British Army Officers
1939-1945

 

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Taffs,
Arthur Leslie
A.L. Taffs
From Reading, Berkshire.
01.01.1899
Eton district,
Buckinghamshire

-
c. 1972
Victoria, Australia
2nd Lt.
20.12.1918 [13976]
Lt.
20.12.1920
Capt.
21.01.1931
Maj.
01.08.1938 (retd 22.01.1949)
A/Lt.Col.
17.07.1941-16.10.1941
T/Lt.Col.
17.10.1941-(01.1946)
Hon. Lt.Col.
22.01.1949
Distinguished Service Order DSO
21.06.1945
NW Europe
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
01.01.1944
New Year 44
Mention in Despatches MID
22.03.1945
NW Europe
Iraq Operations 1919-1920 NW Persia Medal & Clasp; Waziristan
1921-1924 Medal & Clasp
20.12.1918


commissioned, Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's)
(03.1931)
 
 
1st Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment (Dinapore)
(06.1933)
 
 
1st Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment (Dinapore (for Sudan))
01.11.1935
-
31.10.1939
Adjutant, 5th (Hackney) Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment - Territorial Army
27.07.1943
-
16.09.1943
acting Commander, 163rd Infantry Brigade (UK)
(1944)
-
(1945)
Commanding Officer, 5th Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment (NW Europe)
Tait,
Thomas
T. Tait (Photo courtesy of Mr Frank de Planta) T. Tait (Photo courtesy of Mr Frank de Planta)
?
-
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 04.07.1940 [138566]
WS/Lt. 04.07.1942
WS/Capt. ? (reld 28.03.1947)
T/Maj. (1945)
Lt. 28.03.1947 (reld 01.01.1951)
Hon. Maj. 01.01.1951
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) MBE 28.06.1945 Italy
 
04.07.1940     commissioned, The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's) [emergency commission]
(1942) - (1944) seconded, 1st Battalion 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) (North Africa & Italy)
28.03.1947 - 01.01.1951 commissioned, Junior Training Corps (St John's School Contingent) - General List - Territorial Army
01.01.1951 - 14.03.1967 Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]
Tait,
William
C. Tarling
?
-
Cadet
? [14438647]
2nd Lt.
02.12.1944 [335695]
02.12.1944


commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
Tait,
William
C. Tarling
Married Alice Rowe; ... children (one daughter?).
?
Antwerp,
Belgium

-
Cadet
? [7686072]
2nd Lt.
28.08.1943 [292462]
WS/Lt.
28.02.1944 (reld < 04.1946
T/Capt.
?
Hon. Capt.
< 04.1946
28.08.1943


commissioned, Intelligence Corps [emergency commission]
?


School of Military Intelligence, Matlock
1944
-
1945
served NW Europe
Talbot,
Edward Hugh Frederick
E.H.F. Talbot (Photo courtesy of Mr Lee Lidbury)
Son of Gilbert Edward Chetwynd Talbot (1876-1950), and Geraldine Mary Murray (1876-1953).
Married (27.07.1935, Winchester district, Hampshire) Cynthia Phoebe Duncan Phillips (25.11.1912 - 27.01.2012); two daughters, one son.
19.01.1909
Thirsk district, North Riding of Yorkshire
-
08.03.1998
Devizes district, Wiltshire
2nd Lt. 31.01.1929 [41197]
Lt. 31.01.1932 (half-pay 13.03.1937)
Capt. 01.08.1938 (reld 03.09.1939; ill-health)
Lt. 03.09.1939 (reld > 01.1945, < 04.1945)
T/Capt. 16.05.1941-(01.1945)
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) MBE 01.01.1945 New Year 45
Education: Haileybury (1923.1-1927.2); Royal Military Academy, Woolwich (1927-1928).
31.01.1929 - 03.09.1939 commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery
03.09.1939     commissioned, Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) [emergency commission]
(1941)     8th (HD) Battalion The Royal Berkshire Regiment
Tandy,
Clive Napper O'Connor
C.N.O'C. Tandy (Photo courtesy of Mr Kimberly J. Lindsay)

Younger son of Col. & Mrs Maurice O'Connor Tandy, DSO, OBE, MA, RE.
13.05.1915
Fermoy district, Ireland
-
25.02.1943
(KIA) [age 27]
[Sfax War Cemetery, Tunisia, XIII.F.19]
2nd Lt. 29.08.1935 [66057]
Lt. 29.08.1938
T/Capt. 29.02.1940-06.09.1940
WS/Capt. 07.09.1940
T/Maj. 07.09.1940-25.02.1943
Education: Rugby School (01.1929-12.1933; Lockhart House; XV, 1933); Royal Military Academy, Woolwich (Cadet Scholarship); BA.
29.08.1935     commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers
(10.1935)     served at Cambridge
(01.1937)     served at Cambridge
(01.1938)     served at Chatham
(01.1939)     served at Palestine
20.10.1941 - (07.1942) Staff Officer, Royal Engineers (SORE), ...
31.01.1942 - 23.05.1942 6th War Course, Middle East Staff School (Haifa)
Tanner,
Charles John
C.J. Tanner
Son of Henry Thomas Tanner, civil engineer, and Eliza Mary Bedford.
Married (26.11.1913, St Faith's, Norfolk) Auriol Gertrude Drummond (03.06.1885-1964), daughter of Col. Augustus Drummond and Anna Laura Lanchester; three daughters.
22.03.1880
Loodiana, Bengal, India
-
10.03.1964
Parkstone Nursing Home, formerly of Castle Garden, Wareham, Dorset
2nd Lt.
25.06.1899
Capt.
?
Maj. (Ordn.Offr. 4th cl.)
?
Maj. (A/Ordn.Offr. 3rd cl.)
10.09.1918-...,
21.03.1921-29.05.1923
Maj. (Ordn.Offr. 3rd cl.)
30.05.1923
A/Lt.Col. (A/Ordn.Offr. 2nd cl.)
25.10.1918-05.02.1921
Bt. Lt.Col. (Ordn.Offr. 3rd cl.)
01.07.1929
T/Lt.Col. (T/Ordn.Offr. 2nd cl.)
29.09.1930-20.03.1931
Lt.Col. (Ordn.Offr. 2nd cl.)
21.03.1931 (retd 22.03.1935; attained age limit) (retired pay temporarily suspended for wartime service 03.09.1939) (reverted to retd > 04.1946)
Queen's South Africa Medal QSAM
-
& clasp Natal
1914-1915 Star 14|15 St
-
-
British War Medal 1914-1920 BWM 14|20
-
-
Victory Medal VM
-
-
Mention in Despatches MID
12.01.1920
?
Education: Advanced Class, Military College of Science (pac).
25.06.1899


commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery
?
-
01.1.1912
Assistant Inspector, Inspection Staff
09.06.1916
 
 
transferred, Army Ordnance Department (later: Royal Army Ordnance Corps)
03.09.1939
-
(04.1941)
Deputy Assistant Director of Ordnance Services (DADOS), Hertford Area, Eastern Command
Tanner,
Wallace James
"Wally"
W.J. Tanner

Son of ... Tanner, and ... Fillis.
Married ((12?).1945, Deptford district, London) Eileen F.C. Smith; ... children (one daughter?).
22.03.1923
Kensington district, London
-
17.11.1991
Southwark district, London
Cadet ? [14749234]
2nd Lt. 12.05.1945 [346852]
WS/Lt. 12.11.1945 (reld > 04.1947)
12.05.1945     commissioned, The East Surrey Regiment [emergency commission]
      served in India
Tapley,
Reginald Kinsman Livingstone
R.K.L. Tapley (Photo courtesy of Mr Reg Tapley)
Eldest son (with four brothers and one sister) of Harold Livingstone Tapley (1875-1932), mayor of Dunedin & member of the city council, and Jean Brodie Burt (1878-1927), of Dunedin, New Zealand.
Married ...; twin sons.
30.12.1900
Dunedin, New Zealand
-
09.01.1977
Christchurch, New Zealand
Gnr. ?
2nd Lt. 21.04.1943 [287961]
WS/Lt. 21.10.1943 (reld > 07.1945, < 10.1945)
A/Capt.? 1945?
Hon. Lt. > 07.1945, < 10.1945
Education: Christ's College, Christchurch (05.1911-12.1918).
 1939 - 1941 served in the ranks, 147th Battery, 43rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Regiment of Artillery
21.04.1943     commissioned, Pioneer Corps [immediate emergency commission]
      served with Group 2 Ceylon Pioneer Corps
His school obituary read: "REGINALD KINSMAN LIVINGSTONE TAPLEY (2614). Aged 76. He was the eldest son of Harold Livingstone Tapley of Dunedin, and he was a boarder in the "Lower School" and then in "School House" from May 1911 to December, 1918. He was in the 1st XV in 1918. After leaving school he found a job as a survey chainman working in the backblocks of Otago where land was being sub-divided for returning World War I soldiers. This was to be only a temporary position for he was soon to find an outlet for his true interests which were acting and singing. He joined the Australian company of J.C . Williamsons, and performances in seven Gilbert and Sullivan operas were to follow, taking him on several tours throughout Australia. When his contract with J.C. Williamsons expired he was drawn to the stages of England where he appeared in such plays and musicals as The Chocolate Soldier, Lilac Time, The Royal North West Mounties (Octet), Primrose Time and many more, culminating in The Three Musketeers at Drury Lane where he played the part of D'Artagnan. At the time World War II was declared, he was with ENSA in France, and on returning to England he enlisted in the British Army. He spent the next five years in the Army serving in the Royal Artillery and the Royal Pioneer Corps in Europe and later in South East Asia Command at Trincomalee in Ceylon attaining the rank of Captain. At the end of the war he returned to New Zealand and joined the family firm of H.L. Tapley and Company Limited in Dunedin. He was soon producing and acting in shows for the Dunedin Operatic and Repertory Societies. In 1958, he and his family moved to Nelson where he worked with the Apple and Pear Marketing Board for several years and took part in several amateur shows. He had been living in retirement in Christchurch for some years and during this time took part in many radio plays for the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation. He also contributed to a musical programme called Musical Miniatures for the Corporation. He died suddenly at his residence in Christchurch on 9th January, 1977, and is survived by his wife and twin sons."
Tapling,
Frank Gregory
F.G. Tapling

08.07.1920
Birkenhead
-
07.12.2011
2nd Lt. 07.05.1943 [276156]
WS/Lt. 07.11.1943 (reld > 04.1946)
T/Capt. 16.10.1945-(04.1946)
Maj. TA ?
MC 24.01.1946 NW Europe 44/45
Territorial Decoration TD 1951 -
Territorial Decoration TD 14.07.1961 1st clasp
07.05.1943     commissioned, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [emergency commission]
(1944/45)     4th Battalion The Welch Regiment (MC)
Tarbitt,
?
Tarbitt
?
-
?
2nd Lt. ?
Lt. ?
(04.1945)     14th Battalion The Nigeria Regiment
Tarleton,
Benjamin [Drought Tracey]
"Ben"
B. Tarleton
Son (with three brothers) of William Henry Tarleton (1862-1930), and Mary Ella Conroy (1867-1935).
Married ((06?).1937, Exeter district, Devon) Julia Alison Mardon (10.11.1913 - 31.01.1991), daughter (with four brothers and two sisters) of Evelyn John Mardon (1867-1958), and Maud Mary Rothwell (1881-1950); two daughters, one son.
25.09.1901
Bassein, Burma
-
(03?).1965
Honiton, Devon
2nd Lt. 23.12.1921 [6017]
Lt. 23.12.1923
local Capt. 08.06.1932-12.08.1934
Capt. 12.08.1934
Maj. 23.12.1938 (retd 28.04.1948)
A/Lt.Col. 25.05.1941-24.08.1941
T/Lt.Col. 25.08.1941-03.12.1942,
09.05.1943-21.06.1945,
26.06.1945-(01.1946)
Hon. Lt.Col. 28.04.1948
Education: Hodder, then Stoneyhurst; Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
23.12.1921     commissioned, Royal Dublin Fusiliers
05.08.1922     transferred, Northumberland Fusiliers (later Royal Northumberland Fusiliers)
21.06.1924 - 14.02.1926 ADC to the Governor of the United Provinces
28.02.1930 - 31.07.1937 attached to Sudan Defence Force
1942     part of the Long Range Desert Group and Camel Corps
1943 - 16.11.1943 Commanding Officer, 2nd Battalion The Royal West Kent Regiment [Leros, Aegean; captured]
17.11.1943 - 04.1945 POW in German captivity (POW No. 2085; Oflag VIIIF, Mährisch-Trübau, Böhmen und Mähren; Oflag 79, Braunschweig, Niedersachsen)
28.04.1948 - 09.01.1952 Regular Army Reserve of Officers [exceeded age limit]
Tarling,
Charles
C. Tarling
?
-
2nd Lt.
20.03.1943 [277660]
WS/Lt.
20.09.1943 (reld > 04.1946)
20.03.1943


commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]
02.02.1944
-
(05.1944)
Instructor, Training Wing, Middle East Camouflage School
Tatham,
Wulfstan
W. Tatham (Photo courtesy of Mr John Tatham)
Son (with one brother, two sisters and three half-sisters) of Percy Charles French Tatham (1845-1925), solicitor, and Ethel Agnes Wilson (1861-1929).
Married 1st (03.12.1925, St Mary, Goudhurst, Cranbrook district, Kent) Alice Minnie Kathleen Vousien (1898 - 04.03.1944), daughter of George Thomas Vousden (1852-), and Martha Maria Lovall (1859-1927); five children.
Married 2nd (03.06.1944, St Peter, Hambledon, Surrey South Western district) Ethel Marion Pye (26.03.1901 - 17.12.1964), daughter of A.J. Pye.
21.05.1895
Thorncroft, Bromley Park, Bromley, Kent
-
18.11.1961
Holloway Sanatorium, Virginia Water, Surrey North Western district
2nd Lt. 1917
Lt. 1919
2nd Lt. 02.09.1939 [88506]
WS/Lt. 09.01.1940
T/Capt. 25.07.1940-09.03.1942
WS/Capt. 10.03.1942
T/Maj. 10.03.1942-(04.1945)
Hon. Maj. > 07.1945, < 10.1945
Education: Haileybury College (1909.1-1914.2; Junior Scholar 1908; Senior 1910; Prefect; Batten House; Middle Weight Boxing, Aldershot 1913; C.S.M. 1913-1914); Exeter College, Oxford (1914; BA 1919; MA 1923; 2nd Lt., Oxford University Officer Training Corps 1917-1918).
Frontiers District Administration, Egypt (local Lt., Camel Corps 1919-1921). Solicitor from 1922.
08. 1914 - 08.1915 Private to Corporal, Honourable Artillery Company (invalided)
      General List
02.09.1939     commissioned, Special List - Territorial Army Reserve of Officers (attached Queen's Royal Regiment)
1939 - 1940 Intelligence Officer, British Expeditionary Force
15.07.1940 - 21.02.1948 transferred, Intelligence Corps - Territorial Army Reserve of Officers (Class II) [exceeded age limit]
      XII Corps
... - ... ...
1944     Major (Training), South Eastern Army
Tayler,
Henry Lionel Holroyd
"Roy"
H.L.H. Tayler
Married ((09?).1951, Eastbourne district, Sussex) Betty Davies (predeceased him); one daughter, two sons.
30.05.1918
-
03.05.2011
Mayfield, nr Tunbridge Wells
2nd Lt. 27.01.1938 [74575]
Lt. 01.01.1941
A/Capt. 31.10.1945-26.01.1946
Capt. 27.01.1946
T/Maj. 01.01.1949-26.01.1951
Maj. 27.01.1951 (retd 01.06.1968)
Mention in Despatches MID 20.06.1946 in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the field
Education: Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.
27.01.1938     commissioned, Royal Corps of Signals
(01.1939)     served at Catterick Camp
? - 06.1940 captured at Dunkirk
1940 - 1945 POW (No. 870) in German captivity (Oflag VII-B, Eichstätt, Bayern)
Tayler,
Lionel William Skipwith
L.W.S. Tayler
Eldest son (with two brothers) of Lt.Col. Francis Lionel Tayler, DSO, IA (1883-1933), and Kathleen Edythe Wildeblood (1890-1970), of Eastbourne, Sussex.
Brother of W/Cdr. Thomas Henry Bryan Tayler, RAF.
Married 1st (05.07.1939, St John's Church, Eastbourne) Elizabeth Dona Whitehead (22.06.1910 - 22.08.1953), only daughter (with one brother) of Lt.Col. Wilfred James Whitehead, DSO (1873-1934), and Dona Margaret Chase (1887-1944), of Eastbourne, Sussex; one son, one daughter.
Married 2nd ((09?).1939, Surrey) Sara Elinor "Sally" Lowis; two daughters, one son.
22.04.1912
Cuckfield district, Sussex
-
1980
Kerikeri, Far North, Northland, New Zealand
2nd Lt. 22.04.1933 [52239]
T/Lt. 22.05.1935-21.04.1936
Lt. 22.04.1936
A/Capt. 13.07.1940-12.10.1940
T/Capt. 13.10.1940-21.04.1941
Capt. 22.04.1941
A/Maj. 17.08.1941-16.11.1941
T/Maj. 17.11.1941-18.12.1941,
25.02.1942-14.11.1944,
20.08.1945-(04.1946)
Maj. 01.07.1946 (retd 25.02.1949; receiving a gratuity)
Mention in Despatches MID 26.04.1945 Burma
      from Supplementary Reserve of Officers
22.04.1933     commissioned, The Royal Sussex Regiment
22.05.1935 - 31.08.1940 employed under Colonial Office (Royal West African Frontier Force) [Adjutant 01.03.1939-11.08.1940]
      prisoner of war
20.08.1945 - (04.1946) instructor, Small Arms School (Hythe, Kent)
25.02.1949 - 22.04.1962 Regular Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]
After political changes in Kenya moved to New Zealand in approximately 1963.
Taylor,
Alfred John
A.J. Taylor (Photo courtesy of Mr Michael Taylor)
Son (with one sister and two brothers) of William Henry Taylor (1881-1948), and Florence Williams (1885-1950).
Married 1st ...; one child.
Married 2nd Betty Harrison (17.09.1919 - 19.02.2006), daughter (with three sisters and one brother) of Hugh Harrison (1876-1933), and Constance Moor; one child.
18.05.1910
Llanddewi Rhydderch, Monmouthshire, Wales
-
18.09.1979
Base Hospital Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 29.11.1941 [219138]
WS/Lt. 22.12.1941
T/Capt. 29.02.1944-10.08.1945
WS/Capt. 11.08.1945
T/Maj. 11.08.1945-(04.1947)
Capt. 01.09.1949, seniority 11.08.1945
Maj. 29.11.1954 (reld 1956?)
      Officer Cadet Training Unit (Durban)
29.11.1941     commissioned, The South Wales Borderers [emergency commission]
04.09.1943     transferred, Corps of Royal Engineers
01.09.1949 - 1956? short service commission
His son writes: "He served in the Middle East in 1942 to establish camps to protect the oil pipelines, from there he went to the Northwest frontier of India, and then to Greece in 1943."
Taylor,
[Sir] Allan MacNab
A.M. Taylor
Son of Alexander Lawrence Taylor, and Winifred Ethel (née Nisbet).
Married (1945) Madeleine Turpin (marriage dissolved 1963); two daughters.

26.03.1919
-
13.06.2004
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
06.04.1940 [126636]
A/Capt.
05.02.1942-04.05.1942
T/Capt.
05.05.1942-09.09.1942
WS/Capt.
10.09.1942
A/Maj.
10.06.1942-09.09.1942
T/Maj.
10.09.1942-04.08.1945,
12.02.1946-03.04.1951
...
...
Lt.Gen.
29.01.1971 (retd 01.02.1976)
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire KBE
03.06.1972
HM's birthday 72
MC
21.12.1944
Normandy 08.44
Efficiency Medal (Territorial) EM
04.07.1947
-

 
 
served in the ranks for 217 days
06.04.1940


commissioned, Royal Tank Regiment - Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission to 21.06.1946]
1940
 
 
Troop Leader, 10th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment
08.06.1942
-
31.07.1942
Instructor, GHQ Battle School
1942
 
 
Squadron Leader, 7th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment
...
-
...
...
Taylor,
Cecil Moody
C.M. Taylor (Photo courtesy of Mr Kimberly J. Lindsay)
(12?).1911
-
2nd Lt. 20.02.1939
... ...
WS/Capt. 01.08.1943
T/Maj. 03.01.1945-(04.1946)
20.02.1939     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery - Supplementary Reserve of Officers
... - ... ...
01.02.1942 - 23.05.1942 6th War Course, Middle East Staff School (Haifa)
... - ... ...
Taylor,
David
D. Taylor
Married ((06?).1919, Birkenhead district, Cheshire) Kathleen Colledge; ... children (son Maj. Ronald Guy Colledge Taylor).
02.02.1896
Wallasey, Cheshire
-
02.04.1971
Tunbridge Wells district, Kent
Lt. 30.08.1939 [104448]
WS/Capt. 13.09.1945
T/Maj. 13.09.1945-(04.1946)
Capt. 01.01.1949
Hon. Maj. 11.07.1951
      late Territorial Army (served in WW1 as a Cavalry officer in the Lancashire Hussars Yeomanry before being transferred to the Tank Corps in December 1917)
30.08.1939     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [temporary short service commission]
19.03.1940     transferred, Royal Army Ordnance Corps
30.08.1942 - 11.07.1951 Regular Army Reserve of Officers [exceeded age limit]
Taylor,
Derek Guy Waterhouse
D.G.W. Taylor
?
-
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 06.07.1941 [194059]
WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 (reld 24.05.1945; disability)
Hon. Lt. 24.05.1945
? - 06.07.1941 Officer Cadet Training Unit
06.07.1941     commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission]
Taylor,
Sir George Brian Ogilvie
G.B.O. Taylor

Son of late Edward Taylor and Mary Alexander. Married Cecilia Maria Julia, daughter of late Col D. ffrench Mullen, retired IMS; one son.
15.04.1887
-
02.09.1973
[Seaton, Devon ?]
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
20.12.1905 [3405]
Lt.
19.06.1908
Capt.
30.10.1914
Brev. Maj.
04.06.1917 [advanced promotion]
Maj.
31.12.1922
A/Lt.Col.
09.12.1917-15.12.1918, 23.10.1919-26.07.1920
Brev. Lt.Col.
01.07.1926
Lt.Col.
10.07.1930 (half-pay 10.07.1934)
T/Col.
16.12.1918-21.10.1919
local Col.
08.03.1929-17.08.1931
Col.
10.07.1934, seniority 01.07.1930
?, backdated 01.07.1929 (full-pay 21.06.1935)
T/Brig.
09.10.1937-20.06.1939
Maj.Gen.
21.06.1939, seniority 05.01.1938
(retd 12.07.1943)
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire KBE
11.06.1942
HM's birthday 42
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE
1919
?
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
11.07.1940
HM's birthday 40?
Mention in Despatches MID
25.09.1916
?
Mention in Despatches MID
06.12.1916
?
Mention in Despatches MID
21.07.1917
?
Mention in Despatches MID
05.06.1919
?
Order of the White Eagle, 5th class (with Swords) (Serbia) (15.02.1917); 1914-15 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal
Education: Cheltenham College; Royal Military Academy, Woolwich
20.12.1905


commissioned , Corps of Royal Engineers
16.12.1911
-
30.03.1915
Adjutant, ... (Territorial Force)
01.1914


qualified as interpreter 2nd class in French
1914
-
1919
served European War (France & Belgium 08.08.1915-07.11.1915; Greek Macedonia, Serbia, Bulgaria, European Turkey and the Islands of the Aegean Sea 14.11.1915-11.11.1918) (despatches, CBE)

-
31.03.1915
Adjutant, Kent (Fortress) Engineers
1917
-
1918
Assistant Director of Works, BEF, Salonica
16.12.1918
-
21.10.1919
Deputy Director of Works, BEF, Salonica
1922
-
1924
Staff Officer to Chief Engineer, Aldershot
07.04.1924
-
13.11.1926
Deputy Assistant-Director of Fortifications and Works, War Office
14.11.1926
-
07.03.1929
Chief Instructor (Class Y) Construction, School of Military Engineering, Chatham
08.03.1929
-
17.08.1931 Chief Engineer Iraq (employed under the Air Ministry)
(06.1933)


served at Chatham
21.06.1935
-
08.10.1937
Assistant Director of Fortifications and Works, War Office
09.10.1937
-
16.02.1939
Chief Engineer, Northern Command
17.02.1939
-
20.06.1939
special employment
21.06.1939
-
23.06.1940
Director of Fortifications and Works, War Office
23.06.1940
-

an Inspector-General
1941
-
1942
Inspector of Fortifications & Director of Bomb Disposal
1942
-
1943
Engineer-in-Chief, Persia and Iraq
1943
-
(04.1946)
on the list of the Regular Army Reserve of Officers
Taylor,
George Henry
G.H. Taylor (Photo courtesy of Mr Simon Taylor)
G.H. Taylor (Photo courtesy of Mr Simon Taylor)
G.H. Taylor (Photo courtesy of Mr Simon Taylor) G.H. Taylor (Photo courtesy of Mr Simon Taylor)
G.H. Taylor (Photo courtesy of Mr Simon Taylor) G.H. Taylor (Photo courtesy of Mr Simon Taylor)
Son (with four brothers and seven sisters) of Frank Taylor (1877-), and Ada Kemp (1878-1968).
Married ((06?).1945, Staines district, Middlesex) Ruby Jane Edwards (06.12.1918 - 21.02.1992), daughter (with three half-brothers and one half-sister) of John Edwards (1875-), and Lucy Elizabeth Burnhams (1885-1954); ... children.
27.08.1902
Tillington, Petworth, Midhurst district, West Sussex
-
(09?).1969
Surrey South Western district, Surrey
Lt. (OME 4th cl. *) 16.10.1939 [103620]
WS/Capt. 04.08.1942
T/Maj. 14.02.1944-07.1946
WS/Maj. ?
A/Lt.Col. 05.1946-06.1946
Capt. 01.03.1947, seniority 04.08.1942 (reld 27.03.1950; disability [diabetes])
Hon. Maj. 27.03.1950

* Ordnance Mechanical Engineer 4th class (with the rank of Lieutenant)

16.10.1939     commissioned, Royal Army Ordnance Corps [emergency commission]
01.10.1942     transferred, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
14.02.1944 - (04.1946) a Deputy Assistant Director (ME7), Directorate of Mechanical Engineering, Department of the Quarter-Master-General to the Forces, The War Office
05.1946 - 06.1946 an Assistant Director (ME7/8), Directorate of Mechanical Engineering, Department of the Quarter-Master-General to the Forces, The War Office
01.03.1947 - 27.03.1950 short service commission
Taylor,
Gerald Richard
H.J. Taylor
From London W3.
04.07.1910
-
died between 02.1957 and 02.1967
OME 4th cl. &  Lt.
01.04.1935 [64815]
local Capt.
15.07.1939-22.05.1940
A/OME 3rd cl. & Capt.
30.05.1949-29.08.1940
T/OME 3rd cl. & Capt.
30.08.1940-16.11.1940
WS/Capt.
17.11.1940
OME 3rd cl. & Capt.
01.04.1941
A/OME 2nd cl. & Maj.
17.08.1940-16.11.1940
T/OME 2nd cl. & Maj.
17.11.1940-10.11.1941
Capt.
01.10.1942, seniority 01.04.1941
WS/Maj.
11.11.1941
Maj.
30.10.1942
A/OME 1st cl. & Lt.Col.
11.08.1941-10.11.1941
T/OME 1st cl. & Lt.Col.
11.11.1941-22.03.1942
WS/Lt.Col.
09.03.1943
A/Col.
09.09.1942-08.03.1943
T/Col.
09.03.1943-(01.1946)
Col.
18.11.1951 (retd 13.01.1956)
A/Brig.
26.05.1943-25.11.1943
T/Brig.
25.11.1943-(01.1946)
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) CBE
21.12.1944
?
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) OBE
14.10.1943
Middle East (Egypt & Libya)
Mention in Despatches MID
15.09.1939
Palestine
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St - -
Africa Star Afr St - -
Burma Star Bur St - -
Italy Star It St - -
Defence Medal Def M - -
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45 - -
Palestine 1936-39 Medal & Clasp.
Education: Joint Services Staff College (jssc).
01.04.1935


commissioned, Royal Army Ordnance Corps



served in North Africa, Sicily, Italy & South East Asia (OBE, CBE)
01.10.1942
 
 
transferred, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
MIMechE.
Taylor,
Harry James
H.J. Taylor
Son of Harry David and Bertha Harriet Taylor, of Portsmouth, husband of Dorothy Lillian Taylor, of Portsmouth.
1903 ?
-
27.05.1946
[age 43]
[Portsmouth (Kingston) Cemetery, plot 106 (Perkins), row 5, grave 47]
RSM
?
Lt. (QM)
11.07.1940 [137648]
WS/Capt. (QM)
11.07.1943
11.07.1940


commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
?
-
27.05.1946
5th Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA
Taylor,
John Harvey
J.H. Taylor (Photo courtesy of Mr Lee Lidbury)
26.06.1915
London
-
07.2002
South Africa
2nd Lt. 29.08.1936, seniority 31.01.1935 [65438]
Lt. 31.01.1938
A/Capt. 18.04.1940-17.07.1940
T/Capt. 18.07.1940-13.08.1941,
30.08.1941-18.12.1941
WS/Capt. 19.12.1941
Capt. 31.01.1943
A/Maj. 19.09.1941-18.12.1941
T/Maj. 19.12.1941-30.01.1948
Maj. 31.01.1948
A/Lt.Col. 05.01.1945-05.02.1945
Lt.Col. 01.01.1956 (retd 16.02.1959)
Mention in Despatches MID 23.05.1946 ?
Education: BA.
      from General List - Territorial Army (University Candidates)
29.08.1936     commissioned, The Durham Light Infantry
03.06.1943 - 23.09.1943 training course, Staff College, Camberley
07.01.1944 - 26.02.1944 General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), HQ 15th Army Group
23.05.1945 - 01.09.1945 General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), HQ 10 Corps
19.05.1950 - 30.06.1952 Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General (Operations, General HQ Far Eastern Land Forces
Taylor,
John William
J.W. Taylor (Photo courtesy of Mr Lee Lidbury)
?
-
2nd Lt. 28.12.1940 [165466]
WS/Lt. 01.01.1941
A/Maj. 16.01.1941-(10.1943)
local Lt.Col. 23.01.1941-(10.1943)
Lt. 06.07.1945, seniority 01.01.1941
Capt. 01.07.1946
Mention in Despatches MID 04.04.1946 NW Europe
28.12.1940     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
03.06.1943 - 23.09.1943 training course, Staff College, Camberley
06.07.1945     permanent commission
Taylor,
Philip Seth
P.S. Taylor

Younger son of John D. Taylor, and Annie Johnson Cantrell, of Wimbledon, London SW19.
Married (06.11.1947, Holy Trinity, Brompton) Dora Elizabeth Alcock (predeceased him), daughter of Reginald Alcock, CBE, FRCSE, and Mrs Alcock, of Oulton Cross, Stone, Staffordshire; one son, one daughter.
24.10.1916
-
28.01.1983
The Queen Elizabeth Military Hospital, London SW8
2nd Lt. 13.04.1940 [129312]
A/Capt. 12.12.1942-11.03.1943
T/Capt. 12.03.1943-10.01.1945
WS/Capt. 11.01.1945
A/Maj. 11.10.1944-10.01.1945
T/Maj. 11.01.1945-30.12.1947
Lt. 15.12.1945, seniority 24.04.1941
Capt. 01.07.1946
T/Maj. 22.02.1949-14.02.1951,
28.05.1951-23.10.1952
Maj. 24.10.1952
Lt.Col. 08.10.1957 (Emp. List 1) (retd 14.12.1960)
MC 23.08.1945 Italy
Education: BA; Staff College (psc).
      served in the ranks for 223 days
13.04.1940     commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission to 14.12.1945]
(1945)     Officer Commanding, B Squadron, 17th/21st Lancers (Italy) (MC)
15.12.1945     permanent commission
01.02.1947     transferred, 17th/21st Lancers
Director of Confederation of British Industry.
* Recommendation for the award of an immediate Military Cross to T/Maj. P.S. Taylor: Major P.S. Taylor commands "B" Squadron of this Regiment. On 21 April "B" Squadron was ordered as leading Squadron of the Regiment to force a way through the gap at Segni. This involved passing across a small 'bare' island which was known to be covered on one side by at least to enemy tanks and one anti-tank gun and on the other by infantry positions on a high levee. The exit from the island was over a very narrow neck of land blocked by a bank which was an anti-tank obstacle. Major Taylor's Squadron moved on to the island under a tremendous concentration from enemy artillery and Nebelwerfers, covered by a smoke screen from our own guns. The leading troop could not at first cross the obstacle and the smoke screen lifted. Major Taylor's own tank became bogged and his rear link and one other tank was knocked out. He dismounted under heavy fire and changed tanks continuing with great skill to direct his Squadron and himself to do rear links. His clear information enabled the assault Royal Engineers to start making a breach in the obstacle, while he so skilfully disposed his Squadron so that the enemy tanks were driven off. The breach was made and the whole force passed through unmolested. "B" Squadron then fought their way forward for three miles through close and difficult country, destroying over overcoming many infantry positions and keeping off a constant threat from a Panther tank on the flank. The result of this skilful and very difficult operation was the capture intact of the vital Chianti Bridge at Gallo. On the previous day "B" Squadron fought with the same skill and determination south of the Fossa Cembalina, destroying two enemy anti-tank guns, capturing an enemy tank and taking many prisoners. Major Taylor's calm skilful and courageous leadership throughout was the direct cause of the success of this vital operation.
[Recommended by 09.05.1945 by Lt.Col. R.L.V. ffrench Blake, commanding 17th/21st Lancers, approved 10.05.1945 by Brig. F.N. Mitchell, commanding 26th Armoured Brigade, 14.05.1945 by Maj.Gen. H. Murray, commanding 6th Armoured Division, 18.05.1945 by Lt.Gen. C.F. Keightley, commanding 5 Corps, 24.05.1945 by Lt.Gen. R.L. McCreery, commanding 8th Army, and finally 27.05.1945 by Field Marshal Sir Harold R.L.G. Alexander, commanding Allied Force HQ.]
Taylor,
Renfrew
H.J. Taylor
Son (with three brothers and two sisters) of Henry Marshall Taylor (1872-1935), and Sarah Emily Campbell (1877-1964).
Married ((12?).1937, Stamford district, Lincolnshire) Christine I. Dodman (09.03.1913 - ); one daughter, one son.
21.12.1913
South Africa
-
25.10.1966
South Africa
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 15.02.1941 [172146]
WS/Lt. 15.08.1942 (reld > 04.1946, < 08.1946)
T/Capt. 20.10.1942-(04.1946)
T/Maj. (1946?)
Hon. Maj. > 04.1946, < 08.1946
      either 165th or 166th Officer Cadet Training Unit
15.02.1941     commissioned, The Lincolnshire Regiment [emergency commission]
Journalist (pre-war reporter on The Lincoln, Rutland and Stamford Mercury, and, following demobilization, sub-editor with The Nottingham Evening News).
Taylor,
Richard George Llewellyn

R.G.L. Taylor
Married Jeanne (née ...) (died 20.01.2007; age 85).
?
-
?
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
19.10.1940 [153266]
WS/Lt.
?, seniority 19.10.1940
A/Capt.
18.11.1940-(04.1941)
WS/Capt.
12.07.1944 (reld > 04.1946)
Capt.
01.07.1946, seniority 12.07.1944
Maj.
19.10.1953 (reld 23.03.1962)
Hon. Maj.
23.03.1962
Mention in Despatches MID
29.11.1945
Italy



Officer Cadet Training Unit
19.10.1940


commissioned, The Hampshire Regiment [emergency commission to 30.09.1946]
(04.1941)


11th (Royal Militia Island of Jersey) Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment 
11.1941


left for service overseas
(1945?)


5th Mahratta Light Infantry (Indian Army)
01.07.1946
-
23.03.1962
short service commission (Employed List 3)
Taylor,
Roderick Kibble
R.K. Taylor (Photo courtesy of Mr John Cresser-Brown)

Son of ... Taylor, and ... Kibble.
Married ...; two sons.
18.04.1924
King's Norton district, Warwickshire

-
12.2008
Mallorca, Spain
2nd Lt. 15.08.1943 [289178]
WS/Lt. 15.05.1944
Capt. 15.04.1953
A/Maj. 09.10.1957-17.04.1958
Maj. 18.04.1958, seniority 09.10.1957
Bt. Lt.Col. 17.04.1969
Territorial Decoration TD 12.11.1965 -
Education: Birmingham University (1941 Senior Training Corps, Engineering Section, Clitheroe).
15.08.1943     commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]
15.04.1953 - 09.10.1957 Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers - Territorial Army
09.10.1957 - 09.01.1963 Corps of Royal Engineers - Territorial Army
09.01.1963 - 11.02.1964 Unattached List - Territorial Army
11.02.1964 - 01.04.1967 Corps of Royal Engineers - Territorial Army
01.04.1967     Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers (Militia) - Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
Moved to Mallorca, Spain, in the 1970s.
Taylor,
Ronald Gordon
"Ron"
R.G. Taylor
Son (with four sisters and four brothers) of Thomas Samuel Taylor (1874-1963), and Jane Luckhurst (1875-1966).
Married ((09?).1949, Exeter district, Devon) Betty R. Harding; one son.
02.10.1916
Brighton, Sussex
-
10.12.2002
South and West Doset district, Dorset
2nd Lt. 29.03.1941 [179725]
WS/Lt. 29.09.1942
T/Capt. 03.02.1945-(04.1946)
Hon. Capt. ?
Mention in Despatches MID 15.03.1945 gallant & distinguished services in the field
? - 29.03.1941 141st or 142nd Officer Cadet Training Unit
29.03.1941     commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]
      served Special Operations Executive (SOE) (despatches)
01.01.1949     Intelligence Corps - Regular Army Reserve of Officers
Taylor,
Ronald Guy Colledge
R.G.C. Taylor
Elder son of Maj. David Taylor, RAOC, and Kathleen Colledge, of Wallasey, Cheshire.
Married (21.12.1946, St Paul's Church, Athens, Greece) Sheila Hamar Hill, only daughter of Mrs D.J. Hill, of Braughing, Hertfordshire.
Residence: (1944) Tidworth.
05.11.1919
Birkenhead, Cheshire
-
11.2000
Tunbridge Wells district, Kent
2nd Lt. 02.11.1940 [156234]
WS/Lt. 02.05.1942
A/Capt. 19.09.1943-18.12.1943
T/Capt. 19.12.1943-13.12.1944
WS/Capt. 14.12.1944
A/Maj. 03.09.1944-18.10.1944,
30.10.1944-13.12.1944
T/Maj. 14.12.1944-06.02.1945,
12.05.1945-17.10.1947
Lt. 13.02.1946, seniority 03.05.1942
Capt. 05.11.1946
T/Maj. 18.02.1949-29.04.1949
Maj. 05.11.1953 (retd 04.10.1960)
A/Lt.Col. 01.06.1946-05.07.1946
MC 04.05.1944 Italy [citation available upon request]
Mention in Despatches MID 04.12.1959 Malaya 59
? - 02.11.1940 either 161st, 162nd, 164th, 165th or 167th Officer Cadet Training Unit
02.11.1940     commissioned, The King's Regiment (Liverpool) [emergency commission to 12.02.1946]
(1944)     6th Battalion The York and Lancaster Regiment (Italy) (MC)
13.02.1946     permanent commission, York and Lancaster Regiment
(1959)     seconded to The Federation of Malaya Military Forces
Taylor,
William Burdon
W.B. Taylor
Also known as: Burdon-Taylor, William.
Son of Christopher Taylor, and Henrietta Burdon.
Married (04.06.1940, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland) Kathleen Sheila Mounsey (19.06.1909 - 11.1997), daughter (with one sister and three brothers) of George Fryer Mounsey (1881-1961), and Elizabeth Alberta McMurray (1884-1966); one son, one daughter.
09.04.1912
Morpeth district, Northumberland / Co. Durham
-
21.07.1982
Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
2nd Lt. 03.11.1934 [63699]
Lt. ?
Capt. 10.05.1939 (reld > 01.1946, < 04.1946)
T/Maj. 30.01.1941-(07.1945)
Hon. Maj. > 01.1946, < 04.1946
Maj. 01.11.1951
Mention in Despatches? MID? ? ?
Territorial Decoration TD 24.10.1952 -
Territorial Decoration TD 24.10.1952 1st clasp
      late Cadet, Barnard Castle School Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
03.11.1934     commissioned, 8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry - Territorial Army
... - ... 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry (India / Burma, Chindits)
1946? - 31.10.1951 Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
01.11.1951 - 03.05.1955 commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps - Territorial Army
03.05.1955 - ? Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
Teacher,
Anthony Donald Macdonald
"Tony"
A.D.M. Teacher (Photo courtesy of Pegasus Archive)

29.10.1905
-
18.09.1969
2nd Lt. 03.09.1925 [33372]
Maj. 03.09.1942
A/Lt.Col. 21.07.1942-20.10.1942
T/Lt.Col. 21.10.1942-30.11.1948
... ...
Brig. 30.08.1955 (retd 05.03.1958)
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) CBE 09.06.1955 HM's birthday 55
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) OBE 24.01.1946 ?
Mention in Despatches MID 09.08.1945 ?
03.09.1925     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery
02.09.1940 - 14.01.1941 General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), ...
25.07.1942 - 02?.1945 Commanding Officer, 53rd Airlanding Light Regiment RA
02?.1945 - 1945 Commanding Officer, 112th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA
06.07.1945 - 21.02.1946 Chief Instructor, ...
Teage,
Alan Dixon
A.D. Teage
Son of Henry Dixon Teage (1886-1958), and Dorothea Margaret Caldicott (1889-1969).
Married ((09?).1944, East Glamorgan district) Phyllis M. Jones.
10.04.1917
Coventry, Warwickshire
-
12.1994
Stoke Fleming, Dartmouth, Torbay district, Devon
A/L.Cpl. ?
2nd Lt. 20.12.1939 [109270]
WS/Lt. 20.06.1941
T/Capt. 31.01.1942-(04.1946)
Mention in Despatches MID 19.09.1946 Burma
Efficiency Medal (Territorial) EM 19.08.1949 -
      served in the ranks, Royal Engineers
20.12.1939     commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]
Joined the clergy. Deacon 1961, priest 1962. Incumbent, Blackawton and Stoke Fleming, Exeter 1976-1983; Permission to Officiate from 1983; retired 1983.
Teather,
Harry George
H.G. Teather
Son (with one brother) of Ernest Teather (1879-1916), and Caroline Emma Rayner (1881-1959).
Married ((09?).1936, St Pancras district, London) Gladys Amy Powe (11.02.1913 - 10.1988), daughter of Frederick William Powe, and Mary Ann Lodge; two sons.
09.01.1911
West Ham district, London
-
(12?).1983
Harrow district, London
Cadet ? [14776812]
2nd Lt. 04.11.1944 [334758]
WS/Lt. 04.05.1945 (reld > 04.1946)
04.11.1944     commissioned, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers [emergency commission]
Tebbitt,
Brian Antony
B.A. Tebbitt
Son of Guy Ronald S. Tebbitt (1884-1960), and Caroline Mary Cooper.
Married ((06?).1937, Watford district, Hertfordshire) Eveleen R. Trechman.
(09?).1916
Kings Norton district, Staffordshire / Warwickshire
-
2nd Lt. 23.03.1935 [64383]
Lt. 23.03.1938
Capt. 18.03.1939 (reld 15.03.1946; disability)
T/Maj. 09.09.1942-(04.1944),
14.08.1944-15.03.1946
Hon. Maj. 15.03.1946
      late Cadet Serjeant, St. Paul's School Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
23.03.1935     commissioned, 18th London Regiment (London Irish Rifles), renamed: London Irish Rifles, The Royal Ulster Rifles - Territorial Army (Chelsea)
24.08.1939     mobilized TA
Teggin,
William Wadsworth
W.W. Teggin
Son of George Smith Teggin (1885-1976), and Florence Wadsworth (1881-1918), of Muswell Hill.
Married ((06?).1945, Holborn district, London) Yvonne Margaret Johnstone Owen ((03?).1922 - 04.03.2014); one son, two daughters.
31.08.1914
Romford district, Essex
-
08.07.1985
Barnet district, London (formerly of Little Heath, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire)
2nd Lt. 15.02.1941 [172362]
WS/Lt. 15.08.1942 (reld > 04.1946, < 08.1946)
T/Capt. 91.02.1944-(04.1946)
Hon. Capt. > 04.1946, < 08.1946
Education: Highgate School (09.1926-07.1931; XI 1931; Fives VIII 1931); Law Society School (Solicitor's Finals).
15.02.1941     commissioned, The North Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's) [emergency commission]
(1944)     Intelligence Officer, 151st Infantry Brigade
Solicitor (partner in Messrs. Hewitt, Woollacott & Chown, Solicitors, 113 Cannon Street, E.C.4).
Telfer-Smollett,
Patrick Tobias
P.T. Telfer-Smollett (Photo courtesy of Mr Kimberly J. Lindsay)
26.12.1914
-
1997
2nd Lt. 28.08.1936 [56986]
... ...
T/Maj. 31.08.1942-02.10.1942,
05.02.1943-17.07.1943,
29.09.1943-(01.1946)
Maj. 28.08.1949 (retd 16.04.1957)
Military Cross MC 18.07.1941 ?
28.08.1936     commissioned, The Highland Light Infantry
... - ... ...
24.01.1942 - 23.05.1942 6th War Course, Middle East Staff School (Haifa)
... - ... ...
Telford,
Norman
N. Telford
?
-
 
Cadet ? [4466905]
2nd Lt. 20.05.1944 [320575]
WS/Lt. 20.11.1944 (reld > 04.1946, < 04.1947)
T/Capt. 01.03.1945-(04.1946)
A/Maj. ? ?
20.05.1944     commissioned, Pioneer Corps [emergency commission]
      seconded, Royal West African Frontier Force
27.04.1945     transferred, The Durham Light Infantry
Temple,
Eric Gerard Lumley
P.K. Thornton
Son of Rev. Arthur Lumley Temple (1871-1951), and Violet Constance Herklots (1878-1967).
Married (29.01.1941, Chelsea district, Middlesex) Edith Carol Ommanney (18.03.1915 - 12.11.2009), daughter of Harold Manaton Ommanney (1885-1964), and Sybil Maude Haigh Bury (1888-1978); one daughter, one son.
26.02.1911
Northwich district, Cheshire
-
03.10.1972
St Marylebone district, London SW1
2nd Lt. 31.05.1939 [92162]
A/Lt. 01.08.1940-31.10.1940
T/Lt. 01.11.1940-31.12.1940
WS/Lt. 01.01.1941
A/Capt. 14.04.1941-13.07.1941
T/Capt. 14.07.1941-16.06.1944
WS/Capt. 17.06.1944
A/Maj. 17.03.1944-16.06.1944
T/Maj. 17.06.1944-01.09.1944
WS/Maj. 02.09.1944 (reld > 01.1946, < 04.1946)
A/Lt.Col. 02.06.1944-01.09.1944
T/Lt.Col. 02.09.1944-(07.1945)
Hon. Lt.Col. > 01.1946, < 04.1946
Education: Eton College; Cambridge University (MA).
Solicitor.
      late Cadet, Eton College Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
31.05.1939     commissioned, London Rifle Brigade, The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) - Territorial Army
24.08.1939     mobilized TA
01.08.1940 - 13.04.1941 Commands and Staffs (under miscellaneous special appointments [possibly HQ 47th Infantry Division (UK)])
14.04.1941 - 16.03.1944 a Staff Captain, Directorate of Welfare, Department of the Adjutant-General to the Forces, War Office (London)
17.03.1944 - 01.06.1944 a Deputy Assistant Director of Army Welfare Services, Department of the Adjutant-General to the Forces, War Office (London)
02.06.1944 - (04.)1945 an Assistant Director of Army Welfare Services, Department of the Adjutant-General to the Forces, War Office (London)
1946? - 15.11.1961 Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [exceeded age limit]
Temple,
Paul Ernest Laidman
P.E.L. Temple

16.03.1920
Retford, Nottinghamshire
-
30.01.2007
2nd Lt.
03.12.1942 [255474]
WS/Lt.
03.06.1943 (reld > 04.1946)
A/Capt.
?
03.12.1942


commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
Garden designer.
Templer,
[Sir] Gerald Walter Robert
G.W.R. Templer
G.W.R. Templer
G.W.R. Templer
G.W.R. Templer
G.W.R. Templer
G.W.R. Templer
Only son of late Lt.Col. Walter Francis Templer, CBE, DL.
Married (1926) Ethel Margery, only daughter
of Charles Davie, JP, Bishops Tawton, Barnstaple; one son, one daughter.

11.09.1898
Colchester, Essex
-
25.10.1979
Chelsea, London
2nd Lt.
16.08.1916
Lt.
16.02.1918
Capt.
11.08.1928 [Loyal Regt]
Bt. Maj.
01.07.1935 [Loyal Regt]
Capt.
14.04.1937 [with regimental seniority 09.04.1929]
Maj.
01.08.1938
Bt. Lt.Col.
01.07.1938
A/Lt.Col.
01.09.1939-30.11.1939
T/Lt.Col.
01.12.1939-03.05.1941
WS/Lt.Col.
04.05.1941
A/Col.
04.11.1940-03.05.1941
T/Col.
04.05.1941-05.10.1941
Col.
06.10.1941, seniority 01.07.1941
A/Brig.
04.11.1940-03.05.1941
T/Brig.
04.05.1941-09.04.1943
A/Maj.Gen.
10.04.1942-09.04.1943
T/Maj.Gen.
10.04.1943-04.12.1944
local Maj.Gen.
05.12.1944-16.04.1945
Maj.Gen.
17.04.1945, seniority 30.05.1944
A/Lt.Gen.
14.09.1942-29.07.1943
T/Lt.Gen.
01.02.1948-04.04.1948
Lt.Gen.
05.04.1948, seniority 01.08.1946
Gen.
04.06.1950 (supernumerary 05.02.1952)
Field Marshal
27.11.1956 (retd 1958)
Knight of the Garter KG
1963
?
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath GCB
1955
?
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath KCB
1951
?
Knight Grand Cross of St. Michael and St. George GCMG
1953
?
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire KBE
1949
?
Companion of the Order of St George and St Michael CMG
1946
?
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
24.08.1944
?
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
11.07.1940
?
Distinguished Service Order DSO
06.11.1936
?
Mention in Despatches MID
26.07.1940
?
Mention in Despatches MID
08.11.1945
?
Commander, Legion of Merit (US) (17.10.1946); Commander of the Order of the Crown with Palm & Croix de Guerre 1940 with Palm (Belgium) (17.10.1946); Knight Grand Officer of the Order of Orange Nassau with Swords (Netherlands) (17.10.1946); Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of the Defender of the Realm of Malaya; Hon. DCL Oxon; Hon. LLD St Andrews, 1974
Education: Wellington College; Royal Military College, Sandhurst; psc
16.08.1916


commissioned, Royal Irish Fusiliers
14.10.1917
-
11.11.1918
served European War: France & Belgium (British War Medal, Victory Medal)
1919
-
1920
served Iraq operations: Iraq, NW Persia (medal and two bars)
11.08.1928


transferred to the Loyal Regiment
15.04.1932
-
20.01.1933
General Staff Officer 3rd grade (GSO3), Southern Command
21.01.1933
-
14.04.1935
General Staff Officer for Weapon Training, Northern Command
1936


served Palestine (despatches (23.7.1937), clasp, DSO)
02.11.1936
-
14.10.1938
General Staff Officer 2nd grade (GSO2), 53rd (Welsh) Division, Western Command
14.04.1937


transferred back to the Royal Irish Fusiliers
15.10.1938
-
31.08.1939
General Staff Officer 2nd grade (GSO2), War Office (London)
01.09.1939
-
27.06.1940
General Staff Officer 1st grade (GSO1), British Expeditionary Force (France)
04.11.1940
-
11.05.1941
Commander, 210th Independent Infantry Brigade (Home) (UK)
12.05.1941
-
09.04.1942
Brigadier General Staff, V Corps
10.04.1942
-
14.09.1942
General Officer Commanding, 47th (London) Division (UK)
14.09.1942
-
04.1943
General Officer Commanding, II Corps (East Anglia)
04.1943
-
29.07.1943
General Officer Commanding, XI Corps (East Anglia)
30.07.1943
-
14.10.1943
General Officer Commanding, 1st Infantry Division (Tunisia)
15.10.1943
-
24.07.1944
General Officer Commanding, 56th (London) Division (Italy, Egypt, Italy), also:
18.02.1944
-
22.02.1944
temporary General Officer Commanding, 1st Infantry Division (Italy)
24.07.1944
-
05.08.1944
General Officer Commanding, 6th Armoured Division (Italy) (wounded)
17.03.1945
-
31.03.1946
Director of Civil Affairs Military Government, 21st Army Group
01.04.1946
-
07.01.1948
Director of Military Intelligence, War Office (London)
01.02.1948
-
17.02.1950
Vice Chief of the Imperial General Staff, War Office (London)
18.02.1950
-
04.02.1952
General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Command
30.08.1951
-
29.08.1954
also: ADC General to the King (1951/52) & the Queen (1952/54)
05.02.1952
-
31.10.1954
High Commissioner & Director of Operations, Federation of  Malaya
29.09.1955
-
28.09.1958
Chief of the Imperial General Staff, War Office (London)
Colonel, The Royal Irish Fusiliers, 23.06.1946-22.06.1960. Colonel, Federation Regiment (Malaya), 02.09.1954-01.09.1959. Colonel, 7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles, 25.05.1956-10.09.1964. Colonel, Royal Horse Guards (The Blues), 05.12.1962-00.00.1969. Colonel, The Blues and the Royals, 1969-...
Constable of HM Tower of London, 28.12.1966-00.00.1970. HM Lieutenant, Greater London, 1967-1973. Freeman, City of London, 1965.  Gold Stick to the Queen, 1963.
Honorary Freeman: Armourers' and Brasiers' Company, 1965; Merchant Taylors' Company, 1979; Fishmongers' Company, 1979. Trustee: National Portrait Gallery, 1958-1972; Imperial War Museum, 1959-1966; Historic Churches Preservation Trust, 1963-.... Member: Council, Outward Bound Trust, 1954-1974; Executive and Finance Committees, National Trust, 1959-1974; Executive Committee and Council, Voluntary Service Overseas, 1961-1977; Council, Scout Association, 1968-; Chairman Executive Committee and Member Council, National Army Museum, 1960-...; President: Society of Army Historical Research, 1965-...; British Horse Society, 1968-1970. Commissioner, Royal Hospital Chelsea, 1969-...
Templeton,
Miss Frances Hillson
F.H. Templeton

From Dumfries.
?
-
2nd Sub.
28.01.1944 [309792]
WS/Sub.
28.07.1944



Staff Sergeant, Royal Army Pay Corps
28.01.1944


commissioned into the Auxiliary Territorial Service
Tennent,
Charles James Pennell
"Jimmy"
C.J.P. Tennent
Eldest son of Mr & Mrs R.S. Tennent, of Church Knowle, Dorset.
Married ((09?).1949, Bromley district, Kent) Mary Biddy O'Brien, daughter of Col. & Mrs H.W. O'Brien, of Bickley, Kent; ... children (one son, one daughter?).
19.05.1924
-
08.08.1983
Appledore, Ashford district, Kent
2nd Lt. 06.06.1943 [277803]
WS/Lt. 06.12.1943
2nd Lt. 08.12.1945, seniority 19.05.1945
Lt. 19.11.1946
Capt. 29.05.1951 (retd 01.05.1956)
Educarion: BSc (Eng); Staff College (psc).
06.06.1943     commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]
12.1943 - 06.1944 staff, 140th Officer Cadet Training Unit (RE)
08.12.1945 - 01.05.1956 permanent commission
Tennent,
Donald Colvin
D.C. Tennent (Photo courtesy of Mr Tim Tennent) D.C. Tennent (Photo courtesy of Mr Tim Tennent)
Son (with two brothers and two sisters) of John James Colvin Tennent, OBE (1861-1940), and Dorothy Elizabeth Shettle (1863-1952), of Fleet, Hampshire.
Married (10.09.1925, Holy Trinity Church, Karachi) Joyce Clare Ommanney (22.11.1906 - (12?).1963), daughter of Douglas Greame Ommanney, Indian Police, and Eliza Mary Scott, of Jersey, Channel Islands; four sons.
13.05.1898
Surbiton, Surrey
-
(09?).1981
Coulsdon, Surrey Mid Eastern district
2nd Lt. 07.04.1916 [13945]
Lt. 02.03.1917
T/Capt. 01.06.1917-05.03.1918
A/Capt. 05.04.1918-10.07.1919
Capt. 04.09.1923
Maj. 01.08.1938
A/Lt.Col. 26.09.1940-25.12.1940
T/Lt.Col. 26.12.1940-12.08.1944
Lt.Col. 13.08.1944 (retd 28.11.1948)
A/Col. 23.09.1944-22.03.1945
A/Brig. 23.04.1945-22.10.1945
T/Col. 23.03.1945-(08.1946),
06.08.1946-(04.1947)
T/Brig. 23.10.1945-(08.1946)
Hon. Brig. 28.11.1948
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) CBE 13.12.1945 Italy [recommendation available upon request]
British War Medal 1914-1920 BWM 14|20 - -
Victory Medal VM - -
General Service Medal GenSM - & clasps Iraq & NW Persia
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St - -
Africa Star Afr St - & clasp 8th Army
Italy Star It St - -
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45 - -
Mention in Despatches MID 05.08.1943 Persia/Iraq
Mention in Despatches MID 11.01.1945 Italy
Medal of Freedom with Silver Palm MoF 25.03.1949 Italy [recommendation available upon request]
Education: Oundle; Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
      served WWI: France & Belgium (03.09.1916-28.09.1918; wounded)
07.04.1916     commissioned, The York and Lancaster Regiment
07.04.1916 - 02.09.1916 3rd Battalion The York and Lancaster Regiment
03.09.1916 - 27.03.1918 14th (Service) Battalion The York and Lancaster Regiment
28.03.1918 - 24.09.1918 2nd Battalion The York and Lancaster Regiment (wounded & evacuated to UK)
      served Interbellum: Iraq 1919, N.W. Persia 1920, Karachi 1921, Jullundur 1925, Bordon 1927, Derry 1928, Portsmouth 1932, Delhi 1933, Kamptee 1934, Karachi 1935
10.02.1919 - 24.02.1919 3rd Battalion The York and Lancaster Regiment
25.02.1919 - (1921) 2nd Battalion The York and Lancaster Regiment (embarked Liverpool for Mesopotamia 21.09.1919; arrived India 17.11.1921)
21.11.1923 - 15.12.1927 2nd Battalion The York and Lancaster Regiment (from 20.04.1924-29.06.1926 Adjutant)
16.12.1927 - 26.07.1933 1st Battalion The York and Lancaster Regiment (commanded a detachment of the Regiment, forming a bearer party, at the funeral of Field Marshal The Viscount Plummer, GCB, 1932)
27.07.1933 - 13.03.1935 2nd Battalion The York and Lancaster Regiment (embarked for India 26.09.1933)
14.03.1935 - 28.12.1938 Adjutant, Auxiliary Force India
29.12.1938 - 07.08.1940 1st Battalion The York and Lancaster Regiment
(returned to UK 13.02.1939, restored to the establishment 14.03.1939; embarked for France 05.10.1939; Second-in-Command from 02.03.1940; proceeded to North West European Force (Norway) 22.04.1940; reported missing 13.05.1940; interned in Sweden 31.05.1940; disembarked UK 07.08.1940)
08.08.1940 - 25.09.1940 Infantry Training Centre The York and Lancaster Regiment
26.09.1940 - 12.07.1943 Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion The York and Lancaster Regiment
(disembarked Northern Ireland 06.04.1941; embarked for overseas service 19.01.1942; embarked India 11.09.1942; disembarked Iraq 22.09.1942; moved to Middle East Force 11.03.1943; wounded 12.07.1943)
29.09.1943 - 22.09.1944 General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), No. 1 District, Lines of Communications, Central Mediterranean Forces (Italy)
23.09.1944 - 21.04.1945 Commander 60 Sub Area, No. 2 District, Lines of Communications, Central Mediterranean Forces (Italy)
22.04.1945 - (07.1945) Commander 217 Area, No. 1 District, Lines of Communications, Central Mediterranean Forces (Italy)
28.11.1948 - 13.05.1953 Regular Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]
Terry,
Stanley Reuben
S.R. Terry
17.06.1906
West Ham district, Essex / Greater London
-
23.02.1988
Surrey North Western district, Surrey
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
09.08.1941 [201576]
WS/Lt.
01.10.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Capt.
07.10.1943-(04.1944)
Hon. Capt.
< 04.1946



Officer Cadet Training Unit
09.08.1941


commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission]
19.02.1943
 
 
transferred, Corps of Royal Engineers (Movement Control Section)
Thatcher,
[Sir] Denis;
1st Baronet (created 1991), of Scotney in the county of Kent
D. Thatcher (Photo courtesy of Mr Lee Lidbury)
Elder child of a New Zealand-born British businessman, Thomas Herbert (Jack) Thatcher.
Married 1st (28.03.1942; marriage dissolved 1946) Margaret Doris Kempson (23.01.1918 - 08.06.1996), oldest daughter of Leonard Kempson.
Married 2nd (13.12.1951, Wesley's Chapel, City Road, London) Margaret Hilda Roberts (later Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, PC, FRS); one son, one daughter (twins).

10.05.1915
Lewisham, London
-
26.06.2003
Westminster's Lister Hospital, London
2nd Lt. 12.10.1938 [77306]
WS/Lt. 01.01.1941
Lt. 11.04.1945
T/Capt. 12.01.1941-02.12.1944
WS/Capt. 03.12.1944
T/Maj. 03.12.1944-(04.1946)
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) MBE 20.09.1945 Italy [recommendation available upon request]
Baronetcy Bt 1991 -
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St - -
Italy Star It St - -
France & Germany Star Fr&G St - -
Defence Medal Def M - -
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45 - -
Mention in Despatches MID 11.01.1945 Italy
Mention in Despatches MID 29.11.1945 Italy
Territorial Decoration TD 21.09.1982 -

Ordre du Corps d'Armée (France).

Education: Mill Hill School (1928-1932; Priestley).
      late Cadet, Mill Hill School Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
12.10.1938     commissioned, 34th (Queen's Own Royal West Kent) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Corps of Royal Engineers - Territorial Army
24.08.1939     mobilized TA
1939 - 1943 staff officer with an anti-aircraft brigade
01.08.1940     transferred, Royal Regiment of Artillery
1943 - 11.1944 Administrations Officer of an Anti-Aircraft Brigade (Sicily 07.1943, Italy 1944)
11.1944 - (1945) Chief of Staff, Headquarters 203 Sub-Area, Central Mediterranean Forces (Marseille, France) (MBE)
1946? - 10.05.1965 Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
Company director. Managing director, Atlas Preservative Co., 1949; Director: Castrol, 1963; Burmah Oil Trading Ltd, 1969-...; non-executive director of various companies, 1975-2003.
Literature: Carol Thatcher, Below the parapet : the biography of Denis Thatcher (1996).
Thatcher,
Frederick Joseph
F.J. Thatcher
09.10.1884
-
Lt. (Assistant Commissary)
15.10.1933
Capt. (Deputy Commissary)
28.03.1936 (retd 01.01.1937)



spent many years in the ranks and as a non-commissioned officer in the Indian Ordnance Department
15.10.1933


commissioned, Indian Army Ordnance Corps
20.05.1940
-
(04.1946)
temporarily re-employed, Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Theakston,
John Dorrell
J.D. Theakston (Photo courtesy of Mr Jean-Françpis Le Cuziat)
Son of William Matthias Theakston, and Beatrice Alice Boore.
Married ((09?).1939, Hitchin district, Hertfordshire) Violet M.E. Bigg (1915-).
24.08.1913
Hitchin district, Bedfordshire / Hertfordshire
-
09.10.1999
Hitchin and Stevenage district, Hertfordshire
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 05.11.1942 [251324]
WS/Lt. 05.11.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
Hon. Lt. < 04.1946
1930     enlisted, The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment (served in India till 1938)
1939 - 1940 served with British Expeditionary Force (France & Belgium)
? - 05.11.1942 Sandhurst Officer Cadet Training Unit
05.11.1942     commissioned, The Royal Irish Fusiliers (Princess Victoria's) [emergency commission]
(1944)     seconded as Reconnaissance Officer, HQ Company, 1st Battalion The Royal Ulster Rifles (Normandy, Northern France & Belgium)
Theobalds,
John Arundel
"Jack"
J.A. Theobalds J.A. Theobalds
Only son of Dr. Arthur John Arundel Theobalds, M.D. (1869-1904), and Effie Lempriere (1873-1949), of Wargrave, Berkshire.
Married (17.04.1934, Brompton Oratory, Kensington district, London) Dorothea (Thea) Mabel Theresa Moss, second daughter of R.C. Moss, of Fleet, Hampshire; three children.
21.07.1901
Wokingham district, Berkshire
-
16.05.1944
(DOW) [age 42]
[Imphal War Cemetery, India, 7.G.23]
2nd Lt. 14.07.1921 [17689]
Lt. 14.07.1923
Capt. 28.01.1933
Maj. 01.08.1938
T/Lt.Col. 03.11.1942-04.01.1944
WS/Lt.Col. 05.01.1944
A/Col. 05.07.1943-04.01.1944
T/Col. 05.01.1944-16.05.1944
A/Brig. 09.05.1944-16.05.1944
Distinguished Service Order DSO 16.12.1943 Burma * [investiture next-of-kin 12.45]
Mention in Despatches MID 01.01.1941 ?
General Service Medal & Burma 1930-32 Clasp
* This officer has commanded his Battalion throughout the operations. He has displayed exemplary calmness, determination and capability. After taking part in the operations at Donbaik Lt.Col. Theobalds suddenly found himself in command of the Brigade at Indin after the capture of the Brigade Commander and faced with the most difficult task of withdrawing the Brigade to Kyaukpandu in the face of strong enemy pressure. The success of this operation was entirely due to the plan made by Lt.Col. Theobalds & Lt.Col. Nicholson R.A. and passed over the air to me at Kyaukpandu. Since then 2/D.L.I. have been with the 4th Indian Brigade where they were all the time in the positions nearest the enemy and on one occasion acted as rearguard to this Brigade. Lt.Col. Theobalds has throughout been an inspiration and example to his Battalion.
[Recommended 18.05.1943 by Brig. B.H. Hopkins, Commander 6th Infantry Brigade Group, approved 30.07.1943 by Maj.Gen. C.E.N. Lomax, commanding 26th Indian Division, approved 09.08.1943 by Gen. G.J. Giffard, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Army]
Education: Felsted School (1910-1913; Junior School); Wellington College (1914.1-1918; Lynedoch Dormitory); Royal Military College, Sandhurst (10.09.1919-07.1921); Staff College, Quetta (1936-1937; psc).
14.07.1921     commissioned, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
11.10.1930 - 10.10.1933 Adjutant, ...
03.10.1938 - 29.09.1941 specially employed (03.10.1938-31.07.1939 as General Staff Officer): seconded to RAF as Senior Administrator (No. 4 Bomber Group RAF)
1941 - 08.1942 Second-in-Command, 2nd Battalion Durham Light Infantry (Arakan, Burma)
08.1942 - 07.1943 Commanding Officer, 2nd Battalion Durham Light Infantry (Arakan, Burma) (DSO)
09.05.1944 - 14.05.1944 Commander, 4th Infantry Brigade (Burma; relief of Kohima; wounded while making a personal reconnaissance from a forward trench)
Thomas,
David Bowen
D.B. Thomas
16.04.1922
-
10.2000
Haverfordwest district, Dyfed, Wales
Cadet ? [14663046]
2nd Lt. 11.02.1945 [339439]
WS/Lt. 11.08.1945 (reld > 08.1946)
      Officer Cadet Training Unit, Sandhurst
11.02.1945     commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]
      38th Reconnaissance Regiment RAC
(04.1946) - (08.1946) Unemployed List
Thomas,
David Hamilton Pryce
D.H.P. Thomas

Son (with one brother) of Trevor John Thomas (1890-1972), and Eleanor Maud Jones (1891-1973).
Brother of Capt. Roger Lloyd-Thomas, RA.

Married ((09?).1948, East Glamorgan) Eluned Mair Morgan ((03?).1924 - ), daughter of Alfred Morgan (1879-), and Anah Helena Johns (1885-1925); two sons, one daughter.
03.07.1922
Newport district, Monmouthshire
-
09.2008
Brecon
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 17.01.1943 [271436]
WS/Lt. 17.07.1943 (reld > 04.1946, < 04.1947)
17.01.1943     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
President, Rent. Assessment Panel for Wales.
Thomas,
Derek Henwood
D.H. Thomas
Son of ... Thomas, and ... Stephens.
21.10.1916
Lewisham district, London
-
04.1991
Tunbridge Wells district, Kent
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 18.10.1941 [212814]
WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 (reld > 04.1946)
T/Capt. 02.06.1943-(04.1946)
Mention in Despatches MID 11.01.1945 Italy
18.10.1941     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
Thomas,
[Sir] Gwilym Ivor

G.I. Thomas
 
Son of late John Thomas (Pencerdd Gwalia), Harpist to Queen Victoria and King Edward VII, and late Joan Francis, youngest daughter of William Denny, Tralee,
Co. Kerry. Married (1949) Elliott Ellen (died 1971), only daughter of late Major van Kriekenbeek, 128th Pioneers, and late Mrs H.S. Wilding.

23.07.1893
Marylebone, London
-
29.08.1972
Salisbury, Rhodesia
2nd Lt.
20.12.1912 [1374]
Lt.
09.06.1915
T/Capt.
12.01.1916-19.12.1916
Capt.
20.12.1916
A/Maj.
10.04.1917-15.04.1917, 15.06.1917-02.10.1917
Bt. Maj.
01.07.1929
Maj.
02.04.1931
Bt. Lt.Col.
01.07.1933
Col.
12.05.1938, seniority 01.07.1936
T/Brig.
14.07.1939-10.11.1942
A/Maj.Gen.
09.03.1942-10.11.1942
Maj.Gen.
11.11.1942, seniority 25.10.1941
A/Lt.Gen.
18.09.1945-17.09.1946
T/Lt.Gen.
18.09.1946-29.10.1946
Lt.Gen.
30.10.1946, seniority 30.07.1944
Gen.
06.09.1949 (retd 08.09.1952)
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath GCB
05.06.1952
HM's birthday 52
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath KCB
08.06.1950
HM's birthday 50
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire KBE
12.06.1947
HM's birthday 47
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
01.01.1944
New Year 44
Distinguished Service Order DSO
09.01.1918
*
MC
01.01.1917
?
MC
26.09.1917
?
Mention in Despatches MID
14.12.1917
?
Mention in Despatches MID
22.03.1945
NW Europe
Mention in Despatches MID
09.08.1945
NW Europe
Mention in Despatches MID
04.04.1946
NW Europe
Officer, Légion d'Honneur (France) LegH
1945
?
Croix de Guerre (France) CdeG
1945
?
Ridder Grootkruis, Orde van Oranje Nassau (The Netherlands) OON
18.07.1947
? Dutch date: 1946
Commander, Order of Leopold II (Belgium) Leo
15.02.1952
? Belgian date: 1950
Croix de Guerre (Belgium) CdeG
15.02.1952
? Belgian date: 1950
1914 Star and Clasp; British War Medal; Victory Medal
* For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. When his battery was being relieved the position was shelled by an intense bombardment, which lasted for over two hours and caused many casualties in Loth batteries. The pits and ammunition of one section caught fire, and he succeeded in extinguishing this. Later, the telephone pit and mess shelter were wrecked, and he immediately led the way to the rescue of wounded men inside. The camouflage nets of three more guns were then set alight, and the ammunition began to catch fire. This he also saved by tearing down the burning camouflage and smothering the smouldering ammunition, some of which had already begun to explode. Not until all the fires had been extinguished, and he had seen every man, both wounded and unwounded, clear of the position, did he seek cover for himself. His great gallantry and exceptional coolness throughout the whole of this time were worthy of the highest praise.
Education: Cheltenham College; Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; psc, ns
20.12.1912


commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery (Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery)
12.10.1914
-
06.10.1915
served in France & Belgium (12.10.1914--06.10.1915, 01.03.1916-22.10.1916, 12.03.1917-10.10.1917; wounded)
22.09.1918
-
19.11.1919
Staff Captain, War Office (temporary)
20.01.1920
-
20.10.1921
Adjutant, ...
10.07.1922
-
08.12.1923
Adjutant, ... - Territoral Army
19.02.1926
-
18.02.1930
Brigade Major, ... (Aldershot Command)
(03.1931)
 
 
Depot RA (Woolwich)
07.01.1932
-
08.03.1936
General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2) on staff of Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Malta
(01.1937)
 
 
3rd Medium Brigade RA (Shoeburyness)
20.11.1937
-
11.05.1938
General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), War Office
12.05.1938
-
13.07.1939
General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), War Office (employed under Air Raid Precautions Department, Home Office)
14.07.1939
-
08.06.1940
Deputy Director of Recruiting & Organization, War Office
09.06.1940
-
02.09.1940
Director of Organization, War Office
03.09.1940
-
08.03.1942
Commander Royal Artillery (CRA), 2nd Division (Home Forces)
09.03.1942
-
(08.)1945
General Officer Commanding, 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division (UK, NW Europe)
[except for 27.12.1944-28.01.1945 & 01.06.1945-14.06.1945 & 19.06.1945-05.07.1945]
1945
-
1947
General Officer Commanding, I Corps District, British Army of the Rhine (Germany)
1947


Administrator Polish Forces under British Command
1948
-
26.05.1950
General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Anti-Aircraft Command
24.06.1950
-
11.08.1952
Quarter-Master-General to the Forces
08.09.1952
-
23.07.1958
Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
Colonel Commandant, Royal Artillery, 01.01.1948-31.12.1957.
Thomas,
Lechmere Cay
L.C. Thomas
Son of late Kempson Thomas, Farnham,
Surrey.
Married 1st (1929) Kathleen Primrose (died 1929), 2nd
daughter of late Albert White, JP, Birney Hill, Ponteland, Northumberland.
Married 2nd (1951) Sylvia E., widow of Eric Smith, Colonial Service, and daughter of late Newman Hall, Forest Hill, Jersey, CI.
20.10.1897
Guildford district, Surrey
-
09.05.1981
Beaumont, Jersey, Channel Islands
T/2nd Lt.
29.11.1915-30.06.1917
T/Lt.
01.07.1917-07.02.1920
A/Capt.
27.08.1919-07.02.1920 (reld 08.02.1920)
Lt.
02.03.1921, seniority 28.02.1918 [12601]
T/Capt.
06.01.1927-13.02.1927
Capt.
14.02.1927
local Maj.
18.10.1934-25.04.1937
Maj.
26.04.1937
A/Lt.Col.
19.04.1940-18.07.1940
T/Lt.Col.
19.07.1940-11.02.1943
Lt.Col.
12.02.1943
Col.
26.01.1946
T/Brig.
20.04.1943-(04.1946)
Brig.
01.11.1947 (retd 18.08.1948)
A/Maj.Gen.
29.08.1945-05.08.1946
T/Maj.Gen.
06.08.1946-(04.1947)
Hon. Maj.Gen.
18.08.1948
Companion of the Order of the Bath (Military Division) CB
01.01.1948
New Year 48
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE
08.02.1945
Burma / Eastern Frontier of India
Distinguished Service Order DSO
22.10.1940
gallant conduct in action with the enemy
Distinguished Service Order DSO
13.12.1945
Malaya 42
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) OBE
02.01.1939
New Year 39
MC
12.03.1917
*
MC
18.02.1918
?
Mention in Despatches MID
29.04.1941
services in the field
British War Medal 1914-1920 BWM 14|20
-
-
Victory Medal VM
-
-
* For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He led a successful raid with great gallantry, and personally accounted for four of the enemy. Later, he skilfully withdrew his party under heavy fire.
Education: Cranleigh School, Surrey.
1915
-
28.11.1915
served in the ranks, being mobilized Territorial Force for 144 days
28.08.1916
-
24.03.1918
served East Surrey Regiment in France and Belgium (wounded, MC and Bar, two medals)



Iraq, 1920 (wounded)
08.02.1920
-
01.03.1921
mobilized, Indian Army Reserve of Officers for 308 days
02.03.1921


commissioned, The [Royal] Northumberland Fusiliers
19.02.1925
-
09.07.1927
employed with King's African Rifles
10.07.1927
-
14.09.1929
attached to Sudan Defence Force
12.06.1930
-
11.06.1933
Adjutant, ...
09.02.1934
-
30.09.1939
Commanding Officer, 2nd Battalion King's African Rifles



served War of 1939-45, in France, Malaya and Burma (despatches, DSO, and Bar, CBE)
1940
-
1942
Commanding Officer, 9th Battalion The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (02.1942 together with 4th Royal Norfolks as "Thom Force" in Singapore)
1942
-
1942
Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion The Wiltshire Regiment
15.09.1942
-
22.04.1943
Commander, 88th Indian Infantry Brigade (Burma)
23.04.1943
-
01.04.1945
Commander, 36th Indian Infantry Brigade (Burma)
29.08.1945
-
1947
Inspector General, (Indigenous) Burma Army
1947
-
1948
General Officer Commanding, (Indigenous) Burma Army
18.08.1948
-
20.10.1955
Regular Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]
Thomas,
Mervyn Francis
M.F. Thomas (Photo courtesy of Mr Simon Jervis)
Son of ... Thomas, and ... Francis.
15.08.1912
-
16.03.1987
Sketty, Swansea district, Glamorgan
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 05.10.1940 [149929]
WS/Lt. 05.04.1942
T/Capt. 01.02.1943-(04.1946)
05.10.1940     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
      attached, Indian Army
23.03.1942 - 02.05.1942 Officers' Light Anti-Aircraft course serial No. 18, Anti-Aircraft School (Deolali, India)
Thomas,
Silwyn
"Selwyn"
S. Thomas
Son of ... Thomas, and ... Williams.
Married ...; ... children.
28.06.1917
Neath district, Wales
-
04.1980
Swansea district, West Glamorgan, Wales
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 27.09.1941 [210312]
WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 (reld > 04.1946, < 08.1946)
T/Capt. 15.04.1943-(04.1946)
Hon. Capt. > 04.1946, < 08.1946
Mention in Despatches MID 09.08.1945 NW Europe
Mention in Despatches MID 08.11.1945 NW Europe [recommendation available upon request]
27.09.1941     commissioned, Royal Corps of Signals [emergency commission]
(1945)     17 Air Formation Signals (HQ 85 Group RAF) (despatches)
A grandchild writes: "He joined the Royal Engineers to start and also working with the Royal Signals. He spent his time in Italy, Tunis and North Africa."
Thomas,
Walter George
W.G. Thomas
05.09.1908
Farnham, Hampshire
-
Lt. (QM)
24.09.1943
...
...
Maj. (QM)
102.06.1954 (Emp. List (2) 29.08.1955)
Lt.Col. (Staff QM)
31.01.1959 (retd 05.09.1963)
Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE
17.01.1946
?
Mention in Despatches MID
19.07.1945
?



served in the ranks & aa Warrant Officer
24.09.1943


commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission to 25.12.1946]
26.12.1946


permanent commission, 3rd Dragoon Guards
Thomas,
William Bain
"Tomasso"

W.B. Thomas W.B. Thomas
W.B. Thomas

11.05.1898
-
22.11.1967
2nd Lt. 07.04.1916 [5430]
Lt. 07.10.1917
Capt. 19.02.1925
Maj. 01.08.1938
A/Lt.Col. 16.11.1940-15.02.1941
T/Lt.Col. 16.02.1941-02.05.1943
WS/Lt.Col. 03.05.1943
A/Col. 03.11.1942-02.05.1943
T/Col. 03.06.1943-12.1945
Col. 19.08.1946, seniority 03.05.1946 (retd 20.02.1952)
A/Brig. 03.11.1942-02.05.1943
T/Brig. 03.05.1943-12.1945
Hon. Brig. 20.02.1952
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE 13.06.1946 HM's birthday 46 [investiture 01.1947]
Distinguished Service Order DSO 28.10.1942 Burma
British War Medal; Victory Medal; Kurdistan 1923 Medal & Clasp; Palestine 1936-39 Clasp
Education: Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
07.04.1916     commissioned, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
19.03.1917 - 25.03.1918 served in France & Belgium (wounded)
      2nd Battalion The Cameronians (India) (for 8 years)
14.09.1927 - 13.09.1930 Adjutant, Auxiliary Force India
15.11.1935 - 26.08.1936 General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), Egypt (temporarily)
05.08.1938 - 12.02.1940 specially employed
04.1940 - 11.1940 Second-in-Command, 1st Battalion The Cameronians (Secunderabad, India)
11.1940 - 10.1942 Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion The Cameronians (India & Burma)
10.1942 - 05.1943 Commander, 49th Indian Infantry Brigade
05.1943 - 12.1945 Commanding Officer, Army in India Tactical School (Poona)
12.1945 - 03.1946 Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion The Cameronians (Malaya) [accepting the surrender of the Japanese Lt.Gen. Senechi Tazaka 15.12.1945]
03.1946 - ? Commander, North Malaya Sub-Area
? - 1952 Commander, Polish Resettlement Corps
* Recommendation for the award of the Distinguished Service Order to Lt.Col. W.B. Thomas: Major (Ty Lt.Col.) William Bain Thomas, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), was placed in command of a mixed force of which his own battalion was the only regular unit at Magwe on April 14 [1942]. This force was detailed to act as rearguard to the remainder of the Division during its withdrawal towards the Yin Chaung. Lt.Col. Thomas' handling of this force in face of enemy opposition was of the highest order. Again on April 18 with this same improvised force Lt.Col. Thomas attacked a hill near Nyaunghla (yenangyaung) and penetrated well past his first objective and thereby opened up the bye-pass road for the use of transport. The success of this small force was in the main due to the personal courage and example of Lt.Col. Thomas, who throughout the operation was in the front line, encouraging those who wavered and carrying out personal reconnaissances under artillery, mortar and machine-gun fire. This magnificent example undoubtedly had a great effect on the morale of the troops who responded splendidly. Next day on 19th April Lt.Col. Thomas, when in command of his own battalion, moved forward with his unit, quite unsupported, and occupied some high ground, the retention of which was vital to cover the passage of motor transport. This was successfully carried out in spite of heavy enemy opposition and the bulk of the motor transport was thereby able to pass unmolested. The magnificent fighting spirit which prevails in the Cameronians can very largely be attributed to the personality and devotion to duty of its present commander.
[Recommended 03.06.1942 by Maj.Gen. J.B. Scott, commanding 1st Burma Division, approved 21.06.1942 by Gen. H.R.L.G. Alexander, General Officer Commanding Burma.]
Thomas,
William Leslie
W.L. Thomas
Married (27.07.1940) ...; ... children.
19.07.1915
-
15.09.1983
Reading and Wokingham district, Berkshire
Sapper 16.06.1940 [2019332]
2nd Lt. 03.02.1941 [169197]
WS/Lt. 13.07.1942
A/Capt. 13.04.1942-12.07.1942
T/Capt. 13.07.1942-04.03.1943
WS/Capt. 05.03.1943
A/Maj. 05.12.1942-04.03.1943
T/Maj. 05.03.1943-(04.1946)
16.06.1940     enlisted, Royal Engineers (training Battalion Royal Engineers (chemical warfare), eventually becoming an instructor)
03.02.1941     commissioned, Army Educational Corps [emergency commission]
      postings in Brockenhurst, Gloucester, Douglas (Isle of Man), Ayr, Glasgow
13.04.1942 - 04.12.1942 Staff Officer, 3rd grade, Education, HQ London District (London)
05.12.1942 - 03.08.1945 Staff Officer, 2nd grade, Education, HQ London District (London)
04.08.1945 - (04.1946) a Staff Officer (Education) Grade II, Directorate of Army Education, Department of the Adjutant-General to the Forces, War Office (London)
Thomason,
Peter Brookes
P.B. Thomason
Son of Arthur Brookes Thomason (1887-1961), and Mary Metcalfe.
Married (12.08.1946, Norwich district, Norfolk)Betty B. Starke (31.12.1920 - 01.04.2000), daughter of ... Starke, and ... Chamberlain; three daughters.
24.06.1919
Smallburgh district, Norfolk
-
08.2005
Offton, Deben district, Suffolk
2nd Lt. 10.05.1939 [90921]
WS/Lt. 01.01.1941
T/Capt. (1941?)
WS/Capt. (1945?) (reld 29.01.1946; disability)
T/Maj. (1945?)
Hon. Maj. 29.01.1946
      late Cadet-Serjeant, Gresham's School Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
10.05.1939     commissioned, 6th Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment - Territorial Army
24.08.1939     mobilized TA
(07.)1941 - (01.)1946 attached, 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) - Indian Army
A grandchild writes: "Served in Shimla, Rawlpindi and the North West Frontier. Adjutant was Captain Roy Lawrie."
Thompson,
Colin Brooks
C.B. Thompson
Son (with two sisters) of George Robert Thompson (1890-1972), and Annie Maud Brooks (1889-1955).
Married ((12?).1936, Glanford Brigg district, Lincolnshire) Stella Eileen Whitby (03.07.1914 - 08.12.2001), daughter (with six brothers and two sisters) of Ernest Edward Whitby (1876-1949), and Elizabeth Collison (1879-1964); four sons, one daughter.
01.08.1915
Ashby, Scunthorpe, Glanford Brigg district, Lincolnshire
-
14.09.1976
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Sgt. ? [2656147]
Cadet 1941
2nd Lt. 31.01.1942 [224706]
WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 (reld > 04.1946, < 08.1946)
T/Capt. 15.12.1944-(04.1946)
Hon. Capt. > 04.1946, < 08.1946
Police constable.
      Class B Reserve, Coldstream Guards
1941 - 1942 Officer Cadet Training Unit, Sandhurst
31.01.1942     commissioned, Reconnaissance Corps - Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]
(1944)     46th Regiment Reconnaissance Corps
Thompson,
Frederick William
K.C. Thompson
Married 1st ....
Married 2nd (1948) Jeanine Denise Rofe; one son, one step-son.
17.08.1904
-
(09?).1981
Thanet district, Kent
Cadet ? [1482938]
2nd Lt. 23.01.1944 [321642]
WS/Lt. 23.07.1944
T/Capt. 20.02.1945-(04.1947)
WS/Capt. 1947? (reld 14.09.1948)
T/Maj. 1947?
Efficiency Medal (Territorial) EM 20.03.1947 ?
23.01.1944     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
His step-son writes: "Royal Artillery, Eighth Army, El Alamein etc. Based in the Middle East at Fied near Cairo. Stationed for a time in Eritrea, Asmara. Also believe he was stationed in the Peloponnesus. Was wounded twice during North African campaign."
Thompson,
George Threlkeld *
G.T. Thompson (Photo courtesy of Mr Roy T. Thompson)
Son of George Thompson.
Married (1939, Shrewsbury) Evelyn; one son.

* Birth name Threlkeld, adding George later in life
31.12.1912
Bongate, Appleby, Westmorland
-
02.09.1951
Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
07.10.1942 [245849]
WS/Lt.
07.04.1943 (reld 08.11.1946)
T/Maj.
?
Hon. Maj.
08.11.1946
Capt. TA
1949?
Efficiency Medal (Territorial) EM
13.04.1951
?
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St
-
-
Burma Star Bur St
-
-
Defence Medal Def M
-
-
Several long service medals.
Education: Appleby Grammar School for Boy's in Westmorland
In his teens he was a keen sportsman and student. Whilst in his early 20's he was a sports car enthusiast and owned a supercharged MG "J " type and was also a very keen golfer like his father before him.
07.10.1942


commissioned, Pioneer Corps [emergency commission]
22.09.1944
 
 
transferred, Corps of Royal Engineers
(1944?)
-
(1945?)
Assistant Garrison Engineer at Cochin; distinguished himself with his planning ability and engineering skills as a consequence of which he was appointed to Field Engineer Air Force Works, constructing airfields and maintaining landing strips; later appointed Garrison Engineer, Bangalore
(07?).1949
 
 
Royal Army Ordnance Corps - Territorial Army
Civil engineer with Shropshire County Council.
Thompson,
Gilbert Maurice
G.M. Thompson
Son of ... Thompson, and ... Thompson.
Married ((06?).1936, Sheffield district, Yorkshire) Annie Barratt.
(12?).1912
Rugby district, Leicestershire / Northamptonshire / Warwickshire

-
1976
Northamptonshire
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 17.01.1942 [224083]
WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 (reld > 04.1946, < 08.1946)
T/Capt. ?
Hon. Capt. 04.1946, < 08.1946
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St - -
Italy Star It St - -
Defence Medal Def M - -
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45 - -
17.01.1942     commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]
      7th Queen's Own Hussars
Thompson,
Gilbert Vernon Leslie
G.V.L. Thompson (Photo courtesy of Stephen Clyde Thompson) G.V.L. Thompson (Photo courtesy of Stephen Clyde Thompson)
G.V.L. Thompson (Photo courtesy of Stephen Clyde Thompson) G.V.L. Thompson (Photo courtesy of Stephen Clyde Thompson)
Son of Lionel Paul J. Thompson (1872-), and Minnie Mary Courtenay (1874-1920).
Married (1926) Ivy Louise Perham (19.09.1906 - 26.11.2001); one daughter, one son.
09.08.1899
Military Station Naina Tal, Umballa, India

-
10.10.1960
Newport, Wales
2nd Lt. 26.08.1918
Lt. 26.08.1919 (reld 01.05.1922)
Capt. 07.01.1927, seniority 27.01.1926 (reld 15.08.1933)
2nd Lt. 26.08.1940 [146496]
WS/Lt. 26.08.1940
WS/Capt. 16.02.1943 (reld > 07.1945, < 10.1945)
T/Maj. 16.02.1943-(07.1945)
Hon. Maj. > 07.1945, < 10.1945
26.08.1918 - 01.05.1922 commissioned, Indian Army Reserve of Officers
Customs officer, Karachi, India.
07.01.1927 - 15.08.1933 commissioned, Army in India Reserve of Officers (Indian Army Service Corps)
26.08.1940     commissioned, (Auxiliary Military) Pioneer Corps [emergency commission]
08.1940     88 Alien Company-2 (Penhow, Monmouth, Wales)
09.1942     seconded, Indian Army (14th Punjab Regiment)
01.1945?     No. 1 (Mule) Army Transport Company, Royal Indian Army Service Corps
Thompson,
Graeme Thomas Roe
G.T.R. Thompson (Photo courtesy of Mr Michael Thompson) G.T.R. Thompson (Photo courtesy of Mr Michael Thompson)
G.T.R. Thompson (Photo courtesy of Mr Michael Thompson) G.T.R. Thompson (Photo courtesy of Mr Michael Thompson)

Son (with two brothers) of Tom Roe Thompson (1877-1938), and Dorothea Handcock (1880-1951).
Married (16.07.1932, Llandaff Cathedral, Cardiff district, Glamorgan) Dora Bridget Gladstone (31.08.1907 - 11.07.1993); two sons, one daughter.

31.08.1909
Penarth, Cardiff district, Glamorgan, South Wales
-
21.10.1968
Stepps Barton, Axmouth, Seaton, Honiton district, Devon
2nd Lt. 29.08.1939 (reld 05.1931)
Pte. ?
2nd Lt. 28.03.1941 [44210]
A/Lt. 29.07.1941-01.09.1941
WS/Lt. 16.12.1941
A/Capt. 16.09.1941-15.12.1941
T/Capt. 16.12.1941-10.12.1943
WS/Capt. 11.12.1943 (reld 03.10.1944; ill-health)
A/Maj. 11.09.1943-10.12.1943
T/Maj. 11.12.1943-03.10.1944
Hon. Maj. 03.10.1944
Education: St Andrews Preparatory School, East Grinstead (1918-1923); Repton School (09.1923-03.1927; The Hall); Royal Military College, Sandhurst (1928-1929).
29.08.1929 - 05.1931 commissioned, Royal Tank Corps (resigned commission)
      served in the ranks, Royal Army Ordnance Corps
28.03.1941     commissioned, Intelligence Corps [emergency commission]
28.03.1941     Intelligence Corps Depot
22.05.1941     attached as Intelligence Officer Intelligence Bureau London District, to remain on strength of Depot
29.07.1941     No. 44 Field Security Section
01.09.1941     Intelligence Corps Depot
16.09.1941     attached to Inter-Services Research Bureau for special duties (to be specially employed without Army pay and access G.S.O. III)
07.1943     3rd Course of Instruction, Civil Affairs Staff Centre
01.09.1943     to I.E. pool I.E.D.(ceases to be specially employed and is entitled to remuneration from Army Funds)
11.09.1943     to be Staff Officer, grade 2 (SO2), Civil Affairs Administration, Italy
? - 06.01.1944 relinquished appointment of General Staff Officer, grade 2 (GSO2), Region 5, Allied Military Government x(1)
06.01.1944 - 23.04.1944 assumed appointment of Staff Officer, grade 2 (SO2) (C.A.), Unit:- Allied Control Commission & Allied Military Government x(1) (embarked for UK 10.04.1944)
23.04.1944 - 03.10.1944 No. 1 C.A. Pool (S.O. 2 C.A. (Major) Police)
Thompson,
James Robert Stanley
J.R.S. Thompson
From Ulverston. Live nearly all his life in North Lancashire/Cumbria.
06.1904
Barrow in Furness district, Cumbria / Lancashire
-
2nd Lt.
01.01.1923 [24983]
Lt.
?
Capt.
10.02.1930
Maj.
28.11.1938
T/Lt.Col.
05.05.1943-(04.1944)
Lt.Col.
11.04.1945 (reld < 04.1946)
Hon. Lt.Col.
< 04.1946
Distinguished Service Order DSO
28.06.1945
Burma
Territorial Decoration TD
22.06.1944
-
Territorial Decoration TD
03.11.1950
3 clasps
Mention in Despatches MID
05.04.1945
Burma / Eastern Frontier of India
Mention in Despatches MID
09.05.1946
Burma
Education: Charterhouse School (...-1918)



late Cadet Serjeant, Charterhouse School Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps

01.01.1923
-
28.11.1938
commissioned, 4th Battalion The King's Own Regiment
28.11.1938

 
transferred, 56th (King's Own Regiment) Anti-Tank Regiment RA
24.08.1939
 
 
mobilized TA (served in France, UK, India & Burma)



Commanding Officer, 82nd Anti-Tank Regiment RA
01.04.1951
-
23.09.1959
Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [exceeded age limit]
Justice of the Peace.
Thompson,
Kenneth Charles
K.C. Thompson
?
-
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 06.09.1941 [207273]
WS/Lt. 01.10.1942
T/Capt. 06.01.1946-(04.1946)
06.09.1941     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
Thompson,
S H
S.H. Thompson
?
-
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. ?
Capt. ?
?     commissioned, {either Royal Regiment of Artillery or Royal Army Veterinary Corps} [emergency commission]
(03.1945)     HQ 23rd (Chindit) Infantry Brigade
Thompson,
Sydney [Harry]
S.H. Thompson (Photo courtesy of Mr Vincent Thompson)
Married ...; ... children (one son?).
01.03.1917
-
14.10.1992
Worthing district, West Sussex
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 04.07.1940 [138171]
WS/Lt. 04.01.1942 (reld > 04.1946, < 08.1946)
T/Capt. 21.01.1944-(04.1946)
Hon. Capt. > 04.1946, < 08.1946
04.07.1940     commissioned, Royal Sussex Regiment [emergency commission]
01.05.1943?     attached, King's African Rifles
Thompson,
William Joseph
W.J. Thompson
Married ...; ... children (one daughter?).
19.02.1919
-
02.1984
Sefton North district, Merseyside
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 16.08.1941 [201430]
WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 (reld > 04.1946, < 08.1946)
T/Maj. ?
Hon. Maj. > 04.1946, < 08.1946
      Officer Cadet Training Unit
16.08.1941     commissioned, The Lancashire Fusiliers [emergency commission]
01.05.1942     transferred, Royal Armoured Corps
      served Royal Tank Regiment
Thompstone,
Philip
P. Thompstone
Son of William Thomas Thompstone (1862-1950), and Julia Yeoman (1861-1918).
Married (27.06.1921, St Michael, Macclesfield, Cheshire) Dora Hulme (1895-1966).
28.07.1897
Macclesfield, Cheshire
-
11.03.1980
Birkdale, Southport, Merseyside
2nd Lt. (prob) 08.07.1915
2nd Lt. 04.01.1917
Lt. 08.07.1917
05.09.1919, seniority 08.01.1916 (reld 01.04.1920)
A/Capt. 1919?
Lt. 03.06.1940 [119369] (reld > 04.1947)
      Cadet, Officers Training Corps
08.07.1915     commissioned, 3rd Battalion The South Lancashire Regiment - Special Reserve of Officers
08.09.1915     seconded for service with garrison battalions
03.06.1940     commissioned, The South Lancashire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Volunteers) [emergency commission]
Civil servant.
Thomson,
Brian Harold
B.H. Thomson
First son of William Harold Thomson.
Married (1947) Agnes Jane Patricia Cunninghame (died 1991); one son, four daughters.

21.11.1918
Cupar, Fife
-
07.11.2006
Kemback, Fife
2nd Lt. 20.10.1937 [73256]
WS/Lt. 20.10.1940
T/Capt. 21.12.1940-27.12.1942
WS/Capt. 28.12.1942
Capt. 24.10.1945
T/Maj. 28.12.1942-(04.1946)
A/Maj. 01.05.1947
Maj. 21.12.1952, seniority 01.05.1947
A/Lt.Col. 01.12.1953
Lt.Col. 21.11.1956, seniority 01.12.1953
Territorial Decoration TD 30.12.1949 -
Territorial Decoration TD 30.12.1949 1st clasp
Territorial Decoration TD 13.11.1956 2nd clasp
      late Cadet Corporal, Charterhouse School Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
20.10.1937     commissioned, 20th (Fife & Forfar Yeomanry) Armoured Car Company - Royal Tank Corps [later: 1st Fife & Forfar Yeomanry - Royal Armoured Corps] - Territorial Army
24.08.1939     mobilized TA
1943 - 1944 Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General (DAQMG), 1st Armoured Division in North Africa, before going to Italy then on to Haifa
 31.10.1956 - 01.04.1967 Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
Newspaper publisher, D.C. Thomson & Co., 1938 (Managing Director 1947, Chairman 1974). Deputy Lieutenant (DL), Fife, 06.01.1988.
Thomson,
Bruce Powell
B.P. Thomson
Son of Alexander William Thomson (1872-1943), and Helen Clark Ross.
Married Ethel Christian Buchan (1909 - 21.07.2004); five daughters.
1912
-
24.07.1953
2nd Lt. 19.05.1934
Lt. 19.05.1937 (reld 01.11.1938)
2nd Lt. 15.12.1939
WS/Lt. 15.06.1941
T/Capt. 23.11.1942-(04.1946)
19.05.1934 - 01.11.1938 commissioned, 6th Battalion The Gordon Highlanders - Territorial Army
15.12.1939     commissioned, The Royal Scots Fusiliers [emergency commission]
? - 05.1940 Officer Commanding, 14 Platoon "C" Company 2nd Battalion The Royal Scots Fusiliers (France & Belgium) (sick 18.05.1940 (Gramamont) & evacuated to UK)
Thomson,
David Alexander
D.A. Thomson
?
-
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 21.12.1940 [164587]
WS/Lt. 21.06.1942
T/Capt. 10.04.1943-(04.1946)
? - 21.12.1940 either 163rd or 167th Officer Cadet Training Unit
21.12.1940     commissioned, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [emergency commission]
Thomson,
Ian George Porteous
I.G.P. Thomson
Son of ... Thomson, and ... Watson.
(12?).1917
Sunderland district, Durham
-
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 29.03.1941 [180387]
WS/Lt. 29.09.1942
T/Capt. 04.06.1944-(04.1946)
? - 29.03.1941 either 122nd or 123rd Officer Cadet Training Unit
29.03.1941     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
Thomson,
Ian Scott
I.S. Thomson (Photo courtesy of Mr Iain Miskimmin)
Son of James Albert and Jessie Marshall Thomson, of Wimbledon Common, Surrey.
27.05.1912
Edinburgh, Scotland
-
28/30.05.1940
(KIA) [age 28]
[Bus House Cemetery, West Flanders, Belgium, A.6]
2nd Lt. 02.02.1935 [64656]
Lt. 02.02.1938
Mention in Despatches MID 10.03.1942 France & Flanders [posthumously]
Education: Battersea Polytechnic; University of London.
      from University Candidates
02.02.1935     commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps
16.12.1936     transferred, The Royal Scots Fusiliers
? - 05.1940 Officer Commanding, 4 (Carrier) Platoon, HQ Company 2nd Battalion The Royal Scots Fusiliers (France & Belgium) (killed in action)
Literature: Two brothers [A Memorial Volume to Ian Scott Thomson, The Royal Scots Fusiliers, and Arthur John Thomson, The London Scottish: Letters, Tributes and Appreciations. Foreword Signed "T.B.M. L.", I.e. T.B.M. Lamb. With Plates, Including Portraits.] (1946).
Thomson,
James Currie
J.C. Thomson (Photo courtesy of Mr Frank de Planta)
?
-
Pte. ?
2nd Lt. 17.09.1938 [76980]
WS/Capt. 22.11.1941
T/Maj. 22.11.1941-(04.1944)
Education: Cambridge University.
17.09.1938     commissioned, The Gordon Highlanders - Territorial Army
24.08.1939     mobilized TA
(08.1942)     1st Battalion The London Scottish (Higham, Suffolk)
Thomson,
Robert Arnold
R.A. Thomson
12.09.1903
-
08.1992
Greenwich district, London
2nd Lt.
09.09.1940 [147126]
WS/Lt.
01.03.1942
T/Capt.
01.03.1942-16.03.1944
WS/Capt.
17.03.1944 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Maj.
?
Hon. Maj.
< 04.1946
09.09.1940
 
 
commissioned, Royal Fusiliers [emergency commission]
01.06.1942


transferred, Royal Regiment of Artillery
Thorburn,
Douglas Glendinning
D.G. Thorburn (Photo courtesy of Mr Peter Epps)
21.02.1897
-
10.07.1943
Syracuse War Cemetery
Lt. 11.12.1920, seniority 10.12.1917 [11477]
Maj. 01.08.1938
Lt.Col. ?
MC WW I ?
MC WW I ?
11.12.1920     commissioned, The Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment)
? - 10.07.1943 Commanding Officer, 2nd Battalion The Highland Light Infantry
Thorburn,
Graeme Levett
G.L. Thorburn

Son of George Levett Thorburn (1887-1966), and Marion Anne Sheat (1889?-1929).
Married Valerie Kieran Henley (1924 - ); two sons, two daughters.
18.05.1920
Hammersmith district, London
-
31.08.2002
[Puruwa Cemetery, New Zeeland]
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 20.02.1943 [264488]
WS/Lt. 20.08.1943 (reld 28.02.1951)
Hon. Capt. 28.02.1951
MC 23.08.1945 Italy
20.02.1943     commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]
(1945)     B Squadron, 16th/5th Lancers (Italy) (MC)
* Recommendation for the award of an immediate Military Cross to WS/Lt. G.L. Thorburn:  On 19 April 1945 Lt. G.L. Thorburn was Troop Leader of the leading Troop of B Squadron 16/5 Lancers who, with B Company 1 King's Royal Rifle Corps, had been ordered to force a crossing of the canal Po Morte di Primaro as quickly as possible. The canal was known to be strongly held by enemy infantry and self-propelled guns nad it was a tank obstacle. On nearing the objective, the advance was held up by heavy small arms fire and armour-piercing [projectiles] from enemy who were holding an unexpected line along a levee and some houses across the axis of advance. There was also heavy enemy shelling which was causing casualties amongst the infantry with Lt. G.L. Thorburn, including the Platoon Commander, who was killed. Lt. G.L. Thorburn immediately advanced in his tank and at close range destroyed the enemy in the two houses most strongly held. He then passed between these two houses to within 50 yards of the levee which was in itself a strong position. He then attacked this position with such vigour that the enemy got up and ran and he able to get his Troop on to the far side of the levee where he found and destroyed, on his own initiative, three more enemy strong points, thus turning the whole position and allowing the advance to continue .... [only page 1 available]
[Recommended by 26.04.1945 by Lt.Col. D.D.P. Smyly, commanding 16th/5th Lancers, approved 01.05.1945 by Brig. F.N. Mitchell, commanding 26th Armoured Brigade, 06.05.1945 by Maj.Gen. H. Murray, commanding 6th Armoured Division, 14.05.1945 by Lt.Gen. C.F. Keightley, commanding 5 Corps, 18.05.1945 by Lt.Gen. R.L. McCreery, commanding 8th Army, and finally 20.05.1945 by Field Marshal Sir Harold R.L.G. Alexander, commanding Allied Force HQ.] (Citation kindly provided by Sim Morrison)
Thorman,
Robert Pelham
R.P. Thorman
Married (1951) Mary Higgins (née Jones); four sons.

21.11.1918
Telegraph Creek, Stikine River, British Columbia, Canada
-
02.09.2006
2nd Lt.
25.08.1938
...
...
T/Maj.
12.09.1943-02.04.1948
Maj.
25.08.1951 (retd 01.10.1959; medically unfit)
MC
23.09.1943
?
MC
08.02.1945
?
Education: Denstone College, Staffordshire; Royal Military College, Sandhurst
25.08.1938


commissioned, The Lincolnshire Regiment
1939
-
1945
regimental service (North Africa, Italy):
(03.1943)


Officer Commanding of a platoon in "C" Company, 6th Battalion The Lincolnshire Regiment (Tunisia)
...
-
...
...
Thorne,
Sir Augustus Francis Andrew Nicol
"Bulgy"
A.F.A.N. Thorne

Eldest son of late Augustus Thorne, DL, JP, London, W1.
Married (1909) Hon. Margaret Douglas Pennant (died 1967), daughter of 2nd Baron Penrhyn; three sons, three daughters.
°
°
Scots at war
papers
20.09.1885
Dornhurst, Sevenoaks, Kent
-
25.09.1970
Spynie Hospital, Elgin
[buried in Sonning-on-Thames, Berkshire]
2nd Lt.
02.03.1904 [13980]
...
...
Maj.Gen.
26.10.1938, seniority 23.12.1937
A/Lt.Gen.
08.06.1940-06.05.1941
Lt.Gen.
07.05.1941
Gen.
02.01.1945 (retd 08.04.1946)
KCB, 1942 (CB 1939); CMG 1919; DSO 1916 & 2 bars; DL Berks
MID 20.12.1940
Oder of Polonia Restituta 2nd Class 08.10.1943
Commander, Legion of Merit (USA) 08.11.1945
Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav (Freedom Medal) (Norway) 17.10.1946
02.03.1904


commissioned, The Grenadier Guards
...
-
...
...
26.10.1938
-
17.10.1939
General Officer Commanding, London District
18.10.1939
-
07.06.1940

General Officer Commanding, 48th Infantry
Division (Southern Command & British Expeditionary Force)
08.06.1940
-
07.05.1941
Commander, XII Corps (Kent, Home Forces)
08.05.1941
-
11.05.1945
General Officer Commanding, Scottish Command
09.05.1941
-
15.06.1945
also: Governor, Edinburgh Castle
1945


Commander-in-Chief Allied Land Forces, Norway, and Head of the SHAEF mission to Norway
14.11.1950
-
17.04.1951
re-employed: for service with the Norwegian Ministry of Defence
23.05.1951
-
18.11.1951
specially employed: for service with the Norwegian Ministry of Defence
Literature: Donald Lindsay, Forgotten General : a life of Andrew Thorne (1987)
Thornes,
Frank Arthur
F.A. Thornes
Son of Frank Thornes, and Alice Thornes (née Cooper), of Holland-on-Sea, Essex.
(12?).1922
Lewisham district

-
17.09.1944
(KIA) [age 21]
[Leopoldsburg War Cemetery, Belgium, IV.D.20]
Cadet
? [14379365]
2nd Lt.
19.02.1944 [308477]
WS/Lt.
?
19.02.1944


commissioned, The East Surrey Regiment [emergency commission]
24.07.1944
-
17.09.1944
Signals Officer, 2nd Battalion The Devonshire Regiment (NW Europe)
[blown up upon a mine on the verge of the main road during the Operation Market-Garden advance]
Thornhill,
Harry Tennant
H.T. Thornhill (Photo courtesy of Mr John Cresser-Brown)
10.04.1923
-
04.1994
Sapper Cadet ?
Education: Birmingham University (1941 Senior Training Corps, Engineering Section, Clitheroe).
      not commissioned
Thornhill,
John
J. Thornhill
?
-
Cadet
?
Lt.
11.02.1940 [121522] 
T/Capt.
22.07.1940-(04.1946)
Long Service Good Conduct Medal LSGCM
14.11.1947
?
 
 
 
served in the ranks, The King's Own Scottish Borderers
?
-
11.02.1940
166th Officer Cadet Training Unit
11.02.1940
 
 
commissioned, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers [emergency commission]
(1940)
 
 
9th Battalion The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (France)
18.06.1946
 
 
transferred, Royal Army Pay Corps
Thornton,
Bernard Martin
B.M. Thornton
Married ((06?).1909, Chertsey district) Edith Frances Morrison; ... children.
(06?).1881
Northampton district, Northamptonshire
-
13.04.1950
Creeting St Mary, Suffolk
2nd Lt.
29.01.1902 [98036] (resigned 19.09.1905)
Capt.
20.12.1905
T/Lt.
19.07.1915
T/Capt.
(1918)
A/Maj.
?
2nd Lt.
24.08.1939
Lt.
09.07.1940, seniority 24.08.1939 (reld 23.08.1945)
MC
01.01.1918
?
Mention in Despatches MID
1917
?



University Candidate
29.01.1902
 
 
commissioned, The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, the Duke of Albany's)
20.12.1905
 
 
3rd Battalion The Seaforth Highlanders - Militia
19.07.1915
 
 
commissioned, Army Ordnance Department [temporary commission]
04.12.1915
- (1921) Deputy Assistant Director of Ordnance Services, HQ 48th Division (France & Belgium, Italy, Oxford)



Army Officers' Emergency Reserve
24.08.1939
-
23.08.1945
commissioned, Special List - Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]
Thornton,
George Lambert
G.L. Thornton
Married ((09?).1939, Leicester district, Leicestershire) Dorothy Bonser (26.07.1907 - 21.12.1994), daughter of John Bonser (1868-1948), and Edith Weston (1879-1954);one daughter.
24.05.1908
Wilpshire, Blackburn district, Lancashire
-
05.02.1985
Wilmslow, Macclesfield district, Cheshire
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 30.11.1940 [158324]
WS/Lt. 30.05.1942 (reld > 10.1945, < 01.1946)
Hon. Lt. > 10.1945, < 01.1946
      either 122nd, 123rd or 133rd Officer Cadet Training Unit
30.11.1940     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
Thornton,
Lionel Cuthbert
L.C. Thornton
Son of Maj. Thomas Thornton, and Edith Thornton.
Married ((06?).1939, Derby district, Derbyshire) Joan Ross Laurie, of Ascot, Berkshire.
(12?).1906
Colchester district, Essex
-
15.02.1942
[age 35]
[Singapore Memorial, column 69]
2nd Lt. 23.04.1932 [51476]
Lt. 23.04.1935
T/Capt. 30.01.1940-01.09.1941
WS/Capt. 02.09.1941
Territorial Decoration TD 21.04.1950 [posthumously]
     

late Cadet Corporal, Derby School Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps

23.04.1932 - 15.02.1942 commissioned, 5th Battalion The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) - Territorial Army (24.08.1939 mobilized)
Thornton,
Peter Kai
P.K. Thornton

08.04.1925
St Albans, Hertfordshire
-
09.02.2007
2nd Lt.
14.10.1943 [298478] (reld 31.12.1944)
14.10.1943


commissioned, Special List - Territorial Army (for service with the Army Cadet Force - Hertfordshire)
Thornton,
William Leppington
W.L. Thornton
Son of ... Thornton, and ... Little.
Married ((09?).1946, Chapel en le Frith district, Derbyshire) Sub. Joyce Marion Ware, ATS (1917-1992); ... children.
15.12.1912
Huddersfield district, West Yorkshire
-
1978
Somerset
2nd Lt. 13.07.1933 [53321]
Lt. 13.07.1936
Capt. 17.02.1939
A/Maj. 24.09.1945-23.12.1945
T/Maj. 24.12.1945-11.06.1947
Lt. 31.08.1946, seniority 15.12.1938
Capt. 31.08.1946, seniority 15.12.1943
Maj. 15.12.1948
Lt.Col. 04.04.1957, seniority 01.04.1957 (retd 18.01.1961)
     

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

13.07.1933     commissioned, 5th Battalion Duke of Wellington's Regiment - Territorial Army
10.12.1936     transferred, 43rd (Duke of Wellington's Regiment) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Royal Engineers
24.08.1939 - 30.08.1946 mobilized TA
01.08.1940     transferred, Royal Regiment of Artillery
31.08.1946     permanent commission
18.01.1961 - 15.12.1967 Regular Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]
Thornton-Kemsley,
[Sir] Colin Norman
C.N. Thornton-Kemsley
Eldest son of late Norman Kemsley, Woodford Green, Essex.
Married (1930) Alice Helen (died 1973), only child of late William Thornton of Thornton; assumed additional surname Thornton by Deed Poll upon marriage; one son, two daughters.

02.09.1903
West Ham district, Essex / Greater London
-
17.07.1977
2nd Lt.
31.07.1925 [33218]
Capt.
25.02.1930
T/Maj.
23.11.1940-(04.1941)
WS/Maj.
14.08.1943
Maj.
01.01.1949
T/Lt.Col.
14.08.1943-(04.1944)
WS/Lt.Col.
?
Hon. Lt.Col.
< 04.1946
Hon. Col.
30.03.1955
Knight Bachelor Kt
11.02.1958
for political and public service
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) OBE
01.01.1946
New Year 46
Territorial Decoration TD
21.04.1950
-
Territorial Decoration TD
31.03.1953
1st clasp
Education: Chigwell School; Wadham College, Oxford University (MA)



late Officer Cadet, Oxford University Contingent, Senior Division, Officer Training Corps
31.07.1925


commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army (85th (East Anglian) Field Brigade RA)
15.12.1931
-
30.03.1955
Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
09.1939


mobilized TA



passed Staff College (Senior Wing)



held various staff appointments including:
20.09.1940
-
(04.1941)
a Staff Officer, Royal Artillery (SORA), HQ Scottish Command (Edinburgh)
14.05.1943
-
(04.1944)
Assistant Quartermaster-General (AQMG) (Operations), HQ Eastern Command (Hounslow, Middlesex)
1945


Colonel commanding an Area
Until 1969, a partner in Kemsley, Whiteley and Ferris, Chartered Surveyors, and a Director, John Lewis Properties Ltd. Chairman, Thornton Farms Ltd; Honorary Treasurer, Essex and Middlesex Provincial Area, National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations, 1938-1943. MP (U) Kincardine and West Aberdeenshire, 01.04.1939-1950, North Angus and Mearns, 1950-28.07.1964. Vice­Chairman Conservative Parliamentary Committee for Agriculture and Food, 1950-1953; Chairman, Scottish Unionist Members' Committee, 1957-1958; Chairman, Liberal­Unionist Parliamentary Group, 1961-1962; Member Public Accounts Committee, 1955-1964. A Vice-President, Town and Country Planning Association. Trustee; Speech Therapists Union. President,
Kincardineshire Scout Association, 1968-1975. Director, BRCS, Kincardineshire, 1968-1973.
Published: (jtly) Change and Challenge, 1962; (jtly) Contemporary Problems of Land Ownership, 1963; Bonnet Lairds, 1972; Through Winds and Tides, 1974; numerous articles on planning and land policy.
Thorp,
James Victor Henry Bernard Julian Anthony
J.V.H.B.J.A. Thorp
?
-
3rd Cl. Mstr. Gnr. ?
Lt. QM 28.03.1941 [183503]
WS/Capt. QM 28.03.1944
Maj. QM 18.03.1950
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) MBE 18.02.1943 Middle East (Malta)
28.03.1941     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
?     short service commission
Threapleton,
Charles Herbert
C.H. Threapleton (Photo courtesy of Mr Tom Glover)
Only son of Edwin Percival, and Agnes Threapleton, of Farsley, Yorkshire.
Married (1941) Esther Kathleen (died 1998); one daughter.
11.11.1914
Bramley, Leeds
-
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 15.03.1941 [177049]
WS/Lt. ? (reld > 04.1946, < 04.1947)
A/Capt. ?
? - 15.03.1941 either 122nd, 123rd, 124th Officer Cadet Training Unit (Blackdown Barracks, Llandrindod Wells)
15.03.1941     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
09.09.1944     transferred, The East Yorkshire Regiment (The Duke of York's Own)
Resumed career with Leeds Permanent Building Society – Branch Manager (Norwich), 1949-1977.
Thuillier,
Henry Walter
"Harry"
H.W. Thuillier
28.12.1922
-
01.2007
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
07.03.1942 [228464]
WS/Lt.
01.10.1942
Lt.
31.10.1945, seniority 28.06.1945
A/Capt.
29.09.1943-28.12.1943
T/Capt.
29.12.1943-18.04.1949
Capt.
28.12.1949
T/Maj.
19.04.1949-24.06.1951,
14.02.1953-01.03.1955,
22.10.1956-27.12.1956
Maj.
28.12.1956
local Lt.Col.
22.10.1956-(02.1957)
Lt.Col.
24.09.1964 (retd 17.12.1966)
Mention in Despatches MID
09.01.1945
?
Mention in Despatches MID
29.11.1945
?
Education: psc
07.03.1942


commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission to 30.10.1945]
31.10.1945


permanent commission
Thurgood,
James Nash
J.N. Thurgood
11.05.1917
-
08.2000
St Albans, Hertfordshire
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
25.05.1940 [132179]
WS/Lt.
25.11.1941
T/Capt.
08.09.1942-(04.1944),
17.10.1944-(04.1946)
?
-
25.05.1940
Officer Cadet Training Unit
25.05.1940


commissioned, The Border Regiment [emergency commission]
(04.1944)


serving with the Home Guard
Chartered accountant.
Thurgood,
Lawrence
L. Thurgood
?
-
?
Suptg. Clk. ?
Lt. QM 15.05.1941 [188990]
WS/Capt. QM 15.05.1944
Capt. QM 01.11.1947
Capt. 01.11.1949, seniority 15.05.1944 (reld 01.11.1954)
15.05.1941     commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]
01.11.1949 - 01.11.1954 short service commission
 
Thurlow,
Edward Guy Lethbridge
E.G.L. Thurlow
Son (with one sister) of Lt.Col. Hugh Hovell Thurlow (1848-1919), The Somerset Light Infantry, and Winifred Beatrice Hall Parlby (1859-1945).
Married ((12?).1912, St Thomas district, Devon) Margaret Merry Vaughan ((03?).1880 - 18.06.1952), daughter of Lt.Col. E.H. Vaughan, of Kenton, Devon; two daughters.
Address: Yeomanry House, Castle Hill, Reading.
06.11.1881
Plymouth district, Devon
-
25.03.1966
Mere district, Wiltshire
2nd Lt. 11.08.1900 [15016]
Lt. 21.08.1903
Capt. 01.09.1911
Maj. 01.09.1915
Bt. Lt.Col. 03.06.1917
T/Lt.Col. 17.04.1918
Col. 06.01.1923, seniority 03.06.1921 (half-pay 15.04.1923-30.06.1923, 01.07.1927-24.08.1927, 10.01.1932) (retd 09.04.1932)
T/Brig. 19.04.1931-10.01.1932
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Civil Division) CBE 13.06.1946 HM's birthday 46: Secretary Berks TA Assn
Distinguished Service Order DSO 03.06.1915 ?
Education: Wellington; Royal Military College, Sandhurst; Staff College, Camberley (01.02.1913-1914; psc).
1900     commissioned, Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry)
1900 - 1902 served South Africa (as a Railway Staff Officer, 19.12.1901-02 (Queen's Medal 3 clasps, King's medal, 2 clasps))
14.05.1904 - 1906 seconded for service under the Colonial Office (West Africa)
1914 - 1918 European War (despatches seven times, DSO, Bt. Lt.Col., Officer, Officer, Order of the Star of Rumania, 20.09.1919)
09.08.1914 - 1914 Railway Transport Officer
09.10.1914 - 21.10.1915 Brigade Major
28.10.1915 - 1916 Deputy Assistant Adjutant General & Quartermaster-General
30.06.1916 - 17.03.1918 Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General
17.04.1918     General Staff Officer, 1st Grade (GSO1)
? - 25.01.1921 General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), ...
26.01.1921 - 15.04.1923 General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), War Office and Headquarters Scottish Command
01.07.1923 - 01.07.1927 General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), War Office and Headquarters Scottish Command
25.08.1927 - 02.04.1931 Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General, Headquarters, 4th Division
19.04.1931 - 10.01.1932 Commander (Temp. Brig.) 11th (Ahmednagar) Brigade, India
09.04.1932 - 06.11.1941 Regular Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]
1939 - (1941) retired pay temporarily suspended: recalled to active list and appointed General Staff Officer 1st grade (GSO1), War Office
Master Colchester Garrison Beagles, 1928-31. Secretary, Territorial Army Association of the County of Berkshire, 1934-(04.1946). Deputy Lieutenant, Berkshire, 03.09.1946.
Published: The pill-boxes of Flanders (1933).
Tibbitts,
Leonard St John
L.St.J. Tibbitts
Son of Leonard Tibbitts (1889-1960), and Evelyn Sandford Warner (1892-1970), of Crowborough.
Married 1st (02.07.1948, Belstead Church, Ipswich) Mary Ora Eastman (1916 - (12?).1963), daughter of Rev. George Herbert Eastman, OBE (1881-1974), and Winifred Grimwade, late of Gilbert Islands.
Married 2nd ((09?).1967, Dunmow district, Essex) Gwendoline Pacey (25.04.1931 - 06.1996), daughter (with one sister and one brother) of William Pacey (1898-1959), and Edith Harby (1899-1965).
13.01.1917
Bromley district, Surrey
-
16.07.2001
Uttlesford district, Essex
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 23.12.1941 [222391]
WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 (reld > 08.1946, < 12.1946)
T/Capt. 04.07.1943-(04.1946)
Education: Manchester College of Technology (BSc (Tech)) (1947).
23.12.1941     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
(09.1945)     HQ 452 Lines of Communications Sub Area, South East Asia Command
Power loom production manager, then assistant managing director, then managing director, Warner & Sons Ltd., London, textile manufacturers.
Tickner,
Guy
G. Tickner
?
-
2010 ?
L/Cpl. ?
2nd Lt. 12.07.1939 [91858]
WS/Lt. 12.01.1941
T/Capt. 05.02.1942-22.10.1943
WS/Capt. 23.10.1943 (reld > 04.1946, < 08.1946)
T/Maj. 23.10.1943-(04.1946)
Hon. Maj. > 04.1946, < 08.1946
Lt. 13.12.1947, seniority 11.04.1945
Capt. 01.01.1949
08.11.1954, seniority 18.09.1950
Maj. 18.08.1958, seniority 01.01.1958 (retd 01.11.1963)
Emergency Reserve Decoration ERD ? -
Territorial Decoration TD 16.02.1951 -
      late Cadet Corporal, King Edward VI School (Chelmsford) Cadet Corps
12.07.1939     commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps - Territorial Army
24.08.1939     mobilized TA
      served with Royal Indian Army Service Corps in Persia , Italy and parts of Jordan
13.12.1947 - 07.11.1954 Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
08.11.1954 - 01.11.1963 Army Emergency Reserve of Officers
Tidder,
Alfred Robert
A.R. Tidder

Son (with three sisters and one brother) of Alfred John Tidder (1887-1968), and Esther Basch (1888-1962).
Married ((12?).1940, Romford district, Essex) Helen Jane Masson (16.01.1920 - 24.06.2015), daughter (with one brother and one sister) of William Frederick Lawrence Masson (1892-1966), and Gertrude Mepsted (1897-1986); two children.
29.09.1916
Romford district, Essex
-
07.07.2006
Havering, London (formerly of Romford, Essex)
Cadet ? [11006237]
2nd Lt. 11.11.1944 [334861]
WS/Lt. 11.05.1945 (reld > 12.1946, < 04.1947)
Assistant sales manager, The Plessey Co. Ltd., Vicarage Lane, Ilford.
11.11.1944     commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission]
(10.1945) - (04.1946) attached, Royal Indian Army Service Corps - Indian Army
A daughter writes: "I know that he was stationed at Dover and that he served in India under Eastern Command."
Tidswell,
Edward
E. Tidswell (Portrait courtesy of Mr Thomas Tidswell) E. Tidswell (Portrait courtesy of Mr Thomas Tidswell)
Married twice; one son.
26.02.1911
Bradford district, Yorkshire - West Riding / West Yorkshire
-
08.03.1969
Bradford district, Yorkshire - West Riding / West Yorkshire
2nd Lt. 19.06.1942 [234536]
WS/Lt. 19.12.1942 (reld 06.02.1945; disability *)
Hon. Lt. 06.02.1945

* his health was dogged by duodenal ulcers and was hospitalized on 3 occasions

Education: Leeds University (BSc in architecture; also served in Leeds University Contingent of Officer Training Corps, 1927-1930)
Owned and ran a Civil Engineering and Plant Hire Company pre-war and up to him volunteering in February 1942.
      Central Ammunitions Depot, Corsham [possibly as serving in the General Service Corps; uniform badges on photos seem to point in that direction]
19.06.1942     commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]
19.06.1942 - 18.12.1942 6th Training Battalion, RE
19.12.1942 - 02.1943 863rd Mechanical Engineering Company, RE
02.1943 - 06.1943 CE (WSE) [possibly Chief Engineer (Wiltshire Southern Establishment)] (for duty as Acting Officer Commanding Royal Engineers, Trowbridge) [attends No. 16 course, School of Military Engineering (Ripon) and passes Q1 03.1943]
06.1943 - 05.1944 staff of Commander Royal Engineers, Western Wiltshire
05.1944 - 06.02.1945 Engineer-in-Chief's Pool (assigned to War Office for staff duties with E5)
Qualified architect.
Tilney,
Robert Adolphus George
"Dolly"
R.A.G. Tilney R.A.G. Tilney
R.A.G. Tilney
02.11.1903
St Andrew district, Edinburgh, Scotland
-
01.05.1981
Basford district, Nottinghamshire
2nd Lt. 1924
... ...
Maj. 03.03.1935
T/Lt.Col. 15.07.1940-(07.1945)
A/Brig. 06.11.1943-(07.1945)
Hon. Lt.Col. > 07.1945, < 10.1945
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Civil Division) CBE 1962 ?
Distinguished Service Order DSO 1945 ?
Territorial Decoration TD ? ?
1924     commissioned, Leicestershire Yeomanry - Territorial Army
24.08.1939     mobilized TA
1940 - 1943 Commanding Officer, Leicestershire Yeomanry
05.11.1943 - 16.01.1944 Commander, 234th Infantry Brigade & commander garrison Leros [captured] (despatches)
1944 - 1945 POW
Timmins,
Edward Frederick
E.F. Timmins (Photo courtesy of Mrs Liz Pitman)
E.F. Timmins (Photo courtesy of Mrs Liz Pitman)
Married ((06?).1938, Lambeth district, London)Florrie Helen Willson ((12?).1911 - 02.10.2008); ... children (three daughters, one son?).
01.09.1910
Southwark district, London
-
23.01.1975
Cheltenham district, Gloucestershire
Cadet ? [14733140]
2nd Lt. 10.03.1945 [341847]
WS/Lt. 10.09.1945 (reld > 12,1946, < 04.1947)
10.03.1945     commissioned, Pioneer Corps [emergency commission]
      served in India
Timperley,
Herbert Luard
H.L. Timperley
(06?).1888
Thingoe, Suffolk
-
2nd Lt. AMF
24.06.1916
Lt. AMF
?
2nd Lt.
27.01.1940 [116783]
WS/Lt.
22.02.1940
?, seniority 27.01.1940
24.06.1916


commissioned, Royal Field Artillery - Special Reserve of Officers [from an Officers Cadet Unit]



became a Lieutenant in the Auxiliary Military Force
27.01.1940


commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
22.02.1940


transferred to the Pioneer Corps



captured near Abbeville May or June 1940 and a POW in Poland
Tittle,
Desmond Eric

D.E. Tittle
Son (with three brothers) of David Ross Tittle (1861-), and Letitia McClaughrey (1861-).
Married 1st Gladys Amy Harwood (23.06.1903 - (03?).1976); one daughter.
Married 2nd ((06?).1937, Bristol district, Gloucestershire) Lily Josaphine Victoria Giles (1900 - 01.04.1990) (formerly Mrs Claude Reginald Lavers (1894-1982), with two sons). She remarried (1948) Bernard Best (1902-).
10.06.1899
Naas district, Ireland
-
(03?).1946
Birmingham district, Warwickshire
2nd Lt. 31.01.1918
Lt. ? (retd 05.11.1922)
A/Capt. ...-10.01.1920,
04.03.1920-25.04.1920,
02.11.1920-...
2nd Lt. 29.06.1940
WS/Lt. 23.07.1941
T/Capt. 30.03.1942-(04.1944)
Education: Wellington Cadet College.
31.01.1918     commissioned, Unattached List (for Indian Army)
05.02.1918     commissioned, Indian Army
WW I     served with 2nd Battalion 25th Punjabis (from ....-10.01.1920, 04.03.1920-25.04.1920 & 02.11.1920-... Company Commander)
29.06.1940     retired officer Indian Army, re-employed with The Welch Regiment
Tod,
Ronald John Frederick
"Ronnie"
R.J.F. Tod
03.11.1905
-
05.04.1975
2nd Lt.
29.01.1925 [32187]
Lt.
29.01.1927
Capt.
06.06.1935
A/Maj.
02.04.1940-01.07.1940
T/Maj.
02.07.1940-28.01.1942
Maj.
29.01.1942 (retd 07.08.1948)
A/Lt.Col.
20.01.1942-19.04.1942
T/Lt.Col.
20.04.1942-17.04.1945
WS/Lt.Col.
18.04.1945
A/Col.
18.10.1944-17.04.1945
A/Brig.
18.10.1944-17.04.1945
T/Brig.
18.04.1945-(04.1946)
Hon. Brig.
07.08.1948
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE
20.09.1945
Italy
Distinguished Service Order DSO
29.06.1944
Italy
Distinguished Service Order DSO
20.07.1944
Italy
Freedom of Athens (1944); Greek Order of the Sacred Heart (1944)
29.01.1925


commissioned, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's)
(03.1931)


1st Battalion The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Edinburgh)
14.12.1932
-
16.04.1938
employed with the Royal West African Frontier Force:
(06.1933)


Company Officer, 4th Battalion The Nigeria Regiment (Ibadan)
(01.1937)


Company Commander, 4th Battalion The Nigeria Regiment (Ibadan)
(01.1939)


1st Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (on the strength of the depot)
25.04.1940
-
13.06.1940
Officer Commanding, No. 6 Independent Company
14.06.1940
-
?
Officer Commanding, No. 11 Independent Company
(11.1942)
-
10?.1944
Commanding Officer, No. 9 (Army) Commando (Italy)
10?.1944
-
1945
Commander, 2nd Commando Brigade (Italy)
Tod,
W
illiam
W. Tod (Photo courtesy of Mr Iain Miskimmin)
From Ballinlvie.
11.10.1891
Scotland
-
24.12.1969
Moniaive, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
2nd Lt. 13.03.1912 [4852]
Lt. 28.04.1914
T/Capt. 01.03.1915-13.03.1915,
19.07.1915-30.09.1915
Capt. 01.10.1915
Bt. Maj. 01.01.1919
Maj. 15.02.1931
Lt.Col. 06.12.1938 (supernumerary 06.12.1941) (retd 07.02.1948; exceeded age limit)
A/Col. 10.07.1945-(01.1946)
Hon. Col. 07.02.1948
Distinguished Service Order DSO 28.02.1946 service with Royal Marines
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) OBE 01.11.1945 services while POW
MC WW I ?
Mention in Despatches MID 20.12.1918 ?
1914 Star 14 St - & clasp
British War Medal 1914-1920 BWM 14|20 - -
Victory Medal VM - -
      served France & Belgium (04.10.1914-26.10.1914, 15.01.1915-11.03.1915, 15.06.1915-11.11.1918); wounded three times (despatches; Brevet Major; Chevalier, Ordre de Leopold avec Croix de Guerre 24.10.1919 [Belgium])
29.09.1916 - 13.12.1917 Staff Captain, ... (France)
14.12.1917 - 03.08.1919 Brigade Major, ... (France)
04.08.1919 - 01.12.1919 Brigade Major, ... (India)
01.01.1920 - 05.04.1921 Brigade Major, ... (India)
01.10.1923 - 30.09.1927 Adjutant, Officer Training Corps (attached to General Staff)
06.12.1938 - 27.05.1940 Commanding Officer, 2nd Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers (on leave when Germans invaded France & Belgium; rejoined Battalion 24.05.1940; captured on the Ypres-Comines Canal)
05.1940 - 1945 POW in German captivity
Todd,
Richard Andrew Palethorpe
R.A.P. Todd (from the film "The Longest Day") R.A.P. Todd (from the film "The Longest Day")
Son of Major A.W. Palethorpe-Todd, MC, Castlederg, Co. Tyrone, and Marvil Agar­Daly, Ballymalis
Castle, Kerry.
Married 1st, (1949) Catherine Stewart Crawford Grant­Bogle (marriage dissolved 1970); one son,  one daughter.
Married 2nd (1970) Virginia Anne Rollo Mailer (marriage dissolved 1992); two sons.
11.06.1919
Dublin, Ireland
-

03.12.2009
Little Humby, Lincolnshire
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 05.04.1941 [180649]
WS/Lt. 01.10.1942
A/Capt. ?
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Civil Division) OBE 01.01.1993 New Year 93
Education: Shrewsbury; privately.
1940 - 1946 war service:
      Officer Cadet Training Unit
05.04.1941     commissioned, The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [emergency commission]
02.10.1943     transferred, The Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps
1944 - 1945 General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), 6th Airborne Division 
Actor. Entered the theatre in 1937. Films since War of 1939-1945 include: The Hasty Heart, 1949; Stage Fright, 1950; Robin Hood, 1952; Rob Roy, 1953; A Man Called Peter, 1954; The Dambusters, 1954; The Virgin Queen, 1955; Yangtse Incident, 1957; Chase a Crooked Shadow, 1957; The Long and the Short and the Tall, 1960; The Hellions, 1961; The Longest Day, 1962; Operation Crossbow, 1964; Coast of Skeletons, 1964; The Love­Ins (USA), 1967; Subterfuge, 1968; Dorian Grey, 1969; Asylum, 1972; Secret Agent 008, 1976; The House of the Long Shadows, 1982; The Olympus Force, 1988. Stage appearances include: An Ideal Husband, Strand, 1965-1966; Dear Octopus, Haymarket, 1967; USA tour, The Marquise, 1972; Australia tour, Sleuth, 1973; led RSC N American tour, 1974; Equus, Australian Nat. Theatre Co., 1975; On Approval (S Africa), 1976; nat. tour of Quadrille, and The Heat of the Moment, 1977; Nightfall (S Africa), 1979; This Happy Breed (nat. tour), 1980; The Business of Murder, Duchess, 1981, Mayfair, 1982-1988; The Woman in Black, Sydney Opera House, Liverpool Playhouse, 1991; nat. tour of Sweet Revenge, 1993; nat. tour of Brideshead Revisited, 1995; An Ideal Husband, Old Vic and tour, 1997. Television: H. G. Wells, in Beautiful Lies, 1991; series, Virtual Murder, 1992. Formed Triumph Theatre Productions, 1970. Past Grand Steward, Past Master, Lodge of Emulation No 21.
Published: Caught in the Act (autobiography), 1986; In Camera (autobiography), 1989
Toler-Aylward,
Victor George

V.G. Toler-Aylward
Son of Hector James Charles Toler-Aylward (1839-1918) and Emily Mary Eliza Butler (died 1934).
Married (25.10.1933) Barbara Eleanor Margaret Abel Smith (born 05.11.1905 - 08.1994), daughter of Maj. Edwin Philip Abel Smith; two daughters.

11.10.1897
-
06.06.1976
Daventry, Northamptonshire
2nd Lt.
16.08.1916 [15197]
Lt.
16.02.1918
Capt.
14.03.1923 (retd 11.07.1936)
Bt. Maj.
22.09.1939
WS/Maj.
15.11.1941
T/Lt.Col.
(1944)
Hon. Lt.Col.
11.10.1947
British War Medal 1914-1920 BWM 14|20
10.01.1923
-
Victory Medal VM
10.01.1923
-
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St
-
-
Mention in Despatches MID
06.04.1944
Middle East
Education: Radley College, Abingdon; Royal Military College, Sandhurst
16.08.1916


commissioned, The Queen's Bays (2nd Draggon Guards)- Royal Armoured Corps
01.04.1928
-
01.10.1931
Adjutant, The Queen's Bays
11.07.1936
-
11.10.1947
Regular Army Reserve of Officers - Class II) [age limit]
(1944?)


staff, XXX Corps ?
Secretary for The Grafton Hunt, 1945-1954.
Tollemache,
Edward Devereux Hamilton

E.D.H. Tollemache
Elder son of late Hon. Hamilton James Tollemache and Mabel, 2nd daughter of Robert Culling Hanbury, MP, of Bedwell Park, Herts.
Married (09.02.1909) Violet
Aline, only child of late Rt Hon. Sir West Ridgeway, GCB, GCMG; one son.
Heir­presumptive to 3rd Baron Tollemache; late Coldstream Guards.

01.06.1885
Brighton, Sussex
-
27.08.1947
[Sunningdale, Berkshire ?]
2nd Lt.
16.08.1905 [3321]
Lt.
21.12.1907
Capt.
04.02.1915
Bt. Maj.
01.01.1918
Maj.
27.03.1920
Col.
01.10.1928, seniority 01.10.1927 (retd 28.09.1940)
T/Brig.
24.11.1937-(01.1940)
A/Maj.Gen.
20.04.1940-28.09.1940
Hon. Brig.
28.09.1940
Distinguished Service Order DSO
1919
?
MC
?
?
Education: Eton; Royal Military College; passed Staff College, 1920
 
 
 
served European War, 1914-1919 (wounded, despatches, brevet majority, DSO, MC; Order of the White Eagle of Serbia with swords)
01.10.1924
-
01.10.1928
Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion The Coldstream Guards
13.02.1929
-
1932
Assistant Commandant, Royal Military College, Sandhurst
21.01.1932
-
1936
General Staff Officer, 1st Grade (GSO1), 1st Division (Aldershot)
01.03.1936
-
07.09.1939
Commander, 128th (Hampshire) Infantry Brigade, TA
08.12.1937
-
27.09.1940
also: ADC to the King
08.09.1939
-
19.04.1940
Commander, Southampton Garrison
20.04.1940
-
28.09.1940
Commander, Portsmouth Area
28.09.1940
-
01.06.1943
Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
Published: The British Army at War (1941); The Turning Tide (1943); Mirage (1945; with P.P. Muir); Green Wounds (1947; with P.P. Muir); The Tollemaches of Helmingham and Ham (1949)
Tolson,
Whiteley

W. Tolson
?
-
2nd Lt.
30.11.1938
WS/Lt.
?
WS/Capt.
12.08.1943 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Maj.
12.08.1943-(04.1944)
Hon. Maj.
< 04.1946



late Cadet, Bedford School Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
30.11.1938


commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army
30.11.1938
-
(01.1939)
105th (Bedfordshire Yeomanry) Army Field Regiment RA (Bedford)
24.08.1939


mobilized TA
(1939)
-
(1940)
"C" Battery, 52nd Heavy Regiment RA
Toneri,
Edwin Anthony
"Tony"

W. Tolson
Married ((06?).1944, Surrey North Eastern district) Mary W. Hyland.
28.12.1908
Southampton district, Hampshire
-
22.06.1976
hospital, Cuckfield district, West Sussex
Spr. ?
2nd Lt. 01.03.1939 [86280]
WS/Lt. 09.06.1940
Lt. 01.11.1947, seniority 01.01.1941
T/Capt. 09.06.1940-(04.1941)
WS/Capt. 19.05.1943 (reld 23.04.1949)
T/Maj. 19.05.1943-(04.1946)
Hon. Maj. 23.04.1949
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) MBE 24.01.1946 NW Europe 44-45
      from the ranks, Royal Engineers (Supplementary Reserve)
01.03.1939     commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers (Transportation Section) - Supplementary Reserve (Category A)
24.08.1939     mobilized
Tonkin,
John Eliot *

J.E. Tonkin J.E. Tonkin
* second Christian name also found as: Elliot & Elliott
21.07.1920
Singapore
-
1995
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
02.08.1941 [200156]
WS/Lt.
01.10.1942
T/Capt.
?
WS/Capt.
07.11.1944 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Maj.
?
Hon. Maj.
< 04.1946
MC
14.09.1944
gallant & distinguished services in the field (Italy)
Mention in Despatches MID
22.03.1945
services in the field (Normandy)
Public works engineer.



sapper, Corps of Royal Engineers
02.08.1941


commissioned, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers [emergency commission]
1941


Middle East Commando
01.1942
-
09.1942
L Detachment Special Air Service
1942
-
1943
1st SAS Regiment
1943
-
02.10.1943
Special Raiding Squadron (3 Troop) (captured; POW; escaped)
01.04.1944


transferred, Special Air Service Regiment - Army Air Corps
1944
-
1945
B & D Squadrons, 1st SAS Regiment (NW Europe)
Tonry,
Clive Edward
"Bungy"
C.E. Tonry

Son of James Frederick Tonry (1891-), and Kate Hart.
Married ((09?).1949, Carlisle district, Cumberland) Dorothy M. Lightfoot.
11.11.1920
Solihull district, Warwickshire
-
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 26.01.1944 [307983]
WS/Lt. 26.07.1944
A/Capt. 06.03.1946-05.06.1946
T/Capt. 06.06.1946-08.04.1947
Lt. 30.05.1947, seniority 18.06.1944
Capt. 18.12.1948
T/Maj. 15.04.1952-31.03.1954,
04.02.1955-17.12.1955
Maj. 18.12.1955, seniority 14.11.1954
T/Lt.Col. 01.04.1954-03.02.1955,
22.02.1962-02.12.1962
Lt.Col. 03.12.1962 (supernumerary 03.12.1965)
local Col. 08.08.1965-(02.1967)
Col. 30.06.1967, seniority 20.08.1966
Brig. 30.06.1970 (retd 11.11.1972)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE 13.06.1965 HM's birthday 65
Croix de Guerre with silver star (France) CdeG 01.03.1949 *
Education: Staff College (psc).
      served in the ranks for 4 years, 146 days (mobilized TA)
26.01.1944     commissioned, Corps of Royal Signals [emergency commission to 29.05.1947]
(1944)     11th Armoured Divisional Signals
30.05.1947     permanent commission
15.04.1952 - 31.03.1954 General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2) (Military Attaché), British Services Mission Burma
01.04.1954 - 08.10.1954 Military Attaché, Rangoon
08.05.1961 - 16.01.1962 General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), War Office
08.08.1965 - (02.1967) Military Attaché (General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1)), Sofia
Teacher, Dumpton Preparatory School, Wimborne.
* Recommendation for the award of the Croix de Guerre with Silver Stars to WS/Lt. C.E. Tonry: During the whole period in which his Brigade has been in action since the landings in Normandy this officer, by his energy, self-discipline, gallantry, devotion to duty, and complete disregard of personal safety, has shown a fine example to all ranks. He has always accompanied his line detachments on difficult or dangerous missions and when casualties occurred, he himself always took over until a relief could be obtained.
[Recommended 15.12.1944 by Lt.Col. Commanding Royal Signals, 11th Armoured Division, approved 21.12.1944 by Maj.Gen. G.P.B. Roberts, Commanding 11th Armoured Division, 24.12.1944 by Lt.Gen. General Officer Commanding 8 Corps, and 18.01.1945 by Lt.Gen. M.C. Dempsey, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, 2nd Army.] [Citation courtesy of Mr Robin Clay]
Toosey,
[Sir] Philip John Denton
P.J.D. Toosey
Son of C.D. Toosey.
Married (27.07.1932) Muriel Alexandra Eccles; two sons, one daughter.

Wikipedia
12.08.1904
Oxton, Birkenhead
-
22.12.1975
Ellesmere Port, Wirral, Merseyside
2nd Lt.
01.11.1927 [38862]
01.01.1930, seniority 12.11.1928
...
...
Maj.
23.04.1939
T/Lt.Col.
22.12.1941
Lt.Col.
01.05.1947
Col.
01.09.1950 (retd 17.12.1957)
T/Brig.
?
Hon. Brig.
1954?
Knight Bachelor Kt
1974
?
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE
01.01.1955
New Year 55
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
12.09.1946
services as POW
Distinguished Service Order DSO
13.12.1945
Malaya 42
Territorial Decoration TD
05.12.1946
?
Territorial Decoration TD
31.03.1950
2 clasps
Territorial Decoration TD
25.10.1955
3rd clasp
Education: Gresham's School, Norfolk



late Cadet Corporal, Gresham's School Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps

01.11.1927


commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army



59th (4th West Lancashire) Medium Brigade RA
24.08.1939


mobilized TA
1939
-
1940
59th Medium Regiment RA (France & Belgium)



Officer Commanding of a Home Defence Battery RA (Cambridge)
1941
-
1942
Commanding Officer, 135th Hertfordshire Yeomanry Regiment RA
1942
-
1945
POW in Japanese captivity (of "bridge over the River Kwai" fame)
17.12.1957
-
22.12.1963
Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
Baring Brothers & Co. Ltd, 1927-1964. Director, Liner Holdings Ltd. JP Cheshire, 1947; DL Merseyside (formerly County Palatine of Lancaster), 1961; High Sheriff, County Palatine of Lancaster, 1964. Hon. Col, West Lancashire Regimentt, RA (Territorials), T&AVR, 1967-1969. Hon. LLD Liverpool, 1974.
Torrance,
Arthur Stanley
A.S. Torrance
?
-
1982
Auckland, New Zealand
Lt. 06.02.1940 [122036]
WS/Capt. 06.02.1941 (reld 30.11.1942; ill-health)
Hon. Capt. 30.11.1942
Education: B Com Ed. 1928; Royal Colleges, Edinburgh (LRCP, LRCS Ed., LRFPS Glasg. 1935).
Medical Practitioner in partnership at Thorpe Bay, Southend-on-Sea and Westcliff-on-Sea (as Le Couilliard, Torrance and Mackay).
06.02.1940

commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission]
     
saw the sinking of the Lancastria (17.06.1940) but was evacuated from St. Nazaire by some other boat and hospitalized with spinal injury for much of the remainder of the war
Late Senior Res. Medical Officer, Royal Buckinghamshire Hospital, Buckinghamshire.
Towle,
Harry
H. Towle
?
-
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
02.08.1941 [201333]
WS/Lt.
09.09.1942
T/Capt.
09.09.1942-(04.1946) (reld > 04.1946)
Mention in Despatches MID
09.08.1945
NW Europe
02.08.1941





commissioned, Royal Army Ordnance Corps - Administrative Branch [emergency commission]
Towle,
Henry Bottomley
H.B. Towle
?
-
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
19.10.1940 [153005]
WS/Lt.
19.04.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Capt.
?
Hon. Capt.
< 04.1946
?
-
19.10.1940
either 122nd, 124th, 125th Officer Cadet Training Unit or School of Survey, RA
19.10.1940





commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]



served in Italy (Monte Cassino)
Townley,
Charles Humphrey
C.H. Townley

Younger son of Edmund James Townley (1886-1961), and Idonea Sneyd (1887-1951).
Married (08.1945, Stirling, Scotland) Esther Mary Young (09.08.1923 - 12.2003); one son, one daughter.
10.07.1916
Ulverston district, Lancashire
-
09.2000
Lancaster district, Lancashire
2nd Lt. 29.06.1938 [76283]
WS/Lt. 01.01.1941 (demobilized > 04.1946, < 08.1946)
T/Capt. 26.10.1945-(04.1946)
Hon. Capt. > 04.1946, < 08.1946
Capt. 29.06.1948
Army Emergency Reserve Decoration AERD 15.11.1963 -
29.06.1938     commissioned, The Lancashire - Supplementary Reserve of Officers
1942? - 1945 POW (No. 1132) in Italian (Camp No. 21) & German (Oflag 79) captivity
29.08.1948 - 10.07.1966 Regular Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]
Townsend,
Cyril Moseley
C.M. Townsend (Photo courtesy of Mr Lee Lidbury) C.M. Townsend

Son (with three sisters and one brother) of Adm. Cyril Samuel Townsend, CB, RN (1875-1949), and Mary Elizabeth Moseley (1879-1950).
Married (26.09.1933, St Nicholas Church, Cranleigh nr Hambledon, Surrey) Lois Isabel Henderson (31.03.1907 - 31.12.1997); one son, two daughters.
08.08.1908
Fareham, Hampshire
-
05.1997
Torbay district, Devon
2nd Lt. 30.08.1928 [40725]
Lt. 30.08.1931
Capt. 27.07.1938
A/Maj. 05.01.1941-04.04.1941
T/Maj. 05.04.1941-06.08.1941,
16.08.1941-09.10.1941,
28.02.1942-20.03.1944
WS/Maj. 21.03.1944
Maj. 30.08.1945
local Lt.Col. 28.07.1942-20.12.1943
A/Lt.Col. 21.12.1943-20.03.1944
T/Lt.Col. 21.03.1944-(01.1946)
Lt.Col. 29.03.1950 (retd 01.10.1956)
Mention in Despatches MID 20.12.1940 ?
Education: Bradfield College (05.1922-12.1926; 'G' House); Royal Military College, Sandhurst (1927-1928).
30.08.1928     commissioned, The Durham Light Infantry
21.12.1939 - 04.01.1941 Adjutant, ...
17.12.1942 - (07.)1943 General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), Staff College, Camberley
Townsley,
Willie
W. Townsley
?
-
Lt.
13.05.1944 [318533]
WS/Capt.
13.05.1945 (reld > 04.1946)
13.05.1944





commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission]
Tozer,
Derek Ramsay
D.R. Tozer (Photo courtesy of Susan Hayward)
D.R. Tozer (Photo courtesy of Susan Hayward)
Son of Allan Reginald Tozer (1893-1976), and Ellen Emma Edwards (1893-1964).
Married ((06?).1943, Romford district, Essex) Gladys Cecelia Waterman, daughter of Frederick Waterman and Gladys Evaline Lacey; four sons, two daughters.
(09?).1923
Cambridge district, Cambridgeshire
-
2014
Cadet ? [14519859]
2nd Lt. 29.04.1944 [315626]
WS/Lt.. 29.10.1944 (reld > 04.1947)
Education: Christ's College, Cambridge (BA 1949; MA 1954).
29.04.1944

commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
(09.1945)     "A" Troop, 1st Indian Survey Battery, 1st Indian Survey Regiment, Royal Indian Artillery
Tracy,
Walter Gordon
"Pip"
W.G. Tracy (Photo courtesy of Pauline Beare)
W.G. Tracy (Photo courtesy of Pauline Beare)
Only son of William James Tracy (1887-1942), and Eveline Deborah King (1897-1967).
Married (05.1947, Penzance district, Cornwall) Second Officer Beatrice Primrose May Lewis, WRNS ((06?).1918 - 27.10.2015), daughter of Robert A. Lewis, and Nellie Muriel Fellows (1882-); one son, two daughters.
10.10.1921
Swansea district, Glamorgan
-
27.10.1979
Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 18.04.1942 [232737]
WS/Lt. 18.10.1942 (reld > 04.1947)
WS/Capt. 03.09.1946
T/Maj. 03.09.1946-(04.1947)
Capt. 01.01.1949
Hon. Maj. 01.01.1949
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Civil Division) OBE 01.01.1977 for services to Anglo-Nigerian relations
18.04.1942


commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]
      served North Africa & Sicily
01.01.1949     Intelligence Corps - Regular Army Reserve of Officers
Serving Brother, Order of St John, 08.1960. Honorary Co-ordinating Officer, Nyasaland Employers' Association, 1960s. Aden Confederation of Employers (1964-1967). Nigeria Employers' Confederation Association (NECA) (1967-1979).
Traill,
Ewen Gordon Sinclair
W. Townsley
From Dunoon, Argyllshire.
?
-
2nd Lt.
02.04.1943 [269453]
WS/Lt.
02.10.1943 (reld 06.04.1951)
T/Capt.
19.10.1944-(04.1946)
Chaplain to the Forces 4th class
06.04.1951
MC
21.06.1945
NW Europe
1939-19145 Star 39|45 St
-
-
Italy Star It St
-
-
France & Germany Star Fr&G St
-
-
Defence Medal Def M
-
-
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45
-
-
Church of Scotland minister on the island of Hoy and Longhope, in Orkney.
02.04.1943





commissioned, The Gordon Highlanders [emergency commission]



1st Battalion The Gordon Highlanders
06.04.1951
-
01.09.1957
Royal Army Chaplains' Department - Territorial Army
01.09.1957
-
?
Royal Army Chaplains' Department - Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
?
-
26.01.1969
Royal Army Chaplains' Department - Regular Army Reserve of Officers (Class III) [age limit]
Tranah,
Alfred
"Pat" / "Patrick"
A. Tranah

Son (with four sisters and three brothers) of Alfred Tranah (1881-1940), and Alice Eliza McDowell (1882-1957).
Married 1st ((12?).1929, Portsmouth district, Hampshire) Rosina May Budd ((03?).1910 - (06?).1933); two sons.
Married 2nd ((03?).1942, Yarmouth district, Norfolk) Mary Lilian Moules ((12?).1917 - 27.10.1949); one son.
Married 3rd ((09?).1951, Norwich Outer district, Norfolk) Irene Mary Hansell (17.08.1913 - 01.2001); one daughter.
01.06.1911
Chatham, Kent
-
08.1987
Bedford General Hospital, Bedfordshire
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 04.11.1942 [284071]
WS/Lt. 04.11.1942
Lt. 01.02.1947, seniority 04.11.1942
Capt. 04.11.1948 (reld 01.02.1954)
Hon. Capt. 01.02.1954
Long Service Good Conduct Medal (Military) LSGCM 03.12.1948 date of qualification: 09.05.1945
04.11.1942

commissioned, Royal Corps of Signals [emergency commission]
01.02.1947     short service commission, Royal Regiment of Artillery
Tranter,
Arnold Ernest
A.E. Tranter (Photo courtesy of Mr Lee Bendall)

Son of John Clement Tranter (1894-1971), and Lilian May Blaymires.
Married ((12?).1945, Meriden district, Warwickshire) Marjorie Emily Barrett (17.06.1919 - 01.2004); ... children (one daughter, one son?).
Residence: (1945) Sutton Coldfield.
27.02.1918
Aston district, Warwickshire
-
10.1991
Birmingham district, Warwickshire
Spr.. 1937 [2094560]
Sgt. ?
2nd Lt. 07.09.1943 [294992]
WS/Lt. 07.03.1944 (reld > 04.1946, < 08.1946)
T/Capt. 30.12.1944-(04.1946)
Hon. Capt. > 04.1946, < 08.1946
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) MBE 19.04.1945 Italy [recommendation available upon request]
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St - -
Africa Star Afr St - & clasp 1st Army
Italy Star It St - -
Defence Medal Def M - -
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45 - -
Mention in Despatches MID 20.12.1940 distinguished services in connection with operations in the field 04-06.40 (Dunkirk)
Efficiency Medal (Territorial) EM 1952 & 1st clasp
1937     joined Territorial Army
24.08.1939     mobilized in the ranks, Corps of Royal Engineers - TA
07.09.1943

commissioned, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers [immediate emergency commission]
06.1944 - (09.1944) Officer Commanding, Divisional Recovery Section REME, 4th British Infantry Division
1940s - 1950s may have served again in Territorial Army
Trappes-Lomax,
Thomas Byrnand
T.B. Trappes-Lomax

Eldest son of Richard Trappes-Lomax (1870-1936), and Hon. Alice Mary Wilhelmina Fitzherbert (?-1955).
Married (14.06.1933) Dorothy Evelyn Herbert (19.05.1899-); no children.
07.09.1895
-
01.02.1962
2nd Lt. 10.04.1915 [10301]
Lt. 20.12.1915
09.03.1917, seniority 18.07.1916
A/Capt. 18.04.1918-19.08.1918
T/Capt. 31.01.1919-30.03.1920
Capt. 31.03.1920
Bt. Maj. 01.01.1931
Maj. 21.10.1931
local Lt.Col. 19.11.1935-31.12.1937
Bt. Lt.Col. 01.01.1938
A/Lt.Col. 01.09.1939-10.05.1940,
16.10.1940-04.01.1942
WS/Lt.Col. 21.09.1942
A/Col. 21.03.1942-20.09.1942
T/Col. 21.09.1942-30.12.1944
Col. 31.12.1944, seniority 01.01.1941
A/Brig. 21.03.1942-20.09.1942
T/Brig. 21.09.1942-03.06.1948
Brig. 04.06.1948 (retd 09.09.1948)
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE 1947 ?
1914 Star 14|15 St - -
British War Medal 1914-1920 BWM 14|20 - -
Victory Medal VM - -
Education: Stonyhurst; Staff College (psc).
      moibilized Special Reserve for 238 days
15.01.1915
20.07.1916
08.06.1917
-
-
-
12.04.1915
21.09.1916
29.08.1918
served in France & Belgium (wounded twice)
10.04.1915     commissioned, Royal Lancashire Regiment
09.03.1917     transferred, Scots Guards
31.01.1919 - 14.10.1920 specially employed as Education Officer
11.11.1925 - 30.09.1927 General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), War Office
01.10.1927 - 10.11.1929 Brigade Major, 1st Guards Brigade (Aldershot Command)
05.09.1930 - 20.01.1935 General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), HQ London District
19.11.1935 - 31.08.1939 Chief Instructor (GSO2), Royal Military College, Sandhurst
1939 - 1940 Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion Scots Guards
1940 - 1940 acting Commander, 24th Infantry Brigade (Norway)
16.10.1940 - 04.01.1942 General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), HQ London District (Home Forces)
1942 - 1945 Brigadier General Staff, HQ Southern Command (India)
1945 - 1948 Brigadier in charge of Administration, HQ London District
President Stonyhurst Association, 1939-1945. President Emeriti Cricket Club and Vice-President Catholic Record Society Civil Defence Controller, South Norfolk Area. JP. DL Norfolk, 1954.
Trayler,
Nelson Tamlyn
N.T. Trayler

Son of William Valentine Trayler (1890-1971), and Tryphena Marguerite Tamlyn (1890-1974).
Married ((06?).1948, Bridgwater, Somerset) Mary L. Berry.
09.05.1920
Bridgwater, Somerset
-
(06?).1976
Exeter district, Devon
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 14.06.1941 [190558]
WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 (reld > 08.1946, < 12.1946)
A/Capt. ?
Capt. 09.05.1947, seniority 01.05.1947
A/Maj. 04.07.1948-08.05.1954
Maj. 09.05.1954
Lt.Col. ?
Bt. Col. ?
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) MBE 21.12.1944 Italy [recommendation available upon request]
Efficiency Medal (Territorial) EM 17.06.1947 - [cancelled 12.03.1957 due to being awarded AERD]
Army Emergency Reserve Decoration ERD 12.03.1957 -
Army Emergency Reserve Decoration ERD 18.11.1958 1st clasp
Army Emergency Reserve Decoration ERD 17.01.1964 2nd clasp
? - 14.06.1941 Officer Cadet Training Unit
14.06.1941

commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]
09.1941 - 01.1942 No. 2 Training Battalion Queen Victoria's Own Madras Sappers and Miners
      served in in North Africa, Italy and Greece with the 4th Indian Division (from 10.1943 with HQ RE, 4th Indian Division (MBE))
09.05.1947 - 01.08.1950 commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers - Territorial Army
01.08.1950 - 01.04.1967 Supplementary Reserve of Officers, later Army Emergency Reserve of Officers
01.04.1967 - ? Regular Army Reserve of Officers
ARICS, AMIMunE.
Treadwell,
Frank William
F.W. Treadwell (Photo courtesy of Ryan Treadwell)
?
-
?
Lt. 08.01.1944 [305800]
WS/Capt. 08.01.1945 (reld > 12.1946, < 04.1947)
Education: LMSSA London 1935.
08.01.1944     commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission]
Tremain,
Francis John
F.J. Tremain (Photo courtesy of Mr John Cresser-Brown)
18.01.1922
-
05.07.2015
Lymington
Cadet ? [16000577]
2nd Lt. 21.05.1944 [320667]
WS/Lt. 21.11.1944
Education: Birmingham University (1941 Senior Training Corps, Engineering Section, Clitheroe).
21.05.1944     commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]
Trepess,
Gordon Hugh Francis *
G.H.F. Trepess (Photo courtesy of Mr Pickard Trepess)
Son of Cdr. Francis Arthur Trepess, RN (retd), and Beatrice Frendo.
Married (23.11.1942) Laurette Jeanne Cope; two sons.

* "Hugh Gordon" at Christening, having added "Francis" at Confirmation, he was nevertheless known in Army circles as indicated 
14.04.1920
Malta
-
28.04.1970
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
04.10.1941 [210372]
WS/Lt.
01.10.1942
A/Capt.
03.11.1944-02.02.1945
T/Capt.
03.02.1945-13.04.1947
Lt.
12.04.1947, seniority 14.10.1942
04.07.1958, seniority 10.01.1943
Capt.
12.09.1947, seniority 14.04.1947
04.07.1958, seniority 10.07.1947
Maj.
14.04.1954 (retd 07.06.1958)
04.07.1958, seniority 10.07.1954
10.1940
-
10.1941
served in the ranks for 353 days
04.10.1941


commissioned, Reconnaissance Corps [emergency commission to 11.04.1947]
21.09.1942


transferred to Royal Army Ordnance Corps, M.M. Branch
1942/43?


transferred to Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
12.04.1947


transferred to Royal Army Service Corps [permanent commission]
Trevena,
John
J. Trevena

Married Evelyn L. Ramos (1920 - ); three sons.
26.08.1917
Valparaiso, Chile
-
20.09.2011
Cobham, Surrey
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 01.03.1941 [176507]
WS/Lt. 01.09.1942 (reld 28.09.1946)
T/Capt. 11.05.1944-28.09.1946
Hon. Capt. 28.09.1946
      either 163rd, 164th, 165th, 166th, 167th, 168th or 170th Officer Cadet Training Unit
01.03.1941     commissioned, Intelligence Corps [emergency commission]
06.09.1942     transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps
29.03.1944     transferred, Intelligence Corps
Trevor,
Kenneth Rowland Swetenham
"Ken"
K.R.S. Trevor
Second son of Edward Salusbury Rowland Trevor (1877-1946), managing director of Egyptian Markets, and Mary Elizabeth Swetenham (1884-1948), formerly of The Acres, Upton Heath, Chester.
Cousin of Lt.Col. T.H. Trevor.
Married 1st (25.02.1941) Margaret Maud Joan Baynham (died 1988), 
elder daughter of the late Rev. J.H. Baynham, ACG; two sons.

Married 2nd (08.1989, Chester and Ellesmere Port, Cheshire) Jeanne Alexander (née Holmes Henderson).

15.04.1914
Egypt
-
10.02.2003
Barrelwell Hill, Chester and Ellesmere Port district, Cheshire
2nd Lt.
30.08.1934 [63586]
Lt.
30.08.1937
A/Capt.
30.10.1940-29.01.1941
T/Capt.
30.01.1941-16.02.1941,
29.06.1941-04.08.1941,
08.08.1941-25.05.1942
WS/Capt.
26.05.1942
Capt.
30.08.1942
A/Maj.
26.02.1942-25.05.1942
T/Maj.
26.05.1942-09.03.1944
WS/Maj.
10.03.1944
A/Lt.Col.
10.12.1943-09.03.1944
T/Lt.Col.
10.03.1944-25.03.1946,
04.10.1954-09.07.1956
Lt.Col.
10.07.1956 (supernumerary 10.07.1959)
T/Col.
(1959)
Col.
04.03.1960
Brig.
04.03.1964 (supernumerary 04.03.1966) (retd 15.10.1966)
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) CBE
13.06.1964
HM's birthday 64: British Guyana
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) OBE
29.04.1952
Korea
Distinguished Service Order DSO
19.04.1945
Battle of Kangaw, Burma
Mention in Despatches MID
23.09.1943
raid at Bizerta
Mention in Despatches MID
07.09.1951
Korea
Mention in Despatches MID
28.04.1959
Malaya
Education: Oriel House, St Asaph; Rossall; Royal Military College, Sandhurst; Staff College, Camberley (1945-1946)
30.08.1934


commissioned, The Cheshire Regiment
1935
-
1938
1st Battalion The Cheshire Regiment (Ambala, India)
1938
-
1939
ADC to the General Officer Commanding, Bombay District (India)
15.03.1939
-
16.02.1941
specially employed: 3rd Battalion, Nigeria Regiment Royal West African Frontier Force
1941
-
1943
No. 1 Commando (Kilwinning, Ayrshire & North Africa)
[in command of 1 Troop, carrying out raids on St Cecily Plage, Le Touquet (06.1942), the La Zaret battery at Algiers harbour (1942) and another near the German base at Bizerta, west of Tunis (1943?)]
1943
 -
1945
Commanding Officer, No. 1 Commando (India, Burma)
25.03.1946
-
30.04.1947
General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), British Army of the Rhine



Second-in-Command, Cheshire Regiment
25.08.1949
-
28.10.1951
Brigade Major, 29th Independent Infantry Brigade Group (Korea)
04.10.1954
-
13.06.1956
General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1)) & Chief Instructor, Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst
10.07.1956
-
10.07.1959
Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion The Cheshire Regiment (Malaya 1957-1958)
1959
-
1960?
Deputy Commander, 50th Infantry Brigade Group/Central Area, Cyprus
1960
-
1961
Brigade Colonel, Mercian Brigade
1961
-
1964
Commander, 2nd Infantry Brigade Group & Devon/Cornwall Sub District (Plymouth) [sent to British Guyana as Commander of the Garrison, 1963]
1964
-
1966
Inspector of Boys' Training (Army) at the Ministry of Defence
Personal assistant to the general manager of Runcorn Development Corporation in Cheshire, 1966-1978. Colonel of the Cheshire Regiment, 1963-1966. President of the Commando Association, 1965-1966, 1985-1986 & 1989-1990.
Trevor,
Thomas Hoult
"Tom"
T.H. Trevor
T.H. Trevor
Son of Thomas Warren Trevor, and Nora Josephine M. Hoult.
Cousin of Brig. K.R.S. Trevor.
13.10.1911
Thornton Hough, Wirral
-
29.07.1997
Albany, Piccadilly, London
2nd Lt.
04.02.1933, seniority 27.08.1931 [53563]
Lt.
27.08.1934
Capt.
27.08.1939
A/Maj.
26.05.1940-25.08.1940
T/Maj.
26.08.1940-31.05.1942
WS/Maj.
01.06.1942
Maj.
01.07.1946
A/Lt.Col.
01.03.1942-31.05.1942
T/Lt.Col.
01.06.1942-20.02.1944,
24.08.1945-15.06.1947,
01.04.1950-10.01.1952,
03.12.1953-03.12.1953
local Lt.Col.
17.04.1944-23.08.1945 
Lt.Col. (Employed List (1))
04.12.1953 (supernumerary 04.12.1956) (retd 30.01.1960)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
23.09.1943
North Africa (Algeria, Tunisia)
Mention in Despatches MID
20.12.1940
?
Mention in Despatches MID
28.05.1957
Malaya
Palestine 1936-39 Medal & Clasp
Education: BA; Staff College, Camberley (psc)
23.09.1932


commissioned, General List - Territorial Army (University Candidates)
04.02.1933


commissioned, The Welch Regiment
(06.1933)
 
 
1st Battalion The Welch Regiment (Salamanca Barracks, Aldershot) [gained flying licence, 09.11.1933]
(01.1937)
 
 
1st Battalion The Welch Regiment (Belfast) (on the strength of the regimental depot, Cardiff)
(01.1939)
 
 
1st Battalion The Welch Regiment (Belfast)
01.03.1942
-
24.05.1942
Commanding Officer, No. 6 Commando
1942?
-
1943?
Commanding Officer, No. 1 Commando
21.02.1944
-
02.08.1944
General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), Planning, Military Section, Combined Operations HQ
24.08.1945
-
26.09.1946
Lecturer War Office Pool
27.09.1946
-
03.02.1947
General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), British Military Mission to Belgium
17.08.1948
-
14.05.1949
Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General (DAQMG), HQ British Military Mission to Greece
15.05.1949
-
31.03.1950
Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General (DAAG), HQ British Military Mission to Greece
01.04.1950
-
13.10.1951
General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), General Training Centre Athens
30.01.1960
-
11.07.1967
Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
Trewby,
Arthur Lionel
A.L. Trewby (Photo courtesy of Mr Frank de Planta)
Son of Lawrie Trewby, and Edith Clare Wallis.
Married ((03?).1940, Watford district, Hertfordshire) Kathleen Nan Watt Anderson, of Ipswich, Suffolk.
(03?).1915
Barnet district, Greater London / Hertfordshire / Middlesex
-
04.04.1945
(KIA) [age 30]
[Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany, 58.C.12]
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 06.12.1941 [219842]
WS/Lt. 01.10.1942
Education: Cambridge (MA).
06.12.1941     commissioned, The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [emergency commission]
(1945) - 04.04.1945 1/5th Battalion The Queen's Royal Regiment (NW Europe) (killed in action)
Triffitt,
Rev. Gerald Carrington
G.C. Triffitt
Son of John Carrington Triffitt (1875-1929), and Alice Agnes Fletcher (1879-1979).
24.05.1906
Holbeach, Lincolnshire
-
06.1979
Oxford, Oxfordshire
Chapl. to the Forces 4th cl. 09.07.1941 [191492]
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) MBE
06.06.1946
Burma
Education: BA.
Deacon 1931; priest 1932.
09.07.1941


commissioned, Royal Army Chaplains' Department [emergency commission] (Church of England)
Society of St. John the Evangelist, 1951. Superior General of the Society of St. John the Evangelist, 1964-...
Tristram,
George Robert
G.R. Tristram (Photo courtesy of Mr Lee Cundick)
(06?).1920 ?
Birmingham district, Warwickshire ?
-
(03?).1967 ?
Surrey South Western district, Surrey ?
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 12.09.1943 [293489]
WS/Lt. 12.03.1944 (reld > 04.1946)
12.09.1943     commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]
(05.1945)     D & M Wing, RAC School, Central Mediterranean Forces
Trombala,
?
Trombala
?
-
?
2nd Lt. ?
Lt. ?
(04.1945)     14th Battalion The Nigeria Regiment
Trotter,
Edward Laurence
"Larry"
E.L. Trotter
E.L. Trotter
Married (04.09.1965) Denise Ann Robinson, only daughter of Mr & Mrs A.E. Robinson, at Aramoha, Wanganui, New Zealand.

13.08.1922
-
13.10.1998
New Zealand
Sgt.
?
2nd Lt.
27.02.1943 [264949]
WS/Lt.
27.08.1943
Lt.
12.12.1945, seniority 13.02.1945
A/Capt.
29.01.1945-28.04.1945
T/Capt.
29.05.1945-26.11.1945
WS/Capt.
27.11.1945
Capt.
13.08.1949
A/Maj.
27.08.1945-26.11.1945
T/Maj.
27.11.1945-31.12.1945,
11.08.1946-14.02.1947,
27.10.1952-11.04.1953,
24.05.1953-12.11.1953,
15.11.1953-01.12.1953,
26.12.1953-15.01.1954,
20.12.1955-12.08.1956
Maj.
13.08.1956
Lt.Col.
07.01.1964 (retd 09.07.1969)
MC
12.12.1944
Italy *
Mention in Despatches MID
24.08.1944
Italy
* For inspired leadership as a platoon commander during a withdrawal and subsequent attack against an enemy position with superior numbers.
1940
-
02.1943
served in the ranks, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) [2 years, 127 days]
27.02.1943


commissioned, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) [emergency commission to 11.12.1945]
02.1943
-
11.1943
10th & 6th Battalions The Black Watch (UK & North Africa)
11.1943
-
06.1945
2nd/5th Battalion The Royal Leicestershire Regiment (Italy) (twice wounded in action)
06.1945
-
1945
company commander, 1st Battalion The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Palestine)
12.12.1945
 
 
permanent commission
01.01.1946
-
18.12.1946
Instructor, Middle East School of Infantry
17.02.1947
-
01.12.1947
Instructor, 163rd Infantry Officer Cadet Training Unit (Maresfield, Sussex)
01.1948
-
09.1949
1st Battalion The Black Watch
16.09.1949
-
22.07.1950
General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3) (Intelligence), ... Infantry Brigade (2nd Infantry Division, British Army of the Rhine)
07.1950
-
08.1951
company commander, 1st Battalion The Black Watch (British Army of the Rhine)
08.1951
-
10.1952
Adjutant, 1st Battalion The Black Watch (British Army of the Rhine)
10.1952
-
1954
company commander, 1st Battalion The Black Watch (Korea & Kenya)
1954
-
1955
Officer Commanding, Training Company, Regimental Depot, The Black Watch
1956
-
11.1956
company commander, 1st Battalion The Black Watch (British Army of the Rhine)
27.11.1956
-
07.08.1958
General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), HQ Berlin Independent Brigade (British Army of the Rhine)
08.1956
-
03.1960
1st Battalion The Black Watch (Cyprus)
24.03.1960
-
01.03.1962
General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2) (Training), HQ Home Counties Division/District (Shorncliffe)
1963
-
1964
company commander, 1st Battalion The Black Watch (School of Infantry, Warminster, Wiltshire)
07.01.1964
 
 
transferred, The Worcestershire Regiment
10.01.1964
-
09.06.1966
Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion The Worcestershire Regiment (Minden, British Army of the Rhine, from 09.1964 Lydd, Kent (except for 5 weeks training at Dominica, British West Indies 11/12.1964), from 09.1965 Gibraltar)
14.07.1966
-
(02.1967)
Assistant Military Secretary, HQ Far Eastern Land Forces (Singapore)
Director of Industrial Relations Branch of the New Zealand Government's Manpower Services Commission.
Trotter,
Ernest Clifford
"Cliffe"
E.C. Trotter
Son of George Wilfred and Edith Anna Trotter, of Harrogate, Yorkshire.
1915/16 ?
New Zealand
-
02.02.1943
(KIA) [age 27]
[Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq, 23.H.17]
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 06.09.1942 [259387]
WS/Lt. 1943?
06.09.1942     commissioned, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) [emergency commission]
? - 02.02.1943 14th Battalion The Sherwood Foresters
Truss,
Donald Norman
D.N. Truss
Son of Norman Truss, and Angelina Pardoe.
Married ((09?).1955, Hemel Hampstead district, Hertfordshire) Pamela M.F. Wallington ((03?).1930 - ), daughter of Ernest A. Wallington, and Mary A. Foynes..
23.04.1917
Islington district, London
-
21.07.2001
Bournemouth district, Hampshire
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 07.12.1940 [160059]
WS/Lt. 07.06.1942
T/Capt. 31.10.1943-16.01.1946
WS/Capt. 17.01.1946 (reld < 012.1946)
T/Maj. 17.01.1946- (08.1946)
? - 07.12.1940 141st Officer Cadet Training Unit
07.12.1940     commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]
Tulip,
Walter
W. Tulip
Married ...; .. children (one daughter?).
27.12.1918
Durham district, Durham
-
04.01.2012
Hemel Hempstead district, Hertfordshire
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 10.08.1940 [143381]
WS/Lt. 10.02.1942 (reld > 04.1946, < 08.1946)
T/Capt. 01.12.1942-(04.1946)
Hon. Capt. > 04.1946, < 08.1946
      either 122nd, 123rd, 125th or 133rd Officer Cadet Training Unit
10.08.1940     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
 (1942)     C Troop, 4th Indian (Independent) Light Anti-Aircraft Battery
Tulloch,
John Marsden Stamford
J.M.S. Tulloch

From Bakewell.
28.11.1911
-
10.2003
West Somerset, Somerset
2nd Lt.
27.08.1931 [52722]
Lt.
27.08.1934
Capt.
27.08.1939
A/Maj.
15.04.1940-14.07.1940
T/Maj.
15.07.1940-22.10.1941, 05.03.1942-14.03.1943
WS/Maj.
15.03.1943
A/Lt.Col.
15.12.1942-14.03.1943
T/Lt.Col.
15.03.1943-28.12.1950, 15.01.1951-31.03.1953
Lt.Col.
01.04.1953 [supernumerary 01.04.1956; supernumerary 20.04.1963]
Col.
20.04.1957 (retd 04.01.1964)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
01.02.1945
NW Europe
NW Frontier of India 1936-37 Medal and Clasp; NW Frontier of India 1937-39 Clasp; Chevalier of the Order of Leopold II with Palm & Croix de Guerre 1940 with Palm, 25.09.1947
Education: psc
27.08.1931


commissioned, Royal Corps of Signals
29.03.1940
-
21.07.1940
Adjutant, ...
19.03.1941
-
22.10.1941
Staff Officer 2nd grade (SO2) Royal Signals, Chief Signals Officer, Staff Armoured Formation
15.12.1942
-
11.03.1943
Deputy Chief Signals Officer (Royal Armoured Corps), Northern Command
30.09.1945
-
03.09.1946
Commandant, 150 Officer Cadet Training Unit  (OCTU)
15.01.1954
-
(08.1955)
Chief Instructor, Wireless School, Royal Armoured Corps Centre (Bovington Camp)
Tunnicliffe-Smith,
Harold
"Tunny"
H. Tunnicliffe-Smith
Married ((03?).1942, Plymouth district, Devon) Christina F. Wilmot; ... children (one daughter?).
09.1904
Wellington, Shropshire
-
1971
T/A/S.Lt. RNVR 26.03.1941 (appointment terminated 18.05.1942)
2nd Lt. 02.10.1942 [246627]
WS/Lt. 02.04.1943 (reld > 04.1946)
Emigrated to Australia, c. 1922/23. Returned to UK, c. 1940.
26.03.1941 - (12.1941) HMS Forte (RN base, Falmouth) *
1941? - 1942 HMS Adamant (depot ship for surface ships)
02.10.1942     commissioned, Royal Engineers [emergency commission]
      aircraft engineer
* indexed, but not listed as such
Turnbull,
Illtyd Francis Michael
I.F.M. Turnbull (Photo courtesy of Mr Adrian Turnbull)
Son of ... Turnbull, and ... Oates.
10.05.1920
Cardiff district, Glamorgan
-
04.1992
Salisbury district, Wiltshire
2nd Lt. 27.05.1939 [87835]
WS/Lt. 01.01.1941
T/Capt. 23.01.1943-(04.1946)
WS/Capt. 1946? (reld 27.06.1947)
T/Maj. 1946?
Hon. Maj. 27.06.1947
     

late Cadet Serjeant, Downside School Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps

27.05.1939     commissioned, 5th Battalion The Welch Regiment - Territorial Army
24.08.1939     mobilized TA
± 12.1940     seconded, Bombay Grenadiers (probably with 1st Battalion in Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine, later with 2nd, 3rd or 4th Battalion in Burma)
Turnbull,
Norman
N. Turnbull (Photo courtesy of Lynne Davenport)
Son of Norman Turnbull, and Ada Auld.
Married ((09?).1948, Croydon district, London) Margaret V. Wells ((03?).1923 - ); two daughters, three sons.
08.11.1919
Houghton le Spring district, Co. Durham
-
29.08.2012
2nd Lt. 28.06.1941 [193859]
WS/Lt. 01.10.1942
Capt. 19.12.1949, seniority 01.11.1947
Maj. 22.06.1956 (retd 26.07.1977)
28.06.1941     commissioned, The Durham Light Infantry [emergency commission]
< 04.1944     transferred, Indian Army
1948?     short service commission, Royal Army Service Corps
11.03.1957     transferred, Royal Army Pay Corps
24.02.1960     transferred, General List
26.07.1965     special regular commission, Royal Army Pay Corps
Turnbull,
Richard George
R.G. Turnbull (Photo courtesy of Mr Frank de Planta)
?
-
Sgt. ?
2nd Lt. 02.09.1939 [98604]
WS/Lt. 02.03.1941
T/Capt. 01.02.1942
Education: Merchant Taylors School.
02.09.1939     commissioned, 1st Battalion The Gordon Highlanders - Territorial Army
(08.1942)     1st Battalion The London Scottish (Higham, Suffolk)
Turner,
Antony James Dillon
A.J.D. Turner
From Harrow.
Residences at the time of his death: Worth, Sussex & Accra, Ghana.
19.09.1907
Abbottabad, North-West Frontier Province, India
-
08.10.1959
Accra, Ghana
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
02.02.1928 [39500]
Lt.
02.02.1931
Capt.
01.05.1936
A/Maj.
03.09.1939-02.12.1939
T/Maj.
03.12.1939-01.09.1940
WS/Maj.
14.12.1940
Maj.
02.02.1945
A/Lt.Col.
14.09.1940-13.12.1940
T/Lt.Col.
14.12.1940-09.06.1942,
01.09.1942-09.11.1942,
11.03.1943-30.11.1945
WS/Lt.Col.
01.12.1945
Lt.Col.
29.11.1949
A/Col.
01.06.1945-30.11.1945
T/Col.
01.12.1945-30.01.1951
Col.
31.01.1951 (supernumerary 31.01.1957)
A/Brig.
10.12.1945-30.01.1946
T/Brig.
12.05.1951-17.02.1955
Brig.
18.02.1955 (retd 13.05.1958)
Distinguished Service Order DSO
01.03.1945
NW Europe
MC
27.08.1940
?
Education: Royal Military Academy, Woolwich
02.02.1928


commissioned, Suffolk Regiment
10.08.1932
-
24.08.1934
employed with the Royal West African Frontier Force
16.02.1936
-
12.12.1937
Station Staff Officer, 1st class (India)
15.02.1939
-
01.09.1939
Staff Captain
02.09.1939
-
13.07.1940
Deputy Assistant Adjutant General (DAAG)
14.07.1940
-
02.09.1940
Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General (DAQMG)
14.09.1940
-
09.06.1942
Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General (AA&QMG)
11.03.1943
-
01.04.1944
General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1)
03.04.1944
-
22.06.1944
General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1)
26.06.1944
-
(07?).1944
Commanding Officer, 6th Battalion Duke of Wellington's Rifles (Normandy)
[requested that his battalion could rest & refit, and as a result of that was dismissed from his command]
04.02.1945
-
31.05.1945
General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1)
01.06.1945
-
30.06.1945
Colonel General Staff
01.07.1945
-
09.12.1945
Colonel "Q"
10.12.1945
-
20.01.1946
Offg. Brigadier in charge of Administration
02.04.1946
-
31.12.1946
Assistant Commandant & Chief Instructor
01.01.1947
-
24.09.1948
Deputy Adjutant General (DAG)
25.09.1948
-
06.05.1951
Colonel A/Q, British Army of the Rhine
12.05.1951
-
24.03.1954
Commander, 151st Infantry Brigade (TA)
22.04.1954
-
(02.1957)
Deputy Adjutant General (DAG), GHQ Middle East Land Forces
Played 1st Class cricket for India, 1936/37.
Turner,
Basil Clifford
D.E. Turner
Son of  Frank Clifford Turner (1887-1927), and Maude Rebecca Kennedy (1886-1972).
Married ...; ... children.
07.04.1909
Clapham, Wandsworth district, London
-

05.02.2002
South Hampshire
S/Sgt. ? [11428345]
2nd Lt. 03.03.1944 [318430]
WS/Lt. 03.09.1944
T/Capt. 15.06.1945-23.03.1946
WS/Capt. 24.03.1946 (reld > 08.1946, < 12,1946)
T/Maj. 24.03.1946-(08.1946)
03.03.1944     commissioned, Intelligence Corps [emergency commission]
Turner,
David Thomson Nicoll *
D.T.N. Turner (Photo courtesy of Mr Derek W. Ewen)
* Added third Christian name at some point.
Married (1935, Glasgow).
1906/07 ?
Glasgow, Scotland
-

05.02.1970
Aberdeen, Scotland
2nd Lt. 19.03.1942 [229628]
WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 (reld < 08.1946)
T/Capt. 12.03.1943-(04.1946)
Hon. Maj. < 08.1946
19.03.1942     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
Advocate, Aberdeen (admitted 1931). Senior partner in the firm of Messrs Adam, Thomson & Ross, Advocates, Aberdeen.
His nephew Mr Derek W. Ewen writes: "I contacted my cousin re our uncle, and his memory is as follows--- After our uncle's officer training he was sent to the Artillery, thinks he served them in some coastal defence capacity. He later applied for a transfer to the Scots Guards. My cousin remembers our uncle being in the Barracks in London for a time. After that he was aware of our uncle being in the Middle East, serving in Eritrea with the military administration, who were there after the country was taken over from Italian control. After that he was in Greece again as part of the military administration, just at the time that the communists were trying to take over the country after the Germans had departed. My cousin's memory is that by the time our uncle left the army he was a Lt Col."
Turner,
Douglas Elborough
D.E. Turner (Photo courtesy of Mr Guy Turner)
Son of William Cecil Dutton Turner (1877-1922), and Annie Mary Cunningham (1886-).
Brother of Capt. Gerald Cunningham Trench Turner, Indian Army.

Married ...; three children.
04.02.1922
Shanghai, China
-

31.10.2009
Somerset West, Western Cape, South Africa
2nd Lt. 01.11.1941 [214586]
WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 (demobilized > 08.1946, < 12.1946) (reld 04.02.1949)
T/Capt. 15.02.1946-(08.1946)
Hon. Capt. 04.02.1949
01.11.1941     commissioned, The Royal Sussex Regiment [emergency commission]
Turner,
Maurice Eugene
Maj. M.E. Turner, 1944. (Photo courtesy of Mr Charles Flawn)
17.03.1904
-
28.01.1980
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
25.07.1940 [131542]
WS/Capt.
12.12.1943 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Maj.
12.12.1943
Hon. Maj.
< 04.1946
1922


joined 'A' Battery, the Honourable Artillery Company - Territorial Army
25.07.1940


commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
Turner,
Maurice George
M.G. Turner
Married Marguèrite (Rita) ...; one son.
c. 1918 ?
-
06.05.2008
[age 90]
2nd Lt.
02.11.1940 [156704]
WS/Lt.
02.05.1942
T/Capt.
23.07.1945-(04.1946)
Capt. TA
01.05.1947
Maj. TA
18.01.1952, seniority 01.01.1952
Mention in Despatches MID
23.05.1946
Mediterranean
Territorial Decoration TD
08.05.1953
-
02.11.1940


commissioned, King's Royal Rifle Corps [emergency commission]
01.05.1947
 
 
transferred, Territorial Army (KRRC)
01.05.1961
 
 
transferred, Unattached List
Turner,
Norman
N. Turner (Photo courtesy of Mr David Turner) N. Turner (Photo courtesy of Mr David Turner)
Son (with three brothers) of Walter Turner (1869-1943), and Adelaide Rachel Fogg (1881-1917).
Married (08.04.1937, Islington, London) Louise May Brown (29.08.1896 - 02.10.1969); one son.
05.07.1913
Wallasey, Cheshire
-

23.07.1981
Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
L/Cpl. 21.03.1936 [1870417]
L/Cpl. (EC) 14.09.1936
Cpl. (EC) 14.09.1937
Sgt. (EC) 11.07.1938
A/Staff Sgt. (EC) 14.02.1940
WS/Staff Sgt. (EC) 14.05.1940
Staff Sgt. (EC) 11.07.1941
A/Suptg. Cl. (Wt.Offr. I) 27.02.1941
WS/Suptg. Cl. (Wt.Offr. I) 22.02.1942
Lt. QM 05.08.1942 [244407]
A/Capt. 13.01.1943-12.04.1943
T/Capt. 13.04.1943-31.03.1944
WS/Capt. 01.04.1944
WS/Capt. QM 05.08.1945 (dispersal 11.12.1945) (reld 05.02.1946)
A/Maj. 10.01.1944-31.03.1944
T/Maj. 01.04.1944-05.02.1946
Hon. Maj. 05.02.1946
01.01.1934     enlisted at Liverpool (served UK 01.01.1935-02.09.1935, Egypt 03.09.1935-24.08.1936)
14.09.1936 - 03.05.1942 War Office (London)
04.05.1942 - 04.08.1942 served at Shrewsbury
05.08.1942     commissioned, Royal Corps of Engineers [emergency commission]
05.08.1942 - 11.12.1942 War Office (for duty with Section Field Works (F.W. 5)) (London)
12.12.1942 - 12.01.1943 London District Transit Camp (for transport to USA)
13.01.1943 - 11.12.1945 British Army Staff, Washington, DC (USA):
13.01.1943 - 07.09.1944 Staff Captain (Engineers Branch)
07.09.1943 - 01.01.1944 Staff Officer Royal Engineers (SORE) (Captain)
01.01.1944 - 11.12.1945 Deputy Assistant Director of Works (DADW) (Engineers Branch)
Turner,
Thomas Oliver
T.O. Turner
Son of Thomas William and Lysbeth Turner, of Clapham, London.
Nephew of Lt. T.E. Rendle, VC, of Cape Town.
1917 ?
-
03.02.1945
(KIA) [age 28]
[Taukkyan War Cemetery, Burma, 18.J.24]
Cadet
? [5625346]
2nd Lt.
20.02.1944 [326258]
Lt.
?
20.02.1944


commissioned, The Gloucestershire Regiment [emergency commission]
?
-
03.02.1945
attached, The Border Regiment
Tuson,
George Edmund

G.E. Tuson
Only son of Lt.Cdr. Vernon Frederick Tuson, MVO, RN (1876-1914), and Edith Louise C. Johnson [later Mrs Sturges].
Married (16.03.1929, St Mary's Church, Hook with Warsash, Fareham district, Hampshire) Josseline Evelyn Minna Montgomery (05.07.1907- 12.1992) [she remarried Bradshaw], youngest daughter of Capt. James Pipon Montgomery, RN (1853-1916), and Evelyn Hudson, of Jesmond, Warsash, Hampshire; one daughter, one son.
19.09.1904
Chipping Norton district, Gloucestershire / Oxfordshire / Warwickshire
-
15.08.1967
Perranporth, Cornwall
2nd Lt. 26.08.1924
Lt. 26.08.1926
Capt. 21.03.1936
Maj. 26.08.1941 (retd 29.10.1948)
local Lt.Col. 11.08.1943
A/Lt.Col. 20.09.1943-(04.1944)
Education: Royal Military Academy, Woolwich (?-1924); 55th Advanced Class, Military College of Science (pac)  (01.1938)-(01.1939).
26.08.1924     commissioned, Royal Tank Corps [later: Royal Tank Regiment] - Royal Armoured Corps
(03.1931)     10th Armoured Car Company, Royal Tank Corps
01.02.1932 - 06.11.1936 Assistant Instructor (Class GG to 20.03.1936, then Class FF), Tank Driving & Maintenance School
(01.1937)     3rd Battalion Royal Tank Corps (Lydd)
21.04.1939 - 22.09.1940 an Assistant Inspector, Mechanization Inspection Department, Ministry of Supply
23.09.1940 - (10.)1942 Ministry of Supply (miscellaneous appointments abroad, Canada & USA)
07.10.1942 - (07.)1943 a Deputy Assistant Director of Fighting Vehicles Supply, Ministry of Supply
20.09.1943 - (04.1944) a General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), Directorate of Armoured Fighting Vehicles, India Headquarters Staff
30.10.1945 - (04.1947) a Deputy Inspector, Fighting Vehicles Inspection Department, Ministry of Supply
Tweedie,
Douglas George
D.G. Tweedie
1918
-
1982
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
02.09.1939 [97168]
WS/Lt.
02.03.1941 (reld > 04.1946)
A/Capt.
?
Hon. Capt.
> 04.1946
Lt.
01.08.1955 (reld 31.10.1968)
A/Lt.Col.
(1963)
Hon. Lt.Col.
31.10.1968
Mention in Despatches MID
04.04.1946
NW Europe
Territorial Decoration TD
14.05.1963
?
- CFM
28.01.1969
Cadet Forces Medal



late Officer Cadet, Cambridge University Contingent, Senior Division, Officer Training Corps

24.08.1939


mobilized TA
02.09.1939


commissioned, The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment)
(1944)
-
(1945)
personal adjutant to General Officer Commanding, 51st (Highland) Infantry Division (NW Europe)
?
-
01.08.1955
Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
01.08.1955
-
31.10.1968
Army Cadet Force (Lothian (East), later: City of Edinburgh, The Lothians & Peebles) - Territorial Army
Tweedie,
Giles Grierson
G.G. Tweedie

Youngest son of Col. William Tweedie, CMG, CBE, of Beechwood, Dunblane, Perthshire, Scotland.
Married (27.06.1942, Roman Catholic Cathedral, Edinburgh, Scotland) Marguerite Helena Mary Walker (20.10.1919 - 20.11.2000), second daughter of Capt. Hugh Edward Walker and Hon. Marjory Winifred Forbes; three daughters.
18.10.1919
-
2nd Lt. 01.07.1939 [95537]
Lt. 01.01.1941 (retd 29.11.1944; ill-health)
A/Capt. 14.09.1941-13.12.1941
T/Capt. 14.12.1941-(10.1942),
15.03.1943-29.11.1944
Hon. Capt. 29.11.1944
Education: Ampleforth College; Royal Military College, Sandhurst (1938-1939).
01.07.1939     commissioned, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's)
Tweedie,
John William
J.W. Tweedie (Photo: The Tweedie Archive)
Eldest son of late Col William John Bell Tweedie, CMG, CBE and Violet Mary, daughter of Major T. Moore. Married (1937) Sheila Mary (died 1984), daughter of Brig.­Gen. Thomas Hudson, CB; one son, one daughter.
From Newbury.
05.06.1907
-
27.07.1991
Yeovil, Somerset
2nd Lt.
30.08.1926 [36906]
Lt.
30.08.1929
Capt.
01.12.1936
A/Maj.
25.06.1941-24.09.1941
T/Maj.
25.09.1941-20.12.1941,
03.01.1942-31.01.1943
WS/Maj.
01.02.1943
Maj.
30.08.1943
A/Lt.Col.
06.10.1942-03.12.1942,
31.12.1942-31.01.1943
T/Lt.Col.
01.02.1943-28.02.1951
Lt.Col.
15.10.1951
Col.
31.12.1952
T/Brig.
01.03.1951-28.12.1956
Brig.
29.12.1956 (retd 07.01.1961)
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE
01.01.1958
New Year 58
Distinguished Service Order DSO
19.10.1944
NW Europe
Mention in Despatches MID
18.02.1938
NW Frontier
Croix de Guerre (France) CdeG
1944
?
NW Frontier of India (Mohmand) 1935 Medal & Clasp; NW Frontier of India 1936-37 Medal & Clasp
Education: Ampleforth; Royal Military College, Sandhurst; psc
30.08.1926


commissioned, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's)
18.12.1931
-
14.05.1935
ADC to the Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief Dominion of New Zealand
01.12.1936
-
31.03.1939
Adjutant, ...
15.05.1941
-
23.06.1941
Staff Captain, ...
25.06.1941
-
20.12.1941
Brigade Major, ...
06.10.1942
-
03.12.1942
General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1) (Staff Duties & Training), HQ Eastern Command
1942
-
1944
Commanding Officer, 2nd Battalion The Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
25.03.1945
-
20.04.1945
General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1) (TL), HQ Allied Land Forces South East Asia
21.04.1945
-
16.01.1946
General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), South East Asia Command
07.11.1946
-
13.07.1947
General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), South East Asia Command
25.08.1947
-
08.02.1949
Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster General (AA&QMG), East Anglian District
01.03.1951
-
11.02.1954 Commander, 39th Infantry Brigade
01.05.1954
-
(02.1957)
Brigadier General Staff (Operations & Training), HQ British Army of the Rhine
1959
-
1961
ADC to the Queen
07.01.1961
-
05.06.1965
Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
Deputy Lieutenant (DL), Dumfries, 1975-84.
Twigg,
Donald Stuart

D.S. Twigg (Photo courtesy of Mr Richard D.J. Twigg)
Son (with one sister) of Reginald Sugden Twigg (1885-1955), and Nancy Wood Melland (1889-1966).
Married ((06?).1939, Aylesbury district, Buckinghamshire) Christie D. Messer; one son.
18.02.1914
Brassington, Bakewell district, Derbyshire
-
07.2004
Cheam, East Surrey
Lt. 06.05.1940 [127987]
WS/Capt. 06.05.1941 (reld > 01.1946, < 04.1946)
T/Maj. 16.09.1944-(01.1946)
Hon. Maj. > 01.1946, < 04.1946
Education: University of Liverpool (LDS, 1938). Registered dentist 23.03.1938.
06.05.1940     commissioned, The Army Dental Corps [emergency commission]
      served at Haifa, Israel
Twysden,
Sir Anthony Roger Duncan;
11th Bt.

A.R.D. Twysden (Photo courtesy of Capt. Mark Dickens RN (retd), via Rory Hammond)
Son of Cdr. Sir Roger Thomas Twysden, 10th Bt (1894-1934), and Mary Duff Stirling Smurthwaite (1891-1938) (earlier married name Byrom, later married name King).
Succeeded father 1934.
Married (18.09.1945, Hordle) Mary Alice Blagrove (20.10.1921 - 12.01.2009), daughter of R.Adm. Henry Evelyn Charles Blagrove, RN, and Supt. Edith Gordon Lowe, WRNS, of Walton Hall, Bletchley, Buckinghamshire. Mary Twysden remarried (1950) Capt. Peter Gerald Charles Dickens, RN.
11.03.1918
Kensington district, London
-
10.10.1946
Kensington district, London
2nd Lt. 25.08.1938 [77694]
Lt. 01.01.1941 (half-pay list 03.02.1946; disability)
Education: West Downs, Winchester; Eton; Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
25.08.1938     commissioned, Royal Irish Fusiliers
? - 1945 POW (No. 379) in German captivity (Oflag VII-B, Eichstätt, Bayern)
Tyler,
Albert Edward

A.E. Tyler
?
-
2nd Lt.
17.10.1939 [103384]
WS/Lt.
26.09.1940
T/Capt.
26.09.1940-(04.1941)
A/Maj.
30.12.1940-(04.1941)
WS/Maj.
02.03.1942 (reld > 04.1946)
T/Lt.Col.
09.11.1942-(04.1946)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
14.06.1945
HM's birthday 45
17.10.1939


commissioned, Royal Corps of Signals [emergency commission]
(05.1940)


Officer Commanding, Signal Section, 52nd Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery (defence of the Aa Canal)
Tyler,
Arthur Alexander
"Jack"

A.A. Tyler
Married ((09?).1940, Cockermouth, Cumbria / Cumberland) Mary "Molly" Bell; three sons.
(06?).1907
Battersea, Wandsworth district, London
-
(09?).1949
West Kensington, Hammersmith district, London
A/RSM ? [3593374]
Lt. QM 17.11.1944 [342451]
Capt. QM 01.11.1947 (reld > 11.1947)
17.11.1944     commissioned, The Border Regiment [emergency commission]
Tyler,
Douglas Beecham

D.B. Tyler
Son (with three sisters, one brother and one half-sister) of Joseph Andrew Tyler (1864-1935), and Kate Beecham (1876-1957), of Gosberton, Lincolnshire.
Husband of Grace Lilian Tyler, of Gosberton; two sons.
08.12.1906
Gosberton, Lincolnshire
-
23.09.1943
(KIA) [age 37]
[Salerno War Cemetery, Italy, V.E.44]
PSM ?
Lt. 07.12.1940 [159737]
T/Capt. 09.02.1942-23.09.1943
Mention in Despatches MID 24.08.1944 Italy [posthumously]
07.12.1940     commissioned, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) [emergency commission]
Tyler,
Eric

E. Tyler
Married ...; ... children (one son?).
From Alkerton House, Cricklade, Wiltshire, previously from Oxford Rd, Stratton St Margaret, Swindon.
?
-
04.01.1980
2nd Lt. 22.07.1936 [68591]
Lt. 22.07.1939
A/Capt. 21.02.1940-20.05.1940
T/Capt. 21.05.1940-09.08.1941
WS/Capt. 10.08.1941 (reld 08.12.1944; disability)
T/Maj. 10.08.1941-(10.1942),
26.11.1942-08.12.1944
Hon. Maj. 08.12.1944
22.07.1936     commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps - Supplementary Reserve of Officers
24.08.1939     mobilized SRO (Category B, Employed)
(1940)     served in France
(07.1943) - (07.1944) seconded, Indian Army
Tyler,
James Napier
Desmond
J.N.D. Tyler
02.12.1905
-
died between 1957 and 1967
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
02.02.1926, seniority 03.09.1925
WS/Maj.
07.03.1942
Maj.
03.09.1942
A/Lt.Col.
07.12.1941-06.03.1942
T/Lt.Col.
07.03.1942-03.06.1942 & 15.08.1942-...
Lt.Col.
08.04.1949 (retd 26.03.1953)
Hon. Brig.
26.03.1953
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
01.02.1945
?
Military Cross MC
?
?
Mention in Despatches MID
09.08.1945
?
Education: psc
02.02.1926


commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery
1942
-
25.05.1943
Commanding Officer, 97th Anti-Tank Regiment RA
26.05.1943
-
14.01.1945
General Staff Officer 1st grade (GSO1), 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division
15.01.1945
-

Commanding Officer, 131st Field Regiment RA
Tyrie,
David Peter

D.P. Tyrie
Married ...; ... children (one son?).
17.09.1911
-
21.03.1987
Claro district, North Yorkshire
Cadet ? [793923]
2nd Lt. 22.10.1944 [339747]
WS/Lt. 22.10.1944 (reld > 04.1947)
T/Capt. 06.02.1946-(04.1947)
22.10.1944     commissioned, Royal Corps of Signals [emergency commission]
His son writes: "I believe he was in the last regiment to go to war on horseback in India. Returned to Great Britain in 1947 with malaria. Became instructor in teleprinting at Apprentices college, Penny Pot Lane, Harrogate, N Yorks, after transferring to civvy street."
Tyrrell,
Francis Owen
"Frank"

F.O. Tyrrell (Photo courtesy of Fiona Tyrrell) F.O. Tyrrell (Photo courtesy of Fiona Tyrrell)
Younger brother of Maj. Gerald Kevin Tyrrell, General List.
Married ((06?).1945, Fylde district, Lancashire) Mary J. "Maureen" McCarthy ((12?).1921 - 03.09.2011); three daughters, one son.
16.06.1910
Croydon, Surrey
-
28.10.1972
Shortlands, Bromley district, London
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 28.12.1940 [164229]
WS/Lt. 28.06.1942 (reld > 10.1945, < 01.1946)
Hon. Lt. > 10.1945, < 01.1946
Education: St. Joseph's College, Beulah Hill.
      152nd Officer Cadet Training Unit
28.12.1940     commissioned, Royal Corps of Signals [emergency commission]
Bank manager, Bank of Nigeria (1950s).
Tyrrell,
Gerald Kevin

G.K. Tyrrell
Older brother of Lt. Francis Owen Tyrrell, Royal Signals.
Married 1st ((09?).1934, Westminster district, London) Winefride Margaret Higham "Winnie" Hodge ((09?).1898 - 10.05.1971), daughter of Percy Frederick Higham Hodge (1868-1944), and Ellen Frances Gulline (1870-1957); one son.
Married 2nd ((06?).1972, Westminster district, London) Sheilah Arlette Macmeeken (née Normand) (21.08.1912 - 10.09.2001), daughter (with one brother and two sisters) of George Herbert Normand (1871-1947), and Helen Brodie MacKinlay (1878-1960); two step-daughters, one step-son.
21.08.1903
New York City, NY, USA
-
24.12.1978
Redhill General Hospital, Redhill, Surrey South Eastern district, Surrey
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 18.02.1943 [260939]
WS/Lt. 18.05.1943
T/Capt. 18.05.1943-14.01.1944
WS/Capt. 15.01.1944 (reld > 08.1946, < 12.1946)
T/Maj. 15.01.1944-(08.1946)
Hon. Maj. > 08.1946, < 12.1946
18.02.1943     commissioned, General List [emergency commission]
Banking and financial consultant.
 
 
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