1st British Airborne Division
Arnhem, September 1944
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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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Naylor,
John Dows
J.D. Naylor
?
-
2nd Lt.
26.09.1942 [373536]
WS/Lt.
26.03.1943
Lt.
30.11.1947
T/Capt.
1944?
26.09.1942


commissioned, Indian Army [emergency commission]
(09.1944)


Adjutant Royal Army Service Corps, 1st Airborne Division (Arnhem)
Neale,
Francis John Thomson
F.J.T. Neale
Son of Alan Skeffington Neale and Eileen Monica Neale (née Hicks).
Husband of Sheena Mary Martin Neale, of Cosby, Leicestershire, later of Horley, Surrey.
(12?).1919
Leicester district, Leicestershire
-
26.09.1944
(KIA) [age 24]
[Amerongen (Holleweg) General Cemetery, grave 2]
2nd Lt.
11.12.1937 [73653]
WS/Lt.
11.12.1940
T/Capt.
13.11.1942
Mention in Despatches MID
20.06.1946
services in the field (Arnhem)
11.12.1937


commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army
24.08.1939


mobilized TA
17.09.1942


transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Army air Corps
(09.1944)


Officer Commanding, B Squadron (No. 1 Wing), Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem; killed in action)
Neill,
William
"Jock"
W. Neill

?
-
09.1984
2nd Lt.
09.08.1941 [200852]
WS/Lt.
09.08.1941
T/Capt.
02.01.1943
WS/Capt.
03.06.1944
T/Maj.
?
Hon. Maj.
1945/46 (retd)
Distinguished Service Order DSO
09.11.1944
Arnhem 09.44
09.08.1941


commissioned, The Border Regiment [emergency commission]
(09.1944)


Officer Commanding, C Company, 1st Battalion The Border Regiment (Arnhem [evacuated])
Served with the African police. Emigrated to Tasmania.
Newby,
Edgar Gordon
E.G. Newby (Photo courtsey of Mr Bob Gerritsen)
27.09.1916
-
11.1995
Gravesend, Kent
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
03.10.1942 [247382]
WS/Lt.
03.04.1943
T/Capt.
21.08.1943
03.10.1942


commissioned into the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers [emergency commission]
(09.1944)


Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Officer, 1st Airlanding Brigade (Arnhem [?])
Chief officer of Licensing Department, London.
Newport,
Edward Selwyn
"Ted"
E.S. Newport
Son of ... Newport, and ... Littlefour.
13.08.1921
Stockport district, Cheshire / Lancashire
-
2nd Lt.
24.08.1939 [96393]
WS/Lt.
02.03.1941
Lt.
31.08.1946, seniority 13.02.1944
A/Capt.
03.01.1946-02.04.1946
T/Capt.
03.04.1946-06.02.1947
WS/Capt.
07.02.1947
Capt.
13.08.1948
A/Maj.
07.11.1946-06.02.1947
T/Maj.
07.02.1947-19.04.1949, 28.07.1952-15.11.1952
Maj.
13.08.1955
Lt.Col.
07.04.1964
Col.
31.12.1969, seniority 30.06.1969 (retd 03.04.1974)
Territorial Efficiency Decoration TD
?
?
24.08.1939


commissioned into The Durham Light Infantry - Territorial Army
24.08.1939
-
30.08.1946
mobilized TA:
(09.1944)


Officer Commanding, 1 Anti-Tank Platoon (Support Company), 1st Battalion The Border Regiment (Arnhem [wounded, POW])
31.08.1946


transferred to The Border Regiment [from 01.10.1959 The King's Own Border Regiment]
27.04.1949
-
30.04.1950
Instructor, All Arms Wing, School of Signals
28.03.1953
-
30.01.1954
GSO3, War Office
18.02.1954
-
14.04.1955
Staff Captain, War Office
Newton Dunn,
Owen Frank
O.F. Newton Dunn
Son of ... Dunn, and ... Owen.
Married Barbara Brooke; at least one son (William Francis).
28.12.1911
Bath district, Avon / Somerset
-
01.1995

Basingstoke, Hampshire
2nd Lt.
27.08.1931 [52613]
Lt.
27.08.1934
Capt.
27.08.1939
A/Maj.
02.06.1941-01.09.1941
T/Maj.
02.09.1941-30.06.1946
Maj.
01.07.1946
A/Lt.Col.
28.02.1946-16.05.1946
T/Lt.Col.
15.01.1948-15.04.1951
Lt.Col.
30.06.1955  (Emp. List (1))  (retd 04.02.1961)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
11.06.1960
HM's birthday 60
Education: Staff College, Camberley (psc)
27.08.1931
-
22.07.1939
commissioned into The Wiltshire Regiment (1st & 2nd Battalions)
23.07.1939
-
03.09.1939
Instructor
21.02.1944
-
13.11.1944
General Staff Officer 2nd grade (GSO2) (Operations), 1st Airborne Division (Arnhem)
01.12.1944
-
24.07.1945
Instructor, Canadian Staff College
01.09.1945
-
30.11.1945
General Staff Officer 2nd grade (GSO2), CTC (M)
01.12.1945
-
15.01.1946
General Staff Officer 2nd grade (GSO2), CTC Dundonald
20.12.1947
-
14.01.1948
General Staff Officer 2nd grade (GSO2), High Commissioner Office, Secretariat, Vienna
15.01.1948
-
15.01.1949
General Staff Officer 1st grade (GSO1), Sec. ACA
16.01.1949
-
24.03.1949
Staff Officer 1st grade (SO1), Sec. ACA 
25.03.1949
-
31.03.1950
Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster General (AA&QMG), BTA
17.04.1950
-
15.04.1951
General Staff Officer 1st grade (GSO1), HQ School of Infantry
13.07.1953
-
27.05.1956
General Staff Officer 1st grade (GSO1), Royal Hong Kong Defence Force
Noble,
Charles Bruce
C.B. Noble
1919
-
1997
Lt.
10.07.1943 [279738]
WS/Capt.
10.07.1944
Education: MB
10.07.1943


commissioned into the Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission]
(09.1944)


Section Officer J, 133rd Parachute Field Ambulance (Arnhem)
Noble,
Jeffrey Fraser
"Jeff"
J.F. Noble (Photo courtesy of Mr Tom Noble)

Interview at IWM
15.10.1923
-
[04.2007 residing in Spain & France]
2nd Lt.
15.05.1943 [276375]
2nd Lt.
23.03.1946, seniority 15.10.1944 [permament commission]
WS/Lt.
15.11.1943
Lt.
15.04.1946
A/Capt.
12.03.1946-11.06.1946
T/Capt.
12.06.1946-30.08.1948,
11.09.1949-31.07.1950
Capt.
15.10.1950 (retd 01.07.1957)
T/Maj.
07.10.1953-01.11.1956
Hon. Maj.
01.07.1957
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Civil Division) MBE
17.06.1995
HM's birthday: for services to the Royal British Legion, Geneva
Chevalier, Ordre National du Mérite (France) (24.05.1994)



served in the ranks for 1 year, 2 days
15.05.1943


commissioned, The Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps [emergency commission to 22.03.1946]
(09.1944)


Officer Commanding, Medium Machine gun Platoon (Support Company), 156th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [POW])
23.03.1946
-
01.07.1957
permanent commission, The Royal Fusiliers
Personnel director, Sussex.
Norman-Walker,
Arthur Fairfax
up till 1937/38 (?):
Walker, A.F.
A.F. Norman-Walker
Son of Col. J.N. Walker, of Streatley, Berkshire.
04.08.1912
-
22.09.1944
(KIA) [age 32]
[Groesbeek Memorial, panel 1]
2nd Lt.
01.09.1932 [53633]
Lt.
01.09.1935
A/Capt.
03.09.1939
Capt.
01.09.1940
T/Maj.
13.07.1942
Mention in Despatches MID
23.09.1943
North Africa
01.09.1932


commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery
(06.1933)


24th Field Brigade RA (Newcastle)
(01.1937)


1st Anti-Aircraft Brigade RA (Lichfield)
(01.1939)


4th Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA (Egypt)
(09.1944)


Officer Commanding, 1st Airlanding Light Battery RA (Arnhem [killed in action])
Norton,
Harold Martin Rex
H.M.R. Norton (Photo courtesy of Mrs Natalie Cooper)
Son (with one brother) of Henry Hudson Norton (1885-1954), and Emily Gertrude Laws (1883-1951), of Elm, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.
Engaged (08.1944) Margaret V. Sandall ((12?).1921 - ), only child of Alderman John Edward Sandall, JP (1889-1964), and Violet Ethel Walker (1895-1990), of Clarkson Avenue, Wisbech. Margaret eventually married (1947) Capt. John Derrick Bunkall (1921-1999), The Cambridgeshire Regiment.
(03?).1922
Kings Lynn district, Norfolk
-
24.03.1945
(KIA) [age 23]
[Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, 37.B.9]
2nd Lt. 02.05.1942 [233268]
WS/Lt. 02.11.1942
T/Capt. 1945?
02.05.1942     commissioned, The South Staffordshire Regiment [emergency commission]
14.12.1942     transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Army Air Corps
(09.1944)     Section Commander, B Squadron (No. 1 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem)
(1945) - 24.03.1945 Rhine Crossing [killed in action]
Norwood,
Carlisle
"Carl"
?
-
2002
2nd Lt.
?
Lt.
?
?


commissioned into the Canadian Infantry Corps [emergency commission]

-
08.06.1944
21st Anti-Aircraft Regiment RCA
08.06.1944
-

No. A-34 Training Centre (Reinforcements) CIC



Canloan scheme: CDN/645
(09.1944)


Officer Commanding, 13 Platoon (B Company), 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Arnhem [wounded, POW])
08.06.1945
-
05.10.1945
No. 4 District Depot (from Canadian Army Overseas) (struck off strength)

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