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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 Denis
J.D. Naylor
Son of ... Naylor, and ... Foster.		 08.05.1916
Wandsworth district, London
-
(06.)1983
Newbury district, Berkshire
2nd Lt. 26.09.1942
WS/Lt. 26.03.1943
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 (Photo from www.paradata.org.uk)
Only son of Capt. Alan Skeffington Neale (1891-1960), and Eileen Monica Hicks, of Grantham.
Married (18.12.1943, St Michael and All Angels, Cosby, Blaby district, Leicestershire) Sheena Mary Martin Gimson ((09?).1919 - 25.12.2009), of Cosby, Leicestershire, later of Horley, Surrey, elder daughter of Mr & Mrs Martin Gimson; one daughter. Sheena Neale remarried (09.01.1947, St Michael's Church, Cosby, Blaby district, Leicestershire) Robert Douglas Brice Robathan (1917-2000).

13.10.1919
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. 13.11.1942-26.09.1944
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; drowned whilst trying to cross the Lower Rhine during the evacuation)
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)
 Married ((03?).1941, Dartford district, Kent) Edna M. Draper.		 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 General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (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 (reld 09.11.1956; on appointment to a TA commission in New Zealand Army)
Education: Univeristy of Glasgow (MB, ChB Glasg, 06.11.1942); FRCS (Eng, 1951).
10.07.1943     commissioned into the Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission]
(09.1944)     Section Officer J, 133rd Parachute Field Ambulance (Arnhem [POW & escaped; was hidden by resistance member W.A. Lensvelt])
Visiting surgeon, Wanganui General Hospital & Patea Hospital, New Zealand.
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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