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The service number of each person is (when known) given after the date of commissioning. Most officers had only a wartime career, but when no indication is given about a Territorial Army commission or an emergency commission, the officer involved served as a Regular Army officer, with in most cases an active army career before and after the war. For explanations & abbreviations you can look at the help page.

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Jackson, Burton Henry  "Peter" Only child of Capt. Reginald Andrew Jackson, RN (1890-1969), and Winifred Augusta Louisa  Larkins (1889-1959). Married ((12?).1942, Salisbury district, Wiltshire) Phoebe Susannah Whitebread (23.08.1919 - 01.1992), daughter (with two sisters and two brothers) of  Brian Whitehead (1889-1955), and Winifred F. Dunphy (1889-1965); one son, one daughter. Residence: (1945) Cirencester.	06.11.1919 Bishops Waltham, Droxford district, Hampshire - 26.10.2006 Wappenham, Northamptonshire	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 01.07.1939 [95473] Lt. 01.01.1941 A/Capt. 12.12.1939-10.03.1940, 27.10.1942-27.10.1942 T/Capt. 28.10.1942-13.12.1943 WS/Capt. 14.12.1943 Capt. 01.07.1946 A/Maj. 14.09.1943-13.12.1943 T/Maj. 14.12.1943-02.11.1947, 10.04.1948-25.01.1949, 01.04.1951-30.06.1952 Maj. 01.07.1952 T/Lt.Col. 04.08.1960-05.04.1961 Lt.Col. 06.04.1961 (retd 08.11.1969) DFC 16.08.1945 NW Europe (Rhine crossing) [recommendation available upon request] MID 22.03.1945 NW Europe SSM 14.11.1947 NW Europe [recommendation available upon request]	Education: Cheltenham College (09.1933-07.1937; 2b Middle-5b Military; Hazelwell House); Royal Military College, Sandhurst (1937-1939). 01.07.1939     commissioned, The East Surrey Regiment 1939 - 1945 served in France & Flanders 1939-1940, North Africa & Italy 1942-1944, NW Europe (Normandy, Arnhem, Rhine Crossing) 1944-1945: 1941     attached, Glider Pilot Regiment 22.12.1942 - 13.09.1943 Adjutant, ... (09.1944)     Officer Commanding, E Squadron (No. 2 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem [wounded & evacuated]) 04.02.1948     transferred, Royal Army Ordnance Corps 01.01.1963 - 08.06.1966 Assistant Director of Ordnance Services (Air), AACC, Southern Command
James, Christopher Compton Michael Son (with three brothers and one sister) of William Warwick James, FRCS (1874-1965), and Ada Louisa Mary Froud (1873-1948), of Park Crescent, London W1. Married 1st (23.12.1946, St Marylebone district, London) Muriel Macintosh Johnstone (29.09.1921 - 09.02.1964), daughter of John Johnstone (1892-1968), and Catherine Ritchie Gloag (1895-1974), of Perth; one son, one daughter. Married 2nd.	27.08.1910 St Marylebone district, London - 31.10.1990 Camden district, London	Lt. 29.05.1943 [279329] WS/Capt. 29.05.1944 WS/Maj. 31.08.1946 (reld 1947) T/Lt.Col. 31.08.1946-(04.1947) MID 20.09.1945 Arnhem 09.1944	Education: Marlborough College (05.1924-07.1927; Preshute House); Magdalene College, Cambridge University (1928-1935; MA; attained tripos in natural sciences); St Mary's Hospital (MRCS Eng , LRCP Lond 1940); PhD (Edin.) 1948; FRCS Ed. 1943. 29.05.1943     commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission] ? - 20.03.1944 Military Hospital, Bangor, Co. Down, Northern Ireland 20.03.1944 - 25.09.1944 General Duties Surgeon, 181st Airlanding Field Ambulance (UK, Arnhem [captured]) 25.09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 140305) in German captivity (Stalag VII-A, Moosburg an der Isar, Bayern; liberated from a POW camp at Freising, north of Munich) Surgical registrar at Royal Cripples' Hospital, Birmingham, 1947-1950. Consultant orthopaedic surgeon & honorary lecturer, Newcastle University Group Hospitals, 1950-1976. Fellow Royal Society of Medicine, 1945. Fellow British Orthopaedic Association. Published: medical works, such as Spinal dysraphism: spina bifida occulta (with L.P. Lassman; 1972); Spina bifida occulta : orthopaedic, radiological and neurosurgical aspects (with L.P. Lassman; 1981). Literature: N. Cherry, Arnhem surgeon : the story of Captain Michael James of 181 Airlanding Field Ambulance RAMC, September 1944 (2010).
James, Edmund David "Jimmy" Son of Capt. Augustine Edmund Lee James (1874-1964), and Ella Maxton Browne (1889-1979), of Penally Abbey, Pembrokeshire.	13.09.1918 West Derby district, Lancashire - 20.09.1944 (KIA) [age 26] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, 6.D.19]	2nd Lt. 26.01.1939 [85626] Lt. 01.01.1941 T/Capt. 20.03.1941 MID 24.08.1944 Italy	Education: Royal Military College, Sandhurst (1937-1938). 26.01.1939     commissioned, The South Wales Borderers (09.1944)     attached 4th Parachute Brigade (Arnhem [killed in action])
James, Ernest Albert "Jim" Son of ... James, and ... Anderson. Married ((12?).1939, Hitchin district, Hertfordshire) Dorothy J. Olney ((06?).1914 - ); one daughter. Residence: (1944) Hitchin, (post-war) Ealing.	01.09.1913 Bournemouth, Christchurch district, Hampshire - 07.11.2011 Ickleford, Hertfordshire	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 17.10.1942 [249180] WS/Lt. 17.04.1943 (reld > 04.1946, < 08.1946) Hon. Lt. > 04.1946, < 08.1946 MC 20.04.1944 Italy 09-11.1943 [recommendation available upon request] MID 24.08.1944 Italy 09-11.1943 MID 28.02.1946 Arnhem 09.1944 [recommendation available upon request]	Education: Westbourne School; Bournemouth Municipal College. Worked in department stores. 1940     enlisted, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment 17.10.1942     commissioned, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment [emergency commission] 02.02.1943     transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps       8th Parachute Battalion (09.1944) - 25.09.1944 Officer Commanding, 4 Platoon (B Company), 3rd Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [captured & escaped 26.09.1944]) 26.09.1944 - 30.03.1945 evaded capture with the assistance of the Dutch Underground Movement, rejoining British troops 31.03.1945 Worked for the Prudential until 1975.
Jeffrey, Bruce Carstairs Second son of Rev. Thomas Jeffrey, MA, and Caroline Spy, of Edinburgh.	20.07.1919 Kelvin district, Glasgow, Scotland - 03.03.1946 [age 27] [Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel, 7.E.18]	Lt. 21.08.1943 [291381] WS/Capt. 21.08.1944	Education: Royal High School of Edinburgh (...-1937; Prefect; RHS Exhibition; XI; XV); Edinburgh University (Medicine, 1941; MB, ChB). 1942     joined the Army 21.08.1943     commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission] 08.1944 - 09.1944 Resuscitation Officer, 181st Airlanding Field Ambulance (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 52890) in German captivity (Stalag IX-C, Mühlhausen, Hessen) 1945 - 03.03.1946 attached 6th (10th Battalion The Royal Welch Fusiliers) Battalion, 6th Airborne Division (Palestine [died in a swimming incident])
Johnson, Eric Ronald [not 100% sure]	? -	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 29.03.1941 [180224] WS/Lt. 29.09.1942 (reld > 04.1946) MID 26.04.1945 Burma	29.03.1941 commissioned, The South Staffordshire Regiment [emergency commission] (09.1944) Administration Officer (HQ Company), 10th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem) 01.03.1945 transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps
Johnson, Ronald Owen "Ron" Son (with two brothers) of Carl Johnson, and Florence Chapman. Married ((03?).1947, Claro, West Riding of Yorkshire) Sybil Viola Wood (1923 - 2017), daughter (with one sister and one brother) of Clarence Proctor Wood (1893-1980), and Olive Emmaline Siddons (1897-1981); two daughters.	09.10.1921 Tilbury, Orsett district, Essex - 16.11.2023 Essex	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 18.09.1943 [293236] WS/Lt. 18.03.1944 Capt. 18.09.1949 (reld 01.07.1959) Hon. Capt. 01.07.1959 EM 07.11.1947 -	18.09.1943     commissioned, The Essex Regiment [emergency commission] 20.12.1943     transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Army Air Corps (26.03.1946 notification cancelled) (09.1944)     Section Commander, E Squadron (No. 2 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem) [captured] 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW in German captivity (Oflag IX-A, Spangenberg) 01.10.1946 - 14.10.1952 short service commission 15.10.1952 - 01.10.1954 Regular Army Reserve of Officers - Class I - The Essex Regiment [short service commission] 01.10.1954 - 01.07.1959 Regular Army Reserve of Officers - Class III General manager, Hoover Co., Vienna (Austria).
Johnston, A F	? -	2nd Lt. WS/Lt.	? commissioned into the RAC / East Surrey Regiment ? [emergency commission] (09.1944) Section Commander, E Squadron (No. 2 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem)
Jones, Arvian David also known as: Llewellyn-Jones, Arvian David Son (with four sisters and three brothers) of David Egwys Jones (1876-1944), and Moyra Jones (1880-1962). Married 1st ((03?).1942, Bucklow district, Cheshire / Lancashire) Barbara Dean; one son. Married 2nd Kathleen Mary ... (died 07.12.2012, aged 86); three sons. Residence: (1944) Hale, Cheshire.	09.04.1917 Ffestiniog district, Caernarvonshire / Merionethshire - 09.2001 Worthing, West Sussex	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 20.09.1941 [207851] WS/Lt. 06.08.1942 (reld 04.08.1951) T/Capt. 08.12.1943-(04.1944), 02.08.1945-(04.1946) Hon. Capt. 04.08.1951 MID 20.09.1945 Arnhem 09.1944 EM 18.06.1996 -	Edcuation: Llandovery College, Oxford University (1937-1939; BA (Hons)). 20.09.1941     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] (09.1944)     Battery Captain "A", 1st Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery, RA (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 624) in German captivity (Oflag 79, Braunschweig, Niedersachsen) Groundnut Scheme Tanganyika 1947. Bunyoro Agricultural Co., Uganda, 1950-1953. Chief Agricultural Development Officer, Uganda Department of Agriculture, 1953-1959. General Manager, Farm Machinery (Distributors) Ltd., Nairobi, Kenya, 1959-1967. Managing Director of Farm Machinery (Distributors) Ltd., 1967-...
Jones, John Graham also known as: Graham-Jones, John Son of ... Jones, and ... Burrell. Married Vivienne; two sons, one daughter.	30.06.1917 Bridgend district, Glamorgan - 22.10.2005 (died after a fall) Newport district, Glamorgan / Monmouthshire / Shropshire / Staffordshire	Lt. 18.10.1941 [211739] WS/Capt. 18.10.1942 (reld > 04.1946)	Education: qualified at St Mary's Hospital, London, 1941; FFOM, MFCM 18.10.1941 commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission] (1943) Section Commander, 181st Airlanding Field Ambulance (Sicily) 07.1943 - 26.09.1944 Regimental Medical Officer, 1st Battalion The Border Regiment (Arnhem [POW]) Occupational health physician in the steel industry south Wales, 1946-1977.

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