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Gadsby, H.M.
to
Glubb, J.G.

Goddard, A.
to
Gwynn, C.W.

 

A. Goddard  to  C.W. Gwynn
Goddard,
Arnold
A. Goddard 		?
-
1978
Cadet
 		? [T/221764]
2nd Lt.
 		09.10.1943 [296038]
WS/Lt.
 		09.04.1944 (reld 1946)
09.10.1943
  
 		 
 		commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission]
1944?

transferred, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)



probably served in France & Burma
Godfrey,
Geoffrey Ernest
G.E. Godfrey 		02.11.1910
Staines district, Middlesex
-
03.1988
Chiltern & South Buckinghamshire district, Buckinghamshire
Cadet
 		? [2358439]
2nd Lt.
 		18.02.1945 [346084]
WS/Lt.
 		18.08.1945 (reld > 04.1946, < 04.1947)
18.02.1945
  
 		 
 		commissioned, Royal Corps of Signals [emergency commission]



served in Singapore & Burma
Godley,
William
W. Godley (Photo courtesy of Mr Paul Godley)
Married (07.05.1946, St Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh) Gladys Jones (07.04.1921 Yorkshire, England - 03.05.1992 Lenzie, Scotland), serving in the Auxiliary Territorial Service; three sons.		 11.01.1919
Edinburgh, Scotland
-
10.01.2006
Glasgow, Scotland
Gunner 31.03.1938
A/Bombardier 16.09.1940
Bombardier 19.01.1942
A/Sergeant 21.11.1941
Cadet 20.02.1942
2nd Lt. 08.10.1942 [247617]
WS/Lt. 08.04.1943 (reld 09.07.1946)
A/Capt. 19.08.1945
T/Capt. 19.11.1945
Hon. Capt. 09.07.1946
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St - -
Burma Star Bur St - -
Defence Medal Def M - -
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45 - -
Education: Holy Cross Academy, Edinburgh; St Anthony's Intermediate School, Edinburgh.
31.03.1938     enlisted, 292nd Battery, 94th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery - Territorial Army (Edinburgh)
26.09.1938 - 08.10.1938 called out for military service
19.08.1939     called out for military service
02.09.1939     mobilized TA
08.10.1940     transferred, 227th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery (UK; an RA demonstraion unit))
20.02.1942 - 07.10.1942 133rd Officer Cadet Training Unit
08.10.1942     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
20.09.1943     posted to Coventry
17.11.1943 - 30.03.1946 posted to an Indian Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (India)
Worked for the South of Scotland Electricity Board and eventually became head of their Agricultural Advisory Engineering Department.
Godwin-Austen,
[Sir] Alfred Reade
 A.R. Godwin-Austen  

17.04.1889
-
20.03.1963
2nd Lt.
 		06.11.1909 [6446]
...
 		...
Maj.Gen.
 		23.08.1939, seniority 14.07.1938
A/Lt.Gen.
 		18.09.1941-08.02.1942,
20.01.1945-(01.1946)
local Lt.Gen.
 		16.01.1945-19.01.1945
T/Lt.Gen.
 		...-28.03.1946
Lt.Gen.
 		29.03.1946, seniority 05.01.1943
Gen.
 		01.05.1946 (retd 06.03.1947)

KCSI, 13.06.1946; CB 30.05.1941; OBE; MC
MID 15.09.1939, 26.07.1940, 11.02.1941, 15.12.1942

06.11.1909
  
 		 
 		commissioned, South Wales Borderers
...
 -
 		...
...
23.08.1939
 -
 		28.02.1940
 		General Officer Commanding, 8th Infantry Division (Palestine & Trans-Jordan)
29.02.1940
 -
 		11.09.1940
 		General Officer Commanding, .. Division (British Somaliland)
12.09.1940
 -
 		23.11.1940
 		General Officer Commanding, 2nd (African) Infantry Division (East Africa), redesignated:
24.11.1940
 -
 		17.09.1941
 		General Officer Commanding, 12th (African) Infantry Division (East Africa, Italian Somaliland, Abyssinia)
18.09.1941
 -
 		08.02.1942
 		Commander, XIII Corps (Libya)
1942
 -
 		1942
 		Commandant, Staff College, Camberley
16.11.1942
 -
 		21.10.1943
 		Director of Tactical Investigation, War Office (London)
22.10.1943
 -
 		1945
 		Vice Quartermaster-General, War Office (London)
07.09.1945
 -
 		1945
 		special appointment: Quartermester-General, India Command (New Delhi)
1945
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		special appointment: Principal Administrative Officer, India Command (New Delhi)
Goff,
Alfred James
A.J. Goff
Married (04.04.1931) Kathleen May Sargent; three daughters, one son. Lived in Woodcote.
 22.11.1903
[Whitchurch?], Bradfield, Berkshire
-
(06?).1983
Woodcote, Reading & Wokingham district, Berkshire
Pte.
 		09.05.1921 [5330613]
Dvr.
 		1922
L/Bdr.
 		?
Bdr.
 		1927
Sgt.
 		(1929/30?)
BQMS (IG)
 		1931
BSM (AIG)
 		01.11.1935
Lt. (DOIG)
 		10.04.1940 [125753]
WS/Capt. (DOIG)
10.04.1943
A/Maj. (DOIG)
1945
T/Maj. (DOIG)
 		?
Capt. (DOIG)
 		14.12.1948, seniority 01.11.1947
Capt. (DO)
 		01.11.1949, seniority 10.04.1943
Maj. (DO)
 		19.12.1949 (reld 02.11.1955; own request)
Hon. Maj. (DO)
 		02.11.1955
Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE
 01.01.1949
 New Year 49
Long Service & Good Conduct Medal (10.1939) 		Education: Army Ceritificates of Education: 3rd Class (15.05.1923, Bareilly), 2nd Class (28.09.1923, Bareilly); 1st Class (13.10.1926, Jubblepore)
Labourer.
09.05.1921

enlisted, Royal Berkshire Regiment (Reading, Berkshire)
(1921)

2nd Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment (Portobello Barracks, Dublin, Ireland)
11.02.1922
 -
 		17.04.1929
 		served in India:
1922
 -
 		1922
 		1st Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment (Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India)
1922
 -
 		1929
 		transferred to Royal Field Artillery: 71st Field Battery (India) [serving as Driver, Lance-Bombardier & Bombardier; 1926-1927 Jubblepore; 19.09-08.10.1927 Gunnery Course School of Artillery Kakul; 1928 Saugor practice camp]
1929?
 -
 		1930?
 		26th Field Brigade (Bulford Camp)
22.09.1930
 -
 		27.09.1931
 		23rd Gunnery Staff Course, Okehampton Camp
1931
 -
 		1940
 		with the Territorial Army (TA) Officer Cadet Training Unit (OCTU) School of Artillery & Instructor at the Military College of Science
1931

Battery Quartermaster Sergeant (Instructor in Gunnery) (BQMS (IG))
[passed NCO's PS TA Course, School of Artillery, Larkhill, 16.10.1933-04.11.1933]
01.11.1935
 -
 		09.04.1940
 		Battery Sergeant-Major (Assistant Instructor in Gunnery) (BSM (IG))
[passed Anti-Aircraft Unit Instructor's Course, 20.09-31.10.1936]
10.04.1940

commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] as District Officer-Instructor in Gunnery (DOIG) (qualified in anti-aircraft gunnery)
19.04.1940


1940

1940
 -
 		1945
 		Instructor in Gunnery, School of Anti-Aircraft Defence [later: School of Anti-Aircraft Artillery] (Manorbier, South Wales)
9th LAA Practice Camp Cartmel/Grange-over-Sands, Lancashire
MT10 War Office teaching & training men/units in AA
1945
 -
 		1949
 		Technical Advisor to the Brigadier RA & Governor of Gibraltar on defence of the Fortress relating to AA & Field
01.11.1949
 -
 		02.11.1955
 		short service commission: Quartermaster of various male & mixed AA units
Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI), 1955-1972; CPS Chemical Co., 1972-(1982?).
Goldsmith,
Oliver
O. Goldsmith 		02.07.1911
-
24.01.1944
[age 32]
[Brookwood Memorial, panel 13, column 2]
2nd Lt.
 		27.08.1931 [52630]
Lt.
 		27.08.1934
Capt.
 		27.08.1939
Bronze Medal of the Royal Humane Society RHS Br
 19.08.1930
 lifesaving at Wicklow *
* At about 3pm on 19 August 1930 John F Goldsmith (51), a retired Engineer Commander, went into the sea at Ballinacarrig, Co. Wicklow, in an attempt to assist his son who apparently in danger. Having swam out some 50 to 60 yards fully clothed, he got into difficulties. Miss Amy K Goldsmith then swam out to assist him and kept him up until Oliver Goldsmith (19) swam out to them and took his uncle to shore. Unfortunately, Commander Goldsmith did not recover. Oliver Goldsmith then went back into the sea and assisted his aunt back to shore. The rescue was brought to the attention of the RHS by Lt Colonel F E Whitton, from West Byfleet, and the Society approved the award of its bronze medal to Oliver Goldsmith and a testimonial on Vellum to Amy Goldsmith at its committee meeting on 13 January 1931. The Society despatched the awards by post to Lt.Col. Whitton on 2 February 1931 for him to organise their presentation. RHS case no. 50653.
 		Education: Royal Military College, Woolwich
27.08.1931

commissioned, The Wiltshire Regiment  (Duke of Edinburgh's)
(06.1933)

1st Battalion The Wiltshire Regiment (Singapore)
(01.1937)

1st Battalion The Wiltshire Regiment (Bangalore, India)
(01.1939)

2nd Battalion The Wiltshire Regiment (Catterick Camp)



30th Battalion The Wiltshire Regiment
?
 -
 		24.01.1944
 		seconded 2nd/4th Battalion The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Gomersall,
Harry Tolson
H.T. Gomersall
Son (with three sisters) of Harry Gomersall (1872-), and Annie Coldwell.
Married (07.01.1939, Lower Agbrigg, West Riding of Yorkshire) Marian Baldwin; ... children.		 14.06.1910
Cahir, Tipperary, Ireland
-
05.1995
Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Lt. 20.06.1940 [137745]
A/Capt. 27.01.1941-26.04.1941
T/Capt. 27.04.1941-19.12.1941
A/Maj. 20.09.1941-19.12.1941
T/Maj. 20.12.1941-25.03.1943
WS/Maj. 26.03.1943
A/Lt.Col. 26.12.1942-25.03.1943
T/Lt.Col. 26.03.1943-17.03.1944,
09.09.1945-02.04.1946
Lt. 02.01.1946, seniority 01.08.1938
Capt. 02.01.1946, seniority 14.06.1941
Maj. 01.07.1946
T/Lt.Col. 01.07.1954-27.08.1954
Lt.Col. 28.08.1954 (retd 01.03.1957)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE 01.01.1957 New Year 57
Mention in Despatches MID 30.12.1941 Middle East
Palestine 1936-39 Medal & Clasp.
      served in the ranks for 8 years, 3 days
      served as Warrant Officer Class II for 3 years, 263 days
20.06.1940     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission to 01.01.1946]
01.04.1942 - 25.12.1942 General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), Middle East Land Forces
02.01.1946     permanent commission
23.10.1947 - 12.08.1948 Instructor Gunnery, Coast Artillery School
13.08.1948 - 12.12.1949 Secretary, Coast & Seaward Defence Centre
Good,
Wilfred Geoffrey
W.G. Good
Son of John Duncan Good, and Beatrice Emma Wells.
Married ((09?).1937, Windsor district, Berkshire / Surrey) Gladys Evelyn Webb.
Residence: (1944) Datchet, Buckinghamshire.
 		(09?).1913
Slough, Eton district, Buckinghamshire
-
11.09.1944
[age 31]
[Leopoldsburg War Cemetery, Belgium, I.D.2]
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		21.03.1942 [229056]
WS/Lt.
 		01.10.1942
A/Capt.
 		1944?
Education: Slough Secondary School.
21.03.1942

commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
?
 -
 		11.09.1944
 		55th (The West Somerset Yeomanry) Field Regiment RA (killed during the attack on the bridge at Lommel)
Goodchild,
John Hovenden
J.H. Goodchild
From Sidcup.

18.12.1912
West Norwood, South-East London
-
29.11.2006
2nd Lt.
 		05.10.1940 [151326]
WS/Lt.
 		05.04.1942 (reld 1945)
T/Capt.
?
Hon. Capt.
 		1945
Military Cross MC
 24.09.1942
 Middle East
Military Cross MC
 17.06.1943
 Middle East
05.10.1940

commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
Goode,
Francis David
F.D. Goode
Son of ... Goode, and ... Kelley.
Married ((06?).1940, Surrey North Eastern district, Surrey) ... Walker. 		25.06.1917
Reigate district, Surrey / Kent
-
08.2000
East Devon district, Devonshire
2nd Lt.
 		28.01.1937 [71105]
Lt.
 		28.01.1940
A/Capt.
 		03.06.1940-02.09.1940
T/Capt.
 		03.09.1940-02.07.1942
Capt.
 		28.01.1945 (resigned commission 20.07.1946)
A/Maj.
 		18.09.1942-17.12.1942
T/Maj.
 		18.12.1942-13.09.1943,
22.11.1943-19.07.1946
Hon. Maj.
 		20.07.1946
Capt.
 		02.02.1947, seniority 18.12.1942
Lt.
 		08.11.1947, seniority 25.06.1938
Capt.
 		08.11.1947, seniority 25.06.1946
T/Maj.
 		08.11.1948-24.06.1951
Maj.
 		25.06.1951 (retd 01.01.1958)

Palestine 1936-1939 Medal & Clasp

Education: Royal Military College, Sandhurst; Staff College (psc; 1942).
28.01.1937

commissioned, The Lincolnshire Regiment (2nd Battalion)
05.11.1938
 -
 		20.05.1939
 		Camp Commandant, 8th Division (temporarily) (Palestine) (under Maj.Gen. B.L. Montgomery)
(12.1939)
  
 		 
 		Second-in-Command, "A" Company, 2nd Battalion The Lincolnshire Regiment (France)
03.06.1940
 -
 		30.11.1940
 		Adjutant
01.12.1940
 -
 		1942
 		General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), Directorate of Staff Duties, Department of the Chief of the Imperial General Staff, War Office
(06.1944)
  
 		 
 		Officer Commanding, "D" Company, 2nd Battalion The Gloucestershire Regiment (NW Europe)
22.02.1945
 -
 		(04.1946)
 		a Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General, Directorate of Personal Services, Department of the Adjutant-General to the Forces, War Office
02.02.1947
 -
 		07.11.1947 
 		short service commission
08.11.1947

commissioned, Royal Army Ordnance Corps [permanent commission]
Published: The War Office General Staff 1940 to 1942 : a worm's eye view. In: RUSI Journal (Vol. 138, No. 1, Feb. 1993).
Goodman,
Eric Whitlock
E.W. Goodman (Photo courtesy of Mr Jeremy Archer) E.W. Goodman (Photo courtesy of Mr Jeremy Archer)
Married (25.09.1929, Cheltenham) Norah Dorothy Stacpoole (25.04.1895 - 07.03.1986), only daughter of Richard John Stacpoole, DL, JP, of Edenvale, Co. Clare, Ireland, and his wife Geraldine Norah Isabella (née Crowe).

12.02.1893
Merton, Surrey
-
08.12.1981
2nd Lt.
 		18.07.1913
Lt.
 		09.06.1915
A/Capt.
 		22.09.1916-28.10.1916,
22.11.1916-30.01.1917
Capt.
 		18.07.1917
A/Maj.
 		31.01.1917-26.02.1919
Maj.
 		20.06.1932
Lt.Col.
 		28.07.1939
A/Col.
 		01.09.1940-28.02.1941
T/Col.
 		01.03.1941-28.06.1941,
01.07.1941-(01.1946)
Col.
 		19.06.1946, seniority 28.07.1942 (retd 19.07.1948)
A/Brig.
 		01.02.1941-28.06.1941,
01.07.1941-03.08.1941
T/Brig.
04.08.1941-(01.1946)
Hon. Brig.
 		19.07.1948
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 1938?
 NW Frontier
Military Cross MC
 01.01.1918
 France/Belgium
Mention in Despatches MID
 01.01.1916
 France/Belgium
Mention in Despatches MID
 18.02.1938
 NW Frontier
Mention in Despatches MID
 20.06.1941
 ?
1914-1915 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal; Iraq Operations 1919-20 Medal & Clasp; NW Frontier of India 1936-37 Medal & Clasp
 		Education: Wellington.
18.07.1913

commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery



served in France & Belgium (15.02.1915-11.11.1918)
02.1915?
 -
 		11.1915?
 		121st Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
14.11.1915
 -
 		16.09.1916
 		Adjutant, 9th Brigade Royal Garrison Artillery
30.01.1917
 -
 		1918
 		Officer Commanding, 119th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
08.01.1930
 -
 		19.06.1932
 		Captain Instructor in Gunnery (Artillery), School of Artillery
1936
 -
 		1937
 		Officer Commanding, 5th Bombay Mountain Battery RA (Waziristan)
03.01.1937
  
 		 
 		course, Senior Officers' School, Belgaum
1939
 -
 		1940
 		Commanding Officer, 21st Mountain Regiment RA (served Ahmedzai Salient)
01.09.1940
 -
 		31.01.1941
 		Commander Royal Artillery, ... (India)
01.02.1941
 -
 		30.06.1941
 		Brigadier Royal Artillery, Western Command (India)
01.07.1941
 -
 		15.02.1942
 		Commander Royal Artillery, 9th Indian Division (Malaya; captured)
1942
 -
 		1945
 		POW in Japanese captivity (Singapore, Formosa & Manchuria)
Gordon,
Cyril Vyvian Eagleson
C.V.E. Gordon

01.05.1922
Lahore, India
-
09.01.2007
2nd Lt.
 		12.10.1941
WS/Lt.
 		01.05.1943
A/Capt.
 		01.12.1943-29.02.1944
T/Capt.
 		01.03.1944-27.07.1945
Lt.
 		28.04.1945, seniority 01.02.1945
T/Capt.
20.08.1945-30.04.1949
Capt.
 		01.05.1949
T/Maj.
 		15.12.1955-30.04.1956
Maj.
 		01.05.1956 (retd 31.05.1977)
Military Cross MC
 16.12.1943
 Burma
Military Cross MC
 26.04.1945
 Burma
Education: Wellington; Cambridge; Staff College (psc)



served in the ranks for 202 days
12.10.1941
 -
 		27.04.1945
 		commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]



posted to King George V's Own Bengal Sappers and Miners Group, Indian Engineers (India)
28.04.1945

permanent commission
Gordon,
Robert Maltman
R.M. Gordon		 ?
-
Cadet
 		? [1913214]
2nd Lt.
 		10.05.1942 [233366]
WS/Lt.
10.11.1942 (reld 15.12.1953)
T/Capt.
 		1940/50s?
Hon. Capt.
 		15.12.1953
1939?
 -
 		1942
 		served in the ranks, Corps of Royal Engineers
10.05.1942

commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]
 
Gordon-Watson,
David Michael Lindsay
D.M.L. Gordon-Watson

23.02.1913
London
-
20.05.2002
Salisbury, Wiltshire
2nd Lt.
 		31.08.1935, seniority 01.02.1934
Capt.
 		01.02.1942
T/Maj.
 		14.08.1940-30.06.1946
Brig.
 		24.11.1961 (retd 22.03.1963)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
 07.01.1949
 ?
Military Cross MC
 1939?
 Palestine
Military Cross MC
 27.09.1940
 ?
Military Cross MC
 15.06.1944
 ?
Education: nadc, psc
31.08.1935

commissioned, Irish Guards
...

...
(09.1944)

Second-in-Command, 2nd (Armoured) Battalion The Irish Guards (NW Europe)
18.09.1945
 -
 		25.03.1946
 		Brigade Major, ...
26.03.1946
 -
 		30.01.1947
 		Commanding Officer, 2nd Battalion Irish Guards
07.04.1951
 -
 		27.10.1952
 		Military Attaché (GSO1), Washington
...

...
Stud manager/farmer, Dorsetshire.
Gore Graham,
Peter Alastair John
P.A.J. Gore Graham 		09.08.1912
-
27.01.2007
[Old Cemetery, Blewbury, Oxfordshire]
2nd Lt.
 		01.09.1932 [53631]
...
 		...
T/Maj.
 		13.06.1942-30.06.1946
...
 		...
Brig.
 		01.01.1965 (retd 09.08.1967)
Education: ptsc
01.09.1932

commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery
30.11.1939
 -
 		31.03.1940
 		Chief Instructor, OCW
21.08.1940
 -
 		12.03.1942
 		General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), War Office
13.03.1942
 -
 		07.10.1946
 		DAD (A1), Ministry of Supply
Gorman,
[Sir] John Reginald
J.R. Gorman J.R. Gorman
Son of Major J.K. Gorman, MC. Married (1948) Heather, daughter of George Caruth, solicitor, Ballymena; two sons, two daughters.
 01.02.1923
Omagh
-

Killyleagh, Co. Down
2nd Lt.
 		05.12.1942
WS/Lt.
 		05.06.1943 (reld < 04.1946)
A/Capt.
 		1944?
Knight Kt
 1998
 ?
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order CVO
 1961
 ?
Companion of the Order of the British Empire CBE
 1974
 ?
Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE
 1959
 ?
Military Cross MC
 1944
 ?
Education: Rockport, Haileybury and ISC; Portora; Glasgow University; Harvard Business Sch. FCIT, FIPM; MIH
05.12.1942

commissioned into the Irish Guards
1941
 -
 		1946
 		Irish Guards (Normandy, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany)
Chairman, Risk Management International (NI), since 1995. 
Royal Ulster Constabulary, 1946-1960; Chief of Security, BOAC, 1960-1963 (incl. Royal Tour of India, 1961); Personnel Dir and Mem. Bd of Management, BOAC, 1964-1969; British Airways: Regional Man., Canada, 1969-1975; Regional Man., India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, 1975-1979; Vice­Chm. and Chief Exec., NI Housing Exec., 1979-1985; Dir, Inst. of Dirs, NI, 1986-1995. Dir, NI Airports Bd, 1985-1992; Mem., NI Bd, Nationwide Building Soc., 1986-1991. Pres., British Canadian Trade Assoc., 1972-1974; Vice­Chm., Federated Appeal of Montreal, 1973-1974. Chm., Bd of Airline Representatives, India, 1977-1979; Chm., Inst. of Housing (NI), 1984. Bd Mem., Co­operation North, 1987-; Chm., NI Forum for Political Dialogue, 1996-. DL, 1982, High Sheriff, 1987-1988, Co. Down.
Published: The times of my life (2003; autobiography)
Gormley,
Charles Henry
C.H. Gormley C.H. Gormley
C.H. Gormley  
Lived at Walmer, Kent.
Married Eileen Sherborne; one son.
 (03?).1905
Eastry district, Kent
-
20.11.1969
Malta
[age 64]
2nd Lt.
 		17.04.1941 [230139]
WS/Lt.
 		01.10.1942
WS/Lt.Col.
 		03.01.1941
A/Col.
 		03.07.1943
local Col.
 		20.10.1945-(04.1946)
local Brig.
 		20.10.1945-(04.1946)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Civil Division) OBE
 01.01.1941
 New Year 41
Education: Dover County School for Boys (early 1920s); BA
Served Colonial Administrative Service: Administrative Officer under the African Civil Service, at Lindi Tanganyika Territory 1927. Assistant District Officer, Somaliland, 1936-(1940).



Governor's Commission, African Colonial Forces 
17.04.1941

commissioned, General List [emergency commission]
11.05.1945
  
 		 
 		transferred, General List - African Colonial Forces Section (with effect from 17.04.1941)
Chief Administrator for the Dodecanese Islands, 1945-1946.
Gort,
 6th Viscount (Ireland, cr. 1816; UK, cr. 1945);
Baron Kiltarton (1810);
Vereker, John Standish Surtees Prendergast
Lord Gort (J.S.S.P. Vereker)






 
 Son of 5th Viscount and Eleanor (died 1933), daughter and co­heiress of R.S. Surtees of Hamsterley
Hall, Co. Durham [she married 2nd, 1908, Col S. M. Benson].
Succeeded father, 1902.
Married (1911) Corinne (whom he divorced,
1925), daughter of George Medlicott Vereker; one daughter.

10.07.1886
St George Hanover Square, London
-
31.03.1946
Guy's Hospital, Southwark, London 
[buried at Penshurst Place, Kent]
2nd Lt.
 		16.08.1905
...
 		...
T/Brig.
 		14.11.1932-24.11.1935
Maj.Gen.
 		25.11.1935
local Lt.Gen.
 		24.09.1937-05.12.1937
Gen.
 		06.12.1937
Field Marshal
 		01.01.1943

VC 1918; GCB, created 04.06.1940; KCB, created 1938; CB 1937; CBE 1928; DSO 1917; MVO 1910; MC 1915

16.08.1905

commissioned, Grenadier Guards
...

...
14.11.1932
 -
 		02.03.1936
 		Director of Military Training, Army HQ, India
26.03.1936
 -
 		23.09.1937
 		Commandant, Staff College, Camberley (as Maj.Gen. General Staff)
24.09.1937
 -
 		05.12.1937
 		Military Secretary to Secretary of State for War
06.12.1937
 -
 		03.09.1939
 		Chief of the Imperial General Staff, War Office
04.09.1939
 -
 		19.07.1940
 		Commander-in-Chief, British Expeditionary Force, France
20.07.1940
 -
 		13.05.1941
 		Inspector-General of the Forces for Training and Inspector-General, Home Guard
14.05.1941
 -
 		06.05.1942
 		Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Gibraltar
07.05.1942
 -
 		24.09.1944
 		Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Malta
31.10.1944
 -
 		20.11.1945
 		High Commissioner and Commander-in-Chief, Palestine & High Commissioner, Trans-Jordan 
20.07.1940
 -
 		19.07.1944
 		also: ADC to HM the King George VI
Gott,
William Henry Ewart
"Strafer"
W.H.E. Gott
 
Eldest son of late Lt­Col William Henry Gott, and Anne Rosamund Gott, of Armley House, Leeds. Married (1934) Pamela Frances Mary, younger
daughter of late Brig.Gen. Walpole Kays, CMG; two daughters.
From Fleet, Hampshire.

13.08.1897
district Scarborough, Yorkshire
-
07.08.1942
killed in an air crash
[El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt, XXXIII.D.21]
2nd Lt.
 		17.02.1915 [1798]
Lt.
 		25.08.1916
Capt.
 		22.01.1921
Bt. Maj.
 		01.01.1934
Maj.
 		21.07.1934
Lt.Col.
 		30.10.1938 (supernumerary 30.10.1941-09.12.1941)
A/Col.
 		16.02.1940-15.08.1940
T/Col.
 		16.08.1940-20.10.1941
Col.
 		21.10.1941
A/Brig.
 		16.02.1940-15.08.1940
T/Brig.
 		16.08.1940-.05.09.1941
A/Maj.Gen.
 		06.09.1941-08.02.1942
A/Lt.Gen.
09.02.1942-07.08.1942
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
 06.08.1942
 Middle East 11.41-04.42
Companion of the Order of the British Empire CBE
 08.07.1941
 Middle East 12.40-02.41
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 01.04.1941
 Middle East 08.39-11.40
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 30.12.1941
 Middle East 02.41-07.41
Military Cross MC
 30.01.1920
 ?
Mention in Despatches MID
 24.06.1943
 Middle East
British War Medal; Victory Medal
 		Education: Harrow; Royal Military College, Sandhurst; Staff College, Camberley (1930-1931)
17.02.1915

commissioned, The King's Royal Rifle Corps
1916
 -
 		1918
 		served European War: France & Belgium 28.08.1916-10.07.1917 (wounded, MC; 1917 prisoner)
19.09.1925
 -
 		17.10.1928
 		Adjutant, 13th London Regiment, TA
01.01.1934
 -
 		11.02.1936
 		General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), ... (India)
12.02.1936
 -
 		31.12.1937
 		Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General, Baluchistan District (India)
1938
 -
 		1939
 		Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion The King's Royal Rifle Corps (Egypt)
1939
 -
 		1940
 		General Staff Officer 1 (GSO1), 7th Armoured Division (Egypt)
31.01.1940
 -
 		02.09.1941
 		Commander, 7th Support Group (Egypt, Libya, Egypt) [from 31.01-16.02.1940 acting]
08.04.1941
 -
 		16.04.1941
 		Commander, 2nd Support Group (Libya)
06.09.1941
 -
 		06.02.1942
 		General Officer Commanding, 7th Armoured Division (Egypt, Libya, Egypt)
09.02.1942
 -
 		07.08.1942
 		General Officer Commanding, XIII Corps (N Africa)
Literature: "Strafer" Gott : tribute to Lt.Gen. William Henry Ewart "Strafer" Gott, C.B., C.B.E., D.S.M. and Bar, M.C. (ed. H.R.W. Vernon; 1984)
Gough,
Kenneth Roy
 K.R. Gough		 (03?).1905
Bristol district, Gloucestershire
-
2nd Lt. 04.01.1940 [112215]
WS/Lt. 04.07.1941 (reld 07.09.1945; disability)
Hon. Lt. 10.07.1945
04.01.1940     commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission]
      led a party of his men from Metz to Switzerland between 10 & 23 June 1940
Goulburn,
Edward Henry
E.H. Goulburn
Son of late Brig.Gen. C.E. Goulburn, DSO, and of Grace Ethel, daughter of late W.H. Foster, Apley Park,
Bridgnorth, Salop.
From Bletchworth.
 27.05.1903
St George Hanover Square, London
-
15.02.1980
Betchworth, Surrey
2nd Lt.
 		31.01.1924 [28083]
Lt.
 		31.01.1926
Capt.
 		09.04.1932
A/Maj.
 		29.06.1940-28.09.1940
T/Maj.
 		29.09.1940-30.01.1941
Maj.
 		31.01.1941
A/Lt.Col.
 		20.03.1942-19.06.1942
T/Lt.Col.
 		20.06.1942-26.04.1945
WS/Lt.Col.
 		27.04.1945
A/Col.
 		27.10.1944-26.04.1945
T/Col.
 		27.04.1945
Col.
 		08.05.1948, seniority 09.07.1947 (retd 15.09.1951)
A/Brig.
 		27.10.1944-26.04.1945
T/Brig.
 		27.04.1945-(01.1946)
A/Maj.Gen.
 		09.07.1946
Hon. Maj.Gen.
 		15.09.1951
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 21.12.1944
 NW Europe
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 01.03.1945
 NW Europe
Knight Commander, Order of Oranje-Nassau with Swords (Netherlands) ON
 18.07.1947
 liberation Netherlands
Education: Eton; Royal Military College, Sandhurst
31.01.1924

commissioned, Grenadier Guards
19.08.1931
 -
 		18.08.1934
 		Adjutant, 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards
03.02.1938
 -
 		03.09.1939
 		specially employed (Adjutant)
04.09.1939
 -
 		11.10.1940
 		Adjutant, Royal Military College, Sandhurst
1942
 -
 		10.1944
 		Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards (UK, France, Belgium and Holland)
27.10.1944
 -
 		11.07.1945
 		Commander, 8th Infantry Brigade (Holland and Germany)
17.07.1945
 -
 		21.08.1945
 		Commander, 5th Guards Brigade (NW Europe)
1945
 -
 		1946
 		Commander, 1st Guards Brigade (Palestine)
1946
 -
 		1947
 		Major­General Commanding Allied Military Mission to Italian Army
1948
 -
 		1950
 		Lieutenant­Colonel Commanding Grenadier Guards
15.09.1951
 -
 		27.05.1963
 		Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
Deputy Lieutenant (DL) Surrey, 1962. Landowner & farmer.
Goulden,
Francis Richard
F.R. Goulden
Married; one son, one daughter.
 18.10.1916
Ashton Under Lyne district, Cheshire, Lancashire
-
03.1994
West Somerset
Cadet
 		? [14274065]
2nd Lt.
 		19.09.1943 [293702]
WS/Lt.
 		19.03.1944
T/Capt.
 		04.08.1945-(04.1946)
WS/Capt.
 		?
Capt. RARO
 		01.01.1949
Capt. TA
 		03.02.1961, seniority 14.10.1957
Maj. TA
 		01.07.1963 (reld 01.01.1964)
Hon. Maj.
 		01.01.1949 & 01.01.1964
19.09.1943

commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]
post-war
  
 		 
 		transferred, Royal Corps of Signals
01.01.1949
 -
 		02.02.1961
 		Regular Army Reserve of Officers
03.02.1961
 -
 		01.01.1964
 		Territorial Army
Goulder,
Claud
C. Goulder (Photo courtesy of Mr Charles Hawkshaw-Burn) 		02.04.1896
Swaffham district, Norfolk
-
18.03.1956
Castleacre, nr King's Lynn, Norfolk
2nd Lt.
 		10.02.1915 [268750]
...
 		...
Lt.Col.
 		21.08.1942 (supernumerary 21.08.1945)
Col.
 		11.05.1945
T/Brig.
 		11.12.1942-(04.1947)
Companion of the Order of the British Empire CBE
 ?
 ?
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 30.12.1941
 ?
Military Cross MC
 WW I
 ?
Mention in Despatches MID
 30.12.1941
 ?
10.02.1915

commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery
15.03.1942
 -
 		19.09.1942
 		Commander Royal Artillery, 23rd Indian Infantry Division
20.09.1942
 -
 		08.07.1944
 		Commander Royal Artillery, 19th Indian Infantry Division
08.07.1944
 -
 		05.08.1944
 		acting General Officer Commanding, 21st Indian Infantry Division
(1947)
  
 		 
 		HQ Southern Command, India
Gow,
William Younger
"Willie"
E. Gowlland
 c. 1896
Perthshire
-
?
?
T/2nd Lt.
 		?
T/Lt.
 		? (reld 01.09.1921; retaining rank of Lt.)
2nd Lt.
 		03.04.1940 [125419]
A/Capt.
 		24.10.1940
WS/Capt.
 		07.01.1943
T/Maj.
 		07.01.1943-(04.1944)
WS/Maj.
 		1944?, seniority 09.07.1943
A/Lt.Col.
 		09.04.1943-(04.1944)
Military Cross MC
 03.06.1919
 ?
WW I medals
?

commissioned, Royal Warwickshire Regiment [temporary commission]



attached, 1st/8th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment - Territorial Force
03.04.1940
  
 		 
 		commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission]



possibly on the 8th Army staff of Gen. Neil Ritchie and later stationed with PI Force in Persia/Iraq
Gowlland,
Eric
E. Gowlland
Son of Richard Gowlland, commercial traveller, and Ethel Eliza Pottinger Gowlland, formerly Fulton.
 17.05.1904
Leeds, Yorkshire
-
07.1999
Huntingdonshire
2nd Lt.
 		25.03.1943 [268750]
WS/Lt.
 		25.09.1943 (reld < 04.1946)
Hon. Lt.
 		< 04.1946
Efficiency Medal (Territorial) EM
 06.02.1947
 -
25.03.1943

commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
 
Gowlland,
Geoffrey Cathcart
G.C. Gowlland (Photo from: http://www.gowlland.me.uk/biographies.htm#zzgeoffreycathcartgowlland) G.C. Gowlland (Photo from: http://www.gowlland.me.uk/biographies.htm#zzgeoffreycathcartgowlland)
G.C. Gowlland (Photo from: http://www.gowlland.me.uk/biographies.htm#zzgeoffreycathcartgowlland) 
Fifth child and second son of Richard Sankey Gowlland and Jessie Katherine Gowlland (née Lake).
Married (20.11.1912, Downton, Wiltshire) Vera Rosa Marriott Smith, daughter of Col. Walter William Marriott Smith, RA (retd); one daughter.

27.05.1885
Ealing, Brentford, Middlesex
-
09.10.1980
2nd Lt.
 		20.12.1905 [3400]
Lt.
 		25.06.1908
Capt.
 		30.10.1914 (half-pay 27.04.1920-27.08.1920)
T/Maj.
 		01.04.1921-14.12.1922
Maj.
 		06.01.1923
Lt.Col.
 		09.08.1930
local Col.
 		27.08.1926-23.08.1929
Bt. Col.
 		01.04.1932, seniority 01.04.1931
Col.
 		09.08.1934, seniority 01.04.1931 (retd 03.08.1940; retaining appointment) (reverted to retd 17.12.1941)
A/Brig.
 		27.12.1940-(04.1941)
T/Brig.
 		....1941-....1941
Hon. Brig.
 		17.12.1941
Mention in Despatches MID
 17.02.1915
 France
Mention in Despatches MID
 25.10.1916
 Sudan 14-16
Mention in Despatches MID
 05.12.1918
 Sudan 17-18
Fourth Class of the Order of the Nile (Egypt) Nile
 29.08.1917
 valuable services rendered to Egypt
1914-1915 Star 14|15 St
 -
 -
British War Medal 1914-1920 BWM 14|20
 -
 -
Victory Medal VM
 -
 -
Sudan Medal SM
 -
 & Sudan 1917-18 Clasp
Education: Fettes College, Edinburgh; Royal Military Academy, Woolwich
20.12.1905

commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers
15.12.1910
 -
 		14.12.1912
 		employed with Egyptian Army (passage from Liverpool to Port Said on SS "Crosby Hall")
17.02.1913
 -
 		04.08.1914
 		Assistant Instructor, School of Military Engineering
05.08.1914
 -
 		28.11.1914
 		served in France & Belgium
28.06.1915
 -
 		13.01.1916
 		Assistant Instructor, School of Military Engineering (temporary)
14.01.1916
 -
 		14.06.1918
 		employed with Egyptian Army: Assistant Director at the Military Works Department (till 18.03.1916 in Egypt, then till 15.05.1918 Egyptian Expeditionary Force)
27.04.1920
 -
 		27.08.1920
 		sick leave ‘on account of ill-health caused by wounds’
20.12.1920
 -
 		31.03.1921
 		Adjutant, ...
01.04.1921
 -
 		14.12.1922
 		attached, Royal Tank Corps
10.01.1923
 -
 		26.08.1926
 		Chief Instructor in Workshops (Class Y), School of Military Engineering
27.08.1926
 -
 		23.08.1929
 		Chief Engineer, Iraq
(03.1931)
  
 		 
 		Staff Officer, Royal Engineers (Electrical & Mechanical), HQ Aldershot Command (UK)
01.04.1932
 -
 		18.12.1933
 		Chief Inspector, Royal Engineer Stores, Inspection Department (Woolwich) [in that capacity also Associate Member of the Royal Engineer Board & Military Member of the Experimental Sub-Committee of the Wireless Telegrpahy Board]
10.04.1934
 -
 		14.04.1937
 		Deputy Engineer-in-Chief (Electircal & Mechanical), Engineer-in-Chief's Branch, HQ Staff of the Army in India
28.04.1937
 -
 		10.06.1940
 		Chief Engineer, The British Troops in China (Hong Kong) (from 1938 also the Officer Commanding British Troops in Hong Kong, and in that capacity a member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council)
1941?
 -
 		1941?
 		Chief Engineer, Northern Ireland District *
03.08.1940
 -
 		27.05.1943
 		Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
MIMechE. Commanding Officer, 6th Dorset (Wimborne) Battalion Home Guard, 1942-1945. Played rugby football for Scotland.
* April 1941 is showing in that appointment Col. V.E.G. Guinness (from 27.10.1940), so perhaps Gowlland took over from him later in the year.
Gowlland,
Richard John
R.J. Gowlland
Married; ... children (one son?).
 1919
-
11.2008 still alive
2nd Lt.
 		15.12.1939 [109035]
WS/Lt.
 		15.06.1941 (reld > 04.1946)
15.12.1939

commissioned, The Devonshire Regiment [emergency commission]
Grace,
Eileen
(Mrs)
Mrs. E. Grace (Photo courtesy of Mrs Carol Vincent)		 ?
-
2nd Sub.
 		26.02.1942 [227930]
WS/Sub.
 		02.06.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Jun.Comdr.
31.08.1943-(04.1944)
Hon. Jun.Comdr.
 		< 04.1946
26.02.1942

commissioned, Auxiliary Territorial Service
21.10.1943
 -
 		(04.1944)
 		a Staff Captain (A), Adjutant General's Branch, HQ Eastern Command (Hounslow, Middlesex)
Grafton,
James Douglas
"Jimmy"
J.D. Grafton
Son of James Hawkins Grafton and Ethel Marion Brannan. Has a twin brother.
 19.05.1916
-
06.1986
Chichester, Sussex
2nd Lt.
 		02.06.1939, seniority 02.12.1937 [91666]
WS/Lt.
 		01.03.1941
T/Capt.
 		01.03.1941
WS/Capt.
 		15.10.1943 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Maj.
04.04.1945
Hon. Maj.
 		< 04.1946
Territorial Efficiency Decoration TD
 13.07.1951
 ?



late Officer Cadet CSM, London Contingent, Senior Division, Officer Training Corps
02.06.1939

commissioned, General List (University Candidates, Officer Training Corps) (University of London Contingent, Senior Division) - Territorial Army (for service with the infantry unit of the contingent)
24.08.1939

mobilized TA
11.12.1939

transferred to The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment - Territorial Army
(09.1944)

Officer Commanding, A Company, 4th Battalion The Dorsetshire Regiment (NW Europe)
?
 -
 		19.05.1966
 		Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
TV script writer, company director, Strutton Ground, London. Co-wrote some of the famous sketches in The Goon Show, a radio series.
Graham,
Douglas Alexander Henry
D.A.H. Graham D.A.H. Graham		 26.03.1893
-
28.09.1971
[Brechin, Angus ?]
2nd Lt.
 		17.09.1913 [8265]
Lt.
 		03.11.1914
Capt.
 		18.06.1916
Maj.
 		16.12.1930
Lt.Col.
 		27.06.1937
Col.
 		05.04.1940
A/Brig.
 		05.04.1940-04.10.1940
T/Brig.
 		05.10.1940-14.05.1944
A/Maj.Gen.
 		05.05.1943-09.01.1944,
20.01.1944-14.05.1944
T/Maj.Gen.
 		15.05.1944-05.10.1944
Maj.Gen.
06.10.1944, seniority 01.02.1944 (retd 06.02.1947)
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
 24.08.1944
 Italy
Companion of the Order of the British Empire CBE
 11.06.1942
 HM's birthday 42
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 14.01.1943
 Middle East
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 08.07.1943
 Middle East
Military Cross MC
 01.01.1918
 New Year 18
Mention in Despatches MID
 20.12.1918
 ?
Mention in Despatches MID
 13.01.1944
 Middle East
Mention in Despatches MID
 28.09.1944
 Normandy
Mention in Despatches MID
 22.03.1945
 NW Europe
Commander of the Legion of Merit (USA) LM
 16.01.1947
 ?
Officier de la Legion d'Honneur (France) LegH
 1945?
 France 44?
Croix de Guerre (France) CdeG
 1945?
 France 44?
Croix de Guerre (France) CdeG
 15.12.1919
 ?
Commander of the Order of St Olav (Norway) StOlav
 23.05.1947
 Norway 45
1914 Star & Clasp; British War Medal; Victory Medal; Palestine 1936-39 Medal & Clasp
 		Education: London School of Economics
17.09.1913

commissioned, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
1914
 -
 		1918
 		served European War in France (13.08.1914- 22.10.1914, 10.09.1916-11.11.1918) (wounded, despatches, MC, French Croix de Guerre)
30.04.1917
 -
 		07.06.1919
 		Brigade Major, ...
06.04.1920
 -
 		29.10.1920
 		Assistant Military Secretary, India
19.02.1928
 -
 		30.12.1930
 		Staff Captain, Scottish Command
31.12.1930
 -
 		18.02.1932
 		Deputy Assistant Adjutant & Quarter-Master General (DAA&QMG), Lowland Area, Scottish Command
01.05.1932
 -
 		30.04.1935
 		Officer Commanding, Regimental Depot, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (Hamilton, UK)
1936
 -
 		1937
 		2nd Battalion The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (Palestine & UK)
27.06.1937
 -
 		04.04.1940
 		Commanding Officer, 2nd Battalion The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (UK)
05.04.1940
 -
 		07.08.1940
 		Commander, 27th Infantry Brigade (UK), redesignated:
07.08.1940
 -
 		28.04.1943
 		Commander, 153rd Infantry Brigade (UK, Egypt, North Africa)
07.05.1943
 -
 		10.10.1943
 		General Officer Commanding, 56th (London) Infantry Division (North Africa, Libya, Italy; wounded at Salerno)
19.01.1944
 -
 		17.10.1944
 		General Officer Commanding, 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division (UK, North-West Europe)
27.11.1944
 -
 		1945
 		General Officer Commanding, 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division (North-West Europe, UK, Norway)
(12.)1945

General Officer Commanding, British Land Forces Norway
Colonel, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), 22.08.1954-26.03.1958.
Graham,
Harry Dick McGibbon
P.L. Graham		 ?
-
2nd Lt.
 		11.10.1941 [210938]
WS/Lt.
 		01.10.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Capt.
?
Hon. Capt.
 		< 04.1946
(Territorial) Efficiency Medal EM
 19.09.1952
 ?
11.10.1941

commissioned, Corps of Royal Signals [emergency commission]
Graham,
Patrick Ludovic
P.L. Graham
Son of Donald Noble Graham, CIE (1844-1901), and Gertrude Lawrence Clara Dunsterville (died 1932).
Married (28.09.1926) Barbara Jury, only daughter of Col. Edward Cotton Jury, CMG, MC, late 18th Royal Hussars; two sons.		 02.04.1898
Airthrey
-
14.07.1958
Baghdad
2nd Lt.
 		19.02.1916
Lt.Col.
30.06.1944 (retd 03.03.1949)
Hon. Col.
 		03.03.1949
Military Cross MC
 ?
 ?
Education: Winchester; Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; psc
19.02.1916

commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery
27.02.1940
 -
 		04.06.1940
 		DAQMG
05.06.1940
 -
 		04.11.1940
 		GSO2
01.08.1942
 -
 		25.05.1943
 		GSO1
194X

Commanding Officer, 97th Anti-Tank Regiment RA
Graham,
Stuart Douglas
 S.D. Graham
Son of Maj. Wiliam Bannatyne Graham, and Mary Beatrice Hansell.		 18.02.1890
India
-
1980
2nd Lt. 23.07.1910 [6836]
Lt. 23.07.1913
T/Capt. 13.03.1916-22.07.1916
Capt. 23.07.1916
A/Maj. 30.12.1916-05.11.1918
Maj. 01.05.1927
Lt.Col. 01.01.1937
local Col. 20.06.1938-08.01.1939
Col. 09.01.1939 (supernumerary 30.06.1944) (retd 24.05.1946)
T/Brig. 14.08.1939-26.10.1940,
08.05.1941-29.06.1941
Hon. Brig. 24.05.1946
Military Cross MC 14.01.1916 ?
1914-1915 Star 14|15 St - -
British War Medal 1914-1920 BWM 14|20 - -
Victory Medal VM - -
Mention in Despatches MID 01.01.1916 ?
Mention in Despatches MID 21.05.1918 ?
Education: Staff College (psc).
23.07.1910     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery
      served France & Belgium 17.01.1915-16.11.1915, Greek Macedonia, Serbia, Bulgaria, European Turkey and Islands of the Aegean Sea 17.11.1915-12.02.1916, France and Belgium 10.11.1916-11.11.1918
14.12.1914 - 06.02.1915 Adjutant, 146th Brigade Royal Field Artillery
22.05.1915 - 10.02.1916 Adjutant
06.11.1918 - 07.06.1919 Brigade Major, RA (France)
22.05.1920 - 30.10.1921 General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), ... (Aldershot Command) (temporarily)
24.01.1923 - 20.01.1924 Brigade Major, RA (Egypt) (temporarily)
30.04.1926 - 27.05.1928 Staff Captain, War Office (London)
28.05.1928 - 30.09.1930 Brigade Major, RA (Aldershot Command)
(03.1931)     13th Field Brigade RA (Aldershot)
(06.1933)     8th Field Brigade RA (Mhow)
14.05.1934 - (01.1937) Brigade Major, Mhow Brigade Area, Bombay District, Southern Command, East Indies
20.06.1938 - 08.01.1939 specially employed (India)
09.01.1939 - 13.08.1939 instructor, Senior Officers' School (Belgaum)
14.08.1939 - 26.10.1940 Commander, Royal Artillery (CRA), ...
08.05.1941 - 29.06.1941 specially employed
16.08.1941 - 30.06.1943 General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), War Office (London)
24.05.1946 - 18.02.1948 Regular Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]
Grant,
Eneas Henry George
E.H.G. Grant
Son of late Col H.G. Grant, CB, late Seaforth Highlanders and Isabel, daughter of Eneas Mackintosh, Balnespick, Inverness­shire. Married (1926) Lilian Marion (died 1978), daughter of late S. O'Neill, Cumberstown House, Co. Westmeath; one son (and elder son, Lieut Seaforth Highlanders, killed in action, Korea, 1951).
From Tomatin, Inverness. 		14.08.1901
-
05.02.1994
[Tomatin, Inverness­shire ?]
2nd Lt.
 		24.12.1920 [18829]
Lt.
 		24.12.1922
Capt.
 		17.04.1929
Maj.
 		01.08.1938
A/Lt.Col.
 		14.02.1942-13.05.1942
T/Lt.Col.
 		14.05.1942-10.06.1945
WS/Lt.Col.
 		11.06.1945
Lt.Col.
 		02.09.1946
A/Col.
 		11.12.1944-10.06.1945
T/Col.
 		11/06/1945-(01.1946)
Col.
 		26.08.1948, seniority 11.06.1948
A/Brig.
 		11.12.1944-10.06.1945
T/Brig.
11.06.1945-(01.1946)
Brig.
 		01.07.1952 (supernumerary 26.08.1954) (retd 06.09.1955)
Companion of the Order of the British Empire CBE
 07.06.1951
 HM's birthday 51
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 19.10.1944
 NW Europe
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 11.10.1945
 NW Europe
Military Cross MC
 06.11.1936
 Palestine
Mention in Despatches MID
 23.07.1937
 Palestine
Palestine 1936-39 Medal & Clasp
 		Education: Wellington College, Berks; Royal Military College, Sandhurst
24.12.1920

commissioned, The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's)
01.08.1928
 -
 		30.11.1932
 		Adjutant, Lovat Scouts (Territrial Army)
1936

1st Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders (Palestine)
1940

France
1944?
  
Commanding Officer, 7th Battalion The Seaforth Highlanders (NW Europe)
11.12.1944
 -
 		15.01.1945
 		Commander, 185th Infantry Brigade (NW Europe)
26.01.1945
 -
 		24.07.1945
 		Commander, 157th (Highland Light Infantry) Infantry Brigade (NW Europe)
1945
 -
 		1949
 		Brigade Commander (NW Europe & ...)
1949
 -
 		1952
 		Commader, Gold Coast District
1952
 -
 		1955
 		Deputy Commander, Northumbrian District
Colonel Commandant, Gold Coast Regiment, 1949-1952. JP Inverness­shire, 1957-91; DL Inverness­shire, 28.05.1958-80. Chairman Inverness­shire TA and Air Force Association, 1961-65.
Grant
James
 J. Grant
?
-
2nd Lt.
 		17.02.1942 [225198]
WS/Lt.
 		01.10.1942
T/Capt.
10.02.1944-(04.1946)
17.02.1942

commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]
Possibly same as:
James (Jim) Lieutenant Colonel RE, died peacefully at home on 14 February 2007, aged 86. Husband of the late Florence, father, grandfather, and great grandfather.
Grant-Suttie,
Hubert Francis
 H.F. Grant-Suttie
Eldest son of late Robert Grant­Suttie and Hon. Edith Mary Dawnay, daughter of 7th Viscount Downe. Married (1920) Torfrida Alianore (died 1971), elder daughter of Sir Wroth Lethbridge, 5th Bt, and Hon. Mrs Walter Yarde­Buller of Marchington Hall, Staffs; one son, one daughter.
 15.12.1884
-
03.06.1973
2nd Lt.
 		29.07.1904
Lt.Col.
 		1933
Col.
05.04.1936, seniority 01.07.1934 (retd 01.08.1939)
Companion of the Order of the British Empire CBE
 20.08.1940
 for distinguished services in the field
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 01.01.1918
 for distinguished services in the field
Military Cross MC
 14.01.1916
 ?
Education: psc, ns
29.07.1904

commissioned, Royal Artillery



served European War, 1914-1918 (despatches four times, DSO, MC)
05.04.1936
 -
 		1939
 		Assistant-Quartermaster-General, War Office
14.09.1939
10.02.1940
 		Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General (AA&QMG), 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division (CBE)
1943
 -
 		1947
 		Command Welfare Officer, Scotland
CStJ, 1953 (OStJ, 1948). Member Royal Co. of Archers, Queen's Body Guard in Scotland.
Grant Watson,
Robert De Merve [Low]
 R.D.M. Grant Watson
Son of Herbert A. Grant Watson, and of Anna C. Grant Watson (née Low), of Kensington, London.
 18.01.1910
Brazil
-
27.03.1942
(KIA) [age 32]
[Kinghtsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya, 10.C.18]
2nd Lt. TA
 		14.11.1933
2nd Lt.
 		14.03.1934, seniority 01.09.1932 [56997]
Lt.
 		01.09.1935
Capt.
01.09.1940
Mention in Despatches MID
 30.06.1942
 Middle East (posthumously)
14.11.1933

commissioned, University Candiates (General List - Territorial Army)
14.03.1934

commissioned, Scots Guards
(01.1937)

2nd Battalion Scots Guards (Aldershot)
18.05.1937
 -
 		07.04.1938
 		specially emplyed, War Office
(01.1939)

2nd Battalion Scots Guards (Egypt)
?
 -
 		27.03.1942
 		Special Boat Service, Special Air Service Regiment, Army Air Corps [drowned when canoe capsized on operation to capture German pilot who crash-landed on an island near Gazala Point, Libya]
Grasett,
 Sir Arthur Edward
A.E. Grasett A.E. Grasett
 

20.10.1888
-
04.12.1971
2nd Lt.
 		24.06.1909 [6855]
...
 		...
Maj.Gen.
 		27.09.1938, seniority 09.01.1938 (retd 02.07.1947)
A/Lt.Gen.
 		07.11.1941-06.11.1942
T/Lt.Gen.
 		07.11.1942-24.08.1945
local Lt.Gen.
 		25.08.1945-(01.1946)
Hon. Lt.Gen.
 		02.07.1947

KBE 1945; CB 1940; DSO 1919; MC 1915

24.06.1909
  
 		 
 		commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers
...
 -
 		...
...
04.11.1938
 -
 		27.08.1941
 		General Officer Commanding, British Troops in China
1941
 -
 		1941
 		General Officer Commanding, Hong Kong
08.10.1941
 -
 		06.11.1941
 		General Officer Commanding, 48th Infantry Division
07.11.1941
 -
 		14.01.1943
 		General Officer Commanding, VIII Corps District (UK)
1943
 -
 		1944
 		Chief Liaison Officer to Allied Forces in the United Kingdom
1944
 -
 		1945
 		Head Civil Affairs Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces
25.08.1945
 -
 		1954
 		Lieutenant-Governor & General Officer Commanding Troops, Jersey
Gray,
Donald Marshall
 D.M. Gray
Son of the late Dr John William Gray, Medical Superintendant of Grassington Sanatorium and later Wolsingham Sanatorium, County Durham, and Mary Anderson Fallas.
15.10.1919
Grassington, Skipton district, Yorkshire - West Riding
-
03.02.1949
Canongate district, Edinburgh City, Scotland
2nd Lt.
 		25.05.1940 [132522]
WS/Lt.
 		25.11.1941
T/Capt.
 		20.01.1943-(04.1944)
WS/Capt.
 		12.04.1945
T/Maj.
 		12.04.1945-(04.1946)
Military Cross MC
 12.07.1945
 NW Europe
25.05.1940

commissioned, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [emergency commission]
19.07.1941

transferred, The Royal Scots Fusiliers
(07.1943)
  
 		 
 		"B" Company, 2nd Battalion The Royal Scots Fusiliers (Sicily; wounded)
(1944)
 -
 		(1945)
 		Officer Commandng, "A" Company, 6th Battalion The Royal Scots Fusiliers
Gray,
John Herbert
"Jack"
 J.H. Gray (Photo courtesy of Mr Michael Clark(
 Married Marie Phillips.
05.12.1912
-
09.08.2005
St Alban's district, Hertfordshire
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		12.04.1941 [180949]
WS/Lt.
01.10.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
Hon. Lt.
< 04.1946
(Territorial) Efficiency Medal EM
 06.03.1947
 -
03.1939
 		 
 		 
 		joined 53rd (City of London) Mobile Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment -Territorial Army
?
 		-
 		12.04.1941
 		Officer Cadet Training Unit
12.04.1941

commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
Published: Jack's war (2002)
Gray,
John Willoughby
 J.W. Gray
Married Felicity Gray, choreographer.
Residence: (1946) London.
 05.11.1916
London
-
13.02.1993
Salisbury, Wiltshire
2nd Lt.
 		24.02.1940 [121291]
WS/Lt.
 		27.01.1941 (reld > 04.1946)
T/Capt.
17.09.1944-(04.1946)
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) MBE
 24.01.1946
 NW Europe
Mention in Despatches MID
 10.05.1945
 NW Europe
24.02.1940

commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
(09.1944)
 -
 		(05.1945)
 		Officer Commanding, No. 9 Patrol, GHQ Liaison Regiment ("Phantom"), attached to the 11th Armoured Division
Actor.
Gray,
Oliver John
 O.J. Gray
01.03.1923 ??
-
06.2003 ??
Mid Warwickshire ?
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		26.06.1943 [284443]
WS/Lt.
 		26.12.1943 (reld 15.03.1952)
Hon. Lt.
15.03.1952
26.06.1943

commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]
19.02.1945

transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (parachute trained at Kabrit Parachute School)



served in Palestine post-war
Green,
George Lewis [Gerald]
 G.L. Green
 08.06.1915
-
10.03.2007
Bahrain
2nd Lt.
 		22.06.1941
WS/Capt.
 		03.12.1944
T/Maj.
 		03.12.1944-(04.1946)
...
 		...
Maj.Gen.
 		?
22.06.1941

commissioned, The Durham Light Infantry [emergency commission]
Gerald Green came to Bahrain in 1956 after a distinguished career in the Durham Light Infantry. He saw war service in France, Sudan, Libya, Malta and Egypt. After the war he served in Greece and Northern Ireland. His first job in Bahrain was to establish the Military Wing of Public Security. In 1963, he became Private Secretary to HH the Amir Shaikh Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa. In 1999, he was appointed Counsellor to HH the Amir. In 2001, he was promoted to Major General (Ret'd). Gerald Green was decorated by many nations, which included the Order of Shaikh Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Commander of the British Empire (CBE), Knight Commander of the Order of St Gregory (Vatican), War Cross for Valour (Greece), Jerusalem Cross for Services to the Anglican Church in the Province of Jerusalem and the Middle East and Warden Emeritus at St Christopher's Cathedral in Bahrain.
Green,
Ralph Kent
 R.K. Green (Photo courtesy of Mrs Barbara Lawrence) 		28.05.1914
Great Barrow, Chelmsford district, Essex
-
31.05.1977
Winsley Hospital, Limpley Stoke, Wiltshire
(of chronic emphysema and TB)
Pte.
 		?
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		29.10.1939 [105204]
WS/Lt.
 		29.04.1941
A/Capt.
 		28.04.1943-(04.1944)
WS/Capt.
 		24.12.1945
T/Maj.
 		24.12.1945-(04.1946)
?
 		-
 		28.10.1939
 		Cadet, No. 1 RASC Training Centre
29.10.1939

commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission]
(06.1940)

Dunkirk evacuation



may have been attached to the Parachute Regiment at one point
Green,
William
 W. Green 		01.08.1882
-
1947
2nd Lt.
 		11.08.1900
...
 		...
Maj.Gen.
 		01.03.1935
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
 ?
 ?
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 ?
 ?
11.08.1900

commissioned, The Black Watch
...
 		-
 		...
 		...
03.01.1938
 		-
 		1940
 		Area Commander
Green,
 Sir William Wyndham
 W.W. Green

15.05.1887
-
12.11.1979
2nd Lt.
 		18.12.1907 [690]
...
 		...
T/Brig.
 		22.04.1938-11.06.1940,
14.06.1940-06.02.1941
Maj.Gen.
 		07.02.1941, seniority 16.07.1938 (supernumerary 15.04.1944) (retd 04.07.1946)
A/Lt.Gen.
 		16.04.1945-(01.1946)
Hon. Lt.Gen.
 		04.07.1946

KBE 10.04.1945; CB 1942; DSO 1918; MC 1916 and bar 1917

18.12.1907
  
 		 
 		commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery
...
 -
 		...
...
22.04.1938
 -
 		11.06.1940
 		Commandant Military College of Science (Woolwich)
14.06.1940
 -
 		03.03.1941
 		Brigadier RA, Northern Command (UK)
04.03.1941
 -
 		07.11.1941
 		Deputy Governor Gibraltar
07.01.1942
 -
 		30.09.1942
 		General Officer Commanding, 2nd Anti-Aircraft Division (Home Forces)
01.10.1942
 -
 		?
 		5th Anti-Aircraft Group Commander (Home Forces) 
?
 -
 		07.03.1945
 		6th Anti-Aircraft Group Commander (Home Forces) 
16.04.1945
 -
 		(01.)1946
 		General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Anti-Aircraft Command
Greenacre,
Walter Douglas Campbell
W.D.C. Greenacre 		20.03.1900  Durban, South Africa
-
15.08.1978
2nd Lt.
 		23.06.1920, seniority 26.08.1919
Maj.
 		01.08.1938
A/Lt.Col.
 		01.04.1941-30.06.1941
T/Lt.Col.
 		01.07.1941-07.09.1941,
30.10.1941-25.01.1944
Lt.Col.
 		26.01.1944
A/Col.
 		15.12.1943-14.06.1944
T/Col.
 		15.06.1944-(01.1946)
A/Brig.
 		04.08.1944-12.08.1944,
17.08.1944-07.02.1945
T/Brig.
08.02.1945-(01.1946)
Brig.
 		01.03.1951 (retd 31.05.1952)
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
 1953
 ?
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 07.06.1945
 ?
Member of the Royal Victorian Order MVO
 1927
 ?
Mention in Despatches MID
 10.05.1945
23.06.1920

commissioned, Welsh Guards
15.01.1936
 -
 		30.11.1936
 		Staff Captain, London District (temporary)
26.10.1938
 -
 		07.09.1939
 		Brigade Major, Home Forces
1941
 -
 		1941
 		Commanding Officer, 3rd Battalion Welsh Guards (raised  the unit)
1941
 -
 		1943
 		Commanding Officer, 2nd (Armoured) Battalion Welsh Guards
1943
 -
 		1944
 		Second-in-Command, 5th Guards Armoured Brigade
18.08.1944
 -
 		02.02.1945
 		Commander, 6th Guards Tank Brigade (NW Europe), redesignated:
02.02.1945
 -
 		17.06.1945
 		Commander, 6th Guards Armoured Brigade (NW Europe), redesignated:
17.06.1945
 -
 		1947
 		Commander, 6th Guards Brigade (NW Europe)
1947
 -
 		1948
 		Commander, Schleswig Holstein Sub Area, British Army of the Rhine
1948
 -
 		1949
 		Commander, 128th Infantry Brigade, TA
1950
 -
 		1952
 		Commander, 17th Infantry Brigade & District, Middle East Land Forces
Extra Equerry to the King, 21.07.1936-10.12.1936 & 01.03.1937--1952. Extra Equerry to the Queen, 1952-(1968).
Greenbank,
Geoffrey Francis
G.F. Greenbank (Photo courtesy of Mr Martin Greenbank)
Married (1940) Mabel Greenbank (died 1997); two sons, one daughter.
Lived at Clayton Heights, Bradford, from 1953 Wellfield, Bradford, from 1959 Speeton Avenue, Bradford.
 		04.10.1915
-
02.1999
Bradford, Yorkshire
2nd Lt.
 		20.09.1941 [207849]
WS/Lt.
 		01.10.1942
T/Capt.
 		02.07.1943-(04.1944), 10.11.1944-(04.1946) (retd 01.05.1947)
Capt. TA
 		01.05.1947
Education: King Alfred’s College, Winchester, Hampshire
20.09.1941

commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]



served Normandy (1944), was wounded and returned to France



ended the war running a PoW camp of Japanese soldiers in North Africa
 [was presented with a Japanese officer's sword]
01.05.1947

transferred to the Territorial Army
22.07.1948

transferred to the Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
Tory candidate for Bradford South in General Election, 10.1951.
Greenway,
 the Hon. Charles Paul;
3rd Baron Greenway (cr. 1927):
Baronet (cr. 1919)
C.P. Greenway
Son of 2nd Baron Greenway and Eileen (died 1963), daughter of late Maj.­Gen. Sir Harry Triscott Brooking, KCB, KCSI, KCMG.
Succeeded father, 30.04.1963.
Married (1939) Cordelia Mary, daughter of late Major Humfrey Campbell Stephen, late Northumberland Fusiliers; three sons.
 		31.01.1917
-
14.09.1975
[London ?]
2nd Lt.
 		26.10.1940 [153843]
WS/Lt.
 		26.04.1942
T/Capt.
 		06.02.1944-(04.1944)
WS/Capt.
 		08.09.1945
T/Maj.
 		08.09.1945-(04.1946)
Education: Winchester; Trinity College, Cambridge (BA, 1938; MA, 1942)



Private, Royal Hampshire Regiment
26.10.1940

commissioned, The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) [emergency commission]
11.07.1944

transferred to the Parachute Regiment, Army Air Corps [with effect from 08.06.1943]
1942
1943
(06.1944)
 -


 		1946


 		9th Parachute Battalion (wounded)
 Assistant Adjutant (UK)
Second-in-Command, B Company (Merville, France)
(India, Palestine)
Insurance Broker and Underwriter, Lloyd's, London. Citizen and Vintner Freeman of the City of London, 1938. Bailli délégué, Confrérie de la Chaîne des Rôtisseurs de la Grande Bretagne.
Grey,
John Victor Charles
J.V.C. Grey 		08.05.1915
-
04.2002
Norwich district, Norfolk
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		07.12.1940 [160732]
WS/Lt.
 		07.06.1942
T/Capt.
 		31.10.1942-(04.1946)
?
 		-
 		07.12.1940
 		either Sandhurst or 102nd
Officer Cadet Training Units
07.12.1940

commissioned, Royal Tank Regiment - Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]



148th Regiment RAC
Grice,
James Dickenson
J.D. Grice
 Son of ... Grice, and ... Perry.
 		18.09.1915
Dewsbury district, Yorkshire - West Riding / West Yorkshire
-
(09?).1975
Claro district, North Yorkshire
2nd Lt.
 		18.12.1935 [66629]
Lt.
 		18.12.1938
A/Capt.
 		26.09.1941-20.10.1941,
25.01.1942-31.03.1942
T/Capt.
 		01.04.1942-30.06.1946
Lt.
 		17.01.1945, seniority 24.02.1941
06.02.1951, seniority 03.03.1941
Capt.
 		01.07.1946
Maj.
 		18.09.1951
Lt.Col.
 		04.10.1959 (retd 20.03.1962)
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) MBE
 01.06.1953
 HM's coronation: Korea
Mention in Despatches MID
 20.12.1940
 ?
Army Emergency Reserve Decoration ERD
 04.06.1954
 -
Education: Staff College (psc)
18.12.1935

commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers - Supplementary Reserve of Officers (106th (West Riding) Army Troops Company RE (Doncaster))
24.08.1939

mobilized
(1942)

[Platoon/Section Commander?], 106th Army Troops Company RE (Middle East)
17.01.1945

permanent commission
Griffin,
 [Sir] Arthur John Stewart
A.J.S. Griffin
 Son of Arthur Wilfrid Michael Stewart Griffin and Florence May Griffin.
Married (1962) Henrietta
Montagu­Douglas­Scott (1934-20.02.2008), daughter of Brigadier Andrew Montagu Douglas Scott and his wife Lady Victoria, daughter of Field Marshal Earl Haig; two sons.

20.02.1924
Claygate, Surrey
-
01.04.2009
Teddington, Middlesex
2nd Lt.
 		07.05.1944 [320191]
WS/Lt.
07.11.1944
Lt.
 		19.04.1947, seniority 20.08.1946
T/Capt.
 		05.05.1948-19.02.1951
Capt.
 		20.02.1951 (retd 28.02.1959; receiving a gratuity)
T/Maj.
 		21.12.1954-(01.1957)
Hon. Maj.
 		28.02.1959
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order KCVO
 16.06.1990
 HM's birthday 90
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order CVO
 01.01.1974
 New Year 74
Member of the Royal Victorian Order MVO
 10.06.1967
 HM's birthday 67
Education: Harrow School.
11.1942
 -
 		07.05.1944
 		enlisted service in the ranks for 1 year, 185 days
07.05.1944

commissioned, Royal Armoured corps [emergency commission to 18.04.1947]
1944
 -
 		1944
 		24th Lancers (NW Europe; wounded)
1944
 -
 		1945
 		seconded, The Queen's Bays (Italy)



ADC to General Sir Ivor Thomas, GOC Anti-Aircraft Command
19.04.1947
 -
 		28.02.1959
 		permanent commission, The Queen's Bays



served in Germany as regimental adjutant; as a staff captain at the headquarters of the 7th Armoured Division, Verden; and as the commander of C Squadron, The Queen’s Bays, in Jordan and Libya
Press Secretary to HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, 1956-1991.
Griffith,
Robert Jacob
 R.J. Griffith		 03.09.1918
-
07.1994
Bromley district, Kent
2nd Lt.
 		01.06.1940 [134399]
WS/Lt.
 		01.12.1941
A/Capt.
 		25.05.1942-24.08.1942
T/Capt.
 		25.08.1942-15.11.1943
WS/Capt.
 		16.11.1943
Capt.
 		17.07.1946, seniority 16.11.1943
A/Maj.
 		16.08.1943-15.11.1943
T/Maj.
 		16.11.1943-15.07.1946,
12.02.1947-08.02.1950
Lt.
 		21.06.1947, seniority 26.08.1941
Capt.
 		21.06.1947, seniority 01.07.1946
T/Maj.
 		03.08.1950-25.02.1953
Maj.
 		26.02.1953
Lt.Col.
 		27.09.1962 (Empl. List 1) (retd 01.10.1964)
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Civil Division) MBE
 30.12.1978
 New Year 79: for service at Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Military Cross MC
 22.04.1943
 North Africa (Algeria, Tunesia) *
Military Cross MC
 24.08.1944
 Italy **
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St
 -
 -
Africa Star Afr St
 -
 & clasp 1st Army
Italy Star It St
 -
 -
Defence Medal Def M
 -
 -
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45
 -
 -
Education: Staff College, Camberley (psc).



served in the ranks for 192 days
?
 		-
 		01.06.1940
 		102nd Officer Cadet Training Unit
01.06.1940

commissioned, North Irish Horse - Royal Armoured Corps - Supplementary Reserve [emergency commission to 16.07.1946]
17.07.1946
  
 		 
 		short service commission
21.06.1947

permanent commision, 10th Hussars
Served Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
* On 20 February [1943] part of ‘A’ Squadron were returning to take up their position at first light in the area 3247 (Tunisia, Sheet 4) when the Squadron Leader’s tank was knocked out and Major W.H. Ketchell wounded. Capt. Griffith, who had been delayed on the way owing to a broken down vehicle, arrived shortly afterwards and very coolly and competently organised the defense of this vital area. He remained in command of this area until 5th March and during this period was responsible for holding the position by day and by night. On the morning of 1 March six enemy tanks were subjected to artillery fire; one was immobilised and all abandoned by their crews. Captain Griffith went out on foot and entered one of these tanks. He brought back a German wallet containing valuable material for identification and from the information which he supplied an operation for the complete destruction of the tanks was organised and successfully carried out. During these six days Captain Griffith displayed marked powers of leadership and initiative. The position was frequently under fire and Capt. Griffith went out many times on foot to locate the enemy guns and to secure valuable information of enemy tank and infantry movements. I consider that Captain Griffith played a very valuable part in the stopping of the tank thrust on Beja. He comes from Blackrock, Co. Dublin.
Recommended by Lt.Col. David Dawnay, Commanding Officer North Irish Horse, endorsed by Lt.Col. P. Scott, Acting Commander 128th Infantry Brigade, Maj.Gen. H.A. Freeman-Attwood, Commanding 46th Division, Lt.Gen. C. Allfrey, Commander 5 Corps, approved by Lt.Gen. K.A.N. Anderson, General Officer Commander-in-Chief 1st Army.
** 0600 hours 23 May 1944 – 1000 hrs 24 May 1944. Adolf Hitler Line, Italy. In the action against the Hitler Line Major Griffith’s squadron supported the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, a battalion of the 2 Canadian Infantry Brigade. 600 yards from the Start Line his squadron was held up by the obstacles and an extensive enemy minefield. Visibility was 10 yards and the squadron came under very heavy enemy shelling and mortaring which continued incessantly for 28 hours. Touch was lost with the infantry and a battle commenced with the powerful anti-tank defences. Major Griffith controlled this battle on foot despite the heavy enemy fire and besides accounting for several snipers himself, his tank destroyed two Mark V tanks (Panthers), two 75 m.m. anti-tank guns, one 88 m.m. anti-tank gun and inflicted severe casualties on the enemy infantry. Four of his Churchill tanks were destroyed in this action. As it was found impossible to by-pass the minefield and all attempts at gapping were unsuccessful, Major Griffith decided to consolidate his gains. To do this, he left the safety of his tank and for many hours on foot and under intense fire, directed the forming of a strong point. He helped considerably in the re-organization of the infantry and directed the clearance of casualties. He held this position against constant enemy actions throughout one day and one night and would only leave the area when ordered to do so during the following morning when the battle had been won. His clear appreciation of the situation, his complete disregard for his personal safety, his coolness and daring were an inspiration to all the troops in the area and there is no doubt that his action in pinning down powerful elements of the enemy defenses helped considerably in the forcing of the Hitler Line.
Recommended 28.05.1944 by Lt.Col. E.V. Strickland, Commanding Officer North Irish Horse, endorsed by Brig. J.L. Tetley, Commander 25th Army Tank Brigade, Brig. T.G. Gibson, Commander 2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade, Lt.Gen. E.L.M. Burns, General Officer Commanding 1st Canadian Corps, Lt.Gen. O.W.H. Leese, General Officer Commanding Eighth Army, approved by General H.R.L.G. Alexander, Commander-in-Chief, Allied Central Mediterranean Force.
Griffiths,
Arthur Vivian
 A.V. Griffiths
 Married (14.05.1942, Poona, India) Sister Sarah Ann Marr, TANS (1907-1981); ... children.		 06.09.1903
Llantrissant, Glamorgan
-
01.09.1983
Martock, Somersetshire
Prob. Sg.Lt. RNVR 15.11.1934?
Sg.Lt. RNVR 07.09.1936, seniority 15.11.1934
2nd Lt. 30.09.1939 [103137]
WS/Capt. 30.09.1940 (reld < 04.1946)
Hon. Capt. < 04.1946
Capt. 01.05.1947, seniority 30.09.1940
Maj. 27.02.1949
Hon. Maj. 06.09.1959
Education: MRCS Eng, LRCP Lond 1934.
14.05.1936 - (08.1936) HMS Guardian (netlayer)
30.09.1939     commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission]
(1942)     served in India
01.05.1947 - 19.09.1951 commissioned, Territorial Army
19.09.1951 - 06.09.1959 Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]
Had a medical practice just after the war at Abersychan, Monmouthshire. then opened another surgery in Pontypool. Factory doctor for the Bognor Regis district, Sussex, 25.07.1959. Surgeon, St John's Ambulance Brigade. Medical Officer, Shaftesbury Society. Late Casualty Surgeon Officer, Birkenhead General Hospital. Reserve Medical Officer, Municial Hospital, Birkenhead,
Groome,
Cyril Arthur
 C.A. Groome
 Son of William Henry Groome, and Clara Elizabeth Lester.
Married ((12?).1936, Paddington district, London) Eileen L. O'Brien ((06.).1917 -), daughter of ... O'Brien, and ... Mills.		 17.08.1914
West Ham district, London
-
02.2005
Mendip district, Somerset
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 06.06.1942 [235374]
WS/Lt. 06.12.1942 (reld 02.1946)
1939     enlisted service
06.06.1942     commissioned, The East Lancashire Regiment [emergency commission]
      known to have served in the The East Lancashire Regiment, Royal Engineers and Intelligence Corps (both at Medmenham with Central Interpretation Unit and Camouflage development and Training Centre at Farnham Castle); demobilized from Cairo/Alexandria, Egypt
Gubbins,
 [Sir] Colin McVean
C.McV. Gubbins C.McV. Gubbins
 C.McV. Gubbins C.McV. Gubbins
 C.McV. Gubbins C.McV. Gubbins
 C.McV. Gubbins C.McV. Gubbins
Younger son and third child of John Harington Gubbins, CMG (1852-1929), Oriental Secretary at the British Legation, and Helen Brodie McVean (1869-1922).
Married 1st (22.10.1919, Bedford district, Bedfordshire; divorced 1944) Norah Creina Somerville Warren (02.08.1895 - 23.01.1975), second daughter of Sg.Cdr. Philip Somerville Warren (1845-1909); two sons (Capt. John Michael McVean Gubbins was killed in action in Italy 1944).
Married 2nd (25.09.1950, Kensington district, London) Anna Elise "Tulla" Jensen (15.01.1915 - 18.08.2007), widow of Lt. Rolf Thorbjørn Tradin (28.04.1913 - 30.05.1943), Royal Norwegian Air Force, Oslo, and daughter of Hans Didrik Jensen of Tromsø, Norway. .

02.07.1896
Shiba, Tokyo, Japan
-
11.02.1976
 Stornoway, Hebrides
2nd Lt. 16.09.1914 [14618]
Lt. 09.06.1915
A/Capt. 26.08.1916-31.10.1917
A/Maj. 01.11.1917-27.12.1917
A/Capt. 02.01.1918-11.02.1918
Capt. 12.02.1918 (regimental seniority 03.11.1917)
Bt. Maj. 01.07.1933
Maj. 24.02.1934
Bt. Lt.Col. 01.07.1938
WS/Lt.Col. 20.10.1940
Lt.Col. 01.10.1941
A/Col. 20.04.1940-19.10.1940
T/Col. 20.10.1940-04.12.1941
Col. 05.12.1941, seniority 01.07.1941 (retd 27.04.1946)
A/Brig. 25.05.1940-16.06.1940,
18.11.1940-25.04.1941
T/Brig. 26.04.1941-20.12.1943
A/Maj.Gen. 21.12.1942-20.12.1943
T/Maj.Gen. 21.12.1943-26.04.1946
Hon. Maj.Gen. 27.04.1946
Kinght Commander of the Order of St Michael & St George KCMG 01.01.1946 New Year 46
Companion of the Order of St Michael & St George CMG 01.01.1944 New Year 44
Distinguished Service Order DSO 06.08.1940 Norway
Military Cross MC 22.09.1916 *
Mention in Despatches MID 31.01.1941 ?
1914-1915 Star 14|15 St - -
British War Medal 1914-1920 BWM 14|20 - -
Victory Medal VM - -
Officier Légion d'Honneur (France); Grand Officier Order of Leopold (Belgium); Croix de Guerre (Belgium); Order of Dannebrog, 1st cl. (Denmark); Commander, Royal Order of St Olav, with star (Norway; 26.02.1954); Grand Officer Order of Orange Nassau (the Netherlands); Polonia Restituta (Poland); Commander Legion of Merit (USA; 14.05.1948). Comdr Order of White Lion.

* For conspicuous gallantry. When one of his guns and its detachment were blown up by a heavy shell, he organised a rescue party and personally helped to dig out the wounded while shells were falling all round.		 Education: Normanton Grammar School, Yorkshire; Cheltenham College; Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; Staff College (psc).
1914     joined Royal Field Artillery
09.11.1914 - 17.04.1918 served in France & Belgium (wounded)
22.03.1919 - 05.10.1919 Aide-de-Camp to General Officer Commanding, Archangel Force, Russia
28.11.1921 - 20.01.1922 Brigade Major, Royal Artillery, Irish Command (temporarily)
28.02.1922 - 30.09.1922 Brigade Major, Royal Artillery, Irish Command (temporarily)
14.01.1925 - 13.08.1925 Adjutant, ...
21.04.1926 - 15.02.1928 General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), Army Headquarters, India
1928 - 1929 Staff College
01.02.1931 - 07.04.1933 General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), War Office
08.04.1933 - 31.01.1935 Brigade Major, Royal Artillery, Eastern Command
1939 - 1945 World War II in France, Norway, North Africa, Italy and Far East
01.10.1935 - 19.04.1940 General Staff Officer Grade 2, War Office (Military Intelligence Department, examining methods of guerrilla warfare 1939)
1939     Chief of Staff, Maj.Gen. Adrian Carton de Wiart's abortive military mission to Poland
1939 - 1940 Head of Military Intelligence mission to Poles and Czechs in Paris, France
20.04.1940 - 24.05.1940 Commander, Independent Companies (NW Expeditionary Force), Norway (DSO)
25.05.1940 - 16.06.1940 acting Commander, 24th Infantry Brigade (Guards) (Norway)
1940 - 1940 raised and commanded Auxiliary Units for special duties under General Headquarters, Home Forces
1940 - 1946 Director of Operations and Training, Special Operations Executive (Executive Head of Special Operations Executive 1943) (KCMG & CMG)
27.04.1946 - 02.07.1954 Regular Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]
Managing director of a large firm of carpet and textile manufacturers (Gray's Carpets & Textiles). Deputy Lieutenant (DL), Islands Area of the Western Isles, 29.12.1975.
Published: (joint author) The fourth dimension of warfare (1968).
Literature: Peter Wilkinson and Joan Bright Astley, Gubbins and SOE (1993).
Gubbins
John Michael McVean
 J.M.McV. Gubbins
Son of Maj.Gen. Sir Colin McVean Gubbins, KCMG, DSO, MC, and Lady Gubbins (Norah Creina Somerville Warren), of Mayfair, London.		 11.07.1921
St Marylebone district, London
-
06.02.1944
[age 22]
[Cassino Memorial Italy, panel 11]
2nd Lt. 15.02.1941 [172404]
WS/Lt. 15.08.1942
T/Capt. 24.11.1942-06.02.1944
Education: Cheltenham College.
? - 15.02.1941 either 164th, 165th or 166th Officer Cadet Training Unit
15.02.1941     commissioned, The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders [emergency commission]
1941     served Special Operations Executive (SOE) (Instructor at Arisaig)
? - 06.02.1944 5th Battalion The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
Guest,
Reginald Edwin
"Freddie"
R.E. Guest (Photo courtesy of Mr Richard Hide) R.E. Guest (Photo courtesy of Mr Richard Hide)
R.E. Guest (Photo courtesy of Mr Richard Hide) R.E. Guest (Photo courtesy of Mr Richard Hide)
 Son of John Guest, and Josephine H. Guest.

(03?).1896
Highbury, Islington district, Greater London / London / Middlesex
-
(12?).1962
Cheltenham district, Gloucestershire
Pte.
 		? [740082]
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		19.08.1918 [80433]
Lt.
 		19.02.1920 (reld 30.09.1921)
Lt. RARO
 		06.12.1931, seniority 23.02.1930 (reld 02.08.1946)
T/Capt. RARO
 		10.01.1941-(04.1946)
Hon. Capt.
 		02.08.1946
Victory Medal VM
 -
 -
British War Medal 1914-1920 BWM 14|20
 -
 -
Temporary Assistant Postman, 1913.
      served in the ranks, 25th Battalion London Regiment
      served with 8th Cavalry Regiment - Indian Army (North West Frontier, India from 03.1917)
? - 19.08.1918 Officer Cadet Unit
19.08.1918     commissioned, The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) - Territorial Army
? - 30.09.1921 9th Battalion The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) - Territorial Army
06.12.1931 - 02.08.1946 Regular Army Reserve of Officers
24.08.1939     mobilized
? - 12.1941 attached to Royal Artillery on HQ Staff, Hong Kong (escaped)
      instructor, Officer Cadet School, Bangalore
Published: Escape from the bloodied sun (1956); Indian cavalryman : reminiscences (1959); Fifteen : the advanced game of contract bridge (1960) 
Gurrey,
Donald Boswell
D.B. Gurrey 		15.12.1919
Epsom district, Surrey
-
10.2005
East Surrey
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		28.12.1940 [162161]
WS/Lt.
 		28.06.1942
T/Capt.
 		25.03.1943
WS/Capt.
 		13.08.1943
T/Maj.
 		13.08.1943
Lt. RARO
 		01.01.1949
Hon. Capt.
 		01.01.1949
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
 03.06.1972
 HM's birthday 72



[121st or 133rd] Officer Cadet Traning Unit
28.12.1940

commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]



served as a gunnery officer in Algeria, Tunisia and Italy
(1943)
 		-
 		(1945)
 		specially employed; served as a counter-intelligence officer in Italy and was involved in the negotiations when the Germans surrendered
1946
 		-
 		1949
 		served in Germany
01.01.1949

Regular Army Reserve of Officers
Served post-war with the Foreign (& Commonwealth) Office (France, 1949-1950; Poland 1954-1957; Singapore, 1957-1959; Dominican Republic, 1960-1962). Retired 1970s.
Published: Across the lines : an account of Axis intelligence and sabotage in Italy 1943-45 (1994)
Guy,
Frederick William Ernest
F.W.E. Guy (Photo courtesy of Mrs Jackie M. Rogers)
Married ((09?).1953, Totnes district, Devon) Lucy R. Adams.		 (09?).1903
West Ham district, Essex / Greater London
-
(06?).1966
 Totnes district, Devonshire
2nd Lt. 03.04.1943 [269146]
WS/Lt. 03.10.1943 (reld 28.07.1947; disability)
Hon. Lt. 28.07.1947
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]
Gwinnett,
 the Reverend John
J. Gwinnett
Son of John Gwinnett.
From Cheltenham.
Married (06.04.1948) Lady Doreen Stella Lowry-Corry (29.07.1916 - 15.07.2002), daughter of Maj. Adrian Lowry-Corry and Geraldine Hartcup; one son.
 		09.01.1916
Gloucester, Gloucestershire
-
(03?).1977
Northampton district, Northamptonshire
Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class (ranking as Capt.)
 		28.11.1942 [248389]
A/Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class (ranking as Maj.)
 		24.09.1945-23.12.1945
T/Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class (ranking as Maj.)
 		24.12.1945-21.01.1947 (Unemployed List 03.01.1947-30.06.1952)
Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class (ranking as Capt.)
 		29.03.1955, seniority 20.05.1953
Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class (ranking as Maj.)
 		01.04.1961 (retd 09.01.1970)
Military Cross MC
 11.10.1945
 NW Europe
Education: BA
28.11.1942

commissioned, Royal Army Chaplains' Department [emergency commission to 02.01.1947]
(1944)
 		-
 		(1945)
 		padre, 9th (Home Counties) Parachute Battalion 
01.07.1952
 		-
 		28.03.1955
 		short service commission
29.03.1955
 		-
 		09.01.1970
 		permanent commission
Gwynn,
 Sir Charles William
C.W. Gwynn

3rd son of Rev. John Gwynn, DD, Regius Professor of Divinity, Trinity College, Dublin, and Lucy Josephine, daughter of William Smith O'Brien, Cahirmoyle, Co. Limerick. Married (1904) Mary (died 1951), widow of Lieut. Lowry Armstrong, RN.
 		04.02.1870
Ramelton, County Donegal
-
12.02.1963
2nd Lt.
 		15.02.1889
Lt.
 		1891
Capt.
 		15.02.1900
Bt. Maj.
 		16.02.1900
Maj.
 		01.10.1908
T/Lt.Col.
 		20.01.1911-1914(?),
21.07.1915-09.12.1915
Bt. Lt.Col.
 		03.06.1916
Bt. Col.
 		01.01.1917
Col.
 		18.04.1920 (half-pay 18.04.1924)
T/Brig.Gen.
 		10.12.1915-20.09.1919,
?-01.01.1921
Maj.Gen.
01.01.1925 (retd 08.01.1931)
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath KCB
 03.06.1931
 ?
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
 1918
 ?
Companion of the Order of St Michael & St George CMG
 09.11.1903
 for services in demarcation of Sudan­Abyssinian Frontier
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 1894
 Sofa Expedition
Mention in Despatches MID
 1894?
 Sofa Expedition
Mention in Despatches MID
 WW I
 ?
Officier de la Legion d'Honneur (France) LegH
 11.03.1919
 WW I
Croix de Guerre (Belgium) CdeG
 15.04.1918
 WW I
RGS Peake Fund Medal, 1909.
 		Education: St Columba's College, Rathfarnham, Dublin; Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; Staff College, Camberley
1889

commissioned, Royal Engineers
1893
 		-
 		1894
 		Sofa expedition, Sierra Leone (W Africa; wounded; despatches, DSO, Bt. Maj.)
1899
 		-
 		1901
 		demarcation survey of Sudan-Abyssinian frontier
?
 		-
 		27.06.1901
 		Staff Captain, Headquarters
20.01.1911
 		-
 		1914
 		Director Military Art, Royal Military College Duntroon, Australia (as General Staff Odficer, 2nd grade (GSO2))
1914
 		-
 		1918
 		served European War (despatches; Bt. Lt.Col. & Bt. Col., CB, Croix de Guerre):
24.01.1915
 		-
 		03.07.1915
 		General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), 57th Division, 'C' Force, Home Defence
21.07.1915
 		-
 		10.12.1915
 		2nd Australian Division, Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1))
10.12.1915
 		-
 		29.02.1916
 		Commander, 6 Australian Infantry Brigade
29.02.1916
 		-
 		1919
 		Brigadier-General, General Staff, 1 Australian and New Zealand Corps, Mediterranean Expeditionary Force and British Armies in France
18.03.1919
 		-
 		20.09.1919
 		Commander, ... Brigade
18.11.1919
 		-
 		1920
 		General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), 1st Division, Aldershot Command
1920
 		-
 		01.01.1921
 		Brigadier-General, General Staff, Eastern Command
01.01.1921
 		-
 		18.04.1924
 		temporary Colonel on the Staff
03.01.1923
 		-
 		01.01.1925
 		ADC to the King
01.05.1926
 		-
 		08.01.1931
 		Commandant Staff College, Camberley
08.01.1931
 		-
 		04.02.1937
 		Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
1939
 		-
 		1945
 		journalist, military critic & publicist
Published: Imperial policing (1934); joint editor with Sir John Alexander Hammerton, The second Great War : a standard history (1939-1946)
 
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