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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	27.08.1910 - 11.1990 Camden district, London	Lt. 29.05.1943 [279329] WS/Capt. 29.05.1944 (reld > 04.1946) MID 20.09.1945 Arnhem 09.44	Education: PhD (Edin.); FRCS 29.05.1943 commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission] (09.1944) General Duties Surgeon, 181st Airlanding Field Ambulance (Arnhem) 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)
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 From Hitchin.	? -	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 17.10.1942 [249180] WS/Lt. 17.04.1943 (reld > 04.1946) 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 From Hale, Cheshire.	09.04.1917 Ffestiniog district, Caernarvonshire / Merionethshire - 09.2001 Worthing, West Sussex	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 20.09.1941 [207851] Lt. 06.08.1942 (reld 04.08.1951) T/Capt. 08.12.1943 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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