British Army Officers 1939-1945 -- B

R.B.W. Bethell to H.W. Bottrill

Bethell,
Richard Bryan Wyndham
R.B.W. Bethell

15.09.1906
Fareham district, Hampshire
-
11.1990
Mendip district, Somerset

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	30.08.1926 [36294]
Lt.	30.08.1929
Capt.	24.11.1937
A/Maj.	27.07.1940-26.10.1940
T/Maj.	27.10.1940-27.11.1941
WS/Maj.	28.11.1941
Maj.	30.08.1943
local Lt.Col.	28.08.1940-25.05.1941
A/Lt.Col.	28.08.1941-27.11.1941
T/Lt.Col.	28.11.1941-14.07.1942, 31.08.1942-15.10.1945
WS/Lt.Col.	16.10.1945
Lt.Col.	12.04.1949
A/Col.	16.05.1945-15.10.1945
T/Col.	16.10.1945-23.07.1946, 28.12.1947-06.05.1950
Col.	07.05.1950 (supernumerary 07.05.1956)
A/Brig.	16.04.1945-15.10.1945
T/Brig.	16.10.1945-23.07.1946, 29.01.1951-24.03.1954
Brig.	25.03.1954 (retd 16.07.1959)

DSO

01.03.1945

NW Europe

Education: psc

30.08.1926			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery
02.09.1939	-	26.07.1940	General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3) (Liaison), ...
27.07.1940	-	27.08.1940	Brigade Major, ...
28.08.1940	-	27.08.1941	General Staff Officer, 2n grade (GSO2), ...
28.08.1941	-	14.07.1942	General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), ...
194X	-	194X	Commanding Officer, 181st Field Regiment RA
16.04.1945	-	12.07.1946	Commander Royal Artillery (CRA), ...
24.07.1946	-	18.04.1947	General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), ...
28.12.1947	-	16.12.1950	Colonel General Staff (Col. GS), RAF Staff College
29.01.1951	-	08.11.1953	Brigadier General Staff (BGS), HQ Northern Command (UK)
15.01.1954	-	09.10.1955	Commander Royal Artillery (CRA), 43rd Wessex Infantry Division TA
01.01.1956	-	31.07.1956	Commander (Brig.), 89 Army Group Royal Artillery (Field) TA
01.08.1956	-	31.12.1956	Commander Royal Artillery (CRA), HQ Royal Artillery, 54th Infantry Division TA
16.07.1959	-	15.09.1964	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]

Bethell,
William Arthur
W.A. Bethell (Photo courtesy of Mr Peter Robson)

?
-

Cadet	? [T/200107]
2nd Lt.	19.02.1944 [311397]
WS/Lt.	19.08.1944 (reld > 04.1946, < 04.1947)
A?/Capt.	?

19.02.1944			commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission]
			served Royal Indian Army Service Corps (Kakul, NW Frontier)

Bethell-Fox,
John Andrew
J.A. Bathell-Fox

Married 1st ((09?).1943, Aldershot district, Hampshire) Mabel Ellis.
Married 2nd (1949, Fayid, Egypt) Constance Joan Bushby (13.01.1922 - 02.1990); one son.

22.11.1919
-
25.08.1976
Salford Priors, Stratford-upon-Avon district, Warwickshire

2nd Lt.	08.02.1941 [170931]
Lt.	15.12.1945, seniority 22.05.1942
A/Capt.	18.06.1943-27.07.1943, 27.09.1945-16.11.1945
T/Capt.	17.11.1945-05.08.1946, 30.08.1946-21.11.1946
Capt.	22.11.1946
T/Maj.	07.05.1953-21.11.1953
Maj.	22.11.1953 (retd 26.09.1960)

11.03.1943

Middle East (Egypt and Libya) *

* In the action at Agheila on the 14th Dec. 42 Lt. Bethell-Fox was in command of the right hand flank troop of the Crusader Squadron, during the whole of this day he showed the highest initiative, courage and good soldierly qualities in his movements against the enemy. During this period he lost no opportunity in inflicting casualties upon the enemy’s vehicles and personnel, without losing a single tank in the afternoon, having seen what he thought to be a movement of enemy tanks around his right flank, he moved forward, destroyed two tanks, and then seeing an Anti Tank Gun in action on the far side of a ridge, engaged and destroyed it in the face of heavy fire from this and other guns in the vicinity. During this period his tank was hit many times. On his return, seeing that the track of another Crusader had been split, and the tank itself under heavy shell and machine gun fire, he went alongside, himself adjusted the tow rope and pulled it out of action. At last light, when getting out of his tank on entering close leaguer, he was wounded by enemy shell fire. This officer’s conduct during the day is but another example of the courage shown by him in the battle for the Sidi Rahman Track on 3 Nov 42 on which occasion he was also wounded. I consider that Lieut. Bethell-Fox, on this, as on previous occasions, showed great initiative, fine leadership and complete disregard for his personal safety.

Education: Staff College (psc).

			served in the ranks for 3 years, 39 days
08.02.1941			commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]
			Nottinghamshire (Sherwood Rangers) Yeomanry
15.12.1945			permanent commission
11.12.1946			transferred, 9th/12th Royal Lancers

Wrote: Green beaches (1944; unpublished).

Bett,
Harry
H. Bett

Son (with one sister and one brother) of Thomas Bett (1863-1911), and Emma Matilda Fisher (1873-1943).
Married (1925) Agnes Bett (1903? - 1931?).
Partner of Ruth Irene Shaw (20.06.1909 - 21.08.1991), daughter (with one brother) of John Shaw (1874-1956), and Jane Jeffcote (1875-1935); one son.
Residence: (1944) Bagley Wood, Oxford.

27.11.1902
Lincoln, Lincolnshire
-
09.12.1963
Ruislip, Harrow district, Middlesex

2nd Lt.	22.07.1936 [68624]
Lt.	22.07.1939
WS/Capt.	10.02.1942
T/Maj.	10.02.1942-(04.1946)
Maj.	30.06.1950, seniority 01.11.1947

MBE	24.08.1944	Italy [recommendation available upon request]
MID	23.03.1944	Sicily
ERD	04.06.1954	-

09.03.1921	-	22.03.1923	Engine Room Apprentice 5th class, Royal Navy
22.07.1936			commissioned, Royal Corps of Signals - Supplementary Reserve of Officers
24.08.1939			mobilized SRO
			Eighth Army Signals (OBE)
22.07.1946	-	24.09.1958	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [exceeded age limit]

Beuttler,
Leslie Brindley Bream

04.12.1913
Salisbury district, Wiltshire
-
1978

2nd Lt.	31.08.1933 [56683]
Lt.	31.08.1936
A/Capt.	18.06.1940-17.09.1940
T/Capt.	18.09.1940-30.08.1941
Capt.	31.08.1941
A/Maj.	12.03.1941-23.04.1941, 04.10.1943-20.11.1943
T/Maj.	21.11.1943-25.03.1945
WS/Maj.	26.03.1945
Maj.	31.08.1946
A/Lt.Col.	26.12.1944-25.03.1945
T/Lt.Col.	26.03.1945-02.02.1947, 14.01.1953-08.03.1956
Lt.Col.	?
Col.	29.05.1961 (retd 27.03.1963)

OBE	01.05.1953	?
MBE	29.03.1945	NW Europe 1944-45
MID	08.11.1945	?
MID	19.10.1951	?

31.08.1933			commissioned, The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding)
06.04.1939	-	17.06.1940	special appointment
03.06.1943	-	23.09.1943	training course, Staff College, Camberley

Bevan,
Alan James Bedford
A.J.B. Bevan

Son of Lt.Col. Job James Bevan (1885-1950), Royal Army Ordnance Corps, and Marie Myfanwy Bedford (1893-1979).
Married (1946) Danute Drochneriute (01.08.1925 - 07.03.1991), daughter of Liudvikas Drochneris (?-1995), and Magdalena Ashtramskaite (?-1963), of Lazdijai, Lithuania; one son.
From Briton Ferry, Glamorgan.

30.04.1921
Swansea district, Glamorgan
-
31.01.2003
Mid Warwickshire district, Warwickshire

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	11.10.1942 [245938]
WS/Lt.	11.04.1943
Lt.	01.03.1948, seniority 11.04.1943
Capt.	11.10.1948
Maj.	11.10.1955 (reld 14.08.1961)
Hon. Maj.	14.08.1961

	MC	01.03.1945	Arnhem 09.44
	EM	13.12.1949	-

11.10.1942			commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]
(1944)	-	(1945)	260 Field Company RE (43rd Wessex Infantry Division) (NW Europe) (evacuation of 1st Airborne Division from Arnhem 09.1944; MC)
01.03.1948	-	14.08.1961	short service commission

Bevan,
Gordon William
G.W. Bevan (Photo courtesy of Mr Frank de Planta)

Son of ... Bevan, and ... Milne.

(12?).1921
Wandsworth district, Greater London / Surrey
-

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	05.04.1941 [180523]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942 (reld < 04.1947)
T/Capt.	15.01.1945-(04.1946)

24.01.1946

NW Europe 44-45

?	-	05.04.1941	Officer Cadet Training Unit
05.04.1941			commissioned, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) [emergency commission]
(1945)			1/5th Battalion The Queen's Royal Regiment (NW Europe)

Bevan,
Job James
J.J. Bevan

Son (with six brothers and two sisters) of John Bevan, and Catherine Hopkins.
Married 1st ((12?).1915, Neath district, Glamorgan, Wales; divorced) Marie Myfanwy Bedford (1893-1979); ... children (one daughter, one son?) Maj. Alan James Bedford Bevan, Royal Engineers).
Married 2nd ((12?).1948, Neath district, Glamorgan, Wales) Henrietta Owen.

11.11.1885
Parish of Llansamlet, Swansea district, Glamorgan, Wales
-
29.12.1950
Baglan, Port Talbot, Glamorgan, Wales

T/2nd Lt.	?
T/Lt.	15.02.1917
T/Inspector of Ordnance Machinery (IOM) 3rd cl. (on prob) (with rank of Hon. Lt.)	22.11.1917
T/IOM 3rd cl. (with rank of Hon. Lt.)	06.05.1918, seniority 22.11.1917
Hon. Capt.	07.12.1917
Capt. (Ordnance Mechanical Engineer (OME) 3rd cl.) [with pay and allowances for Lt. (OME 4th cl.)]	05.06.1934 [135859]
T/Maj. (OME 2nd cl.)	01.04.1938
WS/Maj. (OME 2nd cl.)	19.06.1940 (reld 10.10.1942; ill-health)
T/Lt.Col. (OME 1st cl.)	19.06.1940-10.10.1942
Hon. Lt.Col.	10.10.1942

05.12.1914			commissioned, Royal Garrison Artillery [temporary commission]
22.11.1917			transferred, Army Ordnance Department
05.06.1934	-	10.10.1942	Royal Army Ordnance Corps - Regular Army Reserve of Officers

Bevan,
John Albert
A.D. Beveridge

Married ((09?).1936, Liverpool district, Lancashire) Gabriella Anna Cecelia Censi ((09?).1910 - 22.09.1965), daughter (with one brother and one sister) of Nicolo Guido Censi (1875-1929), and Sylvia Kate Censi (1878-1961); one son, one daughter.

29.02.1912
-
28.04.1986

Gnr.	?
2nd Lt.	03.09.1939 [100203]
WS/Lt.	03.03.1941 (reld 08.12.1944; disability)
Hon. Lt.	08.12.1944

			late Cadet Corporal, Ellesmere College Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
05.04.1941			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
?			possibly with 247th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery RA
			served with Commandos
28.01.1944			transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps

Beven,
John Nugent
J.N. Beven (Photo courtesy of Mr Graham Beven)

Son (with three sisters and two brothers) of Guy Nugent Beven (1882-1962), and Eleanor Marie Clarke (1887-1969).
Married 1st ((06?).1938, Sheffield district, West Riding of Yorkshire) Eileen Flower (1914 - 1989).
Married 2nd (14.07.1964, Coventry, Warwickshire) Marion E. Archibald.

11.03.1916
Wortley district, Yorkshire
-
12.12.2000
Coventry, Warwickshire

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	13.12.1942 [261456]
WS/Lt.	13.06.1943
T/Capt.	08.07.1945-(04.1946)
A/Maj. ?	?
Lt.	24.03.1947, seniority 13.06.1943
Capt.	20.10.1949

09.1939			enlisted service, Royal Artillery (UK, Northern Ireland, Egypt (Western Desert), India/Ceylon/Burma, UK)
13.12.1942			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
24.03.1947	-	04.11.1953	short service commission
04.11.1953	-	24.03.1955	Regular Army Reserve of Officers (Class I)
24.03.1955	-	07.01.1959	Regular Army Reserve of Officers (Class III)

Beveridge,
Andrew David
A.D. Beveridge

15.07.1911
Glasgow
-
1988
Ealing district, London

2nd Lt.	29.03.1939 [86420]
WS/Lt.	01.01.1941
T/Capt.	06.02.1946-(04.1946)
Capt.	04.10.1948
Maj.	01.01.1953 (retd 28.02.1959)

TD	04.08.1950	-
TD	?	-
TD	12.11.1957	2nd clasp

Education: Glasgow Academy (1926-1928).

			late Cadet, Glasgow Academy Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
29.03.1939			commissioned, 54th (Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment - Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
1940			served in France
1942			served Middle East Forces
1942	-	1945	POW (No. 3018) in German captivity (Oflag VIIIF & Oflag 79, Braunschweig, Niedersachsen)
29.07.1955	-	28.02.1959	transferred, Mobile Defence Corps - Army Emergency Reserve of Officers

Beveridge,
Arthur Joseph

Son of John Beveridge, BL, Arborfield, Grosvenor Road, Dublin, and Jane Healy Manus, Clare, Ireland.
Married (1928) Sheila, daughter of Lt.Col. William MacNamara, Retd RAMC, Dublin; three sons, two daughters (and one son, one
daughter deceased).

21.03.1893
Rathgar, Dublin, Ireland
-
25.09.1959
Venice, Italy

Lt. SR	27.07.1914
Capt. SR	19.01.1916
A/Maj. SR	04.01.1918-15.02.1919, 16.02.1919-26.04.1919
Capt.	01.04.1919, seniority 19.01.1919 [8619]
Maj.	19.07.1927
A/Lt.Col.	27.02.1940-26.03.1940, 03.04.1940-01.06.1940
T/Lt.Col.	02.06.1940-20.10.1941
Lt.Col.	21.10.1941
A/Col.	13.10.1941-12.04.1942
T/Col.	13.04.1942-30.04.1946
Col.	01.05.1946, seniority 21.10.1944
A/Brig.	17.08.1947-02.09.1947
T/Brig.	12.02.1948-14.08.1948, 11.11.1949-27.11.1949
Brig.	28.11.1949
local Maj.Gen.	16.10.1950
T/Maj.Gen.	01.11.1950-07.11.1951
Maj.Gen.	08.11.1951 (retd 29.04.1953)

	CB	01.01.1953	New Year 53
	OBE	03.06.1935	?
	MC	04.02.1918	*
	MID	24.12.1917	?
	MID	20.12.1940	?
	MID	07.01.1949	?
?	NorMC	11.08.1942	Norwegian Military Cross with laurels
	BWM 14\|20	-	-
	VM	-	-
	39\|45 St	-	-
	DefM	-	-
	BWM 39\|45	-	-

Iraq Operations 1919-1920 Medal & Clasp. Palestine 1946-48 Clasp.
* For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. His dressing station was heavily shelled during an engagement, but owing to his determination, courage and initiative, a large number of wounded were attended to and evacuated from the danger zone.

Education: Belvedere College, Dublin; University College, Dublin. MB, BCH, BAO, NUI, 1915 (1st place 1st Cl. Hons); MSc., NUI, 1919; DPH, QUB, 1927.

27.07.1914			commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps - Special Reserve of Officers
19.07.1915	-	31.03.1919	mobilized Special Reserve (for 3 years, 256 days) [served France & Belgium 04.06.1916-11.11.1918]
01.04.1919			permanent commission, Royal Army Medical Corps
1919	-	1920	served in France
1920	-	1923	served in Mesopotamia
1923	-	1925	served in India
1925	-	1927	served British Army of the Rhine
1928			specialist in Pathology
1928	-	1931	Deputy Assistant Director of Hygiene & Pathology, Jamaica
1935	-	1936	Deputy Assistant Director of Hygiene & Pathology, Malaya
1936	-	1938	Examiner in Pathology, King George V College of Medicine, Singapore
1938	-	1938	Deputy Assistant Director of Pathology, East Anglia Area
1939	-	1940	Physiologist Anti-Gas Laboratory
27.02.1940	-	26.03.1940	Assistant Director of Medical Services, 146th Infantry Brigade (BEF, France)
27.03.1940	-	02.04.1940	Commanding Officer, 196th Field Ambulance, RAMC
03.04.1940	-	24.05.1940	Assistant Director of Medical Services, 146th Infantry Brigade (Norway)
25.05.1940	-	10.1940	Commanding Officer, 23rd Casualty Clearing Station, RAMC
1940	-	1941	Commanding Officer, 221st Field Ambulance, RAMC
1941	-	1943	Assistant Director of Medical Services, 55th Infantry Division (UK & East Africa)
11.1943	-	12.1943	Commanding Officer, No. 6 (West Africa) General Hospital
12.1943	-	01.1944	Commanding Officer, No. 36 (West Africa) General Hospital
27.01.1944	-	28.10.1944	Assistant Director of Medical Services, Sierra Leone Area (West Africa)
1944	-	1945	Commanding Officer, No. 37 (West Africa) General Hospital
1945	-	1945	Assistant Director of Medical Services, 1st Anti-Aircraft Group
12.1945	-	03.1946	Commanding Officer, No. 6 (East Africa) General Hospital
04.1946	-	09.1946	Commanding Officer, No. 1 British Military Hospital
1946	-	1947	Assistant Director of Medical Services, South Palestine Area
1947	-	1948	Assistant Director of Medical Services/Deputy Director of Medical Services, HQ British Troops in Palestine & Trans-Jordan
1948	-	1949	Assistant Director of Medical Services, Aldershot District
1949	-	1950	Deputy Director of Medical Services, HQ Scottish Command
01.11.1950	-	1953	Director of Medical Services, GHQ Middle East Land Forces
02.10.1951	-	29.04.1953	also: King's [from 01.04.1952 Queen's] Honorary Physician
29.04.1953	-	21.03.1958	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]

Late Assistant Medical Officer of Health, Lincolnshire County Council.
Published: several scientific articles in Journal of Royal Army Medical Corps, 1935-1949

Bews,
Alastair Innes
A.I. Bews

Son (with one sister) of William James Linklater Bews (1893-), and Mary Anne Innes (1892-).
Married 1st (16.09.1949, Las Cruces, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA) Felice Alexandria Link (20.01.1920 - 27.02.2007); three sons.
Married 2nd Marcia.

13.08.1917
Tynemouth district, Northumberland
-
24.12.2008
Sun City West, Arizona, USA

Cadet	? [10350998]
2nd Lt.	30.12.1944 [337956]
WS/Lt.	30.06.1945 (reld 15.06.1947)
T/Capt.	22.10.1945
Hon. Capt.	15.06.1947

30.12.1944			commissioned, Intelligence Corps [emergency commission]
			posted to North Africa, was in Italy at the battle of Monte Casino, and served during the liberation of Belgium and Holland

Emigrated to the USA, 1948. Founded in 1962 an industrial supply organization Bews and Company and eventually merged with a competitor becoming Bews and Wallace, retiring in 1978.

Bews,
Ian Charles Randall
I.C.R. Bews

Married ((09?).1942, Hemsworth district, West Riding of Yorkshire) Margaret Jackson.

07.06.1919
Kings Norton district, Staffordshire / Warwickshire
-
(03?).1978
Surrey South Eastern district, Surrey

2nd Lt.	19.06.1943 [281244]
WS/Lt.	19.12.1943

19.06.1943

commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]

Bews,
John Thomas
J.T. Bews

07.02.1886
Luton, Bedfordshire
-
(03?).1958
Harrow district

Lt. QM	22.03.1930 [45201]
Capt. QM	22.03.1938
Maj. QM	01.02.1940 (retd 07.02.1941; age) (reactivated & retd 26.08.1948)

	MBE	< 1930	?
	MID	22.06.1915	?

Italian Bronze Medal for Military Valour (26.05.1917); Meritorious Service Medal; 1914 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal

			served in the (Royal) Army Service Corps: in the ranks for 14 years, 295 days, as Warrant Officer (WO) Class 2 for 292 days, as acting WO Class 1 for 1 year, 185 days, as temporary WO Class 1 for 4 years, 122 days, as WO Class 1 for 7 years, 275 days
09.08.1914 19.04.1918	- -	12.01.1918 11.11.1918	served in France & Belgium
22.03.1930			commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps

Bews,
Thomas Athol
T.A. Bews

Married ((06?).1934, Newcastle upon Tyne district, Northumberland) Myrtle A. Ing.

07.02.1901
Newcastle upon Tyne district, Northumberland
-
(06?).1969
Newcastle upon Tyne district, Northumberland

Cadet	? [14649140]
2nd Lt.	23.06.1944 [325209]
WS/Lt.	? (reld 20.07.1945; disability)
Hon. Lt.	20.07.1945

23.06.1944

commissioned into the Royal Army Pay Corps [emergency commission]

Bews,
Thomas Elwyn
T.E. Bews

25.03.1906
Redruth district, Cornwall
-
29.02.1988
Reading district, Berkshire

2nd Lt.	01.02.1941 [316458]
WS/Lt.	01.08.1942
WS/Capt.	? (reld 18.11.1946)
Hon. Maj.	18.11.1946

01.02.1941			commissioned into the Royal Corps of Engineers, African Colonial Force [emergency commission]
			served in the Kenya Regiment

Sub-Postmaster.

Bews,
William Edward Stephen
W.E.S. Bews

?
-

Cadet	? [3253949]
2nd Lt.	01.04.1944 [314762]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1944

01.04.1944

commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission]

Bews,
William Noel
W.N. Bews

Son of ... Bews, and ... Tann.

(03?).1926
Holborn district, London / Middlesex
-

Cadet	? [14436240]
2nd Lt.	16.12.1944 [334673]
WS/Lt.	16.06.1945

16.12.1944			commissioned,The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [emergency commission]
01.01.1949			transferred to Regular Army Reserve of Officers

Bickerdike,
Stanley Ronald
S.R. Bickerdike

Second son of Ernest Augustus Bickerdike (1878-1923), and Elizabeth Marion Hoare (1879-1947).
Married (11.03.1946, Wesley College, Australia) Nancy Treyvaud Gregory, only daughter of M.N. Gregory, and G.I.R. Gregory (née ...), of Glen Iris; one daughter.

(03?).1919
Hackney district, London
-
1961
on board ms Oranje returning to Australia

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	05.10.1940 [151434]
WS/Lt.	05.04.1942 (demobilized > 04.1946, < 04.1947) (reld 28.10.1953)
Hon. Capt.	28.10.1953

Electrical engineer.

?	-	05.10.1940	151st Officer Cadet Training Unit
05.10.1940			commissioned, Royal Corps of Signals [emergency commission]

Biddle,
Lawrence Austin
L.A. Biddle

Son (with three sisters and one brother) of Frederick Arnold Biddle (1878-1956), and Ethel Noon (1876-1915), of Sevenoaks, Kent.
Married ((09?).1944, Christchurch district, Hampshire) Nancy Eleanor Backus (11.08.1917 - 18.02.2011), of Burley, Hampshire; two sons, one daughter.

15.02.1912
Sevenoaks, Kent
-
25.03.2000
Tunbridge Wells, Kent

Lt.	14.10.1939 [100225]
WS/Capt.	28.12.1941
T/Maj.	28.12.1941-30.11.1945
WS/Maj.	01.12.1945 ( reld > 01.1946, < 04.1946)
Hon. Maj.	> 01.1946, < 04.1946

MC	25.11.1943	Middle East (Egypt and Libya)
MID	04.04.1946	NW Europe
EM	17.10.1952	1st clasp

Education: Lancing College, Merton College, Oxford University (commoner, 1930-1933; 3rd Hist and BA 1933; Coll VIII 1931-1933; Coxless IV 1931-1932 O.U. Sailing 1932-1933; Treasurer, O.U. Yacht Club; Secretary, O.U. Archaeological Society)
Admitted solicitor, 1936. Partner in Biddle, Thorne, Weldford & Barnes (Solicitors), 1936.

14.10.1939			commissioned, The Nottinghamshire (Sherwood Rangers) Yeomanry - Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission] (UK, Western Desert)
1942	-	11.06.1944	Brigade Major, 8th Armoured Brigade (Western Desert, NW Europe; wounded)
1944	-	1945	Second-in-Command, Staffordshire Yeomanry (NW Europe)
1945	-	1945	(acting?) Commanding Officer, 53rd Reconnaissance Regiment (NW Europe)

Biggart,
Thomas Ronald
"Ron" / "Timmy"
T.R. Biggart

From Bude, Cornwall.

21.01.1909
Cardiff district, Glamorgan
-
08.1990
Honiton district, Devon

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	17.07.1936 [68599]
Capt.	18.07.1939 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Maj.	09.12.1941-(04.1944)
Hon. Maj.	< 04.1946
Maj.	01.05.1949 (retd 09.01.1951)

MBE	18.02.1943	Middle East 05-10.42
MID	09.08.1945	NW Europe
TD	21.04.1950	TD with 1st Clasp

17.07.1936			commissioned, The Devonshire Regiment - Territorial Army
17.07.1936	-	18.07.1939	6th Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment
18.07.1939	-	?	9th Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
			2nd Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment
27.07.1948			transferred to Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army
09.01.1951	-	23.05.1959	Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]

Biggs,
Colin Arthur Evans
C.A.E. Biggs (Photo courtesy of Mr Julian Biggs)

Son of William Edward Biggs (1881-1952), and Edith Jane Dixon Overy (1879-1963).
Married ((03?).1941, Surrey North Western district, Surrey) Pamela Blanche Webster (18.07.1918 - 12.2001); one son, one duaghter.

29.09.1914
West Ham district, Essex
-
23.10.2007
Ryde, Isle of Wight

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	30.11.1940 [158534]
WS/Lt.	05.03.1942
T/Capt.	05.03.1942-(04.1946)
T/Maj.	1946?
Hon. Maj.	> 04.1946, < 08.1946

Education: staff course, Staff College, Quetta.

30.11.1940			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
			attached, Indian Army

Farmer.

Billetop,
Torben Christian
"Ian"
T.C. Billetop (Photo courtesy of Mr Simon Jervis)

Son of Torben Christian Billetop (1861-1931), and Mary Errington Douglas Dixon (1896-1977).
Married ((12?).1949, Leicester district, Leicestershire) Jessie Mary Stewart (11.1920 - ); ... children.

10.1920
Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland
-
22.03.2013
Leicester, Leicestershire

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	23.12.1942 [261434]
WS/Lt.	23.06.1943 (reld > 08.1946, < 12.1946)
T/Capt.	14.05.1945-(08.1946)
Hon. Capt.	> 08.1946, < 12.1946

22.06.1993

23.12.1942			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
1943	-	1945	served in India & Burma (obtained parachute qualification)
1945/46?			30 Corps (Germany)

For many years general sales manager, Clipper Manufacturing Co Ltd, was 1972 promoted to general manager responsible for the sales of all products, service and distribution.

Bindloss,
John Philipp Caulton
J.P.C. Bindloss (Photo courtesy of Mr Stuart Loveday)

Son of Charles Caulton Bindloss (1885-1956), and Dorothea Natalia Breithaupt (1891-1963), of Southgate, London.
Married 1st ((12?).1940, Barnet district, Middlesex) ... Knights.
Married 2nd (23.04.1947, Tadcaster, Barkston Ash district, Yorkshire) Marjorie Pearson, only daughter of Mr & Mrs George Pearson, of Collingham Bridge, Yorkshire; ... children (one daughter?).

06.01.1913
Barnet district, Greater London
-
04.01.1965
Huddersfield district, West Riding of Yorkshire

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	16.11.1940 [156887]
WS/Lt.	16.05.1942
T/Capt.	06.09.1942-(04.1944), 31.03.1945-07.05.1946
WS/Capt.	08.05.1946
T/Maj.	08.05.1946-(04.1947)
Maj.	01.06.1954

TD	30.12.1955	-
EM	06.03.1947	-
EM	30.12.1955	1st clasp

?	-	16.11.1940	either 122nd, 123rd, 124th or Survey Officer Cadet Training Unit
16.11.1940			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
(1946)			British Army of the Rhine
16.11.1955	-	?	Mobile Defence Corps - Army Emergency Reserve of Officers
?	-	09.02.1963	Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [exceeded age limit]

Binney,
Thomas Lindsay
T.L. Binney

22.08.1904
Richmond district, Surrey
-
14.08.1982
Perth Royal Infirmary

2nd Lt.	29.01.1925
...	...
T/Lt.Col.	03.06.1942-24.01.1943, 30.06.1943-(01.1946)
...	...
Brig.	28.10.1954 (retd 28.05.1956)

CBE	04.04.1952	?
OBE	1949	?
MID	20.12.1940	?

Education: Sherborne College (1920-1923); Royal Military College, Sandhurst (prize cadetship); Staff College (psc).

29.01.1925			commissioned, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
06.1943	-	04.1944	Commanding Officer, 6th Battalion The Cameronians
04.1944	-	?	staff appointment (West Africa)

Bird,
Sir Clarence August
C.A. Bird

Married (1919) Dorothea Marian (died 1982), MBE 1918, KiH 1932, daughter of late Major W.E. Nichols; one son (and one son died on active service).

05.02.1885
Hesse, Whalley
-
30.07.1986
Tunbridge Wells district, Kent

2nd Lt.	21.12.1904 3212]
Lt.	23.06.1907
Capt.	30.10.1914
A/Maj.	14.10.1917-09.12.1917
Bt. Maj.	01.01.1918
Maj.	24.09.1922
Bt. Lt.Col.	01.01.1926
Lt.Col.	31.12.1929
Col.	11.11.1933, seniority 01.01.1929
T/Brig.	08.11.1935-31.07.1939
local Maj.Gen.	28.08.1939
Maj.Gen.	01.10.1939, seniority 04.01.1938
A/Lt.Gen.	01.07.1941
Lt.Gen.	25.12.1941, seniority 08.08.1941 (retd 31.07.1944; Indian Pension)

KCIE	1943	?
CB	1940	?
DSO	1917	?

Education: Cheltenham College; psc

1904			commissioned into the Corps of Royal Engineers
1907	-	1913	served in India
1914	-	1915	Indian Expeditionary Force (France)
1916	-	1917	British Expeditionary Force (France)
1917	-	1925	served in India
1921			Staff College, Camberley
1922	-	1925	Army HQ, India
1925			Army Course, London School of Economics
1926	-	1929	Chief Instructor in Fortification, School of Military Engineering, Chatham
1930	-	1933	Commandant, KGVO Bengal Sappers & Miners (India)
11.11.1933	-	07.11.1935	Assistant Quarter-Master General (AMGQ), Aldershot Command
08.11.1935	-	31.07.1939	Chief Engineer, Aldershot Command
1939	-	1942	Engineer-in-Chief, Army HQ, India
01.04.1942	-	1944	Master-General of Ordnance (MGO), India

Regional Commissioner, NW Region, Department of Food, Government of India, 1944-1945. Special Commissioner, 1945-1947. Divisional Food Officer, North Midland Division, Ministry of Food, 1947-1948. Chairman, Rhodesia Railways, 1948-1953.
Colonel Commandant, Royal Engineers, 11.07.1942-1952. Colonel Commandant, Indian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, 1944-1948.
FRSA.

Bird,
Frederick Joseph Golding
"John"
F.J.G. Bird

Elder son of Lt.Col. F.G. Bird, and ... Turner.
Married ((06?).1968, North East Cheshire district, Cheshire) Muriel "Muir" Royle; no children.

(06?).1920
Hinckley district, Leicestershire
-
24.06.2009
Park House Court Nursing Home, Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	05.07.1941 [194901]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1940 (reld 05.1946)

Education: Stockport Grammar School.

07.1939			enlisted, Royal Signals - Territorial Army
05.07.1941			commissioned, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) [emergency commission]
30.07.1942			transferred, Royal Armoured Corps
20.11.1943			transferred, The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
(03.1945)			HQ 23rd (Chindit) Infantry Brigade

Returned to work with Barclays Bank, serving the bank for 40 years in the Greater Manchester region, finally being responsible for a sub-branch. He was reared in the Liberal tradition, and stood as a candidate whilst in the army overseas just after World Ward II. He served in many offices in Hazel Grove constituency and during his retirement in Pembrokeshire, including as agent for Mr. Patrick Jones in 1987.

Birdsall,
George Edward
G.E. Birdsall (Photo courtesy of Mr Peter Birdsall)

From Richmond, Surrey.

15.06.1901
-
1979
Greater London

RSM	?
Lt. (QM)	10.09.1940 [147393]
WS/Capt. (QM)	10.09.1943
Maj. (QM)	24.08.1949 (retd 06.06.1955)

MBE

24.08.1944

Italy

			served in the ranks for 9 years, 81 days
			served as Warrant Officer Class 2 for 7 years, 203 days
			served as Warrant Officer Class 1 for 4 years, 132 days
10.09.1940			commissioned, The East Surrey Regiment [emergency commission]
(1944)			1st Battalion The East Surrey Regiment (Italy)
11.06.1944			permanent commission

Birdwood,
the Lord;
Birdwood, William Riddell;
1st Baron of Anzac and of Totnes;
1st Baronet
Lord Birdwood

13.09.1865
Kirkee, India
-
17.05.1951
Hampton Court Palace, Richmond upon Thames, London

...	...
Field Marshal	20.03.1925

GCB (1923), GCSI (1930), GCMG (1919), GCVO (1937), CIE (1908), DSO (1908), DCL, LL.D., qs

...	-	...	...
			no active WW II service known, but carried on in the Army List

Colonel, 12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's), 17.02.1920-17.05.1951. Colonel, Probyn's Horse (5th King Edward VII's Own Lancers), 21.06.1924-17.05.1951. Colonel, 6th Gurkha Rifles, 12.03.1926-17.05.1951. Colonel Commandant, 13th Frontier Force Rifles. Colonel, Royal Horse Guards, 13.02.1933-17.05.1951.

Birkenhead,
George Kenyon
G.K. Birkenhead

Son of George Henry Birkenhead, and Annie Kenyon.
Married ((09?).1939, Manchester district, Lancashire) Phyllis H. Harvey.

17.04.1917
Chorlton district, Lancashire
-
(03?).1981
Bolton district, Greater Manchester, Lancashire

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	07.05.1943 [273849]
WS/Lt.	07.11.1943 (reld > 04.1946, < 04.1947)
T/Capt.	(1946)
Lt.	14.11.1948, seniority 07.11.1943
Capt.	26.09.1952

MID

23.05.1946

Mediterranean

07.05.1943			commissioned, The King's Regiment (Liverpool) [emergency commission]
14.11.1948			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army

Birks,
Horace Leslie
H.L. Birks

Married (1920) Gladys Hester (died 1957), MBE, daughter of LieutCol Hugh Harry Haworth Aspinall, OBE; one son.

07.05.1897
Hackney district, Greater London, Middlesex
-
25.03.1985
New Forest district, Hampshire

T/2nd Lt.	25.02.1917-24.08.1918
T/Lt.	25.08.1918-04.12.1920
Lt.	15.12.1920, seniority 25.07.1919 [22474]
Lt.	29.09.1923, seniority 25.07.1919
Capt.	31.01.1930
Bt. Maj.	01.01.1936
Maj.	01.08.1938
local Lt.Col.	10.11.1937-25.10.1939
A/Lt.Col.	07.11.1939-06.02.1940
T/Lt.Col.	07.02.1940-02.02.1941
WS/Lt.Col.	03.02.1941
A/Col.	07.11.1939-01.12.1939, 28.08.1940-02.02.1941
T/Col.	03.02.1941-20.12.1943
WS/Col.	21.12.1943
Col.	01.01.1944, seniority 21.12.1943 (retd 01.08.1946)
A/Brig.	22.09.1941-21.03.1942
T/Brig.	22.03.1942-20.12.1943
A/Maj.Gen.	21.12.1942-20.12.1943
T/Maj.Gen.	21.12.1943-28.06.1944, 28.8.1944-...
Hon. Maj.Gen.	01.08.1946

CB	13.12.1945	Italy
DSO	25.04.1941	Middle East
MID	01.04.1941	Middle East 08.39-11.40
MID	08.07.1941	Middle East 12.40-02.41

1914-1915 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal

Education: University College School; Staff College, Quetta (1927-1928)

23.02.1915			enlisted, London Rifle Brigade and served in the ranks for 2 years, 1 day
01.09.1915	-	07.07.1916	served France & Belgium (wounded)
1916	-	1917	served with Heavy Branch, Machine Gun Corps (UK)
09.07.1917	-	28.11.1917	served 2 Company, D Battalion Tank Corps, 1st Tank Brigade on Western Front, France & Belgium (wounded)
1918	-	1924	served in UK
01.08.1920	-	27.12.1923	Assistant Instructor (Class GG), Tank Driving and Maintenance School (temp.)
15.12.1920			commissioned into the Worcestershire Regiment, but seconded to the Tank Corps
29.09.1923			transferred to the Royal Tank Corps (later: Royal Tank Regiment)
1924	-	1926	1st Armoured Car Company, Royal Tank Corps (India)
1927	-	1928	staff officer at Staff College, Quetta (India)
1929	-	1930	6th Armoured Car Company, Royal Tank Corps (India)
28.04.1930	-	30.04.1932	Staff Captain, 55th (West Lancashire) Division, TA, Western Command (UK)
01.05.1932	-	27.04.1934	General Staff Officer 3rd grade (GSO3), Western Command (UK)
1934	-	1934	1st Light Battalion Royal Tank Corps (UK)
19.01.1935	-	13.10.1937	General Staff Officer 2nd grade (GSO2), War Office (UK)
10.11.1937	-	16.03.1938	specially employed, Staff College, Quetta (India)
17.03.1938	-	25.10.1939	Instructor (General Staff Officer 2nd grade (GSO2)), Staff College, Quetta
01.12.1939	-	27.08.1940	General Staff Officer 1st grade (GSO1), 7th Armoured Division, Army of the Nile
28.08.1940	-	00.00.1941	Second-in-Command, 4th Armoured Brigade (Egypt, Libya) (DSO, despatches twice)
22.09.1941	-	01.11.1941	Commander, 126th Infantry Brigade (UK), redesignated:
01.11.1941	-	25.07.1942	Commander, 11th Armoured Brigade (UK), redesignated:
25.07.1942	-	25.10.1942	Commander, 11th Tank Brigade (UK)
21.12.1942	-	11.01.1943	General Officer Commanding, ? Division
12.01.1943	-	28.06.1944	General Officer Commanding, 10th Armoured Division (Syria, Egypt)
28.08.1944	-	?	Major-General, Royal Armoured Corps, Central Meditteranean Force (CB)
01.08.1946	-	07.05.1955	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]

Secretary, University College Hospital Medical School, 1946-1963.

Bisdee,
Morris Sutherland Worgan
M.S.W. Bisdee

26.03.1909
Launceston, Tasmania
-

Lt.	24.01.1933 [58237]
Capt.	24.01.1935, seniority 01.05.1934
A/Maj.	27.03.1940-26.06.1940
T/Maj.	27.06.1940-09.11.1942
WS/Maj.	10.11.1942
Maj.	24.01.1943
A/Lt.Col.	10.08.1942-09.11.1942
T/Lt.Col.	10.11.1942-25.02.1946
Lt.Col.	28.02.1948
T/Col.	27.03.1954-31.05.1956
Col.	01.06.1956 (retd 01.09.1964)

OBE

01.01.1953

New Year 53

1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; Defence Medal; War Medal

MRCS; LRCP (London, 1932)

24.01.1933			commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [permanent commission]
24.01.1933	-	23.01.1934	seconded
1936	-	1940	Ceylon
1940	-	1942	Middle East Forces
1942	-	1944	Commanding Officer, 60th Field Ambulance (India/Burma)
1944	-	1945	Commanding Officer of a British Military Hospital/Combined Military Hospital (India/Burma)
1945	-	1946	Assistant Director of Medical Services (ADMS), HQ Allied Land Forces Norway
26.02.1946	-	14.01.1948	Instructor & Medical Officer, Army School of Chemical Warfare
1948	-	1949	Principal Medical Officer, HQ British Military Administration Eritrea
1950			Commanding Officer, Field Ambulance (Cadre) and Connaught Hospital
28.08.1950	-	24.12.1953	Assistant Director-General Army Medical Services, War Office (Army Medical Department 7)
14.04.1954	-	1957	Assistant Director of Medical Services (ADMS), HQ Land Forces Hong Kong
1957	-	1961	Deputy Director of Medical Services (DDMS), HQ British Army of the Rhine
1961	-	1963	Commanding Officer, British Military Hospital Iserlohn
1963	-	1964	Assistant Director-General Army Medical Services, War Office/Ministry of Defence (Army Medical Department 7)
01.09.1964	-	26.03.1967	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]

Bisgood,
Francis Hubert St Ledger
"Frank"
R.B.P. Gisgood

Son (with two brothers) of Edward Nicholas Bisgood (1868-1949), and Nina Cramer, of Old Court Mansions, London W8.
Brother of Maj. Richard B.P. Bisgood, RA.
Married ((03?).1959, Westminster district, London)

24.08.1913
Kingston district, Middlesex / Surrey
-
02.1992
Surrey Southwestern district

Gnr.	?
2nd Lt.	13.05.1939 [87613]
WS/Lt.	01.01.1941 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Capt.	29.10.1943-(04.1944)
Hon. Capt.	< 04.1946

			late Cadet Lance-Corporal, Downside School Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
13.05.1939			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army (Honourable Artillery Company)
24.08.1939			mobilized TA (52nd Anti-Tank Regiment RA) (served France & Belgium; Dunkirk)
?	-	24.08.1963	Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]

Bisgood,
Richard Bertram Philip
R.B.P. Gisgood

Son (with two brothers) of Edward Nicholas Bisgood (1868-1949), and Nina Cramer, of Old Court Mansions, London W8.
Brother of Capt. Francis H.St.L. Bisgood, RA.
Married (14.04.1951, St Mary's Church, Ardee) Audrey Edwina Carroll (13.03.1927-), daughter of Walter John Carroll (1886-1970), and Rose Mary Smith, of Charlville Dunleer, Co. Louth; three sons, two daughters.

05.09.1915
Kingston district, Middlesex / Surrey
-

2nd Lt.	13.05.1939 [87612]
WS/Lt.	01.01.1941
Lt.	11.04.1945 (reld > 04.1946)
T/Capt.	23.10.1941-(04.1946)
A/Maj.	1946?
Hon. Capt.	> 04.1946

	MID	04.04.1946	NW Europe
	TD	15.01.1974	-

			late Cadet Corporal, Downside School Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
13.05.1939			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army (Honourable Artillery Company)
24.08.1939			mobilized TA (52nd Anti-Tank Regiment RA) (served France & Belgium; Dunkirk)
1940?	-	1945?	Adjutant, 73rd Anti-Tank Regiment RA (UK, North Africa, Sicily/Italy, UK, NW Europe)
?	-	05.09.1965	Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]

Bishop,
George Walden
G.W. Bishop

From Flackwell Heath, Buckinghamshire.

?
-

Master Staff Sergeant	?
2nd Lt.	03.02.1941 [169374]
WS/Lt.	16.02.1942
T/Capt.	16.02.1942-(04.1944)
Hon. Capt.	< 04.1946

MBE

21.12.1944

Italy

			served in the ranks
03.02.1941			commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission]
(1944)			served in Italy

Bittlestone,
Robert
"Bob"
R. Bittlestone

Son of Mason and Isa Annison Bittlestone.
Married (11.03.1949, Putney) June Richardson (17.06.1924 - 09.12.2009), daughter (with one brother) of Dudleigh Blaid Richardson (1900-1950), and Florence Alice Mary Soubry (1903-1994); one daughter, one son.

28.12.1910
Sunderland district, Co. Durham
-
28.07.1994
Pittance Wood, Smithwood Common, Cranleigh, Surrey

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	11.10.1941 [210909]
WS/Capt.	27.10.1944 (reld > 04.1946, < 08.1946)
T/Maj.	27.10.1944-(04.1946)
Hon. Maj.	reld > 04.1946, < 08.1946

11.10.1941			commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission]
13.07.1955	-	28.12.1965	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]

Black,
Arthur Donald
A.D. Black

Son of ... Black, and ... Mawby.

(09?).1913
Leicester district, Leicestershire
-
21.04.2008
[aged 94]

Bombr.	?
2nd Lt.	02.09.1939 [97618]
WS/Lt.	02.03.1941
T/Capt.	01.08.1941-(04.1944)
Hon. Maj.	?
Maj.	11.01.1959 (retd 31.10.1961)

24.08.1939			mobilized, TA
02.09.1939			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army
			served South Nottingham Hussars
?	-	10.01.1959	Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
11.01.1959	-	31.10.1961	Territorial Army

Black,
Dudley Allen

03.01.1910
Hampstead, London
-
07.1997
Bracknell district, Berkshire

Cadet	? [1455022]
2nd Lt.	27.11.1941 [220059]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942 (reld > 10.1945, < 01.1946)
A/Capt.	?
Hon. Lt.	> 10.1945, < 01.1946

23.06.1986

			served in the ranks, 273rd (Honourable Artillery Company) Anti-Aircraft Battery RA
27.11.1941			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
			372nd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery RA (NW Europe)

Black,
Gilbert William
G.W. Black

21.09.1920 ?
West Ham district, Essex ?
-
05.2006 ?
Crawley district, West Sussex ?

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	29.03.1941 [180248]
WS/Lt.	29.09.1942
WS/Capt.	14.01.1945
T/Maj.	14.01.1945-(04.1946)

MID

19.07.1945

Burma

29.03.1941			commissioned, The Essex Regiment [emergency commission]
(03.1945)			HQ 23rd (Chindit) Infantry Brigade

Black,
James Desmond
J.D. Black

Son of ... Black, and ... Cowley.
Resided Kirkcudbrightshire.

(03?).1924
Manchester, Chorlton district, Lnacashire
-
20/21.09.1944
(executed) [age 20]
[Durnbach War Cemetery, Bad Tolz, Bayern, Germany, 3.K.13]

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	05.02.1943 [262193]
WS/Lt.	05.08.1943

05.02.1943			commissioned, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's) [emergency commission]
01.04.1944			transferred, Special Air Service Regiment - Army Air Corps (served A Squadron, 2nd SAS Regiment)
12.08.1944	-	15.09.1944	took part in Operation Loyton (SAS patrol in eastern France) (wounded in action while trying to get back to the own lines, captured and executed by the Gestapo near St Die, France)

Blackadder,
Eric Stronach
E.S. Blackadder

Son (with one sister) of Charles Blackadder (1885-1966), and Margaret Paul Grant (1883-).
Married (12.07.1943, Plymouth district, Devon) Ann Felicity Mary Trotter (03.03.1918 - 11.10.1998), daughter of Frowyke Trotter (1886-1946), and Margaret Mary Comley-Little; one son, one daughter.

24.10.1918
Null, Elgin, Morayshire, Scotland
-
03.07.1999
Leicester, Leicestershire

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	25.10.1941 [214223]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942
T/Capt.	08.07.1945-(08.1946) (reld > 08.1946, < 12.19467)

25.10.1941			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
?	-	?	West Africa School of Infantry
14.11.1944			transferred, The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's)

Blackborow,
Richard Leslie
R.L. Blackborow

17.06.1908
Alverstoke district, Hampshire
-
04.1990
Worthing district, West Sussex

Serjt.	?
Lt.	30.12.1939 [109609]
A/Capt.	02.09.1940-01.12.1940
T/Capt.	02.12.1940-16.04.1942
WS/Capt.	17.04.1942 (reld > 04.1946)
A/Maj.	17.01.1942-16.04.1942
T/Maj.	17.04.1942-30.09.1942
Capt.	01.08.1949, seniority 17.04.1942
Lt. (QM)	01.12.1951
Capt. (QM)	01.12.1951, seniority 25.05.1951
Maj. (QM)	01.12.1951, seniority 26.06.1951 (retd 17.06.1961)

LSGCM

30.01.1948

			served in the ranks for 16 years, 237 days
30.12.1939			commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission to 31.07.1949]
(06.1944)			possibly Platoon Commander, 106th Bridging Company RASC (Normandy)
01.08.1949	-	30.11.1951	short service commission
01.12.1951	-	16.06.1961	permanent commission
17.06.1961	-	17.06.1963	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]

Blackburn,
Frank
F. Blackburn

?
-

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	25.01.1941 [170529]
WS/Lt	19.05.1942
T/Capt.	10.04.1944-(04.1947)
Hon. Maj.	?

18.02.1949

1st clasp

?	-	25.01.1941	163rd Officer Cadet Training Unit
25.01.1941			commissioned, Pioneer Corps [emergency commission]
(1941)			657th Company RE (Bicester)
26.01.1942			transferred, Corps of Royal Engineers

Blackburne *,
Sidney John Joseph
S.J.J. Blackburne

Son (with two sisters and one brother) of Sydney John Blackburn (1882-1957), and Martha Elizabeth Elgram (1884-1966).
Married ...; ... children (one daughter?).
* In Army records shown with "e" at the end of the surname; in genealogical records without the "e".

19.09.1910
St Pancras district, London
-
19.12.1955
Vienna, Austria

2nd Lt.	14.06.1940 [133691]
WS/Lt.	14.10.1940
T/Capt.	14.10.1940-27.04.1944
WS/Capt.	28.04.1944 (reld 02.08.1947)
T/Maj.	28.04.1944-(04.1947)
Lt.	22.02.1947, seniority 19.09.1935 (notification cancelled 15.08.1947)
Hon. Maj.	02.08.1947

	OBE	15.06.1952	HM's birthday 52: British subject resident in Austria
	MID	19.07.1945	Italy

14.06.1940			commissioned, General List [emergency commission]
22.03.1941			transferred, Army Catering Corps

Blackmore,
Robert David
R.L. Blackborow

Son of ... Blackmore, and ... Couchman.

(09?).1919
Eastbourne district, Sussex
-

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	04.07.1940 [138429]
WS/Capt.	13.12.1943 (reld 18.11.1946)
T/Maj.	13.12.1943-(04.1946)
Hon. Maj.	18.11.1946

MID

29.11.1945

Italy

?	-	04.07.1940	Officer Cadet Training Unit
04.07.1940			commissioned, The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [emergency commission]
			served in North Africa & Italy

Blake,
Edwin Maurice
E.M. Blake

Son of Edwin Holmes Blake and Rosa Blake; husband of Margaret Mary Carr Blake, of Colaton Raleigh, Devon.

23.07.1899
Wandsworth district, London / Surrey
-
14.11.1943
(KIA) [age 44]
[Sangro River War Cemetery, Italy, XV.A.9]

2nd Lt.	20.09.1918 [22459]
Lt.	20.03.1920
Capt.	01.10.1929
Maj.	01.08.1938
T/Lt.Col.	?

DSO	18.11.1943	Sicily
OBE	23.09.1943	North Africa
MBE	04.06.1934	HM's birthday 34

World War I: British War Medal; Victory Medal

20.09.1918			commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers
01.08.1919	-	10.1919	served in Russia
(03.1931)			served in India
(06.1933)	-	(06.1934)	Adjutant, Royal Bombay Sappers and Miners (India)
(01.1937)			served at London
21.01.1937	-	1939?	Adjutant, ... (Territorial Army)
?	-	09.1939	Officer Commanding, 7th Field Company RE (Colchester)
?	-	14.11.1943	attached HQ 78th Infantry Division (Italy)

Blake,
Keith Gordon
K.G. Blake

Son of Henry Albert Blake, and Isabel Susan Balfour, of Portsmouth.
Married (25.06.1938, Bedhampton PArish Church) Eileen Dugan Lloyd, daughter of David Thomas Lloyd, of Llanybydder, Carms.

03.06.1910
Portsmouth, Hampshire
-
11.10.1982
Guildford, Surrey

Gnr.	?
2nd Lt.	09.12.1939 [109123]
WS/Lt.	09.06.1941 (demobilized at Guildford 11.10.1945)
A/Capt.	12.11.1942-11.02.1943
T/Capt.	12.02.1943-(07.1944)
Hon. Capt.	11.10.1945

	CBE	14.06.1969	HM's birthday 69: as Assistant Solicitor, Board of Inland Revenue
	EM	28.11.1946	-

Education: Portsmouth Grammar School; Caius College, Cambridge (MA, LLB).
Solicitor, 11.1935; Junior Legal Assistant, Inland Revenue Department, 12.1937; joined staff of Solicitor to Board of Inland Revenue 1938.

16.01.1939			enlisted, City of London Yeomanry - Territorial Army (22.07.1939 TA Camp)
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
09.12.1939			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
12.1939	-	07.1942	83rd Battery, 16th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA (Sevenoaks, from 07.04.1940 Chatham Dockyard, 26.06.1941 to Yeovil Camp on formation of 283rd Light Anti-Aircraft Battery RA (Rough Riders))
02.07.1942	-	04.1943	redesignated: 1st Airlanding Light Anti-Aircraft Battery RA (Bulford)
04.1943	-	09.1944	remained at Bulford for formation of 6th Airborne Division (06.06.1944-03.09.1944 Normandy, France)
24.09.1944	-	29.01.1945	2nd Airlanding Light Anti-Aircraft Battery RA, 29.01.1945 split up in 5th & 6th (Airlanding) Anti-Tank Batteries RA
29.01.1945	-	05.1945	6th Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery RA (Bulford, from 03.1945 NW Europe)

Assistant Solicitor of Inland Revenue, 1950 (CBE).

Blake-Cockfield,
Reginald William
R.W. Blake-Cockfield

14.10.1909
-
12.1996
Southampton district, Hampshire

2nd Lt.	30.03.1932 (reld 22.02.1936)
Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	19.12.1942 [51418]
WS/Lt.	19.06.1943
WS/Capt.	? (reld 29.03.1948)
T/Maj.	?
Hon. Maj.	29.08.1948

30.03.1932			commissioned, Royal Tank Corps - Supplementary Reserve of Officers
10.12.1932			transferred, The Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire) - Supplementary Reserve of Officers
19.12.1942			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]

Blakely,
Frederick William Kenneth
F.W.K. Blakely (Photo courtesy of Mr John Blakely)

Married Elizabeth East Hawkins; three sons.

17.11.1907
Ballyshannon, Ireland
-
14.03.1973
Pointe Claire, Quebec, Canada
[Cemetery: Field Of Honour, Pointe Claire, Quebec, Canada]

2nd Lt.	23.03.1940 [123420]
A/Lt.	12.09.1940-(04.1941)
WS/Capt.	13.01.1943
T/Maj.	13.01.1943-(04.1946)

23.03.1940			commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers (Transportation Branch) [emergency commission]
14.08.1940	-	(04.1941)	specially employed as Movement Control Officer
01.10.1945	-	(04.1946)	a Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General, Directorate of Freight Movement, Department of the Quartermaster-General to the Forces, War Office

Blamey,
Edward John
E.J. Blamey (Photo courtesy of Mr Frank de Planta)

?
-

Pte.	?
2nd Lt.	17.07.1942 [239418]
WS/Lt.	17.01.1943 (reld > 04.1946, < 04.1947)

20.07.1944

Italy [recommendation available upon request]

17.07.1942			commissioned, The Gordon Highlanders [emergency commission]
(08.1942)	-	(1943)	1st Battalion The London Scottish (Higham, Suffolk, Middle East (1942), Sicily & Italy (1943-1944) (MC)

Bland,
Frederick John
F.J. Bland

Son of Frederick Bland, and Rhoda Elizabeth Bland (née Early).
Husband of Phyllis Rosina Bland, of South Chingford, Essex.

(09?).1919
West Ham district, Essex / Greater London
-
22.06.1944
(KIA) [age 24]
[Ranville War Cemetery, France, IIA.C.6]

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	19.06.1943 [284108]
WS/Lt.	19.12.1943
A/Capt.	06.1944?

31.08.1944

Normandy

19.06.1943			commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission]
?	-	22.06.1944	716 (Airborne) Light Composite Company, RASC

Bland,
[Sir] Simon Claud Michael
S.C.M. Bland

Younger son of Sir George Nevile Maltby Bland, KCNG, KCVO (1886-1972), ambassasor to The Hague and the Malagasy Republic.

04.12.1923
-
11.08.2022

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	05.02.1943 [262114]
WS/Lt.	05.08.1943
A/Capt.	04.09.1945-28.11.1945, 14.01.1946-18.01.1946
T/Capt.	19.01.1946-23.12.1949
Lt.	10.08.1946, seniority 04.06.1946
Capt.	04.12.1950
T/Maj.	24.12.1949-30.10.1950, 27.03.1952-03.12.1957
Maj.	04.12.1957
Lt.Col.	23.01.1968 (retd 04.12.1978)

KCVO	1982	?
CVO	1973	?
MVO	1967	?
MID	19.10.1951	?

Education: Eton (?-1942).

			served in the ranks for 182 days
05.02.1943			commissioned, Scots Guards [emergency commission to 09.08.1946]
1943	-	1945	served in UK & Italy
...	-	...	...

Blandford,
Thomas Claude
T.C. Blandford

Son of James Blandford (1855-1935), and Agnes Lancaster King (1864-1954).
Married ((09?).1916, St Martin district, London) Clementine Constance Woods (24.06.1897 - 05.09.1967); four daughters.

26.11.1893
Portsmouth, Portsea Island district, Hampshire
-
10.05.1962
Wivenhoe, Essex

Cpl.	? [2166 & 200337]
T/2nd Lt.	? [11790]
T/Lt.	01.07.1917
Lt. (prob)	22.01.1921
Lt.	? (retd 16.02.1923; receiving a gratuity)
Lt. RARO	16.02.1923, seniority 07.04.1919
Lt.	23.12.1939
T/Capt.	01.06.1940-02.04.1940
WS/Capt.	03.04.1941
A/Maj.	02.01.1941-(04.1941)
T/Maj.	?
Hon. Maj.	22.12.1948

BWM 14\|20	-	-
VM	-	-
TFWM	-	-
39\|45 St	-	-
Afr St	-	& clasp 1st Army
It St	-	-
Fr & G St	-	-
DefM	-	-
BWM 39\|45	-	-

			served in the ranks, Hampshire Regiment
?			commissioned, Northamptonshire Regiment [temporary commission]
22.01.1921	-	16.02.1923	commissioned, Army Educational Corps [permanent commission]
16.02.1923	-	22.12.1948	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [exceeded age limit]
23.12.1939			transferred, [Auxiliary Military] Pioneer Corps

Blayney,
William Neil
W.N. Blayney

Son (with three sisters and four brothers) of William Blayney (1877-1948), and Mary Henrietta Beveridge (1889-1966).
Married (c. 1951, Mpanda Tanganyika district) Marie Denise Raymonde Mallac (27.06.1917 - 31.07.2002), daughter of Henri Mallac of Forest Side, Mauritius; two sons, one daughter.

21.01.1921
Dublin, Ireland
-
19.02.2016
Halifax?, Nova Scotia, Canada

2nd Lt.	02.11.1940 [155139]
WS/Lt.	02.05.1942 (reld 10.04.1954)
T/Capt.	05.05.1944-(08.1946)
Hon. Capt.	10.04.1954

02.11.1940			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
...	-	...	...
(1944)			Combined Operations Bombardment Unit
...	-	...	...

After the war he attended the Cambourne School of Mines in Cornwall, England and then devoted all of his working life as a successful mining engineer and manager of underground mines both in Canada, USA, Ireland and East Africa. Neil retired after his last position ended in 1982 in the Queen Charlotte Islands, BC. He was a member of the Canadian Institute of Mining and of the Council of Engineering Institutions.

Blenkinsop,
John
J. Blenkinsop

Son (with three sisters and fourt brothers) of Cuthbert Errington Blenkinsop (1855-1920), and Sarah Hannah Dodd (1865-1955).
Married ((06?).1923, Newcastle-upon-Tyne district, Northumberland) Geraldine Glover (10.09.1890 - 16.12.1969), daughter (with one brother) of Richard Muir Glover (1860-1931), and Pauline Bell (1856-1916); two sons (Col. Richard Errington Blenkinsop, OBE).

09.11.1891
Gateshead, Co. Durham
-
24.01.1978
Whorlton Croft, Whorlton, Barnard Castle, Co Durham

2nd Lt.	07.09.1939 [107736]
WS/Lt.	07.09.1939
A/Capt.	27.01.1940-26.04.1940
T/Capt.	27.04.1940-25.06.1940
WS/Capt.	22.09.1940
A/Maj.	26.06.1940-...
T/Maj.	07.08.1942-(04.1943), 17.06.1943-29.08.1944
WS/Maj.	30.08.1944 (reld 03.04.1947; disability)
T/Lt.Col.	30.08.1944-03.04.1947
Hon. Lt.Col.	03.04.1947

MID

24.05.1918

1914	-	1916	served Australian Imperial Force
08.01.1916	-	01.09.1921	commissioned, 22nd Battalion (3rd County Pioneers), Durham Light Infantry [temporary commission; T/Lt.]
07.09.1939			commissioned, National Defence Companies [emergency commission]
06?.1940			transferred, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers

Blenkinsop,
Richard Errington
"Dick"
J. Blenkinsop

Son of Lt.Col. John Blenkinsop (1891-1978), and Geraldine Glover (1890-1969).
Married ((12?).1953, North Walsingham, Norfolk) Margaret E. Eardley (1928 - 2016); two daughters, one son.

14.10.1924
Stamfordham, Northumberland
-
28.02.1996
Riding Mill, Northumberland

Cadet	? [14417861]
2nd Lt.	05.08.1944 [320313]
WS/Lt.	05.02.1945
A/Capt.	24.05.1945-23.08.1945
T/Capt.	24.08.1945-22.07.1946
...	...
Col.	30.06.1970 (retd 09.04.1979)

OBE

04.07.1967

Aden

Education: Blundell's School, Tiverton.

1942	-	1944	Attested with the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Basic training at Saighton Camp, Chester. Further training at 124th Machine Gun Training Centre, Chester. Joined 7th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers at Shorncliffe Camp. Worked as Company Clerk. Selected for officer training at No 160 Officer Cadet Training Unit, Alton Towers
05.08.1944			commissioned, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers [emergency commission]
06.07.1946	-	09.04.1979	permanent commission

Blenkinsopp,
John George
J.G. Blenkinsopp (Photo courtesy of Mr Brian O'Grady, via Pegasus Archive)

Son (with one brother) of Albert Blenkinsopp (1892-1972), and Sarah Annie Golightly (1896-1930).
Married ((06?).1946, North East Cheshire district, Cheshire) Joan Warburton (16.12.1919 - 07.2004); one daughter, two sons.
Residence: (1943) East Murton, Co. Durham.

13.04.1916
Houghton, Co. Durham
-
12.2001
Hereford district, Herefordshire

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	21.06.1942 [243999]
WS/Lt.	21.06.1942
A/Capt.	14.05.1943-13.11.1943
T/Capt.	14.11.1943-13.08.1944, 28.12.1944-15.08.1947
Lt.	01.06.1947, seniority 21.06.1942
Lt.	16.08.1947, seniority 03.03.1941
Capt.	16.08.1947, seniority 01.07.1946
Maj.	27.12.1951 (retd 10.05.1958)

25.02.1943

Middle East (Egypt & Libya) [recommendation available upon request]

			served in the ranks for 6 years, 28 days
			Warrant Officer Class II (acting) for 324 days
21.06.1942			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission to 31.05.1947]
			4th Field Regiment RA (Middle East) (MC)
(06.1944)			No. 1 Forward Observation Unit RA (Airborne)
01.06.1947			short service commisison
16.08.1947			permanent commisison

Blennerhassett,
John Gerard
J.G. Blennerhassett

Son of Arnold H. Blennerhassett (1885-1967), and Margaret Anne McGuirk (1872-1959).
Married Amelia Paulina Battaglia (1913 - 2009); one daughter.

25.07.1910
Wandsworth district, London
-
04.1994
Chichester, Sussex

Cadet	? [14413649]
2nd Lt.	30.10.1943 [299623]
WS/Lt.	30.04.1944 (reld 02.09.1952)

30.10.1943

commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission]

A relative writes: "John lived in Buenos Aires and sailed for Sierra Leone en route to UK to volunteer for service. His ship was torpedoed by a German u-boat. Most passengers were rescued. He later travelled to UK and served in the forces. After the war he stayed on for another year serving in India."

Bliss,
Colin Leo
C.L. Bliss

Son (with one sister and six brothers) of John Wilfred Bliss (1872-1931), and Dora Amy Louise Andrews (1872-1949).
Married (28.03.1932, St Lawrence Church, Bedford, Bedfordshire) Anne May Moore (06.12.1907 - 06.12.1968), daughter (with one brother and one sister) of Lewis Moore (1874-1949), and Mary McCarthy (1882-1948); two sons. Anne Bliss remarried (1947) Colin Melville Quantrell.

27.04.1907
Sandy, Biggleswade district, Bedfordshire
-
10.07.1944
Le Mesnil, Eure, Haute Normandie, France
(DOW) [age 37]
[Ranville War Cemetery, IA, B, 1]
[commemorated at the Bedford Modern School WW2 Memorial]

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	28.11.1942 [253486]
WS/Lt.	28.05.1943
T/Capt.	09.09.1943-07.1944

Education: Bedford School (1919-1922).

28.11.1942			commissioned, The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [emergency commission]
02.01.1943			transferred, The Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps
?	-	10.07.1944	12th (10th Battalion The Green Howards [Yorkshire Regiment]) Battalion The Parachute Regiment (France [died of wound received in action])

Blofield,
William Henry Charles
W.H.C. Blofield

14.07.1899
-
(12?).1971
Sudbury district, Suffolk

2nd Lt.	16.08.1942 [252352]
WS/Lt.	16.08.1942
T/Capt.	01.10.1943-(04.1944)
WS/Capt.	30.08.1945
T/Maj.	30.08.1945-(04.1946)

			served in the ranks, Corps of Military Police (Warrant Officer, Class II. (Company Sergeant-Major) (Actg. W.O. Cl. I.) (Actg. R.S.M.))
16.08.1942			commissioned, General List [emergency commission]

Blomfield-Smith,
Denis Cecil
D.C. Blomfield-Smith

Son of ... Blomfield-Smith, and ... Bosley.
Married Morya (née ...).

06.05.1920
Woodbridge district, Suffolk
-
11.03.2007

2nd Lt.	05.10.1940
....	...
T/Capt.	23.03.1945-15.04.1946
...	...
Brig.	31.12.1971, seniority 30.06.1971 (retd 31.05.1974)

MBE

05.10.1940			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission to 12.03.1946]
13.03.1946			permanent commission

Blount,
Bertie Kennedy
B.K. Blount

Son of late Col G.P.C. Blount, DSO, and late Bridget Constance Bally, daughter of Maj.Gen. J.F. Bally, CVO.
Unmarried.

01.04.1907
Shoeburyness, Rochford district, Essex
-
18.07.1999
North Dorset district, Dorset

2nd Lt.	23.10.1940 [154118]
WS/Lt.	11.02.1941
A/Capt.	1940-10.02.1941
T/Capt.	11.02.1941-(04.1941)
WS/Capt.	10.04.1942
T/Maj.	10.04.1942
A?/Lt.Col.	?
A/Col.	27.09.1945-(04.1946)

01.01.1957

New Year 57: Deputy Secretary, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research

Education: Malvern & Trinity Colleges, Oxford University (MA 1932, BSc 1929); University of Frankfurt (Dr.phil.nat. 1931); CChem, FRSC.
Ramsay Memorial Fellow, 1931; 1851 Senior Student, 1933; Dean of St Peter's Hall, Oxford, 1933-1937; Messrs Glaxo Laboratories Ltd: Head of Chemical Research Laboratory, 1937; Principal Technical Executive, 1938-1940.

23.10.1940			commissioned, Intelligence Corps [emergency commission]
			specially employed on service with Special Operations Executive (SOE) as scientific adviser of X Section
09.08.1943	-	02.12.1943	attached Middle East Mission, Cairo & visited SOE School Haifa, Mountain Warfare School, Lebanon, M.E.41 (entered Greece by parachute 19.09.1943, being extracted 21.10.1943)
09.02.1944	-	11.10.1944	attached Far East Mission based at Meerut (visited Calcutta Sub Mission; Parachute School Chaklala; GHQ Delhi; Bombay; EWS(I) Poona, and Jungle School; Madras; Colombo Sub Mission; SEAC, Kandy; ME26 Tricomalee; Small Boats School, Hashai) [visited China in Kunming, Chunking, Kweilin, Canton, 26.06.1944-14.09.1944]
10.1944			returned to London, UK
30.03.1945	-	01.05.1945	War Office/SHAEF as G2 Scientific Intelligence Advisory Section (time spent mostly in Germany)

Assistant Director of Research, The Wellcome Foundation, 1947; Director of Research Branch, Control Commission for Germany, 1948, and subsequently also Chief of Research Division of Military Security Board; Director of Scientific Intelligence, Ministry of
Defence, 1950-1952; Deputy Secretary, DSIR, 1952; Ministry of Technology, 1964; retired 1966.
Member Executive Committee, British Council, 1957-1966. Royal Society of Arts: Armstrong Lecturer, 1955; Cantor Lecturer, 1963. Member Parry Committee to review Latin American Studies in British Universities, 1962; President, Executive Committee, International Institute of Refrigeration, 1963-1971, Honorary President 1971; Honorary Member: (British) Institute of Refrigeration, 1971; Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften, 1984. Honorary Fellow, St Peter's College, Oxford, 1988. Golden doctorate, Frankfurt Universiry, 1982. Minerva Award, Max Planck Institute, 1995.
Published: papers in scientific and other journals.

Blower,
John Wynne Howe
J.W.H. Blower

Son of John Blower, and Edith Blower (née Davies), of Pett, Sussex.

(03?).1914
Croydon district, Greater London / Kent / Surrey
-
10.06.1944
(KIA) [age 30]
[Ranville Churchyard, grave 2]

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	10.04.1943 [271123]
WS/Lt.	10.10.1943

10.04.1943			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
?	-	10.06.1944	2nd Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery, 53rd Airlanding Regiment RA (Worcestershire Yeomanry) (Normandy [killed in action])

Bluett,
Rev. Patrick
"Paddy"
P. Bluett (Photo courtesy of Mr Joe Harrison)

Five sisters, one brother.
From Clarina, Co. Limerick.

08.04.1913
Limerick
-
05.1986
Newport district, Glamorgan

Chaplain to the Forces 4th class (Capt.)	16.06.1941 [191485]
Chaplain to the Forces 3rd class (Maj.)	01.07.1951 (retd 09.04.1963; exceeded age limit)

	MC	04.05.1944	Italy (for his services with the battalion stretcher-bearers at Alfadena) [citation available upon request]
	TD	?	-

Trained in County Tipperary. Ordained 1933.

16.06.1941			commissioned, Royal Army Chaplain's Department (Roman Catholic) [emergency commission]
(1943)	-	(1945)	attached 2nd Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers (Italy) (MC)
01.12.1948	-	09.04.1963	Territorial Army

Parish priest, St Peter's RC Church, South Bank, Middlesborough, 1956-1962. Parish priest, St Andrew's RC Church, Teesville, Middlesborough, 1962-... Parish priest, St Aelred's RC Church, Fith Avenue, Tang Hall, York, Yorkshire.

Blundell,
Arthur Sumner

Son (with one brother and four sisters) of Oliver Blundell (1896-), and Annie Sumner (1896-1926).
Married ...; ... children (one son?).

30.01.1915
Lancashire
-
30.01.1977
Farnborough, Battle district, East Sussex

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	07.05.1943
WS/Lt.	07.11.1943 (reld > 08.1946, < 12.1946)
A? or T?/Capt.	?

07.05.1943			commissioned, The King's Regiment (Liverpool) [emergency commission]
			2nd Battalion The King's Regiment

His son writes: "He was taken ill with malaria while his company waited in Sicily to take part in the Anzio beachhead, where many of them were killed. He finally rejoined his Company about 9 months later as part of the army of occupation in Rome. From there, I think that he must have been seconded to another Regiment because the 2nd Battalion Kings Regiment saw active service in Italy and Greece before returning home but his service period extended into 1946 when he was posted to Palestine."

Blythe,
David Donald

Son of ... Blythe, and ... Hazlewood.
Married ((09?).1951, Warwick district, Warwickshire) Betty Rose.

16.10.1919
Coventry, Warwickshire
-
18.02.2005
Coventry, West Midlands

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	21.12.1940 [164424]
WS/Lt.	21.06.1942 (reld > 08.1946, < 12.1946)
T/Capt.	11.11.1942-(08.1946)
T/Maj.	(10.1945)

			162nd Officer Cadet Training Unit
21.12.1940			commissioned, Royal Warwickshire Regiment [emergency commission]
			attached Indian Army:
(1943)	-	(10.1945)	7th Rajput Regiment

Chartered accountant (Hull, Chapman & Blythe) (ACA, then FCA).

Boatswain,
Keith

Son of ... Boatswain, and ... Lyddon.

09.01.1914
Chipenham district, Wiltshire
-
08.1993
Delyn district, Clwyd

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	29.03.1941 [180290]
WS/Lt.	29.09.1942 (reld 30.10.1945; disability)
T/Capt.	07.03.1943-(09.1944)
Hon. Capt.	30.10.1945

?	-	28.03.1941	either 163rd, 167th or 168th Officer Cadet Training Unit
29.03.1941			commissioned, The Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh's) [emergency commission]
27.07.1944	-	(09.1944)	Adjutant, 2nd Battalion The Devonshire Regiment ( NW Europe)

Bogle,
George Cranston
G.C. Bogle

Son of John Jardine Bogle, and Sarah Elizabeth Wilson.
Married Eileen ...; two sons.
From Halifax, Yorkshire.

05.08.1919
Idle, North Bierley district, West Riding of Yorkshire
-
19.08.2005
West Surrey district, Surrey

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	26.10.1940 [153947]
WS/Lt.	26.04.1942
T/Capt.	10.05.1942-(04.1944)
WS/Capt.	09.08.1944
T/Maj.	09.08.1944-(04.1946) (reld > 04.1946)

CBE	11.06.1977	HM's silver jubilee & birthday 77: for services to the Periodical Publishers' Association
MBE	11.10.1945	NW Europe *
MID	09.08.1945	NW Europe
39\|45 St	-	-
Fr&G St	-	-
Def M	-	-

Education: Bradford College of Art and Crafts
Graphic designer. Joined publishing firm of Iliffe, 1937.

?	-	25.10.1940	either Sandhurst, or 162nd Officer Cadet Training Unit
26.10.1940			commissioned, The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding) [emergency commission]
20.01.1943			transferred, Royal Armoured Corps
(1943?)	-	(1944?)	2nd County of London Yeomanry (Westminster Dragoons)
(10.1944)			Staff Officer Royal Armoured Corps (SORAC), 30th Armoured Brigade (NW Europe)
01.02.1945	-	30.04.1945	Brigade Major, 31st Armoured Brigade (NW Europe)
(1945?)	-	(1945?)	4th Independent Armoured Brigade

Rejoined Iliffe. Director of corporate affairs of the International Publishing Corporation. Founder & chairman of the Advertising Standards Board of Finance (Asbof), 1975-1990.

* [Recommendation for the award of the Membership of the Order of the British Empire to T/Maj. G.C. Bogle] During the period 1 Feb to 30 Apr 45 Major Bogle has been B[riga]de Major to 31 Arm[oure]d B[riga]de of 79 Arm[oure]d Div[ision]. The special equipments handled and the wide dispersion of t[roo]ps under com[man]d over the whole of the army group front has called for a very high standard of Staff work. The constant switching of equipment between div[ision]s, corps and armies according to operational needs has been done quickly, efficiently and with the minimum disturbance to the fighting units themselves. Of necessity the B[riga]de Com[man]d[er] must be away from his HQ [= headquarters] a great deal in order to cover the big distances between various f[or]m[atio]ns with whom t[roo]ps under com[man]d have been operating. As a result Major Bogle has frequently been called on to deal with senior off[ice]rs on much higher levels than in a normal B[riga]de and also to take decisions and responsibility beyond his rank and appointment. He has consistently shown himself cool, capable and clear headed. He has always accepted additional responsibility without hesitation and has at all times shown initiative and ability of the highest order."
Signed by Brig. A.W. Brown, DSO, MC, Comd., 31 Armd Bde, 5 May 1945. [Citation courtesy of Mr Alain Brogniez]

Bolitho,
Richard John Bruce *
"Pull Through"
R.J.B. Bolitho

Son of Capt. Edward Alverne Bolitho, RN (1842-1908), and Catherine Johns Bolitho (1856-1922).
Brother of Cdr. William Archibald Alverne Bolithon, RN.
Married ((14.06.1916, St Matthias, Earls Court, Kensington, London) Roselle Lempriere (1894 - 21.09.1980); two sons, one daughter. Son Capt. Michael Lempriere Bolitho, Coldstream Guards was killed in action during the North Africa landings 08.11.1942.
* In Army Lists shown as J.B. Bolitho. Added first name Richard by deed poll of 01.03.1932.

28.11.1889
Newlyn, Penzance, Cornwall
-
07.09.1965
Rosel Manor, Jersey

2nd Lt. (prob)	? [4782]
2nd Lt.	12.05.1911
...	...
Capt.	07.12.1918 (retd 16.09.1923; receiving a gratuity)
T/Maj.	03.08.1940-(04.1941), 27.10.1941-06.03.1946
Hon. Maj.	06.03.1946

Education: University of Birmingham.

			commissioned, The Devonshire Regiment
05.09.1915	-	17.01.1916	seconded for duty as Assistant Equipment Officer, Royal Flying Corps (Military Wing)
17.02.1916			seconded for duty with the Army Signal Service
?	-	06.03.1946	Royal Corps of Signals - Regular Army Reserve of Officers (Class II) [exceeded age limit] *

* Served in setting up Top Secret code rooms at Bletchley Park.

Bols,
Eric Louis
E.L. Bols

Son of Lt.Gen. Sir Louis Jean Bols, KCB, KCMG, DSO (1867-1930), and Augusta Blanche Strickland (died 1949).
Married 1st (1930) Rosa L.O. Vaux (marriage dissolved, 1947); one son.
Married 2nd (1948) Marion du Plessis (marriage dissolved, 1965).
Married 3rd (1967) Barbara Beardshaw (née Brown).

08.06.1904
Camberley district, Surrey
-
08.06.1985
Peppering Eye, near Battle, East Sussex

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	31.01.1924 [28047]
Lt.	31.01.1926
Capt.	21.01.1935
local Maj.	30.08.1937-27.09.1939
Maj.	31.01.1941, seniority 25.02.1940
local Lt.Col.	12.09.1940-19.05.1941
A/Lt.Col.	22.05.1941-21.08.1941
T/Lt.Col.	22.08.1941-13.02.1942, 19.05.1942-22.09.1944
WS/Lt.Col.	23.09.1944
Lt.Col.	29.10.1946 (retd 08.01.1948)
A/Col.	23.03.1944-22.09.1944
T/Col.	23.09.1944-07.12.1945
WS/Col.	08.12.1945
A/Brig.	02.07.1944-01.01.1945
T/Brig.	02.01.1945-07.12.1945
A/Maj.Gen.	08.12.1944-07.12.1945
T/Maj.Gen.	08.12.1945-(01.1946), 01.01.1947-...
Hon. Maj.Gen.	08.01.1948

CB	05.07.1945	NW Europe [investiture 28.06.45]
DSO	01.03.1945	NW Europe (185 Inf Bde) [investiture 28.06.45]
DSO	07.06.1945	NW Europe (6 Airb Div) [investiture 28.06.45]
SSM	25.03.1949	?

Education: Wellington College; Royal Military College, Sandhurst; Imperial Defence College (idc), Staff College (psc)

31.01.1924			commissioned, The Devonshire Regiment
27.06.1928	-	28.12.1931	Instructor (ungraded), School of Signals (Catterick)
(06.1933)			2nd Battalion The Devonshire Regiment (Bordon)
06.05.1934	-	20.01.1935	Officer Company of Gentlemen Cadets, Royal Military College, Sandhurst
21.01.1935			transferred, The King's Regiment (Liverpool)
(01.1937)			student, Senior Division, Staff College, Camberley
30.08.1937	-	27.09.1939	Staff Officer, Ceylon Defence force
			Instructor, Staff College, Camberley
			General Staff Officer, 51st (Highland) Infantry Division
			Commanding Officer, 3rd Reconnaissance Regiment
1944			on planning staff (Colonel in charge of training), 21 Army Group for Operation Overlord
02.07.1944	-	08.12.1944	Commander, 185th Infantry Brigade (NW Europe)
08.12.1945	-	1946	General Officer Commanding, 6th Airborne Division (UK, NW Europe, UK, NW Europe [The Rhine], UK)
1946	-	1947	General Officer Commanding, 6th Airborne Division (Palestine)

Bolster,
George Richard Stair
G.R.S. Bolster

Son (with two brothers) of Capt. Thomas Charles Carpenter Bolster, DSO, RN (1885-1955), and Marguerita Maud Elizabeth Dick-Lauder (1883-1949), of Crouchers, Apuldram, Chichester.
Brother of T/Lt. David Charles Bolster, RNVR, and Lt. John Lander Bolster, RN.

21.12.1917
-
13.07.1988
Southampton district, Hampshire (formerly of Petworth, Surrey)

2nd Lt.	27.01.1938 [74536]
Lt.	01.01.1941
A/Capt.	27.09.1945-26.12.1945
T/Capt.	27.12.1945-26.01.1946
Capt.	27.01.1946
A/Maj.	01.03.1947-31.05.1947
T/Maj.	01.06.1947-08.11.1947, 06.09.1949-26.01.1951
Maj.	27.01.1951 (retd 08.12.1960)

Education: Sherborne (1931.3-1936; School House; VI); Royal Military Academy, Woolwich (1936-1938).

27.01.1938			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery
(01.1939)			no appointment listed
?	-	?	?

Stockbroker (associated with A.R. Barton & Co.).

Bolton,
Jack
J. Bolton

?
-

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	24.08.1940 [145533]
WS/Lt.	24.02.1942 (reld > 04.1946, < 04.1947)
T/Capt.	01.04.1943-(04.1946)

?	-	24.08.1940	either 112nd, 123rd, 125th or 133rd Officer Cadet Training Unit
24.08.1940			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]

Bolton,
Jack
J. Bolton

?
-

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	07.08.1943 [288536]
WS/Lt.	07.02.1944 (reld > 04.1946, < 04.1947)

07.08.1943

commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]

Bolton,
Lyndon
L. Bolton

From Wing, Bucks.

25.05.1899
Ealing, Brentford district, Middlesex
-
04.04.1995
Denwick, Alnwick, Northumberland North Second district, Northumberland

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	23.01.1919 [18631]
Lt.	23.01.1921
Capt.	23.01.1932
Maj.	01.08.1938 (retd 01.10.1945)
Hon. Brig.	01.10.1945

	DSO	30.12.1941	Middle East 02-07.41
	DSO	21.06.1945	NW Europe

23.01.1919			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery
(03.1931)			2nd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery (Abbassia, Egypt)
19.09.1931	-	30.09.1935	Adjutant, 105th (Bedfordshire Yeomanry) Army Field Brigade Royal Artillery (Territorial Army) (Bedford, UK)
(01.1937)			1st Training Brigade, Riding Establishment, Royal Artillery, Woolwich (UK)
18.11.1938	-	(01.1940)	Adjutant, 1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery (Bulford, UK)
1944	-	1945	Commander Royal Artillery (CRA), 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division

Deputy Lieutenant (DL).
Published: Introduction to the theory of relativity (1921); Thoughts on riding (1955; rev. and enlarged as: Training the horse (1964))

Bolton,
Peter Chambers
P.C. Bolton

?
-

Cadet	? [14412741]
2nd Lt.	20.11.1943 [300334]
WS/Lt.	20.05.1944 (reld 12.12.1946; disability)
Hon. Lt.	12.12.1946

20.11.1943			commissioned, The Green Howards [emergency commission]
08.04.1944			transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps

Bolton,
Peter Henry
P.H. Bolton (Photo courtesy of Mr Rex Gaskell)

Son (with one sister) of John Henry Bolton (1895-1962), and Elsie Maria Wynn (1889-1960).
Married (04.12.1945, Broadwater, Worthing) Rosemary J. Carter; four daughters, one son.

01.10.1923
Wallasey, Birkenhead district, Cheshire
-
01.08.2011
Windsor, Berkshire

Cadet	? [2991964]
2nd Lt.	09.10.1943 [295510]
WS/Lt.	09.04.1944
Lt.	10.03.1947, seniority 09.04.1944
Capt.	27.12.1950
2nd Lt.	16.09.1964, seniority 01.10.1944
Lt.	16.09.1944, seniority 01.10.1946
Capt.	16.09.1964, seniority 01.10.1950 (retd 01.06.1971)
Hon. Maj.	01.06.1971

MBE

11.06.1983

HM's birthday 83: Superintendent, Royal Hong Kong Police Force

09.10.1943			commissioned, The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's)[emergency commission]
10.03.1947			short service commission
16.09.1964			special regular commission, Royal Corps of Signals

Military Knight of Windsor, 21.11.1989.

Bolton,
Reginald
"Reg(gie)"
R. Bolton

Son of Joseph Shaw Bolton (1867-1946), a doctor, and Ellen Rogers.
Married (1941) Dorothy Gordon "Dot" Mitchell; two sons.

20.11.1909
Prescot, Lancashire
-
21.09.2006
Westergate House Care Home, Fontwell, West Sussex (formerly of Epsom and West Chiltington)

Lt.	19.01.1940 [118116]
WS/Capt.	03.08.1940 (reld > 10.1945, < 01.1946)
T/Maj.	03.08.1940-(07.1944), 02.12.1944-(10.1945)
Hon. Maj.	> 10.1945, < 01.1946

MBE

23.03.1944

Acid North Beach, Sicily 10/12.07.43 *

* This officer was responsible for the embarkation of the patients, and was busily employed throughout the whole operations and the air raids. In addition he was the Officer-in-Charge of the Resuscitation Wards and worked at least 20 hours a day. His selfless devotion to duty was an inspiration to all.
[Recommended by Lt.Col. P. Lloyd-Williams, RAMC, Officer Commanding Troops Hospital Ship "Aba", approved by Maj.Gen. E.M. Cowell, DMS, AFHQ.]

Education: Wakefield Grammar School; University College Hospital; MB, BS (London, 1936); MRCS, LRCP (1933); MRCP (1938); FRCP (1963).
Rugby player, 1933-1938.

19.01.1940			commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission]
			He served as a medical officer in several war zones, including experience as a medical specialist on a hospital ship. In 1944 he was wounded, resulting in a short period of hospitalisation, but returned to work as a medical specialist at Cambridge Hospital.

Bomford,
William Bruce Norris
W.B.N. Bomford (Photo courtesy of Mr Tom Pearson-Chisman)

Son of Mrs Cutler, of Salford Priors, nr Evesham.
Married 1st ((06?).1944, Kensington district, London) Jean G. Upnard; two sons.
Married 2nd (07.1994, Carlisle district, Cumberland) Sheila M. Heywood.

07.02.1919
Alcester district, Warwickshire
-
26.12.2004
Carlisle district, Cumberland

Lt.	24.06.1944 [322860]
WS/Capt.	24.06.1945

Education: Malvern College (House 4; 1932.3-1938; Sci. VI; Senior Chapel Prefect; Head of House; F.XI 36, 37 (capt.); C.XXII; Fives Cols.; Cadet Officer); London Hospital (MB, BS Lond 1943); FRCS Eng 1950.

24.06.1944

commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission]

Surgical 1st Assistant, London Hospital. Resident Surgical Officer, Royal Masonic Hospital. Senior Surgeon Registrar, King George Hospital, Ilford. Examiner General Nursing Council. Surgeon in Aden, 1960-1972. Chief Medical Officer, British Petroleum Co. Ltd., 1972-1979.

Bompas,
William Michael Gwynnett
W.M.G. Bompas

Son of ... Bompas, and ... Goods.
Married (05.1994, Waveney district, Sffolk) ... Harman.
Married (12.1997, Wayland district, Norfolk) Ellen-Ann Simpson.

16.11.1920
Axminster district, Devon / Dorset
-
31.01.2007
Swaffham, Norfolk

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	29.03.1941 [179942]
WS/Lt.	29.09.1942
A/Capt.	22.01.1946-21.04.1946
T/Capt.	22.04.1946-15.11.1947
Lt.	30.11.1946, seniority 16.05.1943
Capt.	16.11.1947
T/Maj.	17.10.1950-30.11.1952
Maj.	16.11.1954 (retd 18.01.1960)

Education: St John's College, University of Cambridge (MA (BA)); ptsc; CEng.

29.03.1941			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission to 29.11.1946]
			132nd Field Regiment RA
12.1942	-	04.1945	POW No. 939 in German captivity (Oflag VIIIF (Marisch-Trubau, Legnickie, Czech Republic) & Oflag 79 (Braunschweig, Niedersachsen))
30.11.1946			permanent commission

His time at St John’s was interrupted when he joined the Royal Artillery Field Branch in 1940 and served with the 1st Army in Tunisia during the war. He returned to the College to study Mechanical Sciences, graduating in 1954. He rose to the rank of Local Lieutenant Colonel on the Military Directing Staff at the Royal Military College of Science in 1956, and in 1960 became Assistant Director of Research (Lubricants) at the Esso Petroleum Company Research Department, where he remained for eight years. He then became Secretary of the Engineering Department at Cambridge University until 1976 when he became Secretary of Queen Elizabeth College, University of London, retiring in 1985. He was a keen supporter of St John’s and enjoyed returning for Johnian Dinners.

Bond,
Charles Frederick Gordon
"Dick"
C.F.G. Bond (Photo courtesy of Mr William Ashby)

Only child of Maj. Charles Gordon Bond (1881-1915), The Wiltshire Regiment, and Dorothy Melian Bence Pembroke (later Mrs Snelgrove) (1887?-1936), of The Plottage, Forest Row.
Married (05.01.1935, Church of St John the Baptist, Instow, Barnstaple district, North Devon) Evelyn Hinchliff Hinchliff (04.07.1912 - 03.1989), only daughter of Chamberlain Frederic Thomas Hinchliff (1865-1925), and Evelyn Elizabeth Bainton (1875-1937), of Hillsleigh, Instow & Sanctu Spiritu, Argentina.
Resided at Cullompton, Devonshire; two sons, one daughter. Evelyn Bond remarried (09.09.1950) John Richard Charles Moore Stevens.

1912 ?
Ireland
-
10.04.1945
[age 33]
[Sage War Cemetery, Oldenburg, Germany, 6.A.11 & Cullompton War Memorial]

2nd Lt.	28.01.1932 [50968]
Lt.	28.01.1935 (reld 07.03.1937)
Lt.	21.04.1937, seniority 14.03.1935
A/Capt.	(1940)
T/Capt.	26.04.1940-(04.1941)
WS/Capt.	06.11.1942
T/Maj.	06.11.1942-(04.1944)
WS/Maj.	1944?

Ntce

20.12.1940

name brought to notice in recognition of distinguished services in connection with operations in the field 03-06.40

Education: Royal Military College, Sandhurst.

28.01.1932			commissioned, The Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh's)
21.04.1937	-	10.04.1945	Regular Army Reserve of Officers
24.08.1939			mobilized
1939	-	1941	D Company, 2nd Battalion The Wiltshire Regiment (France, UK)
1941	-	1942	Intelligence Officer, Sussex Auxiliary Units
1942	-	?	General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2) (Operations), General Headquarters Special Reserve Battalions
?	-	1944	The Wiltshire Regiment
1944	-	10.04.1945	attached, B Squadron, 1st Special Air Service Regiment, Army Air Corps (killed in action by a sniper near Borgerwald, Germany, on operation "Howard")

Bond,
Gerald Hugh
G.H. Bond (Photo courtesy of Mr Frank de Planta)

09.11.1915
-
08.1991
North Walsham district, Norfolk

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	04.07.1940 [138664]
WS/Lt.	04.01.1942 (reld < 04.1947)
T/Capt.	12.12.1945-(04.1946)

04.07.1940			commissioned, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) [emergency commission]
(1945)			1/5th Battalion The Queen's Royal Regiment (NW Europe)

Bond,
George Alexander
G.A. Bond

Son of late Alexander Maxwell Bond, Chief Constable of Dover.
Married (1929) Dora Margaret Gray (died 11.1987), daughter of H.A. Gray; two sons.

31.12.1901
Dover, Kent
-
11.12.1987
Rake, Liss, Hampshire

2nd Lt.	29.01.1927, seniority 31.12.1924 [37433]
Lt.	29.01.1930
Capt.	11.07.1936
A/Maj.	01.09.1939-30.11.1939
T/Maj.	01.12.1939-02.05.1941
Maj.	03.05.1941
A/Lt.Col.	28.04.1941-27.07.1941
T/Lt.Col.	28.07.1941-02.07.1944
WS/Lt.Col.	03.07.1944
Lt.Col.	12.10.1946
A/Col.	03.01.1944-02.07.1944
T/Col.	03.07.1944-16.08.1947
Col.	17.08.1947, seniority 03.07.1947 (supernumerary 17.08.1953)
T/Brig.	15.07.1948-30.06.1952
Brig.	01.07.1952
T/Maj.Gen.	15.07.1954-14.08.1955
Maj.Gen.	15.08.1955 (retd 12.08.1957)

CB	31.05.1956	HM's birthday 56
CBE	01.06.1953	HM's coronation 53
OBE	11.06.1942	HM's birthday 42
MID	20.12.1940	Norway
MID	1944	?

Education: Dover Grammar School (1912-1918); Royal Military College, Sandhurst.

			served in the ranks for 1 year
			served as Warrant Officer Class II for 4 years, 178 days
29.01.1927			commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps
23.11.1938	-	02.09.1939	Instructor, Royal Army Service Corps Training Centre (Aldershot)
03.09.1939	-	10.06.1940	Chief Instructor, Royal Army Service Corps Training Centre (Aldershot)
11.06.1940	-	23.04.1941	Deputy Assistant Director of Supplies and Transport, 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division
28.04.1941	-	17.08.1941	Commander, ...
20.08.1941	-	31.01.1943	Assistant Director of Supplies and Transport, ...
01.02.1943	-	05.12.1943	specially employed
03.01.1944	-	18.10.1945	Deputy Director of Supplies and Transport, 6th Airborne Division
29.11.1945	-	10.07.1948	Deputy Director of Supplies and Transport (Petrol, Oil & Lubricants), General HQ Middle East
15.07.1948	-	31.03.1950	Deputy Director of Supplies and Transport (Petrol, Oil & Lubricants), General HQ Middle East
21.04.1950	-	12.05.1953	Director of Supplies and Transport, British Army of the Rhine
09.06.1953	-	14.07.1954	Deputy Director of Supplies and Transport, Southern Command
15.07.1954	-	(02.)1957	Inspector RASC, War Office
1957	-	1957	Director of Supplies and Transport

Colonel Commandant, RASC, 1960-65; Colonel Commandant, Royal Corps of Transport, 1965-66. AMIMechE.

Bond,
Harold
H. Bond

?
-

2nd Lt.	25.09.1941 [234257] (reld 30.09.1949)
T/Capt.	?
Hon. Capt.	30.09.1949

25.09.1941

commissioned, General List [emergency commission] (without Army pay and allowances)

Bond,
Richard Lawrence
R.L. Bond

10.06.1890
B S, India
-
13.05.1979

2nd Lt.	23.07.1910 [12212]
Col.	07.02.1937, seniority 01.07.1934
T/Brig.	01.08.1939-14.04.1941
A/Maj.Gen.	20.02.1941-14.04.1941
Maj.Gen.	15.04.1941, seniority 27.11.1940 (retd 16.05.1946)

	CB	1943
	CBE	1937
	DSO	1915
	MC	1918
	MID	19.10.1914
	MID	22.06.1915
	MID	20.05.1918
	MID	18.02.1938

Education: idc, psc

23.07.1910			commissioned into the Corps of Royal Engineers
1937	-	1939	Assistant Quartermaster-General, War Office
1939			Chief Engineer, Aldershot Command
01.08.1939	-	25.11.1940	Chief Engineer, 1st Corps (Home Forces & France)
26.11.1940	-	19.02.1941	Brigadier in charge of Administration, Anti-Aircraft Command (Home Forces)
20.02.1941	-	07.05.1941	Major-General in charge of Administration, Anti-Aircraft Command (Home Forces)
08.08.1941	-	15.03.1942	Deputy Quarter-Master General (DQMG), India
16.03.1942	-	07.05.1943	Engineer-in-Chief, India
08.05.1943	-	18.12.1943	Fortress Commander, Trincomalee
1944	-	1946	Commander, Sierra Leone & Gambia Commands

Honorary FRAM, 1954.

Boniface,
Alan Frederick
A.F. Boniface

Son of Archibald Stephen Boniface (1889-1964), and Violet Maud Langridge (1894-1944).
Married ((09?).1943, Dover district, Kent) Eileen Ruth Austin (28.06.1922 - 24.05.2009); three daughters.

13.01.1920
Hailsham, East Sussex
-
18.07.1975
Hailsham, East Sussex

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	26.09.1942 [245545]
WS/Lt.	26.03.1943 (reld > 04.1946, < 08.1946)
T/Capt.	14.07.1944-(04.1946)
Hon. Capt.	> 04.1946, < 08.1946

26.09.1942

commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]

Chartered surveyor.
A daughter writes: "We know he was in India in 1942ish. Also came home from Dunkirk. Served with 6 Combined Operations Bombardment Unit."

Bonington,
Charles John Lawrence
C.J.L. Bonington

Married 1st ((12?).1933, Kensington district, London) Helen Anne Storey (01.09.1910-09.1999); ... children (son mountaineer Chris Bonington).
Married 2nd; four children.
Married 3rd ((09?).1980, Worthing district, Sussex) Enid M. Lanspeary.

19.02.1910
-
(12?).1982
Worthing district, West Sussex

2nd Lt.	20.07.1940 [223650]
WS/Lt.	20.01.1942
WS/Capt.	01.10.1946 (reld 15.11.1949; on enlistment in the ranks of the Territorial Army)
T/Maj.	01.10.1946-(04.1947)

20.07.1940			commissioned, General List [emergency commission]
			served Special Air Service; captured on November16/17 1941 following raids on Timimi and Gazala airfields
17.11.1941	-	1945?	POW (No. 690) in German captivity (Oflag VIIB, Oflag 79 & Oflag VIIIF)

Journalist.

Bonjour,
Albert Emile
A.E. Bonjour

Married ... (predeceased him).

21.01.1926
Blonay, Vaud district, Switzerland
-
27.04.2012
Uster, Zürich district, Switzerland

Cadet	? [14494700]
2nd Lt.	20.04.1945 [346373]
WS/Lt.	20.10.1945 (reld 11.02.1947)
Hon. Lt.	11.02.1947

01.1944			enlisted, 7th Battalion The Gloucestershire Regiment
			9th Battalion The Gold Coast Regiment, Royal West African Frontier Force
20.04.1945			commissioned, The Wiltshire Regiment [emergency commission]

Bonnart,
Frederick Gustav
F.G. Bonnart

27.08.1922
-
23.04.2008

Cadet	? [14440580]
2nd Lt.	16.08.1945 [352591]
...	...
Lt.Col.	20.03.1967 (retd 22.09.1972)

16.08.1945			commissioned, The Queen's Regiment [emergency commission]
			later permanent commission, Corps of Royal Signals

Bonney,
Kenneth Meads
K.M. Bonney

Son (with one brother) of Harry Ernest Bonney (1889-1965), and Louisa May Meads (1890-1984).
Married (19.06.1937, St Mary, Beddington, Surrey) Ivy Elsie Howard (08.10.1912 - 11.1989).

19.05.1913
Wandsworth, London
-
06.1987
Croydon, London

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	19.03.1942 [229654]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942 (reld > 04.1946, < 08.1946)
Hon. Lt.	> 04.1946, < 08.1946

19.03.1942			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
09.05.1945			transferred, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)

Bonney,
Robert John Ball
R.J.B. Bonney

Son of Nathaniel and Matilda Jane Bonney.
Husband of Mabel Elliot Bonney, of Southsea, Hampshire, England; one daughter, one son.

27.10.1894
Portsea Island district, Hampshire
-
20.12.1941
[Sai Wan Memorial, China, column 21]

Assistant Ordnance Mechanical Engineer & Lt.	01.04.1938 [75297]
A/Capt.	25.12.1940-24.03.1941
T/Capt.	25.03.1941-20.12.1941

14\|15 St	-	-
BWM 14\|20	-	-
VM	-	-

			served in the ranks for 12 years, 215 days (France & Belgium 11.07.1915-08.02.1918)
			Warrant Officer Class 2 for 3 years, 124 days
			Warrant Officer Class 1 for 2 years, 348 days
01.04.1938			commissioned, Royal Army Ordnance Corps (Armament Branch)
(01.1939)			serving at Aldershot
?	-	20.12.1941	captured and murdered POW at Repulse Bay, Hong Kong Island

AMIE.

Booth,
B
B. Booth

?
-
?

2nd Lt.	?
WS/Lt.	?
T/Capt.	?

?			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
...	-	...	...
(1944)			Combined Operations Bombardment Unit
...	-	...	...

Booth,
Charles Leonard
C.L. Booth (Photo courtesy of Mr James Booth)

Son of Charles Leonard Booth, and Marion Lawton.
Married (01.08.1958, All Saints' and St Margaret's Church, Pakefield, Lothingland district, Suffolk) Mary Gillian "Gill" Emms (12.01.1928 - 13.12.2009), daughter of Mr & Mrs A.G. Emms, of Lowestoft, Suffolk; two sons, two daughters.

07.03.1925
Rochdale, Lancashire
-
21.03.1997
Waveney, Suffolk

Cadet	? [14679511]
2nd Lt.	03.06.1945 [349759]
WS/Lt.	03.12.1945 (demobilized 1947) (reld 04.07.1951)
T/Capt.	?
Hon. Capt.	04.07.1951

	CMG	01.01.1979	New Year 1979
	LVO	04.05.1961	HM's birthday 1961

Education: Heywood Grammar School ; Pembroke College, Oxford (1942-1943 & 1947-1950; MA).

1944	-	1945	Officer Cadet Training Unit, Deolali
03.06.1945			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
07.1945			9th Indian Field Regiment (Cocanada, later Quetta)

HM Diplomatic Service, retired; re-employed in Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1985-90. Joined the Foreign Office in 1950, and was posted to Rangoon in 1951 (Third and Second Secretary, 1951-55). Back in the Foreign Office from 1955 to 1960, he served as Private Secretary to the Parliamentary Secretary of State and was one of the Resident Clerks. Posted to Rome as First Secretary in 1960, he was involved in the Queen's State Visit the following year and was appointed LVO (1961) and to the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic. He returned to Rangoon in 1963 as Head of Chancery, but then Booth transferred to Bangkok in 1964. After another spell at the Foreign Office from 1967 to 1968, he served successively in Kampala as Deputy High Commissioner, from 1971 in Washington as Consul General and Counsellor in charge of the Administration, and from 1973 as Counsellor in Belgrade. In 1978 he returned to Rangoon as Ambassador, and was awarded CMG in 1979. Booth's last post was as High Commissioner in Malta (1982-1985). After that he signed on again for security clearance work at the Foreign Office.

Booth,
[Sir] Philip;
2nd Baronet, of Allerton Beeches, City of Liverpool
P. Booth

Elder son (with one sister and one brother) of Sir Alfred Allen Booth, 1st Bt. (1872-1948), and Mary Blake Dwight (died 1924).
Succeeded father 13.03.1948.
Married 1st (22.08.1935; divorced 1946) Stella Fenton Wood Gerr, daughter of Israel J. Gerr, of New York City and Vredefort, South Africa.
Married 2nd (20.11.1948) Ethel Greenfield, BA, MA, daughter of Joseph C. Greenfield, of New York, USA (late of Romania) (she remarried 1962-1965 Prof. Winston R. Weisman); two sons.

08.02.1907
Toxteth Park district, Lancashire
-
05.01.1960

Cadet	? [14432529]
2nd Lt.	17.06.1944 [321887]
WS/Lt.	17.12.1944 (reld > 04.1946)
T/Capt.	09.09.1945-(04.1946)

Education: Malvern College; King's College, Cambridge (BA); Yale University Graduate School, Newhaven, Conn., USA.

			served with RCAF
			served wih Royal Fusiliers
17.06.1944			commissioned, Pioneer Corps [emergengcy commission]

Television director and producer. With Booth Steamship Co., NY City, 1931-1935; Yale Department of Drama, New Haven, 1935-1936; Assistant Editor London Films, 1937-1938; Commentator during Munich crisis for National Broadcasting Co. of NY, 1938; Dir with Columbia Broadcasting System Television in NY, 1939-1947; Producer and Dir Westchester Playhouse, NY State, 1947; Program Director, Paramount Television, 1947-1949; Senior television director and producer, American Broadcasting Co., 1949-1952; director and producer for various television films, 1952; Director of Production, Allan Hancock Foundation Television, 1953-1954; Director and Producer, television films, with Young and Rubicam Inc., 1955; Producer of television films for Ford Foundation Television Programs of America, and other agencies, 1956-1957. Director of television films with Cambria Studio, Los Angeles, 1958-1960. Member of the Screen Directors' Guild.

Bore,
John Frederick
J.F. Bore

Son of John William Bore, and Margaret Allen.

02.04.1920
Liverpool, Toxteth Park district, Lancashire
-
14.11.1989
Liverpool, Lancashire

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	20.09.1941 [204943]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942 (reld 1946)
T/Capt.	18.04.1944-(04.1946)
Hon. Capt.	1946

MBE	01.01.1946	New Year 46
39\|45 St	-	-
Def M	-	-
WM 39\|45	-	-
EM	18.02.1949	?

20.09.1941

commissioned, Royal Corps of Signals [emergency commission]

Office manager.

Borrett,
Anthony Thomas Vanneck
A.T.V. Borrett

Son of Maj. Percy Rygate Borrett (died 1963), and the Hon. Anne Mary Chaloner Vanneck (born 1892).
Married (1940) Eileen Mary Watson, daughter of Geoffrey Graham Watson; one daughter.
Residence: (1944) Sunningdale, Berkshire.

13.11.1915
Winchester district, Hampshire
-
08.01.1954

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	18.05.1940 [130022]
WS/Lt.	18.11.1941
T/Capt.	01.08.1943-(04.1944)
WS/Capt.	10.11.1944 (reld 28.10.1953)
A/Maj.	1945?
T/Maj.	?
Hon. Maj.	28.10.1953

	MC	24.08.1944	Italy
	MC	08.03.1945	Italy

Education: Harrow School, London

18.05.1940			commissioned, The Suffolk Regiment [emergency commission]
22.05.1942			transferred to the Royal Armoured Corps
?			142 Regiment RAC

Borrett,
Lionel Arthur David
L.A.D. Borrett

Son of Charles Joseph Borrett, and Florence Alice Hirterick.
Married ((03?).1945, Wandsworth district, London) Gwendoline M.R. McCarthy

18.04.1915
Wandsworth district, London
-
02.1986
Wandsworth district, London

RQMS	? [6769540]
2nd Lt.	06.12.1943 [305898]
WS/Lt.	06.12.1943 (reld > 04.1946, < 08.1946)
Hon. Lt.	> 04.1946, < 08.1946

06.12.1943

commissioned, The East Surrey Regiment [immediate emergency commission]

Borthwick,
Algernon Malcolm
A.M. Borthwick (Photo courtesy of Mr Frank de Planta)

Son of Hon. Malcolm Algernon Borthwick (1881-1941), and Blanche Buckland Gorrie (1882-1965), of Woodcote, Oxfordshire.
Married (20.02.1935, Westminster district, London) Edith Wylde Addison (21.07.1911 - 06.01.1975), daughter of James Stanley Addison; two daughters, two sons.

22.03.1907
-
06.01.1975
Claro district, North Yorkshire
(motor accident in Yorkshire caused by gales)

Pte.	?
2nd Lt.	22.01.1938 [73992]
WS/Lt.	29.04.1943
WS/Capt.	1946?
T/Maj.	29.04.1943-(04.1944)
Maj.	01.05.1947
Lt.Col.	01.01.1950

	MC	20.07.1944	Italy [recommendation available upon request]
	TD	14.08.1951	-

Education: Harrow School (1921.1-1924.2; Elmfield House); Christ Church College, Oxford (BA, 1927; MA 1934).

22.01.1938			commissioned, The London Scottish - The Gordon Highlanders - Territorial Army
(08.1942)	-	(1944)	1st Battalion The London Scottish (Higham, Suffolk, Middle East (1942), Sicily & Italy (1943-1944; wounded) (MC)
(04.1946)	-	(04.1947)	Unemployed List
01.11.1952	-	30.06.1962	Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [exceeded age limit]

Chairman of the family meat-importing business Thomas Borthwick & Sons Ltd. Stood as an unsuccessful Tory candidate in the 1945 election.

Borthwick,
William Sangster
W.S. Borthwick

17.07.1916
Mintlaw, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
-
02.1995
Kingsclere and Whitchurch district, Hampshire

Cadet	? [2035148]
2nd Lt.	24.02.1944 [311379]
WS/Lt.	24.02.1944
Lt.	19.01.1946, seniority 17.01.1941
Capt.	?
Maj.	17.07.1952 (retd 19.05.1958)

GM	28.12.1945	conspicuous gallantry in carrying out hazardous work in a very brave manner [recommendation available upon request]
Def M	-	-
WM 39\|45	-	-
GenSM	-	& clasp Bomb & mine clearance 45-49

24.02.1944			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery
20.07.1944			transferred, Corps of Royal Engineers
19.01.1946			permanent commission

Boscawen,
the Hon. Robert Thomas
"Bob"
R.T. Boscawen

17.03.1923
Cornwall
-
28.12.2013
Isle of Wight

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	04.09.1942 [243807]
WS/Lt.	04.03.1943 (reld > 04.1946)
A/Capt.	1945

12.04.1945

NW Europe 44-45 (Bemmel, Holland 03.10.44) [recommendation available upon request]

04.09.1942			commissioned, Coldstream Guards [emergency commission]
05.02.1943	-	01.04.1945	1st Armoured Battalion Coldstream Guards (UK, NW Europe; seriously wounded 01.04.1945) (MC)

Politician. Member or parliament, 1970-1992.
Published: Armoured Guardsmen: a war diary, June 1944-April 1945 (2001)

Recommendation for the award of an immediate Military Cross to Lt. the Hon. R.T. Boscawen: On 3 October at BEM[M]EL Lieutenant Boscawen with a troop of tanks was positioned in an orchard with some anti-tank guns but no infantry support protecting the left flank of a battalion position. As darkness fell he withdrew the tanks to more open ground behind the orchard. Heavy enemy artillery and mortar concentrations on the orchard and his position began at 2230 hrs lasting for two hours, the prelude to a heavy German infantry attack which successfully occupied his original orchard and surrounding ones, driving the anti-tank gunners from their guns. Lieutenant Boscawen in circumstances of extreme difficulty and danger from bazooka fire in close country and in the dark, ordered his tanks forward and cleared the enemy from his original orchard saving the anti-tank guns from destruction. All this in addition was under heavy enemy mortar and shell fire. As a result he successfully prevented the enemy from establishing themselves in a position from which at daylight they could have seriously threatened the position of the infantry battalion which he was supporting. His decision to risk himself and his tanks in close country and in the dark was a very bold one. By it he restored a most embarrassing and dangerous situation. He fully realised that a desperate situation required desperate measures and he accordingly took them with the most satisfactory result.

Boston,
Lawrence Frederick
L.F. Boston (Photo courtesy of Mr David S.C. Wilson)

?
-

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	09.03.1940 [121660]
WS/Lt.	24.05.1941
T/Capt.	24.05.1941-(04.1946)

09.03.1940			commissioned, The Royal Welch Fusiliers [emergency commission]
(08.1943)			instructing staff, 'A' Company, 4 Wing, Officers' Training School, Mhow

Bosworth,
Arthur Ferdinand
A.F. Bosworth (Photo courtesy of Mr Roger Willoughby)

Son (with one brother and three sisters) of Arthur Edwin Bosworth (1858-1923), and Helen Williams (1855-1941).

21.01.1893
Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany
-
09.10.1959
Western Isles Hotel, Tobermory, Argyllshire, Scotland (formerly of Chelsea, London)

T/2nd Lt.	10.04.1915
[T?/]Lt.	?
[T?/]Capt.	?
2nd Lt.	11.09.1939 [99526]
WS/Lt.	12.12.1939
T/Capt.	12.12.1939-(04.1941)
WS/Capt.	15.02.1944 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Maj.	15.02.1944-(04.1944)
Hon. Maj.	< 04.1946

1914-15 Star; 1914-18 War Medal; Victory Medal; despatches leaf; 1939-45 Star; 1939-45 Defence Medal and War Medal

10.04.1915			Special appointment, graded for purposes of pay as a Staff Lieutenant, 2nd Class
11.09.1939			commissioned, General List [emergency commission]
15.07.1940			transferred, Intelligence Corps
19.07.1940	-	(04.1941)	General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), ...

Worked for the family business of Bosworth & Co., music publishing company.

Bottomley,
Harry
H. Bottomley

?
-

2nd Lt.	13.02.1940 [120847]
WS/Lt.	13.08.1941
T/Capt.	26.12.1941-06.04.1943
WS/Capt.	07.04.1943
Capt.	01.09.1946, seniority 07.04.1943
Maj.	13.02.1953 (reld 02.10.1960)
Hon. Maj.	02.10.1960

Cmdn

22.07.1941

13.02.1940			commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]
01.09.1946	-	02.10.1960	short service commission

Bottrill,
Henry Walter
H. Bottomley

Son (with two brothers) of Frederick Charles Bottrill (1862-1936), and Annie Maria Smith (1874-).
Married ((09?).1934, Wandsworth district, London) Ethel Miriam Julia "Minnie" Nunney (01.08.1910 - ), daughter of Charles Albert Nunney (1881-), and Maud Carter Finch; one daughter.

05.05.1909
Wandsworth district, London
-
02.06.1989
Eastbourne district, Sussex

2nd Lt.	29.04.1941 [184531]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942 (reld > 10.1945, < 01.1946)
T/Capt.	26.06.1944-(10.1945)
Hon. Capt.	> 10.1945, < 01.1946

29.04.1941			commissioned, The East Surrey Regiment [emergency commission]
			served in North Africa & France