Oakeshott,
John Field Fraser
|
02.09.1899
-
|
2nd Lt.
|
20.09.1918
|
..
|
...
|
T/Brig.
|
30.09.1942
|
|
20.09.1918
|
|
|
commissioned
into the Royal Regiment of Artillery
|
25.11.1939
|
-
|
29.03.1942
|
Assistant Director
of Ordnance Services, War
Office
|
|
O'Brien,
D P
|
?
-
|
|
?
|
-
|
?
|
?
|
(1947)
|
|
|
HQ
Southern Command (Poona, India)
|
|
O'Brien,
[Sir]
Richard

|
15.02.1920
Chesterfield
-
11.12.2009 |
| Cadet |
? |
|
2nd Lt. |
15.03.1941
[177794] |
| WS/Lt. |
15.09.1942 |
| T/Capt. |
14.06.1944-(04.1946) |
|
| |
|
|
either 162nd, 164th, 165th or 166th Officer Cadet Training Unit |
|
15.03.1941 |
|
|
commissioned, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)
[emergency commission] |
|
(1943) |
- |
(1944) |
14th
Battalion The Sherwood Foresters |
|
(1945) |
|
|
attached,
2nd/5th Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment (Italy) |
|
1945 |
- |
1946 |
personal
assistant to Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery |
|
O'Connor,
Harry Atkinson
"Pat"

Son of the Rev. Canon D. O'Connor, MA.
Married (22.05.1915, Lydd Parish, romney Marsh district, Kent) Constance
Veronique Beseke (?-1967), widow of James George Watt, RN, youngest daughter of
Charles Beseke, of Hickley Hall, Penarth; ... children (son
Capt. Patrick FitzGerald O'Connor, HLI). |
?
-
21.12.1962
Marney Lodge, Higham, Suffolk |
|
Prob. 2nd
Lt. SRO |
29.10.1913 [9100] |
|
Lt. SRO |
? |
|
2nd Lt. |
30.01.1916
13.10.1919, seniority 04.05.1915 |
|
Lt. |
1917?
30.10.1919, seniority 01.07.1917 (retd 05.05.1926; receiving a gratuity) |
|
T/Capt. |
01.05.1920-... |
|
Capt. |
02.01.1925 |
|
WS/Maj. |
09.06.1942 |
|
Bt. Maj. |
04.01.1945 |
|
T/Lt.Col. |
09.06.1942-(04.1946) |
|
RAF: |
|
|
Lt. (KB) |
? |
|
Lt. (Dir) |
28.08.1918 (reld
16.05.1919) |
|
|
29.10.1913 |
|
|
commissioned,
Royal Garrison Artillery - Royal Regiment of Artillery - Special Reserve of
Officers |
|
30.01.1916 |
|
|
commissioned,
Royal Garrison Artillery - Royal Regiment of Artillery |
|
16.08.1917 |
- |
16.05.1919 |
seconded as Balloon Officer, Royal Air Force (Flying Branch) |
|
01.05.1920 |
|
|
Station Staff Officer, 1st class (India) |
|
17.11.1920 |
|
|
Staff
Captain, Lahore Brigade Area (India) |
|
08.01.1923 |
|
|
seconded for service with Indian Army Ordnance Corps |
|
05.05.1926 |
|
|
Regular Army Reserve of Officers |
|
24.08.1939 |
|
|
mobilized |
|
O'Connor,
John Francis [Patrick]
 |
06.10.1917
-
02.1993
De Meirionnydd district, Gwynedd, Wales |
|
Navy: |
|
|
Midsh. (A) |
16.01.1939
(appointment terminated 11.1939) |
|
Army: |
|
|
Cadet |
? |
|
2nd Lt. |
05.07.1941
[194378] |
|
WS/Lt. |
01.10.1942 (reld
> 04.1946) |
|
|
16.01.1939 |
- |
14.05.1939 |
HMS
Hermes (aircraft carrier) (Devonport) (for training) |
|
15.05.1939 |
- |
(09.)1939 |
observers' course [HMS Excellent] |
|
? |
- |
05.07.1941 |
Officer
Cadet Training Unit |
|
05.07.1941 |
|
|
commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] |
|
O'Connor,
Patrick FitzGerald

Son of Lt.Col. Harry Atkinson O'Connor, RA, and
Constance Veronique Beseke, of Newbridge, Co. Kildare.
Married (11.05.1946, Knightsbridge, Kensington district, London) Janet Rose,
daughter of Mrs & Mrs Basil Lascelles Rose (1892-1953), and Mary Dorothy
Handcock (1890-1967), of 159 Old Brompton Road, London, SW5. |
04.02.1917
Stoke, Devonport district, Devon
-
10.02.1996
Shrewsbury district, Shropshire |
|
2nd Lt. |
28.01.1937
[71201] |
|
Lt. |
28.01.1940 |
|
A/Capt. |
28.06.1942-27.09.1942 |
|
T/Capt. |
28.09.1942-21.10.1943,
07.11.1943-25.08.1944 |
|
Capt. |
01.07.1946
(half-pay 01.07.1947) (retd 01.07.1947) |
|
Education: Dover College.
|
|
|
|
from
Supplementary Reserve of Officers |
|
28.01.1937 |
|
|
commissioned,
The Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment) |
|
? |
- |
? |
? |
|
O'Connor,
Sir Richard
Nugent
"Dick"




Son of Major Maurice Nugent O'Connor, Royal Irish
Fusiliers.
Married 1st (1935) Jean (died 1959), daughter of Sir Walter Ross, KBE, of
Cromarty.
Married 2nd (1963) Dorothy, widow of Brigadier Hugh Russell, DSO.
|
21.08.1889
Srinagar, Kashmir,
India
-
17.06.1981
King Edward VII
Hospital for Officers, London
|
2nd Lt.
|
18.09.1909 [936]
|
Lt.
|
06.05.1911
|
Capt.
|
11.03.1915
|
Bt. Maj.
|
01.01.1917
|
Maj.
|
16.12.1926
|
Bt. Lt.Col.
|
17.12.1926
|
Lt.Col.
|
12.01.1936
|
Col.
|
03.04.1936, seniority
17.12.1929
|
Maj.Gen.
|
29.09.1938,
seniority 06.01.1938
|
local Lt.Gen.
|
05.10.1940-02.11.1940
|
A/Lt.Gen.
|
03.11.1940-17.05.1944
|
Lt.Gen.
|
18.05.1944,
seniority 10.08.1941
|
Gen.
|
17.04.1945 (retd
30.01.1948)
|
KT (1971), GCB (1947; KCB 1941; CB 1940), DSO
(1917), MC, LLD, idc, psc
WWI:
Mention in Despatches (17.2.1915, 1.1.1916, 4.1.1917, 15.5.1917, 18.12.1917,
30.5.1918, 4.12.1918, 6.1.1919, 5.6.1919); Military Cross (18.2.1915);
Distinguished Service Order (1917) and Bar; 1914 Star; British War Medal;
Victory Medal; Palestine: Mention in Despatches (15.9.1939); Palestine
1936-1939 Medal & Clasp; WWII: Companion of the Order of the Bath
(1940); Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (4.3.1941); Mention in
Despatches (1.4.1941, 27.1.1944, 22.3.1945); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany
Star; Legion of Honour, Commander, Croix de Guerre with palm; Knight Grand
Cross of the Order of the Bath (1947); Knight of the Thistle (7.1971)
|
Education: Wellington College (1903-1907); Royal
Military College, Sandhurst (1908)
18.09.1909
|
|
|
commissioned,
The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
|
1913
|
-
|
1914
|
Signal
Officer, Malta Brigade
|
1914
|
-
|
1918
|
served
European War: France & Belgium (9.1914-11.1917), Italy (11.1917-4.11.1918)
(A. Sig. Serv. 15.9.1914-28.10.1916) (despatches 9 times, DSO, bar, MC,
Italian Silver medal for valour)
|
08.1914
|
-
|
11.1915
|
Signal
Officer, 22nd Brigade (UK, France & Belgium)
|
11.1915
|
-
|
28.10.1916
|
Commander,
Signal Company, 7th Division (France)
|
29.10.1916
|
-
|
29.05.1917
|
Brigade-Major,
91st Brigade (France)
|
04.06.1917
|
-
|
19.03.1919
|
Commanding
Officer, 2nd Battalion The Honourable Artillery Company (France, Italy)
(T/Lt.Col.)
|
10.04.1919
|
-
|
15.12.1919
|
Adjutant,
2nd Battalion The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (UK)
|
22.01.1920
|
-
|
12.1920
|
Staff
College
|
21.01.1921
|
-
|
28.02.1921
|
General
Staff Officer 3rd grade (GSO3), 3rd Division, Southern Command (UK)
|
01.03.1921
|
-
|
27.01.1924
|
Brigade-Major,
Experimental Brigade, Aldershot Command (UK)
|
12.02.1924
|
-
|
31.08.1925
|
Adjutant,
1st Battalion The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (UK)
|
03.09.1925
|
-
|
31.08.1927
|
Commander,
Company of Gentleman Cadets (General Staff Officer 2nd grade (GSO2)), Royal
Military College, Sandhurst (UK)
|
01.10.1927
|
-
|
20.01.1930
|
instructor
(General Staff Officer 2nd grade (GSO2)), Staff College, Camberley (UK)
|
01.1930
|
-
|
12.1930
|
Commander,
Machine Gun Company, 1st Battalion The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (Egypt)
|
12.1930
|
-
|
04.1932
|
Brigade
Machine Gun Officer (Egypt, India)
|
07.04.1932
|
-
|
14.01.1935
|
General
Staff Officer 2nd grade (GSO2), Directorate of Staff Duties, War Office (UK)
|
15.01.1935
|
-
|
1936
|
student,
Imperial Defence College
|
03.04.1936
|
-
|
28.09.1938
|
Commander
Peshawar Brigade (India) (T/Brig.)
|
29.09.1938
|
-
|
03.11.1939
|
Military
Governor of Jerusalem & General Officer Commanding, 7th Infantry Division
(Palestine, Egypt), redesignated as: *
|
03.11.1939
|
-
|
02.11.1940
|
General
Officer Commanding, 6th Infantry Division (Egypt, Palestine) (5.10-2.11.1940
local Lt.Gen.), redesignated as: *
|
03.11.1940
|
-
|
15.02.1941
|
Commander,
Western Desert Force (Egypt, Syria, Libya) (from 3.11.1940-17.5.1944
A/Lt.Gen.), redesignated as: *
|
16.02.1941
|
-
|
08.04.1941
|
General
Officer Commanding-in-Chief, British Troops in Egypt, redesignated as: *
|
09.04.1941
|
-
|
06.04.1942
|
Commander,
XIII Corps (Egypt, Libya) (POW, escaped successfully in Dec. 1943 after 5
attempts) *
|
21.01.1944
|
-
|
01.12.1944
|
Corps
Commander, VIII Corps (Normandy, NW Europe)
|
01.1945
|
-
|
11.1945
|
General
Officer CommandinginChief, Eastern Command, India
|
11.1945
|
-
|
05.1946
|
General
Officer CommandinginChief, North Western Army, India
|
07.1946
|
-
|
08.1947
|
AdjutantGeneral
to the Forces (UK)
|
Colonel, The Cameronians (Scottish
Rifles), 1951-1954. Lord Lieutenant, County of Ross & Cromarty, 1955-1964.
Aide de Camp General to the King, 1946-1948. Commandant, Army Cadet Force,
Scotland, 1948-1959. Lord High Commissioner, Church of Scotland General Assembly,
1964. Justice of the Peace, Ross and Cromarty, 1952.
Literature: Corelli Barnett. The
desert generals (1960); Charles E. Pfannes & Victor A. Salamone. The
great commanders of World War II. Vol. II: The British (1981);
John Baynes.The forgotten victor : General Sir Richard O'Connor, KT, GCB,
DSO, MC (1989)
* Dates given are from the official personnel
records. Redesignations were in effect on other dates.
|
O'Dell,
Lewis Edward

Son of James Reid O'Dell (1872-1960), and
Emma Crissell (1877-).
Married 1st ((06?).1939, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire) Constance P. Hill
Married 2nd ((09?).1946, Grimsby, Lincolnshire) Joan Anita Cook (05.04.1922 -
30.03.1986), daughter of Albert Henry Cook (1877-1960), and Amy Maud Rachael
Young (1879-1956); two daughters, one son. |
22.09.1911
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
-
03.03.1995
Grimsby district, Lincolnshire |
| Cadet. |
? |
|
2nd
Lt. |
21.11.1941
[219572] |
|
WS/Lt. |
01.10.1942 |
|
T/Capt.
|
14.02.1945-(04.1946) |
|
| |
|
|
stationed
at Fenham Barracks in Newcastle, Wawne Hall, Wawne nr Hull, Yorks |
| |
|
|
Officer Cadet Training Unit (Llandidrod
Wells) |
|
21.11.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] |
|
O'Donnell,
Godfrey

|
?
-
|
Lt.
|
20.01.1940 [116965]
|
WS/Capt.
|
20.01.1941 (reld
> 04.1946)
|
|
Education: MB
20.01.1940
|
|
|
commissioned,
Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission]
|
|
Oerton,
Thomas George

Son of ... Oerton, and ... Dimond-Hogg.
|
(09?).1917
Barnstaple, Devon
-
|
2nd
Lt.
|
21.04.1937 [71468]
|
WS/Lt.
|
21.04.1940
|
T/Capt.
|
01.04.1941-(09.1944)
|
WS/Capt.
|
27.12.1944
|
A/Maj.
|
(09.1944)
|
T/Maj.
|
27.12.1944-(04.1946)
|
Hon. Maj.
|
?
|
Capt.
|
24.11.1959,
seniority 20.03.1956
|
Maj.
|
24.11.1959
|
|
21.04.1937
|
|
|
commissioned,
The Devonshire Regiment - Territorial Army
|
24.08.1939
|
|
|
mobilized
TA
|
14.06.1944
|
-
|
(09.1944)
|
2nd
Battalion The Devonshire Regiment (NW Europe)
|
08.08.1944
|
-
|
(09.1944)
|
Officer
Commanding, "B" Company
|
?
|
-
|
23.11.1959
|
Territorial
Army Reserve of Officers
|
24.11.1959
|
-
|
18.05.1962
|
Territorial
Army
|
19.05.1962
|
-
|
?
|
Territorial
Army Reserve of Officers
|
|
Offord,
Eric Francis

Son of ... Offord, and Marion Ellen ...
Brother of Lt.Cdr. (S) Eustace John
Offord, DSC, RNVR.
|
03.02.1909
Tempe, Orange Free State, South Africa
-
01.1999
South Dorset district, Dorset |
|
2nd Lt. |
28.01.1932
[50983] |
|
Lt. |
28.01.1935 |
|
Capt. |
01.08.1938 |
|
A/Maj. |
03.12.1940-02.03.1941 |
|
T/Maj. |
03.03.1941-28.11.1942 |
|
WS/Maj. |
29.11.1942 |
|
A/Lt.Col. |
16.07.1941-13.09.1941,
29.10.1942-28.11.1942 |
|
T/Lt.Col. |
29.11.1942-07.05.1944,
31.07.1945-25.03.1948,
09.09.1950-24.06.1951,
09.08.1951-31.03.1952 |
|
Lt.Col. |
01.04.1952 (Empl.
List 1 09.08.1954) (supernumerary 01.04.1955) (retd 31.07.1959) |
|
Hon. Col. |
31.07.1959 |
|
Education: Royal Military College, Sandhurst
(1930-1931); Staff College (psc).
|
1924 |
- |
27.01.1932 |
served in the ranks for 8 years, 27 days (with Royal Engineers in UK, 1924-1930) |
|
28.01.1932 |
|
|
commissioned,
Royal Tank Corps [from late 1930s Royal Tank Regiment] |
|
1932 |
- |
1933 |
served at Bovington Camp (UK) |
|
1933 |
- |
1935 |
5th
Battalion Royal Tank Corps (UK) |
|
1937 |
|
|
2nd
Battalion Royal Tank Corps (UK) |
|
18.01.1938 |
- |
17.11.1939 |
Assistant
Instructor (Class GG to 31.07.1938), Gunnery School, Lulworth (UK) |
|
18.11.1939 |
- |
15.07.1941 |
Instructor,
... |
|
(1941) |
|
|
40th
Battalion Royal Tank Regiment |
|
(1943) |
|
|
Commanding
Officer, 46th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment (Italy) (DSO) |
|
21.06.1945 |
- |
30.07.1945 |
Assistant
Chief Instructor, Armoured Fighting Vehicles School |
|
01.07.1946 |
- |
23.01.1947 |
Assistant Chief Instructor, Royal Armoured Corps School |
|
26.03.1948 |
- |
06.05.1950 |
General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), 56 Air Liaison Section (Malaya) (MBE) |
|
Offord,
John Harman

|
07.08.1924
-
25.01.2007
Southsea, Hampshire
|
Cadet
|
? [2601670]
|
2nd Lt.
|
02.02.1944
[308150]
|
WS/Lt.
|
02.08.1944 *
|
A/Capt. TA
|
10.12.1948
|
Capt. TA
|
07.08.1951,
seniority 16.07.1949
|
Lt.
|
07.01.1952,
seniority 25.06.1947
|
Capt.
|
07.01.1952,
seniority 25.12.1951
|
T/Maj.
|
19.10.1955-(02.1957)
|
Maj.
|
25.12.1958 (retd
30.09.1965)
|
* Unemployed List (Release Registers 1945)
07.12.1947-06.01.1952
|
Education: BSc
|
|
|
served in
the ranks for 330 days
|
02.02.1944
|
|
|
commissioned,
Royal Corps of Signals [emergency commission to 27.06.1948]
|
|
|
|
transferred
to Corps of Royal Engineers - Territorial Army
|
16.07.1949
|
|
|
transferred
to Royal Corps of Signals - Territorial Army
|
07.01.1952
|
-
|
30.09.1965
|
permanent
commission, Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
|
|
O'Flaherty,
Antony Thomas

Son of Col. Austin Romauld O'Flaherty (died 1941).
Married 1st ...; two sons.
Married 2nd [while still married] (10.02.1945, Lucknow, India) Daphne Joan
Thomas (died 1995) (marriage dissolved); one daughter.
|
1924 ?
-
|
2nd Lt.
|
19.11.1939
[105621]
|
WS/Lt.
|
19.05.1941
|
A/Capt.
|
(1945)
|
Lt.
|
18.11.1946,
seniority 19.05.1941
|
Capt.
|
01.11.1947 (retd
31.10.1952)
|
|
EM
|
19.07.1949
|
?
|
|
19.11.1939
|
|
|
commissioned,
The Royal Irish Fusiliers (Princess Victoria's) [emergency commission]
|
(1945)
|
|
|
attached,
Royal Indian Army Service Corps
|
18.11.1946
|
|
|
transferred,
Royal Army Service Corps [short service commission]
|
31.10.1952
|
-
|
01.07.1959
|
Regular
Army Reserve of Officers (Class II, from 18.11.1954 Class III)
|
Emigrated to New Zealand, 1960s, to become a fire
fighter.
|
O'Flaherty,
Denis William Venables Patrick

From Portsmouth.
|
28.10.1920
-
died between 1975 and 1985
|
2nd Lt.
|
04.11.1939
[106695]
|
Lt.
|
04.05.1941
|
A/Capt.
|
22.07.1943-21.10.1943
|
T/Capt.
|
22.10.1943-05.09.1944
|
WS/Capt.
|
06.09.1944
|
Capt.
|
01.07.1946
|
A/Maj.
|
06.06.1944-05.09.1944
|
T/Maj.
|
06.09.1944-25.09.1944,
28.03.1947-02.09.1947
|
Maj.
|
04.11.1952
|
Lt.Col.
|
06.09.1961
(supernumerary 06.09.1964)
|
Col.
|
24.02.1967,
seniority 11.08.1965
|
Brig.
|
31.12.1968,
seniority 30.06.1968 (retd 10.12.1975)
|
|
Education: Staff College, Camberley (psc)
|
|
|
served in
the ranks for 64 days
|
04.11.1939
|
|
|
commissioned,
Royal Regiment of Artillery
|
(12.1941)
|
|
|
No. 3
Commando (Vaagsö)
|
06.06.1944
|
-
|
26.09.1944
|
General
Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2) (L), Commando Group
|
01.08.1945
|
-
|
01.10.1945
|
General
Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3) (Operations), Commando Group
|
| (1950?) |
|
|
attached
US Army 116 Field Battery, 45 Field Regiment (Korea)
|
04.07.1951
|
-
|
01.07.1952
|
General
Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), General HQ Far East Land Forces
|
17.02.1955
|
-
|
21.02.1957
|
Brigade
Major, Royal Artillery, ... Infantry Division
|
30.11.1963
|
-
|
(02.1967)
|
College
Commander, Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst
|
|
Ogden-Smith,
Colin Malcolm

Lived at London.
|
30.08.1910
Croydon, Surrey
-
29.07.1944
Kerbozec
(KIA) [age 33]
[Guiscriff Communal Cemetery, France]
|
L/Sgt.
|
?
|
2nd Lt.
|
26.05.1939 [91977]
|
WS/Lt.
|
01.01.1941
|
T/Capt.
|
07.07.1942-(04.1944)
|
A/Maj.
|
1944?
|
T/Maj.
|
1944?
|
|
MID
|
30.08.1945
|
gallant
& distinguished services in the field [posthumously]
|
|
TD
|
21.04.1950
|
-
[posthumously]
|
|
|
|
|
late
Cadet, Whitgift School Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
|
|
|
|
Honourable
Artillery Company,
Infantry Battalion
|
26.05.1939
|
|
|
commissioned,
Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army
|
24.08.1939
|
|
|
mobilized
TA
|
(04.1944?)
|
|
|
seconded,
Special Operations Executive
|
10.07.1944
|
-
|
29.07.1944
|
attached,
Jedburgh Team "Francis" (codename "Dorset") [parachuted at
Bretagne]
|
|
Ogden-Smith,
Walton Harold
|
(12?).1907
Croydon, Surrey
-
1986
Kent
|
L/Sgt.
|
?
|
2nd Lt.
|
12.11.1939
[105314]
|
WS/Lt.
|
26.09.1940
|
T/Capt.
|
26.09.1940-(04.1944)
|
Hon. Capt.
|
< 04.1946
|
|
EM
|
18.04.1947
|
&
1st clasp
|
|
|
|
|
from
Honourable Artillery Company (Cadet, 162nd Officer Cadet Training Unit)
|
12.11.1939
|
|
|
commissioned,
Sherwood Foresters [emergency commission]
|
24.01.1940
|
|
|
transferred,
The Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment)
|
|
Ogg,
George

|
06.08.1914
Glasgow, Scotland
-
18.04.2008
Troon, Scotland
|
2nd Lt.
|
25.09.1943 [307417]
|
WS/Lt.
|
25.03.1944
|
T/Capt.
|
01.12.1944-(04.1946)
|
Hon. Capt.
|
01.01.1949
|
|
MID
|
19.07.1945
|
Italy
|
|
25.09.1943
|
|
|
commissioned,
Intelligence Corps [emergency commission]
|
01.01.1949
|
-
|
?
|
Regular
Army Reserve of Officers
|
Publisher.
|
O'Hanlon,
William Bernard

Married (28.11.1945, Hendon district, London) Inger-Luise Bye (23.09.1923 -
27.09.2004); two daughters. |
15.02.1911
Edinburgh, Scotland
-
28.12.1969
Poole district, Dorset |
| Cadet |
? |
|
2nd Lt. |
11.05.1940
[130479] |
|
WS/Lt. |
11.11.1941 (reld
< 04.1946) |
|
Hon. Lt. |
< 04.1946 |
|
| |
|
|
enlisted
service, Scots Guards |
|
? |
- |
11.05.1940 |
Officer
Cadet Training Unit, Sandhurst |
|
11.05.1940 |
|
|
commissioned,
The King's Own Scottish Borderers
[emergency commission] |
|
|
|
|
seconded,
1st Battalion The Tyneside Scottish (The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)) |
|
1942? |
- |
1945? |
served in
India |
|
Olden,
Michael Laurence

Married ((12?).1936, Hamersmith district, London) Mary Hiscoe. |
(12?).1909
St George Hanover Square district, London
-
South Africa |
| Lt. (Surveyor of
Works) |
21.07.1942
[239326] |
|
T/Capt. (Surveyor of Works) |
29.03.1944-(04.1946) |
 |
MID |
08.11.1945 |
NW
Europe |
|
|
21.07.1942 |
|
|
commissioned,
Corps of Royal Engineers
[emergency commission] |
PASI. |
Olive,
Richard Francis

Son of Charles and Mary Olive; husband of Mabel K.
Olive, of Willaston, Cheshire.
|
(03?).1908
[= 09.12.1907 ?]
Kettering, Northamptonshire
-
31.05.1940
(KIA) [age 32]
[Dunkirk Memorial, Nord, France, column 56]
|
2nd Lt.
|
09.12.1925 [33855]
|
Lt.
|
09.12.1928
|
|
Education: Oakham School; Cambridge University (BA)
|
|
|
late
Cadet Lance-Corporal, Oakham School Contingent, Junior Division, Officer
Training Corps
|
09.12.1925
|
|
|
commissioned,
The Gloucestershire Regiment - Supplementary Reserve of Officers
|
24.08.1939
|
|
|
mobilized
|
24.08.1939
|
-
|
31.05.1940
|
2nd
Battalion The Gloucestershire Regiment (Plymouth & France)
|
|
Oliver,
Arthur Peter Hoblyn
Son of Arthur Hugh Hoblyn Oliver, and Jessie E. Nisbet, of Ridgeway, Epsom,
Surrey.
Married (1940) Mary Carrington; one son, one daughter. |
10.11.1918
Sandown, Isle of Wight
-
06.04.1984
Blacklands, Hastings and Rother district,
East Sussex |
| Cadet |
? |
|
2nd Lt. |
11.02.1940
[117813] |
| WS/Lt. |
11.08.1941 (reld
13.02.1952) |
| Hon. Lt. |
13.02.1952 |
 |
EM |
17.06.1949 |
- |
|
Education: Uppingham School (09.1932-12.1935;
Redgate House; Shooting Eight).
Joined Asiatic Petroleum Co., 1936.
|
? |
- |
11.02.1940 |
167th
Officer Cadet Training Unit |
|
11.02.1940 |
|
|
commissioned,
The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's) [emergency commission] |
|
? |
- |
06.1940 |
4th
Battalion The Seaforth Highlanders (France; captured at St Valéry) |
|
06.1940 |
- |
1945? |
POW (No.
1369) in
German captivity (Oflag VII-C, Laufen, Bayern (1940), then Oflag VII-B, Eichstätt, Bayern)
[Invented "The Reel of the 51st Division",
originally called "The 51st Country Dance (Laufen Reel)" during the winter of
1940 with Lt. J.E.M. Atkinson, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders &
Lt.Col. T.H. Hunter, RASC.
Original tune was composed by Lt. J.H.
Ross, Seaforth Highlanders.] |
Public relations manager, China (1940s), then
Nigeria (1950s) for Shell Petroleum Co. Conchologist.
Published:
Guide to shells (1975).
|
O'Neil,
William Henry
|
?
-
deceased
|
Cadet
|
?
|
2nd Lt.
|
29.03.1941
[180021]
|
...
|
...
|
WS/Capt.
|
13.10.1945
|
T/Maj.
|
13.10.1945-(04.1946)
|
A/Lt.Col.
|
?
|
|
|
|
|
Officer
Cadet Training Unit
|
29.03.1941
|
-
|
?
|
commissioned,
Royal Corps of Signals [emergency commission]
|
|
Onslow-Free,
Frederick Alfred
Married ((03?).1939, Warminster district, Wiltshire)
Clara Peggy Lance (01.09.1915 - 12.1999); one daughter, two sons. |
18.02.1904
Lewisham district, London
-
(12?).1976
Exeter district, Devon |
| 2nd Lt. |
? |
| Lt. |
22.03.1933 (rled
16.07.1934) |
|
2nd Lt. |
14.10.1939
[44750] |
| WS/Lt. |
? |
| WS/Capt. |
17.04.1943 (reld
< 04.1946) |
| T/Maj. |
17.04.1943-(04.1944) |
| Hon. Maj. |
< 04.1946 |
 |
EM |
04.11.1949 |
- |
|
| |
|
|
late Cadet, St. Paul's School Contingent, Junior
Division, Officer Training Corps |
|
22.03.1930 |
- |
16.07.1934 |
commissioned, 22nd (London) Armoured Car Company -
Royal Tank Corps - Territorial Army |
| |
|
|
Inns of
Court Regiment (Wing of 3rd Cavalry Training Regiment (Horsed)) |
|
14.10.1939 |
|
|
commissioned, The Yorkshire Hussars - Royal Armoured Corps [emergency
commission] |
|
Openshaw,
Herbert Stanley
|
1889 ?
-
|
T/Lt.
|
?
|
T/Capt.
|
?
|
2nd Lt.
|
02.08.1941
[202147]
|
WS/Lt.
|
02.08.1941
|
|
MC
|
11.12.1916
|
*
|
* For conspicuous gallantry in action. He
rendered most valuable assistance in the organisation and digging of new
trenches. On two occasions he voluntarily took out patrols to get into touch
with our flanks under intense fire.
|
|
|
|
East Surrey
Regiment
|
25.09.1918
|
|
|
temporary
commission, 2nd Lt. (KB) & Hon. Capt. RAF (Flying Branch)
|
02.08.1941
|
|
|
commissioned,
General List [emergency commission]
|
(04.1944)
|
|
|
specially
employed
|
|
Ord,
David
 |
?
- |
| RSM |
? |
|
Lt. QM |
11.05.1940
[131894] |
| WS/Capt. QM |
11.05.1943 |
|
|
11.05.1940 |
|
|
commissioned,
The Gordon Highlanders [emergency commission] |
|
(08.1942) |
|
|
1st
Battalion The London Scottish (Higham, Suffolk) |
|
Ord,
Sydney
Son of ... Ord, and Ada Annie Hird.
Married ...; one daughter.
From Borden, ex-Arabella, Nigg, Ross-shire, Scotland. |
12.03.1912
Sunderland
-
11.03.1945
[Hasselt
(Kruisveld) Communal Cemetery, Belgium, row B, grave 11] |
|
Armt. QMS |
? |
|
Lt. |
21.01.1941
[168624] |
|
T/Capt. |
05.07.1941-24.08.1942 |
|
WS/Capt. |
25.08.1942 |
|
T/Maj. |
25.08.1942-11.03.1945 |
|
|
21.01.1941 |
|
|
commissioned, Royal Army Ordnance Corps (Mechanical
Maintenance Branch) [emergency commission] |
|
01.10.1942 |
|
|
transferred, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers |
|
? |
- |
11.03.1945 |
died of
illness on active service
[A popular young man and a brilliant officer
of great promise, Major Ord's rapid promotion gave much satisfaction to his many
friends , and his sudden death, after only a few hours illness, is deeply
deplored by the local community of Arabella, among whom he spent his childhood
and early youth previous to his joining the army.] |
|
Ormrod,
Peter Charles
Telegraph
obituary
|
31.08.1922
Pen-y-lan, North Wales
-
02.09.2007
Pen-y-lan, North Wales
|
2nd Lt.
|
03.07.1942 [237398]
|
WS/Lt.
|
03.01.1943
|
T/Capt.
|
20.10.1945-(04.1946)
|
Lt.
|
20.03.1948,
seniority 01.03.1945
|
Capt.
|
31.08.1949 (retd
05.10.1953)
|
Capt. TA
|
06.03.1958,
seniority 30.01.1954
|
Maj. TA
|
01.05.1961
|
|
MC
|
10.07.1951
|
Korea
|
|
03.07.1942
|
|
|
commissioned,
Scots Guards [emergency commission]
|
20.03.1948
|
|
|
transferred,
8th King's Royal Irish Hussars - Royal Armoured Corps
|
06.03.1958
|
-
|
01.09.1963
|
served
Territorial Army (Royal Welch Fusiliers & 28.04.1962-11.06.1963 Unattached
List)
|
01.09.1963
|
-
|
?
|
Territorial
Army Reserve of Officers
|
Honorary Colonel of 3rd Territorial Battalion
Royal Welch Fusiliers, ...-18.11.1989. He served for many years as a JP and was High Sheriff for
Denbighshire. Deputy Lieutenant of Clwyd from 14.07.1972 to 1980.
|
O'Rorke,
George McKenzie
|
?
-
|
T/ Lt.
|
30.01.1915
|
Lt.Col.
|
1918?
|
Lt.
|
05.03.1940
[119836]
|
WS/Capt.
|
05.06.1940
|
T/Maj.
|
05.06.1940-(04.1941)
|
WS/Maj.
|
10.06.1941
|
T/Lt.Col.
|
10.06.1941-(04.1944)
|
Hon. Lt.Col.
|
11.07.1945
|
|
MBE
|
03.06.1918
|
Mesopotamia
|
|
CIE
|
03.06.1919
|
Mesopotamia
|
|
05.03.1940
|
|
|
commissioned, Corps of
Royal Engineers [emergency commission]
|
(04.1946)
|
|
|
Unemployed
List
|
|
Orr,
Arthur Dennis Gordon
|
10.09.1900
-
05.1985
Isle of Wight
|
2nd Lt.
|
16.07.1920
[20522]
|
Lt.
|
16.07.1922
|
Capt.
|
01.03.1931
|
Maj.
|
01.08.1938 (retd
30.11.1948)
|
local Lt.Col.
|
04.04.1938-30.05.1941
|
A/Lt.Col.
|
01.09.1940-30.11.1940
|
T/Lt.Col.
|
01.1291940-23.05.1941,
02.09.1941-04.02.1943
|
WS/Lt.Col.
|
05.02.1943
|
A/Col.
|
03.08.1942-30.09.1942,
07.10.1942-04.02.1943
|
T/Col.
|
05.02.1943-14.05.1944,
07.06.1944-07.08.1944,
30.08.1944-(01.1946)
|
A/Brig.
|
03.08.1942-30.09.1942,
07.10.1942-04.02.1943
|
T/Brig.
|
05.02.1943-05.11.1943,
07.06.1944-07.08.1944
|
Hon. Brig.
|
30.11.1948
|
|
16.07.1920
|
|
|
commissioned,
The Royal Scots Fusiliers
|
12.07.1928
|
-
|
11.07.1931
|
Adjutant,
1st Battalion The Royal Scots Fusiliers (03.1931 at Bordon)
|
(06.1933)
|
|
|
1st
Battalion The Royal Scots Fusiliers (Egypt)
|
09.08.1935
|
-
|
31.08.1940
|
specially
employed: attached Sudan Defence Force
|
(06.1941)
|
|
|
Commanding
Officer, 1st Battalion Royal Fusiliers (Syria; captured; released in a prisoner
exchange after the Acre Armistice)
|
07.06.1944
|
-
|
09.08.1944
|
Commander, 9th Infantry Brigade (NW Europe)
|
01.05.1947
|
-
|
05.1948
|
Commanding
Officer, 4/5th Battalion The Royal Scots Fusiliers
|
30.11.1948
|
-
|
10.09.1955
|
Regular
Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
|
Deputy Lieutenant (DL), Nottinghamshire.
|
Orr-Ewing,
John Anthony
|
1915 ?
-
25.01.2007
[age 92]
Hampshire
|
Lt.
|
07.12.1935
|
A/Capt.
|
06.01.1941-(04.1941)
|
WS/Capt.
|
07.12.1942
|
|
?
|
|
|
commissioned,
16ht/5th Lancers - Royal Armoured Corps
|
?
|
|
|
transferred
to Supplementary Reserve (later Regular Army Reserve of Officers)
|
24.08.1939
|
|
|
mobilized
|
|
Orr
Ewing,
[Sir] Ronald
Archibald;
5th Baronet
|
14.05.1912
-
14.09.2002
|
2nd Lt.
|
01.09.1932
|
...
|
...
|
Capt.
|
01.09.1940
|
Maj.
|
01.07.1946 (retd
14.07.1953)
|
|
01.09.1932
|
|
|
commissioned,
Scots Guards
|
?
|
-
|
?
|
?
|
DL.
|
Orren,
Anthony Paul Newton

Married 1st ((09?).1941, Taunton district,
Somerset) Moira Valsler.
Married 2nd ((09?).1952, Westminster district, London) Enid A.R. Mole. |
?
-
|
|
2nd Lt.
|
21.09.1940
[149266] |
| WS/Lt. |
21.03.1942 (reld
22.08.1952; on appointment to Australian Army) |
 |
EM |
19.05.1953 |
? |
|
21.09.1940
|
|
|
commissioned,
The Somerset Light Infantry [emergency commission] |
|
15.09.1943 |
|
|
transferred, Royal Corps of Signals |
|
Osborne,
John Frater

Son of James Frater Osborne and Isabella Osborne,
of Glasgow.
|
1921 ?
-
01.10.1944
(KIA) [age 23]
[Coriano Ridge War Cemetery, Italy, XV.D.L]
|
Cadet
|
? [10577805]
|
2nd Lt.
|
04.04.1944
[323185]
|
|
MID
|
19.07.1945
|
Italy
[posthumously]
|
|
04.04.1944
|
|
|
commissioned,
The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's)
|
|
O'Shea,
Albert Joseph [Patrick]
Son of
Joseph William
O'Shea, JP, and Mary Josephine Leahy.
Married (30.04.1939, London) Dorothy Patricia Leo (died 10.04.1943 in an air
raid); one son. |
09.06.1907
Tipperary town, Ireland
-
02.11.1955
Essex |
| Gdsmn. |
05.05.1931
[2717415] (reserve 1934) (mobilized 08.1939) |
| L/Cpl. |
10.1939 |
| L/Sgt. |
07.1940 |
| Sgt. |
01.1941 |
| Cadet (L/CSM) |
12.1941 |
|
2nd Lt. |
09.07.1942
[243160] |
| WS/Lt. |
25.08.1942 (reld
31.10.1951) |
| A/Capt. |
01.11.1945-31.01.1946 |
| T/Capt. |
01.02.1946-(04.1947) |
| Hon. Capt. |
31.10.1951 |
 |
39|45
St |
- |
- |
 |
Afr
St |
- |
- |
 |
Def
M |
- |
- |
 |
WM
39|45 |
- |
- |
 |
Arct Emb |
- |
- |
Norwegian Deltager with Rosette and Krigsgeltager medals. |
Education:
Christian
Brothers' School, Tipperary; Blackrock College, Dublin.
Served as a Sergeant in the Shanghai Municipal Police, 04.1929-04.1931.
|
05.05.1931 |
|
|
enlisted service, Irish Guards (1st Battalion) (3 years active list, 9 years
reserve) |
|
04.1940 |
|
|
served Norway
campaign, on HMT Chobry when sunk by Luftwaffe May 1940; rescued and returned to
UK |
|
06?.1940 |
- |
12.1940 |
drill
sergeant, Guards Depot (Caterham) |
|
12.1940 |
- |
11.1941 |
signals
instructor, Irish Guards |
|
12.1941 |
- |
07.1942 |
Officer
Cadet Training (initially for Indian Army, but transferred back to British Army) |
|
09.07.1942 |
|
|
commissioned,
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [emergency commission] |
|
07.1942 |
|
|
2nd
Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (served
as Platoon Commander in India, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon & Syria) |
|
|
|
|
received
Combined Oparations training Syria/Lebanon and volunteered for Special Air
Service |
|
07.1943 |
- |
09.1943 |
hospitalized
with dysentery in Egypt; posted back to UK |
|
09.1943 |
|
|
seconded,
Royal Ulster Rifles |
|
08.1944 |
|
|
to St. Helena
Regiment, S. Atlantic
[Hospitalized again with severe liver disease. In and out of hospital through
04.1948 when put on inactive reserve with 50% War Disability. Diagnosed with TB
and 100% War disability in 1950.] |
|
Otto,
Penelope Ellison
(Miss)

From Kings Sutton.
Married (post-war) Lt.Col. James
W. Phillips; one son, one daughter.
|
05.06.1916
-
10.02.2007
Burnworthy, Churchstanton
[aged 90]
|
2nd Sub.
|
09.11.1941
[231808]
|
WS/Jun.Comd.
|
01.11.1943 (reld
> 04.1946)
|
|
|
MBE
|
18.02.1943
|
Middle
East
|
|
CdeG
|
<
1941
|
?
|
|
09.11.1941
|
|
|
commissioned,
Auxiliary Territorial Service
|
|
Otway,
Terence Brandram Hastings

|
15.06.1914
Cairo, Egypt
-
23.07.2006
Tadworth, Surrey |
2nd Lt.
|
30.08.1934
|
Lt.
|
30.08.1937
|
A/Capt.
|
03.09.1939-30.09.1939,
15.03.1940-16.05.1940
|
T/Capt.
|
17.05.1940-15.08.1941
|
WS/Capt.
|
16.08.1941
|
Capt.
|
30.08.1942
|
A/Maj.
|
11.03.1941-03.04.1941,
09.06.1941-15.08.1941
|
T/Maj.
|
16.08.1941-22.10.1941,
01.02.1942-27.05.1943,
16.06.1943-22.07.1944
|
WS/Maj.
|
23.07.1944
|
Maj.
|
30.08.1947 (retd
09.05.1949)
|
A/Lt.Col.
|
23.04.1944-22.07.1944
|
T/Lt.Col.
|
23.07.1944-(01.1946)
|
Hon. Lt.Col.
|
09.05.1949
|
|

|
DSO
|
19.10.1944
|
?
|
NW Frontier of India 1937-1939 Medal &
Clasp
|
Education: Staff College, Camberley (psc)
30.08.1934
|
|
|
commissioned, Royal
Ulster Rifles
|
01.10.1939
|
-
|
08.06.1941
|
Adjutant, ...
|
|
|
|
Commanding
Officer, 9th Battalion The Parachute Regiment (Army Air Corps)
|
|
Overington,
Arthur Chuter
Son of ... Overington, and ... Berwick. |
15.06.1915
Lewisham district, Kent
-
09.1998
Portsmouth district, Hampshire |
|
Sgt. |
?
[6090083] |
|
2nd Lt. |
07.12.1944 [338243] |
|
WS/Lt. |
21.04.1945 (reld < 04.1947) |
|
T/Capt. |
17.09.1945-(04.1946) |
|
Lt. |
01.05.1947, seniority 21.04.1945 |
|
Capt. |
03.10.1950 |
|
Maj. |
12.05.1952 |
 |
TD |
25.10.1955 |
- |
|
|
07.12.1944 |
|
|
commissioned,
The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) [immediate emergency commission] |
|
(1945) |
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1/5th Battalion The Queen's Royal Regiment (NW
Europe) |
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01.05.1947 |
- |
20.07.1955 |
Territorial Army |
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20.07.1955 |
- |
15.06.1965 |
Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [attained age
limit] |
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Owen,
Courtney Bourchier Vyvyan
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?
-
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Gnr.
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WW1 [70042]
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Sgt.
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? [1411499]
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2nd Lt.
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24.12.1943,
seniority 01.10.1941 [230908]
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WS/Lt.
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01.10.1941
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WS/Capt.
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20.01.1946
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T/Maj.
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20.01.1946-(04.1946)
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MID
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12.10.1940
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Dunkirk
?
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EM
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29.04.1957
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?
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ISM
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30.03.1962
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GPO Brighton
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BWM
14|20
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?
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?
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39|45
St
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?
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?
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Afr
St
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?
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?
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Def
M
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?
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?
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BWM
39|45
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?
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?
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Skilled workman, Post Office, 02.03.1931.
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served in
the ranks, Royal Corps of Signals
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24.12.1943
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commissioned,
General List [emergency commission]
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28.04.1944
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transferred,
Royal Corps of Signals
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Technical Officer, General Post Office, Brighton.
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Owen,
David Ronald Moorsom

Telegraph
obituary
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15.09.1916
Harleston, Norfolk
-
10.10.2007
Devon
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2nd Lt.
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27.08.1936
[69021]
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Lt.
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27.08.1939
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A/Capt.
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26.01.1939-25.01.1940
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T/Capt.
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26.01.1940-29.11.1940
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WS/Capt.
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30.11.1940
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Capt.
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27.08.1944
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A/Maj.
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30.08.1940-29.11.1940
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T/Maj.
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30.11.1940-26.08.1949
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Maj.
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27.08.1949
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T/Lt.Col.
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20.03.1958-11.04.1958
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Lt.Col.
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12.04.1958
(supernumerary 12.04.1961)
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Col.
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10.10.1962 (retd
16.09.1971)
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27.08.1936
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commissioned,
Royal Regiment of Artillery
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(1940)
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-
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(1945)
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2nd Medium
Regiment RA
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04.08.1945
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-
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14.09.1945
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Brigade
Major, ... Division
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21.10.1945
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-
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01.01.1946
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Brigade
Major, ... Division
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...
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-
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...
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...
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Owen,
Frederick Stanley
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?
-
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2nd Lt.
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14.01.1940
[113587]
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WS/Lt.
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14.07.1941
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T/Capt.
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15.12.1941-02.11.1943
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WS/Capt.
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03.11.1943 (reld
< 04.1946)
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14.01.1940
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commissioned,
The Lancashire Fusiliers [emergency commission]
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Owen,
George

From Stoke-on-Trent.
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(03?).1900
Stoke upon Trent district, Staffordshire
-
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WS/RSM
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?
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Lt. QM
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11.10.1940 [159397]
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WS/Capt. QM
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11.10.1943
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Capt. QM
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01.07.1947,
seniority 11.10.1943
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Maj. QM
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14.06.1949 (reld
01.07.1954)
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Hon. Maj. QM
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01.07.1954
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1916
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enlisted
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11.10.1940
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commissioned,
Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
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01.07.1947
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-
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01.07.1954
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short
service commission (at some point in charge of Rochdale TA)
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Oxenden
*,
Nigel Vernon
* Changed surname from Gallwey to Oxenden by deed poll of 11.09.1916.
Son of Col. Patrick Fitzgerald Gallwey (1838-1903), and
Flora Caroline Oxenden (1864?-1948).
Of Miramar, St Brelade's, Jersey.
Married (16.09.1926, St Helier's, Jersey) Patricia Alexander, only daughter of
Lt.Col. H.S. Alexander, DSO, Indian Army, and Mrs Alexander, of Jersey.
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(12?).1895
Westminster, St George Hanover Square dsitrict, London
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| T/2nd Lt. |
28.08.1915
[104719] |
| T/Lt. |
? (reld
03.11.1920) |
| A/Capt. |
05.03.1918-17.05.1918 |
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2nd Lt. |
02.12.1939
?, seniority 06.11.1939 |
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WS/Lt. |
06.11.1939 |
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A/Capt. |
24.07.1940-(04.1941) |
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WS/Capt. |
04.02.1943 (reld
< 04.1946) |
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T/Maj. |
04.02.1943-(04.1944) |
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Hon. Maj. |
< 04.1946 |
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MC |
13.02.1917 |
* |
 |
MC |
02.12.1918 |
** |
* For conspicuous gallantry in action. He
displayed great courage and initiative in the placing of his machine guns
during an attack on the enemy's trenches. Later, he rescued a wounded man
under very heavy fire.
** For conspicuous gallantry and ability while commanding a section of
machine guns in an attack. He led his men forward with great dash and took
up an advanced position, from which he was able to cover the line reached by
the infantry with enfilade fire. When the enemy attempted to counterattack
he materially assisted in breaking up the attack. |
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28.08.1915 |
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commissioned, Welsh Regiment |
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21.12.1915 |
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transferred, Machine Gun Corps |
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05.03.1918 |
- |
17.05.1918 |
Second-in-Command of a Company |
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02.12.1939 |
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commissioned, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers [emergency commission] |
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24.07.1940 |
- |
(04.1941) |
seconded
(shown under Commands and Staff, Miscellaneous Special Appointments) |
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(04.1944) |
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seconded |
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served
Auxiliary Units |
Published:
Auxiliary Units history and achievement, 1940-1944 : the official story of
Britain’s secret wartime resistance army / discovered and introduced by the
British Resistance Organisation Museum ; from an original document written by
N.V. Oxenden, October 1944 ; [researched and compiled by Andy Taylor]. (1998) |
Ozzard
Low,
Laurence David

Married ((06?).1934, Richmond district, Yorkshire)
Edna Irena Oates.
Married ((03?).1954, Ashford district, Kent) Mrs ... Given (née Bullwinkle).
Married ((09?).1976, Ashord district, Kent) Mary Alexandra Lippett (died
10.12.2006).
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16.08.1909
-
2007 still alive at Ashminster, Ashford,
Kent
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2nd Lt.
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30.01.1931
[38321]
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Lt.
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30.01.1934
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Capt.
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30.01.1939
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RAOC Ordn.Offr. 4th cl.
|
16.08.1939-15.08.1942
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RAOC Capt. (& Ordn.Offr. 4th cl. to
20.04.1944)
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16.08.1942,
seniority 01.05.1939
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A/Maj. (& Ordn.Offr. 3rd cl.)
|
28.02.1941-27.05.1941
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T/Maj. (& Ordn.Offr. 3rd cl. to
20.04.1944)
|
28.05.1941-04.05.1942,
31.08.1942-01.03.1943,
16.09.1943-08.07.1944
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WS/Maj.
|
09.07.1944
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A/Lt.Col. (& Ordn.Offr. 2nd cl.)
|
14.11.1941-26.12.1941,
22.05.1944-08.07.1944
|
T/Lt.Col.
|
09.07.1944-(01.1946)
|
Lt.Col.
|
11.05.1951 (retd
31.08.1955)
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MID
|
23.05.1946
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Mediterranean
|
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from
King's Own Malta R. (Reserve)
|
30.01.1931
|
|
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commissioned,
The Prince of Wales's Volunteers
|
30.01.1934
|
|
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transferred,
The South Lancashire Regiment
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29.10.1937
|
-
|
15.08.1939
|
served
Indian Army (seconded for service with Indian Army Ordnance Corps)
|
01.05.1939
|
|
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transferred, Royal Army Ordnance Corps
|
31.08.1955
|
-
|
16.08.1966
|
Regular
Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]
|
|
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