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to
Ozzard Low, L.D.

 

J.F.F. Oakeshott  to  L.D. Ozzard Low
Oakeshott,
John Field Fraser
J.F.F. Oakeshott 		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
D.P. O'Brien (Photo courtesy of Mr Charles Hawkshaw-Burn) 		?
-
2nd Lt.
 		?
Maj.
 		(1947)
?
 -
 		?
 		?
(1947)
  
 		 
 		HQ Southern Command (Poona, India)
O'Brien,
 [Sir] Richard
R. O'Brien R. O'Brien
R. O'Brien

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)
Knight Bachelor Kt 1980 ?

Distinguished Service Order

 DSO 10.05.1945 Italy
Military Cross MC 28.01.1943 Middle East (Egypt and Libya)
Military Cross MC 20.07.1944 Italy
     

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"
H.A. O'Connor (Photo courtesy of Mrs Fiona Stephens)
 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]
J.F. O'Connor		 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
P.F. O'Connor (Photo courtesy of Mrs Fiona Stephens)
 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"
R.N. O'Connor R.N. O'Connor
R.N. O'Connor R.N. O'Connor
R.N. O'Connor R.N. O'Connor
R.N. O'Connor R.N. O'Connor
R.N. O'Connor 
 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.
° Wikipedia
° papers
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
G. O'Donnell
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
G. O'Donnell
?
-
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
T.G. Oerton
 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
Military Cross MC
 23.08.1945
 NW Europe
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
E.F. Offord
 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

Distinguished Service Order

 DSO 23.03.1944 Italy [citation available upon request]
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Civil Division) MBE 24.10.1950 Malaya [citation available upon request]
Mention in Despatches MID 08.04.1949 Malaya
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
J.F. Offord
 		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
A.T. O'Flaherty
 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)
Efficiency Medal (Militia) 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
D.W.V.P. O'Flaherty
 From Portsmouth.

Jim Scott recounts this anecdote: "I was a cadet at Sandhurst in 1960 and remember (then Major) O'Flaherty recounting the story of how he lost his eye in the Vaagso raid. He and "Monkey" Blacker were pinned down behind a house by a German sniper. (I can't now remember which eye O'Flaherty lost but for the sake of his story assume it was he left eye). Anyway O'Flaherty and Monkey Blacker disagreed about which side of the house the sniper was covering and to settle the argument tossed a coin. O'Flaherty won, and went round the left side of the house and was promptly shot through the left eye by the sniper. (Of course if it was the right eye then it was the other way about). However in later conversations with Monkey Blacker (who in 1960 was also on the staff at Sandhurst) it transpired that the loss of O'Flaherty's eye did not remove him from the Vaagso battle. He continued in the action with the side of his face bandaged and it was not until the base plate of a grenade, that he had thrown up a flight of stairs while clearing a house, clipped the top of his head severely wounding him again and forced his medivac. O'Flaherty also told us that the false eye that he subsequently wore was a real asset to him in a subsequent posting in Africa (unfortunately I don't now remember exactly which country was involved, though I think it might have been Nigeria). Every time he left his quarters he would put his glass eye on the mantle piece and tell his servants that he was still watching them even though he was not there! None of his property was ever stolen and his servants were in absolute awe of him."

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)
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Civil Division) CBE
 14.06.1975
 HM's birthday 75

Distinguished Service Order

 DSO
 03.04.1942
 Vaagsö & Maaloy 26.12.41
Mention in Despatches MID
 03.04.1942
 Vaagsö & Maaloy 26.12.41
Bronze Star Medal (US) BSM
 08.06.1951
 Korea
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
C.M. Ogden-Smith C.M. Ogden-Smith
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?
Mention in Despatches MID
 30.08.1945
 gallant & distinguished services in the field [posthumously]
Efficiency Decoration (Territorial) 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
W.H. Ogden-Smith 		(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
Efficiency Medal (Territorial) 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
G. Ogg



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
Mention in Despatches 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
W.B. O'Hanlon
 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
M.L. Olden
 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)
Mention in Despatches MID 08.11.1945 NW Europe
21.07.1942     commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]
PASI.
Olive,
Richard Francis
R.F. Olive
 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
A.P.H. Oliver
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
Efficiency Medal (Territorial) 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
W.H. O'Neil 		?
-
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
F.A. Onslow-Free
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
Efficiency Medal (Territorial) 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
H.S. Openshaw 		1889 ?
-
T/Lt.
 		?
T/Capt.
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		02.08.1941 [202147]
WS/Lt.
 		02.08.1941
Military Cross 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
D. Ord (Photo courtesy of Mr Frank de Planta) 		?
-
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
S. Ord
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
P.C. Ormrod
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
Military Cross 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
G.M. O'Rorke 		?
-
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
Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE
 03.06.1918
 Mesopotamia
Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire CIE
 03.06.1919
 Mesopotamia
05.03.1940

commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]
(04.1946)

Unemployed List
Orr,
Arthur Dennis Gordon
A.D.G. Orr 		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
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Civil Division) OBE
 01.01.1966

New Year 66: Secretary, Territorial and Auxiliary Forces Association for the County of Nottingham

Distinguished Service Order

 DSO
 01.04.1941
 Middle East
Mention in Despatches MID
 01.04.1941
 Middle East
Mention in Despatches MID
 09.08.1945
 NW Europe
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
J.A. Orr-Ewing 		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
J.A. Orr-Ewing 		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
A.P.N. Orren
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)
Efficiency Medal (Territorial) 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
J.F. Osborne
 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]
Mention in Despatches 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]
A.J. O'Shea (Photo courtesy of Mr Patrick J. O'Shea)
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
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St - -
Africa Star Afr St - -
Defence Medal Def M - -
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45 - -
Arctic Emblem 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)
P.E. Otto
 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)

Member of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division)

MBE
 18.02.1943
 Middle East
Croix de Guerre (France) CdeG
 < 1941
 ?
09.11.1941

commissioned, Auxiliary Territorial Service

Otway,
Terence Brandram Hastings
T.B.H. Otway T.B.H. Otway
T.B.H. Otway
 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

Distinguished Service Order

 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
A.C. Overington (Photo courtesy of Mr Frank de Planta)
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
Efficiency Decoration (Territorial) TD 25.10.1955 -
07.12.1944     commissioned, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) [immediate emergency commission]
(1945)     1/5th Battalion The Queen's Royal Regiment (NW Europe)
01.05.1947 - 20.07.1955 Territorial Army
20.07.1955 - 15.06.1965 Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]
Owen,
Courtney Bourchier Vyvyan
C.B.V. Owen 		?
-
Gnr.
 		WW1 [70042]
Sgt.
 		? [1411499]
2nd Lt.
 		24.12.1943, seniority 01.10.1941 [230908]
WS/Lt.
01.10.1941
WS/Capt.
 		20.01.1946
T/Maj.
 		20.01.1946-(04.1946)
Mention in Despatches MID
 12.10.1940
 Dunkirk ?
Efficiency Medal (Militia) EM
 29.04.1957
 ?
Imperial Service Medal ISM
 30.03.1962
 GPO Brighton
British War Medal 1914-20 BWM 14|20
 ?
 ?
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St
 ?
 ?
Africa Star Afr St
 ?
 ?
Defence Medal Def M
 ?
 ?
British War Medal 1939-1945 BWM 39|45
 ?
 ?
Skilled workman, Post Office, 02.03.1931.



served in the ranks, Royal Corps of Signals
24.12.1943

commissioned, General List [emergency commission]
28.04.1944

transferred, Royal Corps of Signals
Technical Officer, General Post Office, Brighton.
Owen,
David Ronald Moorsom
D.R.M. Owen

 Telegraph obituary
 		15.09.1916
Harleston, Norfolk
-
10.10.2007
Devon
2nd Lt.
 		27.08.1936 [69021]
Lt.
 		27.08.1939
A/Capt.
 		26.01.1939-25.01.1940
T/Capt.
 		26.01.1940-29.11.1940
WS/Capt.
 		30.11.1940
Capt.
 		27.08.1944
A/Maj.
 		30.08.1940-29.11.1940
T/Maj.
 		30.11.1940-26.08.1949
Maj.
 		27.08.1949
T/Lt.Col.
 		20.03.1958-11.04.1958
Lt.Col.
 		12.04.1958 (supernumerary 12.04.1961)
Col.
 		10.10.1962 (retd 16.09.1971)

Distinguished Service Order

 DSO
 28.06.1945
 ?
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) OBE
 31.12.1960
 New Year 61
Mention in Despatches MID
 19.07.1945
 ?
27.08.1936

commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery
(1940)
 -
 		(1945)
 		2nd Medium Regiment RA
04.08.1945
 -
 		14.09.1945
 		Brigade Major, ... Division
21.10.1945
 -
 		01.01.1946
 		Brigade Major, ... Division
...
 -
 		...
 		...
Owen,
Frederick Stanley
F.S. Owen 		?
-
2nd Lt.
 		14.01.1940 [113587]
WS/Lt.
 		14.07.1941
T/Capt.
15.12.1941-02.11.1943
WS/Capt.
 		03.11.1943 (reld < 04.1946)
14.01.1940

commissioned, The Lancashire Fusiliers [emergency commission]
Owen,
George
G. Owen
 From Stoke-on-Trent.
 		(03?).1900
Stoke upon Trent district, Staffordshire
-
WS/RSM
 		?
Lt. QM
 		11.10.1940 [159397]
WS/Capt. QM
 		11.10.1943
Capt. QM
 		01.07.1947, seniority 11.10.1943
Maj. QM
 		14.06.1949 (reld 01.07.1954)
Hon. Maj. QM
 		01.07.1954
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) MBE
 24.01.1946
 NW Europe 44-45
1916
  
 		 
 		enlisted
11.10.1940

commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
01.07.1947
 -
 		01.07.1954
 		short service commission (at some point in charge of Rochdale TA)
Oxenden *,
Nigel Vernon
N.V. Oxenden
* 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.
 		 (12?).1895
Westminster, St George Hanover Square dsitrict, London
-
T/2nd Lt. 28.08.1915 [104719]
T/Lt. ? (reld 03.11.1920)
A/Capt. 05.03.1918-17.05.1918
2nd Lt. 02.12.1939
?, seniority 06.11.1939
WS/Lt. 06.11.1939
A/Capt. 24.07.1940-(04.1941)
WS/Capt. 04.02.1943 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Maj. 04.02.1943-(04.1944)
Hon. Maj. < 04.1946
Military Cross MC 13.02.1917 *
Military Cross 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.
 28.08.1915     commissioned, Welsh Regiment
21.12.1915     transferred, Machine Gun Corps
05.03.1918 - 17.05.1918 Second-in-Command of a Company
02.12.1939     commissioned, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers [emergency commission]
24.07.1940 - (04.1941) seconded (shown under Commands and Staff, Miscellaneous Special Appointments)
(04.1944)     seconded
      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
L.D. Ozzard Low
 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).
 		16.08.1909
-
2007 still alive at Ashminster, Ashford, Kent
2nd Lt.
 		30.01.1931 [38321]
Lt.
 		30.01.1934
Capt.
 		30.01.1939
RAOC Ordn.Offr. 4th cl.
 		16.08.1939-15.08.1942
RAOC Capt. (& Ordn.Offr. 4th cl. to 20.04.1944)
 		16.08.1942, seniority 01.05.1939
A/Maj. (& Ordn.Offr. 3rd cl.)
 		28.02.1941-27.05.1941
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
WS/Maj.
 		09.07.1944
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)
Mention in Despatches MID
 23.05.1946
 Mediterranean



from King's Own Malta R. (Reserve)
30.01.1931

commissioned, The Prince of Wales's Volunteers
30.01.1934

transferred, The South Lancashire Regiment
29.10.1937
 -
 		15.08.1939
 		served Indian Army (seconded for service with Indian Army Ordnance Corps)
01.05.1939

transferred, Royal Army Ordnance Corps
31.08.1955
 -
 		16.08.1966
 		Regular Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]
       
 
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Ozzard Low, L.D.