British officers
(including Commonwealth officers serving in British units)

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Sources
For all British servicemen the primary (available) sources have been:

• Who's Who 1897-1998 (CD-ROM version)
• Who's Who 1946, 1953, 1968, 1990
• Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage 1947
• The Monthly Army List, 1931 (March), 1933 (June), 1937 (Jan.), 1939 (Jan. & Nov.)
• The Quarterly Army List, 1941 (Apr.), 1944 (Apr.), 1946 (Apr.), 1947 (Apr., Dec. [vol. II])
• The Half-Yearly Army List, 1940 (Jan.), 1946 (Jan.) [reprinted as: Services of British Army Officers &cc 1939-1945 (1999)]
• The Army List, 1955 (Aug.), 1959 (= Febr.)
• The Army Gradation List, February 1957 & February 1967
• The Army List, Part II Officers in receipt of retired pay, 1985 (= Febr.), 1990 (= Mar.), Suppl. 1992, Suppl. 1997, Suppl. 1998
• The Army List, Part III Biographical, 1978/79
• The Navy List, 1919 (Jan.), 1923 (Aug.), 1925 (Jan. ^#), 1926 (May), 1927 (Febr., July ^#), 1928 (Apr., May, June), 1929 (Aug.), 1930 (Apr., Oct.), 1931 (Febr.), 1932 (Jan. ^#, Sept.), 1933 (May, June), 1934 (Jan. ^#, July ^#, Aug., Nov.), 1935 (Febr., July ^#), 1936 (Febr., Aug.), 1937 (Jan., Febr., July ^#), 1938 (Febr. ^#, June, Aug. ^#, Oct.), 1939 (Febr. ^#, Apr., July, Aug. ^#, Sept.), 1940 (Apr.), 1941 (Febr., Dec.), 1942 (Aug. *), 1943 (Febr.*, June*, Aug.*, Oct.*, Dec.*), 1944 (Apr.*, June*, Oct.), 1945 (Jan., July), 1946 (Apr. [vol. I & III], July [vol. II]), 1947 (Apr. [vol. III], Oct. [vol. III]), 1948 (July), 1949 (May), 1950 (May), 1953 (May), 1954 (July), 1955 (Apr. [abridged ed.]), 1956 (Jan.), 1957 (Jan.), 1959 (Jan.), 1961(July), 1963 (Spring), 1964 (Spring), 1968 (Spring), 1969 (Spring), 1971 (Autumn), 1985 (= Oct. 1984)
  * = incomplete, without RNR / RNVR sections
  # = containing Retired Lists as well
• The Navy List of Retired Officers, together with the Emergency List, 1944 (July), 1952 (July), 1959 (= July), 1962 (= July), 1973 (= Aug.), 1977 (= Aug.), 1983 (= Aug.), 1989 (= Aug.), 1991 (= Dec. 1991), 1999 (= Dec. 1998), 2001 (= Dec. 2000), 2003 (= Dec. 2002), 2005 (= Dec. 2004)
• The Naval Who's Who 1917 [repr.: 1981]
• The Air Force List, 1918 (Apr.), 1925 (July), 1939 (Oct.), 1940 (Oct.), 1949 (Apr.), 1954 (Apr.), 1956 (Apr.)
• The Royal Air Force Retired List, 1996

Some websites that have been very useful in compiling these pages:

• George Cross Database
• Naval-History.net
• Fleet Air Arm Archive
• thePeerage.com