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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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MacDonald, G Smith "Pat"	28.10.1918 Port Colborne, Ont. - 2002 still alive	2nd Lt. ? Lt. ?	- 22.10.1943 No. A-11 Training Centre (Reinforcements) CIC 22.10.1943 - 06.03.1944 No. A-21 Training Centre (Reinforcements) CIC 06.03.1944 - No. A-34 Training Centre (Reinforcements) CIC Canloan scheme: CDN/177 (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 3 Platoon (A Company), 7th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (Arnhem [POW]) 02.06.1945 - 21.07.1945 No. 2 District Depot 21.07.1945 - ? No. A-22  Canadian Army Medical Corps Training Centre, as Army Counsellor
MacDonald, John James "Scotty"   Married Theresa (predeceased him); four children. memorial record	22.04.1919 Sydney, NS, Canada - 10.03.2008 Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., Canada	Prov. 2nd Lt. 25.02.1944 [F.54912] Lt. ? A/Capt. ? Capt. 01.10.1945 MM ? ?	? - 03.03.1944 Cadet, No. O-1 Officer Trainig Centre, Brockville Ont. 25.02.1944 commissioned into the Canadian Infantry Corps [emergency commission]  03.03.1944 - No. A-13 Training Centre (Prov. Reinforcements) CIC Canloan scheme: CDN/637 (09.1944) Supernumerary Officer, B Company, 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Arnhem [wounded, POW]) 09.1944 - 04.04.1945 POW in German captivity (at Oflag IX A/H at Spangenberg) (10.1945) 60 CI (B) Training Centre
MacDonnell, Charles James	? -	Sgt. ? [5189367] 2nd Lt. 07.09.1943 [294983] WS/Lt. 07.03.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	served in the ranks in the Reconnaissance Corps 07.09.1943 commissioned into The South Staffordshire Regiment [emergency commission] (09.1944) Officer Commanding, No. 1 Medium Machine Gun Platoon (Support Company), 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Arnhem [wounded, POW])
Macduff-Duncan, Colin Edmund	25.01.1918 - 09.2000 New Forest, Hampshire	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 26.01.1939 [85601] Lt. 01.01.1941 A/Capt. 10.09.1941-09.12.1941 T/Capt. 10.12.1941-27.10.1942, 04.01.1943-03.12.1943, 17.09.1944-... WS/Capt. 01.12.1945 Capt. 01.07.1946 T/Maj. 01.12.1945 Maj. 26.01.1952 (retd 09.05.1954) MC 09.11.1944 Arnhem 09.44	Education: Royal Military College 26.01.1939 commissioned into The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) 1944? 7th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (09.1944) Junior Liaison Officer 1st Airlanding Brigade, 1st Airborne Division (Arnhem [evacuated]) 09.05.1954 - 25.01.1968 Regular Army Reserve of Officers
MacFadden, John Terence Moore Son of Dr. Arthur William James MacFadden, C.B., M.B., and Alice B. MacFadden.	1916 ? - 04.10.1944 (as a POW) [age 28] [Hanover War Cemetery, 15.F.6]	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 19.11.1939 [105619] WS/Lt. 19.05.1941	19.11.1939 commissioned into The Royal Ulster Rifles [emergency commission] 24.09.1943 transferred to the Parachute Regiment (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 9 Platoon (T Company), 1st Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [POW, died])
Macfarlane, Philip	? -	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 20.06.1942 [235819] WS/Lt. 20.12.1942 (reld > 04.1946)	20.06.1942 commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] (09.1944) Officer Commanding, B Troop, 1st Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery, RA [attached 2nd Parachute Battalion] (Arnhem [POW])
MacInnes, William	? -	BSM ? [780157] 2nd Lt. 16.09.1943 [301766] WS/Lt. 16.03.1944 (reld > 04.1946) Hon. Capt. ? 2nd Clasp to the Efficiency Medal (Territorial), 12.08.1949.	served in the ranks 16.09.1943 commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery [immediate emergency commission] (09.1944) Liaison Officer, 2nd Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery RA (Arnhem [POW])
Mackay, Eric MacLachlan Son of Ian MacLachlan Mackay and Violet Aimée Scott­Smith. Married 1st (1954) Ruth Thérèse Roth (died 1985); one son. Married 2nd (1994) Margaret Hadcock (née Shepherd).	26.12.1921 India - 16.11.1995 Yeovil, Somerset	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 12.10.1941 [210907] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 Lt. 19.01.1946, seniority 26.06.1944 A/Capt. 20.05.1943-19.08.1943 T/Capt. 20.08.1943-06.04.1946 WS/Capt. 07.04.1946 Capt. 26.12.1948 A/Maj. 20.09.1944-22.11.1944, 11.03.1946-06.04.1946 T/Maj. 07.04.1946-25.12.1955 Maj. 26.12.1955 T/Lt.Col. 18.02.1963-05.11.1963 Lt.Col. 06.11.1963 [supernumerary 06.11.1966] Col. 30.06.1968 Brig. 31.12.1969, seniority 30.06.1969 A/Maj.Gen. 08.09.1973 Maj.Gen. 02.11.1973, seniority 02.05.1973 (retd 29.01.1977) CBE 01.01.1972 New Year 72 MBE 20.09.1945 Arnhem 09.44 DSC(US) 14.11.1947 Arnhem 09.44   PPM 1965 = Pingat Peringatan Malaysia CEng 1976; MICE 1976	Education: Fettes College, Edinburgh; Staff College (1951); jssc (1960) 1940 served in the ranks of The Royal Scots Fusiliers for 270 days 12.10.1941 commissioned into the Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission to 18.01.1946] 1941 - 1945 1st Parachute Squadron RE (North Africa, Sicily, Italy, Arnhem, Norway): (09.1944) Officer Commanding, A Troop, 1st Parachute Squadron RE (Arnhem [POW, escaped]) 1945 - 1946 Officer Commanding, Field Company, 20th Indian Division (French Indo-China) 1946 Second-in-Command, 23rd Indian Divisional Engineerrs (Java) 1947 Officer Commanding, 35th Indian Field Company (Malaya) 1948 Supplementary Engineering Course, SME 01.09.1949 - 12.05.1950 Staff Officer RE 2nd grade (Intelligence), Army Incr., Joint Intelligence Bureau 11.01.1952 - 17.01.1954 GSO 2 (Organization and Equipment), HQ, Allied Land Forces Central Europe 05.05.1954 - 05.03.1956 Senior Instructor (GSO2 Tactics), SME 1956 - 1958 Officer Commanding, 33rd Field Squadron RE (Cyprus, Suez) 03.03.1958 - 04.06.1960 GSO 2 (Weapons), War Office 1961 - 1962 Second-in-Command, 2nd Divisional Engineers 18.02.1963 - 15.09.1963 specially employed, Federation of Malaya 04.04.1963 - 10.08.1965 Chief Engineer, Malaysian Army (Borneo/Malaya) 1966 - 1967 GSO 1 (Co­ordination), Master-General of the Ordnance 1968 - 1969 Colonel General Staff, RSME 1970 - 1971 Chief Engineer (Brig.), Army Strategic Command 1972 Chief Engineer (Brig.), UK Land Forces 08.09.1973 - 01.11.1976 Chief Engineer, British Army of the Rhine Managing Director: Cementation Sico Oman Ltd, 1977; Galadari Cementation Pte Ltd, Dubai, 1978-83; Forum Develt Pte Ltd, Singapore, 1983-85; Regional Director Iraq, Engineering Services International, 1981-82; Chairman, Amorshield Security Products, 1986-90.
MacKenzie, Alexander "Sandy"	? -	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 11.09.1943 [292965] WS/Lt. 11.03.1944 (reld 11.01.1950) Hon. Lt. 11.01.1950	11.09.1943 commissioned into The King's Own Scottish Borderers [emergency commission] (09.1944) Intelligence Officer, 7th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (Arnhem [wounded, POW])
Mackenzie, Charles Baillie Sons of Theodore Charles Mackenzie.	29.12.1909 - 1990	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 30.01.1930 [44938] Lt. 30.01.1933 Capt. 01.08.1938 A/Maj. 20.09.1940-19.12.1940 T/Maj. 20.12.1940-05.11.1942 WS/Maj. 06.11.1942 Maj. 01.07.1946 Lt.Col. (Brev.) 01.07.1951 A/Lt.Col. 06.08.1942-05.11.1942 T/Lt.Col. 06.11.1942-09.08.1952 Lt.Col. 10.08.1952 Emp. List 1 01.10.1953 T/Col. 02.10.1952-01.06.1954 Col. 02.06.1954 T/Brig. 03.09.1954 Brig. 02.06.1958 (retd 31.05.1959) DSO 09.11.1944 Arnhem 09.44 OBE 02.01.1950 New Year 50 Palestine 1936-1939 Medal & Clasp	Education: Royal Military College; Joint Services Staff College 30.01.1930 commissioned into The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders 05.05.1933 - 01.04.1935 employed with King's African Rifles 01.06.1940 - 07.06.1940 General Staff Officer 3rd grade (GSO3), 1st Army 08.06.1940 - 14.09.1940 General Staff Officer 3rd grade (GSO3), ... Corps HQ 20.09.1940 - 13.10.1941 Brigade Major, ... 15.10.1941 - 18.07.1942 General Staff Officer 2nd grade (GSO2), GHQ HF 1942 - 1943 Commanding Officer, 5th (Scottish) Parachute Battalion (7th Camerons) 10.12.1943 - 19.08.1944 General Staff Officer 1st grade (GSO1), 21st Army Group 20.08.1944 - 10.10.1945 General Staff Officer 1st grade (GSO1) (Operations), 1st Airborne Division (Arnhem [evacuated]; Norway) 18.10.1945 - 24.08.1947 General Staff Officer 1st grade (GSO1), War Office 11.04.1948 - 31.03.1950 General Staff Officer 1st grade (GSO1), BMM Greece 01.04.1950 - 13.10.1950 General Staff Officer 1st grade (GSO1) (Training) 02.10.1952 - 21.07.1954 Assistant Adjutant General (Col.), War Office 03.09.1954 - (02.1957) Commander, 154th (Highland) Infantry Brigade, Scottish Command Secretary, Territorial & Auxiliary Forces Association, Glasgow, Scotland Published: It was like this! (1954)
Mackenzie, P	? - 2004/05	2nd Lt. ? WS/Lt. ? Initials unclear.	? commissioned into ? [emergency commission] (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 7 Platoon (B Company), 10th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem)
Mackey, Patrick Wallace Alexander "Pat" Son of Frank Alexander Mackey and Ethel Finlay Mackey, of Farnham, Surrey.	1920 ? - 18.09.1944 (KIA) [age 24] [Ede General Cemetery H.21]	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 20.04.1940 [129461] WS/Lt. 20.10.1941	20.04.1940 commissioned into The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) [emergency commission] 06.08.1942 transferred to the Highland Light Infantry 01.02.1943 transferred to the Parachute Regiment (09.1943) - (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 4 Platoon (A Company), 10th Parachute Battalion (Italy; Arnhem [killed in action])
MacLaine [25th of Lochbuie], Gillean Robert Son of Kenneth Douglas Lorne MacLaine, 24th of Lochbuie, and Olive Marguerite Stewart- Richardson. Married Noreen Olive Beadon; one son.	03.01.1921 - 05.05.1970	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 01.08.1942 [240684] WS/Lt. 01.02.1943 (reld 25.11.1953) Hon. Capt. 25.11.1953	01.08.1942 commissioned into the The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) [emergency commission] 01.08.1942 transferred to the Glider Pilot Regiment (09.1944) Section Commander, F Squadron ( No. 2 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem) transferred to The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)
Macleod, Norman	? -	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 07.09.1940 [148308] WS/Lt. 07.03.1942 (reld > 04.1946) T/Capt. 10.07.1943	24.04.1943 commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] (09.1944) Battery Captain "G", 1st Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery, RA (Arnhem [wounded, POW])
Madden, David John "Tiny" Son of Maj John Grevile Madden, DSO, and of Annie Madden, of Alverstoke, Hampshire. His brother, Lt. Keith Mansfield Madden, MC, also died on service.	01.10.1919 - 21.09.1944 Arnhem (KIA) [age 25] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 2.B.14]	2nd Lt. 01.07.1939 [94285] Lt. 01.01.1941 WS/Capt. 13.05.1943 T/Maj. 13.05.1943	Education: RMA Woolwich (The Benson Memorial Prize, 1939) 01.07.1939 commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery (09.1944) - 21.09.1944 General Staff Officer 2nd grade (GSO2) (Air), 1st Airborne Division (Arnhem [killed in action])
Maguire, Hugh Pownall Son of William Robert Maguire (?).	(03?).1912 Crosserlough, Lancashire - 1997	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 25.05.1940 [130962] WS/Capt. 12.06.1943 (reld < 04.1946) T/Maj. 12.06.1943 Hon. Maj. < 04.1946 Lt. 07.02.1952 Capt. 23.05.1952 (reld 07.02.1960)	25.05.1940 commissioned into The Royal Ulster Rifles [emergency commission] (09.1944) General Staff Officer 2nd grade (GSO2) (Intelligence), 1st Airborne Division (Arnhem) served Intelligence Corps - Territorial Army 07.02.1952 - 07.02.1957 served Royal Ulster Rifles - Regular Army [short service commision] 07.02.1957 - 07.02.1960 served Royal Ulster Rifles - Regular Army Reserve of Officers [short service commision]
Maker, A B	? -	Lt. QM 03.09.1942 (reld < 04.1946)	? commissioned into the ? [emergency commission] ? transferred to the Glider Pilot Regiment (09.1944) Quartermaster, No. 2 Wing, The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem)
Mallett, William John	? -	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 24.10.1942 [249340] WS/Lt. 22.04.1943 (reld > 04.1946) T/Capt. 1944?	24.10.1942 commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] (09.1944) No. 1 Forward Observation Unit RA [attached 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron] (Arnhem [POW])
Maltby, Ralph Alexander Son of Francis Brough Maltby and Enid Rosamond Maltby; husband of Jean Felicity Maltby (nee Beath), of Oxford.	03.10.1917 - 17.09.1944 (KIA) [age 26] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, 3.C.18]	2nd Lt. 26.08.1937 [73034] WS/Lt. 26.08.1940 T/Capt. 16.12.1941 MID 09.07.1942 air operations RAF Order of the Patriotic War (USSR), 11.04.1944	26.08.1937 commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery (01.1939) 2nd Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Lichfield) (09.1944) Intelligence Officer, No. 2 Wing, The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem [killed in action])
Manley, Bernard Vincent From Bexleyheath, Kent.	26.09.1910 Plumstead, London - 04.08.2005	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 19.12.1942 [256220] WS/Lt. 19.06.1943 Lt. 24.05.1947, seniority 26.09.1935 A/Capt. 02.05.1944-01.08.1944 T/Capt. 02.08.1944-09.10.1945 WS/Capt. ? Capt. 24.05.1947, seniority 26.09.1941 A/Maj. 10.07.1945-09.10.1945 T/Maj. 10.10.1945-25.09.1948. Maj. 26.09.1948 (retd 17.05.1965)	served in the ranks for 2 years 169 days 19.12.1942 commissioned into the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Administrative Branch [emergency commission to 23.05.1947] (09.1944) - 20.09.1944 Second-in-Command, Divisional Ordnance Field Park Compmany, 1st Airborne Division (Arnhem [POW]) 24.05.1947 permanent commission 17.05.1965 - 05.07.1966 Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
Manning, Geoffrey "Geoff" From Leicester.	? -	2nd Lt. 20.04.1943 [270542] WS/Lt. 20.10.1943  (reld > 04.1946) T/Capt. 26.05.1945	20.04.1943 commissioned into the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers [emergency commission] (09.1944) Officer Commanding, Wireless Communication Section, 1st Airborne Divisional Workshops REME (Arnhem)
Mansfield, Peter Geoffrey Alan	16.03.1919 - 03.1990 Bournemouth, Hampshire	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 22.06.1940 [134320] WS/Lt. 01.01.1941 (reld > 04.1946) T/Capt. 01.04.1941 & 18.07.1945	22.06.1940 commissioned into The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's) [emergency commission] 07.11.1942 transferred to the Parachute Regiment (09.1944) Second-in-Command, R Company, 1st Parachute Battalion (Arnhem)
Markwick, Eric John Son of James and May Catherine Markwick, of Wallasey, Cheshire; husband of Dorothy Markwick, of Wallasey.	1918 ? - 22.09.1944 (KIA) [age 26] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 3.C.4]	Cadet ? [2929995] 2nd Lt. 25.09.1943 [293609] WS/Lt. 1944?	25.09.1943 commissioned into The King's Regiment (Liverpool) [emergency commission] 22.10.1943 transferred to the Glider Pilot Regiment (09.1944) Section Commander, A Squadron (No. 1 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem [killed in action])
Marquand, Wilfred James "Bill"	? -	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 15.03.1941 [177205] WS/Lt. 15.09.1942 (retd 26.10.1946; disability) T/Capt. 25.11.1943 Hon. Capt. 26.10.1946	19.12.1942 commissioned into the Royal Corps of Signals [emergency commission] (09.1944) Signals Officer, 1st Parachute Brigade [J Section (No. 2 Company), 1st Airborne Divisional Signals] (Arnhem)
Marrable, Arthur Trevor From Croydon.	12.10.1909 Yezd, Persia - 22.02.1954 Aldershot, Hants.	T/Lt. 02.02.1936 [67301] Lt. 23.04.1936, seniority 27.10.1935 Capt. 23.04.1937, seniority 27.10.1936 [short service commission] Capt. 23.04.1941, seniority 27.10.1936 [permanent commission] A/Maj. 07.07..1943-06.10.1943 T/Maj. 07.10.1943-21.08.1944 WS/Maj. 22.08.1944 Maj. 27.10.1945 A/Lt.Col. 22.05.1944-21.08.1944 T/Lt.Col.