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British Army Officers
1939-1945

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Babbage, C.A.E.
to
Bartlett, W.J.O.

Barton, A.H.G.
to
Best, J.K.

Bethell, R.B.W.
to
Bosworth, A.F.

Bourke, P.E.
to
Brotheridge, H.D.

Brown, A.W.
to
Byers-Jones, E.

C.A.E. Babbage to W.J.O. Bartlett

Babbage,
Christopher Albert Edward
C.A.E. Babbage

Son of Christopher Thomas Babbage, and Matilda Slingo.
Residences over the years: Surrey & Sussex.
At least one daughter from an unmarried relationship.

20.11.1913
Hartley Wintney district, Hampshire
-
(03?).1981
Hastings, Sussex

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	12.12.1942 [255555]
WS/Lt.	?, seniority 12.12.1942 (reld from active service < 04.1946 with rank of Hon. Lt.)
Lt.	14.11.1946, seniority 12.12.1942
T/Capt.	(1948)
Capt.	24.10.1949
Maj.	24.10.1956 (reld 08.06.1959)
Hon. Maj.	08.06.1959

MID

07.01.1949

Palestine 27.03-30.06.48

12.12.1942			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
(1943)			204th (Cumberland Yeomanry) Battery, 109th Field Regiment RA (TA) (Chudleigh, near Newton Abbot, Devon)
14.11.1946			short service commission
22.05.1954			transferred, Corps of Royal Military Police

Backhouse,
Edward Henry Walford
E.H.W. Backhouse

Elder son (with three sisters) of Rev. Edward Bell Backhouse, and Mary Anne Emmeline Walford (1855-...), of Northwood, Middlesex.
Married (1920) Eileen Noël Newby Jenks, Colchester; one son, one daughter.

07.02.1895
Bosmere district, Suffolk
-
20.11.1973
[Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk ?]

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	25.02.1914 [8321]
Lt.	11.12.1914
Capt.	01.01.1917
Bt. Maj.	01.01.1932
Maj.	06.03.1935
Bt. Lt.Col.	01.01.1937
Lt.Col.	14.02.1938
Col.	28.8.1939 (retd 10.02.1948)
T/Brig.	28.08.1939
Hon. Brig.	10.02.1948

	CBE	31.12.1960	New Year 61: Chairman T&A Forces Association
	MID	01.08.1946	Malaya 42

WWI medals: 1914 Star and Clasp; British War Medal; Victory Medal

Education: St Lawrence College; Royal Military College, Sandhurst; Staff College, Camberley (21.01.1927-1928; psc)

25.02.1914			commissioned into the Suffolk Regiment
15.08.1914	-	20.08.1914	served in France (wounded and POW, Le Cateau, France)
26.09.1929	-	20.01.1932	Staff Captain, Southern Command (UK)
21.01.1932	-	25.09.1933	Brigade Major, 10th Infantry Brigade, Eastern Command (UK)
1934	-	1935	Officer Commanding, Depot Suffolk Regiment
17.01.1936	-	04.02.1938	Deputy Assistant Adjutant General (DAAG), War Office (UK)
05.02.1938	-	13.02.1938	General Staff Officer, grade 2 (GSO2), War Office (UK)
1938	-	1939	Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion Suffolk Regiment
28.08.1939	-	15.02.1942	Commander, 54th Infantry Brigade (UK, India, Malaya) (captured, POW)
20.04.1940	-	14.05.1940	acting General Officer Commanding, 18th Infantry Division (UK)
10.02.1948	-	07.02.1953	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]

Colonel, Suffolk Regiment, 10.06.1947-10.06.1957. Deputy Lieutenant (DL) Suffolk, 28.03.1949. Vice-Lieutenant of Suffolk, 1965-1973. Chairman, Suffolk Territorial and Auxiliary Forces Association, 1953-1959. Member. W. Suffolk Cricket Club, 1958-1970.

Badham,
Thomas George
T.G. Badham

Married; .. children (one son?).

(06?).1910
Southwark district, Greater London / London
-
1995
Queensland, Australia

Cadet	? [T/286S58]
2nd Lt.	30.04.1944 [314906]
WS/Lt.	15.10.1944
Lt.	28.12.1946, seniority 15.10.1944
Capt.	05.1951? (reld 28.12.1956)
T/Maj.	?
Hon. Maj.	28.12.1956

03.1928	-	22.07.1929	served in the ranks (WC2), Royal Air Force [personal No. 508490]
04.09.1941			joined No. 1 Training Battalion, Royal Army Service Corps (as National Service)
30.04.1944			commissioned, The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [emergency commission]
28.12.1946	-	28.12.1956	short service commission

Badley,
Dudley
D. Badley

Married ((09?).1936, Biggleswade district, Bedfordshire / Hertfordshire) Dorothy L. Yates.

01.02.1904
East Stonehouse district, Devon
-

Sgt. (local WO II)	?
Lt.	01.07.1940 [147925]
T/Capt.	09.07.1942-(04.1944)
WS/Capt.	09.02.1945 (reld 27.09.1945; on ceasing to be employed)
T/Maj.	09.02.1945-27.09.1945
Hon. Maj.	27.09.1945

MID

10.01.1946

Burma

01.07.1940

commissioned, The Royal Corps of Signals [emergency commission]

Bagg,
Sidney Cecil

see:

RNVR section

Bagnall,
John Gordon
J.G. Bagnall

Son of Harold Gordon Bagnall, and Dorethea Livett.

29.08.1920
-
04.1997
North Dorset, Dorset

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	04.02.1940 (regimental seniority 16.12.1939) [118398]
Lt.	04.08.1941 (regimental seniority 16.06.1941)
A/Capt.	21.05.1942-20.08.1942
T/Capt.	21.08.1942-29.12.1942, 22.02.1943-30.06.1946
Capt.	01.07.1946
Maj.	04.02.1953 (regimental seniority 16.12.1952)
Lt.Col.	22.06.1962 (supernumerary 22.06.1965)
Col.	?
Brig.	30.06.1967 (retd 28.08.1975)

	OBE	12.06.1965	HM's birthday 65
	MC	26.10.1944	Italy

Education: psc

04.02.1940			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery
(1944)			12th Honourable Artillery Company, Royal Horse Artillery (Italy)
09.02.1951	-	03.06.1953	instructor, RMAS
01.09.1954	-	03.09.1956	AMA to High Commissioner for UK, India
01.09.1952	-	30.03.1962	General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), HQ Northern Command
11.02.1965	-	10.11.1966	General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), HQ British Army of the Rhine
1968?	-	1970?	Commander, Woolwich Garrison & Depot, Royal Artillery

Bagnold,
Ralph Alger
R.A. Bagnold

Son of late Col. Arthur Henry Bagnold, CB, CMG (1854-1944), and Mrs Alger (née Wills). Brother of novelist Enid Bagnold.
Married (08.05.1946, Rottingdean) Dorothy Alice (15.04.1906-06.1989), daughter of late A.E. Plank; one son, one daughter.

03.04.1896
Stoke, Devonport
-
28.05.1990
Hither Green, London

2nd Lt.	10.02.1915 [10231]
A/Capt.	16.11.1917-30.03.1918
Capt.	31.03.1918
Maj.	26.06.1927 19.08.1927, seniority 08.06.1927 (half-pay 01.04.1935) (retd 01.08.1939) (reactivated 1939)
A/Lt.Col.	22.11.1940-(04.1941)
WS/Lt.Col.	01.02.1942 (reverted to retd 07.06.1944)
T/Col.	15.09.1942-(04.1944)
A/Brig.	01.07.1943-(04.1944)
T/Brig.	1944?
A/Maj.Gen.	20.10.1943-19.11.1943
Hon. Brig.	07.06.1944

OBE	08.07.1941	Middle East 12.40-02.41
MID	02.01.1917	France
MID	01.09.1931	NW Frontier 04-09.30
MID	30.12.1941	Middle East 02.41-07.41

WWI medals: Chevalier, Ordre de Leopold (avec palme) (Belgium), 05.04.1919, etc.

Education: Malvern College; Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge University (1919-1921; MA)

10.02.1915			commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers
1915	-	1918	served European War, Western Front (despatches)
1920			transferred Royal Corps of Signals (service in Ireland, Egypt, India, China)
23.10.1923	-	11.10.1924	Instructor (Class CC from 22.08.1924), School of Signals
1930			served NorthWest Frontier of India (despatches)
(03.1931)			served at Catterick
05.10.1931	-	11.07.1932	Instructor (Class Z), School of Signals
(06.1933)			served in China
01.04.1935	-	06.11.1946	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
07.1940	-	01.07.1941	raised and commanded Long Range Desert Group in Middle East (despatches) [from 22.11.1940 "specially employed"]
1943	-	1944	Deputy Signal Officer-in-Chief, Middle East

Organised and led numerous explorations in Libyan Desert and elsewhere (Founder's Medal of Royal Geographical Society, 1935), 1925-1932. G.K. Warren Prize, US Academy of Sciences, 1969; Penrose Medal, Geological Society of
America, 1970; Wollaston Medal, Geological Society of London, 1971; Sorby Medal, International Association of Sedimentologists, 1978. AMIEE. FRS, 1944. Director of Research for Shell Refining and Marketing Company, 1947-1949, then research at Imperial College London on transport of solids by water flow. Consultant on movement of sediments by wind and water, since 1956; Fellow of Imperial College, University of London, since 1971.
Published: Libyan Sands, 1935, new ed. 1987; Physics of Blown Sand and Desert Dunes, 1941; papers, etc, on deserts, hydraulics, beach formation, and random distributions.

Bailey,
Edwin
E. Bailey (Photo courtesy of Mrs Angela Bailey)

08.09.1914
Barnsley, South Yorkshire
-
09.02.2006
Llangollen, Denbighshire

2nd Lt.	21.11.1940 [202809]
T/Capt.	12.02.1945-(04.1946) (reld late 1946?)

MID

possibly

Education: Sheffield University (c. 1936-38; MA (economics))
Served with the Metropolitan Police (c. 1935-36) and United Africa Company (Nigeria) (1938-39).

21.11.1940			commissioned, General List, African Colonial Forces Section [emergency commission]
1942	-	?	10th Battalion The Nigeria Regiment (Arakan)
1945?			posted to the Lincolnshire Regiment (Germany)

Served as Information Officer with Central Office of Information, c. 1953-1972, postings inclued: Canada, Pakistan, Tanzania, Singapore; retired 1972.

Bailey,
Joseph Edward
J.E. Bailey (Photo courtesy of Mrs Elaine S. Bailey)

Son of ... Bailey, and ... Waters.
From Bradford.

29.10.1918
Bromley district, Greater London / Kent
-
01.1994
Mid Warwickshire district, Warwickshire

2nd Lt.	01.02.1941 [170580]
WS/Lt.	01.08.1942
T/Capt.	25.08.1942-(04.1946)

	MBE	23.09.1943	North Africa (Algeria, Tunesia)
	MC	28.06.1945	Italy

?	-	01.02.1941	Sandhurst Officer Cadet Training Unit
01.02.1941			commissioned, Royal Tank Regiment - Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]
(1945)			12th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment (Italy)

Baillon,
Joseph Aloysius
J.A. Baillon

7th son of late Louis Augustin and Mary Julia Baillon, at one time of the Falkland Islands.
Married (1925) Gertrude Emily, daughter of A.B. Fellowes Prynne, Plymouth; two sons, one daughter.

06.10.1895
Wandsworth, London
-
11.04.1951

T/2nd Lt.	01.02.1915-20.09.1917
2nd Lt.	21.09.1917, seniority 01.11.1915 [10592]
Lt.	21.09.1917, seniority 25.08.1916
T/Capt.	06.10.1917-29.11.1919
Capt.	07.10.1923
Bt. Maj.	01.07.1936
Maj.	01.08.1938
Bt. Lt.Col.	01.07.1939
A/Lt.Col.	26.08.1940-25.11.1940
T/Lt.Col.	26.11.1940-22.01.1942
WS/Lt.Col.	23.01.1942
A/Col.	23.07.1941-22.01.1942
T/Col.	23.01.1942-30.12.1942
Col.	31.12.1942, seniority 01.07.1942
A/Brig.	20.10.1941-19.04.1942
T/Brig.	20.04.1942-02.09.1943
A/Maj.Gen.	03.09.1942-02.09.1943
T/Maj.Gen.	03.09.1943-28.07.1947
Maj.Gen.	29.07.1947, seniority 24.08.1944 (retd 30.03.1949)

CB	10.06.1948	HM's birthday 48
CBE	05.08.1943	Persia / Iraq
OBE	30.12.1941	Middle East (East Africa and Madagascar) 02.41-07.41
MC	02.04.1919	*
MID	24.05.1918	?
MID	23.12.1943	Persia / Iraq

WWI medals: 1914-15 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal
Commander of the Crown with Palm & Croix de Guerre 1940 with Palm (Belgium; 15.02.1952)
* As Adjutant during the advance through Abancourt on the afternoon of 9th October, 1918, he frequently, under heavy fire, proceeded in advance of the battalion in order to find the route. Both before and after this event he carried out his duties regardless of his personal safety under the most adverse conditions, and often under heavy artillery fire.

Education: King Edward's School, Birmingham; St Bede's College, Lancashire; Staff College, Camberley (psc)

			served in the ranks Mobilized Special Reserve for 180 days
14.11.1915	-	18.03.1916	served in Egypt
19.03.1916	-	30.06.1916	Egyptioan Expeditionary Force
01.07.1916	-	11.11.1918	served in France
21.09.1917			commissioned into the South Staffordshire Regiment
06.10.1917	-	30.04.1919	Captain, 7th Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment (Adjutant 16.10.1917-30.04.1919)
01.05.1919	-	24.10.1919	Staff Captain, ... (France)
04.02.1929	-	20.01.1931	Adjutant, ... Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment
15.10.1934	-	08.12.1936	Staff Captain, War Office (UK)
09.12.1936	-	30.11.1938	General Staff Officer (GSO) for Weapon Training, Aldershot Command (UK)
03.06.1939	-	07.08.1940	General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), 6th Australian Division (Australia) [enlisted Australian Army 01.04.1940, discharged 25.05.1940]
14.08.1940	-	23.08.1940	General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), British Troops in Egypt
26.08.1940	-	21.07.1941	General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), British Troops in Sudan
23.07.1941	-	19.10.1941	Deputy Director of Military Training, Middle East
20.10.1941	-	02.09.1942	Brigadier General Staff, Middle East
03.09.1942	-	24.11.1943	Chief of General Staff, Persia and Iraq
11.12.1943	-	04.02.1945	Chief of General Staff, Middle East Forces
1945?	-	1946	Director of Organisation, War Office
1946	-	1948	General Officer Commanding, Aldershot District

Director of Messrs Beamish and Crawford Ltd, Brewers, Cork, 1949-1951.

Bainbridge,
Alexander George
A.G. Bainbridge

08.02.1907
Grimsby district, Humberside / Lincolnshire
-
05.1992
Weymouth district, Dorset

2nd Lt.	06.03.1940 [123013]
A/Capt.	16.01.1941-(05.1941)
T/Capt.	(1941)
WS/Capt.	09.10.1942
T/Maj.	09.10.1942-(04.1946)

30.09.1941

for bomb disposal at Monk Street, Woolwich 09.40 and at Southern Outfall Sewer and High Street, Plumstead 10.1940

06.03.1940			commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]
(05.1941)			No. 25 Bomb Disposal Company, RE
05.07.1943	-	(1944)	Officer Commanding, No. 25 Bomb Disposal Company, RE

Baker,
David Pearse
D.P. Baker

Married Daphne ...

1925
-
29.03.2008

Cadet	? [14679860]
2nd Lt. ACF	14.02.1943-12.11.1943 [283921]
2nd Lt.	20.12.1944 [283921]
WS/Lt.	20.06.1945

14.02.1943	-	12.11.1943	Kent Comm., Army Cadet Force - Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
20.12.1944			commissioned, The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment [emergency commission]

Baker,
Euston Edward Francis
E.E.F. Baker

05.04.1895
Fulham, London
-
17.01.1981

2nd Lt.	15.08.1914 [23973]
Lt.Col.	20.02.1923
Bt. Col.	20.02.1927 (supernumerary 01.01.1936 & 01.10.1937)
Col.	01.10.1937, seniority 20.02.1927 (retd 09.03.1945; ill-health)
T/Brig.	27.08.1939
Hon. Brig.	09.03.1945

CB	01.01.1957	New Year 57
CBE	23.06.1936	HM's birthday 36
DSO	15.02.1919	*
MC	26.09.1917	?
MC	26.07.1918	**
TD	?	?
MID	04.01.1917	?
MID	24.05.1918	?
MID	09.07.1919	?

WWI medals: 1914-15 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal
* For conspicuous gallantry and able leadership. In particular, in the successful attacks on the Fresnes-Rouvroy line on October 7th and Drocourt-Queant line on .October 11th, 1918, resulting in the capture of many prisoners and much material, his resourcefulness and gallantry under fire were most marked. He personally exploited successes, and by his grasp of the situation in the afternoon was instrumental in seizing a most important tactical point which was holding up the corps on the right.
** For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty after assuming command of his battalion. Throughout the operations he did yeoman service in maintaining the efficiency and fighting spirit of the battalion and in covering the withdrawal of other troops. He showed great coolness and efficiency in handling his men.

15.08.1914			commissioned, 5th Middlesex Regiment - Territorial Force
20.02.1923	-	19.02.1930	Commanding Officer, 8th Battalion The Middlesex Regiment
20.02.1930	-	31.03.1931	Territorial Army Reserve of Officers - 8th Battalion The Middlesex Regiment
01.04.1931	-	01.01.1936	Commanding Officer, 7th City of London Regiment
01.01.1936	-	10.06.1936	Territorial Army Reserve of Officers (General List, Infantry)
11.06.1936	-	01.10.1937	Commanding Officer, 8th Battalion The Middlesex Regiment
27.08.1939	-	06.10.1939	Commander, ... Brigade (temporary)
07.10.1939	-	28.04.1940	Commander, 35th Infantry Brigade (UK)
21.10.1940	-	18.11.1941	Commander, 213th Independent Infantry Brigde (Home) (UK), redesignated:
18.11.1941	-	23.07.1942	Commander, 213th Infantry Brigade (UK)

ADC (Additional) to the King, 12.06.1941-11.06.1951. Honorary Colonel, 5th Battalion The Middlesex Regiment, 17.01.1942-05.04.1963. Honorary Colonel, 11th Parachute Battalion (Middlesex), TA, 08.10.1947.
Deputy Lieutenant (DL), Middlesex, 27.07.1938. Justice of the Peace (JP).

Baker,
Patrick George
P.G. Baker

?
-

2nd Lt.	31.05.1941 [189481]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942
WS/Capt.	?

			served in the ranks, The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
31.05.1941	-	09.09.1952	commissioned, The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) [emergency commission]
09.09.1952			transferred, Australian Military Forces

Baker-Baker,
Henry Conyers
H.C. Baker-Baker

Son of V.Adm. William Henry Baker, OBE, RN (1862-1932), and Harriett Constance Middleton (1875-?).
Married (11.1963) Elspeth Grizel Gifford (1st married Hugentobler) (died 22.10.2007).

11.11.1912
Romsey district, Hampshire / Wiltshire
-
12.1992
Northumberland West, Northumberland

2nd Lt.	02.02.1933 [58154]
Lt.	02.02.1936
A/Capt.	08.03.1940-07.06.1940
T/Capt.	08.06.1940-01.02.1941
Capt.	02.02.1941
A/Maj.	07.08.1941-06.11.1941
T/Maj.	07.11.1941-17.04.1944
WS/Maj.	18.04.1944
Maj.	01.07.1946
Bt. Lt.Col.	01.07.1952
A/Lt.Col.	18.01.1944-17.04.1944
T/Lt.Col.	18.04.1944-20.05.1946, 03.10.1949-13.03.1952
local Lt.Col.	21.05.1946-30.05.1948
Bt. Lt.Col.	01.07.1952
Lt.Col.	06.05.1955
local Col.	12.03.1952-13.03.1952
T/Col.	14.03.1952-03.05.1954
Col.	24.11.1957, seniority 05.02.1957 (retd 23.05.1960)
Hon. Brig.	23.05.1960

DSO	23.09.1943	Sicily
DSO	07.06.1945	NW Europe 44-45
MBE	18.02.1943	Middle East (Egypt and Libya)
MID	15.12.1942	Mddle East 11.41-04.42
MID	09.08.1945	NW Europe 44-45

Palestine 1936-39 Medal & Clasp

Education: psc

02.02.1933			commissioned into The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)
20.09.1939	-	12.02.1940	ADC to General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Middle East
13.02.1940	-	11.08.1940	Staff Captain, Egypt
12.08.1940	-	27.10.1940	General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), ...
28.10.1940	-	23.03.1941	Staff Captain, Middle East
07.08.1941	-	05.02.1943	Deputy Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster General (DAA&QMG), ...
17.02.1943	-	01.03.1943	Brigade Major, ..
13.01.1944	-	01.11.1944	General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), HQ 51st (Highland) Infantry Division
1944	-	1945	Commanding Officer, 2nd Battlion The Glasgow Highlanders (The Highland Light Infantry)
25.02.1945	-	08.03.1945	acting Commander, 46th Infantry Birgade (NW Europe)
...			...

Colonel, Black Watch, 01.06.1964-27.06.1969.

Balfour-Davey,
Charles George Cunningham
C.G.C. Balfour-Davey

Son of Colonel the Hon. Horace Scott Davey, CMG (1865-1935), and of Lady Anne Caroline Davey (née Cuningham).
Husband of K.H. Balfour-Davey, of Westminster, London.
Changed last name from Davey to Balfour-Davey by deed poll of 27.11.1935.

28.08.1896
India
-
25.07.1943
[Fernhurst Burial Ground, grave 224]

2nd Lt.	01.10.1914
...	...
Maj.	03.03.1934
Bt. Lt.Col.	01.07.1935
A/Lt.Col.	25.08.1939
Col.	25.08.1939, seniority 01.07.1938
A/Brig.	15.02.1941?

26.07.1918

WWI medals: 1914-15 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal
* For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He handled his company with great dash and skill in a week's fighting. On one day he drove off three attacks, constantly patrolling the line and encouraging his men. When ordered to withdraw he did so successfully from close touch with the enemy and consolidated a position in rear, keeping the line intact against repeated bombing attacks.

Education: idc; psc

01.10.1914			commissioned, Gordon Highlanders
1915	-	1918	served in France & Belgium (wounded)
...	-	...	...
17.01.1933	-	16.01.1936	General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), Staff College
22.10.1936	-	16.01.1939	General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), War Office
15.02.1941	-	22.09.1941	Commander, 215th Independent Infantry Brigade (Home)

Balfour-Paul,
Ian Valentine
I.V. Balfour-Paul

Son of John William Balfour-Paul (1873-1957), and Muriel Cassels Monteith (1882-1964).

14.02.1916
Christchurch district, Hampshire
-

Scotland

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	29.03.1941 [179620]
WS/Lt.	29.09.1942
T/Capt.	17.12.1944-(04.1946)

	MC	24.01.1946	NW Europe
	MID	09.08.1945	NW Europe

Education: Wellington and Pembroke College, Cambridge

?	-	28.03.1941	either 141st or 142nd Officer Cadet Training Unit
29.03.1941			commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]
(06.1944)	-	(05.1945)	B Squadron, General HQ Liaison Regiment ("Phantom") (NW Europe; Phantom patrol with on D-Day)
(06.1944)			patrol with 3rd Canadian Infantry Division (Normandy)
(11.1944)			patrol with 4th Special Service Brigade (Walcheren)
(03.1945)			patrol with 6th Airborne Division (Rhine crossings)
(09?).1945	-	1946	SEAC Regiment, General HQ Liaison Regiment ("Phantom") (South East Asia)

Teacher, Merchiston Castle School, Edinburgh.

Ball,
Francis Frederick Kitchener
F.F.K. Ball

Son of ... Ball, and ... Lee.
From Chichester.

(12?).1914
St Germans district, Cornwall
-

Sergeant Instructor	?
Lt.	30.12.1939 [109856] 26.01.1946, seniority 11.11.1939
A/Capt.	22.11.1940-(04.1941)
WS/Capt.	31.03.1943
Capt.	26.01.1946, seniority 11.11.1944 (reld 19.01.1948)
T/Maj.	31.03.1943-(04.1946)
Hon. Maj.	19.01.1948

MBE

20.09.1945

Italy

			from AEC
30.12.1939			commissioned, The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [emergency commission to 25.01.1946]
(1945)			50 British Liaison Unit (Italy)
26.01.1946			permanent commission

Bally,
Max Anthony Nicholas
M.A.N. Bally

Naturalized British citizen, 01.1948 (oath of allegiance taken at Alexandria, Egypt, 25.10.1947).

19.12.1902
-

2nd Lt.	05.04.1941 [191274]
WS/Lt.	?
WS/Capt.	21.12.1943
A/Maj.	?
T/Maj.	21.12.1943-(04.1946)
WS/Maj.	1946? (reld 18.10.1946)
T/Lt.Col.	1946?
Hon. Lt.Col.	18.10.1946

MBE	20.09.1945	Italy *
MID	30.12.1941	Middle East
MID	1942	?
MID	1943	?
MID	02.03.1944	services in the field

05.04.1941			commissioned, Intelligence Corps [emergency commission]
(1945)			served on counter-intelligence missions in Greece ("BCIS")

* Maj. BALLY arrived in GREECE on D Day commanding the advance party of BCIS ** which was given the task of breaking up the extensive enemy stay-behind sabotage and espionage organisations in GREECE. He planned and executed with great skill a series of raids which resulted in the virtual destruction of the potentially dangerous enemy stay-behind organisation in GREECE within a short time of the arrival of British troops. In carrying out these raids in difficult and sometimes dangerous circumstances, Major BALLY was responsible for the arrest of upwards of 50 key enemy agents. During and since the civil war in Athens, he has tackled the problem of dealing with the purely Greek subversive organisations with great energy and resource. During the fighting he organised a number of small "Security Commandos" which he personally led and which operated with forward troops rendering valuable intelligence services to the fighting troops. Without the exceptional services of this officer, the work of BCIS in dealing with the security situation in GREECE would have undoubtedly been much less effective. During the course of the war, Major BALLY has received four Mentions in Dispatches (1941, 1942, 1943, 1944), all for services in an active capacity involving circumstances of special danger on Special Operations.

** Exact explication unknown, but possibly something like: British [or: Balkans] Counter-Intelligence Section

Balston,
Hugh Ronald
H.R. Balston

Son of Francis William Balston, and Ellen Catherine Trousdell.
Married (31.07.1943, St John's Church, Roorkee, in the United Provinces) Jeanette Vera Crawford, later a nurse at Mussoori (born c. 1925), daughter of Lt.Col. John Elliot Crawford (1889-1957), [Indian Army?].

(06?).1920
Toppesfield,
Maidstone, Kent
-
04.2009 still alive at Tenterden, Kent

2nd Lt.	02.11.1940 [155905]
WS/Lt.	02.05.1942
T/Capt.	01.07.1943-(04.1944)
WS/Capt.	21.01.1945
T/Maj.	31.03.1943-(04.1946)

Education: Radley College, Oxfordshire (01.1934-07.1938); Trinity College, Cambridge (09.1938-05.1940).

?	-	02.11.1940	Survey Training Centre, Officer Cadet Training Unit
02.11.1940			commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]
			served with Bengal Sappers
12.07.1943	-	(04.1944)	Staff Officer, Royal Engineers, 3rd grade (SORE3), Directorate of Air Force Works, Engineer-in-Chief's Branch, India Headquarters Staff

Post-war managing the paper-making company of Whatmans, Springfield, Maidstone. Awarded Queen's Silver Junilee Medal (1977) & Paper Industry Gold Medal (1982).

Barber,
Colin Muir
"Tiny"
C.M. Barber

Son of late John Barber, Bromborough.
Married 1st (1929) Mary Edith Nixon (died 1949); one son, one daughter.
Married 2nd Mrs Anthony Milburn.

27.06.1897
Birkenhead district, Cheshire
-
05.05.1964

2nd Lt.	29.03.1918, seniority 25.10.1916 [6512]
Lt.	25.04.1918
Capt.	31.01.1925
Maj.	11.03.1937
A/Lt.Col.	22.07.1940-03.11.1940
Lt.Col.	04.11.1940
A/Col.	26.03.1941-25.09.1941
T/Col.	26.09.1941-29.06.1943
Col.	30.06.1943
A/Brig.	20.10.1941-19.04.1942
T/Brig.	20.04.1942-02.08.1945
A/Maj.Gen.	03.08.1944-02.08.1945
T/Maj.Gen.	03.08.1945-(01.1946)
Lt.Gen.	27.02.1952 (retd 28.03.1955)

KBE	1952	?
CB	05.07.1945	NW Europe
DSO	11.07.1940	recent operations
DSO	19.10.1944	NW Europe 44-45 (46 Inf Bde)
MID	13.03.1925	Waziristan
MID	20.12.1940	?
MID	22.03.1945	NW Europe
MID	10.05.1945	NW Europe
MID	08.11.1945	NW Europe

WWI medals: British War Medal; Victory Medal
Waziristan 1921-24 Medal & Clasp; Palestine 1936-39 Medal & Clasp; Commander of the Order of the Crown (Belgium) (09.10.1945)

Education: Uppingham School; Staff College (psc)

1916	-	28.03.1918	mobilized Territorial Force with Liverpool Scottish (UK, France and Belgium) (for 2 years, 63 days)
29.03.1918			commissioned, Cameron Highlanders
29.03.1918	-	1919	1st Battalion Cameron Highlanders (France and Belgium 09.01.1917-11.11.1918)
1919	-	1931	India
08.06.1925	-	07.06.1928	Adjutant, ...
1929	-	1930	Staff College, Quetta
1930			staff, Scottish and Southern Commands
29.01.1932	-	18.09.1933	General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), Physical Training, Scottish Command
19.09.1933	-	28.01.1936	Staff Captain, Scottish Command
1936			Palestine
11.01.1937	-	21.07.1940	General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), ...
1940			with 51 (Highland) Division, British Expeditionary Force (BEF), France
26.03.1941	-	19.10.1941	General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), ...
20.10.1941	-	03.08.1944	Commander, 46th (Highland) Infantry Brigade (UK, NW Europe)
05.08.1944	-	1945	General Officer Commanding, 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division (NW Europe)
1946	-	1949	Commander, Highland District (Scottish Command)
1949	-	1952	Director of Infantry & Military Training, War Office
27.02.1952	-	1955	General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Scottish Command and Governor of Edinburgh Castle (London)

Barber,
Robert Heberden
R.H. Barber (Photo courtesy of Mr Peter Devers)

Younger son of Walter Browne Barber, and of Violet Barber (née Thomson), of Beacon Hill, Nottinghamshire.
Married (14.06.1941) Eileen Mary Louisa Combe (born 29.03.1918), only child of Capt. Harvey Alexander Brabazon Combe of Oaklands Park, Battle, Sussex and granddaughter of Mrs. Brabazon Coombe; one daughter.

03.06.1916
Basford district, Nottinghamshire
-
06.06.1944
(KIA) [age 28]
[Hermanville War Cemetery, France, 1.G.16]

2nd Lt.	30.01.1936 [67170]
Lt.	30.01.1939
T/Capt.	15.09.1940-(04.1941)
Capt.	30.01.1944
T/Maj.	14.10.1942-06.06.1944

NW Frontier of India 1936-39 Medal & Clasp

30.01.1936			commissioned, The Northamptonshire Regiment
(01.1937)			1st Battalion The Northamptonshire Regiment (Razmak, India)
(01.1939)			1st Battalion The Northamptonshire Regiment (Dinapore, India)
07.10.1940	-	(04.1941)	General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), ...
?	-	06.06.1944	Officer Commandng, "D" Company, 2nd Battalion The East Yorkshire Regiment (killed in action in Normandy when a mortar exploded in his company HQ)

Published: A supplementary bibliography of hawking : being a catalogue of books published in England between 1891 and 1943, together with criticisms, to which is added a list of the most important books published prior to that period (1943)

Barber,
Thomas
"Dick"
T. Barber

Married; ... children (one daughter?).

?
-

WS/S.Sgt. (M)	?
Lt. (IREM)	23.01.1943 [263083]
WS/Capt.	23.01.1946 (reld 1948)
T/Maj.	1947?
A/Lt.Col.	1947/48?
Hon. Maj.	?

	EM	20.03.1947	-
	EM	20.06.1952	1st clasp

			served in the ranks, Royal Engineers
23.01.1943			commissioned as Inspector of RE Machinery, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]

Barbour,
David Charles
D.C. Barbour

Son of Robert [of Bolesworth] Barbour (1876-1928) and Ida (Karki) Lavington Payne (1889-1985).
Married (21.12.1940) Antoinette Mary Daphne Alston (born 15.01.1913), daughter of Brig.Gen. Francis G. Alston, CMG, DSO, and Harrier Antoinette Tarn; two daughters, one son.

01.10.1912
Kensington district, Greater London
-
01.01.1988
Sulhamstead, Berkshire

2nd Lt. TA	24.07.1933
2nd Lt.	01.09.1934, seniority 02.02.1933 [56003]
Lt.	02.02.1936
A/Capt.	12.09.1939-11.12.1939
T/Capt.	12.12.1939-27.09.1940
WS/Capt.	28.09.1940
Capt.	02.02.1941
A/Maj.	28.06.1940-27.09.1940
T/Maj.	28.09.1940-22.10.1941, 28.02.1942-21.12.1944
WS/Maj.	22.12.1944
Maj.	01.07.1946
A/Lt.Col.	22.09.1944-21.12.1944
T/Lt.Col.	22.12.1944-25.03.1945, 01.04.1946-07.06.1946, 26.09.1947-23.11.1947, 11.04.1950-07.10.1953
local Lt.Col.	12.12.1947-14.12.1949
Lt.Col.	08.10.1953 [supernumerary 08.10.1956]
Col.	06.10.1958 (retd 08.04.1960)
Hon.Brig.	08.04.1960

	OBE	01.01.1957	New Year 57
	MID	23.09.1943	North Africa

Education: BA; Staff College, Camberley

24.07.1933			2nd Lieutenant, General List TA - University Candidates (Cambridge University Contingent, Senior division, Officer Training Corps)
01.09.1934			commissioned, 17/21 Lancers
			served North Africa & Italy
28.02.1942	-	14.03.1943	Brigade Major, HQ .. Armoured Brigade
22.09.1944	-	11.03.1945	Staff Officer 1st grade (SO1), War Office
12.12.1947	-	15.12.1949	General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), Staff College, Camberley
11.04.1950	-	11.03.1951	Assistant Quartermaster General (AQMG), HQ Eastern Command
1951	-	1953	Commanding Oiffucer, Sherwood Rangers
08.10.1953	-	08.10.1956	Commanding Officer, 17/12th Lancers
1958			Colonel, 22nd Armoured Brigade (TA)

Deputy Lieutenant (DL)

Barbour,
Thomas Downie
T.D. Barbour

Son of ... Barbour, and ... Neil.

(06?).1922
Romford district, Essex
-

2nd Lt.	05.12.1942 [255229]
WS/Lt.	05.06.1943
Hon. Capt.	09.03.1951

24.04.1946

* date of Dutch Royal Decree

05.12.1942			commissioned into the Royal Armoured Corps - The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [emergency commission]
09.03.1951	-	01.04.1967	Territorial Army Reserve of Officers

Barchard,
David Maxwell
D.M. Barchard

Son of H.G. Barchard, Sunnyleigh, Buxton.

03.11.1891
Altrincham, Cheshire
-
1954

2nd Lt.	11.10.1911 [4610]
Lt.	17.02.1914
Capt.	08.10.1915
Maj.	15.12.1927
local Lt.Col.	14.10.1930-02.05.1931, 03.05.1931-23.03.1934 [seniority 16.08.1929]
Lt.Col.	01.08.1936
Col.	19.07.1939 (retd 23.12.1945)
A/Brig.	19.10.1939-21.06.1940
T/Brig.	22.06.1940-(04.1941)
Hon. Brig.	23.12.1945

MID

30.01.1920

for gallant and distinguished services rendered in the field [dated 01.01.1919]

WWI medals: 1914 Star & Clasp; British War Medal; Victory Medal

Education: Uppingham School; Royal Military College, Sandhurst (01.1906-07.1910; won the obstacle race, 1910)

11.10.1911			commissioned, The Royal Welch Fusiliers
World War I			served in France & Belgium (07.10.1914-21.10.1914) with 1st Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers; in German captivity
12.06.1919	-	17.08.1922	Adjutant, 3rd Battalion The Royal Welch Fusiliers (Militia)
18.02.1923	-	17.02.1926	Adjutant, ...
13.02.1927	-	31.10.1929	Superintendent of Physical Training, Western Command
01.11.1929	-	17.06.1930	General Staff Officer (GSO) for Physical Training (Class CC), Northern Command
18.06.1930	-	23.03.1934	employed with the Royal West African Frontier Force (from 03.05.1931 Assistant Commandant, Nigeria Regiment, later Lieutenant-Colonel Commanding No. 1 Area with HQ at Kaduna)
01.08.1936	-	19.07.1939	Commanding Officer, 2nd Battalion The Royal Welch Fusiliers (Hong Kong, then Lucknow)
19.07.1939	-	18.10.1939	Second-in-Command, Northern Brigade, The King's African Rifles & Local Forces, Kenya and Uganda [specially employed (temporary)]
19.10.1939	-	18.10.1940	Commander, Northern Brigade, The King's African Rifles & Commander, Local Forces, Kenya and Uganda, redesignated: Commander, 1st (East Africa) Infantry Brigade (E Africa), redesignated:
18.10.1940	-	27.01.1941	Commander, 21st (East Africa) Infantry Brigade (E Africa)
23.12.1945	-	03.11.1949	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]

Barclay,
Francis Peter
F.P. Barclay

08.03.1909
Erpingham district, Norfolk
-
10.1992
East Dereham district, Norfolk

2nd Lt.	31.01.1929 [41071]
...	...
WS/Maj.	01.07.1942
A/Lt.Col.	01.04.1942-30.06.1942
T/Lt.Col.	01.07.1942-30.10.1943, 20.04.1944-24.09.1945
Brig.	13.02.1959 (retd 06.04.1961)

	DSO	19.10.1944	NW Europe 44-45
	MC	06.02.1940	BEF France 39-40

Education: psc

31.01.1929			commissioned, Royal Norfolk Regiment
...	-	...	...
(1940)			2nd Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment
(1944)	-	(1945)	Commanding Officer, 4th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment
19.01.1945	-	20.01.1945	acting Commander, 185th Infantry Brigade (NW Europe)

Honorary Colonel, Royal Norfolk Regiment, TA. Deputy Lieutenant (DL).

Barclay,
N
N. Barclay (Photo courtesy of Mr Charles Hawkshaw-Burn)

?
-

Maj.

(1947)

...	-	...	...
(1947)			HQ Southern Command, India (Poona)

Barkas,
Anthony Charles Kingston
"Rogue"
A.C.K. Barkas

Son of Thomas Leslie Barkas, and Phyllis Hannah Kingston.
Married Peggy ...; ... children.

08.10.1920
Newcastle upon Tyne district, Northumberland / Tyne and Wear
-
03.02.2009
Nanyuki Cottage Hospital, Kenya

2nd Lt.	31.12.1939 [112806]
Lt.	01.07.1941
A/Capt.	15.12.1942-14.03.1943
T/Capt.	15.03.1943-01.09.1944
WS/Capt.	02.09.1944
Capt.	01.07.1946
A/Maj.	02.06.1944-01.09.1944
T/Maj.	02.09.1944-09.06.1948
Maj.	31.12.1952 (retd 30.09.1958)

	MBE	?	?
	MID	27.09.1945	Burma

			served in the ranks for 121 days
?	-	31.12.1939	Officer Cadet Training Unit, Sandhurst
31.12.1939			commissioned, The Durham Light Infantry
			served 5th King's African Rifles (fought at El Alamein & in Burma)

Barker,
Sir Evelyn Hugh
E.H. Barker

Youngest son of late Maj.Gen. Sir George
Barker, KCB, and late Hon. Lady Barker.
Married (1923) Violet
Eleanor (died 1983), youngest daughter of T.W. Thornton of Brockhall, near Weedon, Northants; one son.

22.05.1894
Portsea Island district, Hampshire
-
23.11.1983
Mendip district

2nd Lt.	05.02.1913 [8095]
...	...
Bt. Lt.Col.	01.07.1934
Lt.Col.	13.07.1936
Col.	20.08.1938, seniority 01.07.1937
T/Brig.	01.08.1938-21.12.1940
A/Maj.Gen.	11.02.1941-10.02.1942
T/Maj.Gen.	11.02.1942-25.06.1943
Maj.Gen.	26.06.1943, seniority 17.11.1941
A/Lt.Gen.	02.12.1944
Gen.	15.11.1948, seniority 03.10.1946 (retd 18.03.1950)

KCB	1950	?
KBE	05.07.1945	?
CB	1944	?
CBE	20.08.1940	?
DSO	1918	?
MC	?	?
MID	26.07.1940	?
MID	22.03.1945	?
MID	10.05.1945	?
LegH	1944	?

05.02.1913			commissioned, The King's Royal Rifle Corps
1914	-	1919	service with King's Royal Rifle Corps, World War I, France, Salonica and South Russia
1917			General Staff Officer, grade 3 (GSO3), ...
1917			Brigade Major, ...
1919			General Staff Officer, grade 3 (GSO3), War Office
...	-	...	...
1931	-	1933	Brigade Major, 8th Infantry Brigade, Southern Command (UK)
13.06.1936	-	1938	Commanding Officer, 2nd Battalion The King's Royal Rifle Corps (Palestine, UK)
01.08.1938	-	03.10.1940	Commander, 10th Infantry Brigade (UK, France & Belgium, UK)
04.10.1940	-	21.12.1940	Member, Transport Committee
11.12.1941	-	14.04.1943	General Officer Commanding, 54th (East Anglian) Infantry Division (UK)
30.04.1943	-	30.11.1944	General Officer Commanding, 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division (UK, NW Europe)
1944	-	1946	General Officer Commanding, VIII Corps (Germany, Denmark) [Commander and Governor Schleswig-Holstein, Denmark 1945-1946]
1946	-	1947	Commander in Chief, Palestine & Trans-Jordan
1947	-	1950	General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Command (UK)

ADC to the King, 1949-1950. Colonel Commandant, 2nd Battalion The King's Royal Rifle Corps. Honorary Colonel, RA (TA).

Barker,
Herbert Hyde
"Peter"
H.H. Barker

?
-

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	25.02.1943 [264824]
WS/Lt.	25.08.1943 (reld 1946)
A/Maj. ?	?

25.02.1943			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
			served in India (stationed at or near Secunderabad and saw active service in Burma)

Barker,
Michael George Henry
M.G.H. Barker

15.10.1884
Wells district, Somerset
-
21.05.1960
Colchester, Essex

2nd Lt.	04.07.1903
Maj.Gen.	07.06.1935 (half-pay 01.10.1935; full-pay 01.12.1936)
Lt.Gen.	14.07.1939, seniority 28.06.1938 (retd 15.08.1941)

	CB	1937	?
	DSO	1917	?

Education: psc

1902			Served in Militia, South African War
04.07.1903			commissioned into the Lincolnshire Regiment
1914	-	1919	served World War I
1927	-	1931	Commanding Officer, 2nd Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment
1933	-	1935	Brigadier General Staff, Eastern Command (UK)
01.12.1936	-	13.07.1939	Director of Recruiting and Organisation, War Office
14.07.1939	-	1940	General Officer Commanding, British Forces in Palestine and Transjordan (temporary)
1940			General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Aldershot Command

Deputy Regional Commander for Civil Defence, London 1941-1942. Colonel, York and Lancaster Regiment, 01.04.1936-...
DL

Barkworth,
John Anthony Sandback
A.D. Barlow

Son of ... Barkworth, and ... Bowles.

10.05.1923
St Marylebone district, Greater London / London
-
07.2004
South & West Dorset district, Dorset

2nd Lt.	19.09.1942 [245365]
...	.
Maj.	10.05.1957 (retd 01.10.1967)
Lt.Col. TAVR	01.10.1967

19.09.1942			commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission to 03.12.1946]
04.12.1946			permanent commission, 3rd Dragoon Guards

Barlow,
Andrew Douglas
A.D. Barlow

Mother's maiden name: Aitchisson ??

(06?).1919 ??
Thorne district, Lincolnshire / Yorkshire - West Riding ??
-

2nd Lt.	07.01.1943 [258710]
WS/Lt.	07.07.1943
T/Capt.	19.09.1944 (reld 1946?)

07.01.1943

commissioned, The Durham Light Infantry [emergency commission]

Barlow,
Cecil Disney
C.D. Barlow

Son of Dr. Herbert Cecil Barlow, MB, and Muriel Ponsford.
Husband of M.A. Barlow, of Ballantrae, Ayrshire; three children.

04.02.1905
St Ives
-
26.07.1944
(KIA) [age 39]
[Ranville War Cemetery, France, I.D.28]

2nd Lt.	29.01.1925 [31868]
Lt.	29.01.1927
T/Capt.	16.11.1934-15.05.1935
Capt.	16.05.1935
T/Maj.	11.03.1940-(04.1941)
Maj.	29.01.1942
local Lt.Col.	01.11.1940-(04.1941)
WS/Lt.Col.	22.10.1942
A/Col.	22.04.1942-21.10.1942
T/Col.	22.10.1942-26.07.1944

OBE

08.06.1944

HM's birthday 44

Education: Staff College (psc); qualified as interpreter 2nd class in Ki-Swahili, 01.1938.

29.01.1925			commissioned, The King's Shropshire Light Infantry
05.06.1931	-	23.04.1937	employed with the King's African Rifles (initially Company Officer, from 16.11.1934 Company Commander, 5th (Kenya) Battalion at Nairobi, later Meru)
28.06.1940	-	(04.1941)	Staff Officer, African Colonial Forces (from 13.01.1941 graded General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3))
(04.1944)			specially employed: Light Scout Car Training Centre
05.04.1944	-	08.04.1944	acting Commander, 114th Infantry Brigade (UK)
28.06.1944	-	26.07.1944	Commanding Officer, 1st/4th Battalion The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

Barlow,
Ernest Alfred
E.A. Barlow

30.11.1893
Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire
-
died between 02.1967 and 02.1985

T/2nd Lt.	07.04.1915-01.01.1916
2nd Lt.	01.08.1918, seniority 07.01.1916 [26912]
Lt.	01.08.1918, seniority 07.07.1917
A/Capt. TF	29.10.1918-...
A/Maj. TF	11.02.1919-28.07.1919
T/Capt. TA	05.12.1923-03.12.1927
Capt.	27.10.1928
Maj.	04.06.1937 (retd 17.12.1948)
A/Lt.Col.	01.05.1941-31.07.1941
T/Lt.Col.	01.08.1941-11.01.1944
WS/Lt.Col.	12.01.1944
A/Col.	12.07.1943-11.01.1944
T/Col.	12.01.1944-(01.1946)
A/Brig.	12.03.1945-(01.1946)
Hon. Brig.	17.12.1948

	MID	16.12.1943	Burma / Eastern Frontier of India
	MID	07.07.1919	?

WW I: British War Medal; Victory Medal

1914	-	06.04.1915	served in the ranks, mobilized Territorial Force (245 days)
07.04.1915	-	31.07.1918	mobilized Territorial Force (2 years, 211 days) (France & Belgium 21.01.1917-11.11.1918 [wounded])
01.08.1918			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery (Royal Field Artillery)
05.12.1923	-	03.12.1927	Adjutant, 70th (West Riding) Field Brigade RA (Territorial Army)
(03.1931)			11th Heavy Battery RA (Singapore)
24.02.1932	-	05.05.1935	Adjutant, 24th Field Brigade RA (Newcastle)
(01.1937)			24th Field Brigade RA (Aldershot)
23.07.1938			seconded for service with the Indian Army
?	-	?	‘R’ or ‘S’ Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Indian Army)

Barnes,
Christopher Henry Alexander
C.H.A. Barnes

Son of Christopher Chevallier Barnes, and Mary Elizabeth Robinson.
Married (1940) Noorah Stokes-Reece.

28.05.1912
Worksop district, Derbyshire / Nottinghamshire / Yorkshire
-
04.06.1990
Haverfordwest district, Pembrokeshire

2nd Lt.	28.01.1932 [50807]
Lt.	28.01.1935
A/Capt.	03.09.1939-02.12.1939
T/Capt.	03.12.1939-27.01.1940
Capt.	28.01.1940 (retd 16.02.1950; disability)
A/Maj.	10.06.1941-09.09.1941
T/Maj.	10.09.1941-27.05.1944 (half-pay 16.02.1945; disability)
Hon. Maj.	16.02.1950

NW Frontier of India 1936-37 Medal & Clasp

28.01.1932			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery
15.05.1941	-	09.06.1941	Adjutant
(1943)			111th Field Regiment RA (Sicily) ?

Barnes,
Stuart
S. Barnes

Son of Henry Joseph Barnes (1871-1949), and Rose Flowers (1873-1936).
Married (14.09.1922, Axbridge district, Somerset) Kathleen Mary G. Whittard; two sons, one daughter (son Capt. Derek R.P. Barnes, Indian Army).

08.03.1897
Portsmouth, Hampshire
-
16.12.1960
Droxford district

2nd Lt.	19.09.1914 [24499]
T/Lt.	01.04.1915
Lt.	01.06.1916 (retd 18.01.1923; receiving a gratuity)
A/Capt.	08.09.1917
Lt. RARO	08.09.1917 (reld 25.06.1947)
Lt. TA	17.03.1923
Provl. Capt. TA	17.03.1923
Capt. TA	30.09.1924, seniority 17.03.1923
Maj. TA	04.08.1928
T/Lt.Col. TA	09.06.1940
Lt.Col. TA	11.04.1945 (reld 01.1946)

OBE	01.07.1940	HM's birthday 40
BWM 14\|20	-	-
VM	-	-
39\|45 St	-	-
Afr St	-	& clasp 8th Army
Def M	-	-
WM 39\|45	-	-
Cor M 37	-	-
TD	25.02.1936	-
TD	16.02.1951	4 clasps

Education: preparatory school, Worthing; Lancing College.

19.09.1914			commissioned, 1st Wessex Brigade - Royal Field Artillery (Territorial Force)
			served first with the 1st Wessex Ammunition Column, later with 1st Hampshire Battery (served in India from 1914, in Mesopotamia & Egypt from 1916)
01.01.1918	-	18.01.1923	seconded as Flying Officer (Observer), later Observer Officer to the Royal Flying Corps [re-seconded (twice for two years)]
			served with the Inspector of Recruiting, RAF, later with 4 Squadron RAF
17.03.1923	-	1939	54th (Wessex) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery [from 1932 57th (Wessex) Anti-Aircraft Brigade RA] - Territorial Army
18.01.1923	-	25.06.1947	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [exceeded age limit]
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
06.1940?	-	05.1943	Commanding Officer, 57th (Wessex) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA (defence of Portsmouth, from 11.1942 with 8th Army, North Africa)
05.1943	-	01.01.1944	Deputy Director of Labour, Northern Command
01.1946?	-	16.04.1952	Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [exceeded age limit]

Military Member, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight Territorial Army and Air Force Association (1941)-(1944).

Barnes,
Walter
W. Barnes

Son of ... Barnes, and ... Turner.

10.02.1913
Manchester, Chorlton district, Lancashire
-
02.1988
Slough district, Berkshire

Wt.Offr. II	1941 (316 days)
Wt.Offr. I	1942 (1 year, 168 days)
Lt. (QM)	30.06.1943 [28226]
A/Capt. (QM)	20.08.1945-19.11.1945
T/Capt. (QM)	20.11.1945-29.06.1946
WS/Capt. (QM)	30.06.1946
Capt. (QM)	01.12.1946, seniority 30.06.1946
Capt.	14.07.1948?
T/Maj.	14.07.1948-31.03.1952
Lt. (NM)	15.04.1953
Capt. (NM)	15.04.1953
Maj. (NM)	03.06.1955
Lt.Col. (NM)	19.07.1964 (retd 10.02.1968)
T/Col.	13.09.1965-31.12.1966
P/A/Col.	01.01.1967
Hon. Col.	10.02.1968

MBE	30.09.1958	Malaya 01-06.58
OStJ	04.01.1949	-
39\|45 St	-	-
Fr&G St	-	-
DefM	-	-
BWM 39\|45	-	-
AfrGSM	-	& clasp Kenya
GenSM	-	& clasp Malaya
LSGCM	08.04.1949	-
BelgMC	19.11.1948	?

1931	-	1942	served in the ranks for 9 years, 328 days (Egypt 1934-1935, Sudan 1936-1939)
30.06.1943			commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission to 30.11.1946]
1945	-	1950	NW Europe & British Army of the Rhine
01.12.1946			short service commission
1948	-	1949	Officer Commanding, Army Medical Equipment Depot (AMED), BAOR
1949	-	1950	Deputy Assistant Director of Medical Services, BAOR
1950	-	1953	Officer Commanding, Command Central Equipment Depot (CMED), East Africa
15.04.1953			permanent commission, RAMC (Non-Medical)
1953	-	1956	Officer Commanding, Army Medical Equipment Depot (AMED), Rhyl/Solihull (UK)
1956	-	1960	Officer Commanding, Command Central Equipment Depot (CMED), Singapore
1960	-	(1966)	Commanding Officer, Army Medical Equipment Depot (AMED) Ludgershall

Barradell-Smith,
Arthur Munford
A.M. Barradell-Smith

Son (with a twin brother and a sister) of Walter Barradell-Smith (1881-1965), and Elizabeth Underwood Munford (1881-1964).
Married (17.08.1948, The Little Church, Kabete, Nairobi, Kenya) Jill Patricia Hewitt (born 14.11.1926), daughter of Major W. H. Hewitt VC, coffee plantation owner; two daughters.

17.04.1916
Lyndoch, Glasgow, Scotland
-
20.09.2009
Mt Beauty, Victoria, Australia

2nd Lt.	13.01.1940 [113365]
WS/Lt.	13.07.1941
Lt.	01.09.1946, seniority 13.07.1941
Capt.	01.11.1947
Maj. TA	22.09.1952

Education: Glasgow Academy (1925-1934); Glasgow University (quit after one year).

			served in the ranks, The Highland Light Infantry
?	-	13.01.1940	165th Officer Cadet Training unit
13.01.1940			commissioned, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [emergency commission]
1940	-	06.1940	2nd Battalion The Cameronians (BEF, France) (captured at Dunkirk)
1940	-	1945	POW in German captivity in Germany & Poland
01.09.1946	-	20.10.1950	short service commission (served in East Africa 1945-1948 & UK 1948-1950)
20.10.1950	-	01.09.1954	Regular Army Reserve of Officers
?	-	13.02.1957	Territorial Army
13.02.1957	-	17.04.1966	Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]

Emigrated to Australia, 1968. Stenhouse Insurance and actor in Australian television series.

Barrington,
Croker Edmund
C.E. Barrington

Son of Croker Barrington and of Florence Jane Barrington (nee Bayly). Married (26.07.1933) Gwendolen Mary Bligh, of Brittas, Co. Meath, Irish Republic.

02.09.1897
Barringtons Bridge. County Limerick
-
15.07.1944
(KIA) [age 46]
[Gauhati War Cemetery, India, 1.F.21]

2nd Lt.	19.02.1916 [13538]
Maj.	22.11.1937
Lt.Col.	30.06.1944
A/Brig.	?

MC	?	?
MID	WW I	?
MID	WW II	?

19.02.1916			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery
30.07.1942	-	15.08.1942	acting Commander, 5th Infantry Brigade (India)

Barry,
Patrick Francis Gavin
P.F.G. Barry

Son of ... Barry, and ... Gavin.
Married Eleanor ... (predeceased him); three sons, one daughter.

15.03.1922
Bromley district, Greater London / Kent
-
23.04.2008
Hunters Care Centre, Cirencester

2nd Lt.	04.10.1941
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942
...	...
Col.	30.06.1970 (retd 15.03.1977)

MID

16.09.1943

04.10.1941			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission to 05.02.1946]
06.02.1946			permanent commission

Barstow,
John Anderson
J.A. Barstow

Son of Lt.-Col. Thomas Adam Anderson Barstow, Seaforth Highlanders, and Jane Cape Barstow. Husband of Nancy Barstow of Wedderburn. Brother of Maj.Gen. A.E. Barstow, Indian Army.

02.05.1893
-
03.01.1941
[age 47]
[Edrom Parish Churchyard, section D.D., grave 71]

2nd Lt.	? 03.12.1919, seniority 13.07.1915
Lt.	17.12.1919, seniority 05.01.1917
A/Capt.	22.08.1916-02.12.1916, 03.02.1917-...
T/Capt.	04.09.1920-...
Capt.	28.05.1923
Bt. Maj.	01.01.1934
Maj.	01.08.1938
Bt. Lt.Col.	01.01.1937
Col.	19.05.1939
A/Brig.	?

03.06.1916

Education: Staff College (psc; 21.01.1925-...)

?			commissioned into The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
18.05.1916			transferred to the The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)
04.09.1920	-	?	Adjutant, 7th Battalion Royal Highlanders
?	-	28.09.1923	Adjutant, 6th Battalion Gordon Highlanders
22.01.1927	-	01.10.1928	Staff Captain, War Office
01.10.1928	-	22.01.1931	Brigade Major, 3rd Infantry Brigade
(03.1931)			1st Battalion, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)
12.12.1932	-	01.04.1934	General Staff Officer 2nd grade (GSO2), Deccan District (Southern Command, East Indies)
01.04.1934	-	11.12.1936	Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General (DAQMG), ... (India)
12.12.1936	-	(1937)	1st Battalion, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)
27.02.1938	-	18.05.1939	General Staff Officer 2nd grade (GSO2), Directorate of Military Training, Department of the Chief of the Imperial General Staff, War Office
19.05.1939	-	(01.1940)	Assistant Adjutant-General, Department of the Adjutant-General to the Forces, War Office
24.06.1940	-	27.12.1940	Commander, 69th Infantry Brigade (UK)

Member, Army Sport Control Board (1939). Qualified interpreter in French (1st class; 01.1923) & German (2nd class; 01.1924).

Bartholomew,
Sir William Henry
W.H. Bartholomew

16.03.1877
-
31.12.1962

2nd Lt.	23.03.1897
Lt.Gen.	13.02.1933 (half-pay 22.01.1934; full-pay 10.05.1934)
Gen.	19.02.1937 (retd 08.06.1940)

GCB 1939 (KCB 1934; CB 1919); CMG 1917; DSO 1917

23.03.1897			commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery
			Staff College, Quetta, India 1909-1910; World War I 1914-1919; General Staff Officer Grade 1, 4 Div, France; Brig Gen, General Staff, 20 Corps, Palestine 1917-1918; Brig Gen, General Staff, Egyptian Expeditionary Force, Palestine 1918; General Officer Commanding 6 Infantry Bde 1923-1926; Director of Recruiting and Organisation, War Office 1927-1928; Commandant, Imperial Defence College 1929-1931
01.02.1931	-	21.01.1934	Director of Military Operations and Intelligence, War Office
10.05.1934	-	11.10.1937	Chief of General Staff, India
12.10.1937	-	(01.)1940	General Officer Commanding, Central Northern Command

North Eastern Regional Commissioner for Civil Defence 1940-1945.
ADC General to the King, 26.04.1938-08.06.1940. Colonel Commandant, Royal Artilelry, 20.06.1934.

Bartlett,
Harry
H. Bartlett (Photo courtesy of Dr Jonathan Bartlett)

Married (1919, Pontypool district) Hilda Mary Hodder (24.09.1895 - (06?).1980); two sons serving in the forces (Capt. William James Osborne Bartlett, MC and Bar, Royal Tank Regiment, and Lt. Harry Royston Bartlett, Royal Marines).

12.02.1895
Pontypridd district, Glamorgan / Mid Glamorgan
-
died between 02.1967 and 08.1985

2nd Lt.	13.10.1918, seniority 18.09.1917 [15118]
Lt.	18.03.1919
Capt.	12.09.1928, regimental seniority 13.09.1922
Maj.	12.09.1937
A/Lt.Col.	07.06.1940-06.09.1940
T/Lt.Col.	07.09.1940-19.10.1942
WS/Lt.Col.	20.10.1942
Lt.Col.	20.11.1942 (supernumerary 20.11.1945)
A/Col.	20.04.1942-19.10.1942
T/Col.	20.10.1942-17.05.1944, 05.06.1944-(04.1946)
Col.	15.06.1946, seniority 20.10.1945 (retd 10.03.1949)
local Brig.	30.07.1943-17.05.1944
A/Brig.	05.10.1944-(01.1946)
Hon. Brig.	10.03.1949

CBE	24.01.1946	NW Europe 44-45
MID	23.12.1918	?
14\|20 BWM	-	-
VM	-	-

11.1915	-	17.11.1916	served in the ranks, being mobilized in the Territorial Force, for 360 days
18.11.1916	-	12.10.1918	mobilized in the special Reserve of Officers, for 1 year, 329 days (seconded, Army Signal Service, 08.09.1917-27.06.1920) [serving in France & Belgium 16.01.1917-11.11.1918]
13.10.1918			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery
28.06.1920	-	24.10.1922	seconded, Royal Signals
25.10.1922			transferred, Royal Corps of Signals
(03.1931)			served in Egypt
01.10.1932	-	31.10.1935	Adjutant, ... (Aldershot)
24.04.1936	-	06.06.1940	Adjutant, 48th (South Midland) Divisional Signals (Territorial Army) (Birmingham)
20.04.1942	-	15.06.1943	Chief Signal Officer, ...
05.06.1944	-	04.10.1944	Chief Signal Officer, XXX Corps (NW Europe)
1944?	-	1945?	possibly still on the staff of XXX Corps (in same capacity?)
10.03.1949	-	12.02.1953	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]

Bartlett,
John Percy
J.P. Bartlett

From Cheltenham.

(12?).1913 ??
Bradford Upon Avon district, Somerset / Wiltshire ??
-
2007
[age 93]

2nd Lt.	23.03.1940 [124739]
WS/Lt.	13.10.1940
T/Capt.	13.10.1940-(04.1941)
WS/Capt.	25.08.1942
T/Maj.	?
Hon. Maj.	< 04.1946

MBE

24.01.1946

NW Europe

23.03.1940

commissioned, The Gloucestershire Regiment [emergency commission]

Bartlett,
William Frederick
W.F. Bartlett (Photo courtesy of Mr Fred Bartlett, via Mr John McLoughlin)

Husband of Gwendoline Phyllis Bartlett; one son, one daughter.

1913
Kent
-
19.02.1944
Anzio, Italy
(KIA)
[Anzio War Cemetery, I.K.8]

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	12.12.1942 [255615]
WS/Lt.	?, seniority 12.12.1942

1930	-	1942	served in the ranks, The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
12.12.1942			commissioned, The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) [emergency commission]
12.12.1942	-	19.02.1944	2nd/7th Battalion The Middlesex Regiment (killed in action Anzio Bridgehead)

Bartlett,
William James Osborne
W.J.O. Bartlett (Photo courtesy of Dr Jonathan Bartlett)

Son of Brig. Harry Bartlett, CBE, and Hilda Mary Hodder.
Brother of Lt. Harry Royston Bartlett, Royal Marines.
Married 1st (02.1944, Cairo, Egypt; marriage dissolved) Regina C. "Penny" Puglisi; two sons.
Married 2nd (10.04.1953, Droitwich district, Worcestershire) Betty J. Pugh; one son, one daughter.

03.07.1921
Andover district, Hampshire / Wilthsire
-
01.2010 still alive

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	12.07.1941 [197961]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942
T/Capt.	23.07.1944-(04.1946)

	MC	07.06.1945	NW Europe *
	MC	23.08.1945	NW Europe **

12.07.1941			commissioned, Royal Tank Regiment - Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]
(1944)	-	(1945)	11th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment
(10.1944)	-	(11.1944)	Troop Officer, 3 Troop, "B" Squadron (Battle of the Scheldt)

* Citation for the award of the Military Cross to Temp. Capt. W.J.O. Bartlett: "Captain BARTLETTcommanded an assault Buffalo troop on the crossing of the Rhine on 24th March 1945. His task was to cross at H-Hour, 0200 hours and land the leading elements of the assault infantry at MR.133420. During the actual crossing his troop came under intense mortar fire, but without deflecting from his course he landed at the exact predetermined place. Immediately the infantry commenced to dismount from the Buffaloes they were heavily engaged by Light Machine Gun fire. Captain BARTLETT with one member of his crew immediately dismounted, and charging a distance of over seventy yards silenced the machine gun post with grenades. A further post was then located some fifty yards to the right, but once again showing complete disregard for his own safety, Captain BARTLETT immediately led an assault on this post and silenced it with Sten fire and grenades. But for this officer's extreme gallantry and powers of leadership, the operation on this sector would have been seriously jeopardised."
** Citation for the award of a Bar to the Military Cross to Temp. Capt. W.J.O. Bartlett: "Captain BARTLETT was commanding an assault troop of Buffaloes on the crossing of the River IJSSEL on 12th April 1945. The blowing of two gaps between the Buffalo forward assembly area and the river bank was unsuccessful. This officer, however, using great initiative, but only after considerable difficulty, succeeded in getting two Buffaloes over the bund, despite heavy mortar fire, and after making a personal reconnaissance of the length of the bund which was being swept by automatic fire. With these two craft he completed the assault crossing, and on his return to the near bank organised a ferry service with his two Buffaloes, carrying across by this means the remainder of the assaulting infantry. This ferry service was organised under intense enemy fire in an exposed position on the near bank of the river. As the Squadron Reconnaissance Officer had been wounded, this officer assumed the duties of Squadron Reconnaissance Officer and immediately taped and lamped Buffalo exits on the far bank to guide succeeding Buffaloes then ready to proceed along an alternative route."

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