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British Army Officers
1939-1945

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Paget, B.C.T.
to
Puttnam, L.A.

B.C.T. Paget to L.A. Puttnam

Paget,
Sir Bernard Charles Tolver
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).

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)

GCB	01.01.1946	New Year 46
KCB	01.01.1942	New Year 42
CB	11.07.1940	distinguished service in the field
DSO	01.01.1918	distinguished service in the field
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)

Paine,
Thomas Walter
T.W. Paine

?
-

Sgt.Maj. (AC)	?
Lt. QM	12.08.1940 [143643]
T/Capt. QM	06.08.1941-11.06.1943
WS/Capt. QM	12.08.1943 (reld > 04.1946)

15.02.1941			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
06.05.1941	-	(04.1946)	General Staff Officer, 3rd grade, Directorate of Royal Artillery, Department of the Chief of the Imperial General Staff, The War Office

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, Hampshire ?]

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

DSO	1917	?
MID	04.01.1917	?
MID	23.07.1917	?
MID	23.12.1918	?
MID	07.07.1919	?
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

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

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

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

MBE	03.06.1919	HM's birthday 19 [20.03.20 investiture by British High Commissioner in Cairo]
MID	01.04.1941	Middle East 08.39-11.40
MID	08.07.1941	Middle East 12.40-02.41
14\|15 St	?	?
BWM 14\|20	?	?
VM	?	?
39\|45 St	?	?
Afr St	?	?
WM 39\|45	?	?
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,
James George
J.G. Parker (Photo courtesy of Mr Phil Parker)

21.02.1906
Fulham, London
-
14.02.1961
Hounslow, Middlesex

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	29.09.1941 [212293]
WS/Lt.	29.09.1941 (reld 11.12.1945)
A/Capt.	02.06.1944
T/Capt.	1945?
Hon. Capt.	11.12.1945

			served as a Non-Commissioned Officer in the 1st Battalion The Seaforth Highlanders
13.09.1939			attached to No. 1 Transportation Company Pioneer Corps (France; returned to UK 17.06.194)
29.09.1941			commissioned, Royal Pioneer Corps [emergency commission]
06.1942			posted to Egypt
02.08.1942			1819th Pioneer Company

Parker,
Robert Henry
R.H. Parker (Photo courtesy Mr Robert H. Parker, via Mr Gerald Mason)

08.1913
-
[09.2008 still alive at Bangor, Co. Down.
N. Ireland, aged 95]

Cadet	? [2580689]
2nd Lt.	02.10.1943 [295749]
WS/Lt.	02.04.1944 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Capt.	?
Hon. Capt.	< 04.1946

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

Son of ... Parkinson, and ... Fortune.

(09?).1921
Halifax district, Yorkshire - West Riding / West Yorkshire
-
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

CBE	11.07.1940	for distinguished services in the field
DSO	03.06.1917	for distinguished service in the field in Mesopotamia
MC	< 03.1917	?
MID	22.06.1915	?
MID	19.10.1916	?
MID	15.08.1917	?
MID	05.06.1919	?
MID	10.05.1945	NW Europe
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.

Parry-Smith,
David [Patrick]
D. Parry-Smith

18.04.1918
-
06.2004
Exetrer district, Devon

Cadet	? [2045780]
2nd Lt.	20.02.1944 [326268]
WS/Lt.	20.02.1944 (reld > 04.1946, < 04.1947)

29.06.1951

20.02.1944

commissioned, Royal Fusiliers [emergency commission]

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

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.	?

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.

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

(1943)

Combined Operations HQ

Pavitt,
Richard [Gordon] Hastings
R.H. Parvitt (Photo courtesy of Mr David Barlow)

His father served in WW1 (New Zealand army attached to a British unit) and was Mentioned in Despatches at the end of the war by Field Marshal Haig.

16.09.1920
Masterton, New Zealand
-
07.2009 still alive

Gnr.	1938 [064165]
2nd Lt.	19.11.1944 [348803]
WS/Lt.	08.04.1945 (reld 24.01.1947; on medical grounds (malarai))
T/Capt.	12.11.1945-24.01.1947
Hon. Capt.	24.01.1947

39\|45 St	-	-
Bur St	-	-
It St	-	-
Def M	-	-
WM 39\|45	-	-
NZWSM	-	-
GenSM	-	& bar SE Asia 1945/46
EM	26.04.1949	& bar New Zealand
EM	28.11.1958	*

* Curiously enough, 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	-	1946	attached to the 4th Field Regiment, Royal Indian Artillery (Burma [advance on Rangoon], surrender ceremony at Singapore as part of the British delegation with Lord Mountbatten (09.1945), then Java [Indonesia] (with 5th Field Regiment?))

Payne,
Charles Ainsworth
C.A. Payne

?
-

2nd Lt.	15.02.1941 [170655]
WS/Lt.	01.07.1942
T/Capt.	01.07.1942-(04.1944)
WS/Capt.	31.10.1944 (reld > 04.1946)
T/Maj.	31.10.1944-(04.1946)
Capt. TA	01.05.1947, seniority 15.06.1946 (reld 29.06.1948)
Hon. Maj.	29.06.1948

15.02.1941			commissioned, Royal Corps of Signals [emergency commission]
01.05.1947	-	29.06.1948	Territorial Army
22.08.1951			Regular Army Reserve of Officers

Payne,
Harold
H. Payne

?
-

2nd Lt.	02.10.1943 [295282]
WS/Lt.	?, seniority 02.10.1943
T/Capt.	11.10.1944-(04.1946)
WS/Maj.	1946?

MID

08.11.1945

NW Europe

02.10.1943			commissioned, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers [emergency commission]
			served in NW Europe (Caen) and possibly in the in the Trans Jordan Frontier Force

Payne,
Michael Shears
M.S. Payne

Son of Rawdon Shears Payne, and Sylvia Harvey.
From Colne Engaine.
Married (15.05.1953) Hon. Joan Spring-Rice; one son, one daughter.

?
-

2nd Lt.	21.03.1942 [229261]
Lt.	03.07.1944 (reld 02.01.1948)
T/Capt.	01.08.1945-(04.1946)
Hon. Capt.	02.01.1948

	MC	12.04.1945	NW Europe
	MID	24.08.1944	Italy

21.03.1942			commissioned, Reconnaissance Corps [emergency commission]
(1944/45?)			short service commission, Royal Armoured Corps
(1945)			served, 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars
16.08.1947			transferred, 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars

Peake,
Archibald Ernest

?
-

Sgt.	? [1869564]
2nd Lt.	11.01.1944 [305210]
WS/Lt.	11.01.1944
T/Capt.	?
Lt.	01.08.1949, seniority 11.01.1944
Capt.	11.01.1950 (reld 07.08.1956)

LSGCM

03.06.1949

[date of qualification 13.01.1947]

			served in the ranks
11.01.1944			commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [immediate emergency commission]
01.08.1949	-	07.08.1956	short service commission
07.08.1956	-	10.03.1959	Regular Army Reserve of Officers

Pearce,
Hedley Frederick

Son of ... Pearce, and ... Martin.

(06?).1917
Tavistock district, Devon
-

Cadet	? [14316310]
2nd Lt.	23.10.1943 [296867]
WS/Lt.	23.04.1944 (reld > 04.1946)

23.10.1943			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
11.12.1943			transferred, The Devonshire Regiment
11.12.1943	-	(09.1944)	Officer Commanding 5 Platoon, 2nd Battalion The Devonshire Regiment (NW Europe)

Pearce,
Henry Hayes

Son of ... Pearce, and ... Buckley.

04.07.1920
West Derby district, Lancashire
-
10.2009 still alive

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	30.07.1943 [288754]
WS/Lt.	30.01.1944 (reld > 04.1946, < 04.1947)

30.07.1943			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
			served in India (may have served as Deputy Provost Marshal, Military Police Calcutta, Eastern Command)

Pearson,
Alastair Stevenson

Son of Alexander Stevenson Pearson, Glasgow.
Married (1944) Mrs Joan Morgan WeldSmith (deceased); one daughter,
and two step daughters.

see: www.ornebridgehead.org

01.06.1915
Glasgow
-
29.03.1996
Gartocharn, by Alexandria, Dunbartonshire

2nd Lt.	? [62792]
Lt.	02.05.1937
Capt.	16.02.1939
WS/Maj.	23.02.1943
T/Lt.Col.	1942?-1943?, 02.12.1943-(04.1946)
Lt.Col.	01.05.1947
Col.	11.11.1953, seniority 01.05.1950
A/Brig.	?

	CB	12.06.1958	HM's birthday 58
	DSO	04.05.1943	North Africa
	DSO	18.05.1943	North Africa
	DSO	23.12.1943	Sicily
	DSO	01.02.1945	NW Europe
	OBE	1953	?
	MC	23.09.1943	North Africa
	TD	?	?
	TD	13.07.1951	?
	TD	?	?
	TD	17.03.1959	?
-	CFM	05.1981	Cadet Forces Medal

Education: Kelvinside Academy; Sedbergh
Company Director, 1936-1939.

02.05.1934			commissioned, The Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment) - Territorial Army
02.05.1934	-	01.08.1942	6th Battalion The Highland Light Infantry, Territorial Army (Glasgow)
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
01.08.1942			transferred to the Parachute Regiment, Army Air Corps
1942	-	1945	Commanding Officer, 1st and 8th Parachute Battalions
1947	-	1953	Commanding Officer, 15th (Scottish) Battalion The Parachute Regiment (TA)
1953	-	1959	Deputy Commander, 46th Parachute Brigade (TA)
10.01.1962	-	?	Territorial Army Reserve of Officers

Commander Scotland Army Cadet Force, Brigadier, 26.10.1967-1981. ADC (TA) to the Queen, 16.05.1956-16.05.1961. Honoray Colonel, 15th (Scottish) Bn The Parachute Regiment (TA), 30.12.1963-01.04.1977 and 01.04.1983-1990. Honorary Sheriff, Dunbarton, 1991. DL Glasgow, 1951, Dunbartonshire, 1975. KStJ 1980. Farmer; Lord Lieutenant of Dunbartonshire, 20.06.1979-1990; Keeper of Dumbarton Castle, since 1981.
Literature: Julian James, A fierce quality : the fighting life of Alastair Pearson DSO & Three Bars, MC (1989)

Pearson,
Barclay Andrew

Son of ... Pearosn, and ... Bowden-Smith.
From Bridge of Allan.

13.01.1912
Dorchester district, Dorset
-
02.1990 still alive

2nd Lt.	01.02.1936, seniority 30.08.1934 [66254]
Lt.	30.08.1937
A/Capt.	06.11.1939-05.02.1940
T/Capt.	06.02.1940-29.08.1942
Capt.	30.08.1942
A/Maj.	19.11.1942-18.02.1943
T/Maj.	19.02.1943-13.02.1945
WS/Maj.	14.02.1945
Maj.	30.08.1947
A/Lt.Col.	19.08.1943-10.09.1943, 08.12.1944-13.02.1945
T/Lt.Col.	14.02.1945-29.08.1946, 27.04.1948-25.07.1951, 20.02.1954-11.03.1954
Lt.Col.	12.03.1954
T/Col.	26.07.1951-19.02.1954
local Col.	27.04.1948-02.05.1950
Col.	16.06.1957 (retd 14.04.1960)
Hon. Brig.	14.04.1960

DSO	10.05.1945	NW Europe
MID	15.12.1942	Middle East 11.41-04.42
MID	25.11.1943	Middle East

Palestine 1936-39 Medal & Clasp

Education: West Downs School, Winchester (1921-...); BA; psc

			from the General List - Territorial Army (University Candidates)
01.02.1936			commissioned into the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's)
06.11.1939	-	26.07.1940	Instructor, Middle East Weapon Training School
07.07.1940	-	18.11.1942	Adjutant, ...
19.11.1942	-	01.09.1944	Deputy Assistant Quatermater-General (DAQMG), HQ 30 Corps
(8.12.44?)	-	(1945?)	Commanding Officer, 8th Battalion The Royal Scots
05.09.1945	-	29.05.1946	Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General (AA&QMG), HQ 51st (Highland) Infantry Division
...			...
12.03.1954	-	28.02.1957	Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
...			...

Deputy Lieutenant (DL), 12.04.1965.

Pearson,
Frank Addison
F.A. Pearson (Photo courtesy of Mrs Ruth Arber née Pearson)

Son of Aubrey Thomas Pearson, and Ethel Beare.
Married; .. children (one daughter?).

06.08.1923
Bromsgrove, Worcestershire
-
07.10.2006
Newton Abbot, Teignbridge district, Devon

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	03.10.1942 [247004]
WS/Lt.	03.04.1943 (reld > 04.1946)
A/Capt.	(1944)

	MC ?	?	Sicily
	CdeG	1944	France

Education: Allhallows School, Budleigh Salterton; Edinburgh University.

1942	-	1945	served in North Africa, Sicily, France and Belgium:
03.10.1942			commissioned, The Devonshire Regiment [emergency commission]
05.04.1943	-	09.06.1944	2nd Battalion The Devonshire Regiment (UK & NW Europe)
10.06.1944	-	(09..1944)	Officer Commanding, 6 Platoon, 2nd Battalion The Devonshire Regiment (NW Europe)
03.05.1946			transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (served with 2nd Parachute Battalion)

Pearson,
James Herbert Acheson *
J.H.A. Pearson (Photo courtesy of Mr Charles Hawkshaw-Burn)

* also known as: Herbert James Pearson

12.07.1916
-
04.03.2002
Steyning, West Sussex

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	11.01.1941 [165957]
WS/Lt.	11.07.1942
A/Capt.	24.07.1944-23.10.1944
T/Capt.	24.10.1944-05.10.1946
WS/Capt.	06.10.1946
A/Maj.	10.01.1946-13.02.1946, 11.08.1946-05.10.1946
T/Maj.	06.10.1946-05.03.1948
Lt.	22.03.1947, seniority 03.03.1941
Capt.	22.03.1947 seniority 01.07.1946
T/Maj.	26.04.1951-11.07.1952
Maj.	12.07.1952 (retd 26.07.1958)
A/Lt.Col.	06.03.1948-11.06.1950
Hon. Lt.Col.	26.07.1958

			served in the ranks (mobilized TA) for 1 year, 139 days
?	-	11.10.1941	170th Officer Cadet Training Unit
11.01.1941			commissioned, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers [emergency commission to 21.03.1947]
22.03.1947			permanent commission
(1947)			HQ Southern Command (Poona, India)

Pearson,
Kenneth Noble
K.N. Pearson

Son of Alfred Pearson (1848-1909), and Caroline Doncaster Noble (1859-1925).
Married (1923) Margaret Aley Vincent Goode (12.09.1897-1975); three sons, two daughters.

14.08.1889
Brighton, Sussex
-
27.01.1961
Ealing, Middlesex

2nd Lt.	22.09.1906
T/2nd Lt.	?
T/Capt.	30.07.1916 (Unemployed List 15.10.1919) (retd)
Lt.	19.10.1940 [152245] (reld < 04.1946)

20.10.1916

* For conspicuous gallantry and skill. With one other pilot he attacked ten hostile aeroplanes. The other pilot had his controls cut and had to return, but Captain Pearson fought on till all the enemy aeroplanes were dispersed. On another occasion he bombed trains from a low altitude. He has done other fine work.

22.09.1906	-	31.03.1908	commissioned, 2nd Volunteer Battalion The East Lancashire Regiment
01.04.1908			transferred, 5th Battalion The East Lancashire Regiment
03.11.1915			appointed, Royal Flying Corps (Military Wing) (as Flying Officer) [personal number 962] (and to be transferred from the Royal Engineers to the General List)
30.07.1916			promoted to Flight Commander, RFC
19.10.1940			commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]

AMInstCE

Pedder,
Richard Robert Newsham
"Dick"
R.R.N. Pedder

Son of Brig.Gen. Ernest Newsham Pedder, and Mary Aloisa Pedder.
Husband of Pamela Anne Pedder.
Residence: Stirlingshire.

20.07.1904
Southampton, South Stoneham district, Hampshire
-
09.06.1941
(KIA) [age 36]
[Sidon War Cemetery, Lebanese Republic, 3.G.1]

2nd Lt.	27.08.1924 [31724]
Lt.	27.08.1926
Capt.	18.12.1936
WS/Maj.	22.10.1940
T/Lt.Col.	1941?

27.08.1924			commissioned, The Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment)
(03.1931)			2nd Battalion The Highland Light Infantry (Cawnpore)
30.12.1931	-	12.11.1936	employed with Royal West African Frontier Force
(01.1937)			1st Battalion The Highland Light Infantry (Fort George)
(01.1939)			1st Battalion The Highland Light Infantry (Fort George) (on the strength of the depot)
(01.1941)	-	09.06.1941	Commanding Officer, No. 11 (Scottish) Commando [which was "C" Battalion of Layforce] (killed in action, Litani River, Syria)

Pedretti,
Louis
L. Pedretti

[= Pedretti, Louis Marino, born (09?).1902 , Westminster, London ??]

?
-

2nd Lt.	16.10.1939 [144882]
WS/Capt.	13.09.1940
A/Maj.	13.06.1940-12.09.1940
T/Maj.	13.09.1940-(04.1941)
WS/Maj.	08.06.1942
T/Lt.Col.	08.06.1942-(04.1944)
WS/Lt.Col.	06.12.1944 (cashiered by sentence of a General Court Martial 13.12.1946)
A/Col.	06.06.1944-05.12.1944
T/Col.	06.12.1944-(04.1946)

	OBE	06.01.1944	Middle East *
	MID	30.12.1941	Middle East 02-07.41

* 11.04.1950 cancelled and annulled, and his name erased from the Register, in consequence of his having been cashiered by sentence of a General Court Martial

16.10.1939			commissioned, General List [emergency commission]
13.06.1940	-	(04.1941)	Deputy Assistant Director of Hirings, ...

Peel,
David Arthur [George]
D.A. Peel

Son of the Rev. the Hon. Maurice Berkeley Peel (1873-1917), MC and Bar, BA, Chaplain to the Forces, grandson of Prime Minister Robert Peel, and the Hon. Mrs. Emily Peel (née Alington) (1879-), of Tamworth, Staffordshire.
Married (14.04.1936) the Hon. Sara Carola Vanneck (25.09.1913-09.2001), daughter of William Charles Arcedeckne Vanneck, 5th Baron Huntingfield of Heveningham Hall and Margaret Eleanor Crosby; three sons, one daughter.
Residence: Neatishead, Norfolk, later Lacock, Wiltshire.

04.10.1910
Bromley district, Kent
-
12.09.1944
(DOW)
[Leopoldsburg War Cemetery, Belgium, VI.C.3]

2nd Lt.	25.05.1940 [132247]
WS/Lt.	25.11.1941
T/Capt.	15.12.1941-(04.1944)
T/Maj.	:?

01.03.1945

NW Europe [posthumously] *

* On the evening of 10 Sep 44, during the advance to the ESCAUT CANAL, Major PEEL was in command of No. 1 Squadron, 2 Armoured Bn Irish Guards. Major PEEL was ordered to capture the bridge over the canal at DE GROOTE BARRIER; this bridge was known to be prepared for demolition, although it was believed to be still intact. As soon as the first tank exposed itself, the enemy opened fire with an anti-tank gun. Major PEEL at once directed the fire of his Squadron on to the bridge, while he himself went on foot to reconnoitre the German position. The bridge was found to be held by three 88mm guns and a large number of infantry. Major PEEL immediately ordered a troop to charge the bridge at speed under the covering fire of the remainder of the Squadron. He himself crossed the bridge with the leading troop. The speed and energy with which this attack was conducted resulted in complete success; the bridge was captured intact in spite of the obvious enemy intention to deny it to us at all costs. The success of this operation was very largely due to Major PEEL’s courage and determination to close with the enemy. Throughout the action he displayed a complete disregard for personal safety. The consistently high standard of leadership and gallantry displayed by this officer have been a constant source of inspiration to his Squadron. 11 Sep 44.

Education: Oxford University (BA).

25.05.1940			commissioned, Irish Guards [emergency commission]
21.04.1943	-	(04.)1944	Adjutant, ...
1944	-	12.09.1944	Officer Commanding, No. 1 Squadron, 2nd (Armoured) Battalion The Irish Guards

Pelham,
Robert Henry
R.H. Pelham (Photo courtesy of Mr Ronald Gamble)

20.03.1921
-
12.2000
Carlisle, Cumberland

2nd Lt.	02.11.1940 [155285]
WS/Lt.	02.05.1942 (reld > 04.1946)
T/Capt.	01.04.1943-(04.1946)

02.11.1940			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
?	-	?	X Troop, later D Troop, 6th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery RA (SR)

Pemberton,
[Ngaire] Antony Boyd
N.A.B. Pemberton

Son of Thomas James Pemberton, and of Jessie Helen Pemberton (nee Pope), of Redland, Bristol.

(09?).1922
Bromley district, Greater London / Kent
-
13.04.1945
(DOW) [age 22]
[Taukkyan War Cemetery, Burma, 20.C.2]

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	20.09.1941 [207599]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942

MID

09.05.1946

Burma

20.09.1941			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
?			transferred, The Gloucestershire Regiment
?	-	13.04.1945	attached, 7th Battalion The York and Lancaster Regiment

Pendlebury,
James Willie
J.W. Pendlebury

Married (31.07.1916) Dorothy Best; their son 2nd Lt. Michael Kenny Pendlebury of the 1st Battalion The East Lancashire Regiment was killed on April 16 1945 aged 19 years.

04.06.1891
Lancashire
-
died between 1967 and 1985

2nd Lt. SR (prob)	16.03.1912
Lt. SR	?
Capt. SR	01.04.1916
Lt.	07.05.1921, seniority 01.10.1915 [4978]
Capt.	17.08.1921
Bt. Maj.	01.01.1931
Maj.	21.06.1933
Lt.Col.	03.07.1939 (supernumerary 03.07.1942)
Col.	31.12.1942, seniority 03.07.1942 (retd 18.12.1945)
A/Brig.	24.10.1940-23.04.1941
T/Brig.	24.04.1941-(04.1944)
Hon. Brig.	18.12.1945

DSO	22.10.1940	gallant conduct in action with the enemy
MC	1916?	?
MID	22.06.1915	?
14\|15 St	?	?
BWM 14\|20	?	?
VM	?	?

			Cadet Lance Serjeant, Manchester University Contingent, Officers Training Corps
16.03.1912			commissioned, The East Lancashire Regiment - Special Reserve of Officers
1914	-	24.05.1920	mobilized, Special Reserve (for 5 years, 294 days)
18.09.1914	-	28.06.1915	served France & Belgium (wounded twice)
(1916)			3rd Battalion The East Lancashire Regiment
28.09.1916	-	?	.. Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
07.05.1921			commissioned, The East Lancashire Regiment
16.04.1928	-	02.05.1929	Adjutant, Territorial Force, India
03.05.1929	-	15.04.1932	Staff Captain, Allahabad Brigade Area (India)
(06.1933)			1st Battalion The East Lancashire Regiment (Catterick)
(01.1937)			1st Battalion The East Lancashire Regiment (Egypt (for Holywood))
(01.1939)			1st Battalion The East Lancashire Regiment (Holywood)
03.07.1939	-	1940	Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion The East Lancashire Regiment (France)
25.01.1940	-	05.02.1940	acting Commander, 127th (Manchester) Infantry Brigade (UK)
14.11.1940	-	03.11.1941	Commander, 225th Independent Infantry Brigade (Home) (UK)
03.11.1941	-	12.04.1943	Commander, 140th (London) Infantry Brigade (UK)

Colonel, The East Lancashire Regiment, 01.01.1946-01.01.1956.

Peniakoff,
Vladimir
"Popski"
V. Peniakoff

Son of late Dmitri Peniakoff, of Russian origin.
Naturalized British citizen, 11.1946.
Married 1st (10.11.1928, Nag Hamadi, Egypt) Josèphe Louise Colette "Josette" Ceysens (born 1909) (marriage dissolved 1942); she remarried (1946) George Delcoigne); two daughters.
Married 2nd (02.04.1948, London) Junior Commander Pamela Hope Firth, ATS (05.12.1917 - 05.12.2005; she went on to marry Thomas Stanley "Tom" Matthews (08.10.1964), former Managing Director of Time magazine).
Last residence: Cliveden Place, Belgravia, London.

30.03.1897
Huy, Belgium
-
15.05.1951
National Hospital, Holborn, London
(brain tumour)
[buried at Wixoe, Suffolk]

2nd Lt.	04.10.1940 [159661]
WS/Capt.	01.07.1941 (reld > 04.1946, < 04.1947)
T/Maj.	01.07.1941-(04.1944)
A/Lt.Col. ? or T/Lt.Col. ?	1945 ?

DSO	26.04.1945	Italy
MC	26.11.1942	Middle East Special Operations & escapes
Afr St	-	-
It St	-	-
Cour	12.04.1947	?
CdeG(B)	12.04.1947	?

Education: St John's College, Cambridge University
Served as a private in the French artillery in World War I. Emigrated to Egypt, working as an engineer for a sugar manufacturer, 1924.

04.10.1940			commissioned, General List [emergency commission]
			served in the Libyan Arab Force
10.1942	-	12.1942	formation of a small raiding unit
10.12.1942	-	14.09.1945	Commanding Officer, No 1 Demolition Squadron, PPA ("Popski's Private Army") (Western Desert [Libya & Tunisia], Italy & Austria) [lost a finger on a raid in Barce (Africa), later he lost his left hand on a raid in Italy (11/12/1944)]

FRGS, 10.1937. Writer.
Published: Private Army (1950)
Literature: John Willett, Popski : a life of Vladimir Peniakoff (1954)

Penna,
Albert William
A.W. Penna (Photo courtesy of Doris M. Grant)

Son of Willam Penna, a Private in the London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) (died 16.08.1917 at 2nd Battle of Ypres), and Florence Newman.
Married (06.1923, Athens, Greece) Efimia Angela Clady (22.05.1903 - 1992); one son, two daughters.

22.04.1902
Holborn, London, Middlesex
-
1989
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

2nd Lt.	03.06.1941 [195935]
WS/Lt.	?
WS/Capt.	23.03.1943
T/Maj.	23.03.1943-(04.1944)
WS/Maj.	16.07.1945
T/Lt.Col.	16.07.1945-(04.1946)
Maj.	01.10.1946, seniority 16.07.1945 (reld 01.10.1954)
Hon. Lt.Col.	01.10.1954

	OBE	01.01.1955	New Year 55
	MID	30.12.1941	Middle East 02.41-07.41

fall of 1919			enlisted service [paperwork signed by his stepfather as he was still underaged]
03.06.1941			commissioned, Royal Army Ordnance Corps (Administrative Branch) [emergency commission to 30.09.1946]
01.10.1946	-	01.10.1954	short service commission
late '40s	-	early '50s	ordnance depot at Tel-el-Kabir, Egypt

Emigrated 1954 to Canada, and became a civil servant with the Canadian government in Ottawa.

Penney,
[Sir] William Ronald Campbell
W.R.C. Penney

2nd son of J. Campbell Penney, Accountant of Court for Scotland.
Married 1st (1925) Shirley Mary (died 1960), daughter of V.Adm. V.G. Gurner; two daughters.
Married 2nd (1963) Stella, widow of Lt.Cdr. Robert Michael Marshall, RNVR, and daughter of late Rev. P.M. Daubeny and of Mrs Daubeny, Old House Farm, Cublington, Bucks.

16.05.1896
-
03.12.1964
Berwick-on- Tweed?

2nd Lt.	17.11.1914 [3029]
Lt.	23.12.1915
A/Capt.	22.01.1917-02.11.1917
Capt.	03.11.1917
Maj.	08.06.1927
Bt. Lt.Col.	01.07.1934
Lt.Col.	01.04.1935
local Col.	04.11.193-17.11.1939
Col.	18.11.1939, seniority 01.07.1937
A/Brig.	18.11.1939-17.05.1940
T/Brig.	18.05.1940-17.11.1940, 19.12.1940-09.10.1942
A/Maj.Gen.	10.10.1941-09.10.1942
T/Maj.Gen.	10.10.1942-25.06.1943
Maj.Gen.	26.06.1943, seniority 17.11.1941 (retd 12.10.1949)

KBE	1958	?
CBE	18.02.1943	Middle East 05-10.42
OBE	02.01.1933	New Year 33
CB	23.03.1944	Sicily
DSO	21.12.1937	Waziristan 37
MC	WW I	?
MID	18.05.1917	?
MID	18.02.1938	NW Frontier, India
LM	17.09.1948	distinguished services in the cause of the Allies

CzechoSlovak Order of the White Lion, Class III (14.11.1947)
British War Medal; Victory Medal; NW Frontier of India Medal & Clasp

Education: Wellington; Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; Staff College, Camberley (1928; psc); Imperial Defence College (idc)

17.11.1914			commissioned into the Corps of Royal Engineers
1914	-	1918	served European War, France and Belgium (24.01.1916-11.11.1918) (despatches, MC, French Croix de Guerre 22.11.1918, Belgian Croix de Guerre 04.09.1919)
13.03.1919	-	13.06.1921	General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), Signal Service Training Centre (temporary)
11.05.1921			transferred to the Corps of Royal Signals
1921	-	1926	served in India
01.03.1922	-	28.02.1926	Assistant to Signal Officer-in-Chief, India
22.03.1926	-	20.01.1927	Instructor (Class CC), School of Signals
14.04.1929	-	15.01.1931	General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), War Office
16.01.1931	-	26.03.1933	Brigade Major, Shanghai Area (temporary)
1935	-	1939	served in India (NW Frontier, 1937 (despatches, DSO))
01.04.1939	-	01.10.1939	specially employed, Imperial Defence College
			served World War II (wounded)
18.11.1939	-	17.11.1940	Deputy Director of Military Intelligence, War Office
19.12.1940	-	09.10.1941	Commander, 3rd Infantry Brigade (UK)
10.10.1941	-	29.01.1943	Signal Officer-in-Chief, Middle East
14.10.1943	-	24.07.1944	General Officer Commanding, 1st Infantry Division (N Africa, Italy) [except for 18-22.02.1944 & 04.05-13.06.1944]
1944	-	1945	Director of Intelligence, HQ Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia
1946	-	1949	Assistant Controller of Supplies (Munitions), Ministry of Supply
12.10.1949	-	16.05.1956	Reserve of Officers [age limit]

Colonel Commandant Royal Signals, 22.12.1947-22.12.1957. Employed in London Communications Security Agency, Foreign Office, 1953-1957.

Pentreath,
Edwin Sandys Dorchester
"Dorch"
E.S.D. Pentreath

Lived at Malta for some time.

26.10.1904
-
08.1986
Chichester district, Sussex

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	27.08.1924 [30911]
Lt.	27.08.1926
Capt.	01.11.1935
A/Maj.	27.05.1940-26.08.1940
T/Maj.	27.08.1940-26.08.1941
Maj.	27.08.1941 14.03.1947, seniority 29.08.1942 (retd 26.10.1950)
A/Lt.Col.	06.04.1942-05.07.1942
T/Lt.Col.	06.07.1942-07.09.1942
Hon. Lt.Col.	26.10.1950

11.07.1940

gallant and distinguished services in connection with recent operations

Education Royal Military College, Sandhurst

27.08.1924			commissioned, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
?	-	04.1927	served in India
(03.1931)			1st Battalion The Duke of Conrwall's Light Infantry (Bareilly)
(06.1933)			1st Battalion The Duke of Conrwall's Light Infantry (Bareilly)
01.11.1935	-	31.10.1938	Adjutant, 1st Battalion The Duke of Conrwall's Light Infantry (01.1937 at Dinapore, India)
(01.1939)			2nd Battalion The Duke of Conrwall's Light Infantry (Shorncliffe) [on the strength of the depot (Bodmin)]
29.11.1939	-	08.03.1940	Adjutant, ...

Pepper,
Ernest Cecil
E.C. Pepper

Son of W.E. Pepper, The Manor House, Nocton, Lincs. Married (1929) Margaret, daughter of A.W. Allan, MD, Seacroft, Lincs; two sons.

03.10.1899
Lincoln, Lincolnshire
-
03.08.1981
Hindhead, Surrey?

2nd Lt.	21.08.1918
Lt.	21.02.1920
Capt.	01.08.1931
Maj.	01.08.1938
A/Lt.Col.	31.07.1940-30.10.1940
T/Lt.Col.	31.10.1940-22.01.1941, 01.02.1941-08.03.1943
WS/Lt.Col.	09.03.1943
Lt.Col.	26.02.1945 (retd 02.01.1946; own request)
local Col.	19.02.1942-08.09.1942
A/Col.	09.09.1942-08.03.1943
T/Col.	09.03.1943
A/Brig.	09.09.1942-08.03.1943
T/Brig.	09.03.1943-02.01.1946
Hon. Brig.	02.01.1946

CMG	1967	?
CBE	05.08.1943	?
OBE	11.07.1940	?
DSO	21.12.1944	?

Education: Royal Miliyary College, Sandhurst; Staff College, Camberley (1935-1936; psc)

21.08.1918			commissioned, Worcestershire Regiment
13.12.1925	-	15.05.1928	ADC to District Commander (India)
16.05.1928	-	09.09.1929	ADC to the Governor of the United Provinces (India)
1928?			served in China
01.08.1931			transferred, Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Regiment
09.01.1933	-	25.01.1935	Adjutant, ...
28.11.1937	-	03.02.1940	General Staff Officer (Class CC to 31.07.1938) [Brigade Major, Chatham, 1937-1939]
04.02.1940	-	28.07.1940	General Staff Officer, grade 2 (GSO2) (France)
31.07.1940	-	22.01.1941	General Staff Officer, grade 1 (GSO1), War Office
1941	-	1942	Battalion Commander
19.02.1942	-	08.09.1942	General Staff Officer, grade 1 (GSO1), ...
09.09.1942	-	12.06.1943	Brigadier General Staff (BGS), ... (Africa)
10.07.1943	-	25.02.1944	Brigadier General Staff (BGS), ... (Washington)
27.02.1944	-	02.07.1944	Commander, 56th Infantry Brigade (UK, NW Europe [Normandy])
02.07.1944	-	02.10.1944	Commander, 131st (Surrey) Infantry Brigade (NW Europe)
1945			Commandant, School of Infantry

Warden, Dominion Students Hall Trust, 1945-70. Board of Governors: Church of England Children's Society (Waifs and Strays); Victoria League. Deputy Lieutenant (DL), County of London, later Greater London, 1948-76.
Published: A place to remember : the history of London House, William Goodenough House and The Burn (1972; under the name of Peter Pepper)

Percival,
Arthur Ernest
A.E. Percival

26.12.1887
Aspenden, near Buntingford, north Hertfordshire
-
31.01.1966
Westminster, London

T/2nd Lt.	03.09.1914-15.10.1914 [8785]
...	...
Capt.	16.10.1916, seniority 01.10.196
...	...
Col.	05.03.1936, seniority 01.01.1932 (half-pay 14.03.1938) (full-pay 01.04.1938)
T/Brig.	01.04.1938-04.02.1940
Maj.Gen.	05.02.1940, seniority 29.06.1938 (retd 31.08.1946)
A/Lt.Gen.	29.04.1941, seniority 05.04.1941-07.10.1945
Hon. Lt.Gen.	31.08.1946

CB	1941	?
DSO	1918	?
DSO	1919	?
OBE	1921	?
MC	WW I	?

...	-	...	...
01.04.1938	-	04.02.1940	Brigadier General Staff, Aldershot Command & I Corps (British Expeditionary Force)
05.02.1940	-	21.04.1940	General Officer Commandng, 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division (Home Forces)
22.04.1940	-	01.07.1940	Assistant Chief of the Imperial General Staff, War Office
02.07.1940	-	08.04.1941	General Officer Commandng, 44th (Home Counties) Infantry Division (Home Forces)
29.04.1941	-	15.02.1942	General Officer Commanding, Malaya (captured)
02.1942	-	09.1945	POW in Japanese captivity

Published: The war in Malaya (1949)

Pereira,
Barnard de Haan
"Tom"
B. de H. Pereira

05.05.1900
-
11.1995
Surrey South-Western district, Surrey

RAF:
2nd Lt. ?	?
Army:
2nd Lt.	02.03.1928 [39692]
Lt.	02.03.1931
A/Capt.	01.1940?
WS/Capt	?
T/Maj.	...-29.11.1942
WS/Maj.	30.11.1942
T/Lt.Col.	30.11.1942-22.07.1945
WS/Lt.Col.	23.07.1945
T/Col.	23.07.1945-(04.1946)
Maj.	01.01.1949 (retd 21.03.1951)
Hon. Col.	21.03.1951

	TD	01.04.1952	& 1st Clasp
	MID	30.12.1941	Middle East 02.41-07.41
	MID	28.10.1942	Burma 12.41-05.42
	MID	15.12.1942	Middle East 11.41-04.42
?	MoH	30.04.1943	Medal of Honour (China): Burma

			served Royal Air Force
02.03.1928			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army
02.03.1928	-	01.10.1932	337th (Essex) Battery, 85th (East Anglian) Field Brigade RA (Stratford)
01.10.1932	-	27.05.1933	transferred, 104th (Essex Yeomanry) Field Brigade RA
27.05..1933	-	21.03.1951	Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
			Essex Yeomanry, initially into 413th Batterty of 147th Regiment
01.1940			Battery Captain, 339th Battery, 104th Regiment RA
1941			Battery Captain, 414 Battery (special mission with 7th Armoured Brigade Group)
			Commanding Officer, 14th Regiment Royal Horse Artillery
			held Staff Appointments in the Middle East including a period on the Judge Advocate General's Office
			Deputy Head of the Legal Division of the Control Commission for Germany
			Deputy Judge Advocate General in Singapore and Cyprus, and later again in Germany

Assistant Judge Advocate General (London Office) [08.1955 serving as such; civil capacity]. Retired 1966.

Perkins,
Philip
P. Perkins

Son of Charles and Constance H. Perkins, of Harborne, Birmingham.
Husband of Gladys Marjorie Perkins, of Birmingham.

1917 ?
-
01.06.1945
[age 28]
[Maynamati War Cemetery, Bangladesh, 3.G.12]

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	25.02.1943 [264791]
WS/Lt.	25.08.1943

			Officer Cadet Training Unit
25.02.1943			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
?	-	01.06.1945	attached, 4th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Indian Artillery

Perowne,
Lancelot Edgar Connop Mervyn
"Lance"
P. Perkins

2nd and only surviving son of late Col. Woolrych Perowne.
Married (1927) Gertrude Jenny Johanna Stein, Cologne, Germany; one daughter.

11.06.1902
Kensington, Greater London
-
24.03.1982
Cobham, Surrey

2nd Lt.	31.01.1923 [23654]
Lt.	31.01.1925
Capt.	31.01.1934
Maj.	31.01.1940
A/Lt.Col.	27.05.1940-20.07.1940, 21.10.1941-25.11.1941
T/Lt.Col.	26.11.1941-18.11.1942
WS/Lt.Col.	19.11.1942
A/Col.	19.05.1942-18.11.1942
T/Col.	19.11.1942-30.07.1945
Col.	31.07.1945
A/Brig.	19.05.1942-18.11.1942
T/Brig.	19.11.1942-(01.1946)
Brig.	13.06.1951
T/Maj.Gen.	22.05.1951
Maj.Gen.	01.01.1952 (retd 07.08.1955)

CB	01.01.1953	New Year 53
CBE	08.02.1945	Burma / Estern Frontier of India
MID	1940?	?

Education: Wellington College; Royal Military Academy, Woolwich

31.01.1923			commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers
01.06.1929	-	31.10.1933	Adjutant, ... (Territorial Army)
04.12.1936	-	31.03.1940	Instructor (Class DD to 31.07.1938), ...
(04?).1940	-	(06?).1940	served France (despatches)
05.10.1940	-	11.05.1942	Instructor, ...
19.05.1942	-	1943	Commander, 69th Anti-Aircraft Brigade, Anti-Aircraft Command
?	-	03.11.1943	Commander, 37th Anti-Aircraft Brigade, Anti-Aircraft Command
18.11.1943	-	30.06.1945	Commander, 23rd Infantry Brigade (India, Burma) (despatches, CBE)
1945	-	1946	Penang SubArea and 74th Indian Infantry Brigade, SE Asia (despatches)
1946	-	1947	72nd Infantry Brigade, India
1947	-	1948	Comdt School of Combined Operations
1949	-	1951	comd 151 Northumberland and Durham Inf. Bde, TA
22.05.1951	-	1952	Commander British Military Mission to Greece
07.05.1952	-	06.05.1955	General Officer Commanding, South Malaya District & 17th Gurkha Division (despatches) (simultaneously: Major-General, The Brigade of Gurkhas)

Colonel, The Gurkha Engineers, 1957-04.11.1966. CEng; (A)MIEE; CStJ, 20.11.1937; KJStJ 1945; Star of Nepal (2nd Class), 1954.
Company Director, retired.

Perry,
Harold Francis John
H.F.J. Perry (Photo courtesy of Mr Ronald Bryant)

Son of Alfred John Perry and Sarah Perry (née Wright), of Parkstone, Dorsetshire.

(09?).1915
Parkstone, nr Poole, Dorset
-
16.06.1945
[age 29]
[Caserta War Cemetery, Italy, V.B.20]

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	02.11.1940 [156547]
WS/Lt.	02.05.1942
T/Capt.	...-16.06.1945

Education: East Sheen Grammar School for Boys

			either 161st, 162nd, 164th, 165th or 167th Officer Cadet Training Unit
02.11.1940			commissioned, The Dorsetshire Regiment [emergency commission]

Pestell,
[Sir] John Richard
J.R. Pestell

Son of late LtComdr Frank Lionel Pestell, RN, and Winifred Alice Pestell.
Married (1951) Betty
Pestell (née Parish); three daughters.

21.11.1916
-
05.07.2005
Yeovil, Somerset

2nd Lt.	28.07.1945 [358685]
WS/Lt.	28.01.1946
A/Maj. ??	?

KCVO

1969

Education: Portsmouth Northern Secondary School

28.07.1945			commissioned, General List - Egypt Section [emergency commission]
1945	-	1947	Cyrenaica Defence Force

Joined British South Africa Police, Southern Rhodesia, 1939; retired, 1965, with rank of Assistant Commissioner. Secretary/Controller to Governor of Southern Rhodesia, Rt Hon. Sir H.V. Gibbs, 1965-1969. An Adjudicator, Immigration Appeals, Harmondsworth, 1970-1987.

Peters,
Harold Sydney
H.S. Peters

Married Janet McClean (predeceased him); one daughter.

1924 ?
-
19.02.2007
Spain
[aged 83]

2nd Lt.	05.08.1944
WS/Lt.	05.02.1945
Capt.	?

CBE

05.08.1944

commissioned, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers [emergency commission]

Formerly Colonial Service, Govt. of Malawi, Chamber of Mines, RSA.

Pethick,
Ralph Alfred Richard

Son of ... Pethick, and ... Bowden.

(03?).1920
Plymouth district, Devon
-

Cadet	? [?]
2nd Lt.	24.03.1943 [268101]
WS/Lt.	23.01.1944 (reld > 04.1946)
T/Capt.	01.12.1945-(04.1946)

24.03.1943			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
23.01.1944			transferred, The Devonshire Regiment
22.01.1944	-	(09.1944)	Platoon Commander, 2nd Battalion The Devonshire Regiment (NW Europe)

Petrie,
Sir David
D. Petrie

2nd surviving son of late Thomas Petrie, master millwright, and Jane Allan.
Married (1920) Edris Naida (died 1945), youngest daughter of late W.H. Elliston Warrall; no children.

09.09.1879
Inveravon, Banffshire
-
07.08.1961
Sidmouth, Devon

2nd Lt.	03.05.1940
WS/Lt.	01.03.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
A/Col.	03.05.1940-(04.1944)
local Brig.	26.03.1941-(04.1944)

KCMG	1945	?
Kt	06.1929	HM's birthday 29
CIE	1915	?
CVO	1922	?
CBE	1919	?
OBE	1918	?

Knight of Grace of St John of Jerusalem, 1933; American Legion of Merit (Commander); Czechoslovak Order of the White Lion, Cl. III; Commander Order of Orange Nassau with Swords

Education: Aberdeen University (MA 1900)

Served Indian Police, 1900-1936; Punjab Police, 1900-1903; seconded for service with Samana Rifles (Kohat Border Military Police), being successively Quartermaster and Adjutant, 1904-1908; Assistant to Deputy Inspector-General of Police, CID, Punjab, 1909-1910; Assistant Director of Criminal Intelligence, Government of India, 1911-1912; United Service Institution of India Gold Medal Essay, 1911; King's Police Medal, 1914; Additional Superintendent of Police, Delhi, 1912-1914; on special duty in Far East with Home Department, Government of India, 1915-1919; on Staff of Duke of Connaught, India, 1921; on Staff of Prince of Wales, India, 1921-1922; Senior Superintendent of Police, Lahore, 1923; Member of the Royal (Lee) Commission on the Public Services in India, 1923-1924; Director, Intelligence Bureau, Home Department, Government of India, 1924-1931; Member Public Service Commission, India, 1931-1932, Chairman 1932-1936. Chairman, Indian Red Cross Society and St John Ambulance Association, and Chief Commissioner for the Empire of India of St John Ambulance Brigade Overseas, 1932-1936; served under Colonial Office in Palestine, December 1937-January 1938.
03.05.1940			commissioned, Intelligence Corps [emergency commission]
			served Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) (posted to Cairo for 6 months 05.1940)
24.04.1941	-	1946	Director-General of the Security Service (MI5)

Phayer,
James Edward
J.E. Phayer

25.11.1906
Greenwich district, Greater London / Kent / London
-
(12?).1982
Salisbury district, Wiltshire

WO class II	?
Lt.	24.01.1940 [113961]
WS/Capt.	15.07.1943
T/Maj.	15.07.1943-(04.1946)
WS/Maj.	? (reld 28.11.1948)
Capt.	17.10.1949, seniority 15.07.1943
Maj.	13.12.1953 (reld 17.10.1959)
Hon. Lt.Col.	28.11.1948 & 17.10.1959

LSGCM

01.06.1951

- [date of qualification 12.07.1943]

?	-	23.01.1940	served in the ranks, Royal Artillery
24.01.1940			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission to 28.11.1948]
17.10.1949	-	17.10.1959	short service commission, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
(1959)	-	17.10.1959	Second-in-Command, 6th (Vehicle) Battalion REME

Phayre,
Robert Desmond Hensley
R.D.H. Phayre

Married; children.

01.10.1915
-
18.03.2007
Exeter

2nd Lt.	29.08.1935
...	...
T/Maj.	01.11.1941-26.07.1942, 28.04.1942-12.08.1944, 13.09.1944-02.03.1946
...	...
Col.	14.06.1963 (retd 25.10.1970)

MID

07.01.1949

29.08.1935			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery
19.08.1939	-	23.05.1940	SSO, Campbellpore, India
01.05.1941	-	19.07.1941	Staff Captain RA, Indian Infantry Division
20.07.1941	-	28.07.1941	Brigade Major RA, Indian Infantry Division
23.12.1941	-	26.07.1942	General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), Burma Army
19.01.1943	-	06.07.1944	General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2) (RA), General HQ, India
13.09.1944	-	05.12.1945	General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2) (Radar), War Office
...	-	...	...

Philips,
Herbert Francis Humphrey
H.F.H. Philips

From Bridlington.
Married ((12?).1940, Oakham district, Rutland) Dheidre Hornsby.

(09?).1908
Cheadle district, Staffordshire
-
died possibly in the early 1980s

2nd Lt. TA	18.04.1934 [62693]
Lt. TA	18.04.1937 (resigned commission 11.01.1939)
Lt.	31.05.1939
T/Capt.	25.02.1941-(04.1944)
WS/Capt.	24.02.1943
Capt.	01.01.1949
A/Maj.	24.11.1942-(04.1944)
T/Maj.	1944?
Hon. Maj.	< 04.1946 & 31.12.1958

MC	29.03.1945	NW Europe *
BL	18.07.1947	liberation of the Netherlands [by Dutch Royal Decree No. 29 of 24.04.46] **
39\|45 St	-	-
Fr&G St	-	-
Def M	-	-
WM 39\|45	-	-

Education: Lancing College

			late Cadet, Lancing College Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
18.04.1934	-	11.01.1939	commissioned, The Lanarkshire Yeomanry - Territorial Army (Lanark)
31.05.1939	-	31.12.1958	commissioned, Regular Army Reserve of Officers (Class I) [age limit]
24.08.1939			mobilized
1939	-	1940	Troop Leader, "A" Squadron, 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards - Royal Armoured Corps (France & Belgium)
1944	-	1945	Officer Commanding, "A" Squadron, East Riding Yeomanry - Royal Armoured Corps (NW Europe)

* [Recommendation for the award of a Military Cross to Maj. H.F.H. Philips]. Major Philips has consistently and successfully fought his Squadron since D-Day. His reconnaissances before each battle have been of the highest order, without thought of his own safety, and have often led to the successful outcome of his tank battle. During every action he has shown great courage, resource and steadiness. On Monday, 1st August, 1944, near Lisieux, the enemy put in a counter-attack at an early hour of the morning, causing the Infantry to begin to retire. Major Philips reconnoitred the situation on foot, placed his troops at once, thereby restoring what might otherwise have been an ugly situation. Throughout the campaign his standard of leadership and personal courage have been of the highest order.
Signed by Lt.Col. T.C. Williamson, DSO, Comd. E.Riding Yeo., RAC, 10 Nov 44; approved by H.D.G. Crerar, Gen, GOC-in-C, First Cdn Army [Citation courtesy of Mr Alain Brogniez]
** [Recommendation for the award of the Dutch order of the Bronze Lion to Maj. H.F.H. Philips]. Major Philips commanded a Sq[uadro]n of 19 tanks in the liberation of S. Holland. His Sq[uadro]n led the attacks in the following engagements:- Schijndel and Boxtel Oct 23-Oct 24, 1944. 's Hertogenbosch Oct 25 - 28, Heusden Nov 4-Nov 5. It was in every battle starting at Zommeren and Heide on Nov 13 and 14 to the final clearance of the left bank of the Maas opposite Venlo and Roermond on 25 Nov. It was during the latter series of battles on 18 Nov that the infantry of 51 (H) Div [= 51st (Highland) Infantry Division] were held up at Heringen by mines, demolitions and heavy fire. Major Philips, who was up with the leading tanks led his Sq[uadro]n into the village. By the surprise and bold attack, thirty Germans were killed and much of their equipment destroyed. This bold action, typical of many others by Major Philips during the campaign put all the Germans on this part of the front to rout. Major Philips's fearless leadership throughout the whole campaign was an inspiration and example to all.
Signed by Maj. V.C. Ellison, MC, Major Commanding, East Riding Yeomanry; approved by RMP Carver, Brigadier, Comd 4 Armd Bde [Citation courtesy of Mr Alain Brogniez]

Phillips,
Daphne Gordon
(Miss)
D.G. Phillips

Daughter of Maj.Gen. Sir Leslie and Lady Phillips.
Married 1st ... Chard.
Married 2nd ... Conway.
Married 3rd Maj. P.G.E. Hill of The Queens Royal Surrey Regiment.

?
-
30.01.2007

2nd Sub.	26.03.1943 [270392]
WS/Sub.	26.09.1943
T/J.Comd.	20.06.1945
Hon. Capt.	?
Capt.	09.06.1954
Maj.	? (reld 01.11.1965)

26.03.1943			commissioned. Auxiliary Territorial Service
09.06.1954	-	31.10.1965	commissioned, Women's Royal Army Corps - Territorial Army
01.11.1965	-	?	Territorial Army Reserve of Officers

Phillips,
James Wilfred
J.W. Phillips

Married (post-war) Jun.Comd. Penelope Ellison Otto, ATS.

17.07.1907
Wandsworth, London, Surrey
-
1960

2nd Lt.	01.09.1927 [38745]
Lt.	01.09.1930
Capt.	15.08.1936
A/Maj.	22.09.1940-26.10.1940, 17.01.1941-13.03.1941
T/Maj.	14.03.1941-30.04.1941, 17.05.1941-21.02.1942
WS/Maj.	22.02.1942
Maj.	01.09.1944
A/Lt.Col.	22.11.1941-21.02.1942
T/Lt.Col.	22.02.1942-23.02.1942, 30.06.1945-(01.1946)
Lt.Col.	05.10.1950 (retd 04.12.1951)

MID

09.08.1945

NW Europe

Palestine 1936-39 Medal & Clasp

01.09.1927			commissioned, 8th Hussars
			regimental service

Philpott,
Frederick James
F.J. Philpott

05.03.1915
-
(09?).1976
St Austell district, Cornwall

Gnr.	20.02.1941
Bdr.	?
Sgt.	?
2nd Lt.	04.10.1941 [205501]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942
A/Capt.	01.08.1942-19.10.1942, 05.03.1943-16.03.1943
T/Capt.	17.03.1943-31.12.1944
WS/Capt.	01.01.1945 (reld 11.06.1946)
A/Maj.	01.09.1944-29.12.1944
T/Maj.	30.12.1944-20.01.1945, 29.01.1945-11.06.1946

39\|45 St	-	-
Afr St	-	-
Def M	-	-
WM 39\|45	-	-
?	?	?

20.02.1941	-	14.03.1941	served in the ranks, 2nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA
14.03.1941	-	04.10.1941	served in the ranks, 9th Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA
04.10.1941			commissioned, Royal Army Ordnance Corps [emergency commission]
04.10.1941	-	11.11.1941	RAOC Officer Training School, Rushton Hall, Kettering
11.11.1941	-	03.12.1941	8th Armoured Division Workshops
03.12.1941	-	24.02.1942	Armoured Fighting Vehicle Repair & Recovery School
24.02.1942	-	19.10.1942	Command Workshop Aldershot
01.10.1942			transferred, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
31.12.1942	-	29.01.1945	252nd Indian Armoured Brigade Workshop (31st Indian Armoured Division) with PAI-Force, from 10.11.1943 with Middle East Forces (Egypt and Syria)
29.01.1945	-	17.11.1945	252nd Indian Armoured Brigade HQ (31st Indian Armoured Division, from 10.1945 1st Indian Armoured Division) with Middle East Forces
08.02.1946	-	23.03.1946	252nd Indian Armoured Brigade HQ (1st Indian Armoured Division) with Middle East Forces

Phipps,
Leckonby John Alexander
L.J.A. Phipps

Married 1983 Lady Evelyn Patricia Mary Scudamore- Stanhope.

12.03.1924
-
11.06.2001
Moccas, Herefordshire

2nd Lt.	25.06.1944 [323973]
WS/Lt.	25.12.1944

MID

04.04.1946

NW Europe

25.06.1944

commissioned into the Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]

Pike,
Godfrey Eben
G.E. Pike (Photo courtesy of Mrs Sheila Padden)

Son of Godfrey Pike of Gilwern, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire.
Married (28.10.1939) Caroline Fox Hanbury (born 28.07.1921), daughter of Sir Cecil Hanbury and Effield Dorothy Cecil Symons-Jeune; two sons.
From Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, later London.

01.08.1915
Westbury district, Wiltshire
-

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	29.08.1935 [66074]
Lt.	29.08.1938
A/Capt.	02.06.1940-01.09.1940
T/Capt.	02.09.1940-12.09.1941
WS/Capt.	13.09.1941
Capt.	29.08.1943
A/Maj.	13.06.1941-12.09.1941
T/Maj.	13.09.1941-22.10.1941, 12.03.1942-08.02.1944
WS/Maj.	09.02.1944
Maj.	29.08.1948 (retd 09.02.1949)
A/Lt.Col.	09.11.1943-08.02.1944
T/Lt.Col.	09.02.1944-04.06.1944, 02.06.1945-(04.1946)
Hon. Lt.Col.	09.02.1949

DSO	10.05.1945	NW Europe [investiture 28.06.45]
MBE	23.09.1943	North Africa (Algeria, Tunisia) [investiture 28.06.45]
MID	20.12.1940	?
MID	11.01.1945	Italy

Education: Royal Military Academy, Woolwich

29.08.1935			commissioned, Grenadier Guards
(01.1937)			2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards (Egypt)
(01.1939)			2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards (Welllington Barracks)
25.01.1940	-	24.01.1941	Adjutant, ...
(1941/42?)			Brigade Major, 1st Guards Brigade
(1944)	-	(1945)	Officer Commanding, No. 2 Squadron, 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards (NW Europe)
09.02.1949	-	01.08.1965	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]

Pine-Coffin,
Trenchard John
J.H. Pink

12.06.1921
Kashmir
-
08.2006

2nd Lt.	31.12.1939 [112831]
...	...
A/Maj.	18.02.1945-17.05.1945
T/Maj.	18.05.1945-14.05.1947, 09.12.1948-30.12.1952
Maj.	31.12.1952
Lt.Col.	20.02.1961 (retd 31.03.1968)

OBE

16.08.1963

31.12.1939			commissioned, The Devonshire Regiment
			served King's African Rifles (Burma)
			transferred, Parachute Regiment

Deputy Lieutenant (DL).

Pink,
James Henry
J.H. Pink

Husband of Marion Pink (née ...); one daughter.

08.09.1915
-
13.02.2007

2nd Lt.	30.01.1936
T/Maj.	13.08.1941-05.09.1941, 06.01.1942-13.07.1942, 21.01.1944-(01.1946)
Maj.	30.01.1949 (retd 10.12.1956)
Hon. Lt.Col.	10.12.1956

MBE	11.10.1945	?
MID	08.07.1941	?
MID	22.03.1945	?

30.01.1936			commissioned, Royal Tank Corps - Royal Armoured Corps
...	-	...	...

Pitman,
Thomas Islay
"Tommy"
T.I. Pitman

Married (1948) Sheilah
Westropp, the daughter of Major-General Victor Westropp; four daughters.

11.02.1915
Edinbugh
-
26.03.2005
in hospital (of Harmby House, Harmby)

2nd Lt. SRO	08.11.1933
2nd Lt.	11.02.1936 [56972]
Lt.	11.02.1939
Capt.	11.02.1944
A/Maj.	05.10.1945-04.01.1946
T/Maj.	05.01.1946-10.02.1949
Maj.	11.02.1949 (retd 28.06.1957)

	MC	18.12.1936	Palestine 36
	MID	21.02.1946	as POW

Palestine 1936-39 Medal & Clasp

Education: Eton; Royal Military College, Sandhurst

08.11.1933			commissioned into the 11th Hussars (Prince Albert's Own) - Royal Armoured Corps - Supplementary Reserve of Officers
11.02.1936			commissioned into the 11th Hussars (Prince Albert's Own) - Royal Armoured Corps
07.1940			dropped behind the Italian lines to carry out a hazardous reconnaissance of the Tobruk-Bardia road (captured)
26.07.1940	-	04.1945	POW; escaped 09.1943, re-captured; 05.1944 to Oflag VIB at Warburg
05.1945?	-	(04.1948)	Officer Commanding, C Squadron, 11th Hussars (Berlin)
			Instructor, Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst
?	-	1953	took over Blenheim Company, which became Sovereign's Company, Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst
1953	-	1954	Officer Commanding, C Squadron, 11th Hussars (Malaya)
	-	1957	Second-in-Command, 11th Hussars (Seremban)
28.06.1957	-	11.02.1965	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]

Won the Southern Command and Army Championships at golf, 1934. Set up a malting business in North Yorkshire, 1958. He bred cattle and sheep and for many years enjoyed golf and shooting. For 10 years, he was chairman of the Northern Horse Show and raised substantial sums for paraplegic charities and for Stoke Mandeville Hospital.

Pitt,
John William
J.W. Pitt

?
-

2nd Lt.	07.05.1943 [273894]
WS/Lt.	08.11.1943
WS/Capt.	21.01.1946
T/Maj.	21.01.1946-(04.1946) (reld 1946?)
Hon. Capt.	1946?
Capt. RARO	09.08.1958

18.02.1949

07.05.1943			commissioned, The Worcestershire Regiment [emergency commission]
			1st Battalion, The Worcestershire Regiment
09.08.1958			transferred to Regular Army Reserve of Officers - Intelligence Corps

Served the Allied Control Commission, Munster, 1947-1950. Later Intelligence Officer at Essen.

Pittendrigh,
Arthur

see:

RNR officers' section

Plant,
George Daniel
G.D. Plant

(03?).1921
Dudley district, Staffodshire / Worcestershire
-

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	04.07.1942 [237581]
WS/Lt.	04.01.1943

04.07.1942			commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]
(05.1944)			Middle East Training Centre

Plant,
William James
W.J. Plant

Lived at Preston, Lancashire.

(03?).1888
Fylde, Lancashire
-

Pte.	? [2647]
2nd Lt.	? [26262]
A/Capt.	12.06.1917-24.04.1917
T/Capt.	25.04.1917.-25.03.1918
A/Capt.	25.03.1918, seniority 25.04.1917 (without pay or allowances)
T/Capt.	14.04.1921-24.07.1921 (reld 24.07.1921)
Prov. Maj.	27.09.1921
Maj.	21.10.1924, seniority 27.09.1921
Lt.Col.	31.07.1928
Bt. Col.	31.07.1932
Maj.	15.07.1940 (reverted to this rank at own request whilst employed)
Lt.Col.	29.04.1941 (reld 03.12.1945; restored to rank of Bt. Col.))
local Col.	03.02.1943-(04.1944)

19.08.1943

?			commissioned, North Lancashire Regiment (later: The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)) - Special Reserve of Officers
12.06.1917	-	24.04.1917	Company Commander, North Lancashire Regiment
25.03.1918	-	05.1918	Officer Cadet Unit
?	-	?	3rd Battalion The Loyal Regiment
26.05.1921	-	24.07.1921	4th (Defence Force) Battalion The Loyal Regiment
31.07.1928	-	06.06.1935	Commanding Officer, 4th Battalion The Loyal Regiment
06.06.1935			Territorial Army Reserve of Officers (Class I) (15.11.1941 transferred to the regimental list of the Royal Artillery)
02.1941	-	15.11.1941	Commanding Officer, 7th Battalion The Loyal Regiment, reorganized as:
15.11.1941	-	summer1942	Commanding Officer, 92nd (Loyals) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA
(04.1944)			specially employed

Deputy Lieutenant (DL), County Palatine, Lancaster, 02.11.1935.

Platt,
Eugene William
E.W. Platt

?
-

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	17.05.1941 [187720] (reld 24.09.1942; ill-health) (deprived of his rank 06.04.1943)

17.05.1941

commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]

Platt,
John Rowley Innes
J.W. Pitt

Married (1940) Isobel Fenwick; two sons.

17.06.1905
Wylam, Northumberland
-
16.10.2006

2nd Lt.	29.01.1925 [32105]
Lt.	29.01.1927
Capt.	01.05.1937
A/Maj.	12.04.1940-11.07.1940
T/Maj.	12.07.1940-25.05.1941, 29.05.1941-28.01.1942
Maj.	29.01.1942
A/Lt.Col.	01.03.1942-31.05.1942
T/Lt.Col.	01.06.1942-11.09.1944, 08.11.1944-(04.1946)
Lt.Col.	15.11.1948 (supernumerary 15.11.1951) (retd 27.06.1952)
A/Col.	16.10.1943-26.11.1943
T/Brig.	?
Hon. Brig.	27.06.1952

DSO	24.08.1944	crossing of the River Garigliano, Italy, 11.05.44
OBE	14.06.1969	HM's birthday 69: Secretary of the Wiltshire Territorial and Auxiliary Forces Association
MID	16.09.1943	North Africa

Education: Wellington; Royal Military College, Sandhurst; Staff College, Quetta (1939; psc)

29.01.1925			commissioned, The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's)
			served with the 1st Battalion The Somerset Light Infantry (Egypt, Hong Kong, India):
12.11.1931	-	11.11.1934	Adjutant, 1st Battalion The Somerset Light Infantry (Wellington)
(01.1937)			1st Battalion The Somerset Light Infantry (Poona, India)
01.04.1939	-	11.04.1940	Brigade Major, Army Gas School (Winterbourne)
(1940)			junior staff officer, I Corps (France)
1940	-	1942	Home service (UK):
			Brigade Major, 5th Infantry Brigade (UK)
1942			staff officer, 1st Army (landing at Algiers, N Africa)
			staff, 18th Army Group (Tunisia, Sicily)
			Commandant, Army Gas School
(05.1944)			Commanding Officer, 2nd Battalion Somerset Light Infantry (Egypt, Italy [wounded])
			War Office
			staff, 2nd Army (Germany)
			Commanding Officer, 5th Battalion Somerset Light Infantry
			Brisith Army Staff, Washington
			Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion Somerset Light Infantry (India)
1948	-	1949	instructional staff, School of Infantry
1950	-	1952	Commander, 130th Infantry Brigade (TA)
27.06.1952	-	25.03.1961	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]

Secretary of the Wiltshire Territorial and Auxiliary Forces Association for 16 years. Deputy Lieutenant for Wiltshire, 1973.
Published: Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry 1907-1967 (1972); Three hundred years of foxhunting in South and West Wiltshire (1989)

Platt,
Sir William

Son of late John Platt and Margaret Oudney Graham, 74 Whitehall Court, SW1.
Married (31.03.1921) Mollie Dendy Watney, younger daughter of late Dendy Watney; two sons.

14.06.1885
Brooklands, Cheshire
-
28.09.1975
London

2nd Lt.	16.08.1905 [9000]
Lt.	19.06.1909
T/Capt.	21.09.1914-31.10.1914
Capt.	01.11.1914
T/Maj.	22.11.1916-31.12.1916
Bt. Maj.	01.01.1917
Maj.	29.01.1924
T/Lt.Col.	10.07.1918-15.01.1920
Bt. Lt.Col.	30.01.1924
Lt.Col.	31.08.1930
Col.	22.01.1933, seniority 30.01.1927
T/Brig.	18.10.1934-17.10.1938
Maj.Gen.	11.11.1938, seniority 26.12.1937
A/Lt.Gen.	07.01.1941
Lt.Gen.	31.05.1941
Gen.	04.01.1943 (retd 17.04.1945; Reserve of Officers up till 14.06.1947)

GBE	01.01.1943	New Year 43
KCB	30.05.1941	East Africa operations 41
CB	08.06.1939	Sudan
DSO	1908	?
MID	14.08.1908	?
MID	04.01.1917	?
MID	20.05.1918	?
MID	20.12.1918	?
MID	05.07.1919	?
MID	01.04.1941	?

NW Frontier of India 1908 Medal & Clasp; 1914 Star and Clasp; British War Medal; Victory Medal; Order of the Nile 1st class (Egypt) (1941; London Gazette 09.10.1942); Grand Cross, Star of Ethiopia (1944; London Gazette 01.03.1945); Commandeur, Légion d'Honneur (France) (1945)

Education: Marlborough College (1898-1902); Royal Military College, Sandhurst (1904-1905); Staff College, Camberley (1919)

16.08.1905			commissioned, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (4th Battalion)
1908	-	1913	served NW Frontier, India (1st Battalion) (despatches, DSO)
1914	-	1918	served European War (France & Belgium, 27.08.1914-27.10.1914, 11.01.1916-22.12.1917, 25.03.1918-11.11.1918) (despatches, Bt Major, Bt LtCol on promotion to substantive rank of Major; wounded):
1914			platoon commander at the commencement
08.01.1915	-	21.11.1916	Brigade Major, 103rd Infantry Brigade (Home Forces & France)
22.11.1916	-	1917	General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), 21st Division (France)
1917	-	09.07.1918	General Staff Officer 2nd Grade (GSO2), 2nd Australian and New Zealand Corps & 22 Army Corps (France)
10.07.1918	-	15.01.1920	General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), 37th Division (France)
16.01.1920	-	1926	staff & regimental duties (Ireland, India, Egypt):
16.01.1920	-	12.02.1922	Brigade Major, 12th Infantry Brigade (Eastern Command) & Galway Brigade (Irish Command)
08.03.1924	-	11.04.1926	Brigade Major, ... (Egypt)
03.12.1927	-	30.08.1930	Deputy Assistant Adjutant General (DAAG), War Office
31.08.1930			transferred to The Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh's)
31.08.1930	-	21.01.1933	Commanding Officer, 2nd Battalion The Wiltshire Regiment (Plymouth)
22.01.1933	-	17.10.1934	General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), 3rd Division (Bulford) (Southern Command)
18.10.1934	-	17.10.1938	Commander, 7th Infantry Brigade (Tidworth) (Southern Command)
11.11.1938	-	04.10.1941	Major-General Commanding the Troops, The Sudan & Commandant Sudan Defence Force
05.12.1941	-	(04?).1945	General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, East African Command

ADC to the King, 29.06.1937-10.11.1938. Colonel, The Wiltshire Regiment, 28.06.1942-01.11.1954.
Director, Messrs. Mather and Platt Ltd., Manchester, 24.02.1946-03.1957.
Published: East Africa: despatch on operations 1940 Nov.-1941 July, by General Sir Archibald P. Wavell, Commander-in-Chief, Middle East, covering reports by Lieutenant-General Sir William Platt and Lieutenant General Sir Alan G. Cunningham (London Gazette, No. 37645); East Africa: despatch on operations 1941 July 12-1943 Jan. 8, by Lieutenant-General Sir William Platt, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, East Africa Command (London Gazette, No. 37655)

Plowman,
Owen Gordon
O.G. Plowman

Son of Owen Alfred John Plowman (1868-1951), and Elizabeth Flint.
Married Elizabeth Hunter.

11.05.1893
Lichfield district, Staffordshire
-
(03?).1981
Bournemouth, Dorset

Wt.Offr. I (SSM)	16.03.1927
Lt. (Asst.Paym.)	17.10.1934 [63700]
Capt. (Asst.Paym.)	17.10.1940
A/Maj. (Staff Paym. 2nd cl.)	17.08.1940-16.11.1940
T/Maj. (Staff Paym. 2nd cl.)	17.11.1940-(01.1946)
Maj. (Asst.Paym.)	01.07.1946
Lt.Col.	01.07.1950 (retd 05.08.1953)

	MBE	08.06.1950	HM's birthday 50 *
	MID	09.09.1921	Iraq

Iraq Operations 1919-20 Medal & Clasp

11.05.1911			enlisted The Hampshire Regiment, being transferred to Army Pay Corps 27.11.1911 & served in the ranks for 12 years, 51 days
			served as Warrant Officer Class 2 for 3 years, 258 days
			served as Warrant Officer Class 1 for 7 years, 215 days
17.10.1934			commissioned, Royal Army Pay Corps
?	-	?	?
1949	-	1950	Staff Paymaster, Pay Branch, GHQ, Middle East Land Forces (Palestine & Egypt)
1950?			Regimental Paymaster, Household Cavalry & Foot Guards

* [Recommendation for the award of the MBE to Maj. & Asst.Paym. O.G. Plowman] He has been employed in dealing with matters of policy and individual cases covering all aspects of officers pay and allowances, with problems in connection with payment of bills, and recoveries from Foreign Governments in respect of Stores and Supplies, and in clearing up the Suspense Accounts and aftermath of Palestine. His ability and hard work have been outstanding; he never spares himself and his zeal is applied as much in the interest of the individual as in carrying out Regulations and Instructions. His practical, commonsense, yet sympathetic, approach to the many problems has been invaluable. This has been especially noticeable in connection with clearing up the aftermath of Palestine. He was in charge of the Command Services wing of the Army Pay Office in Palestine up to its evacuation, and, consequent on his organizing ability and foresight there have been no losses to the Public in connection with those accounts.
Over a period of 38 years service he has consistently maintained a very high standard of selfless devotion to duty and loyalty to his superiors and Corps. He has never spared himself and his cheerfulness, willingness to help others, and unstinting hard work are deserving of the highest praise and fully merit recognition. [Recommended by Brig. E.T.C. Smith, DPIC, GHQ Middle East Land Forces]

Plowman,
Piers [Alan]
P. Plowman

Son of Owen Alfred John Plowman (1868-1951), and Elizabeth Flint.
Married ((03?).1925, Lewisham district, London) Helen Bowles.

27.02.1895
Lichfield district, Staffordshire
-
(03?).1950
York district, East Riding of Yorkshire
(died whilst attending a conference in York)

Lt. (Asst.Paym.)	06.05.1937 [71860]
WS/Capt.	09.04.1941
WS/Capt. (Asst.Paym.)	01.11.1942
Capt.	06.05.1943
A/Maj. (Staff Paym. 2nd cl.)	09.01.1941-08.04.1941
T/Maj. (Staff Paym. 2nd cl.)	09.04.1941-(01.1946)
Maj.	01.07.1946

	MBE	01.07.1941	HM's birthday 41: for services in the War Office
	MID	23.07.1937	Palestine

Palestine 1936-39 Medal & Clasp

02.1913			enlisted Grenadier Guards, being transferred to Army Pay Corps 1913 & served in the ranks for 10 years, 124 days
			served as Warrant Officer Class 2 for 7 years, 219 days
			served as Warrant Officer Class 1 for 6 years, 90 days
06.05.1937			commissioned, Royal Army Pay Corps
?	-	?	member, War Office Inspection Team
1949			Regimental Paymaster, Nottingham

Pocock,
Eric Innes
E.I. Pocock (Photo courtesy of Mrs Celia Coleman)

Youngest of four children of Col. Herbert Innes Pocock, CMG (1861-1947), medical officer, and Edith Shepard Platts (1871-1949).
Brother of Lt.Col. Nicholas Estlin Innes Pocock.
Married Irene Carbis; two sons, one daughter.

20.05.1912
Murree, British India
-
12.12.1974
Gwelo, Rhodesia

2nd Lt.	28.06.1930 [47120]
Lt.	28.06.1933 (struck of unit strength 17.09.1946) (reld 31.12.1946)

	39\|45 St	-	-
	Pac St	-	-

Education: Newton College, Newton Abbot (member of Bisley Team 1928-1929; played rugby football (1927-1929); Officer Training Corps 1926-1929); Camborne School of Mines.

			late Cadet, Newton College Contingent, Junior Division, Offier Training Corps
28.06.1930			commissioned, Royal Artillery - Territorial Army
28.06.1930	-	30.09.1932	165th Heavy Battery, Cornwall Heavy Brigade RA (TA) (Redruth)
01.10.1932	-	08.01.1935	165th (Cornwall) Battery, 56th (Cornwall) Anti-Aircraft Brigade (TA) (Redruth)
16.09.1933	-	30.09.1933	attached 1st Anti-Aircraft Brigade RA (under paragraph 447.2a regulations & obtained a satisfactory report)
09.01.1935	-	21.12.1962	transferred, Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
24.08.1939			mobilized TA (but not actively called up?)
29.12.1941	-	15.02.1942	posted to Coast Artillery, Malaya (captured)
15.02.1942	-	1945	prisoner of war in Japanese captivity (worked on Burma railway) [on 20.09.1945 casualty list reported as "now not POW"; disembarked 06.01.1946 in the UK]
15.01.1946			Depot, Royal Artillery

Pocock,
Nicholas Estlin Innes
N.E.I. Pocock

Third of four children of Col. Herbert Innes Pocock, CMG (1861-1947), medical officer, and Edith Shepard Platts (1871-1949).
Brother of Lt. Eric Innes Pocock.
Married 1st ((09?).1937, Paddington district, London) Wynne Agnes Baird; one son.
Married 2nd (20.03.1946, Calcutta, India) Eileen Patricia Bonner (10.08.1920-1996); one son.

03.05.1908
Farnham district, Hampshire
-
08.1995
Dacorum district, Hertfordshire

2nd Lt.	02.02.1928 [39191]
Lt.	02.02.1931
Capt.	01.08.1938
A/Maj.	30.10.1940-29.01.1941
T/Maj.	30.01.1941-15.04.1942
WS/Maj.	16.04.1942
Maj.	02.02.1945 (retd 05.07.1949)
A/Lt.Col.	16.01.1942-15.04.1942
T/Lt.Col.	16.04.1942-(01.1946)
Hon. Lt.Col.	05.07.1949

02.02.1928			commissioned, Corps of Royal Signals
...	-	...	....

Poett,
[Sir] Joseph Howard Nigel
J.H.N. Poett

Son of late Maj.Gen. Joseph Howard Poett, CB, CMG, CBE, and Julia Baldwin, daughter of Edward Thompson Caswell, USA.
Married (26.05.1937, Wellington, NZ) Julia *, daughter of Edward Jasper Herrick, Hawkes Bay, NZ; two sons, one daughter.

* sister of:
F/O B.H. Herrick, RAF
P/O D.T. Herrick, RNZAF
Sq.Ldr. M.J. Herrick, RAF
Cdr. L.E. Herrick, RN
Capt. T.D. Herrick, RN

20.08.1907
Winterbourne St Martin, near Dorchester, Dorset
-
29.10.1991
Great Durnford, Salisbury, Wiltshire

2nd Lt.	01.09.1927 [38346]
Lt.	01.09.1930
Capt.	30.06.1937
A/Maj.	25.11.1939-24.02.1940
T/Maj.	25.02.1940-01.07.1940, 05.07.1940-16.06.1941
WS/Maj.	17.06.1941
Maj.	01.09.1944
A/Lt.Col.	17.03.1941-16.06.1941
T/Lt.Col.	17.06.1941-30.04.1942, 22.07.1942-04.01.1944
WS/Lt.Col.	05.01.1944
Lt.Col.	25.03.1949
A/Col.	05.07.1943-04.01.1944
T/Col.	05.01.1944-30.12.1949
Col.	31.12.1949
A/Brig.	05.07.1943-04.01.1944
T/Brig.	05.01.1944-23.07.1950
T/Maj.Gen.	24.07.1950-13.05.1951
Maj.Gen.	14.05.1951
T/Lt.Gen.	01.11.1958-27.11.1958
Lt.Gen.	28.11.1958, seniority 01.11.1958
Gen.	28.08.1962 (retd 05.08.1963)

KCB	13.06.1959	HM's birthday 59
CB	01.01.1952	New Year 52
DSO	29.03.1945	NW Europe
DSO	21.06.1945	NW Europe
SSM	20.06.1944	NW Europe

NW Frontier of India 1930-31 Medal & Clasp.

Education: Downside; RMC Sandhurst; idc (1948), psc.

01.09.1927			commissioned, The Durham Light Infantry
1930	-	1931	operations, NW Frontier
(03.1931)			2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry (Lebong)
(06.1933)			2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry (Barrackpore and Lebong)
01.10.1934	-	30.09.1937	Adjutant, 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry (01.1937 location Bombay, for Sudan)
(01.1939)			2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry (Woking, Surrey)
23.10.1939	-	24.11.1939	General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), War Office
25.11.1939	-	01.07.1940	General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), War Office
05.07.1940	-	16.03.1941	General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), 2nd Infantry Division
17.03.1941	-	30.04.1942	General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), War Office
1942	-	05.1943	Commanding Officer, 11th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
05.07.1943	-	24.02.1946	Commander, 5th Parachute Brigade (NW Europe & Far East)
04.04.1946	-	11.01.1948	Director of Plans, War Office
03.12.1948	-	13.04.1949	specially employed
25.04.1949	-	13.06.1950	Deputy Commander, British Military Mission, Greece
24.07.1950	-	06.04.1952	Chief of Staff, Far East Land Forces
02.05.1952	-	31.03.1954	General Officer Commanding, 3rd Infantry Division, Middle East Land Forces
03.06.1954	-	30.11.1956	Director of Military Operations, War Office
01.01.1957	-	11.09.1958	Commandant, Staff College, Camberley
01.11.1958	-	01.05.1961	General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Command
1961	-	10.04.1963	Commander-in-Chief, Far East Land Forces

Colonel, The Durham Light Infantry, 01.07.1956-1965. Director, British Productivity Council, 1966-71.
Published: Pure Poett (1991; autobiography).

Pollock,
James
J. Pollock (Photo courtesy of Mr Richard Houghton)

Son of Alexander Pollock, and Jemima Fraser Paul, of Glasgow.
Husband of Agnes Elizabeth Pollock, of Glasgow.

1913 ?
-
22.01.1945
(KIA) [age 32]
[Sittard War Cemetery, the Netherlands, C.3]

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	22.05.1943 [277540]
WS/Lt.	22.11.1943

22.05.1943			commissioned, The Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment) [emergency commission]
(10.1944)	-	22.01.1945	5th Battalion The Highland Light Infantry (embarked with the Battalion for NW Europe on 15.10.1944; wounded in action on South Beveland, the Netherlands 27.10.1944; killed in action in Operation Blackcock during the capture of Laffeld in the Roer Triangle)

Pollock,
Robert William Mackey
R.W.M. Pollock (Photo courtesy of Mr Ronald Gamble)

Married ((06?).1948, Bromley district, Kent) Mary M.D. Perkins.

?
-

2nd Lt.	01.04.1939 [89763]
WS/Lt.	01.01.1941 (reld < 04.1944; invalided?)
A/Capt.	?
Hon. Capt.	02.07.1949

ERD

17.04.1973

01.04.1939			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery
24.08.1939			mobilized
?	-	?	X Troop, 6th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery RA (SR)
?	-	02.07.1949	Supplementary Reserve of Officers

Pool,
Edward Gordon
E.G. Pool

Son of ... Pool, and ... Burrows.
Married Dame Elisabeth Jane Frink (1930-1993), sculptress (marriage dissolved 1974).

(03?).1923
St Marylebone district, Greater London / London
-

2nd Lt.	02.01.1943 [288331]
WS/Lt.	02.07.1943 (reld 31.03.1953)
Trooper TA	31.03.1953 [22834584]
Lt. TA	22.01.1954, seniority 24.04.1944 [288331]
Hon. Capt.	16.06.1955

31.08.1944

Normandy 06.44 *

* Lieutenant Pool's platoon was required to hold an outpost on the western bridgehead held by the airborne troops over the Caen Canal at Benouville. He held this outpost for 21 hours on 6th June 44, during which time he was almost continuously attacked by superior forces. Lieutenant Pool's personal example, cheerfulness and bravery were an inspiration to all who served under him. In addition he led numerous offensive patrols which played a material part in the successful action of his battalion.

			served in the ranks, The Middlesex Regiment
02.01.1943			commissioned, Royal Irish Fusiliers [emergency commission]
1943?			transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps
?	-	06.1944	No.5 Platoon, "B" Company, 7th Parachute Battalion (Normandy; wounded)
22.01.1954	-	16.06.1955	commissioned, Special Air Service Regiment - Territorial Army
16.06.1955	-	?	Territorial Army Reserve of Officers

Pope *,
Charles Denniss Tobin
C.D.T. Pope

* from c. 1950 known as C.D.T. Wynn-Pope
Married ((09?).1931, Ringwood district, Hampshire) ... Darling.

02.08.1904
-
(06?).1981
Lambeth district, Greater London

2nd Lt.	03.09.1925 [33359]
Lt.	03.09.1927
Capt.	20.04.1937
A/Maj.	05.09.1940-04.12.1940
T/Maj.	05.12.1940-02.09.1942
Maj.	03.09.1942
A/Lt.Col.	21.07.1942-20.10.1942
T/Lt.Col.	21.10.1942-18.08.1943, 23.08.1944-02.01.1949
Lt.Col.	03.01.1949 (supernumerary 03.01.1952)
local Col.	10.01.1950-09.07.1951
T/Col.	?
Col.	04.07.1952
local Brig.	11.06.1952-09.01.1956
T/Brig.	25.03.1956-19.06.1956
Brig.	20.06.1956 (retd 01.02.1958)

OBE	01.01.1952	New Year 52
MID	09.08.1945	?
LeoII	25.09.1947	?
CdeG	25.09.1947	?

03.09.1925			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery
01.1936			qualified as interpreter 1st class in Russian
01.04.1936	-	28.02.1939	Adjutant, ...
...	-	...	Commanding Officer, 143rd Field Regiment RA (Kent Yeomanry)
25.03.1946	-	30.09.1946	General Staff Officer, grade 1 (GSO1)
01.10.1946	-	10.06.1948	Staff Officer, grade 1 (SO1)
05.03.1949	-	09.01.1950	Assistant Military Attaché (GSO1), Moscow
10.01.195	-	09.07.1951	Military Attaché (GSO1)
04.07.1952	-	09.01.1956	Military Attaché, Buenos Aires
25.03.1956	-	(02.1957)	Head (Brigadier) BRIXMIS Berlin
01.02.1958	-	02.08.1962	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]

Company director & finance broker.

Pope,
Philip William Gladstone
P.W.G. Pope

Son of ... Pope, and ... Roissier.
Married; at least one daughter.

25.04.1913
Exeter district, Devon
-
07.2002
Warminster district, Wiltshire

2nd Lt.	02.02.1933 [58002]
Lt.	02.02.1936
A/Capt.	07.10.1939-06.01.1940
T/Capt.	07.01.1940-04.03.1940, 20.11.1940-01.02.1941
Capt.	02.02.1941
A/Maj.	11.11.1941-10.02.1942
T/Maj.	11.02.1942-09.02.1944, 05.03.1944-30.06.1945
Maj.	01.07.1946
Bt. Lt.Col.	01.07.1952
local Lt.Col.	14.12.1944-24.11.1946
A/Lt.Col.	16.09.1947-31.10.1947
T/Lt.Col.	01.11.1947-05.12.1948, 19.03.1951-31.03.1954
Lt.Col.	01.04.1954
Col.	12.12.1956, seniority 07.04.1956 (supernumerary 12.12.1962)
T/Brig.	03.12.1958-31.12.1960
Brig.	01.01.1961 (retd 25.04.1968)

DSO	23.04.1942	Middle East (Egypt / Libya)
MC	21.10.1941	Middle East (Syria / Iraq / Iran)
MID	23.04.1942	?
MID	24.05.1966	?

Education: jssc; psc; psc(a).

02.02.1933			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery
23.01.1940	-	19.11.1940	instructor, Signals School, Middle East
15.09.1942	-	03.09.1943	chief instructor, School of Artillery, Middle East
05.03.1944	-	13.12.1944	Brigade Major, ...
14.12.1944	-	24.11.1946	General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), Staff College
16.09.1947	-	27.10.1948	General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), War Office
19.03.1951	-	27.03.1954	Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General (AA&QMG), ... Infantry Division
07.1954	-	10.1956	Commanding Officer, 2nd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery
12.12.1956	-	06.11.1958	Colonel General Staff, RAF Staff College
03.12.1958	-	29.11.1961	Commander, ... Infantry Brigade (British Army of the Rhine)
24.01.1962	-	19.11.1964	Commandant, Mons OCS
02.04.1964	-	(02.1967)	also: Army ADC to the Queen
13.12.1964	-	03.12.1966	Corps Commander Royal Artillery (CCRA), HQ (British) Corps
12.01.1967	-	1968	Commander, Woolwich Garrison & Depot, Royal Artillery

Porter,
Brian Stewart
B.S. Porter

?
-

Gnr.	?
2nd Lt.	24.06.1939
WS/Lt.	01.01.1941
T/Capt.	05.06.1942-(04.1944)
WS/Capt.	13.01.1945 (reld < 04.1946)
Hon. Capt.	< 04.1946

			late Cadet, Hurstpierpoint College Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
24.06.1939			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
(1939)	-	(1940)	"D" Battery, 52nd Heavy Regiment RA

Powell,
Atherton George ffolliott
A.G. ff Powell

Son of Lt.Col. Richmond ffolliott Powell (1880-?), and Alice Katherine Beatrix Shedden.
Brother of Gp.Capt. George [Shedden] ffolliott Powell-Shedden, RAF.
Married Jaqueline Miranda Mary Grant (died 11.02.2006).

22.08.1912
Sheffield district, Yorkshire
-
(12?).1981
Kensington & Chelsea district, London

2nd Lt.	01.09.1932 [53714]
Lt.	07.09.1935 (resigned 30.04.1938)
Lt.	02.09.1937, seniority 04.01.1937
A/Capt.	12.11.1939-11.02.1940
T/Capt.	12.02.1940-11.05.1941
WS/Capt.	12.05.1941
A/Maj.	12.02.1941-11.05.1941
T/Maj.	12.05.1941-30.11.1942
WS/Maj.	01.12.1942
A/Lt.Col.	01.09.1942-30.11.1942
T/Lt.Col.	01.12.1942-24.11.1943, 21.05.1945-29.08.1950
Lt.	28.09.1946, seniority 01.08.1938
Capt.	28.09.1946, seniority 27.11.1941
Maj.	27.12.1946
T/Lt.Col.	10.03.1951-07.01.1956
Lt.Col. (Employed List 1)	08.01.1956 (retd 25.12.1958)

MID

20.12.1940

Education: jssc, psc.

01.09.1932			commissioned, The Royal Welch Fusiliers
(06.1933)			1st Battalion The Royal Welch Fusiliers (Tidworth)
(01.1937)			1st Battalion The Royal Welch Fusiliers (Woking)
02.09.1939	-	27.09.1946	Reserve of Officers
12.02.1941	-	11.03.1942	Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General, Oxford
20.07.1942	-	31.08.1942	Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General, War Office
01.09.1942	-	09.07.1943	Assistant Quartermaster-General, 1st Army
12.01.1945	-	17.05.1945	Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General, Middle East MC Pool
18.05.1945	-	29.11.1945	Assistant Quartermaster-General, Middle East Forces
30.11.1945	-	20.5.1946	Assistant Quartermaster-General, General HQ
09.06.1946	-	31.12.1947	Assistant Quartermaster-General, Australia
01.04.1948	-	31.12.1950	Assistant Quartermaster-General, Eastern Command
18.12.1952	-	03.10.1955	General Staff Officer 1st grade (GSO1), 16th Airborne Division
11.10.1955	-	(02.1957)	General Staff Officer 1st grade (GSO1) & Deputy Senior Army Liaison Officer (UKLS(A)), Canada

Powell,
Henry William Russell
H.W.R. Powell

12.09.1912 ?
-
1971 ?

Cadet	? [2569752]
2nd Lt.	23.10.1943 [307839]
WS/Lt.	?
WS/Capt.	09.11.1945 (reld < 04.1947)
T/Maj.	09.11.1945-(04.1946)

23.10.1943			commissioned, The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) [emergency commission]
(09.1944)			Officer Commanding, 77 Section, 247 Provost Company, Corps of Military Police (participated in Operation Market, possibly at Nijmegen)

Powell,
[Rt.Hon.] John Enoch
J.E. Powell

Son of Albert Enoch Powell, and Ellen Mary Breese.
Married (1952) Margaret Pamela, daughter of Lt.Col. L.E. Wilson, IA; two daughters.
Residence: (1943) Seaford.

16.06.1912
Birmingham, Warwickshire
-
08.02.1998
Westminster, London

Pte.	1939
L/Cpl.	?
2nd Lt.	18.05.1940 [130411]
WS/Lt.	13.10.1940
T/Capt.	13.10.1940-(04.1941)
A/Maj.	1941
T/Maj.	1942?
WS/Maj.	02.12.1942
A/Lt.Col.	...-01.12.1942
T/Lt.Col.	02.12.1942-(04.1944)
WS/Lt.Col.	03.05.1945
T/Col	03.05.1945-(04.1946)
T/Brig.	03.05.1945-(04.1946)

MBE

18.02.1943

Middle East 05-10.42

Education: King Edwards, Birmingham; Trinity College, Cambridge (Craven Scholar, 1931; First Chancellor's Classical Medallist; Porson Prizeman; Browne Medallist, 1932; BA; Craven Travelling Student, 1933; MA 1937)
Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, 1934-1938; Professor of Greek in the University of Sydney, NSW, 1937-1939.

1939	-	1940	Private and Lance-Corporal, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment
1940	-	1946	on General Staff duty:
18.05.1940			commissioned, General List [emergency commission]
15.07.1940			transferred, Intelligence Corps
21.11.1940	-	(04.1941)	General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), ...
09.10.1941			transferred, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment
03.11.1944	-	(04.1946)	Member, Re-organisation Committee, HQ Staff of the Army in India

PC, 1960. Diploma in Oriental and African Studies. Contested (UU) South Down, 1987. MP: (C) Wolverhampton SW, 1950-Feb. 1974; (UU) Down South Oct. 1974-1983, South Down, 1983-1987 (resigned seat Dec. 1985 in protest against AngloIrish Agreement; reelected Jan. 1986). Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Local Government, Dec. 1955-Jan. 1957; Financial Secretary to the Treasury, 1957-1958; Minister of Health, July 1960-Oct. 1963.
Published: The Rendel Harris Papyri, 1936; First Poems, 1937; A Lexicon to Herodotus, 1938; The History of Herodotus, 1939; Castingoff, and other poems, 1939; Herodotus, Book VIII, 1939; Llyfr Blegywryd, 1942; Thucydidis Historia, 1942; Herodotus (translation), 1949; Dancer's End and The Wedding Gift (poems), 1951; The Social Services; Needs and Means, 1952; (jointly) One Nation, 1950; Change is our Ally, 1954; Biography of a Nation (with Angus Maude), 1955, 2nd edn 1970; Great Parliamentary Occasions, 1960; Saving in a Free Society, 1960; A Nation not Afraid, 1965; Medicine and Politics, 1966, rev. edn 1976; The House of Lords in the Middle Ages (with Keith Wallis), 1968; Freedom and Reality, 1969; Common Market: the case against, 1971; Still to Decide, 1972; Common Market: renegotiate or come out, 1973; No Easy Answers, 1973; Wrestling with the Angel, 1977; Joseph Chamberlain, 1977; A Nation or No Nation (ed R. Ritchie), 1978; Enoch Powell on 1992 (ed R. Ritchie), 1989; Collected Poems, 1990; The Evolution of the Gospel, 1994; numerous political pamphlets.
Literature: Simon Heffer, Like the Roman : the life of Enoch Powell (1998).

Powell,
Peter Llewellyn
P.L. Powell

Son (with two brothers and two sisters) of W/Cdr. Frank James Bickley Powell, MBE, RAF (1885-1959), and Susanne Burns.
Brother of Lt. Brian L. Powell, Indian Army, P/O David E.F. Powell, RAF, and Flight Offr. Brenda M. Powell, WAAF.

14.11.1919
Winchester district, Hampshire
-
11.2002
Hereford district, Herefordshire

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	02.11.1940 [156545]
WS/Lt.	02.05.1942
A/Capt.	08.06.1942-07.09.1942
T/Capt.	08.09.1942-13.09.1942, 23.09.1943-08.08.1945
A/Maj.	01.06.1944-29.07.1944, 09.07.1945-08.08.1945
T/Maj.	09.08.1945-11.02.1946
Capt.	11.11.1946, seniority 09.08.1945
Lt.	12.01.1952, seniority 14.05.1942
Capt.	12.01.1952, seniority 14.11.1946
T/Maj.	13.09.1952-13.11.1953
Maj.	14.11.1953 (retd 12.06.1958)

28.11.1947

			served in the ranks for 1 year, 62 days
?	-	02.11.1940	either 161st, 162nd, 164th, 165th or 167th Officer Cadet Training Unit
02.11.1940			commissioned, The South Satffordshire Regiment [emergency commission to 10.11.1946]
29.07.1946	-	10.11.1946	Unemployed List (Release Regulations 1945)
11.11.1946			short service commission, Northumberland Fusiliers
12.01.1952			permanent commission, Royal Army Ordnance Corps

Power,
Bernard Francis

13.10.1916 ?
-
04.2002 ?
Chichester district, Sussex ?

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	31.10.1942 [249783]
WS/Lt.	01.05.1943 (reld > 04.1946)
T/Capt.	16.08.1944-(04.1946)

31.10.1942			commissioned, The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [emergency commission]
21.08.1944	-	(09.1944)	Officer Commanding, 3 Platoon, 2nd Battalion The Devonshire Regiment (NW Europe)

Pownall,
Sir Henry Royds
H.R. Pownall

Second son of late Charles Assheton Whately Pownall, and Dora Bourne Royds, of Blackheath, London.
Married (10.12.1918) Lucy Louttit Gray (died 1950), youngest daughter of late William Henderson, Aberdeen and widow of Capt. John Gray; one son.

19.11.1887
London
-
09.06.1961
London

2nd Lt.	20.12.1906 [3553]
...	...
Maj.Gen.	26.03.1938
A/Lt.Gen.	04.09.1939-03.09.1940
T/Lt.Gen.	04.09.1940-16.01.1942
Lt.Gen.	17.01.1942 (retd 08.09.1945)

KCB	01.01.1945	New Year 45
CB	23.06.1936	HM's birthday 36
KBE	11.07.1940	France & Belgium
DSO	01.01.1918	France & Belgium
DSO	06.05.1932	NW Frontier of India
MC	01.01.1917	France & Belgium
MID	18.05.1917	?
MID	11.12.1917	?
MID	06.05.1932	?
MID	03.12.1942	SW Pacific
OON	15.01.1943	services in the cause of the Allies

20.12.1906			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery
...	-	...	...
26.03.1938	-	1939	Director of Military Operations and Intelligence, War Office
1939	-	1940	Chief of General Staff, BEF
1940	-	1940	Inspector-General of Home Guard
1940	-	1941	commanded British Troops in Northern Ireland
1941	-	1941	Vice-Chief of Imperial General Staff, War Office
12.1941	-	01.1942	Commander-in-Chief, Far East
01.1942		02.1942	Chief of Staff "ABDA" Command, Far East
03.1942	-	03.1943	General Officer Commanding, Ceylon
1943	-	1943	Commander-in-Chief, Persia-Iraq
1943	-	1944	Chief of Staff to Supreme Allied Commander, South-East Asia Command
08.09.1945	-	19.11.1949	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]

Colonel Commandant RA, 1942-03.12.1952.
Published: Chief of staff: the diaries of Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall, ed. B. Bond, 2 vols. (1972–4).

Poynton,
Desmond Robert
D.R. Poynton

Married ((12?).1940, North East Cheshire) Nancy Eva; ... children (two sons?).

27.03.1919
-
06.1987
Woodford, Stockport district, Cheshire

2nd Lt.	04.05.1938 [75213]
WS/Lt.	01.01.1941
T/Capt.	01.11.1941-(01.1945)
WS/Capt.	01.03.1943 [= probably 01.03.1945, or, promotion in 1945 with seniority back to 1943]
Capt.	27.03.1946
Maj.	18.02.1955
Lt.Col.	01.03.1959 (retd 18.03.1962)

TD	25.05.1951	& 1st Clasp
TD	28.06.1955	2nd Clasp
TD	15.11.1960	3rd Clasp

Education: Manchester University.

			late Officer Cadet, Manchester University Contingent, Senior Division, Officer Training Corps
04.05.1938			commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps - Territorial Army (42nd (East Lancashire) Divisional Troops RASC)
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
21.08.1940			transferred to Royal Tank Regiment (Royal Armoured Corps) - Territorial Army
?			transferred to The Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry (Dragoons) RAC
06.05.1953			transferred to Royal Tank Regiment
02.11.1956			transferred to 40th/41st Royal Tank Regiment
18.03.1962	-	?	Territorial Army Reserve of Officers

Preece,
John Anthony Richard Adney
J.A.R.A. Preece

Son of Adney Richard Preece (1892-), and Mary F. Taylor.
Married ((03?).1953, Kensington district, Middlesex) Jacqueline Newnham.

23.02.1920
Wellington district, Shropshire
-
09.1986
Salisbury, Wiltshire

2nd Lt.	08.07.1939 [92406]
WS/Lt.	08.01.1941
A/Capt.	14.10.1941-13.01.1942
T/Capt.	14.01.1942-13.01.1944, 09.05.1944-16.06.1945, 08.01.1946-22.02.1947
Lt.	10.08.1946, seniority 23.08.1942
Capt.	23.02.1947
Maj.	07.12.1954, seniority 23.02.1954 (retd 01.05.1974)

MC	24.01.1946	NW Europe 44-45
MID	20.12.1940	operations in the field 03-06.40
TD	24.10.1947	-

			late Cadet, Bedford Modern School Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
08.07.1939			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army
24.08.1939	-	09.08.1946	mobilized TA
(1939)	-	(1940)	"D" Battery, 52nd Heavy Regiment RA
(1944)	-	(1945)	126th Field Regiment RA (NW Europe)
10.08.1946			permanent commission

Preston,
Robert Stoddart
R.S. Preston (Photo courtesy of Mr Michael Preston, via Mr John Preston)

Elder son of R.S. Preston, and S. Graham.
Married ((06?).1943, Liverpool South district, Lancashire) Maeve Eileen Smith; one son.

06.01.1922
West Derby district, Lancashire
-
24.03.1945
(KIA) [age 23]
[Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, 35.A.1]

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	17.10.1942 [249188]
WS/Lt.	17.04.1943

Education: Liverpool Institute.

17.10.1942			commissioned, The King's Regiment (Liverpool) [emergency commission]
?	-	24.03.1945	attached 2nd (Airborne) Battalion The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (Operaton Varsity, glider landings on Hamminkeln [killed in action])

Price,
Anthony Frederick
"Tony"
A.F. Price, 1931.

Son of Stephen Alfred Price, and Lilian Maude Craddock, of Westbury-on-Trym, Gloucestershire.

(06?).1910
Bristol district, Gloucestershire
-
28.11.1943
(KIA) [age 33]
[Sangro River War Cemetery, Italy, XI.E.34]

2nd Lt.	20.04.1940 [129422]
WS/Lt.	06.03.1941
T/Capt.	06.03.1941-(04.1941)

Chartered accountant.

20.04.1940			commissioned, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [emergency commission]
?	-	28.11.1943	served in Italy (killed in action)

Price,
Charles Wilfrid Hilton
C.W.W. Price, 1927.

Elder son of Mr. Wilfrid George Hilton Price, of Rowden House, Bromyard, and grandson of Frederick George Hilton Price, banker.
Married (24.05.1927, Burford, Tenbury district, Worcestershire) Rosemary Crofton McLaughlin (1901-1959), only daughter of the Rev. Crofton McLaughlin and Mrs McLaughlin, of Burford Rectory, Salop.

09.10.1900
Kensington, Greater London, Middlesex
-
(03.)1983
Cheltenham district, Gloucestershire

2nd Lt.	24.10.1939 [108016]
WS/Lt.	18.04.1941
A/Capt.	10.01.1941-(04.1941)
WS/Capt.	24.04.1944
T/Maj.	24.04.1944-(04.1946)

24.10.1939			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
(> 04.1941)			transferred to the Intelligence Corps
24.01.1944	-	(04.1946)	a Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General with the Director of Freight Movement, Department of the Quartermaster-General to the Forces, War Office

Price,
Keith Maelor
K.M. Price

Son of ... Price, and ... Hutchinson.
Married (25.03.1942, Northumberland North Second dictrict) Sheila Grace Trevor-Roper (born 1912); two sons.

(09?).1917
Rotherham district, Derbyshire / Yorkshire
-
05.02.2007
Bibury
[aged 89]

2nd Lt.	08.05.1939 [90309]
WS/Lt.	01.01.1941
T/Capt.	16.07.1943-(04.1946)
Capt.	01.05.1947, seniority 17.12.1944
A/Maj.	01.05.1947-16.07.1951
Maj.	17.07.1951, seniority 01.05.1947 (retd 01.02.1956)

20.06.1950

			late Cadet, Wellingborough School Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
08.05.1939			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
01.02.1956	-	?	Territorial Army Reserve of Officers

Price,
Robert Caradoc Rose
R.C.R. Price

Son of Brig. Thomas Rose Price, and ... Verey.
Married (06.04.1946) Maureen Maude Tower Butler (12.06.1919 - 12.01.2007), daughter of FitzWalter George Probyn Butler, 17th/27th Baron Dunboyne and Isolde Butler Tower; children.
From London.

31.05.1912
Wokingham district, Berkshire
-
28.05.1988
Bracknell, Berkshire

2nd Lt.	28.01.1932 [50915]
Lt.	28.01.1935
A/Capt.	03.09.1939-29.11.1939
Capt.	28.01.1940
A/Maj.	16.10.1941-15.01.1942
T/Maj.	16.01.1942-05.03.1945
WS/Maj.	06.03.1945
A/Lt.Col.	07.12.1944-05.03.1945
T/Lt.Col.	06.03.1945-12.10.1945
local Lt.Col.	13.10.1945-(01.1946)
Lt.Col.	01.05.1951 (retd 08.10.1953)

DSO	08.07.1943	North Africa (Algeria / Tunesia)
OBE	01.01.1951	New Year 51
MID	23.09.1943	North Africa (Algeria / Tunesia)

Education; jssc; psc.

28.01.1932			commissioned, The Royal Welch Fusiliers
11.06.1938			transferred, The Welsh Guards
19.05.1939	-	17.11.1940	Adjutant, ...

Price,
William
W. Price

14.02.1894
-
02.1967 still alive

Lt. (QM)	18.11.1931 [52984]
Capt. (QM)	01.08.1938
A/Maj. (QM)	1940?
T/Maj. (QM)	01.04.1940-(04.1941)
Bt. Maj. (QM)	01.07.1942
Maj. (QM)	18.11.1943
T/Lt.Col.	26.05.1941-(04.1946)
Lt.Col. (QM)	20.11.1946 (retd 14.03.1950)

MBE	11.07.1940	?
MM	?	?
14\|15 St	?	?
BWM 14\|20	?	?
VM	?	?

1912?	-	1920	served in the ranks for 8 years, 260 days
09.09.1914	-	27.05.1915	served in France & Belgium
24.08.1915	-	16.10.1918	served in France & Belgium (wounded)
1920	-	1931	Warrant Officer Class II for 11 years, 17 days
18.11.1931			commissioned, Royal Tank Corps
01.06.1933			Extra Regimentally Employed List
(01.1937)			War Office, London
26.02.1941	-	(04.1941)	an Assistant Director to the Deputy Director General of Mechanization at the Ministry of Supply
03.09.1941	-	(04.1946)	Assistant Director to Director-General Fighting Vehicles at the Ministry of Supply

Price,
William [England]
W. Price (Photo courtesy of Mrs Judith Appleby)

05.12.1881
West Derby, Lancashire
-
died between 02.1957 and 02.1967 ?

RSM	?
Lt. (QM)	14.05.1923 [26131]
Capt. (QM)	14.05.1931 (retd 05.12.1936; age limit)
Bt. Maj. (QM) (retd)	26.08.1939
Maj. (QM) (retd)	? (reverted to retd < 04.1944)

MBE	01.01.1944	New Year 44
MC	?	?
DCM	?	?

14.05.1923			commissioned, The East Lancashire Regiment
(03.1931)	-	(06.1933)	Quartermaster, Regimental Depot, The East Lancashire Regiment
26.08.1939	-	(04.1941)	Camp Commandant, ...

Prichard-Jones,
Sir John;
2nd Baronet (cr. 1910)
J. Prichard-Jones

Son of Sir John PrichardJones, 1st Bt, and Marie Ethel, youngest daughter of late Charles Read, solicitor.
Succeeded father, 17.10.1917.
Married 1st (31.07.1937, Parish Church, Multyfarnham, Co. Westmeath) Heather Nugent (from whom he obtained a divorce, 1950), elder daughter of late Sir Walter
Nugent, 4th Bt; one son.
Married 2nd (02.1959) Helen Marie Thérèse, eldest daughter of J.F. Liddy, dental surgeon, 20 Laurence Street, Drogheda; one daughter.

20.01.1913
-
02.07.2007
Lucan, Co. Dublin

2nd Lt.	23.08.1939 [96410]
WS/Lt.	23.02.1941
T/Capt.	15.08.1943-(04.1944)
Hon. Capt.	< 04.1946
Lt. RARO	20.01.1948, seniority 23.02.1941

Education: Eton; Christ Church, Oxford (BA Hons; MA).
Called to Bar, Gray's Inn, 1936.

23.08.1939			commissioned, The Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) - Royal Armoured Corps - Supplementary Reserve of Officers
24.08.1939			mobilized
(04.1944)			seconded
20.01.1948	-	20.01.1963	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]

Barrister; farmer and bloodstock breeder

Prince,
Ancliffe Richard
A.R. Prince (Photo courtesy of Mr Jon Marshall)

29.04.1907
Epsom district, Surrey
-
19.09.1994
Cheam, Surrey

2nd Lt.	05.03.1940 [120756]
WS/Lt.	12.12.1940
T/Capt.	12.12.1940-(04.1941)
WS/Capt.	01.11.1942
T/Maj.	01.11.1942-(04.1944)
WS/Maj.	06.08.1945 (reld > 04.1946, < 04.1947)
T/Lt.Col.	06.08.1945-(04.1946)

MID

29.11.1945

Italy

05.03.1940			commissioned, The Royal Ulster Rifles [emergency commission]
30.01.1941	-	(04.1941)	Adjutant, 5th Reconnaissance Regiment RAC
08.07.1941			transferred, Reconnaissance Corps - Royal Armoured Corps [effective from 22.01.1941]
			Squadron Commander, 5th Reconnaissance Regiment RAC
			Chief Liaison Officer AMGOTT (Trieste)

Published: (ed.) Wheeled odyssey : the story of the Fifth Reconnaissance Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps (1946)

Prince-Smith,
Donald Walter Stuart
D.W.S. Prince-Smith

Married; ... children (one son?).

24.04.1917
Dublin, Ireland
-
21.05.2006

2nd Lt.	18.01.1941 [170203]
WS/Lt.	15.01.1942
T/Capt.	11.09.1942 (reld > 04.1946)

MID

19.07.1945

Italy

Education: Downside College.

18.01.1941

commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission]

Pringle,
John Kenneth McKenzie
J.K.M. Pringle

Son of Kenneth McKenzie Mallet Pringle (1879-), and Carmen Ouida DeLisser (1901-1962).
Married (1948; divorced) Isobel Ann "Liz" Benn; one daughter.

04.10.1925
Claremont, Jamaica
-
12.12.2006

2nd Lt.	05.07.1943
WS/Lt.	05.01.1944 (reld > 04.1946)

CBE

12.06.1965

HM's birthday 65: for public services

05.07.1943

commissioned, General List, Infantry - Carribean Section [emergency commission]

Hotelier & director of tourism, Jamaica.

Privett,
Kenneth
K. Privett

Son of Charles Arthur Privett, and Alice Edith Good.
Married ((09?).1938, Petersfield district, Hampshire) Joyce M. Windsor; one son, two daughters.

30.07.1913
Portsmouth district, Hampshire
-
(12?).1977
Horndean, Petersfield district, Hampshire

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	05.03.1940 [119861]
WS/Lt.	01.04.1941
T/Capt.	01.04.1941-24.05.1944
WS/Capt.	25.05.1944
T/Maj.	25.05.1944-(04.1946)

Education: BA.

05.03.1940			commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]
(05.1941)			Second-in-Command, No. 25 Bomb Disposal Company, RE

Prothero,
Eric Royston
E.R. Prothero

Married ((06?0.1932, Poole district, Dorset) Nellie G. Dickinson.

25.07.1905
Merthyr Tydfil district, Breconshire / Glamorgan / Mid Glamorgan
-
03.1984
Hammersmith district, London

2nd Lt.	20.04.1941 [182588]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
Lt.	10.02.1947, seniority 01.10.1942
Capt.	18.07.1948 (reld 09.02.1950)

04.11.1949

1939			enlisted service
20.04.1941			commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]
10.02.1947			short service commission

Proudlock,
Arthur George
A.G. Proudlock (Photo courtesy of Mr Martin Proudlock)

Youngest son son of Robert Lewis Proudlock, of Bedford, late of Jersey, formerly Arboricultural Adviser to the government of Bengal.
Brother of Brig. John Lewis Proudlock, DSO, and Lt.Col. Robert Victor Proudlock.
Uncle of Capt. Robert Donald Proudlock.
Married 1st (1936) Wenonah Elizabeth Young (died 01.1975), only daughter of Mr & Mrs J. Haydn Young, of Vancouver, British Columbia; one son [Capt. Martin Proudlock, MC, artillery officer 02.08.1963-30.06.1975], two daughters.
Married 2nd (1976) Berenice Macintyre.
Residence: (1966) Hendre, Ruthin, Denbigh, North Wales; (1971) Numidia, Ruthin, North Wales, then Cape Town, South Africa.

21.08.1907
Ootacummund, South India
-
05.08.2002
Cape Town, South Africa

2nd Lt.	01.09.1927 [38421]
Lt.	01.09.1930
Capt.	15.04.1938
A/Maj.	14.09.1940-13.12.1940
T/Maj.	14.12.1940-13.06.1942
WS/Maj.	14.06.1942
Maj.	01.09.1944
A/Lt.Col.	14.03.1942-13.06.1942
Maj.	01.09.1944
A/Lt.Col.	14.03.1942-13.06.1942
T/Lt.Col.	14.06.1942-27.04.1943, 26.11.1944-08.12.1945
WS/Lt.Col.	09.12.1945
Lt.Col.	01.04.1950 (supernumerary 01.04.1953)
A/Col.	09.06.1945-08.12.1945
T/Col.	09.12.1945-18.04.1947, 26.07.1951-31.12.1952
Col.	01.01.1953 (retd 04.06.1957)
T/Brig.	01.12.1953-04.06.1957
Hon. Brig.	04.06.1957

DSO	22.03.1945	NW Europe 44-45
OBE	01.01.1948	New Year 48
MID	22.03.1945	NW Europe 44-45

Education: Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; Staff College (psc).

01.09.1927			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery
(03.1931)			6th Field Brigade RA (Bordon)
08.04.1931	-	06.04.1937	employed with Royal West African Frontier Force (06.1933 showing as Company Officer, 5th Battalion The Nigeria Regiment at Zaria (for Maiduguri); 01.1937 showing as Adjutant, 5th Battalion The Nigeria Regiment at Zaria from 12.05.1934)
01.10.1938	-	14.05.1940	Adjutant, 17th Field Regiment RA (Woolwich)
14.09.1940	-	15.02.1941	Brigade Major, ...
27.02.1941	-	13.03.1942	General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2) (Intelligence), ...
14.03.1942	-	06.04.1943	General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1) (Intelligence), ...
(1944)	-	(1945)	191st Field Regiment RA (NW Europe; DSO, despatches) [responsible for the capture of Heinrich Himmler]
09.06.1945	-	14.04.1946	Colonel (General Staff) (Intelligence), ...
12.06.1946	-	18.04.1947	Assistant Adjutant-General, ... (OBE)
01.07.1950	-	25.07.1951	Chief Instructor, Officer Cadet School
26.07.1951	-	19.11.1953	Commandant, Mons Officer Cadet School
01.12.1953	-	(02.1957)	Commander, Royal Artillery (CRA), ... Infantry Division (Territorial Army)
04.06.1957	-	21.08.1965	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]

Deputy Lieutenant (DL), County of Flint, 10.1966. Territorial Army Secretary for Denbighshire and Flintshire in N. Wales, 1957. In 1968 following cuts in the TA he became Deputy Secretary for Wales, retiring 21.08.1972. Moved to South Africa.

Proudlock,
John Lewis
J.L. Proudlock

Son son of Robert Lewis Proudlock, of Bedford, late of Jersey, formerly Arboricultural Adviser to the government of Bengal.
Brother of Brig. Arthur George Proudlock, DSO, OBE, and Lt.Col. Robert Victor Proudlock.
Uncle of Capt. Robert Donald Proudlock.
Married ((09?).1939, Aldershot, Hampshire) Alison D. "Bunty" Stewart; three sons.

29.12.1905
Ootacummund, South India
-

2nd Lt.	03.02.1926 [34546]
Lt.	03.02.1929
T/Capt.	01.04.1936-14.11.1937
Capt.	15.11.1937
A/Maj.	26.01.1940-25.04.1940
T/Maj.	26.04.1940-04.06.1941, 15.10.1941-02.02.1943
Maj.	03.02.1943
A/Lt.Col.	09.12.1942-08.03.1943
T/Lt.Col.	09.03.1943-11.04.1949
Lt.Col.	12.04.1949
T/Col.	11.10.1950-26.02.1952 (supernumerary 12.04.1952)
Col.	16.05.1952
T/Brig.	27.02.1952-12.04.1956
Brig.	13.04.1956 (supernumerary 16.05.1958) (retd 13.05.1959)

	DSO	11.10.1945	NW Europe 44-45
	Hkn	25.03.1949	?

Education: Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; Staff College (psc).

03.02.1926			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery
(03.1931)	-	(06.1933)	2nd Light Brigade RA (Egypt)
01.11.1933	-	20.09.1937	employed with Royal West African Frontier Force (01.1937 showing as Company Commander, 2nd Battalion The Nigeria Regiment at Kano) [obtained his aviator's licence No. 15132 at 17.07.1937 taken on a B.A. Swallow - Cirrus 80 at Cinque Ports Flying Club]
06.05.1938	-	31.10.1940	Adjutant, 24th Field Regiment RA (Aldershot)
05.10.1941	-	13.07.1942	Brigade Major, ...
09.12.1942	-	03.08.1945	Commanding Officer, 186th Field Regiment RA (NW Europe; DSO)
04.08.1945	-	14.12.1945	General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), ...
28.01.1946	-	08.06.1946	General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), ...
10.09.1949	-	10.10.1950	Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General (AA&QMG), Western Command
11.10.1950	-	28.01.1952	Colonel Administration and Quartering (Col A/Q), Western Command
27.02.1952	-	03.09.1952	Commander, Army Group Royal Artillery (Territorial Army)
22.09.1952	-	31.08.1955	Commander Royal Artillery (CRA), ... Division (Territorial Army)
01.10.1955	-	(02.1957)	Deputy Director Cadets (Brigadier), War Office (London)
13.05.1959	-	29.12.1963	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]

Proudlock,
Robert Donald
"Bob"
R.D. Proudlock (Photo courtesy of Mr Robert D. Proudlock)

Only son of Lt.Col. Robert Victor Proudlock, late Indian Army, and Kathleen Helen Bryham Peck, of Bedford.
Nephew of Brig. Arthur George Proudlock, DSO, OBE and Brig. John Lewis Proudlock, DSO.
Married ((12?).1953, Paddington district, London) Grace Marie F. "Wynne" Yorke (08.04.1925 - 29.04.2010), only daughter of Dr F.C. Yorke and B. Yorke, of Edgworthstown, Co. Longford, Eire.

13.12.1924
Bedford, Bedfordshire
-
06.2010 still alive at Laguna Beach, California, USA

Cadet	? [14418817]
2nd Lt.	27.05.1944 [321208]
WS/Lt.	27.11.1944
2nd Lt.	16.11.1946, seniority 13.12.1945
Lt.	13.06.1947
Capt.	13.12.1951 (retd 20.02.1955; receiving a gratuity)

MID

08.04.1949

Malaya 07-12.48

An assault squad of 26th Field Regiment, numbering 20 men, battled with a Communist terrorist force in the Sungei Buloh Forest Reserve, some ten miles outside Kuala Lumpur, at 21.08.1948. In the 47 minutes of fighting - the only really opposed fighting encounter of the entire war - seven of the enemy were killed and eleven captured, with an own loss of one man.

07.1942			enlisted service, Suffolk Regiment
1943			attended the very first course at the Highland Fieldcraft Training Center (HFTC) in Glenfeshie, Scotland
			Anti-Tank Officer Cadet Training Unit in Ilkley, Yorkshire
27.05.1944			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
05.1944	-	06.1947	1st Indian Armoured Division & 4th Mahratta Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Indian Artillery (Middle East & India)
16.11.1946			permanent commission
10.1947	-	1951	Adjutant, 26th Field Regiment, RA (Tampin, Malaya)
1954	-	1955?	served in Malaya

Proudlock,
Robert Victor
R.V. Proudlock

Eldest son of Robert Lewis Proudlock, of Bedford, late of Jersey, formerly Arboricultural Adviser to the government of Bengal.
Brother of Brig. Arthur George Proudlock, DSO, OBE and Brig. John Lewis Proudlock, DSO.
Married ((09?).1920, Bedford, Bedfordshire) Kathleen Helen Bryham Peck, fourth daughter of th late Oswald Peck, of Wigan, and Mrs Peck, of Bedford; ... children (one son?: Capt. Robert Donald Proudlock, RA).

19.05.1897
Ootacummund, South India ?
-
(03?).1974
Ashford district, Kent

2nd Lt.	1915?
A/Capt.	01.03.1918
Capt.	29.06.1920 (retd 22.09.1922)
Capt. TA	01.01.1925, seniority 29.12.1921 [31858] (reld 29.12.1928)
Hon. Lt.Col.	06.06.1953 (on ceasing to be employed)

?			commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army)
03.07.1916			commissioned, Indian Army (attached 72nd Punjabis)
			69th Punjabis
01.03.1918			attached, 92nd Punjabis (Adjutant)
01.01.1925	-	29.12.1928	Captain, Officer Training Corps - Territorial Army (for service with Bedford School Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps)
25.03.1940	-	(04.1941)	retired officer, temporarily re-employed with the Royal Corps of Signals (sometime attached to HQ Northern Ireland District)
1946	-	1949	served with various signal corps units in India and Afghanistan erecting cables

MIEE.

Prout,
William Alfred
W.A. Prout (Photo courtesy of Mr Robert Prout)

Son of William F. Prout, and Bessie Parish.
Married; two sons.

21.10.1917
Plymouth, Devonport district, Devon
-
06.2009 still alive at Plymouth

Cadet	? [4129541]
2nd Lt.	12.05.1945 [346711]
WS/Lt.	13.09.1945 (reld > 04.1946)

39\|45 St	-	-
It St	-	-
Def M	-	-
WM 39\|45	-	-

			served in North Africa, Sicily and Italy
?	-	12.05.1945	No. 4 Company, Officer Cadet Training Unit Alton Towers
12.05.1945			commissioned, The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) [emergency commission]

Pryce-Jones,
Alan Payan
A.P. Pryce-Jones

Son of late Col. Henry Morris PryceJones, CB, and Marion Vere Dawnay.
Married 1st (28.12.1934) Thérèse (died 1953), daughter of late Baron FouldSpringer and of Mrs Frank Wooster, Paris; one son.
Married 2nd (1968) Mrs Mary Jean Kempner Thorne (died 1969), daughter of late Daniel Kempner.

18.11.1908
London
-
22.01.2000
Newport, Rhode Island, USA

2nd Lt.	01.09.1939 [133352]
WS/Lt.	01.12.1939
T/Capt.	04.03.1941
A/Maj.	09.06.1942
WS/Maj.	21.07.1945
T/Lt.Col.	21.07.1945 (reld 1946)
Maj.	01.01.1949
Hon. Lt.Col.	18.11.1958

	TD	21.04.1950	-
	EM	18.09.1951	-

Education: Eton; Magdalen College, Oxford.
Formerly Asst Editor, The London Mercury, 1928-1932; subsequently Times Literary Supplement.

01.09.1939	-	18.11.1958	served Territorial Army Reserve of Officers (mobilized 1939-1946)
01.09.1939			commissioned onto the Special List - Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
1939	-	1940	served as Capt., 4th Hussars (UK & France)
15.07.1940			transferred to Intelligence Corps - Territorial Army Reserve of Officers (Class I)
1940	-	1945	MI 14 (London, UK) [03.11.1941-(04.1944) General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3)]
1945	-	1946	Italy, Austria

Book critic, author and journalist.
Editor, Times Literary Supplement, 1948-1959; Book critic: New York Herald Tribune, 1963-1966; World Journal Tribune, 1967-1968; Newsday, 1969-1971; Theatre Critic, Theatre Arts, 1963-. Trustee, National Portrait Gallery, 1950-1961; Director, Old Vic Trust, 1950-1961; Member Council, Royal College of Music, 1956-1961; Program Associate, The
Humanities and Arts Program, Ford Foundation, NY, 1961-1963.
Published: The Spring Journey, 1931; People in the South, 1932; Beethoven, 1933; 27 Poems, 1935; Private Opinion, 1936; Nelson, an opera, 1954; Vanity Fair, a musical play (with Robin Miller and Julian Slade), 1962; The Bonus of Laughter (autobiog.), 1987.

Pryor,
William Ernest
W.E. Pryor

Married (10.1939, Hove, Sussex) Pat Pryor (1913-1995); two sons.

10.09.1911
Wareham district, Dorset
-
11.1993
Hove district, Sussex

2nd Lt.	25.10.1941 [214111]
WS/Lt.	27.02.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Capt.	16.07.1943-(04.1944)
Hon. Capt.	< 04.1946

MID

09.08.1945

NW Europe

25.10.1941			commissioned, The King's Shropshire Light Infantry [emergency commission]
(05.1945)			Officer Commanding, Defence Platoon, HQ 159th Infantry Brigade [capture of Adm. Dönitz]

Purvis-Russell- Montgomery,
Henry Keith
H.K. Purvis-Russell-Montgomery

Younger son of Sir Henry James [Purvis-Russell-] Montgomery (1859-1947), 7th Bt, and heirpresident to 7th Bt, and Mary Maude Purvis-Russell (1862-1947).
Married (23.04.1930, St Giles's Cathedral, Edinburgh, Scotland) Cynthia Louisa Winifred Maconochie-Welwood (09.04.1900 - 02.01.1996); one son, one daughter.
Lived at Kinross House, Kinross, Perthshire, Scotland.

31.07.1896
Orwell district, Kinross, Scotland
-
01.10.1954
Scotland

2nd Lt.	? [13734]
Lt.	? (half pay 12.03.1919) (full pay 01.11.1919)
Capt.	01.12.1924 (retd 01.01.1937)
Maj. TA	21.06.1939 (retd 01.09.1948)
T/Lt.Col. TA	?
Hon. Lt.Col.	07.05.1948

OBE

08.06.1944

HM's birthday 44

Education: Rugby; Jesus College, Cambridge University; Royal Military College, Sandhurst.

22.12.1915			commissioned into The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) [wounded at Saloniki]
?	-	19.01.1922	special appointment, Class HH
08.01.1935	-	01.01.1937	Adjutant, 6th/7th Battalion The Black Watch
01.01.1937	-	07.05.1948	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
21.06.1939	-	01.09.1948	Territorial Army
21.06.1939	-	?	6th/7th Battalion The Black Watch - Territorial Army
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
			Commanding Officer, 10th Battalion The Black Watch

Deputy Lieutenant (DL), Co. of Kinross, 28.05.1937. Lord Lieutenant of Kinrossshire, 19.10.1944. Director of Kinross Estate Company.

Pusey,
William George
W.G. Pusey

Son of ... Pusey, and ... Oliver.

10.03.1912
New Forest district, Hampshire / Wiltshire
-
(06?).1983
New Forest district, Hampshire

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	09.12.1941 [228769]
WS/Lt.	?, seniority 09.12.1941
Lt.	01.09.1946, seniority 01.10.1942
Capt.	01.11.1947
Maj.	09.12.1954
Hon. Maj.	10.03.1967

MID

01.03.1945

distinguished services in the field (escape & evasion)

09.12.1941			commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission to 31.08.1946]
?	-	1942	[Platoon/Section Commander?], 106th Army Troops Company RE (Middle East)
01.09.1946	-	01.09.1956	short service commission
01.09.1956	-	10.03.1967	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]

Puttnam,
Leonard Arthur
L.A. Puttnam

Married ((09?).1933, Stoke Newington district, London) Mary Beatrix Goldman; at least one son (film producer Sir David Terence Puttnam).

24.07.1907
Hackney district, Greater London, Middlesex
-
(12?).1981
Enfield district, Greater London

2nd Lt.	21.05.1941 [205052] (reld 15.09.1945)
A/Capt.	22.09.1942-(04.1944)

MID

29.11.1945

Italy

21.05.1941			commissioned, General List (without pay and allowances from Army Funds)
			served as an official war photographer
(04.1944)			Royal Army Service Corps (for service with Expeditionary Force Institues) (without pay and allowances from Army Funds) *

* indexed, but not listed as such

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