Officers of the British Army 1939-1945

British Army Officers
1939-1945

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

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

Abel Smith, A.
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Abulafia, A.

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

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

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

Archdale, A.
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Azzopardi, M.F.

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

Abbott,
J R

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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

?
-

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

?
-

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

?
-

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

?
-

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

?
-

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

?
-

2nd Lt.

10.07.1941 [...] 2560b

10.07.1941

commissioned into the Indian Army [emergency commission]

Abbott,
Kenneth David George

?
-

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

?
-

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

?
-

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

?
-

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

?
-

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

?
-

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

?
-

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

?
-

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

?
-

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)

?
-

Sister

02.11.1942 [246669] 2361e

02.11.1942

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

Abbott,
Maurice Arthur Ridley

?
-

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

?
-

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

?
-

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

?
-

Sister

30.05.1941 [209679]

30.05.1941

commissioned into the Territorial Army Nursing Service

Abbott,
Miss Mary Oliphant

?
-

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

15.10.1943

commissioned into the Auxiliary Territorial Service

Abbott,
Noel Horatio

?
-

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

?
-

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

?
-

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

?
-

2nd Lt.
WS/Lt.

commissioned into the RA

Abbott,
N S

?
-

2nd Lt.
WS/Lt.

commissioned into the TA Reserve

Abbott,
P

?
-

2nd Lt.
WS/Lt.

commissioned into the

Abbott,
P A

?
-

2nd Lt.
WS/Lt.

commissioned into the

Abbott,
P R

?
-

2nd Lt.
WS/Lt.

commissioned into the

Abbott,
P R L

?
-

2nd Lt.
WS/Lt.

commissioned into the

Abbott,
P W

?
-

2nd Lt.
WS/Lt.

commissioned into the

Abbott,
R

?
-

2nd Lt.
WS/Lt.

commissioned into the

Abbott,
R A

?
-

2nd Lt.
WS/Lt.

commissioned into the

Abbott,
R C

?
-

2nd Lt.
WS/Lt.

commissioned into the

Abbott,
R D

?
-

2nd Lt.
WS/Lt.

commissioned into the

Abbott,
R E

?
-

2nd Lt.
WS/Lt.

commissioned into the

Abbott,
R S

?
-

2nd Lt.
WS/Lt.

commissioned into the

Abbott,
S S

?
-

2nd Lt.
WS/Lt.

commissioned into the RASC

Abbott,
S S

?
-

2nd Lt.
WS/Lt.

commissioned into the East Surrey Regiment

Abbott,
T A

?
-

2nd Lt.
WS/Lt.

commissioned into the

Abbott,
T E

?
-

2nd Lt.
WS/Lt.

commissioned into the

Abbott,
T F

?
-

2nd Lt.
WS/Lt.

commissioned into the

Abbott,
Miss V

?
-

2nd Lt.
WS/Lt.

commissioned into the

Abbott,
W

?
-

2nd Lt.
WS/Lt.

commissioned into the

Abbott,
W A

?
-

2nd Lt.
WS/Lt.

commissioned into the

Abbott,
W C W

?
-

2nd Lt.
WS/Lt.

commissioned into the

Abbott,
W H

?
-

2nd Lt.
WS/Lt.

commissioned into the

Abbott,
W I

?
-

2nd Lt.
WS/Lt.

commissioned into the

Abbott,
W J

?
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2nd Lt.
WS/Lt.

commissioned into the

Abbott-Young,
Edric Charles

?
-

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

?
-

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

?
-

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

?
-

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

?
-

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

?
-

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]

Abbs,
Eric James

1918
-
1996

2nd Lt.	15.02.1941 [170676]
WS/Lt.	15.08.1942
T/Capt.	22.11.1942

15.02.1941

commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]

Abbs,
Graeme Renwick

?
-

2nd Lt.	21.09.1940 [149495]
WS/Lt.	21.03.1942
T/Capt.	26.09.1943
WS/Capt.	13.11.1945
T/Maj.	13.11.1945

21.09.1940

commissioned into The Manchester Regiment [emergency commission]

Abbs,
Robert Wardrop Young

?
-

Lt.	26.05.1941 [185644]
WS/Capt.	26.05.1942

26.05.1941

commissioned into the Army Dental Corps [emergency commission]

Abdela,
Mrs E H
[= Miss Elizabeth Holly Rose ?]

?
-

2nd Sub.	30.05.1941
WS/Jun.Comdr. & T/Sen.Comdr.	22.07.1942
Hon. Sen.Comdr.	1945/46 (retd)

03.09.1939			mobilized ATS
30.05.1941			commissioned into the Auxiliary Territorial Service
25.11.1943	-	(04.1944)	Deputy Assistant Director, Auxiliary Territorial Service, War Office

Abdela,
Jacob Samuel Ronald

?
-

2nd Lt.	27.05.1939 [91840]
WS/Lt.	?
WS/Capt.	25.09.1942
Capt.	01.05.1947, seniority 25.09.1942
T/Maj.	25.09.1942
WS/Maj.	15.10.1944

			Cadet Lieutenant, 1st Manchester C. Battalion, Jewish Lads' Brigade
27.05.1939			commissioned into The Lancashire Fusiliers - Territorial Army (8th Battalion)
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
01.05.1947			transferred to the Inns of Court Regiment (Royal Armoured Corps)

Abden,
Sydney

?
-

2nd Lt.	19.11.1942 [253091]
WS/Lt.	19.05.1943
Hon. Lt.	05.01.1946 (retd)

19.11.1942

commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]

Abdul-Hadi,
Mohammad

?
-

Cadet	? [Pal/18944]
2nd Lt.	01.04.1943 [302999]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1943
Hon. Lt.	31.10.1945 (retd)

01.04.1943

commissioned into The Palestine Regiment [emergency commission]

Abdulla,
Anthony Dominic

?
-

Lt.	13.06.1942 [236395]
WS/Maj.	29.09.1943
T/Lt.Col.	29.09.1943
A/Col.	15.08.1945

Education: MB, MRCP

13.06.1942

commissioned into the Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission]

Abdur Rahim Khan

?
-

Maj.	17.07.1938 [...]