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Arnhem, September 1944
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Sankey,
Crofton Edmund Peter
C.E.P. Sankey
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
P.A. Saunders

1920
-
21.09.1944
(KIA)
[Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, 27.A.6]

2nd Lt.
15.11.1941 [217639]
WS/Lt.
01.10.1942
Mention in Despatches 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
R.H. Schwartz
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"
G.B.D. Scott
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
P.T. Scott
?
-
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
C.P. Scott-Malden
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
Companion of the Order of the Bath 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
E.F. Scrivener (Photo courtsey of Mr Bob Scrivener)
Photo courtsey of Mr Bob Scrivener
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
C.R.W. Scruby
?
-
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
E.W. Seccombe
?
-
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
R. Sharp
?
-
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
A.D.L. Sharples

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"
E.E. Shaw
?
-

[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
C.G. Sheriff

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)
Distinguished Service Order 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
D.H. Shuttleworth
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
Mention in Despatches 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
D.C.C. Siggins
?
-
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 *
V.J.B. Silvester (Photo courtesy of Mr H.J. Broer) V.J.B. Silvester (Photo courtesy of Mrs Ray Madeline Van Dinther (née Silvester))
Caricature of V.J.B. Silvester as a boxer (Photo courtesy of Mrs Ray Madeline Van Dinther (née Silvester)) V.J.B. Silvester as a boxer (Photo courtesy of Mrs Ray Madeline Van Dinther (née Silvester))
V.J.B. Silvester as a child (Photo courtesy of Mrs Ray Madeline Van Dinther (née Silvester))  
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
Mention in Despatches 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
C.A. Simmons
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
J.M. Simonds
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
D.A. Simpson
?
-
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

D.J. Simpson
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
Mention in Despatches MID
20.09.1945
services in the field
King Haakon VII Liberty Medal (Norway) 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"
D.H. Skilton
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
Mention in Despatches 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
W.H. Skinner

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
J.F. Smellie
J.F. Smellie
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
N.A.C. Smillie
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
D.D. Smith
?
-

[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
E.J.A. Smith
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
J.G.A. Smith
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
J.R. Smith
?
-
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
P. Smith
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)
Mention in Despatches 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
S.R. Smith
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
T.J.A. Smith
?
-
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"
K.B.I. Smyth
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
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
14.10.1943
Middle East
Mention in Despatches MID
24.08.1944
Italy 09-11.43
Mention in Despatches 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