British Army Officers 1939-1945

British Army Officers
1939-1945

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Aaron, C.
to
Abbott, J.P.F.

Abbott, J.R.
to
Abel, W.K.J.

Abel Smith, A.
to
Abulafia, A.

Acarnley, C.E.
to
Aitken, W.H.H.

Aizlewood, J.A.
to
Anstice, J.H.

Arbuthnot, A.R.C.
to
Arbuthnott, R.K.

Archdale, A.
to
Azzopardi, M.F.

C. Aaron to J.P.F. Abbott

Aaron,
Carl
C. Aaron

?
-

2nd Lt.	13.03.1943 [267892]
WS/Lt.	13.12.1943

13.03.1943

commissioned into the Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission]

Aaronson,
Eliezer Jacob
E.J. Aaronson

?
-

2nd Lt.	01.08.1942 [256942]
WS/Lt.	01.02.1943

01.08.1942

commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]

Aarstad,
Martin Charlton
M.C. Aarstad

?
[(12?).1898 at Gateshead, Durham ??]
-
14.08.1963
Ponteland, Newcastle upon Tyne

2nd Lt.	20.05.1940 [131483]
WS/Lt.	20.08.1940
T/Capt.	20.08.1940
Hon. Capt.	1945/46 (retd)

20.05.1940

commissioned onto the General List [emergency commission]

Office manager.

Aarvold,
[His Honour Sir] Carl Douglas
C.D. Aarvold

Son of late O. P. and J. M. Aarvold, West Hartlepool, County Durham; married 1934, Noeline Etrenne Hill,
Denton Park, Yorks; three sons.

07.06.1907
Hartlepool, Durham
-
17.03.1991
Dorking, Surrey

2nd Lt.	02.09.1939 [104391]
WS/Capt.	07.04.1941
T/Maj.	22.07.1943
WS/Maj.	16.05.1944
T/Lt.Col.	1944/45?
Hon. Lt.Col.	1945/46 (retd)

-	Kt	01.01.1968	New Year 68
	OBE	14.06.1945	HM's birthday 45
	TD	1950	?

"A top class sportsman" who "played rugby for England at wing threequarter, winning 16 caps in all and captaining the national side. He also played other games to a very high standard." He played in the 1926 Varsity Match, at Roehampton, the first full fixture (won by Cambridge by 334-241), also in 1927, and captained the VIII in 1928 (when Oxford won by 2 points!).

Education: Durham School; Emmanuel College, Cambridge (Hon. Fellow, 1976)

			late Cadet CSM, Durham School Contingent, Junior Division, OTC
1932			called to the Bar, Inner Temple
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
02.09.1939			commissioned into the Royal Artillery - Territorial Army

Judge. North Eastern Circuit. Master of the Bench, Inner Temple, 1959. Recorder of Pontefract, 1951-54; a Judge of the Mayor's and City of London Court, 1954-59; Common Serjeant, City of London, 1959-64; Recorder of the City of London, 1964-1975. Chairman, City of London QS, 1969-71.
Chairman, Inner London Probation Committee, 1965-75; President, Central Council of Probation Committees, 1968-75; Chairman, Home Secretary's Advice Board on Restricted Patients, 1978-81. Chairman: RAC, 1978-81; Statutory Committee, Pharmaceutical Society, 1981-86. DL Surrey, 1973. Hon. LLD Dalhousie, 1962; Hon. DCL Durham, 1965. President, Lawn Tennis Association, 1962-81.

Abadir,
Francis
F. Abadir

?
-

Lt.	08.12.1939 [111562]
WS/Capt.	08.12.1940
Hon. Capt.	1945/46 (retd)

08.12.1939

commissioned into the Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission]

Abadir,
Samwil Kaldas
S.K. Abadir

?
-

Lt.	29.05.1943 [287337]
WS/Capt.	29.05.1944 (retd 10.09.1946)

29.05.1943

commissioned into the Royal Army Medical Corps - Egypt Section [emergency commission]

Abate,
Arthur Tobia
A.T. Abate

31.01.1911
St Pancras, London
-
04.1990
Honiton, Devon

Cadet	? [16001262]
2nd Lt.	18.12.1943 [303451]
WS/Lt.	18.12.1943
Lt.	01.03.1947, seniority 31.01.1934
A/Capt.	21.04.1944-20.07.1944
T/Capt.	21.07.1944-28.02.1947
Capt.	01.03.1947, seniority 31.01.1942
A/Maj.	01.07.1947-30.09.1947
T/Maj.	01.10.1947-23.11.1948
Maj.	24.11.1948
T/Lt.Col.	01.10.1952-31.03.1953
Lt.Col.	01.04.1953 [Emp. List 1 13.08.1956]
T/Col.	07.08.1954
Brig.	31.03.1961 (retd 03.04.1963)

OBE

09.06.1955

HM's birthday

AMIEE

Education: BSc (Eng.)

			served in the ranks for 169 days
18.12.1943			commissioned into the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers [emergency commission to 28.02.1947]
21.04.1944	-	30.06.1944	lecturer, Electrical Engineering Branch, Military College of Science (Fire Control School)
01.03.1947			permanent commission
01.07.1947	-	10.09.1947	instructor, Military College of Science
07.10.1947	-	09.10.1948	TSO2, Military College of Science
01.12.1948	-	14.02.1949	GSO2 (Tech.)
30.01.1951	-	05.11.1951	Deputy Assistant Director of Mechanical Engineering, HQ Anti-Aircraft Group
22.12.1951	-	30.09.1952	TSO2 (MCS) Department of Guided Weapons
01.10.1952	-	06.08.1954	TSO1 Department of Guided Weapons
07.08.1954	-	05.06.1955	Military Representative to the Director-General of Guided Weapons

Abbatt,
L C
L.C. Abbatt

?
-

2nd Lt.	24.04.1943
WS/Lt.	24.10.1943

24.04.1943			commissioned into the Intelligence Corps [emergency commission]
25.10.1943	-	(04.1944)	Intelligence Officer, Intelligence Section, Eastern Command

Abbatt,
R G
R.G. Abbatt

?
-

2nd Lt.

Territorial Army Reserve of Officers (for service with the Army Cadet Force, County of Middlesex)

Abberton,
Leslie George
L.G. Abberton

03.01.1914
-
07.2001
Salisbury, Wiltshire

2nd Lt.	19.04.1941 [182593]
WS/Lt.	19.04.1941
T/Capt.	10.02.1943

19.04.1941			commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
			Instructor in FC

Abbey,
Miss Dorothy Evelyn Barbara
D.E.B. Abbey

?
-

2nd Sub.	09.10.1942 [250007]
WS/Sub.	09.04.1943
Hon. Sub.	1945/46 (reld)

09.10.1942

commissioned into the Auxiliary Territorial Service

Abbey,
George Sidney
G.S. Abbey

?
-

2nd Lt.	24.06.1939 [94801]
WS/Lt.	30.12.1940
T/Capt.	30.12.1940

			late Cadet, Taunton School Contingent, Junior Division, OTC
24.06.1939			commissioned into The West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Own) - Territorial Army
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
20.01.1943			transferred to the Royal Armoured Corps

Abbey,
Ian Edward
I.E. Abbey

?
-

2nd Lt.	21.12.1940 [162408]
WS/Lt.	11.10.1941
T/Capt.	11.10.1941
WS/Capt.	23.05.1945
T/Maj.	23.05.1945

MID

07.11.1946

special operations SE Asia

21.12.1940			commissioned into the The Leicestershire Regiment [emergency commission]
			[Combined Operations HQ ??]

Abbey,
John Howard
J.H. Abbey

?
-
19.04.1944
(KIA)
[Imphal War Cemetery, 9.E.17]

2nd Lt.	28.12.1940 [165472]
WS/Lt.	28.06.1942
T/Capt.	15.11.1943

MID

05.04.1945

Burma / Eastern Frontier India

28.12.1940			commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
?	-	19.04.1944	attached 38th Battery, 29th Light Mountain Regiment, Royal Indian Artillery

Abbey,
J R
J.R. Abbey

?
-

T/2nd Lt.	27.11.1914 [48360]
A/Capt.	08.09.1917 (additional)
T/Capt.	17.01.1919
Capt.	08.08.1919
A?/Maj.	?
Hon. Maj.	19.10.1946 (retd)

1914?			commissioned into The Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)
17.01.1919			Deputy Assistant Provost Marshal, attached to a HQ unit
?			transferred to the Regular Army Reserve of Officers, Class II
22.03.1941			transferred to the Army Catering Corps
17.11.1941			transferred to The Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)

Abbey,
Walter Frederick
W.F. Abbey

?
-

2nd Lt.	19.12.1941 [222182]
WS/Lt.	19.12.1941
T/Capt.	22.12.1942
Hon. Capt.	1945/46 (retd)

19.12.1941

commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]

Abbey,
William George
W.G. Abbey

?
-

2nd Lt.	26.08.1940 [146552]
WS/Capt.	14.07.1942
T/Maj.	14.07.1942
WS/Maj.	01.09.1944
T/Lt.Col.	?
Hon. Lt.Col.	1945/46 (retd)

commissioned into the Pioneer Corps [emergency commission]

Abbie,
John Lochart
J.L. Abbie

?
-

RQMS	?
2nd Lt.	14.09.1940 [147042]
WS/Lt.	10.08.1941
T/Capt.	18.05.1943
Hon. Capt.	1945/46 (retd)

commissioned into The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) [emergency commission]

Abbiss,
Arthur George
A.G. Abbiss

?
-

S/Sgt.	?
2nd Lt.	29.08.1942
WS/Lt.	28.02.1943
T/Capt.	22.07.1943

29.08.1942			commissioned into the Indian Army [emergency commission]
			specially employed

Abbiss,
Frederick Kenneth
F.K. Abbiss

(03?).1905
Brentford, Middlesex
-

2nd Lt.	25.09.1943 [294875]
Lt. & Paym.	25.03.1945

25.09.1943

commissioned into the Royal Army Pay Corps [emergency commission]

Abbiss,
H J
H.J. Abbiss

?
-

2nd Lt.	17.08.1939 [76584]
WS/Lt.	01.01.1941
Capt.	27.10.1945
A/Maj.	15.06.1942

17.08.1939			commissioned into the Royal Engineers - Territorial Army
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
01.08.1940			transferred to the Royal Artillery

Abbiss,
Richard Albert
R.A. Abbiss

?
-

2nd Lt.	17.05.1941 [187359]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942
T/Capt.	16.09.1944

17.05.1941

commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]

Abbiss,
William James
W.J. Abbiss

?
-

2nd Lt.	29.05.1942 [235106]
WS/Lt.	29.11.1942
Hon. Lt.	1945/46 (retd)

29.05.1942

commissioned into the Pioneer Corps [emergency commission]

Abbot,
Edward George Henry
E.G.H. Abbot

?
-

2nd Lt.	15.10.1941 [220631]
WS/Lt.	01.06.1943

15.10.1941

commissioned on the General List [emergency commission]

Abbot,
Frederick Maurice
F.M. Abbot

?
-

2nd Lt.	23.03.1940 [124648]
WS/Lt.	23.09.1941
T/Capt.	?
Hon. Capt.	1945/46 (retd)

23.03.1940

commissioned into The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [emergency commission]

Abbot,
Richard
R. Abbot

?
-

2nd Lt.	13.05.1942 [234773]
WS/Lt.	13.05.1942
T/Capt.	22.09.1943

Education: BSc

13.05.1942			commissioned into the Royal Army Ordnance Corps - MM Branch [emergency commission]
01.10.1942			transferred to the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
(04.1944)			School of Anti-Aircraft Artillery

Abbott,
Albert
A. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	05.12.1942 [254722]
WS/Lt.	05.06.1943
Lt. & Paym.	05.06.1944

05.12.1942

commissioned into the Royal Army Pay Corps [emergency commission]

Abbott,
Albert Leigh
A.L. Abbott

Father of Capt. Anthony Cecil Abbott.

(12?).1890
Hendon, Greater London, Middlesex
-
1952

2nd Lt.	21.08.1915 [25211]
A/Lt.	?
Lt.	01.07.1917, seniority 01.06.1916
A/Capt.	27.05.1917-22.10.1918
A/Maj.	22.10.1918-17.06.1919
Maj.	24.03.1920
Lt.Col.	16.02.1933
Bt. Col.	16.02.1937 [supernumerary 16.02.1939]

MC	03.06.1918	HM's birthday; France & Flanders
TD	?	?
CdeG	15.04.1918	Belgian Croix de Guerre; date of British gazetting

			served as a Corporal in the London Regiment
21.08.1915			commissioned into the London Divisional Engineers
?			transferred to the Corps of Royal Engineers - Territorial Army
(06.1933)	-	16.02.1939	Commander Royal Engineers, 56th (1st London) Division [Territorial Army and Supplementary Reserve]
16.02.1939			transferred from the Active List to the Territorial Army Reserve of Officers, Class II
?	-	05.11.1943	employed as a Lt.Col.; restored to Brevet rank of Col.

FRIBA

Abbott,
Anthony Cecil
A.C. Abbott

Son of Col. Albert Leigh Abbott, and Alice Elizabeth Abbott. From Gerrards Cross.

23.08.1921
-
10.03.1992
Brighton, Sussex

2nd Lt.	15.11.1941 [214770]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942
Lt.	23.03.1946, seniority 23.02.1944
T/Capt.	01.11.1945

12.07.1945

NW Europe

RDI (1972); RIBA

Education: Dulwich College; Architectural Association (AADip Hons)

15.11.1941			commissioned into the Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission to 22.03.1946]
23.03.1946			permanent commission [notification cancelled 18.10.1946]

Senior Designer, BBC Television, since 1962 (Designer, 1954-62). AA, 1946-51; Architects' Dept, LCC; private practice, designing new Kuwait, 1952-54.
Work for television includes: opera: Billy Budd, 1966; Rigoletto, La Bohème, Faust, 1968; Otello, 1969; drama: Horror of Darkness, 1964; Brothers Karamazov, Poet Game, 1965; The Idiot, Somerset Maugham, 1984, Out of the Unknown, Ross, 1966; Richard II, Beyond the Sunrise, 1968; Rembrandt, Vortex, 1969; St Joan, The Tempest, 1970; Traitor, The General's Day, Sextet, 1971; Oh Fat White Woman, The Grievance, The Merchant of Venice, Lady Windermere's Fan, 1972; Caucasian Chalk Circle, Loyalties, Secrets, An Imaginative Woman (film), Twelfth Night, 1973; The Applecart, ForgetMeNotLane, Savages, 1974; A Story to Frighten the Children (film), Look Back in Anger, 1975; 84
Charing Cross Road, A Picture of Dorian Gray, Abide with Me (film), Rogue Male (film), 1976; Heartbreak House, She Fell Amongst Thieves (film), 1977; Beaux Stratagem, Richard II, Julius Caesar, 1978; Crime and Punishment, 1979; Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, The Crucible, The Fatal Spring, 1980; Timon of Athens, Little Eyolf, Baal, 1981; Accounts, 1982; Shibear-Going Home; A Fellow by the Name of (film); Mr Pye (film), 1985; theatre work includes: Hotel in Amsterdam, Time Present, This Story is Yours, Look Back in Anger, 1968; Fidelio (opera), The Marquise, So What About Love, 1969; The Entertainer, 1974; The Exorcism, 1975; Julius Caesar (opera), 1984. Awards: Guild of TV Directors and Producers: Designer of the Year, for The Idiot, 1984, Billy Budd, 1966; Pye Colour Award: Best Colour Prodn, for Otello, 1969; Soc. of Film and TV Arts: Designer of the Year, for Vortex, Rembrandt, 1970.

Abbott,
Arnold Noel
A.N. Abbott

?
-

A/Cpl.	?
2nd Lt.	04.04.1943 [...]
WS/Lt.	04.10.1943

04.04.1943

commissioned into the Indian Army [emergency commission]

Abbott,
Arthur Brinsmead
A.B. Abbott

?
-

Sgt.	?
2nd Lt.	09.03.1940 [124909]
WS/Lt.	09.09.1941
T/Capt.	09.01.1943
Hon. Capt.	1945/46 (retd)

23.01.1947

09.03.1940

commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]

Abbott,
Arthur Charles
A.C. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	19.07.1941 [198566]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942
Lt.	01.11.1946, seniority 01.10.1942
T/Capt.	16.05.1945

19.07.1941			commissioned into the Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission to 31.10.1946]
01.11.1946			permanent commission

Abbott,
Arthur Dare
A.D. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	30.03.1942 [229413]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942
WS/Capt.	21.02.1945
T/Maj.	?
Hon. Maj.	1945/46 (retd)

11.06.1948

?; 2nd clasp

30.03.1942			commissioned into the Pioneer Corps [emergency commission]
			joined TA after retirement ?

Abbott,
Barry Atkinson
B.A. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	30.08.1940 [161522]
WS/Lt.	01.03.1942

30.08.1940

commissioned onto the General List [emergency commission]

Abbott,
Bernard
B. Abbott

04.02.1895
-
06.1984
Ludlow, Herefordshire

T/2nd Lt.	28.03.1917-27.09.1918
T/ Lt.	28.09.1918-30.11.1920, 02.07.1923-23.08.1926
Lt.	24.08.1926, seniority 02.07.1923
A/Capt.	12.06.1919-09.11.1919 (demobilized 10.11.1919)
Capt.	02.01.1927
Maj.	02.07.1935
A/Lt.Col.	08.12.1941-07.03.1942
T/Lt.Col.	08.03.1942
A/Col.	11.09.1945
Col.	11.09.1949 (retd 04.02.1952)

British War Medal; Victory Medal

Education: LDS

			served in the ranks for 1 year 294 days
			served in the Great War (France & Belgium 03.06.1916-31.07.1916, 04.1917-09.1917; wounded)
12.06.1919	-	09.11.1919	company commander, King's Own Scottish Borderers
24.08.1926			commissioned into The Army Dental Corps
			?

Colonel Commandant, The Royal Army Dental Corps 08.03.1954-[early 1960s?].

Abbott,
Bernard Cyril
B.C. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	03.10.1942 [243625]
WS/Lt.	03.04.1943
T/Capt.	01.06.1945

03.10.1942

commissioned into the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers [emergency commission]

Abbott,
Bernard John
B.J. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	10.07.1940 [108051], got backdated seniority of 03.09.1939 on 01.02.1944
WS/Lt.	25.01.1941
T/Capt.	25.01.1941
WS/Capt.	19.01.1943
T/Maj.	19.01.1943
T/Lt.Col.	?
Hon. Lt.Col.	26.12.1945 (retd)

			served the Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps
10.07.1940			commissioned into The Lincolnshire Regiment [emergency commission]

Abbott,
Bryan
B. Abbott

From North Shields.

?
-

TSM	?
2nd Lt.	25.05.1940 [132973]
WS/Lt.	?
T/Capt.	?
WS/Capt.	10.07.1943
A/Maj.	?
T/Maj.	10.07.1943
WS/Maj.	?
T/Lt.Col.	?
Hon. Lt.Col.	10.05.1947 (retd)

	MBE	29.03.1945	NW Europe
	MID	13.01.1944	Middle East

25.05.1940

commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]

Abbott,
Bryan William
B.W. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	17.05.1941 [65947]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942, backdated 25.08.1942
T/Capt.	25.08.1942

17.05.1941

commissioned into the Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]

Abbott,
C W
C.W. Abbott

?
-

Lt.	11.11.1935 [...]

			commissioned into the Indian Army [emergency commission]
08.01.1941			relinquished his commission [but still listed in the April 1946 Army List]

Abbott,
Cecil James Frederick *
C.J.F. Abbott

* also encountered: Frederic

16.05.1893
Wandsworth, London, Surrey
-
[02.1967 still alive]

2nd Lt.	25.06.1921, seniority 26.09.1916 [21162]
Lt.	26.03.1918
Capt.	01.02.1926 (retd 04.04.1935)
Bt. Maj.	01.09.1939 (RARO)
WS/Maj.	19.06.1943
T/Lt.Col.	19.06.1943
Hon. Lt.Col.	05.09.1945 (retd RARO; age limit)

	MBE	?	?
	MC	01.01.1919	Italy