.1941
Lt.Col. TAVR	?

	MID	29.01.1957	Cyprus 07-12.56
	TD	21.04.1950	-

Education: King Edward's School, Birmingham; London University (LLB); psc

08.12.1937	-	(01.1939)	commissioned, The South Staffordshire Regiment - Territorial Army (5th Battalion)
24.08.1939			mobilized to 08.11.1946
(09.1944)			Officer Commanding, 21 Platoon (D Company), 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Arnhem [wounded, POW])
09.11.1946			permanent commission
1946	-	1948	Adjutant, Junior Leaders Depot, Weston Rhyn, Oswestry, Shropshire
1950			Staff College, Camberley
1951	-	1953	War Office
1954	-	1956	Company commander (Canal Zone (Egypt) and Cyprus)
1957	-	1959	Brigade Major, Western Command, Cardiff
01.04.1959	-	30.06.1960	specially employed East Africa Land Forces
1960	-	1962	seconded to King's African Rifles:
			Second-in-Command, 6th King's African Rifles (Mauritius)
			Commander, B Company, 2/6th King's African Rifles (Dar es Salaam)
			Second-in-Command, 5th King's African Rifles (Nakuru, Kenya)
1963	-	1965	PS(1), HQ British Army of the Rhine (Rheindahlen, Germany)
1965	-	1968	seconded to Army Legal Service
09.01.1969	-	?	County Commandant for Merioneth & Montgomery, Army Cadet Force, Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve

Called to the bar while serving in East Africa. Practised as a barrister on Oxford circuit, 1968-1971.

Hardy,
Joseph Stephenson Davidson
"Joe"
J.S.D. Hardy

Second son of nine children of Thomas Hardy (1873-1943), and Mary Lizzie Davidson (1883-1949).
Married Eva Katherine Butt; one daughter, two sons.

12.10.1917
Annan, Dumfriesshire
-
01.01.2005
Melbourne, Australia

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	24.12.1942 [258048]
WS/Lt.	24.12.1942 (reld > 04.1946)
T/Capt.	26.12.1944

09.11.1944

Arnhem 09.44

11.1933			enlisted & joined the 1st Battalion The Border Regiment, qualifying as a signaller and joining the Signal Platoon
			served in the ranks (Ireland, Palestine, UK, France [Dunkirk])
24.12.1942			commissioned, The Border Regiment [emergency commission]
02.1943	-	mid-1945	Officer Commanding, Signals Platoon (HQ Company), 1st Battalion The Border Regiment (UK, North Africa, Sicily, Italy, UK, Arnhem [evacuated], Norway)

Served in the Durham County Fire Brigade. Emigrated to Australia, 1956.

Harkess,
Colin Reid
C.R. Harkess

?
-
deceased

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	13.12.1941 [220532]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Capt.	26.03.1943
Hon. Capt.	< 04.1946

MID

10.05.1945

NW Europe

13.12.1941			commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission]
(09.1944)			Brigade RASC Officer, 4th Parachute Brigade (Arnhem [escaped])

Harlow,
the Reverend Albert William Harrison
"Bill"
A.W.H. Harlow

From Chippenham.
Married ((12?).1918, Chipping, Sodbury, Gloucestershire) Elsie L. Minett.

03.06.1892
Farnham district, Hampshire
-
?

Capt. = Chaplain to the Forces 4th cl.	23.07.1940 [131946]
A/Maj. = A/Chaplain to the Forces 3rd cl.	?
T/Maj. = T/Chaplain to the Forces 3rd cl.	08.06.1943 (reld 30.09.1946) (reinstated, then reld again 03.06.1952)
Hon. Lt.Col. = Hon. Chaplain to the Forces 2nd cl.	03.06.1952

	DSO	08.11.1945	NW Europe (Arnhem 09.44)
	MID	24.06.1943	Middle East 42

23.07.1940			commissioned, Royal Army Chaplains' Department [emergency commission] - Church of England
(09.1944)			Senior Chaplain to the Forces, 1st Airborne Division (Arnhem [POW till 05.1945])
1945	-	1946	served Suez Canal

Vicar of Middlewich (1937-1940 & 1946-1947), Calstock/Surrogate (1947-1950), St. Andrews, Gothenburg (1950-1955), Easebourne, Essex (1955-1962). Lived in Southern Australia thereafter.

Harris,
George Samuel
G.S. Harris

Son of ... Harris, and ... Dolan.

24.06.1923
Newport district, Monmouthshire
-
11.1999
Medway district, Kent

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	09.05.1943 [273822]
WS/Lt.	09.11.1943
Lt.	01.02.1947, seniority 24.12.1945
A/Capt.	08.06.1946-07.09.1946
T/Capt.	08.09.1946-23.06.1950
Capt.	24.06.1950
T/Maj.	03.12.1955-23.06.1957
Maj.	24.06.1957
T/Lt.Col.	20.03.1965-18.09.1965
Lt.Col.	19.09.1965
Col.	30.06.1973 (retd 24.06.1978)

			served in the ranks for 243 days
09.05.1943			commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission to 31.01.1947]
(09.1944)			Intelligence Officer, 4th Parachute Squadron RE (Arnhem [wounded, POW])
09.1944	-	04.1945?	POW in German captivity (at Oflag IX A/H at Spangenberg)
01.02.1947			permanent commission
01.08.1953	-	17.11.1955	Staff Officer, Royal Engineers, War Office
12.07.1962	-	31.01.1965	General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), Tactical Wing, School of Infantry
30.03.1965	-	(02.1967)	Commander, Malaysian Engineers

Harrison,
Charles Anthony
"Tony"
C.A. Harrison

Son of Frederick Harrison (1873-1949), merchant, and Theodora St George (born 1878).
Married (1944) Lavinia McFarlane; three sons.

private papers at IWM
(search for
"Harrison"
under "Maker/Producer Information")

12.03.1918
-
08.1995
Hove district, Sussex

2nd Lt. TA	28.06.1938
2nd Lt.	26.07.1939, seniority 27.01.1938 [75273]
Lt.	01.01.1941
A/Capt.	13.02.1943-12.05.1943
T/Capt.	13.05.1943 (reld 25.09.1948)

09.11.1944

Arnhem 09.44

28.06.1938			commissioned, General List, Territorial Army (University Candidates)
26.07.1939			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery
(09.1944)			Officer Commanding, E Troop, 3rd Airlanding Light Battery RA (Arnhem [evacuated])

Stockbroker, London.

Harvie,
W Alexander
"Alex"
W.A. Harvie

?
-

Prov. 2nd Lt.	?
Lt.	?

MID

31.03.1945

NW Europe

?			commissioned, Canadian Infantry Corps [emergency commission]
	-	01.03.1944	No. A-16 Training Centre (Reinforcements) CIC
01.03.1944	-		No. A-34 Training Centre (Reinforcements) CIC
			Canloan scheme: CDN/150
(09.1944)			Officer Commanding, No. 2 Medium Machine Gun Platoon (Support Company), 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Arnhem [escaped])

Hay,
John Arthur
J.A. Hay

c. 1912/13 ?
-

2nd Lt. TA	20.01.1932 [51878]
2nd Lt.	15.12.1939
WS/Lt.	15.06.1941 (retd 22.02.1946; disability)
T/Capt.	10.11.1943
Hon. Capt.	22.02.1946

20.01.1932			commissioned, City of London Regiment - Territorial Army (2nd Battalion)
15.12.1939			commissioned, The Manchester Regiment [emergency commission]
11.01.1942			transferred, Royal Regiment of Artillery
28.05.1942			transferred, Reconnaissance Corps - Royal Armoured Corps
(09.1944)			Officer Commanding, C Troop, 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron (Arnhem)

Hay,
Neville Alexander
N.A. Hay

Son of ... Hay, and ... Hughes.
Married ((03?).1944, Westminster district, London) Pamela Edmiston.

07.04.1919
Kensington, Greater London
-
03.04.1981
Bracknell district, Berkshire (after a short illness)

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	20.04.1940 [129018]
WS/Lt.	20.10.1941
T/Capt.	16.09.1945 (reld > 04.1946)

MID

09.08.1945

NW Europe

20.04.1940			commissioned, The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's) [emergency commission]
(09.1944)			Air Corps HQ Liaison, General Headquarters Liaison Regiment ("Phantom") (Arnhem)

General manager to a security organization, London.

Haynes,
Annesley Freeman
A.F. Haynes

22.06.1909
Kensington district, Greater London
-
12.1999
Camden district, Greater London

2nd Lt.	28.12.1939 [107909]
WS/Lt.	?
WS/Capt.	10.12.1943 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Maj.	10.12.1943
Hon. Maj.	< 04.1946

28.12.1939			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
(09.1944)			Officer Commanding, 2nd Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery RA (Arnhem [POW])

Hayward,
Ronald Lionel
R.L. Hayward

Son of ... Hayward, and ... Morgan.

09.06.1914
Kensington district, Greater London
-
03.2000
Wokingham district, Berkshire

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	18.05.1943 [270793]
WS/Lt.	18.11.1943
T/Capt.	07.05.1944 (reld > 04.1946)

18.05.1943			commissioned, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers [emergency commission]
(09.1944)			Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Officer, HQ RA, 1st Airborne Division (Arnhem [evacuated])

Heaps,
Leo Jack
L.J. Heaps

Of Jewish descent.
Son of Winnipeg MP Abraham Albert Heaps.

07.07.1922
-
1996

2nd Lt.	?
Lt.	28.01.1944

03.05.1945

Arnhem 09.44

			commissioned, Canadian Infantry Corps
	-	19.11.1943	No. A-33 CAC TE (Provisional Reinforcements)
19.11.1943	-	14.12.1943	No. 3 District Depot
14.12.1943	-	07.04.1944	No. A-14 Training Centre (Provisional Reinforcements) CIC, Aldershot Camp, NS
07.04.1944	-		No. A-34 Training Centre (Reinforcements) CIC
			Canloan scheme: CDN/415
(09.1944)			attached 1st Parachute Battalion (Arnhem)
29.06.1945	-		No. 10 District Depot (from Canadian Army Overseas)

Published: Escape from Arnhem (1945); The grey goose of Arnhem (1976); A boy called Nam : the true story of how one little boy came to Canada (1984); The rebel in the House : tle life and times of A.A. Heaps, M.P. (1984); Hugh Hambleton, spy (1985)

Heathcoat-Amory,
[Sir] Derick;
1st Viscount Amory of Tiverton, co. Devon, cr. 02.09.1960;
4th Baronet, of Knightshayes Court, Devon, cr. 21.03.1874, succ. 22.11.1972
D. Heathcoat-Amory

Son of Sir Ian Murray Heathcoat-Amory, 2nd Bt. and Alexandra Georgina Seymour.
Unmarried.

26.12.1899
Tiverton, Devon
-
20.01.1981
Tiverton, Devon

2nd Lt.	? [7978]
Lt.	31.07.1922
Capt.	01.09.1926
Maj.	01.10.1935 (retd 01.09.1948)
T/Lt.Col.	23.03.1943
Hon. Lt.Col.	01.09.1948

	KG	23.04.1968	?
-	PC	1953	?
	GCMG	24.05.1961	?
	TD	31.01.1941	?

Education: Eton; Oxford University (Christ Church).

1920s?			commissioned into the Royal Artillery - Territorial Army
31.07.1920			transferred from RFA to 11th (Devon.) Brigade
(03.1931)			384th (South Molton) Battery, 96th (Royal Devon Yeomanry) Field Brigade RA
(06.1933)			381st (Thorverton) Battery, 96th (Royal Devon Yeomanry) Field Brigade RA
(01.1937)			384th (South Molton) Battery, 96th (Royal Devon Yeomanry) Field Brigade RA
(01.1939)			381st (Thorverton) Battery, 96th (Royal Devon Yeomanry) Field Brigade RA
24.08.1939			mobilized
15.06.1940	-	(04.1941)	Air Liaison Officer
(09.1944)			Liaison Officer, War Office, General Headquarters Liaison Regiment ("Phantom") (Arnhem [wounded, POW])

Minister of Pensions, 11.1951-09.1953. Minister of State, Board of Trade, 1953-1954. Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, 28.07.1954-18.10.1954. Minister of Agricultural and Fisheries and Minister of Food, 18.10.1954-04.1955. Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 04.1955-06.01.1958. Chancellor of the Exchequer, 16.01.1958-27.07.1960. High Commissioner for the United Kingdom in Canada, 1961-1963. Chancellor of Exeter University, 1972-1981?.
Governor, Hudson's Bay Co., 1965-70; Director, Lloyds Bank, 1948-51 and 1964-70; President, John Heathcoat & Co., 1973 (Chairman, 1966-72); Director, ICI, 1964-70. Member Devon CC, 1932-51; MP (C) Tiverton Div. of Devon, 1945-60; Joint ProChancellor, University of Exeter, 1966-72; Chairman: Medical Research Council, 1960-61, and 1965-69; Voluntary Service Overseas, 1964-75; President: Association of County Councils, 1974-79 (County Councils Assoc., 1961-74); London Federation of Boys' Clubs, 1963-; Exeter Cathedral Appeal, 1978-. Prime Warden, Goldsmiths' Co., 1971-72. High Steward Borough of South Molton, 1960-74; DL Devon, 1962. Hon. FRCS 1974. Hon. LLD: Exeter Univ., 1959; McGill Univ., 1961; Hon. DCL, Oxon, 1974.
Literature: W. Gore Allen, The reluctant politician : Derick Heathcoat Amory (1958)

Heggie,
Maurice
M. Heggie (Photo courtsey of Mr Bob Gerritsen)

?
-
1994

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	10.08.1941 [201227]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942 (reld > 04.1946)
T/Capt.	1944?

10.08.1941			commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission] (from OCTU)
10.03.1943			joined 9th (Airborne) Field Company RE
(09.1944)			Officer Commanding, 3 Platoon, 9th (Airborne) Field Company RE (Arnhem)

Helingoe,
John Edward
"Jack"
J.E. Helingoe

29.12.1923
-
04.1996
MacClesfield, Cheshire

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	20.03.1943 [268135]
WS/Lt.	20.09.1943
T/Capt.	1945?
Hon. Capt.	22.11.1950

09.02.1946

Arnhem 09.44 *

* date of Dutch Royal Decree

20.03.1943			commissioned, The Royal Welch Fusiliers [emergency commission [to 22.11.1950?]]
02.04.1943			transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps
(09.1944)			Officer Commanding, 11 Platoon (T Company), 1st Parachute Battalion (Arnhem)
22.11.1950	-	?	Regular Army Reserve of Officers - The Royal Welch Fusiliers

Hemelryk,
Gerard Edmund *
"George"
G.E. Hemelryk

* changed name by deed poll of 29.03.1946 to: Gerard Edmund Counsellor Hemelryk
Third son of Col. Paul Henry Hemelryk (1876-1955) [who was a brother of Lt.Col. George Edward Hemelryk], and Dorothy Counsellor (1882-1963), of Newmarket, Flintshire.
Brother of Lt. Anthony Hemelryk, RN, and Lt.Col. Richard Astley Hemelryk, RA.

29.09.1917
Woolton, Prescot district, Liverpool
-
20.01.1947
West Cheshire district
(as a result of a motor accident)

WO II	03.1941
2nd Lt.	07.02.1942 [234822]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Capt.	1944?
Hon. Capt.	< 04.1946

Architect.

			served in the ranks (finally Warrant Officer II)
07.02.1942			commissioned, Intelligence Corps [emergency commission]
18.04.1942			transferred, Royal Corps of Signals
(09.1944)			Cypher Officer, No. 1 Company, Divisional Signals, 1st Airborne Division (Arnhem [captured])
09.1944	-	04.1945	POW in German captivity (Reserve-Lazarett 4/486)

Henry,
John Myles

Son of Arthur Henry, businessman, and Margaret Henry (née Lewis), of 'Bridgeland', Sussex.
Married (23.12.1943) Pamela Evelyn Henry (née Morris), of Mayfield, Sussex (born 1920).

23.05.1921
Kensington district, Greater London
-
19.09.1944
(KIA) [age 23]
[Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 5.D.1]

Cadet	? [6405372 ?]
2nd Lt.	22.02.1941 [174343]
WS/Lt.	22.08.1942

39\|45 St	-	-
It St	-	-
Fr&G St	-	-
BWM 39\|45	-	-

Education: Stowe Public School (Chatham House, 01.1935-12.1939); Queen's College, Cambridge University (12.1939-06?.1940)

06?.1940	-	1940	volunteered for service (in the ranks) in The Royal Sussex Regiment (Canterbury)
1940	-	02.1941	Officer Cadet Training Unit, Droitwich
22.02.1941			commissioned, The Royal Sussex Regiment [emergency commission]
22.02.1941	-	11.05.1943	Bren Gun Carrier Platoon Commander, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment (UK, at sea [05-07.1942], North Africa [Egypt], Palestine) [hospitalized with a virus till 03.1943 for several months]
11.05.1943			transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps
11.05.1943	-	1944?	Platoon Commander, B Company, 10th Parachute Battalion (training at Kabrit [Egypt], action at Taranto [Italy; wounded 15.09.1943 at Gioia del Colle], UK)
1944?	-	19.09.1944	Intelligence Officer, 10th Parachute Battalion (UK, Arnhem [killed in action])

Literature: Pamela Morris, I've had my dance (1996; autobiography of Henry's widow)

Herford,
Martin Edward Meakin
M.E.M. Herford

From Reading.
Married (12.1943) Mary Herford, (died 1985); four daughters.
Lived at Reading (1943).

obituary at bmj.com

private papers at IWM
(search for
"Herford"
under "Maker/Producer Information")

13.08.1909
Geneva
-
14.07.2002
Weston-Super-Mare

Lt.	22.01.1941 [175256]
WS/Capt.	22.01.1942
A/Maj.	22.01.1942
T/Maj.	?
WS/Maj.	22.08.1944
T/Lt.Col.	22.08.1944 (retd 01.1946)
A/Col.	31.08.1945
Col. TA	24.02.1950, seniority 01.05.1947

DSO	29.03.1945	NW Europe (Arnhem)
MBE	30.12.1941	Middle East (Greece)
MC	18.11.1943	Sicily 07.43
MC	13.01.1944	Italy 43

Education: MB (1937, Bristol), MD, DPH

			volunteered to go with the Friends Service Organisation (Quakers) to work primarily with children suffering from starvation as a result of the Spanish Civil War
03.1940	-	01.1941	with the British Contingent of the International Volunteer Force in Finland
22.01.1941			commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission]
22.01.1941	-	27.02.1941	63 General Hospital (Helmieh, Egypt)
27.02.1941	-	05?.1941	24 Casualty Clearing Station RAMC (Greece) (liaison and evacuating British troops)
05?.1941	-	22.01.1942	Second-in Command, 7 Motor Ambulance Convoy RAMC (Western Desert, N Afr)
22.01.1942	-	04.1943	Commanding Officer, 16 Motor Ambulance Convoy RAMC (Western Desert, N Afr [wounded 23.07.1942, hospitalized & posted to 15 (Scottish) General Hospital 09-11.1942])
04.1943	-	05?.1944	200 Field Ambulance RAMC [attached 231st Infantry Brigade] (Sicily, Italy, UK)
05?.1944	-	08.1945	Commanding Officer, 163 Field Ambulance RAMC [crossed the river] (Arnhem [POW, escaped])
17.08.1945	-	01.1946	Assistant Director of Medical Services (ADMS), 5th Infantry Division (Braunschweig)
1950?	-	15.07.1953	Territorial Army
15.07.1953	-	?	Territorial Army Reserve of Officers

Studied occupational medicine (Rockefeller fellowship, US), was an appointed factory doctor (Slough) and ended his working life in general practice (together with his wife).
Published: Youth at work (1957); Adolescence : the years of indiscretion (with T.A.A. Hunter; 1961)
Literature: Matthew Hall, A doctor at war : the story of Colonel Martin Herford, the most decorated doctor of World War Two (1995)

Hewitt,
Maurice Richard
M.R. Hewitt

18.03.1921
-
07.2005 still alive

2nd Lt.	15.06.1940 [136030]
Lt.	15.12.1941
A/Capt.	06.08.1942-05.11.1942
T/Capt.	06.11.1942-22.06.1945, 01.11.1945-30.06.1946
Capt.	01.07.1946
T/Maj.	11.05.1951-14.06.1953
Maj.	15.06.1953 (retd 18.03.1976)

			served in the ranks for 288 days
15.06.1940			commissioned, Royal Corps of Signals
06.08.1942	-	23.01.1944	Adjutant, ...
(09.1944)			Officer Commanding, No. 1 Company (Divisional HQ Signals), 1st Airborne Division (Arnhem)

Hewitt,
W L
W.L. Hewitt

Unknown.

?
-

Capt.

(09.1944)

Liaison Officer G2 & Security, GHQ Liaison Regiment ("Phantom"), 1st Airborne Division

Hibbert,
James Anthony
"Tony"
J.A. Hibbert

Son of ... Hibbert, and ... Judkins.

3 interviews at IWM
(search for
"Hibbert"
under "Maker/Producer Information")

06.12.1917
Chertsey district, Surrey
-
06.2006 still alive nr Falmouth, Cornwall

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	27.01.1938 [74531]
Lt.	01.01.1941
A/Capt.	17.07.1942-16.10.1942
T/Capt.	17.10.1942-27.12.1943
WS/Capt.	28.12.1943
Capt.	27.01.1946 (half-pay list 29.09.1946; disability) (retd 22.12.1948; disability)
A/Maj.	28.09.1943-27.12.1943
T/Maj.	28.12.1943-17.09.1945
Hon. Maj.	22.12.1948

MBE	17.06.2006	HM's birthday 06: for services to Tourism and to Sailing in Cornwall
MC	22.03.1945	Arnhem 09.44
MID	20.12.1940	BEF 39-40

Education: civilian student in Germany (1934); Royal Military Academy

27.01.1938			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery
1938	-	1940	6th Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA (UK, France & Belgium [Dunkirk])
1940	-	1942	No. 2 Commando & 1st Parachute Battalion (UK)
1942	-	(09.1944)	staff officer & Brigade Major, 1st Parachute Brigade (UK, North Africa, Italy, Arnhem [POW, escaped, evaded])
1945			staff officer, T Force (Germany)

Businessman.

Hibburt,
Peter Leslie
P.L. Hibburt

Son of Alfred Charles and Hariclia Hibburt, of Pett's Wood, Kent.
His brother Edward Charles also fell.

1923 ?
India
-
18.09.1944
(KIA) [age 21]
[Groesbeek Memorial, panel 8]

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	04.09.1942 [243546]
WS/Lt.	04.03.1943

Businessman.

04.09.1942			commissioned, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps [emergency commission]
(09.1944)	-	18.09.1944	Officer Commanding, 7 Platoon (C Company), 3rd Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [missing in action, presumed killed])

Hicks,
Philip Hugh Whitby
"Pip"
P.H.W. Hicks

Son of Dr Philip Hicks and Beatrice Whitby, novelist. Married (19.11.1927) Patty (born 27.09.1907), daughter of late Brigadier Lionel Arthur Fanshawe, CBE, DSO; one son, one daughter.

25.09.1895
Warwick, Warwickshire
-
08.10.1967
[Hartley Wintney, Hampshire ?]

2nd Lt.	24.06.1916, seniority 27.05.1915 [15075]
Lt.	24.06.1916, seniority 10.06.1916
A/Capt.	08.08.1918-09.06.1919
Capt.	15.01.1922
Maj.	03.03.1936
A/Lt.Col.	18.05.1940-17.08.1940
T/Lt.Col.	18.08.1940-04.06.1941
Lt.Col.	05.06.1941 (supernumerary 05.06.1944)
A/Col.	17.02.1942-16.08.1942
T/Col.	17.08.1942-29.06.1944
Col.	30.06.1944, seniority 05.06.1944 (retd 13.05.1948)
A/Brig.	06.04.1943-05.10.1943
T/Brig.	06.10.1943-(04.1946)
Hon. Brig.	13.05.1948

CBE	29.03.1945	Arnhem 09.44
DSO	20.08.1940	?
DSO	21.10.1943	Sicly 43
MC	24.09.1918	*
MID	04.01.1917	?
MID	27.12.1918	?

1914-1915 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal
* For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during a daylight raid. He commanded his party in a most skilful manner, and was largely responsible for its success. About 50 of the enemy were killed, several of whom were shot by him with his revolver, and two prisoners taken. His conduct was splendid.

Education: Winchester College

1914	-	23.06.1916	mobilized Territorial Forces
24.06.1916			commissioned, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment
1914	-	1918	served European War (France & Belgium, 23.03.1915-04.03.1917 & 28.05.1918-31.08.1918) (MC, despatches twice, wounded)
			many years in India
25.11.1924	-	19.01.1926	ADC to the district Commander at Karachi (India)
(03.1931)			2nd Battalion The Royal Warwickshire Regiment (Khartoum)
09.04.1933	-	02.03.1936	Staff Captain, Guernsey and Alderney District
(01.1937)			2nd Battalion The Royal Warwickshire Regiment (Tidworth)
(01.1939)			1st Battalion The Royal Warwickshire Regiment (Fyzabad)
			Commanding Officer, ... Battalion (Dunkirk) (DSO)
1942	-	1943	1st Airborne Division (N Africa)
06.04.1943	-	11.12.1944	Commander, 1st Airlanding Brigade (N Africa, Sicily, Arnhem; Bar to DSO, CBE)

Regional Commissioner in Germany, International Refugee Organization, 1948-1952. Nat. Playing Fields Association in London, 1955-1961.

Hill,
Gordon Trevor
G.T. Hill

Son of William Frederick and Gertrude Hill (née Kay), of Mappedey Park, Nottingham.

(12?).1917
Nottingham district, Nottinghamshire
-
18.09.1944
(KIA) [age 26]
[Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, 19.B.3]

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	12.04.1941 [182422]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942

12.04.1941			commissioned, Reconnaissance Corps - Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]
05.11.1943			transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps
(09.1944)			Officer Commanding, 6 Platoon (B Company), 3rd Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [killed in action])

Hill,
Henry Ralph
"Glaxo"
H.R. Hill

Son of James Leslie and Susan Minnie Hill.
Husband of Barbara Mary Hill, of Camberley, Surrey.

12.11.1905
-
18.09.1944
Ginkel Heath
(KIA) [age 38]
[Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, 23.A.1]

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	29.01.1925 [31899]
Lt.	29.01.1927
Capt.	25.05.1937
Maj.	29.01.1942

29.01.1925			commissioned, The King's Own Scottish Borderers
(03.1931)			1st Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (Fort George)
(06.1933)			2nd Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (Poona)
04.08.1934	-	12.09.1937	Company Officer, 6th (T.T.) Battalion, The King's African Rifles (Dar-es-Salaam)
(01.1939)			1st Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (Portsmouth)
(09.1944)			Officer Commanding, Support Company, 7th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (Arnhem [killed in action])

Hindley,
Donald Rostron
D.R. Hindley

Son of Mr. Harry Hindley, headmaster of Hawarden Grammar School, and Mrs. Hindley, who resided in Hawarden in North Wales.
Married; one son, one daughter.

14.10.1919
Hawarden, Wales
-

Harrogate

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	17.01.1943 [258859]
WS/Lt.	17.07.1943 (reld > 04.1946)

MID

20.09.1945

Arnhem 09.44

17.01.1943			commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]
(09.1944)			Officer Commanding, HQ Troop (& Intelligence Officer), 1st Parachute Squadron RE (Arnhem)

Hingston,
Basil William Hales
B.W.H. Hingston

Son of Basil Hiingston (1885-1918), and Berthe Hingston (née Laroque), of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada.
Married (25.07.1942) Dorothy Bernice (Gaskill) Hingston, of Montreal.

11.04.1915
-
19.09.1944
(KIA) [age 29]
[Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, 23.A.5]

2nd Lt.	?
Lt.	?
T/Capt.	?

?			commissioned, Canadian Infantry Corps [emergency commission]
	-	06.03.1944	Edmonton Fusiliers
06.03.1944	-		No. A-34 Training Centre (Reinforcements) CIC
			Canloan scheme: CDN/535
(09.1944)			Second-in-Command, Support Company, 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Arnhem [killed in action])

Hodge,
William Francis Vere
"Bill"
W.F.V. Hodge

?
-

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	21.12.1940 [162502]
WS/Lt.	21.06.1942 (retd 20.10.1945; disability)
Hon. Capt.	20.10.1945

21.12.1940			commissioned, The Border Regiment [emergency commission]
01.05.1942			transferred, Royal Armoured Corps
(09.1944)			Officer Commanding, 11 Section (D Troop), 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron (Arnhem)

Hodges,
Ernest Rupert
E.R. Hodges

(09?).1920 ??
Bedwelty district, Monmouthshire ??
-

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	08.02.1941 [170893]
WS/Capt.	18.12.1943
T/Maj.	18.12.1943
WS/Maj.	16.12.1945
T/Lt.Col.	16.12.1945
A/Maj. TA	17.07.1947
Maj. TARO	15.10.1948
Hon. Lt.Col.	15.10.1948

			Officer Producing Centre
08.02.1941			commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission]
(09.1944)			Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General (DAQMG), 1st Airborne Division (Arnhem)
1947?	-	15.10.1948	Territorial Army
15.10.1948	-	?	Territorial Army Reserve of Officers

Hodgson,
Philip Arthur Harvey
P.A.H. Hodgson

Son of ... Hodgson, and ... Adamson.

24.08.1921
Croydon district, Greater London
-
11.2002
Swindon district, Wiltshire

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	07.03.1942 [228442] (spec. appointment)
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942
T/Capt.	27.04.1944
WS/Capt.	?
Capt.	18.12.1950, seniority 09.08.1946

MID

10.05.1945

NW Europe

07.03.1942			commissioned, Intelligence Corps [emergency commission till 17.12.1950]
(09.1944)			Intelligence Officer, HQ 1st Airborne Division (Arnhem)
18.12.1950	-	25.04.1952	transferred to the General List [short service commission]
25.04.1952	-	?	Regular Army Reserve of Officers

Hodgson,
Robert
R. Hodgson

[not 100% sure;
indicated as: R. Hodges]

?
-

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	05.09.1943 [302531]
WS/Lt.	05.03.1944 (reld > 04.1946)

05.09.1943			commissioned, Royal Corps of Signals [emergency commission]
(09.1944)			Section Officer, A Section (wireless) (No. 1 Company), Divisional Signals, 1st Airborne Division (Arnhem)

Hodgson,
William Kitching
"Bill"
W.K. Hodgson

Son of John P. and Bertha Taylor Hodgson (née Kitching), of Milnthorpe, Westmorland.

(03?).1920
Kendal district, Westmorland
-
26.09.1944
(DOW) [age 24]
[Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 1.C.2]

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	20.04.1940 [129359]
WS/Lt.	20.10.1941
T/Capt.	22.02.1942
A/Maj.	12.12.1943

20.04.1940			commissioned, The Border Regiment [emergency commission]
(09.1944)			Second-in-Command, D Company, 1st Battalion The Border Regiment (Arnhem [died of wounds])

Holman,
Michael Robert
"Mike"
M.R. Holman

Son of ... Holman, and ... Dixon.

14.09.1921
Islington district, Greater London
-
15.11.1985
Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	14.03.1942 [228610]
WS/ Lt.	01.10.1942
T/Capt.	26.12.1944 (reld > 04.1946)

09.02.1946?

Arnhem 09.44 *

* date of Dutch Royal Decree

14.03.1942			commissioned, The Border Regiment [emergency commission]
(09.1944)			Officer Commanding, 1 Mortar Platoon (Support Company), 1st Battalion The Border Regiment (Arnhem [evacuated])

Holt,
Philip Sumner
P.S. Holt

Son of Dorothy Holt, of Wilmslow, Cheshire.

1925 ?
-
21.09.1944
(KIA) [age 19]
[Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 22.C.18]

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	10.10.1943 [295834]
WS/Lt.	1944?

10.10.1943			commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]
23.01.1944			transferred, The Border Regiment
(09.1944)			Officer Commanding, 21 Platoon (D Company), 1st Battalion The Border Regiment (Arnhem [killed in action])

Hooper,
John Henry
J.H. Hooper

?
-
deceased

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	18.05.1940 [130100]
WS/Lt.	18.11.1941 (reld > 04.1946)
T/Capt.	24.09.1944

MID

04.04.1946

NW Europe (Rhine crossing)

18.05.1940			commissioned, The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's) [emergency commission]
27.05.1942			transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Army Air Corps
(09.1944)			Operations Officer, No. 2 Wing, The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem)

Hope-Jones,
Ronald Christopher

Fouth child of William HopeJones, assistant master at Eton College, and Winifred Murton Harvey Coggin.
Married (12.02.1944) Pamela Muriel Hawker, daughter of Harry George Hawker, airman; two sons, one daughter.

05.07.1920
Eton, Buckinghamshire
-
18.02.2000
North Hampshire hospital, Basingstoke, Hampshire

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	17.05.1941 [187403]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942 (reld 1945)

CMG

01.01.1969

New Year 69

Education: Eton; King's College, Cambridge University (1939-1940, 1945-1946; active in sports)

1940			joined the Army
17.05.1941			commissioned, The Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
			served in North Africa & Sicily
(09.1944)			Intelligence Officer, 1st Battalion The Border Regiment (Arnhem [POW])

3rd Secretary, Foreign Office, 06.1946, Paris, 1947; 2nd Secretary, Beirut, 1949; 1st Secretary, Foreign Office, 1952; Head of Chancery and Consul, Quito (Ecuador), 06.09.1955; Commercial Secretary, Budapest, 1959; Head of Chancery, 1960; Foreign Office, 1961, Counsellor, 1963; UK Representative to International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, 1964-1967; FCO 1967; Head of Disarmament Department, 1967-1970; Head of North African Department, 1970-1971; Counsellor, Brasilia, 1972-1973; Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in La Paz, 26.10.1973-09.1977.

Horsfall,
Cedric Michael
"Mike"
C.M. Horsfall

Third of four sons of Sir John Donald Horsfall, JP, 2nd Bt. (1891-1975), and of Lady Henrietta Horsfall (née Musgrave) (died 1936), of Hayfield Glusburn, Yorkshire.

26.04.1918
Skipton district, West Riding of Yorkshire
-
20.09.1944
(KIA) [age 26]
[Groesbeek Memorial, panel 8]

Pte.	?
2nd Lt.	26.07.1939 [93320]
WS/Lt.	26.01.1944
T/Capt.	1944?

			late Cadet Lance-Corporal, Uppingham School Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
26.07.1939			commissioned, The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding) - Territorial Army
24.08.1939			mobilized
01.12.1942			transferred, Royal Armoured Corps
16.03.1943			transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps
(1944?)			Adjutant, 10th Parachute Battalion (UK)
(09.1944)			Officer Commanding, D Company, 10th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [killed in action])

Horsley,
John

Son of Tom Mason Horsley and Mildred Mary Horsley (née Cook), of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

(03?).1920
Newcastle-upon-Tyne district, Northumberland / Tyne and Wear
-
27.09.1944
Apeldoorn (hospital)
(DOW) [age 24]
[Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, 18.C.6]

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	21.12.1940 [164948]
WS/Lt.	21.06.1942
T/Capt.	19.12.1943

Education: University (BA)

21.12.1940			commissioned, The Border Regiment [emergency commission]
(09.1944)			Intelligence Officer, 21st Independent Parachute Company (Arnhem [died of wounds])

Horton,
Frank Lewis
F.L. Horton

Mother's maiden name Miflon ??

(12?).1924 ??
Romford district, Essex ??
-

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	12.06.1943 [278375]
WS/Lt.	12.12.1943 (reld > 04.1946)

12.06.1943			commissioned, The South Staffordshire Regiment [emergency commission]
22.09.1943			transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps
(09.1944)			Officer Commanding, 3 Provost Section with 1st Airlanding Brigade (Arnhem)

Houston,
James Ivor
J.I. Houston

Son of Mr. and Mrs. James Dick Houston.
Husband of Lorna Hillview Ringmore Houston, of Weyhill, Hampshire; one son, one daughter.

14.05.1912
Londonderry, Northern Ireland
-
20.09.1944
(KIA) [age 32]
[Groesbeek Memorial, the Netherlands, panel 5]

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	01.09.1932 [53748]
Lt.	01.09.1935
A/Capt.	03.09.1939-27.11.1939, 29.04.1940-04.05.1940
T/Capt.	05.05.1940-31.08.1940
Capt.	01.09.1940
A/Maj.	24.03.1941-23.06.1941
T/Maj.	24.06.1941-22.10.1941, 25.01.1943-20.09.1944

Palestine 1936-39 Medal & Clasp.

Education: Royal Military College, Sandhurst.

01.09.1932			commissioned, The Essex Regiment
(06.1933)			1st Battalion The Essex Regiment (Pembroke Dock (for Catterick))
(09.1935)	-	(01.1937)	2nd Battalion The Essex Regiment (Nasirabad, then Sudan (for Warley))
(01.1938)	-	(01.1939)	1st Battalion The Essex Regiment (Palestine, then Egypt)
19.12.1940	-	(04.1941)	Adjutant, ... The Essex Regiment
(09.1944)			Officer Commanding, HQ Company, 3rd Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [killed in action])

Howard,
John
J. Howard

Son of Mr. E.C. Howard, of Bexhill-on-Sea.
Husband of Pamela Howard.

1919 ?
-
20.10.1944
(KIA) [age 25]
[Groesbeek Memorial, panel 8]

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	09.08.1941 [200853]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942
T/Capt.	08.05.1943

09.08.1941			commissioned, The Royal Sussex Regiment [emergency commission]
01.01.1943			transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps
(09.1943)	-	(09.1944)	Second-in-Command, D Company, 10th Parachute Battalion (Italy; Arnhem [killed in action])

Howe,
John Anthony
"Tony"
J.A. Howe

1911
Willesden, Middlesex
-

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	01.08.1942 [240675]
WS/Lt.	01.02.1943 (reld 18.01.1946; disability)
Hon. Lt.	18.01.1946

01.08.1942			commissioned, The Border Regiment [emergency commission]
(09.1944)			Officer Commanding, 1 Medium Machine Gun Platoon (Support Company), 1st Battalion The Border Regiment (Arnhem [wounded, POW])
09.1944	-	04?.1945	POW (No. 140229) in German captivity (Stalag VII-A at Moosburg an der Isar, Bavaria)

Hoyer-Millar,
Francis Kinglake
F.K. Hoyer-Millar

From Angus, Scotland.

14.07.1919
-
07.1993
Warminster, Wiltshire

Cadet Serjt.	?
2nd Lt.	15.02.1939 [85213]
WS/Lt.	01.01.1941
T/Capt.	14.07.1943 (reld > 04.1946)

20.09.1945

Arnhem 09.44

			late Cadet-Serjeant, Uppingham School Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
15.02.1939			commissioned, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) - Territorial Army
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
16.10.1942			transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps
(09.1944)			Second-in-Command, B Company, 2nd Parachute Battalion (Arnhem)

HM's Consul at Munich, Germany, 21.05.1969-....

Hoyle,
Anthony Lambert Tennant
A.L.T. Hoyle

Son of ... Hoyle, and ... Lambert.

28.07.1923
Haslingden district, Lancashire
-
07.1985
Buery, Lancashire

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	29.08.1943 [292635]
WS/Lt.	29.02.1944 (reld > 04.1946)

29.08.1943			commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]
01.04.1944			transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps
(09.1944)			Officer Commanding, 5 Platoon (B Company), 11th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem)

Hudleston,
Wilfrid Ian Stuart
W.I.S. Hudleston

Son of ... Hudleston, and ... Ferguson.
Married ((09?).1940, Wigan district, Lancashire) Elizabeth Leask.

(09?).1911
Portsmouth district, Hampshire
-
1993

Lt.	08.06.1940 [135388]
WS/Capt.	08.06.1941 (reld < 04.1946)
A/Maj.	09.10.1942
Hon. Maj.	< 04.1946

MID

20.12.1945

services in the field

Education: MB

08.06.1940			commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission]
(09.1944)			General Duties Surgeon, 133rd Parachute Field Ambulance (Arnhem [captured])
09.1944	-	04.1945	POW (No. 6177) in German captivity (Stalag XI-B, Fallingbostel, Niedersachsen)

Humphries,
Alan Peter
A.P. Humphries

Interview at IWM
(search for
"Humphries, Alan"
under "Maker/Producer Information")

?
-
07.2005 still alive

Cadet	?
Lt.	29.11.1941 [219258]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942
T/Capt.	09.09.1945 (reld > 04.1946)

29.11.1941			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
(09.1944)			Adjutant, 1st Airlanding Light Regiment RA (Arnhem [evacuated])
1945	-	1946	staff officer, 1st Airborne Division (Palestine)

Partner in an accounting firm, Esher, Surrey.

Hunter,
Adam Robert
A.R. Hunter

Son of Daniel and Isabella Williams Hunter, of Whitletts, Ayr.

1923 ?
-
20.09.1944
Wolfheze
(KIA) [age 21]
[Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, 15.B.8]

Cadet	? [14214103]
2nd Lt.	29.10.1943 [299298]
WS/Lt.	1944?

29.10.1943			commissioned, The King's Own Scottish Borderers [emergency commission]
(09.1944)			Officer Commanding, 9 Platoon (C Company), 7th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (Arnhem [killed in action])

Hunter,
Joseph MacLean
"Jimmy"
J.M. Hunter

Son of Dr. Joseph Hunter, MP (1875-1935), and Jean Augusta Hadley Hunter (née Maclean), MD.
Husband of June Hunter, of Notting Hill, London.

1920 ?
-
21.09.1944
Oosterbeek
(KIA) [age 24]
[Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, 21.B.3]

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	10.05.1941 [186115]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942

10.05.1941			commissioned, The King's Own Scottish Borderers [emergency commission]
(09.1944)			Officer Commanding, 13 Platoon (D Company), 7th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (Arnhem [killed in action])

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