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British Army Officers
1939-1945

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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

25.02.1914			commissioned, Royal Hampshire Regiment
			?

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

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

	MID	15.09.1939	Palestine
	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)

DSO	05.08.1943	?
DSO	18.05.1944	?
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

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

	MBE	21.12.1944	Italy
	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

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

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-...

VC	08.06.1943	Wadi Akarit, Tunisia 06.04.43 *
DSO	18.10.1940	for gallant & distinguished sevices in the field
DSO	04.05.1943	Middle East
OBE	08.06.1968	HM's birthday 68: for services to government hospitality
TD	02.12.1941	?
MID	29.04.1941	for distinguished services in the field
MID	13.01.1944	Middle East
MID	24.08.1944	Italy
MID	23.06.1945	Italy
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.	?

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

	MC	?	?
	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

MID	10.01.1946	Burma
GenSM	?	?
39\|45 St	?	?
Fr&G St	?	?
Def M	?	?