Raby,
Walter Arnold
Son of ... Raby, and ... Moore ? |
(09?).1917 ?
Barrow in Furness
district, Lancashire ?
- |
| Cadet |
? |
| 2nd Lt. |
28.02.1942
[226570] |
| WS/Lt. |
01.10.1942 (reld
27.11.1948) |
| T/Capt. |
1945 ? |
| Hon. Capt. |
27.11.1948 |
|
|
28.02.1942 |
|
|
commissioned, The Suffolk Regiment [emergency commission] |
|
(1945) |
|
|
Motor
Transport Officer,
Motor Transport Staff, C.A.S. Police Depot, Negapatam |
|
Radford,
Alan James

Son of James Truth Radford, and of
Dorothy
Maud Radford (née Heard), of
South Woodford, Essex.
|
(03?).1921
West Ham, Greater
London
-
10.09.1943
(KIA) [age 22]
[Bari War Cemetery,
Italy, XV.E.3]
|
Cadet
|
? [7598568]
|
2nd Lt.
|
05.11.1942 [251305]
|
WS/Lt.
|
?
|
|
15.07.1942
|
|
|
entered,
Royal Military College, Sandhurst (awarded the Sword of Honour)
|
05.08.1942
|
|
|
transferred,
Officer Cadet Training Unit, Aldershot
|
05.11.1942
|
|
|
commissioned,
Essex Regiment [emergency commission]
|
11.11.1942
|
|
|
transferred,
Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps
|
?
|
-
|
10.09.1943
|
served
6th (10th Battalion The Royal Welch Fusiliers) Battalion Parachute Regiment
(Italy [killed in action])
|
|
Railton,
John Parkes

Married; ... children (one daughter ?).
|
(12?).1904
Chester district, Cheshire
-
|
2nd Lt.
|
24.03.1944
[313711]
|
WS/Capt.
|
25.07.1945
|
T/Maj.
|
25.07.1945-(04.1946)
|
|
Police inspector in Lancashire.
24.03.1944
|
|
|
commissioned,
General List [emergency commission]
|
|
|
|
served
in NW Europe (Normandy (06.1944), France, Holland & Germany)
|
Became Land Liaison Officer in Luneburg and police advisor for
at least 8 years, thereafter in civilian capacity in Hannover till 1966. Member
of the Niederrhein Lodge of the Freemasons.
|
Ralston,
John Alexander Eben

Only son (with one sister) of Andrew Agnew Ralston, OBE
(1866-1926), and Marie Georgina H. Smythe Edwards (1877-), of Philipstoun
House, Linlithgow, West Lothian.
Married 1st (08.12.1930, St Mark's, North Audley Street, St George Hanover
Square district, London; marriage dissolved) Patricia Frances M. Barry
((03?).1906-), only daughter of Mr & Mrs Ernest Barry, of Highfields Park,
Withyham, Sussex; ... children (one son?). She remarried ((03?).1947, Lewes
district, Susssex) Charles R.M. McArthur.
Married 2nd (27.08.1946, Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia) Muriel ..., widow of Cdr. Hugh Fortescue Curry,
DSC, RN (1890-1932); one son.
Residence: (1942) Lewes, Sussex. |
08.11.1899
Abercorn, Linlithgowshire, West Lothian,
Scotland
-
? |
|
2nd Lt. |
20.12.1918
[12633] |
|
Lt. |
15.05.1920 |
|
T/Capt. |
06.01.1929-08.03.1929 |
|
Capt. |
09.03.1929 (retd
20.12.1933) |
|
Maj. TA |
28.12.1934,
seniority 27.10.1934 |
|
Lt.Col. TA |
17.02.1937 |
|
Bt. Maj. |
02.09.1941 |
|
T/Maj. |
? |
|
WS/Maj. |
28.01.1943 |
|
T/Lt.Col. |
28.01.1943-10.10.1945 |
|
WS/Lt.Col. |
11.10.1945 |
|
local Col. |
01.06.1943-(10.1944) |
|
local Brig. |
11.04.1945-(10.1945) |
|
A/Brig. |
11.04.1945-10.10.145 |
|
T/Brig. |
11.10.1945-(12.1946) |
|
Hon. Brig. |
< 04.1947 |
 |
OBE |
21.07.1942 |
Malta |
 |
BWM
14|20 |
- |
- |
 |
VM |
- |
- |
 |
39-45
St |
- |
- |
 |
Afr
St |
- |
- |
 |
It
St |
- |
- |
 |
Fr&G
St |
- |
- |
 |
WM
39-45 |
- |
- |
 |
MID |
13.01.1944 |
Middle East |
 |
MID |
10.05.1945 |
NW Europe |
 |
Cor M |
- |
- |
 |
CdeG |
1944 |
France * |
* Col Ralston, has, since the earliest days of
the invasion, been in command, most successfully, of 36 Beach Group. In this
capacity, he has been responsible in turn for the operation of several
beaches and ports and since their capture the ports of BOULOGNE and CALAIS.
He has carried out any task given him with unflagging zeal and energy and
success and has proved himself a most capable and enterprising commander
under all circumstances. |
Education: Charterhouse; Royal Military College,
Sandhurst.
|
20.12.1918 |
|
|
commissioned,
The Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment) |
|
16.08.1919 |
|
|
served North Russia |
|
30.08.1924 |
- |
19.05.1927 |
Instructor, Signal Training Centre |
|
19.05.1927 |
|
|
restored to the establishment |
|
06.01.1929 |
- |
06.01.1933 |
Adjutant, 7th (Blythswood) Battalion The Highland Light Infantry (Territorial Army)
(Glasgow) |
|
02.09.1933 |
|
|
restored to the establishment |
|
20.12.1933 |
- |
23.08.1950 |
Regular Army Reserve of Officers [exceeded age limit] |
|
28.12.1934 |
- |
19.06.1939 |
8th
(1st City of London) Battalion The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) -
Territorial Army (Bloomsbury) (from 17.02.1937 as Commanding Officer) |
| |
|
|
served in Malta, Middle East, Sicily, Italy, NW
Europe, and SE Asia: |
|
09.11.1940 |
- |
(04.1941) |
Assistant Military Secretary, Malta Command |
|
1943 |
- |
1943 |
Commanding Officer, 18th Battalion The Durham Light
Infantry |
|
1943 |
- |
1944 |
Commander, 35 & 36 Beach Groups |
| |
|
|
Commander 2 Area (Commander
of the Singapore Military Area) |
Member City of London Territorial Army and Air Force Association, 1937
to 1940, V.P. Rhodesia Labour Party; Commissioned for Oaths, Southern Rhodesia 1952. |
Ramsay,
Donald McInnes

Married Elizabeth ...; one daughter. |
1923
Port Glasgow, Scotland
-
08.07.2011
Sydney, NSW, Australia |
| Cadet |
? |
|
2nd Lt. |
05.03.1943
[265885] |
| WS/Lt. |
05.09.1943 |
| T/Capt. |
16.08.1944-(12.1946) |
| WS/Capt. |
? (reld
03.05.1948) |
| Lt. |
1948? |
| A/Capt. |
10.01.1949-09.01.1950 |
| Capt. |
10.01.1950,
seniority 10.01.1949 (reld 27.06.1952; op appointment to a commission in
the Australian Military Forces) |
|
|
|
|
|
161st Officer Cadet Training unit |
|
05.03.1943 |
|
|
commissioned,
The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) [emergency commission] |
|
|
|
|
served in Italy
(including the Cassino battles) and Greece |
|
03.05.1948 |
|
|
enlisted service, Territorial Army |
|
1948? |
|
|
commissioned, Gordon Highlanders - Territorial Army |
Transferred to the Australian Regular Army in
1952 and served with the Victorian Scottish Regiment and the Royal Australian
Regiment, including with the 2nd Battalion (Adjutant & Company Commander,
1954-1957) in operations against the communist terrorists in Malaya (1955–57),
initially as adjutant and then as a company commander. He served with the
Pacific Islands Regiment twice. From 1960 to 1962, he was a company commander
and then second-in-command of the Regiment, then a single battalion. From 1965
to 1967, he raised the 2nd Battalion and became its foundation commanding
officer. The battalion was based in Wewak with responsibility for the border
with Indonesia. He retired as Colonel from the Army to lead Papua New Guinea’s
largest community-owned export-import company until independence in 1975 and
subsequently served on the administrative staff of the Scots College in Sydney
until 1994. He was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in 2001 for
services to international relations, recognising his contributions to both Papua
New Guinea and “gap year” exchange programmes between British and Australian
youth. |
Ramsay,
Norman Bruce
Eldest son of Norman Frederick Ramsay (1863-1935),
lock manufacturer, and
Ada Elizabeth Wyand (1867-1920), of The Grange, Alnmouth, Northumberland.
Married 1st (05.11.1928, St Martin-in-the-Fields, London) Mary Eleanor Isabel
"Melissa" Laurence (18.12.1898 - 1971), widow of Lt.Cdr. James Philip Alfred Bremridge,
RN (1893-1926), and daughter of Henry Hamilton Laurence (1864-1923), and Mary
Butler (?-1953), of British
Guyana.
Married 2nd (1948, Kelso, Scotland) Marysia O. Sanecka (née Skrzyńska)
(25.07.1917 - 21.10.1960), daughter of Andrej Skrzyński, and Anny Marrii de
Nikorowicz; on daughter, one son. She remarried (26.07.1943, Edinburgh, Scotland)
Maurice Oliver Pease (1901-1975); one daughter. |
(03?).1896
Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland
-
17.11.1953
5 Winton Terrace, Grange district, Edinburgh City, Scotland |
|
T/2nd Lt. |
27.01.1914
[34854] (reld 31.05.1919) |
| T/Lt. |
? |
| T/Capt. |
04.01.1917,
seniority 30.09.1916 (reld 23.03.1917; ill-health caused by wounds) |
| Hon. Capt. |
23.03.1917 |
| T/2nd Lt. |
15.04.1921 (reld
09.06.1921) |
| Capt. |
17.03.1928 (reld
01.04.1932) |
| Capt. |
01.08.1939 |
| A/Maj. |
(1940) |
| T/Maj. |
05.03.1940-(04.1941) |
| WS/Maj. |
15.08.1943 (retd
01.09.1948; exceeded age limit) |
| T/Lt.Col. |
15.08.1943-(04.1944),
15.04.1945-(04.1947) |
| Hon. Lt.Col. |
01.09.1948 |
 |
MC |
14.01.1916 |
St Julian, Belgium 26.04.15 |
 |
MID |
20.12.1940 |
operations in the field 03-06.40 |
 |
TD |
20.04.1944 |
- |
 |
15
St |
- |
- |
 |
BWM
14|20 |
- |
- |
 |
VM |
- |
- |
 |
39|45 St |
- |
- |
 |
Def M |
- |
- |
 |
WM 39|45 |
- |
- |
|
Education: Uppingham School.
| |
|
|
late Cadet Lance-Serjeant, Uppingham School Contingent, Junior
Division, Officer Training Corps |
|
27.01.1914 |
|
|
commissioned, 6th Battalion The Northumberland
Fusiliers - Territorial Force; served in France; badly wounded |
|
03.01.1921 |
|
|
re-enlisted |
|
? |
- |
01.04.1932 |
The Ayrshire Yeomanry (Earl of Carrick's Own) - Territorial Army |
|
01.08.1939 |
|
|
commissioned,
4th Battalion The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders - Territorial Army (Officer
Commanding, B Company) |
|
24.08.1939 |
|
|
mobilized TA |
| |
|
|
Second-in-Command, No. 11 Commando |
| |
|
|
Deputy Commander, HQ Auxiliary Units |
|
1945 |
|
|
appointed to British Advisory Staff, Polish resettlement Corps, Scottish Command |
Company director. |
Ramsden,
Eric Appleyard

Son of John C. Ramsden, and Alice Appleyard.
Married ((03?).1950, Bradford district, West Yorkshire) June Tillotson; ...
children (one son?). |
15.04.1917
Bradford district, West Yorkshire
-
03.2003
Bradford district, West Yorkshire |
| Cadet |
? |
|
2nd Lt. |
01.05.1943
[273743] |
| WS/Lt. |
01.11.1943 |
| Lt. |
13.11.1946,
seniority 01.11.1943 |
| Capt. |
25.07.1949 |
| Capt. & Paym. |
05.04.1953 |
|
|
01.05.1943 |
|
|
commissioned,
Reconnaissance Corps [emergency commission] |
|
? |
|
|
transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps |
|
13.11.1946 |
- |
05.04.1953 |
commissioned, The South Staffordshire Regiment [short service commission] |
|
05.04.1953 |
- |
08.07.1959 |
transferred, Royal Army Pay Corps (served for some period at Ashton-under-Lyne
Pay Office) |
|
08.07.1959 |
- |
? |
Regular Army Reserve of Officers |
|
Randall,
Paul Dominic

From Cliftonville.
|
1913 ?
-
25.02.2007
[age 94]
|
2nd Lt.
|
11.10.1941 [210952]
|
WS/Lt.
|
01.10.1942
|
T/Capt.
|
(1945?)
|
Maj. TA
|
23.02.1949
|
Lt.Col. TA
|
31.03.1956
|
Col. TA
|
31.03.1961,
senioritty 31.03.1959 (retd 06.07.1964)
|
|
MBE
|
20.09.1945
|
Italy
|
|
TD
|
?
|
?
|
|
11.10.1941
|
|
|
commissioned,
Royal Corps of Signals [emergency commission]
|
23.02.1949
|
-
|
06.07.1964
|
Territorial
Army
|
06.07.1964
|
-
|
?
|
Territorial
Army Reserve of Officers
|
|
Randall,
Ronald William
|
22.02.1913
?
Maidenhead district, Berkshire ?
-
10.1990 ?
Honiton district, Devon ?
|
Cadet
|
?
|
2nd Lt.
|
09.11.1940
[155719]
|
WS/Lt.
|
09.05.1942 (reld
< 04.1946)
|
T/Capt.
|
?
|
Hon. Capt.
|
< 04.1946
|
|
?
|
-
|
09.11.1940
|
166th
Officer Cadet Training Unit
|
09.11.1940
|
|
|
commissioned,
The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) [emergency commission]
|
|
|
|
served
14th Army (South East Asia Command), 2nd Infantry Division, possibly in 3rd infantry
regiment
|
|
Rankin,
Colin Whitelock
|
26.10.1912
Richmond, Surrey
-
05.1992
Wandsworth, London
|
Cadet
|
?
|
2nd Lt.
|
19.10.1940 [153498]
|
A/Lt.
|
28.10.1940-(04.1941)
|
WS/Lt.
|
05.07.1941
|
T/Capt.
|
05.07.1941-(04.1944)
|
WS/Capt.
|
16.10.1945 (reld
< 04.1946)
|
T/Maj.
|
?
|
Hon. Capt.
|
< 04.1946
|
|
MID
|
04.04.1946
|
NW
Europe
|
|
19.10.1940
|
|
|
commissioned,
Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
|
(04.1941)
|
|
|
specially
employed
|
(04.1944)
|
|
|
specially
employed
|
(1944)
|
-
|
(1945)
|
3rd Battery, 1st Heavy Regiment
RA
|
|
Rankine,
William Henry
"Peter" / "Bill"

Son of Adam Rankine, from Trinidad and Tobago.
Married (1953) ...; three daughters. |
25.02.1922
Nablus, Palestine
-
1984 |
| Cadet |
? |
|
2nd Lt. |
10.04.1943
[269875] |
| WS/Lt. |
10.10.1943 (reld
> 04.1946) |
|
|
10.04.1943 |
|
|
commissioned,
Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] |
|
|
|
|
served in North Africa, Italy and Greece |
Spent the majority of his life post-war in the
Far East and Africa. |
Ransley,
Eric John

Son of ... Ransley, and ... Watkins. |
26.09.1921
Canterbury district, Kent
-
28.04.2008
Frimley Park Hospital |
| Cadet |
? |
|
2nd Lt.
|
28.06.1941 [193677] |
|
... |
... |
|
WS/Lt. |
05.07.1941 |
|
T/Capt. |
05.07.1941-(04.1944) |
|
WS/Capt. |
16.10.1945 (reld
< 04.1946) |
|
T/Maj. |
? |
|
Hon. Capt. |
< 04.1946 |
|
Maj. QM |
01.01.1957 |
|
Lt.Col. (SQM) |
17.10.1973 (retd
26.09.1976) |
|
| 28.06.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
The Buffs [emergency commission to 31.12.1946] |
| ... |
- |
... |
... |
|
Ranyell,
Harold Royston
Son of Irene Nellie Ranyell (1883-). |
(12?).1903
St Marylebone district, London
-
(03?).1973
Epping district, Essex |
| Cadet |
? |
|
2nd Lt. |
13.04.1943
[281327] |
| WS/Lt. |
13.10.1943 (reld
> 04.1947) |
| T/Capt. |
02.06.1945-(04.194r) |
|
|
13.04.1943 |
|
|
commissioned,
Royal Army Ordnance Corps (Administrative Branch) [emergency commission] |
|
Raphael,
Frank Henry
Eldest son (with three sisters and three brothers) of Cecil Frank Raphael
(1876-1936), and Margaret Alice Leon (1881-1967), of Park Lane, London W1. |
27.05.1902
St Marylebone district, London
-
16.12.1957
Hartismere district, Suffolk |
| L/Cpl. |
? |
|
2nd Lt. |
23.01.1941
[169311] |
| WS/Lt. |
23.07.1942 |
| T/Capt. |
16.01.1943-31.03.1943 |
| WS/Capt. |
01.04.1943 |
| T/Maj. |
01.04.1943-24.01.1944 |
| WS/Maj. |
25.01.1944 (reld
< 04.1946) |
| local Lt.Col. |
28.06.1943-(04.1944) |
| Hon. Maj. |
< 04.1946 |
|
Education: Harrow School (1915.3-1916.3; The Grove).
|
23.01.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
Royal Horse Guards [emergency commission] |
Businessman. |
Rapley,
Gordon Trevor
|
?
New Zealand
- |
|
2nd Lt. |
24.08.1941
[203473] |
|
WS/Lt. |
01.10.1942 (reld
31.07.1943; on appointment to a commission in the New Zealand Forces) |
|
|
|
|
|
Officer
Training School, Belgaum (India) |
|
24.08.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
Royal Regiment of Artillery[emergency commission] |
|
Ratcliffe,
John Nielsen
|
?
- |
| Cadet |
? |
|
2nd Lt. |
15.02.1941
[172290] |
| WS/Lt. |
12.08.1942 (reld
> 04.1946, < 04.1947) |
| T/Capt. |
12.08.1942-(04.1946) |
|
| ? |
- |
15.02.1941 |
either 164th, 165th or 166th
Officer Cadet Training Unit |
|
15.02.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
The Welch Regiment [emergency commission] |
|
Ravenhill,
Collingwood
"Collin"

Son of Lt.Col. Collingwood Ravenhill
(1871-1929), and
Kathleen Ravenhill.
Married Violet Millie "Peggy" Spinks (25.01.1903 - 02.2003), of 51 Marsham Court, London SW1,
later of Hampton Court Palace, daughter
of Commissary & Maj. Charles William Frederick Spinks, Indian Army Departments; no children. |
13.05.1910
South Africa
-
14.04.1947
Westminster, London
(died of cancer) [age 36]
[Brompton Cemetery, London, plot 7.1, grave
173257] |
|
2nd Lt. |
30.01.1930
[44943] |
| Lt. |
30.01.1933 |
| Capt. |
01.03.1938 |
| A/Maj. |
13.05.1940-12.08.1940 |
| T/Maj. |
13.08.1940-24.12.1941 |
| WS/Maj. |
25.12.1941 |
| A/Lt.Col. |
25.09.1941-24.12.1941 |
| T/Lt.Col. |
25.12.1941-14.05.1944 |
| WS/Lt.Col. |
15.05.1944 |
| A/Col. |
15.11.1943-14.05.1944 |
| T/Col. |
15.05.1944-14.04.1947 |
| A/Brig. |
05.02.1945-04.08.1945 |
| T/Brig. |
05.08.1945-14.04.1947 |
* This officer held the appointment of Colonal
‘Q’ Plans, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force, during the
planning period and continues to be employed in that capacity. Colonel
Ravenhill brought to bear sound judgement, a high sense of duty and a great
capacity for hard work to carry out a difficult task in a highly
satisfactory manner. In so doing, he has obtained the confidence of his
superior Officers, both British and American, and his efforts have furthered
in no little measure the Allied cause. Recommended by Lt.Gen. Humfrey M.
Gale.
** Personal papers show that he might have
been awarded both the degree of Officer and that of Commander. |
Education: Wellington College (Summer 1923-Summer
1928; Orange House); Royal Military Academy, Woolwich (1928-1930).
|
30.01.1930 |
|
|
commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery |
|
(03.1931) |
|
|
3rd
Medium Brigade RA (Longmoor) |
|
(06.1933) |
- |
(01.1937) |
Hong
Kong-Singapore Royal Artillery (Hong Kong) |
|
(01.1938) |
|
|
Depot
Brigade, Depot RA (Woolwich) |
|
(01.1939) |
|
|
2nd
Training Regiment, Depot RA (Woolwich) |
|
06.1939 |
|
|
qualified as interpreter 2nd class in German |
| |
|
|
served with/worked for General Montgomery &
General Eisenhower, seeing service in North Africa (El Alamein?) & NW Europe
(planning D-Day landings, Berlin): |
|
13.05.1940 |
- |
24.09.1941 |
Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General (DAQMG), ... |
|
25.09.1941 |
- |
05.08.1941 |
Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster-General (AA&QMG), ... |
|
06.08.1942 |
- |
09.05.1943 |
Commanding Officer, 150th (South Nottinghamshire
Hussars) Field Regiment RA (UK) |
|
10.05.1943 |
- |
10.1944 |
Assistant Quartermaster-General (AQMG), War Office [as Colonel "Q" Plans
attached to SHAEF] |
|
10.1944 |
- |
07.1945 |
Deputy Chief Logistical Plans,
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) |
|
02.1945 |
- |
05.1945 |
Deputy Chief of
Staff SHAEF Headquarters – Berlin District |
Published:
Tactics employed by the Japanese Army in the War of 1904-5, In: Journal of
the Royal United Service Institution (Vol. 82, No. 527, Aug. 1937, p. 555-563);
Sino-Japanese background, In: Journal of the Royal United Service
Institution (Vol. 83, No. 529, 1938, p. 162-168); The influence of logistics on operations in
North-West Europe, 1944-1945. In: Journal of the Royal United Services
Institute for Defence Studies (Vol. 91, No. 564, Nov. 1946, p. 495-502). |
Raw,
Cecil Whitfield
"Charles"

Son of N. Whitfield Raw, of Audley Lodge,
Folkestone.
Married (14.09.1929, Christ Church, Mayfair, St George Hanover Square district,
London) Barbara Marion Alice Harker, daughter of J. Milner Harker, of
Streatham; two sons. |
19.10.1900
Sevenoaks district, Kent
-
15.02.1969
Bromley, Kent |
| Cadet |
? |
|
2nd Lt. |
01.04.1921
[22742] |
| Lt. |
? |
| Capt. |
? |
| Maj. |
26.09.1931 |
| Bt. Lt.Col. |
01.01.1938 |
| Lt.Col. |
01.10.1938 |
| A/Col. |
12.11.1940-11.05.1941 |
| T/Col. |
12.05.1941-(04.1944) |
| Col. |
11.04.1945
(supernumerary 28.10.1945) |
| T/Brig. |
12.05.1941-(04.1944) |
| Hon. Brig. |
< 04.1946 |
 |
CBE |
11.06.1942 |
HM's birthday 42 |
 |
TD |
11.07.1941 |
- |
 |
TD |
31.03.1953 |
3rd clasp |
|
Education: Dover College.
Chartered accountant.
|
01.04.1921 |
|
|
commissioned,
Kent Heavy Brigade (from 01.10.1932: Kent and Sussex Heavy Brigade) Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army |
|
24.08.1939 |
|
|
mobilized TA |
|
|
|
|
Commander Corps Coast Artillery (Dover) |
|
13.02.1951 |
- |
19.10.1958 |
Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [attained age
limit] |
Military Member, County of Kent & County of
Sussex Territorial Army and Air Force Associations (04.1944)-(04.1946). Fellow
Institute of Chartered Accountants; Partner in Hyland Riches & Raw, Chartered
Accountants, 7 Southampton Place, WC1, and in Ernest James & Co., Chartered
Accountants, 11-13 Dowgate Hill, EC4; Governor of Dover College; Chairman,
Rochester Diocesan Board of Finance. Deputy Lieutenant (DL), Kent, 09.01.1952.
Former Honorary Colonel 265th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RA TA,
28.09.1949-19.10.1965. ADC
(Additional) to the Queen, 30.11.1951-1961. |
Rawlence,
Edward Ernest

Younger son
of George Norman Rawlence, and Sarah Margaret Fitzgerald "Corrie"
Law, of Bemerton, Salisbury.
|
(06?).1922
Bemerton, Wilton district, Wiltshire
-
11.09.1944
[age 22]
[Leopoldsburg War Cemetery, Belgium, I.D.6]
|
Cadet
|
?
|
2nd Lt.
|
29.11.1941 [219069]
|
WS/Lt.
|
01.10.1942
|
A/Capt.
|
1944?
|
|
MID
|
22.03.1945
|
NW
Europe [posthumously]
|
|
Education: Wellington College.
29.11.1941
|
|
|
commissioned,
Irish Guards [emergency commission]
|
?
|
-
|
11.09.1944
|
Motor
Transport Officer, 3rd Battalion Irish Guards (killed during the attack on the
bridge at Lommel whilst trying to stalk a S.P. gun with a PIAT)
|
|
Rawlings,
Anthony Clive

Only son of
R.Adm. Henry Clive Rawlings, CB, DSO
(1883-1965), and Georgina Helen Watson, of Gloyns house, Yealmpton, Devon.
Married 1st (29.03.1947, Loddiswell, Kingsbridge district, Devon) Daphne E.
Conran ((09?).1925 - ), elder daughter of Capt. William Adam Bastard Conran
(1887-1964), and Elfrida Gladys Allin (1892-1979), of Blackwell Park,
Loddiswell, Devon.
Married 2nd (1969?) Virginia Wodehouse, only daughter of Mr & Mrs N.H.
Wodehouse, of Coldlands Farm, Horley, Surrey. |
09.11.1914
Plympton St Mary district, Cornwall / Devon
-
06.2002
Worcester district, Worcestershire |
|
2nd Lt. |
31.01.1935
[64576] |
|
Lt. |
31.01.1938 |
|
A/Capt. |
06.10.1939-05.01.1940 |
|
T/Capt. |
06.01.1940-15.01.1940 |
|
Capt.
|
31.01.1943 |
|
A/Maj. |
08.05.1946-30.06.1946,
09.09.1946-15.10.1946 |
|
T/Maj. |
16.10.1946-30.01.1948 |
|
Maj. |
31.01.1948 |
|
T/Lt.Col. |
10.10.1956-24.03.1958 |
|
Lt.Col. |
25.03.1958 |
|
Col. |
05.12.1963 (retd
24.02.1967) |
 |
MBE |
24.04.1953 |
Korea 07-12.52 |
 |
MID |
07.01.1949 |
? |
Palestine 1936-39 medal & clasp |
Education: Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
|
31.01.1935 |
|
|
commissioned,
The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) |
|
(09.1935) |
- |
(01.1937) |
2nd
Battalion The Buffs (Bordon) |
|
(01.1938) |
|
|
1st
Battalion The Buffs (Lucknow) |
|
(01.1939) |
|
|
1st
Battalion The Buffs (Palestine) |
|
? |
- |
06?.1940 |
served in France (captured) |
|
06?.1940 |
- |
1945 |
POW in German captivity |
|
23.01.1946 |
- |
07.05.1946 |
Deputy Assistant Provost Marshal, London District |
|
08.05.1946 |
- |
29.06.1946 |
Assistant Provost Marshal, London District |
|
1946 |
- |
1948 |
Assistant Provost Marshal, 163 HQ Provost Coy,
Royal Military Police (UK) |
|
12.11.1948 |
- |
09.05.1949 |
Assistant Provost Marshal, East Africa Command |
|
10.05.1949 |
- |
03.01.1950 |
Assistant Provost Marshal, Port Said Garrison |
|
15.03.1950 |
- |
12.11.1950 |
Assistant Provost Marshal, Hamburg |
|
13.11.1950 |
- |
01.10.1951 |
Assistant Provost Marshal, ... Armoured Division |
|
12.02.1952 |
- |
24.06.1953 |
Deputy Assistant Provost Marshal, Comwel Division |
|
09.11.1953 |
- |
01.10.1956 |
CI
Depot (Royal Military Police) |
|
19.02.1955 |
|
|
transferred, Corps of Royal
Military Police |
|
10.10.1956 |
- |
05.07.1958 |
Assistant Provost Marshal, London District |
|
06.07.1958 |
- |
03.05.1959 |
Assistant Provost Marshal, East Command |
|
21.05.1959 |
- |
23.10.1961 |
Assistant Provost Marshal, HQ 1 (BR) Corps |
|
30.07.1962 |
- |
13.11.1963 |
Assistant Provost Marshal, HQ Eastern Command |
|
05.12.1963 |
- |
03.03.1965 |
Commandant, RMP Depot and Training Establishment |
|
16.03.1965 |
- |
24.02.1967 |
Provost Marshal, HQ Far East Land Forces |
|
Ray,
Leonard
Married ...; ... children (one son?). |
?
- |
| Cadet |
?
[3453706] |
| 2nd Lt. |
24.09.1943 [295030] |
| WS/Lt. |
24.03.1944 (reld > 04.1946) |
|
|
24.09.1943 |
|
|
commissioned,
Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] |
|
23.02.1944 |
|
|
transferred, The South Lancashire Regiment (The
Prince of Wales's Volunteers) |
|
Rayfield,
Patrick Joseph
|
08.08.1920
Mussoorie, India
-
01.2001
West Surrey district |
|
WS/Sub-Conductor (Wt.Offr. Cl. I) |
19.12.1942 |
|
|
|
|
|
served, Berkshire Regiment |
|
? |
|
|
transferred, Royal Army Ordnance Corps |
|
Raymond,
Claud

Son (with one brother [Capt.
Antony Elliot Garden Raymond, Indian Army (1918-1945)] and two sisters) of Lt.Col. Maurice Claud Raymond, CIE, MC
(1884-1959), and of Margaret Lilias Nancy
Brown (1882?-1969), of Fulham, London.
|
22.10.1923
Mottistone, Isle of Wight
-
22.03.1945
Talaku, Burma
(KIA) [age 21]
[Taukkyan Cemetery, Burma, 12.G.9] |
|
2nd Lt. |
02.05.1943 [273474] |
|
WS/Lt.
|
02.11.1943 |
 |
VC |
28.06.1945 |
Talaku,
Burma 22.03.45 |
|
| 02.05.1943 |
|
|
commissioned,
Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission] |
|
Raynsford,
Wyvill John Macdonald

Son of Richard Montague Raynsford and Daphne
Mildred Raynsford.
Husband of Patricia Howell Raynsford, of Scarborough,
Yorkshire.
|
1921 ?
-
26.06.1944
(KIA) [age 23]
[St. Manvieu War Cemetery, Cheux, IV.C.11]
|
Cadet RN
|
01.05.1938
|
2nd Lt.
|
02.09.1939 [101748]
|
WS/Lt.
|
02.03.1941
|
T/Capt.
|
19.11.1941
|
|
01.05.1938
|
|
|
joined
Royal Navy
|
24.08.1939
|
|
|
mobilized
TA
|
02.09.1939
|
|
|
commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps - Territorial Army
|
24.08.1939
|
-
|
26.06.1944
|
2nd
Northamptonshire Yeomanry
|
|
Rea,
Stanley Charles Walsh Wright


From Cheltenham.
|
16.04.1901
-
03.1984
Fulham district, London
|
2nd Lt.
|
08.09.1923,
seniority 30.08.1922 [26342]
|
Lt.
|
30.08.1924
|
Capt.
|
01.04.1936
|
Maj.
|
30.08.1939 (retd
07.11.1949)
|
A/Lt.Col.
|
25.11.1941-24.02.1942
|
T/Lt.Col.
|
25.02.1942-14.08.1944
|
WS/Lt.Col.
|
15.08.1944
|
A/Col.
|
15.02.1944-14.08.1944
|
T/Col.
|
15.08.1944-06.03.1945
|
Hon. Col.
|
07.11.1949
|
|
OBE
|
13.12.1945
|
Italy
|
|
MID
|
23.03.1944
|
Sicily
|
NW Frontier of India Medal & Clasp
|
08.09.1923
|
|
|
commissioned, The
Essex Regiment
|
(03.1931)
|
|
|
2nd
Battalion, The Essex Regiment (Nowshera, India)
|
(06.1933)
|
|
|
2nd
Battalion, The Essex Regiment (Nasirabad, India)
|
25.07.1936
|
-
|
23.04.1937
|
Staff Captain,
British Troops in the Sudan
(temporary)
|
01.11.1938
|
-
|
31.10.1940
|
Adjutant,
2nd/6th Battalion (65th Searchlight Regiment) (Territorial), The Essex
Regiment (Southend)
|
(1945)
|
|
|
British Military training Team
(Greece)
|
|
Read,
Richard George
Son of George and Mary Read.
Husband of Daisy Marion Read, of Llangawsai, Aberystwyth Cardiganshire. |
(06?).1899
Birmingham district, Warwickshire
-
11.09.1946
[age 47]
[Plumstead Cemetery, London, section Q,
grave 672] |
| Lt. QM |
26.07.1939
[93818] |
| WS/Capt. QM |
01.11.1942 |
|
|
26.07.1939 |
|
|
commissioned, Regiment of Royal Artillery -
Territorial Army |
|
24.08.1939 |
|
|
mobilized
TA |
|
02.1942? |
|
|
probably
captured at the fall of Singapore |
|
02.1942? |
- |
1945? |
POW in
Changi prison Singapore |
|
Reah,
Thomas Glentworth

Married Ruth (died 1971); two sons.
|
20.05.1905
Stockton-on-Tees
-
11.02.1977 |
| Lt. |
05.08.1944
[328032] |
| WS/Capt. |
09.12.1944 |
| T/Maj. |
09.12.1944-12.11.1945 |
| WS/Maj. |
13.11.1945 (reld
> 04.1947) |
| T/Lt.Col. |
13.11.1945-(04.1946) |
|
Education: Downing College, Cambridge; London
Hospital (BA 1926, MA 1931; MD 1934; MB, BCh 1931; MRCP Lond 1932; MRCS Eng,
LRCP Lond 1929).
After junior appointments at the London Hospital he became resident medical
officer at Maida Vale Hospital and
later at Selly Oak Hospital, Birmingham. He moved to general practice at
Harrogate in 1935 and was appointed to the consulting staff soon after. Up till
1940 Examining Surgeon with the Chief Inspector of Factories, Factory
Department, Home Office.
|
05.08.1944 |
|
|
commissioned,
Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission] |
|
|
|
|
served in West Africa |
Senior physician to the General Hospital and the
Royal Bath Hospital, Harrogate. |
Reaney,
Maurice Gordon

Son of John Reaney, and Bertha E. Franks. |
(09?).1923
Fulham district, London
-
07.2012 still alive at Wallington, Surrey |
| Cadet |
? |
|
2nd Lt.
|
11.07.1943 [285437] |
|
WS/Lt. |
11.01.1944 (reld 1947) |
|
T/Capt. |
27.08.1946-(04.1947) |
|
Education: St Mary's College, Twickenham
(1947-1949).
|
11.07.1943 |
|
|
commissioned,
Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission] |
Headmaster of St Mary's High School in West
Croydon, 1953-1987 (for which he got the Pope John Paul II Papal Cross [Pro
Ecclesia et Pontifice], 1986). |
* Recommendation for the award of an
immediate Military Cross
to Lt. M.G. Reaney:
On the evening of 17April, 1945, "A" Squadron 48th Battalion Royal Tank
Regiment, less two troops was placed under command 6th Battalion Royal West Kent
Regiment and ordered to advance from the area Argent 2860 and capture Boccaleone
2563. Owing to the shortage of tanks No. 2 Troop under Lieut. M.G. Reaney
was continually in action after crossing the start line until the objective had
been finally taken over 36 hours later. The inumerable instances of valuable
support provided by Lieut. Reaney can not all be put down here, two instances
however should suffice and are typical of the others.
(a) At Arginello 276634 on the evening of 17 April, stiff enemy resistance held
up the infantry. The Troop leader however cleverly manoeuvred his troop so as to
bring direct fire to bear on the houses containing the enemy. The infantry then
advanced with complete success taking 17 prisoners and a tank crew complete with
tank.
(b) As dawn was breaking on the 18 April, three enemy tanks suddenly appeared
moving from West to East along the track 264647 - 270644. The infantry
immediately took cover. Lieut. Reaney however engaged the enemy, firing 12
rounds from his own tank before moving to cover. This caused the enemy tanks to
withdraw into the mist. When the advance was resumed, one of these tanks was
found knocked out and deserted.
Throughout the whole period under review Liuet. M.G. Reaney's untiring
leadership, initiative and courage were an example to all those under him and to
a very great degree was instrumental in the infantry reaching their objectives
against such determined resistance.
[Recommended by Lt.Col. P.W.D. Sturdee, commanding 48th Bn Royal Tank
Regiment, approved 27.04.1945 by Brig. D. Dawnay, commanding 21st Tank Brigade,
01.05.1945 by Maj.Gen. R.K. Arbuthnott , commanding 78th Infantry Division,
18.05.1945 by Lt.Gen. C.F. Keightley, 23.05.1945 commanding 5 Corps, 23.05.1945
by Lt.Gen. R.L. McCreery, commanding Eighth Army, and finally 24.05.1945 by
H.R.L.G. Alexander, Supreme Allied Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Theatre.] |
Rebuck,
Gerald Meyer
Son of ... Rebuck, and ... Joseph.
|
(12?).1924
Hackney district, Greater London / London /
Middlesex
-
|
Cadet
|
? [14905516]
|
2nd Lt.
|
30.06.1945
[349865]
|
WS/Lt.
|
30.12.1945
|
Maj.
|
(1947)
|
|
30.06.1945
|
|
|
commissioned,
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers [emergency commission]
|
(1947)
|
|
|
HQ
Southern Command, India (Poona)
|
|
Redman,
John Alfred

From Sandy, Bedfordshire.
|
(09?).1907
Staines, Middlesex
-
15.12.1966
Sandy, Bedfordshire
|
2nd Lt.
|
20.06.1931
[52042]
|
Lt.
|
20.06.1934
|
Capt.
|
01.09.1937 (reld
< 04.1946)
|
A/Maj.
|
01.09.1939-(11.1939)
|
T/Maj.
|
22.12.1939-(04.1944)
|
T/Lt.Col.
|
?
|
Hon. Lt.Col.
|
< 04.1946
|
Lt.Col.
|
01.05.1947
|
|
MBE
|
20.09.1945
|
Italy
|
|
TD
|
14.11.1947
|
?
|
|
|
|
|
late
Cadet Under-Officer, Cheltenham College Contingent, Junior Division, Officer
Training Corps
|
20.06.1931
|
|
|
commissioned,
Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army
|
20.06.1931
|
-
|
(01.1939)
|
418th
(Bedfordshire) Battery, 105th (Bedfordshire Yeomanry) Army Field Regiment RA
(Biggleswade)
|
24.08.1939
|
|
|
mobilized
TA
|
(1939)
|
-
|
(1940)
|
Officer
Commanding, "A" Battery, 52nd Heavy Regiment RA
|
01.03.1949
|
-
|
29.12.1962
|
transferred
to Unattached List - Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
|
Company director.
|
Redmayne,
Martin;
Baron Redmayne of Rushcliffe (cr. 1966)

Son of Leonard Redmayne.
Married (1933) Anne Griffiths (died 1982); one son (Sir
Nicholas Redmayne, Bt (1938-2008)).
|
16.11.1910
Nottingham
-
28.04.1983
King Edward VII Hospital, London
|
2nd Lt.
|
24.09.1929 [44374]
|
Lt.
|
26.12.1932
|
T/Capt.
|
22.02.1940-(04.1941)
|
WS/Capt.
|
28.05.1942
|
Capt.
|
11.04.1945
|
T/Maj.
|
28.05.1942-(04.1944)
|
A/Lt.Col.
|
01.08.1943-(04.1944)
|
WS/Lt.Col.
|
17.01.1945
|
T/Brig.
|
?
|
Hon. Brig.
|
1945
|
|
Education: Radley College
|
|
|
late Cadet Corporal, Radley College
Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
|
24.09.1929
|
-
|
25.11.1930
|
commissioned,
5th Battalion The Northamptonshire Regiment - Territorial Army
|
25.11.1930
|
-
|
04.07.1934
|
transferred,
18th London Regiment (London Irish Rifles)
|
04.07.1934
|
-
|
22.04.1939
|
Territorial
Army Reserve of Officers
|
22.04.1939
|
|
|
transferred,
8th Battalion The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)
|
24.08.1939
|
|
|
mobilized
TA
|
01.08.1943
|
|
|
Commanding
Officer, 14th Battalion The Sherwood Foresters (Italy)
|
20.07.1944
|
-
|
1945
|
formed
and commanded, 66th Infantry Brigade (Italy, Palestine, Syria)
|
Bt cr 1964; PC 1959; DL.
Member of Parliament (MP) (C) Rushcliffe Division of Nottinghamshire, 1950-66. A
Government Whip, 1951; A Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, 1953-59; Deputy Government
Chief Whip, 1955-59; Parliamentary Secretary to Treasury and Government Chief
Whip, October 1959-64; Opposition Chief Whip, Oct.-November 1964. Chairman, N
American Advisory Group, BOTB, 1972-76. JP Nottingham, 1946-66; DL Notts, 1954.;
Deputy Chairman, House of Fraser Ltd, 1972-78; Director, The Boots Co., 1969-80;
Chairman, Retail Consortium, 1971-76
|
Reed,
Edward

Son of late Barras Ramsay Reed and Hilda
Bramwell.
Married (1928) Greta Milburn Pybus; one son, two daughters.
|
16.06.1902
Hexham district, Northumberland
-
09.01.1953
Longhorsley, Northumberland
|
2nd Lt.
|
27.05.1931
|
Lt.
|
27.05.1934
|
T/Capt.
|
21.08.1940-(04.1941)
|
A/Maj.
|
25.10.1940-(04.1941)
|
WS/Maj.
|
07.12.1942
|
T/Lt.Col.
|
07.12.1942-(04.1944)
|
Hon. Lt.Col.
|
?
|
|
Education: Rugby; Trinity College, Cambridge (MA) [represented
University in Athletics and at Lawn Tennis]
|
|
|
late
Cadet Serjeant, Rugby School Contingent, Junior Division, Officer
Training Corps
|
20.06.1931
|
|
|
commissioned,
The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) - Supplementary Reserve of Officers
(later Regular Army Reserve of Officers, Class II)
|
24.08.1939
|
|
|
mobilized
|
|
|
|
probably
General Staff Officer 1st grade (GSO1) at some point, and serving in Cairo
|
Managing Director The Newcastle Breweries Ltd and
Subsidiary Companies; Director, the Northern Corporation Ltd, Northern and
London Investment Trust Ltd, Greville Place Property Co. Ltd, Beech Hill Estate
Ltd, Rock Building Society, Wilson & Walker Breweries Ltd, The Review Press
Ltd. Rural District Councillor
(Morpeth).
|
Reed,
Stanley Bruce
 |
17.12.1923
-
07.1992
Hillingdon district, Middlesex |
| Cadet |
? [14402862] |
| 2nd Lt. |
19.03.1944
[321375] |
| WS/Lt. |
19.09.1944 (reld
> 04.1947) |
|
|
19.03.1944 |
|
|
commissioned,
The Durham Light Infantry [emergency commission] |
|
|
|
|
served in India & Burma |
|
Rees,
William Irwin
 |
08.1917
-
|
| Cadet |
? |
| 2nd Lt. |
16.05.1943
[288924] |
| WS/Lt. |
16.05.1944 (reld
> 04.1946) |
|
|
16.05.1943 |
|
|
commissioned,
The Cheshire Regiment [emergency commission] |
|
Reeve,
George William

Son of Eli and Lily Reeve.
Husband of Hilda Reeve, of East Herrington, Co. Durham.
|
1917 ?
-
21.06.1944
(KIA) [age26]
[Bayeux War Cemetery, France, XI.J.18]
|
Cadet
|
?
|
2nd Lt.
|
28.02.1942 [226863]
|
WS/Lt.
|
01.10.1942
|
T/Capt.
|
10.08.1943-21.06.1944
|
|
MID
|
13.01.1944
|
Middle
East
|
|
28.02.1942
|
|
|
commissioned,
Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
|
?
|
-
|
21.06.1944
|
73rd
Anti-Tank Regiment RA
|
|
Reeve,
Philip Stanley Guy

Son of ... Reeve, and ... Guy.
Married; ... children (one son?).
|
(06?).1915
West Ham district, Essex / Greater London
-
|
Cadet
|
? [7667365]
|
2nd Lt.
|
03.09.1943
[292753]
|
WS/Lt.
|
09.06.1944 (reld
15.07.1953)
|
Hon. Lt.
|
15.07.1953
|
|
03.09.1943
|
|
|
commissioned,
The East Yorkshire Regiment (The Duke of York's Own) [emergency commission]
|
|
Reeves,
Joseph Henry
Son of Joseph Henry and Ellen Frances
Reeves.
Husband of Lena Hilda Reeves, of Catford, London.
Lt.
Reeves was murdered whilst trying to escape from Camp 66 Capua, Italy. The
United War Commission Charge Sheets clearly state that the Italian officer and
guards at the camp were wanted for war crimes for the shooting of Lt. Reeves.
He had surrendered and the guards shot at him repeatedly at close range, after
which he was denied medical attention for 3 hours. Finally moved to Caserta
General Hospital No. 2, where 16 individual bullets were removed from him,
another 28 wounds from grape shot were counted. He was refused a blood
transfusion following surgery, even though a senior British medical officer
requested it. He finally died 2 days later.
|
07.10.1911
St Olave Bermondsey, London
-
19.08.1942
(died as POW) [age 30]
[Caserta War Cemetery, Italy, II, E, 11]
|
Private
|
18.10.1938
[69417]
|
A/Lance Corporal
|
13.10.1939
|
A/Corporal
|
19.12.1939
|
Corporal
|
19.03.1940
|
A/Colour Sergeant
|
27.05.1940
|
Cadet
|
12.1940?
|
2nd Lt.
|
13.07.1941 [200012]
|
Lt.
|
15.11.1941
|
|
MID
|
02.03.1944
|
posthumous;
in recognition of gallant and distin-guished services in the field
|
|
39-45
St
|
?
|
?
|
|
Afr
St
|
?
|
?
|
|
Def
M
|
?
|
?
|
|
WM
39-45
|
?
|
?
|
|
18.10.1938
|
|
|
enlisted
(as a driver), Royal Army Service Corps - Territorial Army
|
02.09.1939
|
-
|
12.10.1939
|
mobilized
TA - 1 BDT Company
|
13.10.1939
|
-
|
11.12.1940
|
168th
(5th
City of London Cavalry) Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps
[served in the UK till 17.01.1940 for 1 year, 92 days; embarked for Palestine,
serving there from 18.01.1940-11.12.1940 for 328 days]
|
12.12.1940
|
-
|
12.07.1941
|
1)
proceeded to L7T Camp, Port Tewfik en-route for embarkation to RAC
Officer Cadet Training Unit, Bangalore, with Fighting
Vehicle School (Fighting Vehicle Section), Ahmedmagar [serving in India for
213 days]
|
13.07.1941
|
|
|
commissioned,
Royal Tank Regiment - Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission] [served in
Middle East Forces, Egypt until capture for 225 days]
|
14.09.1941
|
-
|
05.06.1942
|
42nd
Battalion (23rd Bn. The London Regiment) Royal Tank Regiment - Royal Armoured
Corps (captured at Gazala)
[18.10.1941-15.11.1941 Officer Course at RAC Base Depot and School] *
|
05.06.1942
|
-
|
19.08.1942
|
in
captivity and sent to Capua, Italy, where he died
|
* In
November 1941, when all British tanks, except three, had been knocked out at
Sidi Omar, Lt. Reeves, Maj. Rawlings and another officer took charge of the
three remaining tanks and tried to hold the gap. Until late in the night, when
Maj. Rawlings ordered Lt. Reeves and the other tanks officer to retreat back.
Maj. Rawlings' tank was later hit
and all where killed the same night.
|
Reeves,
Noel Reeves

Elder son of the late Maj. F.S. Reeves, The
Buffs, and Mrs. Reeves, of Oaklands, Rye, Sussex.
Married (15.04.1939) Doris Cynthia Barlow, younger daughter of the late Mr
Keith Barlow & Mrs Barlow of Vicarage Gate, W., London.
|
25.12.1907
Bridge district, Kent
-
|
Cadet
|
?
|
2nd Lt.
|
02.02.1928
[39376]
|
Lt.
|
02.02.1931
|
Capt.
|
01.08.1938
|
A/Maj.
|
18.12.1939-17.03.1940
|
T/Maj.
|
18.04.1940-01.02.1945
|
Maj.
|
02.02.1945 (retd
24.06.1948)
|
A/Lt.Col.
|
09.07.1941-04.08.1941
|
T/Lt.Col.
|
?
|
Hon. Lt.Col.
|
24.06.1948
|
|
MID
|
01.04.1941
|
Middle
East 08.39-11.40
|
|
MID
|
30.12.1941
|
Middle
East 02.41-07.41
|
Palestine 1936-39 Medal & Clasp.
|
02.02.1928
|
|
|
commissioned,
The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
|
12.1941
|
-
|
09.1943
|
POW
in Italian captivity (escaped at some point, but was recaptured and shot in the shoulder)
|
09.1943
|
-
|
1945?
|
POW
in German captivity (# 1428, Oflag 79, Braunschweig,
Untersachsen)
|
24.06.1948
|
-
|
25.12.1957
|
Regular
Army Reserve of Officers [reached age limit]
|
|
Reeves,
William Robert

Elder son of Lt.Col. Robert Clanmalier Reeves
(1878-), and Mrs Reeves, of Forest Edge, Liss, Hampshire.
Married (31.12.1930, Ellingham Church, Ringwood)
Joan Jarvis, only child of Maj. Edward Harvey Jarvis (1877-1969), and Annette
Marion Harriette Falconar (1878-1967), of High Corner, New Forest, Ringwood; one
son, one daughter. |
26.05.1906
Melksham district, Wiltshire
-
08.2003
South Cheshire district, Cheshire |
| 2nd Lt. |
01.09.1928,
seniority 26.08.1927 [40793] |
| Lt. |
26.08.1930 |
| Capt. |
01.04.1937 |
| A/Maj. |
03.09.1939-11.10.1939,
11.01.1940-01.03.1940 |
| T/Maj. |
02.03.1940-25.08.1944 |
| Maj. |
26.08.1944 (retd
22.01.1949) |
| A/Lt.Col. |
24.03.1942-(01.1946) |
| T/Lt.Col. |
? |
| Hon. Lt.Col. |
22.01.1949 |
|
Education: Trinity Hall (1925); Staff College (psc).
|
|
|
|
General List, Territorial Army |
|
01.09.1928 |
|
|
commissioned, Royal Tank Corps [later: Royal Tank Regiment] - Royal Armoured
Corps |
|
1930s |
|
|
served in Egypt |
|
(1940) |
|
|
3rd
Battalion Royal Tank Regiment (France) (DSO) |
|
(1942) |
|
|
served
North African campaign (captured at Tobruk) |
|
1942 |
- |
1945 |
POW in
Italian & German captivity |
|
22.01.1949 |
- |
14.11.1956 |
Regular Army Reserve of Officers [exceeded age limit] |
|
Reid,
James Charles
Married (07.06.1940, London) Muriel Maud Thomas; two sons, one daughter.
|
11.06.1918
London
-
26.08.1983
Yeovil, Somerset
|
Pte.
|
07.07.1937 [2043384]
|
L/Cpl.
|
(1939)
|
Cpl.
|
1939
|
Sgt.
|
(1940)
|
Wt.Offr. II
|
07.11.1941
(Battery Sgt.Maj. 03.11.1942)
|
Cadet
|
?
|
2nd Lt.
|
20.05.1943 [277115]
|
WS/Lt.
|
20.11.1943 (reld
24.03.1946)
|
T/Capt.
|
08.12.1945-24.03.1946
|
|
39-45
St
|
?
|
?
|
|
Fr&G
St
|
?
|
?
|
|
Def
M
|
?
|
?
|
|
WM
39-45
|
?
|
?
|
|
07.07.1937
|
|
|
joined
Corps of Royal Engineers - Territorial Army (303/26th
Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Royal Engineers (Chelsea Barracks)); on active
service from 26.09.1938-08.10.1938 & 18.06.1939-16.07.1939
|
24.08.1939
|
|
|
mobilized
TA
|
03.1940
|
|
|
serving
at Wandsworth
|
01.08.1940
|
|
|
transferred,
Royal Artillery
|
08.1940
|
-
|
03.11.1942
|
serving
at Shrivenham, Berkshire (including
an Assistant Instructor Course and
the
Searchlight
Trials Wing, School of Anti-Aircraft Defence RA)
|
03.11.1942
|
-
|
01.01.1943
|
Battery
Sergeant-Major, 148th Training Brigade (Wrotham, Kent)
|
01.01.1943
|
-
|
20.05.1943
|
133rd
Officer Cadet Training Unit RA (Oswestry, Kent)
|
20.05.1943
|
|
|
commissioned, Royal
Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
|
20.05.1943
|
-
|
1946
|
2nd
Composite Light Anti-Aircraft/Searchlight
Battery RA (NW Europe)
|
Civilian career as an electrical engineer with the
Southern Electricity Board in Wiltshire.
|
Reid,
John Robson
|
01.12.1925
-
14.04.1992
Penzance district, Cornwall |
| Pte. |
? [14756681] |
| Cadet |
? |
| 2nd Lt. |
22.02.1945
[341639] |
| WS/Lt. |
22.08.1945 (reld
> 04.1947) |
 |
OBE |
01.01.1992 |
New Year 92 |
|
Education: Wellingborough Grammar School
(1936-1942).
|
(09.1944) |
|
|
10 Platoon,
"B" Company, 28th Training Battalion (Palace Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down,
Northern Ireland) |
|
22.02.1945 |
|
|
commissioned,
The Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment) [emergency commission] |
Deputy Lieutenant (DL). |
Reid,
Joseph

From Liverpool. |
25.09.1909
Belfast
-
02.1991
Solihull South district, West Midlands |
| 2nd Lt. |
29.06.1932
[53331] |
| Lt. |
29.06.1935 |
| T/Capt. |
29.07.1940-29.12.1941 |
| WS/Capt. |
30.12.1941
(demobilized > 10.1945, < 01.1946) (reld 26.12.1953) |
| T/Maj. |
30.12.1941-(10.1945) |
| Hon. Maj. |
> 10.1945, <
01.1946 & 26.12.1953 |
 |
MBE |
18.10.1943 |
Middle East (Egypt & Libya) |
 |
AERD |
04.06.1954 |
- |
|
|
29.06.1932 |
|
|
commissioned,
Royal Corps of Signals - Supplementary Reserve of Officers [later: Army
Emergence Reserve of Officers) |
|
24.08.1939 |
|
|
mobilized
SRO (served at Dunkirk, North
Africa, Salerno and Austria) |
|
10.08.1940 |
- |
(04.1941) |
Adjutant,
... |
|
03.05.1941 |
- |
(10.1941) |
Adjutant,
... |
|
Reid,
Patrick Robert
"Pat"

Son of John Reid, CIE, ICS, and Alice Mabel
Daniell.
Married 1st (1943) Jane Cabot (marriage dissolved 1966); three sons, two
daughters.
Married 2nd (1977) Mrs Mary Stewart Cunliffe-Lister (died 1978).
Married 3rd (1982) Mrs Nicandra Hood.
|
13.11.1910
-
22.05.1990
Bristol district, Gloucestershire
[Putney Vale Cemetery]
|
2nd Lt. TA
|
16.06.1933
[58974]
|
2nd Lt.
|
05.06.1935
|
Lt.
|
05.06.1938
|
T/Capt.
|
01.12.1939-(04.1946)
|
WS/Capt.
|
01.11.1945
|
T/Maj.
|
01.11.1945-29.03.1947
|
Hon. Maj.
|
15.11.1965
|

|
MBE
|
20.12.1945
|
gallant
& distinguished services in the field
|
|
MC
|
04.05.1943
|
gallant
& distinguished services in the field
|
|
Education: Clongowes Wood College, Co. Kildare;
Wimbledon College; King's College, London University (BSc, 1932); AMICE,
1936.
Pupilage, Sir Alex Gibb & Partners, 1934-37.
16.06.1933
|
|
|
commissioned,
General List (University Candidates) - Territorial Army
|
05.06.1935
|
|
|
commissioned,
Royal Army Service Corps - Supplementary Reserve of Officers
|
24.08.1939
|
|
|
mobilized
|
1939
|
-
|
27.05.1940
|
Ammunition
Officer, 2nd Division (British Expeditionery Force, France; captured)
|
27.05.1940
|
-
|
15.10.1942
|
POW
in German captivity (from 05.05.1940 Oflag VIIC (Laufen); escaped 05.09.1940;
recaptured 10.09.1940; from 10.11.1940 Colditz, where he acted as Escape
Officer; successfully escaped 15.10.1942 to Switzerland)
|
09.03.1943
|
-
|
(04.)1946
|
Assistant
Military Attaché (General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3)), Berne,
Switzerland
|
29.03.1947
|
-
|
15.11.1965
|
Regular
Army Reserve of Officers [exceeded age limit]
|
Diplomat, administrator, homebuilder, executive,
editor, and author. Reid was famous for the daring escape he made during World
War II from Colditz Castle, a German prisoner-of-war camp. In the early 1950s he
published an account of his escape, The Colditz Story, that became a
best-seller in England and spawned a film, a television series, and a recording.
The book's success prompted him to write a sequel, The Latter Days. After
the war he served at the British embassy at Ankara, Turkey, as First Secretary
(Commercial) (1946-1949), before becoming Chief Administrator for the Organization for European Economic Cooperation in
Paris, France (1949-1952).
Prospective Parliamentary
Candidate (C) Dartford and Erith, 1953-55. Later he became active in the housebuilding industry and
was a director of Richard Costain (Projects) Limited, 1959-1962.
Director, Richard Costain (Middle East) Ltd, 1959-62. W. S. Atkins
& Partners, Consulting
Engineers, 1962-63.
Published: The Colditz Story, 1953; The Latter Days, 1955 (omnibus
edn of the two, as Colditz, 1962, televised as The Colditz Story, BBC, 1973-74);
(with Sir Olaf Caroe and Sir Thomas Rapp) From Nile to Indus, 1960; Winged
Diplomat, 1962; Economic Survey Northern Nigeria, 1962; My Favourite Escape
Stories, 1975; Prisoner of War, 1983; Colditz: the full story, 1984.
|
Reid,
Robert Tennant
From Glasgow.
|
05.09.1915
-
|
Cadet
|
?
|
2nd Lt.
|
04.10.1941
[212433]
|
WS/Lt.
|
01.10.1942
|
A/Capt.
|
29.07.1943-28.10.1943
|
T/Capt.
|
29.10.1943-08.11.1944,
15.06.1945-22.07.1945,
09.08.1945-19.02.1946
|
Capt.
|
01.07.1946,
seniority 20.02.1946
|
A/Maj.
|
20.11.1945-19.02.1946
|
T/Maj.
|
20.02.1946-17.02.1949
|
Lt.
|
19.07.1947,
seniority 03.03.1941
|
Capt.
|
19.07.1947,
seniority 01.07.1946
|
T/Maj.
|
01.06.1951-04.09.1951
|
Maj.
|
05.09.1951 (retd
29.06.1958)
|
|
MC
|
31.08.1944
|
Normandy
06.44
|
|
1940
|
-
|
04.10.1941
|
served in
the ranks for 1 year, 186 days
|
04.10.1941
|
|
|
commissioned, Royal
Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission to 30.06.1946]
|
(06.1944)
|
|
|
Officer
Commanding, F Troop, 318th Battery, 92nd (Loyals) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment
RA (NW Europe; wounded)
|
20.11.1945
|
-
|
(04.1946)
|
Brigade
Major, HQ Royal Artillery Mechanical Traction School (Rhyl)
|
01.07.1946
|
|
|
short
service commission
|
19.07.1947
|
|
|
permanent
commission
|
29.06.1958
|
-
|
25.09.1958
|
Regular
Army Reserve of Officers
|
25.09.1958
|
-
|
?
|
Territorial
Army
|
|
Remington-Hobbs,
Edward
Married Susan Mary Sheila Winn. From Oxshott.
|
07.02.1916
-
07.1997
Maidstone, Kent
|
2nd Lt.
|
30.01.1936
[67126]
|
Lt.
|
30.01.1939
|
WS/Capt.
|
11.05.1941
|
Capt.
|
30.01.1944
|
A/Maj.
|
11.02.1941-10.05.1941
|
T/Maj.
|
11.05.1941-07.04.1943,
30.04.1943-02.04.1945
|
WS/Maj.
|
03.04.1945
|
Maj.
|
30.01.1949
|
local Lt.Col.
|
07.10.1943-20.07.1944
|
A/Lt.Col.
|
03.01.1945-02.04.1945
|
T/Lt.Col.
|
03.04.1945
|
Hon. Lt.Col.
|
?
|
|
DSO
|
10.05.1945
|
NW
Europe
|
|
OBE
|
26.06.1947
|
Netherlands
East Indies before 30.11.46
|
|
Education: psc
30.01.1936
|
|
|
commisioned,
Royal Scots Fusiliers
|
21.04.1939
|
-
|
10.02.1941
|
Adjutant,
... (TA) (temporary)
|
29.03.1941
|
|
|
transferred,
Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
|
?
|
|
|
Commanding Officer,
9th
Battalion The Cameronians
|
?
|
-
|
07.02.1966
|
Regular
Army Reserve of Officers
|
Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John
of Jerusalem (Esquire , 06.01.1961; Officer, 02.07.1963; Commander, 22.08.1969;
Knight, 26.04.1977).
|
Remmington,
Jack

Son of Arthur Remmington, and Maggie Boddington.
Married ((09?).1953, Eastern Durham district) Patricia A. Hellewell.
|
29.02.1920
Wellingborough district, Northamptonshire
-
05.2003
Doncaster district, Nottinghamshire /
Yorkshire |
| Cadet |
? |
| 2nd Lt. |
05.07.1941
[194669] |
| WS/Lt. |
01.10.1942 (reld
< 04.1947) |
| T/Capt. |
20.07.1945-(04.1946) |
|
Education: Wellingborough Grammar School
(1931-1939).
|
? |
- |
05.07.1941 |
Officer
Cadet Training Unit |
|
05.07.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission] |
|
(1944) |
|
|
"D"
Battery, 12th Honorouble Artillery Company Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery
(Central Mediterranean Forces) |
|
Rendle,
Bernard Cyril

Son of ... Rendle, and ... Short.
Married ((12?).1939, Cardiff district, Glamorgan) Marjorie M.M. Lewis. |
16.07.1915
Cardiff district, Glamorgan / Monmouthshire
-
(03?).1977
South Glamorgan district, Wales |
| Cadet |
? [4081154] |
| 2nd Lt. |
28.01.1944
[307024] |
| WS/Lt. |
28.07.1944 |
 |
39-45
St |
- |
- |
 |
Fr&G
St |
- |
- |
 |
Def
M |
- |
- |
 |
WM
39-45 |
- |
- |
|
|
28.01.1944 |
|
|
commissioned,
The Cheshire Regiment [emergency commission] |
|
Rennie,
Charles Andrew

Son of John and Lucy Rennie; husband of Nan M. Rennie, of Clevedon, Somerset.
biography at Clifton Rugby Football Club website
|
1914
?
-
17.03.1945
(DOW) [age 31]
[Maynamati War Cemetery, Bangladesh, 3.B.18]
[Commemorated on the memorial at the St Quiricus and St Julietta Church,
Tickenham]
|
Cadet
|
?
|
2nd Lt.
|
17.01.1942 [224079]
|
WS/Lt.
|
01.10.1942
|
T/Capt.
|
06.08.1943-17.03.1945
|
|
MC
|
12.07.1945
|
Burma
(posthumously)
|
|
17.01.1942
|
|
|
commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]
|
(04.1944)
|
|
|
seconded to
Indian Army
|
?
|
-
|
17.03.1945
|
attached,
16th Light Cavalry, Indian Armoured Corps (died of wounds received in action)
|
|
Rennie,
James Allison
Married Sgt. Alice Beaumont Barber; two
sons, one daughter. |
02.08.1915
Renfrewshire, Scotland
-
01.1982
Gourock, Renfrewshire, Scotland |
| Cadet |
? |
|
2nd
Lt. |
18.01.1941 [170218] |
|
WS/Lt. |
18.07.1942 |
|
T/Capt. |
19.01.1944-(04.1946) |
| Lt. |
01.10.1946, seniority 18.07.1942 |
| Capt. |
01.11.1947 (reld 01.07.1959) |
| Hon.
Capt. |
01.07.1959 |
|
|
? |
- |
18.01.1941 |
Officer Cadet Training Unit |
|
18.01.1941 |
|
|
commissioned,
Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission] |
|
01.10.1946 |
|
|
short
service commission |
|
06.10.1949 |
- |
01.07.1959 |
Regular Army Reserve of Officers |
|
Rennie,
Tom Gordon

Son of late Dr Thomas Rennie, Foochow, China, and
Mrs Rennie, Radlett, Herts, and Torryburn, Kintore, Aberdeenshire. Married (1932)
Huldah E.C., daughter of H. Giles Walker, Over Rankeillour, Cupar, Fife (she
re-married in 1951 Hugh
Edward Richardson); one son, one
daughter.
|
03.01.1900
Foochow, China
-
24.03.1945
(KIA)
[Reichswald
Forest War Cemetery, Germany]
|
Cadet
|
?
|
2nd Lt.
|
16.07.1919
[18139]
|
WS/Lt.
|
16.07.1921
|
Capt.
|
22.09.1933
|
Bt. Maj.
|
01.07.1938
|
Maj.
|
01.08.1938
|
T/Lt.Col.
|
15.11.1940-07.10.1943
|
WS/Lt.Col.
|
08.10.1943
|
A/Col.
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05.05.1943-07.10.1943
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T/Col.
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08.10.1943-(04.1944)
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WS/Col.
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12.12.1944
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T/Brig.
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08.10.1943-(04.1944)
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A/Maj.Gen.
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12.12.1943-11.12.1944
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T/Maj.Gen.
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12.12.1944-24.03.1945
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CB
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28.09.1944
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Normandy
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DSO
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14.01.1943
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Middle
East
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MBE
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09.06.1938
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HM's
birthday 38
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Education: Loretto; Royal Military College,
Sandhurst; Staff College (1933-1934; psc)
16.07.1919
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commissioned, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)
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11.04.1930
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-
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20.01.1933
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Adjutant, 2nd Battalion The Black Watch
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30.05.1936
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-
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13.04.1938
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Brigade Major, Shanghai Area, British Troops in China (temporary)
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14.04.1938
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-
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30.04.1939
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General
Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), War Office
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01.05.1939
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-
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06.1940
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General
Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), 51st (Highland) Infantry Division (France) (prisoner of war, escaped)
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15.08.1940
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-
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(04.1941)
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General
Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), Staff Duties and Training Section, HQ Western
Command (Chester [UK])
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1941
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-
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1942
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Commanding Officer, 5th Battalion Black Watch (Alamein, Sicily) (DSO)
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14.12.1942
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-
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07.01.1943
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Commander, 154th (Argyll and Sutherland) Infantry Brigade (Libya) (wounded)
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13.05.1943
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-
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12.12.1943
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Commander, 154th (Argyll and Sutherland) Infantry Brigade (N Africa, Sicily,
Italy, Sicily, UK)
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12.12.1943
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-
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13.06.1944
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General Officer Commanding, 3rd Infantry Division (UK, NW Europe) (wounded)
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26.07.1944
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-
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24.03.1945
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General Officer Commanding, 51st (Highland) Infantry Division (NW Europe)
(killed in action)
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Reynolds,
William
"Willie"
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?
Shotts, Glasgow, Scotland
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?
Shotts, Glasgow, Scotland
(knocked down by a car)
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Colour
Sgt.
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?
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Lt.
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22.03.1941
[178572]
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T/Capt.
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01.06.1944-(04.1946)
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WS/Capt.
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25.04.1946?
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Capt.
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01.12.1948,
seniority 25.04.1946 (dismissed by sentence of general Court Martial
26.10.1949)
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served
in the ranks, The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment)
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22.03.1941
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commissioned,
The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) [emergency commission]
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01.12.1948
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-
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26.10.1949
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short
service commission
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Rhodes,
John William Percival
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29.09.1919
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1998
Inverurie district, Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
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2nd Lt. |
01.07.1939
[95527] |
| Lt. |
01.01.1941 |
| T/Capt. |
17.01.1946-(04.1946) |
| Capt. |
01.07.1946 (reld
25.02.1948) |
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01.07.1939 |
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commissioned,
The Gordon Highlanders |
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(1940) |
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1st Battalion The Gordon Highlanders (France) |
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1940? |
- |
1945? |
POW (No. 1569) in German captivity (Oflag IX-A/Z,
Rothenburg an der Fulda, Hessen) |
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