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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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Packe, Michael St John "Mike"	21.08.1916 Upperton, Eastbourne, Sussex - 20.12.1978 St Anne, Alderney	2nd Lt. 29.02.1936 [66968] Lt. 01.03.1939 A/Capt. 12.09.1940 WS/Capt. 11.04.1941 T/Maj. 11.04.1941 WS/Maj. 13.03.1944 A/Lt.Col. 13.12.1943 T/Lt.Col. 13.03.1944 A/Col. 10.05.1945 BK ? ?	29.02.1936 commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps - Supplementary Reserve, Category B 24.08.1939 mobilized (09.1944) Commander Royal Army Service Corps (CRASC), 1st Airborne Division (Arnhem) Played cricket, 1936-1939. Published: First airborne (1948) [= Winged stallion : fighting and training with the First Airborne (1988)]; The life of John Stuart Mill (1954); The bombs of Orsini (1957); The Alderney story, 1939-1949 (with Maurice Dreyfus; 1971); King Edward III (1983)
Page, Michael Stuart "Mike" Son of the Revd. Meaburn Staniland Page, BA, and Marjorie Susan Stuart Page. Husband of Jocelyn Isobel Page, of Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex.	1911 ? * - 20.09.1944 (KIA) [age 33] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 28.B.7] * (09?).1912 ? Tonbridge district, Kent ?	2nd Lt. 10.05.1937 [71844] WS/Lt. 05.10.1940 A/Capt. 21.12.1940 WS/Capt. 04.06.1943 T/Maj. 04.06.1943 MID 24.08.1944 Italy 09-11.43 MID 20.09.1945 Arnhem 09.44 TD ? ?	Education: BA 1935 - 1940 academy staff, Glasgow Academy 10.05.1937 commissioned, General List - Territorial Army (Glasgow Academy Contingent, Junior Division, OTC) (01.1939) affiliated with the 7th Battalion The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's) 24.08.1939 mobilized 05.10.1940 transferred, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) (1940-1941 UK, 1941-1942 India) 01.11.1942 transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (Italy, UK) (09.1944) Officer Commanding, HQ Company, 156th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [killed in action])
Palmer, Cyril	? - 19.09.1944 (KIA) [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 5.C.7]	2nd Lt. 20.11.1943 [300549] WS/Lt. 1944?	20.11.1943 commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] (09.1944) Liaison Officer, 2nd Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery RA (Arnhem [killed in action])
Panter, Stanley Charles "Bombs"	? -	2nd Lt. 28.12.1940 [165617] WS/Lt. 28.06.1942 A/Capt. (12.1943?) T/Capt. 24.04.1943 Hon. Capt. 1945/46  (reld) MC 23.12.1943 Sicily 07.43	28.12.1940 commissioned, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [emergency commission] 01.08.1942 transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (07.1943) A Company, 2nd Parachute Battalion (Sicily) (09.1944) Officer Commanding, Support Company, 2nd Parachute Battalion (Arnhem)
Pare, the Reverend George Arnold Francis Son of ... Pare, and ... Robinson.	15.03.1912 Derby district, Derbyshire - (03?).1979 Birkenhead district	Capt. 13.03.1941 [175561] = Chaplain to the Forces 4th cl. MID 22.03.1945 NW Europe (Arnhem 09.44)	Education: BA 13.03.1941 commissioned, Royal Army Chaplains' Department [emergency commission] - Church of England (09.1944) Chaplain, No. 1 Wing, The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem [escaped]) Rector, Maid's Moreton, Buckinghamshire. Vicar, St James Church, Warrington, Lancashire. Vicar, St. Bridget's, West Kirby, Cheshire. Retired 1977.
Park, John Reginald Charles Robert	? - 24.09.1944 (KIA) [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, 21.A.13]	2nd Lt. 17.12.1939 [109575] WS/Lt. 17.06.1941 T/Capt. 16.01.1944	17.12.1939 commissioned, The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders [emergency commission] 27.12.1941 transferred, Reconnaissance Corps - Royal Armoured Corps ? - 24.09.1944 Officer Commanding, D Troop, 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron (Arnhem)
Parker, Douglas Alfred Sydney "Tosh"	(09?).1914 Willesden district, Middlesex -	2nd Lt. 03.10.1942 [247034] WS/Lt. 03.04.1943	03.10.1942 commissioned, The South Staffordshire Regiment [emergency commission] (09.1944) Loading Officer, 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (preparations for Arnhem)
Parker, John Thomas	? -	WS/RQMS ? Lt. QM 06.04.1942 [231320]	served in the ranks 06.04.1942 commissioned, The Leicestershire Regiment [emergency commission] 01.08.1942 transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944) Quartermaster (HQ Company), 2nd Parachute Battalion (Arnhem)
Pascal, Alan Frank Son of Henry Philip and Ada Pascal (née Croxford), of Earley, Reading, Berkshire.	(03?).1924 Wokingham district - 24.09.1944 (KIA) [age 20] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 3.D.1]	2nd Lt. 13.02.1944 [311027] WS/Lt. 1944?	13.02.1944 commissioned, Reconnaissance Corps - Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission] (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 12 Section (D Troop), 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron (Arnhem)
Paull, George Arthur	? -	2nd Lt. 27.03.1943 [268829] WS/Lt. 27.09.1943	27.03.1943 commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] (09.1944) Officer Commanding, X Troop, 2nd Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery RA [supporting 4th Parachute Brigade] (Arnhem [POW])
Payton Reid, Robert		see: Reid, Robert Payton
Pearson, Hubert Ellis Son of William Ellis Pearson, and Dora Pearson, of Cambridge.	1921 ? - 19.09.1944 (KIA) [age 23] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, 1.B.4]	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 19.09.1942 [245254] WS/Lt. 19.03.1943 MC 26.07.1945 services in the field (Arnhem 09.44 ?)	Education: Silcoates School (1930(?)-1940); St. Edmund Hall, Oxford 19.09.1942 commissioned, Reconnaissance Corps - Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission] (09.1944) Troop Officer, HQ Troop, 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron (Arnhem [killed in action])
Pearson, Roderick Percy "Rod" Son of ... Pearson, and ... Henderson. Married Joan Elliott (died 2006); two sons, one daughter.	(12?).1921 Darlington, Durham, Yorkshire - North Riding - 11.09.2007 (stroke) Durham	2nd Lt. 26.09.1942 [245568] WS/Lt. 26.03.1943 MBE late 1945 ? [not gazetted?] - Hkn 19.03.1948 King Haakon VII Liberty Medal (Norway)	Education: Darlington grammar school 1939     joined the Light Infantry and was part of the Army's parachute testing team - surviving a trial jump when his parachute failed to open 26.09.1942 commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] served in  (1942) - (09.1944) Survey Officer, 1st Airlanding Light Regiment RA (North Africa, Italy, Sicily, Arnhem [evacuated], Norway) Lived in Lazenby, near Redcar, east Cleveland, when he worked as a surveyor for ICI in Billingham, until their family had grown up. He then took up a calling to enter the church and studied for ordination in Lincoln. He served his curacy in St Cuthbert's Parish, Darlington, before moving to St Michael's Church, Bishop Middleham, County Durham, on a Queen's Appointment (1980-1991). He was an active member of the community for 12 years, including being a school governor and parish councillor. The couple retired to Sherburn House, in Durham, and he continued offering pastoral care to residents and assisting services at Durham Cathedral and in Shincliffe and Blackhall until his death.
Peele, Richard De Courcy Son of Charles Richard de Courcy Peele, and of Evelyn Margaret Peele (née Peel), of Chiswick Park, London.	(03?).1924 Brentford district - 22.09.1944 (KIA) [age 20] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, 23.A.7]	2nd Lt. 01.04.1944 [314180]	Education: Rugby School (head boy, 1941-1942); Scholar of Trinity College, Oxford. 01.04.1944 commissioned, Parachute Regiment - Army air Corps [emergency commission] (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 7 Platoon (C Company), 11th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem)
Pelissier, Charles Marius	11.06.1913 Sheffield, South Yorkshire / Yorkshire - West Riding -	2nd Lt. 25.07.1942 [240283] WS/Lt. 25.01.1943	pre-war a Lieutenant in the French Army 25.07.1942 commissioned, The King's Own Scottish Borderers [emergency commission] 22.12.1942 - 1945 Officer Commanding, 1 Platoon, Mortar Group (Support Company), 7th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (Arnhem [evacuated], Norway)
Percival, Arthur	? -	Lt. 31.01.1942 [223758] WS/Capt. 31.01.1943 MID 23.09.1943 North Africa 42-43	Education: MB 31.01.1942 commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission] (1942) - (1943) No. 4 Section, 16th Parachute Field Ambulance RAMC (North Africa) (09.1944) Regimental Medical Officer, 1st Parachute Battalion (Arnhem)
Perkins, Æneas John Martin Son of ... Perkins, and ... Tomson.	29.10.1918 St Marylebone district, Greater London - 09.1996 Shepway district, Kent	2nd Lt. 25.08.1938 [77568] Lt. 01.01.1941 A/Capt. 08.02.1942-07.05.1942 T/Capt. 08.05.1942-10.08.1943 WS/Capt. 11.08.1943 Capt. 01.07.1946 A/Maj. 11.05.1943-10.08.1943 T/Maj. 11.08.1943-24.08.1951 Maj. 25.08.1951 Lt.Col. 08.08.1959 (retd 28.11.1961) MID 20.09.1945 Arnhem 09.44	Education: BA (Eng.) 25.08.1938 commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers 05.06.1944 - (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 4th Parachute Squadron RE (Arnhem [wounded, POW])
Perrin-Brown, Christopher "Chris" Son of ... Brown, and ... Beattie. From Malton, Yorks., later Whitby.	14.10.1917 Leeds district - 03.1995 Bourne, Lincolnshire	2nd Lt. 11.02.1940 [121945] WS/Lt. 11.08.1941 WS/Capt. 01.01.1944 A/Maj. 01.11.1943 T/Maj. 10.07.1945 DSO 20.09.1945 Arnhem 09.44 MC 23.09.1943 North Africa 42-43	11.02.1940 commissioned, The Manchester Regiment [emergency commission] 01.08.1942 transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (1942) - (1943) T Company, 1st Parachute Battalion (North Africa) (04.1944) special appointment (09.1944) Officer Commanding, T Company, 1st Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [POW, escaped]) joined the training brigade After the war, he went to live at Folkingham.
Perse, Peter John Son of ... Perse, and .. Redway.	16.11.1916 Redway district - 10.1990 New Forest, Hampshire	2nd Lt. 14.09.1940 [148840] WS/Lt. 14.03.1942 T/Capt. 1944?	14.09.1940 commissioned, The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) [emergency commission] 12.06.1943 transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army air Corps (09.1944) Second-in-Command, A Company, 11th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem)
Petch, Allen John	? -	2nd Lt. 04.04.1940 [127256] WS/Capt. 10.12.1942 T/Maj. 1012.1942 WS/Maj. 12.05.1944 T/Lt.Col. 12.05.1944 BSM 16.01.1947 Arnhem 09.44 LC Hkn 19.03.1948 Norway 45	04.04.1940 commissioned, Intelligence Corps [emergency commission] (09.1944) Parachute Regiment (Arnhem)
Phillips, the Reverend Edward Leigh	1912 ? -	Capt. 13.01.1941 [163854] = Chaplain to the Forces 4th Cl. (retd 22.07.1946)	Education: BA 13.01.1941 commissioned into the Royal Army Chaplains' Department [emergency commission] - Church of England (05.1943) - (09.1943) Chaplain, 10th Parachute Battalion (Italy) (09.1944) Chaplain, 3rd Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [POW till 04.1945]) Vicar, Ide Hill (1946-1949), Moulsecomb (1949-1952), Kingston (1952-1965), Lewes, Sussex (10.1965-...).
Phillp, John Etherington Son of ... Phillp, and ... Hinton.	10.1916 Epsom district - 05.1988 Basingstoke district, Hampshire	2nd Lt. 31.08.1940 [145868] A/Capt. 06.01.1941 WS/Capt. 10.03.1943 T/Maj. 10.03.1943	31.08.1940 commissioned, The South Staffordshire Regiment [emergency commission] (07.1943) - (09.1944) Officer Commanding, D Company, 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Sicliy; Arnhem [wounded, POW])
Pickwoad, Aubrey Earle From Crediton, Devon.	07.07.1920 - 01.1993 Exeter, Devon	2nd Lt. 29.03.1941 [180092] WS/Lt. 29.09.1942 Lt. 10.08.1946, seniority 07.01.1943 A/Capt. 01.10.1944-31.12.1944 T/Capt. 01.01.1945-06.07.1947 Capt. 07.07.1947 T/Maj. 03.11.1947-02.01.1948 Maj. 07.07.1954 (retd 19.07.1958) DFC 19.10.1944 Normandy 06.44	served in the ranks for 198 days 29.03.1941 commissioned into The Devonshire Regiment [emergency commission to 09.08.1946] 29.06.1942 transferred to the Glider Pilot Regiment (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 14 Flight (F Squadron, No. 2 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem) 10.08.1946 commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery [permanent commission]
Place, John William	[1908?] -	2nd Lt. 06.01.1932 [51885] Lt. 06.01.1935 [reserve], 24.08.1939 [active] A/Capt. 23.01.1940 WS/Maj. 13.11.1943 T/Lt.Col. 13.11.1943	late Cadet Lance-Corporal, Stonyhurst College Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps 06.01.1932 commissioned into The North Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's) - Supplementary Reserve  24.08.1939 mobilized 06.01.1942 transferred from Supplementary Reserve to Reserve of Officers 02.06.1942 transferred to the Glider Pilot Regiment (09.1944) Commanding Officer, No. 2 Wing, The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem)
Platt, Horace Anthony Son of Horace Frederick Platt and of Edith Mary Platt (nee Zambra), of Woking, Surrey; husband of Constance Margaret Platt.	1914 ? - 23.09.1944 (DOW sustained as a POW) [age 30] [Enschede Eastern General Cemetery, 198]	2nd Lt. 31.01.1942 [224694] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 T/Capt. 1944?	31.01.1942 commissioned into the The Wiltshire Regiment [emergency commission] 22.11.1942 transferred to the Reconnaissance Corps (09.1944) Officer Commanding, HQ Troop, 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron (Arnhem)
Plowman, Thomas Anthony "Tony" Son of Robert Lionel Plowman, and of Eleanor Plowman, of Enfield, Middlesex.	1920 ? - 24.09.1944 (KIA) [age 24] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 3.C.2]	2nd Lt. 04.07.1940 [138799] WS/Lt. 04.01.1942 T/Capt. 06.06.1943 MID 10.05.1945 NW Europe (Arnhem)	04.07.1940 commissioned into The Northamptonshire Regiment [emergency commission] 09.04.1942 transferred to the Glider Pilot Regiment (09.1944) Second-in-Command, F Squadron (No. 2 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem [illed in action])
Polley, David Arthur	01.04.1923 - 03.1984 Surrey North-Western	2nd Lt. 01.11.1942 [249748] WS/Lt. 01.05.1943 T/Capt. 25.12.1944	01.11.1942 commissioned into the Royal Corps of Signals [emergency commission] (09.1944) Officer Commanding, C Section (lines) (No. 1 Company), Divisional Signals, 1st Airborne Division (Arnhem)
Poole, Harry	? -	2nd Lt. 29.03.1941 [180361] WS/Lt. 29.09.1942 T/Capt. 15.06.1944 MBE ? ?	29.03.1941 commissioned into the Reconnaissance Corps [emergency commission] (09.1944) Squadron HQ (liaison to Divisional HQ), 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron (Arnhem)
Pott, Robert Laslett John Married (07.1941) Diana Anna Frost [J.D. Frost's sister] (predeceased him); four sons.	14.07.1919 Khartoum - (07?).2005 Nethy Bridge, Inverness-shire, Scotland	2nd Lt. 01.07.1939 [95241] Lt. 01.01.1941 A/Capt. 01.12.1941-28.02.1942 T/Capt. 01.03.1942-25.04.1943, 11.06.1943-10.09.1943, 11.09.1943-16.09.1943 WS/Capt. 17.09.1943 Capt. 01.07.1946 A/Maj. 17.06.1943-16.09.1943 T/Maj. 17.09.1943-24.06.1945, 11.01.1946-15.05.1948, 19.11.1948-28.03.1949, 01.01.1952-30.06.1952 Maj. 01.07.1952 (retd 15.04.1972) MBE 13.06.1959 HM's birthday 59: attached Trucial Oman Scouts MC 13.01.1944 Italy 07-11.43	01.07.1939 commissioned into The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) served in India, Iraq & Western Desert (wounded) 1943 seconded to the Parachute Regiment (Palestine, Italy) (09.1944) Officer Commanding, A Company, 156th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [wounded, POW]) 30.11.1950 - 07.11.1954 specially employed 01.10.1959 transferred to King's Own Border Regiment
Powell, Geoffrey Stewart   Son of Owen Welch Powell, and Ada Jean (King) Powell. Married (07.07.1944) Anne Felicity Wadsworth; one son, one daughter. Interview at IWM obituaries	25.12.1914 Scarborough, Yorkshire - 05.01.2005 Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire	2nd Lt. 02.07.1939, seniority 25.12.1937 [69721] WS/Lt. 23.11.1940 Lt. 02.01.1941 A/Capt. 23.08.1940-22.11.1940 T/Capt. 23.11.1940-08.08.1941, 23.10.1941-02.05.1943 WS/Capt. 03.05.1943 Capt. 26.06.1946 A/Maj. 03.02.1943-02.05.1943 T/Maj. 03.05.1943-14.06.1949 local Maj. 11.08.1950-24.12.1950 Maj. 25.12.1950 Bt. Lt.Col. 01.07.1956 A/Lt.Col. 25.09.1944-06.11.1944 T/Lt.Col. 19.12.1955 Lt.Col. 26.02.1957 Col. 05.04.1960 (retd 04.07.1964) MC 09.11.1944 Arnhem 09.44 MID 08.04.1949 Malaya 1939-1945 Star; Africa Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal, War Medal; Ops. SE Asia (Java) Medal & Clasp; Ops. Malaya Medal & clasp; Ops. Cyprus Clasp	Education: Scarborough College; jssc, psc; BA, FRHistS 02.07.1939 commissioned into the Green Howards (from the Territorial Army) served with the 2nd Battalion at Ferozepore in the Punjab 11.12.1941 - 06.01.1942 Instructor, Poona 1942