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Dale, L.M.
to
Dutton, E.G.

 

L.M. Dale  to  E.G. Dutton
Dale,
Leslie Maurice
L.M. Dale
Last name changed from Cohen to Dale by deed poll of 01.09.1938.
Home town (1944): Caversham.
 		02.07.1914
-
10.1988
Tunbridge Wells, Kent
2nd Lt.
 		08.03.1941 [176810]
WS/Lt.
 		08.09.1942
A/Capt.
 		?
T/Capt.
 		10.10.1943-(04.1946)
WS/Capt.
 		?
A/Maj.
 		?
Capt. RARO
 		01.01.1949
Hon. Maj.
 		01.01.1949
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 15.06.1944
 Italy
Military Cross MC
 13.01.1944
 Italy
?
 -
 		08.03.1941
 		161st or 163rd Officer Cadet Training Unit
08.03.1941

commissioned, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [emergency commission]
(1943)
 -
 		(1945)
 		9th Battalion The Royal Fusiliers (Italy)
01.01.1949
 -
 		21.04.1965
 		Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
Daly,
George Laurence
G.L. Daly 		?
-
Lt.
 		02.10.1940 [146954]
WS/Capt.
 		02.10.1941 (reld > 04.1946)
A/Maj.
 		29.12.1943-(05.1944)
Education: MB
02.10.1940

commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission]
29.12.1943
 -
 		(05.1944)
 		Medical Officer & Instructor, Middle East Training Centre
Danckwerts,
Richard Evelyn
"Dick"
P.V. Danckwerts
Son of V.Adm. Victor Hilary Danckwerts, RN (1890-1944), and Joyce Middleton.
 		?
-
Lt.
 		21.11.1942 [254106]
WS/Capt.
 		21.11.1943 (reld > 04.1946)
Education: studied medicine (MB)
21.11.1942

commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission]
Daniell,
Anthony Piers de Tabley
A.P. de T. Daniel
From Llangfni, Anglesey.

article 		(09?).1913
Epsom, Surrey
-
2nd Lt.
 		08.05.1939 [79819]
WS/Lt.
 		26.11.1940
T/Capt.
 		26.11.1940-(04.1941)
WS/Capt.
 		25.10.1942
T/Maj.
 		25.10.1942-(04.1944) (reld < 04.1946)
Hon. Maj.
 		< 04.1946
Maj. TA
 		19.06.1947, seniority 01.05.1947
A/Lt.Col. TA
 		01.05.1951
Lt.Cdol. TA
 		19.06.1951, seniority 01.05.1951
Col. TA
 		01.11.1956
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
 02.01.1956
 New Year 56
Military Cross MC
 21.09.1944
 Italy
Mention in Despatches MID
 27.01.1944
 North Africa
Territorial Decoration TD
 ?
 ?
Territorial Decoration TD
 12.01.1951
 ?
Education: MA, AMInstCE
08.05.1939

commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers - Territorial Army (from TA Reserve of Officers (General List, RE))
24.08.1939

mobilized TA
26.08.1940
 -
 		(04.1941)
 		Adjutant, ...
31.12.1955
 -
 		01.11.1956
 		transferred to Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
01.11.1956
 -
 		15.01.1960
 		restored to the Active List
15.01.1960

transferred to Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
 
Darbyshire,
Ian Nance
I.N. Darbyshire
 Married Elizabeth (née ...); two sons.
 		16.06.1918
Southport, Lancashire
-
24.12.2006
Frimley Park Hospital
[age 88]
[Aldershot Crematorium]
Lt.
 		13.03.1943 [266423]
WS/Capt.
 		?
Capt.
05.1945, seniority 13.03.1944
A/Maj.
 		15.08.1946-14.11.1946
T/Maj.
 		15.11.1946-20.12.1950
Maj.
 		13.03.1951
T/Lt.Col.
 		21.12.1950-26.11.1952,
16.01.1956-14.05.1960
Lt.Col.
 		15.05.1960 (retd 16.09.1968)

1939-1945 Star; Italy Star; Defence Medal; War Medal; General Service Medal with clasps Palestine & Malaya
 		Education: MB BChir (1942); MRCS Eng LRCP Lond (1942); Staff College (psc) (1955)
13.03.1943

commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission]
1943
 -
 		1944
 		British North Africa Force
1944
 -
 		1945
 		Central Mediterranean Force
05.1945

short service commission
1945
 -
 		1946
 		Middle East Forces
13.03.1948

permanent commission
03.01.1947
 -
 		20.07.1949
 		Deputy Assistant Director of Medical Services (DADMS), HQ Western Command
21.07.1949
 -
 		31.07.1950
 		Deputy Assistant Director of Medical Services (DADMS), HQ ... Infantry Division (Far East Land Forces)
14.09.1950
 -
 		21.12.1950
 		Deputy Assistant Director of Medical Services (DADMS), HQ, Malaya
1950
 -
 		1952
 		Commanding Officer, 16th Field Ambulance RAMC (Far East Land Forces)
27.12.1952
 -
 		14.03.1954
 		Deputy Assistant Director of Medical Services (DADMS), HQ ... Infantry Division (TA) (Northern Command)
1956
 -
 		1957
 		Commanding Officer, 14th Field Ambulance (British Army of the Rhine)
1958
 -
 		1958
 		Commanding Officer, British Military Hospital Nicosia (Middle East Land Forces)
1958
 -
 		1959
 		Commanding Officer, British Military Hospital Benghazi (Middle East Land Forces)
1959
 -
 		1960
 		Commanding Officer, 2nd Field Ambulance (Middle East Land Forces)
1961
 -
 		1961
 		Commanding Officer, 7th Field Ambulance (British Army of the Rhine)
01.10.1962
 -
 		01.11.1964
 		Chief Instructor Depot & Training Establishment & HQ, AER, RAMC
13.04.1966
 -
 		1968
 		Deputy Assistant Director-General (DADG) (Army Medical Department 1), Army Medical Services, Ministry of Defence
Daunt,
Brian
B. Daunt
Son of Dr William Daunt, Parade House, Hastings.
Mmarried (1938) Millicent Margaret, daughter of Capt.
A.S. Balfour, Allermuir House, Colinton, Edinburgh; two daughters (one son deceased).
Home town (1944): London W.1.
 		16.03.1900
Holborn, London, Middlesex
-
18.03.1996
Wallingford, Oxfordshire
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		15.07.1920 [17649]
Lt.
 		15.07.1922
Capt.
 		15.07.1933
Maj.
 		01.08.1938
A/Lt.Col.
 		21.10.1941-20.01.1942
T/Lt.Col.
 		21.01.1942-06.03.1945
WS/Lt.Col.
 		07.03.1945
Lt.Col.
 		25.02.1946
A/Col.
 		07.09.1944-06.03.1945
T/Col.
 		07.03.1945
Col.
 		01.05.1948, seniority 07.03.1948
A/Brig.
 		07.09.1944-06.03.1945
T/Brig.
07.03.1945-30.06.1952
Brig.
 		01.07.1952 (supernumerary 01.05.1954)
T/Maj.Gen.
 		26.11.1953-28.11.1954
Maj.Gen.
 		29.11.1954 (retd 23.01.1957)
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
 02.01.1956
 New Year 56
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE
 01.06.1953
 HM's coronation
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 24.02.1944
 Italy (Volturno crossing 13.10.43)
Mention in Despatches MID
 23.05.1946
 Mediterranean
NW Frontier of India 1930-31 Medal & Clasp
 		Education: Tonbridge; Royal Military Academy, Woolwich
15.07.1920

commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery
1929
 -
 		1930
 		served NW Frontier, India
(03.1931)

23rd Indian Mountain Brigade RA (Peshawar, India)
(06.1933)

22nd Field Brigade RA (Shorncliffe)
30.09.1933
 -
 		29.09.1936
 		Adjutant, ...
(01.1937)

22nd Field Brigade RA (Shorncliffe)
20.12.1937
 -
 		14.11.1939
 		Adjutant, 56th (Highland) Medium Regiment RA (Territorial Army) (Aberdeen)
1940

Second-in-Command, ... Regiment RA (France)
1941

Commanding Officer, ... Anti-Tank Regiment RA
(10.1943)
 -
 		(05.)1944
 		Commanding Officer, 142nd (Royal Devon Yeomanry) Field Regiment RA (Italy [Volturno, Cassino])
1944
 -
 		1944
 		Commander Royal Artillery (CRA), 1st Armoured Division
1944

Commander Royal Artillery (CRA), 46th (North Midland) Infantry Division
1946

Commander Royal Artillery (CRA), 10th Indian Division



various Brigadier's appointments
1950
 -
 		1953
 		Commandant, Coast Artillery School and Inspector of Coast Artillery
26.11.1953
 -
 		27.11.1956
 		General Officer Commanding Troops, Malta
23.01.1957
 -
 		16.03.1960
 		Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
Colonel Commandant, Royal Regiment of Artillery, 03.01.1960-03.01.1965.
Controller, Home Department, British Red Cross Society, 1957-1966. CStJ 08.1965.
Davies,
Bruce
B. Davies
Home town (1945): Rickmansworth.
 		29.09.1910
-
10.2000
Watford, Hertfordshire
2nd Lt.
 		29.11.1930 [47904]
Lt.
 		29.11.1933
Capt.
 		30.10.1936
Maj.
 		09.07.1939
Lt.Col.
 		?
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 08.11.1945
 services in the field
Territorial Decoration TD
 ?
 ?
29.11.1930

commissioned, 11th London Regiment (Finsbury Rifles) - Territorial Army
29.11.1930
 -
 		15.12.1935
 		11th London Regiment (Finsbury Rifles) (Pentonville, London)
15.12.1935

transferred to Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army
15.12.1935
 -
 		27.06.1938
 		Battery Officer, 171st Anti-Aircraft Battery [61st (Finsbury Rifles) Anti-Aircraft Brigade] (Pentonville, London)
27.06.1938
 -
 		(01.1939)
 		Officer Commanding 36th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery [12th (Finsbury Rifles) Light Anti-Aircaft Brigade] (Pentonvlille, London)
24.08.1939

mobilized TA
25.11.1940
 -
 		(04.1941)
 		Adjutant, ...
01.08.1950
 -
 		29.09.1965
 		Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
Davies,
the Reverend Leslie Lobbett John
L.J.J. Davies
From Llwynhendy/
Llanelli.
Married (21.02.1935, London) Iris Regina Rothman Park (04.04.1901 - 29.09.2002); one daughter.
 		06.06.1907
Llanelli, Carmarthenshire
-
25.04.1992
[his ashes were interred in the churchyard at St David's Cathedral, Pembrokeshire, Wales]
Chaplain to the Forces 4th class [Capt.]
 		23.07.1938 [69686]
T/Chaplain to the Forces 3rd class [Maj.]
20.04.1945 (reld 1945)
Military Cross MC
 18.02.1943
 Middle East 05-10.42
Education: Christ College Brecon and Keble College Oxford (where he
read History and won his Rugby blue in 1927-8; Wells Theological College (1934-1935) (BA, later MA)
Teacher at public schools in South Africa, first in Capetown and then at St John's in
Johannesburg, 1930s. Minor Canon at Brecon Cathedral in Wales, 1936.
18.12.1936
 -
 		22.07.1938
 		Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
23.07.1938

commissioned, Royal Army Chaplains' Department - Territorial Army (Church of England)
(01.1939)

attached to Welsh Division
24.08.1939

mobilized TA
09.1939
 -
 		07/08.1941
 		attached to the South Wales Borderers
1941?
 -
 		1942?
 		8th Army (Middle East)
1943?
 -
 		1945?
 		attached to the 31st Field Regiment RA (Italy & Greece))
?
 -
 		06.06.1962
 		Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
Vicar of St David's, Llanfaes, Brecon, and then in 1954 of St. Katherine's Milford Haven in Pembrokeshire. He was made a Canon of St David's Cathedral in 1964. In 1968 he became Vicar of St. Mary's Haverfordwest in Pembrokeshire and he retired on reaching the age of 70 in June 1977.
Davies-Scourfield,
Edward Grismond Beaumont
"Gris"
E.G.B. Davies-Scourfield
4th son of H.G. Davies­ Scourfield and Helen (née Newton).
Married (1945) Diana Lilias (née Davidson); one son, one daughter.

Telegraph obituary
 		02.08.1918
Patching, Sussex
-
20.11.2006
Alton, Hampshire
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		25.08.1938 [77674]
Lt.
 		01.01.1941
A/Capt.
 		22.08.1945-14.09.1945,
13.10.1945-18.12.1945
T/Capt.
 		19.12.1945-30.06.1946
Capt.
 		01.07.1946
A/Maj.
 		20.02.1947-19.05.1947
T/Maj.
 		20.05.1947-24.08.1951
Maj.
 		25.08.1951
Lt.Col.
 		01.07.1960 (supernumerary 01.07.1963)
T/Col.
 		01.08.1962-30.05.1963
Col.
 		31.05.1963
local Brig.
 		06.02.1964-12.02.1964
T/Brig.
 		13.02.1964-18.05.1966
local Brig.
 		19.05.1966-05.06.1966
T/Brig.
 		06.06.1966-30.12.1966
Brig.
 		31.12.1966 (retd 02.08.1973)
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE
 11.06.1966
 HM's birthday 66 (Joint Services Team, Ghana)
Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE
 27.04.1951
 Malaya
Military Cross MC
 20.09.1945
 Calais 40
Mention in Despatches MID
 14.11.1946
 prisoner of war
Education: Winchester College; Royal Military College, Sandhurst (King's Medal and the Anson Memorial Sword); Staff College, Camberley (psc)
25.08.1938

commissioned, The King's Royal Rifle Corps



served War of 1939-1945 (despatches 1945)
?
 -
 		05.1940
 		Platoon Commander, The King's Royal Rifle Corps (France (defence of Calais) [captured])
05.1940
 -
 		04.1945
 		prisoner of war (several escape attempts, of Colditz fame)
13.10.1945
 -
 		26.09.1946
 		Staff Captain, War Office
07.04.1949
 -
 		01.02.1951
 		General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2) (Intelligence), HQ Malaya District
26.11.1953
 -
 		13.10.1955
 		Deputy Assistant Quatermaster-General (Operationa), Northern Army Group
03.10.1957
 -
 		11.05.1960
 		General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), War Office
01.07.1960

transferred to the Rifle Brigade
01.07.1960
 -
 		1962
 		Commanding Officer, Rifle Brigade (from 02.02.1962 3rd Green Jackets)
01.08.1962
 -
 		06.02.1964
 		Brigade Colonel, Green Jackets Brigade
13.02.1964
 -
 		18.03.1966
 		Head of British Joint Training Mission to Ghana
23.08.1966
 -
 		1969
 		Deputy Commander, Cyprus District & Commander, Troops Malta
1970
 -
 		1973
 		Commander, Salisbury Plain Area
General Secretary, National Association of Boys Clubs, 1973-1982
DL, Hants, 1984.
Published: In presence of my foes (1991; memoirs)
Dawes,
John Sandys
J.S. Dawes

?
-
22.10.2004
Cadet
 		? [14218470]
2nd Lt.
 		09.01.1944 [304670]
WS/Lt.
09.07.1944
2nd Lt.
 		08.12.1945, seniority 12.06.1945
Lt.
 		12.12.1946
Capt.
 		12.06.1951 (retd 11.10.1955)
Military Cross MC
 24.01.1946
 NW Europe
Mention in Despatches MID
 10.05.1945
 NW Europe
Mention in Despatches MID
 08.11.1945
 NW Europe
Education: Stowe School (...-1942)
09.01.1944

commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission to 07.12.1945]



served The Royal Scots Greys (NW Europe)
08.12.1945

permanent commission
16.08.1947

transferred to The Royal Scots Greys
Dearbergh,
Geoffrey Frederick
G.F. Dearbergh
Next-of-kin (wife?): Elizabeth Mary Dearbergh.
Related to (son of?): Maj.T.L. Dearbergh.
 		15.03.1924
-
03.07.1979
Kensington, London
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		07.08.1943 [289095]
WS/Lt.
07.02.1944
T/Capt.
 		? (reld 22.04.1947)

1939-45 Star; France & Germany Star; Defence Medal

07.08.1943

commissioned, The King's Royal Rifle Corps [emergency commission]



12th Battalion The King's Royal Rifle Corps (8th Armoured Brigade)



HQ Hamburg District
?
 -
 		22.04.1947
 		No 2 C.M.D & D.U York
Registrar of the Companies Court.
Dearbergh,
Tom Lees
T.L. Dearbergh
Related to (father of?): Lt. G.F. Dearbergh.
Married; at least one daughter.
Residence: (1931): Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.
 		(12?).1897
St Albans, Hertfordshire
-
15.07.1972
Milford-on-Sea, Lymington, Hants.
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		? [43063]
Lt.
 		01.11.1918 (reld 29.11.1919)
WS/Capt.
27.02.1941
T.Maj.
 		27.02.1941-(04.1944)
Hon. Maj.
 		08.11.1947
?

commissioned, 15th The King's Royal Hussars
29.11.1919
 -
 		08.11.1947
 		Regular Army Reserve of Officers [Class II] [age limit]
[11.1922 transferred to 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars]
24.08.1939

mobilized
[Company director?] till 1931 (Francis Napier (London and Paris) Ltd.)
Deaville,
John
J. Deaville
Husband of D. Deaville, of Barnehurst, Kent.
 		1912 ?
-
10.06.1945
(MIA) [age 33]
[Rangoon Memorial, Burma, face 12]
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		10.04.1942 [282739]
WS/Lt.
 		10.10.1942
A/Maj.
 		?
10.04.1942

commissioned, The Gloucestershire Regiment [emergency commission]
?
 -
 		10.06.1945
 		10th Battalion The Gloucestershire Regiment
de Brett,
Edward Maurice
E.M. de Brett
Married Dorothy Elizabeth (née ...) (died 18.03.2007); two daughters.
 		07.11.1910
-
11.2000
Chichester, Sussex
2nd Lt.
 		29.01.1931
...
 		...
T/Maj.
 		07.12.1940-16.01.1942,
10.11.1942-25.11.1943,
09.03.1944-23.02.1945,
04.03.1945-30.06.1946
...
 		...
Lt.Col.
 		11.01.1954 (Empl. List (1)) (retd 09.11.1958)
Mention in Despatches MID
 18.02.1938
 NW Frontier of India (twice mentioned)
29.01.1931

commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
...
 -
 		...
 		...
17.10.1941
 -
 		07.1942
 		Brigade Major, 14th Indian Division
07.1942
 -
 		09.11.1942
 		Staff Officer RA, Central Command, India
10.11.1942
 -
 		04.08.1943
 		Staff Officer RA 2, NW Army, India
09.03.1944
 -
 		06.11.1944
 		General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2) (Instructor), Staff College, Sandhurst
...
 -
 		...
 		...
de Guingand,
Sir Francis Wilfred
"Freddie"
F.W. de Guingand F.W. de Guingand
F.W. de Guingand F.W. de Guingand
Son of the late Francis Jules de Guingand, of Ealing, London.
Married (1942) Arlie Roebuck, widow of Major H.D. Stewart, West Yorks Regt (marriage dissolved, 1957); one daughter.
 		28.02.1900
Acton, East London
-
29.06.1979
Cannes, France
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		17.12.1919 [20274]
Lt.
 		17.12.1921
T/Capt.
 		10.06.1929-07.03.1930
Capt.
 		08.03.1930
Maj.
 		01.08.1938
A/Lt.Col.
 		11.12.1940-10.03.1941
T/Lt.Col.
 		11.03.1941-25.08.1942
WS/Lt.Col.
 		26.08.1942
A/Col.
 		26.02.1942-25.08.1942
T/Col.
 		26.08.1942-30.11.1944
WS/Col.
 		01.12.1944
A/Brig.
 		26.02.1942-25.08.1942
T/Brig.
 		26.08.1942-30.11.1944
local Maj.Gen.
 		20.04.1943-30.11.1943
A/Maj.Gen.
 		01.12.1943-30.11.1944
T/Maj.Gen.
 		01.12.1944-08.09.1945,
19.09.1945-09.09.1946
Maj.Gen.
 		10.09.1946, seniority 22.03.1945 (retd 06.02.1947)
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire KBE
 29.06.1944
 Normandy
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE
 26.02.1943
 operations resulting in capture of Tripoli
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
 30.12.1941
 New Year 42
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
 14.10.1943
 Sicily
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 05.11.1942
 Middle East

Mention in Despatches

MID
 24.06.1943
 Middle East

Mention in Despatches

MID
 09.08.1945
 NW Europe

Mention in Despatches

MID
 08.11.1945
 NW Europe
Commander, Legion of Merit (US) LM
 12.04.1945

distinguished services .in the cause of the Allies
Distinguished Service Medal (US) DSM
 ?
 ?
Légion d'Honneur (France) LegH
 ?
 ?
Croix de Guerre (France) CdeG
 ?
 ?
Order of Kutuzov, 1st grade (Russia) Kutz
 ?
 ?
Knight Grand Officer of the Order of Oranje-Nassau with Swords (The Netherlands) OON
 17.10.1946
 ?