| W |
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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..
|
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
|
|
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)
|
|
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)
|
|
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
|
|
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)
|
|
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?
|
|
|
|
|
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] |
|
|
-
|
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]
|
|
?
|
|
|
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.
|
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
|
|
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
|
* 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)
|
|
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.
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14.02.1921
Tynemouth district, Northumberland
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11.09.1999
Whitley Bay
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Cadet
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?
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2nd
Lt.
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17.01.1942
[222736]
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WS/Lt.
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01.10.1942
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Lt.
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07.06.1947,
seniority 14.08.1943
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A/Capt.
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01.05.1946-31.07.1946
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T/Capt.
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01.08.1946-07.01.1947
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WS/Capt.
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08.01.1947
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Capt.
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14.02.1948
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A/Maj.
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08.10.1946-07.01.1947
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T/Maj.
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08.01.1947-02.04.1947,
25.05.1947-18.07.1947, 08.10.1947-11.10.1950, 01.11.1951-13.02.1955
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Maj.
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14.02.1955
(retd 22.01.1960)
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MID
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07.01.1949
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Palestine
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served in
the ranks for 2 years 138 days; mobilized TA
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17.01.1942
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commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission to 06.06.1947]
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10.03.1943
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-
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26.09.1944
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Intelligence
Officer, 9th (Airborne) Field Company RE (N Africa, Sicily, Taranto, Arnhem
[wounded, captured])
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26.09.1944
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-
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05.1945
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POW in
German captivity (attempted escape, but was recaptured)
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1946?
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-
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1948
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9th
Airborne Squadron RE (Palestine)
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07.06.1947
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permanent
commission
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1948
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-
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1960
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Military
Survey Officer (specialising in geodetic and photogrammetric survey
developments & undertakings in Europe, Africa and the Middle East)
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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.
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Withecombe,
Eric

Son of William Edward Withecombe, and Edith
Camilla Mill.
Married Freda Mary (née ...) (08.02.1921 -
10.1988); one daughter, one son.
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18.01.1920
Bideford district, Devon
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22.09.2005
(hospital) Budleigh Salterton, Devon
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Cadet
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?
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2nd Lt.
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05.12.1942 [255048]
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WS/Lt.
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05.06.1943
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05.12.1942
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commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
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(09.1944)
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Liaison
Officer, 2nd Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery RA (Arnhem [captured])
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09.1944
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-
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(04?).1945
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POW
in German captivity
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Withers,
Lennard

Son of Henry C. Withers, and Alison Mary Slater.
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(09?).1921
Croydon, Greater London
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Cadet
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?
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2nd Lt.
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22.02.1941 [174423]
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WS/Lt.
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22.08.1942
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T/Capt.
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20.12.1944
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?
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-
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07.06.1941
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Sandhurst
Officer Cadet Training Unit
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07.06.1941
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commissioned, The Northamptonshire Regiment [emergency commission]
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(07.1943)
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Officer
Commanding, 15 Platoon (C Company), 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire
Regiment (Sicily)
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(09.1944)
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Officer
Commanding, No. 2 Mortar Platoon (Support
Company), 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Arnhem [escaped])
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Withnall,
William Charles

Son of George Henry Withnall, and Jayne Evans.
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28.07.1918
Newport, Shropshire
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(03?).1976
Wrekin district
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Cadet
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?
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2nd
Lt.
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24.12.1942
[258055]
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WS/Lt.
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24.06.1943
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A/Capt.
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?
(reld 1946)
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24.12.1942
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commissioned,
The North Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's) [emergency commission]
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(09.1944)
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Officer
Commanding, 7 Platoon (A Company), 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment
(Arnhem [captured])
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09.1944
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-
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(04?).1945
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POW
in German captivity
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Wood,
Peter Warburton

Son of Warburton William Wood, and Lilian Mary
Brettle.
From Nottingham.
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(09?).1919
Nottingham district, Nottinghamshire
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Cadet
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?
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2nd Lt.
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05.10.1940 [151302]
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WS/Lt.
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05.04.1942
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T/Capt.
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04.03.1943-(04.1944),
13.12.1944-(04.1946)
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Hon.
Capt.
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?
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?
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-
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05.10.1940
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Officer
Cadet Training Unit
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05.10.1940
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commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
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09.12.1943
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transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment
- Army Air Corps
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(09.1944)
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Section
Commander, C Squadron (No. 2 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem)
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Wood,
R
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?
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Cadet
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?
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2nd Lt.
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?
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WS/Lt.
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?
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?
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commissioned, Parachute Regiment
- Army Air Corps [emergency commission]
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(09.1944)
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Officer
Commanding, 3 Platoon (A Company), 11th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem)
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Wood,
Ronald William
"Ron"

Son of William and Mary Wood, of Pershore,
Worcestershire.
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1916
?
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23.09.1944
(DOW) [age 28]
[Utrecht (Soestbergen) General Cemetery, 12D.2.13] |
Cadet
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?
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2nd Lt.
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23.10.1943 [296198]
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WS/Lt.
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1944?
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23.10.1943
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commissioned, Parachute Regiment
- Army Air Corps [emergency commission]
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(09.1944)
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-
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23.09.1944
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Officer
Commanding, 6 Platoon (B Company), 156th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [died of
wounds])
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Woods,
James Henry

Son of Michael Woods, KPM (King's Police Medal), and Alice L. Roberts, of Finchley,
Middlesex.
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(12?).1916
St Olave district, London
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25.09.1944
(KIA) [age 28]
[Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, 26.B.9]
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Cadet
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?
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2nd
Lt.
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24.04.1943
[273331]
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WS/Lt.
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24.10.1943
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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
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joined the
Army
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24.04.1943
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commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
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(09.1944)
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-
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25.09.1944
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Gun
Position Officer, D Troop, 2nd Airlanding Light Battery RA (Arnhem [killed in
action])
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Woods,
Reginald Bryan
"Dan" / "Lakari"
Son of Capt. Alfred Reginald Woods, and Eileen
Elizabeth Woods, of Lenaderg, Co. Down, Northern Ireland.
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25.06.1919
Malahide, Co. Dublin
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14.10.1944
(DOW) [age 25]
[Becklingen War Cemetery, 8.C.3] |
Cadet
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?
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2nd Lt.
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01.03.1941 [176460]
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WS/Lt.
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01.09.1942
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Education: Sedburgh School; Queens' College,
Cambridge University (Medieval & Modern Languages, BA by proxy 1941).
| 01.03.1941 |
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commissioned, The Royal Ulster Rifles [emergency commission] |
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1st
(Airborne) Battalion The Royal Ulster Rifles |
| 05.05.1943 |
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transferred, Parachute Regiment
- Army Air Corps |
| (09.1944) |
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Officer
Commanding, Mortar Platoon (Support Company), 2nd Parachute Battalion (North
Africa, Sicily, Arnhem [wounded, captured]) |
| 09.1944 |
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14.10.1944 |
POW
in German captivity [died of wounds] |
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Woodward,
Geoffrey Calvin

Mother's maiden name Norton ??
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(09?).1913
??
Abingdon district, Berkshire / Oxfordshire
??
-
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Cadet
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?
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2nd Lt.
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14.09.1940 [148970]
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WS/Lt.
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14.03.1942
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T/Capt.
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16.06.1944
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14.09.1940
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commissioned,
The South Staffordshire Regiment [emergency commission]
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(09.1944)
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Officer
Commanding, Anti-Tank Group (Support
Company), 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Arnhem [wounded,
captured])
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09.1944
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-
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(04?).1945
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POW
in German captivity
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Wright,
David

From Glasgow.
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?
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Lt.
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20.12.1941 [218952]
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WS/Capt.
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20.12.1942 |
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Education: MB
20.12.1941
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commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission]
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(1942/43)
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16th
Parachute Field Ambulance (N Africa [OC No. 1 Section])
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(09.1944)
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Medical
Officer, 1st Parachute Brigade (Arnhem [captured])
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09.1944
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-
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(04?).1945
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POW in
German captivity
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Wright,
Leonard William
"Len"
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09.02.1923
??
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01.2003 ??
Ipswich district, Suffolk ??
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Cadet
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?
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2nd Lt.
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22.05.1943 [276874]
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WS/Lt.
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22.11.1943
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Lt.
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07.09.1946,
seniority 09.08.1945
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Capt.
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09.02.1950
(retd 03.10.1955; receiving a gratuity)
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22.05.1943
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commissioned,
Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps [emergency commission]
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(09.1944)
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-
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20.09.1944
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Officer
Commanding, 9 Platoon (C Company), 3rd Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [captured])
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09.1944
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-
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(04?).1945
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POW in
German captivity
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07.09.1946
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-
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03.10.1955
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permanent
commission, The Gordon Highlanders
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Wright,
Philip Richard Thomas
"Pop"

Son of Richard Gane Wright, and Gladwys Sirsie
Chaning Wright.
Husband of Iola Elizabeth Wright, of Burton-on-Trent.
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(12?).1910
Kingston district, Middlesex / Surrey
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19.09.1944
(KIA) [age 33]
[Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, 19.C.17]
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Cadet
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?
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2nd Lt.
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03.08.1940 [140491]
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WS/Lt.
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03.02.1942
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T/Capt.
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13.08.1942
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A/Maj.
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1944?
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Solicitor.
03.08.1940
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commissioned,
The North Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's) [emergency commission]
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(07.1943)
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Second-in-Command,
D Company, 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Sicily)
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(09.1944)
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-
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19.09.1944
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Officer
Commanding, C Company, 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Arnhem
[killed in action])
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Wyss,
Ernest Mariel
"Oscar"
Son of Fritz Wyss, and Florence Whittaker.
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(03?).1919
Chester district, Cheshire / Flintshire
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20.09.1944
(KIA) [age 25]
[Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, 15.C.10]
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Cadet
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?
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2nd Lt.
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07.09.1940 [148579]
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WS/Lt.
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07.03.1942
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T/Capt.
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07.04.1943
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MID
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20.09.1945
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Arnhem
09.44
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07.09.1940
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commissioned, The South Staffordshire Regiment [emergency commission]
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13.12.1942
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transferred,
Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps [transferred back at a later stage?]
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(07.1943)
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Second-in-Command,
C Company, 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire
Regiment (Sicily)
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(09.1944)
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-
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20.09.1944
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Second-in-Command,
D Company, 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire
Regiment (Arnhem [killed in action])
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