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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 Jackson, and ... Larkins. From Cirencester. Married (1942) Phoebe Susannah Whitebread (died 1992); one son, one daughter. obituary	06.11.1919 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) MID 22.03.1945 NW Europe SSM 14.11.1947 NW Europe	Education: Cheltenham; Royal Military College, Sandhurst 01.07.1939 commissioned, The East Surrey Regiment 22.12.1942 - 13.09.1943 Adjutant, ... (09.1944) Officer Commanding, E Squadron (No. 2 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem) 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 of Mr & Mrs Warwick James, of London. Married 1st; one son, one daughter. Married 2nd.	27.08.1910 - 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 09.44	Education: Marlborough College; 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 in German captivity (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 Augustine Edmund Lee James and Ella Maxton James, of Penally Abbey, Pembrokeshire.	13.09.1918 - 20.09.1944 (KIA) [age 26] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, 6.D.19]	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 26.01.1939 [85626] Lt. 01.01.1941 T/Capt. 20.03.1941	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.	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 09-11.43 MID 24.08.1944 Italy 09-11.43 MID 28.02.1946 Arnhem 09.44	17.10.1942     commissioned, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment [emergency commission] 02.02.1943     transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944)     Officer Commanding, 4 Platoon (B Company), 3rd Parachute Battalion (Arnhem)
Jeffrey, Bruce Carstairs Second son of Rev. Thomas Jeffrey, MA, and Caroline Jeffrey (née Spy), of Edinburgh.	20.07.1919 - 03.03.1946 [age 27] [Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel, 7.E.18]	Lt. 21.08.1943 [291381] WS/Capt. 21.08.1944	Education: Edinburgh University (Medicine, 1941; MB, ChB) 1942 joined the Army 21.08.1943 commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission] (09.1944) Resuscitation Officer, 181st Airlanding Field Ambulance (Arnhem [POW; Stalag IXC]) ? - 03.03.1946 attached 6th (10th Battalion The Royal Welch Fusilers) 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" Mother's maiden name Chapman ??	(12?).1921 ?? Orsett district, Essex ?? -	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 18.09.1943 [293236] WS/Lt. 18.03.1944 Capt. ? (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) 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 ((03?).1942, Bucklow district, Cheshire / Lancashire) Barbara Dean; one son. 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 09.44 EM 18.06.1996 -	20.09.1941     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] (09.1944)     Battery Captain "A", 1st Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery, RA (Arnhem [POW])
Jones, John Graham also known as: Graham-Jones, John Son of ... Jones, and ... Burrell. Married Vivienne; two sons, one daughter. obituary	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) Secion 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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