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British Army Officers
1939-1945

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DAWE

DEAC
to
DIXO

DOBB
to
DYSO

T. Deacon to W.G.M. Dixon

Deacon,
Terry
T. Deacon

Son of George Harold Deacon, and
Elizabeth Ruth Williams, of Plymouth.
Married ((06?).1943, Plymouth
district, Devon) Acting First Officer
Audrey Dora Hawkins, WRNS.

(06?).1919
Devonport district,
Devon
-
05.06.1944
Plymouth district,
Devon
(injured by a flying
shell fragment, which
subesquently led to
his death following a
stroke) [age 24]
[Plymouth City
Crematorium, panel
2]

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	10.04.1943 [271185]
WS/Lt.	10.10.1943

Solicitor.

10.04.1943			commissioned, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [emergency commission]
?	-	05.06.1944	2nd (Airborne) Battalion Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

Deakin,
Ronald Henry
R.H. Deakin

03.04.1921 ?
-
1977 ?
Birmingham, West Midlands ?

2nd Lt.	12.06.1939 [91883]
WS/Lt.	11.04.1940
T/Capt.	11.04.1940-09.06.1941
WS/Capt.	10.06.1941
T/Maj.	10.03.1942-(04.1944)
WS/Lt.Col.	10.05.1945
A/Col.	10.11.1944-09.05.1945
T/Col.	10.05.1945-(04.1946)
Lt.	11.04.1945
Capt.	01.05.1947, seniority 20.01.1942
A/Maj.	01.05.1947-...
WS/Maj.	?
Maj. TARO	01.12.1948
Hon. Col.	01.12.1948

OBE	01.01.1946	New Year 46
TD	03.11.1950	-
EM	09.01.1947	- [24.08.1951 cancelled, due to award of TD]

12.06.1939			commissioned, 8th Battalion The Royal Warwickshire Regiment - Territorial Army
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
07.01.1941	-	(04.1941)	Adjutant, ...
10.11.1944	-	(04.1946)	Commandant, Army Airborne Transport Development Centre
01.05.1947			transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps
01.12.1948			Territorial Army Reserve of Officers

Dean,
Arthur Paul;
Baron Dean of Harptree (created 1993) (Life Peer), of Wedmore in the County of Somerset
A.P. Dean

Son of Arthur Percival Dean, and Jessie Margaret Gaunt.
Married 1st (1957) Doris Ellen Webb (died 1979).
Married 2nd (1980) Peggy Parker.

14.09.1924
Northwich district, Cheshire
-
01.04.2009
Banwell, WestonsuperMare, Avon

Cadet	? [6108338]
2nd Lt.	28.01.1944 [307877]
WS/Lt.	28.07.1944 (reld > 04.1947)
T/Capt.	08.07.1946-(04.1947)
Hon. Capt.	01.01.1949

	Kt	1985	?
-	PC	1991	-

Education: Ellesmere College, Shropshire; Exeter College, Oxford (MA, BLitt).

28.01.1944			commissioned, Welsh Guards [emergency commission]
			ADC to the commander of 1 Corps (British Army of the Rhine)
01.01.1949			Regular Army Reserve of Officers

Former President Oxford University Conservative Association and Oxford
Carlton Club. Farmer, 1950-1956. Resident Tutor, Swinton Conservative College, 1957; Conservative Research Department, 1957-1964, Assistant Director from 1962. MP (C) Somerset North, 1964-1983, Woodspring, Avon, 1983-1992. A Front Bench Spokesman on Health and Social Security, 1969-1970; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, DHSS, 1970-1974; Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means and Deputy Speaker, 1982-1992. Member: Executive Committee, CPA, UK Branch, 1975-1992; House of Commons Services Select Committee, 1979-1982; House of Commons Chairman's Panel, 1979-1982; Chairman, Conservative Health and Social Security Committee, 1979-1982. A Deputy Speaker, House of Lords, 1995-. Member, Executive Committee, Association of Conservative Peers, 1995-. Formerly, Member Governing Body of Church in Wales. Company director.

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.

17.10.1897
St Albans, Hertfordshire
-
15.07.1972
Milford-on-Sea, Lymington, New Forst district, Hampshire

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.)

Dearden,
Allan
A. Dearden (Photo courtesy of Mrs Jayne E. Fletcher-Tomlinson)

(12?).1906
-
13.03.1958
Nottinghamshire

Lt.	29.06.1940 [138935] (reld < 04.1947)
T/Capt.	09.12.1940-(04.1941), 04.09.1942-(04.1946)

1939	-	1940	served with the British Expeditionary Force (France)
29.06.1940			commissioned, The North Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's) [emergency commission]
			served in North Africa and later Italy and Sicily

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 Blaby,
Reginald Edward
R.E. de Blaby

Son of Capt. G.T. de Blaby and Mrs. de Blaby, of Dublin, Irish Republic.

?
-
23.03.1943
(KIA at Wadi Zigzaou (Mareth Line))
[Medjez-el-Bab Memorial, Tunisia, face 30]

2nd Lt.	15.03.1941 [177897]
WS/Lt.	1942?

?	-	15.03.1941	either 162nd, 164th, 165th, or 166th Officer Cadet Training Unit
15.03.1941			commissioned, Royal Ulster Rifles [emergency commission]
1941?	-	?	2nd Battalion Royal Ulster Rifles
?	-	23.03.1943	seconded, 15 Platoon, 'C' Company, 6th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry

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)

MID

18.02.1938

NW Frontier of India (twice mentioned)

29.01.1931			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery
...	-	...	...
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 Chair,
George Herbert Blackett
G.H.B. De Chair (Photo courtesy of Mr Robert Ostrycharz)

Married ((09?).1919, Brighton, Sussex) ... Pearson; at least one son (Capt. Michael Beachamp De Chair).

30.07.1892 *
Lewisham, Greater London
-
17.05.1957
Chesham, Buckinghamshire

* year of birth registered in Army records as 1891

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	04.03.1911 [24056]
Lt.	?
T/Capt.	10.06.1915 (supernumerary 10.06.1915)
Bt. Maj.	01.01.1918
T/Maj.	05.01.1918-06.05.1919
Maj	05.08.1931 (retd 11.06.1932)
Maj. RARO	11.06.1932, seniority 05.04.1930
A/Lt.Col.	07.05.1940-(04.1941)
WS/Lt.Col.	13.04.1942
local Col.	23.11.1940-(04.1941)
Hon. Col.	19.10.1944

OBE	03.06.1919	HM's birthday 19: for service in France
MC	18.02.1915	operations in the field
MID	17.02.1915	?
MID	11.12.1917	?
PolRes	20.06.1944	?
14 St	-	& clasp & roses [= bar "5 Aug to 22 Nov 1914"] (20.04.20)
BWM 14\|20	06.10.1920	-
VM	-

WWI medal cards: No.1, No. 2, No. 3

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

04.03.1911			commissioned, The Royal Sussex Regiment
(1914)			General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), ... (British Expeditionery Force, France from 12.08.1914)
(1915)			2nd Battalion The Royal Sussex Regiment (British Expeditionery Force, France)
06.06.1916	-	14.11.1916	Brigade Major, ... (attached to HQ unit)
15.11.1916?	-	23.02.1917	Adjutant, ...
23.02.1917	-	05.01.1918	Brigade Major, ...
05.01.1918	-	06.05.1919	General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), ...
07.05.1919	-	11.01.1920	seconded for service on the Staff as General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), ...
22.01.1923			restored to the establishment
?	-	25.11.1924	Adjutant, ...
16.01.1925	-	20.01.1926	General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), ...
21.01.1926	-	?	student, Staff College (London)
03.03.1928			restored to the establishment
15.03.1928			seconded for service on the Staff
?	-	16.01.1930	Staff Captain, ...
17.01.1930	-	15.03.1932	General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), 56th (1st London) Division (Finsbury Barracks, London)
11.06.1932			Regular Army Reserve of Officers
Deputy Assistant Commissioner, No. 2 District, Metropolitan Police, 1938 (to 1940?)
(06.1940)			General Staff, Number 1 (Howard-Vyse) Military Mission
25.07.1940	-	(04.1941)	specially employed, graded as General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1)
			No. 4 British Liaison HQ
19.10.1944			ceasing to be employed

De Chair,
Michael Beauchamp
G.H.B. De Chair

Son of Colonel G.H.B. De Chair, OBE, MC, and Mrs. De Chair (née Pearson).
Husband of Anne De Chair, of Fernhurst, Sussex.

(03?).1921
Hartley Wintney district, Hampshire
-
16.05.1943
(KIA) [age 22]
[El Alia Cemetery, Algeria, 12.G.35]

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	18.01.1941 [170269]
WS/Lt.	1942?
A/Capt.	?

?	-	18.01.1941	either Sandhurst or 102nd Officer Cadet Training Unit
18.01.1941			commissioned, 16th/5th Lancers, Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]
?	-	16.05.1943	A Squadron, 16th/5th Lancers, Royal Armoured Corps

de Chair,
Somerset Struben
S.S. De Chair

Son of late Admiral Sir Dudley Rawson Stratford de Chair (1864-1958), former Governor of NSW, and Enid Struben (died 1966), youngest daughter of H.W. Struben.
Married 1st (1932) Thelma Arbuthnot (marriage dissolved 1950); one son (and one son deceased).
Married 2nd (1950) Carmen Appleton (née Bowen) (marriage dissolved 1958); two sons.
Married 3rd (1958) Mrs Margaret Patricia Manlove (née FieldHart) (marriage dissolved 1974); one daughter.
Married 4th (1974) Anne Juliet Dorothea Maud FitzWilliam, Marchioness of Bristol, only daughter of 8th Earl FitzWilliam, DSC; one daughter.

22.08.1911
Sunningdale, Berkshire
-
05.01.1995
Antigua

2nd Lt.	23.03.1938 [74924]
WS/Lt.	01.01.1941 (reld 05.08.1944)
A/Capt.	1942?
Hon. Lt.	05.08.1944

Education: King's School, Paramatta, New South Wales; Balliol College, Oxford University

			late Officer Cadet, Oxford University Contingent, Officer Training Corps
23.03.1938			commissioned, Royal Horse Guards - Supplementary Reserve of Officers
24.08.1939			mobilized
			served with Household Cavalry in the Middle East, during Iraqi and Syrian campaigns (wounded 21.06.1941):
1940	-	1941	Intelligence Officer, 4th Cavalry Brigade
1942	-	1942	Captain General Staff (Intelligence)

Member of Parliament (MP) (Nat. C) for South West Norfolk, 1935-45; Parliamentary Private Secretary to Rt Hon. Oliver Lyttelton MP, Minister of Production, 1942-44; MP (C) South Paddington, 1950-51. Chairman National Appeal Committee of UN Association, and member of National Executive, 1947-50; Chairman, Kent Association of Boys' Clubs, 1945-48; Governor, Wye Agricultural College, 1946-48.
Published: Fiction: Enter Napoleon, 1934; Red Tie in the Morning, 1936; The Teetotalitarian State, 1947; The Dome of the Rock, 1948; The Story of a Lifetime, 1954; Bring Back the Gods, 1962; Friends, Romans, Concubines, 1973; The Star of the Wind, 1974; Legend of the Yellow River, 1979; nonfiction: The Impending Storm, 1930; Divided Europe, 1931; The Golden Carpet, 1943; The Silver Crescent, 1943; A Mind on the March, 1945; edited and translated: The First Crusade, 1945; Napoleon's Memoirs, 1945; Napoleon's Supper at Beaucaire, 1945; Julius Caesar's Commentaries, 1951; Napoleon on Napoleon, 1991; biography: (ed) The Sea is Strong (memoirs of Admiral de Chair), 1961; (ed) Getty on Getty, 1989; autobiography: Buried Pleasure, 1985; Morning Glory, 1988; Die? I Thought I'd Laugh, 1993; drama: Peter Public, 1932; poetry: The Millennium, 1949; Collected Verse, 1970; Sounds of Summer, 1992

de Guingand,
Sir Francis Wilfred
"Freddie"
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)

KBE	29.06.1944	Normandy
CBE	26.02.1943	operations resulting in capture of Tripoli
OBE	30.12.1941	New Year 42
CB	14.10.1943	Sicily
DSO	05.11.1942	Middle East
MID	24.06.1943	Middle East
MID	09.08.1945	NW Europe
MID	08.11.1945	NW Europe
LM	12.04.1945	distinguished services .in the cause of the Allies
DSM	?	?
LegH	?	?
CdeG	?	?
Kutz	?	?
OON	17.10.1946	?

Education: Ampleforth College; Royal Military College, Sandhurst; Staff College, Camberley (1935-1937; psc)

17.12.1919			commissioned, The West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Own)
22.04.1926	-	09.10.1931	seconded to King's African Rifles
1930	-	1931	Officer Commanding Troops Nyasaland
(03.1931)			Company Commander, 1st (Nyasaland) Battalion, Southern Brigade, The Kings African Rifles
01.07.1932	-	20.01.1935	Adjutant, 1st Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment
1935	-	(01.)1937	student Staff College, Camberley
15.02.1938	-	30.06.1939	General Staff Officer (GSO) (Class CC to 31.07.1938), Small Arms School, Netheravon
15.07.1939	-	21.02.1940	Military Assistant to the Secretary of State for War (Mr HoreBelisha) [as General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2)]
25.02.1940	-	10.12.1940	General Staff Officer, ...
11.12.1940	-	25.02.1942	General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), ...
26.02.1942	-	26.07.1942	Director of Military Intelligence, Middle East
27.02.1942	-	09.12.1942	Brigadier General Staff, 8th Army (Middle East)
24.01.1943	-	19.04.1943	Brigadier General Staff, 8th Army (Middle East)
20.04.1943	-	30.11.1943	Representative Eastern Task Force, Cairo (Middle East, Sicily, Italy)
01.12.1943	-	14.01.1944	Major General General Staff, 8th Army (Italy)
15.01.1944	-	31.05.1945	Chief of General Staff, 21st Army Group (NW Europe)
19.09.1945	-	27.06.1946	Director of Military Intelligence, The War Office

Chairman: Rothmans of Pall Mall (UK); Carreras Ltd, 1967-1968, and other Companies; Director and International Director of the Rothmans Group.
Published: Operation Victory, 1947; African Assignment, 1953; Generals at War, 1964; From Brass Hat to Bowler Hat, 1979.

de Lisle Bush *,
Claude D'Arcy Stratton
C.D.S. de Lisle Bush

Son of Alfred George and Florence Katharine de Lisle Bush; husband of Dorothy Joan de Lisle Bush, of Stonehouse, Glos.

* changed last name by deed poll of 28.04.1920 from Bush to de Lisle Bush

1894 ?
Gloucestershire
-
22.01.1941
[age 47]
[Eastington (St Michael) Churchyard, Gloucestershire, west of porch]

2nd Lt.	20.11.1912 [144790]
Lt.	1914?
Capt.	? (reld 16.06.1928)
Hon. Maj.	16.06.1928
Lt.	29.08.1940

1914 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal

			late Cadet Lance-Corporal, Clifton College Contingent, Officer Training Corps
20.11.1912	-	16.06.1928	commissioned, 3rd Battalion The Gloucestershire Regiment - Special Reserve of Officers
29.08.1940	-	22.01.1941	commissioned, The Gloucestershire Regiment [emergency commission]

de l'Orme,
Max[imilian] Hodel[ius]
M.H. de l'Orme

Home town (1945): Brighton.

14.12.1907
Portsmouth, Hampshire
-
07.1986
Brighton, Sussex

L/Sjt.	?
2nd Lt.	15.06.1938 [75816]
WS/Lt.	20.01.1941
T/Capt.	20.01.1941-(04.1941)
WS/Capt.	08.12.1941
Capt.	11.04.1945 (reld < 04.1946)
T.Maj.	08.12.1941-(04.1944)
Hon. Maj.	< 04.1946
Lt.Col.	01.05.1950
Col.	05.10.1953, seniority 01.05.1953

DSO	29.03.1945	NW Europe
MC	20.12.1940	gallant conduct in action with the enemy
TD	?	?
TD	16.02.1951	?

?	-	15.06.1938	served in the ranks, 98th (Surrey & Sussex Yeomanry) Field Brigade, RA
15.06.1938			commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers - Territorial Army
15.06.1938	-	(01.1939)	44th Home Counties) Divisional Engineers (Brighton)
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
(06.1944)	-	(1945)	Officer Commanding, 263rd Field Company, RE (NW Europe [Normandy])
05.10.1956	-	14.12.1965	Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]

Architect.

De Manio,
John Baptiste
"Jack"
J.B. de Manio

Son of Jean and Florence de Manio.
Married 1st (1935) Juliet Gravaeret Kaufmann, New York (marriage dissolved, 1946); one son.
Married 2nd ((09?).1947, Chelsea distirct, London) Loveday Elizabeth Matthews (widow, née Abbott) (02.02.1917 - 04.1999).

26.01.1914
-
28.10.1988
London

2nd Lt.	02.09.1939 [100313]
WS/Lt.	02.03.1941 (dismissed the service by sentence of a Field General Court-Martial 20.03.44)

11.07.1940

British Expeditionary Force

Education: Aldenham School.

			late Cadet, Aldenham School Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
02.09.1939			commissioned, The Royal Sussex Regiment - Territorial Army
1939	-	1940	7th Battalion The Royal Sussex Regiment (France)
1940	-	1944	1st Battalion The Royal Sussex Regiment (Middle East Forces)

Forces Broadcasting, Middle East, 1944-46. Joined Overseas Service, BBC, 1946; BBC Home Service, 1950; resigned to become freelance, 1964. Presenter BBC programmes: Today, 1958-71; Jack de Manio Precisely, 1971-78; With Great Pleasure, 1971-73; broadcast 1st Interview given by HRH The Prince of Wales, 1969; contributor Woman's Hour, 1979-. Assists with fund raising for Association of Friends of Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital for Women, 1980-. Radio Personality of Year Award, Variety Club of GB, 1964; Radio Personality Award of Year, British Radio Industries Club, 1971.
Published: To Auntie with Love, 1967; Life Begins Too Early, 1970; contributions to Punch and numerous other periodicals.

Demetriadi,
Stephen George
S.G. Demetriadi

Son of George Constantine Demetriadi and Agathoniki-Helen Ionides. Married (1948) Elaine Blew; two sons.

03.04.1917
Manchester
-
01.1997
Salisbury, Wilshire

2nd Lt.	29.04.1939 [86898]
WS/Lt.	01.01.1941
T/Capt.	25.08.1943
WS/Capt.	19.01.1946
T/Maj.	19.01.1946
Hon. Maj.	?
Capt. TA	19.11.1948, seniority 19.01.1946

20.06.1950

			late Cadet, Lancing College Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
29.04.1939			commissioned into the Yeomanry - Territorial Army
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
			transferred to the Royal Corps of Signals
19.11.1948	-	01.09.1949	transferred to Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army
01.09.1949	-	13.02.1951	transferred to Royal Corps of Signals - Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
13.02.1951	-	27.06.1952	transferred to Royal Ulster Rifles - Territorial Army
27.06.1952	-	?	transferred to Cheshire Yeomanry - Territorial Army Reserve of Officers

Demetriadi,
Springett Stephen
S.S. Demetriadi

14.06.1914 ?
Reigate district, Surrey
-
04.07.1972
Bolney, Sussex

2nd Lt.	29.04.1933 [58831]
Lt.	29.04.1936
Capt.	21.08.1939 (reld < 04.1946)
Lt.	17.03.1942-01.09.1943 *

MID	10.05.1945	NW Europe
TD	?	?
TD	01.04.1952	?

* Gazetted 17.03.1944: "at his own request reverts to the rank of Lt., 17th Mar. 1942, while so employed".
Gazetted 21.03.1944: "is restored to the rank of Capt., 1st Sept. 1943".

			late Cadet Serjeant, Eton College Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
29.04.1933			commissioned into the Royal Artillery - Territorial Army
(04.1936)			98th (Surrey & Sussex Yeomanry) Field Brigade, RA (TA)
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
1942?	-	1945?	GHQ Liaison Regiment [Phantom]
?	-	14.06.1964	Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]

Stock broker, London Stock Exchange.

Dempsey,
Sir Miles Christopher
"Lucky" / "Bimbo"
M.C. Dempsey

Son of late A.F. Dempsey, Hoylake, Cheshire. Married (1948) Viola, youngest daughter of Capt. Percy O'Reilly, Colamber, Westmeath. Lived at The Old Vicarage, Greenham, Newbury, Berks., later
Coombe House, Yattendon, Berks.

15.12.1896 New Brighton, Cheshire
-
05.06.1969 Yattendon, Berks.

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	17.02.1915 [9391]
Lt.	08.08.1915
A/Capt.	28.07.1916-22.08.1916, 30.11.1916-08.02.1917, 20.07.1917-15.07.1918, 24.07.1918-19.05.1921
Capt.	20.05.1921
Maj.	22.09.1932
Lt.Col.	11.02.1938
A/Col.	20.11.1939-19.05.1940
T/Col.	20.05.1940-10.08.1941
Col.	11.08.1941, seniority 11.02.1941
A/Brig.	20.11.1939-19.05.1940
T/Brig.	20.05.1940-14.06.1942
A/Maj.Gen.	15.06.1941-14.06.1942
T/Maj.Gen.	15.06.1942-11.12.1943
WS/Maj.Gen.	12.12.1943
Maj.Gen.	27.04.1944
A/Lt.Gen.	12.12.1942-11.12.1943
T/Lt.Gen.	12.12.1943-01.01.1945
Lt.Gen.	02.01.1945
A/Gen.	28.06.1946-13.10.1946
Gen.	14.10.1946 (retd 22.08.1947)

GBE	02.01.1956	New Year 56
KBE	05.07.1945	NW Europe
KCB	29.06.1944	Normandy
CB	14.10.1943	Sicily
DSO	11.07.1940	recent operations
MC	03.06.1919	HM's birthday 19
MID	28.12.1918	?
MID	26.07.1940	operations in the field
MID	09.08.1945	NW Europe
MID	04.04.1946	NW Europe
LM	12.04.1945	distinguished services in the cause of the Allies
DSM	16.01.1948	distinguished services in the cause of the Allies

British War Medal; Victory Meda; NW Persia Medal & Clasp; Grand Officer of the Order of Leopold with Palm & Croix de Guerre 1940 with Palm (Belgium) (16.01.1947); Knight Grand Officer of the Order of Orange Nassau with Swords (Netherlands) (20.01.1947)

Education: Shrewsbury; Royal Military College, Sandhurst; psc

17.02.1915			commissioned, The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's)
00.00.1916	-	1918	company commander (France & Belgium, 27.05.1916-12.03.1918, 16.07.1918-11.11.1918) (wounded; despatches, MC)
03.02.1917 14.08.1918	- -	28.07.1917 01.10.1918	Adjutant, 1st Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment (France & Belgium)
05.10.1918	-	04.10.1921	Adjutant, Royal Berkshire Regiment (Iraq)
			Staff College (UK)
30.08.1923	-	31.08.1927	Officer Company of Gentlemen Cadets, Royal Military College (Sandhurst, UK)
19.02.1932	-	29.01.1934	Staff Captain, War Office (London, UK)
30.01.1934	-	23.02.1936	Brigade-Major, 5th Infantry Brigade, Aldershot Command (UK)
00.00.1936	-	1937	served, 1st Battalion The Royal Berkshire Regiment (UK)
14.05.1937	-	28.01.1938	General Staff Officer 2nd grade (GSO2), Defence Forces, Union of South Africa (S Africa)
11.02.1938	-	19.11.1939	Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion The Royal Berkshire Regiment (France)
20.11.1939	-	18.07.1940	Brigade Commander, 13th Infantry Brigade (France [Dunkirk], UK) (DSO)
19.07.1940	-	14.06.1941	Brigadier General Staff (Operations), VII Corps (UK), reformed 25.12.1940 as: [I] Canadian Corps (UK)
15.06.1941	-	28.10.1941	General Officer Commanding, 46th (North Midland and West Riding) Infantry Division (UK)
29.10.1941	-	11.12.1942	General Officer Commanding, 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division, redesignated 1.11.1941 42nd Armoured Division (UK)
12.12.1942	-	24.01.1944	Corps Commander, XIII Corps (Egypt, Sicily, Italy)
26.01.1944	-	08.08.1945	General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, 2nd Army (Normandy, NW Europe)
09.08.1945	-	1945	General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, 14th Army (Singapore, Malaya)
1945	-	1946	CommanderinChief, Allied Land Forces, SE Asia
1946	-	1947	CommanderinChief, Middle East

Aide de Camp General to the King, 1946-1947. Colonel Commandant, Corps of Royal Military Police, 13.03.1947-1957. Colonel, The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's), 22.11.1946-22.11.1956. Honorary Colonel, AAC, Special Air Service (Territorial Army), 29.01.1948-.... Colonel Commandant, Special Air Service Regiment, 21.02.1951-1960. Deputy Lieutenant (DL), Berkshire, 24.10.1950-... CommanderinChief (designate), UK Land Forces 1951-1956. Chairman, Racecourse Betting Control Board, 1947-1951. Director of H. & G. Simonds (Chairman 1953-1963). Deputy Chairman, Courage, Barclay & Simonds Ltd, 1961-1966. Chairman, Greene, King & Sons Ltd, 1955-...
Published: Operations of the 2nd Army in Europe (London : War Office, 1947)

Denaro,
Arthur Edward
A.E. Denaro

Son of Colonel Frank P. Denaro and Marie Denaro, of Sliema, Malta.

18.08.1914
Malta
-
29.09.1944
(KIA) [age 30]
[Leopoldsburg War Cemetery, Belgium, II.B.12]

2nd Lt.	31.01.1935 [64594]
Lt.	31.01.1938
T/Capt.	04.10.1940-(04.1941)
Capt.	31.01.1943
T/Maj.	03.08.1942-(04.1944)

Education: Downside; Royal Military College, Sandhurst.

31.01.1935			commissioned, The Leicestershire Regiment
			served in India
16.04.1939	-	late 1943	seconded, Company Officer, then Company Commander, Somaliland Camel Corps, The King's African Rifles (British Somaliland)
late 1943	-	05.1944	seconded, Somaliland Battalion, The King's African Rifles
05.1944	-	29.09.1944	Officer Commanding, "A" Company, 1st Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment (France & Belgium, where killed in action)

Denbigh,
10th Earl of &
9th Earl of Desmond;
Feilding, William Rudolph Stephen
Earl of Denbigh

Son of Rudolph Edmund Aloysius Feilding, Viscount Feilding (1885-1937) and Agnes Imelda Mary Harding (1885-1937).
Brother of Lt. the Hon. David Charles Feilding, Capt. the Hon. Basil Egerton Feilding, Sq.Ldr. the Hon. Hugh Richard Feilding, RAFVR & Capt. the Hon. Henry Anthony Feilding, MC.
Married (17.05.1940) Verena Barbara Price (died 28.02.1995), widow of Lt.Col. T.P. Fielding Johnson; one son, one daughter.

17.04.1912
-
31.12.1966

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	07.07.1930
Lt.	07.07.1933 (reld 26.10.1935)
2nd Lt.	27.11.1939 [107020]
WS/Lt.	27.05.1941
T/Capt.	06.06.1942-(04.1944)
A/Maj.	03.05.1945 (reld 25.06.1945; for Parliamentary duties)

Education: Oratory School, Woodcote, nr Reading; Christ Church, Oxford

07.07.1930	-	26.10.1935	commissioned, Coldstream Guards (Supplementary Reserve of Officers)
27.11.1939			commissioned, Coldstream Guards [emergency commission]
27.11.1939	-	10.06.1940	Training Battalion, Coldstream Guards
11.06.1940	-	14.09.1941	1st Battalion Coldstream Guards
15.09.1941	-	11.02.1943	Technical Adjutant
12.02.1943	-	25.06.1945	1st Battalion Coldstream Guards

Justice of the Peace (JP), Warwickshire.

Dendy,
Murray Heathfield
M.H. Dendy

Eldest son of late Charles Dendy, of Youl Grange, Eastbourne. Married (1919) Lettice, youngest daughter of late Charles Van Neck and Mrs Van Neck, 79 Eaton Place, SW.

12.11.1885
Wincanton, Somerset
-
04.06.1951
Folkestone, Kent

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	21.12.1904 [3201]
Col.	29.09.1933, seniority 01.07.1929 (retd 01.08.1939) (recalled from Regular Army Reserve of Officers 1939?) (reverted to retd 12.08.1942)
T/Brig.	01.04.1937-31.07.1939
Hon. Brig.	01.08.1939

	DSO	1918	?
	MC	?	?

Education: Rugby; Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; idc, psc

21.12.1904			commissioned into the RoyalRegiment of Artillery (Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery)
1914	-	1918	served European War (despatches, DSO, MC, Legion of Honour)
1920			Staff College
1931			Imperial Defence College
1933	-	1936	General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), Deccan District
28.03.1936	-	1939	Colonel [from 01.04.1937: Brigadier], Royal Artillery, Northern Command (York)
1938	-	1939	ADC to the King
01.08.1939	-	12.11.1943	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
14.09.1939	-	05.07.1940	General Staff Officer 1st grade (GSO1), 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division
19.11.1940	-	(04.1941)	specially employed

Denney,
William Granville
R.N.T. Garlick

From Liverpool.

23.03.1922
-

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	30.01.1943 [261950]
WS/Lt.	30.07.1943
A/Capt.	01.03.1946-31.05.1946
T/Capt.	01.06.1946-01.08.1948
Lt.	22.03.1947, seniority 23.09.1944
T/Capt.	30.08.1948-22.03.1949
Capt.	23.03.1949
T/Maj.	01.12.1952-22.10.1953, 13.11.1954-22.03.1956
Maj.	23.03.1956 (retd 25.09.1960)

12.04.1945

NW Europe

			served in the ranks for 1 year, 91 days
30.01.1943			commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission to 21.03.1947]
(06.1944)			Officer Commanding, 1 Troop, "A" Squadron, 13th/18th Hussars (France)
22.03.1947			permanent commission, 13th/18th Hussars

Denning,
Arthur du Pré
A. du P. Denning (Photo courtesy of Jo Alexander)

Married Joan Matthews; one son, one daughter.

15.04.1909
West Bromwich, Shropshire
-
04.1993
Poole, Dorset

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	04.06.1943 [278544]
A/Lt.	21.09.1943-(04.1944)
WS/ Lt.	?
WS/Capt.	11.07.1944
T/Maj.	11.07.1944-(04.1946)
Lt. ACF	01.04.1950, seniority 15.09.1946

DSO	07.11.1946	special operations SE Asia
MC	21.06.1945	services in the field
CdeG	?	?

04.06.1943			commissioned, The Hampshire Regiment [emergency commission]
(1943)	-	(1945)	specially employed (Special Operations Executive (SOE), Jedburgh teams) [slightly wounded on 03.09.1944 in action near Charnes, Meuthre et Mosell; Jedburgh team "Archibald"]
01.04.1950	-	06.02.1958	Lieutenant, Hertfordshire Army Cadet Force

Worked for Baring Brothers Bank.

Denny,
Noel Nigel Molesworth
N.N.M. Denny

Son of Ernest Wriothesley Denny, and Lois Marjorie Legge.
Married (07.02.1953) Margaret Fulcher; two sons.

22.03.1920
-
01.1993
Reading and Wokingham, Berkshire

2nd Lt.	02.03.1940 [123535]
Lt.	02.09.1941
A/Capt.	08.06.1942-08.07.1942, 07.04.1943-04.06.1943
T/Capt.	05.06.1943-(04.1946)
Capt.	? (resigned commission 10.12.1948)
Hon. Maj.	10.12.1948

	MC	21.12.1944	NW Europe
	MID	22.03.1945	NW Europe

02.03.1940			commissioned, 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own)
(06.1944)			"A" Squadron 13th/18th Hussars (France)

Denny-Brown,
Derek Ernest
D.E. Denny-Brown

Married (1937) Sylvia Marie, daughter of late Dr J.O. Summerhayes, DSO; four sons.

01.06.1901
Christchurch, New Zealand
-
20.04.1981
Cambridge, Mass., USA

Lt.	09.12.1933
Capt.	09.12.1934 [62198]
A/Col.	20.05.1945-(04.1946)
local Brig.	20.05.1945-(04.1946)

OBE

1942

Education: New Plymouth High School, NZ; Otago University, NZ; Magdalen College, Oxford (Hon. Fellow, 1976); MD NZ (MB); DPhil Oxon; FRCP

09.12.1933			commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps - Territorial Army
05.03.1938	-	05.11.1939	transferred, General List, RAMC - Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
06.11.1939	-	08.1941	transferred, General List, RAMC - Territorial Army
08.1941	-	29.08.1950	transferred, General List, RAMC - Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
20.05.1945	-	(04.1946)	Consultant

Neurologist. Beit Memorial Research Fellow, 1925-28; Rockefeller Travelling Fellow, 1936; formerly Neurologist to St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, Assistant Physician National Hospital, Queen Square, and sometime Registrar to Dept for Nervous Diseases, Guy's Hospital; former Director, Neurologcal Unit, Boston City Hospital. Harvard University: Prof. of Neurology, 1941-46, and 1967-72; J. J. Putnam Prof. of Neurology, 1946-67. Fogarty Internat. Scholar, Nat. Insts of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 1972-73. Hon. Fellow, RSM, 1958. Gran Oficier, Order of Hippolite Unanue (Peru), 1963. Sherrington Medal, Royal Society Mecicine London, 1962; Jacoby Award, Amer. Neurol. Assoc., 1968. Hon. AM Harvard; Hon. LLD Wayne, 1959; Hon. LLD Glasgow, 1971; Dr hc Brazil; Hon. DSc Otago, 1969; Hon. DLit Jefferson, 1977. J.J. Putnam Professor of Neurology, Emeritus, Harvard University, since 1972; Hon. Col RAMC.
Published: Selected Writings of Sir Charles Sherrington, 1939; Diseases of Muscle (part author), 1953; The Basal Ganglia, 1962; Cerebral Control of Movement, 1966; Centennial Vol., Amer. Neurol. Assoc., 1975; papers on neurological subjects in scientific journals.

Dent,
John Edward
J.E. Dent

Son of ... Dent, and ... Bales.
Married 1st ((03?).1943, Maidstone district, Kent) Beryl Audrey Harvey Baines (20.09.1921 - 09.1994), daughter of ... Baines, and ... Bennett; two sons, one daughter.
Married 2nd (1999) Maureen Hickson.

19.10.1921
Malling district, Kent
-
15.05.2008
Burwash, East Sussex

Cadet	? [11060581]
2nd Lt.	17.12.1943 [303186]
WS/Lt.	17.06.1944
A/Capt.	30.09.1945-29.12.1945
T/Capt.	30.12.1945-22.06.1948
Lt.	31.08.1946, seniority 19.11.1944
T/Capt.	20.01.1949-18.05.1949
Capt.	20.05.1949
T/Maj.	09.05.1952-03.10.1952, 13.12.1954-14.11.1955, 20.01.1956-18.05.1956
Maj.	19.05.1956, seniority 19.10.1955 (retd 20.10.1968)
Hon. Lt.Col.	13.09.1974

MBE

01.01.1985

New Year 85: Export Sales Executive, Dynamics Group, British Aerospace pic. For services to Export.

			served in the ranks for 2 years, 125 days
17.12.1943			commissioned, Regiment of Royal Artillery [emergency commission to 30.08.1946]
02.07.1944			transferred, The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
31.08.1946			permanent commission, The Buffs (from 01.03.1961 The Queen's Own Buffs, from 31.12.1966 The Queen's Regiment)
1956	-	1959	4th King's African Rifles

de Planta de Wildenberg,
Louis Gregory Marie Noel
L.G.M.N. de Planta de Wildenberg (Photo courtesy of Mr Frank de Planta)

Son of Henri Marie Joseph de Planta de Wildenberg (?-1950), of Swiss descent, and Jane Elisabeth Shiels.
Married (29.04.1933, Croydon district, London / Surrey) Irene Clara Hardiman (24.08.1909 - 07.1995); a twin son & daughter and another daughter.

25.12.1907
Lambeth district, London
-
19.09.1984
Croydon district, Greater London / Surrey

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	10.08.1942 [240913]
WS/Lt.	10.02.1943 (reld > 01.1946, < 04.1946)
T/Capt.	18.12.1944-(01.1946)
Hon. Capt.	> 01.1946, < 04.1946

10.08.1942			commissioned, Pioneer Corps [emergency commission]
			spent most of the war in Kenya

de Rothschild,
Edmund Leopold
"Eddy"
E.L. de Rothschild

Second child and first son of Lionel Nathan de Rothschild (1882-1942), and Marie Louise Eugénie Beer (1892-1975).
Married 1st (1948) Elizabeth Edith Lentner (1923-1980); two sons, two daughters.
Married 2nd (1982) Anne Kitching, JP, widow of J. Malcolm Harrison, OBE.

02.01.1916
Westminster, London
-
17.01.2009
Exbury, Hampshire

2nd Lt.	23.11.1935 [66370]
Lt.	23.11.1938
T/Capt.	21.04.1942-(04.1944)
WS/Capt.	28.03.1945 (reld 05.1946)
Capt.	14.02.1949, seniority 28.03.1945 (retd 18.12.1952)
T/Maj.	28.03.1945-(04.1946)
Hon. Maj.	18.12.1952

CBE	01.01.1997	New Year 97
TD	30.06.1950	& 1st clasp
39\|45 St	-	-
Afr St	-	& clasp
It St	-	-
Def M	-	-
WM 39\|45	-	-

Education: Locker's Park preparatory school; Harrow School; Trinity College, Cambridge.

			late Officer Cadet, Cambridge University Contingent, Senior Division, Officer Training Corps
23.11.1935			commissioned, 99th (Buckinghamshire and Berkshire Yeomanry) Field Brigade RA - Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
1939	-	1940	Buckinghamshire Yeomanry (BEF, France)
1942	-	1944	77th (Highland) Field Regiment RA (North Africa, Italy [wounded])
1944	-	1946	Jewish Infantry Brigade
18.12.1952	-	26.01.1966	Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [exceeded age limit]

Banker & horticulturist. Deputy Chairman: Brit. Newfoundland Corp. Ltd, 1963-1969; Churchill Falls (Labrador) Corp. Ltd, 1966-1969; BiotechnaGraesser A. P. Ltd, 1989-. Member, Asia Committee, BNEC, 1970-1971, Chairman, 1971. Trustee, Queen's Nursing Inst.; Member Council, Royal National Pension Fund for Nurses; President, Res. into Ageing. President, Association of Jewish ExServicemen and Women; VicePres., Council of Christians and Jews. Governor, Tech. Univ. of Nova Scotia. Hon. LLD Memorial Univ. of Newfoundland, 1961; Hon. DSc Salford, 1983. Order of the Sacred Treasure, 1st Class (Japan), 1973. Director, N M Rothschild & Sons Limited, since 1975 (Partner since 1946, Senior Partner, 1960-1970, Chairman, 1970-1975). President, Exbury Gardens Ltd, 2000-09.
Published: Window on the world (1949); Edmund de Rothschild : a gilt-edged life (1998; autobiography).

Derrett,
Peter Alfred
P.A. Derrett

Son of Percy Alfred Derrett (1884-), and May C. Hills.

03.11.1917
Wellingborough, Northamptonshire
-
05.1991
Bromsgrove district, Worcestershire

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	17.04.1942 [232538]
WS/Lt.	?
Lt.	01.03.1949, seniority 17.10.1942
Capt.	01.03.1949, seniority 17.04.1948
Maj.	17.04.1955 (reld 15.12.1960)
Hon. Maj.	15.12.1960

	EM	06.03.1947	-
	EM	13.10.1950	1st clasp

Commercial traveller.

03.09.1939			enlisted
17.04.1942			commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]
?	-	14.09.1945	"B" Patrol, No 1 Demolition Squadron, PPA ("Popski's Private Army") (took over "B" Patrol in June 1945) [shooting incident at Rosegg, with loss of life Cpl. James Snape; Derrett was court-martialled, found guilty, but the obvious dismissal from the service was commuted to a Severe Reprimand]
21.08.1947			transferred, Royal Tank Regiment - Royal Armoured Corps
20.06.1948			transferred, Royal Armoured Corps
01.03.1949	-	15.12.1960	short service commission
09.08.1952			transferred, Royal Army Ordnance Corps

des Graz,
Edward Percy Aymer
E.P.A. Des Graz

Son of Maurice des Graz, DL, JP, and the Hon. Mrs. des Graz.
Married (1929) Rhona Felicia Bridget Lloyd-Mostyn, of Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire.

20.12.1899
-
06.06.1942
(KIA) [age 42]
[Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya, 11.B.22]

2nd Lt.	21.08.1918 [20275]
Lt.	21.02.1920
Capt.	17.05.1932
Maj.	01.08.1938
T/Lt.Col.	?

MID

15.03.1945

Middle East

21.08.1918			commissioned into The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)
23.10.1937	-	(01.1940)	Instructor (Class EE to 31.07.1938), Small Arms School
30.04.1941?	-	06.06.1942	Commanding Officer, 50th (Divisional) Battalion Reconnaissance Corps (Middle East [killed in action])

Member of Army Revolver Shooting Eight; winner of Championship Cup and Gold Medal at Bisley.

Detmaur,
Charles William
C.W. Detmaur

Son of ... Detmaur & ... Detmaur (née Gosling).
Married Nora Nicholls, from Halberton; ... children.

(09?).1920
Willesden district, Middlesex
-
09.04.2007

2nd Lt.	01.01.1944 [304266]
WS/Lt.	01.07.1944 (reld > 04.1946)
T/Capt.	02.01.1946-(04.1946)

01.01.1944

commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]

Devas,
Michael Campbell
M.C. Devas (Photo courtesy of Mr Jordi Devas)

Son (with one sister) of Capt. Geoffrey Charles Devas, MC (1887-1971), and Joan Campbell-Bannerman (1888-1975).
Married 1st (28.06.1952, Church of St Peter and St Paul, Teston, Maidstone district, Kent; divorced 1967) Patience Merryday Stern (19.07.1931 - ), daughter (with two brothers and one sister) of Lt.Col. Sir Albert Gerald Stern, KBE, CMG (1878-1966), and Helen Merryday Orr-Lewis (1901-1974), of Barham Court, Maidstone, Kent; one son, one daughter.
Married 2nd (12.10.1967, Chelsea district, London) Gillian Barbara Smith-Bingham (née Hewett) ((09?).1932 - ), formerly wife of Charles Arthur Smith-Bingham (1931-2003), and daughter of Col. Henry M.P. Hewett, and Joyce Garrard, of Chipping Warden, nr Banbury.

06.06.1924
Malling district, Kent / Surrey
-
04.05.2007
Hunton Court, Hunton, Maidstone, Kent

2nd Lt.	05.06.1943 [278678]
WS/Lt.	05.12.1943
T/Capt.	01.04.1946-(04.1947)

12.07.1945

NW Europe *

05.06.1943			commissioned, Welsh Guards [emergency commission]
(1944)	-	(1945)	2nd (Armoured Reconaissance) Battalion Welsh Guards (NW Europe) (MC)

* Recommendation for the award of the Military Cross to WS/Lt. M.C. Devas: On 9 Apr 1945 this officer was commanding the leading troop of the Squadron which was advancing towards the bridge over the canal South of Menslage. This officer found his troop's way barred by a large road-block. Despite heavy Spandau fire from both sides of the road to his front, this young officer dismounted from his tank to recce a way to by-pass the road-block by a flanking movement which would take him up to the bridge behind the block. At this point the highest priority was attached to discovering whether or not the bridge was blown, and due to the height and depth of the road-block, it was only possible to see this by getting right up to the line of the canal. Lieut. Devas discovered a route which he thought his tanks could take without getting bogged. Although still under heavy enemy fire, he returned to his own tank and proceeded to lead his troop across country by the deviation. He had only gone a few yards when his tank hit a mine and was destroyed. His crew baled out, but not so this young officer, who continued to sit in the tank giving orders to his troop, reporting back the information to his Squadron Leader and firing his own Besa Gun against the enemy infantry. When he thought he could accomplish nothing further (after giving covering fire to the remainder of his crew to enable them to reach the cover of a nearby foxhole) he himself calmly dismounted from his tank and walked forward on foot, quite alone, to recce the bridge. Although slightly wounded in the arm by a snipers' bullet, he showed a total disregard for the enemy fire, and reached the bridge successfully, which he discovered to be blown. He then walked back under heavy enemy Spandau fire to his troop, reporting this valuable information to the Squadron Leader over the air. Later on, he cleared the woods surrounding the bridge of enemy and remained in position protecting the Royal Engineers all night, whilst a bridge was being constructed. Although wounded, he refused to be evacuated or to leave his troop. This officer's calmness and courage throughout the engagement were an inspiration to his troop and to the Squadron; and his resolution in obtaining valuable information under heavy fire was of the greatest value to the plans which were being made for the subsequent advance.
[Recommended 16.04.1945 by Lt.Col. J.C. Windsor Lewis, commanding 2nd Bn Welsh Guards, approved 20.04.1945 by Brig. G.F. Johnson, commanding 32nd Guards Brigade, 25.04.1945 by Maj.Gen. A.H.S. Adair, commanding Guards Armoured Division, 05.05.1945 by Lt.Gen. B.G. Horrocks, commanding 30 Corps, 15.05.1945 by Lt.Gen. M.C. Dempsey, commanding 2nd Army, and finally by Field Marshal B.L. Montgomery, commanding 21st Army Group.] (Kindly provided by Mr Jordi Devas)

Deverell,
Sir Cyril John
C.J. Deverell

09.11.1874
St Peter Port, Guernsey
-
12.05.1947
Court Lodge, Lymington

...	...
Field Marshal	15.05.1936

GCB, 1935; KCB, 1929; KBE, 1926; CB 1918

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

Colonel, West Yorkshire Regiment, 21.03.1934.

Devereux,
Almeric Clifford Eustace
A.C.E. Devereux

21.10.1905
Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire
-
(06?).1980
Mendip district, Somerset

2nd Lt.	29.01.1927, seniority 02.02.1926 [37198]
Lt.	02.02.1929
Capt.	25.06.1937
A/Maj.	21.03.1940-15.05.1940, 20.11.1940-24.12.1940
T/Maj.	25.12.1940-05.11.1942
WS/Maj.	06.11.1942
Maj.	02.02.1943
A/Lt.Col.	06.08.1942-05.11.1942
T/Lt.Col.	06.11.1942-22.08.1944, 20.10.1944-10.04.1949
Lt.Col.	11.04.1949
Col.	05.04.1952
T/Brig.	09.04.1951-31.12.1955, 10.03.1956-06.04.1956
Brig.	07.04.1956 (retd 19.11.1957)

Education: Westminster School and Selwyn College, Cambridge

			from General List, Territorial Army
29.01.1927			Commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery
(01.1937)			23rd Mountain Brigade (Jutogh)
(01.1939)			9th Field Regiment (Larkhill)
21.01.1939	-	03.09.1940	Adjutant, ... (France)
04.09.1940	-	19.11.1940	GSO3, ...
20.11.1940	-	13.11.1941	DAAG, ...
06.11.1942	-	22.08.1944	Commanding Officer, 181st Field Regiment RA
1947	-	1949	commanded 3 SP Regt Royal Pakistan Artillery
09.04.1951	-	28.02.1954	Commander RA, 49th Armoured Division (Territorial Army)
15.03.1954	-	30.10.1955	Commander, 64th Anti-Aircraft Brigade (Territorial Army)
10.03.1956	-	31.12.1956	Commandant, Coast Artillery Training Centre and Inspector, Coast Defences (Home)
01.01.1957	-	19.11.1957	Commander, HQ Plymouth Garrison

De Ville *,
Louis Martin
L.M. De Ville (Photo courtesy of Judith Deville)

* officially: DeVille, but registered in the Army as: De Ville.
Married ((03?).1935, Surrey Mid Eastern district, Surrey) Doris Mabel Kennedy ((03?).1903 - ); one son, one daughter.

19.09.1909
Croydon, Greater London
-
11.04.1989
Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

2nd Lt.	15.06.1940 [134682]
WS/Lt.	15.12.1941
T/Capt.	19.05.1942-(04.1946)

15.06.1940			commissioned, The Cheshire Regiment [emergency commission]
04.08.1941			transferred, Royal Regiment of Artillery

Dewhurst,
John Powys
J.P. Dewhurst

Son of Capt. Gerard Powys Dewhurst.
Married (1939) Frances Barbara Ramsden-Jodell (1905-1980).

23.08.1901
Bucklow district, Cheshire / Lancashire
-
(12?).1978
Oswestry district, Shropshire

2nd Lt.	09.04.1923 (reld 02.02.1927)
Lt.	05.07.1939
T/Capt.	29.12.1939-09.01.1942
WS/Capt.	10.01.1942
Maj.	?

MBE

01.01.1973

New Year 73: Chairman, Preston Trustee Savings Bank

			late Cadet-Under Officer, Eton College Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
09.04.1923	-	02.02.1927	commissioned, Cheshire Yeomanry - Territorial Army
05.07.1939			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
(04.1946)			Unemployed List

Dewing,
Richard Henry
"Dick"
R.H. Dewing

15.01.1891
-
21.09.1981

2nd Lt.	20.07.1911 [876]
...	...
Col.	03.04.1936, seniority 01.07.1933
T/Brig.	01.10.1937-30.06.1940
A/Maj.Gen.	05.09.1939-30.06.1940
Maj.Gen.	01.07.1940, seniority 01.08.1938 (retd 06.05.1946)

CB 1941; DSO 1917; MC 1915
Commander, Legion of Merit 08.11.1945

20.07.1911			commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers
...	-	...	...
01.10.1937	-	04.09.1939	Instructor, Imperial Defence College
05.09.1939	-	26.10.1940	Director of Military Operations, War Office
27.10.1940	-	20.06.1941	Chief of Staff to Commander Far East
14.11.1941	-	19.12.1941	specially employed
22.02.1942	-	26.07.1942	Major-General, General Staff, British Army Staff, Washington, DC (USA)
27.07.1942	-	21.10.1942	Senior UK Army Liaison Officer in Australia
22.10.1942	-	01.09.1944	Head of UK Liaison Staff Australia
1944	-	1945	Head of Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) Mission to Denmark
1945			member of Allied Control Commission, Berlin, Germany

Dick,
Dennis Julian
D.J. Dick

From Gatley.

13.06.1919
-
04.1991
MacClesfield, Cheshire

2nd Lt.	13.06.1942 [235530]
WS/Lt.	13.12.1942 (reld > 04.1946)

23.08.1945

NW Europe

1941	-	13.06.1942	No. 31 Class, 141 Officer Cadet Training Unit (Aldershot)
13.06.1942			commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]

Dick,
John Henry Michael
J.H.M. Dick

20.12.1922
-
03.1992
South Warwickshire district, Warwickshire

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	03.12.1942 [255340]
WS/Lt.	03.06.1943
Lt.	14.11.1945, seniority 20.06.1945
A/Capt.	09.04.1947-08.07.1947
T/Capt.	09.07.1947-19.12.1949
Capt.	20.12.1949 (retd 23.11.1959; receiving a gratuity)

			served in the ranks for 1 year, 181 days
03.12.1942			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
01.04.1944	-	31.10.1944	transferred, Special Air Service Regiment - Army Air Corps (transfer cancelled)
14.11.1945	-	23.11.1959	permanent commission

Dickinson,
Douglas Povah
D.P. Dickinson

Eldest son of late Col William Vicris Dickinson, CMG.
Married (1924) Frances Mildred, eldest daughter of John Cracroft Wilson, of Cashmere, Christchurch, New Zealand; two daughters.

06.11.1886
Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales
-
08.01.1949
Woking, Surrey

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	06.10.1906 [21854]
Lt.	25.07.1908
Capt.	15.09.1914
T/Maj.	13.02.1916-25.02.1918
Bt. Maj.	01.01.1919
Maj.	01.04.1926
T/Lt.Col.	26.02.1918-13.07.1919, 01.10.1925-30.06.1928
Bt. Lt.Col.	01.07.1928
Lt.Col.	22.11.1934
Bt. Col.	01.01.1932, seniority 01.01.1931
Col.	26.08.1936, seniority 01.01.1931
local Brig.	01.10.1937-27.01.1939
T/Brig.	28.01.1939-30.06.1939
Maj.Gen.	01.07.1939, seniority 23.05.1938 (supernumerary 06.11.1943) (retd 12.06.1944)
A/Lt.Gen.	21.08.1940-26.11.1940

CB	01.07.1941	HM's birthday 41
DSO	04.06.1917	HM's birthday 17
OBE	06.10.1933	*
MC	14.01.1916	?
MID	17.02.1915	?
MID	01.01.1916	?
MID	15.05.1917	?
MID	20.05.1918	?
MID	20.12.1918	?
MID	01.04.1941	Middle East 08.39-11.40

* For valuable services rendered in the field in connection with military operations in Northern Kurdistan, Iraq, during the period December, 1931, to June, 1932.

Education: Cheltenham College; Royal Military College, Sandhurst; Staff College, Camberley (1920; psc)

06.10.1906			commissioned, The Welch Regiment
01.10.1912	-	12.02.1916	A. Sig. Service
18.09.1914	-	11.11.1918	served in France & Belgium (despatches five times, Brevet of Majority, DSO, MC, 1914 Star & Clasp, Victory Medal and General Service Medal)
13.02.1916	-	25.02.1918	Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General (DAQMG), ... (France)
26.02.1918	-	13.07.1919	Assistant Quartermaster-General (AQMG), ... (France)
31.08.1919	-	31.12.1919	Deputy Assitant Director (DAD) of Movements, War Office (temporarily)
09.01.1921	-	31.03.1923	Brigade Major, ... (Irish Command & Northern Ireland District) (temporarily)
06.07.1923	-	20.01.1925	Brigade Major, ... (Eastern Command)
01.10.1925	-	30.09.1928	DAQMG, Directing Staff of Staff College, Camberley
12.12.1930	-	02.10.1932	Inspector (Assistant Quartermaster-General), Iraq Army in Kurdistan (OBE, Mesopotamia General Service Medal & Clasp, Order of Al Rafidain 3rd Class [16.05.1933] and Iraq Active Service Medal)
03.10.1932	-	11.12.1933	Employed Inspector (Assistant Quartermaster-General), British Military Mission attached Iraq Army
1934	-	1936	Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion The Welch Regiment
26.08.1936	-	30.06.1939	Commandant, The Nigeria Regiment, Royal West African Frontier Force
01.07.1939	-	01.09.1939	Inspector General, African Colonial Forces
1939	-	1944	served World War II (despatches, 1939-1945 Star, Africa Star, Defence Medal, War Medal, Bronze Star Medal (20.03.1947; USA):
01.09.1939	-	19.10.1940	Commander, East African Forces in Kenya (Nairobi) [appointed Commander, later indicated as General Officer Commanding, from 21.08.1940 again Commander as Acting Lt.Gen.]
20.10.1940	-	25.11.1940	? [probably the same] [A.G. Cunningham succeeded him officially dating 20.10.1940; perhaps he retained the position until Cunningham actually took over]
26.11.1940	-	06.01.1941	remained on full pay
07.01.1941	-	12.06.1944	Major-General in Charge of Administration, Western Command (Chester)
12.06.1944	-	06.11.1946	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]

Colonel, The Welch Regiment, 17.01.1941-08.01.1949. Secretary, National Rifle Association, 1944-1949.

Dickinson,
William Michael Kington
J.H.M. Dick

12.05.1885
[Ireland ?]
-
07.05.1948
East Twickenham (illness)
[Twickenham Cemetery]

2nd Lt.	27.05.1907 [4778]
2nd Lt.	22.02.1908
Lt.	22.05.1910 (temp. half-pay list 25.05.1915)
T/Capt.	14.06.1916-16.03.1918
Capt.	17.03.1918 (retd 18.09.1927)
Capt. RARO	18.09.1927, seniority 14.06.1916
Bt. Maj.	01.12.1940
T/Maj.	13.08.1941-(04.1948)

	OBE	30.05.1919	HM's birthday 19
	MID	04.07.1919	?

Education: Trinity College, Dublin (1906-1908; BA).

27.05.1907			commissioned, Unattached List for Auxiliary Forces
22.02.1908			commissioned, Unattached List - Territorial Force (University Candidates)
10.02.1909			transferred, Unattached List - Indian Army
01.04.1910			commissioned, Indian Army
09.04.1910	-	10.1914	20th Deccan Horse (on sick leave in the UK on the outbreak of war, rejoined regiment 03.10.1914 at Port Said, Egypt, while en route to France; arrived at Marseilles 12.10.1914 as officer in "A" Squadron (Sikhs); thrown from horse some days later at La Penne camp & evacuated sick, never to rejoin regiment again)
14.06.1916	-	08.09.1919	Staff Captain, 178th Infantry Brigade
17.03.1918			commissioned, 1st Battalion Royal York & Lancaster Regiment
01.04.1920	-	09.01.1922	South African Command staff, Durban (passage to UK per "Arundel Castle")
27.02.1922	-	02.04.1923	Adjutant, 3rd Battalion Royal York & Lancaster Regiment (Militia)
02.04.1923			Regimental Depot, Royal York & Lancaster Regiment
18.09.1927	-	12.05.1935	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]
01.12.1940	-	(04.1948)	specially employed (as retired officer re-employed) at GHQ Simla

Dickson,
James Tulloch
E.C. Doresa

Son of Lt. Col. Jack M. Dickson, Royal Artillery, and Jean Dickson, of North Warnborough, Hampshire; husband of Doris Dickson.

1914 ?
-
20.06.1944
(KIA) [age 30]
[Ranville War Cemetery, France, IIA.L.12]

2nd Lt.	14.04.1937 [71320]
WS/Lt.	01.12.1939
A/Capt.	01.09.1939-30.11.1939
T/Capt.	01.12.1939-(04.1941)
WS/Capt.	17.01.1943
T/Maj.	17.01.1943-20.06.1944

			late Cadet Company Sergeant Major, Imperial Service College Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
14.04.1937			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army
14.04.1937	-	(01.1939)	418th (Bedfordshire) Battery, 105th (Bedfordshire Yeomanry) Army Field Regiment RA (Biggleswade)
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
(1939)	-	(1940)	"B" Battery, 52nd Heavy Regiment RA
?	-	20.06.1944	HQ Royal Marines Armoured Support Group

Dickson,
William Barrie
W.B. Dickson (Photo courtesy of Mr Ronald Gamble)

From Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland

?
-

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	16.12.1939 [109903]
WS/Lt.	16.06.1941 (reld > 04.1946)
T/Capt.	27.12.1942-(04.1946)

?	-	16.12.1939	131st or 132nd Officer Cadet Training Unit
16.12.1939			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
1941?	-	?	6th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery RA (SR) (Western Desert) (termporarily in command in 09.1942 & 10.1942 when OC was hospitalized)

Dill,
Sir John Greer
J.G. Dill

Son of John Dill, bank official from Belfast, and Jane Greer, from Lurgan.
Married 1st, Ada Maud (died 1940), daughter of Col W. Le Mottée; one son.
Married (10.1941) 2nd, Nancy, widow of Brig. Dennis Furlong and daughter of late Henry Charrington.

25.12.1881
Lurgan, Northern Ireland
-
04.11.1944
Walter Reed Hospital, Washington, DC, USA
[National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.]

2nd Lt.	08.05.1901 [6659]
Lt.	27.05.1903
Capt.	12.07.1911
Maj.	08.05.1916
Bt. Lt.Col.	01.01.1917
T/Lt.Col.	01.02.1917-26.03.1918
Bt. Col.	03.06.1919
Col.	10.08.1920 (half-pay 01.07.1922, full-pay 01.09.1922)
T/Col. on Staff	01.01.1921-30.06.1922
T/Col.Comdt.	01.11.1923-31.10.1926
T/Brig.Gen.	27.03.1918-31.12.1920
T/Brig.	01.06.1928-28.12.1928, 19.01.1929-23.11.1930
Maj.Gen.	11.12.1930 (half-pay 16.12.1930, full-pay 08.01.1931)
Lt.Gen.	13.04.1936 (half-pay 01.09.1936, full-pay 08.09.1936; half-pay 20.09.1937, full-pay 12.10.1937)
Gen.	01.10.1939, seniority 05.12.1937
Field Marshal	18.11.1941

GCB	1942	?
KCB	1937	?
CB	1928	?
CMG	1918	?
DSO	1915	?
MID	17.02.1915	?
MID	22.06.1915	?
MID	15.06.1916	?
MID	04.01.1917	?
MID	15.05.1917	?
MID	11.12.1917	?
MID	20.12.1918	?
MID	05.07.1919	?
DSM	21.11.1944	posthumously
LegH	?	?
CdeG	?	?
14\|15 St	?	& clasp
BWM 14\|20	?	?
VM	?	?

Croix de Couronne, 3rd class (Belgium); Croix de Guerre (Belgium); Order of the Crown of Roumania, 4th class; grand Cross, Order of St Olav (Norway) (26.11.1943); Order of Polonia Restituta, 1st class (Poland) (22.07.1941)

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

08.05.1901			commissioned, Leinster Regiment
1901	-	1902	served South Africa (Queen's medal, clasps 14, 15, 16, 25 & 26)
15.08.1906	-	14.08.1909	Adjutant, ...
1914	-	1918	served European War (France & Belgium 05.11.1914-11.11.1918) (wounded) (DSO, CMG, Bt LtCol, Bt Col):
05.10.1914	-	02.01.1916	Brigade-Major (Home Forces & France)
03.01.1916	-	31.01.1917	General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), France
01.02.1917	-	26.03.1918	General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), France
27.03.1918	-	28.02.1919	Brigadier-General, General Staff, France
01.03.1919	-	30.06.1922	Brigadier-General & Colonel on Staff, General Staff, Staff College
01.09.1922	-	31.10.1923	Brigade Commander, Western Command
01.11.1923	-	31.10.1926	Brigade Commander, 2nd Infantry Brigade (Aldershot Command)
01.11.1926	-	28.12.1928	Army Instructor at the Imperial Defence College
19.01.1929	-	23.11.1930	Brigadier General Staff, India
08.01.1931	-	21.01.1934	Commandant (Maj.Gen. General Staff) Staff College, Camberley
22.01.1934	-	31.08.1936	Director of Military Operations and Intelligence, War Office
08.09.1936	-	19.09.1937	General Officer Commanding The British Forces in Palestine and Trans-Jordan (temporary)
12.10.1937	-	02.09.1939	General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Aldershot Command
03.09.1939	-	04.1940	Commander of 1st Corps (France)
10.1939	-	18.11.1941	also: ADC General to the King
04.1940	-	25.05.1940	Vice-Chief of the Imperial General Staff
26.05.1940	-	25.12.1941	Chief of Imperial General Staff
12.1941			Governor-Designate of Bombay
12.1941	-	04.11.1944	British Chiefs of Staff visit to Washington with Prime Minister; remained in USA as Head of the British Joint Staff Mission

LLD (Univ. of Toronto, 1943; College of William and Mary, 1944; Princeton Univ. 1944). Howland Memorial Prize, Yale Univ. 1944.
Colonel Commandant, Parachute Regiment, Army Air Corps, 12.11.1942-04.11.1944; Colonel, East Lancashire Regiment, 24.12.1932-04.11.1944.

Dilley,
Samuel
S. Dilley

?
-

Sgt.	? [4859526]
2nd Lt.	20.08.1945 [355997]
WS/Lt.	26.08.1945 (reld 19.07.1947; disability)
T/Capt.	08.01.1947-(04.1947)
A/Maj.	1947?
Hon. Capt.	19.07.1947

20.08.1945

commissioned, Pioneer Corps [immediate emergency commission]

Dimoline,
Harry Kenneth
"Ken" / "Jack"
H.K. Dimoline

Son of late Charles Alfred Francis Dimoline, FCIS (1869-1934), of Oakwood, Birkenhead, Cheshire.
Brother of Maj.Gen. William Alfred Dimoline, CBE, MC.
Married ((06?).1928, Kensington district, London) Amy Sybil Heap, daughter of Joseph Heap, of Outwood, Birkenhead; one son, one daughter.
Residence: (1942) Wolverton, Somerset.

06.09.1903
Birkenhead district, Cheshire
-
15.11.1972
Donhead St Andrew, Shaftesbury, Dorset

2nd Lt.	19.10.1921 [22420]
Lt.	19.10.1923
Capt. (provl)	01.07.1926
Capt.	21.09.1926, seniority 01.07.1926
Maj.	29.05.1931
Lt.Col.	05.05.1939
A/Col.	29.03.1942
T/Col.	29.09.1942-(29.09.1944)
Col.	11.04.1945 (supernumerary 20.12.1945)
T/Brig.	29.09.1942-(04.1944)
A/Maj.Gen.	06.02.1944-09.03.1944
Hon. Brig.	?

CBE	25.11.1943	Middle East (Egypt and Libya)
DSO	09.09.1942	Middle East (Egypt and Libya)
MBE	09.06.1938	HM's birthday 38
TD	?	-
CPM	1955	?
MID	30.12.1941	Middle East 02.41-07.41
MID	?	?
MID	11.01.1945	Italy
MID	09.05.1946	Burma

Education: Sedbergh School (played cricket).

19.10.1921			commissioned, 59th (4th West Lancashire) Medium Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery - Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army
1939			formed 69th Medium Regiment RA
24.08.1939			mobilized TA [campaigns: Eritrea, Western Desert, Alamein, Tripoli, Tunis, Italy, Burma (despatches four times, DSO, CBE)]
			Commanding Officer, 68th Medium Regiment RA
29.03.1942	-	05.02.1944	Commander Royal Artillery, 4th Indian Infantry Division
06.02.1944	-	09.03.1944	acting General Officer Commanding, 4th Indian Infantry Division (2nd Battle of Monte Cassino)
1944	-	1944	Commander Royal Artillery, 47th (London) Infantry Division
17.10.1944	-	?	Commander Royal Artillery, 17th Indian Infantry Division (South East Asia Command)
13.02.1951	-	06.09.1961	Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]

Military Member, County of Lancaster Territorial Arm and Air Force Association (1944)-(1946). Chief Commandant Malayan Police Volunteer Reserve, 1949-1957. Director G.W. Joynson and Co Ltd and Luaka Tea Co Ltd.

Dingwall,
Frederick Munro
F.M. Dingwall

Married Mary ...; three sons, two daughters.

18.08.1918
-
13.04.1972
Surrey North Western district (of Sunningdale, Berkshire)

2nd Lt.	10.02.1940 [117650]
WS/Lt.	10.08.1941 (reld > 04.1946, < 04.1947)
T/Capt.	08.07.1943-(04.1946)

MID

04.04.1946

NW Europe

?	-	10.02.1940	168th Officer Cadet Training unit
10.02.1940			commissioned, The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) [emergency commission]
01.05.1942			transferred, Royal Armoured Corps
			served Royal Tank Regiment

Metals and minerals merchant (London & Scandinavian Metallurgical Company, Ltd).

Dingwall,
John Johnston
J.J. Dingwall

Changed name by deed poll of 26.11.1941 from: Johnston, John Dingwall

Son of Alfred Hubert Johnston, and Eileen Grace Dingwall.
Married Rosemary de Mallet Morgan; three daughters, one son.
Residence:
(1945) Greenock;
(1969) Lyford Grange, Lyford, Oxfordshire.

01.09.1913
Epsom district, Surrey
-
09.2001
Wantage, Berkshire

2nd Lt. SRO	02.05.1934
2nd Lt.	31.01.1936 [62817]
Lt.	31.01.1939
A/Capt.	06.05.1940-05.08.1940
T/Capt.	06.08.1940-22.10.1940, 18.04.1942-05.08.1942, 29.09.1942-25.10.1942, 18.12.1942-24.06.1943
WS/Capt.	25.06.1943
Capt.	31.01.1944
A/Maj.	25.03.1943-24.06.1943
T/Maj.	25.06.1943-22.04.1948
Maj.	31.01.1949
local Lt.Col.	15.11.1945-22.04.1948
T/Lt.Col.	29.05.1953-30.01.1956
Lt.Col. (Employed List (1))	31.01.1956 (retd 01.09.1958)

	DSO	11.10.1945	NW Europe
	MID	10.05.1945	NW Europe

NW Frontier of India 1937-39 Medal & Clasp

Education: Staff College (psc)

			late Cadet Serjeant, Eastbourne College Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
02.05.1934			commissioned, Royal Tanks Corps - Supplementary Reserve of Officers
31.01.1936			commissioned, Royal Tank Corps [later: Royal Tank Regiment], Royal Armoured Corps
(01.1937)			2nd Battalion, Royal Tank Corps (Farnborough)
(01.1939)			11th Light Tank Company, Royal Tank Corps (Peshawar, India)
28.05.1940	-	(04.1941)	Adjutant, 1st Northamptonshire Yeomanry
18.04.1942	-	05.08.1942	General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), 11th Armoured Division
08.09.1942	-	17.12.1942	Staff Captain, 6th Armoured Division
26.02.1943	-	06.04.1944	Deputy Assistant Adjutant General (DAAG), Training Establishment RAC
1944?	-	1945?	1st Battalion Royal Tank Regiment
13.11.1945	-	21.07.1948	General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), Senior Officers' School
22.07.1948	-	14.01.1951	General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), Staff College, Quetta
17.11.1956	-	(02.1957)	General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), North Western District

Dixon,
William George Moore
"Bill"
W.G.M. Dixon (Photo courtesy of Mr Guy Dixon)

Only son (with one sister) of George Thomas Dixon, OBE (1873-1951), Commissioner of Livestock, Board of Agriculture & Fisheries, England and Wales, and Hilda Marian Egremont (1885-1976), of Lewdown, Devon, formerly of Bradley Hall, Derbyshire.
Married (15.05.1942, Tavistock district, Devon) Hope May de Gruchy, eldest daughter (with one brother and one sister) of Guy Fortescue Burrell de Gruchy (1867-1940), and Catherine May Miller, of Noirmont Manor, Jersey.

17.11.1914
Pirbright, Guildford district, Surrey
-
14.04.1988
Jersey

2nd Lt.	27.01.1938 [74670]
WS/Lt.	01.11.1940
Lt.	01.01.1941
A/Capt.	01.08.1940-31.10.1940
T/Capt.	01.11.1940-03.10.1941, 31.10.1941-16.11.1943
Capt.	17.11.1943
A/Maj.	16.11.1943-15.02.1944
T/Maj.	16.02.1944-02.01.1946, 13.02.1946-16.11.1948
Maj.	17.11.1948 (retd 28.08.1959)

39\|45 St	-	-
Bur St	-	-
Def M	-	-
WM 39\|45	-	-
MID	20.12.1940	Norway [09.04.1948 rectified from J.J. Dixon to W.C.M. Dixon]
Afr GSM	-	& clasp Kenya

Education: Berkhamsted; Royal Military College, Sandhurst.

			served in the ranks for 4 years, 172 days
27.01.1938			commissioned, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)
1939	-	1940	served with British Expeditionary Force (France)
04.1940			served in Norway (despatches)
1942	-	1943	seconded, Reconnaissance Corps (Delhi, India)
1944			Animal Transport Officer, 16th Brigade (2nd Chindit expedition behind enemy lines) (Burma)
1946	-	1949	British Army of the Rhine
1950	-	1953	seconded, The King's African Rifles (Uganda, then Kenya) (anti-Mau Mau operations)
1953	-	1954	Brigade Adjutant, HQ Midland Brigade (Bugbrooke Barracks, Warwick)
1955	-	1958	seconded, Queen's Own Nigeria Regiment, West African Frontier Force (as Second-in-Command Training Depot, Zaria, Nothern Nigeria)
28.08.1959	-	17.11.1964	Regular Army Reserve of Officers

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