1st British Airborne Division
Arnhem, September 1944
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Ladds,
Frederick William
"Freddie"
F.W. Ladds F.W. Ladds
Mother's maiden name Cousans ??
04.12.1914 ??
Lincoln district, Lincolnshire ??
-
2002 ?
Cadet ? [7673468]
2nd Lt. 13.02.1944 [311011]
WS/Lt. 13.08.1944 (reld > 04.1946)
Mention in Despatches MID 10.05.1945 NW Europe
13.02.1944     commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]
(09.1944)     Signals Officer, 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron (Arnhem)
Lamond,
William James Melville
"Bill"
W.J.M. Lamond
Son of William Lamond, and Mary Young Ross Lamond (née Melville).
Married 1st (14.09.1942, St Andrews) Elizabeth Philp Christie (born 1916, died 15.04.1963); one son, one daughter.
Married 2nd (20.03.1980) Mary L. Tod.

18.10.1916
St Andrews, Fife, Scotland
-
12.01.1985
Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
19.10.1940 [153050]
WS/Lt.
19.04.1942
T/Capt.
18.12.1944 (reld > 04.1946)
Silver Star Medal (US) SSM
14.11.1947
Arnhem 09.1944
Education: Madras College, St Andrews
19.10.1940


commissioned, The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) [emergency commission]
(09.1944)


Officer Commanding, Signals Platoon (HQ Company), 7th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (Arnhem [evacuated])
Former president of St Andrews Golf Club.
Landale,
Charles Anthony
C.A. Landale
Son of ... Landale, and ... Foulger.
28.09.1924
Hambledon district, Surrey / Sussex
-
02.1999
Salisbury, Wiltshire
Cadet
? [1953552]
2nd Lt.
19.12.1943 [303388]
WS/Lt.
19.06.1944
2nd Lt.
23.03.1946, seniority 28.09.1945
Lt.
23.03.1947
A/Capt.
20.04.1947-19.07.1947
T/Capt.
20.07.1947-27.09.1951
Capt.
28.09.1951
T/Maj.
01.03.1956-27.09.1958
Maj.
28.09.1958
Lt.Col.
12.07.1966
Col.
30.06.1970
Brig.
31.12.1972, seniority 30.06.1972 (retd 28.09.1979)
Education: BA; jssc, psc



served in the ranks for 284 days
19.12.1943


commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission to 22.03.1946]
(09.1944)


Troop Officer, HQ Troop, 1st Parachute Squadron RE (Arnhem)
23.03.1946


permanent commission
24.03.1948
-
04.10.1948
Staff Captain, War Office
01.03.1956
-
04.12.1957
Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General (DAQMG), HQ Northumbrian District
29.10.1959
-
27.09.1961
Brigade-Major, School of Military Engineering (SME) Regiment
24.11.1975
-
28.09.1979
ADC to the Queen
Lane,
Thomas Benjamin
"Henry"
T.B. Lane
23.11.1913
Watlington
-
01.12.2001
Bognor Regis, West Sussex
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
01.10.1939 [100352]
WS/Lt.
?
WS/Capt.
13.08.1942
T/Maj.
13.08.1942 (reld > 04.1946)
01.10.1939


commissioned, The South Staffordshire Regiment [emergency commission]
(07.1943)
-
(09.1944)
Officer Commanding, A Company, 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Sicily; Arnhem [captured])
09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 533) in German captivity (Oflag XIIB, Mainz)
Langford,
John Adair
J.A. Langford
26.02.1920
Dublin South, Ireland
-
21.04.2012
Lymington, Hampshire
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
23.11.1940 [158269]
WS/Lt.
23.05.1942
Lt.
03.05.1947. seniority 26.08.1942
WS/Capt.
1944?
Capt.
03.05.1947, seniority 26.02.1947 (retd 15.12.1955)
Maj. TA
01.06.1958
Engineering apprentice.
08.09.1939     enlisted
23.11.1940


commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
(09.1944)


No. 1 Forward Observation Unit RA [attached 7th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers] (Arnhem [captured 20.09.1944])
09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 90891) in German captivity (12.10.1944-12.04.1945 Oflag 79, Braunschweig) (another POW card)
03.05.1947
-
15.12.1955
permanent [short service?] commission
15.12.1955
-
31.03.1961
served Territorial Army - Royal Artillery
31.03.1961
-
?
served Territorial Army - Sharpshooters
Langley,
John Macauley
J.M. Langley
28.02.1920
-
19.08.2004
Poole, Dorset
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
14.01.1940 [113485]
WS/Lt.
14.07.1941
Lt.
02.08.1947, seniority 28.08.1942
A/Capt.
12.11.1942-11.02.1943
T/Capt.
12.02.1943-22.05.1944, 05.03.1945-26.02.1946, 15.04.1946-01.08.1947
Capt.
02.08.1947, seniority 28.02.1947
Maj.
06.12.1955, seniority 06.12.1954 (retd 14.02.1968)



served in the ranks for 134 days, mobilized TA



162nd Officer Cadet Training Unit
14.01.1940


commissioned, The Gloucestershire Regiment [emergency commission to 01.08.1947]
19.08.1942


transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Army Air Corps
(09.1944)


Section Commander, G Squadron (No. 1 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem)
02.08.1947


commissioned into the Royal Army Service Corps [permanent commission]
15.07.1965


transferred to the Royal Corps of Transport
Lasenby,
James Joseph
J.J. Lasenby
10.05.1916
-
23.12.1999

New Forest, Hampshire
Sgt.
? [2577407]
2nd Lt.
31.05.1943 [297337]
WS/Lt.
01.12.1943 (reld > 04.1946)
Furniture buyer.
01.1939


enlisted
31.05.1943


commissioned, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps [immediate emergency commission]
(09.1944)


Officer Commanding, Signals Platoon (HQ Company), 1st Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [captured 20.09.1944])
09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 910000) in German captivity (29.09.1944-10.10.1944 Oflag XII-A, Limburg; 11.10.1944-25.10.1944 Oflag XII-B, Hadamar; 26.10.1944-23.04.1945 Oflag 79, Braunschweig)
Lathbury,
[Sir] Gerald William
G.W. Lathbury

Son of late Col. Henry Oscar Lathbury.
Married 1st (1942) Jean Gordon Thin; two daughters.
Married 2nd (1972) Mrs Mairi Zoë Gibbs, widow of Patrick Somerset Gibbs.

14.07.1906
Murree, India
-
16.05.1978
Mortimer, Berkshire
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
04.02.1926 [34834]
Lt.
04.02.1929
Capt.
21.03.1938
A/Maj.
29.02.194028.05.1940
T/Maj.
29.05.1940-05.04.1941
WS/Maj.
06.04.1941
Maj.
04.02.1943
local Lt.Col.
17.07.1940-05.01.1941
A/Lt.Col.
06.01.1941-05.04.1941
T/Lt.Col.
06.04.1941-07.06.1943
WS/Lt.Col.
08.06.1943
A/Col.
08.12.1942-07.06.1943
T/Col.
08.06.1943-12.01.1949
Col.
13.01.1949
A/Brig.
08.12.1942-07.06.1943
T/Brig.
08.06.1943-27.07.1949
Brig.
28.07.1949
T/Maj.Gen.
15.12.1948-13.12.1949
Maj.Gen.
14.12.1949
local Lt.Gen.
29.04.1955-01.05.1955
T/Lt.Gen.
02.05.1955-06.07.1955
Lt.Gen.
07.07.1955
Gen.
29.04.1960  (retd 25.02.1965, re-instated 24.08.1965; retd 20.06.1969)
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath GCB
02.06.1962
HM's birthday 1962
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath KCB
31.05.1956
HM's birthday 1956
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
08.06.1950
HM's birthday 1950
Distinguished Service Order DSO
23.12.1943
Sicily
Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE
03.09.1940
BEF 1939-40
DSC(US)
14.11.1947
Arnhem 09.1944 (see also homeofheroes)
Mention in Despatches MID
07.01.1949
?
Education: Wellington College; Royal Military College, Sandhurst (1924-1925); Staff College, Camberley (1937-1938); Imperial Defence College (1948)
04.02.1926


commissioned, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
15.08.1928
-
09.03.1934
seconded, Royal West African Frontier Force (Gold Coast Regiment)



served throughout War of 1939-1945 in France and Belgium, North Africa, Sicily, Italy and North-West Europe; Palestine:
11.01.1939
-
28.02.1940
Brigade Major, 8th Infantry Brigade
29.02.1940
-
05.01.1941
General Staff Officer 2nd grade (GSO2), ...
06.01.1941
-
19.09.1941
General Staff Officer 1st grade (GSO1), ...
20.09.1941
-
03.05.1942
Commanding Officer, 3rd Parachute Battalion
04.05.1942
-
07.12.1942
General Staff Officer 1st grade (GSO1), Air Directorate, War Office
08.12.1942
-
24.04.1943
Commander, 3rd Parachute Brigade
25.04.1943
-
19.07.1945
Commander, 1st Parachute Brigade (N Africa, Sicily, Italy, UK, Arnhem [wounded & captured 18.09.1944; evaded from Elizabeth Hospital at Arnhem 19.10.1944, back in position 23.10.1944], Norway)
20.07.1945
-
27.11.1946
Commander, 3rd Parachute Brigade (Palestine)
06.01.1947
-
30.11.1947
specially employed
15.12.1948
-
31.10.1951
General Officer Commanding, 16th Airborne Division (TA)
05.11.1951
-
08.01.1954
Commandant, Staff College, Camberley
20.01.1954
-
29.03.1955
Vice-Adjutant-General, War Office
02.05.1955
-
30.06.1957
Commander-in-Chief, East Africa
04.11.1957
-
06.12.1959
Director­General of Military Training, War Office
06.01.1960
-
29.11.1961
General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Command
30.11.1961
-
28.01.1965
Quartermaster­General to the Forces
24.08.1965
-
01.04.1969
Governor & Commander-in-Chief of Gibraltar
ADC General to the Queen, 13.02.1962-24.02.1965; Colonel, West India Regiment, 13.05.1959-30.07.1962; Jamaica Regiment, 31.07.1962-1968; Colonel Commandant, 1st Green Jackets, 43rd and 52nd, 31.12.1960-31.08.1965; Colonel Commandant, The Parachute Regiment, 20.03.1961-31.01.1965.

  G.W. Lathbury (© Imperial War Museum H 28700)

Lawson,
John
"Jock"
J. Lawson

06.08.1919
-
Lt.
14.03.1942 [230831]
WS/Capt.
14.03.1943 (retd > 04.1946)
Mention in Despatches MID
20.09.1945
Arnhem 09.1944
14.03.1942


commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission]
(09.1944)


Section Officer J, 133rd Parachute Field Ambulance RAMC (Arnhem [captured 17.09.1944, escaped from Elizabeth Hospital at Arnhem 02.10.1944 & evaded)
Lawson,
Peter Maurice [Levy]
P.M. Lawson P.M. Lawson
29.07.1917
London
-
01.09.2000
Perth, Western Australia
2nd Lt.
26.10.1940 [153960]
WS/Lt.
26.04.1942
T/Capt.
07.05.1943
WS/Capt.
14.02.1945
T/Maj.
14.02.1945
Maj.
26.10.1953 (reld 03.09.1960)
Hon. Maj.
03.09.1960
Mention in Despatches MID
09.01.1949
Palestine 09.1947-03.1948
Mention in Despatches MID
24.03.1953
Korea 07-12.1952
26.10.1940


commissioned, The Royal Sussex Regiment [emergency commission]
01.01.1943


transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps
(09.1943)


Second-in-Command, B Company, 10th Parachute Battalion (Italy)
(09.1944)


Officer Commanding, Signals Platoon (HQ Company), 10th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem)
1945?
-
03.09.1960
transferred to The Royal Sussex Regiment [short service commission]
Lea,
[Sir] George Harris
G.H. Lea G.H. Lea

G.H. Lea (© Imperial War Museum H 36711) G.H. Lea
First son (with three siblings) of George Percy Lea (1875-1961), and Jocelyn Clara Lea (1889-1971), of Franche, Kidderminster, Worcs.
Brother of Maj. Christopher Gerald Lea, MC.
Married ((09?).1948, Westminster district, London) Pamela Elizabeth Lovett-Tayleur (1919? - 16.12.2013), daughter of Brig. Guy Lovett-Tayleur (1891-1969), and Evelyn Maud Gwynne (1885-1956); one son, two daughters.

28.12.1912
Franche, Kidderminster, Worcestershire
-
27.12.1990
St Brelade, Jersey, Channel Islands
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 02.02.1933 [58116]
Lt. 02.02.1936
A/Capt. 26.09.1939-25.12.1939
T/Capt. 26.12.1939-01.02.1941
Capt. 02.02.1941
A/Maj. 15.05.1942-14.08.1942
T/Maj. 15.08.1942-21.06.1945
WS/Maj. 22.06.1945
Maj. 01.07.1946
Brev. Lt.Col. 01.07.1951
A/Lt.Col. 01.07.1944-06.06.1945, 18.06.1945-21.06.1945
T/Lt.Col. 22.06.1945-19.06.1949, 19.11.1951-27.07.1955
Lt.Col. 28.07.1955
Col. 17.12.1957, seniority 11.01.1956
T/Brig. 16.12.1957-14.01.1960
Brig. 15.01.1960
Maj.Gen. 30.04.1962, seniority 23.04.1961
Lt.Gen. 24.10.1967 (retd 07.09.1970)
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath KCB 01.01.1967 New Year 1967
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB 13.06.1964 HM's birthday 1964
Distinguished Service Order DSO 30.08.1957 Malaya *
Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE 27.04.1951 Malaya 07-12.1950
Mention in Despatches MID 08.05.1956 Malaya 07-12.1955
Dato Seri Setia, Order of Paduka Stia Negara, Brunei, 1965.
* For skill, personal bravery and determination, whilst commanding the Special Air Service Regiment during operations against Communist terrorists in Malaya. He personally directed the operations of his men., was parachuted with them into thick jungle, descended by rope from helicopter aircraft and shared every hazard, danger and discomfort inherent in jungle operations against a ruthless and fanatical enemy.
Education: Charterhouse (1926-1930); RAF College, Cranwell (1930-1931); Royal Military College, Sandhurst (1931-1932); nadc,  jssc, psc
02.02.1933 - 1940 commissioned, The Lancashire Fusiliers (regimental service, UK, China & India) [gained civil aviator's licence No. 11661, taken at D.H. 60 G. Gipsy 1, 85 h.p., at Cinque Ports Flying Club, 16.12.1933]
1940 - 1945 service with The Lancashire Fusiliers & Parachute Regiment (India, North Africa, Italy, NW Europe):
      1st Battalion The Lancashire Fusiliers
      Adjutant, 151st Parachute Battalion (India)
22.11.1943 - 30.06.1944 Brigade Major, 4th Parachute Brigade
(07?).1944 - (09.1944) Commanding Officer, 11th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [captured])
09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 526) in German captivity (Oflag XIIB, Hadamar)
      post­war service: regimental duty and on staff with Parachute Regiment, RM Commando Brigade and SAS Regiment in UK, China and Malaya
18.06.1945 - 23.06.1946 General Staff Officer 1st grade (GSO1), Airborne Training Team, 44th Indian Airborne Division (India)
1946 - 12.1946 Commanding Officer, 15th Parachute Battalion
20.06.1949 - 31.01.1951 Deputy Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General (DAA&QMG), 3rd RM Commando Brigade HQ (Middle East, Hong Kong & Malaya)
02.06.1952 - 07.12.1954 Assistant Quartermaster-General (AQMG), Supreme HQ Allied Powers in Europe (SHAPE) (Paris, France)
? - ? Commander, 22nd SAS
16.12.1957 - 08.05.1960 Commander, 2nd Infantry Brigade Group
10.06.1960 - 18.03.1962 Deputy Military Secretary (A) (Brig.), War Office (London)
30.04.1962 - 15.10.1963 General Officer Commanding, 42nd Lancashire Division (TA) & NW District
22.10.1963 - 06.11.1964 Commander, Northern Rhodesia & Nyasaland Forces
04.03.1965 - 30.11.1965 Director of Operations (Borneo)
01.12.1965 - 10.11.1966 Director Borneo Operations & Commander Land Forces Borneo
22.10.1967 - 1970 Commander, British Army Staff & Military Member British Defence Staff & Military Attaché, Washington [changed at 24.10.1967 in: Head, British Defence Staff and Defence Attaché, Washington]
Colonel, Lancashire Fusiliers, 31.12.1965-23.04.1968. Colonel, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, 11.11.1974-03.09.1977 (Deputy Colonel for Lancashire, 23.04.1968-01.04.1973). Lieutenant, HM Tower of London, 1972-1975. A Senior Administrator: Spey Investments Ltd, 1972; Brandt's Ltd, 1973-75; Managing director, Martin­Scott & Co. Ltd, 1975-1982; Chairman, Eagle Star Trust Co., Jersey and Guernsey, 1983-1988.
G.H. Lea G.H. Lea G.H. Lea
Lee,
John Henry Dixon
J.H.D. Lee
Son of ... Lee, and ... Pryer.
16.08.1919
Luton district, Bedfordshire
-
01.01.1997
Wandsworth, London
Gnr.
?
2nd Lt.
29.07.1939 [94122]
WS/Lt.
29.01.1941 (reld > 04.1946)
T/Capt.
01.12.1942
Hon. Capt.
> 04.1946
Territorial/Efficiency Decoration TD
17.01.1967
-
Chartered surveyor.



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

18.04.1939     enlisted
29.07.1939


commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army
24.08.1939


mobilized TA
(09.1944)


Officer Commanding, A Troop, 1st Airlanding Light Battery RA (Arnhem [captured 26.09.1944)
10.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 587) in German captivity (02.10.1944-04.10.1944 Oflag XII-A, Limburg; 04.10.1944-16.10.1944 Oflag XII-B, 21.10.1944-23.04.1945 Hadamar; Oflag 79, Braunschweig)



served Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
Leitch,
Carmel Stuart
C.S. Leitch C.S. Leitch
C.S. Leitch C.S. Leitch

Son of Maj. George and Gertrude Leitch.
Husband of Mildred Elizabeth Leitch, of Kettering, Northamptonshire.

06.11.1922
Calcutta, West Bengal, India
-
24.09.1944
(KIA) [age 21]
[Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, 2.B.3]
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
07.03.1942 [228472]
WS/Lt.
01.10.1942
Education: Eagle House (1935-1936); Wellington College (1936.3-1940; Hockey XI 1940).
07.03.1942


commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
      served North Africa & Italy
(09.1944)


Command Post Officer, 2nd Airlanding Light Battery RA (Arnhem [killed in action])
Leschallas,
Edward Henry
E.H. Leschallas
Son of ... Leschallas, and .. Gardner.
17.08.1912
Cheltenham district, Gloucestershire
-
22.08.1993
Head, Fareham, South East Hampshire
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
01.09.1932 [53754]
Lt.
01.09.1935
A/Capt.
03.09.1939-02.12.1939
T/Capt.
03.12.1939-31.08.1940
Capt.
01.09.1940
A/Maj.
29.10.1942-28.01.1943
T/Maj.
29.01.1943-30.07.1943, 18.11.1945-30.06.1946
Maj.
01.07.1946 (retd 15.09.1958)
Mention in Despatches MID
20.12.1940
France 1940
Palestine 1936-39 Medal & Clasp
Education: Royal Military College.
01.09.1932


commissioned, The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)
01.07.1942
-
01.10.1942
Adjutant, ...
(09.1944)


Officer Commanding, 23 Flight (G Squadron, No. 1 Wing), Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem)
Levien,
Robert Hugh
"Loopy"
R.H. Levien R.H. Levien
R.H. Levien 

Son of Robert John Goldsmid Levien (1873-1937), and Edith Alicia Blomefield. of Jewish descent.
Married ((09?).1947, Fakenham district, Norfolk) Bridget Ann F. Cattell (13.09.1914 - 03.1994); two sons.

06.07.1917
Pembury, Tonbridge district, Kent
-
17.10.2004
Wells Next The Sea, Norfolk
2nd Lt. 26.08.1937 (reld 29.07.1939)
Sgt. ? ? [6346510]
2nd Lt. 15.04.1943 [73127]
WS/Lt. 15.10.1943
Lt. TA 13.08.1948, seniority 15.10.1943
Capt. TA 13.11.1952
Maj. TA 12.01.1956
Territorial/Efficiency Decoration TD 15.11.1960 -
Education: Royal Military College, Sandhurst (1936-1937).
Architectural student.
26.08.1937 - 29.07.1939 commissioned, The Lancashire Fusiliers
02.09.1939     enlisted
1941 - 1943 served in the ranks in the 2nd Parachute Battalion
15.04.1943     commissioned, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps [emergency commission]
(09.1944)     Officer Commanding, 4 Platoon (B Company), 2nd Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [captured 19.09.1944])
09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 554) in German captivity (25.09.1944-02.10.1944 Dulag XIIB, Hadamar; 06.10.1944-12.04.1945 Oflag 79, Braunschweig)
13.08.1948     transferred, The Cheshire Regiment - Territorial Army
21.02.1952     transferred, The Royal Fusiliers - Territorial Army
30.04.1961     transferred, Unattached List - Territorial Army
30.04.1962     transferred, The Royal Fusiliers - Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
Lewis,
John Thomas
J.T. Lewis (Photo courtesy of Mr Jon Lewis)
Married Joyce Bailey; one son, two daughters.
25.01.1914
Leeds, Hunslet district, Yorkshire
-
04.12.1981
Marley, Exmouth, Exeter district, Devon
2nd Lt.
30.08.1939 [96196]
WS/Lt.
02.03.1941
Capt.
?
Maj.
25.01.1948 (retd 02.12.1955)
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Civil Division) MBE
12.06.1971

HM's birthday 1971: as Supplies Officer, Devon County Council

Territorial/Efficiency Decoration TD
22.08.1952
& 1st clasp
24.08.1939


mobilized TA
30.08.1939


commissioned, The Devonshire Regiment  - Territorial Army
01.11.1941


transferred, Royal Regiment of Artillery
(09.1944)


Troop Officer, D Troop, 1st Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery, RA [attached 1st Parachute Brigade] (Arnhem [POW])
09.1944
-
04.1945
POW (No. 600) in German captivity (Oflag 79, Braunschweig & Oflag XIIB, Hadamar)
post-war


transferred back to The Devonshire Regiment
02.12.1955
-
01.02.1964
Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
Lewis,
Richard Peter Cecil
"Pongo"
R.P.C. Lewis
Son (with one brother) of Richard Edward Lewis (1884-1967), and Phyllis Gertrude Howlett (1890-1978).
Married ((12?).1942, Kensington district, London) Sheila Curtis Ledingham (05.09.1920 - 16.04.1996); two sons, one daughter.

30.05.1915
Shoreham-on-Sea, Steyning district, Sussex
-
26.03.1985
Fleet, North East Hampshire
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
25.08.1938 [77176]
Lt.
01.01.1941
A/Capt.
18.01.1941-17.04.1941
T/Capt.
18.04.1941-15.05.1941, 24.08.1941-02.07.1942, 24.08.1942-11.03.1943, 24.01.1944-29.05.1944
Capt.
30.05.1944 (retd 13.11.1948)
A/Maj.
12.07.1944-08.07.1945
Hon. Maj.
13.11.1948
Mention in Despatches MID
20.09.1945
Arnhem 09.1944
Education: Royal Military College
25.08.1938


commissioned, The King's Regiment (Liverpool)
18.01.1941
-
(04.1941)
General Staff Officer for Weapon Training, Gibraltar Command
(09.1944)


Officer Commanding, C Company, 3rd Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [captured])
09.1944
-
04.1945
POW (No. 140108) in German captivity (Stalag VIIA, Moosburg)
13.11.1948
-
30.05.1965
Regular Army Reserve of Officers
Corn merchant, Alton, Hampshire.
Lickorish,
Alexander Adrian
"Bertie"

Son of ... Lickorish, and ... Rose.
Married (29.04.1944, Our Lady of Dolours, Kensington, Middlesex) Heather Laydon How; one daughter.

23.08.1914
Edmonton district, Essex / Hertfordshire / Middlesex
-
10.03.1960
Hathersage, Bakewell district, Derbyshire
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 28.11.1942 [251910]
WS/Lt. 28.05.1943
T/Capt. 26.07.1945 (reld > 04.1946)
      enlisted, London Scottish Regiment, being seconded to the Gordon Highlanders (Aberdeen)
28.11.1942     commissioned, Reconnaissance Corps - Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]
(09.1944)     Liaison Officer, 1st Airborne Reconnaissance Squadron (Arnhem)
28.05.1945     captured, together with Lt. Geoffrey Perry, war propagandist Lord Haw-Haw (William Joyce). See story.]
Manager of the Seacroft Hotel, Skegness.
Lindley,
Francis William
F.W. Lindley
Son (with one sister and one half-sister) of John William Lindley (1881-1914), and Elizabeth Ellen Sumner (1882-1962).
05.12.1914
Doncaster, West Riding of Yorkshire
-
16.03.1982
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
16.11.1941 [226192]
WS/Lt.
01.10.1942
A/Capt.
22.11.1943
T/Capt.
28.06.1945
Capt.
16.11.1947
Maj.
16.11.1954
01.12.1933     enlisted
16.11.1941


commissioned, The Green Howards [emergency commission]
12.04.1943


transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps
(09.1943)


Officer Commanding, 3 inch mortars (Support Company), 10th Parachute Battalion (Italy)
(09.1944)


Officer Commanding, Support Company, 10th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [wounded & captured 25.09.1944])
09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 2194) in German captivity (11.10.1944-29.04.1945 Oflag IX-A/Z, Rotenburg an der Fulda, Hessen [29.11.1944-09.01.1945 hospital])
1945?
-
21.05.1958
transferred, The Green Howards [short service commission]
21.05.1958
-
01.07.1959
Regular Army Reserve of Officers - Class III
Sub postmaster, Retford, Nottinghamshire.
Lindsay,
David
D. Lindsay (Photo courtesy of Mr Bob Gerritsen)
Born as Andrew Douglas Nicolson. Assumed name of David Lindsay 21 days after date of publication 16.03.1942.
?
-
BSM ?
2nd Lt. 15.03.1942 [41698]
WS/Lt. 15.03.1942
T/Capt. 13.05.1943
WS/Capt. 21.12.1944 (reld < 04.1946)
Hon. Capt. < 04.1946
15.03.1942     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
(09.1944)     Battery Captain, 3rd Airlanding Light Battery RA (Arnhem [evacuated])
Linton,
James Edward Fryer
"Jeff"
J.E.F. Linton (© Imperial War Museum H 40940) J.E.F. Linton

07.05.1909
Llandaff, Glamorgan, Wales
-
27.12.1989
Cozumel Island, Mexico
2nd Lt.
31.01.1929 [41143]
Lt.
31.01.1932
Capt.
01.08.1938
A/Maj.
04.08.1940-30.08.1940, 14.09.1940-16.11.1940
T/Maj.
17.11.1490-02.02.1944, 18.03.1944-22.12.1944
WS/Maj.
23.12.1944
A/Lt.Col.
23.09.1944-22.12.1944
T/Lt.Col.
23.12.1944
Col.
26.07.1954 (retd 31.01.1957)
Hon. Brig.
31.01.1957
Distinguished Service Order DSO
09.11.1944
Arnhem 09.1944
Education: Charterhouse School.
31.01.1929


commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery
(09.1944)


Officer Commanding, 2nd Airlanding Light Battery RA (Arnhem [evacuated])



senior instructor in anti-tank warfare at the School of Artillery
12.1951
-
07.1954
Commanding Officer, 2nd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery
Played First-Class cricket, 1932.
Lipmann-Kessel,
[Prof.] Alexander William
A.W. Lipmann-Kessel (Photo from pegasusarchive.org)
A.W. Lipmann-Kessel (Photo from pegasusarchive.org)
A.W. Lipmann-Kessel 

Of Jewish descent.
Changed name from Lipmann Kessel to A.W. Lippmann- Kessel by deed poll, dated 26.05.1937.
Married 1st Mary Morgan.
Married 2nd Peggy Oughton; two sons.
Married 3rd Beryl Tilley; two daughters.
From London.

19.12.1914
Pretoria, South Africa
-
05.06.1986
Lambeth, London
[Oosterbeek General Cemetery]
Lt.
14.03.1942 [227647]
WS/Capt.
14.03.1943 (reld > 04.1946)
MC
20.09.1945
Arnhem 09.1944
Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE
20.09.1945
Arnhem 09.1944
Education: Pretoria High School; University of the Witwatersrand; St Mary's Hospital, London (MRCS Eng 30.07.1937; LRCP Lond 30.07.1937); FRCS 1947
14.03.1942


commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission]
(09.1944)


General Duties Surgeon, 16th Parachute Field Ambulance (Arnhem [captured 18.09.1944, escaped 15.10.1944 from Willem III Barracks at Apeldoorn])
Junior hospital appointments; Senior  Registrar Orthopaedics, St Mary's Hospital, London, 1946; Clinical Resident Assistant, Instistute of Orthopaedics, 1947; Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon: Fulham, St Mary Abbots, and Charing Cross Hospitals.; Prof. of Orthopaedics, and Director of Clinical Studies, Institute of Orthopaedics, University of
London, 1976-80. Samuel Camp Visiting Prof., Harvard Medical School, 1967. Codman Lecturer, Internatational Shoulder Surg.-Maj.­Maj. Conf., Toronto, 1983; Guildal Lecturer, Copenhagen, 1983. Hon. Consultant Surgeon, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital;
Hon. Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Charing Cross Hospital.
Published:
Surgeon at arms, 1956; 2nd ed. 1977 (war memoirs); (contrib.) Clinical Surgery, 1967; (contrib.) Watson­Jones, Fractures and Joint Injuries, 1977; (contrib.) Triumphs of Medicine, 1977; Colour Atlas of Clinical Orthopaedics, 1980; Clinical Disorders of the Shoulder, 1981; Shoulder Surgery, 1982; Rotator Cuff Rupture and Repair, 1986; articles on orthop. surg. in jls; posthumous publication: Diagnostic Picture Tests in Orthopaedics, 1986
Livesey,
Trevor John
T.J. Livesey
Son of ... Livesey, and ... Marlow.
09.01.1920
Prestatyn, St Asaph district, Denbighshire / Flintshire
-
07.07.1959
St Albans district
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
17.01.1942 [222702]
WS/Lt.
01.10.1942
T/Capt.
18.03.1943 (reld > 04.1946)
MC
11.02.1943
North Africa 1942-43 (Algeria, Tunesia)
Education: Kings School, Chester.
Civil engineer.
30.05.1940     enlisted
17.01.1942


commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]
(09.1944)


Officer Commanding, B Troop, 1st Parachute Squadron RE (Arnhem; caputred 21.09.1944)
09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 611) in German captivity (09.1944 Dulag XII-A, Limburg; 09.1944-10.1944 Oflag XIIB, Hadamar; 21.10.1944-22.04.1945 Oflag 79, Brunswick, Lower Saxony)
Livingstone,
James Stewart
"Jim"

Married Linda (née ...); ... children.

04.10.1915
-
05.1998
Leicester, Leicestershire
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
06.09.1941 [203638]
WS/Lt.
19.10.1941
T/Capt.
21.05.1943
WS/Capt.
20.12.1944 (reld > 04.1946)
MC
09.11.1944
Arnhem 09.1944
06.09.1941


commissioned, The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) [emergency commission]
(09.1944)


Second-in-Command, C Company, 7th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers (Arnhem [evacuated])
Llewellyn-Jones,
Arvian David
  see: Jones, Arvian David  
Lloyd,
?
Lloyd
?
-
2nd Lt.
?
WS/Lt.
?
?


commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
(09.1944)


D Troop, 1st Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery, RA [attached Divisional Troops] (Arnhem)
[according to C. van Roekel's "Who was who in the Battle of Arnhem"; doubtful, as UNSUBSTANTIATED by other sources]
Lock,
Frederick John de Rivella
F.J. de R. Lock

Son of Frederick John Lock (1888-1962), and Alice de Rivella Ebsworth (1882-1971).
Married (12.1945, Grantham district, Lincolnshire) Joan Elizabeth Orchard (remarried Napier); one daughter, one son.
15.04.1919
Krugersdorp, Gauteng, South Africa
-
25.12.1953
Mbeya, Tanganyika (died of a snake bite)
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 21.01.1940 [113764]
WS/Lt. 21.07.1941 (reld > 04.1946, < 08.1946)
T/Capt. 13.07.1943-...1943
Hon. Capt. > 04.1946, < 08.1946
      Officer Cadet Training Unit, Sandhurst (from Rifle Brigade)
02.01.1940     commissioned, The Lincolnshire Regiment [emergency commission]
21.11.1943     transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps
(09.1944)     Officer Commanding, 2 Provost Section, 1st Airborne Divisional Provost Company [attached 4th Parachute Brigade] (Arnhem [POW])
09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 626) in German captivity (Oflag 79, Brunswick, Lower Saxony & Oflag XIIB, Hadamar)
Civil servant.
Locke,
?
Locke

[same as F.J. de R. Lock ??]
?
-
Lt.
?
?


commissioned into ? [emergency commission]
(09.1944)


Officer Commanding, 11 Platoon (D Company), 10th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem)
Lockett,
Bernard Stanley
"Ben"
B.S. Lockett (Photo courtesy of Mr Eugène Wijnhoud)
Son of ... Lockett, and ... Cooper.

15.01.1916
Birkenhead district, Cheshire / Merseyside
-
01.07.2000
Romsey, Southampton district, Hampshire
Cadet
? [407571]
2nd Lt.
04.03.1944 [312164]
WS/Lt.
04.09.1944 (reld > 04.1946)
Mention in Despatches MID
20.09.1945
escape & evasion
04.03.1944


commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
(09.1944)


Troop Officer, A Troop, 1st Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery, RA [attached 1st Parachute Battalion] (Arnhem [wounded, captured 21.09.1944])
21.09.1944 - 26.09.1944 POW in German captivity; escaped from train to Germany & evaded
Lockyer,
Leslie Arthur George
L.A.G. Lockyer (Photo courtesy of Mr Stephen L. Lockyer)
Son of Arthur Francis Lockyer (1881-?), and Polly Chynoweth Beebee (1882-?).
Married 1st.
Married 2nd; two sons.
29.05.1913
Bournemouth, Christchurch district, Hampshire
-
25.12.1994
Bournemouth district, Hampshire
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
16.01.1943 [259999]
WS/Lt.
16.07.1943 (retd 18.03.1946; disability)
A/Capt. ?
?
Hon. Capt.
18.03.1946
16.01.1943


commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission]
(09.1944)


RASC detachment, 1st Airlanding Brigade (Arnhem)
[about 21 Sept badly wounded by a mortar blast, after which his left leg was amputated at the St Elisabeth Hospital in Arnhem; captured]
09.1944
-
04.1945
POW (No. 2201) in German captivity (Oflag 79, Waggum)
Worked into his seventies as a sales representative. Became an active member of a local ex-servicemen’s club as treasurer and entertainments secretary.
Loder-Symonds,
Robert Guy

R.G. Loder-Symonds R.G. Loder-Symonds
R.G. Loder-Symonds (© Imperial War Museum H 40941)

Son of Capt. Robert Francis Loder-Symonds, formerly The Cheshire Regt. and of Agnes Muriel Loder- Symonds.
Husband of Merlin A. Loder-Symonds, of Hindon, Wiltshire.

01.03.1913
-
11.11.1945
(aircraft accident)
[Jakarta War Cemetery 5.F.2]
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
31.08.1933 [56606]
Lt.
31.08.1936
A/Capt.
07.04.1940-06.07.1940
T/Capt.
07.07.1940-07.07.1941
WS/Capt.
08.07.1941
Capt.
31.08.1941
A/Maj.
08.04.1941-07.07.1941
T/Maj.
08.07.1941-21.10.1942, 02.02.1943-17.12.1943
WS/Maj.
18.12.1943
A/Lt.Col.
18.09.1943-17.12.1943
T/Lt.Col.
18.12.1943-28.03.1945
WS/Lt.Col.
29.03.1945
A/Col.
29.09.1944-28.03.1945
T/Col.
29.03.1945
A/Brig.
29.09.1944-28.03.1945
T/Brig.
29.03.1945
Distinguished Service Order DSO
24.02.1942
Middle East (Egypt and Libya)
Distinguished Service Order DSO
13.08.1942
Middle East (Egypt and Libya)
MC
08.07.1941
Middle East 12.1940-02.1941 (Egypt and Libya)
Mention in Despatches MID
30.12.1941
Middle East 02.1941-07.1941
Mention in Despatches MID
30.06.1942
Middle East 07.1941-10.1941
DSC(US)
14.11.1947
Arnhem 09.1944 (see also homeofheroes)
? ?
17.10.1946
Freedom Cross (Norway)
Education: Royal Military Academy
31.08.1933


commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery
(01.1937)


22nd Field Brigade RA (Shorncliffe)
(01.1939)
-
30.04.1940
1st Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (Bulford) (UK, France)
01.05.1940
-
07.04.1941
Adjutant, 1st Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (France, UK, Egypt)
08.04.1941
-
summer1942
Battery Commander, 1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery (Tobruk, Alamein; wounded)
23.09.1943
-
26.01.1944
Commanding Officer, 92nd (Loyals) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RA
01.1944
-
summer1945
Commander Royal Artillery (CRA), 1st Airborne Division (Arnhem [evacuated], Norway)
summer1945
-
11.11.1945
Commander Royal Artillery (CRA), 5th Indian Division (Burma)
Logan,
James Watt
"Jimmy"
J.W. Logan

From Glasgow.
Residence: (1943) Bearsden, Dumbartonshire.
Married Elaine ...; one son.

29.10.1917
Govan district, Glasgow, Scotland
-
24.08.1982
Largs, Scotland
Lt.
05.06.1941 [188966]
WS/Capt.
05.06.1942
Capt. TA
01.05.1947, seniority 05.06.1942
Distinguished Service Order DSO
14.06.1943
North Africa 1942-43 (Algeria, Tunisia)
Order of the Bronze Lion (Netherlands) BL
20.03.1947
Arnhem 09.1944 * [investiture]
* date of Dutch Royal Decree 09.02.1946
Education: Hillhead High School; University of Glasgow (MB, ChB 23.10.1940).
05.06.1941


commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission]
(1942)
-
(1943)
Officer Commanding, HQ Section, 16th Parachute Field Ambulance (North Africa)
(09.1944)


Regimental Medical Officer, 2nd Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [captured])
09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 52889) in German captivity (Stalag IX-C, Mühlhausen, Hessen)
01.05.1947
-
25.01.1951
served Territorial Army
25.01.1951
-
31.03.1967
served Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
Long,
Michael William
M.W. Long

Son (with three sisters) of William Rupert Long (1882-1952), and Eileen Long (1893-1976).
 
22.04.1923
Paddington, Westminster, London
-
10.10.1987

Crowthorne, Bracknell, Berkshire
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
26.09.1942 [245325]
WS/Lt.
26.09.1943 (reld > 04.1946)
Education: Wellington College (1937.1-1941.3; Stanley House; Dormitory Prefect; School Prefect; Head of Corps 1941).
26.09.1942


commissioned, King's Royal Rifle Corps [emergency commission]
10.12.1943


transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Army Air Corps
(09.1944)


Section Commander, F Squadron (No. 2 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem [captured])
09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 2140) in German captivity (Oflag IX-A/H, Spangenberg, Hessen)
1946     Middle East Land Forces
Advertising representative fot The Tothill Press Ltd., London SW!. Manager, Technical Publications, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire.
Longden,
David Gordon
D.G. Longden
Son of David Longden, and Gladys Poppie Charley, of Upton-on-Severn & London NW1.
Married (16.03.1946, King's Chapel of the Savoy, London) Patricia Audrey Margaret Turner.
15.04.1915
Winchcomb district, Gloucestershire
-
01.1997
Salisbury, Wiltshire
2nd Lt. 05.04.1941 [180633]
WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 (reld 29.07.1953)
Hon. Lt. 29.07.1953
05.04.1941     commissioned, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) [emergency commission]
(09.1944)     Intelligence Officer, 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment (Arnhem [captured])
09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 549) in German captivity (Oflag VII-B, Eichstätt, Bavaria & Oflag XIIB, Mainz)
Joined Colonial Administrative Service. Seconded for one year to the Colonial Office, 1945-1946. Secretariat, Nyasaland & assistant distirct commissioner, Zomba, 08.1946-07.1948. ADC & private secretary to Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Nyasaland, 07.1948-1949. Under Sheriff of Surrey (and London), 1983.
Longland,
Cedric James
"Shorty"
C.J. Longland
Son of Frank Longland (1883-1975), and Daisy Liddiard Shawyer (1883-1963).
Married (1945) Helen Mary Cripps (26.11.1919 - 21.05.2008); three daughters.
Residence: (1943) East Molesey, Surrey.

30.09.1914
Bolobo, Bandundu, Belgian Congo
-
14.01.1991
Grittleton, nr. Chippenham, Wiltshire
[Holy Cross Churchyard, Ashton Keynes]
Lt. 06.06.1942 [236049]
WS/Capt. 06.06.1943
T/Maj. 18.09.1943 (reld > 04.1946)
Lieutenant, Royal Victorian Order LVO 03.05.1949 for treatment of King George VI
MC 23.03.1944 Sicily
Bronzen Kruis (Bronze Cross) (Netherlands) BK 20.03.1947 Arnhem 09.1944 *
* date of Dutch Royal Decree 09.02.1946
Education: Monkton Combe School; St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical School; MB, BS (Hons in Medicine) London, 03.02.1937; LRCP Eng 1937; MRCS Eng 1937; FRCS Eng 1939; MS London, 1949; psc.
House Surgeon and Demonstrator of Pathology, St Bartholomew's Hospital until 1942.
06.06.1942     commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission]
(1942) - (09.1944) Specialist Surgeon, 16th Parachute Field Ambulance (North Africa, Arnhem [captured])
09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 129330) in German captivity (escaped, but was recaptured) (Reserve-Lazarett & Oflag VID, Münster)
1945     Senior Medical Officer, Bermuda Command
First Assistant, Surgical Professorial Unit, St Bartholomew's Hospital, 1947; Assistant Surgical Professorial Unit, University College Hospital, 1951. Consultant surgeon, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, 1954-77.
Published: articles in Lancet and British Journal of Surgery
Lonsdale,
Richard Thomas Henry
"Dickie"
R.T.H. Lonsdale (© Imperial War Museum H 40923) R.T.H. Lonsdale
R.T.H. Lonsdale R.T.H. Lonsdale
Youngest son of Mr & Mrs Robert Lonsdale, of Lancefield, Camberley & Carrick-on-Shannon, Eire.
Married (11.08.1945, St Peter's, Pedmore, Worcestershire) Yvonne Perry, VAD, youngest daughter of Mr & Mrs J. Edgar Perry, of Lark Hill, Pedmore, Worcestershire.

27.12.1913
Manor Hamilton, Ireland
-
23.11.1988
Bath district, Somerset
[Aldershot Military Cemetery]
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 27.08.1936 [69129]
Lt. 27.08.1939
A/Capt. 08.11.1939-01.02.1940, 06.02.1940-13.02.1940
T/Capt. 14.02.1940-19.11.1940, 01.09.1941-26.12.1942
Capt. 07.02.1943, seniority 27.12.1942
A/Maj. 01.01.1943-02.02.1943, 26.05.1943-22.07.1943
T/Maj. 23.07.1943-25.12.1944
WS/Maj. 26.12.1944
Maj. 07.02.1948 (Unemployed List 13.02.1950; own request) (restored to Employed List 23.02.1950) (retd 29.06.1951)
A/Lt.Col. 26.09.1944-25.12.1944
T/Lt.Col. 26.12.1944-...
Hon. Lt.Col. 29.06.1951
Distinguished Service Order DSO 23.12.1943 Sicily 07.1943
Distinguished Service Order DSO 09.11.1944 Arnhem 09.1944
MC 25.10.1940 Waziristan operations 1939
NW Frontier of India 37-39 Medal & Clasp.
Education: Eastbourne College; Royal Military College; psc.
27.08.1936     commissioned, The Leicestershire Regiment
(01.1937)     2nd Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment (Aldershot)
(01.1939)     1st Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment (Razmak, Waziristan)
(1941)     151st Parachute Battalion, renamed (10.1941): 156th Parachute Battalion (India)
(07.1943)     Officer Commanding, A Company, 2nd Parachute Battalion (Sicily)
(09.1944)     Second-in-Command, 11th Parachute Battalion & Commander, Lonsdale Force (Arnhem [wounded])
1944? - 1945 Commanding Officer, 3rd Parachute Battalion
      served in Palestine
22.08.1951 - 27.12.1963 Regular Army Reserve of Officers - Irish Guards
Private means, Jersey, Channel Islands.
R.T.H. Lonsdale R.T.H. Lonsdale R.T.H. Lonsdale R.T.H. Lonsdale R.T.H. Lonsdale
Louis,
Percy
P. Louis
Youngest son (with one sister) of Mr. S. Louis, and Mrs. Rebecca Louis, of Highfield, Crawley Down, Sussex.

28.06.1915
London
-

24.09.1944

(MIA) [age 29]
[Groesbeek Memorial, panel 9]
Lt. 30.11.1939 [112068]
WS/Capt. 30.11.1940
Mention in Despatches MID 1940 France
Education: MRCS Eng 31.01.1939, LRCP Lond 31.01.1939.
30.11.1939     commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission]
1940 - 1943 Medical Officer, 4th Battalion The Buffs (France 1940 & Malta 1940-1943) (despatches)
(09.1944)     Liaison Officer, 133rd Parachute Field Ambulance RAMC [attached HQ 1st Airborne Corps; crossed the river] (Arnhem [missing in action])
Low,
Angus Feredith Webster
A.F.W. Low
Youngest son of Dr J.W. Low, PhD, of St Davids, Madderty, Perthshire.
Brother of Maj. Walter James Webster Low, Royals Signals & REME, and of Capt. Malcolm David Webster Low, The Black Watch.
Married (01.04.1950, St Columba's, Pont Street, Chelsea district, London SW) Sheila Noel Trevor (1924? - ), eldest daughter of Lt.Col. A.C.H. Trevor, and D.N. Trevor, of Glynceiriog, Wrexham, Wales.
Residence: (1960s) Lynwilg, Avon Avenue, Avon Castle, Ringwood, Hampshire.

28.01.1921
Angus, Scotland
-
01.06.2002
Ringwood, Hampshire
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 05.04.1941 [180708]
WS/Lt. 01.10.1942
T/Capt. 22.07.1944
WS/Capt. ?
Capt. RARO 18.04.1951
Hon. Maj. 18.04.1951
Mention in Despatches MID 01.11.1945 escape & evasion
Efficiency Medal (Territorial) EM 18.02.1949 -
Education: Loretto School (09.1934-04.1939; House Prefect; VI, XV).
East Indian merchant. Branch manager, Peirce Leslie & Co. Ltd., Coimbatore, South India,
05.04.1941     commissioned, The Gordon Highlanders [emergency commission]
01.11.1941     transferred, Royal Regiment of Artillery
01.09.1942     transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Army Air Corps
(09.1944)     Officer Commanding, 20 Flight (B Squadron, No. 1 Wing), The Glider Pilot Regiment (Arnhem [wounded; captured, escaped & evaded; lived for 6 months with underground movement])
18.04.1951     transferred from Glider Pilot and Parachute Corps (GP) to the Gordon Highlanders - Regular Army Reserve of Officers
Mercantile assistant.

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