officers

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 

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.

S
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.
Scruby, Charles Robinett Wolfe	? -	2nd Lt. 11.05.1940 [130492] WS/Lt. 11.11.1941 T/Capt. 10.11.1942	11.05.1940 commissioned, The Border Regiment [emergency commission] (09.1944) Liaison Officer, 1st Battalion The Border Regiment at 1st Airlanding Brigade HQ (Arnhem) [unconfirmed]
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 - [02.1985 still alive]	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	? -	2nd Lt. 10.08.1940 [143826] WS/Lt. 10.02.1942	10.08.1940 commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] (09.1944) Assistant Command Post Officer, 1st Airlanding Light Battery RA (Arnhem [POW])
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.	(06?).1914 Edmonton district, Essex / Hertfordshire / Middlesex -	Lt. 31.10.1942 [250323] WS/Capt. 31.10.1943 MB	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