British Army Officers
1939-1945

 

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Sabine,
Edward Spencer
E.S. Sabine (Photo courtesy of Jane Sabine) E.S. Sabine (Photo courtesy of Jane Sabine)
Son of Harry Sabine, and Caroline Cook.
Married (24.08.1941, Chester district, Cheshire) Sarah Yeates (03.08.1918 - 05.2003); ... children (four daughters, three sons).
25.09.1920
Maidstone district, Kent
-
23.09.1984
Maidstone, Kent
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 07.05.1943 [276218]
WS/Lt. 07.11.1943 (demobilized > 04.1946, < 08.1946) (reld 03.05.1952)
T/Capt. ?
Hon. Capt. 03.05.1952
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St - -
Burma Star Bur St - -
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45 - -
Defence Medal Def M - -
Efficiency Medal (Territorial) EM 21.09.1993 posthumously
07.05.1943     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
      112th Battery, 28th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA (North Africa, India & Burma)
Sadler,
Willis Michael
"Mike"
W.M. Sadler W.M. Sadler
W.M. Sadler W.M. Sadler
W.M. Sadler W.M. Sadler
W.M. Sadler W.M. Sadler

22.02.1920
Kensington, London
-
04.01.2024
Cambridge
Gnr. ? [1095726]
2nd Lt. 10.10.1942 [282465]
WS/Lt. 10.04.1943
T/Capt. 27.07.1944-01.11.1945 (reld 01.11.1945; on appointment to Rhodesian Forces)
Hon. Capt. 01.11.1945
Military Cross MC 22.03.1945 NW Europe
Military Medal MM 24.02.1942 Middle East (Egypt & Libya)
      served in the ranks, Royal Horse Artillery, attached Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) (MM)
10.10.1942     commissioned, King's Royal Rifle Regiment [emergency commission]
01.04.1944     transfered, Special Air Service Regiment (SAS) (MC)
St. John,
Stephen Rowland
S.R. St. John
Son of Lt.Col. the Hon.
Rowland Tudor St. John
(formerly The Durham Light
Infantry), and of Katherine
Madge Lockwood, of
Richmond, Surrey.
Residence: (1943) Glasgow.
25.06.1915
Hartley Wintney
district, Hampshire

-
31.10.1943
[age 28]
[Minturno War
Cemetery, Italy, V.D.6]
2nd Lt.
31.01.1935 [64531]
Lt.
31.01.1938
A/Capt.
01.09.1939-22.11.1939
Capt.
31.01.1943
T/Maj.
?
Military Cross MC
19.08.1943
Middle East (Egypt and Libya)
31.01.1935


commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery
(01.1937)
 
 
20th Field Brigade RA (Catterick Camp)
(01.1939)
 
 
Depot Regiment, Depot, Royal Artillery (Woolwich)
25.08.1939
-
22.11.1939
Adjutant, ...
?
-
31.10.1943
"K" Battery, 5th Regiment Royal Horse Artillery
St. John,
Sydney
S. St. John (Photo courtesy of Mr Charles St John Carver) S. St. John (Photo courtesy of Mr Charles St John Carver)

Married; ... children.
09.07.1912
-
01.1999
Salisbury,
Wiltshire
[his ashes were
spread at Middle
Wallop Airfield,
Wiltshire]
A/Sgt. ?
2nd Lt. 22.02.1941 [173336]
WS/Lt. 22.08.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Capt. ?
Hon. Capt. < 04.1946
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St ? ?
France & Germany Star Fr&G St ? ?
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45 ? ?
Defence Medal Def M ? ?
22.02.1941     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
22.05.1944     transferred, Glider Pilot Regiment - Army Air Corps
St. Lawrence,
Raleigh Vincent *
R.V. St Lawrence

Married Jane (predeceased him);two daughters, one son.
* Also shown with first names: Vincent Charles Raleigh
(12?).1916
Brentford district, Middlesex
-
07.07.2007
[age 90]
Bishoptown, Renfrewshire, Scotland
2nd Lt.
19.11.1939 [105505]
WS/Capt.
20.03.1945
Hon. Maj.
?
Worked for the Bank of England.
19.11.1939


commissioned, The King's Regiment [emergency commission]
30.12.1942


transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps



4th Parachute Battalion
Worked for Stonyhurst College.
Sale,
Walter Morley
W.M. Sale

Son of Charles Vincent Sale,
late of Aston Rowant House,
Oxon.
Married (08.02.1928) Hon. Ismay Hilda Margaret FitzRoy (born 03.12.1908), daughter of 4th Baron Southampton, OBE; one son, one daughter.
02.08.1903
-
29.08.1976
Halesworth, Suffolk
2nd Lt.
31.01.1925, seniority 02.02.1924 [25822]
Lt.
02.02.1926
Capt.
01.02.1930
Maj.
26.06.1938
A/Lt.Col.
15.03.1941-14.06.1941
T/Lt.Col.
15.06.1941-20.12.1941,
17.12.1942-(01.1946)
WS/Lt.Col.
?
Lt.Col.
26.06.1947
A/Col.
14.05.1945-(01.1946)
Col.
15.12.1948, seniority 14.11.1948
A/Brig.
14.05.1945-(01.1946)
T/Brig.
(1949)
Brig.
03.08.1952 (retd 01.09.1955)
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order CVO
05.06.1952
HM's birthday 52
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
01.02.1945
NW Europe
Mentioned in Despatches MID
30.12.1941
Middle East 02.41-07.41
Mentioned in Despatches? MID
09.01.1949
Palestine 03-09.46
Croix de Guerre with Palm (Belgium) CdeG
16.01.1947
? [awarded 08.12.1945]
Chevalier Order of Leopold II with Palm LeoII
16.01.1947
? [awarded 08.12.1945]
Education: RN Colleges, Osborne and Dartmouth; New College, Oxford (BA); Staff College (psc)



from General List, Territorial Army
31.01.1925


commissioned, Royal Horse Guards (The Blues) (Windsor)
1943
-
12.1944
Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster-General (AA&QMG), Guards Armoured Division [for almost 2 years]
12.1944
-
(1946)
Commanding Officer, 1st Household Cavalry Regiment (despatches twice)
26.06.1947
-
14.12.1948
Commanding Officer, Royal Horse Guards (The Blues)
1950
-
1954
Chief of Staff, London District
Equerry to the Queen, 01.05.1954; Crown Equerry, 01.03.1955-05.04.1961. Extra Equerry to the Queen, 05.04.1961-1976.
Sales,
Jack Eric Denyer
J.E.D. Sales
04.10.1901
Wenhaston, Suffolk
-
10.1996
Basingstoke, Hampshire
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
16.08.1941 [201935]
WS/Lt.
01.10.1942
T/Capt.
08.09.1943-(04.1946)
WS/Capt.
1946?
Capt.
01.09.1946, seniority 14.04.1946
T/Maj.
18.06.1949
Maj.
16.08.1954 (reld 01.09.1956)
Hon. Maj.
01.09.1956
Efficiency Medal (Territorial) EM
08.02.1949
?
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St
?
?
France & Germany Star Fr&G St
?
?
Defence Medal Def M
?
?
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45
?
?
Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, George V issue Const LSM
?
?
Served in the Special Constabulary.
1930s ?


enlisted, Royal Army Service Corps - Territorial Army
?
-
15.08.1941
Officer Cadet Training Unit
16.08.1941


commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission]
01.09.1946
-
01.09.1956
short service commission
Salmon,
Frank Robert
F.R. Salmon

Second son (with two brothers and one sister) of Rev. Thomas Salmon (1873-1932), and Isabel Littleton (1879-1972).
Brother of Capt. Thomas David Salmon, Royal Artillery, and Maj. Russell Salmon, General List.
Married (09.11.1940, Winchester district, Hampshire) Patricia Jean Evèn Painton (22.11.1917 - 06.1997), daughter of Lt.Col. George Richard Painton, MD, DPH, RA<C, of Teignmouth; three sons.
19.05.1910
Stutton, Samford district, Suffolk
-
26.01.1997
Dacorum, Leominster district, Hereford and Worcester
2nd Lt. 26.10.1938 [77957]
WS/Lt. 01.08.1940
A/Capt. 01.05.1940-31.07.1940
T/Capt. 01.08.1940-20.03.1943
WS/Capt. 21.03.1943
A/Maj. 21.12.1942-20.03.1943
T/Maj. 21.03.1943-25.10.1945
WS/Maj. 26.10.1945
A/Lt.Col. 26.07.1945-25.10.1945
T/Lt.Col. 26.10.1945-mid 1946 (reld > 04.1946, < 08.1946)
Hon. Lt.Col. > 04.1946, < 08.1946
Territorial Efficiency Decoration TD 21.04.1950 -
Education: Winchester College (1923.3-1929.2; Commoner; Assoc. XI 1928-1929; VI; Cadet Sergeant, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps); Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Scholar, Birmingham University (1929; Mining B.Sc. 1932; B.U. Assoc. XI).
Mining engineer with Powell Duffryn Associated Collieries, Ltd.
26.10.1938     commissioned, 83rd (Welsh) Field Brigade RA - Territorial Army
24.08.1939     mobilised TA
 1940     133rd Field Regiment RA (53rd Infantry Division)
1942 - 1945 Officer Commanding, 332nd (Radnor) Field Battery (83rd (Welsh) Field Regiment RA, 53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division) (UK, NW Europe (Normandy & Holland))
1945 - 12.1945 Lieutenant-Colonel (Military Government), Chief Production Controller, 2 (Ruhr) Coal District, Northern Germany Coal Control
1946 - 25.06.1960 Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
Assistant to Director of Production, Powell Duffryn & Co., 1946. Assistant Area General Manager, National Coal Board, Area No. 5 (Mid-West Durham), Durham, 1947. Director and General Manager, Mitchell Cotts (Middle East) Ltd., 1953. Tube Investments, 1956. Member, Institution of Mechanical Engineers (M.I.Mech.E.).
Salmon,
Miles Norton
M.N. Salmon (Photo courtesy of Mr Ben Jewitt) M.N. Salmon (Photo courtesy of Mr Ben Jewitt)
M.N. Salmon (Photo courtesy of Mr Ben Jewitt) M.N. Salmon (Photo courtesy of Mr Ben Jewitt)
Son (with three brothers) of Arthur John Salmon (1875-1955), and Maud Alice Addinell (1879-1956).
Married (15.02.1947, Watford, Hertfordshire) Joyce Olive "Joy" Pullin (27.10.1923 - 01.2000), daughter (with one brother) of Arthur Henry Pullin (1885-1937), and Lesley Innes Webster (1899-1984); four daughters.
05.05.1920
Watford, Hertfordshire
-
11.12.1991
Spofforth, Harrogate, Leeds district, North Yorkshire
2nd Lt. 13.12.1941 [221325]
WS/Lt. 01.10.1942
T/Capt. 01.04.1944-04.05.1946
WS/Capt. 05.05.1946 (reld > 12.1946, < 04.1947)
T/Maj. 05.05.1946-(12.1946)
Education: Newells Preparatory School, Seafield Park, Fareham, Hampshire (09.1929-1934); Haileybury College, Hertford Heath, Hertfordshire (1934.2-1938.2; Colvin House); Camborne School of Mines, Penryn, Cornwall (09.1938-).
13.12.1941     commissioned, Royal Army Ordnance Corps (MM Branch) [emergency commission]
01.10.1942     transferred, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
10.1942: Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, REME Workshop Posting (Formerly Gross's Garage)
02.1943: Petersham, Surrey, England REME course: Radar Control of 3.7" & 40mm AA guns
10.06.1943-12.06.1943: voyage from Gourock, Renfrewshire, Scotland to New York City, New York, USA
06.1943: Newark, Essex, New Jersey, USA, Demonstration of Radar Controlled Guns at Newark Army Airfield
11.07.1943: Wilmington, New Hanover, North Carolina, USA, US account of REME/Royal Artillery visit to Camp Davis.
08.1943: Orlando, Orange, Florida, USA, REME Demonstrations and Parades
09.1943: Riverside, Riverside, California, USA, REME Demonstrations and Parades
27.09.1943: New York, New York, USA, Ticker Tape Parade down Broadway to accept salute from Mayor La Guardia, Sir John Dill and Major General Sanderford Jarman, and demonstration of night firing AA Batteries
25.12.1943: White Plains, Westchester, New York, USA, Christmas in NYC and White Plains
12.1943: Washington DC, District of Columbia, USA, Posted to British Military Mission, Washington DC
01.1944: Kingston, Ontario, Canada, AA No 3 mk III "Baby Maggie" work - the AA No 3 mk VII was later developed by REME into the "Brakemine" AA weapon to combat the V2 attacks on London.
17.04.1944-27.04.1944: voyage from New York City, New York, USA to Gourock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
05.1944: Park Royal, Middlesex, England, REME AA Command Workshop Posting (North London Batteries)
1944: Arborfield, Berkshire, England, REME course: Tank Building/Recovery & High Speed Testing
01.1946: Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya, East Africa Command under Major-General Colin Bullard
10.1946: York, Yorkshire, England, Demobilised.
Mining engineer. Retired 1980. Marketing director Hicksons Products Ltd. since 1982. Timber consultant.
Salmon,
Paul Harry

P.H. Salmon
Youngest son of Harry Lionel Salmon (1875-1958), and Annie Ivy Leigh (1896-1981).
Married (24.08.1945, Bonnington Church, Leith) Catherine Jean Towerson Sinclair, only daughter of Mr & Mrs David Sinclair, of Leith; two sons.
28.12.1920
Wandsworth district, London
-
17.01.2004
Sandton, South Africa
Gnr. ? [1397873]
2nd Lt. 15.02.1941 [172036]
WS/Lt. 15.08.1942
T/Capt. 01.08.1944-(10.1945)
WS/Capt. 19.01.1946 (reld > 08.1946, < 12.1946)
T/Maj. 19.01.1946-(08.1946)
Hon. Maj. > 08.1946, < 12.1946
Efficiency Medal (Territorial) EM 12.05.1981 -
Education: Cranleigh School, Surrey.
25.08.1939     mobilized for enlisted service
02.07.1940     either 151st or 152nd Officer Cadet Training Unit (Signals), Catterick
15.02.1941     commissioned, Royal Corps of Signals [emergency commission]
Salmon,
Russell
R. Salmon

Eldest son (with two brothers and one sister) of Rev. Thomas Salmon (1873-1932), and Isabel Littleton (1879-1972).
Brother of Lt.Col. Frank Robert Salmon, TD, Royal Artillery, and Capt. Thomas David Salmon, Royal Artillery.
06.03.1907
Westonbirt, Tetbury district, Gloucestershire
-
27.09.1941
Asmara (died of meningitis following an operation)
[Asmara War Cemetery, plot 3,E.1]
2nd Lt. 16.04.1941 [230433]
A/Maj. 16.04.1941?
Education: Twyford; Winchester College (1920.3-1926.2; Commoner; Soccer XI 1925, 1926; Senio Prefect of his House); Exhibitioner, Christ Church, Oxford (1926; took a Second in History; B.A., 1929).
      Sudan Political Service:
07.09.1930 - 01.11.1935 Assistant District Commissioner, Dilling, Western Jebels District, Kordofan, Sudan
01.11.1935 - 01.11.1938 Assistant District Commissioner, Sinkat, Beja District, Kassala, Sudan
01.11.1938 - 01.01.1939 Civil Secretary's Office
01.01.1939 - 09.06.1940 a Deputy Assistant Director (Public Security), Civil Secretary's Office (& Commandant Police Depot)
09.06.1940 - 16.04.1941 with rank of Bimbashi, Sudan Defence Force [Governor's commission, African Colonial Forces] (with "Meadow Force" on Eritrean border; Police Officer with Brigade HQ at Keren and fall of Massawa)
16.04.1941     commissioned, General List - African Colonial Forces Section [emergency commission]
16.04.1941 - 27.09.1941 Major, Occupied Enemy Territory Administration (O.E.T.A.), Eritrea; Military Governor of Barentu district of Eritrea
Salmon,
Thomas David
T.D. Salmon

Third son of (with two brothers and one sister) of Rev. Thomas Salmon (1873-1932), and Isabel Littleton (1879-1972).
Brother of Lt.Col. Frank Robert Salmon, TD, Royal Artillery, and Maj. Russell Salmon, General List.
Married (29.04.1950, Ilford, Essex) Morris Patricia Reyner Turner (19.06.1923 - ), daughter of George Samuel Turner, of Ilford; two daughters, one son.
01.11.1916
North Stoneham Rectory, South Stoneham district, Hampshire
-
02.09.1997
Mid Surrey district, Surrey
Gnr. 09.1939
2nd Lt. 06.01.1940 [109900]
WS/Lt. 06.07.1941 (reld > 04.1946, < 08.1946)
A/Capt. 04.04.1944-03.07.1944
T/Capt. 04.07.1944-(01.1946)
Hon. Capt. > 04.1946, < 08.1946
Mentioned in Despatches MID 08.11.1945 NW Europe
Education: Twyford School; Winchester College (1930.1-1935.2; Commoner); Christ Church, Oxford (1935-1939; Fell Exhibitioner 1936; 2nd Cl. Mod., 1936; 2 Lit. Hum., 1939; B.A., 1940; M.A., 1949).
06.01.1940     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
 1940 - 1942 133rd (Welsh) Regiment RA
1942 - 1943 Training Brigade RA
1944 - 1945 133rd (Welsh) Regiment RA (NW Europe)
Solicitor, 1949. Treasurer, Solicitor's Department, 1951. Assistant Treasurer Solicitor (Ministry of Aviation), 1965. Board of Trade (Civil Aviation), 1966, Assistant to Speaker’s Counsel, House of Commons.
Salvesen,
Charles Ormond Loggie
C.O.L. Salvesen
Son of Maj. Charles Emil Salvesen, RA (1891-1973), and Juliet Loggie (1893-1977).
Married 1st (26.08.1943, Gibraltar Cathedral; divorced 16.12.1949) Third Officer Margaret Ruth Bell, WRNS (24.05.1920 - 31.03.2014).
Married 2nd (03.02.1950, Singapore; divorced) Annette Frances More (1927 - ) [she published memoirs "Sworn to secrecy" (2014)].
Married 3rd (09.02.1962, Edinburgh, Scotland) Ann May Hynd Penman (14.05.1917 - 18.07.1968).
24.03.1918
Edinburgh, Scotland
-
13.04.1989
Ballaugh, Isle of Man
2nd Lt. 04.12.1937 [73528]
WS/Lt. 01.12.1940
T/Capt. 01.12.1940--29.09.1942
WS/Capt. 30.09.1942 (reld > 04.1946, < 08.1946)
T/Maj. 30.09.1942-(04.1945),
25.05.1945-.(04.1946)
Hon. Maj. > 04.1946, < 08.1946
Capt. 25.05.1956, seniority 23.06.950
Hon. Maj. 31.01.1958
Territorial Efficiency Decoration TD 20.06.1950 -
Education: Edinburgh Academy (1924-1934).
Scottish champion pairs figure skater, 1938.
      late Cadet Edinburgh Academy Cadet Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
04.12.1937     commissioned, 61st (Finsbury Rifles) Anti-Aircraft Brigade Royal Artillery - Territorial Army
01.04.1939     transferred, ... - Royal Artillery, Territorial Army
24.08.1939     mobilized TA
1946? - 24.05.1956 Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
25.05.1956 - 30.01.1958 Territorial Army (seconded for service of the Staff)
31.01.1958 - ? Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
Entered a mercantile career, director of a number of firms. Deputy commandant. Special Constabulary (Reserve Unit), Singapore, 11.12.1950. Worked for Unilever, Caithness Glass, and as a publican.
Sammons,
John Douglas Joseph
J.D.J. Sammons

Son of Alfred Sammons, and Eliza Ffitch.
Married Sylvia ... (predeceased him); four sons.
29.03.1917
Stepney district, London / Middlesex
-
20.01.2018
Moruya Hospital, NSW, Australia (formerly of Higgins)
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 19.10.1940 [153309]
WS/Lt. 19.04.1942
T/Capt. 26.04.1943-01.02.1944
WS/Capt. 02.02.1944
Capt. 08.07.1946, seniority 02.02.1944
T/Maj. 11.04.1944-(04.1946)
Maj. 15.11.1953 (retd 08.07.1954)
Efficiency Medal (Territorial) EM 02.05.1947 -
      served in the ranks - Territorial Army
? - 19.10.1940 164th Officer Cadet Training Unit
19.10.1940     commissioned, The Essex Regiment [emergency commission]
      served in Syria, Tobruk and Burma
08.07.1946 - 07.07.1954 commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [short service commission]
      served British Army of the Rhine
08.07.1954 - ? Regular Army Reserve of Officers
On demobilisation, he emigrated to Australia where he served in the Royal Australian Air Force as a Flight Lieutenant, being promoted to Squadron Leader (Equipment Branch) before his retirement in 1971. He then served as an office manager with the Fijian High Commission in Canberra for a further 10 years.
Samuels,
Leslie Joseph
L.J. Samuels
Son of Samuel Joshua Honigbaum (1863-1933), and Millicent Collins (1873-1968).
Married 1st (01.06.1945, Tel Aviv, Israel) Lenke Iren Szanto (03.04.1921 - 05.11.1961), daughter of Daniel Szanto, and Ella Feldstein; one son.
Married 2nd Sally Lever.
Residence: (1944) Terenure, Dublin.

11.12.1912
Dublin, Ireland
-
14.06.1997
North London Hospital, Woodside Park, London
Lt. 22.05.1941 [188255]
WS/Capt. 22.05.1942
Military Cross MC 24.08.1944 Italy (attack across river Trigno, 27/28.10.43)
Mentioned in Despatches MID 23.09.1943 North Africa
Education: RCSI (LCRPI&LM, LRCSI&LM 1936).
22.05.1941     commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission]
(1943)     Regimental Medical Officer, 2nd Battalion London Irish Rifles, The Royal Ulster Rifles (MC)
General practitioner (Samuels & Samuels), Tottenham, London. Clinical Assistant Surgeon, Out-patients Department, Prince of Wales Hospital, Tottenham. Late Extern Clinical Assistant, Coombe Hospital, Dublin. Orthopaedic House Surgeon, Ancoats Hospital, Manchester. 
Samwell,
Hugh [Peter] de Lancy
H. de L. Samwell
Son of the Rev. Edward Hugh Samwell (died 1936), Rector of Christ Church, Falkirk, and Florence Nellie Kate Samwell.
Husband of Klare Else Lieselotte Samwell, of Stirling.
08.07.1911
Stockport district, Cheshire / Lancashire
-
13.01.1945
(KIA) [age 33]
[Hotton War
Cemetery, Belgium,
XI.A.11]
2nd Lt.
01.01.1938 [73830]
WS/Lt.
01.01.1941
A/Capt.
?
T/Capt.
19.03.1943-(04.1944)
A/Maj.
1945?
Military Cross MC
04.05.1943
Middle East (Mareth Line, N Africa)
Mentioned in Despatches MID
13.01.1944
Middle East
Managing Director of Scottish Radio Industries, Denny.
     

late Cadet Corporal, Glenalmond (Trinity College) Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Trainig Corps)

01.01.1938


commissioned, 7th Battalion The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's) - Territorial Army
24.08.1939
-
13.01.1945
mobilized TA, serving all the time with the 7th Battalion (North Africa, Sicily, Italy, NW Europe)
[wounded at El Alamein 11.1942, and again in 03.1943; In Italy he played a leading role in defending soldiers accused of mutiny in September 1943, as documented in the famous book Mutiny at Salerno: An Injustice Exposed by Saul David; killed in action in the final phase of the German Ardennes offensive *]
Published: An Infantry Officer with the Eighth Army (1945)
* His death is recorded thus in the Battalion history: "During the advance of the Argylls the leading tank of the squadron of the Northamptonshire Yeomanry, which were in support, was knocked out and a considerable amount of spandau and mortar fire was coming from the high ground on both sides of the road, and from the wooded area west of Lavaux. At this stage the opposition became rather sticky, and ‘A’ company of the Argylls was temporarily held up by some Panther tanks in the wooded area. Here several casualties were sustained, including ‘A’ company commander, Major Peter Samwell, M.C., who was killed."
Sanchez,
Albert Edward
A.E. Sanchez
Son (with five sisters) of Albert Edward Sanchez (1873-), and Mary Sanchez (1878-1957).
Married Annie Darcy (1906? - 1996); three children.
12.07.1900
Kirkdale, West Derby district, Lancashire
-
14.04.1979
Lancaster district, Lancashire (formerly of Kents Bank,
Kendal)
WS/MSM ?
Lt. (Inspector of RE Machinery) 30.10.1941 [216567]
T/Capt. (IREM) 15.06.1943-29.10.1944
WS/Capt. (IREM) 30.10.1944 (reld > 07.1945, < 10.1945)
Hon. Capt. > 07.1945, < 10.1945
Mentioned in Despatches MID 29.11.1945 Italy
30.10.1941     commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]
Sanders,
Edward Albert
E.A. Sanders

10.11.1922
-
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 19.12.1941 [222273]
WS/Lt. 01.10.1942
T/Capt. 20.04.1943-(04.1946)
19.12.1941     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
      served in India & Burma
Sanderson,
John Lilburn
J.L. Sanderson
16.03.1915 ?
-
2nd Lt.
16.08.1939 [95042]
WS/Lt.
14.02.1941
T/Capt.
14.02.1941-(04.1946)
Capt.
21.08.1947
Maj.
01.01.1948
Lt.Col.
01.07.1949
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) OBE
05.06.1952
HM's birthday 52
Mentioned in Despatches MID
01.08.1946

Malaya 42

Mentioned in Despatches MID
12.09.1946

gallant and distinguished services while Prisoner of War

Territorial Efficiency Decoration TD
21.04.1950
-
Territorial Efficiency Decoration TD
23.11.1951
1st clasp



late Cadet Company Sergeant-Major, Barnard Castle School Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
16.08.1939
 
 
commissioned, 9th The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers - Territorial Army
24.08.1939
 
 
mobilized TA
(1940)
 
 
9th Battalion The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (France)
14.11.1940
-
(04.1941)
Adjutant, ...
01.10.1952
-
16.03.1965
Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]
Sandilands,
Charles Alistair
C.A. Sandilands
Only son of Lt.Col. Vincent Corbett Sandilands, DSO (1878-1961), and Jessie Goldie Alexander
Married (24.09.1959, Paddington district, London) Daphne M.Y. Edghill, widow of 2nd Lt. Percy Reginald Currie Fear, RA (1912-1940), and daughter of Mr & Mrs W.Y. Edghill, of Barbados.
14.10.1918
-
03.2002

South & West Dorset district, Dorset
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 14.01.1940 [113596]
WS/Lt. 14.07.1941
T/Capt. 27.10.1942-15.03.1946
WS/Capt. 16.03.1946 (reld > 04.1946, < 08.1946)
T/Maj. 1946
Hon. Maj. > 04.1946, < 08.1946
Mentioned in Despatches MID 04.04.1946

NW Europe

Czechoslovak Military Cross
Education: Winchester College (1932.1-1936.2; Turner's (Sunnyside) House).
? - 14.01.1940 164th Officer Cadet Training unit (Sandhurst; prize cadet)
14.01.1940     commissioned, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [emergency commission]
1941     attached RAF
1942     Captain & Adjutant, Officer Cadet Training Unit
1944     General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), Air Headquarters Canadian Army, NW Europe
1945 - 1946 General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2) and 1st grade (GSO1) (Operations), Air Headquarters, British Army of the Rhine
Welfare Officer, J. Lyons & Co., 1947. Messrs. Hunters, solicitors.
Sandilands,
Patrick Stanley
"Pat"
P.S. Sandilands (Photo courtesy of Mr Iain Miskimmin) P.S. Sandilands
 
30.11.1911
Tonbridge, Kent
-
29.08.1995
Oban, Argyll, Scotland
2nd Lt. 27.08.1931 [52708]
... ...
A/Lt.Col. 03.09.1945-(01.1946)
Lt.Col. 29.11.1954 (retd 05.12.1959)
Distinguished Service Order DSO 24.01.1946 NW Europe 1944/45 (Sicily, Italy, Germany) [recommendation available upon request]
Mentioned in Despatches MID 24.08.1944 ?
27.08.1931     commissioned, The Royal Scots Fusiliers
(07.1939)     2nd Battalion The Royal Scots Fusiliers
08.1943 - (06.)1945 Second-in-Command, 2nd Battalion The Royal Scots Fusiliers (DSO, despatches)
Sandys,
Edwin Duncan;
Baron Duncan-Sandys (created 1974; Life Peer)
E.D. Sandys
E.D. Sandys
E.D. Sandys
E.D. Sandys
E.D. Sandys
E.D. Sandys
E.D. Sandys
E.D. Sandys
Only son of Capt. George Sandys, formerly MP for Wells, and Mildred, daughter of Duncan Cameron, Ashburton, New Zealand.
Married 1st (16.09.1935) Diana (marriage dissolved 1960; she died 1963), daughter of late Rt Hon. Sir Winston Churchill; one son, two daughters.
Married 2nd (19.04.1962) Marie­Claire, daughter of Adrien Schmitt, Paris, and formerly Viscountess Hudson; one daughter.

24.01.1908
Manor House, Sandford Orcas, Dorset
-
26.11.1987
London
2nd Lt.
16.04.1937 [71545]
WS/Lt.
16.04.1940
T/Capt.
19.09.1940-(04.1941)
WS/Capt.
? (reld 23.02.1946; disability)
T/Lt.Col.
1941
Hon. Lt.Col.
23.02.1946
Companion of Honour CH
1973
?
- PC
1944
-
Grand Cross, Order of Merit, Italy, 1960.
Order of Sultanate of Brunei, 1973.
Medal of Honour, City of Paris, 1974.
Gold Cup of European Movement, 1975.
Goethe Gold Medal, Hamburg Foundation, 1975.
Grand Cross of Order of Crown, Belgium, 1975.
Commandeur, Légion d'Honneur, France, 1979.
Grand Cross, Order of Merit, Fed. Rep. of Germany, 1981.
Education: Eton; Magdalen College, Oxford (MA) [served in Oxford cavalry Officers' Training Corps and the Oxford University air squadron].
16.04.1937
 
 
commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army
24.08.1939
 
 
mobilized TA
1940


served in Expeditionary Force in Norway
1940
-
1941
Commanding Officer of an Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Wales)
1941


disabled on active service (injuries from a serious car crash)
Entered Diplomatic Service, 1930; served in Foreign Office and British Embassy, Berlin; Member of Parliament (MP) (C) Norwood Division of Lambeth, 1935-45, Streatham, 1950-February 1974; Political Columnist of Sunday Chronicle, 1937-39; Member National Executive of Conservative Party, 1938-39; Co­founder, Air Raid Protection Institute (later Institute of Civil Defence), 1938; Financial Secretary to War Office, 1941-43; Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Supply, responsible for armament production, 1943-44; Chairman, War Cabinet Committee for defence against German flying bombs and rockets, 1943-45; Minister of Works, 1944-45; Minister of Supply, October 1951-October 1954; Minister of Housing and Local Government, October 1954-January 1957; Minister of Defence, January 1957-October 1959; Minister of Aviation, October 1959-July 1960; Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, July 1960-October 1964, and also Secretary of State for the Colonies, July 1962-October 1964. Founded European Movement, 1947, Chairman, International Executive until 1950; Chairman, Parliamentary Council of European Movement, 1950-51 (President of Honour, European Movement, 1980-); Memmber Parliamentary Assembly of Council of  Europe and of WEU, 1950-51, 1965- (Leader British Delegations, 1970-72); President, Europa Nostra, 1969-84 (Honorary Life President, 1984); Chairman British Section, Franco British Council, 1972-78; Chairman International Organising Committee, European Architectural Heritage Year, 1975. Member, General Advisory Council, BBC, 1947-51. Director, Ashanti Goldfields Corporation, 1947-51 and 1966-72. Vice-President, Association of District Councils, 1979-. Honoray Vice-President, National Chamber of Trade, 1951-. Honorary MRTPI, 1956; Honorary FRIBA, 1968. Member of Magic Circle. Freeman of Bridgetown, Barbados, 1962.
Publications: European Movement and the Council of Europe, 1949; The Modern Commonwealth, 1961.
Sandys,
William Frederick
W.F. Sandys

Married ((12?).1928, Dover district, Kent) Ellen May Joyner (1906-1990), daughter of John Joyner (1868-1942), and Flora Elizabeth M. Ogilvie (1871-1927).
09.12.1898
Portsea Island district, Hampshire
-
06.1984
Dover district, Kent
Lt. QM 17.08.1939 [96055]
WS/Capt. QM 01.11.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
Hon. Capt. < 04.1946
Lt. 09.12.1953, seniority 28.06.1948 (reld 28.02.1959)
Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE 13.12.1945 Italy *
Territorial Efficiency Decoration TD 18.09.1951 -
17.08.1939     commissioned, The Hertfordshire Regiment - Territorial Army
24.08.1939     mobilized TA
1939 - 1945(?) Quartermaster, 1st Battalion The Hertfordshire Regiment (UK, Gibraltar & Italy)
? - 09.12.1953 Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]
09.12.1953 - 28.02.1959 commissioned, Hertfordshire Contingent, Army Cadet Force
* Captain Sandys has served as Quartermaster of 1st Battalion The Hertfordshire Regiment since the outbreak of war with exceptional ability and devotion to duty. On three occasions during the course of the war he has shown outstanding powers of organisation and ability to overcome abnormal difficulty. When his Battalion was embodied at the beginning of the war Captain Sandys was almost entirely responsible for the rapid and efficient equipping and mobilising of the Unit. In the summer of 1940 the Unit was in particularly difficult circumstances in that all types of personal and public equipment were taken on charge, issued and twice called in for re-issue to Regular Units which had returned from France. During this time also personnel were continually drafted overseas. In spite of these difficulties and discouragements Captain Sandys performed his duties with quite outstanding skill. In 1943-1944 the Unit was stationed at Gibraltar. Conditions were peculiar in that the Unit maintained on ledger charge many kinds of additional siege equipment and at the same time was responsible for equipping and maintaining a number of attached sub-units. The ration strength of this Unit was 50% above War Establishment. For fifteen months Captain Sandys showed the utmost diligence and outstanding powers of organisation in undertaking duties greatly in excess of those normal for a Unit Quartermaster without increase of staff or other outside assistance. In Italy from September 1944 to January 1945 the Unit was engaged in active operations in mountainous country under appalling weather conditions. Administrative resources were straind to the utmost. The Unit lines of communications varied between a twenty mile mule train over difficult tracks and a sixty mile motor transport drive over roads made almost impassable by mud or snow. During this period Captain Sandys never failed to meet any demand made on him by forward troops. When the weather was at its worst he personally made the twelve hour round trip from the Unit B-Echelon to Unit Rear Headquarters once every forty-eight hours and always reported by telephone or in person to his Commanding Officer. Throughout the whole period he showed the most outstanding endurance, determination and devotion to duty. Captain Sandys enlisted in 1914 at the age of 16 and has served continuously since that date. He was wounded in Mesopotamia in 1917.
[Recommended 24.08.1945 by Lt.Col. G.W.H. Peters, commanding 1st Bn. The Hertfordshire Regiment, approved 25.08.1945 by Brig. M. Redmayne, commanding 66th Infantry Brigade, 29.08.1945 by Maj.Gen. C.F. Loewen, commanding 1st Infantry Division]
Sanford,
Henry Martin Ayshford
H.M.A. Sanford
Son (with two brothers) of Edward Charles Ayshford Sanford (1859-1923), and Elizabeth May Griffith (1885-1978).

12.02.1907
Nynehead, Wellington, Somerset
-
06.04.1974

Yeovil district, Somerset
(road accident)
2nd Lt. 29.01.1927 [37296]
Lt. 29.01.1930
Capt. 02.11.1937
A/Maj. 08.07.1941-07.10.1941
T/Maj. 08.10.1941-17.11.1941,
01.09.1942-02.11.1943
Maj. 29.01.1944 (half-pay list 06.05.1944; ill-health) (retd 11.06.1947)
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St - -
Africa Star Afr St - -
Defence Medal Def M - -
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45 - -
Mentioned in Despatches MID 15.12.1942

Middle East 11.41-04.42

General Service Medal GenSM - & clasp Palestine 1936-1939
Education: King's Mead School; Royal Military College, Sandhurst; No 30 Regimental Instructors’ Course- CWS Porton, Wiltshire 23.07-18.08.1928 (Qualified ‘Q2’); No 13 Qualifying Course (Infantry weapons?) Hythe, Kent 21.04-13.06.1930; passed Subject (a) (i) for promotion to Capt London 18.07.1931; No 12 Mortar Course-Qualified Netheravon, Wiltshire 10.05-05.06.1937; passed Subject (b) for promotion to Capt London 10.1937.
29.01.1927     commissioned, The Coldstream Guards
29.01.1927 - 28.03.1934 1st Battalion The Coldstream Guards (UK, from 22.03.1932 Sudan, from 24.10.1932 Egypt, from 09.12.1933 UK)
[06.06.1930 obtained civil aviator's certificate (No. 9167), taken on a D.H. 60 60-80 h.p. Cirrus II at Cinque Ports Flying Club]
29.03.1934 - 06.09.1936 2nd Battalion The Coldstream Guards (UK)
[1934 seriously ill after a motor accident in Crathie, Aberdeenshire]
07.09.1936 - 15.01.1941 3rd Battalion The Coldstream Guards (UK, from 03.10.1936 Palestine, from 31.12.1936 UK, from 23.11.1937 Egypt, from 14.10.1938 Palestine, from 08.12.1938 Kasr-el-Nil Barracks, Cairo, Egypt)
[general service wound left shoulder 19.12.1940, hospitalized till 02.01.1941]
07.12.1938 - 11.12.1938 Deputy Assistant Provost Marshal, Alexandria Area
12.12.1938 - 02.10.1939 Garrison Adjutant & Quartermaster, Alexandria Area
16.01.1941 - 07.07.1941 Staff Captain, General Headquarters Middle East (Egypt)
08.07.1941 - 12.07.1942 Commandant, Prisoner of War Camp Middle East Forces (Egypt) (despatches)
13.07.1942 - 13.08.1942 Holding Battalion The Coldstream Guards (UK)
14.08.1942 - 17.01.1943 5th Battalion Coldstream Guards (UK: Knook Camp, Heytesbury, from autumn 1942 at Mere)
18.01.1943 - 07.02.1943 Training Battalion The Coldstream Guards (UK)
08.02.1943 - 13.08.1943 Local Defence Adviser, RAF Station Vágar (Faeroes)
14.08.1943 - 03.10.1943 Local Defence Adviser, RAF Station Gosport (UK)
04.10.1943 - 01.11.1943 Holding Battalion The Coldstream Guards (UK)
02.11.1943 - 06.05.1944 Training Battalion The Coldstream Guards (UK)
Sanford,
William Boris
W.B. Sanford

1919 ?
-
10.07.1940

[Exeter Higher
Cemetery,
Devon, Z.K.2]
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
14.01.1940 [113597]
?
-
14.01.1940
164th Officer Cadet Training Unit
14.01.1940


commissioned, The Gloucestershire Regiment [emergency commission]
14.01.1940
-
10.07.1940
2nd Battalion The Gloucestershire Regiment (France & UK)
Sanguinetti,
William Scurfield Swire
W.S.S. Sanguinetti

27.11.1906
-
28.09.1969
Surrey SW district, Surrey (formerly of Rudgwick, Sussex)
2nd Lt.
04.02.1926 [34910]
Lt.
04.02.1929
Capt.
20.05.1936
A/Maj.
02.09.1939-01.12.1939
T/Maj.
02.12.1939-04.06.1941
WS/Maj.
05.06.1941
Maj.
04.02.1943 (half-pay 17.06.1946; disability) (retd 09.04.1947)
A/Lt.Col.
05.03.1941-04.06.1941
T/Lt.Col.
05.06.1941-22.05.1942
Hon. Lt.Col.
09.04.1947
Education: Royal Military College, Sandhurst
04.02.1926


commissioned, The Hampshire Regiment
(03.1931)
 
 
1st Battalion The Hampshire Regiment (Razmak)
(06.1933)
 
 
1st Battalion The Hampshire Regiment (Nowshera (for Rawalpindi))
30.09.1935
-
09.06.1939
Company Officer, The Malay Regiment (employed under Colonial Office)
?
-
(02?).1941
Second-in-Command, 5th Special Service Battalion
05.03.1941
-
05.1942?
Commanding Officer, No. 5 Commando
Sankey,
Richard Massey
R.M. Sankey
Son of Herbert Massey Sankey (1889-), manufacturer & merchant, and Sybil Adele I. Abbs (1898?-).
Married (10.06.1944, St Mary's Church, Credenhill, Hereford district, Herefordshire) Section Officer Jean Anne [Forbes] Robson *, WAAF (24.02.1917 - 09.1990), earlier ((09?).1940, Southampton district, Hampshire) married to Christopher B. Boyer, and daughter of Charles Joseph Forbes Robson [?]; ... children (one daughter, one son?).

* Also found as: Jennifer Megan Margaret Elizabeth Anne Forbes Robson, and as: Jennifer Elizabeth Anne Margaret Forbes Robson.
25.10.1920
Perry Hall, Orpington, Bromley district, Kent
-
25.10.1986
Tunbridge Wells district, Kent
2nd Lt. 21.12.1940 [164989]
WS/Lt. 21.06.1942
A/Capt. ? (reld 10.07.1946)
21.12.1940     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
Sant,
Richard Charles
J.E. Santos
Son of ... Sant, and ... Morgan.
Married ((06?).1940, Battersea district, London) Kathleen M. Phillips; ... children.
29.05.1918
Farnham district, Kent
-
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 28.06.1941 [193757]
WS/Lt. 15.09.1941
WS/Capt. 01.04.1944 (reld 11.06.1947)
T/Maj. 17.12.1945-11.06.1947
Hon. Maj. 11.06.1947
28.06.1941     commissioned, The East Surrey Regiment [emergency commission]
1942? - 1945? posted, 4th Gurkha Regiment
Santer,
John Roland
J.R. Santer
Son (with four(?) brothers) of Herbert Darce Santer, and Annie Winifred McGiveron.
Married ((06?).1946, Conway district, Caernarvonshire) Elizabeth Jean Jones (10.10.1924 - 04.2006), daughter (with two sisters) of Richard Glyn Jones (1898-1990), and Elizabeth Novie Evans (1898-1981); two daughters.
02.10.1917
West Derby district, Lancashire
-
(06?).1982
Colwyn district, Clwyd, Wales
Cadet ? [3770192]
2nd Lt. 14.11.1943 [308964]
WS/Lt. 14.11.1944 (reld > 04.1946, < 08.1946)
Hon. Lt. > 04.1946, < 08.1946
14.11.1943     commissioned, The Royal Sussex Regiment [emergency commission]
      served in Burma
Santos,
John Edward
J.E. Santos
Son of Robert Bell Santos, and Mary Veronica Gannon.
07.04.1920
Toxteth Park district, Lancashire
-
13.10.2005
Coventry. Warwickshire South district, Warwickshire
Cadet
? [901178]
2nd Lt.
09.04.1944 [324386]
WS/Lt.
09.10.1944 (reld > 04.1946, < 04.1947)
A/Capt. ?
?
09.04.1944
 
 
commissioned, Royal Corps of Signals [emergency commission]



served, Divisional Signals, 17th Indian Infantry Division
Sarson,
Martin Grimsdick
M.G. Sarson (Photo courtesy of Mr Pat Gariepy) M.G. Sarson (Photo courtesy of Mr Pat Gariepy)
M.G. Sarson (Photo courtesy of Mr Pat Gariepy) M.G. Sarson (Photo courtesy of Mr Pat Gariepy)
Son (with two [three?] brothers) of Arthur West Sarson (1887-1980), and Katherine Dorothy Ball (1891-1981).
08.09.1920
Wandsworth district, London
-
18.09.2005
Lewisham district, London
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 10.04.1943 [278010]
WS/Lt. 10.10.1943 (reld < 04.1947)
T/Capt. 31.10.1945-(04.1946)
Education: St Edmund Hall, Oxford University (1946-1949).
10.04.1943     commissioned, The Cheshire Regiment [emergency commission]
autumn 1945     308th Infantry Brigade (NW Europe)
Satchell,
Stanley William
S.W. Satchell
Son (with two brothers & one sister) of Capt. William James Satchell, and Jeanne Faulkner.
Brother of Sq.Ldr. James Satchell, RAF, and of Sister Mary Satchell, QAIMNS.
Married ((06?).1949, Westminster district, London) Pamela Ellen Sorrell, daughter of Mr & Mrs E.A. Sorrell, of London WC2.
06.10.1919
Reading district, Berkshire
-
29.07.1992
Thorpe Bay, Southend on Sea district, Essex
2nd Lt. 07.04.1945 [343827]
WS/Lt. 07.04.1945
Lt. 05.10.1946, seniority 08.01.1943
A/Capt. 22.12.1945-21.03.1946
T/Capt. 22.03.1946-07.07.1947
Capt. 08.07.1947
T/Maj. 01.11.1951-20.02.1953
Maj. 08.07.1954 (retd 06.10.1974)
Education: instructor in gunnery (field), qualified on a gunnery staff course; light aircraft pilot (fixed wing).
      served in the ranks for 11 years, 79 days
07.04.1945     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission to 04.10.1946]
05.10.1946     permanent commission
Saunders,
Arthur David Rich
A.D.R. Saunders

Son of Harold Cecil Rich Saunders (1882-1918), and Dorothy May Triscott (1887-1974).
Married Margaret Mitchell Bell (1921? - 28.06.2012); one son.
05.07.1917
Chelsea district, London
-
21.06.2000
Haverfordwest district, Dyfed
2nd Lt. 26.08.1937 [73122]
... ...
Capt. 26.08.1945
T/Maj. 20.08.1943-(04.1946)
... ...
Brig. 19.09.1965 (retd 27.10.1968)
Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE 26.06.1947 Netherlands East Indies
26.08.1937     commissioned, The East Yorkshire Regiment (The Duke of York's Own)
... - ... ...
Saunders,
Hugh Ward Bannerman
H.W.B. Saunders (Photo courtesy of Mr Julian B. Saunders) H.W.B. Saunders (Photo courtesy of Mr Julian B. Saunders)
H.W.B. Saunders (Photo courtesy of Mr Julian B. Saunders) H.W.B. Saunders (Photo courtesy of Mr Julian B. Saunders)
H.W.B. Saunders (Photo courtesy of Mr Julian B. Saunders) H.W.B. Saunders (Photo courtesy of Mr Julian B. Saunders)
Eldest son of Maj. Allan Lindsey Saunders, MRCS, LRCP (1869-1939), and Katie Winifred Rolfe (1873-1934), of London W.
Married 1st (1923?) Eileen Campbell Terry, eldest daughter of Charles H. Terry, of The Chestnuts, Pangbourne, Berkshire.
Married 2nd (1936) Mireille C. .... (1904 - (06?).1943); one son, one daughter.
Married 3rd (17.08.1945, Longdon, Lichfield district, Staffordshire) Daisy Glynn (? - (06.).1972), widow of Maj. Arthur Victor Negus (1887-1943), of Hanch Hall, Lichfield; one son.
13.09.1898
Grimston, Freebridge Lynn district, Norfolk
-
07.05.1972
St Marylebone district, London
2nd Lt. 19.07.1916 [15469]
Lt. 19.01.1918
Capt. 01.01.1923
Maj. 01.08.1938
A/Lt.Col. 28.10.1940-20.12.1940,
16.01.1941-21.02.1941
T/Lt.Col. 22.02.1941-31.01.1943
Lt.Col. 01.02.1943 (retd 22.09.1948)
Distinguished Service Order DSO 14.01.1943 Middle East (Egypt & Libya) *
Mentioned in Despatches MID 13.01.1944 Middle East
British War Medal 1914-1920 BWM 14|20 - -
Victory Medal VM - -
Education: Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
19.07.1916     commissioned, The Gordon Highlanders
03.11.1917 - 31.10.1918 served in Mesopotamia
15.01.1919 - 02.12.1919 specially employed (to 12.10.1919 in Russia)
1919     sailed from Hong Kong to Victoria, British Columbia, on the ship Empress of Russia, in transit to Aberdeen
(03.1931)     2nd Battalion The Gordon Highlanders (Ballykinlar)
(06.1933)     2nd Battalion The Gordon Highlanders (Aldershot)
(01.1937)     1st Battalion The Gordon Highlanders (Edinburgh)
(01.1939)     1st Battalion The Gordon Highlanders (Aldershot)
(10.1942)     Commanding Officer, 5/7th (Mar and Mearns) Battalion The Gordon Highlanders (DSO)
* Recommendation for the award of the Distinguished Service Order to T/Lt.Col. H.W.B. Saunders: In the late afternoon of 3 Nov [1942] an attack in co-operation with tanks was launched on an enemy locality about Tel El Aqqiqira. This locality was supposed to be in our hands or lightly held and the attack was carried out only under cover of smoke in consequence. Soon after the attack was launched our tanks came under intense and accurate anti-tank fire while the Battalion ran into several machine gun nests, thus causing severe casualties both in tanks and men and bringing the attack to a standstill. The wireless sets in both the leading companies were hit and put out of action and all runners trying to reach Battalion Headquarters became casualties. Fully realising the situation, Col. Saunders at once personally went forward on foot to his leading companies. He re-organised the left one which had lost all its officers. He then went across to the right one, during all which time both tanks and infantry were pinned to their ground by heavy enemy fire. By his courageous action he steadied the Battalion and enabled it to hold the ground won by getting his men to dig in where they lay. Throughout the whole action Col. Saunders displayed leadership of the highest order, showing a complete disregard for danger and setting a fine example to his command. To his personal example and determination the partial success of the Battalion was largely due.
[Recommended 09.11.1942 by Brig. D.A.H. Graham, commanding 153rd Infantry Brigade, approved 13.11.1942 by Maj.Gen. D.N. Wimberley, commanding 51st Infantry Division, 18.11.1942 by Lt.Gen. O.H.W. Leese, commanding 30th Corps, 24.11.1942 by Gen. B.L. Montgomery, commanding 8th Army, and finally by Gen. H.R.L.G. Alexander, commanding Middle East Forces.]
Saunders,
Ian Robert
I.R. Saunders

Son of ... Saunders, and ... Saville.
28.11.1920
Oxford district, Oxfordshire
-
died between 1985 and 1990 ?
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 21.03.1942 [229190]
WS/Lt. 01.10.1942
Lt. 28.04.1945, seniority 24.07.1943 (half-pay 30.06.1947; disability) (retd 18.10.1947; disability)
MC 23.08.1945 Italy *
      served in the ranks for 1 year, 14 days
31.03.1942     commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]
(1945)     C Squadron, The Queens Bays (Italy) (MC)
28.04.1945     permanent commission
* Recommendation for the award of the Military Cross to WS/Lt. I.R. Saunders: On the morning of 17th April 1945, Lieutenant Saunders, The Queens Bays, was in command of a troop of tanks supporting "D" Company, 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Fusiliers (Princess Victoria's). The task allotted to this force was the enlargement of, and exploitation from, the small bridgehead over the Marina Canal - an area dominated by enemy tanks and assault guns. Two out of the four of the tanks supporting the Companies which had secured the original bridgehead had been knocked out and any movement drew immediate fire. Despite this adverse state of affairs, this officer manoeuvred his troops into fire positions from which he harassed the enemy all day, knocking out at least two enemy tanks and killing a number of infantry, causing others to surrender. During this time every one of the tanks under his command was hit at least once by a solid shot. There is no doubt, that but for his courage, skill and determination, not one of his tanks would have arrived intact on the objective, thereby leaving the infantry open to an extremely probable counter-attack. His advance under fire from tanks and assault guns for a distance of fifteen hundred yards enabled the infantry to carry out their appointed task with every success and resulted in the final break through of the defences of the Argenta Gap. Lieutenant Saunders' personal bearing was an inspiration, not only to his own men, but also to the infantry which his troop was supporting.
[Recommended by Lt.Col. M.J.F. Palmer, commanding 1st Royal Irish Fusiliers, approved by Brig. T.P.D. Scott, commanding 38th (Irish) Infantry Brigade, 02.05.1945 by Brig. J.F.B. Combe, commanding 2nd Armoured Brigade, 07.05.1945 by Maj.Gen. R.K. Arbuthnott, commanding 78th Infantry Division, 15.05.1945 by Lt.Gen. C.F. Keightley, commanding 5 Corps, 23.05.1945 by Lt.Gen. R.L. McCreery, commanding 8th Army, and finally 24.05.1945 by Field Marshal Sir Harold R.L.G. Alexander, commanding Allied Force HQ.]
Saunders,
Joseph Frank
J.F. Saunders (Photo courtesy of Mrs Jane Kromann) J.F. Saunders (Photo courtesy of Mrs Jane Kromann)
Son of Joseph Thomas Saunders, and Daisy Morton.
Married (18.01.1941, Chelmsford district, Essex) Charlotte Florence Agnew Brand (01.11.1915 - 26.11.1993), daughter of Charles Agnew Brand (1892-1915), and Charlotte Caroline Rudd (1884-1951); one daughter.
15.12.1916
Islington district, London
-
07.07.1994
Horn, Fårvang, Denmark
[Tvilum Churchyard]
Gnr. 16.06.1937 [2043354]
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 05.07.1942 [255918]
WS/Lt. 05.01.1943
T/Capt. 20.01.1945-07.05.1945
WS/Capt. 08.05.1945 (reld > 04.1946, < 08.1946)
T/Maj. 08.05.1945-(1946)
Hon. Maj. > 04.1946, < 08.1946
Efficiency Medal (Territorial) EM 16.09.1949 -
16.06.1937     enlisted, Royal Artillery - Territorial Army
20.07.1941     approved for Officer Cadet Training Unit
1942     Officer Cadet Training Unit, Deolali, Bombay, India
05.07.1942     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
(03.1945)     HQ 23rd (Chindit) Infantry Brigade
Post-war career as Horticultural Engineer. RAF Benevolent Fund's representative (help to ex-servicemen and their families). One of the founders of George Fuller Club for the Blind, Cheshunt, Herts and East Herts Talking Newspaper. Chairman of Hoddesdon Cricket Club and captain of 2nd Team for many years. Ran a charity Wednesday’s Cricket Tournament in aid of George Fuller Club.
His daughter writes: "He served with the The Chindits 'Special Force' in India and Burma from 1943 till the end of the war."
Saunders,
Mervyn Rice
"Bill"
M.R. Saunders
Married ((09?).1946, Durham South Western district) Patricia M. Elston.
19.06.1913
-
01.1992
Darlington district, Co. Durham / Yorkshire
Wt.Offr. Cl. III ?
Lt. 24.01.1940 [113966]
A/.Capt. 16.08.1940-15.11.1940
T/Capt. 16.11.1940-30.04.1941
WS/Capt. 01.05.1941
A/Maj. 01.02.1941-30.04.1941
T/Maj. 01.05.1941-10.04.1947
WS/Maj. 11.04.1947
A/Lt.Col. 11.01.1947-10.04.1947
T/Lt.Col. 11.04.1947-05.05.1947
Lt. 20.03.1946, seniority 17.11.1938
Capt. 20.03.1946, seniority 17.11.1943
Maj. 17.11.1948
Lt.Col. 21.01.1957, seniority 01.04.1957 (retd 18.07.1960)
Distinguished Service Order DSO 07.06.1945 NW Europe [citation available upon request]
      served in the ranks for 8 years, 137 days
24.01.1940     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission to 19.03.1946]
(1945)     Battery Commander, 83rd Field Regiment RA
20.03.1946     permanent commission
Saunders,
Stanley George
S.G. Saunders

Married ...; ... children (one son?).
12.06.1903
-
10.03.1977
Wandsworth district, London
Cadet ? [5672188]
2nd Lt. 14.05.1942 [233867]
WS/Lt. 14.11.1942
T/Capt. 14.05.1943-11.05.1945
WS/Capt. 12.05.1945 (reld > 10.1945, < 01.1946)
T/Maj. 12.05.1945?
Hon. Maj. > 10.1945, < 01.1946
Mentioned in Despatches MID 04.04.1946 NW Europe
Efficiency Medal (Territorial) EM 25.06.1948 -
14.05.1942     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
His son writes: "7th Battalion The Somerset Light Infantry (Colour Sgt in '39). Commissioned into Royal Artillery (Anti-Aircraft Sites on South coast; served in Holland on Monty's staff after hostilities). Demobilized '46 as Major."
Saunderson,
George Walter
"Sandy"
S.G. Saunders S.G. Saunders
S.G. Saunders S.G. Saunders

Son (with two brothers and two sisters) of George Sanderson (1882-1952), and Margaret Jane Eaton (1889-1948).
Married (17.05.1941, Manchester, Lancashire) Margaret Grime Telford (05.12.1923 - 01.12.2004); five sons, two daughters.
10.01.1916
Belfast, Northern Ireland
-
10.04.1974
Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
(murdered by IRA gunmen at Earl of Erne primary school, Teemore, Knockaraven, Enniskillen)
Cadet ? [6978048]
2nd Lt. 26.08.1944 [327725]
WS/Lt. 26.08.1944 (reld 18.05.1946)
Hon. Lt. 18.05.1946
Lt. 24.05.1950, seniority 18.05.1946
Capt. 01.05.1951
Maj. 01.04.1970 (retd 11.01.1973)
Bt. Lt.Col. 11.01.1973
Joined the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he was 18 and served in Palestine and the Middle East before the outbreak of World War II.
      transferred to the Parachute Regiment
26.08.1944     commissioned, Royal Irish Fusiliers [emergency commission]
24.05.1950 - 31.12.1953 commissioned, Inniskilling Fusiliers - Territorial Army
31.12.1953 - 09.02.1966 Northern Irish Brigade - Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [exceeded age limit]
01.04.1970 - 11.01.1973 Ulster Defence Regiment [exceeded age limit]
On demobilisation, he trained as a teacher at Larkfield College, Belfast, and after a short time at Enniskillen Model School, he was appointed Principal of the Earl of Erne School. Around 1952, he moved with the pupils into the new building, and resided in the bungalow in the grounds of the school. He continued in the teaching profession until his death.

 
Savage,
Raymond Percival
R.P. Savage R.P. Savage
 
R.P. Savage R.P. Savage

03.12.1919
Ealing, West London, Brentford district, Middlesex
-
05.01.2022
Sidmouth, Devon
2nd Lt. 17.12.1939 [109504]
WS/Lt. 17.06.1941
Efficiency Medal (Territorial) EM 21.02.1978 -
17.12.1939     commissioned, The Leicestershire Regiment [emergency commission]
1940     served with 1/5th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment, 148th (Territorial) Infantry Brigade in Norway, 1940; internee in Sweden, 1940
1941 - 15.02.1942 served with 1st Battalion Leicestershire Regiment, 15th Indian Infantry Brigade, 9th Indian Infantry Division in Malaya
15.02.1942 - 08.1945 POW in Japanese captivity (in Changi and Havelock Road Camps, Singapore, Malaya, on Burma-Thailand Railway and Thailand)
Saywell,
William Louis
W.L. Saywell
Son of John Saywell (1870?-), and Maud Crofts (1871?-).
Married (01.06.1935, St German's Church, Edgbaston, Birmingham district, Warwickshire) Kathleen Peggie Rendel ((12?).1908 - (09?).1964); ... children (one son?).
14.03.1907
Appley Bridge, Wigan district, Lancashire
-
12.11.1964
Sutton-in-Ashfield, Mansfield district, Nottinghamshire
2nd Lt. 24.03.1937 [71249]
WS/Lt. 24.03.1940
T/Capt. 15.12.1940-(04.1941)
WS/Capt. 18.03.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Maj. 23.09.1942-(04.1944)
Hon. Maj. < 04.1946
Capt. 16.08.1946, seniority 11.04.1945
30.09.1947, seniority 18.03.1942
Maj. 01.12.1948
Territorial Efficiency Decoration TD 21.04.1950 & 1st clasp
Efficiency Medal (Territorial) EM 20.03.1947 24.08.1951 cancelled as since been awarded TD
24.03.1937     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery -Territorial Army (62nd (North Midland) Field Brigade RA)
01.10.1937     transferred, 222nd (Derby) Anti-Aircraft Battery, 68th (North Midland) Anti-Aircraft Brigade RA
24.08.1939     mobilized TA
14.07.1952 - 20.07.1957 Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [exceeded age limit]
Scale,
Richard Dymoke
R.D. Scale
30.07.1909
-
25.02.1995
Truro district, Cornwall
2nd Lt. SRO
31.10.1928
2nd Lt.
29.08.1930 [40496]
Lt.
29.08.1933
Capt.
12.02.1939
A/Maj.
09.06.1942-19.08.1942
Maj.
01.07.1946 (retd 29.09.1949)

NW Frontier of India 1936-37 Medal & Clasp.

Education: Imperial Service College.



late Cadet Serjeant, Imperial Service College Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps

31.10.1928
- 28.08.1930 commissioned, Royal Tank Corps - Supplementary Reserve of Officers
29.08.1930
 
 
commissioned, Royal Tank Corps (later Royal Tank Regiment)
?
-
27.11.1940
RAC Base Depot
28.11.1940
-
(12.1940)
6th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment
29.09.1949
-
13.01.1960
Regular Army Reserve of Officers [exceeded age limit]
Scales,
Harold Wilkinson
H.W. Scales
Son of Arthur J. Scales, and Gertrude Wilkinson.
Married ((09?).1944, Bradford district, Yorkshire) Barbara Peacock.
(09?).1923
Halifax district, Yorkshire
-
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 24.12.1943 [303366]
WS/Lt. 03.05.1945 (reld > 04.1946, < 04.1947)
24.12.1943     commissioned, The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding) [emergency commission]
      seconded, 8th Punjab Regiment
Scales,
William Ernest [Walter]
W.E. Scales (Photo courtesy of Mr Dave Wicks)
Son of Ada Scales.
Married 1st ((06?).1942, Surrey Mid Eastern district, Surrey) Elsie W.D. Boughen.
Married 2nd ((06?).1953, East Ham district, Essex) Ellen B. Freeman.

10.03.1909
Ware, Hertfordshire
-
06.2001
Colchester, Essex
Platoon Sergeant-Major (Wt.Offr. Cl. III) ? [5946522]
Lt. 11.01.1941 [167619]
T/Capt. 18.11.1942-(07.1945)
WS/Capt. 17.10.1945
T/Maj. 17.10.1945-(04.1947)
Distinguished Conduct Medal DCM 22.10.1940 BEF 1940
1926     enlisted Territorial Army
      served in the ranks, The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
(06.1940)     "B" Company, 2nd Battalion The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment (France & Belgium) (DCM)
11.01.1941     commissioned, The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [emergency commission]
(1944)     1st Battalion The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment (Italy)
Scanlon,
Martin Patrick
M.P. Scanlon
Son of ... Scanlon, and ... Hughes.
Married ...; ... children.
13.08.1917
Aston district, Warwickshire
-
13.10.2005
Reading district, Berkshire
Cpl. (10.1940)
Sgt. (04.1941)
CQMS 07.1941
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 07.01.1943 [258719]
WS/Lt. 07.07.1943 (reld > 04.1946, < 08.1946)
Hon. Lt. > 04.1946, < 08.1946
10.1940     HQ No 20 Training Centre Royal Engineers (Plumer Barracks, Crownhill, Plymouth)
04.1941     No 3 Construction Centre Royal Engineers (Radcliffe, Manchester)
07.01.1943     commissioned, The Royal Irish Fusiliers (Princess Victoria's) [emergency commission]
1943 - 1946 2nd Battalion Royal Ulster Rifles
Scarr,
Kenneth Roy Renforth
K.R.R. Scarr (Photo courtesy of Ian Scarr)
Son of John Renforth Scarr (1883-1954), and Anne Dore (1888-1982), of Cailla 444, Iquique, Chile.
Married 1st (08.1939, Valparaiso, Chile; 12.1941 separated; 02.1943 divorced) Sybil Lyon (16.02.1912 - ).
Married 2nd (06.1947, Cheltenham district, Gloucestershire) Kathleen I. "Kay" Francis (09.01.1920 - 21.10.1980); four sons, one daughter.

13.12.1913
Iquique, Chile
-
02.08.1966
Queens, Long Island, New York, USA
Cadet ? [14427496]
2nd Lt. 07.05.1944 [320177]
WS/Lt. 07.11.1944 (demobilized 01.1947) (reld 27.12.1950)
T/Capt. 1946?
Hon. Capt. 27.12.1950
Education: Cheltenham College (09.1927-12.1930; Day Boy; Officer Training Corps).
Bank clerk, Bank of London and South America. Serving as a driver in the Royal Horse Artillery, Territorial Army, 1932-1935.
12.1943 - 04.1944 Officer Cadet Training Unit, Sandhurst
07.05.1944     commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]
mid 1945 - 06.1945 43rd Reconnaissance Regiment RAC (the Netherlands, Germany [wounded 12.02.1945 Reichswald Forest])
07.1945 - 01.1947 joined another Reconnaissance Regiment (India; war ended before they were able to fight in Burma; 02.1946 diplomatic mission to Saigon)
Hired by British South American Airways, early 1947. Manager of British South American Airways at Miami International Airport, and later BOAC (present day British Airways), where he was a manager at Kennedy International Airport.
Schenck,
Robert William
R.W. Schenck
Son of Frederick Charles Schenck (1875-1960), and Amy Curtis (1876?-1941).
Married ((09?).1955, Liverpool district, Lancashire) Florence Williams; three daughter, one son.
22.08.1922
West Derby district, Lancashire
-
17.02.1976
Liverpool, Merseyside
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 26.02.1943 [264463]
WS/Lt. 26.08.1943 (reld > 12.1946, < 04.1947)
T/Capt. 07.08.1946-(12.1946)
Lt. 30.12.1950
26.02.1943     commissioned, Pioneer Corps [emergency commission]
30.12.1950     commissioned, Royal Pioneer Corps - Regular Army Reserve of Officers
Schenirer,
Joseph
J. Schenirer (Photo courtesy of Simone Schenirer)
Naturalized British citizen, 05.03.1946.
Married five times in five different countries.

1913
Munich, Germany
-
03.1984
Haifa, Israel
2nd Lt. 30.06.1941 [278037]
WS/Lt. 01.08.1942 (reld 09.12.1947)
T/Capt. 04.11.1944-09.12.1947
Hon. Capt. 09.12.1947

Star of Bethlehem

Emigrated to Palestine in the 1930s. Civil servant (worked in passport control).
      served Egypt Tripoli, Benghazi, Italy campaign:
30.06.1941     commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps - Palestine Section [emergency commission]
      371st Company, RASC (wounded in the leg at Bologna, Italy 04.1945; recovering in UK till 01.1946)
1946     returned to Italy, attached to Intelligence Corps (AG 23) to assist with the interrogation of POW’s for War Crimes, under GSI
Schilling,
Richard Selwyn Francis
R.S.F. Schilling
Son (with one brother and one sister) of Dr George Schilling, and Florence Louise Loweth, of Kessingland, Suffolk.
Married (28.08.1937, St John the Baptist Church, Broadstone, Poole district, Dorset) Heather Maud Elinore Norman (1914 - 2008); one son, two daughters.

09.01.1911
Kessingland, Mutford district, Suffolk
-
30.09.1997
Islington district, London
Lt. 09.07.1938 [75948]
Capt. 09.07.1939
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Civil Division) CBE 14.06.1975 HM's birthday 75: Director, TUC Centenary Institute of Occupational Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Education: Epsom College (1925-1929; Prefect, Captain of Rugby XV, member Cricket XI); St Thomas's Hospital; BS; MD Lond 1947; DSc Lond; MB BS 1937; FRCP (MRCP Lond 1955); MRCS Eng, LRCP Lond 1934; FFPHM; FFOM; DPH (distinc.) University of London 1947; DIH Eng 1947.
Obstetric house physician, St Thomas' Hospital, 1935; house physician, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, 1936; Assistant Industrial Medical Officer, ICI (metals) Ltd, Birmingham, 1937.
      late Officer Cadet, University of London Contingent (Medical Unit), Senior Division, Officer Training Corps
09.07.1938     commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps - Territorial Army
1939 - 1940 served British Expeditionary Force; evacuated from Dunkirk
1940 - 1946 Unemployed List
? - 09.01.1966 Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]
Medical Inspector of Factories, 1939-1942. Secretary Industrial Health Research Board of Medical Research Council, 1942-1946; Nuffield Fellow in Industrial Health, 1946-1947; Reader in Occupational Health, University of Manchester, 1947-1956; WHO Consultant, 1956-1969. Professor of Occupational Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London, 1960-1976, now Emeritus, Hon. Fellow 1979; Director, TUC Centenary Institute of Occupational Health, 1968-1976. Lectures: Milroy, RCP, 1956; Mackenzie, BMA, 1956; Cantor, RSA, 1963; C.­E. A. Winslow, Yale Univ., 1963; Ernestine Henry, RCP, 1970. Former Vice-President, Permanent Commission, International Association Occupational Health. Former President: Assoc. of Industrial Medical Officers; British Occupational Hygiene Soc.; Occup.Med. Sect. of Roy. Soc. Med. Member: Committee of Inquiry into Trawler Safety, 1968; Royal Commn on Civil Liability and Compensation for Personal Injury, 1973-1978. Hon. Mem., Amer. Occupational Med. Assoc., 1986. Hon. FRSocMed 1976; Hon. DIH, Soc. of Apothecaries, 1988; Hon. FFOM, RCPI, 1990; Hon. Fellow, UMDS, 1994.
Published: (ed) Modern Trends in Occupational Health, 1960; (ed) Occupational Health Practice, 1973, 2nd edn 1980; original papers on Byssinosis (respiratory disease of textile workers) and other subjects in occupational health in BMJ, Lancet, Brit. Jl of Industrial Medicine, and foreign journals.
Scholes,
Thomas Roy
T.R. Scholes
Son of Thomas Scholes, and ... Carr.
22.06.1915
Barton upon Irwell district, Lancashire
-
05.12.1941
(MPK) [age 26]
[Alamein Memorial, Egypt, column 21]

Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
07.06.1941 [190624]
Education: Denstone College.
?
-
07.06.1941
Officer Cadet Training Unit (Sandhurst?; Bronze Medal for shooting at Bisley)
07.06.1941
 
 
commissioned, North Somerset Yeomanry (Territorial Army) [emergency commission]



transferred, Royal Tank Regiment - Royal Armoured Corps
Schreiber,
Sir Edmond Charles Acton
"Teddy"
E.C.A. Schreiber E.C.A. Schreiber
E.C.A. Schreiber
Son of late Hon. Brig.Gen. Acton Lemuel Schreiber, CB, CMG, DSO (1865-1951), and Evelyn Amy Hunt.
Married (24.10.1916) Phyllis Barchard (19.03.1889 - 04.04.1977), only daughter of Maj. Charles Percival Barchard (1858-1908); two daughters (daughter Diana Schreiber married Capt. John Gerard Wells, CBE, DSC, RN).

30.04.1890
London

-
08.10.1972

Exmouth, Devon
2nd Lt. 23.12.1909 [12846]
Lt. 23.12.1912
T/Capt. 29.05.1915-22.12.1915
Capt. 23.12.1915
Bt. Maj. 01.01.1918
Maj. 08.03.1927
A/Lt.Col. 26.08.1917-08.02.1919
Bt. Lt.Col. 01.01.1930
Lt.Col. 01.01.1937
Col. 08.01.1938, seniority 01.01.1933
T/Brig. 27.09.1938-07.06.1940
A/Maj.Gen. 26.04.1940-07.06.1940
Maj.Gen. 08.06.1940, seniority 24.07.1938
A/Lt.Gen. 08.05.1941-07.05.1942
T/Lt.Gen. 08.05.1942-11.08.1942,
07.09.1942-30.07.1944
Lt.Gen. 31.07.1944, seniority 21.01.1943 (retd 04.01.1947)
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath KCB
08.06.1944
HM's birthday 44
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
01.01.1942
New Year 42
Distinguished Service Order DSO
01.12.1914
service with Expeditionary Force *
Mentioned in Despatches MID
17.02.1915
?
Mentioned in Despatches MID
18.05.1917
?
Mentioned in Despatches MID
14.12.1917
?
Mentioned in Despatches MID
23.12.1918
?
Mentioned in Despatches MID
26.07.1940
?
1914-1915 Star 14|15 St
-
& Clasp
British War Medal 1914-1920 BWM 14|20
-
-
Victory Medal VM
-
-
* Very gallant conduct on 14th September in saving horses which had become entangled in blocked road, and man-handling guns away from a position which had become untenable from a very heavy shell fire, continuing to work, although wounded.
Education: Wellington (1903-1908); Royal Military Academy, Woolwich (1908-1909); Staff College, Camberley (1923-1924; psc).
23.12.1909     commissioned, Royal Field Artillery (Royal Regiment of Artillery)
1914 - 1918 served European War France & Belgium (17.08.1914-30.09.1914, 11.11.1914-01.04.1917 & 07.07.1917-11.11.1918) (wounded; despatches, DSO, Bt Maj.)
17.06.1916 - 02.11.1916 Staff Captain (Staff Officer to Maj.Gen. RA), France
26.08.1917 - 08.02.1919 Commandant, Artillery School
07.06.1920 - 12.01.1921 Brigade Major, ... (India)
14.01.1921 - 15.12.1922 Adjutant, ... (Royal Artillery)
08.04.1925 - 17.10.1926 Brigade Major, ... (Southern Command)
18.10.1926 - 07.04.1929 General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), RAF School of Army Co-operation
21.01.1930 - 20.01.1933 General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), Staff College (Camberley)
16.11.1934 - 31.12.1936 General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), War Office (London)
08.01.1938 - 26.09.1938 General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), Senior Officers' School, Sheerness
27.09.1938 - 02.09.1939 Brigadier RA, Southern Command
03.09.1939 - 23.04.1940 Corps Commander RA, II Corps [= Brigadier RA], British Expeditionary Force (BEF) (France)
26.04.1940 - 11.05.1940 General Officer Commanding, 61st Infantry Division (UK)
12.05.1940 - 07.05.1941 General Officer Commanding, 45th Infantry Division (UK)
08.05.1941 - 08.03.1942 General Officer Commanding, V Corps (UK)
07.04.1942 - 11.08.1942 Force & Army Commander, North Africa, with the task of forming the Expeditionary Force which became the First Army (pronounced medically unfit for service abroad)
07.09.1942 - 18.03.1944 General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Command (UK)
19.03.1944 - 24.09.1944 General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, South­Eastern Command (UK)
26.09.1944 - 10.07.1946 Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Malta
National President, Old Contemptibles Association, 1960. Deputy Lieutenant (DL) Devon, 23.11.1948. KStJ, 22.06.1945. Colonel Commandant, RA, 18.04.1945-16.04.1955. Colonel Commandant, Royal Malta Artillery (Territorial Army), 05.12.1946-29.04.1955.
Schwartz,
Bernard Marcus
B.M. Schwartz
Son of ... Schwartz, and ... Cohen.

05.01.1926
Cardiff district, Wales
-
23.02.2005
Cardiff district, Wales
Cadet ? [14437055]
2nd Lt. 12.08.1945 [352872]
WS/Lt. 12.02.1946
T/Capt. 04.09.1946-(04.1947)
12.08.1945     commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]
24.12.1945     transferred, Corps of Royal Engineers (Movement Control Section)
Sclater,
Robert Oakes
R.O. Sclater (Photo courtesy of Mr Mark C.D. Ashdown)
Married ((12?).1933, Devizes district, Wiltshire) Sybil C. Niven, of Marden, Wiltshire.
21.07.1909
-
01.12.1943
[age 34]
[Glasgow Crematorium, column 3]

2nd Lt.
29.08.1929 [44208]
Lt.
29.08.1932 (half-pay [unemployed] 07.05.1933-12.08.1933)
Capt.
01.08.1938
T/Maj.
04.10.1940-01.12.1943
Education: Royal Military College, Sandhurst (No. 5 Company).
29.08.1929
 
 
commissioned, The York and Lancaster Regiment
(03.1931)
 
 
2nd Battalion The York and Lancaster Regiment (Delhi)
(01.1937)
 
 
2nd Battalion The York and Lancaster Regiment (Ahmednagar)
(01.1939)
 
 
1st Battalion The York and Lancaster Regiment (York) (on the strength of the depot)
?
-
?
?
Scobie,
Sir Ronald MacKenzie 
R.M. Scobie R.M. Scobie
R.M. Scobie R.M. Scobie
R.M. Scobie R.M. Scobie
R.M. Scobie
R.M. Scobie
R.M. Scobie
R.M. Scobie
R.M. Scobie
R.M. Scobie
Son of Mackay John Scobie of India PWD.
Married (09.02.1927) Joan Duncan, daughter of William Henry Sidebotham, solicitor of Farnham, Surrey; one daughter.
08.06.1893
India
-
23.02.1969
Cottage Hospital, Odiham, Hampshire
2nd Lt.
25.02.1914 [8306]
Lt.
09.06.1915
A/Capt.
22.04.1917-17.06.1917
Capt.
03.11.1917
Bt. Maj.
03.06.1919
Maj.
01.01.1929
local Lt.Col.
30.12.1932-22.01.1935
Bt. Lt.Col.
01.01.1934
Lt.Col.
07.01.1937
Col.
18.01.1938, seniority 01.01.1937
A/Brig.
01.09.1939-29.02.1940
T/Brig.
01.03.1940-08.08.1940
local Brig.
18.08.1940-16.10.1941
A/Maj.Gen.
17.10.1941-09.04.1942
Maj.Gen.
10.04.1942, seniority 08.11.1941 (retd 18.06.1947)
A/Lt.Gen.
22.03.1943-21.03.1944
T/Lt.Gen. 
22.03.1944-(04.1946)
Hon. Lt.Gen.
18.06.1947
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) KBE
26.04.1945
?
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
09.09.1942
Middle East (Egypt, Libya) 11.41-04.42
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) CBE
30.12.1941
Middle East (East Africa and Madagascar)
Military Cross MC
03.06.1916
?
Mentioned in Despatches MID
20.12.1918
?
Mentioned in Despatches MID
05.07.1919
?
Mentioned in Despatches MID
01.04.1941
?
Mentioned in Despatches MID
06.04.1944
Middle East
1914-1915 Star 14|15 St
-
& Clasp
British War Medal 1914-1920 BWM 14|20
-
-
Victory Medal VM
-
-
Palestine 1936-39 Medal & Clasp.
Czechoslovak Military Cross 23.07.1943
Education: Cheltenham College; Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; Staff College (psc); Imperial Defence College (idc)
E
xcelled at all sports, shortly before the outbreak of war he played rugby for Scotland against England, Ireland, and Wales. He also played rugby for the army.
25.02.1914


commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers (served in France & Belgium 30.09.1914-11.11.1918; wounded)
25.03.1918
-
13.08.1918
General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), ... (France)
14.08.1918
-
14.09.1920
Brigade Major, ... (France)
15.09.1920
-
03.09.1924
Officer Company of Gentlemen Cadets, Royal Military Academy, Woolwich (Class A)
16.03.1927
-
31.03.1929
Staff Captain, ... (Aldershot Command)
01.04.1929
-
24.02.1931
Brigade Major, 5th Infantry Brigade (Aldershot Command)
30.12.1932
-
22.01.1935
Director of Military Art (GSO2), Royal Military College of Australia
(01.1937)
 
 
served at London
18.01.1938
-
31.08.1939
an Assistant Adjutant-General, War Office (London)
01.09.1939
-
08.05.1940
Deputy Director of Mobilization, War Office (London)
09.05.1940
-
08.08.1940
Deputy Adjutant-General, Middle East
09.08.1940
-
17.08.1940
specially employed
18.08.1940
-
16.10.1941
Brigadier General Staff, British Troops in Sudan
17.10.1941
-
16.02.1942
General Officer Commanding, 70th Infantry Division (Syria, Libya, Egypt, Syria)
17.02.1942
-
05.08.1942
Deputy Adjutant-General (DAG), Middle East
06.08.1942
-
21.03.1943
General Officer Commanding, Troops Malta
1943
-
1944
Chief of the General Staff, Middle East (Cairo)
09.1944
-
1946
General Officer Commanding, Greece
Lieutenant of the Tower of London, 03.08.1951-1954. Colonel Commandant, Royal Engineers, 19.03.1951-08.06.1958. CStJ, 23.12.1946.
Literature
: Henry Maule, Scobie, hero of Greece (1975)
Scoones,
[Sir] Reginald Laurence
R.L. Scoones

Son of late Major Fitzmaurice Scoones, Royal Fusiliers.
Married (1933) Isabella Bowie, daughter of
John Nisbet, Cumbrae Isles, Scotland; one daughter.
18.12.1900
Hermitage, Sutton Heston, Brentford, Middlesex
-
06.10.1991
Westminster Hospital, London
2nd Lt.
16.07.1920 [490]
Lt.
16.07.1922
local Capt.
16.04.1930-27.04.1934
Capt.
23.03.1935
Maj.
01.08.1938
A/Lt.Col.
04.07.1941-25.07.1941,
07.09.1941-14.11.1941
T/Lt.Col.
15.11.1941-14.11.1942
WS/Lt.Col.
15.11.1942
A/Col.
15.05.1942-14.11.1942
T/Col.
15.11.1942-30.07.1945
Col.
31.07.1945
A/Brig. 
15.05.1942-14.11.1942
T/Brig.
15.11.1942-04.06.1943,
...-13.11.1949
Brig.
14.11.1949
T/Maj.Gen.
09.05.1950-28.02.1951
Maj.Gen..
01.03.1951 (retd 29.04.1955)
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) KBE
01.01.1955
New Year 55
Companion of the Order of the Bath CB
07.06.1951
HM's birthday 51
Distinguished Service Order DSO
08.02.1945
Burma
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) OBE
08.07.1941
Middle East (Egypt and Libya)
Mentioned in Despatches MID
19.07.1945
Burma
Education: Wellington College; Royal Military College, Sandhurst
16.07.1920


commissioned, Royal Fusiliers
01.09.1923


transferred, Royal Tank Corps (from 1938 Royal Tank Regiment)
31.12.1926
-
27.04.1934
attached Sudan Defence Force
01.06.1935
-
17.03.1938
Adjutant, 1st Battalion Royal Tank Corps
29.09.1938
-
22.01.1939
Staff Captain, ... (Egypt) (temporary)
01.08.1939
-
06.10.1939
General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), Mobile Division
07.10.1939
-
16.07.1940
Brigade Major, Cavalry Brigade (Cairo)
02.11.1940
-
06.04.1941
General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), Western Desert Corps (Middle East)
12.04.1941
-
(06.)1941
Second-in-Command, 6th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment
1941
-
1941
Commanding Officer, 42nd Battlaion Royal Tank Regiment
07.09.1941
-
14.05.1942
General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), War Office
15.05.1942
-
13.04.1943
Deputy Director of Military Training (A), War Office
17.11.1943
-
15.03.1945?
Commander, 254th Indian Tank Brigade (Burma)
1945


Deputy Director of Military Training
1947
-
1950
Asst Kaid, Sudan Defence Force
09.05.1950
-
30.11.1954
Major­General Commanding British Troops Sudan and Commandant Sudan Defence Force
29.04.1955
-
18.12.1960
Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
Late Royal Armoured Corps; Director, The Brewers' Society, 1957-69.
Scott,
Arthur James Patrick
"Pat"
A.J.P. Scott
Son of Thomas Scott, and Charlotte Boyce.
Married ((12?).1942, Birmingham district, Warwickshire) Olga D. Barritt ((09?).1922 - ).
17.03.1917
Dover
-
29,04.1988
Waveney, Suffolk
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 14.12.1940 [162149]
WS/Lt. 14.06.1942
T/Capt. 24.07.1943-(04.1946)
WS/Capt. ? (reld 10.07.1954)
T/Maj. ?
Hon. Maj. 10.07.1954
Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE 24.01.1946 NW Europe
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St - -
France & Germany Star Fr&G St - -
Defence Medal Def M - -
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45 - -
Education: Dover County School (1923-1931); King Edward’s School, Birmingham (1931-1935).
1939     enlisted, Royal Armoured Corps
? - 14.12.1940 Sandhurst or 102nd Officer Cadet Training Unit
14.12.1940     commissioned, 1st Lothians and Border Yeomanry - Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]
25.11.1943 - 07.1945? Adjutant
Accountant F.P.C.A.
Scott,
David Robert
D.R. Scott
?
-
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 13.07.1941 [194285]
WS/Lt. 07.07.1942
T/Capt. 07.07.1942-(04.1946)
WS/Capt. ? (reld 21.05.1952)
Hon. Capt. 21.05.1952
13.09.1940     enlisted service, Corps of Royal Engineers
? - 13.07.1941 Officer Cadet Training Unit
13.07.1941     commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]
12.1941 - 11.1945 1st (Sikh) Engineer Battalion, Royal Indian Engineers
      also served with No. 2 Training Battalion, Royal Engineers, No. 4 Depot Royal Indian Engineers, Sialkot & Eastern Command, Bengal
Scott,
George Alexander
G.A. Scott
?
-
2nd Lt. 21.03.1915 [38501]
Lt. ?
Capt. ?
Maj. 12.10.1927
Bt/ Lt.Col. 01.01.1932
Lt.Col. 12.10.1936 (retd 01.09.1948)
Territorial Efficiency Decoration TD 03.05.1935 -
Territorial Efficiency Decoration TD 15.07.1952 1st, 2nd & 3rd clasps
Mentioned in Despatches MID 14.12.1917 ?
Education: Edinburgh University (MA, BSc).
21.03.1915     commissioned, Forth Royal Garrison Artillery - Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army
(03.1931) - (06.1933) 161st Heavy Battery, Forth Heavy Brigade RA (Edinburgh)
12.10.1936 - (01.1939) Commanding Officer, Forth Heavy Brigade RA [later: Forth Heavy Regiment RA] (Edinburgh)
24.08.1939     mobilized TA
(04.1946)     Unemployed List
Military member, City of Edinburgh Territorial Army and Air Force Association, (04.1941)-(04.1946).
Scott,
Gordon Meredith
G.M. Scott (Photo courtesy of Moira Scott)

Son of Sir William Dalgleish Scott (1890-1966), and Valerie Meredith Burn (1899-1964).
Married Rosemary Emma Wright; two daughters, one son.
Residence: (1945) Bangor, Co. Down.

15.04.1923
Harrow, Middlesex
-
22.03.2006
St Thomas-Elgin General Hospital, Ontario, Canada
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 28.08.1942 [243203]
WS/Lt. 28.02.1943 (reld > 12.1946, < 04.1947)
T/Capt. 10.07.1946-(12.1946)
MC 23.08.1945 Italy [recommendation available upon request]
Education: The Queen's University of Belfast, Faculty of Medicine (MB, BCh, BAO 1952).
28.08.1942     commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]
(1945)     10th Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own) (Italy) (MC)
Went to St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada in 1954 as a physician and an anaesthetist at the St. Thomas-Elgin General Hospital.
* Recommendation for the award of the Military Cross to WS/Lt. G.M. Scott: On the 18th April 1945 Lieut. Scott, with his Troop, was supporting a Company of the 24th Guards Brigade during the advance through Chiesa el Bando. When the advance was held up by an enemy minefield Lieut. Scott went out on foot to reconnoitre a path through the minefield; throughout his recce he was subjected to intense mortar and shell fire. On completion of his task Lieut. Scott was returning to his tank when he was wounded by a mortar shell. Although in great pain, from a serious wound, and losing a large amount of blood, he had the presence of mind and singleness of purpose, to pass on the information he had gained on his recce to his Troop Sergeant. This information proved invaluable, and as a result of it the Squadron was able to continue the advance and assist the Infantry in clearing the village. Lieut. Scott has always shown great coolness and courage in previous actions.
[Recommended by Lt.Col. D.R.B. Kaye, commanding 10th Royal Hussars, approved by Brig. J.F.B. Combe, commanding 2nd Armoured Brigade, by Lt.Gen. C.F. Keightley, commanding 5 Corps, by Lt.Gen. R.L. McCreery, commanding 8th Army, and finally by Field Marshal Sir Harold R.L.G. Alexander, commanding Allied Force HQ.] (Citation kindly provided by Sim Morrison)
Scott,
Harold George
H.G. Scott
Married ...; ... children (one daughter?).
19.05.1911
-
12.1998
Enfield district, Middlesex
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 26.08.1944
WS/Lt. 26.02.1945
WS/Lt. (& Paym.) 26.02.1946 (reld > 04.1946, < 08.1946)
26.08.1944     commissioned, Royal Army Pay Corps [emergency commission]
His daughter writes: "I know he was in the Pay Corps in Egypt after attending OCTU in the Isle of Man where I was born. He was living in Enfield when he was called up."
Scott,
John
J. Scott

Married 1st (1913) Sybil, daughter of late Sir Frederic Hewitt, MVO, MD; two sons. Married 2nd (1933) Hester Mary, daughter of Arthur Hogan.
24.06.1887
-
03.12.1971
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
12.08.1908, seniority 29.07.1908
Lt.
29.07.1911
Capt.
30.10.1914
A/Maj.
26.01.1917-10.08.1917
A/Maj. TF
29.12.1917-26.01.1918
Maj.
27.01.1918
Lt.Col.
17.01.1936
Col.
28.08.1939, seniority 17.01.1939 (retd 23.06.1942)
T/Brig. 
28.08.1939-(01.1940)
Hon. Brig.
24.06.1942
Distinguished Service Order DSO
1919
?
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
1958
?
Mentioned in Despatches
MID
23.12.1918
?
Mentioned in Despatches
MID
07.07.1919
?
1914-1915 Star 14|15 St
-
-
British War Medal 1914-1920 BWM 14|20
-
-
Victory Medal VM
-
-
NW Frontier of India 1930-1931 Medal & Clasp
Education: St Andrews University (MA 1907); psc
1914
-
1918
served European War: Mohmands and Swatis, near Hafiz Kor (04.1915), France & Belgium (11.12.1917-11.11.1918) (despatches twice, DSO)
30.03.1920
-
30.09.1923
Adjutant, ... (Territorial Army)
22.01.1936
-
19.08.1939
Commanding Officer, 85th (East Anglian) Field Brigade (later Regiment) RA - Territorial Army (Stratford)
28.08.1939
-
(01.)1940
Commander Royal Artillery (CRA), 15th (Scottish) Division (temporary)
1940
-
1941
General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), Home Guard, 12th Corps
1941
-
1942
Commander Gravesend Sub Area
1942
-
1944
Training Officer Inverness­shire Home Guard
CC Worcestershire, 1949, Alderman, 1965. Chairman, S. Worcestershire Conservative Association, 1950-1956.
Scott,
Richard Turnbull
H.G. Scott
Married ...; ... children (one son?).
1915
Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland
-
1974
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 28.09.1940 [151774]
WS/Lt. 03.03.1941 (reld > 04.1946, < 08.1948)
T/Capt. ?
Hon. Capt. > 04.1946, < 08.1946
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Civil Division) OBE ? ?
      142nd Officer Cadet Training Unit (R.E.)
28.09.1940     commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]
1941? - 1945 POW (No. 3338) in German captivity (Oflag VII-B, Eichstätt, Bayern)
Scott,
Sinclair Robert Grant
S.R.G. Scott
11.09.1904
-
04.1993
Braintree,
Essex
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
26.08.1924 [30552]
Lt.
26.08.1926
Capt.
26.08.1935
A/Maj.
21.05.1940-20.08.1940
T/Maj.
21.08.1940-26.08.1940,
05.11.1940-23.02.1941
Maj.
26.08.1941
A/Lt.Col.
06.04.1943-05.07.1943
T/Lt.Col.
06.07.1943-(01.1946)
Lt.Col.
12.04.1949 (retd 10.10.1950)
Mentioned in Despatches MID
08.05.1936
Mohmand 35 *
Bronze Star Medal (US) BSM
14.11.1947

in recognition of distinguished services in the cause of the Allies

NW Frontier of India (Mohmand) 1933 Medal & Clasp; NW Frontier of India (Mohmand) 1935 Clasp
* For distinguished services rendered in connection with the Mohmand operations, North West Frontier of India, 15th/16th August to 15th/16th October, 1935.
Education: Royal Military Academy, Woolwich
26.08.1924


commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers
(03.1931)


served at Glasgow
(06.1933)


served in India
21.01.1937
-
20.05.1940
Assistant Instructor (Class DD to 31.07.1938), School of Military Engineering (Chatham)
28.09.1944
-
(04.1946)
Staff Officer I (Royal Engineers) on the staff of the Engineer-in-Chief & Director, Royal Engineers, Department of the Quarter-Master-General to the Forces, War Office (London)
10.10.1950
-
23.03.1960
Regular Army Reserve of Officers
Scott-Bowden,
Logan
L. Scott-Bowden

Son of late Lt.Col. Jonathan Scott-Bowden, OBE, TD, and Mary Scott-Bowden (née Logan).
Married (1950) Helen Jocelyn, daughter of late Major Sir Francis Caradoc Rose Price, 5th Bt, and late Marjorie Lady Price; three sons, three daughters.
21.02.1920
Whitehaven district, Cumbria / Cumberland
-
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
03.07.1939
Lt.
03.01.1941
A/Capt.
15.11.1940-14.02.1941
T/Capt.
15.02.1941-24.08.1943
WS/Capt.
25.08.1943
Capt.
01.07.1946
A/Maj.
25.05.1943-24.08.1943
T/Maj.
25.08.1943-02.07.1952
Maj.
03.07.1952
T/Lt.Col.
20.02.1959-19.08.1960
Lt.Col.
20.08.1960 (supernumerary 20.08.1963)
T/Col.
31.03.1964-10.07.1964
Col.
11.07.1964
T/Brig.
20.05.1966-30.12.1966
Brig.
31.12.1966
Maj.Gen.
? (retd 1974)
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) CBE
1972
?
Distinguished Service Order DSO
15.06.1944
Operation Bell Push Able (Normandy reconniassance 01.44)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
1964
?
Military Cross MC
02.03.1944
Operation KJH (Normandy reconnaissance 12.43-01.44)
Military Cross MC
24.01.1946
?
Education: Malvern College; Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; jssc (1956), psc (1945)
03.07.1939


commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers
1940


served in Norway
04.05.1941
-
03.06.1942
Adjutant, 53rd (Welsh) Division RE
1942
-
1943
Liaison Duties in Canada and USA
25.01.1943
-
24.05.1943
Adjutant, ....
1943
- 1944
Normandy Beach Reconnaissance Team
1944
-
(1945?)
Officer Commanding, 17th Field Company RE (NW Europe)
29.05.1946
-
02.12.1946
GSO2, HQ Allied Land Forces South East Asia (Singapore)
03.12.1946
-
18.10.1947
Brigade Major, 98th Indian Infantry Brigade (Burma)
16.10.1950
-
03.12.1950
SORE2, HQ British Troops in Egypt (Palestine)
1951
 
 
served in Libya
01.03.1951
-
11.02.1953
DAQMG, War Office
1953
 
 
served in Korea
24.07.1954
-
02.04.1956
Brigade Major, HQ Training Brigade
01.04.1958
-
18.02.1959
GSO2 Joint Secretariat HQ British Forces Arabian Peninsular
20.02.1959
-
24.04.1960
GSO1 (Plans) (Arabia)
1960
-
(1962?)
Commander Royal Engineers (CRE), 1st Division (British Army of the Rhine) 
20.12.1962
-
29.03.1964
GSO1 (Home Defence Plans), UK Land Forces HQ, Eastern Command
31.03.1964
-
06.05.1966
Assistant Director of Plans, War Office
20.05.1966
-
(01.1967)
Commander, HQ Training Brigade
1969
 
 
National Defence College, India
1970
-
1971
Commander Ulster Defence Regiment
1971
-
1974
Head of British Defence Liaison Staff, India
Colonel Commandant RE, 1975-1980.
Scott-Brown,
Charles L Scott
see: Canadian Army officers' section  
Scrimgeour,
Donald
D. Scrimgeour (Photo courtesy of Mrs Linda Murphy) D. Scrimgeour (Photo courtesy of Mrs Linda Murphy)
D. Scrimgeour (Photo courtesy of Mrs Linda Murphy) D. Scrimgeour (Photo courtesy of Mrs Linda Murphy)
D. Scrimgeour (Photo courtesy of Mrs Linda Murphy) D. Scrimgeour (Photo courtesy of Mrs Linda Murphy)
D. Scrimgeour (Photo courtesy of Mrs Linda Murphy) D. Scrimgeour (Photo courtesy of Mrs Linda Murphy)
Son of John Thomson Scrimgeour (1891-1950), and Isabella Wilson (1893-1984).
Married Hilda Newton (15.01.1925 - 26.08.1992), daughter of Edward Owen Newton (1889-1952), and Eva Preston (1888-1978); one daughter.

15.07.1921
Hull, Yorkshire
-
12.04.2012
Hull, East Yorkshire
L/Sgt. ? [2664475]
2nd Lt. 14.07.1945 [252227]
WS/Lt. 14.01.1946 (reld > 08.1946, < 12.1946)
? - 14.07.1945 164 Officer Cadet Training Unit (Barmouth)
14.07.1945     commissioned, The East Yorkshire Regiment (The Duke of York's Own)[emergency commission]
His daughter writes: "He served with the 3rd Battalion of the Coldstream Guards in North Africa and Italy (1943-1944) before being commissioned as a Lieutenant which he served with the 5th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment in Eygpt (1945-1946). In those days to be an officer in the guards you normally came from a wealthy family and that is the reason he chose the East Yorkshire Regt, this was the regiment his Father and Uncles served with during WW1. He became the liaison officer to the Soviet Military mission in the British zone in Austria repatriating prisoners (1946)."
Scrimgeour,
William
W. Scrimgeour
Son of Alexander Carron Scrimgeour (1867-1937), and Helen May Bird (1869-?).
Brother of W/Cdr. James Scrimgeour, CMG, OBE, Auxiliary Air Force.
21.09.1909
Tadworth, Epsom district, Surrey
-
01.1986
Chichester district, Sussex
CSM ?
2nd Lt. 24.01.1941 [188103]
WS/Lt. 23.07.1941 (reld > 10.1945, < 01.1946)
T/Capt. 23.07.1941-(10.1945)
Hon. Capt. > 10.1945, < 01.1946
Mentioned in Despatches MID 06.04.1944 Middle East
24.01.1941     commissioned, Intelligence Corps[emergency commission]
Scripps,
Frank Ernest
F.E. Scripps
Son of Ernest E. Scripps, and Lydia Smith.
Married (23.08.1941) Grace Ada McEwen (08.04.1918 - 03.09.1990); two sons, one daughter.
16.03.1916
Ruislip, Uxbridge district, Middlesex
-
09.03.2000
Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand
A/Sgt. (Fitter) 18.05.1942 [6896706]
WS/Sgt. (Fitter) 18.11.1942
Cadet 18.01.1943
2nd Lt. 30.07.1943 [288775]
WS/Lt. 30.01.1944 (dispersal 31.01.1946) (reld 28.03.1946)
A/Capt. 01.09.1945-30.11.1945
T/Capt. 01.12.1945-28.03.1946
Hon. Capt. 28.03.1946
Education: Uxbridge Secondary School; Maths certificate 1929-1930.
Motor engineer (Messrs Ruislip Garages, High Street, Ruislip).
02.01.1939 - 15.02.1939 enlisted, Queen's Westminster (King's Royal Rifles) - Territorial Army (London)
16.02.1939 - 23.08.1939 transferred, 75th Searchlight Regiment RA - Territorial Army (Cowley, Oxfordshire)
24.08.1939 - 07.10.1940 embodied, 75th Searchlight Regiment RA - Territorial Army (Cowley, Oxfordshire)
08.10.1940 - 01.05.1941 posted, 38th Anti-Aircraft Brigade RA (Harrow, London)
02.05.1941 - 17.01.1943 posted, 73rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA (218th Battery) (Stanwell, Surrey)
18.01.1943 - 29.07.1943 posted, 124th Officer Cadet Training Unit RA (Llandrindod Wells, Powys)
30.07.1943     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
30.07.1943 - 12.08.1945 posted, 135rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA, from 23.01.1945 redesignated as: 629th [Infantry] Regiment RA (Plymouth, Devon)
15.01.1944 - 30.06.1944 15.01.1944 injured; 09-22.02.1944 sick leave; 07.03.1944-05.06.1944 admitted to Military Hospital Oxford and subsequently attached Depot RA (Woolwich)
27.02.1945 - 12.08.1945 Officer-in-Charge, Home Details
13.08.1945 - 31.01.1946 posted, 84 Prisoner of War Camp (as A/Cs Officer)
Scrope,
Adrian Cuthbert
A.C. Scrope
From Nafferton, Yorkshire.
Married (1928) Everilda Sykes (born 17.11.1907); four sons, three daughters.
15.05.1906
Kensington, London
-
11.1992
Bury St Edmonds district, Suffolk
Lt.
02.09.1939 [100769]
A/Capt.
12.07.1940-11.10.1940
T/Capt.
12.10.1940-(04.1941)
WS/Maj.
22.09.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Lt.Col.
22.09.1942-(04.1944)
Hon. Lt.Col.
< 04.1946
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) OBE
23.09.1943
North Africa
Territorial Efficiency Decoration TD
04.1950
-
Mentioned in Despatches MID
23.05.1946
Mediterranean



late Cadet Corporal, Ampleforth College Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps

02.09.1939
 
 
commissioned, Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment) - Territorial Army



served in France, North Africa & Italy (QMG? with 1st Army)
12.07.1940
-
(04.1941)
Staff Captain, ...
(1944)
 
 
General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), Staff College, Camberley
?
-
08.08.1956
Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
Scruby,
Charles Robinett Wolfe
C.R.W. Scruby

Youngest son of Charles B. Scruby, and Phyllis E. Wolfe, of St Margaret's Bay, Kent.
Married (31.08.1946, Norwegian Seaman's Church, Bermondsey district, London) Inger Cathrine Smith-Petersen, eldest daughter of Morten Smith-Petersen, commercial shipowner, and Else Smith-Petersen, of Oslo, Norway; ... children (one son?).
?
-
2nd Lt. 11.05.1940 [130492]
WS/Lt. 11.11.1941
T/Capt. 10.11.1942
11.05.1940     commissioned, The Border Regiment [emergency commission]
(09.1944)     1st Battalion The Border Regiment
[did not take part in the Arnhem operation, according to to his son]
Far Eastern Broadcasting Service (1947).
Seal,
Austen Frederick Herbert
A.F.H. Seal (Photo courtesy of Mrs Carol Vincent)
17.06.1909
Portsmouth district, Hampshire
-
12.1987
Chichester district, Sussex
Lt. (OME 4th class)
23.08.1939 [96084]
T/Capt. (OME 3rd cl.)
02.09.1940-(04.1941)
WS/Capt.
01.03.1941
T/Maj.
15.05.1942-(04.1944)
WS/Maj.
05.09.1944 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Lt.Col.
?
Hon. Lt.Col.
< 04.1946
Territorial Efficiency Decoration TD
15.01.1957
-



late Cadet Serjeant, Portsmouth Grammar School Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps

23.08.1939


commissioned, Royal Army Ordnance Corps - Territorial Army
24.08.1939
 
 
mobilized TA
01.10.1942
 
 
transferred, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
13.12.1943
-
(04.1944)
a Deputy Assistant Director Mechanical Engineering (DADME), HQ Eastern Command (Hounslow, Middlesex)
?
-
17.06.1964
Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
Seall,
Cecil Herbert
C.H. Seall
Son (with one brother) of Joseph Herbert Seall (1878-), and Emily Elliker (1879-).
Married ((03?).1922, Woolwich district, Kent) Dorothy Violet Wynn (21.10.1902 - 10.1986); one daughter, one son.
(12?).1900
Weymouth, Dorset
-
(09?).1965
Newark district, Lincolnshire
WS/Sgt.Maj. (Artfr.) ?
Lt. QM 18.04.1941 [191131]
Lt. (Assistant Ordnance Mechanical Engineer) 30.05.1941, seniority 18.04.1941
Lt. (Assistant Electrical Mechanical Engineer) 01.10.1942, seniority 18.04.1941
T/Capt. (AEME) 01.09.1943-17.04.1944
WS/Capt. (Electrical Mechanical Assistant Engineer) 18.04.1944
Capt. (EMAE) 01.11.1947
Mentioned in Despatches MID 06.04.1944 Middle East
18.04.1941     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
30.05.1941     transferred, Royal Army Ordnance Corps
01.10.1942     transferred, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Sebag-Montefiore,
David
D. Sebag-Montefiore  
Son of Lt.Col. Thomas Henry Sebag-Montefiore (1887-1954), and Irene Catherine Cohen (1891-1933).
Married (17.08.1955, Spanish and Portugese Synagogue, Bevis Marks, London, EC3) Juliet Nadine Marcelle Raphael ((06?).1934-), daughter of Geoffrey George Raphael (1893-1969) and Nancy Jeannette May Rose; four daughters.

17.11.1924
27, Sussex Square, Paddington district, London, W2
-
Cadet ? [1116985]
2nd Lt. 11.12.1943 [302612]
WS/Lt. 11.06.1944
2nd Lt. 21.11.1945, seniority 17.11.1945
Lt. 17.05.1947
A/Capt. 04.06.1946-03.09.1946
T/Capt. 04.09.1946-02.05.1950
Capt. 17.11.1951
Maj. 17.11.1958 (retd 26.07.1961)
Education: Eton College; Edinburgh University; Lackham School of Agriculture.
11.12.1943     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission to 20.11.1945]
21.11.1945     permanent commission
 
Sebag-Montefiore,
Denzil Charles
D.C. Sebag-Montefiore  
Son of Charles Edward Sebag-Montefiore (1884-1960), and Muriel Alice Ruth de Pass (1891-1972).
Brother of Lt.Col. Oliver Robert MArne Sebag-Montefiore and Capt. Hugh William Sebag-Montefiore.
Married 1st (10.12.1936, New West End Synagogue, London) Pamela Lucy Magnus ((09?).1914 - 28.04.1944), daughter of Laurie Magnus (1872-1933) and Marian Dora Spielmann (1882-1972); one daughter.
Married 2nd (01.07.1946) Ruth Emily Magnus ((03?).1916-), daughter of Laurie Magnus (1872-1933) and Marian Dora Spielmann (1882-1972); one son, one daughter.

18.02.1914
Paddington district, Greater London
-
01.1996

Fulham district, London
Sigmn. ?
2nd Lt. 12.10.1938 [77345]
WS/Lt. 01.01.1941
Lt. 18.10.1947, seniority 11.04.1945
T/Capt. 16.11.1941-(04.1944)
WS/Capt. ?
Capt. 01.01.1949
T/Maj. ?
Hon. Maj. 18.10.1947
Mentioned in Despatches MID 09.05.1946 Burma
Education: Wellington College; Trinity College, Cambridge.
     

late Cadet, Wellington College Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps

12.10.1938     commissioned, Royal Corps of Signals - Territorial Army (London Corps Signals)
24.08.1939     mobilized TA
18.10.1947 - 18.02.1964 Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]
Member, London Stock Exchange.
Sebag-Montefiore,
Eric Cecil
E.C. Sebag-Montefiore  
Son of Maj. Cecil Sebag-Montefiore (1873-1923), and Emilia Margaret "Amy" Raphael (1876-1942).
Married (22.01.1924, Spanish and Portugese Synagogue, Lauderdale Road, London) Audrey Mabel Rose Haldin (11.11.1899 - 09.1984), daughter of Henry Hyman Haldin (1863-1931) and Mabel Julia Leon (1874-1970); one daughter, one son.

22.01.1899
Paddington district, London
-
05.05.1991
West Meon, Winchester district, Hampshire
2nd Lt. 21.12.1917 [15336]
Lt. 21.06.1919
Capt. 26.11.1931
Maj. 01.08.1938 (retd 08.11.1947)
A/Lt.Col. 02.01.1941-04.02.1941
Hon. Lt.Col. 08.11.1947
Mentioned in Despatches MID 23.05.1946 Mediterranean
British War Medal 1914-1920 BWM 14|20 - -
Victory Medal VM - -
NW Frontier of India 1930-31 Medal & Clasp.
Education: Wellington College; Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
21.12.1917     commissioned, The Durham Light Infantry
18.10.1918 - 11.11.1918 served in France & Belgium
      served in India
WW2     Posted 2nd Bn Home Service Details 10.10.1939, Posted 11th Bn DLI 26.10.1939, Detached to Brigade HQ, Back to 4 ITC, Posted No 2 Infantry Base Depot 05.1940, Posted 14th Bn as 2 i/c 15.10.1941, Posted 30th DLI 04.1942, Posted 21 Group RAF Cranwell 28.04.1942, Posted No 2 (?) PoW Cage 05.1942 in command, Posted ITC 1943, Posted Italy 01.08.1943
08.11.1947 - 22.01.1949 Regular Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]
Sebag-Montefiore,
Geoffrey Edmund
E.C. Sebag-Montefiore  
Son (with one sister) of Edmund Sebag-Montefiore (1869-1929), and Juliana Lucas Davidson (1872-1911).
Married (07.03.1927, London) Elizabeth Grace Troyte-Bullock (26.12.1898 - 29.10.1975), eldest daughter of Lt.Col. Edward George Troyte-Bullock, CMG, TD (1862-1942), and Grace Amy Margaret Mount Batten (1874-1968), of Zeals House, Wiltshire; one son. She remarried (23.07.1949, Church of St Mary the Virgin, Culworth, Brackley district, Northamptonshire) Brig. David Arthur Kennedy William Block (1908-2001).
Residences: (1943) Culworth, Oxford & London EC2.

10.04.1893
Paddington, London
-
10.05.1943
Culworth, Brackley district, Northamptonshire
2nd Lt. 24.01.1914 [8429]
T/Lt. 31.10.1914-30.01.1915
Lt. 31.01.1915 (half-pay) (full-pay 07.08.1920) (half-pay 24.09.1920) (retd 22.10.1920; ill-health caused by wounds)
T/Capt. 23.10.1916-24.02.1918,
03.06.1920-24.09.1920
T/Maj. 25.02.1918-...,
11.06.1919-....
Maj. (retd) 22.10.1920
Capt. 01.04.1939 (reld 21.03.1943; ill-health)
T/Maj. 29.02.1940-(04.1941)
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) MBE 03.06.1918 Egyptian Expeditionary Force
Order of the Nile, 4th class (Egypt) Nile 26.11.1919 ?
Education: Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
24.01.1914     commissioned, 21st (Empress of India's) Lancers
      Staff Lieutenant, 1st Class
23.10.1916 - 11.12.1917 Assistant Provost Marshal attached to a HQ unit
11.12.1917 - 25.02.1918 Staff Captain attached to a HQ unit
25.02.1918     Assistant Provost Marshal attached to a HQ unit
11.06.1919     Assistant Commandant attached to a HQ unit
03.06.1920 - 24.09.1920 employed with Corps of Military Police (as Deputy Assistant Provost Marshal)
01.04.1939     commissioned, Corps of Military Police (Mobile Division, Provost Company) - Territorial Army, General List
24.08.1939     mobilized TA
? - ? Traffic Control Group Officer, Oxford
Member of London Stock Exchange.
Sebag-Montefiore,
[Rt. Rev.] Hugh William
H.W. Sebag-Montefiore H.W. Sebag-Montefiore
Youngest son of Charles Edward Sebag-Montefiore (1884-1960), and Muriel Alice Ruth de Pass (1891-1972).
Brother of Maj. Denzil Charles Sebag-Montefiore and Lt.Col. Oliver Robert Marne Sebag-Montefiore.
Married (01.12.1945, Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Alban, Hertfordshire) Elisabeth Mary Macdonald Paton (13.10.1919 - 14.11.1999), elder daughter of the Rev. William Paton, DD (1886-1943), and Grace Mackenzie Macdonald (1887-1967), of St Albans; three daughters.
Changed last name from Sebag-Montefiore to Montefiore by deed poll of 06.01.1947.

12.05.1920
London
-
13.05.2005
London
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 24.05.1941 [187876]
WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
A/Capt. ?
Education: Rugby School; St John's College, Oxford (MA, BD) (Hon. Fellow, 1981).
? - 24.05.1941 Officer Cadet Training Unit
24.05.1941     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
      served, Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry (saw action in the Arakan and Kohima campaigns on the frontiers of India)
Deacon 1949, priest 1950. Curate, St George's, Jesmond, Newcastle, 1949-1951; Chaplain and Tutor, Westcott House, Cambridge, 1951-1953; Vice­Principal, 1953-1954; Examining Chaplain: to Bishop of Newcastle, 1953-1970; to Bishop of Worcester, 1957-1960; to Bishop of Coventry, 1957-1970; to Bishop of Blackburn, 1966-1970; Fellow and Dean of Gonville and Caius College, 1954-1963; Lecturer in New Testament, University of Cambridge, 1959-1963; Vicar of Great Saint Mary's, Cambridge, 1963-1970; Canon Theologian of Coventry, 1959-1970; Honorary Canon of Ely, 1969-1970; Bishop Suffragen of Kingston­upon­Thames, 1970-1978; Bishop of Birmingham, 1978-1987. Hon. Assistant Bishop, Diocese of Southwark, since 1987. Member, Archbishops' Commission on Christian Doctrine, 1967-1976; Chairman, General Synod Board for Social Responsibility, 1983-1987. Chairman: Indep. Commission on Transport, 1973; Transport 2000, 1987-1992; Friends of the Earth Trust, 1992-; National Trust for the Homeless, 1992-. Hon. DD: Aberdeen, 1976; Birmingham, 1985.
Published: (contrib.) The Historic Episcopate and the Fullness of the Church, 1954; To Help You To Pray, 1957; (contrib.) Soundings, 1962; Josephus and the New Testament, 1962; (with H. E. W. Turner) Thomas and the Evangelists, 1962; Beyond Reasonable Doubt, 1963; (contrib.) God, Sex and War, 1963; Awkward Questions on Christian Love, 1964; A Commentary on the Epistle to the Hebrews, 1964; Truth to Tell, 1966; (ed) We Must Love One Another Or Die, 1966; (contrib.) The Responsible Church, 1966; Remarriage and Mixed Marriage, 1967; (contrib.) Journeys in Belief, 1968; (ed) Sermons From Great St Mary's, 1968; My Confirmation Notebook, 1968; The Question Mark, 1969; Can Man Survive, 1970; (ed) More Sermons From Great St Mary's, 1971; Doom or Deliverance?, 1972; (ed) Changing Directions, 1974; (ed) Man and Nature, 1976; Apocalypse, 1976; (ed) Nuclear Crisis, 1977; (ed) Yes to Women Priests, 1978; Taking our Past into our Future, 1978; Paul the Apostle, 1981; Jesus Across the Centuries, 1983; The Probability of God, 1985; So Near And Yet So Far, 1986; Communicating the Gospel in a Scientific Age, 1988; God, Sex and Love, 1989; Christianity and Politics, 1990; Reclaiming the High Ground, 1990; (ed) The Gospel and Contemporary Culture, 1992; The Womb and The Tomb, 1992; Preaching for Our Planet, 1992; Credible Christianity, 1994; Oh God, What Next?, 1995; Time to Change, 1996; contributions to New Testament and Theological journals.
Sebag-Montefiore,
Oliver Robert Marne
O.R.M. Sebag-Montefiore (Photo courtesy of Mr Lee Lidbury)
 
Son of Charles Edward Sebag-Montefiore (1884-1960), and Muriel Alice Ruth de Pass (1891-1972).
Brother of Maj. Denzil Charles Sebag-Montefiore and Capt. Hugh William Sebag-Montefiore.
Married (17.09.1937, Central Synagogue, Hallam Street, London City) Henrietta Floretta Waley-Cohen (30.05.1914 - 25.12.1999), daughter of Sir Robert Waley Cohen (1877-1952) and Alice Violet Beddington (1881-1935); one son, two daughters.
Residence: (1965) Brook Hall, Finchingfield, Essex & 28 Devonshire Place Mews, London.

09.07.1915
Paddington district, London
-
10.1993
Bury St Edmunds district, Suffolk
2nd Lt. 30.12.1936 [69800]
Lt. 30.12.1939
Capt. 11.04.1945
07.10.1947, seniority 19.04.1944
T/Maj. 19.04.1944-22.10.1945
WS/Maj. 23.10.1945 (reld > 04.1946, < 04.1947)
Maj. 09.07.1949, seniority 01.05.1947 (retd 01.11.1950)
T/Lt.Col. ?
Hon. Lt.Col. < 04.1947
Territorial Efficiency Decoration TD 21.04.1950 & 1st clasp
Education: Wellington College; Peterhouse College, Cambridge University (MA, 1949).
      late Cadet, Wellington College Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
30.12.1936     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery - Terriorial Army (64th (7th London) Field Brigade RA)
24.08.1939     mobilized TA
03.06.1943 - 23.09.1943 training course, Staff College, Camberley
01.11.1950 - 12.07.1965 Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [exceeded age limit]
President of the London Jewish Welfare Board.
Sebag-Montefiore,
Thomas Henry
T.H. Sebag-Montefiore T.H. Sebag-Montefiore
Son (with four brothers and one sister) of Arthur Sebag-Montefiore (1853-1895), and Harriette Beddington (1859?-1924).
Married (11.12.1919, Central Synagogue, London) Irene Catherine Cohen (19.06.1891 - 03.12.1933), daughter of Sir Leonard Lionel Cohen (1858-1938) and Eliza Henrietta Schloss (1865-1935); two sons (Maj. David Sebag-Montefiore), one daughter.

09.11.1887
Paddington district, Greater London
-
11.06.1954
Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
25.07.1906 [12549]
Lt.
25.07.1909
Capt.
30.10.1914
A/Maj.
25.09.1916-30.10.1916,
08.11.1916-...
Maj.
12.02.1917
19.06.1917, seniority 02.02.1917 (half pay 30.05.1922-14.08.1922; ill-health)
A/Lt.Col.
30.11.1918-29.12.1918
Bt. Lt.Col.
01.07.1932
Lt.Col.
22.11.1934 (half pay 22.11.1938) (retd 22.05.1939)
Distinguished Service Order DSO
03.06.1918
Italy
Military Cross MC
01.01.1917
?
Education: Clifton College, Bristol; Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.
25.07.1906


commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery



got his aviator's licence # 93 on 13.06.1911, taken on a Bristol Biplane at Salisbury Plain
1914
-
1919
served in France, Belgium, Italy and Germany
30.11.1918
-
29.12.1918
Commander of an Artillery Brigade
01.12.1922
-
22.02.1925
Adjutant, 99th (Buckinghamshire and Berkshire Yeomanry) Field Brigade RA - Teirrotial Army



Commanding Officer, 1st Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery
22.05.1939
-
15.08.1945
Regular Army Reserve of Officers [exceeded age limit]
09.1939
-
06.1944
Commandant, 125 Officer Cadet Training Unit, Royal Artillery
Honorary Secretary, Royal Artillery Association. Honorary Colonel, Royal Artillery, Territorial Army, 17.05.1939-17.05.1944.
Seddon,
Alan Douglas
A.D. Seddon
Son (with three brothers) of William Seddon (1864-), and Catharine Georgina D'Arcy (1862-1938), of Las Palmas, Gran Canaria.
17.09.1889
Northwood, Watford, Hertfordshire
-
16.04.1976
Spain
[English Cemetery
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Provincia de Las Palmas, Islas Canarias, Spain
]
2nd Lt. (on prob.) 11.11.1911 [8029]
2nd Lt. 24.05.1913
T/Lt. 22.10.1914-10.12.1914
Lt. 11.12.1914
Capt. 16.02.1916
Maj. 30.06.1930 (half-pay 21.12.1936) (retd 01.08.1939)
Capt. 09.09.1940 (reverted to this rank at own request)
A/Lt.Col.? or T/Lt.Col.? ?

1914-15 Star; Brisith War and Victory Medals; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals; Russia Order Of St. Stanislas; White Russia, Cross of the Archangel Michael

Education: Uppingham School (09.1902-12.1907); Corpus Christi College, Cambridge (late Cadet Cambridge University Contingent, Officers Training Corps).
 11.11.1911     commissioned, 4th Battalion, The Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment) - Special Reserve of Officers
24.05.1913     commissioned, The King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
15.01.1915 - 08.05.1915 served, France & Belgium
15.04.1919 - 03.11.1919 Special Appointment (Class FF) (Intelligence), Black Sea
11.05.1920 - 19.12.1920 Police Control Officer, Black Sea
20.12.1920 - 10.10.1923 Special Appointment (Class BB),
Black Sea (temporary)
05.02.1924 - 04.02.1927 Adjutant, ...
01.08.1928 - 26.12.1928 Specially Employed, War Office
1938     FO Observer, Czechoslovakia
01.08.1939 - 17.09.1939 Regular Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]
11.07.1941 - (04.1946) Specially Employed, graded as General Staff Officer, grade 2 (GSO2):
1942 - 1943 established & led Russian Section of Special Operations Executive (SOE)
(1944) - (1945) 505 Detachment, Civil Affairs
1945 - 1948 British Resident Officer, Landkreis Harburg (Allied Military Government for Occupied Territories)
1948 - 1953 British Resident Officer in respecitively Walsrode, then Dannenberg, then Osnabrück (Allied Military Government for Occupied Territories)
WMOU Masonic Lodge, 1939-1940.
Seddon,
Roland Nelson
R.N. Seddon
Son (with two brothers and one sister) of Lt.Col. Thomas Young Seddon (1864-1947), and Mildred Emily Segar (1882-1963).
Brother of Lt.Cdr. Thomas Carfrea Seddon, RN.
Married 1st (05.09.1939, All Saints' Church, West Parley, Blandford district, Dorset) Dorothy Ida Kathleen Canning (23.01.1914 - 22.12.1982); two sons, one daughter.
Married 2nd (07.01.1984, North Dorset) Prudence Sarapera (12.01.1930 - 14.12.2019).

11.05.1909
Sheikh Budin, West Bengal, India
-
01.04.1998
Stourton, North Dorset
[Stourton Caundle Civic Cemetery]
2nd Lt. 31.01.1929 [41213]
Lt. 31.01.1932
Capt. 01.08.1938
A/Maj. 15.10.1941-14.01.1942
T/Maj. 15.01.1942-20.08.1942
WS/Maj. 21.08.1942
Maj. 31.01.1946
A/Lt.Col. 21.05.1942-20.08.1942
T/Lt.Col. 21.08.1942-01.01.1945
WS/Lt.Col. 02.01.1945
Lt.Col. 12.04.1951 (Supernumerary 12.04.1954)
A/Col. 02.07.1944-01.01.1945
T/Col. 02.01.1945-16.04.1945,
13.08.1945-29.11.1945,
06.03.1954-04.05.1954
local Col. 03.02.1954-05.03.1954
Col. 05.05.1954 (retd 09.07.1959)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) OBE 24.08.1944 Italy
Mentioned in Despatches MID 06.04.1944 Middle East
Education: Weymouh College (09.1923-1927); Royal Military Academy, Woolwich (1927-1928).
31.01.1929     commissioned, Royal Corps of Signals
01.04.1936 - 31.03.1937 Assistant Instructor (Class GG), Tank Driving & Maintenance School
01.04.1937 - 07.04.1939 Instructor (Class GG), Driving & Maintenance Wing, Armoured Fighting Vehicle School
03.07.1939 - 20.11.1939 Adjutant, ..
18.09.1940 - 04.06.1941 Instructor, Officer Cadet Training Unit
21.05.1942 - 11.11.1942 General Staff Officer, grade 1 (GSO1) (Armoured Fighting Vehicles), Middle East
12.11.1942 - 17.02.1943 General Staff Officer, grade 1 (GSO1) (X), General Headquarters Middle East
1943 - 1944 Officer Commanding Divisional Signals, Headquarters 7th Armoured Division (OBE)
20.02.1944 - 01.07.1944 General Staff Officer, grade 1 (GSO1), ...
02.07.1944 - 19.06.1945 Chief Signals Officer, Middle East
13.08.1945 - 25.01.1946 specially employed [might be with Special Operations Executive (SOE)]
? - 12.11.1947 Staff Officer, grade 1 (SO1) (Signals), Air Formation, Headquarters South East Asia Command
01.09.1950 - 14.01.1954 Chief Instructor Driving & Maintenance School, RAC Centre
06.03.1954 - (01.1957) C.A.F. S.O. (Col.), Far East Land Forces
Seddon,
William Frederick Clyde
W.F.C. Seddon
Married Lucy Seddon (née ...); one son, two daughters [all died 17/18.07.1963 at the hands of W.F.C. Seddon, who decided to end the lives of himself and his family, urged by financial difficulties]
1924 ?
South America
-
18.07.1963
[aged 39]
Leicester-Forest-
East, Leicestershire
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
28.04.1943 [273506]
WS/Lt.
28.10.1943
Lt. TA
16.06.1948, seniority 27.04.1946
A/Capt. TA
16.06.1948
Capt. TA
27.04.1950, seniority 16.06.1948
A/Maj. TA
16.01.1952
Hon. Maj.
20.09.1955
28.04.1943


commissioned, Royal Corps of Signals [emergency commission]
(1943)


served in Italy
16.06.1948
-
20.09.1955
served Territorial Army
20.09.1955
-
?
Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
Scoutmaster and assistant secretary of the Leicestershire Branch of the National Farmers’ Union.
Selby,
James May
see: Indian Army officers' section  
Self,
Stewart Bulwer
S.B. Self
Son of Ronald Henry Self (1891-1963), and Florence Gertrude De Caux (1894-1968)..
Married (19.06.1946, Lothingland, Suffolk) Jane Elizabeth Mary Minchin (06.11.1922 - ), daughter of Robert Sylvan Minchin (1886-1948), and Johanna Frederica Schwemmer (1886?-1963); one son, two daughters.
02.05.1920
Yarmouth district, Norfolk
-
05.2005
Ashford district, Kent
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 06.09.1941 [207253]
WS/Lt. 01.10.1942
A/Capt. 06.07.1943-19.09.1943,
09.11.1943-23.11.1943
T/Capt. 24.11.1943-02.06.1945
Lt. 20.02.1946, seniority 02.11.1942
T/Capt. 16.06.1946-01.05.1947
Capt. 02.05.1947
Maj. 05.07.1954 (retd 28.09.1959)
      served in the ranks (mobilized Territorial Army) for 2 years, 4 days
06.09.1941     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission to 19.02.1946]
20.02.1946     permanent commission
Seligman,
Geoffrey Charles
G.C. Seligman
Youngest son (with two brothers and one sister) of Sir Charles David Seligman (1869-1954), banker, and Eva Henriette Merton (1879-1962), of Kensington, London.
Married (09.07.1936, West London Synagogue) Meryl "Merrie" Adelaide Jona (21.10.1916 - 11.1997), twin daughter of Dr. J. Leon Jona, of Melbourne; two sons, one daughter.

15.04.1913
St Marylebone district, London
-
12.1994
Westminster district, London
Gnr. ? / Bdr. ? ? [1434870]
2nd Lt. 08.06.1940 [132389]
A/Lt. 28.08.1940-(04.1941)
WS/Capt. 12.09.1943
T/Maj. 12.09.1943-(04.1944)
WS/Maj. 02.08.1945 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Lt.Col. 1945?
Hon. Lt.Col. < 04.1946
Efficiency Medal (Territorial) EM 28.01.1949 -
Education: Cambridge University.
      served in the ranks, Royal Regiment of Artillery
08.06.1940     commissioned, General List [emergency commission]
15.07.1940     transferred, Intelligence Corps
28.08.1940 - (04.1941) under the heading "miscellaneous special appointments" of Commands and Staff
(04.1944)     seconded
Banker, chief executive and then chairman of S.G. Warburg and Co. Ltd., merchant bankers, he was involved in arranging several large takeovers in the UK. Many of his numerous charitable activities were carried through his own charitable foundation. He was HonMRCP and a Friend of the Royal College of Physicians. 
Seligman,
Spencer Walter Oscar
"Bobby"
G.C. Seligman
Son of Walter Leopold Seligman (1873-1935), and Ethel Maud Raphael (1882-1945).
Married (26.08.1948, Westminster district, London) Joanne W.R. Bye, daughter of Mr & Mrs Edward Bye, of The Park, Nottingham.
01.03.1915
St George Hanover Square district, London
-
08.2001
Kensington and Chelsea district, London
2nd Lt. 01.06.1940 [134429]
WS/Capt. 20.11.1942 (reld < 04.1947)
T/Maj. 20.11.1942-(04.1946)
Military Cross MC 19.10.1944 NW Europe
     

Honourable Artillery Company (121st and 125th Officer Cadet Training Units, R.A.)

01.06.1940     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
(1944) - (1945) Officer Commanding, 222nd Battery, 65th (Highland) Medium Regiment RA (NW Europe)
Banker. Executive director of S.G. Warburg and Co. Ltd., merchant bankers.
Selwyn,
John Jasper
J.J. Selwyn
Son (with two brothers and one sister) of Stephen John Selwyn (1875-1960), and Phyllis Graeme Hickling (?-1967).
Married 1st (1943) Margaret Evelyn Gee (died 1980), formerly Mrs Charles Whittingham, and daughter of George Gee, of Ely Grange, Frant, Sussex; two sons, one daughter.
Married 2nd (1983) Mary Mitchell Brooke-Edwards.
11.08.1918
Repton
-
21.05.1997
of The Orchards, Pinkneys Green, Berkshire
[buried Remenham, Berkshire]
2nd Lt. 26.07.1939, seniority 25.08.1938 [75243]
Lt. 01.01.1941
A/Capt. 14.10.1941-13.01.1942
T/Capt. 14.01.1942-04.02.1943,
23.09.1943-11.02.1946,
01.05.1946-30.06.1946
Capt. 01.07.1946
T/Maj. 07.03.1949-24.08.1951
Maj. 25.08.1951 (retd 10.08.1959)
Military Cross MC 02.10.1942 Dieppe
Mentioned in Despatches MID 30.10.1953 Malaya 01-06.53
Education: MA; Staff College (psc).
      General List - Territorial Army (University Candidates)
26.07.1939     commissioned, 13th/18th Hussars - Royal Armoured Corps
(1942)     No. 3 Commando (Dieppe) (MC)
(1944)     Troop Commander, B Squadron, 6th Airborne Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment (Normandy)
Senior,
Robert Hepworth
R.H. Senior
03.06.1907
Farnham district, Surrey
-
08.1993
Bromley district, Kent
2nd Lt. 28.08.1930 [47665]
... ...
T/Lt.Col. 24.01.1942-16.06.1943,
02.10.1943-(01.1946)
Col. 05.03.1955 (retd 24.04.1958)
Mentioned in Despatches MID 20.12.1940 ?
28.08.1930     commissioned, The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
... - ... ...
 
Senior,
Ronald Henry
R.H. Senior (Imperial War Museum © IWM (A 17978)) R.H. Senior
R.H. Senior (Imperial War Museum © IWM (A 17979))

Eldest son of Lawrence Henry Senior, and Emmadonna Shuttleworth Holden, of London SW5.
Married (14.07.1932) Hon. Norah Marguerite Joicey (21.09.1905 - 1987), daughter of James Arthur Joicey, 2nd Baron Joicey, JP (1880-1940), and Georgina Wharton Burdon (?-1952); two daughters.

03.07.1904
Chelsea district, London
-
02.03.1988
Westminster district, London SW3
2nd Lt. ? [28534]
... ...
Maj. 19.12.1934
T/Lt.Col. 05.12.1942-25.09.1943
WS/Lt.Col. 26.09.1943
A/Brig. 26.03.1943-(04.1944)
T/Brig. ?
Hon. Brig. < 04.1946
Distinguished Service Order DSO 22.10.1940 British Expeditionary Force 1939-40
Distinguished Service Order DSO 18.05.1943 Middle East (Egypt and Libya)
Territorial Efficiency Decoration TD 04.08.1942 -
Territorial Efficiency Decoration TD 10.01.1958 2nd clasp
Mentioned in Despatches MID 29.04.1941 distinguished services in the field
Education: Cheltenham College (01.1918-).
04.1924     commissioned, 24th London Regiment (later renamed 7th (Southwark) Bn The Queen's Royal Regiment) - Territorial Army (from 02.1938 Second-in-Command)
24.08.1939     mobilized TA
05.1942 - 10.1942 Commanding Officer, 5th Bn The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment.
28.10.1942 - 04.1943 Commanding Officer, 1st/7th Bn The Queen's Royal Regiment
25.03.1943 - 06.06.1944 Commander, 151st (Durham Light Infantry) Infantry Brigade (N Africa, Libya, Egypt, Sicily, UK, NW Europe) (wounded)
(07.1943)     Officer Commanding Assault during Operation Husky (Sicily)
23.01.1945 - 14.08.1945 Commander, 56th Infantry Brigade (NW Europe) [except for 27.1-6.2.1945] (27.01.1945-06.02.1945 & 24.03.1945-28.03.1945 acting General Officer Commanding, 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division (NW Europe))
Chairman, National Association of Port Employers, 1954-59.
Senior,
Victor James
"Vic"
V.J. Senior

24.05.1916
-
29.07.2007
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
30.08.1942 [269298]
...
...
WS/Capt.
03.01.1944
T/Maj.
03.01.1944-(04.1946)
Military Cross MC
25.11.1943
Middle East (Egypt and Libya)
Military Cross MC
20.09.1945
Italy
30.08.1942


commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]



50th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment
 
Serjeant,
John Edgar
J.E. Serjeant
Son (with two sisters) of John Owen Serjeant (1878-1966), and Edith Mary Jones (1880-1909).
Married ((06?).1926, St George Hanover Squadre district, London) Ellen Elizabeth Leppard (27.07.1906 - 04.1984), daughter (with one sister) of Owen Leppard (1868-1935), and Fanny Jane Freeman (1866-1939); three daughters, one son.
08.05.1904
Islington district, London
-
08.11.1969
Aldershot, Hampshire
WS/Sgt.Maj. ?
Lt. QM 31.12.1941 [205865]
WS/Capt. QM 31.12.1944
Capt. QM 01.11.1947
Capt. 01.11.1949, seniority 31.12.1944
Lt. 10.08.1954, seniority 26.07.1945
Capt. 10.08.1954
Maj. 10.08.1954, seniority 07.09.1951 (reld 01.11.1958)
Hon. Maj. 01.11.1958
Mentioned in Despatches MID 22.03.1945 NW Europe
31.12.1941     commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission]
01.11.1949     short service commission, RAMC (Administrative & Technical Section, from 10.08.1954 Non Medical Section)
Seton,
Sir John Hastings;
10th Baronet of Pitmedden
J.H. Seton
Son of Maj. Sir William Samuel Seton, 9th Bt (1837-1914), and Eva Kate St Leger Wood (1852?-1927).
Succeeded father, 1914.
Married (18.06.1923, Bedford district, Bedfordshire; divorced 1950) Group Officer Alice Ida Hodge (Lady Seton), WRAF (09.05.1904 - 28.07.1995), daughter of Percy Cornelius Hodge (1880-1959), Cape Civil Service, and Mary Ida Winifred Webb (1881-1965); one son (Midsh. Robert James Seton, RNVR), one daughter.
20.09.1888
-
21.06.1956

Mill Hill, London
2nd Lt. 13.12.1905 (reld 08.06.1910)
T/2nd Lt. 14.08.1914
T/Lt. 24.10.1914
Lt. 15.12.1914
Capt. 12.01.1917, seniority 13.11.1916
25.05.1917, seniority 01.06.1916
Lt. 27.06.1940 [125532] (reld > 04.1947)
T/Capt. 03.04.1946-(04.1947)
Education: Bedford School.
13.12.1905     commissioned, The Durham Royal Garrison Artillery (Militia), from 05.07.1908 The Durham Royal Field Artillery (Special Reserve)
01.04.1909     transferred, Royal Field Artillery (Supplementary List)
1916 - 1921 6th (Banff and Donside) Battalion The Gordon Highlanders [12.08.1915-03.02.1916 seconded to 2nd (Scottish) Provisional Battalion]
27.06.1940     commissioned, The Gordon Highlanders [emergency commission]
Seymour,
Rothesay Egerton *
R.E. Seymour
* also known as: Seymour, Egerton Rothesay
?
-
2nd Lt.
10.03.1941 [238317]
WS/Capt.
10.06.1941 (reld 08.09.1948)
T/Maj.
10.06.1941-(04.1946)
Hon. Maj.
08.09.1948
Military Cross MC
26.03.1918
*
Mentioned in Despatches MID
WW I
?
* For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He has repeatedly performed marked acts of courage and initiative, and he has on two occasions attacked and routed enemy patrols, though greatly outnumbered. Within the last two months he has himself accounted for sixteen of the enemy during various patrol encounters, and has burned large quantities of enemy supplies, his work being magnificent throughout.
(1914)


1st Rhodesian Regiment
(1918)


Intelligence Agent, East African Intelligence Department
10.03.1941


commissioned, General List, African Colonial Forces Section [emergency commission]
Shakespear,
Richard Harry Baird
R.H.B. Shakespear (Photo courtesy of Mr Iain Miskimmin)
Son of Harry Talbot Shakespear and Winifred Constance Baird.
Married (08.04.1940, St Thomas-on-the-Bourne, Farnham, Surrey South Western district) Barbara Joan Stewart "Bobbie" Roberts (25.01.1916 - 09.1993), of Farnham, Surrey; one daughter. Barbara Shakespear remarried (1950) Capt. John Mohun Carew, Devonshire Regiment,
28.01.1917
Reigate district, Surrey
-
23.07.1943
(KIA) [age 26]
[Catania War Cemetery, Sicily, IV.G.41]
2nd Lt. 28.01.1937 [71128]
Lt. 28.01.1940
A/Capt. 10.06.1940-09.09.1940
T/Capt. 10.09.1940-(07.1943)
WS/Capt. ?
T/Maj. ?
Education: Royal Military College, Sandhurst (1935-1936).
28.01.1937     commissioned, The Royal Scots Fusiliers
? - 05.1940 Motor Transport Officer, HQ Company, 2nd Battalion The Royal Scots Fusiliers (France & Belgium) (wounded & evacuated to UK)
25.01.1941 - (01.1942) Adjutant, ....
? - 23.07.1942 2nd Battalion The Royal Scots Fusiliers (Sicily) (killed in action)
Shand,
Bruce Middleton Hope
B.M.H. Shand B.M.H. Shand
B.M.H. Shand B.M.H. Shand
B.M.H. Shand B.M.H. Shand
Son of Philip Morton Shand (1888-1960),and Edith Marguerite Harrington (1893-1946).
Married (02.01.1946, St Paul's, Knightsbridge, London) Rosalind Maude Cubitt (11.08.1921 - 10.1994), daughter of Roland Calvert Cubitt and Sonia Rosemary Keppel, and granddaughter of Lord Ashcombe.
Father of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (formerly Parker Bowles).

22.01.1917
London
-
11.06.2006
Stourpaine, Dorset
2nd Lt. 28.01.1937 [71086]
Lt. 28.01.1940
A/Capt. 01.11.1940-31.01.1941
T/Capt. 01.02.1941-10.02.1942
WS/Capt. 30.07.1942
Capt. 28.01.1945 (half-pay & retd 25.04.1947; disability)
A/Maj. 30.04.1942-29.07.1942
T/Maj. 30.07.1942-09.06.1945
Hon. Maj. 25.04.1947
Military Cross MC 05.07.1940 British Expeditionary Force 39/40 (France): covered the withdrawal of a column in the face of fire from four tanks
Military Cross MC 09.07.1942 Middle East (Egypt & Libya)
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St - -
Africa Star Afr St - & clasp 8th Army
France & Germany Star Fr&G St - -
Education: Rugby; Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
28.01.1937     commissioned, 12th Lancers - Royal Armoured Corps
1939 - 06.11.1942 served as Troop Leader in "A" Squadron (France), then UK, then from 09.1941 North Africa [wounded & captured]
06.11.1942 - 1945 POW in German captivity (Oflag IXA, Spangenberg)
Published: Previous engagements (1990; memoirs).
Shand,
John Sinclair
J.S. Shand
Son (with one brother and one sister) of John Glendinning Bryden Shand (?-1960), and Joan Mary Wake-Walker (?-1965).
Married (1942) Marjorie Eileen Moore; ... children.

Residence: (1945) Kelso.
22.09.1916
-
02.11.1980
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 30.11.1940 [158470]
WS/Lt. 30.05.1942 (reld > 04.1946, < 08.1946)
Hon. Lt. > 04.1946, < 08.1946
Military Cross MC 07.06.1945 NW Europe (Holtershof north of Haffen 25.03.45)
      either 122nd, 123rd or 133rd Officer Cadet Training Unit
30.11.1940     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
02.07.1944     transferred, The Gordon Highlanders
(1945)     seconded, 9th Battalion The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (MC)
His daughter writes: "My father attended Gresham School in Holt, Norfolk and then served a five year apprenticeship (interrupted by the war) to become an engineer."
Shanks,
Thomas Edwin Thornton
T.E.T. Shanks
Son of Arthur Thornton Shanks, and Ada Jane Clarke.
Married ((12?).1944, Eastbourne district, Sussex) Hilda M. "Dill" Harrison (31.08.1900 - ).
09.01.1892
Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire
-
1975
[Hartfield, St Mary the Virgin Church, East Sussex]
T/2nd Lt. 13.06.1911
T/Lt. 01.04.1918 (reld 01.09.1921)
2nd Lt. 13.05.1941 [154146]
WS/Lt. 13.05.1941 (reld > 04.1946, < 08.1946)
T/Capt. 09.11.1944-(04.1946)
Hon. Capt. > 04.1945, < 04.1946
13.06.1911     commissioned, 1st Wessex Field Company, Wessex Divisional Engineers, Royal Engineers - Territorial Force
13.05.1941     commissioned, Royal Corps of Signals [emergency commission]
      served Special Duties Section of Auxiliary Units (British Resistance)
Architect.
Sharp,
Anthony Keith
A.K. Sharp
Married Daphne ... (predeceased him); ... children.
29.05.1919
-
24.08.2009
hospital
2nd Lt.
25.02.1940 [121374]
WS/Lt.
25.08.1941
A/Capt.
01.09.1941-30.11.1941
T/Capt.
01.12.1941-20.09.1943
WS/Capt.
21.09.1943
A/Maj.
21.06.1943-20.09.1943
T/Maj.
21.09.1943-27.11.1944,
13.02.1945-06.11.1946
Lt.
28.02.1945, seniority 29.11.1941
Capt,
01.07.1946
Maj.
29.05.1953
Lt.Col.
01.08.1960 (retd 04.03.1963)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) OBE
08.06.1963
HM's birthday 63
Mentioned in Despatches MID
23.05.1958
Malaya



served in the ranks, Royal Fusiliers (for 122 days)
25.02.1940
 
 
commissioned, The South Wales Borderers [emergency commission]
28.02.1945
 
 
permanent commission



Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion The South Wales Borderers
Founder and first Headmaster of Bredon School, Pull Court.
Sharp,
Ronald Graham
"Ponto"
R.G. Sharp
R.G. Sharp
R.G. Sharp R.G. Sharp

Youngest son of John and Eleanor Sharp, of Balmuir, nr Dundee.
Married (1926?) Anne Gilroy, second daughter of Mr & Mrs H.B. Gilroy, of The Croft, Broughty Ferry.
12.03.1901
Dundee district, Scotland
-
29.05.1940
(KIA) [age 39]
[Warhem Communal Cemetery, Northern France, A.45]
2nd Lt. ? [26757]
Lt. ?
Capt. 23.02.1928, seniority 10.12.1927
Maj. 18.05.1938
Lt.Col. 01.11.1938
Education: Rugby School (Tudor House; 05.1915-05.1919; XV 1917-18; Rugby Football Blue 1919); University College, Oxford.
Joined John Sharpe & Co., Jute Spinners, of Dundee. Military member of the Angus Territorial Army Association.
1920s? - 31.10.1938 20th (Fife and Forfar Yeomanry) Armoured Car Company - Royal Tank Corps (Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire)
01.11.1938 - 29.05.1940 Commanding Officer, 20th (Fife and Forfar Yeomanry) Armoured Car Company - Royal Tank Corps, 1939 redesignated as 1st Fife and Forfar Yeomanry - Royal Armoured Corps [24.08.1939 mobilized TA] (UK, then France & Belgium) [killed in his Regimental HQ in a farm between Vijfwegen and Ratte-ko (?) crossroads when a German shell burst in the middle of the farm courtyard]
Shaw,
Cyril James
C.J. Shaw (Photo courtesy of Mr John Cresser-Brown)
29.03.1922?
-
(12?).1969?
Cadet ? [16001116]
2nd Lt. 13.11.1943 [300311]
WS/Lt. 13.05.1944
T/Capt. 09.01.1946-(04.1947)
Education: Birmingham University (1941 Senior Training Corps, Engineering Section, Clitheroe).
13.11.1943     commissioned, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers [emergency commission]
Shaw,
Edwin
"Ted"
E. Shaw (Photo courtesy of ww2awards.com)
Son of Edwin Shaw, and Evelyn Robinson.
Married K. Baerenz.
Residence: (1942) Bridlington.
25.01.1915
York, Yorkshire

-
18.07.1997

Stroud district, Gloucestershire
2nd Lt. 14.12.1940 [160932]
WS/Lt. 14.06.1942
T/Capt. 27.01.1943-30.06.1945
WS/Capt. 01.07.1945 (reld 10.1946)
T/Maj. 01.07.1945-(04.1946)
Military Cross MC 12.05.1942 Middle East (Egypt and Libya) *
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St - -
Africa Star Afr St - -
France & Germany Star Fr&G St - -
Defence Medal Def M - -
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45 - -
Optometrist.
? - 14.12.1940 either 164th, 165th or 166th Officer Cadet Training Unit
14.12.1940     commissioned, The East Yorkshire Regiment (The Duke of York's Own) [emergency commission]
04.1941 - 11.1942 served in Middle East & North Africa:
(1942)     4th Battalion The East Yorkshire Regiment (Middle East) (MC)
03.1945 - 10.1946 served in NW Europe
* Recommendation for the award of the immediate Military Cross to 2nd Lt. E. Shaw: 2/Lt. E. Shaw was in command of No. 8 Platoon 4th Battalion The East Yorkshire Regiment on the night of 20/21 March, 1942. He fought for and gained a footing on the Ras El Eleba, in spite of the fact that the feature was held by a company of the 155th Lorried Infantry Regiment, supported by at least 4 machine guns, 2 anti-tank guns and one medium mortar. He led his platoon with cool determination, capturing an officer, 4 other ranks and one machine gun and inflicting several casualties on the enemy. Eventually the platoon depleted by casualties was driven off the feature by a counter attack of at least fifty men. He did not leave until he made certain that all his men had withdrawn less one too seriously wounded to move. He himself covered the withdrawal of his Platoon. The action throughout of this young officer in his first engagement was most praiseworthy and definitely was of the highest standard.
[Recommended 25.03.1942 by Brig. C.W. Haydon, commanding 150th Infantry Brigade, approved 29.03.1942 by Maj.Gen. W.H.C. Ramsden, commanding 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division, 02.04.1942 by Lt.Gen. W.H.E. Gott, commanding 13 Corps, 11.02.1942 by Lt.Gen. N.M.  Ritchie, commanding 8th Army, and by Gen. C.J.E. Auchinleck, commanding Middle East Forces.]
Shaw,
Ernest Raymond
E.R. Shaw
08.01.1919
-
21.04.2011
Cadet ? [2038803]
2nd Lt. 02.12.1943 [302467]
WS/Lt. 02.06.1944 (reld > 04.1946, < 08.1946)
Hon. Lt. > 04.1946, < 08.1946
02.12.1943     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
01.04.1944     transferred, The Welch Regiment
02.06.1944 - (04.1946) seconded, The King's African Rifles
His son writes: "He was in France with the BEF, then East Africa, ending up in Burma."
Shaw,
Jack William
J.W. Shaw
(03?).1892
Wycombe,
Buckinghamshire

-
T/2nd Lt.
?
T/Lt.
?
2nd Lt.
31.03.1917, seniority 27.12.1915 [31196]
Lt.
? (resigned 30.06.1920)
Capt. TA
28.01.1925 (resigned 06.06.1930)
Capt. TARO
01.07.1931
local Maj. TARO
12.08.1942
Territorial Efficiency Decoration TD
21.04.1950
?
31.03.1917


commissioned, The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry - Regular Forces
?
-
23.07.1919
temporary commission RAF
30.06.1920
-
15.04.1931
Regular Army Reserve of Officers
(1925)
-
06.06.1930
served 4th Battalion The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry - Territorial Army
01.07.1931
-
27.10.1945
Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
05.12.1939
-
(04.1941)
specially employed: Assistant Military Liaison Officer
(04.1944)


specially employed
Shaw,
James
J. Shaw
Married Charlotte (née ...).
31.01.1918
-
15.03.2007
Hampshire
2nd Lt.
25.08.1938 [77577]
...
...
T/Maj.
15.07.1942-26.04.1943,
16.05.1943-10.10.1950
...
...
Lt.Col.
11.02.1961 (retd 31.01.1967)
Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE
24.08.1944
?
Mentioned in Despatches MID
20.12.1940
?
BSc (Eng); MIEE
25.08.1938


commissioned, Corps of Royal Signals
...
-
...
...
Shaw,
John Leathley
"Jack"
J.L. Shaw (Photo courtesy of Mr David Maxwell)
Son (with four brothers and two sisters) of Walter Shaw, company director (Printer, Director of Castell Brothers Ltd., eventually the business ended up as Shaw’s Price Guide), and Mabel Annie Leathley (1878-), of South Woodford, Essex.
Brother of P/O Harold Shaw, RAFVR, Capt. Theodore Leathley Shaw, RASC & Lucy Thornton Shaw (who married Capt. John Leathley, RAPC).
(09?).1909
North Bierley district, West Riding of Yorkshire
-
1996
Somerset
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 24.05.1941 [187893]
WS/Lt. 01.10.1942
WS/Capt. 19.12.1945
T/Maj. 19.12.1945-(04.1947)
? - 24.05.1941 Officer Cadet Training Unit
24.05.1941     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
Shaw,
Theodore Leathley
"Theo"
T.L. Shaw (Photo courtesy of Mr David Maxwell) T.L. Shaw (Photo courtesy of Mr David Maxwell)
Son (with four brothers and two sisters) of Walter Shaw, company director (Printer, Director of Castell Brothers Ltd., eventually the business ended up as Shaw’s Price Guide), and Mabel Annie Leathley (1878-), of South Woodford, Essex.
Brother of P/O Harold Shaw, RAFVR, Maj. John Leathley Shaw, RA & Lucy Thornton Shaw (who married Capt. John Leathley, RAPC).
Married ((12?).1930, Leighton Buzzard district, Bedfordshire / Buckinghmashire) Edith M. Farrer.
15.08.1903
Bradford district, Yorkshire
-
06.11.1987
North Dorset district, Dorset
2nd Lt. 04.09.1943 [293187]
WS/Lt. 04.03.1944 (reld < 04.1947)
T/Capt. 20.08.1945-(04.1946)
04.09.1943     commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission]
Shaw,
William Boyd Kennedy
"Bill"
W.B.K. Shaw W.B.K. Shaw
W.B.K. Shaw 
Son of late Col F.S.K. Shaw, CBE.
Married (1936) Eleanor, younger daughter of Maj. R.A. Dyott, Freeford, Lichfield; one son, three daughters.
From Salisbury.

26.10.1901
Tynemouth, Northumberland
-
23.04.1979
Lichfield, Staffordshire
2nd Lt.
04.07.1940 [146099]
WS/Lt.
?
WS/Capt.
08.05.1943 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Maj.
08.05.1943-(04.1944)
Hon. Maj.
< 04.1946
Officer of the Order of the British Empire OBE
14.10.1943
Middle East
Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE
08.07.1941
Middle East 12.40-02.41
Mentioned in Despatches MID
15.12.1942
Middle East 11.41-04.42
Belgian Croix Militaire de lere Classe (14.05.1948) and Croix de Guerre 1940, avec palme) (16.01.1947); Officer Order of Orange Nassau, with swords (01.07.1952).
Education: Radley College; University College, Oxford
Sudan Forest Service, 1924-1929; later employed on archæological excavations in near East; explorations in Libyan Desert, 1927, 1930, 1932, and 1935; awarded Gill Memorial of Royal Geographical Society, 1934; Department of Antiquities, Palestine Government,
1936-1940.
04.07.1940


commissioned, General List [emergency commission]
15.07.1940


transferred, Intelligence Corps
07.1940
-
1943?
founding member of the Long Range Patrol Unit ("R" Patrol) & Long Range Desert Group (Intelligence Officer from 03.1941)
1943


Advisor on Arab Affairs, British Military Administration, Tripolitania
29.05.1944


transferred, Special Air Service (SAS) Regiment - Army Air Corps
1944
-
1945
GSO 2 (Intelligence) at SAS Brigade Headquarters
Land Agent, 1946-1953.
Published: Long Range Desert Group, 1945; articles in periodicals on Libyan Desert
Shearer,
William Alan Watson
W.A.W. Shearer
Son of ... Shearer, and ... Ferguson.
13.08.1917
Bromley district, Greater London / Kent
-
10.1995
Wellingborough district,
Northamptonshire
2nd Lt.
21.12.1937 [88120]
WS/Lt.
21.12.1940 (reld 25.12.1945; disability)
Hon. Lt.
25.12.1945
Education: Harrow School (02.1931-03.1935)
21.12.1937


commissioned, The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's) - Territorial Army
24.08.1939


mobilized TA
?
-
?
served 4th Battalion The Seaforth Highlanders (captured)
?
-
01.1945
prisoner of war 
[for some time member of the British Free Corps, but found unfit for employment [see: Stephen's Study Room]; part of a prisoner exchange organized by the Red Cross]
Shearn,
Gerald Wyndham
W.G. Shearn (Photo courtesy of Mr David Frape)
W.G. Shearn (Photo courtesy of Mr David Frape)
later used as last name:
Huntley-Shearn.
Son of ... Shearn, and ... Wetten.
30.08.1911
Bath, Somerset
-
(09?).1976
Bristol district, Avon
Pte.
24.10.1938 [70169]
L/Cpl.
01.08.1940
Cpl.
22.12.1941 (remustered as Cpl. 05.01.1942)
A/Sgt.
06.05.1942
2nd Lt.
24.10.1942 [249709]
WS/Lt.
24.04.1943
WS/Capt.
04.06.1944 (reld 1947/48?)
T/Maj.
04.06.1944-(04.1946)
A/Lt.Col.
1947/48?

Imperial Service Medal (30.09.1969)

Male Sorting Clerk and Telegraphist (Postal), Bristol District, Post Office, 03.02.1939.
24.10.1938


enlisted in the Reserves (Bath)
04.07.1942


202nd Officer Cadet Training Unit
24.10.1942


commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission]
1942?
-
1943?
512 General Transport Company, RASC
?
-
?
13 Ambulance Car Company HF
1946?


9th Company, RASC (T Force) (Hanover, Germany)
1947
-
1948
involved in the Berlin air lift
Assistant Inspector, Bristol, General Post Office.
Sheen,
James Edward
"Jim"
J.E. Sheen (Photo courtesy of Mr Lee Bendall)
Son of Arthur Joseph Sheen, and Ethel Annie Critoph, of Norwich, Norfolk.
Married 1st (12.02.1942, Shirley, Solihull district, Warwickshire) Muriel Susan Cooper; one son, one daughter.
Married 2nd (1966, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire) Rosemary Rachel Thompson.
21.03.1921
Woodford, West Ham district, Essex
-
30.12.2008
Costessey, Norwich ?
Sapper 04.08.1939 [T/2100396]
Gunner 01.08.1940
Private 18.11.1943
Driver 23.03.1944 (reld 08.09.1944)
2nd Lt. 09.09.1944 [330211]
WS/Lt. 09.03.1945 (demobilized 25.09.1947) (reld 01.07.1959)
Education: St Antony's RC School (01.1926-1932 & 1934-35); St Egberts College, Chingford, Essex (1932-1934).
Metal brokers & stock brokers clerk, 01.1935-08.1939.
04.08.1939     enlisted, 310th Battery, 74th Anti-Aircraft Battalion - Corps of Royal Engineers - Territorial Army
25.08.1939     mobilized TA
01.08.1940 - 28.10.1943 redesignated, 74th Searchlight Regiment Royal Artillery (UK)
29.10.1943 - 17.11.1943 attached, 51 PTW
18.11.1943 - 22.03.1944 transferred, 9th Training Battalion, Royal Army Service Corps (UK)
23.03.1944 - 10.05.1944 148th Pre-Officer Cadet Training Unit Training Establishment, then posted to "A" Wing 8th Battalion Sherwood Foresters, 148th Training Brigade (UK)
11.05.1944 - 08.09.1944 166th Officer Cadet Training Unit (UK)
09.09.1944     commissioned, The Essex Regiment [emergency commission]
09.09.1944 - 04.11.1945 No. 1 Infantry Training Centre (UK)
05.11.1945 - 22.11.1945 1st Infantry Holding Battalion (UK)
23.11.1945 - 24.03.1946 4th Battalion The Norfolk Regiment (UK)
25.03.1946 - 1947? 1st Holding Battalion (UK)
1947? - 25.09.1947 Infantry Training Centre (East Anglia, UK) [Garrison Adjutant 13-30.03.1947]
Landscape & contracting gardener at Harewood Ugley, Essex.
Sheepshanks,
James Michael
J.M. Sheepshanks
Married Felicity ...; two step-sons.
c. 1925 ?
-
04.05.2008

Royal Brompton Hospital
[age 83]
Cadet
? [1157245]
2nd Lt.
01.07.1945 [349904]
WS/Lt.
01.01.1946
01.07.1945


commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]
Sheffield,
George Nelson Hookey
G.N.H. Sheffield
Son of Maj. George Nelson Sheffield (1871-1918) and Violet Sybil Hookey (born 1879).
07.01.1907
Hampstead district,
London

-
08.1987

Tunbridge
Wells district, Kent
Cadet
1925
2nd Lt.
30.08.1926 [36865]
Lt.
30.08.1929
local Capt.
07.10.1935-30.09.1937
Capt.
01.10.1937
A/Maj.
27.06.1940-22.08.1940,
26.03.1941-28.04.1941
T/Maj.
29.04.1941-16.08.1941,
17.08.1942-29.08.1943
Maj.
30.08.1943
Lt.Col.
01.10.1950 (Employed List 1) (supernumerary 01.10.1953)
Col.
12.09.1957 (retd 07.01.1960)
Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE
11.07.1940
for distinguished services in the field
NW Frontier of India 1930-31 Medal and Clasp; 1939-45 Star; Defence Medal; War Medal
Education: Royal Military College, Sandhurst (1925-1926); wartime Small Arms Technical Course (sa (w)); Technical Staff Course, Military College of Science, Woolwich (ptsc)
30.08.1926


commissioned, The Essex Regiment
1926
-
1935
regimental service, 2nd Battalion, India (Peshawar [1930], Nowshera [03.1931] & Nasirabad [06.1933]) [obtained the special Qualification at the Army Signal School in Poona (03.1932); completed promotion examination (in written subjects) in India (10.1932)]
07.10.1935
-
31.10.1938
Adjutant, Calcutta and Presidency Battalion, Auxiliary Force, India
1938
-
1942
regimental service (e.g. 01.1939 indicated as attached to the 2nd Battalion at Warley on the supernumerary list)
21.02.1942
-
30.01.1946
Experimental and Liaison Officer, Netheravon Wing (Netheravon), Small Arms School
31.01.1946
-
31.03.1948
Chief Design Officer, Armaments Design Department
01.04.1948
-
04.01.1949
Technical Staff Officer, 2nd grade (TSO2), ...
13.01.1949
-
30.09.1950
Technical Staff Officer, 2nd grade (TSO2), Proof & Experimental Establishment
01.10.1950
-
16.04.1953
Technical Staff Officer, 1st grade (TSO1), ...
01.05.1953
-
(02.1957)
Technical Staff Officer, 1st grade (TSO1), Inspectorate of Armaments, Ministry of Supply
1957
-
1959
posted to the Proof and Experimental Establishment, Pendine
07.01.1960
-
07.01.1965
Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
Shelley,
Guy Philip Arthur
G.P.A. Shelley
Son of ... Shelley, and ... Cree.
Married ((03?).1942, Wokingham district, Berkshire) Diana M. Griffith.

From Winchester.
13.07.1919
Bedford district, Bedfordshire
-
10.1987
Trowbridge district, Wiltshire
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 27.07.1940 [140145]
WS/Lt. 10.06.1941
T/Capt. 10.06.1941-03.12.1942
WS/Capt. 04.12.1942
T/Maj. 04.12.1942-341.08.1945
WS/Maj. 01.09.1945 (reld > 04.1946, < 08.1946)
T/Lt.Col. 01.09.1945-(04.1946)
Hon. Lt.Col. > 04.1946, < 08.1946
Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE 21.12.1944 Italy [recommendation available upon request]
Mentioned in Despatches MID 24.08.1944 Italy
      Officer Cadet Training Unit
27.07.1940     commissioned, Royal Army Ordnance Corps (Administrative Branch) [emergency commission]
(1944)     Deputy Assistant Director of Ordnance Services (DADOS) (Ammunition), HQ Eighth Army (MBE)
Shepherd,
Edward
E. Shepherd
?
-
?
Cadet ? [?]
2nd Lt. 06.06.1942 [255330]
WS/Lt. 06.12.1942
T/Capt. 14.06.1944-(04.1946)
06.06.1942     commissioned, Royal Corps of Signals [emergency commission]
 
Shepherd,
James Kettles
J.K. Shepherd
Married ((12?).1935, Skipton district, West Riding of Yorkshire) Jean Fulton Walker; two sons, one daughter.
01.11.1908
Forfar, Scotland
-
04.07.1982
Brechin, Scotland
Cadet ? [14588264]
2nd Lt. 05.05.1944 [315932]
WS/Lt. 05.11.1944 (reld > 04.1946, < 08.1946)
A/Capt. ? 1946 ?
Education: Forfar Academy; University of Edinburgh (MA, 1928; Harry Dalgety Bursary; Muirhead Prize in Civil Law); LL.B.
05.05.1944     commissioned, Intelligence Corps [emergency commission]
      served in India (Karachi, Bombay, New Delhi)
Private law firm in Kirriemuir, Scotland.
Sheriffs,
Martin Simpson
M.S. Sheriffs
Son (with two brothers and one sister) of James Sheriffs (1875-1937), and Mary Cook (1874-1958).
Married (25.05.1944, Presbyterian Church, Wealdstone, Middlesex) Nellie Goulding (18.11.1917 - 30.10.2003), daughter of William Chambers Goulding (1889-), and Elizabeth Maud Holliday (1889-); one daughter.
08.06.1909
Harrow on the Hill, Hendon district, Middlesex
-
22.12.1999
High Wycombe Hospital, Chiltern district, Buckinghamshire
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 26.03.1943 [267718]
WS/Lt. 26.09.1943
T/Capt. 28.03.1944-17.10.1945
WS/Capt. 18.10.1945 (reld > 08.1946, < 12.1946)
T/Maj. 18.10.1945-(08.1946)
26.03.1943     commissioned, Pioneer Corps [emergency commission]
      312 Pioneer Company
Insurance manager, Phoenix.

 
Sherret,
David
D. Sherret
Married; children.
26.08.1917
-
24.08.2009
Windsor
2nd Lt.
23.11.1940 [158199]
Lt.
17.11.1945, seniority 13.10.1941
A/Capt.
19.03.1942-18.06.1942
T/Capt.
19.06.1942-16.10.1944
WS/Capt.
17.10.1944
Capt.
01.07.1946
A/Maj.
13.11.1943-18.12.1943,
23.08.1944-16.10.1944
T/Maj.
17.10.1944-11.07.1952
Maj.
13.04.1953
T/Lt.Col.
12.02.1959-08.10.1961
L:t.Col.
09.10.1961 (supernumerary 09.10.1964)
T/Col.
25.11.1963-19.07.1964
Col.
20.07.1964 (retd 26.08.1972)
Military Cross MC
20.09.1945
Italy
Education: Joint Services Staff College (jssc); Staff College (psc).



served in the ranks for 1 year, 83 days
23.11.1940


commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission to 16.11.1945]
26.08.1943

-

12.11.1943

General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3) (Military Training), GHQ PAIFORCE
13.11.1943
-
18.12.1943
General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2) (Military Training), GHQ PAIFORCE
19.12.1943
-
28.12.1943
General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3) (Military Training), GHQ PAIFORCE
23.07.1944
-
11.08.1944
Deputy Assistant Adjutant General (DAAG), ... Infantry Division
23.08.1944
-
06.06.1945
Brigade Major, HQ 20th Indian Infantry Brigade
17.11.1945
 
 
permanent commission
04.11.1947
-
01.06.1949
Staff Officer Royal Engineers (SORE) (Technical), ...
08.06.1949
-
17.12.1950
DAA&QMG, British Military Mission to Greece
19.12.1950
-
28.04.1952
GSO2 (AE), JIBME
12.03.1954
-
09.12.1954
Brigade Major, Engineer Group (TA)
12.02.1959
-
03.07.1961
GSO1, Medical Section, GHQ Middle East Land Forces
25.11.1963
-
12.01.1966
Commander HQ Engineers (TA), Scottish Command
17.02.1966
-
(02.1967)
UK Representative (Colonel), Project CLOUDGAP, Washington
ARIBA, later RIBA. MArch.
Sherwood,
Ernest Charles
E.C. Sherwood (Photo courtesy of Mrs Wendy Leggott)
Son of William Arthur Sherwood (1878-1971), and Jane Elisabeth Borlase (1878-1946).
Married Dorothy May Marchant (1905 - 12.061968), daughter of George Jonathan Marchant (1870-), and Kate Fielder (1869-); two sons, one daughter.
09.04.1909
Eastry district, Kent
-
10.07.1955
Surrey South Eastern district, Surrey
Armt. QMS ? [2316221]
Lt. (Assistant Ordnance Mechanical Engineer) 15.06.1941 [199128]
Lt. (Assistant Electrical & Mechanical Engineer) 01.10.1942, seniority 15.06.1941
WS/Capt. 15.06.1944 (reld >10.1945, < 01.1946)
T/Maj. 08.01.1945-(10.1945)
Hon. Maj. > 10.1945, < 01.1946
15.06.1941     commissioned, Royal Army Ordnance Corps [emergency commission]
01.10.1942     transferred, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Shinn,
Harry
H. Shinn
?
-
WS/RQMS
?
Lt. QM
03.06.1943 [287478] (reld < 04.1946)
Hon. Lt.
< 04.1946
Mentioned in Despatches MID
22.03.1945
NW Europe
03.06.1943


commissioned, The Devonshire Regiment [emergency commission]
06.04.1944
-
(09.1944)
Quartermaster, 2nd Battalion The Devonshire Regiment (NW Europe)
Shirley,
Arthur Walter *
A.W. Shirley (Photo courtesy of Mr Nicholas Robinson)
* Initially known as Shirley, Adolph Walter.
Married (20.09.1924, St George Congregationist Church, Oxford) Margaret J. Ostler; two children.
28.08.1898
-
07.02.1973
Bridport, Dorset
Pte. 02.03.1916
20.04.1920 (re-enlisted)
Cpl. 01.06.1920
L/Sgt. 07.08.1920
T/Sgt. 07.08.1920-15.08.1920
T/CQMS 15.08.1920-21.07.1921
CQMS 20.09.1924
CSM (Wt.Offr. Cl. II) 19.07.1926
2nd Lt. 07.12.1927 [38906]
Lt. 07.12.1930
Capt. 01.01.1932
Maj. 01.12.1936 (reld 17.05.1949)
A/Lt.Col. 26.10.1943-06.03.1944
T/Lt.Col. 07.03.1944-(04.1946)
A/Col. 15.09.1946-...
Hon. Lt.Col. 17.05.1949
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Civil Division) MBE 01.01.1960 for political services
Territorial Efficiency Decoration TD ? -
02.03.1916     enlisted, 2/1 Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars (Yeomanry)
... - ... ...
07.12.1927     commissioned, 4th Battalion The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry - Territorial Army
25.01.1939 - 17.05.1949 Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [exceeded age limit]
02.09.1939 - 08.1941 Camp Commandant, HQ 48th Division (embarked for France 08.01.1940, evacuated Dunkirk-Dover 31.05.1940)
08.1941 - 10.1941 70th Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
23.10.1941     Infantry Training Centre
18.11.1941     1st (Buckinghamshire) Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
25.06.1942     Officer Commanding, 37th Primary Training Centre
20.02.1943     16th Infantry Training Centre
28.07.1943     disembarked Algiers, attached No. 1 ITD, Middle East Forces
26.10.1943 - 11.11.1943 Officer Commanding Troops at Haifa, Egypt
07.12.1943 - 10.1944 Camp Commandant, Italian Civil Internee Camp, Fayed, Egypt
15.10.1944     Camp Commandant, 380th Prisoner of War Camp, Egypt
12.11.1945     Officer Commanding Troops at Geneifa, Egypt
... - ... ...
Short,
Reginald Robert Thomas
R.R.T. Short (Photo courtesy of Mrs Jackie M. Rogers)
Son of ... Short, and ... Boyce.
(03?).1915
Edmonton, Essex / Hertfordshire / Middlesex

-
2nd Lt.
03.04.1943 [269113]
WS/Lt.
03.04.1943 (reld < 04.1946)
A/Capt.
19.12.1943-(04.1944)
T/Capt.
?
Hon. Capt.
< 04.1946
21.01.1943
-
02.04.1943
36th course, Officer Cadet Training Unit, Royal Army Ordnance Corps
03.04.1943


commissioned, Royal Army Ordnance Corps (Administrative Branch) [emergency commission]
Shrive,
Richard
"Dick"
R. Shrive (Photo courtesy of Mr M.J. Reeve)
20.10.1891
Oundle, Northamptonshire

-
1974

Sheerness, Kent
Sgt.
? [33397]
2nd Lt.
16.10.1915 [11643]
Lt.
01.07.1917
A/Capt.
14.06.1918-30.11.1918
Capt.
28.07.1928
A/Maj.
01.12.1918-02.04.1919
Maj.
07.03.1938, seniority 01.01.1937 (retd 20.10.1941; but remained employed) (reverted to retd 1944/45?)
A/Lt.Col.
01.11.1940-(04.1941)
T/Lt.Col.
01.02.1941-(04.1944)
Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE
03.06.1931
HM's birthday 31
Military Cross MC
26.09.1917
*
Military Cross MC
04.10.1919
**
Chevalier, Ordre de la Couronne (Belgian Order of the Crown 5th class) (25.07.1918); Croix de Guerre (Belgian War Cross) (25.07.1918); 1914-15 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal

* For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty.  When under heavy shell fire with his battery he entered a burning building and removed a number of cartridges which were on the point of being exploded by the burning debris. By this prompt and gallant action he undoubtedly saved much material as well as considerable damage to the guns.
** On 24th October, 1918, near Bousies, in charge of his battery, he was ordered to get a section in action sufficiently far forward to shoot on an: important railway junction. Despite heavy enemy shelling and several casualties during the night 24th/25th October, his guns were in action by 4 p.m. on 25th October, and made excellent practice on the junction. Throughout the operation he displayed courage and sound judgment, and completed his task satisfactorily.



served in the ranks for 4 years, 320 days



served as Warrant Officer Class II for 214 days
13.02.1915
-
06.1915
served in France & Belgium
16.10.1915


commissioned, Royal Garrison Artillery - Royal Regiment of Artillery
22.05.1916
-
11.11.1918
served 91st Siege Battery RGA (France & Belgium)
(03.1931)


Portsmouth Defences
(06.1933)


RA Fixed Defence Northern Ports, Hedon
(01.1937)
-
(01.1939)
21st Heavy Battery (Shoeburyness)
(04.1941)


served Coast Defence and Anti-Aircraft Branch (commanded special armament mounting units)
Shurmer,
Cyril Alfred
C.A. Shurmer
Son of ... Shurmer, and ... Gray.
Married ...; ... children.
19.10.1913
Southwark district, London
-
27.03.1974
Westminster district, London (formerly of Bromley Common, Kent)
Pte. ?
2nd Lt. 25.05.1940 [130697]
WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 (reld 12.05.1948)
A/Maj. 01.11.1943-(07.1944)
T/Lt.Col. ?
Hon. Lt. Col. 12.05.1948
Mentioned in Despatches MID 10.05.1945 NW Europe
25.05.1940     commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps (for service with Expeditionary Force Institutes; without pay and allowances from Army Funds) [emergency commission]
A grandchild writes: "His notes show active service in France with the BEF (just prior to Dunkirk he was evacuated from Boulogne), North Africa (Operation Torch landings in Algeria), possibly Sicily/Italy and then he was part of an advance party of RASC a few days after D-Day landings. He then pushed on through France (including the Great Ardennes Offensive), Belgium, Holland and then finally on into Germany."
Siddall,
James Roger Stuart
J.R.S. Siddall
Son of John James Siddall (1875-), and Hetty McNeal (1880-).
Married ((06?).1948, Stafford district, Staffordshire) Cicely Bellamy; ... children.
21.10.1916
Stoke on Trent district, Worcestershire
-
04.03.1985
Stafford district, Staffordshire
Cadet ? [128543]
2nd Lt. 07.12.1940 [160580]
WS/Lt. 07.06.1942 (reld > 04.1946, < 08.1946)
Hon. Lt. > 04.1946, < 08.1946
      163rd Officer Cadet Training Unit
07.12.1940     commissioned, The North Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's) [emergency commission]
      probably served with Royal Indian Army Service Corps at some point
A grandson writes: "Evacuated at Dunkirk. He was promoted to Captain 1944."
Siderfin,
John Gareth
J.G. Siderfin (Photo courtesy of Mr Ronald Gamble)
(09?).1903
Eastry district, Kent
-
Capt.
01.02.1939 [87308] (reld < 04.1946)
T/Maj.
20.12.1941-(04.1944)
Hon Maj.
< 04.1946
Capt. RARO
28.05.1949
Mentioned in Despatches MID
?
?
01.02.1939


commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery - Supplementary Reserve (Category B, employed)
24.08.1939


mobilized
04.1939
-
20.09.1941
6th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery RA (SR) (Coleraine (N Ireland), Grangemouth (Scotland) & Egypt)
20.09.1941
-
03.04.1942
Battery Commander (Officer Commanding), 6th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery RA (SR) (Egypt)
03.04.1942
-
?
staff appointment, Anti-Aircraft Defence, Egypt
28.05.1949
-
07.01.1959
Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
Sidney,
William Philip;
1st Viscount De L'Isle, cr. 1956;
Baron De L'Isle and Dudley, cr. 1835

W.P. Sidney
W.P. Sidney

23.05.1909
Chelsea district, Greater London / London / Middlesex
-
05.04.1991
Kent
...
...
Capt.
?
T/Maj.
21.09.1943-(04.1944)
Victoria Cross VC
30.03.1944
Anzio 07/08.02.44

 

1929


commissioned, Grenadier Guards - Supplementary Reserve of Officers
... -
...
5th Battalion Grenadier Guards (Italy)
Governor-General of Australia, 1961-1965.
Siebert,
Edgar Leonard

E.L. Siebert
Son of Edgar Alaric Siebert, and Clara Jane Purvis Hodgson.
Married ((06?).1938, Romford district, Essex) Gladys E. Lambert.
03.04.1908
West Ham district, Greater London
-
(09?).1974
Redbridge district, Greater London
2nd Lt. 28.09.1940 [150197]
WS/Lt. 07.06.1941
T/Capt. 06.11.1942-12.06.1943
WS/Capt. 13.06.1943 (reld > 01.1946, < 04.1946)
T/Maj. 13.06.1943-(01.1946)
Hon. Maj. > 01.1946, < 04.1946
Mentioned in Despatches MID 08.11.1945 NW Europe
28.09.1940     commissioned, Royal Army Ordnance Corps (Administrative Branch) [emergency commission]
(04.1944)     specially employed
Siemssen,
Oscar Roy

O.R. Siemssen
Son of ... Siemssen, and ... Muncey.
20.08.1911
Wandsworth district, Greater London / London / Surrey
-
01.1995
Limpsfield, Surrey
2nd Lt.
19.10.1940 [151913]
WS/Lt.
19.04.1942
T/Capt.
01.04.1943-(04.1944)
19.10.1940
 
 
commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]



served in North Africa & Germany
Sill,
Silvester Anthony
S.A. Sill (Photo courtesy of Mr John Cresser-Brown)
(06?).1922
-
2nd Lt. 02.08.1942 [242909]
WS/Lt. 02.02.1943
Education: Birmingham University (1941 Senior Training Corps, Engineering Section, Clitheroe).
02.08.1942     commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]
Sills,
Thomas Herbert

T.H. Sills
Son of Walter Sills (1878-1950), and Madge von der Heyde (1898-1976).
Married Mary Yeadon; one son, one daughter.
From Sandy, Bedfordshire.
05.08.1915
Croydon district, Greater London / Kent / Surrey
-
01.1988
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
2nd Lt.
17.06.1939 [88781]
WS/Lt.
01.01.1941
WS/Capt.
22.11.1941 (reld > 04.1946)
T/Maj.
26.06.1944-(04.1946)
Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE
24.01.1946
NW Europe



late Cadet Lance-Corporal, Bradfield College Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
17.06.1939


commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army
24.08.1939


mobilized TA
(1939)
-
(1940)
"B" Battery, 52nd Heavy Regiment RA
Solicitor at Sandy, Bedfordshire.
Simcox,
George Edwin

G.E. Simcox
30.04.1919 ?
Worksop district, Derbyshire / Nottinghamshire / West Riding of Yorkshire ?
-
05. 1993 ?
Chorley district, Lancashire ?
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
15.06.1940 [134514]
WS/Lt.
15.12.1941
A/Capt.
04.10.1943-(04.1944)
WS/Capt.
13.10.1945
T/Maj.
13.10.1945-(04.1946)
?
-
15.06.1940
151st Officer Cadet Training Unit (Royal Signals)
15.06.1940
 
 
commissioned, Royal Corps of Signals [emergency commission]
Simkin,
Frank William

F.W. Simkin
Son of ... Simkin, and ... Boult.
From Birmingham.
17.02.1922
Aston district, Warwickshire
-
10.2001
Hereford, Herefordshire / Monmouthshire
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
07.08.1942 [240875]
WS/Lt.
07.02.1943
1939-1945 Star? 39|45 St ?
?
?
France and Germany Star Fr&G St
-
-
Def M
-
-
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45
-
-
07.08.1942
 
 
commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]



43rd Battalion Royal Tank Regiment (UK)



served in NW Europe
Simmons,
Sydney

S. Simmons
Son of ... Simmons, and ... Macleod.
Married ...; ... children (one son?).
27.10.1917
Watford district, Buckinghamshire
-
12.2014 still alive
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 05.07.1941 [194167]
WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 (reld > 04.1947)
T/Capt. 20.02.1944-(04.1947)
A/Maj. ? ?
05.07.1941     commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]
      served in Gibralter, France & the Netherlands
Simpson,
?
Simpson
?
-
?
2nd Lt. ?
... ...
Capt. ?
(04.1945)     14th Battalion The Nigeria Regiment
Simpson,
Beaumont Lowndes

B.L. Simpson
Son of Oswald Simpson (1876-), and Mona Marie De Maine Beaumont (1878-1958).
Married 1st ((09.)1936, Macclesfield district, Cheshire) Mary G.S. Christie; one daughter.
Married 2nd (04.1991, Macclesfield district, Cheshire) Joan Jackson.
05.04.1909
Chorlton district, Lancashire
-
13.11.2001
East Cheshire
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 29.05.1943 [277024]
WS/Lt. 29.11.1943 (reld > 04.1947)
A/Capt. ? 1946?
29.05.1943     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
      served in Burma
Simpson,
Geoffrey
G. Simpson
Married Sarah Helen Mary (née ...).
27.11.1893
Nottingham district, Nottinghamshire
-
21.09.1969
Swallowfield, Reading, Wokingham district, Berkshire
2nd Lt. 27.05.1940 [205686]
WS/Lt. 27.01.1941
T/Capt. 27.01.1941-(04.1947)
Lt. 01.11.1947, seniority 27.11.1941
Military Cross MC 26.03.1918 *
1915 Star 15 St - -
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St - -
Africa Star Afr St - -
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45 - -
Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal (1953) Cor M - -
* For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. When with a small party, which was attacked by superior numbers of the enemy, he continued fighting, leading and encouraging his men, though he had been twice wounded. His courage and dogged determination were worthy of the highest praise, and proved a splendid example to the men under him.
WW I     Tpr./Pte., T/Lt. & T/Capt., Bowkers Horse (East African Mounted Rifles, then King's African Rifles)
27.05.1940     commissioned, General List - African Colonial Forces Section [emergency commission]
Colonial servant.
Simpson,
Gordon Russell
G.R. Simpson
Second son of Alexander Russell Simpson, a Writer to the Signet from Edinburgh.
From Port of Menteith, Stirling.
Married (1943) Marion Elizabeth King (died 1976); two sons.

02.01.1917
Tayport, Fife
-
30.03.2005
[Edinburgh ?]
2nd Lt.
16.01.1937 [69991]
WS/Lt.
02.12.1939
A/Capt.
02.09.1939-01.12.1939
T/Capt.
02.12.1939-(04.1941)
WS/Capt.
05.09.1941
Capt.
11.04.1945
T/Maj.
30.11.1941-(04.1944)
WS/Maj.
08.09.1944
T/Lt.Col.
08.09.1944-(04.1946)
A/Maj.
01.05.1947-24.03.1950
Lt.Col.
25.03.1950 (supernumerary 26.03.1953)
Bt. Col.
25.03.1953
Distinguished Service Order DSO
07.12.1944
Italy
Distinguished Service Order DSO
23.08.1945
Italy
Member of the Royal Victorian Order LVO
16.06.1979
HM's birthday 79
Territorial Efficiency Decoration TD
21.04.1950
& 1st clasp
Territorial Efficiency Decoration TD
25.10.1955
2nd clasp
Efficiency Medal (Territorial) EM
25.06.1948
[cancelled 01.04.1952]
Education: Rugby School



late Cadet Lance-Corporal, Rugby School Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps

16.01.1937
-
spring 1939
commissioned, 19th (Lothians and Border Horse) Armoured Car Company - Royal Tank Corps - Territorial Army (Edinburgh)
spring 1939
-
1946
2nd Lothians and Border Yeomanry - Royal Armoured Corps
24.08.1939
 
 
mobilized TA
(1942?)
-
(1944?)
Officer Commanding, "B" Squadron
(1944?)
-
09.07.1944
Second-in-Command
09.07.1944
-
1946
Commanding Officer
01.12.1955
-
?
Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
Partner, Bell Cowan [later: Bell Lawrie Macgregor], the Edinburgh stockbrokers, 1938-1982. Chairman, Edinburgh Stock Exchange, 1961-1963; Chairman, Scottish Stock Exchange, 1965-1966; President, Council of Associated Stock Exchanges, 1971-1973; Deputy Chairman, Stock Exchange, 1973-1978. Chairman, General Accident Fire & Life Assurance Corporation Ltd, 1979-1987 (Director, 1967-1987). Lieutenant Queen's Body Guard for Scotland (Royal Company of Archers). Member Court, Stirling University, 1980-1988; Commissioner, Queen Victoria School, 1982-1992. Deputy Lieutenant (DL) Stirling and Falkirk Districts (Central Region), 1981-1992.
Simpson,
Gordon Wright

G.W. Simpson (Photo courtesy of Mr Victor MacIlwaine)
Son of Joseph Brunskill Simpson, farmer, and Celia Elsie Wright, of Winton, Bournemouth, Hampshire.
Married ...; ... children.
(09?).1915
Walsingham district, Norfolk
-
05.07.1942
[age 27]
[Kirkee War Cemetery, India, 13.D.2]
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 30.05.1942 [237245]
Tea planter in Assam, India.
30.05.1942     commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]
Simpson,
Kenneth Arnold

K.A. Simpson
?
-
Lt.
08.05.1943 [274685]
WS/Capt.
08.05.1944
Education: MB
08.05.1943
 
 
commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission]



served with the Chindits in Burma
Simpson,
Richard Louis
R.L. Simpson
?
-
2nd Lt.
10.06.1939
WS/Lt.
01.01.1941 (reld > 04.1946)



late Cadet-Sergeant, Malvern College Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
10.06.1939
 
 
commissioned, 7th Battalion The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers - Territorial Army
24.08.1939
 
 
mobilized TA
(1940)
 
 
9th Battalion The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (France)
Sinclair,
Thomas Christopher
T.C. Sinclair (Photo courtesy of Mr Kimberly J. Lindsay)

09.02.1916
-
04.2001
2nd Lt. 28.08.1937, seniority 30.01.1936 [67795]
... ...
T/Lt.Col. 01.04.1943-10.10.1943,
09.11.1943-03.03.1945,
13.05.1945-01.07.1947
... ...
Bt. Lt.Col. 01.07.1954 (retd 10.02.1958)
Hon. Lt.Col. 10.02.1958
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) OBE 12.06.1958 ?
Military Cross MC 08.07.1941 ?
Military Cross MC 12.02.1942 ?
Mentioned in Despatches MID 01.04.1941 ?
Mentioned in Despatches MID 06.04.1944 ?
Mentioned in Despatches MID 19.07.1945 ?
28.08.1937     commissioned, The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)
... - ... ...
30.01.1942 - 23.05.1942 6th War Course, Middle East Staff School (Haifa)
... - ... ...
Sinton,
Maynard Bunbury
M.B. Sinton (Photo courtesy of Mr Iain Miskimmin)
Son of William Maynard Sinton (1860-1942), and Myra Sophia Atkinson, of Ballyards, Co. Armagh, Northern Ireland.
28.08.1915
Armagh district, Northern Ireland
-
27.05.1940
(KIA) [age 24]
[Bedford House Cemetery, Belgium, West Flanders, Belgium, enclosure No. 6, V, B, 3]
2nd Lt. 27.08.1936 [69134] (reld 18.03.1939)
2nd Lt. 11.11.1939
Mentioned in Despatches MID 20.12.1940 operations in the field 03-06.40 [posthumously]
Edcuation: Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
27.08.1936 - 18.03.1939 commissioned, The Royal Scots Fusiliers
11.11.1939     commissioned, The Royal Scots Fusiliers [emergency commission]
? - 27.05.1940 Officer Commanding, 8 Platoon "A" Company 2nd Battalion The Royal Scots Fusiliers (France & Belgium) (killed in action)
Skene,
Alexander George
A.G. Skene
Son of George Alexander Skene, and June Annal Cromarty.
Married (26.02.1944, Aberdeen, Scotland) Williamina Baxter Cormack (18.12.1914 - 30.04.1969), daughter (with fice sisters and one brother) of John Cormack (1865-1947), and Agnes Morrice Baxter (1870-1934); one son.
26.09.1916
St Machar district, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
-
26.11.1971
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Cadet ? [3321711]
2nd Lt. 25.02.1944 [311351]
WS/Lt. 25.08.1944 (reld > 04.1946, < 04.1947)
T/Capt. 22.09.1945-(04.1946)
? - 25.02.1944 161st Royal Military College Officer Cadet Training Unit (Aldershot)
25.02.1944     commissioned, The Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment) [emergency commission]
Skerritt,
Charles William
C.W. Skerritt (Photo courtesy of Mr Robert C. Skerritt) C.W. Skerritt (Photo courtesy of Mr Robert C. Skerritt)
Son (with three sisters and one brother) of Walter Skerritt (1883-1969), and Minnie Edgson (1884-1975).
Married ((09?).1938, Melton Mowbray district, Leicestershire) Dorothy Margaret Wesson (03.04.1916 - 05.2000); two sons.
25.06.1915
Melton Mowbray district, Leicestershire
-
09.10.1991
Kenilworth, Mid Warwickshire district, Warwickshire
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 18.09.1943
WS/Lt. 18.03.1944 (reld > 01.1946, < 04.1946)
      Officer Cadet Training Unit, Isle of Man
18.09.1943     commissioned, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment [emergency commission]
      seconded, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry & Corps of Military Police (Italy)
Sketcher,
Ernest Kenneth Charles
E.K.C. Sketcher
Son of Ernest Sketcher (1882-), coal agent, and Martha Mabel Curtis (1891-), of King's Lynn, Norfolk.
04.04.1923
King's Lynn, Norfolk
-
19.05.1944
(KIA) [age 21]
[Rangoon Memorial, Burma, face 13]
2nd Lt. 10.07.1943 [284748]
WS/Lt. 10.01.1944
Education: Culford School (1937-1940).
Member of the 23rd (Culford School) Bury St Edmunds Scouts. Joined the MIdland Bank at Norwich and later at Fakenham, whence he left to join the Army.
10.07.1943     commissioned, The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding) [emergency commission]
? - 19.05.1944 attached, 2nd Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) *
* Letter from his Commanding Officer to Mr. and Mrs. Sketcher, dated May 17th 1944 informing them that Kenneth had been in command of a long distance patrol raiding the enemy's supply route: "They had surprised and routed a party of Japanese resting in a village and were lying in ambush on a track. Several hours later the patrol engaged another party of the enemy and after a while, Kenneth, in accordance with his Colonel's instructions, ordered the patrol to withdraw. Kenneth, with one private retired last down the hill, the private rejoining the remainder of the patrol. Search was made in the jungle by other patrols, including one under the personal command of the Company Commander. Unfortunately the jungle was very dense and the search vain. Later a report came from native sources that the body of a British soldier had been seen in that are; and the Colonel of the Battalion has concluded that Kenneth was killed while returning down the hill."
Skey,
Frederic Whitting
F.W. Skey
01.07.1910
Weymouth district, Dorset
-
06.2000
Stafford district, Staffordshire
2nd Lt. 30.01.1930
Lt. 30.01.1933 (reld 17.11.1935)
L/Cpl. ?
2nd Lt. 29.12.1941 [45006]
WS/Lt. 29.12.1941
WS/Capt. 10.03.1946 (reld > 08.1946, < 12.1946)
T/Maj. 10.03.1946-(08.1946)
Education: Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
30.01.1930 - 17.11.1935 commissioned, Royal Tank Corps - Royal Armoured Corps
(03.1931)     3rd Battalion RTR (Lydd)
(06.1933) - (10.1935) 6th Armoured Car Company RTR (Peshawar (for Razmak), then Lahore (for Delhi))
29.12.1941     commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]
Skinner,
Harry Edward James
D. Slifkin
Married ((09?).1941, Surrey Mid Eastern district)  Joan M. Gill; ... children (one daughter?).
08.10.1915
-
(09?).1983
Croydon district, London
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 27.09.1941 [210523]
WS/Lt. 01.10.1942 (reld > 04.1946, < 08.1946)
T/Capt. 24.02.1945-(04.1946)
Hon. Capt. > 04.1946, < 08.1946
27.09.1941     commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]
(1944) - (1945) 1st Battalion Royal Tank Regiment (NW Europe)
17.08.1945 - (04.1946) a General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), Directorate Royal Armoured Corps, Department of the Chief of the Imperial General Staff, The War Office
Skinner,
the Rev. Leslie
L .Skinner

26.11.1911
-
09.10.2001
Tunbridge Wells district, Kent
Chaplain to the Forces 4th class (Capt.) 17.09.1941 [199890]
Chapl. to the Forces 3rd cl. 05.10.1957
Territorial Efficiency Decoration TD ? -
Territorial Efficiency Decoration TD 16.09.1960 1st clasp
Mentioned in Despatches MID 22.03.1945 NW Europe
Chevalier, Order of Leopold II with palm (Belgium) LeoII 25.09.1947 liberation of Belgium [recommendation available upon request]
Croix de Guerre with palm (Belgium) CdeG 25.09.1947 liberation of Belgium [recommendation available upon request]
17.09.1941     commissioned, Royal Army Chaplains' Department (Methodist) [emergency commission]
02.1944 - (10.1945) Chaplain, Nottinghamshire (Sherwood Rangers) Yeomanry (Normandy) (despatches)
01.06.1948 - 26.02.1962 Territorial Army
26.02.1962 - 26.11.1966 Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]
Published: Sherwood Rangers casualty book 1944-1945 : the personal notebook of Revd. Leslie Skinner RAChD, Chaplain 8th Armoured Brigade, attached The Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry (1991); "The man who worked on Sundays" : the personal war diary June 2nd 1944 to May 17th 1945 of Revd. Leslie Skinner RAChD, Chaplain 8th (Independent) Armoured Brigade, attached The Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry Regiment (1991).
Skuse,
Leonard Ernest Edward
L.E.E. Skuse
Son of Douglas Edward Harry Skuse (1895-), and Winifred Charlotte Bennett (1895-1960), of Wandsworth, London.
Married (08.1948, Sheffield district, Yorkshire) Joan M. Lawrence.
11.05.1919
Wandsworth district, London
-
29.09.1952
Hong Kong
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. ? [72569]
WS/Lt. 21.07.1940
A/Capt. 28.10.1941-27.01.1942
T/Capt. 28.01.1942
WS/Capt. 29.08.1944
Lt. 28.02.1945, seniority 11.11.1941
Capt. 01.07.1946
T/Maj. 29.08.1944-(04.1947)
Mentioned in Despatches MID 07.09.1951 Korea
21.07.1937     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery - Supplementary Reserve of Officers
24.08.1939 - 27.02.1945 mobilized Supplementary Reserve of Officers
28.02.1945     permanent commission, Royal Regiment of Artillery
Slade,
Reginald James
R.J. Slade
Married ...; ... children.
31.07.1890
Leytonstone, West Ham district, Essex
-
T/2nd Lt. 23.10.1914
Lt. ? (Unemployed List 04.05.1920)
Lt. 26.04.1941 [183807]
WS/Capt. 28.03.1945 (reld > 08.1946, < 12.1946)
T/Maj. 28.03.1945-(08.1946)
Professional Associate, Chartered Surveyors' Institution (PASI).
1914 - 1920 commissioned, The Cheshire Regiment [temporary commission]
26.04.1941     commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]
Slayter,
Edward Lanyon Penne
E.L.P. Slayter (Photo courtesy of Mr Tim Slayter)
Son of Edward Wheeler Slayter (1869-1938), RAMC doctor in India, and Florence Mary Richardson
Married Miss Robinson.
05.07.1901
Isle of Wight
-
24.12.1961
2nd Lt.
23.12.1921 [437]
Lt.
23.12.1923
T/Capt.
30.05.1930
Capt.
23.05.1932
Maj.
23.12.1938 (retd 27.01.1947)
A/Lt.Col.
29.08.1944-28.11.1944
T/Lt.Col.
29.11.1944-(01.1946)
Hon. Lt.Col.
27.01.1947
Mentioned in Despatches MID
19.09.1946
Burma
23.12.1921


commissioned into The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's)
26.03.1926
-
24.02.1932
employed with the King's African Rifles
(06.1933)
 
 
1st Battalion The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Edinburgh)
07.12.1933
-
04.08.1937
employed with the King's African Rifles
(01.1939)
 
 
2nd Battalion The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Secunderabad, India)
(1942)


Commanding Officer, 11th Battalion The Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
27.01.1947
-
29.09.1951
Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
Slemeck,
Daniel Christopher
D.C. Slemeck
Son of ... Slemeck, and ... Vaisey.
Brother of Lt. R.H. Slemeck, RNVR, and of Lt. A.G. Slemeck, RNVR.
Married ((12?).1939, Dorchester district, Dorset) Peggy C. Atkinson.
28.03.1915
Wimborne district, Dorset
-
(12?).1977
Aylesbury district, Buckinghamshire
2nd Lt.
08.07.1939 [91954]
WS/Lt.
27.10.1940
T/Capt.
27.10.1940-(04.1941)
WS/Capt.
11.09.1942 (reld 17.01.1946; disability)
T/Maj.
11.09.1942-(04.1944)
Hon. Maj.
17.01.1946
Mentioned in Despatches MID
22.03.1945
NW Europe



late Cadet, St. Edward's School Contingent, Junior Division, Offier Training Corps

08.07.1939


commissioned, The Hertfordshire Regiment - Territorial Army
24.08.1939


mobilized TA
27.10.1940
-
(04.1941)
Adjutant, ...
Slifkin,
David
D. Slifkin
06.06.1925
-
Cadet
? [T/14421346]
2nd Lt.
16.09.1944 [330378]
WS/Lt.
16.03.1945 (dismissed the Service by sentence of a General Court-Martial 12.05.1947)
16.09.1944


commissioned, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [emergency commission]



served possibly in India
Slim,
Sir William Joseph;
1st Viscount Slim
see: Indian Army
 
Smales,
Richard William Clayton
R.W.C. Smales (Photo courtesy of Mr Lee Lidbury)
21.04.1915
-
08.2002
Monmouth district, Monmouthshire
2nd Lt. 31.01.1935 [64541]
... ...
T/Lt.Col. 21.08.1945-01.01.1946
... ...
Brig. 20.02.1964 (retd 01.05.1967)
31.01.1935     commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers
03.06.1943 - 23.09.1943 training course, Staff College, Camberley
Small,
Frederick Douglas Richard
F.D.R. Small
Son of ... Small, and ... Dear.
17.02.1917
Reading district, Berkshire
-
02.1990
Reading and
Wokingham,
Berkshire
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
21.06.1941 [193987]
WS/Lt.
?
WS/Capt.
23.02.1944
T/Maj.
23.02.1944-(04.1946)



Officer Cadet Training Unit
21.06.1941


commissioned, Royal Army Ordnance Corps (Administrative Branch) [emergency commission]
Small,
John
J. Small (Photo courtesy of Mr Trevor Bennison)
Married ...; one daughter.
10.07.1912
-
05.10.1997
South Africa
Cadet ?
2nd Lt. 21.06.1941 [194058]
WS/Lt. 01.10.1942
A/Capt. 03.09.1943-02.12.1943
T/Capt. 03.12.1943-16.11.1945
WS/Capt. 17.11.1945 (reld 27.01.1946)
A/Maj. 17.08.1945-16.11.1945
T/Maj. 17.11.1945-27.01.1946
Hon. Capt. 27.01.1946
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division) MBE 24.01.1946 NW Europe [recommendation available upon request]
Mentioned in Despatches MID 09.08.1945 NW Europe
28.04.1939     enlisted, Royal Army Service Corps - Territorial Army
02.09.1939     embodied for service
? - 20.06.1941 Officer Cadet Training Unit
21.06.1941     commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission]
07.1944 - 05.1945 Administration Officer, 753 (Ambulance Car) Company RASC (NW Europe) (MBE)
Small,
Owen Arthur
"Bunny"
O.A. Small (Photo courtesy of Mrs Anne Ammundsen)
Son of Leonard John and Kate Hyde Small, of Hunton, Kent.
Engaged to be married to Barbara Martin.
1917/18 ?
-
18.09.1944
(KIA) [age 26]
[Coriano Ridge
War Cemetery,
XIX, H, 1]
Cadet
?
2nd Lt.
21.06.1941 [193988]
WS/Lt.
01.11.1942
A/Capt.
?



Officer Cadet Training Unit
21.06.1941


commissioned, Royal Army Ordnance Corps [emergency commission]
?


transferred to Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
?
-
18.09.1944
7th Armoured Brigade Workshops REME
Smallwood,
Calver Henry Read
C.H.R. Smallwood
Son (with one brother) of Charles Calver Smallwood (1880-1944), and Alice Ethel Maud Knight (1885-1971).
Brother of Maj. Vivian Rene Broadway Smallwood. Rroyal Tank Regiment.
Married ((09?).1939, Chelsea district, London) Margaret G. Bradley (1906? - (03?).1962).
18.10.1908
Paddington, London
-
(12?).1969
New Forest district, Hampshire
Sgt. ?
2nd Lt. 27.01.1934 [62223]
Lt. 27.01.1937
Capt. 23.01.1939 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Maj. 15.11.1942-05.04.1944
WS/Maj. 06.04.1944
Maj. 01.01.1950, seniority 06.08.1945
T/Lt.Col. (1945?)
Hon. Lt.Col. < 04.1946
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St - -
Africa Star Afr St - & clasp 8th Army
Italy Star It St - -
France and Germany Star Fr&G St - -
Def M - -
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45 - -
Territorial Efficiency Decoration TD 01.08.1946 -
Territorial Efficiency Decoration TD 03.10.1950 2 clasps
      served in the ranks, Inns of Court Regiment
27.01.1934     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army
      90th (City of London) Field Brigade RA
24.08.1939     mobilized TA
? - 01.01.1950 Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
01.01.1950 - 31.07.1952 Territorial Army
31.07.1952 - 08.11.1958 Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [exceeded age limit]
Smallwood,
Robert Evelyn Russell
R.E.R. Smallwood
Son of Gerald Russell Smallwood and Beatrice May Wade.
Married 1st ...; ... children (one daughter?).
Married 2nd (23.09.1992) Jane Henrietta Birkmyre, daughter of Sir Henry Birkmyre, 2nd Bt. and Doris Gertrude Smith; two daughters.
13.02.1920
Solihull district, Warwickshire / West Midlands / Worcestershire
-
2nd Lt.
03.07.1939 [95581]
Lt.
03.01.1941 
A/Capt.
30.05.1941-29.08.1941
T/Capt.
30.08.1941-13.03.1944,
22.01.1945-(01.1946)
Capt.
01.07.1946 (reld 01.01.1949)
Hon. Maj.
01.01.1949
Education: Royal Military College, Sandhurst
03.07.1939
 
 
commissioned, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers
(1940)
 
 
9th Battalion The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (France)
Smallwood,
Vivian René Broadway
"Chips"
V.R.B. Smallwood (Photo courtesy of Mr Richard Smallwood)
Son (with one brother) of Charles Calver Smallwood (1880-1944), and Alice Ethel Maud Knight (1885-1971).
Brother of Lt.Col. Calver Henry Read Smallwood, Royal Artillery.
Married ((12?).1939, Chard district, Somerset) Pauline Annette Fricker (25.12.1908 - 02.1997), daughter (with one sister) of Samuel Gottlieb Fricker (1856-1936), and Charlotte David (1869-); one daughter, four sons.
06.11.1911
Fulham, London
-
12.2004
North Somerset district, Somerset
2nd Lt. 29.11.1939 [101075]
WS/Lt. 29.05.1941
T/Capt. 15.02.1942-01.09.1945
WS/Capt. 02.09.1945 (reld > 10.1945, < 01.1946)
T/Maj. 02.09.1945?-...
Hon. Maj. > 10.1945, < 01.1946
Maj. 01.09.1947
14.04.1953, seniority 07.06.1948
Member of the Order of the British Empire (Civil Division) MBE 31.12.1976 New Year 1977: lately Director, British Export Houses Association; for services to export
Mentioned in Despatches MID 23.05.1946 Mediterranean
Territorial Efficiency Decoration TD 12.12.1950 -
Territorial Efficiency Decoration TD 18.01.1972 1st clasp
      served in the ranks, Inns of Court Regiment
29.11.1939     commissioned, Royal Tank Regiment - Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]
01.05.1947 - 08.07.1952 Territorial Army
08.07.1952 - 14.04.1953 Territorial Army Reserve of Officers
14.04.1953 - 20.04.1956 Territorial Army
20.04.1956 - 14.04.1962 Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [exceeded age limit]
 
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