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C.E. Welby-Everard   to   J. Williamson
Welby-Everard,
[Sir] Christopher Earle
C.E. Welby-Everard
Son of late Edward Everard Earle
Welby­Everard, Gosberton House,
near Spalding, Lincolnshire, solicitor,
and Gwladys Muriel Petra Herbert.
Brother of Capt. Philip H.E. Welby-
Everard, RN. Married (1938) Sybil
Juliet Wake Shorrock (died 1994); two
sons.
Residence: The Manor House,
Sapperton, Sleaford, Lincolnshire.		 09.08.1909
Spalding, Lincs.
-
10.05.1996
Sleaford, Lincs.
2nd Lt.
 		30.04.1932, seniority 29.09.1930 [52445]
Lt.
 		29.09.1933
Capt.
 		29.09.1938
A/Maj.
 		10.01.1941-09.04.1941
T/Maj.
 		10.04.1941-10.06.1944
WS/Maj.
 		11.06.1944
Maj.
 		01.07.1946
local Lt.Col.
 		05.04.1943-10.03.1944
A/Lt.Col.
 		11.03.1944-10.06.1944
T/Lt.Col.
 		11.06.1944-06.07.1951
Lt.Col.
 		07.07.1951 (Employed List (1) 28.07.1952)
T/Col.
 		07.01.1952-30.12.1953
Col.
 		31.12.1953
T/Brig.
 		25.01.1954-09.10.1957
Brig.
 		10.10.1957
Maj.Gen.
 		19.05.1959 (retd 01.05.1962)
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire KBE
 01.01.1965
 New Year 65
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
 11.10.1945
 ?
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
 31.12.1960
 New Year 61
Mention in Despatches MID
 22.03.1945
 NW Europe
Palestine 1936-39 Medal and Clasp
 		Education: Charterhouse; Corpus Christi College, Oxford (1928-1931); Staff College, Camberley (psc); Joint Services Staff College (jssc)



from General List, Territorial Army - University Candidates
30.04.1932

commissioned, The Lincolnshire Regiment
(06.1933)

2nd Battalion, The Lincolnshire Regiment (Dover (for Catterick))
(01.1937)

2nd Battalion, The Lincolnshire Regiment (Catterick Camp)
25.01.1937
 -
 		(01.1939)
 		Adjutant, Regimental Depot, The Lincolnshire Regiment (Lincoln)
10.01.1941
 -
 		30.01.1942
 		Brigade Major, ... Brigade
31.01.1942
 -
 		30.03.1943
 		General Staff Officer, grade 2 (GSO2) (L), GHQ Home Forces
05.04.1943
 -
 		07.11.1943
 		General Staff Officer, grade 2 (GSO2), Staff College, Camberley
11.03.1944
 -
 		1944
 		Commanding Officer, 2nd Battalion The Lincolnshire Regiment (wounded in Normandy)
30.10.1944
 -
 		05.11.1946
 		General Staff Officer, grade 1 (GSO1), 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division
28.12.1946
 -
 		11.09.1948
 		General Staff Officer, grade 1 (GSO1) (SD), GHQ, Middle East Land Force
1949
 -
 		1951
 		Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion Royal Lincolnshire Regiment
07.01.1952
 -
 		23.01.1954
 		Brigade Colonel, HQ Midland Brigade
25.01.1954
 -
 		1957
 		Commander, HQ Scottish Command (264th Scottish Beach Brigade and 157th (Lowland) Infantry Brigade)
1957
 -
 		1959
 		Brigadier General Staff (BGS) (Operations), HQ, British Army of the Rhine (BAOR), and HQ Northern Army Group
1959
 -
 		04.10.1961
 		Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief, Allied Forces, Northern Europe
General Officer Commanding, Nigerian Army, 1962-1965.
Deputy Lieutenant (DL), Lincolnshire, 1966. High Sheriff of Lincolnshire, 1974.
Welch,
Claude
C.I.B. Wells
?
-
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
?
?

commissioned, ?
       
Welch,
Philip Newton
P.N. Welch
Son of ... Welch, and ... Matthews.
Married ...; ... children (one son?).		 27.04.1924
Wrexham district, Cheshire / Denbighshire / Flintshire
-
06.02.2003
Cadet ? [14387722]
2nd Lt. 02.04.1944 [314413]
WS/Lt. 02.10.1944 (reld 10.08.1947)
T/Capt. 09.08.1946-(04.1947)
Hon. Capt. 10.08.1947
02.04.1944     commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]
      served, Inns of Court Regiment
Weld,
Henry Francis
H.F. Weld 		22.07.1905
Devonport, Devon
-
1971
Kent
2nd Lt. 04.02.1926 [34945]
Lt. 04.02.1929
Capt. 10.12.1937
A/Maj. 09.02.1940-13.03.1940,
01.05.1940-27.06.1940
T/Maj. 28.06.1940-03.02.1943
Maj. 04.02.1943 (retd 25.05.1949)
A/Lt.Col. 10.08.1945-09.11.1945
T/Lt.Col. 10.11.1945-(04.1946)
Hon. Lt.Col. 25.05.1949
NW Frontier of India 1930-1931 Medal (India General Service Medal) & Clasp.		 Education: Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
04.02.1926     commissioned, Border Regiment
22.04.1930 - 12.09.1930 served North West Frontier of India
1933     1st Battalion Border Regiment
      served part of World War II with the North Staffordshire Regiment
01.1945     Second-in-Command, 9th Battalion Border Regiment (Burma)
25.05.1949 - 22.07.1955 Regular Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]
Wells,
Charles Ian Ballantine
C.I.B. Wells
Only son of Maj. Charles Ernest Wells (1875-1932),, formerly of The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regt.), and Jessie Crawford Seymour Wells (née Ballantine) (1871-1959).
Of Tofte Manor, Sharnbrook.
 14.07.1912
-
29.05.1942
(DOW) [age 29]
[St. Peter's Churchyard, Sharnbrook, west of tower, on boundary]
2nd Lt.
 		13.07.1934 [62941]
19.09.1934, seniority 02.02.1933
Lt.
 		12.02.1938, seniority 02.02.1936
Capt.
 		01.05.1939
A/Maj. ?
T/Maj. ?
 		?
Education: Trinity College, Cambridge University (BA)
13.07.1934

commissioned, University Candidates, General List - Territorial Army
19.09.1934

transferred, Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army
?
 -
 		(01.1937)
 		26th Field Brigade RA (Larkhill)
12.02.1938
 -
 		(01.1939)
 		105th (Bedfordshire Yeomanry) Army Field Regiment RA (Bedford)
24.08.1939

mobilized TA
(1939)
 -
 		(1940)
 		"C" Battery, 52nd Heavy Regiment RA
?
 -
 		29.05.1942
 		89th Battery, 23rd Field Regiment RA [died of wounds]
Wemyss,
David Scotland
D.S. Wemyss 		1915
Leith district, Midlothian, Scotland
-
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 26.04.1941 [184990]
WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 (reld 17.01.1946; disability)
T/Capt. 14.06.1944-17.01.1946
Hon. Capt. 17.01.1946
? - 26.04.1941 Officer and Cadet Training Centre, RASC
26.04.1941     commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission]
Wemyss,
Sir Henry Colville Barclay
H.C.B. Wemyss
2nd son of late Alexander Wemyss.
Married (1919) Vera, youngest daughter of late Alfred Mozley and Mrs Russell, of Ridgmont, Bedfordshire; one son, one daughter.
 26.04.1891
-
02.04.1959
2nd Lt.
 		23.12.1910 [14202]
...
 		...
Maj.Gen.
 		09.01.1939, seniority 07.01.1938
A/Lt.Gen.
 		10.06.1940-09.06.1941
T/Lt.Gen.
 		10.06.1941-20.10.1941
Lt.Gen.
 		21.10.1941, seniority 11.08.1941
Gen.
 		15.10.1945 (retd 23.11.1946)

KCB, 1945 (CB 1940); KBE, 01.07.1941 (HM's birthday 41); DSO 1914; MC 1916
23.12.1910

commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers
...
 -
 		...
 		...
26.07.1921

transferred, Royal Corps of Signals
...
 -
 		...
 		...
09.01.1939
 -
 		18.02.1940
 		Director of Mobilization, War Office (London)
19.02.1940
 -
 		09.06.1940
 		Deputy Adjutant General (DAG), war Office (London)
10.06.1940
 -
 		02.06.1941
 		Adjutant General to the Forces, War Office (London)
03.06.1941
 -
 		15.06.1942
 		Chief of the British Army Staff, Washington, DC (USA)
16.06.1942
 -
 		1946
 		Military Secretary to the Secretary of State for War, War Office
Published: English inns (1951)
Werner,
Edgar Flottwell
E.F. Werner
Married (19.12.1953) Denise Wilkinson; three daughters, one son.

His daughter, Mrs Tina Coulter, provided the following information: "He volunteered in 1940 and went into training at “Lark Hill” for about a year. He was put into Royal Artillary Regiment 65. He moved to Ramsgate. He then sailed on a troop carrier via Capetown to India and Burma where he spent the next 4 years. In 1945 he became ill with typhus and was left out in the field. He was picked up by an American Contentious objector, who took him to an air strip. An American Captain called O’Connor flew him to Calcutta. He then went to a hospital in Poona where he spent 3 months recovering. He was then returned to his regiment in India."

08.05.1920
-
[02.2007 still alive]
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		02.08.1941 [200632]
WS/Lt.
01.10.1942 (reld < 04.1946)



Officer Cadet Training Unit
02.08.1941

commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
1941
 -
 		1945
 		65th Field Regiment RA (India & Burma)
Emigrated to Australia, 1970. Company Director until 1976 when retired.
Werrell,
Kenneth Arthur
K.A. Werrell
Mother's maiden name: Werrell.
Married 1st ((12?).1946, Tavistock district, Devon) Stella M. Cattran.
Married 2nd (04.1986, Brent district, Middlesex) Yukari Tsuruta.		 (12?).1919
 St Marylebone disrict, London
-
15.06.2010
 [aged 90]
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 21.09.1940 [149389]
WS/Lt. 21.03.1942
T/Capt. 15.12.1942-(04.1944)
WS/Capt. 14.03.1945 (reld > 04.1946, < 04.1947)
T/Maj. 14.03.1945-(04.1946)
? - 20.09.1940 either 161st, 162nd, 164th, 165th or 170th Officer Cadet Training Unit
21.09.1940     commissioned, The Hampshire Regiment [emergency commission]
(04.1944) - (1945) serving with Indian Army (served in Burma with Intelligence Corps)
Retired 1980 as managing director of Callard & Bowser, confectionery manufacturers.
Wesley,
John Samuel
J.S. Wesley (Photo courtesy of Mrs Carol Vincent)
?
-
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
08.11.1941 [214905]
WS/Lt.
 		01.10.1942 (reld > 04.1946)
T/Capt.
 		28.06.1944-(04.1946)
08.11.1941

commissioned, Royal Army Ordnance Corps (Administrative Branch) [emergency commission]
(05.1944)

HQ Eastern Command (Hounslow, Middlesex)
West,
Clement Arthur
C.A. West
Only son of Clement West, GIPR (?-1915), of India and Canterbury, Kent, England.
Married 1st (1921) Janet Clarisse Crowley, daughter of Walter Crowley, of Ewhurst, Surrey; one son (killed in action 1943).
Married 2nd Margaret Elizabeth O'Conor, only daughter of late Aylward Robert  O'Conor (?-1951), of Somerton, Co. Dublin.		 13.08.1892
 Manmad, India
-
04.09.1972
Cross­in­Hand, Heathfield, Sussex
2nd Lt. 19.07.1912 [5397]
Lt. 27.08.1914
A/Capt. 03.03.1917-25.06.1917
Capt. 26.06.1917
Maj. 25.09.1928
Bt. Lt.Col. 01.07.1933
Lt.Col. 16.05.1936
Col. 17.01.1938, seniority 01.07.1936 (retd 10.01.1947)
T/Brig. 17.01.1938-11.09.1939,
28.05.1940-18.11.1941,
01.12.1941-03.12.1943
A/Maj.Gen. 04.12.1942-03.12.1943
T/Maj.Gen. 04.12.1943-(01.1946)
Hon. Maj.Gen. 10.01.1947
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB 08.06.1944 HM's birthday 44
Distinguished Service Order DSO 06.05.1932 NW Frontier of India 10.30-03.31
Military Cross MC 1915 ?
1914-1915 Star 14|15 St - & clasp
British War Medal 1914-1920 BWM - -
Victory Medal VM - -
Mention in Despatches MID 17.02.1915 ?
Mention in Despatches MID 14.12.1917 ?
Mention in Despatches MID 06.05.1932 ?
NW Frontier of India medal & clasp.		 Education: King's School, Canterbury; Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; idc, psc.
19.07.1912     commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers
      served European War, France and Belgium, 04.10.1914-01.02.1915, 31.08.1916-03.07.1918 & 20.10.1918-11.11.1918 (wounded; MC, despatches twice)
22.11.1917 - 14.04.1918 Adjutant, ... - Territorial Force
02.02.1919 - 08.10.1922 Assistant Instructor Survey, School of Military Engineering, Chatham (temporarily)
09.10.1922 - 17.04.1925 General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), War Office
18.04.1925 - 20.01.1927 General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), War Office
1927 - 1928 Staff College, Camberley (psc)
18.04.1930 - 30.04.1932 Brigade­Major, India (operations, NWF) (DSO, despatches)
01.05.1932 - 17.04.1934 General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), General Staff, AHQ, India
01.10.1934 - 13.01.1936 Deputy Assistant Military Secretary, War Office
1936     Imperial Defence College (idc)
1937     Commander, Royal Engineers (CRE), 3rd Division
17.01.1938 - 05.09.1939 Deputy Military Secretary to Secretary of State for War, and Assistant Secretary of the Selection Board, War Office
06.09.1939 - 11.09.1939 Military Secretary to the British Expeditionary Force (France)
28.05.1940 - 11.05.1941 Brigadier, General Staff, ... (Home Forces)
12.05.1941 - 18.11.1941 Brigadier, General Staff to Delegation to New Zealand Government
01.12.1941 - 03.12.1942 Brigadier General Staff, ...
04.12.1942 - 13.04.1943 District Commander, East Central District, Home Forces
1943 - 1945 Major-General, General Staff (attached to the COSSAC planning team 1943-1944 and SHAEF 1944-1945, as Major General (Operations) Chief of Staff Supreme Allied Commander; Assistant Chief of Staff SHAEF; Joint Services Planning Staff for Control Commission of Germany (CCG); Chief of Army Division, CCG)
1945 - 1946 Major-General in charge Administration, Southern Command
General Secretary, Royal United Kingdom Beneficent Association, 1947-1957.
Westbury,
Louis John
L.J. Westbury (Photo courtesy of Mrs Pauline Clift)
Married Marie Grech.
 		02.07.1882
Walsall, Staffordshire
-
(12?).1944
Hemel Hempstead
Cpl.
 		? [0099]
2nd Lt.
 		29.10.1915
Lt.
 		12.08.1917, seniority 01.06.1916 (reld 30.09.1921
A/Capt.
 		27.02.1918-10.03.1918,
...-21.01.1919
T/Capt.
 		...-...
A/Maj.
 		22.01.1919-13.10.1919
Maj. TARO
 		30.09.1921
Lt.
 		02.09.1939 [100637]
T/Capt.
 		22.09.1940-(04.1941)
Military Cross MC
 01.01.1918
 ?
Mention in Despatches MID
 28.11.1917
 ?
1914-1915 Star 14|15 St
 -
 -
British War Medal 1914-1920 BWM
 -
 -
Victory Medal VM
 -
 -
Served in the South African Constabulary from 1905.



served in the ranks, Imperial Light Horse:
09.1914
 -
 		12.1914
 		British, German & Portugese East Africa, Nyasaland and Northern Rhodesia
12.1914
 -
 		07.1915
 		German South-West Africa and on the adjacent borders of the Union of South Africa, except for:
01.03.1915
 -
 		09.03.1915
 		served, France & Belgium
29.10.1915

commissioned, Royal Horse & Royal Field Artillery - Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Force
29.10.1915
 -
 		30.09.1921
 		North Midland Divisional Ammunition Column
10.1916
 -
 		11.11.1918
 		Asia Minor (region including Greek Macedonia, Serbia, Macedonia, European Turkey and the Islands of the Aegean Sea)
22.01.1919
 -
 		13.10.1919
 		seconded as Battery Commander
13.10.1919
 -
 		?
 		seconded as Deputy Assistant Provost Marshal (Class FF)
30.09.1921
 -
 		16.07.1932
 		Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
24.08.1939

mobilized, TA
02.09.1939
 -
 		1944
 		commissioned, National Defence Companies, employed in the The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
Westmacott,
Guy Randolph
G.R. Westmacott
 Only son of Maj.Gen. Sir Richard Westmacott, KCB, DSO (1841-1925).
Married (10.07.1916) Edith Victoria Blanche (12.01.1895-05.06.1966); ... children.
 		1891
-
?
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		? [42650]
Lt.
 		15.05.1915 (reld 22.06.1919)
A/Capt.
 		23.12.1917-17.04.1918
T/Capt.
 		...-09.07.1918
Capt. RARO
 		22.06.1919
A/Maj.
 		24.09.1940-(04.1941)
WS/Maj.
 		?
A/Lt.Col.
 		30.12.1943-(04.1944)
T/Lt.Col.
 		?
Hon. Lt.Col.
 		29.01.1945
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 04.02.1918
 *
Mention in Despatches MID
 23.05.1918
 ?
Mention in Despatches MID
 03.06.1919
 ?
Croix de Guerre (with gold star) (France) CdeG
 06.11.1918
 ?
1914-1915 Star 14|15 St
 -
 -
British War Medal 1914-1920 BWM 14|20
 -
 -
Victory Medal VM
 -
 -
* For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. His flank was completely exposed, both during the attack and after reaching the objective, and he had to form a defensive flank with his company throughout the whole action. On the enemy delivering a heavy counter-attack on this exposed flank he formed his company to the right, and shattered it with steady and admirably controlled fire. On reaching the objective he consolidated, covering the flank of the battalion by digging a very strong line, and also providing further protection for the flank of the division by means of several machine guns. The complete success of the attack and the immediate defeat of the hostile counter-attack were largely due to his resource and prompt action.
?
 -
 		16.09.1916
 		Special Reserve of Officers
17.09.1916

commissioned, The Grenadier Guards
23.12.1917
 -
 		17.04.1918
 		Company Commander
11.07.1918
 -
 		14.12.1918
 		Staff Officer 3rd class (as T/Lt.), Royal Air Force
22.06.1919
 -
 		29.01.1945
 		Regular Army Reserve of Officers
(06.1944)
  
 		 
 		Senior British Intelligence Officer (?) (Normandy)
Westmoreland,
William
W. Westmoreland 		?
-
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		04.07.1940 [138143]
WS/Lt.
04.01.1942
?
 -
 		03.07.1940
 		Officer Cadet Training Unit
04.07.1940

commissioned, The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding) [emergency commission]
Westwood,
Ernest Donald
"Don"
E.D. Westwood
Son of Claude Westwood.
Married; four daughters.
16.10.1916
Melbourne, Vict.
-
27.10.2000
Adelaide, South Australia
Ldg.Acm. (RAAF)
 		? [407188]
Sgt. (Austr. Army)
 		? [SX11038]
2nd Lt.
 		23.08.1941 [204895]
WS/Lt.
 		? (reld 03.04.1946)
A/Capt.
 		01.01.1942-(04.1944)
T/Capt.
 		?
Hon. Capt.
 		03.04.1946
20.07.1940
 -
 		30.12.1940
 		served, Royal Australian Air Force (enlisted at Adelaide, Southern Australia): 2nd Service Flying Training School Wagga
21.01.1941
 -
 		23.08.1941
 		served, Australian Army (enlisted at Glenelg, Southern Australia): MT Reserve
23.08.1941

commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps  [emergency commission]
02.1942

captured at Singapore
1942
 -
 		1945
 		POW in Japanese captivity
Wethered,
Guy Ernest FitzGerald
G.E.F. Wethered
Son of Colonel Joseph Robert Wethered, CMG, DSO, and of Dorothy K.A. Wethered, of Marlow, Buckinghamshire. 
 		1920 ?
-
22.11.1944
(KIA) [age 24]
[Taukkyan War Cemetery, Burma, 6.H.16]
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		22.06.1940 [134368]
WS/Lt.
 		01.02.1941
T/Capt.
 		01.02.1941-(04.1941)
WS/Capt.
 		12.11.1942
T/Maj.
 		12.11.1942-(04.1944)
Oxford Blue. International Half Miler.



Officer Cadet Training Unit
22.06.1940

commissioned, The Gloucestershire Regiment [emergency commission]
01.01.1943

transferred, Royal Armoured Corps
01.04.1943

transferred, he Gloucestershire Regiment
?
 -
 		22.11.1944
 		Officer Commanding, "A" Company, 10th Battalion The Gloucestershire Regiment
Whale,
Ralph Percival
R.P. Whale
 Son of Dudley J.G. Whale, and Gladys Patti Drew (1897-).
Married ((03?).1947, Shrewsbury district, Shropshire) Mary J. Bishop.		 03.09.1918
Nottingham district, Nottinghamshire
-
07.1999
Boston district, Lincolnshire
Cadet ? [6459303]
2nd Lt. 12.12.1943 [302932]
WS/Lt. ? (reld 20.05.1946)
T/Capt. ?
Hon. Capt. 20.05.1946
Lt. & Paym. 24.09.1951
Capt. & Paym. 18.04.1955
2nd Lt. 29.07.1964, seniority 07.09.1945
Lt. & Paym. 29.07.1964, seniority 07.09.1947
Capt. & Paym. 29.07.1964, seniority 07.09.1951
Maj. 30.06.1970 (retd 28.03.1976)
12.12.1943     commissioned, Reconnaissance Corps - Royal Armoured Corps
      served in North Africa
24.09.1951     commissioned, Royal Army Pay Corps [short service commission]
29.07.1964     limited service regular commission
ACIS, MBIM.
Whately-Smith,
Anthony Robert
"Andy"
A.R. Whately-Smith
Son of the Revd. Ernest Whately-Smith, MC, MA, and Dorothy Whately-Smith, of Milford-on-Sea, Hampshire.

BBC's WW2 People's War
 		1915 ?
-
25.11.1944
(executed) [age 29]
[Durnbach War Cemetery, Bavaria, Germany, 3.K.2]
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		14.01.1940 [113612]
WS/Lt.
 		?
WS/Capt.
 		15.09.1943
T/Maj.
 		15.09.1943-(04.1944)
?
 -
 		14.01.1940
 		164th Officer Cadet Training Unit
14.01.1940

commissioned, The Dorset Regiment [emergency commission]
04.02.1944
 -
 		(04.)1944
 		General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), School of Military Intelligence, Matlock
19.08.1944

transferred, The Parachute Regiment, Army Air Corps
?
 -
 		25.11.1944
 		2nd Special Air Service Regiment, Army Air Corps (Operation Loyton, Vosges Mountains [captured])
Wheatley,
Leslie James
L.J. Wheatley (Photo courtesy of Mr Frank de Planta)
From North Harrow.		 ?
-
Cadet ? [7944907]
2nd Lt. 31.10.1943 [299492]
WS/Lt. 01.05.1944 (reld < 04.1947)
T/Capt. 06.03.1945-(04.1946)
Military Cross MC 21.12.1944 NW Europe 44-45
31.10.1943     commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]
23.01.1944     transferred, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
(1945)     1/5th Battalion The Queen's Royal Regiment (NW Europe)
Whelan,
Richard Percy
R.P. Whelan
Son of Percy Scott Whelan and Edythe Laura Whelan, of Henfield, Sussex.
 		20.12.1905
Ireland
-
31.10.1944
(KIA) [age 38]
[Nederweert Cemetery, the Netherlands, II.A.5]
2nd Lt.
 		04.02.1926 [34947]
Lt.
 		04.02.1929
Capt.
 		26.04.1937, seniority 19.10.1936
A/Maj.
 		03.09.1939-(04.1941)
Maj.
 		17.02.1943
T/Lt.Col.
 		15.01.1943-(04.1944)
Mention in Despatches MID
 11.02.1941
 Somaliland
04.02.1926

commissioned, (Royal) Northumberland Fusiliers
28.08.1929
 -
 		03.08.1933
 		employed with Royal West African Frontier Force (1st Battalion The Nigeria Regiment (Kaduna))
(01.1937)
  
 		 
 		2nd Battalion Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (Bordon)
08.10.1937
 -
 		(01.1940)
 		seconded, The Northern Rhodesia Regiment
01.08.1942
 -
 		(04.)1944
 		seconded, The Northern Rhodesia Regiment
?
 -
 		31.10.1944
 		possibly seconded, 9th Battalion The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 
Whetstone,
Frederick James Strover
F.J.S. Whetstone F.J.S. Whetstone
From Bibury, Gloucestershire.
Married Joan Olave Patricia Whetstone (née ...).
 05.04.1907
Loughborough
-
01.09.1956
Kelmarsh, Northamptonshire
2nd Lt.
 		29.01.1927 [37304]
Lt.
 		29.01.1930
Capt.
 		01.06.1935
A/Maj.
 		22.09.1939-21.12.1939
T/Maj.
 		22.12.1939-15.03.1940,
02.11.1940-17.01.1941,
08.07.1941-29.09.1942,
19.10.1942-18.01.1943
WS/Maj.
 		19.01.1943
Maj.
 		29.01.1944
A/Lt.Col.
 		19.10.1942-18.01.1943
T/Lt.Col.
19.01.1943-08.05.1947
Lt.Col.
 		09.05.1947 (supernumerary 09.05.1950)
Col.
 		01.01.1953 (retd 27.06.1956; disability)
Hon. Brig.
 		27.06.1956
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
 17.01.1946
 Burma
Mention in Despatches MID
 26.07.1940
 operations in the field
Mention in Despatches MID
 19.07.1945
 Burma
Territorial Efficiency Decoration TD
 ?
 ?
Palestine 1936-39 Medal & Clasp
 		Education: staff course
07.05.1936

commissioned, 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards - Royal Armoured Corps
26.07.1939
 -
 		15.03.1940
 		Assistant Military Secretary (and temporary ADC 26.07.1939-21.09.1939)



seconded, 3rd Carabiniers (The Prince of Wales's Dragoon Guards)
09.05.1947

transferred, 3rd Dragoon Guards
09.05.1947
 -
 		09.05.1950
 		Commanding Officer, 3rd Dragoon Guards
While,
Harold Arthur Armstrong
"Harry" / "Hodie"
 H.A.A. While (Photo courtesy of Mrs Caroline Banszky) 
Eldest son of Mr & Mrs A.J. While, of Tettenhall, Wolverhampton.
Married Janette Bell Symington Clark, only daughter of Mr & Mrs T.P.M. Clark, of Troon, Ayrshire; one son, three daughters (including twins).
 14.02.1910
Barrow in Furness district, Cumbria / Lancashire
-
18.11.1983
East Molesey, Surrey Northern district, Surrey
2nd Lt.
 		08.01.1938 [73894]
WS/Lt.
 		08.01.1940
T/Capt.
 		14.02.1942-(04.1944)
WS/Capt.
 		01.10.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
A/Maj.
 		23.12.1943-(04.1944)
T/Maj.
 		1945?
Hon. Maj.
 		< 04.1946
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) MBE
 01.01.1946
 New Year 46
Mention in Despatches MID
 15.12.1942
 Middle East 11.41-04.42
Territorial Efficiency Decoration TD
 14.09.1956
 -
Education: Harrow School; Christ's College, Cambridge University (MA, 1935).



late Officer Cadet, Cambridge University Contingent, Senior Division, Officer Training Corps
08.01.1938

commissioned, 51st (Westmorland & Cumberland) Field Brigade, Royal Artillery - Territorial Army
24.08.1939
  
 		 
 		mobilized TA
?
 -
 		06.04.1960
 		Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
London Office Manager of United Steel Companies. Joined the board of Workington Iron and Steel.
Whistler,
[Sir] Lashmer Gordon
"Bolo"
L.G. Whistler L.G. Whistler
L.G. Whistler
Son of Colonel A.E. Whistler, Indian Army, and Florence Annie Gordon, daughter of late Charles Forbes Rivett­Carnac.
Married ((06?).1926, Eastbourne district, Sussex) Esmé Winifred Keighley, daughter of Mr & Mrs George Keighley; two daughters.
03.09.1898
-
04.07.1963
Cambridge Military Hospital, Aldershot, Hampshire
2nd Lt. 12.09.1917 [13017]
Lt. 12.03.1919
Capt. 30.09.1932
Maj. 01.08.1938
A/Lt.Col. 05.02.1940-04.05.1940
T/Lt.Col. 05.05.1940-02.07.1942,
13.08.1942-03.03.1943
WS/Lt.Col. 04.03.1943
Lt.Col. 01.01.1945
A/Col. 04.09.1942-03.03.1943
T/Col. 04.03.1943-21.06.1945
WS/Col. 22.06.1945
Col. 25.02.1946, seniority 22.06.1945
A/Brig. 04.09.1942-03.03.1943
T/Brig. 04.03.1943-21.06.1945
A/Maj.Gen. 22.06.1944-21.06.1945
T/Maj.Gen. 22.06.1945
Maj.Gen. 06.02.1947, seniority 05.04.1946
A/Lt.Gen. 11.11.1946-30.12.1946
Lt.Gen. 10.05.1951
Gen. 06.07.1955 (retd 04.02.1957)
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath GCB 01.01.1957 New Year 57
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath KCB 01.01.1955 New Year 55
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire KBE 01.01.1952 New Year 52
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB 29.03.1945 NW Europe
Distinguished Service Order DSO 11.07.1940 BEF
Distinguished Service Order DSO 22.04.1943 Middle East
Distinguished Service Order DSO 13.01.1944 Italy
Mention in Despatches MID 29.04.1941 ?
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

Commander of the Crown of Belgium 2nd class, with palm (25.09.1947); Croix de Guerre (Belgium) (1940), with palm (25.09.1947); Grand Offier, House of Orange (Netherlands) (08.04.1954; Knight Grand Officer, House of Orange (Netherlands) (14.04.1962)

 Education: Harrow; RMC Sandhurst; qualified as interpreter Italian (2nd class) (10.1928).
12.09.1917     commissioned, The Royal Sussex Regiment
15.10.1917 - 28.03.1918 served European War: France & Belgium (wounded twice, British War Medal, Victory Medal)
27.05.1919 - 10.1919 served in Russia
01.04.1921 - 26.03.1922 special appointment (Class GG), Irish Command (temp.)
06.04.1927 - 11.12.1927 special appointment (Class GG), Independent Brigade China (temp.)
01.05.1929 - 30.04.1933 Adjutant, Territorial Army
25.11.1933 - 24.11.1936 Adjutant, The Royal Sussex Regiment
1936 - 1939 served Palestine (medal and clasp)
05.02.1940 - 1942 Commanding Officer, 4th Battalion The Royal Sussex Regiment
10.03.1942 - 01.04.1942 acting Commander, 133rd (Royal Sussex) Infantry Brigade (UK)
24.08.1942 - 03.09.1942 acting Commander, 133rd (Royal Sussex) Infantry Brigade (Egypt)
04.09.1942 - 26.11.1942 Commander, 132nd (Middlesex and Kent) Infantry Brigade (Egypt)
29.11.1942 - 28.01.1944 Commander, 131st (Surrey) Lorried Infantry Brigade (Libya, N Africa, Italy, UK) [except for 14-26.7.1943]
28.01.1944 - 21.06.1944 Commander, 160th (South Wales) Infantry Brigade (UK)
23.06.1944 - 22.01.1945 General Officer Commanding, 3rd Infantry Division (NW Europe)
25.02.1945 - 1945 General Officer Commanding, 3rd Infantry Division (NW Europe)
1945 - 1946 served Palestine
1947 - 1948 General Officer Commanding, British Troops in India
1948 - 09.05.1950 General Officer Commanding, Troops Sudan, Kaid Sudan Defence Force
02.06.1950 - 14.03.1951 District Officer Commanding, Northumbrian District & General Officer Commanding, 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division TA
10.05.1951 - 1953 General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, West Africa Command
07.12.1953 - 02.1957 General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Command
Chairman, Committee on the New Army, 12.1957-05.1958. Colonel, The Royal Sussex Regiment, 01.12.1953-... Colonel Commandant, Royal West African Frontier Force, ...-1960. Honorary Colonel, Royal Nigerian Military Forces, 1959. Honorary Colonel, Royal Sierra Leone Military Forces, 1959. Chairman, Army Cadet Force Association, 1961-... Vice­President, National Small Bore Rifle Association (NSRA), 1958-... Deputy Lieutenant, Sussex, 1957.
Literature: Sir John Smyth. Bolo Whistler : the life of General Sir Lashmer Whistler : a study in leadership (London: Muller, 1967)
Whitaker,
Trevor Arthur Anthony
T.A.A. Whitaker
Only son of W/Cdr. Raymond Whitaker, MBE, RAF, and Hilda Margaret Sharp, of Ogbury, Great Durnford, Salisbury.
Married (14.04.1951, The Chapel of St Cross, Winchester, Hampshire) Jennifer Luard Howson ((12?).1929 - ), younger daughter of Capt. John Montague Howson, CBE, RN, and Betty Frances Clare Luard, of Fisher's Pond, Hampshire; one son, one daughter.
Residence: (1945) London.		 14.01.1924
Chelsea district, London
-
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 23.10.1943 [296779]
WS/Lt. 23.04.1944
T/Capt. 1944?
2nd Lt. 28.11.1945, seniority 15.01.1945
Lt. 14.07.1946
Capt. 01.1951? (retd 01.09.1953)
Hon. Capt. 01.09.1953
Military Cross MC 01.03.1945 NW Europe *
23.10.1943     commissioned, The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) [emergency commission]
(1944) - (1945) 8th Battalion The Rifle Brigade (NW Europe)
28.11.1945     permanent commission
* [Recommendation for the immediate award of a Military Cross to Lt. T.A.A. Whitaker]. On 17 October Lieut. Whitaker was commanding a group consisting of one motor platoon and one sec[tion] carriers 8 R.B. [= 8th Battalion The Rifle Brigade] and one t[roo]p of tanks 23 H [= 23rd Hussars]. The road south of Meerselo was cratered by the enemy and trees had been felled across the road. These demolitions were registered by the enemy and under heavy mortar fire. Lieut. Whitaker at once began to clear the road-blocks and fill in the craters. Enemy mortar fire was continuous and great difficulty was experienced in dealing with the demolitions. In spite of this Lieut. Whitaker carried on with his task with great courage and determination and was a fine example to all under his command. Casualties were incurred and Lieut. Whitaker was wounded in the leg. He carried on with his task and refused to be evacuated until his force was ordered to stop work on the road, as another route had been been found. Lieut. Whitaker's conduct during this operation was of the highest order and he was the finest possible example to the men under his command.
Signed by J.A. Hunter, Lt.Col. Commanding 8th Bn The Rifle Brigade, 22 Oct. 1944; approved by C.B. Harvey, Brig. Commanding 29th Armoured Brigade, G.P.B. Roberts, Maj.Gen. Commanding 11th Armoured Division, R.N. O'Connor, Lt.Gen. Commanding 8th Corps, M.C. Dempsey, Lt.Gen. Commanding Second Army, B.L. Montgomery, Field Marshal, Commander-in-Chief 21st Army Group [Citation courtesy of Mr Vincent Billiet]
Whitby,
Charles Henry
C.H. Whitby
?
-
Wt.Offr. Cl. II
 		? [4907187]
Lt.
 		31.12.1940 [163015] (reld < 04.1946)
T/Capt.
 		27.09.1943-(04.1944)
Hon. Capt.
 		< 04.1946
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St
 -
 -
France & Germany Star Fr&G St
 -
 -
Long Service Good Conduct Medal LSGCM
 -
 -



served in the ranks, The South Staffordshire Regiment (served in India)
31.12.1940

commissioned, The South Staffordshire Regiment [emergency commission]
02.1945
 -
 		06.1945
 		attached 21st Army Group (serving in Belgium)
Whitcher,
Harold Wray
 H.W. Whitcher
Married; three sons.
 03.12.1911
Weihsien, Shantung, China
-
15.12.2005
Frimley Park Hospital, West Surrey district, Surrey
2nd Lt.
 		01.06.1935
Lt.
 		20.10.1939 [65389]
WS/Capt.
 		19.07.1940
Capt.
 		20.10.1940
A/Maj.
 		05.08.1942-04.11.1942
T/Maj.
 		05.11.1942-19.08.1945
WS/Maj.
 		20.08.1945
Maj.
 		20.10.1947
A/Lt.Col.
 		20.05.1945-19.08.1945
T/Lt.Col.
20.08.1945-01.01.1946,
29.07.1954-21.12.1957
Lt.Col.
 		22.12.1957
Col.
 		20.10.1962 (retd 14.08.1972)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) OBE
 01.01.1962
 New Year 62
Territorial Efficiency Decoration TD
 01.05.1956
 -
Mention in Despatches MID
 21.11.1946
 ?
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St
 -
 -
Defence Medal Def M
 -
 -
British War Medal 1939-1945 BWM 39|45
 -
 -
Education: MB, ChB (Edinburgh) 1939, MA (Oxford) 1954
01.06.1935
  
 		 
 		commissioned, Officer Training Corps - General List - Territorial Army (for service with Infantry Unit of Edinburgh University Contingent, Senior Division, Officer Training Corps)
20.10.1939
  
 		 
 		short service commission, Royal Army Medical Corps
1942
 -
 		1945
 		served in India (NW Frontier)
20.10.1944

permanent commission
1945
 -
 		1945
 		Commanding Officer, Combined 31st & 42nd Indian Convalescent Depots (British Troops) (India)
29.12.1945
 -
 		20.07.1946
 		Deputy Assistant Director of Medical Services, HQ Western Command
01.10.1946
 -
 		12.11.1946
 		HQ South Wales District
1946
 -
 		1949
 		served in Bermuda
29.07.1954
 -
 		05.10.1958
 		Chemical Defence Experimental Establishment, Porton (Ministry of Supply)
16.10.1958
 -
 		21.07.1963
 		Assistant Director-General Army Medical Services (Army Medical Department 8), War Office
27.07.1965
 -
 		(1968)
 		Medical Liaison Officer, British Army Staff Washington (USA)
Specialist in Pathology, 1954. Junior Specialist in Physiology, 1955. Senior Specilaist, 1958. Consultant in Physiology, 1963. OStJ, 04.1972.
White *,
Arthur George
A.G. White
 * From late 1940s known as: Foster-White.		 15.11.1908 ?
-
1985
WS/CSM ?
Lt. QM 15.05.1942 [236290]
WS/Capt. QM 15.05.1945
Capt. QM 01.11.1947 (reld 14.04.1949)
Hon. Capt. QM 14.04.1949
15.05.1942     commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]
14.04.1949 - 15.11.1958 Regular Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]
White,
Arthur George
A.G. White
 23.07.1916 ?
-
Lt. (Surveyor or Works) 19.02.1943 [263292]
T/Capt. (Surveyor or Works) 29.07.1946-(04.1947)
WS/Capt. (Surv. of Works) ?
Lt. (Surv. of Works) 01.10.1946, seniority 19.02.1943
Capt. (Surv. of Works) 01.10.1946, seniority 19.02.1946
Capt. (Quantity Surveyor) 01.11.1948, seniority 19.02.1946
Maj. (Quantity Surveyor) 19.05.1952
19.02.1943     commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]
01.10.1946 - 12.09.1952 short service commission
12.09.1952 - 23.07.1966 Regular Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]
White,
Denis
D. White
Son of Lt.Col. George Henry White, RAPC (1876-1953), and Helen Mackenzie (1878-1932).
Brother of Lt. Kenneth John White, RNR, and Cdr. Duncan Frederick White, RNR.
Married Angela (née ...), a WRAC officer.
Residence: (1945) Crewkerne, Somerset.
 10.03.1910
Dublin, Ireland
-
08.2000
Birkenhead, Cheshire
2nd Lt.
 30.01.1930 [44976]
Lt.
 30.01.1933
Capt.
 01.08.1938
A/Maj.
 06.09.1940-05.12.1940
T/Maj.
 06.12.1940-21.02.1942
WS/Maj.
 22.02.1942
Maj.
 01.07.1946
Bt. Lt.Col.
 01.07.1951
A/Lt.Col.
 01.11.1941-24.01.1942,
16.02.1942-21.02.1942
T/Lt.Col.
 22.02.1942-21.01.1952
Lt.Col.
 22.01.1952
T/Col.
 30.10.1952-01.06.1954
Col.
 02.06.1954
Brig.
 01.09.1959 (retd 28.09.1962)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) OBE
 28.06.1945
 Italy
Mention in Despatches MID
 24.10.1950
 Malaya
Education: Royal Military Acdemy, Woolwich; Joint Services Staff College (jssc).
30.01.1930
  
  
 commissioned, Royal Corps of Signals
29.12.1934
 -
 14.05.1938
 employed with King's African Rifles
02.01.1939
 -
 31.08.1940
 Adjutant, Territorial Army
03.05.1943
 -
 10.06.1943
 General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), HQ 9th Army
11.06.1943
 -
 19.02.1944
 Deputy Chief Signals Officer, Middle East
20.02.1944
 -
 25.02.1944
 General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), MAAF [= Mediterranean Allied Air Force ?]
26.02.1944
 -
 18.03.1944
 Signals Officer
17.12.1944
 -
 06.01.1945
 Chief Signals Officer, 5th Corps HQ (Italy)
20.08.1947
 -
 10.07.1950
 Assistant Adjutant General, GHQ Far East Land Forces
30.10.1952
 -
 02.11.1955
 Assistant Adjutant General (Mob.), War Office
05.12.1955
 -
 (02.1957)
 Colonel General Staff, Royal Military College of Science
?
 -
 1962?
 Chief Signals Officer, Southern Command
White,
[Sir] Dick Goldsmith
D.G. White D.G. White
Son of Percy Hall White and Gertrude White (née Farthing).
Married (28.11.1945) Kathleen Somers Tonkinson (née Bellamy); two sons. 		20.12.1906
Tonbridge, Kent
-
21.02.1993
Burpham, near Arundel, Sussex
2nd Lt.
 		29.12.1942 [135872]
WS/Lt.
 		29.06.1943
WS/Lt.Col.
 		05.03.1945
A/Col.
 		?
local Brig.
 		04.12.1945-(04.1946)
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George KCMG
 01.01.1960
 New Year 60
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire KBE
 09.06.1955
 HM's birthday 55
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE
 08.06.1950
 HM's birthday 50
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
 11.06.1942
 HM's birthday 42: as Assistant Director, War Office
Mention in Despatches MID
 02.08.1945
 NW Europe
Officer, Legion of Merit (USA, 08.11.1945); Croix de Guerre (France)
 		Education: Bishops Stortford College; Christ Church, Oxford (Hon. Student, 1981); University of Michigan and University of California, USA.
01.1936

joined the Security Service (MI5)



closely involved in operating the highly successful "Double Cross" system against Nazi Germany
29.12.1942

commissioned, Intelligence Corps [emergency commission]
Director­General of MI5, 1953-56, and of MI6, 1956-72.
White,
Eric
E. White
 		?
-
2nd Lt.
 		15.10.1939 [102043]
WS/Lt.
 		15.10.1940 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Capt.
 		15.10.1940-(04.1944)
Hon. Capt.
 		< 04.1946
Lt.
 		01.01.1951, seniority 15.10.1940
Capt.
 		01.01.1951, seniority 22.10.1950
Maj.
 		22.10.1958
Hon. Capt.
 		01.01.1959
15.10.1939

commissioned, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [emergency commission]
01.01.1951
 -
 		01.01.1959
 		short service commission, Royal Army Educational Corps
White,
Geoffrey George
G.G. White		 ?
-
2nd Lt. 03.01.1940 [112352]
WS/Lt. 12.10.1940
T/Capt. 12.10.1940-(04.1941)
WS/Capt. 22.12.1942
T/Maj. 22.12.1942-(04.1944)
WS/Maj. 27.02.1945
local Lt.Col. 10.11.1943-(04.1944)
T/Lt.Col. 27.02.1945-(04.1946)
WS/Lt.Col. 05.07.1946 (reld 09.11.1947)
T/Col. 05.07.1946-(04.1947)
Hon. Col. 09.11.1947
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Civil Division) MBE 11.06.1960 HM's birthday 60: Services Liaison Officer, Germany, War Office
Mention in Despatches MID 23.09.1943 North Africa
03.01.1940     commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission]
10.11.1943 - (04.1944) General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), Camberley Wing, Staff College (Camberley)
Control Commission of Germany, then Foreign Office; stationed in Germany – became Services Liaison Officer, Germany, War Office in Hannover as well as other places in Germany.
White,
Oliver Geoffrey Woodhouse
O.G.W. White
From Farnborough, Hampshire.
 22.08.1910
-
2nd Lt.
 		28.08.1930 [47671]
Lt.
 		28.08.1933
Capt.
 		28.08.1938
A/Maj.
 		16.09.1940-15.12.1940
T/Maj.
 		16.12.1940-13.10.1941,
30.07.1942-25.06.1943
WS/Maj.
 		08.09.1944
Maj.
 		01.07.1946
A/Lt.Col.
 		26.03.1943-25.06.1943
T/Lt.Col.
26.06.1943-08.07.1943,
08.06.1944-30.09.1948,
11.09.1949-06.09.1950
local Lt.Col.
 		20.12.19147-12.03.1948
Lt.Col.
 		31.08.1952 (supernumerary 31.08.1955) (retd 08.02.1959)
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 17.01.1946
 Burma
Commander of the Order of the British Empire OBE
 13.06.1959
 HM's birthday 59
Mention in Despatches MID
 10.01.1946
 Burma
Education: Staff College (psc)
28.08.1930

commissioned, The Dorsetshire Regiment
11.06.1936
 -
 		05.01.1939
 		Supervising Officer for Physical Training (Class GG to 31.07.1938), Northern Ireland District
06.01.1939
 -
 		15.09.1940
 		Instructor, ...
1943?
 -
 		1945?
 		Commanding Officer, 2nd Battalion The Doresetshire Regiment
01.10.1948
 -
 		08.09.1949
 		General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), HQ Eastern Command
21.09.1949
 -
 		29.05.1950
 		Staff Officer, 1st grade (SO1), British Army of the Rhine
10.01.1956
 -
 		(02.1957)
 		Commandant, ASPT Southern Command
08.02.1959
 -
 		22.08.1965
 		Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
Published: Straight on for Tokyo : the war history of the 2nd Battalion, the Dorsetshire Regiment (54th Foot), 1939-1948 (1948)
White,
William Walford
W. Walford-White
* later used as name:
Walford-White,
William

Married Joan Mary Uden (died 09.02.2007, aged 86); two daughters, one son.
 07.05.1915
-
09.2003
Colchester, Essex
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		07.05.1936
...
 		...
T/Maj.
 		?
Maj.
 		07.05.1949 (retd 07.05.1954)
07.05.1936

commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery
...
 -
 		...
 		...
Whitehead,
Arthur Philip
A.P. Whitehead


10.04.1913
Hindhead, Surrey
-
24.04.2003
Kendal district, Westmorland
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		04.07.1940 [138007]
WS/Lt.
 		04.01.1942 (reld 01.11.1945; disability)
T/Capt.
 		26.09.1943-(04.1944)
Hon. Capt.
 		01.11.1945
Efficiency Medal (Territorial) EM
 06.03.1947
 -
Education: Sedburgh School; qualified as solicitor at Wimbledon, 1937.
04.07.1940
  
 		 
 		commissioned, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) [emergency commission]
?
 -
 		06.1944
 		.. Battalion The Black Watch (Normandy [seriously wounded])
Whitehouse,
Benjamin James
B.J. Whitehouse (Photo courtesy of Mr Ian Hay)
 Son (with one brother) of Benjamin Whitehouse (1886?-1923), and Amelia Mealor (1889-).
Brother of Lt. Harry Whitehouse, The King's Regiment.
Married (28.10.1939, Birkenhead district, Cheshire) Joan Townshend; one son, one daughter.
Address: (1943): 7 Stanley Road, Bebington.		 18.08.1913
Birkenhead district, Cheshire
-
05.1991
Birkenhead district, Cheshire
Cadet ? [2930036]
2nd Lt. 30.07.1943 [288274]
WS/Lt. 30.01.1944
T/Capt. ?
Hon. Capt. 13.02.1946
Efficiency Medal (Territorial) EM 22.01.1985 -
      served in the ranks, Liverpool Scottish
02.04.1943 - 29.07.1943 D Company, 161st (RMC) Officer Cadet Training Unit, Sandhurst
30.07.1943     commissioned, The King's Regiment (Liverpool) [emergency commission]
10.12.1944 - (1945) seconded, 6th Battalion The Royal Scots Fusiliers (Holland, Germany)
13.02.1946     unemployed list
Whitehouse,
Harry
H. Whitehouse
 Son (with one brother) of Benjamin Whitehouse (1886?-1923), and Amelia Mealor (1889-).
Brother of Capt. Benjamin James Whitehouse, The King's Regiment.
Married ((09?).1939, Birkenhead district, Cheshire) Blanche Matilda Bleasdale (28.06.1902 - 03.1988), of Birkenhead.		 (12?).1915
Birkenhead district, Cheshire
-
18.03.1943
[age 28]
[Rangoon Memorial, Burma, face 5]
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 02.11.1940 [156237]
WS/Lt. 02.05.1942
      either 161st, 162nd, 164th, 165th or 167th Officer Cadet Training Unit
02.11.1940     commissioned, The King's Regiment (Liverpool) [emergency commission]
? - 18.03.1943 seconded, Lincolnshire Regiment
Whiteley,
John Percival
J.P. Whiteley
Son of Frank Whiteley, CMG, JP, Ilkley, Yorkshire, and Sarah Emiliy Whiteley. Married (1925) Amy Beatrice, daughter of H.G. Tetley, Alderbrook, Surrey; three sons. From London.
 		1898
Mafeking, South Africa
-
04.07.1943
(aircraft crash) [age 45]
[Gibraltar (North Front) Cemetery, 1.A.7]
2nd Lt.
 		1916 [123922]
Lt.
 		10.11.1917
Lt. [Life Gds]
 		13.11.1926, seniority 31.08.1925 (retd 25.01.1928)
Capt.
 		24.03.1928
Maj.
 		10.03.1932
T/Lt.Col.
 		?
[A/ ?] Brig.
 		?
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
 11.07.1940
 distinguished services in the field
Territorial Efficiency Decoration TD
 23.06.1942
 ?
Education: Shrewsbury School; Royal Military Academy, Woolwich
1916

commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery
15.06.1920
 -
 		29.10.1920
 		special appointment as Cipher Officer (Class HH)
13.11.1926
 -
 		25.01.1928
 		transferred to & service in the Life Guards
25.01.1928

transferred to Regular Army Reserve of Officers - Regimental List Life Guards - Class II
25.01.1928
 -
 		23.03.1928
 		Lieutenant, 393rd (Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry) Battery, 99th (Buckinghamshire and Berkshire Yeomanry) Army Field Brigade, Royal Artillery - Territorial Army (Aylesbury, UK)
24.03.1928
 -
 		09.03.1932
 		Battery Captain, 393rd (Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry) Battery, 99th (Buckinghamshire and Berkshire Yeomanry) Army Field Brigade, Royal Artillery - Territorial Army (Aylesbury, UK)
10.03.1932
 -
 		(01.1939)
 		Officer Commanding, 393rd (Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry) Battery, 99th (Buckinghamshire and Berkshire Yeomanry) Army Field Brigade, Royal Artillery - Territorial Army (Aylesbury, UK)
24.08.1939

mobilized TA
early 1940s

Commanding Officer, 99th (Buckinghamshire and Berkshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery



Brigadier General Staff [?]
04.07.1943

died in the Liberator Mk II AL523 (also carrying Polish general Vladislav Sikorski) that crashed just after take-off from Gibraltar
Member of Parliament (MP) (Nat. U.), County of Bucks, Buckingham Division, 14.06.1937-04.07.1943. Justice of the Peace (JP), Bucks., 1930. Military Member, Territorial Army Association, Buckinghamshire, (04.1941).
Whitfield,
Walter [Waller Wesley]
W. Whitfield
 (06?).1902
Eton district, Buckinghamshire
-
1948
Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
WS/RSM
 		?
Lt. QM
29.09.1943 [325826]



served in the ranks, Royal Berkshire Regiment
29.09.1943
  
 		 
 		commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]
Whitton,
Frederic Milner
F.M. Whitton
23.09.1906
Richmond district, Yorkshire
-
01.1990
Northumberland North Second district, Northumberland
Fus.
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		16.08.1939 [95121]
WS/Lt.
16.02.1941 (reld < 04.1946)
Hon. Lt.
 		< 04.1946
16.08.1939
  
 		 
 		commissioned, 9th Battalion The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers - Territorial Army
24.08.1939
  
 		 
 		mobilized TA
(1940)
  
 		 
 		9th Battalion The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (France)
?
 -
 		05.12.1951
 		Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
Whyte,
Alistair Gordon Donald
A.G.D. Whyte
Only son of Mr & Mrs Whyte, of Aberdeen, Scotland.
Married (1936?) Eveline Mackie, MA, youngest daughter of Adam Mackie, and Mrs Mackie, of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland; ... children (one daughter?).		 10.05.1907
Aberdeen, Scotland
-
1985
Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Lt. 07.06.1934 [56558]
02.07.1934, seniority 02.07.1933
Capt. 02.07.1935, seniority 02.07.1934
A/Maj. 13.01.1940-12.04.1940
T/Maj. 13.04.1940-01.07.1943
Maj. 02.07.1943
A/Lt.Col. 07.08.1945-06.11.1945
T/Lt.Col. 07.11.1945-14.05.1948
Lt.Col. 15.05.1948
T/Col. 30.09.1953-(01.1957)
Col. 01.06.1957 (retd 06.10.1959; disability)
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) CBE 01.01.1959 New Year 59
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) MBE 11.05.1937 Palestine
Mention in Despatches MID 20.12.1945 ?
General Service Medal & clasp Palestine 1936-39. 1939-1945 Star. Africa Star. War Medal 1939-1945.		 Education: MA 1927; MB, ChB (Aberdeen) 1931; graded Surgeon 1939; Specialist in Surgery 1947; FRCS (Edinburgh) 1947.
      from General List - Territorial Army
07.06.1934     commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [short service commission]
1935 - 1936 served Egypt
1936 - 1937? served Palestine
1937 - 1939 served Egypt
02.07.1939     permanent commission
13.01.1940 - 08.05.1941 Deputy Assistant Director of Medical Services (DADMS), ... (Middle East Forces)
1941 - 1945 POW in Italian & German captivity
07.08.1945 - 22.02.1946 Assistant Director of Medical Services (ADMS), HQ Scottish Command
1947 - 1948 Officer-in-Charge Surgical Division, Queen Alexandra Military Hospital, Millbank
1948 - 1950 Officer-in-Charge Surgical Division, Cambridge Hospital, Aldershot
15.11.1950 - 19.06.1953 Officer-in-Charge Surgical Division, British Military Hospital Fayid
30.09.1953 - 09.03.1956 Consulting Surgeon HQ British Army of the Rhine
01.04.1956 - 1959 Consulting Surgeon, Royal Army Medical College (Millbank)
Lecturer in anatomy at Aberdeen Medical School for ten years. Fellow, Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
Widdrington,
Francis Nathaniel Heron
F.H. Widdrington
Son of Brig.Gen. Bertram FitzHerbert Widdrington (1873-1942), and Clothilde Enid Onslow-Ford (died 1952).
Married (21.04.1949) Leila Gabrielle Garforth-Bles.
 		05.01.1920
Alnwick district, Northumberland
-
09.2008 still alive at Newton Hall, Newton On The Moor, Morpeth, Northumbria
2nd Lt.
 		03.07.1939 [95572]
Lt.
 		03.01.1941
A/Capt.
 		23.07.1945-22.10.1945
T/Capt.
 		23.10.1945-(04.1946)
Capt.
 		01.07.1946 (retd 05.09.1949)
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St
 -
 -
France & Germany Star Fr&G St
 -
 -
Defence Medal Def M
 -
 -
British War Medal 1939-1945 BWM 39|45
 -
 -
General Service Medal Gen SM
 -
 -
03.07.1939

commissioned, Welsh Guards
(1944)
 -
 		(1945)
 		1st Battalion Welsh Guards (NW Europe)
Wield,
William John Graham
W.J.G. Wield (Photo courtesy of Mr Brian Wield)
Son of William and Elizabeth Thomson Graham Wield.
Husband of Agnes Reid Wield (née Cannon), of Dumfries; two daughters, one son.
 		1913
Annan, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
-
08.09.1946
(KIA) [age 33]
[Rangoon War Cemetery, Myanmar, 2.J.15]
Pte.
 		1935
2nd Lt.
 		09.03.1940 [124773]
WS/Lt.
 		29.08.1940
A/Capt.
?
1935
 -
 		 1940
 		enlisted service, 1st Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers
?
 -
 		09.03.1940
 		166th Officer Cadet Training Unit
09.03.1940

commissioned, The King's Own Scottish Borderers [emergency commission]


served in Malta, Palestine, France and Belgium before joining the Royal Indian Army Service Corps in 1941 and serving in Burma (now Myanmar);  returned home for 5 months in 1945 before signing up for another 5 years service with RIASC; disembarked at Rangoon in May 1946, during the uprisings later that year he drowned trying to save another's life; he suffered severe burns earlier in his career
Wienholt,
Arnold
A. Wienholt
Son of Edward and Ellen Wienholt.
Husband of Enid F. Wienholt, of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

25.11.1877
Goomburra, Queensland
-
10.09.1940
[age 62]
[Khartoum Memorial, panel 2]
2nd Lt.
 		? [183659]
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 15.10.1918
 *
Military Cross MC
 ?
 ?
Military Cross MC
 ?
 ?
* For continuous gallant conduct and endurance under most trying circumstances during a period of six months in the bush. He performed a most arduous march, during which his party were more than once attacked by superior enemy forces, through the unknown country which he had to reconnoitre and report on, and finally succeeded in gaining touch with a column as ordered. He performed many other successful reconnaissances during which he had several encounters with the enemy, and furnished valuable information with regard to their movements. Throughout he showed great courage and endurance, and rendered most valuable service.
 		Grazier (cattle), Queensland, Australia, 1908-1935?. Liberal/conservative politician, Queensland, Australia, 1909-1935. Was elected member for Fassifern in the Queensland Parliament (1909-13 and 1930-35) and Member for Moreton in the Australian Federal Parliament (1919-22). War correspondent, overseas, 1935.
1900
 -
 		1901
 		served colonial militia (Australia), Queensland, Australia (South African War): Private (Sergeant 01.06.1900), 4 (Queensland Imperial Bushmen) Contingent
1914
 -
 		1918
 		served First Great War



commissioned, General List
?
 -
 		10.09.1940
 		101 Mission (Abyssinian Border) (possibly executed for spying by a rival power)
Wigg,
Derrick Edmund [Will Playford]
D.E. Wigg
Residences: Gorleston (1945), Acle, Norwich (1976).
 		11.1912 *
-
02.06.1976

* either 01.11.1912 or 06.11.1912
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		04.04.1942 [232183]
WS/Lt.
 		04.10.1942
T/Capt.
20.04.1945
Maj. TA
04.10.1947
Lt.Col. TA
 		30.11.1953 (retd 30.11.1957)
Military Cross MC
 22.03.1945
 NW Europe [raid on enemy supply dump at Oss, Holland]
Mention in Despatches MID
 ?
 ?
Mention in Despatches MID
 ?
 ?
04.04.1942

commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission]
1944/45

NW Europe (ended the war protecting Dutch electrical manufactures from pilfering and looting)
04.1.1947
 -
 		30.11.1957
 		served Territorial Army
30.11.1957
 -
 		?
 		Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
Wiggins,
Cyril Edward Major
C.E.M. Wiggins
Son of Edward Alfred and Edith May Wiggins; husband of Joyce Wiggins, of Marylebone, London.
 		(12?).1906
Epping, Essex
-
10.11.1944
(KIA) [age 38]
[Nederweert War Cemetery, The Netherlands, II.E.7]
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		21.09.1940 [149694]
WS/Lt.
 		17.07.1941
T/Capt.
31.03.1942-10.11.1944
21.09.1940

commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
?
 -
 		10.11.1944
 		494th Field Battery, 131st (City of Glasgow) Field Regiment RA
 [killed in action by shellburst while serving as an Observation Post officer in the Ommel area, The Netherlands]
Wight-Boycott,
Denys Reginald
D.R. Wight-Boycott
Married Mary ... 		14.10.1908
-
06.1988
Bracknell, Berkshire
2nd Lt.
 		15.06.1932 [53229]
Lt.
 		15.06.1935
WS/Capt.
 		16.04.1943
T/Maj.
 		16.04.1943
Hon. Maj.
 		1945/46 (reld)
Capt.
 		01.09.1949
Education: St. Edmund's College (1922-1924)



late Cadet, St. Edmund's College Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps

15.06.1932

commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army
15.06.1932
 -
 		(01.1937)
 		162nd (City of London) Battery, 54th (City of London) Anti-Aircraft Brigade - Territorial Army
24.04.1937
 -
 		01.11.1958
 		Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
08.07.1942
 -
 		(04.1944)
 		Instructor in Gunnery (Field), Gunnery Wing, School of Artillery (Larkhill, Salisbury Plain, Wilts.)



Commanding Officer,  No.1 Forward Observer Unit RA (with 1st Airborne Corps HQ)
Wigram,
Gerald Frederic
G.F. Wigram 		(03?).1917
Hampstead, Greater London
-
2003 still alive at Calverleigh, 
Tiverton, Devon
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		12.06.1940 [322601]
WS/Lt.
 		12.12.1941
T/Capt.
01.12.1943-(04.1946)
12.06.1940

commissioned, General List, Infantry - African Colonial Forces Section [emergency commission]



served, Kenya Regiment
Wilcox,
Samuel John
H.W.H. Wild
Son of John T. Wilcox, and Emily Jane A. Harrison.
Married ((06?).1925, Cheltenham district, Gloucestershire) Edith Ann Wilcox ((03?).1889 - (06?).1959), daughter of Joseph Chamberlain Wilcox (1855-), and Anna Maria B. Smith (1864-).		 06.06.1894
Cheltenham district, Gloucestershire
-
(09?).1978
Cheltenham district, Gloucestershire
Wt.Offr. class II ?
Lt. 25.02.1941 [173528]
T/Capt. 16.09.1942-(07.1945)
Hon. Capt. > 07.1945, < 10.1945
Capt. 01.05.1947
Maj. 16.12.1947 (retd 15.07.1953)
Lt. 15.07.1953
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) MBE ? ?
Efficiency Medal (Territorial) EM 08.02.1949 2nd clasp
Territorial Efficiency Decoration TD 01.12.1953 -
WW I     served as Corporal & Company Sergeant-Major in the 1/5th Battalion The Gloucestershire Regiment
25.02.1941     commissioned, The Gloucestershire Regiment [emergency commission]
(04.1944) - (07.1945) serving with Home Guard
01.05.1947 - 15.07.1953 commissioned, The Gloucestershire Regiment - Territorial Army [exceeded age limit]
15.07.1953     commissioned, Gloucester Contingent, Army Cadet Force - Territorial Army
Wild,
Harold Wilfred Harmsworth
H.W.H. Wild
Elder son (with three sisters and one brother) of Lt.Col. Wilfred Hubert Wild, Northumberland Fusiliers, and Violet Grace Harmsworth.
Married (19.10.1940, Leicester district, Leicestershire) Winifred Mary Hutchinson.		 12.12.1906
Barnet district, Greater London
-
25.01.1947
Fayrsstede, Denham, Eton district, Buckinghamshire
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 16.03.1940 [123620]
WS/Lt. 16.09.1941
WS/Capt. 14.08.1945 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Maj. 14.08.1945-...
Hon. Maj. < 04.1946
Mention in Despatches MID 23.05.1946 Mediterranean
Education: BA.
16.03.1940     commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission]
19.11.1940     transferred, Intelligence Corps
18.04.1942     transferred, Royal Corps of Signals
Wildey,
Alec Warren Greenlaw
 A.W.G. Wildey
Son of Surg.R.Adm. Alexander Gascoigne Wildey, CB (?-1934), of Churt, Surrey.
Married 1st (30.05.1916, Malling district, Kent) Joan Baldock (18.05.1887 - 1942), daughter of F.A. Baldock, of Bodmin, Cornwall; one son.
Married 2nd ((09?).1964, Dunmow district, Essex) Mrs Joan Isobel Moller, of Felsted, Essex.		 24.07.1890
Stoke Damerel district, Devon
-
(03?).1981
Huntingdon district, Cambridgeshire
2nd Lt. 23.12.1910
Lt. 23.12.1913
T/Capt. 11.08.1915-07.08.1916
Capt. 08.08.1916
A/Maj. 25.09.1916-27.05.1917,
13.06.1917-10.07.1919
Maj. 01.01.1929
Lt.Col. 01.07.1937
Col. 22.08.1940, seniority 01.07.1940 (supernumerary 24.07.1915) (retd 20.06.1946)
A/Brig. 26.04.1940-25.10.1940
T/Brig. 25.10.1940-20.06.1946
Hon. Brig. 20.06.1946
Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE 01.08.1946 Malaya & Singapore
Military Cross MC 31.05.1916 ?
1914-1915 Star 14|15 St - & clasp
British War Medal 1914-1920 BWM - -
Victory Medal VM - -
Education: Felsted School; Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; Staff College, Camberley (psc).
23.12.1910     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery
03.10.1914 - 04.01.1915 served in France & Belgium (wounded)
25.03.1915 - 10.10.1917 served in France & Belgium (wounded)
24.09.1919 - 23.09.1922 Adjuant, ...
01.09.1924 - 17.02.1926 Staff Captain, India
22.01.1930 - 14.03.1932 Staff Officer Royal Artillery (SORA) (General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3)), Wessex Area, Southern Command
15.03.1932 - 21.01.1934 General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), London District
21.01.1936 - 31.01.1937 General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), Royal Army Service Corps Training Centre
11.1937? - ? Commander, 3rd Anti-Aircraft Brigade RA (Singapore)
26.04.1940 - 15.02.1942 Commander, HQ Anti-Aircraft Defences, Malaya (CBE)
Wilding,
Harry Reuben
H.R. Wilding
Married (divorced 1946); one son.
 		11.01.1920
Aberdeen, Scotland
-
02.1987
Nashua, New Hampshire, USA
Pte.
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		02.07.1939 [93991]
WS/Lt.
 		02.01.1941 (dismissed the Service by sentence of a General Court Martial 13.07.1945)
T/Capt.
 		13.11.1942-(04.1944)
02.07.1939

commissioned, 5th/7th Battalion The Gordon Highlanders - Territorial Army
24.08.1939
  
 		 
 		mobilized TA
(04.1941)
  
 		 
 		specially employed



served North Africa, probably also Sicily, Italy (involved in the attack on the machine gun line at Sferro) & France
Settled in British Guiana, and later became a successful businessman in the United States.
Wilkie,
Thomas George
T.G. Wilkie
25.03.1913
Cupar, Fife, Scotland
-
15.09.1967
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		26.10.1941 [217672]
WS/Lt.
 		01.10.1942 (reld 1946)
A/Capt. ?
 		?
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St
 -
 -
Burma Star Bur St
 -
 -
Defence Medal Def M
 -
 -
British War Medal 1939-1945 BWM 39|45
 -
 -
Had been in Rangoon since 1937 working as for a firm called A Scott & Sons and joined the Army at the outbreak of war.
26.10.1941

commissioned, General List [emergency commission]



served in Burma

Wilkins,
James French
J.F. Wilkins
Only son of Col. James Sutherland Wilkins, DSO, of Eye, Suffolk.
Married (11.01.1939, St Paul's, Knightsbridge) Grace Helen Gwendolen Stirling Home Drummond Murray (11.10.1904-), second daughter of Capt. William Augustus Stirling Home Drummond Murray and the Hon. Gwendolen Edwardes; two sons.
 		16.09.1906
Hartismere district, Suffolk
-
25.07.1971
Warmingham, Norwich district, Norfolk
2nd Lt.
 		30.08.1926 [36918]
Lt.
 		30.08.1929
local Capt.
 		22.05.1935-28.09.1935
Capt.
 		30.09.1937
A/Maj.
 		29.12.1940-28.03.1941
T/Maj.
 		29.03.1941-29.08.1943
Maj.
 		30.08.1943
A/Lt.Col.
 		01.08.1945-31.01.1946
T/Lt.Col.
 		01.11.1945-24.03.1948,
16.07.1948-22.01.1951
Lt.Col.
 		23.01.1951 (supernumerary 23.01.1954) (Employed List (1) 23.01.1953) (retd 29.10.1957)
A/Col.
 		10.09.1945-24.02.1946
T/Col.
 		05.03.1953-02.06.1956
A/Brig.
 		10.09.1945-24.02.1946
Hon. Col.
 		29.10.1957
Education: Royal Military College, Sandhurst; Staff College (psc).
30.08.1926

commissioned, The Norfolk Regiment (laterThe Royal Norfolk Regiment)
(03.1931)

1st Battalion The Royal Norfolk Regiment (Sialkot)
(06.1933)
  
 		 
 		1st Battalion The Royal Norfolk Regiment (Sialkot (for Chakrata))
22.05.1935
 -
 		28.09.1935
 		specially employed India
(10.1937)
  
 		 
 		2nd Battalion The Royal Norfolk Regiment (Aldershot (for Gibraltar))
(01.1939)
  
 		 
 		Garrison Adjutant, Gibraltar
?
 -
 		?
 		?
01.11.1945
 -
 		24.02.1946
 		Brigade Commander
16.07.1948
 -
 		03.11.1950
 		Deputy Provost Marshal
05.03.1953
 -
 		11.11.1954
 		Area Commander HQ Mauritius
29.11.1954
 -
 		08.12.1955
 		Deputy District Commander, HQ 25th Armoured Brigade District, Middle East Land Forces
09.12.1955
 -
 		22.03.1956
 		District Commander, Tripolitania
Wilkinson,
Bernard Cautley
B.C. Wilkinson 		08.03.1900
Croydon district, Greater London / Kent / Surrey
-
09.1985
Leeds district, Yorkshire
2nd Lt.
 		20.12.1918 [27071]
Lt.
 		20.12.1920
T/Capt.
 		30.03.1929-15.01.1930
Capt.
 		16.01.1930
Maj.
 		01.08.1938 (retd 10.03.1949)
A/Lt.Col. ?
 		05.1943-11.1943
T/Lt.Col.
 		05.06.1946-(04.1947)
Hon. Lt.Col.
 		10.03.1949

Iraq Operations 1919-20 Medal & Clasp.

20.12.1918
  
 		 
 		commissioned, The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
29.05.1926
 -
 		30.04.1931
 		employed with King's African Rifles (from 03.02.1930 Company Commander, 3rd (Kenya) Battalion at Meru)
(06.1933)
  
 		 
 		2nd Battalion The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (Agra)
(01.1937)
  
 		 
 		2nd Battalion The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (Maymyo)
(01.1939)
  
 		 
 		1st Battalion The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (Strensall)
05.1943
 -
 		11.1943
 		Commanding Officer, 2nd Batalion The Worcestershire Regiment
Wilkinson,
Charles
C. Wilkinson 		?
-
2nd Lt.
 		13.06.1924 [30111]
Lt.
 		13.06.1926
T/Capt.
 		21.10.1941
Lt.
 		01.04.1947, seniority 24.08.1939
Capt.
 		01.11.1947
Maj.
 		03.09.1952 (reld 30.05.1960)
T/Lt.Col.
 		?
Hon. Maj.
 		30.05.1960
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
 01.01.1959
 New Year 59
Mention in Despatches MID
 12.09.1946
 as POW
13.06.1924
 -
 		31.03.1947
 		commissioned, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers - Regular Army Reserve of Officers [Class I]
24.08.1939

mobilized from the Reserve of Officers
(1940)
  
 		 
 		9th Battalion The Royal Nothumberland Fusiliers (France)
01.04.1947
 -
 		14.05.1954
 		The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers [short service commission]
15.05.1954
 -
 		30.05.1960
 		Corps of Royal Military Police [short service commission]
Wilkinson,
Henry
H. Wilkinson 		?
-
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		19.12.1942 [256134]
WS/Lt.
 		19.06.1943
T/Capt.
 		01.11.1945 (reld > 04.1946)
Hon. Capt.
 		> 04.1946
Efficiency Medal (Territorial) (13.04.1951) & 1st Clasp (13.04.1951)
19.12.1942

commissioned into The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers [emergency commission]
Wilkinson,
Martin John Durham
M.J.D. Wilkinson
 Son of William D. Wilkinson, and Mabel Annie Jessel (1893-?).
 		09.08.1916
Kensington district, Greater London
-
09.2000
Lambeth district, London
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		22.06.1940 [137337]
WS/Lt.
 		19.02.1941 (reld > 04.1946, < 04.1947)
T/Capt.
 		06.06.1944-(04.1946)
?
 -
 		22.06.1940
 		either 164th, 165th, 166th, 167th or 168th Officer Cadet Training Unit
22.06.1940

commissioned, The Hampshire Regiment [emergency commission]
17.07.1942
  
 		 
 		transferred, Royal Armoured Corps



attached, 3rd The King's Own Hussars
Wilkinson-Cox,
David Gordon
D. Wilkinson-Cox (Photo courtesy of Mr Frank de Planta)
Son of Norman Wilkinson Cox, and Agnes M. Chaplin.
Married ((03?).1941, Northumberland South distrct, Northumberland) Audrey Smith, of Gosforth, Newcastle-on-Tyne.		 (03?).1922
Hammersmith district, London
-
09.04.1945
(KIA) [age 23]
[Becklingen War Cemetery, Germany, 4.J.3]
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 26.05.1944 [320931]
WS/Lt. 26.11.1944
Military Cross MC 01.03.1945 NW Europe 44-45 (won with the 1/7th at the Panheel Lock)
26.05.1944     commissioned, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) [emergency commission]
(1945) - 09.09.1945 1/5th Battalion The Queen's Royal Regiment (NW Europe) (killed in action)
Will,
Ian Kennedy
I.K. Will (Photo courtesy of Mr Frank de Planta) 		?
-
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 02.09.1939 [96961]
WS/Lt. 02.03.1941
T/Capt. 21.05.1941-(04.1944)
02.09.1939     commissioned, The Gordon Highlanders - Territorial Army
(08.1942) - (1944) 1st Battalion The London Scottish (Higham, Suffolk, then Italy)
Will,
Neil Fullerton Salmon
N.F.S. Will (Photo courtesy of Mr Frank de Planta) 		?
-
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 19.10.1940 [153405]
WS/Lt. 19.04.1942
19.10.1940     commissioned, The Gordon Highlanders [emergency commission]
(08.1942)     1st Battalion The London Scottish (Higham, Suffolk)
Willcock,
Cecil Martin
 C.M. Willcock
 Second son (with two brothers) of Edgar Douglas Willcock (1884-1938), and ... Hooper, of The Grey House, Albrighton, later of The Island, Oaken, nr Wolverhampton.
Brother of Lt. Douglas Brian Willcock, Parachute Regiment.
Married (30.08.1944, St Mary Magdalen, Tingewick, Buckinghamshire) Gwendoline Ethel Thornton, Section Officer WAAF, only daughter of Gp.Capt. & Mrs T.J.E. Thornton, of Cliftonville, Margate.		 13.10.1917
Wolverhampton district, Shropshire
-
04.1997
Cardiff district
2nd Lt. 05.08.1939 [94631]
WS/Lt. 05.02.1941
T/Capt. 10.11.1943-(04.1946)
      late Cadet Lance-Corporal, Canford School Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
      commissioned, 2nd/6th Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment - Territorial Army
24.08.1939     mobilized TA
30.09.1941 - 03.1943 2nd Battalion Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps
01.08.1942     transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps
Willcox,
[Sir] Henry Beresford Dennits
H.B.D. Willcox

30.04.1889
-
15.08.1968
2nd Lt.
 		20.12.1911 [4694]
...
 		...
Col.
 		29.06.1937, seniority 01.07.1932
A/Maj.Gen.
 		21.11.1939-08.03.1940
Maj.Gen.
 		09.03.1940, seniority 19.07.1938 (retd 21.08.1946)
A/Lt.Gen.
 		12.05.1941-11.05.1942
T/Lt.Gen.
 		12.05.1942-13.05.1942,
26.05.1942-(01.1946)
local Lt.Gen.
 		14.05.1942-25.05.1942
Hon. Lt.Gen.
 		21.08.1946

KCIE, 1945; CB 1942; DSO 1918; MC

20.12.1911

commissioned, Sherwood Foresters
...
 -
 		...
...
16.10.1938
 -
 		08.1939
 		Commander, 15th Infantry Brigade (York)
08.1939
 -
 		19.11.1939
 		Commander, 13th Infantry Brigade (Catterick Camp)
21.11.1939
 -
 		17.06.1940
 		Inspector of Infantry, War Office (London)
18.06.1940
 -
 		11.05.1941
 		General Officer Commanding, 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division (Home Forces)
12.05.1941
 -
 		13.05.1942
 		General Officer Commanding, I Corps District (Home Forces)
1942
 -
 		1944
 		General Officer Commanding, Central India
1944

Chairman of Army Reorganization Committee, to consider India's post­war defence needs
Willett,
John William Mills
J.W.M. Willett
Son of Herbert William Mills, a master builder, and
Mary Amelia Tizard.
Married (23.02.1951) Anne Priscilla Sainsbury; two adopted children (one son, one daughter).
Residence: (1945) Farnham, surrey.

24.06.1917
Hampstead
-
20.08.2002
Le This, Normandy, France
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		04.07.1940 [138702]
WS/Lt.
 		04.01.1942
T/Capt.
 		22.01.1943-(04.1944)
T/Maj.
 		?
WS/Maj.
 		03.08.1945
T/Lt.Col.
 		03.08.1945-(04.1946)
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) MBE
 28.06.1945
 Italy
Mention in Despatches MID
 06.04.1944
 Middle East
Education: Winchester; Christ Church, Oxford (MA, 1939); Ruskin School of Art and Manchester Municipal College of Art.
?
 -
 		04.07.1940
 		168th Officer Cadet Training Unit
04.07.1940

commissioned, General List [emergency commission]
05.08.1942

transferred, Intelligence Corps



served with HQ 8th Army in Egypt, North Africa, and Italy
Editor, translator, and author. A leading expert on German author Bertolt Brecht.
Leader writer, Guardian, Manchester, England, 1948-51; assistant editor, Times Literary Supplement, London, 1960-67, planning editor, 1969-71. Instructor, California Institute of the Arts, 1972-73; visiting professor of drama, University of New South Wales, 1979. Visiting fellow, Australian National University, 1979. Memberships: Arts Council of Great Britain (member of art panel, 1980--).
Published: Popski : a life of Vladimir Peniakoff (1954); The theatre of Bertolt Brecht : a study from eight aspects (1959); Brecht on theatre (1964; transl., ed. & author of notes); Art in a city (1967); Expressionism (1971); The theatre of Erwin Piscator (1978), etc.
Willett,
Terence Charles
"Terry"
T.C. Willett 		23.12.1918
-
L/Cpl.
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		24.08.1939 [86726]
A/Capt.
 		29.12.1940-28.03.1941
T/Capt.
 		29.03.1941-31.07.1941,
11.08.1942-14.10.1942
WS/Capt.
 		15.10.1942
A/Maj.
 		15.07.1942-14.10.1942
T/Maj.
 		15.10.1942-12.10.1944
WS/Maj.
 		13.10.1944
A/Lt.Col.
 		13.07.1944-12.10.1944
T/Lt.Col.
 		13.10.1944-23.08.1946
Lt.
 		25.05.1946, seniority 23.06.1941
Capt.
 		01.07.1946
Maj,
 		23.12.1952 (retd 17.03.1958)
Hon. Lt.Col.
 		17.03.1958
Territorial Efficiency Decoration TD
 11.1953
 ?
Education: Staff College (psc); air observation post pilot (aop); pilot, Helicopter (ph)



served in the ranks, Warwickshire Yeomanry - Territorial Army
08.04.1939

commissioned, 68th (South Midlands) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery - Territorial Army
24.08.1939

mobilized TA to 24.05.1946
(07.1943)
 -
 		(05.1944)
 		Commanding Officer, 654 Air Observation Post Squadron (Sicily landings, Cassino)
(1944?)

Commanding Officer, 43 Operational Training Unit (Andover)
Williams,
Albert Humphrey
A.H. Williams
From Resolven, Glamorgan.
 (09?).1908
Neath district, Glamorgan
-
2nd Lt.
 		23.03.1932 [51336]
Lt.
 		23.03.1935
Capt.
 		10.07.1939
T/Maj.
 		13.02.1941-(04.1944)
WS/Maj.
 		01.05.1943 (reld 1946?)
A/Lt.Col.
 		01.02.1943-01.09.1943
T/Lt.Col.
 		23.03.1944?-18.07.1944?,
19.08.1945-(04.1946)
Hon. Lt.Col.
 		1946?
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 16.12.1943
 Burma / Eastern Frontier of India
Commander of the Order of the British Empire OBE
 13.06.1946
 HM's birthday 46
Mention in Despatches MID
 10.05.1945
 NW Europe
Territorial Efficiency Decoration TD
 10.10.1947
 -
Territorial Efficiency Decoration TD
 17.02.1950
 1st clasp
23.03.1932
 -
 		11.1939
 		commissioned, 7th (Montgomeryshire) Battalion The Royal Welch Fusiliers - Territorial Army
24.08.1939
  
 		 
 		mobilized TA
11.1939
 -
 		01.09.1943
 		1st Battalion The Royal Welch Fusiliers
05.1940
 -
 		08.1941
 		Officer Commanding, "A" Company (France [wounded] & UK)
08.1941
 -
 		01.02.1943
 		Second-in-Command (UK & Burma)
01.02.1943
 -
 		01.09.1943
 		Commanding Officer (Burma)
23.03.1944
 -
 		18.07.1944
 		Commanding Officer, 7th Battalion The Royal Welch Fusiliers (UK & France [wounded])
1946?
 -
 		26.03.1952
 		Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
Williams,
Charles Riddell Dingwall
C.R.D. Williams		 (06?).1902
Kensington, Greater London
-
2nd Lt.
 		28.01.1939
WS/Lt.
 		01.01.1941 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Capt.
29.05.1943-(04.1944)
Hon. Capt.
 		< 04.1946
28.01.1939

commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army
28.01.1939
 -
 		(1939)
 		51st (London) Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA
24.08.1939

mobilized TA
(1939)
 -
 		(1940)
 		"D" Battery, 52nd Heavy Regiment RA
(04.1944)

Garrison Adjutant
Williams,
David Richard
C.R.D. Williams		 (06?).1889
Ffestiniog, Wales
-
Spr.
 		1914? [62634]
T/2nd Lt.
 		30.01.1918 [161728]
T/Lt.
 		30.07.1919
T/Capt.
 		? (reld 1920/21)
Lt.
 		29.04.1941
T/Capt.
 		30.07.1941-(04.1947) (reld > 04.1947)
1914-1915 Star 14|15 St
 -
 -
British War Medal 1914-1920 BWM
 -
 -
Victory Medal VM
 -
 -
Defence Medal Def M
 -
 -
British War Medal 1939-1945 BWM 39|45
 -
 -
General Service Medal 1918-1962 GenSM
 -
 & clasp Kurdistan
India General Service Medal Ind GenSM
 -
 & clasp Afghanistan NW Frontier 19
Also found in the estate, but provenance unclear: DSO, OBE, French Croix de Guerre, (World War I) Mentioned in Despatches (3 x)
1914?

served in thre ranks, Royal Engineers (served in France from 23.08.1915)
30.01.1918

commissioned, Irish Guards (attached 1st Life Guards) [temporary commission]
Had an electrical contracting company in Wales called Captain D.R. Williams & Co. Electrical Engineers and Contractors.
29.04.1941

commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]
Williams,
Edward Alexander Wilmot
"Alick"
E.A.W. Williams (Photo courtesy of Mr Peter Archdale.)
 Son of late Captain B.C.W. Williams, JP, DL, Herringston, Dorchester and Hon. Mrs Winifred Mary Williams (MBE 1920), elder daughter of 2nd Baron Addington. Married (1943) Sybilla Margaret Archdale, daughter of Col. Osmund Audley Archdale; one son, three daughters.
 		08.06.1910
Herringston, Dorchester, Dorset
-
09.11.1994
Herringston, Dorchester, Dorset
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		28.08.1930 [47677]
Lt.
 		28.08.1933
Capt.
 		28.08.1938
A/Maj.
 		26.05.1941-25.08.1941
T/Maj.
 		26.08.1941-18.07.1943
WS/Maj.
 		19.07.1943
Maj.
 		01.07.1946
local Lt.Col.
 		26.03.1942-23.07.1942
A/Lt.Col.
 		19.04.1943-18.07.1943
T/Lt.Col.
 		19.07.1943-28.11.1943
31.01.1944-21.06.1952
Bt. Lt.Col.
 		01.07.1951
Lt.Col.
 		13.10.1953
A/Col.
 		24.03.1945-19.04.1945
Col.
 		16.01.1956, seniority 08.06.1954
A/Brig.
24.03.1945-19.04.1945
T/Brig.
 		16.01.1956
Brig.
 		08.06.1958
T/Maj.Gen.
 		08.02.1960-13.02.1960
Maj.Gen.
 		13.02.1960 (retd 28.01.1965)
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
 01.01.1962
 New Year 62
Companion of the Order of the British Empire CBE
 12.06.1958
 HM's birthday 58
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
 13.06.1946
 HM's birthday 46
Military Cross MC
 03.09.1940
 gallant and distinguished services in recent operations
Mention in Despatches MID
 03.02.1944
 gallant and distinguished services in the field
Palestine 1936-1939 Medal and Clasp 		Education: Eton; Royal Military College, Sandhurst
28.08.1930

commissioned into the King's Royal Rifle Corps (60th Rifles)
21.01.1939
 -
 		19.06.1939
 		Adjutant, 2nd Battalion The King's Royal Rifle Corps (Calais)
25.03.1942
 -
 		23.07.1942
 		General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), Senior Officers' School
31.07.1942
 -
 		13.12.1942
 		Brigade Major, ... Brigade
15.12.1942
 -
 		18.04.1943
 		General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), 1st Army
19.04.1943
 -
 		17.10.1943
 		General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), Divisional HQ, ... Division
31.01.1944
 -
 		08.03.1945 Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion The King's Royal Rifle Corps (Italy)
08.03.1945
 -
 		23.03.1945
 		General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), Allied Force HQ
24.03.1945
 -
 		19.04.1945
 		Brigadier General Staff (SD), ....
20.04.1945
 -
 		30.09.1945
 		General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), ...
01.10.1945
 -
 		12.1946
 		General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1) (SD), General HQ Central Mediterranean Forces
1947

US Armed Forces Staff College (course 1)
08.09.1947
 -
 		21.12.1949
 		Assistant Adjutant General, War Office
22.12.1949
 -
 		08.06.1952
 		General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1) (Instructor), Joint Services Staff College
1954
 -
 		1955
 		Commanding Officer, 2nd Battalion 60th Rifles
16.01.1956
 -
 		1957
 		Commander, 2nd Infantry Brigade
1958

Imperial Defence College
1959

Brigadier Author, War Office
08.02.1960
 -
 		20.02.1962
 		General Officer Commanding, 2nd Division, British Army of the Rhine
01.06.1962
 -
 		09.11.1962
 		Chief of Staff, General HQ, Far East Land
Forces
09.11.1962
 -
 		10.11.1963
 		General Officer Commanding, Singapore
Base District
1964

Chairman, Vehicle Committee, Ministry of
Defence
01.02.1965
 -
 		31.01.1968
 		Lieutenant, Army Cadet Force, Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve, Category IV, Section B, Dorset
Colonel Commandant, 2nd Battalion The Royal Green Jackets (The King's Royal Rifle Corps), 29.08.1965-31.12.1970. Deputy Lieutenant, Dorset, 05.07.1965; High Sheriff of Dorset, 1970-71.
Williams,
Edward Jeffrey *
E.J. Williams
* also found as: Edward Jeffery		 28.01.1892
Sturminster, Dorset
-
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		25.12.1911
Lt.
 		?
Capt.
 		?
Maj.
 		01.10.1929 (retd 28.01.1939)
Maj.
01.12.1938 *

* Maj. (retd), Reserve of Officers

Education: Royal Military Academy, Woolwich
25.12.1911

commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery
?
 -
 		(03.1931)
 		20th Field Brigade RA (Catterick)
(06.1933)
 -
 		(01.1937)
 		25th Field Brigade RA (Nowshera, then Jhansi)
24.08.1939

mobilized TA
(1939)
 -
 		(1940)
 		Officer Commanding, "C" Battery, 52nd Heavy Regiment RA
Williams,
Edward Stephen Bruce
"Ted"
E.S.B. Williams
Son of late Maj.Gen. Sir Hugh Bruce Bruce-Williams, KCB, DSO (1865-1942), and Mabel Heward.
Married 1st (14.04.1925) Elizabeth Frances Chadwyck-Healey (died 1934), daughter of Sir Charles Edward Heley Chadwyck-Healey, 1st Bt. and Frances Katharine Wait.
Married 2nd (1938) Evelyn Agnes Clay (born 1906); two sons, two daughters (son David Arden Bruce Williams (1940-2007) was Colonel in the Royal Green Jackets).
 02.11.1892
Pinhoe, Devon
-
20.01.1977
Winchester, Hampshire
2nd Lt.
 		20.09.1911 [1554]
Lt.
 		17.04.1913
Capt.
 		15.05.1915
Bt. Maj.
 		01.07.1930
Maj.
 		23.11.1932
local Lt.Col.
 		15.10.1930-14.10.1934
Bt. Lt.Col.
 		01.07.1934
Lt.Col.
 		11.07.1938
Col.
 		08.02.1940, seniority 01.07.1937 (supernumerary 31.12.1944) (retd 30.12.1946)
A/Brig.
 		08.02.1940-07.08.1940
T/Brig.
08.08.1940-(04.1946)
Hon. Brig.
 		30.12.1946
Companion of the Order of the British Empire CBE
 02.06.1943
 HM's birthday 43
Mention in Despatches MID
 15.05.1917
 ?
Légion d'Honneur, 5th class (France) LegH
 ?
 ?
1914-1915 Star 14|15 St
 -
 & clasp
British War Medal 1914-1920 BWM 14|20
 -
 -
Victory Medal VM
 -
 -

Iraq operations 1919-20 Medal & Clasp; Palestine 1936-39 Clasp

Education: Winchester College; (Infantry Company) Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; Staff College (psc); RN Staff College (ns); MA by decree Oxon (1934)
20.09.1911

commissioned, The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)
20.08.1914
 -
 		19.10.1914
 		served France & Belgium
11.04.1915
 -
 		13.03.1916
 		A.Sig.Serv. [= Air Signal Service ?] (from 25.05.1915-07.07.1915 Gallipoli, from 15.10.1915-18.03.1916 Egypt)
14.03.1916
 -
 		22.07.1916
 		General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), Egyptian Expeditionary Force & France (from 06.06.1916) (wounded twice)
23.07.1916
 -
 		06.04.1917
 		General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), France
04.02.1918
 -
 		07.07.1919
 		Brigade Major, Home Forces
08.07.1919
 -
 		07.07.1922
 		Adjutant, ... (Iraq operations, 1919-1920)
31.08.1922
 -
 		20.01.1926
 		Officer Company of Gentlemen Cadets, Royal Military College, Sandhurst
21.01.1929
 -
 		14.10.1930
 		General Staff Officer for Weapon Training (Class CC), Aldershot Command
15.10.1930
 -
 		14.10.1934
 		Lt.Col. in Command, Oxford University Contingent, Officer Training Corps
(01.1937)

2nd Battalion The Rifle Brigade (Malta)
11.07.1938
 -
 		07.02.1940
 		Commanding Officer, 2nd Battalion The Rifle Brigade (Palestine operations, 1939)
22.01.1940
 -
 		31.01.1940
 		acting Commander, 7th Support Group (Egypt)
08.02.1940
 -
 		29.07.1941
 		Commander, 182nd Infantry Brigade (UK)
30.07.1941
 -
 		20.04.1943
 		Brigadier General Staff, Scottish Command (Home Forces)
1943
 -
 		1946
 		Brigadier General Staff, East Africa Command
Played First Class cricket, 1922-1935.
Williams,
George Torquil Gage
G.T.G. Williams, 1962 G.T.G. Williams, 1959
 		17.05.1920
-
10.2006 still alive at Bodmin
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		03.07.1939 [95617]
Lt.
 		03.01.1941
A/Capt.
 		28.02.1941-27.05.1941
T/Capt.
 		28.05.1941-03.12.1943,
07.02.1944-13.12.1945
WS/Capt.
 		14.12.1945
Capt.
 		01.07.1946
A/Maj.
 		14.09.1945-13.12.1945
T/Maj.
 		14.12.1945-25.05.1947,
23.06.1947-17.12.1950
Maj.
 		03.07.1952
Lt.Col.
 		04.07.1962 (supernumerary 04.07.1965) (retd 31.03.1968)
03.07.1939

commissioned, The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
24.03.1945
 -
 		18.06.1945
 		General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), ... Infantry Brigade
17.02.1951
 -
 		30.06.1952
 		General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), War Office
1954
 -
 		1954
 		OC "A" Company 1st Battalion DCLI, Prospect Garrison Bermuda (then posted to Kingston, Jamaica later in 1954)
06.10.1959

regiment redesignated The Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry
16.07.1965
 -
 		(02.1967)
 		Commandant & Officer-in-Charge Records Hong Kong Mil. S.C.
Deputy Honorary Colonel, 6th Battalion The Light Infantry, 22.11.1979-22.11.1987.
A Vice-President, Royal Cornwall Agricultural Association.
Williams,
Griffith Owen
G.O. Williams (Photo courtesy of Mr Paul Williams) 		25.11.1892
Nantlle, Carnarvon district, Wales
-
10.01.1961
Paddington district, London
[buried at Mill Hill Cemetery]
Cpl.
 		? [26242] (reld 30.05.1918)
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		28.12.1940 [171156]
WS/Lt.
 		28.06.1942
T/Capt.
 		01.06.1943-06.02.1946
WS/Capt.
 		07.02.1946
T/Maj.
 		07.02.1946-(04.1947) (reld > 04.1947)
1914-1915 Star 14|15 St
 -
 -
British War Medal 1914-1920 BWM 14|20
 -
 -
Victory Medal VM
 -
 -



served in World War I in the Royal Welch Fusiliers (in France from 04.12.1915 onwards; wounded)
28.12.1940

commissioned, General List [emergency commission]
01.11.1942
  
 		 
 		transferred, Corps of Royal Engineers (Movement Control Section)



served in Egypt
Williams,
 [Hon. Sir] Harold
H. Williams (Photo courtesy of Mr Charles Hawkshaw-Burn)
 		01.06.1897
-
17.10.1971
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		28.09.1917 [11947]
...
 		...
T/Brig.
16.09.1942-24.08.1944,
25.10.1944-(01.1946)
Brig.
 		15.12.1948 (retd 30.03.1956)
T/Maj.Gen.
 		?
Hon. Maj.Gen.
 		30.03.1956
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire KBE
 1956
 ?
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
 1953
 ?
Companion of the Order of the British Empire CBE
 1946
 ?
Mention in Despatches MID
 05.04.1945
 ?
28.09.1917

commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers
22.04.1940
 -
 		16.08.1941
 		Commander Royal Engineers, ... Division
26.11.1941
 -
 		17.03.1942
 		Staff Officer, Royal Engineers
(1947)
  
 		 
 		HQ Southern Command, India (Poona)
Williams,
Hereward [Frederick Arthur]Minto
 H.M. Williams
 Married 1st ((03?).1930, Brentford district, Middlesex) Gladys E. Moore.
Married 2nd ((06?).1948, Worthing district, Sussex) Phyllis M. Hall, earlier (1930) married to Lt.Cdr. Reginald Charles Duff-Jones, RNVR, and later remarried ((09?).1955, Worthing district, Sussex) to Joseph William Ion Miles (19.03.1909 - 01.1985).		 28.07.1907
-
23.05.1979
Chiswick, Ealing district, Middlesex
Tpr. ?
2nd Lt. 26.11.1941 [205323]
WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Capt. 24.11.1942-(04.1944)
Hon. Capt. < 04.1946
      served in the ranks, Royal Army Ordnance Corps
26.11.1941     commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]
Williams,
 [Sir] Leonard
L. Williams
 Married (1948) Anne Taylor Witherley; three daughters.

19.09.1919
-
01.08.2006
[Liphook, Hampshire?]
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		05.07.1941 [194639]
WS/Lt.
 		01.10.1942
T/Capt.
04.07.1943-(04.1946)
Maj.
 		?
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire KBE
 13.06.1981
 HM's birthday 81
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
 1975
 ?
Education: St Olave's Grammar School, Southwark; King's College, London
Worked for Inland Revenue, 1938.
1940
 -
 		1947
 		war service with the Royal Artillery (North Africa, Salerno, Italy, in charge of Corinth area in Greece, Vienna)
?
 -
 		05.07.1941
 		Officer Cadet Training Unit
05.07.1941

commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]



71st (West Riding) Field Regiment RA
Civil servant. Ministry of Defence, 1948; NATO, 1951-1954; Ministry of Supply (later 
Aviation), 1954; Ministry of Technology (later DTI), 1964; Imperial Defence College staff 1966; Deputy Secretary, 1973; Department of Energy, 1974-1976. Director­General for Energy, Commission of the European Communities, 1976-1981.
Williams,
Maurice Herbert
 M.H. Williams (Photo courtesy of Mr Tory Williams)
 Married (16.02.1924, Woolwich, Greater London / Kent) Ivy Stacey; ... children; (one daughter, one son?).		 24.11.1900
Swindon, Wiltshire
-
(09?).1966
Swindon, Wiltshire
Gnr. (1924) [1034401]
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 25.10.1941 [214440]
WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 (reld > 04.1946, < 08.1946)
Hon. Lt. > 04.1946, < 08.1946
      served in the ranks, Royal [Field] Artillery (1924 RA Barracks, Woolwich)
25.10.1941     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
Williams,
Owen Henry
 O.H. Williams
Married ... (died 01.1942); one son.		 ?
-
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 07.12.1940 [160714]
WS/Lt. 07.06.1942
T/Capt. 20.12.1942-(04.1946)
WS/Capt. ?
Capt. RARO 01.01.1949
Hon. Maj. 01.01.1949
Capt. 12.03.1951, seniority 23.09.1950
Maj. 19.09.1958 (reld 22.09.1968)
Hon. Maj. 22.09.1968
? - 07.12.1940 Officer Cadet Training Unit
07.12.1940     commissioned, Royal Army Ordnance Corps (Administrative Branch) [emergency commission]
01.01.1949 - 12.03.1951 Regular Army Reserve of Officers
12.03.1951 - 22.09.1968 short service commission
Williams,
Richard Brian
R.B. Williams
From Bedford.
 ?
-
2nd Lt.
 		13.06.1936 [67889]
Lt.
 		13.06.1939
A/Capt.
 		24.09.1939-(11.1939)
T/Capt.
 		24.12.1939-(04.1941)
WS/Capt.
 		01.03.1943
T/Maj.
 		01.03.1943-(04.1944)
WS/Maj.
29.09.1944
Maj.
 		01.05.1947, seniority 18.11.1945
Lt.Col.
 		01.04.1950
Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE
 06.01.1944
 Middle East
Territorial Decoration TD
 12.12.1950
 & 1st clasp



late Cadet, Bedford Modern School Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
13.06.1936

commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army
13.06.1936
 -
 		(01.1939)
 		417th (Bedfordshire) Battery, 105th (Bedfordshire Yeomanry) Army Field Regiment RA (Bedford)
24.08.1939

mobilized TA
(1939)
 -
 		(1940)
 		"D" Battery, 52nd Heavy Regiment RA
Williams,
Thomas Cyril Baines
T.C.B. Williams 		16.03.1907
Bedwelty district, Monmouthshire
-
01.1999
Alton district, Hampshire
Cadet
 		?
2nd Lt.
 		12.02.1943 [262878]
WS/Lt.
 		12.08.1943 (reld 07.01.1946; disability)
T/Capt.
 		1945?
Hon. Capt.
 		07.01.1946
12.02.1943

commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
FCIS
Williams,
Thomas Henry
"Tom"
T.H. Williams (Photo courtesy of Mr Tom Williams Henshaw)
Residence: Luton, later Slatash, Cornwall.
 1910
-
02.1971
Sgt.
 		?
Lt.
 		24.12.1940 [161374]
WS/Capt.
 		15.08.1943 (reld > 04.1946)
T/Maj.
 		15.08.1943-(04.1944)
24.12.1940

commissioned, The Royal Welch Fusiliers [emergency commission]
1942
 -
 		1943
 		Digby Air Force base
1943
 -
 		1943/44
 		served in Gold Coast
1943/44
 -
 		1944
 		served in UK
1944
 - 1945/46 served in Ghana & Burma (suffered bouts of malaria)



couldn't settle into civilian life and rejoined army
Williams,
Trevor Humphrey
T.H. Williams 		?
-
Cadet
 		? [14604155]
2nd Lt.
 		13.05.1944 [320007]
WS/Lt.
 		13.11.1944
13.05.1944

commissioned, The Royal Welch Fusiliers [emergency commission]
Williamson,
Joseph
 J. Williamson 		1892
Pendleton, Lancashire
-
12.04.1957
Kent and Sussex Hospital, Tunbridge Wells
T/2nd Lt. ? [59883]
T/Capt. 16.04.1919 (reld 16.09.1919; retaining rank of 2nd Lt.)
2nd Lt. 21.08.1931, seniority 16.08.1930
WS/Lt. 10.06.1940 (reld 09.02.1944; ill-health)
1918? - 16.09.1919 commissioned, 8th Service Battalion The Gloucestershire Regiment [temporary commission]
21.08.1931     commissioned, The Gloucestershire Regiment - Regular Army Reserve of Officers
24.08.1939     mobilized RARO
05.11.1939     transferred, Pioneer Corps
 
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