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Fairbairn, R.R.
to
Fursdon, F.W.E.

 

R.R. Fairbairn  to  F.W.E. Fursdon
Fairbairn,
Richard Robert
R.R. Fairbairn
Son of Henry George Fairbairn, and
Florence Frances Carter.
Married.
23.09.1916
Camberwell district,
Greater London

-
04.1994
Surrey Mid-Eastern
district, Surrey
Pte.
?
2nd Lt.
22.07.1936 [68462]
Lt.
22.07.1939
T/Capt.
05.01.1941-(04.1941)
WS/Capt.
08.09.1942
Capt.
11.04.1945
T/Maj.
08.09.1942-(04.1944)
WS/Maj.
12.03.1945
T/Lt.Col.
12.03.1945-(04.1946)
Lt.Col.
01.05.1947
Bt. Col.
01.05.1950
MC
20.12.1940
France
Territorial Efficiency Decoration TD
04.08.1950
& 1st clasp
Officer, Legion of Merit (USA) LM
30.05.1946
military services to USA



served in the ranks, 28th London Regiment
22.07.1935


commissioned, 56th (1st London) Divisional Engineers - Corps of Royal Engineers - Territorial Army
24.08.1939
 
 
mobilized TA
(1940)
 
 
216th Army Field Company RE (British Expeditionery Force, France)
10.01.1951
 
 
Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
Fairbairn,
Thomas
T. Fairbairn
?
-
2nd Lt.
16.08.1939
WS/Lt.
16.02.1941 (red < 04.1946)
Hon. Lt.
< 04.1946
16.08.1939
 
 
commissioned, 9th The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers - Territorial Army
24.08.1939
 
 
mobilized TA
(1940)
 
 
9th Battalion The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (France)
Fairhurst,
Denis Irving
D.I. Fairhurst (Photo courtesy of Mr Anthony Fairhurst)
Son of George Noel Fairhurst (1881?-1964), and Jeannette Irving "Netta" Williamson (1894-1979) (she remarried 1971 Lt.Col. Francis Michael Benedict Carey Boylan).
Married (04.12.1966, Catholic Cathedral, Macao) Manuela Nogueira.
01.04.1918
Greendyke, Surrey Road, Bournemouth, Christchurch district, Hampshire
-
17.01.2004
East Surrey district, Surrey
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 18.05.1940 [132570]
WS/Lt. 18.11.1941 (reld 24.09.1952)
T/Capt. 14.07.1943-(04.1944),
25.07.1945-(04.1946)
Hon. Capt. 24.09.1952
? - 18.05.1940 110th Officer Cadet Training Unit
18.05.1940     commissioned, The Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons) - Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]
(04.1944)     Fighting Vehicles School, India
Fairhurst,
Francis Noel St John
F.N.St.J. Fairhurst
Son of George Noel Fairhurst (1881?-1964), and Jeannette Irving "Netta" Williamson (1894-1979) (she remarried 1971 Lt.Col. Francis Michael Benedict Carey Boylan).
Married 1st (06.06.1940, Roman Catholic Chapel, Kasr el Nil, Cairo, Egypt) Helen Gladys Trevor Williams (02.08.1915 - 12.1993), youngest daughter of Mr & Mrs Trevor Williams, of Cairo, Egypt; two daughters, two sons.
Married 2nd ((09?).1973, Westminster district, London) Blanche Kathleen "Sally" Fairhurst (15.08.1915 - 08.1995).
28.12.1915
Christchurch district, Hampshire
-
19.06.1976
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 29.08.1935 [66065]
Lt. 29.08.1938
A/Capt. 25.05.1940-28.07.1940,
28.09.1940-23.10.1940
T/Capt. 24.10.1940-28.08.1943
Capt. 29.08.1943
A/Maj. 01.08.1945-31.10.1945
T/Maj. 01.11.1945-21.03.1947,
31.03.1947-28.08.1948
Maj. 29.08.1948 (retd 17.10.1962)
local Lt.Col. 28.06.1956-(01.1957)
Mention in Despatches MID 08.07.1941 Middle East
Education: Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
29.08.1935     commissioned, 7th Queen's Own Hussars - Royal Armoured Corps
01.10.1938 - 22.05.1940 Aide-de-Camp, ...
? - 1945? POW (No. 1112) in German captivity (Oflag 79, Braunschweig, Niedersachsen)
17.10.1962 - 28.12.1965 Regular Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]
Fane,
Julian Patrick
J.P. Fane
From Plumpton.
17.02.1921
-
2nd Lt. 31.12.1939 [112858]
Lt. 01.07.1941
A/Capt. 02.10.1942-01.01.1943
T/Capt. 02.01.1943-01.04.1945
WS/Capt. 02.04.1945
Capt. 01.07.1946
A/Maj. 02.01.1945-01.04.1945
T/Maj. 02.04.1945-30.10.1947,
08.03.1948-17.05.1948,
07.03.1949-30.12.1952
Maj. 31.12.1952
Bt. Lt.Col. 01.07.1960
Lt.Col. 20.04.1962 (supernumerary 20.04.1965)
Col. 15.06.1966, seniority 01.07.1964 (retd 29.03.1969)
MC 20.12.1940 gallantry in France & Flanders 39-40
MC 03.05.1945 NW Europe
Mention in Despatches MID 20.12.1940 France & Flanders 39-40
Croix de Guerre (France) CdeG ? North Africa ?
31.12.1939     commissioned, The Gloucestershire Regiment [emergency commission]
24.07.1946     transferred, 12th Lancers
02.04.1960     transferred, The Life Guards
Farmiloe,
John Meakin
J.M. Farmiloe
29.12.1919
-
12.02.2007
Wexham
[age 87]
2nd Lt.
31.05.1941 [189472]
WS/Lt.
01.10.1942
...
...
Lt.Col.
01.09.1966 (retd 05.01.1970)



served in the ranks for 2 years, 29 days (mobilized TA)
27.04.1940


commissioned, The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) [emergency commission to 28.03.1954]
21.12.1960


transferred, Royal Army Education Corps
DA, ATD
Farr,
Walter Richard
W.R. Farr
?
-
2nd Lt.
? [142184]
Lt.
29.07.1940 (reld 17.10.1941)
29.07.1940


commissioned, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment [emergency commission]
Farran,
Roy Alexander [St Thomas Aquinas]
R.A. Farran R.A. Farran

02.01.1921
Purley, Surrey
-
02.06.2006
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
2nd Lt.
27.04.1940 [129133]
WS/Lt.
27.10.1941
T/Capt.
15.02.1943-(04.1944)
Lt.
27.04.1946, seniority 02.07.1943
Capt.
02.01.1948 (reld 04.03.1948)
A/Maj.
?
01.02.1951-16.11.1951
Lt. TA
05.03.1948, seniority 02.01.1944
Capt. TA
09.06.1949
Hon. Maj.
?
09.06.1949
17.11.1951
Distinguished Service Order DSO
?
?
MC
04.11.1941
Middle East
MC
26.03.1942
Middle East
MC
10.02.1944
Italy
Croix de Guerre (France) CdeG
1946
?
Officer, Legion of Merit (USA) LM
16.01.1948
?
Education: Bishop Cotton School at Simla



Officer Cadet Training Unit, Sandhurst
27.04.1940


commissioned, 3rd Carabiniers (Prince of Wales's Dragoon Guards) - Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission to 26.04.1946]
?
-
20.05.1941
attached to the 3rd King's Own Hussars (Egypt & Crete [wounded; POW, but escaped)
01.1942
-
03.1942
ADC to Maj.Gen. J.C. Campbell (commanding 7th Armoured Division) (North Africa)
03.1942
-
(09?).1942
served in North Africa (wounded [evacuted to UK])
02.1943
-
05.1943
served in North Africa
01.04.1944


transferred to Special Air Service Regiment - Army Air Corps
05.1943
-
1945
2nd Special Air Service Regiment (North Africa, Sicily, Italy, UK, France, Italy, Norway)
27.04.1946


permanent commission
09.11.1946


transferred to 3rd King's Own Hussars
1946?
-
?
Second-in-Command, 3rd King's Own Hussars (Palestine)



instructor, Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst
05.03.1948
-
08.06.1949
Special Air Service Regiment - Territorial Army
09.06.1949
-
31.01.1951
Special Air Service Regiment - Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
01.02.1951
-
16.11.1951
Hereford Light Infantry - Territorial Army
17.11.1951
-
?
Special Air Service Regiment - Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
Soldier, farmer & writer.
Published: Winged dagger (1948); The history of the Calgary Highlanders, 1921-1954 (1954); Operation Tombola (1960); etc.
Farrar-Hockley,
[Sir] Anthony Heritage
"Tony"

Son of late Arthur Farrar­Hockley, journalist, and Agnes Beatrice (née Griffin).
Married 1st (1945) Margaret Bernadette Wells (died 1981); two sons (and one son deceased).
Married 2nd (1983) Linda Wood.


Obituary
08.04.1924 *
Coventry
-
11.03.2006

* Army List gives 1923
2nd Lt.
05.11.1942 [251309]
WS/Lt.
05.05.1943
A/Capt.
18.06.1944-17.09.1944
T/Capt.
18.09.1944-09.03.1945
WS/Capt.
10.03.1945
A/Maj.
10.12.1944-09.03.1945
T/Maj.
10.03.1945-31.07.1945,
01.09.1945-14.04.1948
2nd Lt.
28.04.1945, seniority 08.04.1945
17.12.1957, seniority 08.04.1944
Lt.
08.10.1946
20.12.1957, seniority 08.10.1945
Capt.
27.04.1951
20.12.1957, seniority, 08.04.1950
T/Maj.
16.03.1956-07.04.1957
Maj.
08.04.1957
Brev. Lt.Col.
01.07.1961
Lt.Col.
26.06.1962 [supernumerary 26.06.1965]
Col.
01.12.1965, seniority 01.07.1965
T/Brig.
24.06.1966-30.12.1966
Brig.
31.12.1966
A/Maj.Gen.
26.08.1970-09.11.1970
Maj.Gen.
10.11.1970
Lt.Gen.
12.05.1977
16.08.1977, seniority 12.05.1976
Gen.
30.07.1979 (retd 14.02.1983)
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire GBE
31.12.1981
New Year 45
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath KCB
11.06.1977
HM's silver jubilee & birthday 77
Distinguished Service Order DSO
08.12.1953
Korea
Distinguished Service Order DSO
27.04.1965
Radfan Area of Southern Arabia *
Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE
12.06.1958
HM's birthday 58
MC
10.05.1945
gallant & distinguished sevices in the field
Mention in Despatches MID
1943
?
Mention in Despatches MID
13.04.1954
POW Korea
* During the Radfan operations Lieutenant-Colonel Farrar-Hockley's battalion was called upon to perform an extremely difficult ten-mile advance into mountainous enemy territory, and .then to attack and occupy an enemy base. This base was highly inacessible and strongly defended. The whole operation was fraught with tactical and administrative difficulties and 'included two hard fought battles as well as several skirmishes. Largely due to the inspiration and exceptional leadership of its Commanding Officer, the performance of this battalion during this very testing period was admirable. During the battle which developed in the enemy base, the helicopter in which Lieutenant-Colonel Earrar-Hockley was making a reconnaissance was brought down beyond our lines by enemy fire. Having with some difficulty rejoined his battalion, which by that time was pinned down, and although still under fire himself, he launched a well executed attack which finally drove the enemy from their position. This was only one example of the energy, drive and resource with which this officer inspired his battalion at this time. Whether personally leading patrols into enemy country, or by his own example drawing forth exceptional efforts from his men, or improvising ingenious methods of supply, Lieutenant-Colonel Farrar-Hockley's leadership and bravery were of a high order. The services rendered by this gallant officer in furtherance of these operations were outstanding during this very difficult period.
Education: Exeter School;  jssc, Staff College, Camberley (1953, psc)
1940
-
05.11.1942
enlisted under-age (1940), The Gloucestershire Regiment (was found out & rejoined 1941; served in the ranks for 294 days)
05.11.1942


commissioned, The Wiltshire Regiment [emergency commission to 27.04.1945]
11.11.1942


transferred to the Parachute Regiment, Army Air Corps
1942
-
1945
6th Parachute Battalion (1st Airborne Division) (Greece, Italy, Southern France)
28.04.1945


commissioned, The Gloucestershire Regiment [permanent commission]
21.06.1946
-
30.11.1946
Deputy Assistant Adjutant General (DAAG), Airborne Division (Middle East Forces) (Palestine
10.10.1947
-
10.03.1948
General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), RAF Group UK
1950
-
1953
Adjutant, 1st Battalion The Gloucestershire Regiment (UK, Korea; POW, escaped six times, but was recaptured each time)
15.02.1954
-
23.09.1954
Staff Captain (Air), Eastern Command
16.03.1956
-
03.11.1957
Deputy Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster General (DAA&QMG), Parachute Brigade Group (Cyprus & Port Said)
04.11.1957
-
11.01.1959
Brigade Major, ... (Jordan, 1958)
31.05.1958


transferred to The Parachute Regiment
1959
-
1961
College Chief Instructor, Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst
26.06.1962
-
1965
Commanding Officer, 3rd Parachute Battalion (Persian Gulf & Radfan campaign)
24.06.1965
-
30.11.1965
Principal Staff Officer,  HQ Director of Borneo Operations
01.12.1965
-
09.04.1966
Colonel (General Staff), Principal Staff Officer (Borneo)
26.04.1966
-
1968
Commander, 16th Parachute Brigade (Southern Command)
1968
-
1970
Defence Fellowship, Exeter College, Oxford (BLitt)
1970
-
1970
Director of Public Relations (Army)
26.08.1970
-
29.07.1971
Commander Land Forces, Northern Ireland
10.10.1971
-
10.10.1973
General Officer Commanding, 4th Division (Germany)
12.04.1974
-
09.04.1977
Director of Combat Development (Army), Ministry of Defence
12.05.1977
-
30.05.1979
General Officer Commanding, South East District
30.07.1979
-
15.11.1982
Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces Northern Europe
24.04.1981
-
14.02.1983
ADC General to the Queen
Author (military history), defence consultant and lecturer.
Colonel Commandant: Prince of Wales's Division, 1974-01.06.1980; Parachute Regiment, 18.12.1977-31.12.1983; Colonel, The Gloucestershire Regiment, 31.12.1978-1984.
President, UK-Korea Forum, 1991-. FRSA 1997.
Published
: The edge of the sword, 1954; (ed) The commander, 1957; The Somme, 1964; Death of an army, 1968; Airborne carpet, 1969; War in the desert, 1969; General Student, 1973; Goughie : the Life of General Sir Hubert Gough, GCB, GCMG, KCVO, 1975; Opening rounds, 1988; The British part in the Korean War, vol. 1: A distant obligation, 1990, vol. 2: An honourable discharge, 1995; Army in the air, 1994; contributor: (and associate ed.) The D­Day encyclopaedia, 1994; Oxford illustrated history of the British Army, 1994; Oxford companion to the Second World War, 1995; Dictionary of National Biography
Farren,
Richard Hugh
R.H. Farren  
05.08.1888
Great Bealings, Woodbridge district, Suffolk
-
25.04.1977
Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex
2nd Lt.
23.07.1907
Lt.
23.07.1910
Capt.
30.10.1914
Bt. Maj.
13.06.1917
Maj.
20.06.1917
Lt.Col.
20.05.1938 (half-pay 20.05.1939) (full-pay 31.05.1939)
Col.
31.08.1939, seniority 20.05.1938 (supernumerary 05.08.1943) (retd 19.06.1946)
T/Brig.
31.08.1939-25.05.1941,
13.03.1942-20.09.1942
Hon. Brig.
19.06.1946
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Civil Division) MBE
31.05.1956

HM's birthday 56: for political and public services in Hastings and St. Leonards

Mention in Despatches MID
15.08.1917
Mesopotamia
British War Medal 1914-1920 BWM 14|20
-
-
Victory Medal VM
-
-
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St
-
-
Italy Star It St
-
-
Defence Medal Def M
-
-
British War Medal 1939-1945 BWM 39|45
-
-
King's Jubilee Medal 1935 Jub M 35
-
-
Coronation Medal 1937 Cor M 37
-
-
Education: Royal Military Academy, Woolwich
23.07.1907


commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery
27.09.1916
-
05.09.1917
Brigade Major RA, IEF "D" (from 28.07.1916-06.07.1917 serving in Mesopotamia; wounded)
22.01.1918
-
21.03.1918
served France & Belgium
21.03.1918
-
18.12.1918
POW in German captivity
09.04.1919
-
08.03.1920
specially employed, War Office
10.03.1920
-
08.03.1921
Adjutant, ... (Territorial Force)
09.03.1921
-
31.03.1922
Brigade Major, 47th (London) Division
23.12.1923
-
22.12.1927
Instructor in Gunnery (Class A), School of Artillery, India
(03.1931)
 
 
24th Mountain Brigade RA (Quetta)
(06.1933)
 
 
24th Mountain Brigade RA (Quetta)
(01.1937)
 
 
24th Mountain Brigade RA (Quetta)
(01.1939)
 
 
Mountain Artillery Training Centre (Ambala)
31.08.1939
-
25.05.1941
Commander Royal Artillery (CRA), ... (temporary)
01.01.1942
-
20.09.1942
Group Commander, Home Forces
01.01.1943
-
31.05.1943
Assistant Military Secretary, War Office
11.09.1943
-
12.09.1943
Colonel Armistice Control Commission Italy
13.09.1943
-
05.01.1944
Staff Officer, 1st grade (SO1) (Civil Affairs), Allied Force HQ
Feilden,
[Sir] Bernard Melchior
B.M. Feilden B.M. Feilden
Son of Robert Humphrey Feilden, MC, and Olive Feilden (née Binyon).
Married 1st (1949) Ruth Mildred Bainbridge (died 1994); two sons, two daughters.
Married 2nd (1995) Christina Matilda Beatrice Murdoch.

11.09.1919
Hampstead, London
-
14.11.2008
Bawburgh,  Norfolk
L.Cpl.
?
2nd Lt.
11.05.1940 [132066]
WS/Lt.
11.11.1941 (reld > 04.1946)
T/Capt.
01.12.1942-(04.1944)
Hon. Capt.
> 04.1946
Knight Bachelor Kt
1985
?
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Civil Division) CBE
1976
?
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Civil Division) OBE
1969
?
Efficiency Medal (Territorial) EM
25.03.1949
-
?
-
11.05.1940
either 141st or 142nd Officer Cadet Training Unit (RE)
11.05.1940
 
 
commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]



served with Bengal Sappers and Miners (India, Mesopotamia and Italy)
Architect. FRIBA, 1968 (ARIBA, 1949). AA Diploma (Hons), 1949; Bratt Colbran Scholar, 1949. Architect, Norwich Cathedral, 1963-1977; Surveyor to the Fabric: York Minster, 1965-1977; St Paul's Cathedral, 1969-1977; Consultant Architect, UEA, 1969-1977. Dir, Internat. Centre for the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property, Rome, 1977-1981. Consultant, Feilden and Mawson, Chartered Architects (Partner, 1956-1977); Member, Cathedrals Advisory Commission for England, since 1981.
Hoffman Wood Prof. of Architecture, Leeds Univ., 1973-1974. Member: Ancient Monuments Bd (England), 1964-1977; Council, RIBA, 1972-1977; Cathedrals Fabric Commn, 1990-1995; Cathedrals Fabric Cttees, Bury St Edmunds, Ely and Norwich, 1990-. President: Ecclesiastical Architects' and Surveyors' Assoc., 1975-1977; Guild of Surveyors, 1976-1977. FSA 1969; FRSA 1973; Hon. FAIA 1987. Corresp. Mem., Architectes en Chef, France. DUniv York, 1973; Hon. DLitt: Gothenburg, 1988; East Anglia, 1989. Aga Khan Award for Architecture, 1986.
Publshed: The Wonder of York Minster, 1976; Introduction to Conservation, 1979; Conservation of Historic Buildings, 1982; Between Two Earthquakes, 1987; Guidelines for Conservation (India), 1989; Guidelines for Management of World Cultural Heritage Sites, 1993; articles in Architectural Review, Chartered Surveyor,
AA Quarterly
Feilding,
the Hon. Basil [Egerton]
B.E. Feilding

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, Maj. the Earl of Denbigh, Sq.Ldr. the Hon. Hugh Richard Feilding, RAFVR & Capt. the Hon. Henry Anthony Feilding, MC.
Married (14.09.1939) Rosemary Eardley-Wilmot, daughter of Cdr. Neville Eardley-Wilmot, RN; three sons, two daughters.
14.05.1916
-
03.10.1970
AuxAF:
 
P/O
11.07.1936 (reld 03.07.1938)
Army:
 
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
25.02.1940 [121334]
WS/Lt.
25.08.1941
T/Capt.
14.08.1943-(04.1944)
Education: Oratory School, South Kensington; Ampleforth College
11.07.1936
-
03.07.1938
605 (County of London) (Fighter) Squadron AuxAF



served in the ranks, The Royal Fusiliers



Officer Cadet Training Unit, Sandhurst
25.02.1940


commissioned, Coldstream Guards [emergency commission]
29.07.1940
-
14.05.1941
1st Battalion Coldstream Guards
15.05.1941
-
31.05.1942
HQ 30th Infantry Brigade
01.06.1942
-
10.08.1944
Guards Armoured Training Wing
11.08.1944
-
08.10.1944
4th Battalion Coldstream Guards (NW Europe)
09.10.1944
-
05.11.1944
1st Battalion Coldstream Guards (NW Europe)
06.11.1944
-
1945
4th Battalion Coldstream Guards (NW Europe) (wounded 01.03.1945 & 28.03.1945)
Feilding,
the Hon. David Charles
D.C. Feilding
Son of Rudolph Edmund Aloysius Feilding, Viscount Feilding (1885-1937) and Agnes Imelda Mary Harding (1885-1937).
Brother of Maj. the Earl of Denbigh, Capt. the Hon. Basil Egerton Feilding, Sq.Ldr. the Hon. Hugh Richard Feilding, RAFVR & Capt. the Hon. Henry Anthony Feilding, MC.
Married (19.10.1938) Elizabeth Alice Fletcher; three sons.
01.08.1913
-
25.11.1966
Spr.
?
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
23.04.1940 [129835]
WS/Lt.
23.10.1941 (reld 10.12.1952)
Hon. Lt.
10.12.1952
Education: Oratory School, Woodcote, nr Reading



served in the ranks, Corps of Royal Engineers
?
-
22.04.1940
141st Officer Cadet Training Unit RE
23.04.1940


commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]
1940
-
1945
POW in German captivity
Portrait painter.
Feilding,
the Hon. Henry Anthony
H.A. Feilding as a child
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, Maj. the Earl of Denbigh, Sq.Ldr. the Hon. Hugh Richard Feilding, RAFVR & Capt. the Hon. Basil Egerton Feilding.
Married (02.08.1950) Dunia Maureen Spencer, daughter of Dr. Gordon Spencer; one son, one daughter.
27.02.1924
Lutterworth district, Leicestershire / Northamptonshire / Warwickshire
-
02.1994
Rugby district, Leicestershire / Northamptonshire / Warwickshire
Cadet
? [14437520]
2nd Lt.
13.08.1944 [327338]
WS/Lt.
13.02.1945
T/Capt.
10.10.1945-(04.1946)
Hon. Capt.
12.01.1952
MC
12.07.1945
NW Europe
Education: Ampleforth College; King's College, Cambridge University (1952, MA)
13.08.1944


commissioned, Coldstream Guards [emergency commission]
18.11.1944
-
1945
1st Battalion Coldstream Guards (NW Europe)
12.01.1952
-
?
Regular Army Reserve of Officers
Justice of the Peace (JP), Warwickshire, 1967. High Sheriff, Warwickshire, 1976-1978.
Feilding,
the Hon. William Rudolph Stephen
see: Denbigh and Desmond,
Earl of;
 
Fennell,
Rev. Maurice
M. Fennell

?
-
Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class (Capt.)
27.10.1943 [297174]
27.10.1943


commissioned, Royal Army Chaplains' Department [emergency commission]
Ferguson,
Hugh Charles
H.C. Ferguson
?
-
2nd Lt.
06.04.1945, seniority 03.06.1940 [342620]
WS/Lt.
? (reld 16.01.1947)
T/Capt.
26.07.1945-(04.1946)
Hon. Capt.
16.01.1947
06.04.1945


commissioned, General List, Infantry (African Colonial Forces Section) [emergency commission]
Fergusson,
[Sir] Bernard Edward;
Baron Ballantrae of Auchairne and The Bay Islands (cr. 10.07.1972)
B.E. Fergusson B.E. Fergusson
B.E. Fergusson B.E. Fergusson
B.E. Fergusson B.E. Fergusson
B.E. Fergusson B.E. Fergusson
B.E. Fergusson B.E. Fergusson
Youngest son of Gen. Sir Charles Fergusson of Kilkerran, 7th Bt, GCB, GCMG, DSO, MVO, and of Lady Alice
Boyle (died 1958), daughter of 7th Earl of Glasgow.
Married (1950) Laura Margaret (died 1979), youngest daughter of Lt.Col. A.M. Grenfell, DSO; one son.
From Maybole, Ayrshire.
06.05.1911
Kensington, Greater London
-
28.11.1980
Auchairne, Ballantrae, Ayrshire.
2nd Lt.
27.08.1931 [52627]
Lt.
27.08.1934
Capt.
27.08.1939
A/Maj.
27.07.1940-26.10.1940
T/Maj.
27.10.1940-05.09.1942
WS/Maj.
06.09.1942
Maj.
01.07.1946
Bt. Lt.Col.
01.07.1951
A/Lt.Col.
06.06.1942-05.09.1942
T/Lt.Col.
06.09.1942-23.09.1942
WS/Lt.Col.
20.02.1944
A/Col.
20.08.1943-19.02.1944
T/Col.
20.02.1944-08.12.1946,
14.05.1951-05.05..1952
Col.
06.05.1952 (retd 13.12.1958)
A/Brig.
02.11.1943-01.05.1944
T/Brig.
02.05.1944-12.01.1945,
15.08.1945-08.12.1946,
10.01.1955-13.12.1958
Hon. Brig.
13.12.1958
Knight Bachelor Kt
1974
?
Knight Grand Cross of St. Michael and St. George GCMG
03.09.1962
Gov.Gen. NZ
Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order GCVO
16.04.1963
?
Distinguished Service Order DSO
05.08.1943
Burma
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
08.06.1950
HM's birthday 50
Mention in Despatches MID
30.12.1941
Middle East 02-07.41
Mention in Despatches MID
26.04.1945
Burma
Palestine 1936-39 Medal & Clasp
Education: Eton; Royal Military College, Sandhurst; idc (1954), psc
27.08.1931


commissioned, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)
11.03.1935
-
10.03.1937
ADC to Maj.Gen. (later Field Marshal) A.P. Wavell, 2nd Infantry Division (Aldershot)
1937


served Palestine, 1937 (medal and clasp)
05.10.1937
-
12.01.1938
special appointment (Class GG) (tempoary)
27.01.1938
-
1939
Instructor, Royal Military College, Sandhurst
1939
-
10.05.1940
Instructor, Staff College, Camberley
11.05.1940
-
20.10.1940
Brigade Major, 46th Infantry Brigade
21.10.1940
-
14.12.1940
General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), HF
15.12.1940
-
16.12.1940
General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), Military Mission
17.12.1940
-
10.07.1941
General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2) to Deputy C-in-C Middle East
11.07.1941
-
26.08.1941
Assistant Military Secretary (P) to Commander-in-Chief
27.08.1941
-
27.11.1941
BLST GHQ Middle East
08.04.1942
-
05.06.1942
General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), GHQ India
06.06.1942
-
23.09.1942
Secretary (General Staff Officer, 1st grade GSO1)) (Joint Plans)
1943
-
1944
Wingate Expeditions into Burma; Commander 16th Infantry Brigade in 1944 Expedition (wounded)
13.01.1945
-
14.08.1945
Colonel, Combined Operations HQ
15.08.1945
-
08.12.1946
Director (Grade B) of Combined Operations (Military) 
11.12.1946
-
20.11.1947
Assistant Inspector-General, Palestine Police
1948
-
1951
commanded 1st Battalion The Black Watch
14.05.1951
-
06.11.1953
Colonel, General Staff (Intelligence), Supreme HQ, Allied Powers, Europe
10.01.1955
-
18.09.1956
Commander, 153rd Highland Brigade, TA
20.09.1956
-
(02.1957)
Brigadier (SE), Allied Force HQ (Port Said Operations)
1957
-
1958
Commander, 29th Infantry Brigade
Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief (Deisgnate) of New Zealand, 1962-1967. International Observer Team, Nigeria, October 1968-March 1969. Member, Committee to review Defamation Act, 1952, 1971-1974; Chairman, Scottish Trust for the Physically Disabled, 1971-. Chairman, British Council, 1972-1976. Lord High Commissioner to General Assembly of Church of Scotland, 1973, 1974. Colonel, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regt), 1969-1976. Hon. DCL Canterbury, 1965; DUniv Waikato, 1967; Hon. LLD: Strathclyde, 1971; Dundee, 1973; Hon. DLitt St Andrews, 1974Chairman, London Board, Bank of New Zealand, since 1968; Chancellor, University of St Andrews, since 1973; Registrar, Order of St Michael and St George, since 1979.
Published: Eton Portrait, 1937; Beyond the Chindwin, 1945; Lowland Soldier (verse), 1945; The Wild Green Earth, 1946; The Black Watch and the King's Enemies, 1950; Rupert of the Rhine, 1952; The Rare Adventure, 1954; The Watery Maze: The Story of Combined Operations, 1961; Wavell: Portrait of a Soldier, 1961; Return to Burma, 1962; The Trumpet in the Hall, 1970; Captain John Niven, 1972; Hubble­Bubble (light verse), 1978; Travel Warrant, 1979
Festing,
[Sir] Francis Wogan
F.W. Festing F.W. Festing
F.W. Festing F.W. Festing
mailto:j.n.houterman@wxs.nl?subject=inquiry Army Officer K.O.N. Foster

Only son of late Brig.Gen. F.L. Festing, CB, CMG.
Married (1937) Mary Cecilia, elder daughter of late Cuthbert David Giffard Riddell, Swinburne Castle, Northumberland; four sons.
28.08.1902
-
03.08.1976
2nd Lt.
23.12.1921
...
...
Maj.
06.01.1939
local Lt.Col.
23.02.1939-31.12.1939
A/Lt.Col.
01.01.1940-31.03.1940
T/Lt.Col.
01.04.1940-12.04.1942
WS/Lt.Col.
13.04.1942
A/Col.
13.10.1941-12.04.1942
T/Col.
13.04.1942-27.11.1943
WS/Col.
28.11.1943
Col.
08.02.1945
A/Brig.
13.10.1941-12.04.1942
T/Brig.
13.04.1942-27.11.1943
A/Maj.Gen.
28.11.1942-27.11.1943
T/Maj.Gen.
28.11.1943-16.08.1946
Maj.Gen.
17.08.1946, seniority 23.11.1944
T/Lt.Gen.
26.06.1949-16.01.1950
Lt.Gen.
06.02.1952
Gen.
29.11.1956
Field Marshal
01.09.1960 (half-pay 1961)

GCB 1957 (KCB 1956; CB 1946); KBE 1952 (CBE 1945); DSO 1942; DL

23.12.1921


commissioned, The Rifle Brigade
...
-
...
...
23.02.1939
-
31.12.1939
General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), Staff College, Camberley
01.01.1940
-
20.09.1940
General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), ...
13.10.1941
-
27.11.1942
Brigade Commander (Madagascar)
28.11.1942
-
28.08.1945
General Officer Commanding, 36th Infantry Division (Burma)
...
-
...
...
29.09.1958
-
31.10.1961
Chief of the Imperial General Staff
1958
-
1960
ADC General to the Queen
Fickling,
William Angus
W.A. Fickling
Son of Angus Fickling (1864-1908), and Sarah Rosa Hoyer (1863-1953).
Married (25.05.1922, Pokesdown, Hampshire) Eva Mary Turley (16.07.1898-09.1993); one son (Cdr. Peter Angus Fickling, RN).
29.06.1893
Bournemouth, Hampshire
-
23.05.1971
Highcliffe, Hampshire
2nd Lt.
16.03.1918
Lt.
16.09.1919 (reld 30.09.1921)
2nd Lt.
25.08.1940 [146068]
WS/Lt.
25.08.1940
WS/Capt.
01.12.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Maj.
01.12.1942-(04.1944)
A/Lt.Col.
?
Hon. Maj.
< 04.1946



served in the ranks, Hampshire Regiment
?
-
15.03.1918
Officer Cadet Unit
16.03.1918
-
30.09.1921
commissioned,  Middlesex Regiment - Territorial Force (10th Battalion, later 7th Battalion)
30.08.1918
-
(09.1919)
seconded, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
Bank Manager with the Midland Bank in Parkstone, Poole, Dorset.
25.08.1940


commissioned, [Auxiliary Military] Pioneer Corps [emergency commission]



served in North Africa (might have been Second-in-Command of a Pioneer Corps Regiment that was digging latrines for the 8th Army)



also famous as the real-life 'Major Fibbing' in the Punch Cartoons during the war
Fillery,
Henry Walter
H.W. Fillery
Son of Francis Henry Fillery, and Bertha Mary Gammage.
Married ((12?).1936, Southwark district, Surrey) Dorothy M
ay Willcocks, of Paignton, Devon.
(12?).1909 ?
Paddington district, London ?
-
09.09.1943
Salerno, Italy
(DOW) [age 32 (33?)]
[Salerno War Cemetery, Italy, I.D.32]
2nd Lt. 19.10.1940 [153094]
WS/Lt. ?
A?/Capt. ?
19.10.1940     commissioned, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [emergency commission]
? - 09.09.1943 9th Battalion The Royal Fusiliers (died of wounds during the Salerno landings)
Fillingham,
John Francis
J.F. Fillingham
Son of Frank Fillingham, and Ada Wright.
From Hull.
16.02.1918
Sculcoates district, East Riding of Yorkshire
-
12.1991
Richmond district, Surrey
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
05.07.1939 [91497]
WS/Capt.
03.09.1943
T/Maj.
03.09.1943-(04.1946)
2nd Lt.
01.05.1948, seniority 03.09.1943
...
...
Maj.
24.08.1952
2nd Lt.
03.05.1958, seniority 27.08.1939
Lt.
03.05.1958, seniority 03.03.1941
Capt.
03.05.1958, seniority 27.08.1945
Maj.
03.05.1958, seniority 27.08.1952 (retd 09.04.1962)
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) MBE
19.04.1945
Italy
BSM
16.01.1947
?
05.07.1939


commissioned, The East Yorkshire Regiment (The Duke of York's Own) - Territorial Army
24.08.1939
 
 
mobilized TA



served in Italy
1945
-
1948
seconded to the Air Ministry Directorate of Intelligence as the senior Army representative on Section AI 9 dealing with E&E matters
?
-
02.05.1958
short service commission, Intelligence Corps
03.05.1958
-
09.04.1962
permanent commission, Intelligence Corps
Findlay,
James
J. Findlay
From Aberdeen.
?
-
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
15.02.1941 [172397]
WS/Lt.
15.08.1942
T/Capt.
29.04.1943-24.06.1944
WS/Capt.
25.06.1944
T/Maj.
25.06.1944-(04.1946)
Distinguished Service Order DSO
15.06.1944
Italy



Officer Cadet Training Unit
15.02.1941


commissioned, The Gordon Highlanders [emergency commission]



served in Italy
Finlay,
Campbell Kirkman
"Kim"
C.K. Finlay
Son of Sir Campbell Kirkman Finlay and Alice Kathleen Norton.
1909
-
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
29.08.1929 [44093]
Lt.
29.08.1932
Capt.
29.08.1939
WS/Maj.
22.09.1942
Maj.
01.01.1949
A/Lt.Col.
?
Hon. Lt.Col.
?
Education: Royal Military College
29.08.1929


commissioned, Irish Guards
(03.1931)
-
(06.1933)
1st Battalion Irish Guards (Windsor & Aldershot [UK])
(01.1937) -
29.08.1939
Supplementary Reserve of Officers
29.08.1939
-
?
Regular Army Reserve of Officers
(1940)


Officer Commanding, No. 3 Company, 2nd Battalion Irish Guards
22.06.1942
-
17.08.1944
Commanding Officer, 2nd (Armoured) Battalion Irish Guards (UK, NW Europe)
Published: This matter of life and death (1948)
Firth,
John Humphrey

J.H. Frith
From Biddenham, Bedford.
21.03.1921
-
22.10.1998
Kings Lynn, Norfolk
2nd Lt.
08.07.1939 [92857]
WS/Lt.
08.01.1941 (reld 27.01.1946; disability)
Hon. Lt.
27.01.1946
Military Cross MC
23.04.1942
Middle East



late Cadet, Wellington College Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
08.07.1939


commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army
24.08.1939


mobilized TA
(1939)
-
(1940)
"B" Battery, 52nd Heavy Regiment RA
Artist & retired teacher.
Firth,
Miss Pamela Hope
P.H. Frith
Daughter of Leslie L. Firth, a renowned horseman.
Married 1st (02.04.1948, London) Lt.Col. Vladimir Peniakoff, DSO, MC (1897-1951).
Married 2nd (08.10.1964) Thomas Stanley Matthews (16.01.1901 - 04.01.1991), editor of Time magazine; four stepsons.

15.12.1917
Kilcullen, Co Kildare
-
05.12.2005
Suffolk
2nd Sub.
30.05.1941 [196328]
WS/Sub.
30.05.1941, seniority 24.04.1941
T/J.Comd.
01.012.1942-(04.1946)
Hon. Capt.
26.08.1950
03.09.1939


mobilized ATS
30.05.1941


commissioned, Auxiliary Territorial Service [emergency commission]
26.08.1950
-
15.12.1967
Women's Royal Army Corps - Regular Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]
 
Fishbourne,
Joseph Russell
J.R. Fishbourne
18.11.1909
-
05.2002
Braintree, Essex
2nd Lt.
29.08.1929
... ...
Col.
02.12.1954 (retd 14.01.1959)
Hon. Brig.
14.01.1959
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE
?
?
Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE
01.03.1945
?
29.08.1929


commissioned, [Royal] Northumberland Fusiliers
23.01.1937


transferred, 3rd Dragoon Guards
04.12.1944
-
23.03.1945
General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), ... Officer Cadet Training Unit
02.12.1954
-
(02.1957)
Commander, ... Armoured Brigade (TA)
Fitch,
Frederic
C.K. Finlay
Son of Sydney Hewitt Fitch and Madeline Fitch, of Norwich.
Husband of Elizabeth Fitch, of Norwich.
?
-
19.06.1944
(KIA) [age]
[La Delivrande War Cemetery, Douvres, France, IX.F.1]
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
17.02.1934 [62355]
Lt.
17.02.1937
T/Capt.
14.05.1940-(04.1941)
WS/Capt.
20.07.1942
A/Maj. ?
?
MC
> 11.1939
< 04.1941
?



Supplementary Reserve of Officers
24.08.1939


mobilized
17.02.1944


Regular Army Reserve of Officers
?
-
19.06.1944
1st Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment
 
Fitzgeorge Parker,
Timothy Barclay
"Tim"
T.B. Fitzgeorge-Parker
Married 1st (1948) Pauline Whinney; one son, two daughters.
Married 2nd (1973) Eleanor Attfield; one son, one daughter.
Residence: (1944) Bude.

obituary
29.07.1920
Chipstead, Surrey
-
14.08.2006
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
19.11.1939 [107644]
Lt.
19.05.1941
A/Capt.
07.11.1943-06.02.1944
T/Capt.
07.02.1944-12.02.1944,
11.04.1944-14.05.1945,
17.05.1945-30.06.1946
Capt.
01.07.1946 (resigned commission 08.01. 1949)
T/Maj.
?
Hon. Maj.
08.01.1949
MC
27.01.1944
Monte Corvino, Italy, 09.09.43
Education: Loretto School; Royal Military College, Sandhurst (3rd Cavalry Officer Cadet Wing)
19.11.1939


commissioned, The Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons) - Royal Armoured Corps



served in Palestine, Syrian campaign, North Africa, Salerno, UK, Normandy & NW Europe
09.01.1949
-
?
Regular Army Reserve of Officers
Enjoyed a brief career as a trainer before becoming a racing journalist and prolific author.
FitzGerald,
Desmond Richard Sassoon
D.R.S. FitzGerald
Son of Derek Joseph Barrington FitzGerald and Violet Leah Sassoon.
05.01.1918
-
05.2000
Westminster, London
2nd Lt.
25.08.1938 [77598]
Lt.
01.01.1941
A/Capt.
04.11.1940-03.02.1941
T/Capt.
04.02.1941-17.08.1943
WS/Capt.
18.08.1943 (reld 03.02.1948)
A/Maj.
10.12.1942-23.02.1943,
03.08.1943-17.08.1943
T/Maj.
18.08.1943-(04.1946)
Hon. Maj.
03.02.1948
25.08.1938


commissioned, Irish Guards
(04.1940)


1 Company, 1st Battalion The Irish Guards (Norway)
(1942)


Adjutant, 1st Battalion The Irish Guards (North Africa)
08.1944
-
(09.1944)
Officer Commanding, 3 Squadron, 2nd (Armoured) Battalion The Irish Guards (NW Europe)
15.12.1951
-
05.01.1968
Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
Merchant banker, London.
FitzGerald,
Gerald Loftus
G.L. FitzGerald
Son of late Col. D.C.V. FitzGerald, MC, Indian Medical Service, of Nairobi Kenya.
Married (1937) Mary Stuart, daughter of late Charles E. Mills, Holbrook, Suffolk; one son, one daughter.
05.05.1907
-
01.1999
Winchester district, Hampshire
2nd Lt.
30.08.1926 [36596]
Lt.
30.08.1929
Capt.
01.01.1938
A/Maj.
02.12.1939-01.03.1940
T/Maj.
02.03.1940-29.08.1943
Maj.
30.08.1943
A/Lt.Col.
14.03.1944-13.06.1944
T/Lt.Col.
14.06.1944-30.05.1949
Lt.Col.
31.05.1949 (supernumerary 31.05.1952)
local Col.
16.08.1950-14.01.1951
T/Col.
15.01.1951-23.06.1952
Col.
24.06.1952
local Brig.
15.01.1951-19.10.1952
T/Brig.
10.11.1952-07.06.1956
Brig.
08.06.1956 (retd 05.04.1959)
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE
31.05.1956
HM's birthday 56
Distinguished Service Order DSO
21.06.1945
?
Cheavlier, Order of Leopold (Belgium) LeoI
25.09.1947
?
Croix de Guerre 1940 avec palme (Belgium) CdeG
25.09.1947
?
Education: Wellington College; Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; Staff College (psc)
30.08.1926


commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery
(03.1931)
 
 
"N" Battery, Royal Horse Artillery (Sialkot)
(06.1933)
 
 
"N" Battery, Royal Horse Artillery (Secunderabad)
10.12.1936
-
01.12.1939
Adjutant, 67th (The York and Lancaster Regiment) Anti-Aircraft Brigade RA (Territorial Army)
13.01.1941
-
27.10.1941
General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), Artillery, HQ Western Command (Chester)
29.10.1941
-
19.12.1942
Brigade Major, ...
27.08.1943
-
12.03.1944
General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), School of Infantry (Barnard Castle)
01.11.1945
-
27.05.1946
Assistant Adjutant General, ... (British Army of the Rhine)
15.06.1946
-
11.09.1948
General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1) (Training), British Military Mission to Greece
11.11.1948
-
30.06.1950
Chief Instructor, Officer Cadet School
16.08.1950
-
14.01.1951
General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), British Joint Services Mission, Washington (USA)
15.01.1951
-
19.10.1952
Deputy Director of Operations & Intelligence, Washington
10.11.1952
-
30.09.1955
Commander, HQ Training Brigade RA, Western Command
03.10.1955
-
1958
Deputy Director of Weapons and Development, War Office
Fitzgerald,
Maurice Lawrence
M.L. Fitzgerald
?
-
Cadet
? [6464818 ?]
2nd Lt.
04.07.1940 [138045]
WS/Lt.
04.01.1942 (reld 18.07.1953)
T/Capt.
01.11.1943-(04.1946)
Hon. Capt.
18.07.1953
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St
-
-
Africa Star Afr St
-
-
04.07.1940


commissioned, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) [emergency commission]
 
Flawn,
Ewart Gordon Charles
Maj. E.C.G. Flawn, 1944. (Photo courtsey of Mr Charles Flawn)
From Gerrards Cross.
17.04.1906
West Ham, Essex
-
23.08.1987
Bideford, Devon
2nd Lt.
01.09.1939 [102341]
WS/Lt.
04.11.1940
T/Capt.
04.11.1940
WS/Capt.
10.07.1941 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Maj.
10.07.1941
Hon. Maj.
> 04.1944, < 04.1946
Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE
13.12.1945
Italy
Mention in Despatches MID
11.11.1943
North Africa



late Cadet, Ley's School Contingent, Junior Division, OTC
1927


joined 'A' Battery, the Honourable Artillery Company - Territorial Army (as a Gunner)
24.08.1939


mobilized TA
01.09.1939


commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army



served in North Africa & Italy
Flay,
John Charles
J.C. Flay
From Worcester.
(09?).1907
Worcester district, Hereford and Worcester / Worcestershire
-
died 1970s??
2nd Lt.
31.07.1925 [33155]
Lt.
31.07.1927
Capt.
01.05.1930
Maj.
16.02.1939, seniority 21.08.1938 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Lt.Col.
10.09.1943-(04.1944)
Hon. Lt.Col.
< 04.1946
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) OBE
13.12.1945
Italy
Mention in Despatches MID
19.07.1945
Italy
Territorial Efficiency Decoration TD
02.10.1942
-



late Cadet Lance-Corporal, King's School (Worcester) Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps

31.07.1925


commissioned, 67th (South Midlands) Field Brigade, Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army
24.08.1939     mobilized TA
(06.1940)
 
 
Battery Commander (Dunkirk; wounded)
09.1943?
-
(01.1944)
Commanding Officer, 67th Field Regiment RA (TA) (Anzio)
?
-
19.10.1957
Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
Chartered accountant.
President, Worcester Rugby Football Club, 1955-1957.
Flohr,
Ramuald
"Roman"
R. Flohr
?
Poland
-
Cpl.
?
2nd Lt.
01.07.1941 [221252]
WS/Lt.
01.10.1942 (reld 28.03.1946)
T/Capt.
22.10.1944-28.03.1946
Hon. Capt. 
28.03.1946



served in the ranks in a Palestine Unit
01.07.1941
 
 
commissioned, General List [emergency commission]
28.09.1942


transferred, The Palestine Regiment
1945
-
1947
worked for Central Tracing Bureau & International Tracing Service, United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
1947
-
1948
Director, Central Tracing Bureau, United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Flood,
George Robert
"Bob"
G.R. Flood
Married Jeanette (predeceased him); one son, one daughter.

26.11.1919
Guildford, Surrey
-
11.10.2004
Amesbury Abbey, Salisbury district, Wiltshire
2nd Lt.
15.10.1939 [102322]
...
...
T/Maj.
26.03.1944-31.03.1952
...
...
Brig.
31.12.1966 (retd 26.11.1974)
Military Cross MC
21.06.1945
NW Europe
15.10.1939


commissioned, The Royal Berkshire Regiment [emergency commission]
(1944)
-
(1945)
8th Parachute Battalion (NW Europe)
07.11.1945


permanent commission
1972
-
1974
ADC to the Queen
Flowerdew,
Frank Digby Mackworth
F.D.M. Flowerdew
Son of Lt.Col. Richard Edward Flowerdew, CIE, IMS (1886-1971), and Caroline Jane Mackworth (1881-1957), of Elmdene, Woking, Surrey.
Married (10.01.1942, Bournemouth) Margot Stewart, daughter of Mr & Mrs A.F. Martin Stewart, of Ferndown, Dorset; two sons (doctors), one daughter (nurse).

01.10.1913
India
-
28.07.1987
Southampton, Hampshire
Lt. 20.07.1939
WS/Capt. 20.07.1940 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Maj. ?
A/Lt.Col. ?
Hon. Maj. < 04.1946
Education: Framlingham College (1928-1931); St Thomas's Hospital Medical School; MRCS Eng, LRCP Lond 1937.
      late Cadet Lance-Corporal, Framlingham College Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
20.07.1939     commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps - Territorial Army
24.08.1939     mobilized TA
      served in France and with the East African Command in Kenya, Abyssinia, and Madagascar
Late Children's Hospital Physician St. Thomas's Hospital; Hospital Physician Royal North. Hospital Holloway; Royal Victoria Hospital, Boscombe. Returned to East Africa to join a general practice in Nairobi, Kenya. Specilized as an anaesthesist. Returned to UK (Ferndown, Dorset), 1979.
Foot,
James Panton
J.P. Foot
Son of Cecil J. Foot, and Jessie W. Homer.
(09?).1921
Dorchester district, Dorset
-
(12?).2006
Dorset
2nd Lt. 31.05.1941 [189391]
WS/Lt. 01.10.1942
T/Capt. 05.11.1943-(04.1944),
01.12.1944-(04.1946)
Capt. TA 21.09.1948
A/Maj. TA 01.05.1950
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) MBE 08.07.1943 SBS action *
? - 31.05.1941 Officer Cadet Training Unit
31.05.1941     commissioned, The Devonshire Regiment [emergency commission]
(10.1942)     No. 2 Special Boat Squadron (North Africa) (10.1942 Operation Majestic Enterprise) (MBE)
21.09.1948     transferred, Territorial Army
14.05.1955     transferred, Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
* October 1942—North Africa. One of three officers [the others being Capt. Godfrey B. Courtney & Maj. Richard P. Livingstone] of the Special Service Brigade whose duty it was to put Major-General M.W. Clark of the U.S. Army and his mission ashore from the submarine in which they travelled to North Africa for the purpose of interviewing certain French authorities prior to the Allied landing in November 1942. These three officers had also to take General Clark and his party back to the submarine after the negotiations had been completed. General Clark has said of their services:— ‘Without their whole-hearted assistance and skilful use of the fine specialised equipment furnished them, I am sure that we could not have overcome the physical obstacles encountered in getting ashore and re-embarking through a heavy surf. Any consideration that can be given these officers will be well deserved and greatly appreciated by me.’ The skill, judgment and steady nerve contributed directly to the successful outcome of this most important preliminary to the main operation. (L.G. 08.07.43)
Ford,
[Sir] Edward William Spencer
Maj. E.C.G. Flawn, 1944. (Photo courtsey of Mr Charles Flawn)
4th (twin) son of late Very Rev. Lionel G.B.J. Ford, Headmaster of Repton and Harrow and Dean of York, and of Mary Catherine, daughter of Rt Rev. E.S. Talbot, Bishop of Winchester and Hon. Mrs Talbot.
Married (1949) Virginia (died 1995), elder daughter of 1st and last Baron Brand, CMG,
and widow of John Metcalfe Polk, NY; two sons.

Wikipedia
(with links to obituaries)
24.07.1910
Repton, Derbyshire
-
19.11.2006
London
2nd Lt.
01.06.1936
Lt.
01.06.1939
A/Capt.
22.12.1940-(04.1941)
WS/Capt.
26.02.1942
T/Maj.
26.02.1942-01.01.1946
Hon. Maj.
?
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath KCB
01.01.1967
New Year 67
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order KCVO
13.06.1957
HM's birthday 57
Commander of the Order of the Bath CB
05.06.1952
HM's birthday 52
Member of the Royal Victorian Order MVO
01.01.1949
New Year 49
Emergency Reserve Decoration ERD
1987
?
Mention in Despatches MID
1940?
?
Mention in Despatches MID
1944?
?
Education: Eton (King's Schol.); New Coll., Oxford (Open Scholar; Hon. Fellow, 1982). 1st Class Hon. Mods; 2nd Class Lit. Hum. (Greats).
Law Student (Harmsworth Scholar) Middle Temple, 1934-1935; Tutor to King Farouk of Egypt, 1936-1937; called to Bar, Middle Temple, 1937 and practised 1937-1939.
01.06.1936


commissioned, Grenadier Guards - Supplementary Reserve of Officers
24.08.1939


mobilized SRO
1939
-
1940
served in France and Belgium, 1939-1940 (despatches)
22.12.1940
-
(04.1941)
General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), ...
1943
-
1944
served in Tunisia and Italy (despatches)



Brigade Major 10th Infantry and 24th Guards Brigades
1944
-
1945
Instructor at Staff College, Haifa (psc)
Assistant Private Secretary to King George VI, 01.01.1946-1952, and to the Queen, 1952-1967; Extra Equerry to the Queen, 1955. Director, London Life Association, 1970-1983. Member, Central Appeals Advisory Committee, BBC and IBA, 1969-1972, 1976-1978; Member,
Council, St Christopher's Hospice, Sydenham, 1980-1990 (Pres., 1990-); Chairman: UK/USA Bicentennial Fellowships Cttee, 1975-1980; St John Council for Northampton- shire, 1976-1982; Grants Cttee, Historic Churches Preservation Trust, 1977-1990. Trustee: York Glaziers' Trust, 1977-; Butler Trust, 1986-1990; Hon. Treas., Children's Country Holidays Fund, 1958-1973, Vice­Pres., 1973-; Governor, The Ditchley Foundn, 1966-1989. Mem. Ct of Assts, Goldsmiths' Co., 1970-, Prime Warden, 1979. High Sheriff Northants 1970, DL 1972 Secretary and Registrar of the Order of Merit, since 1975; Secretary to the Pilgrim Trust, 1967-1975.
OStJ 1976; MA; FRSA; DL.
Ford,
[Sir] Robert Cyril
R.C. Ford R.C. Ford
Son of late John Stranger Ford and Gladys Ford, Yealmpton, Devon.
Married (1949) Jean Claudia
Pendlebury, daughter of late Gp Capt. Claude Pendlebury, MC, TD, FLAS, FRICS, and Muriel Pendlebury, Yelverton, Devon; one son.
29.12.1923
-
2nd Lt.
26.06.1943 [284433]
WS/Lt.
26.12.1943
A/Capt.
29.11.1946-28.02.1947
Lt.
07.12.1946, seniority 29.06.1946
T/Capt.
01.03.1947-28.12.1950
Capt.
29.12.1950
T/Maj.
19.04.1952-28.12.1957
Maj.
29.12.1957
Bt. Lt.Col.
01.07.1962
T/Lt.Col.
28.08.1963-03.02.1966
Lt.Col.
04.02.1966
Brig.
31.12.1967, seniority 30.06.1967
A/Maj.Gen.
29.07.1971-28.08.1971
Maj.Gen.
29.08.1971, seniority 29.07.1971
Lt.Gen.
13.11.1976
local Gen.
01.09.1978-01.11.1978
Gen.
02.11.1978, seniority 01.05.1978 (retd 07.04.1981)
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath GCB
31.12.1980
New Year 81
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath KCB
31.12.1976
New Year 77
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
02.06.1973
HM's birthday 73
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE
12.06.1971
HM's birthday 71
Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE
12.06.1958
HM's birthday 58
Mention in Despatches MID
08.11.1945
NW Europe
Mention in Despatches MID
07.01.1949
Palestine
Education: Musgrave's College; Royal Military College, Sandhurst; Staff College, Camberley (1955; psc)



served in the ranks for 1 year and 129 days
26.06.1943


commissioned, Royal Dragoon Guards [emergency commission to 06.12.1946]
1943
-
1945
4th/7th Battalion Royal Dragoon Guards (UK, NW Europe)
07.12.1946


transferred, Royal Armoured Corps [permanent commission]
01.02.1947


transferred, 4th/7th Battalion Royal Dragoon Guards
1947
-
1948
4th/7th Battalion Royal Dragoon Guards (Egypt & Palestine)
1949
-
1950
Instructor, Mons Officer Candidates School
19.04.1952
-
19.01.1955
Training Officer, Scottish Horse (TA)
18.01.1956
-
24.04.1957
General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2) (Military Operations), War Office
09.05.1957
-
01.04.1958
Military Assistant to Vice Chief of the Imperial General Staff
1958
-
1959
Squadron Leader, 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards
04.01.1960
-
21.01.1962
Brigade Major, 20th Armoured Brigade
1962
-
1963
Squadron Leader, 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards
28.08.1963
-
1965
General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1) to Chief of Defence Staff (Briefing Staff), Ministry of Defence
1966
-
1967
Commanding Officer, 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards (Saudi Arabia & Northern Ireland)
06.12.1967
-
12.01.1969
Commander, 7th Armoured Brigade
15.12.1969
-
28.07.1971
Principal Staff Officer to Chief of Defence
Staff
29.07.1971
-
09.04.1973
Commander Land Forces, Northern Ireland
29.11.1973
-
13.10.1976
Commandant, Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst
13.11.1976
-
17.07.1978
Military Secretary
01.09.1978
-
23.03.1981
Adjutant-General, Ministry of Defence
05.02.1980
-
07.04.1981
also: ADC General to the Queen
Governor, Royal Hospital, Chelsea, 1981-1987. Colonel Commandant: Royal Armoured Corps, 01.04.1980-01.04.1982; Special Air Service Regiment, 19.05.1980-1985; Colonel 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards, 31.12.1983-01.01.1989. President: Services Kinema Corporation, 1978-1981; Army Boxing Association, 1978-1981. Chairman, 1981-1987, and President, 1986-1997, Army Benevolent Fund; Chairman, Royal Cambridge Home for Soldiers' Widows, 1981-1987; National President, Forces Help Society and Lord Roberts Workshops, 1981-1991. Governor, Corps of Commissionaires, 1981-1994. Freeman, City of London, 1981. CIMgt. Vice­Chairman, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, 1989-1993 (Commissioner, 1981-1993).
Ford,
Robert Brough
R.B. Ford
Son of Robert Brough Ford, and Alice Emily Uglow.
23.04.1919
Tiverton district, Devon / Cornwall
-
09.2004
Richmond upon Thames district, Surrey
Gnr. ?
2nd Lt. 01.08.1942 [238625]
WS/Lt. 01.02.1943 (reld < 04.1947)
T/Capt. 25.10.1945-(04.1946)
      served in the ranks, Royal Regiment of Artillery
01.08.1942     commissioned, Royal Army Ordnance Corps (MM Branch) [emergency commission]
01.10.1942     transferred, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Forrest,
Glynn Neville
G.N. Forrest
Son of Neville Vaughan Forrest and Marianne E. A. Forrest, of Exeter, Devon.
1920 ?
-
27.03.1942
(MIA) [age 22]
[Rangoon Memorial, Myanmar, face 12]
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
10.05.1941 [186124]



Officer Cadet Training Unit
10.05.1941


commissioned, The Gloucestershire Regiment [emergency commission]
?
-
27.03.1942
1st Battalion The Gloucestershire Regiment (Burma)
Forrester,
Michael
M. Forrester

31.08.1917
Portsmouth
-
15.10.2006
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
31.08.1938 [69349]
...
...
T/Lt.Col.
27.10.1943-25.10.1944,
12.06.1945-31.03.1948,
19.07.1955-(02.1957)
...
...
Maj.Gen.
14.04.1965 (retd 19.10.1970)
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
1969
?
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE
1963
?
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
1960
?
Distinguished Service Order DSO
13.01.1944
?
Distinguished Service Order DSO
31.08.1944
?
MC
1939
Palestine
MC
30.12.1941
?
Mention in Despatches MID
15.12.1942
?
31.08.1938


commissioned, Queen's Royal Regiment
(1939)


2nd Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (Palestine)
27.11.1940
-
12.06.1941
GSO3, British Military Mission Greece
13.06.1941
-
15.09.1941
GSO3, Western Desert Force
16.09.1941
-
03.06.1942
GSO3, 13 Corps



Staff College, Haifa
16.10.1942
-
30.11.1942
Brigade Major, 132nd Infantry Brigade
1942?
-
1943?
Second-in-Command, 1/6th Battalion Queen's Royal Regiment
18.01.1943
-
03.05.1943
GSO2, 13 Corps
08.1943
-
25.10.1944
Commanding Officer, 1/6th Battalion Queen's Royal Regiment (Italy, UK, NW Europe [wounded]]
12.06.1945
-
19.10.1946
GSO1, 13 Corps
...
-
...
...
Forsyth,
Donald T
D.T. Forsyth
Married (1945?) Loraine Clayton.
Formerly of Egypt, Libya and Portugal.
?
-
14.07.2007

2nd Lt.
29.01.1941
WS/Lt.
19.08.1941
T/Capt.
19.08.1941-(04.1944)
WS/Capt.
09.01.1945
T/Maj.
09.01.1945-(04.1946)
29.01.1941


commissioned, Intelligence Corps [emergency commission]
Forsyth,
Robert Angus
R.A. Forsyth

1903
Cathcart district, Renfrew, Scotland
-
08.03.1945
[Taukkyan War Cemetery, Myanmar, 18.F.21]
L/Cpl.
?
2nd Lt.
26.03.1930 [44905]
Lt.
26.03.1933
Capt.
13.05.1936
A/Maj.
02.09.1939-(11.1939)
T/Maj.
06.09.1940-(04.1941)
WS/Maj.
17.09.1942
T/Lt.Col.
17.09.1942-08.03.1945
Territorial Efficiency Decoration TD
22.06.1944
-
Education: Glasgow Academy (1912-1916); Rossall School



late Cadet Corporal, Rossall School Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
?
-
25.03.1930
served in the ranks, 2nd Cavalry (Middlesex Yeomanry) Divisional Signals
26.03.1930
-
(01.1939)
commissioned, 52nd (Lowland) Divisional Signals - Royal Corps of Signals - Territorial Army (Glasgow)
24.08.1939
 
 
mobilized TA
1939
-
1940
served in France
?
-
08.03.1945
Indian Signal Corps - attached 19th Indian Divisional Signals (Burma)
Fortune,
Sir Victor Morven


Son of late John Fortune, Bengairn, Castle Douglas. Married Eleanor, 2nd daughter of A.J. Steel Kirkwood, Lockerbie; one son, two daughters.

papers
21.08.1883
Blellack, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
-
02.01.1949
Perth?
2nd Lt.
19.12.1903 [19362]
Lt.
08.11.1906
Capt.
17.09.1914
Bt. Maj.
18.02.1915
A/Maj.
07.11.1919-21.01.1920
T/Maj.
01.02.1921-05.01.1923
Maj.
06.01.1923
A/Lt.Col.
18.09.1916-27.06.1918,
01.04.1919-27.07.1919
Bt. Lt.Col.
01.01.1919
T/Lt.Col.
28.07.1919-06.11.1919
Lt.Col.
10.01.1927
Col.
01.01.1930, seniority 01.01.1923
T/Brig.
28.06.1918-31.03.1919,
19.03.1932-31.12.1934
Maj.Gen.
01.01.1935 (half-pay 13.04.1935) (full-pay 26.09.1935) (half-pay 15.08.1936) (full-pay 01.04.1937) (retd 20.09.1945)
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire KBE
19.04.1945

in recognition of valuable services in the, interests of British Prisoners of War in Germany

Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
23.06.1936
HM's birthday 36
Distinguished Service Order DSO
03.06.1916
HM's birthday 16
Mention in Despatches MID
17.02.1915
?
Mention in Despatches MID
01.01.1916
?
Mention in Despatches MID
15.06.1916
?
Mention in Despatches MID
21.12.1917
?
Mention in Despatches MID
20.12.1918
?
Mention in Despatches MID
11.10.1945

for gallant and distinguish- ed services in the field

Chevalier, Legion d'Honneur (France) LegH
01.05.1917
?
Officier, Legion d'Honneur (France) LegH
21.07.1919
?
Grand Officer, Royal Order of the Phoenix (Greece) Phnx
23.07.1948

in recognition of distinguished services in the cause of the Allies

1914 Star & Clasp; British War Medal; Victory Medal
Education: Winchester College; Royal Military College, Sandhurst; Staff College, Camberley (1920; psc)
19.12.1903


commissioned, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)
13.08.1914
-
11.11.1918
served World War I in France & Belgium:
(08.1914)


Lieutenant, 'A' Company, 1st Battalion The Black Watch
04.12.1914
-
10.11.1915
Adjutant, 1st Battalion The Black Watch
11.11.1915
-
16.09.1916
Brigade Major, 1st Brigade (France)
18.09.1916
-
07.01.1918
Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion The Black Watch
08.01.1918
-
27.06.1918
Commandant, Fourth Army Musketry Camp (France)
28.06.1918
-
31.03.1919
Brigade Commander, 46th Brigade (15th (Scottish) Division) (France)
01.04.1919
-
27.07.1919
Commanding Officer, 8th Battalion The Black Watch (acting)
28.07.1919
-
06.11.1919
Commandant, School of Musketry
07.11.1919
-
21.01.1920
Acting Major, 11th Battalion Royal West Surrey Regiment
01.02.1921
-
31.01.1923
Commander, Company of Gentlemen Cadets, Royal Military College (as General Staff Officer, grade 2 (GSO2))
01.02.1923
-
31.01.1925
Assistant Commandant (Class X), Small Arms School
10.01.1927


transferred to The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's)
10.01.1927
-
31.12.1929
Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion The Seaforth Highlanders
01.01.1930
-
18.03.1932
General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), 5th Division (Northern Command)
19.03.1932
-
12.04.1935
Commander, 5th Infantry Brigade (Aldershot Command)
01.04.1934
-
31.12.1934
ADC to the King
26.09.1935
-
14.08.1936
General Officer Commanding, 52nd (Lowland) Division (temporary) (Scottish Command)
01.04.1937
-
02.01.1938
Area Commander, South Western Area (Southern Command)
03.01.1938
-
12.06.1940
General Officer Commanding, 51st (Highland) Infantry Division (UK, France & Belgium)
12.06.1940
-
1945
prisoner of war (liberated by American 1st Army)
Honorary Colonel, The Seaforth Highlanders, 02.03.1945-... Deputy Lieutenant, County of Perth, 15.08.1947-09.10.1948.
Foster,
Garth

G. Foster
Son of ... Foster, and ... Rothwell.
(06?).1914
Stockton district, Durham / Yorkshire
-
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
17.08.1940 [145169]
WS/Lt.
17.02.1942
T/Capt.
10.12.1942-(04.1944)
WS/Capt.
07.09.1944
T/Maj.
08.04.1945-(04.1946)
Maj.
20.07.1948 (retd 31.07.1962)
Territorial Efficiency Decoration TD
?
-
Efficiency Medal (Territorial) EM
28.01.1949
-
?
-
16.08.1940
Officer Cadet Training Unit
17.08.1940

 
 
commissioned, The Green Howards [emergency commission]
01.06.1943
 
 
transferred, The Parachute Regiment, Army Air Corps
(06.1944)
 
 
Assistant Adjutant, 12th (10th Battalion The Green Howards) Parachute Battalion (Normandy)
20.07.1948
 
 
transferred, The Green Howards - Territorial Army
05.03.1952


transferred, The Northamptonshire Regiment - Territorial Army
Foster,
Kingsley Osborn Nugent

K.O.N. Foster mailto:j.n.houterman@wxs.nl?subject=inquiry Army Officer K.O.N. Foster
08.11.1906
-
25.04.1951
(KIA) [age 44]
[United Nations Memorial Cemetery, Pusan, Korea, 24.1.5, grave 1700]
2nd Lt.
04.02.1926 [34768]
...
...
Lt.Col.
17.03.1950
Distinguished Service Order DSO
13.07.1951
Korea
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
01.01.1949
New Year 49
Mention in Despatches MID
30.12.1941
Middle East
Bronzen Leeuw [Bronze Lion] (The Netherlands) BL
18.07.1947
? [Dutch decree 24.04.1946]
04.02.1926


commissioned, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers
...
-
...
...
?
-
25.04.1951
served in Korea (killed in action)
Published: The Military General Service Medal, 1793-1814 (1947)
Foster,
Stanley Jack

S.J. Foster
?
-
1984
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
17.06.1944 [323427]
WS/Capt.
09.06.1945
T/Maj.
09.06.1945-(04.1946)
WS/Maj.
? (reld 26.09.1948)
T/Lt.Col.
?
Hon. Lt.Col.
26.09.1948
17.06.1944


commissioned, Royal Army Ordnance Corps (Administrative Branch) [emergency commission]
Built the Lakehouse Hotel and Smoke House Hotel in Cameron Highlands, Malaysia.
Foulds,
John Philip

J.P. Foulds
24.02.1919
-
09.2003
Derby district, Derbyshire
Cadet
? [1480189]
2nd Lt.
22.10.1943 [296535]
WS/Lt.
22.04.1944
T/Capt.
26.04.1945-(04.1946) (reld > 04.1946)
Mention in Despatches MID
04.04.1946
NW Europe
22.10.1943


commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
Foulds,
John Patrick

J.P. Foulds
Son of John Foulds (1880-1939), composer, and Maud McCarthy.
1917
-
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
16.06.1940 [132867]
WS/Lt.
16.12.1941
WS/Capt.
01.08.1945
Lt.
09.08.1947, seniority 02.06.1941
Capt.
09.08.1947, seniority 01.07.1946
T/Maj.
01.08.1945-(04.1946)
Maj.
02.12.1952 (retd 26.04.1958)
Mention in Despatches MID
19.09.1946
Burma
?
-
16.06.1940
Officer Cadet Training Unit
16.06.1940


commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
09.08.1947
-
26.04.1958
short service commission
Foulkes,
Trevor Kirk

T.K. Foulkes
(06?).1904
Bangor, Anglesey
-

Lance Serjt.
?
2nd Lt.
07.06.1926 [35270]
Lt.
07.06.1929
Capt.
25.03.1936
T/Maj.
02.12.1939-(04.1941)
Maj.
05.06.1945, seniority 24.07.1939 (reld from active service < 04.1946)
Lt.Col.
01.05.1950 (supernumerary 10.11.1952) (retd 01.05.1956)
Bt. Col.
10.11.1952
A/Col.
01.05.1953
Mention in Despatches MID
13.01.1944
Middle East
Territorial Efficiency Decoration TD
08.06.1943
?
Territorial Efficiency Decoration TD
08.07.1958
1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th Clasps
07.06.1926


commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army
07.06.1926
-
(01.1939)
241st (Carnarvon) Battery, 61st Carnarvon and Denbigh (Yeomanry) Medium Brigade [later: Regiment] RA (Bangor)
24.08.1939


mobilized TA
(01.1937)
-
(04.1946)
Military Member, Territorial Army Association of Carnarvon
01.05.1956
-
27.06.1964
Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
Foulkes,
William Valentine

W.V. Foulkes (Photo courtesy of Mrs Jackie Rogers) W.V. Foulkes (Photo courtesy of Mrs Jackie Rogers)
W.V. Foulkes (Photo courtesy of Mrs Jackie Rogers)  
Son of John William Foulkes, and Ethel A. Hayward.
Married (02.08.1944, Hatfield district) Barbara M. Rylands; three daughters.
15.11.1913
Wellington, Shropshire
-

31.01.1993
Javea, Spain
Cadet
21.01.1943
2nd Lt.
03.04.1943 [269096]
WS/Lt.
03.10.1943 (reld > 04.1946)
T/Capt.
23.06.1944-(04.1946)
21.01.1943
-
02.04.1943
36th course, Officer Cadet Training Unit, Royal Army Ordnance Corps
03.04.1943
 
 
commissioned, Royal Army Ordnance Corps - Administrative Branch [emergency commission]
1943
-
1946
served Middle East
Fowler,
Benjamin John

B.J. Fowler
?
-

Lt.
09.12.1944 [336778]
WS/Capt.
09.12.1945
Education: MB.
09.12.1944


commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission]
Fowler,
Bernard Jack

B.J. Fowler
Married; ... children (one son?).
26.02.1916
-
03.2005

Sheffield, Yorkshire
Cpl.
?
2nd Lt.
19.02.1941 [173214]
WS/Lt.
19.08.1942
T/Capt.
29.12.1942-(04.1944)
WS/Capt.
13.10.1945 (reld < 04.1947)
T/Maj.
13.10.1945-(04.1946)
19.02.1941


commissioned, Pioneer Corps [emergency commission]



served in North Africa (El Alamein)
Fowler,
Bryan John

B.J. Fowler
18.08.1898
-

2nd Lt.
26.08.1916
...
...
Col.
04.07.1945 (retd 29.11.1949)
T/Brig.
05.11.1942-(04.1946)
Hon. Brig.
29.11.1949
Distinguished Service Order DSO
?
?
Distinguished Service Order DSO
?
?
MC
?
?
26.06.1916


commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery
Fowler,
Fred

F. Fowler
?
-

2nd Lt.
13.06.1942 [235519]
WS/Lt.
13.12.1942 (reld > 04.1946)
1941
-
13.06.1942
No. 31 Class, 141 Officer Cadet Training Unit (Aldershot)
13.06.1942


commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]
Fowler,
Peter Seymour

P.S. Fowler
Son of Henry Seymour Fowler and Ida Margaret Fowler, of St. John's Wood, London.
1919 ?
-

21.08.1944
(KIA) [age 25]
[Moureze Communal Cemetery, France]
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
15.03.1941 [177534]
WS/Lt.
15.09.1942
T/Capt.
11.06.1943-21.08.1944
Mention in Despatches MID
30.08.1945
gallant & distinguished services in the field [posthumously]
Education: Cambridge University (BA)
15.03.1941


commissioned, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [emergency commission]
(04.1944)
-
21.08.1944
seconded, MI9 (Military Intelligence, branch 9, dealing with escape & evasion of Allied personnel in enemy-held territory)
Fox,
Joseph Gordon

J.G. Fox
Son of a clergyman.
From Gateshead.
c. 1910/12
-
c. 1948/50
Syria
2nd Lt.
14.12.1940 [162130]
WS/Capt.
20.10.1941
T/Maj.
04.07.1942-(04.1944),
12.04.1944-(04.1946)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) OBE
21.12.1944
Italy
?
-
14.12.1940
Sandhurst Officer Cadet Training Unit
14.12.1940
 
 
commissioned, Royal Tank Regiment - Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]



may have served on the staff of Montgomery (8th Army?)
Military adviser to the Syrian government.
Fox-Pitt,
William Augustus Fitzgerald Lane
W.A.F.L. Fox-Pitt
Private papers
28.01.1896
-
26.04.1988
Yeovil, Somerset
2nd Lt.
02.04.1915 [9184]
Lt.
27.12.1915
Capt.
19.05.1919
Maj.
05.08.1929
Lt.Col.
01.10.1934 (half-pay 26.01.1938) (full-pay 26.01.1938)
Bt. Col.
26.01.1938, seniority 26.01.1937
Col.
01.08.1938, seniority 26.01.1937 (retd 28.10.1947)
T/Brig.
04.12.1939-30.11.1943,
21.12.1943-24.07.1945
A/Maj.Gen.
15.05.1943-30.11.1943
Hon. Maj.Gen.
28.10.1947
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order CVO
1966
?
Distinguished Service Order DSO
20.12.1940
?
Member of the Royal Victorian Order MVO
1936
?
MC
1916
?
Mention in Despatches MID
29.04.1941
?
1914


joined special reserve of Cheshire Regt (mobilized for 234 days) (France and Belgium, World War I 1914-1918)
02.04.1915


commissioned, The Welsh Guards
03.08.1917
-
20.09.1918
Adjutant, ...
19.05.1919
-
18.05.1922 
Adjutant, ...
1923


Staff Capt, Turkey
1934
-
1937
Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion The Welsh Guards
26.01.1938
-
01.09.1939
Officer Commanding, Welsh Guards Regiment and Regimental District
1939


Commander, Officer Production Group, Territorial Army
15.02.1939
-
03.12.1939
District Commander, Home Forces
04.12.1939
-
09.05.1940
Sub-Area Commander, Home Forces
10.05.1940
-
15.09.1941
Commander, 20th Independent Infantry Brigade (Guards) (UK, France [Boulogne], UK)
15.09.1941
-
14.05.1943
Commander, 5th Guards Armoured Brigade (UK)
15.05.1943
-
30.11.1943
Commander, East Kent District (Home Forces)
03.01.1944
-
18.05.1945
Commander, 27th (North Rhodesia) Infantry Brigade [04.1945 redesignated: 27th (East Africa) Infantry Brigade] (Madagascar, East Africa)
1945
-
1947
Commander, Headquarters Toulon (203 British Sub-Area, France)
ADC to the King, 04.09.1945-... DL
Francis,
Francis Peter

F.P. Francis

(09?).1917 ?
Holborn district, London, Middlesex ?
-
01.2008 still alive
2nd Lt.
26.04.1939 [86943]
WS/Lt.
01.01.1941
Lt.
11.04.1945 (retd 14.02.1948)
T/Capt.
?
Hon. Capt.
14.02.1948
Education: Bradfield College



late Cadet Sergeant of Bradfield College Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
26.04.1939
 
 
commissioned, 1st/6th or 2nd/6th Batallion The Essex Regiment (64th & 65th Searchlight Regiments) (Territorial Army)
24.08.1939


mobilized TA
01.08.1940


transferred, Royal Regiment of Artillery
14.08.1948
-
?
Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
Franklin,
Frederick Percy

F.P. Franklin
Married (1925); two daughters, one son.


16.02.1890
Bournemouth, Christchurch district, Hampshire
-
18.05.1955

[Colonial (now Hong Kong) Cemetery in Happy Valley]
2nd Lt.
08.12.1941 [221882]
WS/Lt.
01.10.1942 (reld 10.01.1946)
Hon. Lt.
10.01.1946
British War Medal 1914-1920 BWM 14|20
-
-
Victory Medal VM
10.02.1922
-
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St
-
-
Pacific Star Pac St
-
-
Defence Medal Def M
-
-
British War Medal 1939-1945 BWM 39|45
-
-
Emigrated from Bournemouth to Sydney, NSW, Australia, 1912.
07.01.1916
-
07.03.1920
joined Australian Army (served in France 06.06.1916-22.11.1919, lastly as CQMS, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, AIF)

Manager, Hong Kong Telegraph, 1922.

08.12.1941
 
 
commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]
25.12.1941


wounded & captured during the fall of Hong Kong
12.1941
-
1945
POW in Japanese captivity (Sham Shui Po and Argyle Street Prison camps)
Retired from his post as Managing Director of the South China Morning Post in 1955 due to ill health and died soon afterwards. 
Published
: Poetry written while a prisoner of war in Hong Kong, 1941-45 (ed. by Douglas P. Franklin; 2004)
Franklyn,
Sir Harold Edmund
H.E. Franklyn H.E. Franklyn
Son of late Lt.Gen. Sir W.E. Franklyn, KCB.
Married 1st (1913) Monica, daughter of late Lt.Gen. Sir H.E. Belfield, KCB, KCMG; one daughter (one son killed in action, 1944).
Married 2nd (1941) Helen Thompson (died 1959), daughter of Rev. C. Titterton, BD.
28.11.1885
-
31.03.1963
2nd Lt.
16.08.1905
Lt.
16.01.1908
Capt.
30.10.1914
Bt.Maj.
03.06.1916
Maj.
19.08.1925
Bt.Lt.Col.
20.08.1925
Lt.Col.
10.05.1930
Col.
28.11.1933, seniority 20.08.1929
T/Brig.
28.03.1935-28.01.1938
local Maj.Gen.
22.12.1936-28.01.1938
Maj.Gen.
29.01.1938, seniority 01.01.1938
Lt.Gen.
1941
Gen.
23.07.1943 (retd 15.10.1945)

KCB (1943; CB 1940), DSO  (1918), MC

Education: Rugby; Sandhurst; Staff College (psc)
16.08.1905
 
 
commissioned, The Green Howards
1914
-
1918
served France & Belgium (despatches six
times, Bt Major, DSO, MC, French Croix de Guerre)
1925
 
 
seconded, East Lancashire Regiment
1930
-
1933
Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion The West Yorkshire Regiment
28.11.1933
-
27.03.1935
General Staff Officer 1st grade (GSO1), Sudan Defence Force
28.03.1935
-
10.12.1938
General Officer Commanding The Troops in the Sudan and Commandant Sudan Defence Force
20.12.1938
-
19.07.1940
General Officer Commanding, 5th Infantry Division (UK, France & Belgium, Sout Coast UK)
1940
-
1941
General Officer Commanding, VIII Corps
1941
-
1943
General Officer Commanding, British Troops in Northern Ireland
1943
-
1945
Commander-in-Chief, Home Forces
Colonel, Green Howards, 21.08.1939.
Frary,
Ernest John

E.J. Frary
Son of Lt. Ernest [John] Frary, RN, and Edith M. Palmer.
Married (1943, Maryhill district, Glasgow, Scotland) Annie Coghill * (29.07.1917 Dunnet district, Caithness, Scotland - (09?).1978 Luton district), daughter of William Coghill and Annie Maclean Calder; one son, one daughter.

* She trained at Glasgow Western Infirmary and in  WW2 became a nursing sister in Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service.
24.07.1920
Portsmouth district, Hampshire
-
02.02.1998

Ferndown, East Dorset district, Dorset
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
02.08.1941 [200348]
WS/Lt.
01.10.1942 (reld < 04.1947)
T/Capt.
25.08.1943-(04.1944),
03.06.1945-(04.1946)
02.08.1941


commissioned, The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) [emergency commission]
(04.1944)
 
 
special appointment
17.09.1944
-
12.02.1945
seconded as Signal Officer, 1st Battalion The Gordon Highlanders (51st (Highland) Infantry Division) (captured)
12.02.1945
-
05?.1945
POW in German captivity
(1946)
 
 
instructor, 26th Machine Gun Training Centre (Chester)
Chartered accountant. ASAA. Sometime Chairman of the Luton Branch of the Incorporated Accountants' Students' Society of London. Member of the Consumers' Committees for Great Britain and for England and Wales, 1971-1974.
Published: An informal record of 26 Machine Gun Training Centre (ed. by Lt. S.R. Barney, assisted by Lt. E.J. Frary; 1946)
Fraser,
Cecil

C. Fraser
Elder son late General Alexander Fraser, CB (1824-1898), and Monica Stores Smith.
Elder brother of Admiral of the Fleet the Lord Bruce Fraser of North Cape.
Married (1918) Volta Kathleen Selina de Charleville Hamilton, younger daughter of Beaufoi Moore, Barrister-at-law, Middle Temple; no children.
25.07.1885
-
15.05.1951
Cottage Hospital, West Molesey, Esher, Surrey
2nd Lt.
1906
Lt.
1908
Capt.
1914
Maj.
1923
Lt.Col.
01.10.1925 (retd 01.10.1925)
Lt.Col. (Res of Off)
01.10.1925, seniority 17.03.1925
Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George CMG
1919
?
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
1919
?
MC
?
?



1st Bn N. Staffordshire Regt, 1906; Adjutant, 1914; to France 7 September 1914 with 1st Bn; Adjutant 6th Wing RFC, Dover, 1915; Adjutant 5th Wing RFC, Egypt, 1916; Brigade­Major, Middle East Brigade RFC, 1916; AAQMG (Temp. Lt­Col), 1917, Middle East Division RFC; Wing­Commander RAF 1918-1925; served in England, France and Egypt throughout the European War, 1914-1918 (CMG, OBE, MC, Order of St Sauveur of Greece, despatches thrice)
1941
-
1942
Director of Public Relations Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes
Freeman,
William Arthur

W.A. Freeman
?
-

Lt.
20.03.1940 [123102]
A/Capt.
03.08.1940
WS/Capt.
20.03.1943 (reld < 04.1946)
Hon. Capt.
< 04.1946
Capt. TA
04.11.1948, seniority 20.03.1943
Maj. TA
01.05.1949
Lt. (DO)
03.10.1951, seniority 26.02.1946
Capt. (DO)
03.10.1951, seniority 31.12.1949
Maj. (DO)
31.12.1955 (retd 05.01.1957)
20.03.1940


commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]



District Officer-Instructor in Gunnery
04.11.1948
-
03.10.1951
Territorial Army
03.10.1951
-
05.01.1957
District Officer, RA [short service commission]
05.01.1957
-
?
Regular Army Reserve of Officers
Freeman,
William Arthur

W.A. Freeman
?
-

2nd Lt.
24.12.1943 [315663]
WS/Lt.
24.12.1943 (reld < 04.1946)
Hon. Lt.
< 04.1946
24.12.1943


commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]
French,
Gerald Wilson

G.W. French
Son of Charles Henry and Isabel Lucie French, of Bristol.
14.01.1919
-

29.05.1940
(KIA) [age 21]
[Cassel Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France, C.8]
2nd Lt.
26.01.1939 [85635]
26.01.1939


commissioned, The Gloucestershire Regiment
1939
-
29.05.1940
Intelligence Officer, 2nd Battalion The Gloucestershire Regiment (Plymouth & France)
[killed by a mortar bomb at Cassel while on way to liaise with artillery]
Freyberg,
Bernard Cyril
see: New Zealand Army Officers  
Freyberg,
Paul Richard
see: New Zealand Army Officers  
Friar,
John Rooke Pennington
J.R.P. Friar
02.07.1920
-
10.1998
Worthing, Sussex
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
11.02.1940 [120056]
Lt.
11.08.1941
A/Capt.
04.02.1944-03.05.1944
T/Capt.
04.05.1944-25.08.1944
WS/Capt.
?
Capt.
01.07.1946 (reld 17.08.1948; own request)
Hon. Capt.
17.08.1948



served in the ranks for 163 days
11.02.1940


commissioned, The Middlesex Regiment
(01.1944)


OC 8 Platoon, B Company, 2/7th Battalion The Middlesex Regiment (Anzio)
 
Frost,
John Armstrong Anthony Roy

J.A.A.R. Frost
08.10.1916
-
22.01.2007
Hampton-upon-
Thames
2nd Lt.
16.12.1939
...
...
T/Capt.
23.02.1942-17.08.1942,
16.11.1942-16.02.1946
...
...
Lt.Col.
20.08.1960 (retd 01.09.1965)



served in the ranks
16.12.1939


commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission to 28.03.1947]
29.03.1947


Royal Army Service Corps [permanent commission]
Fulbrook,
Edward

E. Fulbrook
From Horncastle, Lincolnshire.
?
-
Lt.
09.12.1939 [105973]
WS/Capt.
27.06.1940
T/Maj.
27.06.1940-(04.1941)
WS/Maj.
23.07.1943 (reld < 04.1946)
A/Lt.Col.
?
T/Lt.Col.
23.07.1943-(04.1944)
Hon. Lt.Col.
< 04.1946
Distinguished Service Order DSO
08.07.1943
N Africa
Mention in Despatches MID
29.11.1945
NW Europe
09.12.1939


commissioned, The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) [emergency commission]
Fulcher,
Horace
H. Fulcher (Photo courtesy of Mrs Jackie M. Rogers)
?
-
2nd Lt.
03.04.1943 [269098]
WS/Lt.
03.10.1943 (reld > 04.1946)
T/Capt.
13.01.1945-(04.1946)
21.01.1943
-
02.04.1943
36th course, Officer Cadet Training Unit, Royal Army Ordnance Corps
03.04.1943


commissioned, Royal Army Ordnance Corps (Administrative Branch) [emergency commission]
Furness,
Stephen Noel

S.N. Furness
Second son of late Sir Stephen Wilson Furness, Bt (1872-1914), and Eleanor Forster (?-1936).
18.12.1902
Hartlepool district, Co. Durham
-
14.04.1974
Northallerton, North Riding of Yorkshire
2nd Lt. 02.09.1939 [96795]
A/Capt. 14.11.1940-(04.1941)
WS/Capt. 27.09.1941 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Maj. ?
Hon. Maj. < 04.1946
Education: Charterhouse; Oriel College, Oxford (MA).
      late Cadet, Oxford University Contingent, Senior Division, Officer Training Corps
02.09.1939     commissioned, 1st Battalion London Irish Rifles - Royal Ulster Rifles - Territorial Army
? - 04.02.1953 Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [exceeded age limit]
Barrister-at-law. Called to Bar, Middle Temple, 1927; Contested Hartlepools (Liberal) 1929, Sunderland (L Nat) 1945; Member of Parliament (MP) (L Nat) Sunderland, 1935-1945; Parliamentary Private Secretary to Sir J. Simon, 1936-1937; Assistant Government Whip, 1937-1938; Junior Lord of the Treasury, 1938-1940; late Chairman, Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Justice of the Peace (JP), North Riding of Yorkshire. County Commissioner of NR Yorkshire Boy Scouts 1946–61.
Furnival Jones,
[Sir] Edward Martin
E.M. Furnival Jones
Son of Edward Furnival Jones, FCA.
Married (1955) Elizabeth Margaret, daughter of Bartholomew Snowball,
BSc, AMIEE; one daughter.
07.05.1912
-
01.03.1997
2nd Lt.
26.10.1940 [155082]
WS/Lt.
18.07.1941
T/Capt.
18.07.1941-(04.1944)
WS/Capt.
27.08.1944
T/Maj.
27.08.1944-(04.1946)
Knight Bachelor Kt
1967
?
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE
1957
?
Mention in Despatches MID
02.08.1945
NW Europe
Bronze Star Medal (USA) BSM
08.11.1945
?
Education: Highgate School; Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge (exhibitioner) (MA 1938)
Admitted a Solicitor, 1937.
26.10.1940


commissioned, Intelligence Corps [emergency commission]



General Staff Officer at Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary
Force
12.10.1945
-
(04.1946)
General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), Directorate of Military Intelligence, Department of the Chief of the Imperial General Staff, War Office
Director-General of the Security Service (MI5), 1965-1972. Chairman of the Board, Frensham Heights, 1973-1976 (President 1977-1995).
Furnivall,
Lewis Trevor

L.T. Furnivall
Elder son (with one brother and two sisters) of late Lt.Col. Charles Hitlon Furnivall, CMG (1873-1946), and Daisy MacBean.
Married (11.10.1941, Southampton, Hampshire) Audrey Elizabeth "Sue" Gibbins (12.10.1914-09.11.2005); .. children (one daughter, three sons?).

06.09.1907
Shoeburyness, Rochford district, Essex
-
12.07.1986
Farnham, Surrey South-Western district, Surrey
Lt.
29.06.1931 [52313]
Capt.
01.05.1934
A/Maj.
11.04.1940-10.07.1940
T/Maj.
11.07.1940-28.06.1941
Maj.
29.06.1941
A/Lt.Col.
28.08.1941-27.11.1941
T/Lt.Col.
28.11.1941-09.04.1945
WS/Lt.Col.
10.04.1945
Lt.Col.
21.04.1947
A/Col.
10.10.1944-09.04.1945
T/Col.
10.04.1945-06.01.1947,
26.05.1949-30.12.1953
Col.
31.12.1953
T/Brig.
01.03.1960-14.05.1960
Brig.
15.05.1960
T/Maj.Gen.
05.04.1961-25.05.1961
Maj.Gen.
26.05.1961 (retd 05.03.1967)
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
13.06.1964
HM's birthday 64
Distinguished Service Order DSO
14.10.1943
Middle East (Egypt & Libya)
Indian General Service Medal Ind GSM
-
& clasp NW Frontier of India (Mohmand) 1933
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St
-
-
Africa Star Afr St
-
-
Italy Star It St
-
-
France and Germany Star Fr&G St
-
-
British War Medal 1939-1945 BWM 39|45
-
-
Mention in Despatches MID
04.04.1946
NW Europe
Coronation Medal 1953 Cor M
-
-
Education: Blundell's School; St Mary's Hospital, London; MRCS Eng, LRCP Lond (1931)
29.06.1931

commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps
1932
-
1938
served in India (Mohmand operations 1933)
01.02.1939
-
17.09.1939
Deputy Assistant Director of Medical Services (DADMS), 51st (Highland) Infantry Division (Territorial Army)
1941
-
1944
Commanding Officer, 131st Field Ambulance RAMC (Middle East Forces & Italy, 1942-1943)
1944
-
1944
Commanding Officer, 10 Casualty Clearing Station RAMC (NW Europe)
10.10.1944
-
03.08.1945
Assistant Director of Medical Services (ADMS), 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division (NW Europe)
01.09.1945
-
05.03.1946
Assistant Director of Medical Services (ADMS), 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division (NW Europe)
1946


Staff College Camberley
07.01.1947
-
24.10.1948
Assistant Director of Medical Services (ADMS), HQ London District
1948
-
1949
Joint Services Staff College
26.05.1949
-
08.06.1952
Deputy Director of Medical Services (DDMS), Headquarters British Army of the Rhine (BAOR)
1952
-
1953
Commanding Officer, 33 General Hospital RAMC
1953
-
1954
Assistant Director of Medical Services (ADMS), Headquarters, Land Forces, Hong Kong
1954
-
1955
Commanding Officer, Military Hospital Catterick
30.07.1955
-
09.08.1957
Assistant Director of Medical Services (ADMS), Headquarters Northumbrian District
1957
-
1960
Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Logistics Division, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Powers, Europe
01.03.1960
-
26.03.1961
Inspector of Training, Army Medical Services, War Office
05.04.1961
-
27.04.1965
Deputy Director of Medical Services (DDMS), Eastern Command
30.05.1965
-
17.11.1966
Director of Medical Services, Far East Land Forces
03.05.1961
 
 
Queen's Honorary Surgeon
Fursdon,
Francis William Edward
F.W.E. Fursdon
10.05.1925
-
03.01.2007
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
25.03.1945 [343492]
WS/Lt.
25.09.1945
A/Capt.
07.10.1946-06.01.1947
T/Capt.
07.01.1947-09.05.1952
2nd Lt.
11.10.1947, seniority 10.05.1946
Lt.
01.11.1947
Capt.
10.05.1952
T/Maj.
12.02.1956-09.05.1959
Maj.
10.05.1959
local Lt.Col.
20.11.1962-20.10.1965,
21.10.1965-(02.1967)
Lt.Col.
?
Col.
?
Brig.
?
A/Maj.Gen.
26.09.1977-26.02.1978
Maj.Gen.
27.02.1978, seniority 01.04.1977 (retd 11.07.1980)
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
1980
?
Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE
25.02.1958
?
Education: Westminster Sch. MLitt (Aberdeen) 1978; DLitt (Leiden) 1979; df; jssc; psc
1942


enlisted, Royal Engineers
1943


RE Course, Birmingham University



served in the ranks for 1 year, 195 days
25.03.1945


commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission to 10.10.1947]
1945
-
1967
Royal West African Frontier Force, India, Burma and Gold Coast; Student RMCS; staff and regimental duty, UK, Singapore, Canal Zone and Cyprus; Staff College:
07.10.1946
-
03.03.1948
Instructor, Officer Cadet Training Unit, RE Wing
11.10.1947


permanent commission
01.05.1948
-
05.11.1948
Staff Officer Royal Engineers, 3rd grade (SORE3), GHQ Far East Land Forces
01.05.1951
-
10.05.1953
Staff Officer Royal Engineers, 3rd grade (SORE3), HQ Eastern Command
12.02.1956
-
20.02.1958
DAA&QMG, HQ 19th Infantry Brigade (UK & Port Said)
10.07.1958
-
18.05.1960
General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), School of Infantry



Officer Commanding, 34 Independent Field Sqaudron (E Africa and Kuwait)
20.11.1962
-
21.10.1965
General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2) (DS), Staff College, Camberley



Second-in-Command, 38th Engineer Regiment
?
-
1967
Admin. Staff College, Henley
1967
-
1969
Commanding Officer, 25th Engineer Regiment (British Army of the Rhine)
19.02.1970
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07.06.1971
AA&QMG, HQ Land Forces, Gulf
07.06.1971
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15.12.1971
Deputy Commander & Chief of Staff,  Land Forces, Gulf
28.03.1972
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14.12.1973
Colonel Q (Qtg), HQ British Army of the Rhine
30.08.1974
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04.02.1977
Director of Defence Policy (Europe & NATO), Ministry of Defence
16.09.1977
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1980
Director, Military Assistance Office, Ministry of Defence
1980
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1980
Military Adviser to Governor of Rhodesia, and later Senior British Officer, Zimbabwe
AMIMechE; FBIM
Service Fellow, Aberdeen University, 1974; Director of Ceremonies, Order of St John, 1980-1994. Defence and Military Correspondent, The Daily Telegraph, 1980-1986; Naval Correspondent, Navy Internat., 1991-1994; Contributing Editor Europe, Asia­Pacific
Defence Reporter, 1989-1994. Correspondent: Army Quarterly & Defence Journal, since 1985; Salut (South Africa), since 1995. Freeman, City of London, 1987. KStJ 1980.
Published: Grains of Sand, 1971; There are no Frontiers, 1973; The European Defence Community: a History, 1980; Falklands Aftermath: picking up the pieces, 1988
       
 
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