British Army Officers 1939-1945

British Army Officers
1939-1945

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Aaron,
Carl
C. Aaron

?
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2nd Lt.	13.03.1943 [267892]
WS/Lt.	13.12.1943 (reld 1947)

13.03.1943

commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission]

Aaronson,
Eliezer Jacob
E.J. Aaronson

Son of ... Aaronson, and ... Chaikin.

(09?).1918
Knaresborough district, Yorkshire - West Riding
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2nd Lt.	01.08.1942 [256942]
WS/Lt.	01.02.1943

01.08.1942

commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]

Aarstad,
Martin Charlton
M.C. Aarstad

(12?).1898 Gateshead district, Durham
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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, 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] (reld 1945/46)
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

-	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, 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

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

08.12.1939

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

Abate,
Arthur Tobia
A.T. Abate

31.01.1911
St Pancras district, London
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04.1990
Honiton district, 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

Education: BSc (Eng.)

			served in the ranks for 169 days
18.12.1943			commissioned, 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

AMIEE

Abbatt,
L C
L.C. Abbatt

?
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2nd Lt.	24.04.1943
WS/Lt.	24.10.1943

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

Abbatt,
R G
R.G. Abbatt

?
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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
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07.2001
Salisbury district, Wiltshire

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

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

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

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

09.10.1942

commissioned, Auxiliary Territorial Service

Abbey,
George Sidney
G.S. Abbey

02.01.1910 ?
Huddersfield district, Yorkshire - West Riding, West Yorkshire ?
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04.1995 ?
Leeds district, Yorkshire ?

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, The West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Own) - Territorial Army
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
20.01.1943			transferred, Royal Armoured Corps

Abbey,
Ian Edward
I.E. Abbey

?
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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, The Leicestershire Regiment [emergency commission]
			[Combined Operations HQ ??]

Abbey,
John Howard
J.H. Abbey

?
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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, 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

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

Abbey,
Walter Frederick
W.F. Abbey

?
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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, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]

Abbey,
William George
W.G. Abbey

?
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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, Pioneer Corps [emergency commission]

Abbie,
John Lochart
J.L. Abbie

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

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

Abbiss,
Arthur George
A.G. Abbiss

?
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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
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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

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

17.08.1939			commissioned, Royal Engineers - Territorial Army
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
01.08.1940			transferred, Royal Regiment of Artillery

Abbiss,
Richard Albert
R.A. Abbiss

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

17.05.1941

commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]

Abbiss,
William James
W.J. Abbiss

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

29.05.1942

commissioned, Pioneer Corps [emergency commission]

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