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Cable, D.J.
to
Cloutman, B.M.

Coates, R.E.J.C.
to
Curtis, H.O.

 

D.J. Cable  to  B.M. Cloutman
Cable,
D J
D.J. Cable
?
-
2nd Lt.
?
...
-
...
...
 
Caddy,
John Archibald
J.A. Caddy (Photo courtesy of regimentals.co.uk)
25.09.1908
Melbourne, Vict., Australia
-
04.1989
Haringey, Greater London
2nd Lt.
31.01.1929 [41091]
Lt.
31.01.1932
Capt.
01.08.1938
A/Maj.
23.07.1941-22.10.1941
T/Maj.
23.10.1941-30.11.1942
WS/Maj.
01.12.1942
Maj.
31.01.1946
A/Lt.Col.
01.09.1942-30.11.1942
T/Lt.Col.
01.12.1942-31.05.1946,
01.12.1946-19.02.1949
Lt.Col. (Employed List)
20.02.1949 (supernumerary 20.02.1952)
T/Col.
08.06.1951-14.03.1952
Col.
15.03.1952 (retd 01.05.1958)
Education: pac, ptsc
31.01.1929


commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery
(03.1931)
 
 
23rd Field Brigade RA (Jubbulpore)
(06.1933)
 
 
23rd Field Brigade RA (Jubbulpore, for Exeter & Bristol)
(01.1937)
 
 
28th Field Brigade RA (Lahore)
(01.1939)
-
(11.1939)
officer attached for instruction, 57th Advanced Class, Military College of Science
01.06.1940
-
(04.)1941
Assistant Proof and Experimental Officer, Proof and Experimental Establishment, Research Department, Ministry of Supply
29.10.1941
-
(04.)1944
Proof Officer, Inspection Board of United Kingdom & Canada, Ministry of Supply
01.09.1944
-
(04.)1946
Technical Staff Officer to the Senior Military Adviser (Lt.Gen. J.F. Evetts), Ministry of Supply
01.06.1946
-
30.11.1946
Military Technical Officer, Ministry of Supply
01.12.1946
-
31.03.1948
specially employed
01.04.1948
-
18.04.1950
Technical Staff Officer 1st grade (TSO1), British Military Service Mission, Australia
19.04.1950
-
07.06.1951
Technical Staff Officer 1st grade (TSO1), Armaments Inspectorate, Ministry of Supply
08.06.1951
-
16.09.1952
Deputy Chief Inspector of Armaments, Ministry of Supply
17.09.1952
-
01.02.1954
Assistant Deputy Inspector of Armaments, Ministry of Supply
08.02.1954
-
22.01.1956
Secretary, Ordnance Board
23.01.1956
-
31.01.1956
Member, Ordnance Board, Ministry of Supply
08.03.1956
-
(02.1957)
Colonel (Plans), ISTW Ranges Planning Staff
AMIMechE
Cadman,
Saumarez Philip
S.P. Cadman
22.04.1916
-
2nd Lt.
28.08.1937, seniority 30.01.1936 [67796]
Capt.
30.01.1944 (reld 26.11.1948)
Hon. Capt.
26.11.1948
28.08.1937


commissioned into the Green Howards



?
Cadogan,
Edward Henry
E.H. Cadogan
11.09.1908
-
02.1993
New Forest, Hampshire
2nd Lt.
30.08.1928 [40704]
T/Lt.Col.
17.11.1942-16.11.1944,
08.10.1945-...
Col.
01.01.1955 (retd 21.04.1960)
  CBE
29.01.1957

Education: psc
30.08.1928


commissioned, Royal Welch Fusiliers
17.08.1942
-
25.10.1943
Commandant of an Officer Cadet Training Unit (OCTU)
Cadogan-Rawlinson,
Roger John Edward
R.J.E. Cadogan-Rawlinson
24.08.1898
Bath, Avon
-
2nd Lt.
21.12.1917 [IA 995]
Lt.Col.
21.12.1943 (retd 14.03.1947; ill-health)
21.12.1917


commissioned, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry



?
Cadoux-Hudson,
Philip Herbert
P.H. Cadoux-Hudson
04.08.1894
Kingston, Middlesex
-
2nd Lt.
25.02.1914 [1168]
Lt.Col.
01.07.1940 (retd 12.04.1947)
Hon. Brig.
12.04.1947
Military Cross MC


25.02.1914


commissioned, Royal Hampshire Regiment



?
DL
Caesar,
Julius Hildebrand
J.H. Caesar
31.03.1897
Sheppey, Kent
-
2nd Lt.
24.11.1915 [13672]
Maj.
01.08.1938 (retd 08.10.1948)
Hon. Lt.Col.
08.10.1948
Military Cross MC


24.11.1915


commissioned, King's Shropshire Light Infantry




Caffin,
Charles Gerard
C.G. Caffin
17.03.1908
Northallerton, North Riding of Yorkshire
-
2nd Lt.
02.02.1928 [39147]
Maj.
02.02.1945 (retd 01.11.1951)
Hon. Lt.Col.
01.11.1951
Education: BA
02.02.1928


commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers




Cahill,
J J
J.J. Cahill
?
-
2nd Lt.
?
       
       
Caiger,
Francis Everett
F.E. Caiger
27.01.1888
Burney, Lancs.
-
2nd Lt.
11.12.1920
Maj.
01.02.1943 (retd 08.06.1946)
       
Education: BA
02.02.1928


commissioned, AEC




Cail,
Harrison Harvey
H.H. Cail
03.06.1921
-
1985 still alive
2nd Lt.
31.12.1939 [112821]
Maj.
31.12.1952
Lt.Col.
30.06.1968 (retd 05.06.1971)
31.12.1939


commissioned into the Royal Army Service Corps




15.07.1965


transferred to the Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Caines,
Miss B J
B.J. Caines
?
-
2nd Lt.
       
       
 
Cairncross,
J C
J.C. Cairncross
?
-
2nd Lt.
       
       
 
Calvert,
Edmund Archibald
J.C. Cairncross
Son of Lt.Col. Charles Archibald Calvert (1873-1956), and Winifred Susan Cholmeley.
Married (24.01.1944) Elizabeth Clifton Brown (20.01.1914 - 03.1995); one daughter, one son.
21.04.1909
-
01.02.2007
Colgate, Sussex
2nd Lt.
31.01.1931, seniority 29.08.1929 [42238]
Lt.
29.08.1932
Capt.
01.08.1938
A/Maj.
04.12.1940-03.03.1941
T/Maj.
04.03.1941-30.06.1946
Maj.
01.07.1946 (retd 28.01.1947)
local Lt.Col.
20.07.1944-17.09.1944
Mention in Despatches MID
15.09.1939
Palestine
Mention in Despatches MID
15.12.1942
Middle East
Palestine 1936-39 Medal & Clasp
Education: psc



from General List, Territorial Army
31.01.1931


commissioned, 1st The Royal Dragoons - Royal Armoured Corps
05.04.1938
-
03.12.1940
Adjutant, 1st The Royal Dragoons (Palestine)
Deputy Lieutenant (DL).
Calvert,
James Michael
"Mad Mike"
J.M. Calvert

Son of the acting Governor of the Punjab.

Private papers
06.03.1913
Rohtak, Delhi, India
-
26.11.1998
Richmond upon Thames, Surrey
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
02.02.1933 [58046]
Lt.
02.02.1936
A/Capt.
26.08.1940-25.11.1940
T/Capt.
26.11.1940-01.02.1941
Capt.
02.02.1941
A/Maj.
15.01.1942-14.04.1942
T/Maj.
15.04.1942-01.02.1944
WS/Lt.Col.
02.02.1944
A/Col.
02.08.1943-01.02.1944
T/Col.
02.02.1944-...
A/Brig.
18.09.1943-17.03.1944
T/Brig.
18.3.1944-15.2.1945 & 14.3.1945-... (dismissed the Service by sentence of a General Court Martial 30.08.1952)
Distinguished Service Order DSO
05.08.1943
?
Distinguished Service Order DSO
18.05.1944
?
Silver Star Medal (US) SSM
19.09.1944
?
King Haakon VII Liberty Cross (Norway, 19.03.1948); Commander of the Order of Leopold II with Palm & Croix de Guerre 1940 - with Palm (Belgium; 14.05.1948)
Education: Bradfield College; Royal Military Academy, Woolwich (1931-1933); St John's College (BA) Cambridge (1933)
02.02.1933


commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers
(06.1933)


served at Chatham
(01.1937) -
(01.1939)
served at Hong Kong:
04.04.1938
-
01.11.1938
Adjutant, ...
05.01.1939
-
27.02.1940
Adjutant, London Divisional Engineers, TA
12.04.1940
-
25.08.1940
Adjutant (Norway)
26.08.1940
-
?
?
(12.1941)


chief instructor at a jungle warfare school at Maymyo in Burma
1941
-
1944
served with 14th Army, India and Burma:
1943


commanded a column of the 77th (Indian) Brigade on 1st Chindit Expedition
1944


commanded 77th (Indian) Brigade on 2nd Chindit Expedition
1944
-
1945
commanded Special Air Service (SAS) Brigade, NW Europe
late 1940s


staff, Allied Military Government in Trieste
1950
-
06.1951
commanded Malayan Scouts (SAS Regiment) (invalided)
30.08.1952


court martialled and dismissed the Service
Writer and lecturer on guerrilla warfare and military history since 1952.
Published: Prisoners of hope : the campaign of the 77th Infantry Brigade in Burma, 1944 (1952; new ed. 1971); Fighting mad (1964); Slim (1972); Chindits : long range penetration (1973); A dictionary of battles (with Peter Young) (2 vols., 1977-1978)
Literature: David Rooney, Mad Mike : a biography of Brigadier Michael Calvert (1997)
Calvocoressi,
Ion Melville
I.M. Calvocoressi
Married Katherine Kennedy.

Times obituary

Telegraph obituary

12.04.1919
Calcutta
-
07.07.2007
2nd Lt.
25.05.1940 [132226]
WS/Capt.
28.03.1945
Capt. RARO
01.01.1949
Hon. Maj.
01.01.1949
Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE
21.12.1944
Italy
Military Cross MC
18.02.1943
Middle East
25.05.1940


commissioned, Scots Guards [emergency commission]



2nd Battalion Scots Guards (North Africa & Italy)
High Sheriff of Kent, 1978-79.
Cameron,
Thomas Gordon
T.G. Cameron
From Sunderland.
?
-
1955
Lt.
20.12.1940 [163367]
WS/Capt.
20.12.1944 (reld > 04.1946)
A/Maj.
01.04.1952
Maj.
?
A/Lt.Col.
19.11.1954
Military Cross MC
21.12.1944
NW Europe
Education: studied medicine (MB)
20.12.1940


commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission]
(06.1944)
-
12.12.1944
Medical Officer, 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) (NW Europe)
11.01.1952


Lieutenant, Territorial Army
Campbell,
James Alexander
J.A. Campbell
Son of James Campbell. Married (1920) Violet Constance Madeline Calthrop; one son (and one killed, 1943, when a prisoner of war, escaping).
03.12.1886
Lambeth, London
-
03.02.1964
[Benhall, Saxmundham, Suffolk ?]
2nd Lt.
29.08.1906 [3443]
Lt.
02.08.1909
...
...
Bt. Maj.
01.01.1918
Maj.
23.12.1926
Bt. Lt.Col.
01.01.1932
Bt. Col.
16.11.1934, seniority 16.11.1933 (hal-pay/full-pay 21.08.1935)
Col.
01.01.1936, seniority 16.11.1933 (retd 21.06.1944)
local Brig.
01.01.1936-27.01.1939
T/Brig.
28.01.1939
Brig.
21.12.1939
A/Maj.Gen.
15.12.1941-14.12.1942
T/Maj.Gen.
15.12.1942-21.06.1944
Hon. Maj.Gen.
21.06.1944
Distinguished Service Order DSO
1916
?
Education: Brighton College; Royal Military College, Sandhurst; psc
29.08.1906


commissioned, Suffolk Regiment



served in Malta, Egypt, Sudan
1914
-
1918
European War, with 1st Suffolk on Western Front
and in Macedonia
06.11.1916
-
03.05.1918
Brigade Major, Salonika
1918


Commanding Officer, 9th East Lancashire Regiment (wounded twice, despatches thrice, DSO and Bar, Bt Major, Greek MC)
19.05.1919
-
30.09.1920
Adjutant, ...
1920
-
1921
Staff College, Quetta
01.03.1922
-
31.03.1924
Brigade Major, India
03.05.1924
-
27.03.1926
Deputy Assistant Adjutant General (DAAG), Northern Command
24.10.1927
-
30.09.1928
GSO2 India
23.01.1930
-
21.01.1931
GSO2 N. Ireland District
22.01.1931
-
03.01.1932
Commander Company of Gentlemen Cadets (GSO2), Royal Military College, Sandhurst
14.01.1932
-
15.11.1934
GSO2 , and War Office
16.11.1934
- 10.1939
Commander, Northern Brigade, King's African Rifles and Local Forces, Kenya and Uganda
31.08.1939
-
19.10.1939
Commander, 1st (East Africa) Infantry Brigade (E Africa)
21.12.1939
-
21.05.1941
Commander, 44th Infantry Brigade (UK)
19.08.1940
27.01.1941
-
-
23.08.1940
30.01.1941
acting General Officer Commanding, 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division (UK)
18.06.1941
-
10.10.1941
Commander, 73rd Infantry Brigade (UK)
?
-
12.1941
Commander, South Highland Area
12.1941
-
05.1944
Commander, Lancashire and Border District
Campbell *,
Lorne Maclaine
L.M. Campbell
* Also known as:
Campbell of Airds, L.M.

Son of late Col Ian Maxwell Campbell, CBE and Hilda Mary Wade.
Married (27.12.1935) Amy Muriel Jordan (11.08.1905 - 29.12. 1950), daughter of Alastair Magnus Campbell, Auchendarroch, Argyll; two sons.
From Ardrishaig, Argyll.
22.07.1902
The Airds, Argyll Scotland
-
25.05.1991
The Airds, Argyll, Scotland
[Warriston Cemetery & Crematorium
Edinburgh, Scotland
]
2nd Lt.
23.09.1921 [16220]
Lt.
23.09.1923
Capt.
06.06.1931
Maj.
31.10.1938
T/Lt.Col.
17.06.1942-(04.1944)
A/Col.
20.05.1943-(04.1944)
Col.
11.04.1945 (reld < 04.1946)
A/Brig.
20.05.1943-(04.1944)
T/Brig.
20.11.1943-...
Victoria Cross VC
08.06.1943
 Wadi Akarit, Tunisia 06.04.43 *
Distinguished Service Order DSO
18.10.1940
for gallant & distinguished sevices in the field
Distinguished Service Order DSO
04.05.1943
Middle East
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
08.06.1968
HM's birthday 68: for services to government hospitality
Territorial Decoration TD
02.12.1941
?
Mention in Despatches MID
29.04.1941
for distinguished services in the field
Mention in Despatches MID
13.01.1944
Middle East
Mention in Despatches MID
24.08.1944
Italy
Mention in Despatches MID
23.06.1945
Italy
Officer, Legion of Merit (US) LM
20.01.1947
?
Education: Dulwich Colege (1915-1921); Merton College, Oxford (Postmaster, MA)
23.09.1921


commissioned, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders - Territorial Army
23.09.1921
-
1942
8th (The Argyllshire) Battalion The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [24.08.1939 mobilized TA]
1942
-
1943
Commanding Officer, 7th Battalion The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
28.04.1943
-
15.05.1943
acting Commander, 153rd Infantry Brigade (N Africa)
20.05.1943
-
27.09.1944
Commander, 13th Infantry Brigade (Syria, Egypt, Sicily, Italy) [except for 21-29.4.1944]
21.04.1944
-
29.04.1944
acting General Officer Commanding, 5th Infantry Division (Italy)
1944
-
1945
Brigadier General Staff, British Army Staff, Washington, USA

Honorary Colonel, 8th Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 14.11.1953-67. Past Master of Vintners' Company (Hon. Vintner).
HM's Lieutenant, City of London, 10.12.1958-±1968 

* On the 6th April, 1943, in the attack upon the Wadi Akarit position, the task of breaking through the enemy minefield and anti-tank ditch to the East of the Roumana feature and of forming the initial bridgehead for a Brigade of the 51st Highland Division was allotted to the Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Campbell. The attack had to form up in complete darkness and had to traverse the main offshoot of the Wadi Akarit at an angle to the line of advance. In spite of heavy machine gun and shell fire in the early stages of the attack, Lieutenant-Colonel Campbell successfully accomplished this difficult operation, captured at least 600 prisoners and led his Battalion to its objective, having to cross an unswept portion of the enemy minefield in doing so. Later, upon reaching his objective he found that a gap which had been blown by the Royal Engineers in the anti-tank ditch did not correspond with the vehicle lane which had been cleared in the minefield. Realising the vital necessity of quickly establishing a gap for the passage of anti-tank guns, he took personal charge of this operation. It was now broad daylight and, under very heavy machine-gun fire and shell fire, he succeeded in making a personal reconnaissance and in conducting operations which led to the establishing of a vehicle gap. Throughout the day Lieutenant-Colonel Campbell held his position with his Battalion in the face of extremely heavy and constant shell fire, which the enemy was able to bring to bear by direct observation. About 1630 hours determined enemy counter-attacks began to develop, accompanied by tanks. In this phase of the fighting Lieutenant-Colonel Campbell's personality dominated the battle field by a display of valour and utter disregard for personal safety, which could not have been excelled. Realising that it was imperative for the future success of the Army plan to hold the bridgehead his Battalion had captured, he inspired his men by his presence in the forefront of the battle, cheering them on and rallying them as he moved to those points where the fighting was heaviest. When his left forward company was forced to give ground he went forward alone, into a hail of fire and personally reorganised their position, remaining with the company until the attack at this point was held. As reinforcements arrived upon the scene he was seen standing in the open directing the fight under close range fire of enemy infantry and he continued to do so although already painfully wounded in the neck by shell fire. It was not until the battle died down that he allowed his wound to be dressed. Even then, although in great pain, he refused to be evacuated, remaining with his Battalion and continuing to inspire them by his presence on the field. Darkness fell with the Argylls still holding their positions, though many of its officers and men had become casualties. There is no doubt that but for Lieutenant-Colonel Campbell's determination, splendid example of courage and disregard of pain, the bridgehead would have been lost. This officer's gallantry and magnificent leadership when his now tired men were charging the enemy with the bayonet and were fighting them at hand grenade range, are worthy of the highest honour, and can seldom have been surpassed in the long history of the Highland Brigade.
Campbell,
Roland William
see:
RAF section
 
Camplin,
Richard Desborough
R.D. Camplin
29.08.1919
-
12.2004
South & West Dorset
Spr.
?
2nd Lt.
31.01.1940 [113875]
A/Lt.
12.09.1940-(04.1941)
WS/Lt.
01.05.1941 (reld > 04.1946)
T/Capt.
01.05.1941-(04.1946)
T/Maj.
?
Mention in Despatches MID
19.09.1946
Burma



served in the ranks
31.01.1940


commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]
03.07.1940
-
(04.941)
Railway Transport Officer
Carne,
Edwin Frederick
[or: Edward Frederick]
E.F. Carne
08.09.1892
-
died between 02.1967 and 1985
2nd Lt.
20.12.1912
Lt.
09.06.1915
Lt.Col.
30.04.1939 (supernumerary 30.04.1942) (retd 15.05.1946)
A/Col.
14.07.1943
Hon. Col.
15.05.1946
Military Cross MC
?
?
Military Cross MC
?
?
01.04.1937
-
29.04.1939
Instructor in Gunnery, Northern Command (UK)



?
Carnes,
Gerald Lambton
G.L. Carnes
(12?).1912
South Shields, Durham
-
1993

London
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
28.12.1940 [165711]
WS/Lt.
?
WS/Capt.
26.06.1943
T/Maj.
26.03.1943-(04.1944)
WS/Maj.
02.06.1945
T/Lt.Col.
02.06.1945-(04.1946)
T/Col.
(1946)
Maj. RARO
02.05.1951
Hon. Lt.Col.
02.05.1951
Mention in Despatches MID
10.01.1946
Burma
General Service Medal GenSM
?
?
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St
?
?
France & Germany Star Fr&G St
?
?
Defence Medal Def M
?
?