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Paget, B.C.T.
to
Purvis-Russell- Montgomery, H.K.

 

B.C.T. Paget  to  H.K. Purviss-Russell-Montgomery
Paget,
Sir Bernard Charles Tolver
B.C.T. Paget B.C.T. Paget
B.C.T. Paget B.C.T. Paget
B.C.T. Paget B.C.T. Paget
B.C.T. Paget B.C.T. Paget
B.C.T. Paget B.C.T. Paget
B.C.T. Paget B.C.T. Paget
B.C.T. Paget
3rd son of late Francis Paget, Bishop of Oxford, and Helen Beatrice, daughter of late Very Rev. R.W. Church, Dean of St Paul's.
Married (1918) Winifred Nora, daughter of Sir John Paget, 2nd Bt; one son (and younger son died of wounds, 1945).
° Wikipedia
° papers
15.09.1887
Oxford, Oxfordshire
-
16.02.1961
Petersfield, Hampshire
2nd Lt.
 		13.11.1907 [4112]
...
 		...
Maj.Gen.
 		22.01.1938, seniority 29.12.1937
A/Lt.Gen.
 		05.06.1940-04.06.1941
T/Lt.Gen.
 		05.06.1941-04.09.1941
Lt.Gen.
 		05.09.1941, seniority 05.08.1941
A/Gen.
 		25.12.1941-24.12.1942
T/Gen.
 		25.12.1942-04.05.1943
Gen.
05.05.1943 (retd 14.10.1946)
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath GCB
 01.01.1946
 New Year 46
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath KCB
 01.01.1942
 New Year 42
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
 11.07.1940
 distinguished service in the field
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 01.01.1918
 distinguished service in the field
Mention in Despatches MID
 20.12.1940
 ?
Grand Cross of the Order Polonia Restituta (07.12.1944)
13.11.1907

commissioned, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
...
 -
 		...
 		....
22.01.1938
 -
 		29.11.1939
 		Commandant (Major-General General Staff), Staff College
30.11.1939
 -
 		18.04.1940
 		General Officer Commanding, ... Division (Eastern Command)
19.04.1940
 -
 		30.05.1940
 		Force Commander, Norway
31.05.1940
 -
 		04.06.1940
 		Major-General General Staff, Home Forces
05.06.1940
 -
 		14.02.1941
 		Chief of General Staff, Home Forces
15.02.1941
 -
 		24.12.1941
 		General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southeastern Command
25.12.1941
 -
 		28.07.1943
 		Commander-in-Chief, Home Forces
06.01.1944
 -
 		1946
 		Commander-in-Chief, Middle East
13.10.1944

also: ADC General to the King (Extra)
Painter,
Gordon Whistler Arnaud
G.W.A. Painter
Son of late Brigadier­General Arnaud C. Painter, CMG; married Kathleen Hay Lannoy, eldest surv. daughter of Colonel J.L. Tweedie, DSO; one son two daughters.
 		24.02.1893
-
28.09.1960
[Farnborough, Hants ?]
2nd Lt.
 		19.12.1913 [8353]
Lt.
 		09.06.1915
Capt.
 		03.11.1917
A/Maj.
 		22.10.1916-18.07.1919
Maj.
 		01.01.1933
Bt. Lt.Col.
 		01.07.1935
Col.
 		01.08.1939, seniority 01.07.1938 (retd 23.02.1948)
A/Brig.
 		25.09.1940-24.03.1941
T/Brig.
25.03.1941
Hon. Brig.
 		23.02.1948
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 1917
 ?
Mention in Despatches MID
 04.01.1917
 ?
Mention in Despatches MID
 23.07.1917
 ?
Mention in Despatches MID
 23.12.1918
 ?
Mention in Despatches MID
 07.07.1919
 ?
Mention in Despatches MID
 01.08.1946
 Malaya 42
1914-15 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal 		Education: Malvern College; Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; Staff College (21.01.1927-...)
19.12.1913

commissioned into the Royal Garrison Artillery [later: Royal Regiment of Artillery]
10.01.1916
 -
 		21.10.1916
 		Adjutant, ... (served France & Belgium, 08.03.1915-11.11.1918)
22.10.1916
 -
 		18.07.1919
 		Battery Commander
30.10.1916

restored to the establishment of the Royal Garrison Artillery (supernumerary)
22.11.1920
 -
 		30.04.1921
 		Staff Captain, ... (India)
08.08.1922
 -
 		05.10.1925
 		Adjutant, ...
(1928)

attached to 4th (City of Bristol) Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment
01.01.1929

restored to the establishment of the Royal Regiment of Artillery
18.02.1930
 -
 		30.11.1931
 		Staff Captain, ... (India)
01.12.1931
 -
 		31.03.1934
 		General Staff Officer 2nd grade (GSO2), ... (India)
04.02.1936
 -
 		30.09.1937
 		Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General (DAAG), War Office
01.10.1937
 -
 		09.02.1939
 		General Staff Officer 2nd grade (GSO2), War Office
10.02.1939
 -
 		31.07.1939
 		specially employed (local Colonel)
01.08.1939
 -
 		24.09.1940
 		General Staff Officer 1st grade (GSO1), Rawalpindi District (India)
25.09.1940
 -
 		01.02.1942
 		Commander, 22nd Indian Infantry Brigade (India & Malaya)
1942
 -
 		1945
 		prisoner of war (Japan)
31.12.1945
 -
 		23.02.1948
 		retained on the Active List (supernumerary)
23.02.1948
 -
 		24.02.1953
 		transferred to the Regular Army Reserve of Officers (terminated due to age limit)
Pakenham-Walsh,
Ridley Pakenham
 R.P. Pakenham-Walsh  
° papers
29.04.1888
-
03.11.1966
2nd Lt.
 		18.12.1908 [4284]
...
 		...
Maj.Gen.
 		30.06.1939, seniority 20.06.1938 (supernumerary 29.04.1945) (retd 28.08.1946)
A/Lt.Gen.
 		07.06.1941-17.11.1941

CB 1940; MC

18.12.1908
  
 		 
 		commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers
...
 -
 		...
...
04.09.1939
 -
 		30.06.1940
 		Engineer-in-Chief, British Expeditionary Force
07.1940
 -
 		07.1940
 		mission to USA
14.07.1940
 -
 		06.06.1941
 		General Officer Commanding, Northern Ireland District
07.06.1941
 -
 		17.11.1941
 		Commander, IX Corps (Home Forces)
15.12.1941
 -
 		22.02.1943
 		Commander, Salisbury Plain District (Home Forces)
1943
 -
 		1946
 		Controller General, Army Provision (Eastern Group)
 
Palairet,
John Hamilton
J.H. Palairet
Married (05.05.1951) Anne Marjorie Bibby; three daughters.
 		23.01.1917
-
27.11.1969
Ledbury, Herefordshire
2nd Lt.
 		28.01.1937 [71077]
Lt.
 		28.01.1940
A/Capt.
 		14.05.1940-13.08.1940
T/Capt.
 		14.08.1940-30.10.1940,
01.02.1941-12.11.1942
WS/Capt.
 		13.11.1942
Capt.
 		28.01.1945
A/Maj.
 		13.08.1942-12.11.1942
T/Maj.
 		13.11.1942,
07.03.1943-03.11.1943,
18.10.1944-07.03.1945,
28.09.1945-29.01.1948,
09.10.1948-27.01.1950
Maj.
 		28.01.1950 (retd 01.03.1959)
28.01.1937

commissioned, 3rd Dragoon Guards
...
 -
 		...
 		...
Palamountain,
Edgar William Irwin
E.W.I. Palamountain
Son of William Bennett and Eveleigh Mary Palamountain. Married (1948) Eleanor, daughter of Maj.Gen.
Sir Richard Lewis, KCMG, CB, CBE; one son, two daughters.
 		24.12.1917
-
05.06.1990
London City, London
2nd Lt.
 		18.01.1941 [166318]
WS/Lt.
 		18.07.1942
T/Capt.
?
WS/Capt.
 		19.10.1945 (reld 26.01.1949)
T/Maj.
 		19.10.1945
A/Lt.Col.
 		1946
Hon. Maj.
 		26.01.1949
Capt. RARO
 		26.01.1949, seniority 01.01.1949
Mention in Despatches MID
 04.04.1946
 NW Europe
Education: Charterhouse; St John's College, Oxford (MA)
18.01.1941

commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]



Royal Horse Artillery
1944
 -
 		1945
 		operations staff, HQ 11th Armoured Division (NW Europe)
1945
 -
 		1947
 		Allied Commission for Austria
26.01.1949
 -
 		?
 		Regular Army Reserve of Officers
Anglo­Iranian Oil Co., London and Tehran, 1948-51; Total Ltd, 1952-56; M & G Group, 1957-79: Executive Director, 1962; Managing Director, 1968; Chairman, 1977. Director of various companies. Chairman, Wider Share Ownership Council, since 1971. Chairman: Unit Trust Assoc., 1977-79; Institutional Shareholders Cttee, 1978-79; President, Money Management Council, 1987- (Chairman, 1985-87). Trustee: National Association of Almshouses, 1963-80; Esmée Fairbairn Trust, 1966-80, 1988- (Director, 1980-88); Thames Help Trust, 1980; Social Affairs Unit, 1982-; Prospect Trust, 1988-. Patron, Inst. of Economic Affairs, 1972-; Governor: NIESR, 1981-; Ditchley Foundation, 1986-; Member of the Board, Adam Smith Inst., 1982-; Member Council, University of Buckingham (formerly UC, Buckingham), 1975-(Chairman, 1979-84). Member Committee, London Voluntary Service Council, 1969-. FRSA 1984. DUniv Buckingham, 1985.
Published: Taurus Pursuant : a history of the Eleventh Armoured Division (1945)
Palmer,
Godfrey Nugent
G.N. Palmer 		29.05.1919
-
2nd Lt.
03.07.1939 [94902]
Lt.
 		03.01.1941
A/Capt.
 		20.09.1941-19.12.1941
T/Capt.
 		20.12.1941-21.12.1941,
13.12.1943-30.06.1946
Capt.
 		01.07.1946
T/Maj.
 		01.01.1950-17.09.1950,
09.06.1951-15.02.1952
Maj.
 		03.07.1952 (retd 21.07.1959)
03.07.1939

commissioned, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
(1942)

1st Battalion The Cameronians (Burma; wounded)
Palmer,
Rodney Howell
R.H. Palmer
 Married 1st Frances Pauline Ainsworth, née Gordon-Duff; at least one son.
Married 2nd Nancy Isobel Hurt (died 03.03.2007).
 		24.11.1907
Basingstoke, Berkshire
-
04.1987
Newbury, Berkshire
2nd Lt.
29.08.1931, seniority 30.01.1930
...
 		...
Maj.
 		01.07.1946 (retd 26.07.1946)
T/Lt.Col.
 		07.09.1943-16.10.1944,
21.07.1945-(01.1946)
Hon. Lt.Col.
 		26.07.1946
Military Cross MC
 17.06.1943
 ?
29.08.1931

commissioned, 12th Lancers
...
 -
 		...
 		...
Parker,
Hugh Love
H.L. Parker 		?
Scotland
-
T/2nd Lt.
 		27.06.1917
Lt.
 		?
A/Capt.
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		23.09.1939 [108583]
WS/Lt.
 		06.11.1939
A/Maj.
 		01.06.1940-(04.1941)
WS/Maj.
 		28.06.1941
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) MBE
 03.06.1919
 HM's birthday 19 [20.03.20 investiture by British High Commissioner in Cairo]
Mention in Despatches MID
 01.04.1941
 Middle East 08.39-11.40
Mention in Despatches MID
 08.07.1941
 Middle East 12.40-02.41
1914-1915 Star 14|15 St
 ?
 ?
British War Medal 1914-20 BWM 14|20
 ?
 ?
Victory Medal VM
 ?
 ?
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St
 ?
 ?
Africa Star Afr St
 ?
 ?
British War Medal 1939-1945 BWM 39|45
 ?
 ?
Royal Humane Society Silver Medal RHS - S
 ?
 ?
27.06.1917

commissioned, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders



served 3rd Battalion Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
23.09.1939

commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission]
(04.1944)
 -
 		(06.1946)
 		Unemployed List
Parker,
Robert Henry
R.H. Parker 		± 1912/1913
-
[02.2007 still alive, aged 94]
Cadet
 		? [2580689]
2nd Lt.
02.10.1943 [295749]
WS/Lt.
 		02.04.1944 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Capt.
 		?
Hon. Capt.
 		< 04.1946
Mention in Despatches MID
 09.05.1946
 Burma



served in the ranks, Divisional Signals, 53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division - Territorial Army
24.08.1939

mobilized TA



served in the Royal West African Frontier Force
02.10.1943

commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission]
07.02.1945

transferred, Royal Welch Fusiliers
Parkinson,
David Fortune
D.F. Parkinson 		?
-
27.02.1945
(KIA)
[Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany, 48.G.7]
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
17.10.1942 [249220]
WS/Lt.
 		17.04.1943
17.10.1942

commissioned, The Gloucestershire Regiment [emergency commission]
?
 -
 		27.02.1945
 		.. Battalion The Gloucestershire Regiment (NW Europe)
Parminter,
Reginald Horace Roger
R.H.R. Parminter
Son of Maj. William George Parminter and Leila M.E. Heyn.
Married (1919) Muriel Davis; one son.
 		28.03.1893
-
07.05.1967
Burwash, Sussex
2nd Lt.
 		05.02.1913 [1207]
T/Lt.
 		31.08.1914-14.09.1914
Lt.
 		15.09.1914
T/Capt.
 		01.08.1915-30.09.1915
Capt.
 		01.10.1915
Bt. Maj.
 		03.06.1919
Maj.
 		06.10.1926
Lt.Col.
 		05.11.1933
Bt. Col.
 		07.04.1935, seniority 07.04.1934
Col.
 		05.11.1937, seniority 07.04.1934 (supernumerary 31.12.1945) (retd 20.04.1948)
A/Brig.
 		07.03.1940-20.07.1940,
29.10.1940-15.12.1940
T/Brig.
 		16.12.1940-25.10.1941,
04.11.1941-07.06.1942,
11.07.1942-(01.1946)
Hon. Brig.
 		20.04.1948
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE
 11.07.1940
 for distinguished services in the field
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 03.06.1917

for distinguished service in the field in Mesopotamia
Military Cross MC
 < 03.1917
 ?
Mention in Despatches MID
 22.06.1915
 ?
Mention in Despatches MID
 19.10.1916
 ?
Mention in Despatches MID
 15.08.1917
 ?
Mention in Despatches MID
 05.06.1919
 ?
Mention in Despatches MID
 10.05.1945
 NW Europe
Mention in Despatches MID
 04.04.1946
 NW Europe
1914 Star; British War Medal; Vicotry Medal; Kurdistan & Iraq Medals & Clasps
 		Education: Dover College; Royal Military College, Sandhurst; Royal Air Force Staff College
05.02.1913

commissioned, The Manchester Regiment



served European War (DSO, MC): France & Belgium (26.09.1914-26.04.1915, 01.08.1915-11.12.1915), Mesopotamia (05.01.1916-31.10.1918)
23.10.1915
 -
 		03.03.1917
 		Adjutant, ... The Manchester Regiment
04.03.1917
 -
 		22.12.1917
 		Staff Captain I.E.F. "D" & Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force
14.08.1918
 -
 		23.03.1921
 		General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force
19.11.1921
 -
 		31.03.1922
 		Brigade Major, ... (Western Command)
14.04.1922

restored to the esablishment, The Manchester Regiment
30.08.1923
 -
 		09.08.1924
 		Officer Company of Gentlemen Cadets, Royal Military College, Sandhurst
10.08.1924
 -
 		31.08.1927
 		General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), War Office
(03.1931)

1st Battalion The Manchester Regiment (Shorncliffe)
(06.1933)

1st Battalion The Manchester Regiment (Gosport, for West Indies)
05.11.1933
 -
 		06.04.1935
 		CO 2nd Battalion The Manchester Regiment
07.04.1935
 -
 		06.04.1939
 		Commandant Royal Military School of Music and Inspector of Army Bands (Kneller Hall, Twickenham) (Class Y to 31.07.1938)
01.09.1939
 -
 		06.03.1940
 		Assistant-Adjutant & Quartermaster-General (AA&QMG), British Expeditionary Force
07.03.1940
 -
 		20.07.1940
 		Deputy Quartermaster-General (DQMG), British Expeditionary Force
27.07.1940
 -
 		26.10.1940
 		Assistant Quartermaster-General (AQMG), ... (Home Forces)
29.10.1940
 -
 		25.10.1941
 		Brigadier in charge of Administration, Gibraltar
04.11.1941
 -
 		27.02.1942
 		Deputy Adjutant & Quartermaster General (DA&QMG), ... (Home Forces)
28.02.1942
 -
 		07.06.1942
 		Brigadier in charge of Administration, ... (Home Forces)
18.06.1942
 -
 		23.06.1942
 		Colonel in charge of Administration, ... (Home Forces)
1942
 -
 		1944
 		Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster- General, ... (in charge of Administration)
1944
 -
 		1945
 		commanded Area in France and Belgium
29.01.1943
 -
 		1948
 		ADC to the King
1946
 -
 		1947
 		Chief of UNRRA Mission to Austria
20.08.1948
 -
 		28.03.1953
 		Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
Member UN Secretariat, New York, 1948-1954.
Paton,
Arthur William
A.W. Paton
Son of British consul to Korea. Married (1955) Jane Cooper; three sons, one daughter.
 		08.04.1916
Korea
-
08.02.2005
2nd Lt.
 		20.07.1940 [140780]
WS/Lt.
 		20.01.1942
Lt.
 		? (reld 26.11.1952)
T/Capt.
 		17.09.1942
WS/Capt.
 		23.12.1943
T/Maj.
 		23.12.1943
Hon. Maj.
 		26.11.1952
Military Cross MC
 24.02.1942
 Middle East
Education: St Edward's, Oxford; Christ Church, Oxford
Worked for several months on the Humber production line in Coventry, before joining Burmah Oil.
20.07.1940

commissioned into the Royal Armoured Corps - 11th Hussars (North Africa) [emergency commission]
1942

served Special Operations Executive (SOE) to supply the Greek resistance movement
1945?

Ceylon
Served a spell at the Foreign Office, before a fishing business took him to Kenya for four years. Joined the Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation (Bangkok). Returned to the UK in 1965, living in Sussex.
Patrick-Smith,
Roy
R. Patrick-Smith
Married (divorced); one son.
 		?
-
1985
Morocco
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		17.08.1940 [145802]
WS/Capt.
 		22.01.1942
T/Maj.
 		22.01.1942-28.09.1944
WS/Maj.
 		29.07.1944
T/Lt.Col.
 		29.07.1944-(04.1946)
Hon. Lt.Col.
 		?
Efficiency Medal (Territorial) EM
 28.01.1949
 -
?
 -
 		17.08.1940
 		133rd Officer Cadet Training Unit
17.08.1940
  
 		 
 		commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]



served Western Desert & Greece; was part of delegation to Beirut; later served in the Balkans and on the Allied Commission in Hungary (initially Artillery, then political officer, then intelligence duties)
post-war ?

Territorial Army ?
Sometime ADC to Duke of Gloucester.
Paul,
Charles Robert
C.R. Paul
29.12.1901
Bristol, Gloucestershire
-
2nd Lt.
 		13.02.1921
Lt.
 		13.07.1923
Capt.
 		13.07.1934
Maj.
 		01.08.1938
A/Lt.Col.
 		22.09.1942-21.12.1942
T/Lt.Col.
22.12.1942-31.03.1944,
30.01.1945-(01.1946)
NW Frontier of India 1930-1931 Medal & Clasp
13.07.1921

commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery
01.04.1938
 -
 		01.09.1939
 		Adjutant, ...
?
 -
 		?
 		?
Paul,
C P
C.P. Paul
?
 -
Col.
?
Military Cross MC
 ?
 ?

UNKNOWN; perhaps Lt.Col. C.R. Paul ?

(1943)

Combined Operations HQ
Pavitt,
Richard [Gordon] Hastings
R.H. Parvitt
16.09.1920
Masterton, New Zealand
-
Gnr.
 		1938 [064165]
2nd Lt.
 		19.11.1944 [348803]
WS/Lt.
08.04.1945 (reld 24.01.1947)
T/Capt.
 		12.11.1945-24.01.1947
Hon. Capt.
 		24.01.1947
Efficiency Medal (Territorial) EM
 28.11.1958
 ?
1939-45 Star, Burma Star, Italy star, Defence Medal, War Medal, New Zealand War Service Medal, General Service Medal bar S.E. Asia 1945-46, Efficiency Medal bar
New Zealand (26.04.1949) *

* Curiously, Pavitt wrote to the War Office on the 30th June, 1958, claiming the award of the Efficiency Medal (Territorial) and, most surprisingly and probably because they
were unaware of his previous award of the New Zealand Efficiency Medal, this award was gazetted on the 28th November, 1958.
1938

enlisted in the New Zealand Territorial Force and served in the Field Artillery.
08.1943

attested for the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force and posted to the 6th Field Regiment, New Zealand Artillery (Italy)
04.1944

selected for a course at an Officer Cadet Training Unit as an officer candidate for the British Army
19.11.1944

commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
1944
 -