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Sankey, Crofton Edmund Peter Son of Crofton Edward Pym Sankey and Elizabeth Muriel Sankey (née Grindrod).	(06?).1923 Fulham district, Greater London / London / Middlesex - 23.09.1944 (KIA) [age 21] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, 23.A.18]	2nd Lt. 15.11.1942 [251037] WS/Lt. 15.05.1943	15.11.1942 commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission] (09.1944) Intelligence Officer, HQ Royal Engineers, 1st Airborne Division (Arnhem [killed in action])
Saunders, Peter Argent	1920 - 21.09.1944 (KIA) [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, 27.A.6]	2nd Lt. 15.11.1941 [217639] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 MID 24.08.1944 Italy 09.43	15.11.1941 commissioned, The Rifle Brigade (Prince of Consort's Own) [emergency commission] 03.01.1943 transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1943) - (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 10 Platoon (D Company), 10th Parachute Battalion (Italy; Arnhem [killed in action])
Schwartz, Ralph Harding Of Jewish descent.	10.02.1916 - 07.1990 Surrey NW ditrict, Surrey	2nd Lt. 07.12.1940 [160552] WS/Lt. 07.06.1942 T/Capt. 07.09.1942	07.12.1940 commissioned, The South Staffordshire Regiment [emergency commission] (09.1944) Assistant Adjutant, 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Arnhem [wounded, POW])
Scott, George Barton Douglas "Scotty"	12.06.1918 - 01.1992 Andover, Hampshire	Lt. 07.11.1942 [252536] WS/Capt. 07.11.1943	07.11.1942 commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission] (09.1944) Anaesthesist, 181st Airlanding Field Ambulance (Arnhem)
Scott, Peter Tom	? -	2nd Lt. 21.09.1940 [149360] WS/Lt. 21.03.1942	21.09.1940 commissioned, The East Surrey Regiment [emergency commission] 17.11.1942 transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944) Section Commander, D Squadron ( No. 1 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem)
Scott-Malden, Charles Peter Eldest son of late Gilbert Scott Scott­Malden and Phyllis Dorothy Scott­Malden (née Wilkinson). Married (1941) Jean Honor Chamberlain Silver, younger daughter of late Lt­Col J. P. Silver, CBE, DSO, RAMC; two sons, two daughters.	29.06.1918 - 11.2001 East Surrey	2nd Lt. 12.12.1942  [255603] (special appointment) WS/Lt. 12.06.1943 WS/Capt. 23.06.1945 reld 1945/46 CB 1966 ?	Education: Winchester College (Schoar); King's College, Cambridge (major Scholar) 21.09.1939 - entered Ministry of Transport (Junior Grade of the Administrative Class) 1940 - 1941 RAMC Royal Norfolk Regiment 18.12.1942 - 1945 transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944) General Staff Officer 3rd grade (GSO3) (Intelligence), 1st Airborne Division (Arnhem) 1949 1959 1968 - 1976 Ministry of Transport (later DoE): Assistant Secretary Under-Secretary Deputy Secretary (retd). Member: Transport Tribunal, 1978-1988; Management Cttee, Hanover Housing Association, 1978-1993; National Executive Committee, Abbeyfield Society, 1983-1990
Scrivener, Edmund Filford Son of WalterThomas Scrivener and Alice May Macdonald (with one sister & two brothers).  Married (1936) Elisabeth Ball; two daughters, one son. Biography / memoirs at Arnhemarchive.org	10.09.1916 Fulham, London - 01.2003 Reading, Berkshire (in hospital after a stroke)	Bombardier 1941? Sgt. 1942? Cadet 1943 2nd Lt. 21.08.1943 [292013] WS/Lt. 21.02.1944 (reld 1946)	Cub reporter with the Evening News but parted company with them at the age of 17, and became a grocer. 10.1939 volunteered for Army service; served in the ranks in the Royal Artillery, starting at a Heavy Training Regiment (Blackdown) 1940 - 1943 9th Super Heavy Regiment RA (UK Southeast coast [Hull, Dover, Felixstowe etc.]) 1943 Officer Cadet Training Unit, Woolwich 21.08.1943 commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] 08.1943 - 01.1944? ... Anti-Tank Regiment RA (Leigh-on-Sea, near Southend) 23.01.1944 transferred, The Border Regiment (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 10 Platoon (A Company), 1st Battalion The Border Regiment (Arnhem [wounded; 26.09.1944 POW) 09.1944 - 05.1945 POW at Oflag 79, Brunswick Became a teacher, until retirement in 1981, and was also an Acting Member of the Questers Theatre, Ealing.
Seccombe, Ernest Walter	? -	2nd Lt. 20.04.1940 [129423] WS/Lt. 20.10.1941 T/Capt. 29.08.1943	20.04.1940 commissioned, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [emergency commission] 01.08.1942 transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944) Adjutant, 3rd Parachute Battalion (Arnhem) Senior tutor, Hospital Administrative Staff College, London.
Sharp, Roland	? -	2nd Lt. 19.11.1943 [300729] WS/Lt. 19.05.1944	19.11.1943 commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] 01.04.1944 transferred, The South Staffordshire Regiment (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 12 Platoon (B Company), 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Arnhem [escaped])
Sharples, Arthur Derek Lind Son of Arthur and Natalie Douglas Sharples (née Lind), of Ealing, Middlesex.	(06?).1921 Chorlton district, Lancashire - 21.09.1944 Arnhem (DOW) [age 23] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, 5.D.20]	2nd Lt. 26.04.1941 [184453] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 T/Capt. 25.09.1943	26.04.1941 commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 2 Platoon, Anti-Tank Group (Support Company), 7th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (Arnhem [died of wounds, probably already at 20.09.1944])
Shaw, Edward Ernest "Ted"	? - [possibly: 28.01.1921 - 03.1988 Lewisham, London]	2nd Lt. 09.01.1943 [258511] WS/Lt. 09.07.1943 MC 20.09.1945 Arnhem 09.44	09.01.1943 commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] (09.1944) Officer Commanding, C Troop, 1st Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery, RA [attached 3rd Parachute Battalion] (Arnhem [POW])
Sherriff, Charles Gordon	06.12.1916 - 2003 Edinburgh, Scotland	2nd Lt. 06.12.1937 [65928] WS/Lt. 22.08.1940 Lt. 06.12.1940 A/Capt. 22.05.1940-21.08.1940 T/Capt. 22.08.1940-26.11.1941 WS/Capt 27.11.1941 Capt. 06.12.1945 (half pay 02.10.1947) A/Maj. 27.08.1941-26.11.1941 T/Maj. 27.11.1941-09.06.1942, 19.05.1943-17.06.1945 Hon. Maj. 06.12.1947 (retd) DSO 20.09.1945 Arnhem 09.44	06.12.1937 commissioned, The King's Own Scottish Borderers (from the Supplementary Reserve of Officers) (09.1944) Officer Commanding, D Company, 7th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (Arnhem; wounded, POW, escaped)
Shuttleworth, Donald Harrop Son of ... Shuttleworth, and ... Wright.	(09?).1911 Dudley district, Staffordshire / Worcestershire - 23.09.1944 (KIA) [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, 3.A.4]	2nd Lt. 22.02.1941 [174177] WS/Lt. 22.08.1942 A/Capt. 02.12.1943 MID 22.03.1945 Normandy 06.44	22.02.1941 commissioned, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [emergency commission] ? transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944) Adjutant, No. 2 Wing, The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem [killed in action])
Siggins, Donald Cecil Clifford Son (with two? brothers and one? sister) of George McKim Siggins (1869-), and Ella Elizabeth Foy.	12.11.1917 Belfast, Dungannon district, Ireland -	2nd Lt. 10.08.1940 [143826] WS/Lt. 10.02.1942 Capt. ? Maj. 01.08.1956 TD ? -	10.08.1940     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] (09.1944)     Assistant Command Post Officer, 1st Airlanding Light Battery RA (Arnhem [POW])       served Territorial Army
Silvester, Vernon John Ballis *   Married Joan Marjorie Robertson, residing at Cambridge; one son, one daughter. * called "Jack" in Australia	03.04.1915 Newtown, Powys, Wales - 05.09.1985 Ocean Shores, Northern New South Wales, Australia	2nd Lt. 23.08.1941 [204917] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 (reld 04.01.1946) A/Capt. 22.07.1943-(04.1944) T/Capt. ? Hon. Capt. 04.01.1946 MID 15.12.1942 Middle East 11.41-04.42	1933 served in the ranks, Royal Horse Guards (London) 23.08.1941 commissioned, The Welch Regiment [emergency commission] 1st Battalion The Welch Regiment (North Africa) [escaped from German mobile forces with a bullet in his knee, on 28, January 1942 and walked some 300 to 400 miles through the desert, hiding from the Germans, being helped by bedouins (Arab nomads) until 12th February 1942 where he merged with Poles from a South African battalian; he was admitted to hospital and then rejoined his unit, after which he became a heavy-weight boxing champion of his regiment] 30.03.1943 transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944) - 09.1944 Officer Commanding, HQ Company, 156th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 05.1945 POW in German capitivity (Oflag 79) Assistant Sales Manager for Beecham at Perth Australia, 1946, later Sales Director of Beecham Australia.
Simmons, Clifford Alan Son of ... Simmons, and ... Woolner. Married Jean ...; three daughters.	(06?).1914 Edmonton district, Essex / Hertfordshire / Middlesex - 15.03.2010	Lt. 31.10.1942 [250323] WS/Capt. 31.10.1943	Education: BM, BCh Oxf 1942; MA Oxf 1944 (BA Oxf 1939); FRCS Eng 1950, FRCOG 1964. 31.10.1942 commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission] (09.1944) Section Officer, 181st Airlanding Field Ambulance (Arnhem)
Simonds, John Mellor Son of ... Simonds, and ... Mellor. Husband of Ada Barbara Simmonds, of St. Helens, Lancs.	(09?).1915 Bucklow district, Lancashire - 25.09.1944 (KIA) [age 29] [Groesbeek Memorial, panel 5]	Lt. 04.07.1940 [138581] WS/Lt. 04.01.1942 T/Capt. 13.08.1942	04.07.1940 commissioned, The North Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's) [emergency commission] (07.1943) Officer Commanding, Simforce (composite force of 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment) (Sicily) (09.1944) Officer Commanding, HQ Company, 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Arnhem [killed in action])
Simpson, David Anderson	? -	2nd Lt. 14.06.1941 [193137] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 T/Capt. 24.07.1944	14.06.1941 commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] 09.10.1942 - 02.04.1946 transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 19 Flight (B Squadron, No. 1 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem)
Simpson, Denis Jackson Son of ... Simpson, and ... Taylor.	07.11.1921 West Derby district, Lancashire - 03.1989 Maidstrone, Kent	2nd Lt. 01.11.1942 [249558] WS/Lt. 01.05.1943 Lt. 25.01.1947, seniority 07.05.1944 A/Capt. 06.12.1944-05.03.1945 T/Capt. 06.03.1945-06.11.1948 Capt. 07.11.1948 T/Maj. 23.02.1953-23.11.1955 Maj. 17.05.1956, seniority 07.11.1955 (retd 19.10.1959) MC 09.11.1944 Arnhem 09.44 MID 20.09.1945 services in the field Hkn 19.03.1948 Norway 45	Education: B.Eng. served in the ranks for 214 days 01.11.1942 commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission to 24.01.1947] (09.1944) Troop Officer, B Troop, 1st Parachute Squadron RE (Arnhem [POW, escaped]) (1945) 9th (Airborne) Squadron RE (Norway) 25.01.1947 permanent commission
Skilton, Douglas Henry "Doug" Son of ... Skilton, and ... Pickett.	(09?).1922 Reading district, Berkshire -	2nd Lt. 10.05.1941 [186152] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 T/Capt. 26.12.1944 MID 10.05.1945 NW Europe	10.05.1941 commissioned, The Border Regiment [emergency commission] (09.1944) Acting Intelligence Officer / Loading Officer, 1st Battalion The Border Regiment (Arnhem [evacuated])
Skinner, William Henderson Son of Alexander and Margaret Ogilvie Erskine Skinner.	1920 - 20.09.1944 (KIA) [age 24] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 15.A.6]	2nd Lt. 17.01.1943 [258862] WS/Lt. 17.07.1943	17.01.1943 commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission] (09.1944) 261st Field Park Company RE (Arnhem [killed in action])
Smellie, John Frederick Son of N.S.H. Smellie, and of Ileen M. Smellie, of Holywood, Co. Down, Northern Ireland.	1914 ? - 23.09.1944 (KIA) [age 30] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 6.A.4]	2nd Lt. 30.11.1940 [158421] WS/Lt. 30.05.1941 T/Capt. 12.02.1943	Education: Queen's University, Belfast (1932-..., law) 30.11.1940 commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] 17.09.1942 transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 4 Flight (B Squadron, No. 1 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem [killed in action])
Smillie, Norman Alastair Carruthers	1918 ? - 23.03.1978 Central Saanich, British Columbia, Canada	2nd Lt. 09.03.1940 [124239] WS/Lt. 03.09.1941 T/Capt. 1944? WS/Capt. 02.10.1945 T/Maj. 02.10.1945	09.03.1940 commissioned, The Dorsetshire Regiment [emergency commission] 01.06.1942 transferred, Royal Regiment of Artillery 23.08.1942 transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 17 Flight (A Squadron, No. 1 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem)
Smith, Dennis Dale	? - [perhaps: 10.01.1911 - 11.1986 Honiton, Devon]	Lt. 27.07.1940 [140516]	27.07.1940 commissioned, The Cheshire Yeomanry (Earl of Chester's) (TA) (from 110th Officer Cadet Training Unit (Cavalry)) 19.12.1942 transferred, Royal Armoured Corps 30.01.1943 transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1943) Intelligence Officer, 10th Parachute Battalion (Italy) (09.1944) Second-in-Command, Support Company, 10th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem)
Smith, Eric John Ashford Son of ... Smith, and ... Newman.	(09?).1922 Greenwich district, Greater London / London / Kent -	2nd Lt. 22.08.1943 [292210] WS/Lt. 22.02.1944	22.08.1943 commissioned , Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission] 10.12.1943 transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944) Section Commander, D Squadron ( No. 1 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem)
Smith, James Gordon Anstruther Son of ... Smith, and ... Hutton.	(06?).1920 Huddersfield district, West Yorkshire - [2002 still alive, USA]	2nd Lt. 10.02.1942 [232221] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 A/Capt. 1944?	10.02.1942 commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission] (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 1 Troop, 4th Parachute Squadron RE (Arnhem; evacuated)
Smith, John Raymond	? -	2nd Lt. 20.09.1941 [204942] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 T/Capt. 10.08.1943	20.09.1941 commissioned, Royal Corps of Signals [emergency commission] (09.1944) Officer Commanding, A Section (wireless) (No. 1 Company), Divisional Signals, 1st Airborne Division (Arnhem)
Smith, Peter	14.09.1916 - 07.03.1995 Alton, Hampshire (died of carcinoma prostate)	Lt. 19.06.1941 [191713] WS/Capt. 19.06.1942 T/Maj. 22.06.1944-(04.1946) MID 20.12.1945 in recognition of gallant and distinguished services while prisoner of war	Education: qualified St Thomas' (MB, 1939); FRCS (1941) 19.06.1941 commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission] (09.1944) - 09.1944 Specialist Surgeon, 133rd Parachute Field Ambulance (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 05.1945 POW in German captivity Consultant Surgeon, Eastbourne, 1951-1976.
Smith, Sydney Robertson Son of Sydney Charles Hudson Smith and Margaret Smith Laing Smith, of Sheffield.	1923 ? - 20.09.1944 (KIA) [age 21] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, 30.C.4]	2nd Lt. 19.03.1942 [229896] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942	19.03.1942 commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] 09.10.1942 transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944) Section Commander, D Squadron ( No. 1 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem; killed in action)
Smith, Thomas Joseph Arthur	? -	2nd Lt. 03.10.1940 [245990] WS/Lt. 03.04.1943	03.10.1940 commissioned, The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) [emergency commission] 11.12.1943 transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 2 Provost Section with 4th Parachute Brigade (Arnhem) * * According to C. van Roekel's "Who was who during the Battle of Arnhem". I believe this post was filled by Lt. F.J. de R. Lock.
Smyth, Kenneth Bowes Inman "Kidney" Son of Charles Inman Smyth and Jessie Smyth. Husband of Elspeth Elizabeth Geddes Smyth, of Farnham, Surrey.	31.01.1907 Wolverhampton - 26.10.1944 (DOW) [age 38] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, 18.B.8]	2nd Lt. 30.08.1926 [36876] Lt. 30.08.1929 Capt. 05.08.1937 T/Maj. 04.12.1940 Maj. 30.08.1943 T/ Lt.Col. 19.05.1942 OBE 14.10.1943 Middle East MID 24.08.1944 Italy 09-11.43 MID 20.09.1945 Arnhem 09.44	30.08.1926 commissioned, The South Wales Borderers 31.01.1937 - 30.08.1939 Stn. Staff Officer 1st Class 23.08.1940 - 09.10.1940 specially employed 10.10.1940 - (04.1941) General Staff Officer 2nd grade (GSO2), HQ Aldershot Area (1942) staff appointment, Middle East HQ 06.12.1942 05.03.1943 16.10.1943 - - - 04.01.1943 08.04.1943 07.11.1943 acting Commander, 4th Parachute Brigade (09.1943) - (09.1944) Commanding Officer, 10th Parachute Battalion (Italy; Arnhem [died of wounds])
Somerville *, Philip Charles Aimers * Also spelled as: Sommerville	16.03.1918 - 12.2001 Norwich, Norfolk	2nd Lt. 16.03.1940 [126168] WS/Lt. 16.09.1941 T/Capt. 31.08.1942 BSM 14.11.1947 Arnhem???? [uncertain]	16.03.1940 commissioned, The Border Regiment [emergency commission] (< 04.1944) transferred, Reconnaissance Corps - Royal Armoured Corps (09.1944) Clerk of Works, HQ 1st Airborne Division (Arnhem)
Speke, Wilfred Henry Son of Henry Speke, and Lilian Speke (née Priestley). Husband of H.M. Speke, of Lee, London.	(03?).1914 Leicester district, Leicestershire - 21.09.1944 (KIA) [age 30] [Groesbeek Memorial, panel 8]	Cadet ? [7914301] 2nd Lt. 28.04.1944 [315709]	28.04.1944 commissioned, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps [emergency commission] (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 4 Platoon (B Company), 11th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem; killed in action)
Speller, Cecil Edmund Kirby "John"	21.01.1924 - 08.05.2008 Exeter	2nd Lt. 27.02.1943 [264944] WS/Lt. 27.08.1943 Lt. 29.11.1947, seniority 21.07.1946 A/Capt. 18.07.1946-17.10.1946 T/Capt. 18.10.1946-03.03.1948, 09.12.1948-05.02.1950, 28.02.1950-20.01.1951 Capt. 21.01.1951 Maj. 21.01.1958 local Lt.Col. 28.06.1965 Hon. Lt.Col. 24.04.1969 (retd) MBIM. OStJ.	served in the ranks for 1 year 93 days 27.02.1943 commissioned, The Dorsetshire Regiment [emergency commission to 28.11.1947] 05.03.1943 transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (1944) - (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 2 Platoon, 21st Independent Parachute Company (UK, Arnhem) 1944/45? transferred, The Dorsetshire Regiment 11.02.1946 transferred, Royal Army Educational Corps 29.11.1947 commissioned, The Dorsetshire Regiment [from 17.05.1958 The Devonshire & Dorset Regiment] [permanent commission] 21.05.1958 - 17.07.1959 specially employed, Malaya Military Forces (03.1964) - 04.1964 Officer Commanding, D Company, All Arms Junior Leaders' Regiment 04.1964 - GSO2 (Ops) PSY, Borneo
Spence, Robert Eric	? -	2nd Lt. 18.05.1940 [132734] WS/Lt. 18.11.1941	18.05.1940 commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] 21.08.1942 transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944) Section Commander, F Squadron ( No. 2 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem)
Spivey, Robert Edward Son of ... Spivey, and ... Pearce.	(06?).1921 Fulham district, Greater London / London / Middlesex -	2nd Lt. 29.03.1941 [180067] WS/Lt. 29.09.1942 T/Capt. 17.10.1943 T/Maj. 1946? MID 10.05.1945 NW Europe (Arnhem)	29.03.1941 commissioned, The Royal Fusiliers [emergency commission] ? transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps 1942 - 07.1944 21st Independent Parachute Company (North Africa; Italy) 07.1944 - 10.1945 Second-in-Command, 21st Independent Parachute Company (Italy; Arnhem [evacuated], Norway) 10.1945 - 1946 Commanding Officer, 21st Independent Parachute Company (Palestine)
St Aubyn, [the Hon.] Oliver Piers   One of three sons and two daughters of Francis Cecil St. Aubyn, 3rd Baron St. Levan (1895-1978) and Hon. Clementine Gwendolen Catharine Nicolson, only daughter of 1st Baron Carnock. Married (1948) Mary (died 1987), eldest daughter of late Bailey Southwell; two sons, one daughter.	12.07.1920 St Michael's Mount, Cornwall - 24.05.2006 Cornwall	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 25.05.1940 [132149] WS/Lt. 25.11.1941 T/Capt. 30.04.1945-(04.1946) MC 09.11.1944 Arnhem 09.44 MID 24.08.1944 Italy 09-11.43	Education: Wellington, and St James's School, Maryland, USA ? - 24.05.1940 either 162nd, 164th, 165th, 166th, or Sandhurst Officer Cadet Training Units 25.05.1940 commissioned, The King's Royal Rifle Corps [emergency commission] (El Alamein 1942) 30.03.1943 transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (Turkish-Syrian border, Italy, Arnhem, Palestine) (09.1944) Intelligence Officer, 156th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [evacuated]) Stockbroker, Ringmer, Sussex. High Sheriff, East Sussex, 1982-1983.
Staddon, Roy Glinn Son of ... Staddon, and .. Newton.	(09?).1921 Thanet district, Kent -	2nd Lt. 16.01.1943 [258888] WS/Lt. 16.07.1943	16.01.1943 commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] (09.1944) Troop Leader, A Troop, 1st Airlanding Light Battery RA (Arnhem; POW)
Stainforth, Peter Terrick Only son of Capt. Archibald George Clabon Stainforth, MC (1869-1965), and Flora Hope Glover, of Nigeria. Married 1st (1948) June Spink (died 1966), daughter of Capt Harold Spink of Groombridge, Chairman of Spink and Son; two sons (twins). Married 2nd (1970) Dorothy Snoxell.	07.1921 Tunbridge Wells, Kent -	2nd Lt. 15.02.1942 [226295] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942	Education: Tonbridge School; Queens’ College, Cambridge University (MA) 15.02.1942 commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission] 1942 ? - - 1945 09.1944 1st Parachute Squadron RE (Tunisia, Sicily) Troop Officer, B Troop (Arnhem [POW]) 09.1944 - (05?.)1945 POW in Oflag IX A/Z Rotenburg Chemical R & D engineer, Plastics Division of ICI, Knebworth, Hertfordshire (1948-1978). Published: Wings of the wind (1952)
Stanford, Colin Macdonald   Son of ... Stanford, and ... Macdonald.	(09?).1923 Colchester district, Essex -	2nd Lt. 26.09.1942 [245329] WS/Lt. 26.03.1943	26.09.1942 commissioned, The King's Royal Rifle Corps [emergency commission] 16.03.1943 transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 5 Platoon (B Company), 2nd Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [POW]) 09.1944 - 04.1945? POW in German captivity (at Oflag IX A/H at Spangenberg)
Stark, Ronald Leslie "Ronnie" Son of ... Stark, and .. Bean.	(09?).1913 Edmonton district, Essex / Hertfordshire / Middlesex - 14.05.1990 Kinrossie, Scotland	Lt. 08.01.1941 [167154] T/Capt. 10.09.1942 WS/Capt. 05.05.1943 T/Maj. ? Hon. Maj. 1945/46 (retd) MC 15.06.1943 North Africa 42-43 MID 23.09.1943 North Africa 42-43 BL 09.02.1946 Arnhem 09.44 * * date of Dutch Royal Decree	served in the ranks (Warrant Officer II) 08.01.1941 commissioned, The Essex Regiment [emergency commission] 01.08.1942 transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (1942) - (1943) B Company, 2nd Parachute Battalion (North Africa) (09.1944) Officer Commanding, S Company, 1st Parachute Battalion (Arnhem; POW)
Steedman, Derrick Noel Crombie Son of ... Steedman, and ... Layman. Married (11.1988, Worthing, West Sussex) ... Simon.	28.02.1923 Kensington district, Greater London / London / Middlesex -	2nd Lt. 29.01.1944 [307632] WS/Lt. 29.07.1944 T/Capt. 06.02.1946	29.01.1944 commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] 27.03.1944 transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944) Section Commander, D Squadron ( No. 1 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem)
Steel, James	? -	2nd Lt. 03.01.1943 [256839] WS/Lt. 03.07.1943	03.01.1943 commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission] (09.1944) Platoon Officer, 3 Platoon, 9th (Airborne) Field Company RE (Arnhem)
Steele-Baume, Eric Henry Youngest son of T.E. Baume, and Mrs Baume, of Brighton, Sussex. Married (07.01.1947, St Mary's, Staveley-in-Cartmel, Ulveston district, Lancashire) Eileen Margaret "Bobbie". Costeloe, youngest daughter of Rev. F.C. Costeloe, of Staveley Vicarage, Newby Bridge; three daughters.	01.01.1910 Brighton, Sussex - 28.12.1968 Overstone Park, Brixworth district, Northamptonshire (accident)	2nd Lt. 01.09.1932 [53719] Lt. 01.09.1935 Capt. 01.01.1939 A/Maj. 08.04.1941-07.07.1941 T/Maj. 08.07.1941-10.10.1942, 27.10.1942-30.11.1942, 31.12.1942-24.01.1943, 12.02.1943-27.10.1943 WS/Maj. 28.10.1943 Maj. 01.07.1946 A/Lt.Col. 28.07.1943-27.10.1943 T/Lt.Col. 28.10.1943-01.03.1944, 20.08.1944-10.02.1947, 11.10.1948-09.02.1951 Lt.Col. 10.02.1951 supernumerary 10.02.1954 A/Col. 06.08.1946-01.01.1947 T/Col. 04.01.1953 Hon. Col. 02.07.1958  (retd) MID 23.03.1944 Sicily 07.43	Education: nadc,  jssc, psc 01.09.1932 commissioned, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 08.04.1937 - 14.01.1939 Instructor (Class C), Army Signal School, India 15.01.1939 - 07.01.1940 Adjutant & Quartermaster, ... 30.06.1941 - 12.03.1942 GSO2 BTN 1 13.03.1942 - 10.10.1942 GSO2 (Operations), BAS Washington 21.02.1943 - 22.07.1943 GSO2 (Plans) AFHQ 28.07.1943 - 15.11.1943 GSO1 GHQ India 16.11.1943 - 01.03.1944 GSO1 (Plans), ... Army Group 20.08.1944 - 13.06.1945 General Staff Officer 1st grade (GSO1) (Air), 1st Airborne Division  (Arnhem, Norway) 02.08.1945 - 30.11.1945 GSO1 (SD), GHQ West Africa 06.01.1946 - 07.05.1946 AAG, a liaison mission 25.06.1946 - 01.01.1947 GSO1, Air Inspectorate 11.10.1948 - 08.01.1950 GSO1 HQ HC District 28.08.1950 - 20.04.1952 AQMG, HQ BTA 04.01.1953 - 18.02.1955 Colonel General Staff (Operations & Training), AFLCE 11.05.1955 - (02.1957) Colonel in charge Administration, HQ LF Hong Kong
Steer, George William	29.10.1907 - [02.1985 still alive]	Lt. 18.02.1940 [121441] [emergency commission] Lt. 21.05.1952, seniority 01.08.1938 [permanent commission] A/Capt. 13.02.1942-11.05.1942 T/Capt. 12.05.1942-11.08.1942, 12.10.1942-18.02.1943 WS/Capt. 19.02.1943 Capt. 01.01.1951, seniority 19.03.1943 [short service commission] Capt. 21.05.1952, seniority 14.03.1941 [permanent commission] A/Maj. 19.11.1942-18.02.1943 T/Maj. 19.02.1943-13.05.1943, 05.08.1949-20.05.1952 Maj. 21.05.1952, seniority 01.07.1946 (retd 26.12.1958)	served in the ranks for 13 years 317 days 18.02.1940 commissioned, The King's Own Scottish Borderers [emergency commission to 30.12.1950] (from The Royal Scots) (09.1944) Officer Commanding, Mortar Group (Support Company), 7th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (Arnhem; wounded, POW) 19.04.1946 transferred, Royal Corps of Engineers, Movement Control Section 21.05.1952 commissioned, Royal Pioneer Corps [permanent commission]
Steevenson, Richard Vernon Carson Son of ... Steevenson, and ... Smyth.	16.04.1924 Amesbury district, Wiltshire - 08.1996 Plymouth, Devon	2nd Lt. 02.07.1943 [284568] [emergency commission] 2nd Lt. 20.03.1946, seniority 16.04.1945 [permanent commission] WS/Lt. 02.01.1944 Lt. 16.10.1946 T/Capt. 22.03.1948-16.04.1950 Capt. 16.04.1951 Maj. 02.02.1959, seniority 16.04.1958 T/Lt.Col. 17.05.1966-05.09.1966 Lt.Col. 06.09.1966 (retd 16.04.1975) MBIM	served in the ranks for 2 years 268 days 02.07.1943 commissioned, The Royal Berkshire Regiment [emergency commission to 19.03.1946] 05.11.1943 transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944) Section Commander, F Squadron ( No. 2 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem) 20.03.1946 commissioned, The Royal Berkshire Regiment [permanent commisison] 09.02.1955 transferred, Royal Army Ordnance Corps 13.02.1964 - 01.09.1964 Deputy Assistant Director of Ordnance Services, HQ Infantry Brigade Group 01.09.1964 - 11.12.1964 HQ BLFK 12.12.1964 - 21.01.1965 HQ BAREK 22.02.1965 - 31.08.1965 HQ Kenya Army
Stephens, John Howard	? -	2nd Lt. 11.01.1941 [166162]	11.01.1941 commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] [18.04.1942 transferred, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve ?] 16.05.1944 - 26.03.1946 transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944) Section Commander, F Squadron ( No. 2 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem)
Stephenson, Thomas Godfrey Vaughan "Tom" Youngest of five children of Rev. Dr. George Alexander Vaughan Stephenson, LL.D. (1864?-), and Gertie Evelyn Paddon (1877?-), of Belfast, Northern Ireland. Brother of Sg.Cdr. George Vaughan Stephenson, MB, BCh, DPM, RNVR, and Lt.Cdr. Harry William Vaughan Stephenson, RN. Married (20.07.1940, Westminster district, London) Kathleen Clara Crawford Swayne (1912? - 18.01.1988), eldest daughter of Charles Robert Crawford Swayne (1880-1943), editor of Times Colonist, and Daisy Roskell Bayne, of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; ... children (one daughter?).	16.12.1912 - 01.03.1988 Saanichton, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada	2nd Lt. 01.09.1932 [53662] Lt. 01.09.1935 A/Capt. 03.09.1939-02.12.1939 T/Capt. 03.12.1939-31.08.1940 Capt. 01.09.1940 A/Maj. 27.09.1941-26.12.1941 T/Maj. 27.12.1941-11.04.1944 WS/Maj. 12.04.1944 Maj. 01.07.1946 A/Lt.Col. 12.01.1944-11.04.1944 T/Lt.Col. 12.04.1944-15.02.1949, 01.11.1950-11.10.1953 Lt.Col. 12.10.1953 [supernumerary 12.10.1956] (retd 27.04.1959) OBE 29.03.1945 NW Europe Gen SM - - 39|45 St - - Fr&G St - - Def M - - WM 39|45 - - Hkn 19.03.1948 liberation of Norway	Education: Campbell College, Belfast (09.1926-12.1930; Allison's House); Royal Military Academy, Woolwich (12.1930-09.1932; 1st XV 1930-31); Staff College (psc, 1943); Joint Services Staff College (jssc, 1949). 01.09.1932     commissioned, Corps of Royal Signals (09.1932) - (06.1933) served at Catterick (09.1935) - (10.1935) served at Aldershot (played for Hampshire XV 1936) (01.1937)     served in Palestine (01.1938) - (01.1939) served in India 10.06.1940 - 26.09.1941 General Staff Officer 3rd grade (GSO3), War Office 27.09.1941 - 26.10.1942 General Staff Officer 2nd grade (GSO2), War Office 02.1944 - 1945 Commander Royal Signals, 1st Airborne Division (UK, Arnhem, Norway) 20.01.1946 - 01.05.1946 General Staff Officer 1st grade (GSO1), GHQ (I), India 17.05.1946 - 16.12.1948 General Staff Officer 1st grade (GSO1), Canadian Army Staff College 1950 - 1952 Commander Royal Signals, 11th Armoured Division 08.01.1953 - 08.02.1955 General Staff Officer 1st grade (GSO1), General HQ Northern Army Group 14.07.1955 - 30.11.1955 General Staff Officer 1st grade (GSO1), War Office Retired to Canada, 15.05.1959. Initially, he worked in the electronics industry. Later on in retirement, he was active with the church and the Conservative Party of Canada.
Stevens, George Richard "Dick" Eldest of four sons of Brig.Gen. George A. Stevens. Unmarried.	04.10.1908 Boyle, Co. Roscommon - 28.11.2000 Isle of Wight	2nd Lt. 30.08.1928 [41437] Lt. 30.08.1931 Capt. 01.08.1938 A/Maj. 22.09.1939-21.12.1939 T/Maj. 22.12.1939-18.07.1942, 14.10.1942-23.01.1943 WS/Maj. 24.01.1943 Maj. 30.08.1945 local Lt.Col. 26.05.1941-18.07.1942 A/Lt.Col. 24.10.1942-23.01.1943 T/Lt.Col. 24.01.1943-24.03.1943, 22.09.1943-24.10.1943, 22.11.1943-30.09.1949 Lt.Col. 05.11.1950 (supernumerary 05.11.1953) (retd 14.09.1958) A/Col. 21.05.1945-29.07.1945 T/Col. 19.08.1955-(02.1957) A/Brig. 21.05.1945-29.07.1945 Hon. Col. 14.09.1958 OBE 26.06.1947 Dutch East Indies MID 30.12.1941 Western Desert MID 22.03.1945 NW Europe (Arnhem) MID 08.12.1953 Korea 53	Education: Cheltenham; Royal Military College, Sandhurst; jssc. 30.08.1928     commissioned, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) (03.1931)     1st Battalion The Royal Fusiliers (Kamptee, India) (06.1933)     1st Battalion The Royal Fusiliers (Ahmednagar, India) (01.1937)     2nd Battalion The Royal Fusiliers (Shorncliffe) (01.1939)     1st Battalion The Royal Fusiliers (Jhansi, India) 18.12.1939 - 03.03.1940 Instructor, ... 30.06.1940 - 07.10.1940 General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), ... (12.1940) - 1941 Company Commander, 1st Battalion The Royal Fusiliers (Western Desert) 26.05.1941 - 18.07.1942 General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2) (Instructor), Staff College, Camberley 23.12.1942 - 24.10.1943 General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), Staff Airborne Forces 1943 - 11.1943 Second-in-Command, 12th (Airborne) Battalion The Devonshire Regiment 11.1943 - 06.08.1944 Commanding Officer, 12th (Airborne) Battalion The Devonshire Regiment (Normandy; wounded 07.06.1944) 06.08.1944 - 31.03.1945 as General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1) Senior British Liaison Officer to 1st Polish Parachute Brigade Group (Arnhem) 03.1945? - 1945? Commanding Officer, 10th Battalion The Gloucestershire Regiment (Burma & Malaya) 28.04.1945 - 29.07.1945 acting Commander, 72nd Infantry Brigade (Burma, India, Burma, India) 29.04.1946 - 29.12.1946 General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1) (Operations), HQ Allied Forces in the Dutch East Indies (Batavia) 11.09.1947 - 18.08.1949 General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1) 1950? - 05.11.1953 Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion The Royal Fusiliers (Korea) 02.04.1954 - 13.02.1955 Assistant Adjutant General (AAG) HQ British Element Trieste Forces (BETFOR) 19.08.1955 - (02.1957) Brigade Colonel HQ HC Brigade 14.09.1958 - 04.10.1963 Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit] Keen sailor (single-handed cruising). County Commissioner of the Isle of Wight Scouts, 1964-1972.
Stevens, Raymond Harold Son of Capt. Arthur Harold Stevens, MC, and Clara Napier Stevens (née Harrower), of Kingston Hill, Surrey.	07.11.1917 Wandsworth district, Greater London / London / Surrey - 24.09.1944 (DOW) [age 26] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 29.A.2]	2nd Lt. 20.01.1940 [117204] WS/Lt. 20.07.1941 A/Capt. 12.12.1943	Education: Stowe Public School (Cobham House, 01.1932-04.1936) 20.01.1940 commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] (09.1944) No. 1 Forward Observation Unit RA [attached 156th Parachute Battalion] (Arnhem; died of wounds)
Stevens, Richard Bridges Only son of Capt. D.B. Stevens, RM, and ... Campbell. Married Mary ... (predeceased him); ... children.	(12?).1920 Croydon district, Greater London / Kent / Surrey - 24.03.2010 Wycombe hospital	2nd Lt. 28.12.1940 [165811] WS/Lt. 28.06.1942	28.12.1940 commissioned, The Essex Regiment [emergency commission] 18.09.1942 transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944) Section Commander, C Squadron (No. 2 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem [wounded, POW])
Stevenson, John	? -	Cadet ? [14274095] 2nd Lt. 31.10.1943 [299469] WS/Lt. 01.05.1944	31.10.1943 commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission] (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 1 Section (A Troop), 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron (Arnhem)
Stewart, Richard Henry	22.07.1916 - 01.1993 Claro, North Yorkshire	2nd Lt. 26.08.1937, seniority 27.08.1936 [67798] Lt. 27.08.1939 A/Capt. 03.09.1939-02.12.1939 T/Capt. 03.12.1939-12.08.1942 WS/Capt. 13.08.1942 Capt. 27.08.1944 A/Maj. 13.05.1942-12.08.1942 T/Maj. 13.08.1942-26.08.1949 Maj. 27.08.1949 (retd 03.01.1958) MC 14.03.1939 Palestine Palestine 1936-39 Medal & Clasp	Education: psc 26.08.1937 commissioned, The Border Regiment (from the General List Territorial Army - University Candidates) (1937) - (1939) 1st Battalion The Border Regiment (Palestine) (09.1944) Officer Commanding, Support Company, 1st Battalion The Border Regiment (Arnhem; wounded, POW) Solicitor, Scotby, Carlisle.
Stilton, Gordon Edward Son of ... Stilton, and ... Hiett.	10.04.1916 Warwick district, Warwickshire - 09.1997 Plymouth district, Devon	2nd Lt. 02.11.1940 [156218] WS/Lt. 02.05.1942 T/Capt. ??	02.11.1940 commissioned, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [emergency commission] 17.11.1942 transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944) Intelligence Officer, B Squadron (No. 1 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem)
Stokes, George Rose-Innes Masters	15.10.1921 - 10.1984 Sutton, Surrey	2nd Lt. 21.08.1942 [243119] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 DFC 11.04.1946 Arnhem 09.44	21.08.1942 commissioned, The Gordon Highlanders [emergency commission] 08.11.1943 transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944) Section Commander, C Squadron (No. 2 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem)
Storrs, David Valentine Son (with one sister) of Lt.Col. Bernard St John Storrs (1884-). Married; one son, one daughter.	18.02.1923 Burma - 21.02.1956 (accident at a gold mine Barvue mine, Barraute, Quebec,  Canada)	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 15.11.1942 [251041] WS/Lt. 15.05.1943 T/Capt. 13.04.1945 (reld > 04.1946) MC 09.11.1944 Arnhem 09.44	Education: Farnborough; Clifton College, Bristol (1936.3-1941.2; School House; 4/2-VI; Praepostor; XXII, XV). 1941     enlisted service, Royal Engineers 15.11.1942 commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission] (09.1944) Field Engineer, HQ Royal Engineers, 1st Airborne Division (Arnhem) Post-war student mining engineering, Royal School of Mines (2nd class honours). Charleton Prize, Instsitute of Mining and Metallurgy.
Stott, William Patrick "Pat" Son of William Stott, and Margaret Flanagan. Married ((09?).1952, Bucklow district, Cheshire) Elizabeth M. Sunter; two sons, one daughter.	14.02.1922 Bucklow district, Cheshire / Lancashire - 01.2012 still alive at Altrincham, Cheshire	2nd Lt. 14.03.1942 [228611] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 (reld > 12.1946, < 04.1947) T/Capt. 27.12.1945-(12.1946)	14.03.1942     commissioned, The Border Regiment [emergency commission] (09.1944)     Second-in-Command, B Company, 1st Battalion The Border Regiment (Arnhem; wounded & captured) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 619) in German captivity (Oflag 79, Braunschweig, Niedersachsen)
Strang, James Heaney Son of John and Mary Strang; husband of Margaret Strang, of Dunoon, Argyllshire.	1916 ? - 19.09.1944 (KIA) [age 28] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, 21.B.13]	2nd Lt. 29.10.1943 [299312] WS/Lt. 1944?	29.10.1943 commissioned, The King's Own Scottish Borderers [emergency commission] (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 4 Platoon (A Company), 7th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (Arnhem [killed in action])
Strathern, Kenneth Fairley Son of the Revd. Robert Fairley Strathern, MA, and of Emma Stevenson Strathern, of Dundee.	1914 ? - 24.03.1945 (KIA) [age 31] [Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, 41.B.3]	2nd Lt. 01.10.1939 [99754] WS/Lt. 01.04.1941 T/Capt. 1944? BSM 1947 Rhine Crossing 45	01.10.1939 commissioned, The Cameron Highlanders [emergency commission] 07.11.1943 transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Arny Air Corps (09.1944) Intelligence Officer, D Squadron (No. 1 Wing), Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem)
Suter, Douglas John Son of ... Suter, and ... Halanen.	15.11.1921 Wandsworth district, Greater London / London / Surrey -	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 02.11.1940 [156367] WS/Lt. 02.05.1942 Lt. 30.11.1946, seniority 15.05.1944 A/Capt. 12.07.1945-11.10.1945 T/Capt. 12.10.1945-14.11.1948 Capt. 15.11.1948 (retd 14.01.1958) T/Maj. 15.10.1953-28.02.1954, 19.09.1955-(02.1957) Hon. Maj. 14.01.1958	served in the ranks for 1 year, 156 days ? - 02.11.1940 either 161st, 162nd, 164th, 165th, or 167th Officer Cadet Training Unit 02.11.1940 commissioned, The Lancashire Fusiliers [emergency commission to 29.11.1946] 01.11.1942 transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944) Signals Officer, 156th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem) 30.11.1946 commissioned, The Lancashire Fusiliers [permanent commission] 20.10.1954 transferred, Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Sutton, William John Fisher * Son of ... Sutton, and ... Greggain. * death registration carries initials as: W.J.F.P.	24.01.1920 Islington, Greater London / London / Middlesex - 05.1998 Stroud district, Gloucestershire	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 12.07.1941 [197751] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 Lt. 19.01.1946, seniority 19.10.1942 A/Capt. 06.11.1945-05.02.1946 T/Capt. 06.02.1946-18.04.1947 Capt. 19.04.1947 Maj. 19.04.1954 (retd 29.08.1959) EM 13.10.1950 - MID 28.05.1957 Malaya 07-12.56	served in the ranks for 1 year, 314 days (mobilized TA) ? - 12.07.1941 Officer Cadet Training Unit 12.07.1941 commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission to 18.01.1946] 16.12.1943 transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944) Officer Commanding, Assault Platoon (HQ Company), 1st Parachute Battalion (Arnhem) 19.01.1946 commissioned, The Queen's Regiment [permanent commission] 08.02.1954 - (1957?) specially employed Military Forces Malaya
Swinscow, Thomas Douglas Victor "Dougal"   Son (with one brother) of William Sprague Swinscow (1869-1954), and Nellie Alleyne (1889-1970). Married (17.07.1941, St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge, City of Westminster, London)  Josephine Noëlle Earle (25.12.1914 - 11.2005), second daughter of Charles F. Earle, and Mrs Earle, formerly of Charlton; three daughters.	10.07.1917 Stroud district, Gloucestershire - 24.09.1992 Exeter district, Devon	Lt. 15.05.1941 [188263] WS/Capt. 15.05.1942 T/Lt.Col. ? 1945? (retd 03.1946) BK 20.03.1947 Arnhem 09.44 * * date of Dutch Royal Decree 31.07.1945	Education: Kelly College, Tavistock; St Thomas's Hospital Medical School, London (MRCS, LRCP, MB (1940), BS (1947)). 15.05.1941     commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission] 05.1941 - 1941 RAMC Depot (Crookham) 1941 - 1942 ... Field Ambulance, RAMC (UK South Coast) 1942 - 05?.1943 Medical Officer, First Army HQ (Largs, Scotland & N Africa (Constantine, Tunis)) 05?.1943 - 07?.1943 Medical Officer, AMGOT (Algiers) 07?.1943 - 01.1944 Medical Officer, ... Field Ambulance, 1st Airborne Division (Tunisia) 01.1944 - 03.1946 Regimental Medical Officer, 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron (Arnhem [wounded & evacuated], Norway) Subeditor, assistant editor & (from 1964) deputy editor of the British Medical Journal, 1946-1977. Published: Reap a destiny : divagations of a Taoist (memoirs; 1989); and a number of publications on medical, botanical & philosophical subjects.
Sykes, Humphrey Raith Second son of Humphrey Field Sykes (1889-1947), and Marguerite Bedforth (1889-), of Arkenley, Huddersfield. Married ((12?).1946, Kensington district, London) Lt. Vivienne Margaret Wain "Viv" King (01.07.1924 - 25.11.2010), Canadian Red Cross Corps, only daughter of Col. & Mrs C.H. King, of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Vivienne Sykes remarried Richard Dobell.	(12?).1916 Huddersfield district, West Riding of Yorkshire - ?	2nd Lt. 12.07.1941 [197752] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 T.Capt. 15.11.1945	12.07.1941     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] 17.09.1942     transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944)     Section Commander, D Squadron ( No. 1 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem [POW]) 1944 - 1945 POW in German captivity (Stalag Luft 1 (West Compound))

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