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Haggie, P.F.S.
to
Heywood, B.G.

Hibberd, F.
to
Hyslop, H.J.M.

 

F. Hibberd  to  H.J.M. Hyslop
Hibberd,
Frank
F. Hibberd
 Son of George and Emily Hibberd.
Husband of Gladys Marjorie Hibberd, of Williton.
 		1891 ?
-
28.05.1946
[age 55]
[Bicknoller (St George) Churchyard, Somerset]
2nd Lt.
 		? [48982]
Lt.
 		05.03.1918
[A/?]Capt.
?

WW I: 1914-15 Star; British war Medal; Victory Medal

?

commissioned, The Gloucestershire Regiment - Territorial Army



served World War I



Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
24.08.1939

mobilized TA
High,
R
R. High 		?
-
2nd Lt.
 		?
WS/Lt.
?
?

commissioned, ? [emergency commission]
(05.1944)
  
 		 
 		Wireless Telegraphy School, Middle East Training Centre
Hill,
Arthur Abraham
 A.A. Hill (Photo courtesy of Mr Graham Hill, via Mr John McLoughlin) 		06.1921
-
02.03.1998
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		27.02.1943 [264535]
WS/Lt.
27.08.1943 (reld > 04.1946)
27.02.1943

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



served 2nd/7th Battalion The Middlesex Regiment
Hill,
Frank Robert Andrew
 F.R.A. Hill (Photo courtesy of Mr John Hill) F.R.A. Hill (Photo courtesy of Mr John Hill)
F.R.A. Hill (Photo courtesy of Mr John Hill) F.R.A. Hill (Photo courtesy of Mr John Hill) 		01.05.1915
-
04.1984
Eastbourne, Sussex
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		13.09.1941 [204425]
WS/Lt.
01.10.1942
WS/Capt.
 		1946?
Capt.
 		01.11.1947, seniority 01.05.1947
Maj.
 		? (reld 10.08.1961)
Hon. Maj.
 		10.08.1961, again 05.09.1965
Capt. TA
 		21.05.1964, seniority 09.02.1950 (reld 05.09.1965)
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) MBE
 14.04.1959
 Cyprus 2nd half 58
Mention in Despatches MID
 31.12.1957
 Cyprus
13.09.1941

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



served 2nd/7th Battalion The Middlesex Regiment
01.11.1947

short service commission (Employed List 3)
15.05.1954

transferred to Corps of Royal Military Police
21.05.1964
 -
 		05.09.1965
 		served Territorial Army
Hill,
Kenneth Alan
K.A. Hill
 Son of Clement and Olive Hill, of Bristol; husband of Barbara Hill, of Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol.
 		1921 ?
-
26/27.04.1942
[age 21]
[Bristol (Canford) Cemetery, Gloucestershire, KK.294]
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
15.02.1941 [172232]



Officer Cadet Training Unit
15.02.1941

commissioned, The Gloucestershire Regiment [emergency commission]
?
 -
 		27.04.1942
 		2nd Battalion The Gloucestershire Regiment (UK)
Hill,
 Lawrence Vallely
L.V. Hill
From Stanevix, Carlisle.
 		(12?).1905
Carlisle, Cumberland
-
2nd Lt.
 		26.02.1943 [279455]
WS/Capt.
 		10.09.1943
T/Maj.
 		10.09.1943-(04.1944)
WS/Maj.
 		27.10.1944
local Lt.Col.
 		08.12.1943-(04.1944)
T/Lt.Col.
 		27.10.1944-(04.1946) (reld > 04.1946)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) OBE
 21.06.1945
 NW Europe
26.02.1943

commissioned, General List [emergency commission]
Hill,
Peter Guy Egerton
P.G.E. Hill
Married Maj. Daphne Gordon Conway (née Phillips), Women's Royal Army Corps.
30.07.1911
Medway, Kent
-
02.2002
Uckfield, Sussex
2nd Lt.
 		28.01.1932 [50931]
Lt.
 		28.01.1935
A/Capt.
 		01.09.1939-30.11.1939
T/Capt.
 		01.12.1939-27.01.1940
Capt.
 		28.01.1940
A/Maj.
 		30.08.1940-15.11.1940,
02.04.1941-14.04.1941
T/Maj.
15.05.1941-05.01.1944,
08.04.1945-30.06.1946
Maj.
 		01.07.1946 (retd 18.08.1961)
Mention in Despatches MID
 07.01.1949
 Palestine 09.46-03.47
Education: psc
28.01.1932

commissioned, The East Surrey Regiment



served in Italy
(1949)

served in Palestine
Published: (with G.L.A. Squire) The Surreys in Italy (1992)
Hill,
Stanley James Ledger
J.S.L. Hill (Source: www.1canpara.com) J.S.L. Hill (Source: www.bbc.co.uk)
 J.S.L. Hill (Source: www.ornebridgehead.org)
J.S.L. Hill J.S.L. Hill
J.S.L. Hill J.S.L. Hill
J.S.L. Hill J.S.L. Hill
Son of late Maj.­Gen. Walter Pitts Hendy Hill, CB, CMG, DSO, West Amesbury House, Wilts.
Married 1st (1937) Denys, daughter of late E. Hubert Gunter­Jones, MC, JP,
Gloucester House, Ledbury; one daughter
Married 2nd (1986) Joan
Patricia Haywood.
From Ladbury.

Biography at www.ornebridgehead.org

14.03.1911
Bath district, Somerset
-
16.03.2006
Church Farm Care Home, Cotgrave, Nottingham
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		27.08.1931 [52648]
Lt.
 		27.08.1934 (reld 12.08.1935)
Lt. SRO
 		29.10.1938
T/Capt.
 		?
WS/Capt.
 		?
A/Maj.
 		15.07.1940-(04.1941)
WS/Maj.
 		?
T/Lt.Col.
 		?
WS/Lt.Col.
 		02.12.1943 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Brig.
02.12.1943-(06.1944)
Maj. RARO
 		01.11.1947
Hon. Brig.
 		01.11.1947
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 11.02.1943
 North Africa 11.42
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 29.03.1945
 Normandy 06.44
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 24.01.1946
 Rhine crossing to Baltic 45
Military Cross MC
 1940
 ?
Legion d'Honneur, 5th Class (France) LegH
 1942
 ?
Silver Star Medal (USA) SSM
 23.07.1948
 NW Europe 45
King Haakon VII Liberty Cross (Norway) Hkn
 03.1949
 NW Europe 45
Education: Marlborough; Royal Military College, Sandhurst (Sword of Honour)
27.08.1931
 -
 		1935
 		2nd Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
29.10.1938

Supplementary Reserve of Officers, Category B
24.08.1939

mobilized
1939

2nd Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers (BEF)
15.07.1940
 -
 		(04.1941)
 		Deputy Assistant Adjutant General (DAAG), GHQ, BEF
01.08.1942

transferred to the Parachute Regiment, Army Air Corps
1942
 -
 		1942
 		Commanding Officer, 1st Parachute Battalion (N Africa landing; wounded 24.11.1942)
25.04.1943
 -
 		04.05.1943
 		acting Commander, 3rd Parachute Brigade (UK)
02.06.1943
 -
 		02.07.1945
 		Commander, 3rd Parachute Brigade (UK, NW Europe [Normandy], UK, NW Europe [Rhine crossing], UK; wounded thrice) [except for 20-30.12.1944]
30.07.1945
 -
 		(08.1945)
 		Commander, 1st Parachute Brigade (UK)
1947
 -
 		1948
 		Commander, 4th Parachute Brigade - Territorial Army
01.11.1947
 -
 		14.03.1961
 		transferred to Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
Appointed to Board of Associated Coal & Wharf Cos Ltd, 1948; President, Powell Duffryn Group of Cos in Canada, 1952-1958. Vice­Chairman, Powell Duffryn Ltd, 1970-1976 (Director, 1961-1976); Chairman, Pauls & Whites Ltd, 1973-1976 (Director, since 1970); Director: Lloyds Bank, 1972-1979; Lloyds Bank UK Management Committee Ltd, 1979-1981.
Honorary Colonel of a TA unit, Army Air Corps, 06.01.1949-23.05.1952.
Hilton,
Richard
 R. Hilton
2nd son of John Edward Hilton, JP, Lambourn, Berks. Married (1917) Phyllis Martha, eldest daughter of late Rev. S. H. Woodin, MA, Rector of Yarmouth, IoW; two sons.
 		18.01.1894
-
26.07.1978
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		19.12.1913 [1686]
Lt.
 		09.06.1915
Capt.
 		03.11.1917
Maj.
 		01.01.1933
Bt. Lt.Col.
 		01.01.1937
Lt.Col.
 		29.08.1939 (supernumerary 29.08.1942)
A/Col.
 		01.09.1940-28.02.1941
T/Col.
 		01.03.1941-21.01.1943
Col.
 		22.01.1943, seniority 01.01.1940
A/Brig.
 		10.10.1941-09.02.1942
T/Brig.
 		10.04.1942-27.10.1944,
05.12.1944-(02.1946)
Brig.
 		09.05.1948 (retd 11.10.1948)
local Maj.Gen.
 		16.08.1947
RAF:

Sq.Cdr.
 		1918
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 19.10.1944
 ?
Military Cross MC
 03.06.1916
 HM's birthday
DFC
 21.09.1918
 *
DFC
 02.11.1918
 **
1914-15 Star; British War Medal ; Victory Medal; Commander, Order of St Olav, Norway, 1945.
* An officer who shows remarkable skill and couragte in co-operating with our artillery, and in carrying out photographic reconnaissances. He also proved himself a very gallant leader on a recent raid, when he led two low patrols over the lines, attacking with machine-gun fire and heavily bombing enemy reserves. The machine in which he was flying was rendered useless for further service, so intense was the hostile aircraft fire.
** A most courageous and determined officer who has rendered valuable service on low reconnaissances. On August 8th, after dropping bombs to form smoke screens, he was attacked by five scouts; his observer was wounded, but Captain Hilton, flying at an extremely low altitude, with great skill evaded his pursuers and landed safely. His machine was so badly damaged that it had to be replaced.
 		Education: Malvern; RMA Woolwich; psc
19.12.1913

commissioned, Royal Garrison Artillery



served European War, 1914-1918, Western Front, in RA, RFC and RAF (wounded) (France & Belgium 22.04.1915-03.07.1916, 18.09.1917-21.09.1918)
04.05.1916
 -
 		31.03.1918
 		seconded to RFC
01.04.1918
 -
 		06.07.1919
 		employed under the Air Ministry
17.08.1922
 -
 		03.01.1924
 		seconded to Tank Corps:
23.01.1923
 -
 		21.10.1923
 		Assistant Instructor (Class FF), Tank Driving & Maintenance School (temporary)
1924
 -
 		1930
 		Indian Mountain Artillery
01.04.1930
 -
 		31.12.1932
 		Staff Captain, War Office, 1930-1933
1934
 -
 		1938
 		Indian Mountain Artillery
1939
 -
 		1940
 		BEF
01.09.1940
 -
 		09.10.1941
 		Chief Instructor (Air), School of Artillery
1941
 -
 		1944
 		Commander Royal Artillery (CRA), 15th (Scottish) Division (wounded)
1945

Brigadier General Staff (BGS) to Allied Liberation Forces, Norway
1946
 -
 		1947
 		Deputy Chief of British Mission to Soviet Zone of Germany
1947
 -
 		1948
 		Military Attaché in Moscow
Published: Military Attaché in Moscow, 1949; Nine Lives, 1955; The Indian Mutiny, 1957; The North­West Frontier, 1957; The Thirteenth Power, 1958; Imperial Obituary, 1968; contrib. to Blackwoods, Nineteenth Century and After, Service and other Journals.
Hirst-Good,
Alan Henry
A.H. Hirst-Good
Married Jessica Serina W Pipe; one son, two daughters.
 		1907
Christchurch, NZ
-
2nd Lt.
 		28.06.1941 [191754]
WS/Lt.
? (reld 13.09.1943)
28.06.1941

commissioned, Royl Army Service Corps [emergency commission]
Hiscock,
William Harry
W.H. Hiscock 		?
-
2001 ?
London ?
2nd Lt.
 		21.11.1942 [251859]
WS/Lt.
21.05.1943
21.11.1942

commissioned, The Border Regiment [emergency commission]



2/5th Battalion The Queen's Own Royal Regiment (Staffordshire Yeomanry)
(05.1944)
  
 		 
 		Wireless Telegraphy School, Middle East Training Centre
Hiskett,
Mervyn
 M. Hiskett
see:
University of Bergen
 		20.05.1920
St Albans
-
11.06.1994
Gravesend, Kent
Cadet
 		? [1585730]
2nd Lt.
 		19.01.1945 [339576]
WS/Lt.
19.07.1945 (reld 1947)
Hon. Capt.
 		1947
Capt. AERO
 		24.10.1963
Capt. TA
 		01.01.1965, seniority 24.10.1963
19.01.1945

commissioned, The Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps [emergency commission]
24.10.1963

Captain, Intelligence Corps - Army Emergency Reserve of Officers
01.01.1965

Captain, Intelligence Corps - Territorial Army
01.04.1967

Regular Army Reserve of Officers
Hobart,
Sir Percy Cleghorn Stanley
P.C.S. Hobart


Son of late Robert T. Hobart, Indian Civil Service (ICS), and Janetta, daughter of C. Stanley, Roughan Park, Tyrone. Married (11.1928) Dorothea, daughter of late Colonel C. Field, Royal Marines; one daughter.
 		14.06.1885
Naini Tal, India
-
19.02.1957
Farnham, Surrey
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		29.07.1904 [23838]
Lt.
 		15.04.1907
Capt.
 		30.10.1914
T/Maj.
 		01.06.1916-31.03.1919, 21.01.1920-21.01.1921
Bt. Maj.
 		01.01.1918
Maj.
 		24.09.1922
Bt. Lt.Col.
 		24.05.1922
Lt.Col.
 		01.03.1930
Bt. Col.
 		01.01.1928
Col.
 		01.03.1933, seniority 24.05.1926 (half-pay 01.03.1937) (full-pay 18.03.1937)
T/Brig.
 		01.03.1933-17.12.1937
Maj.Gen.
 		18.12.1937 (retd 09.03.1940) (re-employed 1941) (reverted to retd 14.06.1946)
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire KBE
 02.06.1943
 HM's birthday 43
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
 1919
 ?
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
 02.01.1939
 New Year 39
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 24.06.1916
 *
Military Cross MC
 23.06.1915
 ?
Mention in Despatches MID
 22.06.1915
 ?
Mention in Despatches MID
 15.08.1917
 ?
Mention in Despatches MID
 12.03.1918
 ?
Mention in Despatches MID
 27.08.1918
 ?
Mention in Despatches MID
 05.09.1919
 ?
Mention in Despatches MID
 12.06.1923
 ?
Mention in Despatches MID
 22.03.1945
 NW Europe
Mention in Despatches MID
 09.08.1945
 NW Europe
Mention in Despatches MID
 04.04.1946
 NW Europe
Commander, Legion of Merit (US) LM
 15.03.1945
 ?
NW Frontier of India 1908 Medal & Clasp; 1914-1915 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal; Waziristan 1919-1921 Clasp
 * For conspicuous gallantry when carrying out a series of dangerous reconnaissances under fire, during which he collected much useful information. On one occasion he made gallant efforts to rescue one of his escort, who was wounded; on another occasion he was wounded himself.
 		Education: Temple Grove; Clifton College; Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; Staff College (psc)
29.07.1904

commissioned into the Corps of Royal Engineers
1906

to India and joined 1st Sappers and Miners
1908

served Mohmand Expedition, NW Frontier (medal and clasp)
1911

Staff Delhi Durbar
1915

with 1st Bengal Sappers and Miners in France (present at Neuve Chapelle (MC); Festubert, May 1915, and September Offensive, 1915) (01.01.1915-17.12.1915)
01.09.1915
 -
 		31.05.1916
 		General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), ... (France) and Indian Expeditionary Force "D" (Mesopotamia)
01.06.1916
 -
 		11.12.1916
 		General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), Indian Expeditionary Force "D" (Mesopotamia)
12.12.1916
 -
 		02.10.1918
 		Brigade Major, Indian Expeditionary Force "D" (Mesopotamia) ( wounded, prisoner of war)
04.10.1918
 -
 		31.03.1919
 		General Staff Officer, 2nd Grade (GSO2), Egyptian Expeditionary Force (Palestine)
21.01.1920
 -
 		21.01.1921
 		General Staff Officer, 2nd Grade (GSO2), War Office (UK)
05.04.1921
 -
 		04.01.1922
 		General Staff Officer, 2nd Grade (GSO2), Wana Column (Waziristan Force)
08.01.1922
 -
 		11.05.1923
 		General Staff Officer, 2nd Grade (GSO2), Eastern Command (India)
10.11.1923

transferred to the Royal Tank Corps
12.05.1923
 -
 		11.05.1927
 		instructor (General Staff Officer, 2nd Grade (GSO2)), Staff College Quetta (India)
01.03.1930

retored to the establishment
01.03.1933
 -
 		31.03.1936
 		Inspector Royal Tank Corps (UK)
01.04.1934
 -
 		28.02.1937
 		also Commander, 1st Tank Brigade (Southern Command)
18.03.1937
 -
 		23.11.1937
 		Deputy Director of Staff Duties (Armoured Fighting Vehicles), War Office (UK)
24.11.1937
 -
 		26.09.1938
 		Director of Military Training, War Office (UK)
27.09.1938
 -
 		08.12.1939
 		General Officer Commanding, The Mobile Division (Egypt),  03.09.1939 redesignated as: The Armoured Division (Egypt) [later: 7th Armoured Division]
09.03.1940
 -
 		14.06.1946
 		Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
14.02.1941
 -
 		22.02.1942
 		General Officer Commanding, 11th Armoured Division (UK)  [except for 22.2-17.5.1942]
17.05.1942
 -
 		15.10.1942
 		General Officer Commanding, 11th Armoured Division
16.10.1942
 -
 		31.08.1945
 		General Officer Commanding, 79th Armoured Division (UK, NW Europe)
01.09.1945
 -
 		31.03.1946
 		Commandant, Specialised Armour Development Establishment (SADE) (Woodbridge, Suffolk)
Colonel Commandant Royal Tank Regiment (RTR), 01.05.1947-01.01.1952 (Rep. 1948-1951). Lieutenant-Governor and Secretary, Royal Hospital, Chelsea, 01.03.1949-15.10.1953.
Literature: Maj. K.J. Macksey. Armoured crusader : a biography of Major-General Sir Percy Hobart (London : Hutchinson, 1967)
Hobson,
Allan Holden
A.H. Hobson (British Army identity document, courtesy of the family) A.H. Hobson in later life (mid 1980s). (Photographer Mr John Tudehope, Auckland, NZ - courtesy of the family)
 Married; four sons.
 		05.03.1914
Campsie, NSW, Australia
-
1994
NSW, Australia
Pte.
 		13.06.1940
L/Cpl.
 		14.10.1941
A/Cpl.
 		29.10.1941
Cpl.
 		13.11.1941, seniority 29.10.1941
Cadet
 		16.11.1942
2nd Lt.
 		13.03.1943 [267208]
WS/Lt.
13.09.1943 (reld 08.07.1946)
Mention in Despatches MID
 23.05.1946
 Mediterranean Theatre (Cassino 05.44 ?)
13.06.1940
 -
 		05.03.1943
 		enlisted service, Provost Corps - Territorial Army
13.06.1940
 -
 		11.07.1940
 		17th Traffic Control Company (Huntington, Cambridge area)
11.07.1940
 -
 		24.10.1941
 		posted to The Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Regiment
24.10.1941
 -
 		26.01.1942
 		17th Company, Traffic Control Wing, Corps of Military Police (as his old unit was redesignated on 25.01.1941)
26.01.1942
 -
 		22.06.1942
 		posted to 10th Company, Traffic Control Wing, Corps of Military Police (Wisbech)
22.06.1942
 -
 		08.09.1942
 		attached to 70th Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment
15.09.1942
 -
 		16.11.1942
 		attached 148th Training Brigade
16.11.1942
 -
 		05.03.1943
 		posted to 163rd Officer Cadet Training Unit
13.03.1943

commissioned, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers [emergency commission]
13.03.1943

16.06.1943
30.11.1943
13.12.1944
08.04.1946
 -





 		08.07.1946





 		2nd Battalion The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers
North Africa (British North Africa Forces)
Italy (Central Mediterranean Forces)
Greece (Central Mediterranean Forces)
returned from overseas
Became the Managing Director of a series of exclusive Ladies Hairdressing Salons in Sydney, returning to his pre-war occupation (where his clientele included members of the extended Royal Family).
Hodge,
Richard Aubrey
R.A. Hodge 		19.05.1907
Hartley Wintney district, Hampshire
-
28.07.1983
Orchard Close Nursing Home, Southborough, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		29.05.1943 [277874]
WS/Lt.
29.11.1943 (reld > 04.1946)
29.05.1943
  
 		 
 		commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]
Lloyds Underwriter.
Hodgkinson,
Peter
P. Hodgkinson 		?
-
[10.2007 still alive]
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		19.04.1941 [184024]
WS/Lt.
 		01.10.1942
A/Capt.
 		?
T/Capt.
22.10.1944-(04.1946)
A/Maj. ?
 		1946?
Mention in Despatches MID
 22.03.1945
 NW Europe
Croix de Guerre with Bronze Star (France) CdeG
 ?
 ?
19.04.1941

commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
(1944)
 -
 		(1945)
 		146th Field Regiment RA (attached 7th Armoured Division) (NW Europe)
Hogan,
Henry Tanner
H.T. Hogan 		24.03.1900
Epsom, Surrey
-
08.02.1980
Old Catton, Norfolk
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		17.07.1919 [22766]
Lt.
 		17.07.1921
Capt.
 		17.07.1932
Maj.
 		01.08.1938 (half-pay 17.05.1947; disability) (retd 17.05.1947)
A/Lt.Col.
 		11.08.1941-10.11.1941
T/Lt.Col.
 		11.11.1941-22.04.1945
Hon. Lt.Col.
 		17.05.1947
17.07.1919

commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery
(03.1931)

14th Heavy Battery RA (Bombay, India)
(06.1933)

1st Anti-Aircraft Brigade RA (Blackdown)
01.01.1935
 -
 		31.1