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Eagger, A.A.
to
Ewart, J.O.

 

A.A. Eagger  to  J.O. Ewart
Eagger,
Arthur Austin

 Son of Edward and Elsie Eagger.
Married 1st (06.1927) Doris Orchard (died 12.1933).
Married 2nd (1935) Kate Mortimer Hare (died 1946); three sons.
Married 3rd (1948) Barbara Noel Hare (died 2006).
 		14.03.1898
-
08.10.1993
Devon
Lt.
 		? (reld 30.09.1921)
Lt.
 		22.09.1928 [40511]
Capt.
 		22.03.1932
Lt.Col.
 		01.09.1937
T/Col.
 		29.04.1942
Hon. Brig.
 		14.03.1953
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE
 23.03.1944
 Sicily
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
 20.08.1940
 services in the field
Territorial Efficiency Decoration TD
 01.08.1946
 ?
Bronze Star Medal (US) BSM
 23.07.1948
 ?
Education: Aberdeen University (MB, ChB 1922)
?
 -
 		30.09.1921
 		6th Battalion Gordon Highlanders - Territorial Army
22.09.1928

transferred to Royal Army Medical Corps - Territorial Army
(03.1931)

128th (Wessex) Field Ambulance, RAMC - Territorial Army
13.05.1933
 -
 		31.08.1937
 		Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
01.09.1937
 -
 		02.05.1939?
 		Commanding Officer, 6th (Southern) General Hospital - Territoral Army
03.05.1939
 -
 		05.09.1939
 		Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
06.09.1939
 -
 		01.08.1941
 		Territorial Army:
01.06.1940
 -
 		(04.1941)
 		Assistant Director of Medical Services, ...
01.08.1941
 -
 		14.03.1953
 		Territorial Army Reserve of Officers - Class II [age limit]
(09.1944)

Deputy Director of Medical Services, 1st Airborne Corps
Medical Dir, Slough Industrial Health Service; retd, 1963. Consultant, 1963-1979.
Honorary Colonel 16th (Airborne) Division, R.A.M.C., 05.04.1948-05.04.1953.
Published: Industrial resettlement (Proc. RSM; 1952); Health in the factory (Jl Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene, 1953);Venture in industry : the Slough Industrial Health Service 1947-1963 (1965); Thorverton past and present : with street directory (2nd., 1969)
Earle,
Charles
C. Earle (Photo courtesy of Giancarlo Caprini) C. Earle (Photo courtesy of Giancarlo Caprini)
C. Earle (Photo courtesy of Giancarlo Caprini) C. Earle (Photo courtesy of Giancarlo Caprini)
C. Earle (Photo courtesy of Giancarlo Caprini) 
Son of Col. Maxwell Earle, CB, CMG, DSO, Grenadier Guards (1871-1953), and Hon. Edith Elisabeth Earle (1874-1947), the elder daughter of the 1st Lord Loch.
Married 1st (1939) Marguerite Jeanne Marie Carver (marriage dissolved 1956), second daughter of Herbert Carver; one son, two daughters.
Married 2nd (1957) Fenella, only daughter of the late H.C. Whitehouse. 
From Filkins & Knutford, Cheshire.

photo & obituaries
 		23.11.1913
-
22.03.1989
Holton, near Wincanton, Somerset
2nd Lt.
 		31.08.1933 [56644]
Lt.
 		31.08.1936
A/Capt.
 		03.09.1939-15.11.1939,
22.05.1940-08.06.1940
T/Capt.
 		09.06.1940-30.08.1941
Capt.
 		31.08.1941
A/Maj.
 		21.11.1941-20.02.1942
T/Maj.
 		21.02.1942-27.12.1942
WS/Maj.
 		28.12.1942
Maj.
 		31.08.1946
A/Lt.Col.
 		28.09.1942-27.12.1942
T/Lt.Col.
 		28.12.1942-20.05.1943,
13.06.1952-21.08.1953
local Lt.Col.
 		01.08.1945-30.08.1947,
13.01.1951-20.07.1951
Lt.Col.
 		22.08.1953 (supernumerary 22.08.1956) (Emp. List (1) 28.02.1955) (retd 05.02.1958)
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 24.01.1946
 NW Europe *
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
 23.09.1943
 N Africa **
Croix de Guerre avec palme (France) CdeG
 27.03.1944
 N Africa (Algeria) ***
Africa Star Afr St
 1942
 with 1st Army Clasp 1942
Italy Star It St
 1943
 ?
France and Germany Star Fr&G St
 1945
 ?
Def M
 ?
 ?
Coronation Medal King George VI (1937) Cor M 37
 1937
 ?
Coronation Medal Queen Elizabeth II (1953) Cor M 53
 1953
 ?
* Major Earle joined the 1st Bn Grenadier Guards at the end of 1944. Since then he has been with the Bn in all its actions, doing duty as 2IC and, for short periods, in actual command. Throughout he has shown the highest ability in this difficult appointment of Second-in-Command and whilst in command of the Bn. In april 1945 during the absence of his commander on leave Major Earle commanded his Bn in a successful action which resulted in the liberation of the notorius concentration camp of Sandbostel. The action which made this possible was an exceedingly difficult one and one without military precedent. But for Major Earle's calm acceptance of difficulties and his complete disregard for safety when it was necessary to carry out personal reconnaissance under aimed enemy fire it is doubtful if this action would have been concluded as successfully or as quickly as it was with consequently relatively small casualties.
** For outstanding success in the peculiarly difficult but very responsible appointment of Chief Liaison Officer with the XIX French Corps. By his patience and ability he resolved the many intricate problems with which he was faced and the fact that relations with our Allies have always been ensured, is to a great extent due to his personal efforts.
*** Chef de la Liaison britannique auprès du 19ème Corps d'Armée Français, s'est acquitté de ces fonctions importantes et délicates avec le plus grand dévouement, une compétence remarquable et la plus parfaite camaraderie de combat. N'a pas hésité pour renseigner exactement les Commandements britanniques et français, à accomplir avec un complet mépris du danger de nombreuses reconnaissances avancées, notamment en Février 1943 dans la région du DJEBEL MANSOUR et du 6 au 13 Mai 1943, lors de la phase finale des opérations de Tunisie, dans la région de PONT-DU-FAHS et de ZAGHOUAN.
 		Education: Wellington College, Berkshire (school perfect and head of dormitory); Royal Military College, Sandhurst (Junior Under Officer, Commandant's Prize. 1st Prize for French); Joint Services Staff College (jssc); Staff College, Camberley (psc); American Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Va.
31.08.1933

commissioned, Grenadier Guards
1936
 -
 		1938
 		2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards (Egypt)
(01.1939)

2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards (Wellington Barracks)
11.1939
 -
 		1941?
 		Adjutant, 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards (France [wounded at Warneton 05.1940])
21.11.1941
 -
 		12.03.1942
 		Brigade Major, Guards Brigade
13.07.1942
 -
 		26.08.1942
 		General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2) (Training), General HQ, HF
27.08.1942
 -
 		27.09.1942
 		General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2) (L), RHQ
28.09.1942
 -
 		11.09.1943
 		General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1) (Liaison), HQ 1st Army (Tunisia) [actually serving as Chief Liaison Officer with the French XIX Corps]
09.1943
 -
 		01.1944
 		Officer Commanding, No. 3 Company, [3rd?] Battalion Grenadier Guards (Italy)
02.01.1944
 -
 		07.11.1944
 		Brigade Major, Guards Brigade
11.1944
 -
 		08.1945
 		Second-in-Command, 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards (NW Europe)
01.08.1945
 -
 		31.08.1947
 		General Staff Officer, grade 2 (GSO2) (Instructor), Staff College, Camberley
18.12.1947
 -
 		13.01.1951
 		Adjutant, Chief Instructor, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
1953
 -
 		1955
 		Commanding Officer, 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards
14.04.1955
 -
 		1958
 		Assistant Adjutant General, War Office (responsible for morale & discipline, and the production of the 1957 Army Act and resulting Queen's Regulations, and training)
Personal Assistant to the Secretary (1958-1960), then (1960-1961) Secretary of the Royal Naval Lifeboat Institution. Secretary-General, International Cargo Handling Association, 1961-1972.
Easonsmith,
John Richard
"Jake"
J.R. Easonsmith J.R. Easonsmith
 Son of George and Daisy Aldridge Easonsmith; husband of Honour Gertrude Easonsmith, of Rudgeway, Gloucestershire; one daughter.
Last residence: Lower Hazel, near Alveston, Gloucestershire,

 biography (with photos) at Clifton Rugby Football Club website
 		12.04.1909
Bristol
-
16.11.1943
[age 34]
[Leros War Cemetery, Greece, 3.B.3]
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		27.07.1940 [140546]
WS/Capt.
 		?
T/Maj.
 		?
A/Lt.Col.
 		10.1943?
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 26.11.1942
 gallant & distinguished services in the field
MC
 03.12.1941
 Middle East
Education: Mill Hill School, London
Travelling wine saleman based in Bristol.



served in the ranks, 4th Glosters (66th Searchlight Regiment) - Royal Artillery
?
 -
 		27.07.1940
 		102nd Officer Cadet Training Unit
27.07.1940

commissioned, Royal Tank Regiment - Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]
1941
(10?).1941
1942?
1943?
10.1943		 -
-
-
-
-
 		16.11.1943
1942?
1942?
10.1943
16.11.1943
 		Long Range Desert Group
"R1" (New Zealand) Patrol Commander
Officer Commanding "B" Squadron
Second-in-Command
Commanding Officer (Aegean operations)
Eastwood,
Sir Thomas Ralph
T.R. Eastwood T.R. Eastwood
T.R. Eastwood T.R. Eastwood
2nd son of Col. Hugh de Crespigny Eastwood, DSO (1863-1934), and Ellinor Smyth, youngest daughter of Gen. John Hall Smyth.
Married (21.04.1921) Mabel Vivian Prideaux, daughter of late Joseph Temperley; one son.
° papers
10.05.1890
Canterbury, Kent
-
15.02.1959
Rodmarton, Gloucestershire
2nd Lt.
 		09.03.1910 [19399]
Lt.
 		11.11.1911
Capt.
 		30.12.1914
T/Maj.
 		28.10.1917-14.10.1918
Bt. Maj.
 		01.01.1918
Maj.
 		03.06.1927
T/Lt.Col.
 		24.10.1918-19.12.1918
A/Lt.Col.
 		20.12.1918-03.08.1919
Bt. Lt.Col.
 		04.06.1927
Lt.Col.
 		13.04.1934
Col.
 		13.07.1936, seniority 04.06.1931
Maj.Gen.
 		12.01.1938
A/Lt.Gen.
 		20.11.1940-19.11.1941
T/Lt.Gen.
 		20.11.1941-04.12.1941
Lt.Gen.
 		05.12.1941 (retd 31.05.1947)
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath KCB
 01.01.1943
 New Year 43
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
 01.01.1941
 New Year 41
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 1919
 ?
MC
 29.10.1915
 Gallipoli *
Mention in Despatches MID
 28.01.1916
 ?
Mention in Despatches MID
 04.01.1917
 ?
Mention in Despatches MID
 11.12.1917
 ?
Mention in Despatches MID
 20.12.1918
 ?
Mention in Despatches MID
 09.07.1919
 ?
Mention in Despatches MID
 20.12.1940
 ?
1914-1915 Star 14|15 St
 ?
 ?
British War Medal 1914-1920 BWM 14|20
 ?
 ?
Victory Medal VM
 ?
 ?
Grand Cross, Ordre de Mérite Civil et Militaire d'Adolphe de Nassau, Luxembourg 25.07.1944

 * For conspicuous gallantry and ability during operations on 6th-7th August, 1915, in the Gallipoli Peninsula. He guided the night advance of his brigade with skill and resource, especially when the head of the column came under the enemy's fire. Owing to the severity of the opposition the advance came gradually to a standstill, and at this point Captain Eastwood rendered very valuable service in reorganising the1 column, thus enabling it to continue the advance.
 		Education: Eton (1904-1908); Royal Military College, Sandhurst; Staff College, Camberley (1921-1922; psc)
09.03.1910

commissioned, The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)
1910
 -
 		1912
 		1st Battalion The Rifle Brigade 
06.11.1912
 -
 		04.08.1914
 		ADC (extra to 01.07.1913) to the Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief, Dominion of New Zealand (Earl of Liverpool)
1914
 -
 		1918
 		European War: German Samoa (29.08.1914), Gallipoli (25.04.1915-14.09.1915), Egypt (09.1915-18.03.1916), Egyptian Expeditionary Force (19.03.1916-04.1916), and France & Belgium (04.1916-15.11.1916 & 31.05.1917-11.11.1918)
25.05.1915
 -
 		27.03.1916
 		Staff Captain, ... (Dardanelles & Egypt)
28.03.1916
 -
 		14.11.1916
 		Brigade Major, ... (Egypt & France)
15.03.1917
 -
 		27.10.1917
 		Brigade Major, ... (Home Forces & France)
28.10.1917
 -
 		14.10.1918
 		General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), ... (France)
20.12.1918
 -
 		03.08.1919
 		Commanding Officer, 12th Battalion The Rifle Brigade
04.08.1919
 -
 		19.10.1919
 		Brigade Major on Lord Rawlinson's staff (Northern Russia)
21.01.1920
 -
 		26.06.1920
 		Brigade Major, ... (Aldershot Command)
27.06.1920
 -
 		04.01.1921
 		Brigade Major, ... (Cork, Ireland)
22.01.1923
 -
 		29.02.1924
 		General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), War Office (London)
01.03.1924
 -
 		21.01.1927
 		General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), War Office (London)
31.08.1928
 -
 		10.08.1931
 		Instructor (General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2)), Staff College, Camberley
1931
 -
 		1934
 		on the strength of the Depôt The Rifle Brigade [not Officer Commanding]
1934
 -
 		1936
 		Commanding Officer, 2nd Battalion The King's Royal Rifle Corps
13.07.1936
 -
 		11.01.1938
 		General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), 2nd Division (Aldershot Command)
12.01.1938
 -
 		30.11.1939
 		Commandant (Major-General General Staff), Royal Military College, Sandhurst
01.12.1939
 -
 		31.05.1940
 		General Officer Commanding, 59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division (British Expeditionery Force)
01.06.1940

 -

 		09.06.1940

 		General Officer Commanding, 18th (East Anglian) Infantry Division (Home Forces)
25.06.1940
 -
 		30.09.1940
 		General Officer Commanding, 4th Infantry Division (Home Forces)
01.10.1940
 -
 		19.11.1940
 		Inspector-General, Home Guard
20.11.1940
 -
 		02.06.1941
 		Director-General, Home Guard
03.06.1941
 -
 		26.02.1944
 		General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Northern Command
27.02.1944
 -
 		08.02.1947
 		Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Gibraltar
31.05.1947
 -
 		10.05.1955
 		Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit] 
Colonel Commandant, 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade, 14.03.1945-04.09.1951.
Justice of the Peace (JP), Wiltshire, 1951. KStJ , 22.06.1945.
Eastwood,
William James

 Son of Arthur and Wilhelmina Eastwood.
 		(06?).1903
West Derby, Lancashire
-
01.05.1943
[age 40]
[Tel el Kebir War Memorial Cemetery, 4.M.1]
A/Col.
 		? [191534]
local Brig.
 		19.09.1942-(04.1943)
Education: M.B., Ch.B., M.Ch.Orth., F.R.C.S.E.
Honorary orthopaedic surgeon at Wigan Infirmary.



commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps



consultant surgeon (Middle East)
Eck *,
Alexander
A. Eck
* Possibly changed surname from Isaac to Eck. 		?
 -
2nd Lt.
 		13.07.1945, seniority 21.11.1942 [254182]
Capt.
 		?
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 21.02.1946
 gallant & distinguished services in the field [to be dated 31.03.1944]
Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE
 ?
 ?
13.07.1945

commissioned, General List [emergency commission]
Edward VIII see: Windsor,
HRH the Duke of  		 
Ekins,
Maurice Seymour
M.S. Ekins
Son of James Parker Ekins and Augusta Ekins.
Husband of Catherine Laura Ekins, of Camberley, Surrey.
 		13.10.1898
Dartford, Kent
-
04.11.1944
Oud Gastel, The Netherlands
(KIA) [age 46]
[Bergen-op-Zoom War Cemetery, The Netherlands, 9.B.14]
2nd Lt.
 		21.12.1917 [19824]
Lt.
 		21.06.1919
Capt.
 		19.09.1928
Maj.
 		01.08.1938
T/Lt.Col.
 		09.08.1940-(04.1941)
Lt.Col.
 		16.01.1942
A/Col.
 		10.02.1943-09.08.1942
T/Col.
 		10.08.1942
T/ Brig.
10.02.1943-04.11.1944

British War Medal; Victory Medal

Education: Staff College (psc)
21.12.1917

commissioned, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
10.02.1918
05.09.1918
 -
-
 		16.04.1918
11.11.1918
 		served in France & Belgium (wounded)
27.02.1923
 -
 		08.07.1923
 		AMLO (Class FF), ... (Turkey) (temporary)
11.06.1928
 -
 		14.10.1929
 		Staff Captain, ... (Rhine Army) (temporary)
15.10.1929
 -
 		10.06.1932
 		Staff Captain, 5th Division (Northern Command) (Catterick)
(06.1933)

student, Junior Division, Staff College, Camberley
01.10.1936
 -
 		11.11.1938
 		Staff Captain, Directorate of Organisation, Adjutant-General's Branch, Headquarters Staff of the Army in India (India)
12.11.1938
 -
 		(01.1940)
 		Brigade Major, Ambala Brigade (Ambala, Lahore District, Northern Command, India)
10.08.1942
 -
 		28.01.1944
 		Commander, 177th Infantry Brigade (UK)
28.01.1944
 -
 		03.1944
 		Commander, 131st (Surrey) Lorried Infantry Brigade (UK), redesignated:
03.1944
 -
 		02.07.1944
 		Commander, 131st (Surrey) Infantry Brigade (UK, NW Europe)
04.07.1944
 -
 		04.11.1944
 		Commander, 56th Infantry Brigade (NW Europe) (killed in action)
Elgin,
10th Earl of & 14th Earl of Kincardine;
Edward James Bruce;
Baron Bruce;
Earl of Kincardine and Baron Bruce of Torry;
Baron Elgin
Lord Elgin
 Eldest son of 9th Earl of Elgin and Lady Constance Carnegie (died 1909), daughter of 9th Earl of
Southesk, KT.
Succeeded father, 1917.
Married (1921) Honourable
Katherine Elizabeth Cochrane, DBE, created 1938, elder daughter of 1st Baron Cochrane of Cults; three sons,  three daughters. 		08.06.1881
-
27.11.1968
...
 		...
Hon. Col.
28.01.1939

KT 1933; CMG 1919; TD, CD, LLD (hon.) Glasgow and St Andrews; Grand Cross Order of Polonia Restituta, 1944

Education: Eton; Balliol College, Oxford University
1935
 -
 		1965
 		HM Lieutenant, County of Fife
Formerly Capt. Forfar and Kincardine RGA Militia; Major commanding Highland (Fife) RGA; served European War, 1914-1918 (CMG); Zone Adviser Home Guard, 1940-1946; Hon. Colonel 357 Medium Regiment, RA, TA; Hon. Colonel 471 H (M) AA. Regiment, Forth RA, TA; Hon. Air Commodore 948 Squadron RAF; Lord High Commissioner of Church of Scotland, 1925 and 1926; Chairman, Educational Endowments Commission, Scotland, 1926-1936; National Council on Juvenile Employment (Scotland), 1926-1946; Fife County Council, 1929-1938; Forth Conservancy Board, 1926-1955; Member Cttee of Inquiry, BBC, 1949; BBC General Advisory Council, 1952-1956; Housing Progress Panel (Scotland); President: Royal Highland and Agricultural Soc., 1949; Scottish­Polish Soc.; Empire Exhibition (Scotland), 1938; Chairman, Land Settlement Assoc., England & Wales, 1933-1946; AD Labour, 1917; Labour Commandant with rank of Colonel, 1918; Chairman Carnegie United Kingdom Trust, 1923-1946; Past Chm. of Governors, Newbattle Abbey Coll. Grand Master Mason Scotland, 1921-1924; JP Fife. President Fife TA Association; Hon. Colonel Elgin Regiment (RCAC); Captain of Royal Company of Archers, Queen's Body Guard for Scotland; Director, Scottish Amicable Life Assurance Soc.; Past Dir,
Royal Bank of Scotland; Vice­President: Building Societies Association; National Trust for Scotland; Scottish Council (Development and Industry).
Elkington,
Alan Durham
A.D. Elkington (Photo courtesy of Mr J.F.D. 'Tim' Elkington) A.D. Elkington (Photo courtesy of Mr J.F.D. 'Tim' Elkington)
Married (12.11.1919, Kensington, London) Isabel Griffin (05.01.1896 - 1978), daughter of Francis William Latimer Griffin and Harriet Witter; one son (W/Cdr. John Francis Durham Elkington, RAF).
 		12.1890
Edgbaston, Warwickshire
-
26.12.1966
Haverfordwest, Dyfed / Pembrokeshire
2nd Lt.
 		07.07.1909 (supernumerary till 01.01.1912)
Lt.
 		?
T/Capt.
 		17.05.1915-18.08.1916
Capt.
 		30.06.1917, seniority 01.06.1916
A/Maj.
 		01.04.1918-29.05.1918
T/Maj.
 		16.02.1918-...
Maj.
 		03.02.1921 (reld early 1920s)
Lt.
 		12.03.1940 [123462]
T/Capt.
 		30.09.1941-(04.1946)
Order of St Stanlislaus, 2nd class (Russia) StStan
 1919?
 N Russia
07.07.1909

commissioned, Territorial Force (5th & 6th Battalions, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment) 
05.01.1916
 -
 		early 1920s
 		seconded for duty with the Machine Gun Corps
05.01.1916
 -
 		18.08.1916
 		Company Commander
01.10.1917
 -
 		01.04.1918
 		Assistant Instructor (graded for pay at Hythe rates)
01.04.1918
 -
 		29.05.1918
 		Instructor (graded for pay at Hythe rates)
02.11.1918
 -
 		?
 		Senior Instructor
(1919?)

served in Northern Russia

Partner in a jewellers & silversmiths company.
12.03.1940

commissioned, Leicestershire Regiment [emergency commission]
Ellis,
Richard Oswald
R.O. Ellis
?
-
Sjt.Maj. (Arm.)
 		10.08.1939
Assistant Ordnance Mechanical Engineer (Lt.) = Electrical Mechanical Assistant Engineer (Lt.)
 		19.01.1941 [181071]
WS/Capt. (EMAE)
 		19.01.1944
Capt. (EMAE)
 		01.10.1946, seniority 19.01.1944
Maj. (EMAE)
 		22.12.1949
10.08.1939

Armament Serjeant-Major, Armament Artificer (Fitters) Section,  Royal Army Ordnance Corps
19.01.1941

commissioned, Royal Army Ordnance Corps [emergency commission to 30.09.1946]
01.10.1942

transferred to the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
(06.1944)

probably attached 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own) (Normandy; evacuated [illness ?])
23.05.1945
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		Military Technical Officer, Experimental Establishment, Shoeburyness
01.10.1946

short service commission
Elphick,
Clement Watson
C.W. Elphick
16.12.1907
Newcastle-upon-
Tyne, Northumberland
-
11.1985
Keighley, Yorkshire
Lt.
 		14.11.1939 [115956]
WS/Capt.
 		14.11.1940
T/Maj.
 		10.03.1944-(04.1946) (reld > 04.1946)
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 28.10.1942
 Burma 12.41-05.42
Education: MB
14.11.1939

commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission]



served in Burma
English,
Ian Roger
I.R. English (Photo: DLI Museum) I.R. English (Photo: The Times)
Son of John English, a mining engineer and manager of Heworth Colliery, and Beryl English.
Married (1949) Lise Petersen, sister of a member of the Danish resistance; two sons, two daughters.
Home address: (1943) Gateshead-on-Tyne.

obituary DLI Museum
obituary The Times
obituary Telegraph
 		18.06.1919
Heworth, Co. Durham
-
30.03.2006
2nd Lt.
 		04.01.1939 [79387]
WS/Lt.
 		14.12.1940
T/Capt.
 		14.12.1940-11.09.1944
WS/Capt.
 		12.09.1944
Capt.
 		01.05.1947, seniority 18.06.1946
A/Maj.
 		(08.1944),
01.05.1947-17.06.1953
T/Maj.
12.09.1944-(04.1946)
Maj.
 		18.06.1953, seniority 01.05.1947
MC
 28.01.1943
 Alamein, Western Desert 01-02.11.42 *
MC
 18.02.1943
 Gazala, Western Desert 05-06.06.42 **
MC
 01.03.1945
 France 09.08.44 ***
Mention in Despatches MID
 04.04.1941
 Western Desert
Territorial Efficiency Decoration TD
 1950
 ?
Territorial Efficiency Decoration TD
 28.06.1955
 ?
Territorial Efficiency Decoration TD
 16.09.1960
 ?
1939-45 Star; Africa Star (1940-43); Italy Star (1943-45); France & Germany Star (1944-45); Defence Medal (1939-45); British War Medal (1939-45); Commander-in- Chief's Commendation (Gen. Alexander) (10.1942)
* Captain English when commanding his Company during a night attack led his men throughout with skill and dash accounting for a number of prisoners and scuppering enemy MG posts. He successfully navigated and controlled his men over a long advance in the dark arriving on his detailed objective when he organised them for defence. Being hte most forward infantry during the day his position was under continual MG and shell fire and in close proximity to enemy tanks. When his Company was withdrawn after suffering a number of casualties, he remained behind on the position until they had all been evacuated. This officer showed great skill and leadership throughout this operation.
** This officer commanded the Carrier Platoon for 26 months and he trained them to a very high standard both tactically and mechanically and by personal example imbued an alertness of mind and aggressive spirit. During active operations he was always in the forefront of offensive and recce patrols. On 5 June he was in command of a mobile column of carriers doing a sweep across enemy Lines of Communication with the task of destroying enemy material. By offensive action his patrol destroyed MET and captured 5 lorries, attacked and captured one enemy tank taking the crew prisoner. On 6 June his small Carrier force by rapid shock action successfully attacked and captured 20 Officers and 210 Italian Other Ranks from dug in positions. Throughout all these operations he has shown personal disregard for danger and set a fine example of leadership.
*** Major English was commanding an assault Company during the attack south of Plesses Gronoult on August 9th 1944. Whilst moving up to the start line, his Company was heavily shelled, but he moved about amongst his men completely exposed and showing an absolute disregard to the fire and got them to the start line. Throughout the whole advance he was in front leading his men and encouraging them on through enemy artillery and mortar fire which was exceptionally heavy, and his Company was continually suffering casualties. The Company on his left lost its officers and dropped well behind his Company, but nevertheless he pushed relentlessly forward mopping up any enemy on the way and taking over 50 prisoners. He was the first on the objective and soon cleared up the enemy. He reorganised now his much depleted Company on only 50 men whilst under very heavy fire and held the position till the other Companies got to him. Throughout the action Major English showed complete disregard for enemy fire and his own safety. His leadership, cheerfulness and devotion to duty did much to ensure the capture of the objective and his supreme confidence in himself showed itself to his men. he set an example of fortitude which was an inspiration to all ranks.
 		Education: Scarborough; Oundle School, nr Peterborough (1933-1938)



late Cadet Under-Officer, Oundle School Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps

04.01.1939

commissioned, The Durham Light Infantry - Territorial Army
04.01.1939
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 		23.03.1943
 		8th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
24.08.1939

mobilized Territorial Army
04.1940
 -
 		06.1942
 		Officer Commanding, Carrier Platoon (France, Western Desert [wounded]) 
10.1942
 -
 		23.03.1943
 		Officer Commanding, "C" Company (Western Desert [captured at Battle of Mareth])
23.03.1943
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 		09.1943
 		prisoner of war (prison camp PG 49 - Fontenallato, Northern Italy)
1944?
 -
 		1946
 		8th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
1944?