British Army Officers 1939-1945

British Army Officers
1939-1945

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E.G.H. Abbot to G.D.M. Abbotts

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

?
-

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

15.10.1941

commissioned, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]

Abbott,
C W
C.W. Abbott

?
-

Lt.	11.11.1935 [...]

			commissioned, 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 found as: 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

			served Great War in the 2nd Battalion The Honourable Artillery Company
25.06.1921			commissioned, The Honourable Artillery Company
27.02.1928	-	(03.1931)	Adjutant, 5th (Territorial) Battalion The Manchester Regiment
(06.1933)			1st Battalion The Manchester Regiment
			transferred, Regular Army Reserve of Officers, Class II
(04.1944)			Commandant, Northallerton Military Prison and Detention Barrack

Abbott,
Charles Sidney
C.S. Abbott

Son of Sidney and Gertrude Abbott; husband of Cicely Abbott, of South Tottenham, Middlesex.

1918 ?
-
06.09.1944
(KIA) [age 26]
[Cassino Memorial, panel 5]

2nd Lt.	12.04.1941 [180919]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942

Edcuation: BA

12.04.1941			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
06.06.1944			transferred, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
?	-	06.09.1944	9th Battalion The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) (Italy [killed in action])

Abbott,
Cyril Douglas
C.D. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	14.11.1942 [252913]
WS/Lt.	14.05.1943

14.11.1942

commissioned, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers [emergency commission]

Abbott,
Cyril Edmund
C.E. Abbott

?
-

Lt.	15.07.1942 [...] = Assistant Ordnance Mechanical Engineer

15.07.1942

commissioned, Indian Army Departments [emergency commission]

Abbott,
Cyril John Milford
C.J.M. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	10.05.1939 [...]
WS/Lt.	09.10.1940
T/Capt.	10.12.1940
WS/Capt.	04.03.1944
T/Maj.	?
Hon. Maj.	1945/46 (retd)

			late Cadet-Corporal, Uppingham School Contingent, Junior Division, OTC
10.05.1939			commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps - Territorial Army
24.08.1939			mobilized TA

Abbott,
David Adrian
D.A. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	19.10.1940 [153286]
WS/Lt.	19.04.1942
T/Capt.	?
Hon. Capt.	1945/46 (retd)

19.10.1940

commissioned, The South Lancashire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Volunteers) [emergency commission]

Abbott,
David Higgs
D.H. Abbott

?
-

Cadet	? [1116968]
2nd Lt.	18.12.1943 [302815]
WS/Lt.	18.06.1944

18.12.1943

commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]

Abbott,
Dennis
D. Abbott

14.11.1909
-

2nd Lt.	29.08.1929 [AI 874]
Lt.	29.11.1931
Capt.	01.08.1938
A/Maj.	02.03.1941-01.06.1941
T/Maj.	02.06.1941-20.06.1941, 31.05.1942-...
Maj.	01.07.1946
T/Lt.Col.	?
Hon. Lt.Col.	01.10.1948 (retd)

29.08.1929			commissioned, General List
22.10.1930			transferred to the Indian Army
			?

Abbott,
Dennis Leigh
D.L. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	23.11.1940 [158200]
WS/Lt.	23.05.1942
T/Capt.	07.09.1944

	MID	10.05.1945	NW Europe
	OON	18.07.1947	?

Efficiency Medal, Territorial, 12.08.1949.

23.11.1940

commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]

Abbott,
Douglas Bramwell
D.B. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	11.07.1942 [240023] 1580b
WS/Lt.	11.01.1943
T/Capt.	15.10.1945

11.07.1942

commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission]

Abbott,
Douglas Charles
D.C. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	31.03.1943 [286821]
WS/Lt.	? (retd 14.05.1945)

31.03.1943

commissioned, Territorial Army Reserve of Officers, Special List (for service with the Army Cadet Force, Surrey)

Abbott,
Douglas George Charles
D.G.C. Abbott

?
-

Lt.	15.04.1941 [181975]
WS/Capt.	28.02.1942
T/Maj.	28.02.1942
Hon. Maj.	1945/46 (retd)
Capt.	01.10.1946, seniority 28.02.1942

MID

04.04.1946

NW Europe

15.04.1941			commissioned into the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [emergency commission]
21.08.1942			transferred to the Royal Army Ordnance Corps - Administrative Branch
01.10.1946			short service commission

Abbott,
Douglas Henry
D.H. Abbott

?
-

Cadet	? [7664711]
2nd Lt.	06.11.1943 [67330]
WS/Lt.	06.05.1944

06.11.1943

commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission]

Abbott,
Douglas William David
D.W.D. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	19.07.1941 [198288] 554a
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942
T/Capt.	16.09.1944

19.07.1941

commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]

Abbott,
E H
E.H. Abbott

?
-

WS/Sjt.Maj.

02.12.1939 [...]

02.12.1939

Warrant Officer, Class I - Artillery Clerk [Royal Regiment of Artillery]

Abbott,
E W
E.W. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	19.07.1941
WS/Lt.	28.01.1942
T/Capt.	28.01.1942

19.07.1941

commissioned into the Indian Army [emergency commission]

Abbott,
Edward James
E.J. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	22.05.1943 [288386]
WS/Lt.	22.11.1943

22.05.1943

commissioned into the Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission]

Abbott,
Edward Walter
E.W. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	23.06.1941 [191669]
WS/Lt.	25.01.1942
T/Capt.	18.11.1943
Hon. Capt.	1945/46 (retd)

23.06.1941			commissioned into the Royal Army Ordnance Corps - Administrative Branche [emergency commission]
23.05.1942			transferred to the Pioneer Corps

Abbott,
Francis Louis
F.L. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	27.07.1940 [140009]
WS/Lt.	27.01.1942
T/Capt.	16.07.1943-(04.1944), 08.04.1945-(04.1946)

27.07.1940			commissioned into The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) [emergency commission]
(1943?)	-	(1944?)	served 2nd/7th Battalion The Middlesex Regiment [admitted to 2nd Field Ambulance 25.01.1944 and evacuated to Naples by hospital ship; rejoined 08.02.1944 from No. 1 Reception Camp]

Abbott,
Frank Clarence
F.C. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	12.07.1941 [197310]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942
Hon. Capt.	01.07.1948 (retd; to TARO)

12.07.1941			commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
01.07.1948			transferred from the Active List to the Territorial Army Reserve of Officers

Abbott,
Frederick George
F.G. Abbott

?
-

Gnr.	?
2nd Lt.	12.07.1939 [...]
WS/Lt.	12.01.1941
T/Capt.	02.04.1942
Hon. Capt.	1945/46 (retd)

			late Cadet, Brighton College Contingent, Junior Division, OTC
12.07.1939			commissioned into the Royal Artillery - Territorial Army
24.08.1939			mobilized TA

Abbott,
Frederick George
F.G. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	30.05.1942 [235062]
WS/Lt.	30.11.1942

30.05.1942

commissioned into the Reconnaissance Corps [emergency commission]

Abbott,
G
G. Abbott

?
-

WS/Staff Sjt.Maj.

21.10.1941 [...]

21.10.1941

Warrant Officer, Class I [Royal Army Service Corps]

Abbott,
Geoffrey George
G.G. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	06.03.1943 [267419]
WS/Lt.	06.09.1943
Hon. Lt.	1945/46 (retd)

06.03.1943

commissioned into the Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission]

Abbott,
Geoffrey Walter
G.W. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	21.02.1942 [226994]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942

21.02.1942

commissioned into the Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission]

Abbott,
George Cave
"Jim"
G.C. Abbott

Son of George Hodson Abbott (born 1878), and Esther Jackson.

21.06.1914
Grantham district, Leicestershire / Lincolnshire
-
11.2008 still alive

2nd Lt.	08.11.1941 [214854]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942 (reld > 04.1946)
T/Capt.	10.07.1943-(04.1946)

08.11.1941

commissioned, Royal Army Ordnance Corps - Administrative Branch [emergency commission]

Abbott,
George Charles
G.C. Abbott

05.06.1911
-

Lt. QM	25.09.1941 [211992] [emergency commission]
Lt. QM	14.09.1948 [permanent commission]
Capt. QM	01.08.1946, seniority 25.09.1944 [emergency commission]
Capt. QM	14.09.1948 [permanent commission]
Maj. QM	19.08.1953
Lt.Col. QM	07.12.1959 (retd 05.06.1966)

	MID	24.08.1944	Italy
	LSGCM	03.10.1947	?

			served in the ranks for 13 years 238 days
			served as Warrant Officer, Class I for 1 year 93 days
25.09.1941			commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission to 31.07.1946]
01.08.1946			short service commission
14.09.1948			permanent commission

Abbott,
George Frederick
G.F. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	25.09.1943 [294632]
WS/Lt.	25.09.1943
Hon. Lt.	1945/46 (retd)

25.09.1943

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

Abbott,
George William
G.W. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	15.07.1941 [199840]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942
T/Capt.	24.10.1945

			served as Sergeant, Royal Engineers
15.07.1941			commissioned onto the General List [emergency commission]

Abbott,
Graham Sharrah
G.S. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	05.02.1936 [66818]
Lt.	05.02.1939
WS/Capt.	06.08.1940
Capt.	18.09.1945, seniority 24.08.1939
A/Maj.	?
T/Maj.	25.11.1942

MID

11.01.1945

Italy

			late Cadet C.S.M., King's College School Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
05.02.1936			commissioned into the 5th Battalion East Surrey Regiment
?			transferred to the Royal Artillery - Territorial Army
(01.1939)			57th Anti-Tank Regiment RA
24.08.1939			mobilized TA

Abbott,
H E
H.E. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	16.10.1940 [...]
WS/Lt.	22.05.1941

16.10.1940

commissioned into the Indian Army [emergency commission]

Abbott,
H J
H.J. Abbott

not in Army List ?

?
-

2nd Lt.	? [108159]
WS/Maj.	?
T/Lt.Col.	?
Hon. Lt.Col.	26.12.1945 (retd)

commissioned into the Lincolnshire Regiment

Abbott,
Harold Dickenson
H.D. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	28.11.1942 [253526]
WS/Lt.	28.05.1943 (retd 1945/46)

28.11.1942

commissioned into the Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]

Abbott,
Harold Stanley
H.S. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	11.02.1940 [121932]
WS/Lt.	11.08.1941
T/Capt.	08.02.1944

11.02.1940			commissioned into The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) [emergency commission]
08.02.1944	-	(04.1944)	Assistant Instructor, Small Arms School (Netheravon Wing)
17.07.1944	-	(04.1946)	Adjutant, Infantry Heavy Weapons School, Netheravon

Abbott,
Henry James
H.J. Abbott

11.10.1894
-
died between 02.1967 and 02.1985

Lt. QM	17.10.1939 [102147]
WS/Capt. QM	01.11.1942
Capt. QM	17.10.1945
Maj. QM	15.10.1946 (retd 11.10.1949)

Meritorious Service Medal; 1914 Star & Clasp; British War Medal; Victory Medal

			served Great War in France & Belgium 17.09.1914-09.07.1915 & 26.01.1916-11.11.1918 (wounded)
			served in the ranks for 14 years 179 days; served as Warrant Officer, Class II for 6 years 233 days; served as Warrant Officer, Class I for 5 years 82 days
17.10.1939			commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery

Abbott,
Henry Linford
H.L. Abbott

?
-

Lt.	15.02.1941 [168550]
T/Capt.	21.09.1945

15.02.1941

commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]

Abbott,
Henry Ridley
H.R. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	29.01.1941 [168919]
WS/Lt.	02.04.1942
T/Capt.	02.04.1942
WS/Capt.	28.02.1944
T/Maj.	28.02.1944

			served as a Trooper, Royal Armoured Corps
29.01.1941			commissioned into the Army Educational Corps [emergency commission]

Abbott,
Henry Tudor
H.T. Abbott

02.06.1918
-
02.1990 still alive

2nd Lt.	22.10.1939 [108227]
Lt.	22.04.1941
A/Capt.	08.02.1941-07.05.1941
T/Capt.	08.05.1941-29.03.1942, 01.06.1942-03.11.1944
WS/Capt.	04.11.1944
Capt.	01.07.1946
A/Maj.	10.01.1944-15.02.1944, 11.09.1944-03.11.1944
T/Maj.	04.11.1944-01.06.1952
Maj.	02.06.1952
Lt.Col.	16.08.1959 (retd 13.03.1962)

			served in the ranks for 2 years 200 days
22.10.1939			commissioned into the Royal Army Service Corps

Abbott,
the Reverend Herbert Alldridge
R.A. Abbott

Son of B.C. Abbott. Married (1909) Gabrielle van der Weegen (died 1958); one son, one daughter.

16.03.1881
-
31.12.1962
[Shirley, Croydon, Surrey ?]

2nd Lt.	25.11.1942 [21053]
WS/Lt.	25.05.1944
A/Col.	1946?

MBE

13.06.1946

HM's birthday 46

Jubilee Medal, Cadet Long Service Award, Defence Medal, Cadet Forces Medal and Clasp.

Education: King's College, London; Queens' College, Cambridge (Exhibitioner). BA 1904, MA 1907, Hist. Tripos Parts I and II

			Tutor and Lecturer, Training College, Chester, 1906-1908; Asst Master, Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Blackburn, 1908-1911; Headmaster, Eggars Grammar School, Alton, Hants., 1911-1918; Headmaster Palmer's School, Grays, Essex, 1918-1946. Deacon, 1909; Priest, 1910. Royal Fusiliers, 1899-1903; Captain 1st VB Hampshire Regt; Executive Officer National Reserves, 1914
25.11.1942			commissioned into the Territorial Army Reserve of Officers - Special List (for service with Army Cadet Force - Essex)

Essex Cadet Committee, 1918-1946; Colonel TARO and OC Palmer's School Cadet AA Regt. RA (formerly 10th Cadet Bn Essex Regt), 1919-1950; Hon. Colonel of Essex Army Cadet Force, 1950; OC No. 2 Company, National Defence Companies, 6th Bn Essex Regt, 1936-1939; Attached to 2nd Bn Coldstream Guards, 1921. District Commissioner Boy Scouts Assoc., 1919-1934; Chairman Thurrock Youth Committee, 1940-1946; President Thurrock Sea Cadet Corps since 1940 and Chairman, 1940-1946; Chaplain 106 (Orsett Hundred) Squadron ATC; Organised and conducted first Schoolboy Party to Canada, 1926 (Life) FRHistS 1907; Founder VicePres. (1930-1931) and Pres. (1931-1932) Thurrock Rotary Club; VicePres. (Grays Branch) British Legion; Member Headmasters' Conference since 1926; Member Inc. Assoc. of Headmasters since 1911.
Prebendary of Marney (or Mornays) in Prebendal Church of St Endellion, Cornwall, June 1946-December 1958, and Vicar of Lanhydrock, Bodmin, Cornwall, September 1946-December 1958, resigned.

Abbott,
James
J. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	13.08.1942 [242357]
WS/Lt.	13.02.1943

13.08.1942

commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]

Abbott,
James
J. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	28.06.1941 [193673]
WS/Lt.	28.06.1941
T/Capt.	07.06.1943
Hon. Capt.	1945/46 (retd)

28.06.1941

commissioned into The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) [emergency commission]

Abbott,
John Alexander
J.A. Abbott

?
-

Cadet	? [11400075]
2nd Lt.	20.11.1943 [300919]
WS/Lt.	20.11.1943
T/Capt.	14.08.1945

20.11.1943

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

Abbott,
John Bertram
J.B. Abbott

?
-

Lt.	05.10.1943 [294836]
WS/Capt.	05.10.1945

05.10.1943

commissioned into the Royal Army Veterinary Corps [emergency commission]

Abbott,
John Douglas
J.D. Abbott

?
-

Lt.	08.01.1944 [306033]
WS/Capt.	08.01.1945

Education: MB

08.01.1944

commissioned into the Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission]

Abbott,
J F
J.F. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	? [] 422c
Lt.	?
T/Capt.	22.04.1916
A/Maj.	16.06.1919-10.07.1919
Maj.	17.10.1927

?			commissioned into the Indian Army
22.04.1916	-		Company Commander, 1/8th Gurkha Rifles
16.06.1919	-	10.07.1919	Second-in-Command, 3/8th Gurkha Rifles
> 06.1933		< 01.1937	retired from the Indian Army
02.07.1940			having attained the age limit of liability to recall, ceases to belong to the Indian Regular Reserve of Officers
08.08.1940			retired officer, re-employed [Royal Regiment of Artillery]

Abbott,
John Freeman
J.F. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	15.05.1943 [276919]
WS/Lt.	15.11.1943

15.05.1943

commissioned into the Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission]

Abbott,
J G H
J.G.H. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.

12.03.1943 [...]

12.03.1943

commissioned into the Territorial Army Reserve of Officers - Special List (for service with the Army Cadet Force - Hampshire & the Isle of Wight)

Abbott,
John Hallen
J.H. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	21.06.1942 [235613]
WS/Lt.	21.12.1942
A/Capt.	04.12.1943
T/Capt.	04.03.1944

21.06.1942

commissioned into the Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]

Abbott,
John Jennings
J.J. Abbott

Son of William Herbert and Alice Abbott, of Knowle, Warwickshire.

23.09.1900
-
22.04.1940
(KIA)
[Brookwood Memorial, panel 11, column 2]

2nd Lt.	24.12.1920 [17828]
Lt.	24.12.1922
Capt.	08.06.1935 (retd 01.03.1938)
Capt.	07.01.1939, army seniority 16.04.1936, regimental seniority 22.02.1936
Maj.	23.06.1939

24.12.1920			commissioned into The Worcestershire Regiment
(03.1931)			1st Battalion The Worcestershire Regiment (Plymouth)
(06.1933)			2nd Battalion The Worcestershire Regiment (Malta)
(01.1937)			2nd Battalion The Worcestershire Regiment (Sialkot)
07.01.1939			transferred from the Regular Army Reserve of Officers to the Active List
	-	22.04.1940	1st Battalion The Worcestershire Regiment (missing in action)

Abbott,
John James William
J.J.W. Abbott

?
-

Cadet	? [14324765]
2nd Lt.	27.01.1944 [303037]
WS/Lt.	28.07.1944

27.01.1944

commissioned into the The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) [emergency commission]

Abbott,
John Lancelot Stutely
J.L.S. Abbott

?
-

Cadet	? [1929304]
2nd Lt.	05.09.1943 [292527]
WS/Lt.	05.03.1944
T/Capt.	24.02.1945

05.09.1943

commissioned into the Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]

Abbott,
John Nesbitt White
J.N.W. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	05.07.1939 [92085]
WS/Lt.	27.04.1941
T/Capt.	27.04.1941-..., 06.07.1945-...

MID

24.06.1943

Middle East 42

			late Cadet, Eton College Contingent, Junior Division, OTC
05.07.1939			commissioned into the Royal Artillery - Territorial Army
24.08.1939			mobilized TA

Abbott,
John Paul Fenwick
J.P.F. Abbott

07.05.1920
-
02.1990 still alive

2nd Lt.	09.03.1940 [124878]
WS/Lt.	09.09.1941
Lt.	10.09.1949, seniority 07.11.1942
A/Capt.	10.03.1943-09.06.1943
T/Capt.	10.06.1943-04.02.1946
Capt.	01.11.1946, seniority 05.02.1946 [short service commission]
Capt.	10.09.1949, seniority 07.05.1947 [permanent commission]
A/Maj.	12.10.1945-01.12.1945, 27.01.1946-04.02.1946
T/Maj.	05.02.1946-22.05.1946, 25.09.1951-06.05.1954
Maj.	07.05.1954
T/Lt.Col.	23.04.1962-27.05.1962
Lt.Col.	28.05.1962
Col.	31.12.1966 (retd 27.04.1974)

CBE

01.01.1969

Malaya

Efficiency Medal, 2nd clasp (28.11.1947)

Education: psc

			served in the ranks for 308 days
09.03.1940			commissioned into The Royal Warwickshire Regiment [emergency commission to 31.10.1946]
(04.1944)	-	(04.1946)	on the special list of The King's African Rifles
20.01.1945	-	02.05.1945	GSO3 (Operations), Area HQ, East Asia Command
26.05.1945	-	11.10.1945	Staff Captain, ... Infantry Brigade, South East Asia Command
12.10.1945	-	01.12.1945	Brigade Major, ...
27.12.1945	-	10.02.1946	Deputy Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General (DAA&QMG), ...
23.05.1946	-	31.01.1947	Staff Captain, HQ, Western Command
01.11.1946			short service commission
01.02.1947	-	04.08.1948	BAS France
06.09.1948	-	12.1948	HQ, British Army of the Rhine
10.09.1949			commissioned into the Royal Army Ordnance Corps [permanent commission]
04.09.1950	-	24.09.1951	Staff Captain, War Office
25.09.1951	-	25.03.1953	Deputy Assistant Director of Ordnance Services (DADOS)
25.04.1955	-	24.04.1957	Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General (DAQMG), General HQ, Middle East Land Forces
23.08.1957	-	01.03.1960	DADOS, War Office
15.11.1960	-	22.04.1962	DAA&QMG, BAS, USA
23.04.1962	-	09.07.1963	AQMG (Logistics), BAS, Washington
19.09.1965	-	24.03.1968	Director of Ordnance Services, Ministry of Defence, Federation of Malaysia

Abbott,
J R
J.R. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	26.05.1934 [62957]
Lt.	26.05.1937 [Suppl. Reserve]
Lt.	26.05.1944 [RARO]
T/Capt.	13.10.1940

26.05.1934			commissioned into the Royal Artillery - Supplementary Reserve, Category B
(01.1939)			2nd Medium Regiment RA (Longmoor)
24.08.1939			mobilized
(04.1944)			specially employed
26.05.1944			transferred to the Regular Army Reserve of Officers

Abbott,
J R
J.R. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	? [49086]
T/Lt.	?
T/Capt.	11.07.1916
Capt.	13.10.1920
Capt. TARO	01.06.1916

AMIEE

			commissioned into the Royal Engineers (?)
(1916)	-	(1920)	served with Tyne Electrical Engineers
			transferred to the Territorial Army Reserve of Officers, Class II
26.03.1940			transferred from Anti-Aircraft Battalion (TARO)

Abbott,
J R
J.R. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	27.06.1940 [136324]
Paym. Lt.	27.12.1941
Hon. Lt.	1945/46 (retd)

27.06.1940

commissioned into the Royal Army Pay Corps [emergency commission]

Abbott,
Jack Reuben
J.R. Abbott

?
-

RQMS	?
Lt. QM	24.07.1940 [147828]
WS/Capt. QM	24.07.1943

	MBE	30.12.1941	Middle East 41
	MID	05.04.1945	Burma / India

24.07.1940

commissioned into The West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Own) [emergency commission]

Abbott,
John Rupert
J.R. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	13.01.1941 [163837]
WS/Lt.	13.07.1942
T/Capt.	01.01.1944

13.01.1941

commissioned into the Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]

Abbott,
John Robert
J.R. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	03.12.1943 [298958]
WS/Lt.	03.06.1945

03.12.1943

commissioned into the Territorial Army Reserve of Officers - Special List (for service with the Army Cadet Force, York (West Riding))

Abbott,
K B
K.B. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.

10.07.1941 [...] 2560b

10.07.1941

commissioned into the Indian Army [emergency commission]

Abbott,
Kenneth David George
K.D.G. Abbott

?
-

Lt.	10.03.1940 [127185]
WS/Capt.	10.03.1941
T/Maj.	22.12.1943
WS/Maj.	08.04.1945
T/Lt.Col.	?
Hon. Lt.Col.	1945/46 (retd)

MID

19.07.1945

Italy

10.03.1940

commissioned into the Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission]

Abbott,
Kenneth Edgar Lucas
K.E.L. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	28.06.1941 [194730]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942
T/Capt.	02.03.1943

28.06.1941

commissioned into the Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission]

Abbott,
Kenneth Michael
K.M. Abbott

?
-

Cadet	? [5127504]
2nd Lt.	20.11.1943 [300541]
WS/Lt.	20.05.1944
Lt. TA	01.05.1947, seniority 08.09.1946

20.11.1943			commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
01.05.1947			transferred to the Army Air Corps - Territorial Army

Abbott,
Kenneth Martin Rennison
K.M.R. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	14.03.1943 [277938]
WS/Lt.	19.09.1943
A/Capt.	09.09.1943
T/Capt.	1944?
Hon. Capt.	14.05.1945 (retd; disability)

14.03.1943

commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]

Abbott,
Lionel
L. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	09.08.1941 [203179]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942
A/Capt.	21.12.1942

09.08.1941			commissioned into the Corps of Royal Signals [emergency commission]
?			transferred to the Corps of Royal Engineers

Abbott,
Leslie
L. Abbott

?
-

Cadet	? [14252258]
2nd Lt.	19.09.1943 [293707]
WS/Lt.	?
WS/Capt.	01.11.1945 (retd 1945/46)

MID

08.11.1945

NW Europe

19.09.1943

commissioned into the Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]

Abbott,
Lionel Edward Stanley
L.E.S. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	15.02.1941 [170738]
WS/Lt.	15.08.1942
T/Capt.	30.06.1945

15.02.1941

commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]

Abbott,
Leslie Herbert Ronald
L.H.R. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	24.04.1943 [271569]
WS/Lt.	24.10.1943
T/Capt.	03.06.1945
Hon. Capt.	17.05.1947 (retd)

24.04.1943

commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]

Abbott,
L L
L.L. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	02.02.1943 [...]
WS/Lt.	21.08.1944

02.02.1943

commissioned into the Territorial Army Reserve of Officers - Special List (for service with the Army Cadet Force - Surrey)

Abbott,
Mrs Margaret
(née McKenzie)
Mrs. M. Abbott

?
-

Sister

02.11.1942 [246669] 2361e

02.11.1942

commissioned into the Qeen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve

Abbott,
Maurice Arthur Ridley
M.A.R. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	01.02.1942 [224926]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942
WS/Capt.	03.07.1944
T/Maj.	03.07.1944

01.02.1942

commissioned into the Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]

Abbott,
M J
M.J. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	04.03.1933 [...]
Lt.	14.03.1936

04.03.1933			commissioned into The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) [9th Battalion]
			transferred to the Territorial Army Reserve of Officers - Class II

Abbott,
Miss Marguerite Joan
Miss M.J. Abbott

?
-

2nd Sub.	10.08.1941 [196854]
WS/Sub.	12.05.1942
T/Jun.Cdr.	28.01.1943
WS/Jun.Cdr.	17.08.1944
T/Sen.Cdr.	17.08.1944

10.08.1941			commissioned into the Auxiliary Territorial Service
01.05.1943	-	(04.1944)	Deputy Assistant Provost Marshal, Northern Ireland Command

Abbott,
Miss Margery Louise
Miss M.L. Abbott

?
-

Sister

30.05.1941 [209679]

30.05.1941

commissioned into the Territorial Army Nursing Service

Abbott,
Miss Mary Oliphant
Miss M.O. Abbott

?
-

2nd Sub.	15.10.1943 [297857]
WS/Lt.	15.04.1944

15.10.1943

commissioned into the Auxiliary Territorial Service

Abbott,
Noel Horatio
N.H. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	24.10.1942 [249291]
WS/Lt.	24.04.1943

24.10.1942

commissioned into the Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]

Abbott,
N M
N.M. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	21.06.1940 [EC 340]
Lt.	1940/41?, seniority 21.06.1935
WS/Capt.	01.05.1941
T/Maj.	?
Hon. Maj.	25.12.1945 (retd)

21.06.1940

commissioned into the Indian Army [emergency commission]

Abbott,
Norman McConville
N.M. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.	15.03.1941 [177719]
WS/Lt.	15.09.1942
T/Capt.	10.12.1945

15.03.1941

commissioned into The Border Regiment [emergency commission]

Abbott,
N S
N.S. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.
WS/Lt.

commissioned into the RA

Abbott,
N S
N.S. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.
WS/Lt.

commissioned into the TA Reserve

Abbott,
P
P. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.
WS/Lt.

commissioned into the

Abbott,
P A
P.A. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.
WS/Lt.

commissioned into the

Abbott,
P R
P.R. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.
WS/Lt.

commissioned into the

Abbott,
P R L
P.R.L. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.
WS/Lt.

commissioned into the

Abbott,
P W
P.W. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.
WS/Lt.

commissioned into the

Abbott,
R
R. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.
WS/Lt.

commissioned into the

Abbott,
R A
R.A. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.
WS/Lt.

commissioned into the

Abbott,
R C
R.C. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.
WS/Lt.

commissioned into the

Abbott,
R D
R.D. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.
WS/Lt.

commissioned into the

Abbott,
R E
R.E. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.
WS/Lt.

commissioned into the

Abbott,
R S
R.S. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.
WS/Lt.

commissioned into the

Abbott,
S S
S.S. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.
WS/Lt.

commissioned into the RASC

Abbott,
S S
S.S. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.
WS/Lt.

commissioned into the East Surrey Regiment

Abbott,
T A
T.A. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.
WS/Lt.

commissioned into the

Abbott,
T E
T.E. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.
WS/Lt.

commissioned into the

Abbott,
T F
T.F. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.
WS/Lt.

commissioned into the

Abbott,
Miss V
V. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.
WS/Lt.

commissioned into the

Abbott,
W
W. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.
WS/Lt.

commissioned into the

Abbott,
W A
W.A. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.
WS/Lt.

commissioned into the

Abbott,
W C W
W.C.W. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.
WS/Lt.

commissioned into the

Abbott,
W H
W.H. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.
WS/Lt.

commissioned into the

Abbott,
W I
W.I. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.
WS/Lt.

commissioned into the

Abbott,
W J
W.J. Abbott

?
-

2nd Lt.
WS/Lt.

commissioned into the

Abbott-Young,
Edric Charles
E.C. Abbott-Young

?
-

2nd Lt.	28.05.1915
T/Capt.	05.10.1918-...
Maj. TA	06.05.1926
Lt.	12.02.1940 [36528]
WS/Capt.	16.06.1940 (retd 1945/46)
T/Maj.	01.08.1940

AMInstCE

28.05.1915			commissioned into the Indian Army Reserve of Officers - Infantry Branch
05.10.1918	-	?	Officer Commanding, No. 7 Mechanical Transport Company
(03.1931)	-	(06.1933)	Major, Royal Engineers - Territorial Army [316th (Surrey) Company, Surrey Group, Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Companies]
12.02.1940			commissioned into the Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]
01.08.1940	-	(04.1941)	Deputy Commander, Royal Engineers, ...
?	-	(04.1944)	Staff Officer, Royal Engineers, Western Command

Abbotts,
C
C. Abbotts

?
-

WS/Sub-Cond.	23.07.1940 [...]
WS/Cond.	24.08.1945

23.07.1940

Regimental Warrant Officer, Class I - Royal Army Ordnance Corps

Abbotts,
Edward Bruce
E.B. Abbotts

?
-

2nd Lt.	02.09.1939 [101431]
WS/Lt.	02.03.1941
T/Capt.	13.05.1943

			late Officer Cadet, Birmingham University Contingent, Senior Division, OTC
02.09.1939			commissioned into The North Staffordshire Regiment - Territorial Army
26.05.1941			transferred to the Reconnaissance Corps

AbbottS,
Ernest Tredwell
E.T. Abbotts

?
-

2nd Lt.	16.02.1941 [169910]
WS/Lt.	16.08.1942
T/Capt.	?
Hon. Capt.	1945/46 (retd)

			Bombardier, Royal Artillery
16.02.1941			commissioned onto the General List [emergency commission]

AbbottS,
Frederick Raymond
F.R. Abbotts

?
-

2nd Lt.	04.01.1942 [222784]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942

04.01.1942

commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]

AbbottS,
George Duncan Macintyre
G.D.M. Abbotts

?
-

Prob. 2nd Lt.	16.01.1915
Lt.	01.09.1915
A/Capt.	18.05.1918-..., 13.09.1918-...
T/Capt.	11.04.1919?, seniority 16.02.1918
A/Maj.	13.01.1919-13.04.1919
2nd Lt.	31.10.1939 [104670]
WS/Lt.	31.10.1939
T/Capt.	16.08.1940
WS/Capt.	23.08.1942
T/Maj.	23.08.1942
WS/Maj.	05.03.1944
A/Lt.Col.	05.12.1943
T/Lt.Col.	1944?
Hon. Lt.Col.	1945/46 (retd)

15.02.1919

16.01.1915			commissioned into the 3rd Battalion, Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment - Special Reserve
20.01.1918			seconded to 5th Battalion Machine Gun Corps
18.05.1918	-	?	&
13.09.1918	-	?	Second-in-Command of a Company, Machine Gun Corps
13.01.1919	-	13.04.1919	Company Commander, Machine Gun Corps
31.10.1939			commissioned into The Manchester Regiment [emergency commission]

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