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St. John, S.R.
to
Smallwood, R.E.R.

Smart, C.R.W.
to
Symons, C.D.

 

S.R. St. John  to  R.E.R. Smallwood
St. John,
Stephen Rowland
S.R. St. John
Son of Lt.Col. the Hon.
Rowland Tudor St. John
(formerly The Durham Light
Infantry), and of Katherine
Madge Lockwood, of
Richmond, Surrey.
Residence: (1943) Glasgow.
25.06.1915
Hartley Wintney district, Hampshire
-
31.10.1943
[age 28]
[Minturno War Cemetery, Italy, V.D.6]
2nd Lt.
31.01.1935 [64531]
Lt.
31.01.1938
A/Capt.
01.09.1939-22.11.1939
Capt.
31.01.1943
T/Maj.
?
Military Cross MC
19.08.1943
Middle East (Egypt and Libya)
31.01.1935


commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery
(01.1937)
 
 
20th Field Brigade RA (Catterick Camp)
(01.1939)
 
 
Depot Regiment, Depot, Royal Artillery (Woolwich)
25.08.1939
-
22.11.1939
Adjutant, ...
?
-
31.10.1943
"K" Battery, 5th Regiment Royal Horse Artillery
St. John,
Sydney
S. St. John

Married; ... children.
09.07.1912
-
01.1999
Salisbury,
Wiltshire
[his ashes were
spread at Middle
Wallop Airfield,
Wiltshire]
A/Sgt.
?
2nd Lt.
22.02.1941 [173336]
WS/Lt.
22.08.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Capt.
?
Hon. Capt.
< 04.1946
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St
?
?
France & Germany Star Fr&G St
?
?
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45
?
?
Defence Medal Def M
?
?
22.02.1941


commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
22.05.1944


transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Army Air Corps
St. Lawrence,
Raleigh Vincent
R.V. St Lawrence

Married Jane (predeceased him);two daughters, one son.
1917 ?
-
07.07.2007
[age 90]
2nd Lt.
19.11.1939 [105505]
WS/Capt.
20.03.1945
Hon. Maj.
?
Worked for the Bank of England.
19.11.1939


commissioned, The King's Regiment [emergency commission]
30.12.1942


transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps



4th Parachute Battalion
Worked for Stonyhurst College.
Sale,
Walter Morley
W.M. Sale

Son of Charles Vincent Sale,
late of Aston Rowant House,
Oxon.
Married (08.02.1928) Hon. Ismay Hilda Margaret FitzRoy (born 03.12.1908), daughter of 4th Baron Southampton, OBE; one son, one daughter.
02.08.1903
-
29.08.1976
Halesworth, Suffolk
2nd Lt.
31.01.1925, seniority 02.02.1924 [25822]
Lt.
02.02.1926
Capt.
01.02.1930
Maj.
26.06.1938
A/Lt.Col.
15.03.1941-14.06.1941
T/Lt.Col.
15.06.1941-20.12.1941,
17.12.1942-(01.1946)
WS/Lt.Col.
?
Lt.Col.
26.06.1947
A/Col.
14.05.1945-(01.1946)
Col.
15.12.1948, seniority 14.11.1948
A/Brig.
14.05.1945-(01.1946)
T/Brig.
(1949)
Brig.
03.08.1952 (retd 01.09.1955)
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order CVO
05.06.1952
HM's birthday 52
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
01.02.1945
NW Europe
Mentioned in Despatches MID
30.12.1941
Middle East 02.41-07.41
Mentioned in Despatches? MID
09.01.1949
Palestine 03-09.46
Croix de Guerre with Palm (Belgium) CdeG
16.01.1947
? [awarded 08.12.1945]
Chevalier Order of Leopold II with Palm LeoII
16.01.1947
? [awarded 08.12.1945]
Education: RN Colleges, Osborne and Dartmouth; New College, Oxford (BA); Staff College (psc)



from General List, Territorial Army
31.01.1925


commissioned, Royal Horse Guards (The Blues) (Windsor)
1943
-
12.1944
Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General (AA&QMG), Guards Armoured Division [for almost 2 years]
12.1944
-
(1946)
Commanding Officer, 1st Household Cavalry Regiment (despatches twice)
26.06.1947
-
14.12.1948
Commanding Officer, Royal Horse Guards (The Blues)
1950
-
1954
Chief of Staff, London District
Equerry to the Queen, 01.05.1954; Crown Equerry, 01.03.1955-05.04.1961. Extra Equerry to the Queen, 05.04.1961-1976.
Sales,
Jack Eric Denyer
J.E.D. Sales
04.10.1901
Wenhaston, Suffolk
-
10.1996
Basingstoke, Hampshire
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
16.08.1941 [201935]
WS/Lt.
01.10.1942
T/Capt.
08.09.1943-(04.1946)
WS/Capt.
1946?
Capt.
01.09.1946, seniority 14.04.1946
T/Maj.
18.06.1949
Maj.
16.08.1954 (reld 01.09.1956)
Hon. Maj.
01.09.1956
Efficiency Medal (Territorial) EM
08.02.1949
?
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St
?
?
France & Germany Star Fr&G St
?
?
Defence Medal Def M
?
?
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45
?
?
Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, George V issue Const LSM
?
?
Served in the Special Constabulary.
1930s ?


enlisted, Royal Army Service Corps - Territorial Army
?
-
15.08.1941
Officer Cadet Training Unit
16.08.1941


commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission]
01.09.1946
-
01.09.1956
short service commission
Sammons,
John Douglas Joseph
J.D.J. Sammons

Son of Alfred Sammons, and Eliza Ffitch.
Married; ... children.
29.03.1917
Stepney district, London / Middlesex
-

Australia
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
19.10.1940 [153309]
WS/Lt.
19.04.1942
T/Capt.
26.04.1943-01.02.1944
WS/Capt.
02.02.1944
Capt.
08.07.1946, seniority 02.02.1944
T/Maj.
11.04.1944-(04.1946)
Maj.
15.11.1953 (retd 08.07.1954)
Efficiency Medal (Territorial) EM
02.05.1947
-



served in the ranks - Territorial Army
?
-
19.10.1940
either 164th, 165th, 166th, 167th, 168th or 170th Officer Cadet Training Unit
19.10.1940


commissioned, The Essex Regiment [emergency commission]



served in Syria, Tobruk and Burma
08.07.1946
-
07.07.1954
commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [short service commission]



served British Army of the Rhine
08.07.1954
-
?
Regular Army Reserve of Officers
On demobilisation, he emigrated to Australia where he served in the Royal Australian Air Force as a Flight Lieutenant, being promoted to Squadron Leader (Equipment Branch) before his retirement in 1971. He then served as an office manager with the Fijian High Commission in Canberra for a further 10 years.
Samwell,
Hugh [Peter] de Lancy
H. de L. Samwell
Son of the Rev. Edward Hugh Samwell (died 1936), Rector of Christ Church, Falkirk, and Florence Nellie Kate Samwell.
Husband of Klare Else Lieselotte Samwell, of Stirling.
08.07.1911
Stockport district, Cheshire / Lancashire
-
13.01.1945
(KIA) [age 33]
[Hotton War
Cemetery, Belgium,
XI.A.11]
2nd Lt.
01.01.1938 [73830]
WS/Lt.
01.01.1941
A/Capt.
?
T/Capt.
19.03.1943-(04.1944)
A/Maj.
1945?
Military Cross MC
04.05.1943
Middle East (Mareth Line, N Africa)
Mentioned in Despatches MID
13.01.1944
Middle East
Managing Director of Scottish Radio Industries, Denny.
     

late Cadet Corporal, Glenalmond (Trinity College) Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Trainig Corps)

01.01.1938


commissioned, 7th Battalion The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's) - Territorial Army
24.08.1939
-
13.01.1945
mobilized TA, serving all the time with the 7th Battalion (North Africa, Sicily, Italy, NW Europe)
[wounded at El Alamein 11.1942, and again in 03.1943; In Italy he played a leading role in defending soldiers accused of mutiny in September 1943, as documented in the famous book Mutiny at Salerno: An Injustice Exposed by Saul David; killed in action in the final phase of the German Ardennes offensive *]
Published: An Infantry Officer with the Eighth Army (1945)
* His death is recorded thus in the Battalion history: "During the advance of the Argylls the leading tank of the squadron of the Northamptonshire Yeomanry, which were in support, was knocked out and a considerable amount of spandau and mortar fire was coming from the high ground on both sides of the road, and from the wooded area west of Lavaux. At this stage the opposition became rather sticky, and ‘A’ company of the Argylls was temporarily held up by some Panther tanks in the wooded area. Here several casualties were sustained, including ‘A’ company commander, Major Peter Samwell, M.C., who was killed."
Sanderson,
John Lilburn
J.L. Sanderson
16.03.1915 ?
-
2nd Lt.
16.08.1939 [95042]
WS/Lt.
14.02.1941
T/Capt.
14.02.1941-(04.1946)
Capt.
21.08.1947
Maj.
01.01.1948
Lt.Col.
01.07.1949
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) OBE
05.06.1952
HM's birthday 52
Mentioned in Despatches MID
01.08.1946

Malaya 42

Mentioned in Despatches MID
12.09.1946

gallant and distinguished services while Prisoner of War

Territorial Efficiency Decoration TD
21.04.1950
-
Territorial Efficiency Decoration TD
23.11.1951
1st clasp



late Cadet Company Sergeant-Major, Barnard Castle School Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
16.08.1939
 
 
commissioned, 9th The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers - Territorial Army
24.08.1939
 
 
mobilized TA
(1940)
 
 
9th Battalion The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (France)
14.11.1940
-
(04.1941)
Adjutant, ...
01.10.1952
-
16.03.1965
Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]
Sandys,
Edwin Duncan;
Baron Duncan-Sandys (created 1974; Life Peer)
E.D. Sandys
E.D. Sandys
E.D. Sandys
E.D. Sandys
E.D. Sandys
E.D. Sandys
E.D. Sandys
E.D. Sandys
Only son of Capt. George Sandys, formerly MP for Wells, and Mildred, daughter of Duncan Cameron, Ashburton, New Zealand.
Married 1st (16.09.1935) Diana (marriage dissolved 1960; she died 1963), daughter of late Rt Hon. Sir Winston Churchill; one son, two daughters.
Married 2nd (19.04.1962) Marie­Claire, daughter of Adrien Schmitt, Paris, and formerly Viscountess Hudson; one daughter.

24.01.1908
Manor House, Sandford Orcas, Dorset
-
26.11.1987
London
2nd Lt.
16.04.1937 [71545]
WS/Lt.
16.04.1940
T/Capt.
19.09.1940-(04.1941)
WS/Capt.
? (reld 23.02.1946; disability)
T/Lt.Col.
1941
Hon. Lt.Col.
23.02.1946
Companion of Honour CH
1973
?
- PC
1944
-
Grand Cross, Order of Merit, Italy, 1960.
Order of Sultanate of Brunei, 1973.
Medal of Honour, City of Paris, 1974.
Gold Cup of European Movement, 1975.
Goethe Gold Medal, Hamburg Foundation, 1975.
Grand Cross of Order of Crown, Belgium, 1975.
Commandeur, Légion d'Honneur, France, 1979.
Grand Cross, Order of Merit, Fed. Rep. of Germany, 1981.
Education: Eton; Magdalen College, Oxford (MA) [served in Oxford cavalry Officers' Training Corps and the Oxford University air squadron].
16.04.1937
 
 
commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army
24.08.1939
 
 
mobilized TA
1940


served in Expeditionary Force in Norway
1940
-
1941
Commanding Officer of an Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Wales)
1941


disabled on active service (injuries from a serious car crash)
Entered Diplomatic Service, 1930; served in Foreign Office and British Embassy, Berlin; Member of Parliament (MP) (C) Norwood Division of Lambeth, 1935-45, Streatham, 1950-February 1974; Political Columnist of Sunday Chronicle, 1937-39; Member National Executive of Conservative Party, 1938-39; Co­founder, Air Raid Protection Institute (later Institute of Civil Defence), 1938; Financial Secretary to War Office, 1941-43; Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Supply, responsible for armament production, 1943-44; Chairman, War Cabinet Committee for defence against German flying bombs and rockets, 1943-45; Minister of Works, 1944-45; Minister of Supply, October 1951-October 1954; Minister of Housing and Local Government, October 1954-January 1957; Minister of Defence, January 1957-October 1959; Minister of Aviation, October 1959-July 1960; Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, July 1960-October 1964, and also Secretary of State for the Colonies, July 1962-October 1964. Founded European Movement, 1947, Chairman, International Executive until 1950; Chairman, Parliamentary Council of European Movement, 1950-51 (President of Honour, European Movement, 1980-); Memmber Parliamentary Assembly of Council of  Europe and of WEU, 1950-51, 1965- (Leader British Delegations, 1970-72); President, Europa Nostra, 1969-84 (Honorary Life President, 1984); Chairman British Section, Franco British Council, 1972-78; Chairman International Organising Committee, European Architectural Heritage Year, 1975. Member, General Advisory Council, BBC, 1947-51. Director, Ashanti Goldfields Corporation, 1947-51 and 1966-72. Vice-President, Association of District Councils, 1979-. Honoray Vice-President, National Chamber of Trade, 1951-. Honorary MRTPI, 1956; Honorary FRIBA, 1968. Member of Magic Circle. Freeman of Bridgetown, Barbados, 1962.
Publications: European Movement and the Council of Europe, 1949; The Modern Commonwealth, 1961.
Sanford,
William Boris
W.B. Sanford

?
-
10.07.1940

[Exeter Higher
Cemetery,
Devon, Z.K.2]
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
14.01.1940 [113597]
?
-
14.01.1940
164th Officer Cadet Training Unit
14.01.1940


commissioned, The Gloucestershire Regiment [emergency commission]
14.01.1940
-
10.07.1940
2nd Battalion The Gloucestershire Regiment (France & UK)
Sanguinetti,
William Scurfield Swire
W.S.S. Sanguinetti

27.11.1906
-
(09?).1969
Surrey SW district, Surrey
2nd Lt.
04.02.1926 [34910]
Lt.
04.02.1929
Capt.
20.05.1936
A/Maj.
02.09.1939-01.12.1939
T/Maj.
02.12.1939-04.06.1941
WS/Maj.
05.06.1941
Maj.
04.02.1943 (half-pay 17.06.1946; disability) (retd 09.04.1947)
A/Lt.Col.
05.03.1941-04.06.1941
T/Lt.Col.
05.06.1941-22.05.1942
Hon. Lt.Col.
09.04.1947
Education: Royal Military College, Sandhurst
04.02.1926


commissioned, The Hampshire Regiment
(03.1931)
 
 
1st Battalion The Hampshire Regiment (Razmak)
(06.1933)
 
 
1st Battalion The Hampshire Regiment (Nowshera (for Rawalpindi))
30.09.1935
-
09.06.1939
Company Officer, The Malay Regiment (employed under Colonial Office)
?
-
(02?).1941
Second-in-Command, 5th Special Service Battalion
05.03.1941
-
05.1942?
Commanding Officer, No. 5 Commando
Santos,
John Edward
J.E. Santos
Son of Robert Bell Santos, and Mary Veronica Gannon.
07.04.1920
Toxteth Park district, Lancashire
-
10.2005
Warwickshire South district, Warwickshire
Cadet
? [901178]
2nd Lt.
09.04.1944 [324386]
WS/Lt.
09.10.1944 (reld > 04.1946, < 04.1947)
A/Capt. ?
?
09.04.1944
 
 
commissioned, Royal Corps of Signals [emergency commission]



served, Divisional Signals, 17th Indian Infantry Division
Satchell,
Stanley William
S.W. Satchell
Son (with two brothers & one sister) of Capt. William James Satchell, and Jeanne Faulkner.
Brother of Sq.Ldr. James Satchell, RAF, and of Sister Mary Satchell, QAIMNS.
Married ((06?).1949, Westminster district, London) Pamela Ellen Sorrell, daughter of Mr & Mrs E.A. Sorrell, of London WC2.
06.10.1919
Reading district, Berkshire
-
07.1992
Thorpe Bay, Southend on Sea district, Essex
2nd Lt. 07.04.1945 [343827]
WS/Lt. 07.04.1945
Lt. 05.10.1946, seniority 08.01.1943
A/Capt. 22.12.1945-21.03.1946
T/Capt. 22.03.1946-07.07.1947
Capt. 08.07.1947
T/Maj. 01.11.1951-20.02.1953
Maj. 08.07.1954 (retd 06.10.1974)
Education: instructor in gunnery (field), qualified on a gunnery staff course; light aircraft pilot (fixed wing).
      served in the ranks for 11 years, 79 days
07.04.1945     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission to 04.10.1946]
05.10.1946     permanent commission
Scale,
Richard Dymoke
R.D. Scale
30.07.1909
-
02.1995
Truro district, Cornwall
2nd Lt. SRO
31.10.1928
2nd Lt.
29.08.1930 [40496]
Lt.
29.08.1933
Capt.
12.02.1939
A/Maj.
09.06.1942-19.08.1942
Maj.
01.07.1946 (retd 29.09.1949)

NW Frontier of India 1936-37 Medal & Clasp.

Education: Imperial Service College.



late Cadet Serjeant, Imperial Service College Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps

31.10.1928
- 28.08.1930 commissioned, Royal Tank Corps - Supplementary Reserve of Officers
29.08.1930
 
 
commissioned, Royal Tank Corps (later Royal Tank Regiment)
?
-
27.11.1940
RAC Base Depot
28.11.1940
-
(12.1940)
6th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment
29.09.1949
-
13.01.1960
Regular Army Reserve of Officers [exceeded age limit]
Scholes,
Thomas Roy
T.R. Scholes
Son of Thomas Scholes, and ... Carr.
(09?).1915
Barton upon Irwell district, Lancashire
-
05.12.1941
(MPK) [age 26]
[Alamein Memorial, Egypt, column 21]

Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
07.06.1941 [190624]
Education: Denstone College.
?
-
07.06.1941
Officer Cadet Training Unit (Sandhurst?; Bronze Medal for shooting at Bisley)
07.06.1941
 
 
commissioned, North Somerset Yeomanry (Territorial Army) [emergency commission]



transferred, Royal Tank Regiment - Royal Armoured Corps
Schreiber,
Sir Edmond Charles Acton
"Teddy"
E.C.A. Schreiber E.C.A. Schreiber
E.C.A. Schreiber
Son of late Hon. Brig.Gen. Acton Lemuel Schreiber, CB, CMG, DSO (1865-1951), and Evelyn Amy Hunt.
Married (24.10.1916) Phyllis, only daughter of late Major C.P. Barchard; two daughters.

30.04.1890
London

-
08.10.1972

Exmouth, Devon
2nd Lt. 23.12.1909 [12846]
Lt. 23.12.1912
T/Capt. 29.05.1915-22.12.1915
Capt. 23.12.1915
Bt. Maj. 01.01.1918
Maj. 08.03.1927
A/Lt.Col. 26.08.1917-08.02.1919
Bt. Lt.Col. 01.01.1930
Lt.Col. 01.01.1937
Col. 08.01.1938, seniority 01.01.1933
T/Brig. 27.09.1938-07.06.1940
A/Maj.Gen. 26.04.1940-07.06.1940
Maj.Gen. 08.06.1940, seniority 24.07.1938
A/Lt.Gen. 08.05.1941-07.05.1942
T/Lt.Gen. 08.05.1942-11.08.1942,
07.09.1942-30.07.1944
Lt.Gen. 31.07.1944, seniority 21.01.1943 (retd 04.01.1947)
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath KCB
08.06.1944
HM's birthday 44
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
01.01.1942
New Year 42
Distinguished Service Order DSO
01.12.1914
service with Expeditionary Force *
Mentioned in Despatches MID
17.02.1915
?
Mentioned in Despatches MID
18.05.1917
?
Mentioned in Despatches MID
14.12.1917
?
Mentioned in Despatches MID
23.12.1918
?
Mentioned in Despatches MID
26.07.1940
?
1914-1915 Star 14|15 St
-
& Clasp
British War Medal 1914-1920 BWM 14|20
-
-
Victory Medal VM
-
-
* Very gallant conduct on 14th September in saving horses which had become entangled in blocked road, and man-handling guns away from a position which had become untenable from a very heavy shell fire, continuing to work, although wounded.
Education: Wellington (1903-1908); Royal Military Academy, Woolwich (1908-1909); Staff College, Camberley (1923-1924; psc).
23.12.1909     commissioned, Royal Field Artillery (Royal Regiment of Artillery)
1914 - 1918 served European War France & Belgium (17.08.1914-30.09.1914, 11.11.1914-01.04.1917 & 07.07.1917-11.11.1918) (wounded; despatches, DSO, Bt Maj.)
17.06.1916 - 02.11.1916 Staff Captain (Staff Officer to Maj.Gen. RA), France
26.08.1917 - 08.02.1919 Commandant, Artillery School
07.06.1920 - 12.01.1921 Brigade Major, ... (India)
14.01.1921 - 15.12.1922 Adjutant, ... (Royal Artillery)
08.04.1925 - 17.10.1926 Brigade Major, ... (Southern Command)
18.10.1926 - 07.04.1929 General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), RAF School of Army Co-operation
21.01.1930 - 20.01.1933 General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), Staff College (Camberley)
16.11.1934 - 31.12.1936 General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), War Office (London)
08.01.1938 - 26.09.1938 General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), Senior Officers' School, Sheerness
27.09.1938 - 02.09.1939 Brigadier RA, Southern Command
03.09.1939 - 23.04.1940 Corps Commander RA, II Corps [= Brigadier RA], British Expeditionary Force (BEF) (France)
26.04.1940 - 11.05.1940 General Officer Commanding, 61st Infantry Division (UK)
12.05.1940 - 07.05.1941 General Officer Commanding, 45th Infantry Division (UK)
08.05.1941 - 08.03.1942 General Officer Commanding, V Corps (UK)
07.04.1942 - 11.08.1942 Force & Army Commander, North Africa, with the task of forming the Expeditionary Force which became the First Army (pronounced medically unfit for service abroad)
07.09.1942 - 18.03.1944 General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Command (UK)
19.03.1944 - 24.09.1944 General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, South­Eastern Command (UK)
26.09.1944 - 10.07.1946 Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Malta
National President, Old Contemptibles Association, 1960. Deputy Lieutenant (DL) Devon, 23.11.1948. KStJ, 22.06.1945. Colonel Commandant, RA, 18.04.1945-16.04.1955. Colonel Commandant, Royal Malta Artillery (Territorial Army), 05.12.1946-29.04.1955.
Schwartz,
Bernard Marcus
B.M. Schwartz
Son of ... Schwartz, and ... Cohen.

05.01.1926
Cardiff district, Wales
-
02.2005
Cardiff district, Wales
Cadet ? [14437055]
2nd Lt. 12.08.1945 [352872]
WS/Lt. 12.02.1946
T/Capt. 04.09.1946-(04.1947)
12.08.1945     commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]
24.12.1945     transferred, Corps of Royal Engineers (Movement Control Section)
Sclater,
Robert Oakes
R.O. Sclater (Photo courtesy of Mr Mark C.D. Ashdown)
Married ((12?).1933, Devizes district, Wiltshire) Sybil C. Niven, of Marden, Wiltshire.
21.07.1909
-
01.12.1943
[age 34]
[Glasgow Crematorium, column 3]

2nd Lt.
29.08.1929 [44208]
Lt.
29.08.1932 (half-pay [unemployed] 07.05.1933-12.08.1933)
Capt.
01.08.1938
T/Maj.
04.10.1940-01.12.1943
Education: Royal Military College, Sandhurst (No. 5 Company).
29.08.1929
 
 
commissioned, The York and Lancaster Regiment
(03.1931)
 
 
2nd Battalion The York and Lancaster Regiment (Delhi)
(01.1937)
 
 
2nd Battalion The York and Lancaster Regiment (Ahmednagar)
(01.1939)
 
 
1st Battalion The York and Lancaster Regiment (York) (on the strength of the depot)
?
-
?
?
Scobie,
Sir Ronald MacKenzie 
R.M. Scobie R.M. Scobie
R.M. Scobie R.M. Scobie
R.M. Scobie R.M. Scobie
R.M. Scobie
R.M. Scobie
R.M. Scobie
R.M. Scobie
R.M. Scobie
R.M. Scobie
Son of Mackay John Scobie of India PWD.
Married (09.02.1927) Joan Duncan, daughter of William Henry Sidebotham, solicitor of Farnham, Surrey; one daughter.
08.06.1893
India
-
23.02.1969
Cottage Hospital, Odiham, Hampshire
2nd Lt.
25.02.1914 [8306]
Lt.
09.06.1915
A/Capt.
22.04.1917-17.06.1917
Capt.
03.11.1917
Bt. Maj.
03.06.1919
Maj.
01.01.1929
local Lt.Col.
30.12.1932-22.01.1935
Bt. Lt.Col.
01.01.1934
Lt.Col.
07.01.1937
Col.
18.01.1938, seniority 01.01.1937
A/Brig.
01.09.1939-29.02.1940
T/Brig.
01.03.1940-08.08.1940
local Brig.
18.08.1940-16.10.1941
A/Maj.Gen.
17.10.1941-09.04.1942
Maj.Gen.
10.04.1942, seniority 08.11.1941 (retd 18.06.1947)
A/Lt.Gen.
22.03.1943-21.03.1944
T/Lt.Gen. 
22.03.1944-(04.1946)
Hon. Lt.Gen.
18.06.1947
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) KBE
26.04.1945
?
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
09.09.1942
Middle East (Egypt, Libya) 11.41-04.42
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) CBE
30.12.1941
Middle East (East Africa and Madagascar)
Military Cross MC
03.06.1916
?
Mentioned in Despatches MID
20.12.1918
?
Mentioned in Despatches MID
05.07.1919
?
Mentioned in Despatches MID
01.04.1941
?
Mentioned in Despatches MID
06.04.1944
Middle East
1914-1915 Star 14|15 St
-
& Clasp
British War Medal 1914-1920 BWM 14|20
-
-
Victory Medal VM
-
-
Palestine 1936-39 Medal & Clasp.
Czechoslovak Military Cross 23.07.1943
Education: Cheltenham College; Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; Staff College (psc); Imperial Defence College (idc)
E
xcelled at all sports, shortly before the outbreak of war he played rugby for Scotland against England, Ireland, and Wales. He also played rugby for the army.
25.02.1914


commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers (served in France & Belgium 30.09.1914-11.11.1918; wounded)
25.03.1918
-
13.08.1918
General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), ... (France)
14.08.1918
-
14.09.1920
Brigade Major, ... (France)
15.09.1920
-
03.09.1924
Officer Company of Gentlemen Cadets, Royal Military Academy, Woolwich (Class A)
16.03.1927
-
31.03.1929
Staff Captain, ... (Aldershot Command)
01.04.1929
-
24.02.1931
Brigade Major, 5th Infantry Brigade (Aldershot Command)
30.12.1932
-
22.01.1935
Director of Military Art (GSO2), Royal Military College of Australia
(01.1937)
 
 
served at London
18.01.1938
-
31.08.1939
an Assistant Adjutant-General, War Office (London)
01.09.1939
-
08.05.1940
Deputy Director of Mobilization, War Office (London)
09.05.1940
-
08.08.1940
Deputy Adjutant-General, Middle East
09.08.1940
-
17.08.1940
specially employed
18.08.1940
-
16.10.1941
Brigadier General Staff, British Troops in Sudan
17.10.1941
-
16.02.1942
General Officer Commanding, 70th Infantry Division (Syria, Libya, Egypt, Syria)
17.02.1942
-
05.08.1942
Deputy Adjutant-General (DAG), Middle East
06.08.1942
-
21.03.1943
General Officer Commanding, Troops Malta
1943
-
1944
Chief of the General Staff, Middle East (Cairo)
09.1944
-
1946
General Officer Commanding, Greece
Lieutenant of the Tower of London, 03.08.1951-1954. Colonel Commandant, Royal Engineers, 19.03.1951-08.06.1958. CStJ, 23.12.1946.
Literature
: Henry Maule, Scobie, hero of Greece (1975)
Scoones,
[Sir] Reginald Laurence
R.L. Scoones

Son of late Major Fitzmaurice Scoones, Royal Fusiliers.
Married (1933) Isabella Bowie, daughter of
John Nisbet, Cumbrae Isles, Scotland; one daughter.
18.12.1900
Hermitage, Sutton Heston, Brentford, Middlesex
-
06.10.1991
Westminster Hospital, London
2nd Lt.
16.07.1920 [490]
Lt.
16.07.1922
local Capt.
16.04.1930-27.04.1934
Capt.
23.03.1935
Maj.
01.08.1938
A/Lt.Col.
04.07.1941-25.07.1941,
07.09.1941-14.11.1941
T/Lt.Col.
15.11.1941-14.11.1942
WS/Lt.Col.
15.11.1942
A/Col.
15.05.1942-14.11.1942
T/Col.
15.11.1942-30.07.1945
Col.
31.07.1945
A/Brig. 
15.05.1942-14.11.1942
T/Brig.
15.11.1942-04.06.1943,
...-13.11.1949
Brig.
14.11.1949
T/Maj.Gen.
09.05.1950-28.02.1951
Maj.Gen..
01.03.1951 (retd 29.04.1955)
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) KBE
01.01.1955
New Year 55
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
07.06.1951
HM's birthday 51
Distinguished Service Order DSO
08.02.1945
Burma
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) OBE
08.07.1941
Middle East (Egypt and Libya)
Mentioned in Despatches MID
19.07.1945
Burma
Education: Wellington College; Royal Military College, Sandhurst
16.07.1920


commissioned, Royal Fusiliers
01.09.1923


transferred, Royal Tank Corps (from 1938 Royal Tank Regiment)
31.12.1926
-
27.04.1934
attached Sudan Defence Force
01.06.1935
-
17.03.1938
Adjutant, 1st Battalion Royal Tank Corps
29.09.1938
-
22.01.1939
Staff Captain, ... (Egypt) (temporary)
01.08.1939
-
06.10.1939
General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), Mobile Division
07.10.1939
-
16.07.1940
Brigade Major, Cavalry Brigade (Cairo)
02.11.1940
-
06.04.1941
General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), Western Desert Corps (Middle East)
12.04.1941
-
(06.)1941
Second-in-Command, 6th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment
1941
-
1941
Commanding Officer, 42nd Battlaion Royal Tank Regiment
07.09.1941
-
14.05.1942
General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), War Office
15.05.1942
-
13.04.1943
Deputy Director of Military Training (A), War Office
17.11.1943
-
15.03.1945?
Commander, 254th Indian Tank Brigade (Burma)
1945


Deputy Director of Military Training
1947
-
1950
Asst Kaid, Sudan Defence Force
09.05.1950
-
30.11.1954
Major­General Commanding British Troops Sudan and Commandant Sudan Defence Force
29.04.1955
-
18.12.1960
Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
Late Royal Armoured Corps; Director, The Brewers' Society, 1957-69.
Scott,
George Alexander
G.A. Scott
?
-
2nd Lt. 21.03.1915 [38501]
Lt. ?
Capt. ?
Maj. 12.10.1927
Bt/ Lt.Col. 01.01.1932
Lt.Col. 12.10.1936 (retd 01.09.1948)
Territorial Efficiency Decoration TD 03.05.1935 -
Territorial Efficiency Decoration TD 15.07.1952 1st, 2nd & 3rd clasps
Education: Edinburgh University (MA, BSc).
21.03.1915     commissioned, Forth Royal Garrison Artillery - Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army
(03.1931) - (06.1933) 161st Heavy Battery, Forth Heavy Brigade RA (Edinburgh)
12.10.1936 - (01.1939) Commanding Officer, Forth Heavy Brigade RA [later: Forth Heavy Regiment RA] (Edinburgh)
24.08.1939     mobilized TA
(04.1946)     Unemployed List
Military member, City of Edinburgh Territorial Army and Air Force Association, (04.1941)-(04.1946).
Scott,
John
J. Scott

Married 1st (1913) Sybil, daughter of late Sir Frederic Hewitt, MVO, MD; two sons. Married 2nd (1933) Hester Mary, daughter of Arthur Hogan.
24.06.1887
-
03.12.1971
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
12.08.1908, seniority 29.07.1908
Lt.
29.07.1911
Capt.
30.10.1914
A/Maj.
26.01.1917-10.08.1917
A/Maj. TF
29.12.1917-26.01.1918
Maj.
27.01.1918
Lt.Col.
17.01.1936
Col.
28.08.1939, seniority 17.01.1939 (retd 23.06.1942)
T/Brig. 
28.08.1939-(01.1940)
Hon. Brig.
24.06.1942
Distinguished Service Order DSO
1919
?
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
1958
?
Mentioned in Despatches
MID
23.12.1918
?
Mentioned in Despatches
MID
07.07.1919
?
1914-1915 Star 14|15 St
-
-
British War Medal 1914-1920 BWM 14|20
-
-
Victory Medal VM
-
-
NW Frontier of India 1930-1931 Medal & Clasp
Education: St Andrews University (MA 1907); psc
1914
-
1918
served European War: Mohmands and Swatis, near Hafiz Kor (04.1915), France & Belgium (11.12.1917-11.11.1918) (despatches twice, DSO)
30.03.1920
-
30.09.1923
Adjutant, ... (Territorial Army)
22.01.1936
-
19.08.1939
Commanding Officer, 85th (East Anglian) Field Brigade (later Regiment) RA - Territorial Army (Stratford)
28.08.1939
-
(01.)1940
Commander Royal Artillery (CRA), 15th (Scottish) Division (temporary)
1940
-
1941
General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), Home Guard, 12th Corps
1941
-
1942
Commander Gravesend Sub Area
1942
-
1944
Training Officer Inverness­shire Home Guard
CC Worcestershire, 1949, Alderman, 1965. Chairman, S. Worcestershire Conservative Association, 1950-1956.
Scott,
Sinclair Robert Grant
S.R.G. Scott
11.09.1904
-
04.1993
Braintree,
Essex
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
26.08.1924 [30552]
Lt.
26.08.1926
Capt.
26.08.1935
A/Maj.
21.05.1940-20.08.1940
T/Maj.
21.08.1940-26.08.1940,
05.11.1940-23.02.1941
Maj.
26.08.1941
A/Lt.Col.
06.04.1943-05.07.1943
T/Lt.Col.
06.07.1943-(01.1946)
Lt.Col.
12.04.1949 (retd 10.10.1950)
Mentioned in Despatches MID
08.05.1936
Mohmand 35 *
Bronze Star Medal (US) BSM
14.11.1947

in recognition of distinguished services in the cause of the Allies

NW Frontier of India (Mohmand) 1933 Medal & Clasp; NW Frontier of India (Mohmand) 1935 Clasp
* For distinguished services rendered in connection with the Mohmand operations, North West Frontier of India, 15th/16th August to 15th/16th October, 1935.
Education: Royal Military Academy, Woolwich
26.08.1924


commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers
(03.1931)


served at Glasgow
(06.1933)


served in India
21.01.1937
-
20.05.1940
Assistant Instructor (Class DD to 31.07.1938), School of Military Engineering (Chatham)
28.09.1944
-
(04.1946)
Staff Officer I (Royal Engineers) on the staff of the Engineer-in-Chief & Director, Royal Engineers, Department of the Quarter-Master-General to the Forces, War Office (London)
10.10.1950
-
23.03.1960
Regular Army Reserve of Officers
Scott-Bowden,
Logan
L. Scott-Bowden

Son of late Lt.Col. Jonathan Scott-Bowden, OBE, TD, and Mary Scott-Bowden (née Logan).
Married (1950) Helen Jocelyn, daughter of late Major Sir Francis Caradoc Rose Price, 5th Bt, and late Marjorie Lady Price; three sons, three daughters.
21.02.1920
Whitehaven district, Cumbria / Cumberland
-
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
03.07.1939
Lt.
03.01.1941
A/Capt.
15.11.1940-14.02.1941
T/Capt.
15.02.1941-24.08.1943
WS/Capt.
25.08.1943
Capt.
01.07.1946
A/Maj.
25.05.1943-24.08.1943
T/Maj.
25.08.1943-02.07.1952
Maj.
03.07.1952
T/Lt.Col.
20.02.1959-19.08.1960
Lt.Col.
20.08.1960 (supernumerary 20.08.1963)
T/Col.
31.03.1964-10.07.1964
Col.
11.07.1964
T/Brig.
20.05.1966-30.12.1966
Brig.
31.12.1966
Maj.Gen.
? (retd 1974)
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) CBE
1972
?
Distinguished Service Order DSO
15.06.1944
Operation Bell Push Able (Normandy reconniassance 01.44)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
1964
?
Military Cross MC
02.03.1944
Operation KJH (Normandy reconnaissance 12.43-01.44)
Military Cross MC
24.01.1946
?
Education: Malvern College; Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; jssc (1956), psc (1945)
03.07.1939


commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers
1940


served in Norway
04.05.1941
-
03.06.1942
Adjutant, 53rd (Welsh) Division RE
1942
-
1943
Liaison Duties in Canada and USA
25.01.1943
-
24.05.1943
Adjutant, ....
1943
- 1944
Normandy Beach Reconnaissance Team
1944
-
(1945?)
Officer Commanding, 17th Field Company RE (NW Europe)
29.05.1946
-
02.12.1946
GSO2, HQ Allied Land Forces South East Asia (Singapore)
03.12.1946
-
18.10.1947
Brigade Major, 98th Indian Infantry Brigade (Burma)
16.10.1950
-
03.12.1950
SORE2, HQ British Troops in Egypt (Palestine)
1951
 
 
served in Libya
01.03.1951
-
11.02.1953
DAQMG, War Office
1953
 
 
served in Korea
24.07.1954
-
02.04.1956
Brigade Major, HQ Training Brigade
01.04.1958
-
18.02.1959
GSO2 Joint Secretariat HQ British Forces Arabian Peninsular
20.02.1959
-
24.04.1960
GSO1 (Plans) (Arabia)
1960
-
(1962?)
Commander Royal Engineers (CRE), 1st Division (British Army of the Rhine) 
20.12.1962
-
29.03.1964
GSO1 (Home Defence Plans), UK Land Forces HQ, Eastern Command
31.03.1964
-
06.05.1966
Assistant Director of Plans, War Office
20.05.1966
-
(01.1967)
Commander, HQ Training Brigade
1969
 
 
National Defence College, India
1970
-
1971
Commander Ulster Defence Regiment
1971
-
1974
Head of British Defence Liaison Staff, India
Colonel Commandant RE, 1975-1980.
Scott-Brown,
Charles L Scott
see: Canadian Army officers' section  
Scrope,
Adrian Cuthbert
A.C. Scrope
From Nafferton, Yorkshire.
Married (1928) Everilda Sykes (born 17.11.1907); four sons, three daughters.
15.05.1906
Kensington, London
-
11.1992
Bury St Edmonds district, Suffolk
Lt.
02.09.1939 [100769]
A/Capt.
12.07.1940-11.10.1940
T/Capt.
12.10.1940-(04.1941)
WS/Maj.
22.09.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Lt.Col.
22.09.1942-(04.1944)
Hon. Lt.Col.
< 04.1946
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) OBE
23.09.1943
North Africa
Territorial Efficiency Decoration TD
04.1950
-
Mentioned in Despatches MID
23.05.1946
Mediterranean



late Cadet Corporal, Ampleforth College Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps

02.09.1939
 
 
commissioned, Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment) - Territorial Army



served in France, North Africa & Italy (QMG? with 1st Army)
12.07.1940
-
(04.1941)
Staff Captain, ...
(1944)
 
 
General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), Staff College, Camberley
?
-
08.08.1956
Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
Seal,
Austen Frederick Herbert
A.F.H. Seal (Photo courtesy of Mrs Carol Vincent)
17.06.1909
Portsmouth district, Hampshire
-
12.1987
Chichester district, Sussex
Lt. (OME 4th class)
23.08.1939 [96084]
T/Capt. (OME 3rd cl.)
02.09.1940-(04.1941)
WS/Capt.
01.03.1941
T/Maj.
15.05.1942-(04.1944)
WS/Maj.
05.09.1944 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Lt.Col.
?
Hon. Lt.Col.
< 04.1946
Territorial Efficiency Decoration TD
15.01.1957
-



late Cadet Serjeant, Portsmouth Grammar School Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps

23.08.1939


commissioned, Royal Army Ordnance Corps - Territorial Army
24.08.1939
 
 
mobilized TA
01.10.1942
 
 
transferred, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
13.12.1943
-
(04.1944)
a Deputy Assistant Director Mechanical Engineering (DADME), HQ Eastern Command (Hounslow, Middlesex)
?
-
17.06.1964
Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
Sebag-Montefiore,
Denzil Charles
D.C. Sebag-Montefiore  
Son of Charles Edward Sebag-Montefiore and Muriel Alice Ruth de Pass.
Married 1st (10.12.1936, New West End Synagogue) Pamela Lucy Magnus, daughter of Laurie Magnus and Dora Marian Spielmann; one daughter.
Married 2nd (01.07.1946) Ruth Emily Van Laun, daughter of William Van Laun; one son, one daughter.

18.02.1914
Paddington district, Greater London
-
01.1996

Fulham district, London
Sigmn.
?
2nd Lt.
12.10.1938 [77345]
WS/Lt.
01.01.1941
Lt.
18.10.1947, seniority 11.04.1945
T/Capt.
16.11.1941-(04.1944)
WS/Capt.
?
Capt.
01.01.1949
T/Maj.
?
Hon. Maj.
18.10.1947
Mentioned in Despatches MID
09.05.1946
Burma
Education: Wellington College; Trinity College, Cambridge.



late Cadet, Wellington College Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps

12.10.1938


commissioned, Royal Corps of Signals - Territorial Army (London Corps Signals)
24.08.1939
 
 
mobilized TA
18.10.1947
-
18.02.1964
Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]
Member, London Stock Exchange.
Sebag-Montefiore,
Thomas Henry
T.H. Sebag-Montefiore T.H. Sebag-Montefiore
Son (with four brothers and one sister) of Arthur Sebag-Montefiore (1853-1895), and Harriette Beddington (died 1924).
Married (11.12.1919, Central Synagogue, London) Irene Catherine Cohen (19.06.1891-03.12.1933), daughter of Sir Leonard Lionel Cohen and Eliza Henrietta Schloss; two sons, one daughter.

09.11.1887
Paddington district, Greater London
-
11.06.1954
Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
25.07.1906 [12549]
Lt.
25.07.1909
Capt.
30.10.1914
A/Maj.
25.09.1916-30.10.1916,
08.11.1916-...
Maj.
12.02.1917
19.06.1917, seniority 02.02.1917 (half pay 30.05.1922-14.08.1922; ill-health)
A/Lt.Col.
30.11.1918-29.12.1918
Bt. Lt.Col.
01.07.1932
Lt.Col.
22.11.1934 (half pay 22.11.1938) (retd 22.05.1939)
Distinguished Service Order DSO
03.06.1918
Italy
Military Cross MC
01.01.1917
?
Education: Clifton College, Bristol; Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.
25.07.1906


commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery



got his aviator's licence # 93 on 13.06.1911, taken on a Bristol Biplane at Salisbury Plain
1914
-
1919
served in France, Belgium, Italy and Germany
30.11.1918
-
29.12.1918
Commander of an Artillery Brigade
01.12.1922
-
22.02.1925
Adjutant, 99th (Buckinghamshire and Berkshire Yeomanry) Field Brigade RA - Teirrotial Army



Commanding Officer, 1st Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery
22.05.1939
-
15.08.1945
Regular Army Reserve of Officers [exceeded age limit]
09.1939
-
06.1944
Commandant, 125 Officer Cadet Training Unit, Royal Artillery
Honorary Secretary, Royal Artillery Association. Honorary Colonel, Royal Artillery, Territorial Army, 17.05.1939-17.05.1944.
Seddon,
William Frederick Clyde
W.F.C. Seddon
Married Lucy Seddon (née ...); one son, two daughters [all died 17/18.07.1963 at the hands of W.F.C. Seddon, who decided to end the lives of himself and his family, urged by financial difficulties]
1924 ?
South America
-
18.07.1963
[aged 39]
Leicester-Forest-
East, Leicestershire
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
28.04.1943 [273506]
WS/Lt.
28.10.1943
Lt. TA
16.06.1948, seniority 27.04.1946
A/Capt. TA
16.06.1948
Capt. TA
27.04.1950, seniority 16.06.1948
A/Maj. TA
16.01.1952
Hon. Maj.
20.09.1955
28.04.1943


commissioned, Royal Corps of Signals [emergency commission]
(1943)


served in Italy
16.06.1948
-
20.09.1955
served Territorial Army
20.09.1955
-
?
Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
Scoutmaster and assistant secretary of the Leicestershire Branch of the National Farmers’ Union.
Senior,
Victor James
"Vic"
V.J. Senior

24.05.1916
-
29.07.2007
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
30.08.1942 [269298]
...
...
WS/Capt.
03.01.1944
T/Maj.
03.01.1944-(04.1946)
Military Cross MC
25.11.1943
Middle East (Egypt and Libya)
Military Cross MC
20.09.1945
Italy
30.08.1942


commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]



50th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment
 
Seymour,
Rothesay Egerton *
R.E. Seymour
* also known as: Seymour, Egerton Rothesay
?
-
2nd Lt.
10.03.1941 [238317]
WS/Capt.
10.06.1941 (reld 08.09.1948)
T/Maj.
10.06.1941-(04.1946)
Hon. Maj.
08.09.1948
Military Cross MC
26.03.1918
*
Mentioned in Despatches MID
WW I
?
* For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He has repeatedly performed marked acts of courage and initiative, and he has on two occasions attacked and routed enemy patrols, though greatly outnumbered. Within the last two months he has himself accounted for sixteen of the enemy during various patrol encounters, and has burned large quantities of enemy supplies, his work being magnificent throughout.
(1914)


1st Rhodesian Regiment
(1918)


Intelligence Agent, East African Intelligence Department
10.03.1941


commissioned, General List, African Colonial Forces Section [emergency commission]
Shand,
Bruce Middleton Hope
B.M.H. Shand B.M.H. Shand
Father of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (formerly Parker Bowles).

22.01.1917
London
-
11.06.2006
Stourpaine, Dorset
2nd Lt.
28.01.1937 [71086]
Lt.
28.01.1940
A/Capt.
01.11.1940-31.01.1941
T/Capt.
01.02.1941-10.02.1942
WS/Capt.
30.07.1942
Capt.
28.01.1945 (half-pay & retd 25.04.1947; disability)
A/Maj.
30.04.1942-29.07.1942
T/Maj.
30.07.1942-09.06.1945
Hon. Maj.
25.04.1947
Military Cross MC
05.07.1940
British Expeditionary Force 39/40
Military Cross MC
09.07.1942
Middle East (Egypt & Libya)
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St
-
-
Africa Star Afr St
-
& clasp 8th Army
France & Germany Star Fr&G St
-
-
Education: Rugby; Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
28.01.1937
 
 
commissioned, 12th Lancers - Royal Armoured Corps
1939
-
06.11.1942
served as Troop Leader in "A" Squadron (France), then UK, then from 09.1941 North Africa [wounded & captured]
06.11.1942
-
1945
POW in German captivity (Oflag IXA, Spangenberg)
Published: Previous engagements (1990; memoirs).
Sharp,
Anthony Keith
A.K. Sharp
Married Daphne ... (predeceased him); ... children.
29.05.1919
-
24.08.2009
hospital
2nd Lt.
25.02.1940 [121374]
WS/Lt.
25.08.1941
A/Capt.
01.09.1941-30.11.1941
T/Capt.
01.12.1941-20.09.1943
WS/Capt.
21.09.1943
A/Maj.
21.06.1943-20.09.1943
T/Maj.
21.09.1943-27.11.1944,
13.02.1945-06.11.1946
Lt.
28.02.1945, seniority 29.11.1941
Capt,
01.07.1946
Maj.
29.05.1953
Lt.Col.
01.08.1960 (retd 04.03.1963)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) OBE
08.06.1963
HM's birthday 63
Mentioned in Despatches MID
23.05.1958
Malaya



served in the ranks, Royal Fusiliers (for 122 days)
25.02.1940
 
 
commissioned, The South Wales Borderers [emergency commission]
28.02.1945
 
 
permanent commission



Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion The South Wales Borderers
Founder and first Headmaster of Bredon School, Pull Court.
Shaw,
Jack William
J.W. Shaw
(03?).1892
Wycombe,
Buckinghamshire

-
T/2nd Lt.
?
T/Lt.
?
2nd Lt.
31.03.1917, seniority 27.12.1915 [31196]
Lt.
? (resigned 30.06.1920)
Capt. TA
28.01.1925 (resigned 06.06.1930)
Capt. TARO
01.07.1931
local Maj. TARO
12.08.1942
Territorial Efficiency Decoration TD
21.04.1950
?
31.03.1917


commissioned, The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry - Regular Forces
?
-
23.07.1919
temporary commission RAF
30.06.1920
-
15.04.1931
Regular Army Reserve of Officers
(1925)
-
06.06.1930
served 4th Battalion The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry - Territorial Army
01.07.1931
-
27.10.1945
Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
05.12.1939
-
(04.1941)
specially employed: Assistant Military Liaison Officer
(04.1944)


specially employed
Shaw,
James
J. Shaw
Married Charlotte (née ...).
31.01.1918
-
15.03.2007
Hampshire
2nd Lt.
25.08.1938 [77577]
...
...
T/Maj.
15.07.1942-26.04.1943,
16.05.1943-10.10.1950
...
...
Lt.Col.
11.02.1961 (retd 31.01.1967)
Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE
24.08.1944
?
Mentioned in Despatches MID
20.12.1940
?
BSc (Eng); MIEE
25.08.1938


commissioned, Corps of Royal Signals
...
-
...
...
Shaw,
William Boyd Kennedy
"Bill"
W.B.K. Shaw W.B.K. Shaw
W.B.K. Shaw 
Son of late Col F.S.K. Shaw, CBE.
Married (1936) Eleanor, younger daughter of Maj. R.A. Dyott, Freeford, Lichfield; one son, three daughters.
From Salisbury.

26.10.1901
Tynemouth, Northumberland
-
23.04.1979
Lichfield, Staffordshire
2nd Lt.
04.07.1940 [146099]
WS/Lt.
?
WS/Capt.
08.05.1943 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Maj.
08.05.1943-(04.1944)
Hon. Maj.
< 04.1946
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
14.10.1943
Middle East
Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE
08.07.1941
Middle East 12.40-02.41
Mentioned in Despatches MID
15.12.1942
Middle East 11.41-04.42
Belgian Croix Militaire de lere Classe (14.05.1948) and Croix de Guerre 1940, avec palme) (16.01.1947); Officer Order of Orange Nassau, with swords (01.07.1952).
Education: Radley College; University College, Oxford
Sudan Forest Service, 1924-1929; later employed on archæological excavations in near East; explorations in Libyan Desert, 1927, 1930, 1932, and 1935; awarded Gill Memorial of Royal Geographical Society, 1934; Department of Antiquities, Palestine Government,
1936-1940.
04.07.1940


commissioned, General List [emergency commission]
15.07.1940


transferred, Intelligence Corps
07.1940
-
1943?
founding member of the Long Range Patrol Unit ("R" Patrol) & Long Range Desert Group (Intelligence Officer from 03.1941)
1943


Advisor on Arab Affairs, British Military Administration, Tripolitania
29.05.1944


transferred, Special Air Service (SAS) Regiment - Army Air Corps
1944
-
1945
GSO 2 (Intelligence) at SAS Brigade Headquarters
Land Agent, 1946-1953.
Published: Long Range Desert Group, 1945; articles in periodicals on Libyan Desert
Shearer,
William Alan Watson
W.A.W. Shearer
Son of ... Shearer, and ... Ferguson.
13.08.1917
Bromley district, Greater London / Kent
-
10.1995
Wellingborough district,
Northamptonshire
2nd Lt.
21.12.1937 [88120]
WS/Lt.
21.12.1940 (reld 25.12.1945; disability)
Hon. Lt.
25.12.1945
Education: Harrow School (02.1931-03.1935)
21.12.1937


commissioned, The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's) - Territorial Army
24.08.1939


mobilized TA
?
-
?
served 4th Battalion The Seaforth Highlanders (captured)
?
-
01.1945
prisoner of war 
[for some time member of the British Free Corps, but found unfit for employment [see: Stephen's Study Room]; part of a prisoner exchange organized by the Red Cross]
Shearn,
Gerald Wyndham
W.G. Shearn (Photo courtesy of Mr David Frape)
W.G. Shearn (Photo courtesy of Mr David Frape)
later used as last name:
Huntley-Shearn.
Son of ... Shearn, and ... Wetten.
30.08.1911
Bath, Somerset
-
(09?).1976
Bristol district, Avon
Pte.
24.10.1938 [70169]
L/Cpl.
01.08.1940
Cpl.
22.12.1941 (remustered as Cpl. 05.01.1942)
A/Sgt.
06.05.1942
2nd Lt.
24.10.1942 [249709]
WS/Lt.
24.04.1943
WS/Capt.
04.06.1944 (reld 1947/48?)
T/Maj.
04.06.1944-(04.1946)
A/Lt.Col.
1947/48?

Imperial Service Medal (30.09.1969)

Male Sorting Clerk and Telegraphist (Postal), Bristol District, Post Office, 03.02.1939.
24.10.1938


enlisted in the Reserves (Bath)
04.07.1942


202nd Officer Cadet Training Unit
24.10.1942


commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission]
1942?
-
1943?
512 General Transport Company, RASC
?
-
?
13 Ambulance Car Company HF
1946?


9th Company, RASC (T Force) (Hanover, Germany)
1947
-
1948
involved in the Berlin air lift
Assistant Inspector, Bristol, General Post Office.
Sheepshanks,
James Michael
J.M. Sheepshanks
Married Felicity ...; two step-sons.
c. 1925 ?
-
04.05.2008

Royal Brompton Hospital
[age 83]
Cadet
? [1157245]
2nd Lt.
01.07.1945 [349904]
WS/Lt.
01.01.1946
01.07.1945


commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]
Sheffield,
George Nelson Hookey
G.N.H. Sheffield
Son of Maj. George Nelson Sheffield (1871-1918) and Violet Sybil Hookey (born 1879).
07.01.1907
Hampstead district,
London

-
08.1987

Tunbridge
Wells district, Kent
Cadet
1925
2nd Lt.
30.08.1926 [36865]
Lt.
30.08.1929
local Capt.
07.10.1935-30.09.1937
Capt.
01.10.1937
A/Maj.
27.06.1940-22.08.1940,
26.03.1941-28.04.1941
T/Maj.
29.04.1941-16.08.1941,
17.08.1942-29.08.1943
Maj.
30.08.1943
Lt.Col.
01.10.1950 (Employed List 1) (supernumerary 01.10.1953)
Col.
12.09.1957 (retd 07.01.1960)
Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE
11.07.1940
for distinguished services in the field
NW Frontier of India 1930-31 Medal and Clasp; 1939-45 Star; Defence Medal; War Medal
Education: Royal Military College, Sandhurst (1925-1926); wartime Small Arms Technical Course (sa (w)); Technical Staff Course, Military College of Science, Woolwich (ptsc)
30.08.1926


commissioned, The Essex Regiment
1926
-
1935
regimental service, 2nd Battalion, India (Peshawar [1930], Nowshera [03.1931] & Nasirabad [06.1933]) [obtained the special Qualification at the Army Signal School in Poona (03.1932); completed promotion examination (in written subjects) in India (10.1932)]
07.10.1935
-
31.10.1938
Adjutant, Calcutta and Presidency Battalion, Auxiliary Force, India
1938
-
1942
regimental service (e.g. 01.1939 indicated as attached to the 2nd Battalion at Warley on the supernumerary list)
21.02.1942
-
30.01.1946
Experimental and Liaison Officer, Netheravon Wing (Netheravon), Small Arms School
31.01.1946
-
31.03.1948
Chief Design Officer, Armaments Design Department
01.04.1948
-
04.01.1949
Technical Staff Officer, 2nd grade (TSO2), ...
13.01.1949
-
30.09.1950
Technical Staff Officer, 2nd grade (TSO2), Proof & Experimental Establishment
01.10.1950
-
16.04.1953
Technical Staff Officer, 1st grade (TSO1), ...
01.05.1953
-
(02.1957)
Technical Staff Officer, 1st grade (TSO1), Inspectorate of Armaments, Ministry of Supply
1957
-
1959
posted to the Proof and Experimental Establishment, Pendine
07.01.1960
-
07.01.1965
Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
Sherret,
David
D. Sherret
Married; children.
26.08.1917
-
24.08.2009
Windsor
2nd Lt.
23.11.1940 [158199]
Lt.
17.11.1945, seniority 13.10.1941
A/Capt.
19.03.1942-18.06.1942
T/Capt.
19.06.1942-16.10.1944
WS/Capt.
17.10.1944
Capt.
01.07.1946
A/Maj.
13.11.1943-18.12.1943,
23.08.1944-16.10.1944
T/Maj.
17.10.1944-11.07.1952
Maj.
13.04.1953
T/Lt.Col.
12.02.1959-08.10.1961
L:t.Col.
09.10.1961 (supernumerary 09.10.1964)
T/Col.
25.11.1963-19.07.1964
Col.
20.07.1964 (retd 26.08.1972)
Military Cross MC
20.09.1945
Italy
Education: Joint Services Staff College (jssc); Staff College (psc).



served in the ranks for 1 year, 83 days
23.11.1940


commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission to 16.11.1945]
26.08.1943

-

12.11.1943

General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3) (Military Training), GHQ PAIFORCE
13.11.1943
-
18.12.1943
General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2) (Military Training), GHQ PAIFORCE
19.12.1943
-
28.12.1943
General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3) (Military Training), GHQ PAIFORCE
23.07.1944
-
11.08.1944
Deputy Assistant Adjutant General (DAAG), ... Infantry Division
23.08.1944
-
06.06.1945
Brigade Major, HQ 20th Indian Infantry Brigade
17.11.1945
 
 
permanent commission
04.11.1947
-
01.06.1949
Staff Officer Royal Engineers (SORE) (Technical), ...
08.06.1949
-
17.12.1950
DAA&QMG, British Military Mission to Greece
19.12.1950
-
28.04.1952
GSO2 (AE), JIBME
12.03.1954
-
09.12.1954
Brigade Major, Engineer Group (TA)
12.02.1959
-
03.07.1961
GSO1, Medical Section, GHQ Middle East Land Forces
25.11.1963
-
12.01.1966
Commander HQ Engineers (TA), Scottish Command
17.02.1966
-
(02.1967)
UK Representative (Colonel), Project CLOUDGAP, Washington
ARIBA, later RIBA. MArch.
Shinn,
Harry
H. Shinn
?
-
WS/RQMS
?
Lt. QM
03.06.1943 [287478] (reld < 04.1946)
Hon. Lt.
< 04.1946
Mentioned in Despatches MID
22.03.1945
NW Europe
03.06.1943


commissioned, The Devonshire Regiment [emergency commission]
06.04.1944
-
(09.1944)
Quartermaster, 2nd Battalion The Devonshire Regiment (NW Europe)
Short,
Reginald Robert Thomas
R.R.T. Short (Photo courtesy of Mrs Jackie M. Rogers)
Son of ... Short, and ... Boyce.
(03?).1915
Edmonton, Essex / Hertfordshire / Middlesex

-
2nd Lt.
03.04.1943 [269113]
WS/Lt.
03.04.1943 (reld < 04.1946)
A/Capt.
19.12.1943-(04.1944)
T/Capt.
?
Hon. Capt.
< 04.1946
21.01.1943
-
02.04.1943
36th course, Officer Cadet Training Unit, Royal Army Ordnance Corps
03.04.1943


commissioned, Royal Army Ordnance Corps (Administrative Branch) [emergency commission]
Shrive,
Richard
"Dick"
R. Shrive (Photo courtesy of Mr M.J. Reeve)
20.10.1891
Oundle, Northamptonshire

-
1974

Sheerness, Kent
Sgt.
? [33397]
2nd Lt.
16.10.1915 [11643]
Lt.
01.07.1917
A/Capt.
14.06.1918-30.11.1918
Capt.
28.07.1928
A/Maj.
01.12.1918-02.04.1919
Maj.
07.03.1938, seniority 01.01.1937 (retd 20.10.1941; but remained employed) (reverted to retd 1944/45?)
A/Lt.Col.
01.11.1940-(04.1941)
T/Lt.Col.
01.02.1941-(04.1944)
Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE
03.06.1931
HM's birthday 31
Military Cross MC
26.09.1917
*
Military Cross MC
04.10.1919
**
Chevalier, Ordre de la Couronne (Belgian Order of the Crown 5th class) (25.07.1918); Croix de Guerre (Belgian War Cross) (25.07.1918); 1914-15 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal

* For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty.  When under heavy shell fire with his battery he entered a burning building and removed a number of cartridges which were on the point of being exploded by the burning debris. By this prompt and gallant action he undoubtedly saved much material as well as considerable damage to the guns.
** On 24th October, 1918, near Bousies, in charge of his battery, he was ordered to get a section in action sufficiently far forward to shoot on an: important railway junction. Despite heavy enemy shelling and several casualties during the night 24th/25th October, his guns were in action by 4 p.m. on 25th October, and made excellent practice on the junction. Throughout the operation he displayed courage and sound judgment, and completed his task satisfactorily.



served in the ranks for 4 years, 320 days



served as Warrant Officer Class II for 214 days
13.02.1915
-
06.1915
served in France & Belgium
16.10.1915


commissioned, Royal Garrison Artillery - Royal Regiment of Artillery
22.05.1916
-
11.11.1918
served 91st Siege Battery RGA (France & Belgium)
(03.1931)


Portsmouth Defences
(06.1933)


RA Fixed Defence Northern Ports, Hedon
(01.1937)
-
(01.1939)
21st Heavy Battery (Shoeburyness)
(04.1941)


served Coast Defence and Anti-Aircraft Branch (commanded special armament mounting units)
Siderfin,
John Gareth
J.G. Siderfin (Photo courtesy of Mr Ronald Gamble)
(09?).1903
Eastry district, Kent
-
Capt.
01.02.1939 [87308] (reld < 04.1946)
T/Maj.
20.12.1941-(04.1944)
Hon Maj.
< 04.1946
Capt. RARO
28.05.1949
Mentioned in Despatches MID
?
?
01.02.1939


commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery - Supplementary Reserve (Category B, employed)
24.08.1939


mobilized
04.1939
-
20.09.1941
6th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery RA (SR) (Coleraine (N Ireland), Grangemouth (Scotland) & Egypt)
20.09.1941
-
03.04.1942
Battery Commander (Officer Commanding), 6th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery RA (SR) (Egypt)
03.04.1942
-
?
staff appointment, Anti-Aircraft Defence, Egypt
28.05.1949
-
07.01.1959
Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
Sidney,
William Philip;
1st Viscount De L'Isle, cr. 1956;
Baron De L'Isle and Dudley, cr. 1835

W.P. Sidney
W.P. Sidney

23.05.1909
Chelsea district, Greater London / London / Middlesex
-
05.04.1991
Kent
...
...
Capt.
?
T/Maj.
21.09.1943-(04.1944)
Victoria Cross VC
30.03.1944
Anzio 07/08.02.44

 

1929


commissioned, Grenadier Guards - Supplementary Reserve of Officers
... -
...
5th Battalion Grenadier Guards (Italy)
Governor-General of Australia, 1961-1965.
Siemssen,
Oscar Roy

O.R. Siemssen
Son of ... Siemssen, and ... Muncey.
20.08.1911
Wandsworth district, Greater London / London / Surrey
-
01.1995
Limpsfield, Surrey
2nd Lt.
19.10.1940 [151913]
WS/Lt.
19.04.1942
T/Capt.
01.04.1943-(04.1944)
19.10.1940
 
 
commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]



served in North Africa & Germany
Sills,
Thomas Herbert

T.H. Sills
Son of Walter Sills (1878-1950), and Madge von der Heyde (1898-1976).
Married Mary Yeadon; one son, one daughter.
From Sandy, Bedfordshire.
05.08.1915
Croydon district, Greater London / Kent / Surrey
-
01.1988
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
2nd Lt.
17.06.1939 [88781]
WS/Lt.
01.01.1941
WS/Capt.
22.11.1941 (reld > 04.1946)
T/Maj.
26.06.1944-(04.1946)
Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE
24.01.1946
NW Europe



late Cadet Lance-Corporal, Bradfield College Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
17.06.1939


commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army
24.08.1939


mobilized TA
(1939)
-
(1940)
"B" Battery, 52nd Heavy Regiment RA
Solicitor at Sandy, Bedfordshire.
Simcox,
George Edwin

G.E. Simcox
30.04.1919 ?
Worksop district, Derbyshire / Nottinghamshire / West Riding of Yorkshire ?
-
05. 1993 ?
Chorley district, Lancashire ?
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
15.06.1940 [134514]
WS/Lt.
15.12.1941
A/Capt.
04.10.1943-(04.1944)
WS/Capt.
13.10.1945
T/Maj.
13.10.1945-(04.1946)
?
-
15.06.1940
151st Officer Cadet Training Unit (Royal Signals)
15.06.1940
 
 
commissioned, Royal Corps of Signals [emergency commission]
Simkin,
Frank William

F.W. Simkin
Son of ... Simkin, and ... Boult.
From Birmingham.
17.02.1922
Aston district, Warwickshire
-
10.2001
Hereford, Herefordshire / Monmouthshire
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
07.08.1942 [240875]
WS/Lt.
07.02.1943
1939-1945 Star? 39|45 St ?
?
?
France and Germany Star Fr&G St
-
-
Def M
-
-
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45
-
-
07.08.1942
 
 
commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]



43rd Battalion Royal Tank Regiment (UK)



served in NW Europe
Simpson,
Gordon Russell
G.R. Simpson
Second son of Alexander Russell Simpson, a Writer to the Signet from Edinburgh.
From Port of Menteith, Stirling.
Married (1943) Marion Elizabeth King (died 1976); two sons.

02.01.1917
Tayport, Fife
-
30.03.2005
[Edinburgh ?]
2nd Lt.
16.01.1937 [69991]
WS/Lt.
02.12.1939
A/Capt.
02.09.1939-01.12.1939
T/Capt.
02.12.1939-(04.1941)
WS/Capt.
05.09.1941
Capt.
11.04.1945
T/Maj.
30.11.1941-(04.1944)
WS/Maj.
08.09.1944
T/Lt.Col.
08.09.1944-(04.1946)
A/Maj.
01.05.1947-24.03.1950
Lt.Col.
25.03.1950 (supernumerary 26.03.1953)
Bt. Col.
25.03.1953
Distinguished Service Order DSO
07.12.1944
Italy
Distinguished Service Order DSO
23.08.1945
Italy
Member of the Royal Victorian Order LVO
16.06.1979
HM's birthday 79
Territorial Efficiency Decoration TD
21.04.1950
& 1st clasp
Territorial Efficiency Decoration TD
25.10.1955
2nd clasp
Efficiency Medal (Territorial) EM
25.06.1948
[cancelled 01.04.1952]
Education: Rugby School



late Cadet Lance-Corporal, Rugby School Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps

16.01.1937
-
spring 1939
commissioned, 19th (Lothians and Border Horse) Armoured Car Company - Royal Tank Corps - Territorial Army (Edinburgh)
spring 1939
-
1946
2nd Battalion Lothians and Border Yeomanry - Royal Armoured Corps
24.08.1939
 
 
mobilized TA
(1942?)
-
(1944?)
Officer Commanding, "B" Squadron
(1944?)
-
09.07.1944
Second-in-Command
09.07.1944
-
1946
Commanding Officer
01.12.1955
-
?
Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
Partner, Bell Cowan [later: Bell Lawrie Macgregor], the Edinburgh stockbrokers, 1938-1982. Chairman, Edinburgh Stock Exchange, 1961-1963; Chairman, Scottish Stock Exchange, 1965-1966; President, Council of Associated Stock Exchanges, 1971-1973; Deputy Chairman, Stock Exchange, 1973-1978. Chairman, General Accident Fire & Life Assurance Corporation Ltd, 1979-1987 (Director, 1967-1987). Lieutenant Queen's Body Guard for Scotland (Royal Company of Archers). Member Court, Stirling University, 1980-1988; Commissioner, Queen Victoria School, 1982-1992. Deputy Lieutenant (DL) Stirling and Falkirk Districts (Central Region), 1981-1992.
Simpson,
Kenneth Arnold

K.A. Simpson
?
-
Lt.
08.05.1943 [274685]
WS/Capt.
08.05.1944
Education: MB
08.05.1943
 
 
commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission]



served with the Chindits in Burma
Simpson,
Richard Louis
R.L. Simpson
?
-
2nd Lt.
10.06.1939
WS/Lt.
01.01.1941 (reld > 04.1946)



late Cadet-Sergeant, Malvern College Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
10.06.1939
 
 
commissioned, 7th Battalion The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers - Territorial Army
24.08.1939
 
 
mobilized TA
(1940)
 
 
9th Battalion The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (France)
Slayter,
Edward Lanyon Penne
E.L.P. Slayter (Photo courtesy of Mr Tim Slayter)
Son of Edward Wheeler Slayter (1869-1938), RAMC doctor in India, and Florence Mary Richardson
Married Miss Robinson.
05.07.1901
Isle of Wight
-
24.12.1961
2nd Lt.
23.12.1921 [437]
Lt.
23.12.1923
T/Capt.
30.05.1930
Capt.
23.05.1932
Maj.
23.12.1938 (retd 27.01.1947)
A/Lt.Col.
29.08.1944-28.11.1944
T/Lt.Col.
29.11.1944-(01.1946)
Hon. Lt.Col.
27.01.1947
Mentioned in Despatches MID
19.09.1946
Burma
23.12.1921


commissioned into The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's)
26.03.1926
-
24.02.1932
employed with the King's African Rifles
(06.1933)
 
 
1st Battalion The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Edinburgh)
07.12.1933
-
04.08.1937
employed with the King's African Rifles
(01.1939)
 
 
2nd Battalion The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Secunderabad, India)
(1942)


Commanding Officer, 11th Battalion The Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
27.01.1947
-
29.09.1951
Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
Slemeck,
Daniel Christopher
D.C. Slemeck
Son of ... Slemeck, and ... Vaisey.
Brother of Lt. R.H. Slemeck, RNVR, and of Lt. A.G. Slemeck, RNVR.
Married ((12?).1939, Dorchester district, Dorset) Peggy C. Atkinson.
28.03.1915
Wimborne district, Dorset
-
(12?).1977
Aylesbury district, Buckinghamshire
2nd Lt.
08.07.1939 [91954]
WS/Lt.
27.10.1940
T/Capt.
27.10.1940-(04.1941)
WS/Capt.
11.09.1942 (reld 17.01.1946; disability)
T/Maj.
11.09.1942-(04.1944)
Hon. Maj.
17.01.1946
Mentioned in Despatches MID
22.03.1945
NW Europe



late Cadet, St. Edward's School Contingent, Junior Division, Offier Training Corps

08.07.1939


commissioned, The Hertfordshire Regiment - Territorial Army
24.08.1939


mobilized TA
27.10.1940
-
(04.1941)
Adjutant, ...
Slifkin,
David
D. Slifkin
06.06.1925
-
Cadet
? [T/14421346]
2nd Lt.
16.09.1944 [330378]
WS/Lt.
16.03.1945 (dismissed the Service by sentence of a General Court-Martial 12.05.1947)
16.09.1944


commissioned, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [emergency commission]



served possibly in India
Slim,
Sir William Joseph;
1st Viscount Slim
see: Indian Army
 
Small,
Frederick Douglas Richard
F.D.R. Small
Son of ... Small, and ... Dear.
17.02.1917
Reading district, Berkshire
-
02.1990
Reading and
Wokingham,
Berkshire
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
21.06.1941 [193987]
WS/Lt.
?
WS/Capt.
23.02.1944
T/Maj.
23.02.1944-(04.1946)



Officer Cadet Training Unit
21.06.1941


commissioned, Royal Army Ordnance Corps (Administrative Branch) [emergency commission]
Small,
Owen Arthur
"Bunny"
O.A. Small (Photo courtesy of Mrs Anne Ammundsen)
Son of Leonard John and Kate Hyde Small, of Hunton, Kent.
Engaged to be married to Barbara Martin.
1917/18 ?
-
18.09.1944
(KIA) [age 26]
[Coriano Ridge
War Cemetery,
XIX, H, 1]
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
21.06.1941 [193988]
WS/Lt.
01.11.1942
A/Capt.
?



Officer Cadet Training Unit
21.06.1941


commissioned, Royal Army Ordnance Corps [emergency commission]
?


transferred to Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
?
-
18.09.1944
7th Armoured Brigade Workshops REME
Smallwood,
Robert Evelyn Russell
R.E.R. Smallwood
Son of Gerald Russell Smallwood and Beatrice May Wade.
Married 1st ...; ... children (one daughter?).
Married 2nd (23.09.1992) Jane Henrietta Birkmyre, daughter of Sir Henry Birkmyre, 2nd Bt. and Doris Gertrude Smith; two daughters.
13.02.1920
Solihull district, Warwickshire / West Midlands / Worcestershire
-
2nd Lt.
03.07.1939 [95581]
Lt.
03.01.1941 
A/Capt.
30.05.1941-29.08.1941
T/Capt.
30.08.1941-13.03.1944,
22.01.1945-(01.1946)
Capt.
01.07.1946 (reld 01.01.1949)
Hon. Maj.
01.01.1949
Education: Royal Military College, Sandhurst
03.07.1939
 
 
commissioned, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers
(1940)
 
 
9th Battalion The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (France)
 
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