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British Army Officers
1939-1945

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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.	?

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

39\|45 St	?	?
Fr&G St	?	?
WM 39\|45	?	?
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)

	CVO	05.06.1952	HM's birthday 52
	OBE	01.02.1945	NW Europe
	MID	30.12.1941	Middle East 02.41-07.41
?	MID	09.01.1949	Palestine 03-09.46
	CdeG	16.01.1947	? [awarded 08.12.1945]
	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

EM	08.02.1949	?
39\|45 St	?	?
Fr&G St	?	?
Def M	?	?
WM 39\|45	?	?
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)

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?

	MC	04.05.1943	Middle East (Mareth Line, N Africa)
	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

OBE	05.06.1952	HM's birthday 52
MID	01.08.1946	Malaya 42
MID	12.09.1946	gallant and distinguished services while Prisoner of War
TD	21.04.1950	-
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

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

	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

Sarson,
Martin Grimsdick
M.G. Sarson (Photo courtesy of Mr Pat Gariepy)

Son (with two [three?] brothers) of Arthur West Sarson (1887-1980), and Katherine Dorothy Ball (1891-1981).

08.09.1920
Wandsworth district, London
-
09.2005
Lewisham district, London

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	10.04.1943 [278010]
WS/Lt.	10.10.1943 (reld < 04.1947)
T/Capt.	31.10.1945-(04.1946)

Education: St Edmund Hall, Oxford University (1946-1949).

10.04.1943			commissioned, The Cheshire Regiment [emergency commission]
autumn 1945			308th Infantry Brigade (NW Europe)

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

Saunders,
Hugh Ward Bannerman
H.W.B. Saunders

Eldest son of Maj. Allan Lindsey Saunders, MRCS, LRCP (1869-1939), and Katie Winifred Rolfe (1873-1934), of London W.
Married 1st (1923?) Eileen Campbell Terry, eldest daughter of Charles H. Terry, of The Chestnuts, Pangbourne, Berkshire.
Married 2nd (1936) Mireille C. .... (1904 - (06?).1943); one son, one daughter.
Married 3rd (17.08.1945, Longdon, Lichfield district, Staffordshire) Daisy Glynn (?-(06.).1972), widow of Maj. Arthur Victor Negus (1887-1943), of Hanch Hall, Lichfield; one son.

13.09.1898
Grimston, Freebridge Lynn district, Norfolk
-
07.05.1972
St Marylebone district, London

2nd Lt.	19.07.1916 [15469]
Lt.	19.01.1918
Capt.	01.01.1923
Maj.	01.08.1938
A/Lt.Col.	28.10.1940-20.12.1940, 16.01.1941-21.02.1941
T/Lt.Col.	22.02.1941-31.01.1943
Lt.Col.	01.02.1943 (retd 22.09.1948)

DSO	14.01.1943	Middle East (Egypt & Libya)
MID	13.01.1944	Middle East
BWM 14\|20	-	-
VM	-	-

Education: Royal Military College, Sandhurst.

19.07.1916			commissioned, The Gordon Highlanders
03.11.1917	-	31.10.1918	served in Mesopotamia
15.01.1919	-	02.12.1919	specially employed (to 12.10.1919 in Russia)
1919			sailed from Hong Kong to Victoria, British Columbia, on the ship Empress of Russia, in transit to Aberdeen
(03.1931)			2nd Battalion The Gordon Highlanders (Ballykinlar)
(06.1933)			2nd Battalion The Gordon Highlanders (Aldershot)
(01.1937)			1st Battalion The Gordon Highlanders (Edinburgh)
(01.1939)			1st Battalion The Gordon Highlanders (Aldershot)
(10.1942)			Commanding Officer, 5/7th (Mar and Mearns) Battalion The Gordon Highlanders

Saywell,
William Louis
W.L. Saywell

Son of John Saywell (1870?-), and Maud Crofts (1871?-).
Married (01.06.1935, St German's Church, Edgbaston, Birmingham district, Warwickshire) Kathleen Peggie Rendel ((12?).1908 - (09?).1964); ... children (one son?).

(06?).1907
Appley Bridge, Wigan district, Lancashire
-
(12?).1964
Mansfield district, Nottinghamshire

2nd Lt.	24.03.1937 [71249]
WS/Lt.	24.03.1940
T/Capt.	15.12.1940-(04.1941)
WS/Capt.	18.03.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Maj.	23.09.1942-(04.1944)
Hon. Maj.	< 04.1946
Capt.	16.08.1946, seniority 11.04.1945 30.09.1947, seniority 18.03.1942
Maj.	01.12.1948

	TD	21.04.1950	& 1st clasp
	EM	20.03.1947	24.08.1951 cancelled as since been awarded TD

24.03.1937			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery -Territorial Army (62nd (North Midland) Field Brigade RA)
01.10.1937			transferred, 222nd (Derby) Anti-Aircraft Battery, 68th (North Midland) Anti-Aircraft Brigade RA
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
14.07.1952	-	20.07.1957	Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [exceeded age limit]

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

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)

KCB	08.06.1944	HM's birthday 44
CB	01.01.1942	New Year 42
DSO	01.12.1914	service with Expeditionary Force *
MID	17.02.1915	?
MID	18.05.1917	?
MID	14.12.1917	?
MID	23.12.1918	?
MID	26.07.1940	?
14\|15 St	-	& Clasp
BWM 14\|20	-	-
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

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

KBE	26.04.1945	?
CB	09.09.1942	Middle East (Egypt, Libya) 11.41-04.42
CBE	30.12.1941	Middle East (East Africa and Madagascar)
MC	03.06.1916	?
MID	20.12.1918	?
MID	05.07.1919	?
MID	01.04.1941	?
MID	06.04.1944	Middle East
14\|15 St	-	& Clasp
BWM 14\|20	-	-
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)
Excelled 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)

KBE	01.01.1955	New Year 55
CB	07.06.1951	HM's birthday 51
DSO	08.02.1945	Burma
OBE	08.07.1941	Middle East (Egypt and Libya)
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)

TD	03.05.1935	-
TD	15.07.1952	1st, 2nd & 3rd clasps
MID	14.12.1917	?

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

DSO	1919	?
OBE	1958	?
MID	23.12.1918	?
MID	07.07.1919	?
14\|15 St	-	-
BWM 14\|20	-	-
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)

	MID	08.05.1936	Mohmand 35 *
	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)

CBE	1972	?
DSO	15.06.1944	Operation Bell Push Able (Normandy reconniassance 01.44)
OBE	1964	?
MC	02.03.1944	Operation KJH (Normandy reconnaissance 12.43-01.44)
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

OBE	23.09.1943	North Africa
TD	04.1950	-
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

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,
David
D. Sebag-Montefiore

Son of Lt.Col. Thomas Henry Sebag-Montefiore (1887-1954), and Irene Catherine Cohen (1891-1933).
Married (17.08.1955, Spanish and Portugese Synagogue, Bevis Marks, London, EC3) Juliet Nadine Marcelle Raphael ((06?).1934-), daughter of Geoffrey George Raphael (1893-1969) and Nancy Jeannette May Rose; four daughters.

17.11.1924
27, Sussex Square, Paddington district, London, W2
-

Cadet	? [1116985]
2nd Lt.	11.12.1943 [302612]
WS/Lt.	11.06.1944
2nd Lt.	21.11.1945, seniority 17.11.1945
Lt.	17.05.1947
A/Capt.	04.06.1946-03.09.1946
T/Capt.	04.09.1946-02.05.1950
Capt.	17.11.1951
Maj.	17.11.1958 (retd 26.07.1961)

Education: Eton College; Edinburgh University; Lackham School of Agriculture.

11.12.1943			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission to 20.11.1945]
21.11.1945			permanent commission

Sebag-Montefiore,
Denzil Charles
D.C. Sebag-Montefiore

Son of Charles Edward Sebag-Montefiore (1884-1960), and Muriel Alice Ruth de Pass (1891-1972).
Brother of Lt.Col. Oliver Robert MArne Sebag-Montefiore and Capt. Hugh William Sebag-Montefiore.
Married 1st (10.12.1936, New West End Synagogue, London) Pamela Lucy Magnus ((09?).1914 - 28.04.1944), daughter of Laurie Magnus (1872-1933) and Marian Dora Spielmann (1882-1972); one daughter.
Married 2nd (01.07.1946) Ruth Emily Magnus ((03?).1916-), daughter of Laurie Magnus (1872-1933) and Marian Dora Spielmann (1882-1972); 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

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,
Eric Cecil
E.C. Sebag-Montefiore

Son of Maj. Cecil Sebag-Montefiore (1873-1923), and Emilia Margaret "Amy" Raphael (1876-1942).
Married (22.01.1924, Spanish and Portugese Synagogue, Lauderdale Road, London) Audrey Mabel Rose Haldin (11.11.1899 - 09.1984), daughter of Henry Hyman Haldin (1863-1931) and Mabel Julia Leon (1874-1970); one daughter, one son.

22.01.1899
Paddington district, London
-
05.05.1991
West Meon, Winchester district, Hampshire

2nd Lt.	21.12.1917 [15336]
Lt.	21.06.1919
Capt.	26.11.1931
Maj.	01.08.1938 (retd 08.11.1947)
A/Lt.Col.	02.01.1941-04.02.1941
Hon. Lt.Col.	08.11.1947

MID	23.05.1946	Mediterranean
BWM 14\|20	-	-
VM	-	-

NW Frontier of India 1930-31 Medal & Clasp.

Education: Wellington College; Royal Military College, Sandhurst.

21.12.1917			commissioned, The Durham Light Infantry
18.10.1918	-	11.11.1918	served in France & Belgium
?	-	?	?
08.11.1947	-	22.01.1949	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]

Sebag-Montefiore,
Geoffrey Edmund
E.C. Sebag-Montefiore

Son (with one sister) of Edmund Sebag-Montefiore (1869-1929), and Juliana Lucas Davidson (1872-1911).
Married (07.03.1927, London) Elizabeth Grace Troyte-Bullock (26.12.1898 - 29.10.1975), eldest daughter of Lt.Col. Edward George Troyte-Bullock, CMG, TD (1862-1942), and Grace Amy Margaret Mount Batten (1874-1968), of Zeals House, Wiltshire; one son. She remarried (23.07.1949, Church of St Mary the Virgin, Culworth, Brackley district, Northamptonshire) Brig. David Arthur Kennedy William Block (1908-2001).
Residences: (1943) Culworth, Oxford & London EC2.

10.04.1893
Paddington, London
-
10.05.1943
Culworth, Brackley district, Northamptonshire

2nd Lt.	24.01.1914 [8429]
T/Lt.	31.10.1914-30.01.1915
Lt.	31.01.1915 (half-pay) (full-pay 07.08.1920) (half-pay 24.09.1920) (retd 22.10.1920; ill-health caused by wounds)
T/Capt.	23.10.1916-24.02.1918, 03.06.1920-24.09.1920
T/Maj.	25.02.1918-..., 11.06.1919-....
Maj. (retd)	22.10.1920
Capt.	01.04.1939 (reld 21.03.1943; ill-health)
T/Maj.	29.02.1940-(04.1941)

	MBE	03.06.1918	Egyptian Expeditionary Force
	Nile	26.11.1919	?

Education: Royal Military College, Sandhurst.

24.01.1914			commissioned, 21st (Empress of India's) Lancers
			Staff Lieutenant, 1st Class
23.10.1916	-	11.12.1917	Assistant Provost Marshal attached to a HQ unit
11.12.1917	-	25.02.1918	Staff Captain attached to a HQ unit
25.02.1918			Assistant Provost Marshal attached to a HQ unit
11.06.1919			Assistant Commandant attached to a HQ unit
03.06.1920	-	24.09.1920	employed with Corps of Military Police (as Deputy Assistant Provost Marshal)
01.04.1939			commissioned, Corps of Military Police (Mobile Division, Provost Company) - Territorial Army, General List
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
?	-	?	Traffic Control Group Officer, Oxford

Member of London Stock Exchange.

Sebag-Montefiore,
[Rt. Rev.] Hugh William
H.W. Sebag-Montefiore

Youngest son of Charles Edward Sebag-Montefiore (1884-1960), and Muriel Alice Ruth de Pass (1891-1972).
Brother of Maj. Denzil Charles Sebag-Montefiore and Lt.Col. Oliver Robert Marne Sebag-Montefiore.
Married (01.12.1945, Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Alban, Hertfordshire) Elisabeth Mary Macdonald Paton (13.10.1919 - 14.11.1999), elder daughter of the Rev. William Paton, DD (1886-1943), and Grace Mackenzie Macdonald (1887-1967), of St Albans; three daughters.
Changed last name from Sebag-Montefiore to Montefiore by deed poll of 06.01.1947.

12.05.1920
London
-
13.05.2005
London

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	24.05.1941 [187876]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
A/Capt.	?

Education: Rugby School; St John's College, Oxford (MA, BD) (Hon. Fellow, 1981).

?	-	24.05.1941	Officer Cadet Training Unit
24.05.1941			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
			served, Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry (saw action in the Arakan and Kohima campaigns on the frontiers of India)

Deacon 1949, priest 1950. Curate, St George's, Jesmond, Newcastle, 1949-1951; Chaplain and Tutor, Westcott House, Cambridge, 1951-1953; VicePrincipal, 1953-1954; Examining Chaplain: to Bishop of Newcastle, 1953-1970; to Bishop of Worcester, 1957-1960; to Bishop of Coventry, 1957-1970; to Bishop of Blackburn, 1966-1970; Fellow and Dean of Gonville and Caius College, 1954-1963; Lecturer in New Testament, University of Cambridge, 1959-1963; Vicar of Great Saint Mary's, Cambridge, 1963-1970; Canon Theologian of Coventry, 1959-1970; Honorary Canon of Ely, 1969-1970; Bishop Suffragen of KingstonuponThames, 1970-1978; Bishop of Birmingham, 1978-1987. Hon. Assistant Bishop, Diocese of Southwark, since 1987. Member, Archbishops' Commission on Christian Doctrine, 1967-1976; Chairman, General Synod Board for Social Responsibility, 1983-1987. Chairman: Indep. Commission on Transport, 1973; Transport 2000, 1987-1992; Friends of the Earth Trust, 1992-; National Trust for the Homeless, 1992-. Hon. DD: Aberdeen, 1976; Birmingham, 1985.
Published: (contrib.) The Historic Episcopate and the Fullness of the Church, 1954; To Help You To Pray, 1957; (contrib.) Soundings, 1962; Josephus and the New Testament, 1962; (with H. E. W. Turner) Thomas and the Evangelists, 1962; Beyond Reasonable Doubt, 1963; (contrib.) God, Sex and War, 1963; Awkward Questions on Christian Love, 1964; A Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews, 1964; Truth to Tell, 1966; (ed) We Must Love One Another Or Die, 1966; (contrib.) The Responsible Church, 1966; Remarriage and Mixed Marriage, 1967; (contrib.) Journeys in Belief, 1968; (ed) Sermons From Great St Mary's, 1968; My Confirmation Notebook, 1968; The Question Mark, 1969; Can Man Survive, 1970; (ed) More Sermons From Great St Mary's, 1971; Doom or Deliverance?, 1972; (ed) Changing Directions, 1974; (ed) Man and Nature, 1976; Apocalypse, 1976; (ed) Nuclear Crisis, 1977; (ed) Yes to Women Priests, 1978; Taking our Past into our Future, 1978; Paul the Apostle, 1981; Jesus Across the Centuries, 1983; The Probability of God, 1985; So Near And Yet So Far, 1986; Communicating the Gospel in a Scientific Age, 1988; God, Sex and Love, 1989; Christianity and Politics, 1990; Reclaiming the High Ground, 1990; (ed) The Gospel and Contemporary Culture, 1992; The Womb and The Tomb, 1992; Preaching for Our Planet, 1992; Credible Christianity, 1994; Oh God, What Next?, 1995; Time to Change, 1996; contributions to New Testament and Theological journals.

Sebag-Montefiore,
Oliver Robert Marne
O.R.M. Sebag-Montefiore

Son of Charles Edward Sebag-Montefiore (1884-1960), and Muriel Alice Ruth de Pass (1891-1972).
Brother of Maj. Denzil Charles Sebag-Montefiore and Capt. Hugh William Sebag-Montefiore.
Married (17.09.1937, Central Synagogue, Hallam Street, London City) Henrietta Floretta Waley-Cohen (30.05.1914 - 25.12.1999), daughter of Sir Robert Waley Cohen (1877-1952) and Alice Violet Beddington (1881-1935); one son, two daughters.
Residence: (1965) Brook Hall, Finchingfield, Essex & 28 Devonshire Place Mews, London.

09.07.1915
Paddington district, London
-
10.1993
Bury St Edmunds district, Suffolk

2nd Lt.	30.12.1936 [69800]
Lt.	30.12.1939
Capt.	11.04.1945 07.10.1947, seniortiy 19.04.1944
T/Maj.	19.04.1944-22.10.1945
WS/Maj.	23.10.1945 (reld > 04.1946, < 04.1947)
Maj.	09.07.1949, seniority 01.05.1947 (retd 01.11.1950)
T/Lt.Col.	?
Hon. Lt.Col.	< 04.1947

21.04.1950

& 1st clasp

Education: Wellington College; Peterhouse College, Cambridge University (MA, 1949).

			late Cadet, Wellington College Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
30.12.1936			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery - Terriorial Army (64th (7th London) Field Brigade RA)
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
01.11.1950	-	12.07.1965	Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [exceeded age limit]

President of the London Jewish Welfare Board.

Sebag-Montefiore,
Thomas Henry
T.H. Sebag-Montefiore

Son (with four brothers and one sister) of Arthur Sebag-Montefiore (1853-1895), and Harriette Beddington (1859?-1924).
Married (11.12.1919, Central Synagogue, London) Irene Catherine Cohen (19.06.1891 - 03.12.1933), daughter of Sir Leonard Lionel Cohen (1858-1938) and Eliza Henrietta Schloss (1865-1935); two sons (Maj. David Sebag-Montefiore), 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)

	DSO	03.06.1918	Italy
	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)

	MC	25.11.1943	Middle East (Egypt and Libya)
	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

	MC	26.03.1918	*
	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

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

MC	05.07.1940	British Expeditionary Force 39/40
MC	09.07.1942	Middle East (Egypt & Libya)
39\|45 St	-	-
Afr St	-	& clasp 8th Army
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)

	OBE	08.06.1963	HM's birthday 63
	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

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)

	MBE	24.08.1944	?
	MID	20.12.1940	?

BSc (Eng); MIEE

25.08.1938			commissioned, Corps of Royal Signals
...	-	...	...

Shaw,
William Boyd Kennedy
"Bill"
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

OBE	14.10.1943	Middle East
MBE	08.07.1941	Middle East 12.40-02.41
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)

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)

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

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)

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

?
-

WS/RQMS	?
Lt. QM	03.06.1943 [287478] (reld < 04.1946)
Hon. Lt.	< 04.1946

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

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)

MBE	03.06.1931	HM's birthday 31
MC	26.09.1917	*
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

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

23.05.1909
Chelsea district, Greater London / London / Middlesex
-
05.04.1991
Kent

...	...
Capt.	?
T/Maj.	21.09.1943-(04.1944)

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.

Siebert,
Edgar Leonard
E.L. Siebert

Married ((06?).1938, Romford district, Essex) Gladys E. Lambert.

03.04.1908
West Ham district, Greater London
-
(09?).1974
Redbridge district, Greater London

2nd Lt.	28.09.1940 [150197]
WS/Lt.	?
WS/Capt.	13.06.1943 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Maj.	13.06.1943-(04.1944)
Hon. Maj.	< 04.1946

MID

08.11.1945

NW Europe

28.09.1940			commissioned, Royal Army Ordnance Corps (Administrative Branch) [emergency commission]
(04.1944)			specially employed

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)

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

?	39\|45 St ?	?	?
	Fr&G St	-	-
	Def M	-	-
	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

DSO	07.12.1944	Italy
DSO	23.08.1945	Italy
LVO	16.06.1979	HM's birthday 79
TD	21.04.1950	& 1st clasp
TD	25.10.1955	2nd clasp
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

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

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,
Calver Henry Read
C.H.R. Smallwood

Married ((09?).1939, Chelsea district, London) Margaret G. Bradley.

18.10.1908
Paddington district, London
-
(12?).1969
New Forest district, Hampshire

Sgt.	?
2nd Lt.	27.01.1934 [62223]
Lt.	27.01.1937
Capt.	23.01.1939 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Maj.	15.11.1942-05.04.1944
WS/Maj.	06.04.1944
Maj.	01.01.1950, seniority 06.08.1945
T/Lt.Col.	(1945?)
Hon. Lt.Col.	< 04.1946

39\|45 St	-	-
Afr St	-	& clasp 8th Army
It St	-	-
Fr&G St	-	-
Def M	-	-
WM 39\|45	-	-
TD	01.08.1946	-
TD	03.10.1950	2 clasps

			served in the ranks, Inns of Court Regiment
27.01.1934			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army
			90th (City of London) Field Brigade RA
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
?	-	01.01.1950	Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
01.01.1950	-	31.07.1952	Territorial Army
31.07.1952	-	08.11.1958	Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [exceeded age limit]

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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