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Waddy, Alexander Peter Harry Son of Capt. Alexander Harry Waddy, and of Dorothy Latham Waddy (née Boote), of Bransgore, Hampshire.	10.02.1919 Great Ousborne district, Yorkshire - 18.09.1944 (KIA) [age 25] (Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 27.C.4] [commemorated at Bransgore War Memorial]	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 01.07.1939 [95501] Lt. 01.01.1941 A/Capt. 22.05.1940 WS/Capt. 04.11.1943 T/Maj. 04.11.1943-18.09.1944	Education: Royal Military College. 01.07.1939 commissioned, The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) (09.1944) - 18.09.1944 Officer Commanding, B Company, 3rd Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [killed in action])
Waddy, John Llewellyn Son of Lt.Col. Richard Henry Waddy, DSO (1886-1952), and ... Llewellyn.. interview at IWM (search for  "Waddy"  under "Maker/Producer Information")	17.06.1920 Taunton district, Somerset - 04.2008 still alive	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 03.07.1939 [95593] Lt. 03.01.1941 A/Capt. 24.09.1940-23.12.1940 T/Capt. 24.12.1940-28.02.1941, 20.04.1941-23.01.1944 WS/Capt. 24.01.1944 Capt. 01.07.1946 A/Maj. 24.10.1943-23.01.1944 T/Maj. 24.01.1944-09.07.1945, 27.07.1945-03.04.1948 Maj. 03.07.1952 Lt.Col. 07.08.1960 [supernumerary 07.08.1963] Col. 16.11.1964, seniority 23.08.1964 (retd 31.08.1974) OBE 01.01.1963 New Year 63 MID 29.06.1954 Malaya 2nd half 53	Education: Royal Military College; psc (1950), fs. 03.07.1939 commissioned, The Somerset Light Infantry (10.1941) 151st Parachute Battalion (India) (1942) Intelligence Officer, 156th Parachute Battalion (injured 02.1942) 04.11.1942 - 30.11.1942 Adjutant, 156th Parachute Battalion (1943) Intelligence Officer, 4th Parachute Brigade (Middle East, Italy) (09.1944) Officer Commanding, B Company, 156th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [wounded, captured]) 09.1944 - (04?).1945 POW in German captivity 1945 - 1946 9th Parachute Battalion (Palestine, Malaya, Egypt) 23.10.1948 - 07.01.1950 General Staff Officer 3rd grade (GSO3), HQ Southwest District 26.04.1951 - 06.07.1952 General Staff Officer 3rd grade (GSO3), HQ ... Infantry Division 02.05.1956 - 04.04.1958 General Staff Officer 2nd grade (GSO2), UK ALS Canada 10.06.1958 transferred to the Parachute Regiment 07.08.1960 - 13.09.1962 Deputy Commandant Airborne Forces 14.09.1962 - 14.11.1964 Chief Instructor, SA Wing, School of Infantry, Eastern Command Commandant, Depot The Parachute Regiment & Airborne Forces Colonel, Special Air Service. Published: A tour of the Arnhem battlefields (1998)
Wadsworth, John Graham Hilton Married ((09?).1947, Liverpool North district, Lancashire) Norah Tynan (died 10.03.2010); ... children (two sons, one daughter?).	1924 - 03.2010 still alive	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 12.03.1944 [312500] WS/Lt. 12.09.1944 (reld 21.03.1951) T/Capt. ? Hon.Capt. 21.03.1951 BSM 14.11.1947 Arnhem 09.44	Education: City of London School; Corpus Christi College, Oxford. 12.03.1944 commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission] (09.1944) Troop Officer, HQ Troop, 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron (Arnhem) Administrative Officer, G.C. (Colonial Office), 1948 (Class III, 1953; Class I, 1957; Ghana Civil Service). Head of Programme Contracts, British Broadcasting Corporation.
Wainwright, Thomas James "Tom"	(03?).1922 ? Hackney district, Greater London ? -	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 15.10.1939 [101367] WS/Lt. 15.04.1941 A/Capt. 18.04.1940 T/Capt. 11.03.1942-(04.1946) (reld > 04.1946) MID 20.09.1945 escape and evasion BK 20.01.1947 Arnhem 09.44 [date of Dutch Royal Decree 31.07.45]	15.10.1939 commissioned, The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) [emergency commission] 01.11.1942 transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944) Officer Commanding, Support Company, 156th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [evaded capture])
Walchli, Robert Oscar "Robin" Son of Oscar Walchli (1893?-1960), and Millie Fryer (1879?-1952). Married ((03?).1942, Crickhowell district, Breconshire) Mary Beryl Evans (died 08.03.2007, aged 89); two daughters.	18.12.1919 Islington district, Greater London - 19.04.2006	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 19.10.1940 [153528] WS/Lt. 19.04.1942 (reld > 04.1946) T/Capt. 29.03.1944-(04.1946) Hon. Maj. ? EM 19.09.1995 -	Officer Cadet Training Unit (OCTU) 19.10.1940     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] 02.05.1942     transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Army Air Corps 1943     involved in Operation Turkey Buzzard (Royal Air Force Handley Page Halifax bombers towing Airspeed Horsa gliders 3,200 miles (5,100 km) from England to Tunisia) and the Sicily airborne landings (Operation Fustain 13th July 1943 , Objective to take the Primosole Bridge across the Simeto River) (09.1944)     Officer Commanding, 24 Flight (G Squadron, No. 1 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem) Chartered quantity surveyor, Sarratt, Hertfordshire.
Walker, John Waine "Johnny"	? -	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 22.02.1941 [172952] WS/Lt. 22.08.1942 T/Capt. 13.05.1943-(04.1946) (reld > 04.1946) MID 10.05.1945 NW Europe	22.02.1941 commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] (09.1944) Officer Commanding, B Troop, 1st Airlanding Light Battery RA (acting as Forward Observation Officer, attached to the 7th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers) (Arnhem [evacuated])
Walley, Howard Trevor Son of Arthur Leonard and Constance Violet Walley (née Hitt), of Plymouth.	(03?).1923 Cardiff district, Glamorgan - 13.12.1944 [Phaleron War Cemetery, Greece, 17.A.10]	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 05.12.1942 [255151] WS/Lt. 05.06.1943	Education: Sutton High School for Boys (1937-1939) 05.12.1942 commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] (09.1944) Troop Leader, D Troop, 2nd Airlanding Light Battery RA (Arnhem) ? - 13.12.1944 165th Field Regiment RA (attached 7th US Army)
Wallis, David William Son of Frederick and Katherine Elizabeth Wallis (née Ellis), of Rannoch, Perthshire.	(03?).1915 Solihull district, Warwickshire / West Midlands / Worcestershire - 18.09.1944 (KIA) [age 29] (Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 18.C.10] [commemorated at a memorial on the east bank of Loch Rannoch]	2nd Lt. 26.07.1939 [93375] WS/Lt. 30.01.1941 T/Capt. 30.01.1941 WS/Capt. 18.08.1942 T/Maj. 18.08.1942-18.09.1944 MID 25.10.1945 Arnhem 09.44	26.07.1939 commissioned, The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry - Territorial Army 24.08.1939 mobilized TA 4th Battalion The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry > 04.1941 < 04.1944 transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps - Territorial Army (09.1944) - 18.09.1944 Second-in-Command, 2nd Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [killed in action])
Walpole, Robert Holland	1923 ? -	Cadet ? [1929836] 2nd Lt. 14.11.1943 [299893] WS/Lt. 14.05.1944 (reld > 04.1946)	14.11.1943 commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission] (09.1944) Troop Officer, C Troop, 1st Parachute Squadron RE (Arnhem) Civil engineer (BSc), Gerrards Cross.
Walters, Ernest Frederick	01.03.1921 ?? Wandsworth district, Greater London / London / Surrey ?? - 08.1988 ?? Surrey Mid-Eastern district, Surrey ??	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 03.10.1942 [247035] WS/Lt. 03.04.1943 (reld > 04.1946) Hon. Capt. > 04.1946 EM 18.02.1949 -	03.10.1942 commissioned, The South Staffordshire Regiment [emergency commission] (07.1943) Officer Commanding, 19 Platoon (D Company), 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Sicily) (09.1944) Officer Commanding, Pioneer Platoon (HQ Company), 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Arnhem [POW]) 09.1944 - (04?).1945 POW in German captivity
Warr, Peter Esmond Son of ... Warr, and ... Robinson. From Hindhead, Surrey.	30.10.1919 Alton district, Hampshire - 19.01.1982 North East Hampshire district, Hampshire	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 17.05.1941 [187052] T/Capt. ? WS/Capt. 01.05.1943 (reld > 04.1946) T/Maj. 01.05.1943-(04.1946) DSO 20.09.1945 Arnhem 09.44 MBE 09.09.1942 Middle East (Egypt and Libya) 41/42	17.05.1941 commissioned, The East Surrey Regiment [emergency commission] 10.1941 - (1942) parachute training school at Kabrit, later No. 4 Middle East Training School (1942) 1st Special Air Service Regiment 01.01.1943 transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1943) - (09.1944) Officer Commanding, B Company, 10th Parachute Battalion (Italy; Arnhem [wounded, POW]) 09.1944 - (04?).1945 POW in German captivity Manufacturers agent (Elstead, Surrey).
Warrack, Graeme Matthew Married (1939); 3 children.	27.06.1913 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland - 13.01.1985 Humbie, East Lothian, Scotland	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 28.01.1933 [57723] Lt. 28.01.1936 Capt. 16.01.1938 A/Maj. 25.11.1940 WS/Maj. 01.12.1942 (reld 1945/46) T/Lt.Col. 01.12.1942 A/Col. 1944 Hon. Col. 1945/46 Maj. TA 10.10.1950, seniority 09.01.1945 A/Lt.Col. TA 10.10.1950 Lt.Col. TA 27.06.1951 A/Col. TA 01.12.1956 Col. TA 14.02.1958, seniority 01.12.1956 (retd 28.01.1968) local Brig. TA 01.12.1960 CBE 01.01.1968 New Year 68 OBE 20.09.1945 Arnhem 09.44 DSO 24.05.1945 Arnhem 09.44 TD 14.11.1947 ? TD 03.11.1950 ? TD 10.01.1958 ?	Education: Edinburgh Academy (LRCP 1936; LRCS 1936); Glasgow (LRFPS 1936) [registered 31.07.1936]; Trinity College, Glenalmond; University of Edinburgh & University of Pennsylvania (medicine & dentistry) Officer Cadet from Edinburgh University Contingent, Senior Division, Officer Training Corps 28.01.1933 commissioned, Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) - Territorial Army company commander, 7th/9th Battalion Royal Scots (Territorial) 24.08.1939 mobilized TA 30.07.1940 transferred, Royal Army Medical Corps  25.11.1940 - (04.1941) Deputy Assistant Director of Medical Services, ... 08.1942 - 1944 Commanding Officer, 181st Airlanding Field Ambulance (N Africa, Sicily, Italy) 1944 - (09.1944) Assistant Director of Medical Services, 1st Airborne Division (Arnhem) ? - 10.10.1950 Territorial Army Reserve of Officers 10.10.1950 - 01.12.1956 Supplementary Reserve of Officers [renamed: Army Emergency Reserve of Officers] 01.12.1956 - 01.12.1960 Territorial Army (Active List) 01.12.1960 - 28.01.1968 Territorial Army Reserve of Officers MRCP, LRCS, FDS. Retired from the Army and started a practice in Edinburgh as general practitioner. Served on in the TA (Chief Medical Adviser to the TA Council). Honorary Colonel, 144th Parachute Field Ambulance RAMC (V), 10.01.1969-10.01.1979. Chairman, Edinburgh, Lothians and Peebles Territorial and Auxiliary Forces Association, 1962. Deputy Lieutenant, Edinburgh, 21.11.1963; President, Royal Odonto-Chirurgical Society of Scotland, 1967. Honorary Physician to the Queen, 29.07.1958-29.07.1960. Member of Queen's Body Guard for Scotland (Royal Company of Archers); Chairman, Royal British Legion, Scotland, 1981-1984. Published: Travel by dark : after Arnhem (1963)
Watkins, the Reverend Robert Talbot Son of Robert Watkins, and Marie Talbot Chinchen. From Leeds.	13.07.1913 Tynemouth district, Northumberland - 15.03.1973 Sheffield district	Capt. 28.05.1941 [188498] = Chaplain to the Forces 4th Cl. (retd 17.06.1946) MC 09.11.1944 Arnhem 09.44 MID 1943? Sicily 07.43	Education: University (BA; MA) 28.05.1941 commissioned, Royal Army Chaplains' Department [emergency commission] - Methodist 1941     qualified as paratrooper 1943 16th Parachute Field Ambulance RAMC (09.)1944 - 10.1945 Chaplain, 1st Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [evacuated], Norway) 10.1945 - 02.1946 Chaplain, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Kent 02.07.1956 - 17.11.1962 Territorial Army (Active List) 17.11.1962 - 01.04.1967 Territorial Army Reserve of Officers 01.04.1967 - 13.07.1968 Regular Army Reserve of Officers (Class III) Parishes: Oxford Hall, Manchester/Salford, Southpost, Bristol & Sheffield.
Watling, Stanley Edward "Stan" Son of Edward and Ethel Watling (née Watling), of Woodbridge, Suffolk. Husband of Phyllis J. Watling, of Overton, Hampshire.	(03?).1916 Woodbridge, Suffolk - 19.09.1944 (KIA) [age 28] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, 6.B.19]	Sgt. ? [2612035] (Drum Major) 2nd Lt. 04.10.1943 [301782] WS/Lt. 1944? BEM 23.09.1943 North Africa (Algeria & Tunisia)	served in the ranks, 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards 04.10.1943 commissioned, Reconnaissance Corps - Royal Armoured Corps [immediate emergency commission] 11.12.1943 transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 4 Platoon (A Company), 156th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [killed in action])
Wayte, Albert Edwyn Francis Son of Edwyn John and Violet Constance Wayte, of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada.	1917 ? - 20.09.1944 Arnhem (DOW) [age 27] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, 26.B.1]	2nd Lt. ? Lt. ?	- 01.04.1944 RRC 01.04.1944 - No. A-34 Training Centre (Reinforcements) CIC Canloan scheme: CDN/477 (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 10 Platoon (C Company), 7th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (Arnhem [died of wounds])
Webber, Daniel Robert Wyndham "Dan"	10.12.1913 - 08.1993 West Somerset district, Somerset	2nd Lt. 30.08.1934 [63580] Lt. 30.08.1937 A/Capt. 21.09.1939-23.11.1939, 08.12.1939-03.01.1940 T/Capt. 04.01.1940-30.06.1940, 26.07.1940-29.08.1942 Capt. 30.08.1942 A/Maj. 18.10.1941-17.01.1942 T/Maj. 18.01.1942-14.05.1942, 05.06.1942-09.02.1944, 20.03.1944-24.06.1945, 30.06.1945-11.04.1946 WS/Maj. 12.04.1946 Maj. 30.08.1947 A/Lt.Col. 12.01.1946-11.04.1946 T/Lt.Col. 12.04.1946-29.05.1946, 24.10.1946-14.02.1948 Lt.Col. 01.03.1957 (retd 22.06.1958)	Education: psc 30.08.1934 commissioned, West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Own) (09.1944) Officer Commanding, HQ Company, 11th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem)
Welch, William Gordon From Walton, Staffs.	21.12.1918 -	2nd Lt. 25.05.1940 [132473] WS/Lt. 25.11.1941 Lt. 09.08.1947, seniority 09.09.1941 A/Capt. 10.07.1943-09.10.1943 T/Capt. 10.10.1943-17.06.1945, 11.07.1945-28.01.1946 WS/Capt. 29.01.1946 Capt. 09.08.1947, seniority 01.07.1946 A/Maj. 29.10.1945-28.01.1946 T/Maj. 29.01.1946-16.07.1947 Maj. 09.03.1953 Lt.Col. 04.09.1961 (retd 23.03.1963) MC 21.10.1943 Sicily 07.43	Education: psc 25.05.1940 commissioned, The Border Regiment [emergency commission to 08.08.1947] (09.1944) Second-in-Command, C Company, 1st Battalion The Border Regiment (Arnhem; wounded, POW) 09.1944 - (04?).1945 POW in German captivity 09.08.1947 commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [permanent commission]
Wellbelove, John Arthur Son of John and Mary Eva Wellbelove, of Eston, Saskatchewan, Canada.	28.10.1919 Eston, Sask., Canada - 21.09.1944 (KIA) [age 24] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 30.C.2]	2nd Lt. ? Lt. 20.11.1943	? commissioned, Canadian Infantry Corps [emergency commission] (11.1943) - 14.03.1944 The Prince Albert & Battleford Volunteers 14.03.1944 - No. A-34 Training Centre (Reinforcements) CIC Canloan scheme: CDN/318 (09.1944) - 21.09.1944 Officer Commanding, 13 Platoon (B Company), 1st Battalion The Border Regiment (Arnhem [killed in action])
Wells, Charles Edward Cecil Son of ... Wells, and ... Flack.	09.03.1917 Chelsea district, Greater London - 05.1993 Truro district, Cornwall	Lt. 14.08.1943 [287897] WS/Capt. 14.08.1944	Education: LMSSA (London, 1942); MB, BS (1943); U. (London); MRCP (London, 1951) [registered 18.12.1942] 14.08.1943 commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission] (09.1944) Section Officer, 16th Parachute Field Ambulance RAMC [attached to 1st Parachute Brigade HQ] (Arnhem [wounded, captured]) 09.1944 - (04?).1945 POW in German captivity
Wetherill, Peter Hindley Only son (with one sister) of Henry Buswell Wetherill, CIE, MA (1876-1959), Indian Educational Service, and Rhoda Hindley, of Cheapside, Ewhurst, Surrey, later of Surbiton, Surrey. Married 1st ((12?).1948, Surrey Northern district, Surrey) Oriana Valerie Cooper (died 1979); two sons. Married 2nd (Kent) Tina Crookshank. Residence: (1946) Thames Ditton, Surrey.	14.09.1919 - 31.07.2009 Cheltenham Hospital, Gloucestershire	2nd Lt. 26.01.1940 [117403] WS/Lt. 26.07.1941 T/Capt. 26.03.1942 WS/Capt. 20.01.1946 T/Maj. 20.01.1946-(04.1946)	Education: Rugby School (05.1933-05.1938; Kilbracken House; XXII; lawn tennis captain 1938); St John's College, Oxford. 26.01.1940     commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission] 1943     joined Airborne Engineers (09.1944)     Second-in-Command, 9th (Airborne) Field Company RE (Arnhem [wounded, captured]) 09.1944 - 04?.1945 POW in German captivity
Whimster, William Swanson	10.04.1910 Dun district, Angus, Scotland - 12.1992 Brighton district, Sussex	2nd Lt. 19.07.1939 [93355] WS/Lt. 19.04.1940 Lt. 30.07.1946, seniority 19.04.1940 [short service commission] Lt. 13.09.1947, seniority 01.08.1938 [permanent commission] A/Capt. 19.01.1940-18.04.1940 T/Capt. 19.04.1940-09.09.1943, 01.12.1943-24.12.1945 WS/Capt. 1944? Capt. 13.09.1947, seniority 10.04.1943 A/Maj. 01.10.1946-31.12.1946 T/Maj. 01.01.1947-09.04.1948 Maj. 10.04.1948 T/Lt.Col. 04.08.1954 Lt.Col. 21.04.1956 (retd 02.09.1958) MID 20.12.1940 ? MID 10.05.1945 NW Europe (Arnhem) TD ? ?	19.07.1939 commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army (late Officer Cadet, Aberdeen University Contingent, Senior Division, OTC) 24.08.1939 - 29.07.1946 mobilized TA (09.1944) No. 1 Forward Observation Unit RA [attached 10th Parachute Battalion] (Arnhem; evacuated) 30.07.1946 short service commission 13.09.1947 permanent commission
White, Kenneth Grayston Son of ... White, and ... Grayston.	(09?).1917 Romford district, Essex - 10.10.2009	2nd Lt. 16.01.1943 [258890] WS/Lt. 16.07.1943	16.01.1943 commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] (09.1944) Troop Leader, C Troop, 2nd Airlanding Light Battery RA (Arnhem; POW [captured]) 09.1944 - (04?).1945 POW in German captivity Literature: Marion Gerritsen-Teunissen, Dagboek in krijgsgevangenschap : Luitenant Kenneth Grayston White, 1st Airlanding Light Regiment Royal Artillery : Arnhem september 1944 (2010).
Whittaker, Harry Son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Whittaker. Husband of Edna Whittaker, of New Moston, Manchester.	1916 ? - 20.09.1944 (KIA) [age 28] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 23.B.3]	2nd Lt. 12.06.1943 [278877] WS/Lt. 12.12.1943	12.06.1943 commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] (09.1944) Liaison Officer, 1st Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery, RA (Arnhem [killed in action])
Widdicombe, John Wicks Son of Samuel Widdicombe, and Hilda Elizabeth Wicks.	(09?).1918 Taunton district, Devon / Somerset - 23.11.2005	2nd Lt. 05.12.1942 [253322] WS/Lt. 05.06.1943 T/Capt. 19.04.1945	05.12.1942 commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] (09.1944) Assistant Command Post Officer, 3rd Airlanding Light Battery RA (Arnhem; evacuated)
Widdowson, George   Married 1st Kathleen Mary Widdowson (1936); one son. Married 2nd Mary Widdowson (née ....).	10.01.1911 Chesterfield district, Derbyshire - 15.12.2002 [age 91] East Yorkshire district, Yorkshire	2nd Lt. 21.01.1931 [49397] Lt. 21.01.1934 Capt. 28.04.1934 Maj. 09.05.1939 Maj. AERO 29.06.1956, seniority 09.05.1939 Lt.Col. AERO 29.07.1957, seniority 15.01.1957 A/Col. AERO ? Col. AERO 01.01.1961, seniority 15.01.1960 Col. TA 20.11.1963 (retd 31.03.1967) CBE 13.06.1964 HM's birthday 64 MBE 31.05.1956 HM's birthday 56 TD 31.01.1946 - TD 04.01.1955 1st clasp TD ? 2nd clasp TD 04.01.1955 3rd clasp TD 19.01.1962 4th clasp TD 18.07.1967 5th clasp	lated Cadet, Hymers College Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps 21.01.1931 commissioned, Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment) - Territorial Army (5th Battalion) (01.1939) Officer Commanding, C Company, 5th Battalion The Green Howards (Beverley) 1939 Detachment Commander in charge of the Guard, Dishforth RAF Station (Vulnerable Point Duties) 24.08.1939 mobilized 1939 - (1940) 7th Battalion The Green Howards (Bridlington, France, Dunkirk) (OC HQ Company) 31.01.1943 transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1943) Officer Commanding, D Company, 10th Parachute Battalion (Italy) (09.1944) Second-in-Command, 10th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - (04?).1945 POW in German captivity 01.05.1947 - 18.05.1956 Corps of Royal Engineers - Territorial Army 19.05.1956     placed on Unattached List - Territorial Army 29.06.1956 -  19.11.1963  Army Emergency Reserve of Officers 20.11.1963 - 31.03.1967 Territorial Army The war over George returned to what became a successful career in Barclays Bank. He also joined the Territorial Army, not to The Green Howards, but to The Royal Engineers where he raised 229 (East Riding) Airborne Engineer Squadron and later became second in command of 131 Parachute Engineer Regiment. After the award of the MBE, he commanded 130 (Lanes) Engineer Regiment (Army Emergency Reserve), and then was promoted Colonel of 25 Engineer Group and Chief Engineer of 51st Highland Division. Appointed CBE and for four years ADC (Army Emergency Reserve) to the Queen (10.04.1962-10.01.1966), he was also a Justive of the Peace, later Deputy Lieutenant for the West Midlands (01.11.1975). As a magistrate he served in both Hull and Birmingham.
Wilkinson, Peter William "Sam" Son of ... Wilkinson, and ... Ogle. Married June Wilkinson; three children. Interview at IWM	10.12.1922 North Finchley, Barnet district, Greater London / Hertfordshire / Middlesex - East Haddon, Northamptonshire	2nd Lt. 07.03.1942 [228466] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 A/Capt. 10.1944 T/Capt. 01.01.1945 (retd 10.1946) MC 09.03.1944 Italy 09-11.43	Education: Gresham's School, Holt (1936-1940) 01.1941 enlisted Royal Artillery (special entry scheme) 07.03.1942 commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] 03.1942 - 09.1945 458th Independent Light Battery RA, expanded 02.1943 into 1st Airlanding Light Regiment RA (North Africa, Italy, Arnhem, Norway) (09.1944) Command Post Officer, 3rd Airlanding Light Battery RA (Arnhem [evacuated]) 09.1945 - 10.1946 Air OP, 652 Squadron RAF (Germany) Chartered accountant. Chief Executive of a major building society till 1983. Published: The gunners at Arnhem (1999)
Willcock, Douglas Brian Youngest son (with two brothers) of Edgar Douglas Willcock (1884-1938), and ... Hooper, of The Grey House, Albrighton, later of The Island, Oaken, nr Wolverhampton. Brother of Capt. Cecil Martin Willcock, Parachute Regiment. Married (28.02.1944, Holy Trinity Church, Belbroughton, Bromsgrove district, Worcestershire) Helen Margaret Welcome Nicholls ((09?).1919 - 23.11.2006), only daughter of Francis W. Nicholls, and Margaret Thompson, of Brookfield, Belbroughton, Worchestershire; one son, one daughter.	(03?).1922 Wolverhampton district, Shropshire - 1954 Shropshire	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 01.03.1941 [176224] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 (reld 27.04.1946; disability) Hon. Lt. 27.04.1946 39|45 St ? ? Afr St ? ? It St ? ? Fr&G St ? ?	? - 01.03.1944 163rd, 164th, 165th, 166th, 167th, 168th or 170th Officer Cadet Training Unit 01.03.1941 commissioned, The South Staffordshire Regiment [emergency commission] 01.11.1942 transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 9 Platoon (C Company), 156th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - (04?).1945 POW in German captivity 20.09.1945 transferred, Corps of Royal Engineers
Willcocks, Arthur Hambly [M]	15.02.1918 ?? - 09.1986 ?? Scarborough, Yorkshire ??	2nd Lt. 17.05.1941 [187080] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 (retd 21.05.1947) T/Capt. 01.11.1945 Hon. Capt. 21.05.1947	17.05.1941 commissioned, The South Staffordshire Regiment [emergency commission] (07.1943) - (09.1944) Officer Commanding, Mortar Group (Support Company), 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Sicily; Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - (04?).1945 POW in German captivity
Williams, Albert Arthur "Billy"	1893? / 1896? -	Pilot Officer (prob.) 01.07.1940 [81281] Pilot Officer 01.07.1941, seniority 01.07.1940 (WS) Flying Officer 01.07.1941 (T) Flight Lieutenant 01.01.1943	1914 - 1918 served in the Royal Naval Air Service and the Royal Air Force (France; Mesopotamia; France) 01.07.1940 commissioned,  RAFVR (Administrative and Special Duties Branch) (for Intelligence Duties) [emergency commission] served for four years as Intelligence Officer with RAF Fighter Command stations 1944 seconded to SHAEF Joint Field Censorship Group (09.1944) RAF Field Press Censor, Public Relations Team, 1st Airborne Division (Arnhem) Fleet Street journalist.
Williams, John Llewellyn From Heswall, Cheshire.	? -	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 05.04.1941 [180556] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 T/Capt. 30.01.1945 DSO 09.11.1944 Arnhem 09.44	05.04.1941 commissioned, The King's Regiment (Liverpool) [emergency commission] 29.08.1943 transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944) Motor Transport Officer, 1st Parachute Battalion [Liaison Officer with 1st Parachute Brigade HQ] (Arnhem)
Wilson, Bernard Alexander "Boy" / "Bob" Married to Mary Wilson; one son, one daughter.	10.06.1897 Marylebone, London - (12?).1965 Chelsea district, London	2nd Lt. 1915 [43050] Lt. 1917? [Special Army Reserve of Officers] Lt. 31.07.1920, seniority 01.07.1917 [Wiltshire Yeomanry] Lt. 09.04.1925 [Regular Army Reserve of Officers] WS/Capt. 01.06.1940 T/Maj. 01.06.1940-... & 17.07.1943-... WS/Maj. 1945? (reld 24.09.1947) T/Lt.Col. 1945? Hon. Lt.Col. 24.09.1947 DSO 09.11.1944 Arnhem 09.44 MC 26.05.1917 * MID WW I ? MID 24.08.1944 Italy 09-11.43 CorM 1953 - * For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He carried out several difficult reconnaissances under heavy fire and obtained most valuable information, has previously done fine work.	Education: Eton (BA) 1915 - 1918 commissioned, 10th Hussars - Special Reserve of Officers 31.07.1920 transferred, Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry - Territorial Force interbellum stockbroker 24.08.1939 mobilized 28.12.1939 transferred, [Auxiliary Military] Pioneer Corps  1940 served Pioneer Corps; Officer Commanding of a Mobile Bath and Laundry Unit (BEF; evaded through Le Havre; slighty wounded) 27.08.1941 transferred, Welch Regiment served Home Defence Forces (Wales) 20.09.1942 transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps 09.1942 - 07.1943 Second-in-Command, 21st Independent Parachute Company 07.1943 - 10.1945 Officer Commanding, 21st Independent Parachute Company (Italy, UK, Arnhem [wounded, evacuated], Norway) 1945 - 11.1946 Commanding Officer, The Airborne Forces Holding Battalion (Yorkshire) ? - 24.09.1947 Regular Army Reserve of Officers [exceeded age limit] Stockbroker, 1947-1960s. Honorary Colonel of a TA Unit, 12.1951.
Wilson, Baldwin "Charles" / "Flip" Son of ... Wilson, and ... Harper.	05.10.1917 Lancaster district, Lancashire - 02.2002 Wighton district, Cumberland	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 12.04.1941 [182276] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 A/Capt. 12.12.1943 T/Capt. 27.09.1945 EM 13.06.1950 -	12.04.1941 commissioned, The Border Regiment [emergency commission] (09.1944) Second-in-Command, A Company, 1st Battalion The Border Regiment (Arnhem [wounded, captured]) 09.1944 - (04?).1945 POW in German captivity
Wilson, Robert Finlay	03.04.1914 Dailly district, Ayr, Scotland -	2nd Lt. 14.07.1934 [63202] Lt. 09.11.1937	14.07.1934 commissioned, The Royal Scots Fusiliers - Territorial Army (4th/5th Battalion) 15.04.1939 transferred, Territorial Army Reserve of Officers, Regimental List seconded, The King's Own Scottish Borderers ? (09.1944) Loading Officer, 7th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - (04?).1945 POW in German captivity ? - 03.04.1964 Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]
Winchester, John Chisholm "Jack"	03.01.1912 Berwick district, Durham / Northumberland - 08.04.1992 Kenya	2nd Lt. 28.012.1932 [50841] Lt. 28.01.1935 A/Capt. 03.09.1939-02.12.1939 T/Capt. 03.12.1939-27.01.1940 Capt. 28.01.1940 A/Maj. 25.09.1940-24.12.1940 T/Maj. 25.12.1940-23.04.1943, 03.06.1943-08.08.1945 WS/Maj. 09.08.1945 Maj. 01.07.1946 Brev. Lt.Col. 01.07.1952 A/Lt.Col. 20.09.1942-30.10.1942, 21.06.1945-08.08.1945 T/Lt.Col. 09.08.1945-11.03.1946, 05.03.1951-17.07.1953 local Lt.Col. 12.03.1946-06.10.1946, 25.11.1946-08.12.1947 Lt.Col. 18.07.1953 local Col. 28.09.1955-06.10.1955 Col. 07.10.1955, seniority 28.06.1955 Brig. 04.01.1960 (retd 27.07.1964) CBE 01.01.1962 New Year 62 MC 09.11.1944 Arnhem 09.44 MID 24.06.1943 Middle East 05-10.42 Olav 17.10.1946 Norway	Education: MA, BA; idc,  jssc, psc (1944) 28.01.1932 commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers 1932 - 1940 transferred to India: Bengal Sappers and Miners 5th Field Company RE (Mohmand Campaign) 3rd Field Company RE (Waziristan Campaign 1937) 05.1940 Adjutant, 5th Indian Division 25.09.1940 - 10.06.1941 Staff Officer Royal Engineers (SORE), Sudan 1941 - 1942 Officer Commanding, 20th Field Company RE (Eritrea) served Abyssinia, Cyprus, North Africa, Iraq: Royal Bombay Sappers and Miners 10.09.1942 - 30.10.1942 Commander Royal Engineers (CRE), 1st Indian Division Officer Commanding, 241st Field Company RE (UK) 1944 - (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 9th (Airborne) Field Company RE (Arnhem [evacuated], Norway) 21.06.1945 - 12.03.1946 Commander Royal Engineers (CRE), 1st Airborne division 13.03.1946 - 08.12.1947 General Staff Officer 2nd grade (GSO2), Staff College, Camberley 21.01.1948 - 19.01.1949 Staff Officer 2nd grade (SO2), ... 20.01.1949 - 21.05.1950 Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General (DAQMG), HQ East Africa Command 09.07.1951 - 06.02.1953 General Staff Officer 1st grade (GSO1), War Office 1953 - 1955 Commandant (?), Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst 07.10.1955 - (02.1957) Colonel (General Staff), British Joint Staffs Mission Washington 1958 Commander, 27th Engineer Group (TA) Secretary to the Army Council 1962 Brigadier in charge of administration, Cyprus 1963 planning and training for counter-revolutionary warfare, War Office Retired to Kenya.
Wise, Edgar Gerald "Gerry" Son of Edgard James Wise, and Isabella Hogarth. Married Lysbeth ...; one son.	14.02.1921 Tynemouth district, Northumberland - 11.09.1999 Whitley Bay	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 17.01.1942 [222736] WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 Lt. 07.06.1947, seniority 14.08.1943 A/Capt. 01.05.1946-31.07.1946 T/Capt. 01.08.1946-07.01.1947 WS/Capt. 08.01.1947 Capt. 14.02.1948 A/Maj. 08.10.1946-07.01.1947 T/Maj. 08.01.1947-02.04.1947, 25.05.1947-18.07.1947, 08.10.1947-11.10.1950, 01.11.1951-13.02.1955 Maj. 14.02.1955 (retd 22.01.1960) MID 07.01.1949 Palestine	served in the ranks for 2 years 138 days; mobilized TA 17.01.1942 commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission to 06.06.1947] 10.03.1943 - 26.09.1944 Intelligence Officer, 9th (Airborne) Field Company RE (N Africa, Sicily, Taranto, Arnhem [wounded, captured]) 26.09.1944 - 05.1945 POW in German captivity (attempted escape, but was recaptured) 1946? - 1948 9th Airborne Squadron RE (Palestine) 07.06.1947 permanent commission 1948 - 1960 Military Survey Officer (specialising in geodetic and photogrammetric survey developments & undertakings in Europe, Africa and the Middle East) Civil Engineer (Consultant). Senior Executive Engineer, Nigerian Federal Ministry of Works and Survey. Chief Engineer in Saudi Arabia. Assistant Director for the Abu-Dhabi defence department, 1968-1972. UK Consultant Engineer for British Engineers. Formed his own company (Earth Anchorage Company of Technical Consultants), 1977.
Withecombe, Eric Son of William Edward Withecombe, and Edith Camilla Mill. Married Freda Mary (née ...) (08.02.1921 - 10.1988); one daughter, one son.	18.01.1920 Bideford district, Devon - 22.09.2005 (hospital) Budleigh Salterton, Devon	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 05.12.1942 [255048] WS/Lt. 05.06.1943	05.12.1942 commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] (09.1944) Liaison Officer, 2nd Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery RA (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - (04?).1945 POW in German captivity
Withers, Lennard Son of Henry C. Withers, and Alison Mary Slater.	(09?).1921 Croydon, Greater London -	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 22.02.1941 [174423] WS/Lt. 22.08.1942 T/Capt. 20.12.1944 MC 21.10.1943 Sicily 07.43	? - 07.06.1941 Sandhurst Officer Cadet Training Unit 07.06.1941 commissioned, The Northamptonshire Regiment [emergency commission] (07.1943) Officer Commanding, 15 Platoon (C Company), 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Sicily) (09.1944) Officer Commanding, No. 2 Mortar Platoon (Support Company), 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Arnhem [escaped])
Withnall, William Charles Son of George Henry Withnall, and Jayne Evans.	28.07.1918 Newport, Shropshire - (03?).1976 Wrekin district	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 24.12.1942 [258055] WS/Lt. 24.06.1943 A/Capt. ? (reld 1946)	24.12.1942 commissioned, The North Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's) [emergency commission] (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 7 Platoon (A Company), 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - (04?).1945 POW in German captivity
Wood, Peter Warburton Son of Warburton William Wood, and Lilian Mary Brettle. From Nottingham.	(09?).1919 Nottingham district, Nottinghamshire -	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 05.10.1940 [151302] WS/Lt. 05.04.1942 T/Capt. 04.03.1943-(04.1944), 13.12.1944-(04.1946) Hon. Capt. ? MC 24.01.1946 Rhine Crossing 45 EM 22.04.1949 -	? - 05.10.1940 Officer Cadet Training Unit 05.10.1940 commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] 09.12.1943 transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944) Section Commander, C Squadron (No. 2 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem)
Wood, R	? -	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. ? WS/Lt. ?	? commissioned, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps [emergency commission] (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 3 Platoon (A Company), 11th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem)
Wood, Ronald William "Ron" Son of William and Mary Wood, of Pershore, Worcestershire.	1916 ? - 23.09.1944 (DOW) [age 28] [Utrecht (Soestbergen) General Cemetery, 12D.2.13]	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 23.10.1943 [296198] WS/Lt. 1944?	23.10.1943 commissioned, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps [emergency commission] (09.1944) - 23.09.1944 Officer Commanding, 6 Platoon (B Company), 156th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [died of wounds])
Woods, James Henry Son of Michael Woods, KPM (King's Police Medal), and Alice L. Roberts, of Finchley, Middlesex.	(12?).1916 St Olave district, London - 25.09.1944 (KIA) [age 28] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, 26.B.9]	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 24.04.1943 [273331] WS/Lt. 24.10.1943	Joined Metropolitan Police (London), 26.04.1937 [warrant number 125926]; uniform service, later CID. Though having passed the examination for promotion to Police Sergeant in 1942, he already joined the Army before getting the actual promotion. 15.04.1942 joined the Army 24.04.1943 commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] (09.1944) - 25.09.1944 Gun Position Officer, D Troop, 2nd Airlanding Light Battery RA (Arnhem [killed in action])
Woods, Reginald Bryan "Dan" / "Lakari"   Son of Capt. Alfred Reginald Woods, and Eileen Elizabeth Woods, of Lenaderg, Co. Down, Northern Ireland.	25.06.1919 Malahide, Co. Dublin - 14.10.1944 (DOW) [age 25] [Becklingen War Cemetery, 8.C.3]	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 01.03.1941 [176460] WS/Lt. 01.09.1942	Education: Sedburgh School; Queens' College, Cambridge University (Medieval & Modern Languages, BA by proxy 1941). 01.03.1941     commissioned, The Royal Ulster Rifles [emergency commission]       1st (Airborne) Battalion The Royal Ulster Rifles 05.05.1943     transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944)     Officer Commanding, Mortar Platoon (Support Company), 2nd Parachute Battalion (North Africa, Sicily, Arnhem [wounded, captured]) 09.1944 - 14.10.1944 POW in German captivity [died of wounds]
Woodward, Geoffrey Calvin Mother's maiden name Norton ??	(09?).1913 ?? Abingdon district, Berkshire / Oxfordshire ?? -	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 14.09.1940 [148970] WS/Lt. 14.03.1942 T/Capt. 16.06.1944	14.09.1940 commissioned, The South Staffordshire Regiment [emergency commission] (09.1944) Officer Commanding, Anti-Tank Group (Support Company), 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Arnhem [wounded, captured]) 09.1944 - (04?).1945 POW in German captivity
Wright, David From Glasgow.	? -	Lt. 20.12.1941 [218952] WS/Capt. 20.12.1942 MC 23.09.1943 North Africa 42-43 (Algeria, Tunisia) BK 20.03.1947 Arnhem 09.44 [date of Dutch Royal Decree 09.02.46]	Education: MB 20.12.1941 commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission] (1942/43) 16th Parachute Field Ambulance (N Africa [OC No. 1 Section]) (09.1944) Medical Officer, 1st Parachute Brigade (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - (04?).1945 POW in German captivity
Wright, Leonard William "Len"	09.02.1923 ?? - 01.2003 ?? Ipswich district, Suffolk ??	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 22.05.1943 [276874] WS/Lt. 22.11.1943 Lt. 07.09.1946, seniority 09.08.1945 Capt. 09.02.1950 (retd 03.10.1955; receiving a gratuity)	22.05.1943 commissioned, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps [emergency commission] (09.1944) - 20.09.1944 Officer Commanding, 9 Platoon (C Company), 3rd Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - (04?).1945 POW in German captivity 07.09.1946 - 03.10.1955 permanent commission, The Gordon Highlanders
Wright, Philip Richard Thomas "Pop" Son of Richard Gane Wright, and Gladwys Sirsie Chaning Wright. Husband of Iola Elizabeth Wright, of Burton-on-Trent.	(12?).1910 Kingston district, Middlesex / Surrey - 19.09.1944 (KIA) [age 33] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, 19.C.17]	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 03.08.1940 [140491] WS/Lt. 03.02.1942 T/Capt. 13.08.1942 A/Maj. 1944?	Solicitor. 03.08.1940 commissioned, The North Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's) [emergency commission] (07.1943) Second-in-Command, D Company, 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Sicily) (09.1944) - 19.09.1944 Officer Commanding, C Company, 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Arnhem [killed in action])
Wyss, Ernest Mariel "Oscar" Son of Fritz Wyss, and Florence Whittaker.	(03?).1919 Chester district, Cheshire / Flintshire - 20.09.1944 (KIA) [age 25] [Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, 15.C.10]	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 07.09.1940 [148579] WS/Lt. 07.03.1942 T/Capt. 07.04.1943 MID 20.09.1945 Arnhem 09.44	07.09.1940 commissioned, The South Staffordshire Regiment [emergency commission] 13.12.1942 transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps [transferred back at a later stage?] (07.1943) Second-in-Command, C Company, 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Sicily) (09.1944) - 20.09.1944 Second-in-Command, D Company, 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Arnhem [killed in action])

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