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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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Radcliff, Herbert Charles Noel "Paddy" Son of John Radcliff and the Hon. Mrs. I. Radcliff, of Cape Town, South Africa.	1923 ? - 19.09.1944 (KIA) [age 21] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 6.D.1]	2nd Lt. 18.04.1942 [232560] WS/Lt. 18.10.1942	18.04.1942 commissionioned into the King's Royal Rifle Corps [emergency commission] 10.02.1943 transferred to the Parachute Regiment (09.1944) Officer Commanding, Medium Machine Gun Platoon (Support Company), 10th Parachute Battalion (Italy; Arnhem [killed in action])
Randall, Derrick Henry Son of ... Randall, and ... Davis.	(06?).1921 Luton district, Bedfordshire / Hertfordshire -	Lt. 06.11.1943 [301125] WS/Capt. 06.11.1944 MID 20.12.1945 services while POW	06.11.1943 commissioned into the Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission] (09.1944) Medical Officer, HQ RA, 1st Airborne Division (Arnhem [POW])
Redman, Theodore Francis "Theo" Son of ... Redman, and ... Gobby.	03.03.1916 Birkenhead district, Cheshire / Merseyside - 11.07.2004 Leeds, Yorkshire	Lt. 14.03.1942 [227643] WS/Capt. 14.03.1943 A/Maj. 16.07.1948 Col. TA ?	Education: MB 14.03.1942 commissioned into the Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission] (09.1944) Section Officer R, 133rd Parachute Field Ambulance (Arnhem)
Reese, Robert Miles Antony "Bob"	22.05.1921 - [02.1985 still alive]	2nd Lt. 25.02.1940 [124182] Lt. 25.08.1941 A/Capt. 03.03.1944-02.06.1944 T/Capt. 03.06.1944-10.06.1945, 02.11.1945-30.06.1946 Capt. 01.07.1946 T/Maj. 01.01.1953-22.06.1953 Maj. 23.06.1953, seniority 25.02.1953 Lt.Col. 01.09.1963 [supernumerary 01.09.1966] (retd 05.08.1968)	served in the ranks for 177 days 25.02.1940 commissioned into The Border Regiment [from 01.10.1959 The King's Own Border Regiment]  (09.1944) Second-in-Command, A Company, 1st Battalion The Border Regiment (Arnhem [wounded, POW]) 02.11.1945 - 13.01.1946 Staff Captain, "Q" HQ Carlisle Sub-District 14.01.1946 - 06.12.1946 Staff Captain (PA & Ms), HQ Northwestern District 01.01.1948 - 14.03.1948 Staff Captain "A", HQ Garza Sub-District 25.10.1954 - 24.03.1957 Staff Captain "A", HQ Salisbury Plain District 01.09.1963 - 28.02.1966 Depot Commandant, Lancastrian Brigade Depot
Reid, Robert Payton known as: Robert Payton-Reid Son of John R. Reid, and Martha Craig.	31.07.1897 Foulden, Berwickshire - 01.11.1971 Witham, Essex	2nd Lt. 22.12.1915 [13802] Lt. 01.07.1917 Capt. 01.12.1927 Maj. 01.08.1938 A/Lt.Col. 10.08.1940-09.11.1940 T/Lt.Col. 10.11.1940-15.10.1941, 30.03.1942-21.08.1945 WS/Lt.Col. 22.08.1945 Lt.Col. 01.08.1945 A/Col. 22.02.1945-21.08.1945 T/Col. 22.8.1945 Hon. Col. 27.01.1948  (retd) DSO 09.11.1944 Arnhem 09.44 British War Medal, Victory Medal, Territorial Force War Medal, Palestine 1936-1939 Medal and Clasp	22.12.1915 commissioned into The King's Own Scottish Borderers 1916 - 1919 served in the Great War (22.08.1916-18.08.1917 & 22.9.1918-11.11.1918 France & Belgium); wounded; acting Captain 5th Battalion (30.01.1919-04.04.1919) 1919 served with 2nd Battalion Thr King's Own Scottish Borderers (Devonport, UK) 24.12.1920 - 20.12.1925 employed with the King's African Rifles (temporary Captain 01.10.1923) (East Africa) interbellum served with 2nd Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (Egypt, Hong Kong) (1937) served with 1st Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (Malta, Palestine) 11.07.1937 - 09.08.1940 specially employed as Adjutant, The King's Own Malta Regiment (retaining the rank of Major in that regiment) 08.1940 - 01.1942 regimental service (?) 26.01.1942 - 29.03.1942 Second-in-Command, 7th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (UK) 30.03.1942 - 12.10.1943 Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (UK) [04.07.1942-18.07.1942 acting Commander, 9th Infantry Brigade (UK)] 12.10.1943 - 1945 Commanding Officer, 7th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (UK; Arnhem [evacuated]) [11.12.1944-14.12.1944 acting Commander, 1st Airlanding Brigade (UK)] 1946 - 25.04.1947 Commanding Officer, 2nd Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (India, Burma)
Reynolds, Jack	? -	2nd Lt. 07.06.1941 [190738] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 MC 21.10.1943 Sicily 07.43	07.06.1941 commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] (07.1943) Platoon Commander, Simforce (composite force of 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment) (Sicily) (09.1944) Officer Commanding, No. 1 Mortar Platoon (Support Company), 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Arnhem [POW])
Richey, James Alexander Dodwell "Jimmy"	29.08.1910 Romford district, Essex - 03.1997 Wayland district, Norfolk	2nd Lt. 19.10.1940 [151648] WS/Lt. 19.04.1942 T/Capt. 1944?, 29.07.1945 MID 23.90.1943 North Africa 42-43	19.10.1940 commissioned into The South Wales Borderers [emergency commission] 02.09.1942 transferred to the Parachute Regiment (1942) - (1943) 1st Parachute Battalion (North Africa) (09.1944) Second-in-Command, T Company, 1st Parachute Battalion (Arnhem)
Ridler, Derek Hughes	01.09.1916 - 09.2002 Torbay district, Devon	Lt. 20.11.1939 [104446] WS/Capt. 20.11.1940 A/Maj. ? MC 23.12.1943 Sicily 07.43 MID 20.09.1945 Arnhem 09.44	20.11.1939 commissioned into The Army Dental Corps [emergency commission] (09.1944) Dentist & Anaesthesist, 16th Parachute Field Ambulance RAMC (Arnhem; ?)
Rigby-Jones, Guy Married twice; three children. From London. Lived later at the Lake District & Hastings.	15.05.1911 Ormskirk district, Lancashire - 09.11.2002 St. Leonards on Sea, East Sussex	Lt. 08.11.1941 [216228] WS/Capt. 08.11.1942 Capt. TA 01.05.1947, seniority 08.11.1942 T/Maj. 23.11.1943 A/Lt.Col. TA 01.05.1947 MC 23.12.1943 Sicily 07.43 TD ? ?	Education: medicine Cambridge University (MB) 08.11.1941 commissioned into the Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission] (09.1944) Specialist surgeon, 181st Airlanding Field Ambulance (Arnhem) Orthopedic surgeon, London.
Ritson, Ernest Vivian Son of Ernest and Florence Ritson. Husband of Claire Ritson, of Hampstead, London.	(03?).1909 Stockport district, Cheshire / Lancashire - 20.09.1944 (KIA) [age 35] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 6.D.18]	2nd Lt. 15.04.1929 [41715] Lt. 15.04.1932 Capt. 06.12.1932 Maj. 24.05.1939 MID 20.09.1945 Arnhem 09.44 [posthumously] TD 21.09.1944 -	15.04.1929 commissioned into The Manchester Regiment - Territorial Army (8th Battalion) 24.08.1939 mobilized TA 05.10.1943 transferred to the Parachute Regiment (09.1944) Second-in-Command, HQ Company, 156th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [killed in action])
Roberts, Alan Douglas Son of ... Roberts, and ... Farr.	06.07.1917 Rochford district, Essex - 02.2005 Kent, Kent	2nd Lt. 02.07.1943 [285010] WS/Lt. 02.01.1944 T/Capt. 27.12.1945	02.07.1943 commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] 22.01.1944 transferred to The Border Regiment (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 16 Platoon (C Company), 1st Battalion The Border Regiment (Arnhem [evacuated])
Roberts, Andrew	? -	2nd Lt. 21.11.1942 [251878] WS/Lt. 21.05.1943	21.11.1942 commissioned into The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's) [emergency commission] 01.03.1943 transferred to the Parachute Regiment (09.1944) Liaison Officer of 2nd Parachute Battalion at 1st Parachute Brigade HQ (Arnhem)
Roberts, Graham Chatfield Son of ... Roberts, and Chatfields Clarke.	02.04.1914 Kensington district, Greater London - 04.1985 Colchester district, Essex	2nd Lt. 06.07.1935 [65514] Lt. 06.07.1938 A/Capt. 05.09.1939 WS/Capt. 04.04.1941 Hkn 19.03.1948 ?	06.07.1935 commissioned into 3rd City of London Regiment (The Royal Fusiliers) - Territorial Army (01.1939) 10th (3rd City of London) Battalion (69th Searchlight Regiment) (Territorial) 24.08.1939 mobilized ? transferred to the Royal Artillery (04.1941 serving as such) 12.01.1942 transferred to the Reconnaissance Corps (09.1944) Aide-de-Camp to the General Officer Commanding, 1st Airborne Division (Arnhem)
Roberts, Harry Royston Son of a former Sergeant of the King's Yorkshire Light Infantry who earned a Military Medal in World War I. Married (19.05.1945) Muriel (née ...); three sons, one daughter.	04.11.1920 York, Yorkshire - 07.1992 Swindon district, Wiltshire	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 12.06.1943 [281104] WS/Lt. 12.12.1943 (reld 1947) T/Capt. 13.12.1945	Fitter in the old LNER Railway Carriage and Wagon Works in York. 02.1943 enlisted, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 04.1943 - 06.1943 165th Officer Cadet Training Unit 12.06.1943 commissioned, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers [emergency commission] 06.1943 - 11.1943 101st Company REME 11.1943 - 12.1943 6th Guards Tank Brigade Workshops 12.1943 - 02.1944 4th Battalion Grenadier Guards 02.1944 - 09.1944 Officer Commanding, Motor Transport Repair Section, 1st Airborne Divisional Workshops REME (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW in German captivity 08.1945 - 09.1945 1st Airborne Division 09.1945 - 12.1946 HQ 1st Parachute Brigade (03.1946-12.1946 at Palestine) 12.1946 - 06.1947 156 Transit Campt Rejoined LNER in York. Became a Fellow of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers (FIME). Following senior positions in York, Doncaster and Derby he was appointed Works Manager at the former GWR Workshops in Swindon. Published: Capture at Arnhem (1999; posthumously published by his widow)
Roberts, J M [= J.McD. ?]	? -	2nd Lt. ? WS/Lt. ?	? commissioned into the RASC ? [emergency commission] ? transferred to the Glider Pilot Regiment (09.1944) Section Commander, F Squadron (No. 2 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem)
Robertson, Richard Arnot Son of Thomas Robertson, and Alice Arnot, of Fishponds, Bristol.	28.03.1922 Wharfedale district, West (Riding of) Yorkshire - 21.09.1944 (MIA) [age 22] [Groesbeek Memorial, panel 2]	2nd Lt. 28.02.1943 [264567] WS/Lt. 28.08.1943	24.08.1939 commissioned into the Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission] (09.1944) Troop Officer, A Troop, 1st Parachute Squadron RE (Arnhem [missing in action])
Robertson-Durham, Alexander Weir	? -	2nd Lt. 16.01.1935 [63968] Lt. 16.01.1938 Capt. 11.04.1945  (reld 1945/46)	late Cadet Corporal, Edinburgh Academy Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps 16.01.1935 commissioned into The Royal Scots - Territorial Army (7th/9th Battalion) 24.08.1939 mobilized (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 1 Platoon, Medium Machine Gun Group (Support Company), 7th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (Arnhem [POW])
Robinson, Wilfred Henry Frederick "Chippy"	? - [possibly: 17.11.1919 - 01.2000 Bolton district, Lancashire]	2nd Lt. 11.02.1940 [117940] WS/Lt. 11.08.1941 T/Capt. 27.12.1941 WS/Capt. 24.01.1945 T/Maj. 05.05.1945 Hon. Maj. 27.02.1946 (retd)	11.02.1940 commissioned into The Devonshire Regiment [emergency commission] transferred to the Parachute Regiment (09.1944) Second-in-Command, C Company, 3rd Parachute Battalion (Arnhem) Schoolmaster, Kenilworth Cape, South Africa.
Robson, Donald Hotham	? India -	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 07.09.1940 [148588] WS/Lt. 07.03.1942 T/Capt. 24.09.1942 Hon. Capt. 1945/46 (retd)	Officer Cadet Training Unit (Sandhurst) 07.09.1940 commissioned into The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [emergency commission] (09.1944) GSO3 (DAAQM), 1st Airlanding Brigade (Arnhem)
Robson, Foster Son of ... Robson, adn ... Foster. From Altrincham.	05.05.1920 South Shields district, Durham / Tyne and Wear - 02.11.1994 Wakefield, West Yorkshire	2nd Lt. 12.04.1941 [182390] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 T/Capt. 29.03.1944 MC 21.10.1943 Sicily 07.43	12.04.1941 commissioned into the Durham Light Infantry [emergency commission] 02.08.1942 transferred to the Glider Pilot Regiment (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 16 Flight (F Squadron, No. 2 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem)
Robson, Peter Thorp   Son of ... Robson, and ... Thorp.	15.09.1920 Reading district, Berkshire - 12.1984 Brent, Middlesex	2nd Lt. 25.08.1943 [292155] WS/Lt. 25.02.1944	25.08.1943 commissioned into the Royal Corps of Signals [emergency commission] (09.1944) Section Officer, A Section (wireless) (No. 1 Company), Divisional Signals, 1st Airborne Division (Arnhem)
Roderick, Harold Cyril Joseph Son of Charles F. and Mabel Louisa Roderick, of Islington, London.	1920 ? - 18.09.1944 Arnhem (KIA) [age 24] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 5.B.9]	2nd Lt. 04.10.1943 [301778] WS/Lt. 1944?	04.10.1943 commissioned into The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [emergency commission] 07.11.1943 transferred to the Parachute Regiment (09.1944) Liaison Officer 10th Parachute Battalion with 4th Parachute Brigade (Arnhem [killed in action])
Roebuck, Ernest Son of Edwin Roebuck, and Mary Roebuck (née Turner), of Ingbirchworth, Yorkshire.	(06?).1920 Penistone district, West Riding of Yorkshire - 19.09. 1944 (KIA) [age 24] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, 22.A.1]	2nd Lt. 10.10.1943 [295263] WS/Lt. 1944?	10.10.1943 commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] 23.01.1944 transferred to The South Staffordshire Regiment (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 20 Platoon (D Company), 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Arnhem [killed in action])
Rogers, Terence Patrick Walter "Terry" Son of Edward Rogers, and Geraldine Rogers. Husband of Eileen D. Rogers, of Kilburn, Middlesex. A.C.A.	1914 ? - 20.09.1944 (KIA) [age 30] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 6.B.16]	2nd Lt. 09.03.1940 [124276] WS/Lt. 09.09.1941 A/Capt. 1944?	09.03.1940 commissioned into The Royal Irish Fusiliers (Princess Vicotria's) [emergency commission] 20.05.1943 transferred to the Parachute Regiment (09.1944) Second-in-Command, A Company, 156th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem)
Rogerson, James Fraser Son of Arthur Marsden Rogerson and Violet Kennedy Rogerson, of Four Oaks, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire.	1923 ? - 24/25.09.1944 (KIA) [age 21] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 6.A.20]	2nd Lt. 31.10.1942 [249830] WS/Lt. 01.05.1943	31.10.1942 commissioned into The Royal Berkshire Regiment [emergency commission] 12.04.1943 tansferred to the Parachute Regiment (09.1944) Officer Commanding, Medium Machine Gun Platoon, 11th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem)
Ross, John Graham	? -	2nd Lt. 28.04.1939  [88111] WS/Lt. 01.01.1941 T/Capt. 23.02.1941 WS/Capt. 13.08.1942 T/Maj. 13.08.1942 DSO 11.02.1943 North Africa  42-43 MBE 28.02.1946 Arnhem 09.44	28.04.1939 commissioned into The Black Watch (The Royal Highland Regiment) - Territorial Army 24.08.1939 mobilized TA 01.08.1942 transferred to the Parachute Regiment (1942) - (1943) OC C Company, 2nd Parachute Battalion (North Africa) (09.1944) 2nd Parachute Battalion (Arnhem)
Rowell, the Reverend John	? -	Capt. 04.04.1940 [123723] = Chaplain to the Forces 4th Cl. (retd 03.1946)	04.04.1940 commissioned into the Royal Army Chaplains' Department [emergency commission] - Church of England (09.1944) - 09.1945 Chaplain, 1st Battalion The Border Regiment (Arnhem [evacuated]; UK; Norway) 09.1945 - 03.1946 Chaplain, ... The Border Regiment (British Army of the Rhine) Vicar, Long Buckby (1947-1950). Minister, St. Edmundsbury/Ipswich (1950-12.1957). Assistant minister (for life), Samlesbury, Lancashire (1950). Minister, Thurnham/Maidstone, Kent (27.10.1961-1966). Minister, Thurston/Bury St. Edmunds (15.07.1966-?).
Royall, Arthur Robert Son of ... Royall, and ... Chanay.	(12?).1919 St Marylebone district, Greater London -	2nd Lt. 27.03.1943 [268902] WS/Lt. 27.09.1943 Lt. (TA) 1946/47? TD 09.01.1947 ?	27.03.1943 commissioned into The Border Regiment [emergency commission] (from Officer Cadet Training Unit) (09.1944) - 26.09.1944 Officer Commanding, 12 Platoon (B Company), 1st Battalion The Border Regiment (Arnhem [POW]) (1947) The King's Royal Rifle Corps - Territorial Army
Royle, John Popplewell Married Christian Dorothy Forbes-Gordon, 1939.	? - 20.09.1944 (KIA) [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 3.B.9]	2nd Lt. 20.03.1941 [66172] WS/Maj. 03.02.1943 [or 02.03.1943] T/Lt.Col. 02.03.1943 [or 03.02.1943]	served in the ranks as a WO I in the Scots Guards 20.03.1941 commissioned into The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) [emergency commission] 21.03.1941 transferred to the Reconnaissance Corps 17.08.1942 transferred to the Glider Pilot Regiment (09.1944) Second-in-Command, No. 1 Wing, The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem [killed in action])
Russell, David Edward Charles Married to Diana Mary Kennedy Graham-Brown; one son, one daughter.	08.04.1923 - 09.2