Officers of the British Army 1939-1945 -- C

British Army Officers
1939-1945

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COAT
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A.R.M. Coates to H. Cutting

Coates,
Anthony Richard Milnes
A.R.M. Coates

Son of Capt. Sir Edward Clive
[Milnes-]Coates, 2nd Bt., OBE (1879-
1971), and Lady Celia Hermione
Crewe-Milnes (1884-?).
Brother of Lt.Col. Robert E.J.C.
[Milnes-]Coates.

20.03.1920
Paddington district, London
-
06.08.1944
(KIA) [age 24]
[St Charles de Percy
War Cemetery,
France, IV.A.15]

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	21.09.1940 [149126]
WS/Lt.	21.03.1942
A?/Capt.	03.08.1944

MID

22.03.1945

NW Europe [posthumously]

?	-	21.09.1940	either 161st, 162nd, 164th, 165th or 170th Officer Cadet Training Unit
21.09.1940			commissioned, Coldstream Guards [emergency commission]
12.05.1941	-	06.08.1944	4th Battalion Coldstream Guards (killed in action at Lassy when a shell hit his tank)

Coates,
[Sir] Robert Edward James Clive [Milnes-];
3rd Baronet (cr. 1911)
R.E.J.C. Coates (Milnes-Coates)

Son of Capt. Sir Edward Clive [Milnes-]Coates, 2nd Bt., OBE (1879-1971), and Lady Celia Hermione Crewe-Milnes (1884-?).
His father assumed the name of Sir Clive Milnes-Coates by deed poll of 19.02.1946.
Succeeded father, 04.09.1971.
Brother of Capt. Anthony R.M. Coates.
Married (04.09.1945, Westminster district, London) Lady Ethel Patricia Hare, daughter of Richard Granville Hare, 4th Earl of Listowel, and widow of Lt.Col. Charles Thomas Milnes-Gaskell; one son, one daughter.

27.09.1907
-
09.05.1982
Helperby, York

2nd Lt.	01.09.1927 [38347]
Lt.	01.09.1930
local Capt.	06.08.1937-31.07.1938
Capt.	01.08.1938
A/Maj.	14.10.1940-13.01.1941
T/Maj.	14.01.1941-31.08.1944
Maj.	01.09.1944 (retd 19.07.1947)
A/Lt.Col.	10.06.1944-09.09.1944
T/Lt.Col.	10.09.1944-(01.1946)
Hon. Lt.Col.	19.07.1947

DSO	24.05.1945	Italy
MID	15.09.1939	Palestine
MID	11.01.1945	Italy

Palestine 1936-1939 Medal & Clasp

Education: Harrow; Royal Military College, Woolwich; Staff College, Camberley (11.01.1940-15.05.1940); Queen's College, Cambridge University (MA)

01.09.1927			commissioned, Coldstream Guards
30.11.1930	-	30.06.1933	ADC to His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, India
06.08.1937	-	07.01.1940	specially employed with the Transjordan Frontier Force
16.05.1940	-	13.10.1940	General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), ....
14.10.1940	-	19.06.1941	Brigade Major, 146th Infantry Brigade
20.06.1941	-	10.02.1943	1st Battalion Coldstream Guards
11.02.1943	-	26.10.1943	Second-in-Command, 5th Battalion Coldstream Guards
27.10.1943	-	09.06.1944	Second-in-Command, 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards
10.06.1944	-	01.03.1945	Commanding Officer, 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards (Italy)
01.03.1945	-	09.12.1946	Commanding Officer, 3rd Battalion Coldstream Guards

Landowner & farmer. Justice of the Peace, North Riding of Yorkshie, 1960; Patron of two livings.

Cobb,
Michael Herbert
M.H. Cobb

Son of ... Cobb, and ... Stogdon.

10.09.1916
Hendon district, Middlesex
-
23.06.2010

2nd Lt.	27.08.1938, seniority 28.01.1937 [71892]
...	....
T/Maj.	14.02.1943-27.01.1950
...	...
Col.	18.06.1963 (retd 24.04.1965)

27.08.1938			commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers
...	-	...	....

Cobley,
Ralph Richard
R.R. Cobley

Son of ... Cobley, and ... Kitts.
From London.

07.02.1919
Hampstead district, London
-

2nd Lt.	26.01.1939 [85540]
Lt.	01.01.1941
A/Capt.	29.12.1940-28.03.1941
T/Capt.	29.03.1941-31.07.1942
WS/Capt.	01.08.1942
Capt.	01.07.1946 (reld 24.10.1947)
A/Maj.	01.05.1942-31.07.1942
T/Maj.	01.08.1942-(04.1946)
Hon. Maj.	24.10.1947

	DFC	12.10.1944	NW Europe
	MID	08.11.1945	NW Europe

Education: Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.

26.01.1939			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery
01.05.1942	-	24.06.1945	Commanding Officer, 652 Air Observation Post Squadron (Scotland, Normandy, NW Europe)

Coffey,
James
J. Coffey (Photo courtesy of Mrs Judith Appleby)

Married (24.10.1939) Margaret Roscoe; two daughters, one son.

15.04.1912
South Everton, West Derby, Lancashire
-
13.12.1963

Lt.	15.02.1941 [172236]
T/Capt.	23.02.1943-(04.1944), 08.11.1945-(04.1946)

15.02.1941

commissioned, The East Lancashire Regiment [emergency commission]

Post-war a surveyor for Rentokil.

Coffey,
Leonard Mitchell
L.M. Coffey

(04?).1905
Newport district, Glamorgan / Monmouthshire
-

2nd Lt.	08.12.1941 [225262]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942
WS/Capt.	15.10.1943
T/Maj.	15.10.1943-(12.1946)
WS/Maj.	? (reld 30.12.1946)
T/Lt.Col.	?
Hon. Lt.Col.	30.12.1946

08.12.1941			commissioned, Intelligence Corps [emergency commission]
(10.1943)	-	(04.1944)	seconded, Indian Army

Coghill,
Harry
H. Coghill

Son of Ernest A., and Helen A. Coghill.
Married to Hilda Newbold.

03.12.1897
Southwell, Nottinghamshire
-
(03?).1977
Battle district

2nd Lt.	16.08.1916 [15191]
Lt.	?
Capt.	31.03.1928 (retd 31.03.1938)
Bt. Maj.	01.09.1939

16.08.1916			commissioned, The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)
(03.1931)	-	(06.1933)	1st Battalion The Rifle Brigade (Jullundur, later Sudan (for Gosport))
01.03.1934	-	31.01.1938	seconded as Adjutant, 1st Battalion Monmouthshire Regiment - Territorial Army
31.01.1938	-	31.03.1938	restored to the establishment of The Rifle Brigade, then retired
31.03.1938	-	03.12.1947	Regular Army Reserve of Officers - Regimental List [age limit]
24.08.1939			mobilized
02.1942	-	1945	captured at the fall of Singapore and in Japanese captivity as a POW for the remainder of the war

Cohen,
Eli Salim
E.S. Cohen (Photo courtesy of Mr Shlomi Cohen)

Son of Salim Cohen.

01.01.1906
Safed, Israel
-
26.11.1987
Safed, Israel

Lt.	26.02.1941 [183845]
WS/Capt.	26.02.1942 (reld 31.03.1946)

26.02.1941			commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps - Palestine Section [emergency commission]
			British Military Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt

Coke,
Edward D'Ewes Fitzgerald
E.D'E.F. Coke

Son (with one brother and two sisters) of Brig.Gen. Edward Sacheverell D'Ewes Coke, CMG, DSO (1872-1941), and of Helen Maud A'Deane (1876?-1956), of Kensington, London.
Of Trusley, Derbyshire.
Brother of Maj. John Sachaverell A'Deane Coke.

14.05.1915
Farnham district, Hampshire / Surrey / Sussex
-
27.09.1944
(KIA) [age 29]
[Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, the Netherlands, 21.C.20; buried here at the request of the next of kin]

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	29.08.1935 [66152]
Lt.	29.08.1938
T/Capt.	?
Capt.	29.08.1943
A/Maj.	?
T/Maj.	20.04.1943-27.09.1944

MID

15.12.1942

Middle East 11.41-04.42

Education: Royal Military College, Sandhurst.

29.08.1935			commissioned, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)
(01.1937)	-	(01.1939)	1st Battalion The Sherwood Foresters (Jamaica & Bermuda)
(04.1941)			seconded as Aide-de-Camp
			served with The Sherwood Foresters in Libya, Abyssinia & Egypt
14.08.1944	-	27.09.1944	attached, 6th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (killed when his company attacked a German position west of St Oedenrode, the Netherlands)

Coker,
Douglas Haig Earl
D.H.E. Coker

29.03.1918
-
02.1997
Tower Hamlets district, London

RAF:
(A) P/O (prob)	01.04.1939 [41829]
Army:
2nd Lt.	14.06.1941 [193505]
Lt.	17.11.1945, seniority 01.06.1941
A/Capt.	08.04.1945-07.07.1945
T/Capt.	08.07.1945-24.06.1946
Capt.	01.07.1946
A/Maj.	25.03.1946-24.06.1946
T/Maj.	25.06.1946-14.06.1947, 19.06.1947-30.11.1952
Maj.	01.12.1952
Lt.Col.	15.05.1959 (supernumerary 15.05.1962) (retd 26.01.1963)

OBE

01.01.1963

New Year 63

01.04.1939	-	16.02.1940	commissioned, Royal Air Force (General Duties Branch) [short service commission]
			served in the ranks for 1 years, 111 days
1940			mobilized TA
14.06.1941			commissioned, 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) - Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]
(06.1944)			Officer Commanding, 5 Troop, "B" Squadron, 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)
17.11.1945			permanent commission
22.03.1947			transferred, 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)

Coldwell-Horsfall,
John Henry
J.H. Coldwell-Horsfall

21.02.1915
Putney, Wandsworth district, Greater London
-
18.12.2006

2nd Lt.	29.08.1935 [66183]
Lt.	29.08.1938
A/Capt.	02.09.1939-01.12.1939
T/Capt.	02.12.1939-10.09.1941
WS/Capt.	11.09.1941
Capt.	29.08.1943
A/Maj.	11.06.1941-10.09.1941
T/Maj.	11.09.1941-(04.1946)
WS/Maj.	? (retd 27.04.1946)
A/Lt.Col.	16.05.1944-(01.1946)
T/Lt.Col.	?
Hon. Lt.Col.	27.04.1946

DSO	26.10.1944	Cassino, Italy 44
MC	22.10.1940	France 40
MC	04.05.1943	Tunisia 43

Palestine 1936-39 Medal & Clasp

Education: Harrow; Royal Military College, Sandhurst

29.08.1935			commissioned, The Royal Irish Fusiliers (Princess Victoria's)
1936	-	1936	1st Battalion The Royal Irish Fusiliers (Palestine)
(01.1937)			1st/2nd Battalion The Royal Irish Fusiliers (Bordon)
1937	-	1939	1st Battalion The Royal Irish Fusiliers (Guernsey)
(10.1939)	-	(05.1940)	Officer Commanding, "D" Company, 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Fusiliers (France)
1943?	-	1944?	2nd Battalion The London Irish Rifles (initially Second-in-Command, later Commanding Officer) (Italy)
1944	-	12.1944	Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Fusiliers (Egypt & Italy [wounded])

Cole,
George Frederick [Arthur]
G.F. Cole (Photo courtesy of Mr Frank de Planta)

Son of ... Cole, and ... Wighton.
Married ((03?).1944, West Ham district, London) Myrtle A. Thorpe.

(09?).1918
Southwark district, London
-
10.06.1977
Orpington, Kent

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	06.02.1943 [269345]
WS/Lt.	06.08.1943 (reld < 04.1947)
T/Capt.	(1945)
Lt. & Paym.	03.09.1954
A/Capt. & Paym.	?
Capt. & Paym.	11.01.1961, seniority 11.01.1960

MID

04.04.1946

NW Europe 44-45

06.02.1943			commissioned, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) [emergency commission]
(1945)			1/5th Battalion The Queen's Royal Regiment (NW Europe)
03.09.1954	-	01.05.961	Royal Army Pay Corps - Army Emergency Reserve of Officers
01.05.1961			Regular Army Reserve of Officers

Bank manager.

Cole,
John Robert
J.R. Cole

?
-

Sgt.	?
Lt.	15.03.1941 [175806] (reld 28.11.1947; on enlistment in the ranks)

15.03.1941

commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]

Coleman,
Leslie Harry Walford
L.H.W. Coleman

Son of ... Coleman, and ... Walford.

(12?).1921
Alcester district, Warwickshire / Worcestershire
-
03.03.2007
[aged 85]

2nd Lt.	28.02.1942 [226940]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942
A/Capt. ?	?

MID

22.03.1945

NW Europe

28.02.1942

commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]

Coles,
Caleb William

18.08.1894
Farnham district, Hampshire / Surrey / Sussex
-
17.01.1961
Ealing district

Sapper	? [19367]
Cadet	?
T/2nd Lt.	08.04.1919 [139533]
Lt.	03.07.1940
WS/Capt.	29.06.1943 (reld < 04.1947)
T/Maj.	29.06.1943-(04.1946)
2nd Lt. TA	25.02.1952
Capt. TA	? (reld 31.03.1956)
Hon. Maj.	31.03.1956

MM	WW I	?
14\|15 St	-	-
BWM 14\|20	-	-
VM	-	-

WW I			served in the ranks, Royal Engineers
03.07.1940			commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]
25.02.1952	-	31.03.1956	commissioned, General List - Territorial Army

Coles,
John Colin

Son of ... Coles, and ... Hill.

(06?).1924
St Marylebone district, Greater London / London
-

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	02.01.1943 [258238]
WS/Lt.	02.07.1943
Lt. & Paym.	01.08.1954
A/Capt. & Paym.	?
Capt. & Paym.	11.01.1961, seniority 11.01.1960

08.02.1949

02.01.1943			commissioned, The Devonshire Regiment [emergency commission]
03.08.1943	-	22.01.1944	2nd Battalion The Devonshire Regiment (UK & NW Europe)
22.01.1944	-	(09.1944)	Transport Officer, 2nd Battalion The Devonshire Regiment (UK & NW Europe)
01.08.1954			Royal Army Pay Corps - Army Emergency Reserve of Officers

Collard,
Geoffrey Louis

Elder son (with one sister & one brother) of Henri Louis Collard (1884-1960), and Isabel Carswell (1911-), of Purberry Shot, Ewel.
Married (24.02.1940, St John's Church, Merrow) Margaret Fish (11.07.1920-04.2003), only daughter of Mr & Mrs William Fish, of Croft House, Merrow; one son, one daughter.

24.11.1914
Wandsworth district, London
-
02.2001
Cheshire East district, Cheshire

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	17.05.1941 [185327]
Capt.	?
A/Maj.	?
WS/Maj.	15.07.1943
T/Lt.Col.	01.01.1944-(04.1946)
WS/Lt.Col.	?
A/Col.	01.07.1945-(04.1946)
Capt.	08.10.1948, seniority 01.04.1943
A/Maj.	08.10.1948
Maj.	24.11.1948, seniority 08.10.1948
Lt.Col.	08.12.1952, seniority 30.09.1951
Hon. Col.	01.10.1956

OBE	24.01.1946	NW Europe *
MID	05.08.1943	Persia/Iraq
ERD	04.06.1954	-

* For planning with exceptional foresight and technical competence for the quick resumption of Inland Water Transport throughout the whole of Germany.

Education: Framlingham (1929-1930).

17.05.1941			commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers (Transportation Section) [emergency commission]
1942			PAIFORCE (Persia/Iraq)
11.1944	-	1946	21st Army Group & Britiah Army of the Rhine (NW Europe) (as Assistant Director of Transportation, Inland Water Transport)
08.10.1948			Supplementary Reserve of Officers, later Army Emergency Reserve of Officers
01.10.1956			Regular Army Reserve of Officers

Director of three companies within the shipping division of Tate & Lyle and Managin Director of their River Thames Lighterage operation. Past President of the Association of Lightermen and Barge Owners, 1961-62. Past Master of the Company of Watermen and Lightermen of the River Thames and a Freeman of the City of London.

Collas,
Michael John
M.J. Collas

?
-

Dvr.	?
2nd Lt.	29.10.1939 [105193]
WS/Lt.	27.03.1941
T/Capt.	26.04.1941-(04.1946)

?	-	29.10.1939	Cadet, No. 1 RASC Training Centre
29.10.1939			commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission]

Collas,
Michael John Jervoise
M.J.J. Collas

22.06.1915
-
08.1999
Mid Surrey district, Surrey

2nd Lt.	29.08.1935 [66156]
Lt.	29.08.1938 (half-pay 20.04.1939; ill-health) (reld 13.09.1939)

Education: Royal Military College, Sandhurst.

29.08.1935			commissioned, The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)
(08.1935)	-	(10.1935)	2nd Battalion The Loyal Regiment (Tidworth)
(01.1937)			1st Battalion The Loyal Regiment (Palestine, for Tidworth)
(01.1938)			1st Battalion The Loyal Regiment (Tidworth)
(01.1939)			1st Battalion The Loyal Regiment (Aldershot)
WW II			showing as "Half-Pay Officer on the Active List" [according to memorandum of 26.04.1946 he relinquished his commission 13.09.1939 upon enlistment in the ranks]

Solicitor, 07.1950.

Colledge,
George Edward
G.E. Colledge

Son of ... Colledge, and ... Dudley.

17.09.1917
Worksop district, Derbyshire / Nottinghamshire / Yorkshire - West Riding
-
02.1985
Huddersfield district, Yorkshire

Dvr.	? [1873152]
2nd Lt.	05.06.1943 [292791]
WS/Lt.	05.06.1943 (reld > 04.1946)
T/Capt.	24.01.1944-(04.1946)

pre-WW II

1933			joined the Army (served in the ranks)
05.06.1943			commissioned, The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) [emergency commission]
16.10.1944			transferred, Corps of Royal Engineers

Collemy,
Williama Lillis Shaw *
W.L.S. Collemy (Photo courtesy of Mr Greg Pirie)

Daughter of William Collemy, and Georgina Joan Varany.
Married (21.05.1947, Hamburg, Germany) Maj. John Sawyer Pirie, MC (1912-2001); two sons.
* Birth registration under the name: Collemy, Lillis Shaw Williama

04.02.1922
Islington district, London
-
14.04.2007
Auckland, New Zealand

2nd Sub.	04.12.1942 [257012]
WS/Sub.	04.06.1943 (reld 18.04.1946)
Hon. Sub.	18.04.1946

04.12.1942

commissioned, Auxiliary Territorial Service

Collie,
William Dobson
W.D. Collie

(12?).1895
Tynemouth district, Northumberland
-
(06?).1954
Luton district, Bedfordshire

Sgt.	?
Lt. QM	31.05.1939 [89443]
WS/Capt. QM	01.11.1942
Hon. Capt. QM	?

21.04.1950

31.05.1939			commissioned, 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry - Territorial Army
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
?	-	25.04.1951	Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [exceeded age limit]

Collins,
Ronald John
R.J. Collins

19.05.1920
Selly Oak, Birmingham
-

2nd Lt.	19.04.1942 [232475]
WS/Lt.	19.10.1942
WS/Capt.	? (reld > 04.1947)
T/Maj.	01.05.1946-(04.1947)

MID

24.08.1944

Italy

1939			enlisted
?	-	19.04.1942	Officer Cadet Training Unit
19.04.1942			commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]
			served 8th Army (ending up in Graz, Austria)

Colquhoun,
David Angus
D.A. Colquhoun (Photo courtesy of Mr Lee Lidbury)

Only son (with one sister) of John R. Colquhoun, and Helen Marion Angus, of Kensington, London, then Roehampton, then Wynkcoombe Hill, Fittleworth, Sussex.

12.02.1925
nursing home, St Pancras district, London
-
05.04.1945
(KIA) [age 20]
[Argenta Gap War Cemetery, Italy, I.G.14]

Cadet	? [2701552]
2nd Lt.	28.01.1944 [307859]
WS/Lt.	28.07.1944

28.01.1944			commissioned, Scots Guards [emergency commission]
?	-	05.04.1945	1st Battalion Scots Guards

Colson,
Alexander Francis Lionel
"Alec"
A.F.L. Colson

06.09.1921
-
29.06.2007
[Saint Faith's Crematorium, Norwich]

2nd Lt.	15.02.1942 [226289]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942
Lt.	28.04.1945, seniority 06.09.1942
A/Capt.	01.06.1943-31.08.1943
T/Capt.	01.09.1943-05.03.1948
Capt.	06.03.1948
T/Maj.	01.01.1949-19.07.1950, 25.01.1953-05.03.1954
Maj.	06.03.1954 (retd 04.06.1960)

	MBE	22.03.1945	Operation Frippery (Sumatra 44-45)
	MID	22.07.1945	Operation David (Arakan 44-45)

Education: Oundle (...-1939); psc

1941	-	14.02.1942	served in the ranks for 165 days
15.02.1942			commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]
			Combined Operations Pilotage Party (COPP) 8
28.04.1945			permanent commission

Rector of Elmswell (1965-73); Vicar of St Luke with St Simon and St Jude, West Kilburn (1973-82); Rector of Thrandeston, Stuston and Brome with Oakley (1982-86).

Colville,
Edward Charles
E.C. Colville

Son of late Admiral Hon. Sir Stanley Cecil James Colville, GCB, GCMG, GCVO (1861-1939), and of Adelaide Jane Meade (1877-1960), daughter of 4th Earl Clanwilliam, GCB, KCMG, RM.
Brother of Capt. George Cecil Colville, CBE, RN, Capt. Frederick James Colville, Gordon Highlanders, and Cdr. (S) Sir Richard Colville, KCVO, CB, DSC, RN.
Married (29.09.1934) Barbara Joan Denny, daughter of Edward Henry Marland Denny; two daughters.
Residence: (1944/45) Staplefield.

01.09.1905
St George Hanover Square, London
-
10.01.1982
Stoughton, near Chichester, West Sussex

2nd Lt.	03.09.1925 [33638]
Lt.	03.09.1927
Capt.	16.01.1938
A/Maj.	28.05.1941-27.08.1941
T/Maj.	28.08.1941-02.09.1942
Maj.	03.09.1942
A/Lt.Col.	15.01.1943-14.04.1943
T/Lt.Col.	15.04.1943-15.01.1945
WS/Lt.Col.	16.01.1945
Lt.Col.	01.02.1946 (supernumerary 01.02.1949)
A/Col.	16.07.1944-15.01.1945
T/Col.	16.01.1945-30.03.1949
Col.	31.01.1949 (supernumerary 31.03.1955)
A/Brig.	16.07.1944-15.01.1945
T/Brig.	16.01.1945-31.08.1953
Brig.	01.09.1953
local Maj.Gen.	10.06.1954-28.06.1954
T/Maj.Gen.	29.06.1954-06.07.1955
Maj.Gen.	07.07.1955 (retd 12.04.1959)

CB	25.10.1955	Malaya 01-06.55
DSO	19.10.1944	NW Europe
DSO	10.05.1945	NW Europe
MID	04.04.1946	NW Europe

Education: Marlborough College; Royal Military College, Sandhurst; Staff College (psc)

03.09.1925			commissioned, The Gordon Highlanders
(03.1931)			1st Battalion The Gordon Highlanders (Landi Kotal, India)
01.09.1932	-	30.09.1934	ADC to Governor-General & Commander-in-Chief, Dominion of Canada
(01.1937)			1st Battalion The Gordon Highlanders (Edinburgh)
18.11.1937	-	07.02.1940	Adjutant, 1st Battalion The Gordon Highlanders (Edinburgh & Aldershot)
08.02.1940	-	21.01.1941	General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), ... (Home Forces)
28.05.1941	-	27.02.1942	Brigade-Major, ...
28.02.1942	-	13.07.1942	General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), ... (Home Forces)
15.01.1943	-	25.08.1943	Commandant, Company Commanders' School
08.1943	-	07.1944	Commanding Officer, 2nd The Battalion Gordon Highlanders
16.07.1944	-	25.11.1946	Commander, 227th Infantry Brigade (NW Europe) [except for 25.06.1945-08.07.1945 & 08.08.1945-13.08.1945]
27.12.1946	-	05.11.1947	Brigadier General Staff Military Adviser to UK High Commissioner, Canada
04.11.1949	-	13.05.1952	Commander, Infantry Brigade, Territorial Army
09.06.1952	-	30.04.1954	Brigadier General Staff, HQ Northern Army Group
29.06.1954	-	13.01.1956	Chief of Staff, GHQ Far East Land Forces
15.03.1956	-	14.03.1959	General Officer Commanding, 51st (Highland) Infantry Division (TA) & Highland District
12.04.1959	-	01.09.1965	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]

Justice of the Peace (JP), West Sussex, 1960; Deputy Lieutenant (DL), West Sussex, 1962.

Colville,
Frederick James
R.J. Collins

Youngest son of late Admiral Hon. Sir Stanley Cecil James Colville, GCB, GCMG, GCVO (1861-1939), and of Adelaide Jane Meade (1877-1960), daughter of 4th Earl Clanwilliam, GCB, KCMG, RM.
Brother of Capt. George Cecil Colville, CBE, RN, Maj.Gen. Edward Charles Colville, CB, DSO*, and Cdr. (S) Sir Richard Colville, KCVO, CB, DSC, RN.
Husband of Dorothy Loisa Colville, of Paddington, London.

30.05.1913
-
11.06.1940
(KIA) [age 27]
[St Valery-en-Caux Franco-British Cemetery, C.7]

2nd Lt.	? [50797]
WS/Lt.	?
Capt.	?

?			commissioned, The Gordon Highlanders
?	-	11.06.1940	1st Battalion The Gordon Highlanders

Colwill,
Eric Ralph
"Chunk"
E.R. Colwill (Photo courtesy of Mr Peter Epps)

Married (10.06.1939, King's Chapel of the Savoy) Marjorie Curtis Stevens.

19.10.1902
-
31.05.1971

2nd Lt.	30.08.1923 [27170]
...	...
Capt.	18.03.1936
A/Maj.	01.06.1940-29.08.1940
Maj.	30.08.1940
A/Lt.Col.	17.01.1942-16.04.1942
T/Lt.Col.	17.04.1942-25.02.1943, 27.12.1944-(01.1946)
Col.	05.04.1952 (retd 07.12.1956)
Hon. Brig.	07.12.1956

30.08.1923			commissioned, The Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment)
01.10.1937	-	31.05.1940	General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO), ...
early 1944	-	29.06.1944	Second-in-Command, 10th Battalion The Highland Light Infantry (France; wounded)
?	-	07.1946	Commanding Officer, 5th Battalion The Highland Light Infantry
25.05.1949	-	09.1954	Military Attaché, Rome
09.1954	-	(1956)	Military Attaché, Prague

Comerford,
Augustine Ambrose
A.A. Comerford

Son of Mitchell H. Comerford, and Annie Comerford.
Married (1910, West Ham, Greater London).

(06?).1886
West Ham district, Greater London
-
(03?).1944
St Ives, Huntingdonshire

T/Lt.	10.04.1916 [2352]
T/Capt.	?
Capt.	20.01.1922, seniority 10.04.1917
Maj.	01.07.1926
Lt.Col.	22.05.1939

	DSO	27.08.1940	BEF 39-40
	MID	29.04.1941	for distinguished services in the field

Veterinary surgeon.

10.04.1916			commissioned, Army Veterinary Service (later: Royal Army Veterinary Corps)
20.01.1922			transferred, Royal Army Veterinary Corps - Territorial Army
?	-	(03.1931)	East Anglian Division
			transferred, Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army
22.02.1933	-	(01.1939)	Officer Commanding, 418th (Bedfordshire) Battery, 105th (Bedfordshire Yeomanry) Army Field Regiment RA (Biggleswade)
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
(1939)	-	(1940)	Commanding Officer, 52nd Heavy Regiment RA

Comerford,
Basil Michael
B.M. Comerford

Son of ... Comerford, and ... Vanseller.

14.10.1913
Caxton district, Cambridgeshire / Huntingdonshire
-
(12?).1970
Cambridge district, Cambridgeshire

2nd Lt.	17.05.1933
Lt.	17.05.1936
T/Capt.	03.01.1942-(04.1944)
Hon. Capt.	< 04.1946

			late Cadet Corporal, Beaumont College Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
17.05.1933			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army
17.05.1933	-	(06.1933)	105th (Bedfordshire Yeomanry) Army Field Regiment RA (Bedford)
(01.1937)	-	(01.1939)	418th (Bedfordshire) Battery, 105th (Bedfordshire Yeomanry) Army Field Regiment RA (Biggleswade)
27.05.1939			transferred, Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
(1939)	-	(1940)	"A" Battery, 52nd Heavy Regiment RA
> 04.1944	-	(04.1946)	transferred, Royal Army Service Corps - Territorial Army Reserve of Officers (Class I)

Compton,
Clifton Alwyn O'Brien
B.M. Comerford

07.10.1914
India
-
15.06.1986
Poole General Hospital, Poole district, Dorset

2nd Lt.	30.08.1934 [63544]
Lt.	30.08.1937
A/Capt.	01.05.1940-31.07.1940
T/Capt.	01.08.1940-05.11.1941
WS/Capt.	06.11.1941
Capt.	30.08.1942
A/Maj.	06.08.1941-05.11.1941
T/Maj.	06.11.1941-25.03.1945
WS/Maj.	26.03.1945
A/Lt.Col.	26.12.1944-25.03.1945
T/Lt.Col.	26.03.1945-23.05.1946, 19.03.1954-23.06.1955
Lt.Col.	24.06.1955
Col.	09.01.1961 (retd 30.03.1963)

MC	21.10.1943	Sicily
MC	25.11.1943	Middle East (Egypt and Libya)
39\|45 St	-	-
Afr St	-	& clasp 8th Army
It St	-	-
Fr&G St	-	-
Def M	-	-
BWM 39\|45	-	-
MID	24.06.1943	Middle East 05-10.42
Cor M	-	-

Education: BA

30.08.1934			commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers
(01.1937)			served at Chatham
(01.1939)			served in Egypt
(1942)	-	(1943)	505th Field Company RE (Middle East & Sicily)
25.05.1946	-	06.10.1947	instructor, School of Mechanical Engineering
31.10.1949	-	30.09.1952	Technical Staff Officer, 2nd grade (TSO2), Ministry of Supply

Condron,
Rev. William Patrick
"Bill"
W.P. Condron (Photo courtesy of Mr Neil Condron)

?
-
1977 ?
Greater London ?

Chaplain to the Forces (4th class) ranking as Capt.

01.06.1943 [270977] (reld > 10.1946, < 12.1946)

01.06.1943			commissioned, Royal Army Chaplains' Department (Roman Catholic) [emergency commission]
1943?	-	1945	181 Airlanding Field Ambulance (North Africa, Operation Market-Garden, Nijmegen (09.1944), Norway)

Coney,
John Essex
J.E. Coney

Son of John Frederick Coney, and Gladys Bearcroft Essex.
Married (01.06.1940, St Paul's Cathedral, Calcutta, India) Brenda Joan Heathcote (06.08.1912 - 2005), daughter of Herbert Cecil Heathcote, and Oliva Dennis; two sons.

06.08.1914
Kidderminster, Worcestershire
-

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	15.06.1941 [194082]
WS/Capt.	01.07.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Maj.	01.07.1942-(04.1944)

Bank official.

?	-	15.06.1941	Officer Cadet Training Unit
15.06.1941			commissioned, Royal Corps of Signals [emergency commission]
21.04.1942	-	(04.1944)	Staff Officer, 2nd grade (SO2), Signals, HQ Southern Army, India

Consett,
Montagu Charles Warcop Peter
M.C.W.P. Consett

Of Brawith Hall, Thirsk, Yorkshire.
Married (1944) Margaret Syssylt Barwick (1914-1971).

20.07.1909
St Marylebone, Greater London
-
03.2001
North Yorkshire

Navy:
Cadet	1926
Midsh.	01.05.1927
A/S.Lt.	01.09.1929
S.Lt.	16.04.1930
Lt.	16.09.1931
Army:
2nd Lt.	12.06.1935
Lt.	?
Capt.	11.04.1945
Lt.Col.	? (retd)

1926	-	1935	served Royal Navy:
15.09.1926	-	(07.)1927	HMS Valiant (battleship) (Mediterranean)
15.08.1927	-	(06.)1928	HMS Warspite (battleship) (Mediterranean)
10.1928	-	(08.)1929	HMS Resolution (battleship) (Mediterranean)
26.09.1929	-	(04.)1930	promotion course, RN College, Greenwich [HMS President]
03.12.1930	-	(02.)1931	HMS York (cruiser) (Atlantic Fleet)
12.1931	-	(01.)1932	HMS Voyager (destroyer) (Mediterranean)
01.05.1932	-	(09.1932)	HMS Resolution (battleship) (Mediterranean)
01.01.1934	-	(07.1934)	HMS Nelson (battleship) (Home Fleet)
12.06.1935			commissioned, The Yorkshire Hussars - Royal Armoured Corps - Territorial Army
24.08.1939			mobilized TA

Deputy Lieutenant, North Riding of York, 16.04.1960.

Consett,
William Lindsay
W.L. Consett

Son of R.Adm. Montagu William Warcop Peter Consett, and Ethel Maude Wilson.
From Exeter.

24.12.1912
-
10.1994
Shepway, Kent

2nd Lt.	01.09.1934, seniority 02.02.1933 [55995]
Lt.	02.02.1936
A/Capt.	15.07.1940-14.10.1940
T/Capt.	15.10.1940-01.02.1941
Capt.	02.02.1941
A/Maj.	15.09.1941-14.12.1941
T/Maj.	15.12.1941
Maj.	01.07.1946 (retd 01.09.1955)

	MC	24.01.1946	NW Europe
	MID	22.03.1945	NW Europe

09.07.1933			commissioned onto the General List - Territorial Army (University Candidates)
01.09.1934			commissioned into the Welsh Guards - Regular Army
14.05.1939	-	14.07.1940	seconded as Aide-de-Camp
(09.1944)			2nd Battallion The Welsh Guards (Guards Armoured Division) (NW Europe)
01.09.1955	-	24.12.1962	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]

Retired, London.

Conway,
Michael John
M.J. Conway

22.01.1905
-
01.1995
Surrey Mid-Eastern district, Surrey

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	29.08.1929 [44048]
Lt.	29.08.1932
Capt.	01.08.1938
WS/Maj.	04.08.1942
Maj.	11.01.1945
A/Lt.Col.	04.05.1942-03.08.1942
T/Lt.Col.	04.08.1942-19.03.1944, 08.05.1945-(01.1946)
Lt.Col.	20.02.1950 (supernumerary 20.02.1953) (retd 18.03.1955)

MID

20.06.1941

Waziristan 40

NW Frontier of India 1937-39 Medal & Clasp

Education: BA, later MA

			served in the ranks for 3 years, 96 days
29.08.1929			commissioned, Royal Corps of Signals
(1940)			served in Waziristan
(1945)			reputedly in charge of the demolition of signals in Austria
18.03.1955	-	27.07.1960	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]

AMIEE, later MIEE

Cooke,
Geoffrey Taylor
G.T. Cooke

19.10.1907
Cuckfield distrct, Sussex
-
(06?).1974
St Marylebone district, London

Gnr.	?
2nd Lt.	25.01.1939 [79666]
WS/Lt.	01.02.1940
T/Capt.	26.12.1941-15.08.1943
WS/Capt.	16.08.1943 (reld > 10.1945, < 01.1946)
T/Maj.	16.08.1943-1945?
Hon. Maj.	> 10.1945, < 01.1946

02.12.1952

			served in the ranks, 11th (City of London Yeomanry) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA
25.01.1939			commissioned, 6th Battalion The East Surrey Regiment - Territorial Army
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
1943?	-	1945?	Assistant Provost Marshal, Calcutta
1946?			Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
08.03.1950			transferred, Corps of Royal Military Police

Cooke,
George Frazer
G.F. Cooke

05.02.1909
South Stoneham district, Hampshire
-
11.1998
Worthing district, West Sussex

2nd Lt.	20.11.1939 [107420]
WS/Lt.	02.03.1941
T/Capt.	02.03.1941-(04.1947)

20.11.1939

commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers (Transportation Branch) [emergency commission]

Coombs,
Nigel Seymour
N.S. Coombs

Son of Harold Seymour Coombs (1888-), and Louisa Maud Brownson (1889-).
Married ((03?).1942, Rochford district, Essex) Gladys M. Standing.

27.01.1918
St Thomas district, Devon
-
05.1999
West Devon district

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	08.10.1942 [247674]
WS/Lt.	08.04.1943 (reld > 04.1946, < 04.1947)

CdeG

1944

France

08.10.1942			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
(1944)			318th Battery, 92nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA

Cooper,
Derek Guy Ashley
D.G.A. Cooper

28.06.1911
Abergavenny
-
10.1991
Bristol district, Gloucestershire

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	04.10.1941 [212398]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942 (reld > 04.1946)

04.10.1941

commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]

Cooper,
Eric Holmes
E.H. Cooper

Son of ... Cooper, and ... Kennedy.
Married ((09?).1935, Cambridge district, Cambridgeshire) Sq.Offr. Beatrice Patience Gwendoline Stewart-Black, WAAF (1910-1992); no children.

07.02.1914
Hastings district, Sussex
-
19.07.1991
Radlett, Watford district, Hertfordshire

2nd Lt.	03.09.1938 [76863]
WS/Lt.	01.01.1941
WS/Capt.	08.08.1942 (reld < 04.1947)
T/Maj.	08.08.1942-(04.1946)
Hon. Maj.	< 04.1947

	MID	23.05.1946	Mediterranean
	AERD	30.12.1955	-

Education: Corpus Christi College, Cambridge (1933).

03.09.1938			commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps - Supplementary Reserve of Officers
24.08.1939			mobilized SRO
03.09.1948			Regular Army Reserve of Officers

Cooper,
George Derek
G.D. Cooper

Son of Capt. George Stanley Cooper. Married (30.07.1952) Pamela Margaret Fletcher (divorced); one daughter.
Lived at Dunlewey, Co. Donegal, Ireland.

?
-
1969 still alive

2nd Lt.	31.10.1936 [69395]
WS/Lt.	31.10.1939
WS/Capt.	17.10.1945
T/Maj.	17.10.1945
Lt.	13.02.1946, seniority 01.08.1938
Capt.	13.02.1946, seniority 28.05.1943
Maj.	28.05.1948 (retd 01.04.1953)

	OBE	14.06.1969	for services in disaster areas overseas
	MC	15.10.1948	Palestine

			late Cadet Corporal, Eastbourne College Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
31.10.1936			commissioned, Irish Guards - Supplementary Reserve of Officers
24.08.1939			mobilized
05.10.1941			transferred to The Life Guards
(09.1944)			Guards Armoured Division (NW Europe)
13.02.1946			permanent commission

Cooper,
John Andrew Locke
J.A.L. Cooper

Married Cecily (née ...); four children.

24.07.1917
-
12.2002
Preston and South Ribble district, Lancashire

Lt.	08.05.1943 [274681]
WS/Capt.	08.05.1944 (reld > 04.1946)

13.12.1945

Italy

08.05.1943			commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission]
(1943?)	-	(1945?)	14th/20th King's Hussars - Royal Armoured Corps (North Africa & Italy)

Cooper,
Raymond Gerald
R.G. Cooper (Photo courtsey of Mr Shawn Dymond)

?
-

Gnr.	?
Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	25.05.1940 [132904]
WS/Lt.	25.11.1941
T/Capt.	13.10.1942-(04.1946)

			served in the ranks, Royal Artillery
			122nd or 123rd Officer Cadet Training Unit (RA)
25.05.1940			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
(07.1943)			Forward Observation Officer (FOO), HMS Tetcott (destroyer) [Operation Husky, Sicily]

Cooper,
Raymund Michael
R.M. Cooper

Son of Percy J. Cooper, and Lucinda Emily H. Maulton.
Married (21.07.1945, Barlowganj) Katleen Watts.

(06?).1920
Basford district, Derbyshire / Nottinghamshire
-

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	15.02.1941 [170769]
WS/Lt.	15.08.1942 (reld 1946)

Education: Oxford University (1945).

?	-	15.02.1941	either 124th Officer Cadet Training Unit or Coast Artillery School
15.02.1941			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery[emergency commission]

Joined Sudan Political Service. A.D.C. Port Sudan, Kassala, 1947-1948. A.D.C. Ed Dueim, Blue Nile Province, 1948-1952. D.C. Atbara, Northern Province, 1952-1954. D.C. Merowe, Northern Province, 1954-1955. Retired from Sudan service, 1955.

Copeland,
Robert Harry
R.G. Cooper (Photo courtsey of Mr Charles Hawkshaw-Burn)

21.07.1905
St Pancras district, Greater London / London
-
01.1991
North Dorset district, Dorset

2nd Lt.	03.09.1925
...	...
Capt.	03.09.1936
A/Maj.	11.09.1939-10.12.1939
T/Maj.	11.12.1939-10.01.1940, 12.06.1940-04.04.1942
WS/Maj.	05.02.1942
Maj.	03.09.1942
A/Lt.Col.	05.01.1942-04.04.1942
T/Lt.Col.	05.04.1942-11.11.1942, 01.01.1943-(1946)
Lt.Col.	16.03.1946 (retd 02.06.1954)
A/Col.	16.04.1945-(01.1946)
T/Col.	16.10.1945-(04.1947)
Hon. Brig.	02.06.1954

03.09.1925			commissioned, Corps of Royal Signals
...	-	...	...
(1947)			HQ Southern Command, India

Corbould,
William Robert
"Bill"
W.R. Corbould

Son of ... Corbould, and ... Green.
Married 1st Edna ... (predeceased him); one son, one daughter.
Married 2nd Hadi ...

07.06.1922
Croydon district, Greater London / Kent / Surrey
-
20.08.2011

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	13.09.1941 [204526]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942
A/Capt.	31.08.1944-30.11.1944
T/Capt.	01.12.1944-18.05.1945, 14.02.1946-02.06.1946
WS/Capt.	14.04.1947, seniority 03.06.1946
A/Maj.	03.03.1946-02.06.1946
T/Maj.	03.06.1946-01.02.1947, 15.10.1947-01.04.1948
Maj.	15.02.1957
2nd Lt.	11.10.1958, seniority 07.06.1943
Lt.	11.10.1958, seniority 07.06.1945
Capt.	11.10.1958, seniority 07.06.1949
Maj.	11.10.1958, seniority 07.06.1956
Lt.Col.	31.12.1968, seniority 30.06.1968 (Special List 07.06.1972) (retd 07.06.1977)

			served in the ranks for 1 year, 98 days
13.09.1941			commissioned, Coldstream Guards [emergency commission to 31.08.1947]
05.01.1942	-	20.04.1942	6th Battalion Coldstream Guards
21.04.1942	-	15.01.1943	Liaison Officer, 33rd Guards Brigade
16.01.1943	-	14.10.1943	6th Battalion Coldstream Guards
15.10.1943	-	30.08.1944	2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards (wounded Italy 21.04.1944 & 15.07.1944)
31.08.1944	-	25.04.1945	ADC to Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean
25.04.1945	-	(1945)	2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards
14.04.1947			transferred, Seaforth Highlanders
01.09.1947	-	10.10.1958	short service commission
11.10.1958	-	07.06.1977	permanent commission & transferred, The Parachute Regiment (1964-1966 Regimental Adjutant)

Corcoran,
Joseph Stanley
J.S. Corcoran

Son of James Corcoran and Hannah Stanley.
Married to Marjorie ....; two sons, one daughter.
Home town (1943/45): Torquay.

28.03.1917
Sunderland?
-
11.1987
Bristol, Gloucestershire

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	06.09.1942 [261219]
WS/Lt.	20.02.1943
T/Capt.	?
WS/Capt.	20.02.1945 (reld > 04.1946)
T/Maj.	20.02.1945-(04.1946)

DSO	18.11.1943	Sicily (Gerbini, 20.07.43)
MC	22.07.1943	Middle East (Medenine, 04.03.43)
MC	21.06.1945	NW Europe

06.09.1942			commissioned, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's) [emergency commission]
(1943)	-	(1945)	7th Battalion The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Middle East, Sicily, NW Europe; wounded 20.07.1943 & 29.03.1945)

Went into the building trade post-war.

Cordy-Simpson,
John Roger
J.R. Cordy-Simpson

Married Ursula Margaret Wadham; at least one son (later Lt.Gen. Roderick Alexander Cordy-Simpson).
From Henley.

04.11.1910
Paddington district, Greater London / London / Middlesex
-
23.12.1979

2nd Lt.	29.01.1931 [49810]
Lt.	29.01.1934
Capt.	29.01.1939
A/Maj.	30.07.1941-29.10.1941
T/Maj.	30.10.1941-02.03.1942, 05.03.1942-08.06.1942, 15.06.1942-30.07.1942, 02.09.1942-16.11.1942
Maj.	01.07.1946
T/Lt.Col.	07.09.1948-05.10.1951
Lt.Col.	06.10.1951 (supernumerary 06.10.1954) (Employed List (1) 16.11.1953)
T/Col.	20.11.1953-06.02.1955
Col.	07.02.1955 (retd 31.03.1962)

CBE	01.01.1958	New Year 58
OBE	30.10.1953	Malaya 53
MC	29.03.1945	NW Europe
MID	22.03.1945	NW Europe

Education: Harrow (1924-1929); Staff College, Camberley (psc)

29.01.1931			commissioned, 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)
04.11.1940	-	25.50.1941	Staff Captain, Northern Command
26.05.1941	-	29.07.1941	General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), School of Artillery
30.07.1941	-	02.03.1942	General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), ...
15.06.1942	-	30.07.1942	Brigade Major, ...
02.09.1942	-	16.11.1942	Brigade Major, ...
(06.1944)			Officer Commanding, HQ Squadron, 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) (Normandy)
20.11.1953	-	19.11.1956	Commandant (Col.) Mons Officers Cadet School

Colonel, 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own), 11.05.1968-11.05.1974.

Cork,
Brian James
B.J. Cork

Son of ... Cork, and ... Wood.
Residence: (1946) Burnham.

23.03.1920
Maidenhead district, Hampshire
-
08.2001
Bath & North East Somerset dictrict, Somerset

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	05.07.1941 [197004]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942 (demobilized > 04.1946, < 08.1946) (reld 10.12.1952)
T/Capt.	08.02.1944-(04.1946)
Hon. Capt.	10.12.1952

MC	24.01.1946	NW Europe 44-45
MID	08.11.1945	NW Europe 44-45
EM	27.11.1979	-

05.07.1941			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
(1944/45)			3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery

Cornell,
Anthony John
A.J. Cornell

?
-

Cadet	? [14401719]
2nd Lt.	20.08.1944 [327496]
WS/Lt.	20.02.1945 (reld 1947?)

20.08.1944			commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]
?	-	(01.1947?)	attached 5th Indian Infantry Division

Cornwell,
James
J. Cornwell

Son of ... Cornwell, and ... Miles.
Residence: (1945) Ollerton, Nottinghamshire.

30.05.1914 *
Shoreditch district, London / Middlesex
-
2010 ?

* registered as date of birth 03.03.1913 when joining the Army

Sgt.	? [7882474]
Lt.	28.12.1940 [165921]
A/Capt.	05.07.1941-04.10.1941
T/Capt.	05.10.1941-28.07.1943
A/Maj.	29.04.1943-28.07.1943
T/Maj.	29.07.1943-25.01.1946
A/Lt.Col.	20.03.1945-09.04.1945, 28.09.1945-30.10.1945
Capt.	20.06.1949, seniority 29.07.1943
T/Maj.	28.02.1950-04.07.1952
Lt.	14.05.1952, seniority 03.03.1941
Capt.	14.05.1952, seniority 01.07.1946
Maj.	05.07.1952
Lt.Col.	23.10.1959 (retd 01.05.1961; exceeded retiring age)

	DSO	08.03.1945	Italy *
	DCM	05.07.1940	BEF (France)

* Just before first light 15 Sep Major J. CORNWELL, DSO, DCM, Commanding ‘B’ Squadron, made contact with Officer Commanding WNSR and a plan was made to attack SAN LORENZO via Point 37 (8691). Heavy shelling and machine-gun fire soon pinned the infantry and no further progress was made until Major CORNWELL organised a further attack on the objective. This assault was successful despite the attentions of a TIGER which was engaged and set on fire. For the remainder of the day confused and bitter fighting occurred and great difficulty was experienced in mopping up. By last light the situation was in hand and a number of prisoners had been captured, a goodly bag coming from the church. Major CORNWELL’ S leadership in particularly difficult circumstances was very largely responsible for this success.

			served in the ranks for 9 years, 280 days
(1940)			B Squadron, 3rd Battalion Royal Tank Regiment (British Expeditionary Force, France) (DCM)
09.1940	-	28.12.1940	102nd Officer Cadet Training Unit
28.12.1940			commissioned, Royal Tank Regiment - Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission to 19.06.1949]
12.1940	-	10.1945	12th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment (Gateshead, North Africa, Italy) (DSO)
			Second-in-Command, C Squadron
			Officer Commanding, B Squadron (wounded; spent 6 weeks in Algiers hospital)
26.01.1946	-	19.06.1949	Unemployed List (Release Regulations 1945)
20.06.1949			short service commission, Royal Army Service Corps
06.1949			Officer Commanding, B Driver Training Company, 15 Driver Training Battalion RASC (Blandford)
14.05.1952			permanent commission, Royal Army Service Corps
05.1952			Division Transport Column in Canal Zone, Egypt

ROIII and ROII at RASC Officers School and Army School of Transport, 08.1961-1969.

Cornwell,
John Albert
J.A. Cornwell

Son of ... Cornwell, and ... Bottomley.

29.08.1914
St Giles district, London
-
(03?).1978
Hitchin district, Hertfordshire

Cadet	? [6780809]
2nd Lt.	19.03.1944 [321339]
WS/Lt.	19.03.1944 (reld > 04.1947)
T/Capt.	21.07.1946-(04.1947)

19.03.1944			commissioned, The West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Own) [emergency commission]
			served in India

Cornwell *,
Maurice Sydney
M.S. Cornwell

Son of ... Cornwell, and ... Hagenauer.
* also found as: Cornwall

12.03.1923
Medway district, Kent
-
04.2003
Bath and North East Somerset district, Somerset

2nd Lt.	08.05.1943 [276093]
WS/Lt.	08.11.1943 (reld < 04.1946; probably invalided out after his injury)

08.05.1943			commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]
(06.1944)	-	25.07.1944	13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) (Normandy) [wounded, possibly as being a reconnaissance troop officer; did not rejoin the unit]

Cossins,
Albert
A. Cossins

Married Joan Mary Cossins, MBE, personal assistant to Chief Land Registrars for over 20 years (died 29.01.2007, aged 85); two sons.

14.12.1909
York, Yorkshire
-
(09?).1973
Chippenham district, Wiltshire

SSM	? [S/54067]
WS/Lt.	15.12.1943 [306133]
Lt. (QM)	21.02.1945, seniority 15.12.1943
Lt.	01.10.1946, seniority 15.12.1943
A/Capt.	13.11.1945-12.02.1946
T/Capt.	13.02.1946-14.02.1949
Capt.	15.12.1949
Lt. (QM)	13.07.1950
Capt. (QM)	13.07.1950
Maj. (QM)	05.10.1955 (retd 24.11.1962)

			served in the ranks for 8 years, 336 days
			served as Warrant Officer Class 2 for 265 days
			served as Warrant Officer Class 1 for 2 years 342 days
15.12.1943			commissioned, General List [emergency commission to 30.09.1946]
21.02.1945			transferred, Royal Army Service Corps
01.10.1946	-	12.07.1950	short service commission
13.05.1950	-	24.11.1962	permanent commission

Costello,
Robert
"Bob"
R. Costello

18.04.1914
Calton district, Glasgow, Scotland
-

Cadet	? [556209]
2nd Lt.	22.12.1943 [312144]
WS/Lt.	22.06.1944 (reld 17.03.1946)
Hon. Lt.	17.03.1946

Auto engineer.

20.04.1936			joined Territorial Army
22.12.1943			commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]
			probably served Reconnaissance Corps RAC
05.04.1944	-	10.1944	"S" Patrol, No 1 Demolition Squadron, PPA ("Popski's Private Army") (skipper of "P" Patrol for a short time, Oct. 1944)

Cotter,
Sir Delaval James Alfred; 6th Baronet (cr. 1763)
D.J.A. Cotter

Son of 5th Bt and Ethel Lucy (died 1956), daughter of Alfred Wheeler.
Succeeded father, 1924.
Married 1st (1943) Roma (marriage dissolved, 1949), widow of Sqdn Ldr K.A.K. MacEwen and only daughter of late Adrian Rome, Dalswinton Lodge, Salisbury, SR; two daughters.
Married 2nd (1952) Mrs Eveline Mary Paterson (died 1991), widow of LieutCol J.F. Paterson, OBE, and daughter of late E. J. Mardon, ICS (retired).

29.04.1911
-
02.04.2001
Blandford Forum, Dorset

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	27.08.1931 [52615]
Lt.	27.08.1934
Capt.	27.08.1939
A/Maj.	06.12.1940-05.03.1941
T/Maj.	06.03.1941-30.06.1946
Maj.	01.07.1946
T/Lt.Col.	14.03.1951-15.11.1953
Lt.Col.	16.11.1953 (supernumerary 16.11.1956) (retd 17.07.1959)

DSO

21.12.1944

NW Europe

Education: Malvern College; Royal Military College, Sandhurst

27.08.1931			commissioned, 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) - Royal Armoured Corps
(06.1944)			Officer Commanding, "C" Squadron, 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)
24.10.1946	-	11.11.1946	Deputy Assistant Adjutant & Quarter-Master General (DAA&QMG), HQ 12th Infantry Brigade
12.11.1946	-	15.06.1947	Deputy Assistant Quarter-Master General (DAQMG), 4th Infantry Division
04.09.1947	-	18.08.1948	Deputy Assistant Adjutant & Quarter-Master General (DAA&QMG), HQ Northern Command

Justice of the Peace (JP) Wiltshire, 1962-1963.

Cottle,
Harold Edgar
H.E. Cottle

Son of Percy Cottle, and Clara Theresa Weeks.
Husband of Unice Marjory Cottle, of Keynsham, Somerset.

(06?).1916
Bristol district, Avon / Gloucestershire
-
11.07.1945
(KIA) [age 29]
[Ranchi War Cemetery, India, 4.A.4]

Cadet	? [1600341]
2nd Lt.	18.03.1944 [312402]
WS/Lt.	?

18.03.1944			commissioned, The Wiltshire Regiment [emergency commission]
?	-	11.07.1945	attached, 1st Battalion The Gloucestershire Regiment

Cottrell,
Seymour
S. Cottrell

?
-

Lt. (OME 4th class)	07.04.1942 [230949]
Lt. (EME 4th class)	01.10.1942, seniority 07.04.1942
T/Capt.	07.06.1943-30.04.1944
WS/Capt.	01.05.1944 (reld 11.09.1947)
T/Maj.	01.05.1944-(04.1947)
Hon. Maj.	11.09.1947

07.04.1942			commissioned, Royal Army Ordnance Corps[emergency commission]
01.10.1942			transferred, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

Courtney,
Godfrey Basil
"Gruff"
G.B. Courtney

Son of Basil Tosswill Courtney (1873-1933), manufacturer of machine tools, and Frances Elizabeth Rankin.
Brother of Maj. Roger J.A. Courtney, MC, and of Cdr. Anthony T. Courtney, OBE, RN.
Married ((06?).1946, Alverstoke, Gosport district, Hampshire) Susan Eastlake Kempthorne (née Lamplough), widow of Sg.Cdr. H. de B. Kempthorne, RN, and daughter of Dr & Mrs Wharram H. Lamplough.

25.10.1914
-

2nd Lt.	25.10.1935 [58298]
Lt.	25.10.1938
A/Capt.	20.05.1940-19.08.1940
T/Capt.	20.08.1940-25.10.1940, 31.10.1940-08.05.1942, 06.06.1942-24.10.1943
Capt.	25.10.1943
A/Maj.	05.08.1943-04.11.1943
T/Maj.	05.11.1943-15.08.1945
WS/Maj.	16.08.1945
Maj.	25.10.1948 (retd 31.03.1951; receiving a gratuity)
A/Lt.Col.	16.05.1945-15.08.1945
T/Lt.Col.	16.08.1945-(04.1946)
Hon. Lt.Col.	31.03.1951

	MBE	08.07.1943	SBS action *
	MC	11.11.1943	SBS actions **

Palestine 1936-39 Medal & Clasp.

			from 5th Battalion The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment - Territorial Army
25.10.1935			commissioned, The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
1942	-	1943	No. 2 Special Boat Squadron (North Africa, Western Mediterranean) (10.1942 Operation Majestic Enterprise) (MBE, MC)
1943?	-	1945?	Commanding Officer, "Z" Special Unit (Borneo operations)

Published: SBS in World War Two (1983); Silent feet : the history of Z Special Operations 1942-1945 (1993).

* October 1942—North Africa. Captain G.B. Courtney was one of three officers of the Special Service Brigade whose duty it was to put Major-General M. W. Clark of the U.S. Army and his mission ashore from the submarine in which they travelled to North Africa for the purpose of interviewing certain French authorities prior to the Allied landing in November 1942. These three officers had also to take General Clark and his party back to the submarine after the negotiations had been completed. General Clark has said of their services:— ‘Without their whole-hearted assistance and skilful use of the fine specialised equipment furnished them, I am sure that we could not have overcome the physical obstacles encountered in getting ashore and re-embarking through a heavy surf. Any consideration that can be given these officers will be well deserved and greatly appreciated by me.’ I consider that Captain Courtney was given a most responsible and difficult duty to perform and that his skill, judgment and steady nerve contributed directly to the successful outcome of this most important preliminary to the main operation. Recommended for OBE, awarded MBE. 4.6.43. (L.G. 08.07.43)
** During recent months Major G.B. Courtney has taken part as an officer of the Special Boat Section of the Special Service Brigade in operations concerned with the escape of General Giraud from the South of France, with the landing of agents in enemy territory and in two operations on the east coast of Sardinia designed principally to mislead the enemy. Admiral of the Fleet Sir Andrew Cunningham, Commander in Chief, Mediterranean, has reported on Major G.B. Courtney’s bravery, devotion to duty and leadership in the above operations and I have no hesitation in recommending him for the Military Cross. He has, over a long period, set a magnificent and consistent example to all under his command. (L.G. 11.11.43)

Courtney,
Ivon Ralph
I.R. Courtney

Married Ruth Courtney (née ...); ons son, one daughter.

04.07.1920
-
25.02.2007

2nd Lt.	09.12.1939 (regimental seniority 04.11.1939) [105896]
Lt.	09.06.1941 (regimental seniority 04.05.1941)
A/Capt.	14.09.1942-13.12.19142
T/Capt.	14.12.1942-07.04.1945
WS/Capt.	08.04.1945
Capt.	01.07.1946
A/Maj.	08.01.1945-07.04.1945
T/Maj.	08.04.1945-08.10.1946
Maj.	09.12.1952 (regimental seniority 04.11.1952)
T/Lt.Col.	09.03.1964-30.12.1966
local Col.	09.03.1964-27.11.1966
Lt.Col.	31.12.1966
Col.	30.06.1970 (retd 03.07.1975)

OBE

08.06.1968

Education: Staff College (psc).

			served in the ranks for 99 days
09.12.1939			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery
06.10.1943	-	07.01.1945	Staff Captain, HQ Infantry Brigade (India)
08.01.1945	-	05.11.1945	Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General (DAQMG)
...	-	...	...

Courtney,
Roger James Allen
"Jumbo"
R.J.A. Courtney

Son of Basil Tosswill Courtney (1873-1933), manufacturer of machine tools, and Frances Elizabeth Rankin.
Brother of Lt.Col. Godfrey B. Courtney, MBE, MC, and of Cdr. Anthony T. Courtney, OBE, RN.
Married ((06?).1938, London City) Dorris Eileen Butt ((09?).1909-12.10.1983). She re-married ((09?).1949, North Bucknghamshire district) Gerald William Selby-Lowndes (08.06.1905-).

30.07.1902
Fulham, Greater London *
-
15.02.1949
Hargeisha, British Somaliland

* place of birth also indicated as: Ben Rhydding, Yorkshire

T/2nd Lt.	16.04.1921-05.07.1921 [2239]
2nd Lt. TA	21.01.1921 (reld 30.05.1923; retaining rank of 2nd Lt.)
Cpl.	? [105460]
2nd Lt.	29.11.1939 [2239]
WS/Capt.	26.11.1941 (reld 01.10.1948)
T/Maj.	02.04.1942-(04.1944)
Hon. Maj.	01.10.1948

MC	21.10.1941	Rhodes reconnaissance (Middle East) *
EM	07.11.1947	-
EM	07.07.1950	1st clasp

Education: Edinburgh House, Lee-on-Solent; Berkhamsted School.
Professional big game hunter and gold prospector, East Africa. Sergeant, Palestine Police in civilian life.

?	-	20.09.1922	7th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment - Territorial Army
20.09.1922	-	30.05.1923	Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
20.03.1939	-	29.11.1939	served in the ranks
29.11.1939			commissioned, The King's Royal Rifle Corps [emergency commission]
1940	-	1941	No. 8 Commando
1941	-	1945?	Special Boat Squadron (SBS)
			British Military Administration in Somaliland

Published: Claws of Africa : experiences of a professional big-game hunter (1934); Africa Calling : the true account of the author’s strange workaday experiences in Kenya, Uganda, and the Belgian Congo (1935); Palestine policeman : a account of eighteen dramatic months in the Palestine Force during the great Jew-Arab troubles (1939); African escapade (1939); A Greenhorn in Africa (1940); Footloose in the Congo. [Autobiographical reminiscences.] (1948); African Argosy [An account of a journey from Victoria Nyanza to Alexandria] (1953).

* Captain Courtney carried out a daring recce in enemy territory on night 2nd—3rd April 1941. He swam ashore from a submarine and carefully recced about half a mile of enemy defences and strong points. He experienced difficulty in returning to the submarine and exposed himself voluntarily to considerable danger and physical hardship for a period of four hours. (L.G. 21.10.41)

Cowan-Douglas *,
John Robert
J.R. Cowan-Douglas

Son of Robert William Cowan.
Married ((03?).1922, Wigton district, Cumbria) Rita Chance.

* his father changed last name by deed poll of 12.02.1917 from Cowan to Cowan-Douglas

29.05.1893
Scotland
-
1970

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	03.09.1913 [3735]
Lt.	?
Capt.	?
Maj.	15.10.1932 (retd 18.05.1934)

DSO	03.06.1919	HM's birthday 19: for distinguished service in connection with Military Operations in France and Flanders
MC	14.01.1916	for distinguished service in the field
MID	1915?	battles of Neuve Chapelle (03.15) & Ypres / Richebourg-l'Avoue (05.15)

Education: Royal Military College, Sandhurst

03.09.1913			commissioned, The Highland Light Infantry
WW I			fought in many engagements on the front line, was wounded, taught in the Grenade School in Troon & Edinburgh
30.01.1920			restored to the establishment
14.05.1920			General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), ...
08.09.1923	-	08.02.1927	Adjutant, 6th Battalion Highland Light Infantry
24.06.1927			restored to the establishment
18.05.1934	-	28.08.1945	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [exceeded age limit]
24.08.1939			mobilized
(04.1944)			serving Home Guard

Cowen,
Francis Bolam
F.B. Cowen

Married ((06?).1923, Ulverston district, Cumbria / Lancashire) Mabel H. Potts.

(12?).1894
Berwick district, Co. Durham / Northumberland
-
(03?).1965

2nd Lt.	27.05.1914 [21519]
T/Capt.	11.04.1921
Maj.	25.11.1925
RAFVR:
Sq.Ldr.	19.05.1943 (reld 04.05.1948; retaining rank of W/Cdr.)
RAuxAF:
F/O	04.05.1948, seniority 09.03.1948 [149992]
F/Lt.	04.05.1954 (reld 04.05.1960)

MBE	13.06.1957	HM's birthday 57
MC	01.01.1919	?
14\|15 St	-	-
BWM 14\|20	-	-
VM	-	-
MID	01.01.1916	?
39\|45 St	-	-
Def M	-	-
BWM 39\|45	-	-
TD	01.11.1929	-
TD	31.03.1953	(1st clasp?)
AED	?	?
CdeG	?	?

27.05.1914			commissioned, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers - Territorial Army (7th Battalion)
(1918)			attached 6th Battalion Machine Gun Corps
16.07.1934	-	01.05.1939	transferred,Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
01.05.1939			transferred, Territorial Army (7th Battalion Royal Northumberland Fusiliers)
(1940)			Second-in-Command, 9th Battalion Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (France)
19.05.1943			commissioned, Royal Air Force Regiment - RAFVR [emergency commission]
04.05.1948			commissioned, Royal Auxiliary Air Force Regiment
11.03.1957			transferred, General List, RAuxAF
17.06.1959	-	04.05.1960	transferred to reserve

Clockmaker & Vice-President of British Horological Institute.

Cowie,
D
D. Cowie (Photo courtesy of Mr Frank de Planta)

?
-

Lt. QM

09.03.1942

09.03.1942			commissioned, The Gordon Highlanders [emergency commission]
(08.1942)			1st Battalion The London Scottish (Higham, Suffolk)

Cowling,
Robert Leonard Thomas
R.L.T. Cowling

Son of ... Cowling, and ... Hughes.
Married ((03?).1940, Shrewsbury district, Shropshire) Charlotte R. Gardiner; ... children (one son?).

07.1918
Bangor district, Anglesey / Caernarvonshire / Gwynedd
-
2008

Cadet	? [98384]
2nd Lt.	14.10.1944 [331380]
WS/Lt.	25.03.1945
T/Capt.	11.06.1946-(04.1947) (reld > 04.1947)

			served in the ranks, Royal Army Ordnance Corps (aboard the troopship "Lancastria" when it was sunk on 17.06.1940)
14.10.1944			commissioned, The King's Shropshire Light Infantry [emergency commission]

Cox,
Denis Harry
D.H. Cox

Son of ... Cox, and ... Elliott.
Residence (1944): Twickenham.

03.03.1920
Portsmouth district, Hampshire
-
06.1999
Barnet, Hertfordshire

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	11.10.1941 [210789]
WS/Lt.	14.06.1942 (reld > 04.1946)
T/Capt.	15.07.1943-(04.1944), 07.05.1945-(04.1946)

DSO

24.08.1944

Italy

11.10.1941			commissioned, The Royal Sussex Regiment [emergency commission]
(1944)			1st Battalion The Royal Sussex Regiment
28.01.1946	-	(04.1946)	Staff Captain, Directorate of Organization, Department of the Adjutant-General to the Forces, War Office

Cox,
Eric Hulbert
D.H. Cox

12.11.1909
Rangoon, Burma
-
(12?).1983
Oxford district, Oxfordshire

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	29.08.1929 [44041]
...	...
T/Lt.Col.	28.05.1945-26.02.1946
..	...
Col.	22.03.1956 (retd 15.11.1961)

	MC	20.09.1945	Italy
	MID	11.11.1943	?

Education: psc

29.08.1929			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery
10.07.1939	-	04.06.1940	Instructor, ...
05.06.1940	-	18.06.1942	Instructor, 6th Anti-Aircraft Division
14.12.1942	-	30.07.1943	Brigade Major, ...
31.07.1943	-	12.05.1944	General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2) (Staff Duties), Allied Force HQ
1944?	-	1945?	24th Field Regiment RA (Italy)

Cox,
Frank
F. Cox

?
-

Sgt.	?
2nd Lt.	12.12.1942
WS/Lt.	12.06.1943 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Capt.	?
Hon. Capt.	< 04.1946

			served in the ranks, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)
(1940)			served in Norway
12.12.1942			commissioned, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) [emergency commission]

Cox,
John Roberts
"Jack"
J.R. Cox

Son of ... Cox, and ... Roberts.

15.01.1915
Barton Upon Irwell district, Lancashire
-
(06?).1981
Aberconwy district

2nd Lt.	28.02.1942 [226941]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942 (reld > 04.1946)
A/Capt. ?	?

28.02.1942			commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]
(1944)	-	(1945)	served as a cartographer with 4th Field Survey [Depot?/Section?] RE (NW Europe)

Editor/contributor, "Boy's Own Paper", 1950s.

Cox,
Peter Norman

Son of ... Cox, and ... Rogers.

06.04.1921
Wirral district, Cheshire
-
12.2003
Birkenhead district, Cheshire

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	22.03.1941 [179769]
WS/Lt.	15.09.1942 (reld > 04.1946)
T/Capt.	07.12.1943-(04.1946)

?	-	21.03.1941	162nd Officer Cadet Training Unit
22.03.1941			commissioned, The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [emergency commission]
01.07.1944	-	(09.1944)	Officer Commanding, Support Company, 2nd Battalion The Devonshire Regiment ( NW Europe)

Cox,
Robert Charles

?
-

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	02.11.1940 [156519]
WS/Lt.	02.05.1942
T/Capt.	26.10.1943-(04.1946)

?	-	01.11.1940	either 161st, 162nd, 164th, 165th or 167th Officer Cadet Training Unit
02.11.1940			commissioned, The Hampshire Regiment [emergency commission]

Coxen,
Harold Brian
"Vic"
H.B. Coxen

21.10.1911
Bude district, Cornwall
-
07.2000
Plymouth district, Devon

2nd Lt.	24.11.1937
Lt.	01.11.1947, seniority 01.08.1938
A/Capt.	15.07.1940-14.10.1940
T/Capt.	15.10.1940-09.12.1940, 09.01.1941-04.05.1942, 24.07.1942-11.03.1943
WS/Capt.	12.03.1943
Capt.	01.11.1947, seniority 21.10.1942
A/Maj.	21.11.1942-18.01.1943, 05.02.1943-11.03.1943
T/Maj.	12.03.1943-20.12.1943
Maj. (SSC)	02.09.1946, seniority 21.12.1943
Maj.	01.11.1947, seniority 21.10.1947
A/Lt.Col.	21.09.1943-20.12.1943
T/Lt.Col.	21.12.1943-19.06.1945, 23.11.1946-02.03.1948, 15.01.1949-24.12.1954
WS/Lt.Col.	20.06.1945
Bt. Lt.Col.	01.07.1952
Lt.Col.	25.12.1954
A/Col.	20.12.1944-19.06.1945
T/Col.	20.06.1945-15.01.1946, 11.07.1955-03.09.1957
Col.	04.09.1957 (retd 09.01.1961)
T/Brig.	?
Hon. Brig.	09.01.1961

DSO	15.06.1943	North Africa (Algeria, Tunisia)
MC	23.09.1943	North Africa (Algeria, Tunesia)
MID	11.01.1945	?

24.11.1937			commissioned, The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry (4th/5th Battalion) - Territorial Army
24.08.1939	-	15.01.1946	mobilized TA
1939	-	1940	served France
1941	-	1943	seconded, 1st Parachute Battalion, Army Air Corps
21.09.1943	-	1945	Commanding Officer, 4th Parachute Battalion (Italy, Greece)
02.09.1946			short service commission
01.11.1947			permanent commission
			Commanding Officer, 4th/6th Parachute Battalion (Palestine)
15.01.1949	-	04.04.1949	Instructor, HQ British Military Mission Greece
04.04.1949	-	10.07.1950	Chief Instructor
15.09.1950	-	19.12.1951	General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), School of Land Air Warfare
11.07.1955	-	(02.1957)	Commander, Airborne Forces Depot

Craig,
Walter James Fairlie
E.J. Crawley

07.05.1892
Dundee, Angus
-
?

Lt.	08.09.1914 [8612]
Capt.	24.01.1917
Lt.	01.04.1919, seniority 24.07.1916
T/Capt.	01.04.1919-23.01.1920
Capt.	24.01.1920
Maj.	24.07.1928
A/Lt.Col.	01.09.1939-30.11.1939
T/Lt.Col.	01.12.1939-30.04.1942
WS/Lt.Col.	16.11.1942
Lt.Col.	08.03.1943
A/Col.	16.05.1942-15.11.1942
T/Col.	16.11.1942-20.04.1947
Col.	21.04.1947, seniority 08.03.1946 (retd 07.08.1948)
A/Brig.	16.08.1946-14.10.1946

OBE	21.12.1944	Italy
MID	10.07.1919	?
BWM 14\|20	?	?
VM	?	?
39\|45 St	?	?
Afr St	?	?
It St	?	?
Def M	?	?
BWM 39\|45	?	?

Education: MB, ChB (Edinburgh 1916)

08.09.1914			commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps - Special Reserve of Officers
24.07.1916	-	31.03.1919	mobilized
09.08.1916	-	09.09.1917	served at Salonika
11.09.1917	-	23.05.1918	served Egyptian Expeditionary Force
01.06.1918	-	11.11.1918	served in France & Belgium
01.04.1919			permanent commission
1919	-	1923	served in India (North West Frontier 1919-1921)
1924	-	1927	British Army of the Rhine (qualified as interpreter 2nd class in German 06.1928)
1928	-	1931	served in Japan (course of study in Japanese language; qualified as interpreter 2nd class in Japanese 10.1931)
1932	-	1936	served in Malaya
01.08.1936	-	31.08.1939	Deputy Assistant Director-General, Army Medical Services, War Office
01.09.1939	-	23.07.1941	Assistant Director-General, Army Medical Services, War Office (AMD 2) [also Member, Army Hygiene Advisory Committee]
1941	-	1942	Commanding Officer, Military Hospital, Stoke, Devonport
1942	-	1945	Commanding Officer, No. 92 General Hospital (Middle East/Central Mediterranean)
1945	-	1946	Assistant Director of Medical Services, HQ 61 Area
08.1946	-	10.1946	Deputy Director of Medical Services, HQ 30 Corps District (British Army of the Rhine)
1946	-	1947	Assistant Director of Medical Services, HQ Guards Division (British Army of the Rhine)
1947	-	1948	Commanding Officer, No. 84 (Berlin) British Military Hospital (British Army of the Rhine)
07.08.1949	-	07.05.1952	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]

Cran,
William Broadbent Gordon
W.B.G. Cran

Son of Henry Gordon Cran (1889-1971), and Dorothy Broadbent (1895-1949), of Denby Dale, Yorkshire.
Married (06.02.1945, Kings Chapel of the Savoy, Westminster district, London) Diana Rosemary Mallinson ((03?).1921 - 03.12.2008), daughter of Mr & Mrs Dyson Mallinson, of Bournemouth; one son, one daughter. Diana Cran remarried (1984) Maj. John Barry William Holderness, RA.

14.03.1919
Saddleworth district, West Riding of Yorkshire
-
25.05.1972
Lower Dunsford, Claro district, West Riding of Yorkshire

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	01.04.1941 [179943]
WS/Lt.	29.09.1942 (reld > 04.1946, < 04.1947)
T/Capt.	27.02.1943-(04.1944)

?	-	01.04.1941	either 122nd or 123rd Officer Cadet Training Unit
01.04.1941			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
23.04.1942			transferred, Royal Army Ordnance Corps (MM Branch)
01.10.1942			transferred, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
(1943/44)			served in Burma

Crawford,
James Eric
J.E. Crawford

?
-

2nd Lt.	10.08.1940 [143818]
WS/Lt.	10.02.1942
T/Capt.	15.03.1943-(04.1946)
Capt.	16.07.1948

10.08.1940			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
16.07.1948	-	22.09.1951	Territorial Army
22.09.1951	-	?	Territorial Army Reserve of Officers

Crawford,
Robert Edward Fouracres
R.E.F. Crawford

Son (with one brother) of Robert G.R. Crawford, and Gladys M. Fouracres.

07.04.1918
Kingston district, Middlesex / Surrey
-
11.1984
Surrey North-Western district, Surrey

2nd Lt.	14.01.1940 [113622]
Lt.	14.07.1941 (reld 1946)
Hon. Lt.	1946

?	-	14.01.1940	164th Officer Cadet Training Unit
14.01.1940			commissioned, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)
1940	-	04.1940	8th Battalion The Sherwood Foresters (Norway expedition; captured)
04.1940	-	1945	POW (No. 224) in German captivity (Oflag 09A/Z, Rotenburg an der Fulda)

Crawhall,
William Norman Cruddas
W.N.C. Crawhall

Son of Thomas Emerson Crawhall.

11.09.1900
Tynemouth district, Northumberland
-
died mid-1950s ??

2nd Lt.	17.12.1919 [18779]
Lt.	17.12.1921
Capt.	13.11.1930 (retd 07.10.1932; receiving a gratuity)
T/Maj.	28.02.1940-(04.1941)
Bt. Maj.	04.09.1943

Education: Royal Military College, Sandhurst

17.12.1919			commissioned, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers
09.08.1928	-	09.08.1932	Adjutant, Hythe Wing, Small Arms School
1932?	-	12.07.1952	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [exceeded age limit]
26.06.1939	-	(04.1941)	Adjutant, 9th Battalion Royal Northumberland Fusiliers

Crawley,
Edward James
E.J. Crawley

?
-

2nd Lt.	19.10.1938 [77394]
WS/Lt.	01.01.1941 06.08.1943 (reld < 04.1946)
Lt.	?
Hon. Lt.	29.07.1958

19.10.1938			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army
(01.1939)			13th Light Anti-Aircraft Brigade (Sheffield) [unit in course of formation, provisional title]
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
?	-	29.07.1958	Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]

Crawley,
Eric James
E.J. Crawley

29.10.1917
-
02.2004
Salisbury, Wiltshire

2nd Lt.	28.12.1940 [165542]
WS/Lt.	28.06.1942
T/Capt.	31.10.1942
Capt.	10.10.1951
Hon. Maj.	10.10.1951

28.12.1940			commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps (RASC) [emergency commission till 10.10.1951]
10.10.1951			transferred, RASC - Regular Army Reserve of Officers (RARO)
22.10.1952			transferred, EFI (Expeditionary Force Institute) Section, RASC - RARO
15.07.1965			transferred from Royal Army Service Corps to the Royal Army Ordnance Corps - RARO

Creedon,
Harold Ernest
"Cracker"
H.E. Creedon

10.07.1904
-
(03?).1974
Surrey North Western district

2nd Lt.	29.01.1925 [33661]
Lt.	29.01.1927
local Capt.	30.08.1935-01.10.1935
Capt.	02.10.1935
A/Maj.	20.11.1939-19.02.1940
T/Maj.	20.02.1940-28.01.1942
Maj.	29.01.1942
A/Lt.Col.	29.10.1941-28.01.1942
T/Lt.Col.	29.01.1942-05.02.1942, 03.06.1942-30.06.1942, 12.06.1944-02.03.1946
Lt.Col.	03.03.1946 (supernumerary 03.03.1949)
Col.	22.06.1949
T/Brig.	?
Brig.	15.01.1954, seniority 01.01.1953 (supernumerary 22.06.1955) (retd 30.08.1955; disability)

Palestine 1936-39 Medal & Clasp

Education: Royal Military College, Sandhurst

29.01.1925			commissioned, King's Own Regiment
30.08.1935	-	23.03.1939	Adjutant Federated Malay States Volunteer Force (employed under Colonial Office)
?	-	?	?
(1948)			Brigade Commander, Eritrea District

Creswell,
Jack Norman
J.N. Creswell

Son of late Sydney T. Creswell, and Dora Creswell, of 35 Birchwood Avenue, Muswell Hill.
Married (1938) Jean (Lilian Jane) Maxwell; two sons.
Residence: (1950) Wingate, Reading Road, Wokingham, Berskhire.

20.04.1913
-
06.1999
Lewes, Sussex

2nd Lt.	20.03.1943 [267981]
WS/Lt.	20.09.1943 (reld > 04.1946)
T/Capt.	06.06.1945

Education: Highgate School, London (09.1925-12.1930).
Joined Lloyd's Bank.

20.03.1943			commissioned, The Life Guards [emergency commission]
1942	-	1946	2nd Household Cavalry Regiment (Guards Armoured Division) (NW Europe) [1945-1946 Captain & Adjutant]

Member of Lloyd's, 1946: Member Committee, 1969-1972, 1974; Member Committee Lloyd's Underwriters NonMarine Association, 1968-1974, Chairman 1973. Deputy Chairman of Lloyd's, 1972, 1974.

Creswell,
John Hector
J.H. Creswell

Married Laurette Maxwell 'Lolo' Creswell (died 13.02.2007, aged 87).

17.08.1918
-
02.2004
Colchester, Essex

2nd Lt.	25.08.1938
...	...
T/Capt.	04.01.1941-02.10.1941, 08.08.1942-30.06.1946
...	...
Lt.Col.	01.06.1960 (Emp. List 1) (retd 18.10.1962)

OBE

25.08.1938			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery
...	-	...	...

Cripps,
Bertram Upton Sinclair
B.U.S. Cripps

Son ot the late Percy Roland Cripps.
Married ((12?).1921, Rathdown district, Ireland) Elizabeth Olive, daughter of Charles Dickinson, of Dublin.
Residence: (1947) Chagford, Devon.

15.06.1896
Winford Manor, Somerset
-
(12?).1982
Okehampton district, Devon

2nd Lt.	11.11.1914 [8848]
Lt.	10.05.1915
Capt.	01.01.1917
local Maj.	21.01.1935-03.04.1935
Maj.	04.04.1935
local Lt.Col.	21.01.1939-17.06.1940
A/Lt.Col.	20.07.1940-19.10.1940
T/Lt.Col.	20.10.1940-09.08.1941
WS/Lt.Col.	10.08.1941
Lt.Col.	26.06.1942
A/Col.	10.02.1941-09.08.1941
T/Col.	10.08.1941-22.07.1944
Col.	23.07.1944 (retd 14.10.1947)
A/Brig.	10.02.1941-09.08.1941
T/Brig.	10.08.1941-(01.1946)
Hon. Brig.	14.10.1947

CBE	13.06.1946	HM's birthday 46
MC	WW I	?
MID	29.11.1945	Italy
MID	01.01.1916	?
14\|15 St	-	-
BWM 14\|20	-	-
VM	-	-

Palestine 1936-39 Medal & Clasp; US Medal of Freedom

Education: Clifton College; Staff College (psc)

11.11.1914			commissioned, Welch Regiment
02.02.1915	-	17.07.1916	served in France & Belgium
04.08.1917	-	15.08.1918	served in France & Belgium (wounded)
23.06.1917	-	31.03.1918	Royal Flying Corps
01.04.1918	-	30.01.1921	employed under the air Ministry
21.01.1935	-	05.01.1937	Company Commander (General Staff OFficer, Class CC) Royal Military College, Sandhurst
06.01.1937	-	20.01.1939	Brigade Major (Palestine and Trans-Jordan & Aldershot Command)
21.01.1939	-	17.06.1940	General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GS)2), Staff College
18.06.1940	-	15.07.1940	General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1)
10.02.1941	-	02.03.1942	Brigadier General Staff (Home Forces)
03.03.1942	-	07.10.1943	Commander, 8th Infantry Brigade (UK)
07.10.1943	-	14.12.1943	Commander, 198th Infantry Brigade (UK)
(1944)			Area Commander, Napels (Italy)

Cripps,
Herbert Edwin
H.E. Cripps

Married; children.

1911 ?
-
24.12.2006
[age 95]
[North East Surrey Crematorium, Morden]

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	24.07.1943 [288803]
WS/Lt.	24.01.1944 (reld > 04.1946)

24.07.1943

commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission]

Crisp,
Charles
C. Crisp

?
-

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	20.12.1942 [257329]
WS/Lt.	20.06.1943
Lt. & Paymr.	20.06.1944
Capt. & Paymr.	01.01.1949 (reld 01.01.1952)

20.12.1942			commissioned, Royal Army Pay Corps [emergency commission]
			joined Northern Command (York); Assistant Adjunct and Militrary training Officer responsible for training senior officers after attending the training course on the Isle of Man (certificate for good service)
01.01.1949	-	01.01.1952	short service commission

Crocker,
Sir John Tredinnick
J.T. Crocker

03.01.1896
Lewisham, Greater London, Kent
-
09.03.1963

2nd Lt.	16.12.1920, seniority 26.06.1919 [10435]
...	...
Lt.Gen.	15.10.1945, seniority 03.09.1944
Gen.	06.03.1947, seniority 02.10.1946 (retd 29.09.1953)

GCB, 1948 (KCB, 1947; CB 05.08.1943); KBE, 28.09.1944 (CBE 27.09.1940); DSO 1918; MC
MID 09.08.1945, 08.11.1945

16.12.1920			commissioned, The Middlesex Regiment
...	-	...	....
01.02.1938	-	20.04.1940	General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), Southern Command (UK)
20.04.1940	-	17.09.1940	Commander, 3rd Armoured Brigade (France)
18.09.1940	-	14.10.1941	General Officer Commanding, 6th Armoured Division
15.10.1941	-	15.03.1942	General Officer Commanding, 2nd Armoured Group (Middle East)
16.03.1942	-	11.09.1942	General Officer Commanding, XI Corps District (Home Forces)
12.09.1942	-	29.05.1943	General Officer Commanding, IX Corps (Tunisia; wounded)
30.07.1943	-	(05?).1945	General Officer Commanding, I Corps (NW Europe)
13.06.1945	-	1947	General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Command (UK)
...	-	...	....

Crockford,
Kenneth Harold
"Ken"
K.H. Crockford

Home town (1946): Ascot.

16.07.1923
-

2nd Lt.	31.12.1943 [304130]
WS/Lt.	01.07.1944
A/Capt.	30.08.1945-29.11.1945
T/Capt.	30.11.1945-15.07.1950
Lt.	06.11.1948, seniority 16.01.1946
Capt.	16.07.1950
Maj.	16.07.1957 (retd 29.03.1969)

24.01.1946

NW Europe

Chevalier of the Order of Leopold II with Palm & Croix de Guerre 1940 with Palm (Belgium; 25.09.1947)

			served in the ranks for 1 year, 168 days
31.12.1943			commissioned, The King's Shropshire Light Infantry [emergency commission to 05.11.1948]
06.11.1948	-	15.07.1965	Royal Army Service Corps
15.07.1965	-	29.03.1969	Royal Corps of Transport

Crook,
Anthony
"Tony"
A. Crook

Son of Dr Arthur Crook. Married 1st (1939) Roberta Brabazon (née Dyson) (marriage dissolved). Married 2nd (1947) Daphne Batten; two daughters. From Eastbourne.

21.12.1913
Eastbourne, Sussex
-
24.04.2005

Lt.	01.11.1938, seniority 15.04.1938 [78704]
Capt.	01.11.1939, seniority 15.04.1939
A/Maj.	18.10.1945-18.01.1946
T/Maj.	19.01.1946-30.06.1946
Maj.	01.07.1946
A/Lt.Col.	11.03.1946-29.06.1947
T/Lt.Col.	10.03.1953-28.11.1953
Lt.Col.	29.11.1953
T/Col.	20.01.1961-15.08.1961
Col.	16.08.1961
Brig.	25.07.1969 (retd 21.12.1973)

	MC	21.02.1946	services in the field France 40
	MID	20.12.1945	?

1939-1945 Star; France & Germany Star; War Medal; GSM & clasp Malaya

Education: Mill Hill School; qualifed at Guy's Hospital; MRCS, LRCP (London, 1938), psc (1950)

01.11.1938			commissioned into the Royal Army Medical Corps [short service commission to 31.10.1943]
1939	-	1940	Regimental Medial Officer, 2nd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment (BEF, France)
1940	-	1945	prisoner of war, Germany (British Hospital, Boulogne; Oflag 1XAH at Spangenberg, near Kassel; escape attempt from a hospital at Schleiz; Stalag IX C at Bad Sulza, near Leipzig; number of transfers; ran the PoW camp hospital at Willenberg, near Marienburg, south of Danzig)
01.11.1943			permanent commission
1945	-	1948	India (Delhi, Poona &tc)
1946	-	1947	CO Military Hospital Mhow
1948	-	1949	Far East Land Forces (Malaya)
15.10.1948	-	17.02.1949	DADMS, Malaya District
01.06.1949	-	18.01.1950	Instructor, Field Training School
10.03.1953	-	28.01.1956	SMO, HQ British Supporting Unit SHAPE (France)
1956	-	1958	SMO, Sierra Leone & CO BMH Freetown
1959	-	1964	British Army of the Rhine:
1959	-	1961	CO 7th Field Ambulance
20.01.1961	-	10.06.1964	ADMS, 2nd Division HQ
1964	-	1966	CO Military Hospital Catterick
			CO Military Hospital Tidworth
			ADMS, HQ Southwestern District
			Commandant, RAMC Training Centre
			DDMS HQ Northern Command (York)
?	-	1973	ADMS HQ North East District

Settled in Dorset and spent many happy years as Resident Medical Officer of the Royal Armoured Corps Junior Leaders Regiment at Bovington. Honorary Colonel, RAMC (TA).
Published: Barbed-wire doctor (1996).

Crook,
Arthur Ainslie
P.E. Crook (Photo courtesy of Mr Brian Crook)

Son of Maj. Arthur Crook.
Married (22.05.1934) Leslie Ioné Cazalet (15.10.1906-30.11.2004); one daughter, one son (W/Cdr. Brian Crook, RAF).
Home town: Borden, Hampshire (1945).

02.10.1899
Sandhurst, Berkshire
-
01.02.1981
[buried Windsor Castle Chapel (St George's)]

2nd Lt.	20.09.1918 [18723]
Lt.	20.03.1920
T/Capt.	16.03.1929-15.01.1932
Capt.	16.01.1932
Maj.	01.08.1938
A/Lt.Col.	01.05.1942-31.07.1942
T/Lt.Col.	01.08.1942-14.07.1943, 13.01.1944-05.01.1945
Lt.Col.	06.01.1945
A/Col.	06.08.1944-(01.1946)
Col.	01.07.1948, seniority 06.01.1948
A/Brig.	06.08.1944-(01.1946)
T/Brig.	?
Brig.	01.07.1952 (retd 28.01.1953)

DSO	22.03.1945	Burma *
MID	23.09.1943	North Africa
MID	27.09.1945	Burma
BWM 14\|20	-	-
VM	-	(& clasp ?)
39\|45 St	-	-
Afr St	-	& clasp 8th Army
Bur St	-	-
Def M	-	-
BWM 39\|45	-	-
Jub M 77	-	-
GrkWC2	-	-
GrkWC1	-	-

Education: Eastbourne College, Sussex (1913-1917); Royal Military Academy, Woolwich (1917-1918)

20.09.1918			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery
10.1918	-	11.11.1918	served France & Belgium
1919	-	1921	British Army of the Rhine (Cologne, Germany)
1922	-	1924	served in Northern Ireland
1924	-	1926	Aldershot. Captain of Army at Rugby, Captain of London Scottish Rugby
11.11.1926	-	01.06.1932	employed with King's African Rifles (Kenya & Tanganyika)
31.12.1930			transferred, Northamptonshire Regiment
1934	-	1935	served at Jalundah, NW India
1936	-	1937	served at Ballykinlar, Northern Ireland
05.05.1939	-	02.04.1942	specially employed at Singapore (escaped Japanese)
11.1942	-	05.1943	Commanding Officer, 5th Battalion The Northamptonshire Regiment (Tunisia)
06.08.1944	-	31.01.1945	Commandier, 6th (West Africa) Infantry Brigade (Burma (Arakan))
31.01.1945	-	02.03.1945	acting General Officer Commanding, 81st (West Africa) Division (Burma)
20.03.1945	-	(09.1945)	Commandier, 6th (West Africa) Infantry Brigade (India)
1946	-	1948	military adviser to "A" Corps of the Greek Army fighting off communists Mountains of Northern Greece (awarded two Greek Military Crosses)
1949	-	1951	Commander, British Army, Cyprus District, Middle East Land Forces
1952	-	1953	Military Attaché, Thailand
28.01.1953	-	02.10.1957	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]

Military Knight of Windsor, 11.10.1963.

* Recommendation for the award of the Distinguished Service Order to Brig. A.A. Crook: "During the operations from 10th to 22nd December 1944 to cross the Kaladan River and then eject the enemy from the strong Thayettabin-Kayauktaw defence position this officer showed outstanding determination, energy and leadership. Speed was essential to forestall an opposed crossing. Brigadier Crook reached Orama village, where the crossing was to be effected, with his troops on 4th December 1944. That afternoon a strong party of the enemy probed his starting base and occupied a position covering the beach. Such an event would have daunted many commanders and caused hesitation and delay. Realizing however the vital necessity of crossing quickly, Brigadier Crook counter-attacked and threw back the enemy elements. Next he decided to cross by night. He was down on the beaches himself all through the night and successfully saw the first flights over. These flights effected a landing and found the enemy at dawn a few hundred yards inland, thus proving that any lack of speed or hesitancy would have been fatal and resulted in many casualties. Brigadier Crook next led his Brigade over the very difficult and trackless hills known as the Sendaung-Yo and down the Yo-Chaung valley east of these hills. As his Brigade began to advance enemy opposition started immediately. At all times up near the leading troops, Brigadier Crook so stimulated and encouraged the impetus of the advance that, though the enemy occupied no fewer than six successive positions in seven miles, the enemy was able to make a firm stand nowhere, nor delay the advance to any appreciable extent. The final phase of this very rapid advance necessitated passing through exceptionally difficult country to seize Point 887. Again hesitation or delay would have been fatal. Brigadier Crook's bold advance secured the area with a few hours to spare. The Japanese arrived in force the next morning and sustained substantial casualties throughout these operations. Brigadier Crook showed and inspired the finest qualities of determination, energy and leadership. These operations would certainly have gone more slowly and proved much more costly in casualties had it not been for this officer."

Crook,
Paul Edwin
P.E. Crook

Son of ... Crook, and ... Beaumont.
Married Betty ... (died 14.07.2008); one son, one daughter.

19.04.1915
Croydon district, Greater London / Kent / Surrey
-
10.2004
Teignbridge district, Devon

2nd Lt.	17.10.1936, seniority 31.01.1935 [68434]
...	...
Brig.	30.09.1963 (retd 05.01.1971)

CBE	?	?
DSO	13.06.1957	?
OBE	05.12.1946	?
BSM	17.10.1946	?
MID	22.03.1945	?
MID	22.08.1946	?
MID	21.10.1952	?

Education: MA, psc

17.10.1936			commissioned, Royal West Kent Regiment
14.09.1940	-	10.10.1941	GSO3 (o.) West Africa
11.10.1941	-	17.02.1942	GSO2 (o.)
14.07.1942	-	14.09.1944	Brigade Major, Training Brigade
08.04.1945	-	28.05.1945	GSO2, ... Division
...	-	...	...

Crook,
William Tom
W.T. Crook (Photo courtesy of Mr Frank de Planta)

?
-
1990 ?
Surrey ?

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	15.07.1943 [285627]
WS/Lt.	15.01.1944 (reld < 04.1947)
T/Capt.	14.12.1944-(04.1946)

15.07.1943			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
22.01.1944			transferred, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
(1945)			1/5th Battalion The Queen's Royal Regiment (NW Europe)

Crookenden,
George Wayet Derek
G.W.D. Crookenden

Only son of Lt-Col John Crookenden, who commanded the Buffs, and Iris Margherita Gay. Married (1948) Elizabeth Mary Angela Bourke; one son, one daughter.

11.12.1920
-
11.01.2005

2nd Lt.	05.04.1941
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942
A/Capt.	15.09.1945-14.12.1945
T/Capt.	15.12.1945-30.08.1946
Lt.	31.08.1946, seniority 11.12.1941
Capt.	31.08.1946, seniority 01.07.1946
T/Maj.	17.03.1952-10.06.1953
Maj.	11.06.1953
Bt. Lt.Col.	01.07.1958
T/Lt.Col.	04.02.1961-07.07.1962
Lt.Col.	08.07.1962
Col.	27.11.1964, seniority 07.05.1963
T/Brig.	27.11.1964-30.12.1966
Brig.	31.12.1966
Maj.Gen.	11.11.1972, seniority 11.09.1972 (retd 16.06.1975)

Education: Winchester College; Christ Church, Oxford; psc; MA; MRAeS

			served in the ranks for 142 days
10.1940			Officer Cadet Training Unit (OCTU) at Alton Towers, Staffordshire
05.04.1941			commissioned into the Royal Artillery [emergency commission to 30.08.1946]
05.04.1941	-	?	141 Field Regiment (Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry) RA
?	-	06.1942	104th Royal Horse Artillery (Essex Yeomanry) (Egypt) (captured)
06.1942	-	12.04.1945	POW camps (Bari & Bologna, Italy; Mährisch-Trübau, Moravia; Brunswick)
31.08.1946			permanent commission
			instructor
3 years			5th Royal Horse Artillery (British Army of the Rhine & Larkhill)
			Staff College, Camberley & a spell at Staff College, Quetta
23.03.1950	-	21.12.1950	Staff Captain, War Office
17.03.1952	-	19.03.1954	General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), HQ Anti-Aircraft Command (Stanmore)
	-	1957	3rd Royal Horse Artillery (Egypt, Libya)
10.07.1957	-	28.05.1959	Deputy Assistant Military Secretary (DAMS), War Office
1959	-	?	Second-in-Command, 3rd Royal Horse Artillery
04.02.1961	-	25.07.1962	General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1) (Plans & Policy Division), Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE)
1962	-	1964	Commanding Officer, 19th Field Regiment RA (British Army of the Rhine & Aden)
27.11.1964	-	(02.)1967	Commander, 7th Artillery Brigade, British Army of the Rhine
1967?	-	1968?	Imperial Defence College
1969	-	1971	Exercise Controller, CICC (West)
1971	-	1972	Chief, British CommandersinChief Liaison Mission to the Soviet Forces of Occupation in Germany (Brixmis)
1972	-	1975	Chief of Staff, Contingencies Planning, SHAPE

Deputy Lieutenant (DL) Cambs, 07.04.1984. Colonel Commandant RA, 1977-1982. Emeritus Fellow, Peterhouse, Cambridge, since 1989. Fellow and Senior Bursar, Peterhouse, Cambridge.

Crossley,
James Francis
J.F. Crossley

?
-

Gnr.	?
2nd Lt.	24.06.1939
WS/Lt.	?
WS/Capt.	01.06.1941 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Maj.	01.06.1941-(04.1944)
Hon. Maj.	< 04.1946

			late Cadet Serjeant, Malvern College Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
24.06.1939			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
(1939)	-	(1940)	"A" Battery, 52nd Heavy Regiment RA

Crosthwaite,
Denis Frank
D.F. Crosthwaite (Photo courtesy of Mr Mark C.D. Ashdown)

Younger son of Lt.Col. J.A. Crosthwaite, OBE, of Hove, Sussex.
Married ((09?).1944, Brentford district, Middlesex) Vera Dorothy Gordon, younger daughter of Mrs G. Gordon, of Deal.

10.02.1910
-
01.1999
South Dorset district, Dorset

2nd Lt.	28.08.1930 [47546]
Lt.	28.08.1933
Capt.	28.08.1938
A/Maj.	05.09.1940-04.12.1940
T/Maj.	05.12.1940-15.11.1943, 07.05.1944-(04.1946)
local Maj.	08.12.1943-06.05.1944
Maj.	01.07.1946 (retd 14.05.1956; age)
Hon. Lt.Col.	14.05.1956

Education: Royal Military College, Sandhurst (No. 5 Company); Staff College, Camberley (psc).

28.08.1930			commissioned, The Durham Light Infantry
(03.1931)			attached, 1st Battalion The Durham Light Infantry (Catterick)
(06.1933)			1st Battalion The Durham Light Infantry (Catterick)
08.08.1934	-	05.07.1936	employed with Royal West African Frontier Force
(01.1937)			2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry (attached 1st Battalion DLI (York))
(01.1939)			1st Battalion The Durham Light Infantry (Tientsin)
?	-	?	?
14.05.1956	-	13.04.1960	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [exceeded age limit]

Crosthwaite,
Ivor John
I.J. Crosthwaite

Home town (1945): Stenning.

16.04.1915
-
05.2000
Fulham, London

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	06.06.1936 [67975]
Lt.	06.06.1939
A/Capt.	15.10.1940-(04.1941)
WS/Capt.	03.08.1943
T/Maj.	03.08.1943-(04.1946)
Capt. RARO	01.11.1947, seniority 06.06.1946
Hon. Maj.	01.11.1947

	DSO	21.06.1945	NW Europe
	ERD	30.05.1983	?

			Oxford University Contingent, Senior Division, Officer Training Corps
06.06.1936			commissioned, Grenadier Guards - Supplementary Reserve of Officers
24.08.1939			mobilized
01.10.1947	-	16.04.1965	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]

Crouch,
William Boyd
W.B. Crouch

22.08.1911
Newtownards district, Ireland
-

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	14.12.1940 [160995]
WS/Lt.	14.06.1942
T/Capt.	20.12.1943-(04.1944)
Hon. Capt.	< 04.1946

?	-	14.12.1940	164th, 165th or 166th Officer Cadet Training Unit
14.12.1940			commissioned, The Leicestershire Regiment [emergency commission]

Taught at Reading University until his retirement.

Crowe,
John Edmund
J.E. Crowe

Residence: (1945) Kirk Michael, Isle of Man.

1917 ?
-

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	06.09.1941 [203677]
WS/Lt.	?
T/Capt.	?
WS/Capt.	16.02.1945
T/Maj.	16.02.1945-(04.1946)

08.02.1945

Italy *

06.09.1941			commissioned, The King's Regiment [emergency commission]
01.06.1942			transferred, Royal Regiment of Artillery
(09.1944)			attached from RA pending posting to 8th Battalion Royal Fusiliers (Italy)
13.02.1945			transferred, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [dated 11.06.1944]

Assistant manager (1954-1963) & manager (1969), Martins Bank Douglas.

* Recommendation for the award of an immediate Military Cross to Capt. J.E. Crowe: "On the night of 13/14 Sep 44 Captain Crowe was commanding 'W' Company of 8th Battalion Royal Fusiliers during the attack on the SENSOLI Ridge. After the successful capture of the objective by first light the company started to consoIidate their position. During this period the enemy counter attacked with tanks and a half track vehicle. ‘Y’ Company on Captain Crowe's right was overrun and part of the company fell back on to the positions of ‘W’ Company. Despite the disorganization caused by the counter attack and the half light conditions, Captain Crowe rallied and organized his company and the remnants of ‘Y’ Company to meet and beat off the attack with complete success. His company captured one enemy Mark IV Special tank and crew in complete running order, one half track vehicle and by manning an enemy anti-tank gun in the area with men of his company and using it destroyed another enemy tank on the move at close range. During this action the Mk IV Special was also used against the enemy being driven by a man in his company and the gun personally operated and fired by Captain Crowe to good effect. By this complete disregard of personal danger, leadership and energy at a critical moment, Captain Crowe undoubtedly set an example to the men of his company which resulted in the position being held. His personal actions and high sense of duty most certainly had a decisive effect on the successful outcome of the battalion attack on the SENSOLI Ridge."
[Recommended 25.09.1944 by Lt.Col. J.A. Sperling, commanding 8th Bn Royal Fusiliers, approved 26.09.1944 by Brig. J. Scott-Elliot, commanding 167th (London) Infantry Brigade, 02.10.1944 by Maj.Gen. J.Y. Whitfield, commanding 56th (London) Infantry Division, 07.10.1944 by Lt.Gen. C.F. Keightley, commanding 5 Corps, 12.10.1944 by Lt.Gen. R.L. McCreery, commanding Eighth Army, and finally 18.12.1944 by Gen. H.R. Alexander, Commander-in-Chief Allied Central Mediterranean Force] [Citation kindly provided by Mr Rick Larnder]

Cruikshank,
Eric Guy
E.G. Cruikshank

Son of Lt.Col. Jasper Wallace Cruikshank, OBE, RAF (?-1925), and Aileen Marion Battye.

18.03.1918
Kensington district, London
-
24.12.2002
Albuquerque, Bernalillo, New Mexico, USA

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	22.03.1941 [179153]
WS/Lt.	22.09.1942 (reld > 04.1946, < 04.1946)
T/Capt.	?
Hon. Capt.	> 04.1946, < 08.1946

?	-	22.03.1941	either 121st, 125th or 133rd Officer Cadet Training Unit
22.03.1941			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
09.09.1944			transferred, The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Cubitt,
Frank Leslie
F.L. Cubitt (Photo courtesy of Mr Yael Driver)

Elder son (with three brothers and one sister) of Sir Bertram Blakiston Cubitt, KCB (1862-1942), a Principal Clerk in the War Office, and Leila Isobel Guilda Agatha Leslie (1872-1951).
Married (28.04.1927, Lexden district, Essex) Helen Margaret "Peggy" Brancker (25.06.1902 - 13.05.1983), daughter of Charles Henry Branckner (?-1938), and Helen Bateson (1864-1946); two daughters, one son (adopted).

19.01.1898
Restdene, Staines, Middlesex
-
29.09.1958
Colchester, Essex

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	03.05.1919, seniority 25.12.1917 [20135]
Lt.	25.06.1919 (half pay 31.03.1924; full pay 26.06.1924)
Capt.	15.11.1928
Maj.	16.03.1937 (retd 20.11.1948)
A/Lt.Col.	22.05.1940-07.08.1940, 22.11.1943-04.12.1943
T/Lt.Col.	05.12.1943-(04.1947)
Hon. Lt.Col.	20.11.1948

	BWM 14\|20	-	-
	VM	-	-

Waziristan 1919-1921 Medal & Clasp. NW Frontier of India 1936-37 Medal & Clasp.

Education: Rugby School (1911.3-1914.2; Cotton House).

			served in the ranks, mobilized Territorial Force to 24.01.1917 for 271 days (16th Battalion The London Regiment)
			mobilized Special Reserve of Officers to 02.05.1919 for 2 years, 98 days (served in Mesopotamia 04.1918-31.10.1918) (3rd Battalion The Norfolk Regiment)
03.05.1919			commissioned, The Norfolk Regiment
10.01.1921	-	12.01.1923	ADC to General Officer Commanding Presidency ans Assam District India
(03.1931)	-	(06.1933)	2nd Battalion The Norfolk Regiment (Devonport)
(09.1935)	-	(01.1937)	1st Battalion The Royal Norfolk Regiment (Jhansi)
(01.1938)	-	(01.1939)	1st Battalion The Royal Norfolk Regiment (Delhi) [01.07.1939-10.08.1939 temporarily Commanding Officer]
22.05.1940	-	07.08.1940	Commanding Officer, 6th Battalion The Royal Norfolk Regiment
			The Queen's Royal Regiment (UK)
1943	-	1945	Commanding Officer, 2nd Battalion The Palestine Regiment (Jewish Infantry Brigade Group) (North Africa & Italy)
1945	-	1948	commanded administrative units in Austria

Cull,
Percy Arthur
P.A. Cull

09.02.1907
Wareham, Dorset
-
26.09.1961
Poole, Dorset

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	16.08.1941 [201467]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942 (reld > 04.1946, < 04.1947)
A/Capt.	12.01.1943
T/Capt.	12.04.1943

24.10.1940			enlisted, Royal Corps of Signals - Territorial Army
?	-	16.08.1941	Officer Cadet Training Unit
16.08.1941			commissioned, The Dorsetshire Regiment [emergency commission]
16.08.1941	-	23.12.1941	4th Battalion The Dorsetshire Regiment
24.12.1941	-		7th Battalion The Dorsetshire Regiment, being converted 01.01.1942 to 110th Light Anti-Aircraft Battalion RA (serving with 360th Battery)
01.07.1942			transferred, Royal Regiment of Artillery

Cullen,
Alexander Orr
A.O. Cullen (Photo courtesy of Mr Robert Sigmond)

10.04.1922
-
03.1999
Beverley, Yorkshire

2nd Lt.	07.05.1943 [276179]
WS/Lt.	07.11.1943 (reld > 04.1946)

07.05.1943			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
22.01.1944			transferred to The King's Own Scottish Borderers
1944	-	1945	7th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (09.1944 Home Details, 1945 Norway)

Cumberlege,
John Gregson
J.G. Cumberlege

05.01.1914
-
29.03.2005
Uplyme, Lyme Regis, Dorset

Gnr.	?
2nd Lt.	08.07.1939 [92850]
WS/Lt.	08.01.1941 (reld > 04.1946)
A/Capt.	30.09.1941-29.12.1941
T/Capt.	30.12.1941-23.03.1942, 15.07.1942-15.12.1945
Capt.	02.06.1947 12.06.1948, seniority 08.01.1945
A/Maj.	16.09.1945-15.12.1945
T/Maj.	16.12.1945-07.01.1952
Maj.	08.01.1952
T/Lt.Col.	06.01.1955-30.03.1955
Lt.Col.	31.03.1955
Col.	03.05.1962
Brig.	10.08.1967 (retd 24.03.1971)

	OBE	01.01.1960	New Year 60
	TD	09.12.1949	?

			late Cadet, Bedford School Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
08.07.1939			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army
24.08.1939	-	11.06.1948	mobilized TA
(1939)	-	(1940)	"C" Battery, 52nd Heavy Regiment RA
08.01.1945	-	15.09.1945	Staff Captain (Legal Staff), Eastern Command
16.09.1945	-	08.10.1946	Deputy Assistant Adjutant General (DAAG), Judge Advocat General's Office
12.06.1948			permanent commission, Army Catering Corps (ERE List), later Army Legal Services Staff List
01.10.1948	-	14.09.1950	Deputy Assistant Director Army Legal Services (DADALS), War Office
14.09.1950	-	01.05.1952	DADALS, HQ BCFK
18.05.1952	-	12.08.1953	DADALS, War Office
13.08.1953	-	05.01.1955	DADALS, HQ British Army of the Rhine
06.01.1955	-	30.08.1956	Assistant Director Army Legal Services (ADALS), HQ British Army of the Rhine
10.09.1956	-	17.07.1957	ADALS, War Office
29.07.1957	-	30.07.1960	ADALS, GHQ Far East Land Forces
19.09.1960	-	12.04.1962	ADALS, War Office
03.05.1962	-	29.11.1962	Deputy Director Army Legal Services (DDALS) (Colonel), Near East Land Forces
30.11.1962	-	10.02.1964	DDALS, HQ Malta & Libya
14.02.1964	-	31.03.1964	Colonel, War Office
01.04.1964	-	(02.1967)	Ministry of Defence

Cummings,
John
J. Cummings

?
-
died early 1990s, aged about 90

2nd Lt.	26.09.1938 [77341]
WS/Lt.	26.09.1941
A/Capt.	?
Lt. TARO	01.04.1949, seniority 26.09.1941
Hon. Capt.	01.04.1949

21.04.1950

Education: Liverpool University (MA; MSc)

			late Officer Cadet, Liverpool University Contingent, Senior Division
26.09.1938			commissioned, Whitgift School Contingent, Junior Division, Training Corps, General List, Territorial Army (Croydon, Surrey)
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
08.03.1941			transferred, The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster), Territorial Army
			seconded, No. 3 Commando (seriously injured & captured in Italy)
18.06.1945			transferred, Whitgift School Contingent, Junior Division, Training Corps, General List, Territorial Army (Croydon, Surrey)
01.04.1949	-	25.01.1956	Territorial Army Reserve of Officers - General List [age limit]
20.03.1952	-	20.07.1952	Lieutenant, Essex Commn., Army Cadet Force, General List, Territorial Army
06.11.1959	-	04.1964?	Lieutenant, Essex Commn., Army Cadet Force, General List, Territorial Army

Headmaster of Leyton County High School for boys till 1968. Continued teaching at another school unitl 1977.

Cumper,
William John
"Bill"
W.J. Cumper

From Hawick.

?
-

SSM	?
2nd Lt.	14.05.1941 [202597]
WS/Lt.	1942?
T/Capt.	1943?
WS/Capt.	29.08.1943 (reld 03.12.1948)
A/Maj.	?
T/Maj.	?
Hon. Maj.	03.12.1948

MC	14.10.1943	Middle East
MID	30.12.1941	Middle East 02-07.41
LSGCM	16.01.1948	?

14.05.1941			commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]
			served Special Air Service (SAS)
1947			Officer Commanding, 56 Field Squadron RE (Egypt, Palestine)

Cunliffe,
Albert Charles
A.C. Cunliffe (Photo courtesy of Mr Philip E. Cunliffe)

Married (23.10.1926, Lambeth district, London) Florence Blance Wilkins (23.02.1904 - 25.12.1992); one daughter, three sons.

24.11.1902
London
-
14.02.1993
Sutton, Surrey

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	25.03.1943 [268627]
WS/Lt.	25.09.1943 (reld > 04.1947)
T/Capt.	03.06.1945-(04.1947)
Hon. Capt.	> 04.1947

11.06.1948

25.03.1943

commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]

Cunningham,
Sir Alan Gordon
A.G. Cunningham

Youngest son (with two brothers and two sisters) of Daniel John Cunningham (1850-1909), professor of anatomy, of Dublin and Edinburgh universities, and his wife, Elizabeth Cumming Browne (1853?-1926).
Younger brother of Admiral Sir Andrew Browne Cunningham of Hyndhope.
Married (1951) Margery, widow of Sir Harold Edward Snagge, KBE.

01.05.1887
Edinburgh, Scotland
-
30.01.1983
Tunbridge Wells, Kent

2nd Lt.	20.12.1906 [74]
Lt.	10.12.1909
Capt.	30.10.1914
A/Maj.	08.01.1917-12.06.1917
Maj.	13.06.1917
Bt. Lt.Col.	01.07.1928
Lt.Col.	05.05.1935
Col.	17.12.1937, seniority 01.07.1931
Maj.Gen.	01.09.1938, seniority 16.06.1938
A/Lt.Gen.	19.10.1940-18.10.1941
T/Lt.Gen.	19.10.1941-26.11.1941
Lt.Gen.	23.07.1943, seniority 23.10.1942
Gen.	30.10.1945 (retd 30.10.1946)

GCMG (1948), KCB (1941; CB 1941), DSO (1918), MC (1915)
WW1: 1914 Star & Clasp; Military Cross (1915); Mention in Despatches (1.1.1916 & 18.5.1917 & 20.5.1918); Distinguished Service Order (1918); British War Medal; Victory Medal; WW2: Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (30.5.1941; Companion of the Order of the Bath 1941), Order of the Brilliant Star of Zanzibar, 1st class (28.10.1941); Mention in Despatches (6.1.1944); Commander American Legion of Merit, 1945; Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael & St. George (1948); Ordre de la Couronne (1st Class), Belgium (1950); Order of Menelik (1st Class) (1954), etc.

Education: Cheltenham; Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; Imperial Defence College (idc); Staff College, Camberley (psc); Naval Staff College (ns); LLD

20.12.1906			commissioned, Royal Artillery
00.09.1914	-	18.06.1917	served, Royal Artillery (France)
19.06.1917	-	13.11.1918	Brigade-Major, Royal Artillery (France)
14.11.1918	-	09.04.1919	General Staff Officer 2nd grade (GSO2) (France) (3 despatches, DSO, MC)
10.04.1919	-	17.10.1921	General Staff Officer 2nd grade (GSO2), Straits Settlements (temporary)
01.02.1923	-	05.09.1924	Adjutant, Royal Artillery
1925	-	1925	Royal Naval Staff College (UK)
02.06.1928	-	01.06.1931	instructor, Netheravon Wing, Small Arms School (UK)
1937			Imperial Defence College (UK)
17.12.1937	-	31.08.1938	Commander Royal Artillery, 1st Division, Aldershot Command (UK)
01.09.1938	-	09.01.1940	General Officer Commanding, 5th Anti-Aircraft Division TA (UK)
10.01.1940	-	23.06.1940	General Officer Commanding, 66th Infantry Division (UK)
26.06.1940	-	07.08.1940	General Officer Commanding, 9th (Highland) Infantry Division (UK)
07.08.1940	-	18.10.1940	General Officer Commanding, 51st (Highland) Infantry Division (UK)
19.10.1940	-	28.08.1941	General Officer Commanding, East Africa Forces (Kenya)
10.09.1941	-	26.11.1941	General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, 8th Army (Middle East)
27.11.1941	-	10.11.1942	convalescent
11.11.1942	-	28.07.1943	Commandant, Staff College, Camberley (UK)
29.07.1943	-	31.10.1944	General Officer Commanding, Northern Ireland District (N Ireland)
01.12.1944	-	20.11.1945	General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Command (UK)
21.11.1945	-	30.10.1946	High Commissioner and Commander-in-Chief Palestine & High Commissioner Trans-Jordan

Colonel Commandant, Royal Artillery, 17.05.1944-00.00.1954. High Commissioner for Palestine and High Commissioner for Transjordan, 30.10.1946-14.05.1948. President, Council of Cheltenham College, 1951-1963.

Cunningham,
George Denis
G.D. Cunningham (Photo courtesy of Mr David Cunningham)

Married 1st; one daughter.
Married 2nd; one son.

1903
-
1976

2nd Lt.	15.10.1939 [102988]
WS/Lt.	15.04.1941
T/Capt.	12.06.1942-(04.1944)
T/Maj.	(1945)
WS/Maj.	14.10.1945 (dismissed by sentence of a general court-martial 07.08.1947)
T/Lt.Col.	14.10.1945-(04.1946)

MID

05.04.1945

Burma / Eastern Frontier of India

Tobacco farmer in Southern Rhodesia.

15.10.1939

commissioned, The Gordon Highlanders [emergency commission]

Curteis,
Hugh Maxwell
"Sammy"
H.M. Curteis (Photo courtesy of Mr Peter Epps)

08.12.1901
Thingoe district, Suffolk
-
08?.1957
climbing accident in Savoie, France

2nd Lt.	08.12.1924 [6354]
...	...
Maj.	05.09.1939, seniority 23.12.1938
A/Lt.Col.	10.07.1941-09.10.1941
T/Lt.Col.	10.10.1941-29.11.1942, 25.08.1943-17.08.1944, 20.12.1944-(01.1946)
Lt.Col.	31.10.1950 (retd 05.01.1953)
Hon. Brig.	05.01.1953

MC	1926?	Iraq
MC	07.03.1941	escape as POW
MID	30.09.1941	France 40
MID	08.11.1945	NW Europe

08.12.1924			commissioned, The Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment)
(1940)			Liaison Officer between British General Headquarters and French General Headquarters of General Billotte (captured; escaped to Switzerland, then Lisbon)

Curtis,
Henry Osborne
H.O. Curtis

Son of Osborne Sargent Curtis and Frances Henrietta Gandy.
Married (1918) Jean Mackenzie Low, daughter
of late John L. Low, Butterstone, Perthshire; two sons (and two sons killed in action: F/Lt. Richard Osborne Curtis, RAFVR & Lt. Philip Evelyn Curtis).

18.11.1888
-
28.01.1964

2nd Lt.	14.10.1908 [4309]
...	...
Maj.Gen.	01.01.1940, seniority 18.07.1938 (supernumerary 18.11.1945) (retd 08.02.1946)

CB 11.07.1940; DSO 1919; MC 1917; US DSM 28.07.1942.

14.10.1908			commissioned, The King's Royal Rifle Corps
...	-	...	...
12.01.1938	-	19.12.1939	Commander, 3rd Infantry Brigade (Home Forces & BEF)
01.01.1940	-	1940	General Officer Commanding, 46th Infantry Division (BEF & Home Forces)
1940	-	11.04.1943	General Officer Commanding, 49th Infantry Division (Home Forces & Iceland)
12.04.1943	-	16.02.1944	District Commander, Salisbury Plain District
17.02.1944	-	14.12.1944	District Commander, Hampshire & Dorset District
1945	-	1945	District Commander, Hampshire & Aldershot District

Curtis,
Philip Evelyn
"Phil"
P.E Curtis

Son of Maj.Gen. Henry Osborne Curtis, CB, DSO, MC, and Jean Mackenzie Low, of Lytchett Minster, Dorsetshire.

1923 ?
-
26.11.1943
(KIA) [age 20]
[Sangro River War Cemetery, Italy, XIV.E.3]

2nd Lt.	26.09.1942 [245320]
WS/Lt.	26.09.1943?

Education: Eton (...-1941)

26.09.1942			commissioned, The King's Royal Rifle Corps [emergency commission]
?	-	26.11.1943	2nd Battalion The King's Royal Rifle Corps

Curwen,
Richard Christopher [Challoner]

see:

RAF officers' section

Cutting,
Heyward
H. Cutting

1921
USA
-

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	18.04.1942 [232558]
WS/Lt.	18.10.1942
T/Capt.	28.07.1943-(04.1944)
WS/Capt.	19.07.1945 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Maj.	?
Hon. Maj.	< 04.1946

MID

19.07.1945

Italy

18.04.1942			commissioned, The King's Royal Rifle Corps [emergency commission]
			wounded at 2nd Battle of El Alamein
(04.1944)			specially employed

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