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British Army Officers
1939-1945

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Radford, A.J.
to
Rutherford, R.

A.J. Radford to R. Rutherford

Radford,
Alan James
A.J. Radford

Son of James Truth Radford, and of Dorothy Maud Radford (née Heard), of South Woodford, Essex.

(03?).1921
West Ham, Greater London
-
10.09.1943
(KIA) [age 22]
[Bari War Cemetery, Italy, XV.E.3]

Cadet	? [7598568]
2nd Lt.	05.11.1942 [251305]
WS/Lt.	?

15.07.1942			entered, Royal Military College, Sandhurst (awarded the Sword of Honour)
05.08.1942			transferred, Officer Cadet Training Unit, Aldershot
05.11.1942			commissioned, Essex Regiment [emergency commission]
11.11.1942			transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps
?	-	10.09.1943	served 6th (10th Battalion The Royal Welch Fusiliers) Battalion Parachute Regiment (Italy [killed in action])

Railton,
John Parkes
J.P. Railton

Married; ... children (one daughter ?).

(12?).1904
Chester district, Cheshire
-

2nd Lt.	24.03.1944 [313711]
WS/Capt.	25.07.1945
T/Maj.	25.07.1945-(04.1946)

Police inspector in Lancashire.

24.03.1944			commissioned, General List [emergency commission]
			served in NW Europe (Normandy (06.1944), France, Holland & Germany)

Became Land Liaison Officer in Luneburg and police advisor for at least 8 years, thereafter in civilian capacity in Hannover till 1966. Member of the Niederrhein Lodge of the Freemasons.

Randall,
Paul Dominic
P.D. Randall

From Cliftonville.

1913 ?
-
25.02.2007
[age 94]

2nd Lt.	11.10.1941 [210952]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942
T/Capt.	(1945?)
Maj. TA	23.02.1949
Lt.Col. TA	31.03.1956
Col. TA	31.03.1961, senioritty 31.03.1959 (retd 06.07.1964)

	MBE	20.09.1945	Italy
	TD	?	?

11.10.1941			commissioned, Royal Corps of Signals [emergency commission]
23.02.1949	-	06.07.1964	Territorial Army
06.07.1964	-	?	Territorial Army Reserve of Officers

Rankin,
Colin Whitelock
C.W. Rankin

26.10.1912
Richmond, Surrey
-
05.1992
Wandsworth, London

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	19.10.1940 [153498]
A/Lt.	28.10.1940-(04.1941)
WS/Lt.	05.07.1941
T/Capt.	05.07.1941-(04.1944)
WS/Capt.	16.10.1945 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Maj.	?
Hon. Capt.	< 04.1946

MID

04.04.1946

NW Europe

19.10.1940			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
(04.1941)			specially employed
(04.1944)			specially employed
(1944)	-	(1945)	3rd Battery, 1st Heavy Regiment RA

Ransley,
Eric John
E.J. Ransley

Son of ... Ransley, and ... Watkins.

26.09.1921
Canterbury district, Kent
-
28.04.2008
Frimley Park Hospital

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	28.06.1941 [193677]
...	...
WS/Lt.	05.07.1941
T/Capt.	05.07.1941-(04.1944)
WS/Capt.	16.10.1945 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Maj.	?
Hon. Capt.	< 04.1946

	MBE	?	?
	MC	13.09.1945	?

28.06.1941			commissioned, The Buffs [emergency commission to 31.12.1946]
...	-	...	...

Raymond,
Claud
W.J.M. Raynsford

Son of Lt.Col. Maurice Claud Raymond, CIE, MC, and of Margaret Lilias Nancy Raymond (née Brown), of Fulham, London.

RE Museum biography

22.10.1923
Mottistone, Isle of Wight
-
22.03.1945
Talaku, Burma
(KIA) [age 21]
[Taukkyan Cemetery, Burma, 12.G.9]

2nd Lt.	02.05.1943 [273474]
WS/Lt.	02.11.1943

28.06.1945

Talaku, Burma 22.03.45

02.05.1943

commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]

Raynsford,
Wyvill John Macdonald
W.J.M. Raynsford

Son of Richard Montague Raynsford and Daphne Mildred Raynsford.
Husband of Patricia Howell Raynsford, of Scarborough, Yorkshire.

1921 ?
-
26.06.1944
(KIA) [age 23]
[St. Manvieu War Cemetery, Cheux, IV.C.11]

Cadet RN	01.05.1938
2nd Lt.	02.09.1939 [101748]
WS/Lt.	02.03.1941
T/Capt.	19.11.1941

01.05.1938			joined Royal Navy
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
02.09.1939			commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps - Territorial Army
24.08.1939	-	26.06.1944	2nd Northamptonshire Yeomanry

Rea,
Stanley Charles Walsh Wright
S.C.W.W. Rea, 1945 (Photo courtsey of Mr B.J. Pullen)

From Cheltenham.

16.04.1901
-
03.1984
Fulham district, London

2nd Lt.	08.09.1923, seniority 30.08.1922 [26342]
Lt.	30.08.1924
Capt.	01.04.1936
Maj.	30.08.1939 (retd 07.11.1949)
A/Lt.Col.	25.11.1941-24.02.1942
T/Lt.Col.	25.02.1942-14.08.1944
WS/Lt.Col.	15.08.1944
A/Col.	15.02.1944-14.08.1944
T/Col.	15.08.1944-06.03.1945
Hon. Col.	07.11.1949

	OBE	13.12.1945	Italy
	MID	23.03.1944	Sicily

NW Frontier of India Medal & Clasp

08.09.1923			commissioned, The Essex Regiment
(03.1931)			2nd Battalion, The Essex Regiment (Nowshera, India)
(06.1933)			2nd Battalion, The Essex Regiment (Nasirabad, India)
25.07.1936	-	23.04.1937	Staff Captain, British Troops in the Sudan (temporary)
01.11.1938	-	31.10.1940	Adjutant, 2nd/6th Battalion (65th Searchlight Regiment) (Territorial), The Essex Regiment (Southend)
(1945)			British Military training Team (Greece)

Redman,
John Alfred
J.A. Redman

From Sandy, Bedfordshire.

(09?).1907
Staines, Middlesex
-
15.12.1966
Sandy, Bedfordshire

2nd Lt.	20.06.1931 [52042]
Lt.	20.06.1934
Capt.	01.09.1937 (reld < 04.1946)
A/Maj.	01.09.1939-(11.1939)
T/Maj.	22.12.1939-(04.1944)
T/Lt.Col.	?
Hon. Lt.Col.	< 04.1946
Lt.Col.	01.05.1947

	MBE	20.09.1945	Italy
	TD	14.11.1947	?

			late Cadet Under-Officer, Cheltenham College Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
20.06.1931			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army
20.06.1931	-	(01.1939)	418th (Bedfordshire) Battery, 105th (Bedfordshire Yeomanry) Army Field Regiment RA (Biggleswade)
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
(1939)	-	(1940)	Officer Commanding, "A" Battery, 52nd Heavy Regiment RA
01.03.1949	-	29.12.1962	transferred to Unattached List - Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]

Company director.

Reed,
Edward
E. Reed

Son of late Barras Ramsay Reed and Hilda Bramwell.
Married (1928) Greta Milburn Pybus; one son, two daughters.

16.06.1902
Hexham district, Northumberland
-
09.01.1953
Longhorsley, Northumberland

2nd Lt.	27.05.1931
Lt.	27.05.1934
T/Capt.	21.08.1940-(04.1941)
A/Maj.	25.10.1940-(04.1941)
WS/Maj.	07.12.1942
T/Lt.Col.	07.12.1942-(04.1944)
Hon. Lt.Col.	?

Education: Rugby; Trinity College, Cambridge (MA) [represented University in Athletics and at Lawn Tennis]

			late Cadet Serjeant, Rugby School Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
20.06.1931			commissioned, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) - Supplementary Reserve of Officers (later Regular Army Reserve of Officers, Class II)
24.08.1939			mobilized
			probably General Staff Officer 1st grade (GSO1) at some point, and serving in Cairo

Managing Director The Newcastle Breweries Ltd and Subsidiary Companies; Director, the Northern Corporation Ltd, Northern and London Investment Trust Ltd, Greville Place Property Co. Ltd, Beech Hill Estate Ltd, Rock Building Society, Wilson & Walker Breweries Ltd, The Review Press Ltd. Rural District Councillor (Morpeth).

Reeves,
Joseph Henry
J.H. Reeves (Photo courtesy of Mrs Debbie Burton)

Son of Joseph Henry and Ellen Frances Reeves.
Husband of Lena Hilda Reeves, of Catford, London.

Lt. Reeves was murdered whilst trying to escape from Camp 66 Capua, Italy. The United War Commission Charge Sheets clearly state that the Italian officer and guards at the camp were wanted for war crimes for the shooting of Lt. Reeves. He had surrendered and the guards shot at him repeatedly at close range, after which he was denied medical attention for 3 hours. Finally moved to Caserta General Hospital No. 2, where 16 individual bullets were removed from him, another 28 wounds from grape shot were counted. He was refused a blood transfusion following surgery, even though a senior British medical officer requested it. He finally died 2 days later.

07.10.1911
St Olave Bermondsey, London
-
19.08.1942
(died as POW) [age 30]
[Caserta War Cemetery, Italy, II, E, 11]

Private	18.10.1938 [69417]
A/Lance Corporal	13.10.1939
A/Corporal	19.12.1939
Corporal	19.03.1940
A/Colour Sergeant	27.05.1940
Cadet	12.1940?
2nd Lt.	13.07.1941 [200012]
Lt.	15.11.1941

MID	02.03.1944	posthumous; in recognition of gallant and distin-guished services in the field
Def M	?	?
BWM 39-45	?	?
39-45 St	?	?
Afr St	?	?

18.10.1938			enlisted (as a driver), Royal Army Service Corps - Territorial Army
02.09.1939	-	12.10.1939	mobilized TA - 1 BDT Company
13.10.1939	-	11.12.1940	168th (5th City of London Cavalry) Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps [served in the UK till 17.01.1940 for 1 year, 92 days; embarked for Palestine, serving there from 18.01.1940-11.12.1940 for 328 days]
12.12.1940	-	12.07.1941	1) proceeded to L7T Camp, Port Tewfik en-route for embarkation to RAC Officer Cadet Training Unit, Bangalore, with Fighting Vehicle School (Fighting Vehicle Section), Ahmedmagar [serving in India for 213 days]
13.07.1941			commissioned, Royal Tank Regiment - Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission] [served in Middle East Forces, Egypt until capture for 225 days]
14.09.1941	-	05.06.1942	42nd Battalion (23rd Bn. The London Regiment) Royal Tank Regiment - Royal Armoured Corps (captured at Gazala) [18.10.1941-15.11.1941 Officer Course at RAC Base Depot and School] *
05.06.1942	-	19.08.1942	in captivity and sent to Capua, Italy, where he died

* In November 1941, when all British tanks, except three, had been knocked out at Sidi Omar, Lt. Reeves, Maj. Rawlings and another officer took charge of the three remaining tanks and tried to hold the gap. Until late in the night, when Maj. Rawlings ordered Lt. Reeves and the other tanks officer to retreat back. Maj. Rawlings' tank was later hit and all where killed the same night.

Reid,
James Charles

Married (07.06.1940, London) Muriel Maud Thomas; two sons, one daughter.

11.06.1918
London
-
26.08.1983
Yeovil, Somerset

Pte.	07.07.1937 [2043384]
L/Cpl.	(1939)
Cpl.	1939
Sgt.	(1940)
Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	20.05.1943 [277115]
WS/Lt.	20.11.1943 (reld 24.03.1946)
T/Capt.	08.12.1945-24.03.1946

07.07.1937			joined Corps of Royal Engineers - Territorial Army (303/26th Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Royal Engineers (Chelsea Barracks))
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
			Officer Training Course, Oswestry, Shropshire
20.05.1943			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
1944	-	1946	2nd Light Anti-Aircraft/Searchlight Battery RA (NW Europe)

Civilian career as an electrical engineer with the Southern Electricity Board in Wiltshire.

Reid,
Robert Tennant

From Glasgow.

05.09.1915
-

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	04.10.1941 [212433]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942
A/Capt.	29.07.1943-28.10.1943
T/Capt.	29.10.1943-08.11.1944, 15.06.1945-22.07.1945, 09.08.1945-19.02.1946
Capt.	01.07.1946, seniority 20.02.1946
A/Maj.	20.11.1945-19.02.1946
T/Maj.	20.02.1946-17.02.1949
Lt.	19.07.1947, seniority 03.03.1941
Capt.	19.07.1947, seniority 01.07.1946
T/Maj.	01.06.1951-04.09.1951
Maj.	05.09.1951 (retd 29.06.1958)

31.08.1944

Normandy 06.44

1940	-	04.10.1941	served in the ranks for 1 year, 186 days
04.10.1941			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission to 30.06.1946]
(06.1944)			Officer Commanding, F Troop, 318th Battery, 92nd (Loyals) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA (NW Europe; wounded)
20.11.1945	-	(04.1946)	Brigade Major, HQ Royal Artillery Mechanical Traction School (Rhyl)
01.07.1946			short service commission
19.07.1947			permanent commission
29.06.1958	-	25.09.1958	Regular Army Reserve of Officers
25.09.1958	-	?	Territorial Army

Remington-Hobbs,
Edward
E. Remington-Hobbs

Married Susan Mary Sheila Winn. From Oxshott.

07.02.1916
-
07.1997
Maidstone, Kent

2nd Lt.	30.01.1936 [67126]
Lt.	30.01.1939
WS/Capt.	11.05.1941
Capt.	30.01.1944
A/Maj.	11.02.1941-10.05.1941
T/Maj.	11.05.1941-07.04.1943, 30.04.1943-02.04.1945
WS/Maj.	03.04.1945
Maj.	30.01.1949
local Lt.Col.	07.10.1943-20.07.1944
A/Lt.Col.	03.01.1945-02.04.1945
T/Lt.Col.	03.04.1945
Hon. Lt.Col.	?

	DSO	10.05.1945	NW Europe
	OBE	26.06.1947	Netherlands East Indies before 30.11.46

Education: psc

30.01.1936			commisioned, Royal Scots Fusiliers
21.04.1939	-	10.02.1941	Adjutant, ... (TA) (temporary)
29.03.1941			transferred, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
?			Commanding Officer, 9th Battalion The Cameronians
?	-	07.02.1966	Regular Army Reserve of Officers

Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem (Esquire , 06.01.1961; Officer, 02.07.1963; Commander, 22.08.1969; Knight, 26.04.1977).

Rennie,
Charles Andrew

Son of John and Lucy Rennie; husband of Nan M. Rennie, of Clevedon, Somerset.

biography at Clifton Rugby Football Club website

1914 ?
-
17.03.1945
(DOW) [age 31]
[Maynamati War Cemetery, Bangladesh, 3.B.18]
[Commemorated on the memorial at the St Quiricus and St Julietta Church, Tickenham]

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	17.01.1942 [224079]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942
T/Capt.	06.08.1943-17.03.1945

12.07.1945

Burma (posthumously)

17.01.1942			commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]
(04.1944)			seconded to Indian Army
?	-	17.03.1945	attached, 16th Light Cavalry, Indian Armoured Corps (died of wounds received in action)

Rennie,
Tom Gordon
T.G. Rennie

Son of late Dr Thomas Rennie, Foochow, China, and Mrs Rennie, Radlett, Herts, and Torryburn, Kintore, Aberdeenshire. Married (1932) Huldah E.C., daughter of H. Giles Walker, Over Rankeillour, Cupar, Fife (she re-married in 1951 Hugh Edward Richardson); one son, one daughter.

03.01.1900
Foochow, China
-
24.03.1945
(KIA)
[Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany]

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	16.07.1919 [18139]
WS/Lt.	16.07.1921
Capt.	22.09.1933
Bt. Maj.	01.07.1938
Maj.	01.08.1938
T/Lt.Col.	15.11.1940-07.10.1943
WS/Lt.Col.	08.10.1943
A/Col.	05.05.1943-07.10.1943
T/Col.	08.10.1943-(04.1944)
WS/Col.	12.12.1944
T/Brig.	08.10.1943-(04.1944)
A/Maj.Gen.	12.12.1943-11.12.1944
T/Maj.Gen.	12.12.1944-24.03.1945

CB	28.09.1944	Normandy
DSO	14.01.1943	Middle East
MBE	09.06.1938	HM's birthday 38

Education: Loretto; Royal Military College, Sandhurst; Staff College (1933-1934; psc)

16.07.1919			commissioned, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)
11.04.1930	-	20.01.1933	Adjutant, 2nd Battalion The Black Watch
30.05.1936	-	13.04.1938	Brigade Major, Shanghai Area, British Troops in China (temporary)
14.04.1938	-	30.04.1939	General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), War Office
01.05.1939	-	06.1940	General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), 51st (Highland) Infantry Division (France) (prisoner of war, escaped)
15.08.1940	-	(04.1941)	General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), Staff Duties and Training Section, HQ Western Command (Chester [UK])
1941	-	1942	Commanding Officer, 5th Battalion Black Watch (Alamein, Sicily) (DSO)
14.12.1942	-	07.01.1943	Commander, 154th (Argyll and Sutherland) Infantry Brigade (Libya) (wounded)
13.05.1943	-	12.12.1943	Commander, 154th (Argyll and Sutherland) Infantry Brigade (N Africa, Sicily, Italy, Sicily, UK)
12.12.1943	-	13.06.1944	General Officer Commanding, 3rd Infantry Division (UK, NW Europe) (wounded)
26.07.1944	-	24.03.1945	General Officer Commanding, 51st (Highland) Infantry Division (NW Europe) (killed in action)

Reynolds,
William
"Willie"
W. Reynolds

?
Shotts, Glasgow, Scotland
-
?
Shotts, Glasgow, Scotland
(knocked down by a car)

Colour Sgt.	?
Lt.	22.03.1941 [178572]
T/Capt.	01.06.1944-(04.1946)
WS/Capt.	25.04.1946?
Capt.	01.12.1948, seniority 25.04.1946 (dismissed by sentence of general Court Martial 26.10.1949)

			served in the ranks, The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment)
22.03.1941			commissioned, The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) [emergency commission]
01.12.1948	-	26.10.1949	short service commission

Rice-Evans,
James Alverstone Mackworth
J.A.M. Rice-Evans

08.12.1907
Neath, Breconshire
-
died between 01.1978 and 02.1985

2nd Lt.	02.02.1928 [39447]
Lt.	02.02.1931
Capt.	01.08.1938
A/Maj.	07.07.1940-06.10.1940
T/Maj.	07.10.1940-26.12.1941
WS/Maj.	27.12.1941
Maj.	02.02.1945
A/Lt.Col.	27.09.1941-26.12.1941
T/Lt.Col.	27.12.1941-16.07.1948
Lt.Col.	17.07.1948 (supernumerary 17.07.1951) (retd 14.04.1957)
T/Col.	21.04.1952-13.04.1957
local Brig.	24.02.1954-13.04.1957
Hon. Col.	14.04.1957

02.02.1928			commissioned, The Royal Welch Fusiliers
(03.1931)			2nd Battalion The Royal Welch Fusiliers (Tidworth, UK)
(06.1933)			2nd Battalion The Royal Welch Fusiliers (Gibraltar)
(01.1937)			2nd Battalion The Royal Welch Fusiliers (Hong Kong)
(01.1939)			1st Battalion The Royal Welch Fusiliers (Blackdown, UK)
23.12.1939	-	30.07.1940	Adjutant, ...
27.09.1941	-	07.1944	Commanding Officer, 4th Battalion The Royal Welch Fusiliers (UK, NW Europe)
15.11.1944	-	04.01.1945	Deputy President, War Office Selection Board
21.04.1952	-	22.02.1954	President, War Office Selection Board (OCS)
1954?	-	1957?	Garrison Commander, Prospect Garrison Bermuda
14.04.1957	-	08.12.1962	Regular Army Reserve of Officers

Richard,
John Ernest Miller
J.E.M. Richard

Married Gaynor Woosnam; one son. Inherited the estate of Kailzie, Peebleshire.

26.10.1894
-
1984

2nd Lt.	15.08.1914 [5782]
Lt.	21.04.1915
Capt.	20.01.1917
Maj.	22.09.1933 (retd 24.09.1938)
Lt.Col. TA	30.06.1939

	OBE	14.06.1945	HM's birthday 45
	TD	?	?

15.08.1914			commissioned, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)
09.04.1916	-	10.07.1916	ADC, ...
24.09.1938	-	24.08.1945	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
30.06.1939	-	14.05.1942	Commanding Officer, 8th Battalion The Royal Scots
?	-	05.09.1951	Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]

Honorary Colonel, 8th Battalion The Royal Scots, 06.08.1956-01.03.1961. Deputy Lieutenant, Peebles, 09.09.1942.

Richards,
Cecil Harvey
C.H. Richards

(03?).1907
Redruth district, Cornwall
-

2nd Lt.	08.08.1942 [316522]
WS/Lt.	?
WS/Capt.	23.07.1945 (reld 22.03.1952)
T/Maj.	23.07.1945-(04.1946)
Hon. Maj.	22.03.1952

08.08.1942

commissioned, African Colonial Force, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]

Richards,
Cuthbert Henry
C.H. Richards

(12?).1917
Lichfield district, Staffordshire
-

2nd Lt.	28.12.1940 [165377]
WS/Lt.	15.12.1941
T/Capt.	15.12.1941-(04.1944)

MID

08.06.1943

Iraq, Syria & Persia

?	-	28.12.1940	142nd Officer Cadet Training Unit
28.12.1940			commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]

Richards,
Charles Henry
C.H. Richards

?
-

WS/RQMS	?
Lt. (QM)	09.10.1942 [248921] (reld < 04.1946)
Hon. Lt.	< 04.1946
Lt. & Paym.	24.05.1949
Capt. & Paym.	18.05.1952 (reld 01.06.1954; disabilty)
Hon. Capt.	01.06.1954

09.10.1942			commissioned, The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [emergency commission]
24.05.1949			transferred, Royal Army Pay Corps [short service commission]

Richards,
Leslie Kenneth
L.K. Richards

?
-

2nd Lt.	11.05.1940
WS/Lt.	12.02.1941
T/Capt.	12.02.1941-(04.1944)
T/Maj. ?	?

11.05.1940			commissioned, The East Lancashire Regiment [emergency commission]
			served with the 8th Gurkhas, Indian Army

Richardson,
[Sir] Charles Leslie
C.L. Richardson

Son of late Lt.Col. C.W. Richardson, RA, and Mrs Richardson. Married (1947) Audrey Styles (née Jorgensen); one son, one daughter and one step daughter.
Lived at Burrington, nr. Bristol, later at Epsom (1943).

11.08.1908
-
07.02.1994
Betchworth, Surrey

2nd Lt.	30.08.1928 [40407]
Lt.	30.08.1931
Capt.	01.08.1938
A/Maj.	27.04.1940-26.07.1940
T/Maj.	27.07.1940-03.08.1940, 19.08.1940-26.12.1941
WS/Maj.	27.12.1941
Maj.	30.08.1945
A/Lt.Col.	27.09.1941-26.12.1941
T/Lt.Col.	27.12.1941-31.10.1943
WS/Lt.Col.	01.11.1943
A/Col.	01.05.1943-31.10.1943
T/Col.	01.11.1943-06.07.1947, 06.05.1948-10.08.1949
Col.	11.08.1949 [supernumerary 11.08.1955]
A/Brig.	01.05.1943-31.10.1943
T/Brig.	01.11.1943-06.07.1947, 06.05.1948-31.12.1954
Brig.	01.01.1955
T/Maj.Gen.	18.05.1955-23.04.1956
Maj.Gen.	24.04.1956
Lt.Gen.	27.02.1961
local Gen.	20.01.1965-20.09.1965
Gen.	21.09.1965 (retd 06.04.1971)

GCB	01.01.1967	New Year 67
KCB	01.01.1962	New Year 62
CB	13.06.1957	HM's birthday 57
CBE	21.06.1945	NW Europe
OBE	18.02.1943	Middle East 05.42-10.42
DSO	01.06.1943	Middle East
MID	22.03.1945	NW Europe
MID	10.05.1945	NW Europe
LM	15.03.1945	distinguished services in the cause of the Allies

NW Frontier of India 1937-39 Medal & Clasp

Education: Wellington College; Royal Military Academy, Woolwich (King's Medal); Cambridge University (Exhibitioner, Clare College, Cambridge, 1930; 1st Cl. Hons Mech Sciences Tripos; BA; Staff College, Camberley (psc); Imperial Defence College (idc)

30.08.1928			commissioned, Royal Engineers
(03.1931)			served at Cambridge
(06.1933)			served in India
(01.1937)			served in India
(01.1939)			served at Chatham
02.09.1939	-	28.11.1939	Adjutant, ...
1939	-	1940	France & Belgium (Dunkirk)
27.04.1940	-	02.08.1940	Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General (DAQMG), ...
27.09.1941	-	1942	General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), ... (Palestine)
1942	-	30.04.1943	General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1) (Plans), HQ Eighth Army (N Africa)
01.05.1943	-	31.03.1944	Brigadier General Staff (BGS), Eighth Army (N Africa, Sicily, Italy)
1943			[also?] Deputy Chief of Staff, Fifth US Army
01.04.1944	-	21.05.1944	Chief Liaison Officer, ...
22.05.1944	-	27.08.1945	Brigadier General Staff (BGS) (Plans), 21st Army Group (NW Europe)
28.08.1945	-	23.12.1945	Deputy Chief of Staff, ...
24.12.1945	-	07.05.1946	Chief of Military Division (Brig.), British Control Commission (Berlin, Germany)
08.08.1946	-	27.05.1947	specially employed
28.05.1947	-	05.05.1948	British Army of the Rhine (BAOR)
06.05.1948	-	22.11.1950	Brigadier General Staff (SD), Middle East Land Forces (Egypt)
1950	-	1952	staff appointments, UK
31.01.1952	-	17.04.1953	Brigadier AQ, HQ Western Command
18.06.1953	-	15.05.1955	Commander, 61st Lorried Infantry Brigade
18.05.1955	-	09.02.1958	Commandant, Royal Military College of Science
29.03.1958	-	17.02.1960	General Officer Commanding, Singapore [Base] District
07.07.1960	-	09.02.1961	Director of Combat Development, War Office
27.02.1961	-	10.04.1963	Director-General of Military Training, War Office
18.04.1963	-	30.11.1964	General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Northern Command
20.01.1965	-	25.09.1966	Quartermaster General to the Forces, Ministry of Defence & Member of the Army Board
12.12.1966	-	09.03.1971	Master-General of the Ordnance, Ministry of Defence & Member of the Army Board
09.01.1967	-	1970	ADC (General) to the Queen

Chief Royal Engineer, 01.07.1972-14.11.1977. Colonel Commandant, Royal Engineers, 11.07.1962-... Colonel Commandant, RAOC, 01.01.1967-71.
Consultant, International Computers Ltd, 1971-76. Treasurer, Kitchener National Memorial Fund, 1971-81; Chairman, Gordon Boy's School, 1977-87.
Published: Flashback : a soldier's story (1985; autobiography); Send for Freddie : the story of Monty's Chief of Staff, Major General Sir Francis De Guingand (1987); From Churchill's secret circle to the BBC : the biography of Gen. Sir Ian Jacob (1991); contributions to the Dictionary of National Biography

Ricketts,
Abdy Henry Gough
A.H.G. Ricketts

Son of Lt.Col. P.E. Ricketts, DSO, MVO, and L.C. Ricketts (née Morant).
Married (1932) Joan Warre,
daughter of E.T. Close, Camberley; one son, one daughter.

08.12.1905
-
16.01.1993
[Shepton Mallet, Somerset?]

2nd Lt.	03.09.1925 [33748]
Lt.	03.09.1927
Capt.	05.06.1937
A/Maj.	27.07.1940-26.10.1940
T/Maj.	27.10.1940-12.07.1942
WS/Maj.	13.07.1942
Maj.	03.09.1942
local Lt.Col.	26.05.1941-12.04.1942
A/Lt.Col.	13.04.1942-12.07.1942
T/Lt.Col.	13.07.1942-18.12.1943
WS/Lt.Col.	09.09.1944
Lt.Col.	14.12.1948
A/Col.	09.03.1944-08.09.1944
T/Col.	09.09.1944-24.03.1949
Col.	25.03.1949 (supernumerary 25.03.1955)
A/Brig.	20.10.1944-19.04.1945
T/Brig.	20.04.1945-15.12.1949, 01.10.1951-14.02.1953, 23.02.1953-07.12.1953
Brig.	08.12.1953 (retd 30.06.1957)
T/Maj.Gen.	21.09.1955-10.10.1955, 20.10.1955-11.01.1957
Hon. Maj.Gen.	30.06.1957

CBE	04.04.1952	Malaya 07-12.51
DSO	17.01.1946	Burma
MID	26.04.1945	Burma
LM	30.10.1953	Korea

NW Frontier of India 1930-31 Medal & Clasp

Education: Winchester; Royal Military College, Sandhurst (1924); psc

03.09.1925			commissioned, The Durham Light Infantry
1927			Shanghai Defence Force
1930			NW Frontier, India (medal and clasp)
06.11.1934	-	05.11.1938	Adjutant, ... (Territorial Army)
13.01.1940	-	25.06.1940	Staff Captain, ...
01.07.1940	-	02.09.1940	Brigade Major, ...
03.09.1940	-	25.05.1941	General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), ...
26.05.1941	-	26.07.1941	General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2) (Instructor), ...
27.07.1941	-	14.10.1941	Brigade Major, ...
15.10.1941	-	12.04.1942	General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), ...
13.04.1942	-	18.12.1943	General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), ...
09.03.1944	-	19.10.1944	Second-in-Command, 3rd (West African) Infantry Brigade (2nd Chindit Expedition)
20.10.1944	-	14.08.1945	Commander, 4th (West Africa) Infantry Brigade (Chindit Expedition)
15.08.1945	-	31.07.1946	Commander, ... Brigade
01.01.1947	-	06.11.1949	Commander, ... Brigade
15.12.1949	-	09.09.1951	Colonel, General Staff (Operations & Staff Duties), Far Eastern Land Forces (Malaya)
09.10.1951	-	17.02.1952	Commander, 29th Infantry Brigade (Korea)
23.05.1952	-	28.11.1952	Commander, [29th?] Infantry Brigade (Korea)
23.02.1953	-	21.01.1955	Assistant Commandant, School of Land/Air Warfare
18.03.1955	-	20.09.1955	General Officer Commanding, Cyprus District
21.09.1955	-	10.10.1955	Director of Security, Cyprus
20.10.1955	-	18.10.1956	General Officer Commanding, Cyprus District
30.06.1957	-	08.12.1963	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]

Colonel, Durham Light Infantry, 1965-68; Deputy Colonel, The Light Infantry (Durham), 1968-70. DL Somerset, 1968-90.

Rickwood,
John Edward Welsh
"Rickie"
J.E.W. Rickwood

Son of ... Rickwood, and ... Welsh.

12.02.1917
Portsmouth district, Hampshire
-
09.1974
North Carolina, USA

2nd Lt.	23.11.1938 [78779]
WS/Lt.	01.01.1941
A/Capt.	18.01.1941-(04.1941)
WS/Capt.	03.03.1943
Capt. RARO	23.11.1948
Hon. Maj.	23.11.1948

			late Cadet, Hurstpierpoint College Contingent, Offier Training Corps
23.11.1938			commissioned, Royal Tank Regiment - Royal Armoured Corps - Supplementary Reserve
24.08.1939			mobilized
?	-	1945?	No 1 Demolition Squadron, Long Range Desert Group ("Popski's Private Army") (Italy & Austria) [from 01.09.1945 General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3) (Operations)]
23.11.1948	-	29.12.1956	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [on appointment to Canadian military forces]

Riddel,
William Lauder
W.L. Riddel

Son of Robert and Phyllis Mary Riddel, of Edinburgh.

1921 ?
-
27.05.1945
(KIA) [age 24]
[Delhi War Cemetery, India, 2.K.13]

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	27.09.1941 [207822]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942
[A/?]Capt.	?

MID

05.04.1945

Burma

27.09.1941			commissioned, The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [emergency commission]
?	-	27.05.1945	attached, 10th Battalion The Gloucestershire Regiment

Riddell-Webster,
Sir Thomas Sheridan
T.S. Riddell-Webster

Son of late John RiddellWebster and Mrs RiddellWebster of Priorsgate, St Andrews.
Married (1920) Harriet Hill, daughter of Colonel Sir Alexander Sprot, 1st Baronet; two sons.

papers

12.02.1886
[Priorsgate, St Andrews ?]
-
25.05.1974
[Lintrose, CouparAngus, Perthshire ?]

2nd Lt.	16.08.1905 [1505]
...	...
Maj.Gen.	01.04.1938, seniority 21.12.1937
local Lt.Gen.	07.01.1941-09.03.1941
A/Lt.Gen.	10.03.1941-14.04.1941
Lt.Gen.	15.04.1941
Gen.	01.11.1942 (retd 27.04.1946)

GCB	01.01.1946	New Year 46
KCB	01.01.1942	New Year 42
CB	08.06.1939	HM's birthday 39
DSO	18.02.1915	?
MID	24.06.1943	?

16.08.1905			commissioned, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
...	-	...	...
01.04.1938	-	28.08.1939	Director of Movements and Quartering, The War Office
29.08.1939	-	06.01.1941	Deputy Quartermaster-General to the Forces, War Office (London)
10.03.1941	-	15.10.1941	General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Command, India
16.10.1941	-	19.07.1942	Lieutenant-General in charge of Administration, Middle East
14.03.1942	-	(01.1946)	Quartermaster-General to the Forces, War Office (London)

Rigby,
Henry
H. Rigby

Son of Boyd and Mary Elizabeth Rigby; husband of Ethel Rigby, of Londonderry, Northallerton.

1909 ?
-
18.06.1944
air raid casualty, London (while on leave) [age 35]
[Leeming (St John the Baptist) Churchyard, grave G.1]]

Cadet	? [T/44799]
2nd Lt.	18.12.1943 [303774]
WS/Lt.	18.12.1943

1928			joined Royal Army Service Corps as a Private
			saw service in Germany, Palestine, Dunkirk, Ceylon, was involved in advance on Tobruk 1940 with General Wavell's Army
18.12.1943			commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission]

Riley,
John Cecil
J.C. Riley

Married Mary ...; one son.

04.02.1915
-
02.05.2008
Chislehurst, Greater London

2nd Lt. TA	01.09.1934
2nd Lt.	30.01.1937 [631209]
...	...
Capt.	30.01.1945
...	...
Maj.	30.01.1950 (retd 21.06.1958)

Education: Rossall School

01.09.1934			commissioned, 9th Battalion Durham Light Infantry - Territorial Army
30.01.1937			commissioned, The Cheshire Regiment
...	-	...	...

Rimbault,
Geoffrey [Acworth]
G. Rimbault

Son of late Arthur Henry Rimbault, London.
Married (1933) Joan (died 1991), daughter of late Thomas HalletFry, Beckenham, Kent; one son.

17.04.1908
Braxted Park, Streatham, London
-
20.10.1991
Bovey Tracey, Devon

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	01.02.1930
Lt.	01.02.1933
Capt.	01.08.1938
A/Maj.	27.07.1940-16.09.1940, 19.09.1940-27.10.1940
T/Maj.	28.10.1940-12.07.1942, 21.07.1942-22.05.1944
WS/Maj.	23.05.1944
Maj.	01.07.1946
Brev. Lt.Col.	01.07.1951
A/Lt.Col.	23.02.1944-22.05.1944
T/Lt.Col.	23.05.1944-29.02.1952
Lt.Col.	06.08.1952 (Emp. List (1) 15.04.1954)
A/Col.	22.05.1945-17.08.1945
T/Col.	01.03.1952-05.06.1954
Col.	06.06.1954
A/Brig.	22.05.1945-17.08.1945
T/Brig.	13.08.1954-05.06.1958
Brig.	06.06.1958 (retd 21.07.1961)

CBE	10.06.1954	East Africa
DSO	28.06.1945	?
MC	1936	night patrol Palestine

Palestine 1936-39 Medal and Clasp

Education: Dulwich College

			entered the Regular Army from the Territorial Army, having served in the Cavalry Squadron of the Inns of Court Regiment and also the 12th London Regiment (The Rangers)
01.02.1930			commissioned, The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)
1931	-	1936	served with the 1st Battalion (Cawnpore, Calcutta & Waziristan [India])
13.09.1936	-	08.01.1937	Staff Captain, 1st Battalion (Palestine & Trans-Jordan) (temporary)
23.05.1938	-	(01.)1939	Assistant Instructor (Class GG to 31.07.1938), Small Arms School (Hythe Wing)
1939	-	30.04.1940	Assistant Instructor (Class GG to 31.07.1938), Staff College, Camberley
1940	-	1946	served North Africa, Anzio, Italy and Palestine:
01.05.1940	-	16.09.1940	Brigade Major, 54th Infantry Brigade
19.09.1940	-	11.03.1941	Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General, HQ Gibraltar Command
12.03.1941	-	12.02.1942	Brigade Major, ...
13.02.1942	-	12.07.1942	General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), HQ Gibraltar Command
21.07.1942	-	17.07.1943	General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), 1st Corps District HQ
1943	-	1944?	Second-in-Command, 1st Battalion The Loyal Regiment (Anzio, Italy)
1944?	-	1945?	Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion The Loyal Regiment (Italy)
22.05.1945	-	17.08.1945	acting Commander, 2nd Infantry Brigade (Palestine, Syria, Palestine, Syria)
1947	-	1948	Commander, Lancastrian Brigade ITC
15.03.1948	-	20.11.1949	General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), War Office (concerned with military training)
16.12.1949	-	07.02.1952	Chief Instructor (General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1)), Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
01.03.1952	-	30.11.1953	Chief of Staff (Col.), HQ East Africa Command
01.12.1953	-	20.06.1954	Deputy Chief of Staff, East Africa
13.08.1954	-	1957	Commander, 131st (Surrey & Sussex) Infantry Brigade (TA)
1958	-	1961	Deputy Commander, Aldershot Garrison

Director, Army Sport Control Board, 1961-1973. Played first-class cricket, 1934/35-1938.
Colonel, The Loyal Regiment, 14.02.1959-25.03.1970. Life Vice-President, Surrey County Cricket Club (President, 1982-83). Liveryman, Mercers' Co., 1961, Master, 1970-71. Deputy Lieutenant (DL), Surrey, 1971.

Ritchie,
George Lee
G.L. Ritchie

Son of Surgeon Captain George Lee Ritchie, MC, RN.

30.08.1914
London
-
10.1998
Mendip, Somerset

Lt.	28.09.1939 [107964]
WS/Capt.	10.02.1940
Capt.	28.09.1940
A/Maj.	10.11.1939-09.02.1940
T/Maj.	10.02.1940-11.08.1941, 04.03.1942-05.02.1945
WS/Maj.	06.02.1945
Maj.	28.09.1947
A/Lt.Col.	06.11.1944-05.02.1945
T/Lt.Col.	06.02.1945-17.03.1946, 08.10.1956-13.08.1957
Lt.Col.	14.08.1957 (retd 03.04.1961)

OBE

01.01.1959

New Year 59

1939-1945 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence Medal; War Medal; General Service Medal & clasp Malaya

Education: MB, ChB (Aberdeen, 1937); DPH (1939); DTM&H Eng (1954); DIH (1955; London & Soc Apoth)

28.09.1939			commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [from emergency commission, now short service commission]
1941	-	1943	Middle East Forces
1943	-	1944	Malta & Central Mediterranean Forces
28.09.1944			permanent commission
1944	-	1946	Assistant Director of Hygiene, HQ 1 and 2 District (Central Mediterranean Forces)
01.04.1947	-	31.03.1949	seconded to Ministry of Food (East Africa)
1951	-	1954	Far East Land Forces
1956	-	1958	Army School of Health
1958	-	1960	Assistant Director of Army Health, HQ 17th Gurkha Division/Overseas Commonwealth Land Forces (Far East)
1960	-	1961	Assistant Professor of Army Health, Royal Army Medical College (specialist in hygiene/army health)

Ritchie,
Sir Neil Methuen
N.M. Ritchie

2nd son of late Dugald MacDugald and Anna Catherine (Leggatt) Ritchie of Restholme, Liss, Hants. Married (04.12.1937) Catherine Taylor, daughter of James A. Minnes, Kingston, Ontario; one son, one daughter.

°	Wikipedia
°	papers

29.07.1897
Essequibo, nr.
Georgetown, British Guyana
-
11.12.1983 Toronto, Canada

2nd Lt.	16.12.1914 [9334]
Lt.	02.10.1915
T/Capt.	02.03.1916-21.04.1916
A/Capt.	22.04.1916-18.11.1917
Capt.	19.11.1917
Bt. Maj.	01.07.1933
Maj.	02.06.1934
Bt. Lt.Col.	01.01.1936
Lt.Col.	03.01.1938
Col.	26.08.1939, seniority 01.01.1939
A/Brig.	22.12.1939-21.06.1940
T/Brig.	22.06.1940-27.10.1941
A/Maj.Gen.	28.10.1940-27.10.1941
T/Maj.Gen.	28.10.1941-13.07.1942, 11.09.1942-02.04.1944
WS/Maj.Gen.	03.04.1944
Maj.Gen.	18.05.1944, seniority 25.12.1943
A/Lt.Gen.	27.11.1941-13.07.1942, 19.11.1943-02.04.1944
T/Lt.Gen.	03.04.1944-29.10.1945
Lt.Gen.	30.10.1945, seniority 21.12.1944
Gen.	23.04.1947, seniority 05.10.1946 (retd 29.08.1951)

GBE	07.06.1951	HM's birthday 51
KBE	05.07.1945	NW Europe
CBE	11.07.1940	services in the field
KCB	12.06.1947	HM's birthday 47
CB	01.01.1944	New Year 44
DSO	25.08.1917	Mesopotamia
MC	15.02.1919	Egypt *
MID	26.07.1940	operations in the field
MID	30.06.1942	Middle East 07.41-10.41
MID	22.03.1945	NW Europe
MID	09.08.1945	NW Europe

Virtuti Militari, 5th cl. (Poland) (15.05.1942); Commander Legion of Honour, Croix de Guerre (France) (1945); Knight Commander of the Order of Orange Nassau (Holland) (1945; LG 17.10.1946); Commander, Order of Merit (USA) (1945; LG 16.01.1948); Commander (02.08.1960), Knight (02.07.1963) of Order of St. John of Jerusalem.
* During the action against the Turkish Tabsor position on September 19th, 1918, and during the subsequent advance, he was invariably to the fore and set a fine example of coolness, courage and utter disregard of danger. When the regiment occupied the El Medjel position on the evening of September 19th, 1918, Capt. Ritchie carried a Lewis gun up part of the way as its carrier was exhausted, and thereby materially assisted in driving off an enemy picquet which was holding up the attack on top of the hill. His services throughout the two attacks, and the subequent trying marches, were of inestimable value to the regiment.

Education: Lancing College; Royal Military College, Sandhurst; Staff College, Camberley (psc)

16.12.1914			commissioned, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)
1914	-	1919	served European War (1st Battalion The Black Watch, France 1915 (wounded at Loos); 2nd Battalion The Black Watch, Mesopotamia 1916-17, Palestine 1918; despatches, DSO, MC)
05.01.1917	-	28.02.1921	Adjutant, ...
18.07.1923	-	30.09.1927	General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), War Office (temporary)
1929	-	1930	Staff College, Camberley
02.04.1933	-	01.04.1937	General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), Northern Command, India
03.01.1938			transferred to the King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)
03.01.1938	-	1939	Commanding Officer, 2nd Battalion King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) (Palestine (despatches))
26.08.1939	-	21.12.1939	Instructor (General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1)), Senior Officers' School, Sheerness
22.12.1939	-	25.06.1940	Brigadier General Staff, II Corps (France)
26.06.1940	-	27.10.1940	Brigadier General Staff, Southern Command (UK)
28.10.1940	-	14.06.1941	General Officer Commanding, 51st (Highland) Infantry Division (UK)
15.06.1941	-	26.11.1941	Deputy Chief of General Staff, Middle East Command
27.11.1941	-	13.07.1942	General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, 8th Army (Libya, Middle East)
11.09.1942	-	18.11.1943	General Officer Commanding, 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division (UK)
1943	-	1945	Commander, XII Corps (NW Europe)
16.06.1945	-	1947	General Officer CommandinginChief, Scottish Command and Governor of Edinburgh Castle
02.1947	-	03.10.1949	CommanderinChief, Far East Land Forces
22.03.1950	-	01.08.1951	Commander, British Army Staff, Washington, and Military Member of the Joint Services Mission, Washington
29.08.1951	-	29.07.1962	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]

ADC General to the King, 15.11.1948-29.08.1951. Colonel, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment), 24.05.1950-19.06.1952. Honorary Colonel, 5 King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster), 01.04.1948-01.04.1958. Honorary Colonel, 59 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Lanark & Renfrew Scottish), 1950-1959. Queen's Bodyguard for Scotland (Royal Company of Archers), 1946.
Insurance executive, Canada (President & Director, The Mercantile & General Reinsurance Co. of Canada Ltd. since 1954; Director, Tanqueray Gordon & Co. (Can.) Ltd.), 1951-. Played first class cricket, 1931-1932.

Ritchie,
Stewart John
"Jack"
S.J. Ritchie

Son of Maj. Robert Ritchie, Royal Artillery, and Eva Ritchie.
Married (1927) Doris Margaretta McLaughlin; one son (who had as offspring the well-known film director Guy [Stewart] Ritchie).

20.01.1899
Woolwich, Greater London
-
12.06.1940
St Valery, France
(KIA) [age 42]
[Dunkirk Memorial, column 123]

2nd Lt.	21.12.1917 [15386]
Lt.	21.06.1919
Capt.	04.04.1929
Maj.	11.02.1939

	MC	15.02.1919	Belgium 09.1918 *
	MID	23.07.1937	Palestine

British War Medal; Victory Medal
* For gallantry and initiative in leading his platoon on September 28th, 1918, in the attack on the Broodseinde Ridge. He displayed the greatest coolness on October 2nd, 1918, when his company was ordered to withdraw slightly, handled his men with great skill under very heavy machine-gun fire, and successfully rallied them on the objective.

21.12.1917			commissioned, The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-Shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's)
21.03.1918	-	11.11.1918	served in France & Belgium (1st Battalion, but attached to 7th Battalion)
(03.1931) (06.1933) (01.1937) (01.1939)	-	(01.1939)	1st Battalion The Seaforth Highlanders: Dover (for Palestine) Egypt (for Hong Kong) Shanghai (temporary)
?	-	12.06.1940	2nd Battalion The Seaforth Highlanders (UK, France)

Rivers-Bulkeley,
Robert Arthur Henry
R.A.H. Rivers-Bulkeley

Son of Capt. Thomas Henry Rivers-Bulkeley, CMG, MVO (1876-1914), and Evelyn Pelly.
Married 1st (01.06.1937) Anne Charmian Fane (13.03.1916-15.02.1990) (divorced 1949); one daughter.
Married 2nd Elisabeth Charlotte Marie Neustadl (30.04.1924 - 19.12.2006), stockbroker.

16.01.1914
-
(03?).2007
Scotland

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	30.08.1935
Lt.	30.08.1938
A/Capt.	06.04.1941-05.07.1941
T/Capt.	06.07.1941-29.08.1943
Capt.	30.08.1943
A/Maj.	12.08.1943-11.11.1943
T/Maj.	12.11.1943-21.02.1944, 20.03.1945-(01.1946)
Maj.	30.08.1948 (retd 06.07.1949)

MID

30.06.1942

Palestine 1936-39 Medal & Clasp

			from Supplementary List Reserve of Officers
30.06.1935			commissioned, Scots Guards
...	-	...	...

Riviere,
Daniel Claude Briton
D.C.B. Riviere

Son of Bernard Beryl and Veronica Riviere.

18.11.1923
-
16.02.1974
Holt, North Walshma district, Norfolk
[Wiveton War Memorial, Norfolk]

Cadet	? [6480533]
2nd Lt.	31.10.1943 [299455]
WS/Lt.	01.05.1944 (reld > 04.1946)
Lt. TA	20.09.1948
A/Capt. TA	30.10.1950-17.11.1950
Capt. TA	18.11.1950, seniority 30.10.1950
Lt. TA	05.03.1953, seniority 18.11.1946 (reverted at own request)
Hon. Capt.	14.07.1954

31.10.1943			commissioned, Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]
(06.)1944			Officer Commanding, 1 Troop, "C" Squadron 13th/18th Hussars (Normandy / NW Europe)
20.09.1948			transferred to Inns of Court Regiment - Territorial Army
14.07.1954			Territorial Army Reserve of Officers

Land agent (chartered surveyor) & naturalist.

Rixon,
Arthur John
A.J. Rixon

13.08.1914
Poole, Dorset
-
11.12.1971

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	10.08.1942 [242166]
WS/Lt.	10.02.1943
WS/Capt.	04.1945 (initially released 14.09.1946, but obviously stayed on or re-enlisted and finally relinquished his commission 18.11.1953)
A/Maj.	02.1946
T/Maj.	1946
Hon. Maj.	18.11.1953

MID

19.09.1946

Burma

10.08.1942			commissioned, Pioneer Corps [emergency commission]
11.02.1943			transferred, Corps of Royal Engineers (Transportation Section)

Rixon,
John Alan
J.A. Rixon

?
-

2nd Lt.	19.12.1942 [255543]
WS/Lt.	19.06.1943 (reld > 04.1946)

19.12.1942

commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]

Roberts,
George Philip Bradley
"Pip"
G.P.B. Roberts

Son of Lt.Col. Wiliam Bradley Roberts, DSO.
Married 1st (1936) Désirée (died 1979), daughter of Major A.B. Godfray, Jersey; two sons, two daughters.
Married 2nd (1980) Annie Cornelia, daughter of LtCol F.E.W. Toussieng, Kt of Dannebrog, and widow of Brig. J. K. Greenwood, OBE.

Residence indicated as: Durban, S Africa (1942/43), then London (1943).

Private papers

05.11.1906
-
05.11.1997
East Sussex

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	04.02.1926 [34890]
Lt.	04.02.1929
Capt.	30.09.1936
A/Maj.	16.03.1940-15.06.1940
T/Maj.	16.06.1940-19.07.1940, 17.10.1940-03.01.1942
WS/Maj.	04.01.1942
Maj.	04.02.1943
A/Lt.Col.	04.10.1941-03.01.1942
T/Lt.Col.	04.01.1942-25.01.1943
WS/Lt.Col.	26.01.1943
A/Col.	23.07.1942-14.08.1942, 21.08.1942-25.01.1943
T/Col.	26.01.1943-05.12.1944
WS/Col.	06.12.1944
A/Brig.	23.07.1942-14.08.1942, 21.08.1942-25.01.1943
T/Brig.	26.01.1943-05.12.1944
A/Maj.Gen.	06.12.1943-05.12.1944
T/Maj.Gen.	06.12.1944-17.06.1947
Maj.Gen.	18.06.1947, seniority 24.03.1945 (retd 11.09.1949)

CB	01.02.1945	NW Europe
DSO	13.08.1942	Middle East
DSO	28.01.1943	Middle East
DSO	08.07.1943	North Africa
MC	08.07.1941	Middle East 12.40-02.41
MID	15.12.1942	Middle East 11.41-04.42
MID	09.08.1945	NW Europe
MID	04.04.1946	NW Europe
LegH	?	?
CdeG	?	?

Education: Marlborough; Royal Military College, Sandhurst

04.02.1926			commissioned, Royal Tank Corps (initially stationed at Lydd)
1928	-	(03.)1931	served, 3rd Armoured Car Company, Royal Tank Corps (Egypt)
1931	-	1933	served ... (Egypt)
21.01.1933	-	20.01.1937	Assistant Instructor, Tank Driving & Maintenance School (Bovington, Dorset, UK)
01.1937	-	06.12.1938	served, 6th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment (Egypt)
07.12.1938	-	15.03.1940	Adjutant, 6th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment (Egypt)
16.03.1940	-	12.1940	Deputy Assistant Quartermaster-General, 7th Armoured Division (N Africa)
12.1940			Brigade Major, 4th Armoured Brigade (N Africa)
03.1941			General Staff Officer 2nd grade (GSO2), 7th Armoured Division (N Africa)
04.10.1941	-	03.01.1942	Assistant Quartermaster-General, XXX Corps (N Africa)
04.01.1942			Commanding Officer, 3rd Battalion Royal Tank Regiment (N Africa)
23.07.1942	-	17.09.1942	Commander, 22nd Armoured Brigade Group (Egypt), redesignated:
17.09.1942	-	20.01.1943	Commander, 22nd Armoured Brigade (Egypt, Libya)
20.01.1943	-	25.01.1943	acting General Officer Commanding, 7th Armoured Division (Lybia)
26.01.1943	-	12.03.1943	...
13.03.1943	-	19.06.1943	Commander, 26th Armoured Brigade (N Africa)
20.07.1943	-	06.12.1943	Commander, 30th Armoured Brigade (UK)
06.12.1943	-	1946	General Officer Commanding, 11th Armoured Division (UK, NW Europe)
1947	-	1948	General Officer Commanding, 7th Armoured Division
1948			General Officer Commanding Hanover District, Germany
1948	-	1949	Director, Royal Armoured Corps, War Office (London)
11.09.1949	-	05.11.1966	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]

Unsuccessfully contested Wimbledon (C), 07.1945. Director of Scribbans-Kemp, biscuit, cake and sweet manufacturers, 1949-1964. Honorary Colonel, Kent and County of London Yeomanry Squadron, The Royal Yeomanry Regiment, T&AVR, 01.05.1962-31.07.1970. Justice of the Peace, County of Kent, 1960-1970.
Published: From the Desert to the Baltic (1987; memoirs)

Roberts,
John James
J.J. Roberts

Son of Charles Vernon Roberts and Margaret Roberts; husband of Dorothy C. Roberts, of Dundas, Ontario, Canada.

1922 ?
-
15.02.1945
(DOW) [age 23]
[Taukkyan War Cemetery, Burma, 27.E.17]

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	22.04.1944 [321959]
Lt.	?

MID

09.05.1946

Burma

22.04.1944			commissioned, The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) [emergency commission]
?	-	14.04.1945	attached, 10th Battalion The Gloucestershire Regiment

Roberts,
Richard Power
R.P. Roberts

Son of ... Roberts, and ... Power.
Married; ... children (one son ?).

29.11.1912
Cardiff, Glamorgan / Monmouthshire
-
08.2000
Cardiff, Glamorgan / Monmouthshire

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	05.10.1940 [151038]
WS/Lt.	05.04.1942
T/Capt.	01.06.1943-04.04.1944
WS/Capt.	05.04.1944 (reld 12.1945)
T/Maj.	?
Hon. Maj.	12.1945

CBE

01.01.1974

New Year 74: Transport Cons.Cttee.

05.08.1939			joined Royal Artillery at Monorbier Camp Pembrokeshire & served in the ranks
?	-	04.10.1940	either 122nd, 123rd, 125th, or 133rd Officer Cadet Training Unit
05.10.1940			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
			served in South and North Africa, Egypt, Iraq, Persia, Bahrain, Syria and Palestine

Chairman, Central Transport Consultative Committee for Great Britain (1970s?). Honorary Consul of Belgium at Cardiff for the counties of Brecknock, Monmouth, Radnor and the eastern part of Glamorgan, 08.02.1972.

Robertson,
Sir Brian Hubert;
Baronet of Welbourn (cr. 1919);
1st Baron Robertson of Oakridge (cr. 29.06.1961)
B.H. Robertson

Eldest son of late FM Sir William Robert Robertson, Bt, GCB, GCMG, GCVO. Succeeded father, 1933. Married (1926) Edith, daughter of late J.B. Macindoe, Glasgow; one son, two daughters.

papers

22.07.1896
London
-
29.04.1974
London

2nd Lt.	17.11.1914 [179806 / 8936]
Lt.	23.12.1915
T/Capt.	07.02.1916-02.11.1917
Capt.	03.11.1917
Bt. Maj.	13.03.1925
Maj.	11.01.1930 (retd 01.01.1934)
Maj. RARO	01.01.1934?, seniority 29.05.1925
WS/Lt.Col. RARO	?
WS/Col.	28.01.1944
A/Brig. RARO	?
T/Brig. RARO	?
A/Maj.Gen. RARO	28.01.1943
T/Maj.Gen.	28.01.1944
Maj.Gen.	30.10.1945, seniority 17.11.1941
A/Lt.Gen.	16.12.1944
T/Lt.Gen.	30.10.1945?
Lt.Gen.	01.05.1946, seniority 12.09.1944
Gen.	17.11.1947, seniority 03.10.1946 (retd 10.11.1953)

GBE	09.06.1949	HM's birthday 49
CBE	09.09.1942	Middle East 11.41-04.42
GCB	01.01.1952	New Year 52
CB	26.02.1943	capture of Tripoli
KCMG	1947	?
KCVO	1944	?
DSO	03.06.1919	HM's birthday 19
MC	01.01.1918	New Year 18
MID	01.01.1916	?
MID	15.05.1917	?
MID	05.07.1919	?
MID	30.05.1924	?
MID	13.03.1925	?
MID	30.12.1941	?
MID	24.05.1943	?

1914-15 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal; Waziristan 1921-24 Medal & Clasp; Cavalier, Order of the Crown of Italy (12.09.1918)

Education: Charterhouse; Royal Military Academy, Woolwich; Staff College, Camberley (psc)

17.11.1914			commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers
1914	-	1919	served European War (despatches, DSO, MC)
03.05.1915	-	1915	ADC to Chief of the General Staff, France
07.02.1916	-	17.08.1916	ADC to Commander-in-Chief, France [position filled by his father]
16.01.1917	-	14.03.1918	General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), ... (France till 26.11.1917 & Italy 27.11.1917-04.03.1918)
28.07.1918	-	02.02.1919	Brigade Major, ... (France 04.07.1918-11.11.1918)
1922	-	1923	Waziristan Expedition, NW Frontier India (despatches, Bt Major)
24.06.1928	-	03.12.1929	General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), War Office
04.12.1929	-	25.09.1932	General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), War Office
06.1933			junior member of the military mission to the disarmament conference at Geneva
01.10.1934	-	1940	RE Reserve of Officers
1935			Managing Director, Dunlop South Africa Ltd
1939			South African Forces (East African campaign)
1941	-	1943	served Middle East (CBE, CB)
1942?	-	1943?	Deputy Adjutant & Quartermaster General (DA&QMG), 8th Army
			General Officer in Command of the base at Tripolitana
1944	-	1945	Chief Administrative Officer to General Alexander, Commander-in-Chief Italy (KCVO)
08.1945	-	05.1946	Chief of Staff, British Zone in Germany & Deputy British Representative on the Control Council
10.1945			restored to the active list
05.1946	-	1947	Deputy Military Governor, Control Commission Germany
01.11.1947	-	21.09.1949	Commander-in-Chief, British Army of the Rhine & Military Governor, Germany
01.06.1949	-	1950	UK High Commissioner, Allied High Commission, Germany
25.07.1950	-	04.1953	Commander-in-Chief, Middle East Land Forces
1949	-	06.1952	ADC General to the King [from 02.1952: the Queen]

Chairman: British Transport Commission, 1953-1961; ITA General Advisory Council, 1965-1968. Director, Dunlop Co. Ltd, 1961-1969; VicePres., International Sleeping Car Co. President: Forces Help Society and Lord Roberts Workshops until 1974; Regular Forces Employment Association; AngloGerman Assoc.; VicePresident, Gloucester Association of Boys' Clubs. Colonel Commandant RE, 11.10.1950-1960. REME, 04.02.1951-1961; Hon. Col RE (Army Emergency Reserve, Tranportation Section), 06.08.1956-1966; Hon. Col Engr and Ry Staff Corps, RE (TA), 1961-1970. DL Gloucestershire, 1965; Master, Salters' Company, 1965. Hon. FIMechE, 1971; Hon. LLD Cambridge; CStJ, 01.1960; Comdr Legion of Honour; Comdr US Legion of Merit.
Literature: David Williamson, A most diplomatic general : the life of Lord Robertson of Oakridge (1996)

Robertson,
Hector Leslie
H.L. Robertson

?
-

Sgt.	? [2878334]
2nd Lt.	24.03.1944 [318848]
WS/Lt.	24.09.1944 (reld > 04.1946)
T/Capt.	22.09.1945-(04.1946)
Hon. Capt.	?

21.01.1949

			served in the ranks, London Scottish
24.03.1944			commissioned, The Gordon Highlanders [immediate emergency commission]
(05.1944)			Wireless Telegraphy School, Middle East Training Centre

Robertson-Brown,
Andrew William
A.W. Robertson-Brown

Initially named A.W. Brown, adding Robertson (his wife's maiden name) in the late 1930s.

28.06.1899
Edinburgh, Scotland
-
18.09.1948
Glasgow, Scotland

2nd Lt.	25.07.1929 [42301]
Lt.	11.07.1932
Capt.	13.05.1936
T/Maj.	29.11.1940-02.04.1941 (reld 02.04.1941; ill-health)
2nd Lt. ACF	10.10.1944

25.07.1929			commissioned, Royal Corps of Signals - Territorial Army
25.07.1929	-	06.1940	52nd (Lowland) Divisional Signals (Glasgow) (wounded at Dunkirk)
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
10.10.1944	-	(04.1946)	served with Army Cadet Force, City of Glasgow (Special List, Territorial Army Reserve of Officers)

Robertson-Browne,
Brian

see:

Bro wne,
Brian Robertson

Robjohn,
Leslie Henry
L.H. Robjohn

From Stanmore.
Married twice (Molly & Ursula); three sons, one daughter.

28.12.1915
Porlock, Somerset
-
17.03.2007
St. Peter's Hospital, Chertsey, Surrey

2nd Lt.	29.03.1941 [179719]
WS/Lt.	29.09.1942
T/Capt.	01.03.1943-(04.1946) (reld > 04.1946)

MBE

14.10.1943

Middle East

29.03.1941

commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]

Roche,
John Patrick
J.P. Roche

obituary

18.04.1914
Dublin
-
04.2000
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	01.07.1939 [93588]
A/Lt.	15.08.1940-31.12.1940
WS/Lt.	01.01.1941
A/Capt.	19.11.1942-18.02.1943
T/Capt.	19.02.1943-06.02.1944
WS/Capt.	07.02.1944
A/Maj.	07.11.1943-06.02.1944
T/Maj.	07.02.1944, 03.03.1945-09.09.1945
Lt.	30.11.1946, seniority 18.04.1940
Capt.	30.11.1946, seniority 18.04.1945
T/Maj.	15.01.1950-17.04.1950
Maj.	18.04.1950 (retd 29.06.1958)

20.04.1944

Burma

01.07.1939			commissioned, The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) - Supplementary Reserve of Officers
24.08.1939	-	29.11.1946	mobilized SRO
01.08.1940	-	(04.1941)	Instructor (Class B), Officers' Training School, India
30.10.1942			transferred, The West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Own) - Supplementary Reserve of Officers
30.11.1946			permanent commission
02.09.1954	-	04.05.1956	specially employed, Military Forces Malaya
29.06.1958	-	18.04.1964	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]

Rockey,
Leslie William
L.W. Rockey

(12?).1909
Cardiff, Glamorgan
-

Cadet	? [879373]
2nd Lt.	09.10.1943 [295154]
WS/Lt.	09.04.1944
T/Maj. ?	?
A/Lt.Col. ?	?

09.10.1943			commissioned, Pioneer Corps [emergency commission]
15.04.1945			transferred, The Royal Welch Fusiliers

Rockley,
Edward Horace
E.H. Rockley

25.01.1907
Islington, Greater London
-
07.1989
Barrow in Furness, Cumbria

2nd Lt.	26.03.1944 [316394]
WS/Lt.	26.03.1944
A/Maj.	?

26.03.1944			commissioned, General List [emergency commission]
1944	-	1945	attached 21st Army Group

Police officer, Barrow-in-Furness. Public Safety Officer, Control Commission of Germany, 619 Detachment, 1947 (Neustadt, Schleswig-Holstein).

Rodger,
Archibald Woodhouse
A.W. Rodger

?
-

Trooper	?
2nd Lt.	24.12.1939 [113124]
WS/Lt.	08.10.1940
WS/Capt.	19.04.1943
T/Maj.	19.04.1943-(04.1946)
Hon. Maj.	?

MID	05.04.1945	Burma & Eastern Frontier of India
MID	09.05.1946	Burma
EM	18.04.1947	?
EM	20.06.1952	1st Clasp

			served in the ranks, Inns of Court Regiment
24.12.1939			commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission]
09.07.1941	-	07.1942	Adjutant, ... Battalion RASC

The war interrupted his Law studies and he eventually passed the Law Society Final Examination on the 08.11.1950 and was admitted to the Bar 03.1951. He worked as a solicitor with the firm of Ferris and Reed of Acton, London until his retirement in 1968.

Rogers,
William Norman Rowles
W.N.R. Rogers

07.08.1922
Newport, Monmouthshire
-

Spain

2nd Lt.

18.12.1943 [302891] (resigned his commission 25.07.1945)

			served in Africa and and Italy ending up at Cassino:
18.12.1943			commissioned, The Gloucestershire Regiment [emergency commission]
			seconded to the Royal West Kent Regiment

Ronald,
Thomas Ian
T.I. Ronald

Married (08.03.1946, Cawnpore, India) Nanette (née ...); one son, one daughter.

obituary 1
obituary 2

10.03.1920
Cuckfield district, Sussex
-
06.09.2006
West Sussex

RAF:
(A) P/O (prob)	07.05.1938 (reld 09.09.1938)
RN:
Midsh. (A)	?
Army:
2nd Lt.	27.11.1939
WS/Lt.	15.05.1941
Lt.	28.04.1945, seniority 10.09.1942
A/Capt.	15.02.1941-14.05.1941
T/Capt.	15.05.1941-19.06.1943
WS/Capt.	20.06.1943
Capt.	10.03.1947
A/Maj.	20.03.1943-19.06.1943
T/Maj.	20.06.1943-28.04.1950, 06.09.1952-11.05.1954
Maj.	07.12.1954, seniority 10.03.1954
T/Lt.Col.	18.04.1963-20.08.1965
Lt.Col. (Employed List 1)	21.08.1965 (retd 02.04.1972)

	OBE	01.01.1965	New Year 65
	MID	19.09.1946	Burma

Education: staff qualified (sq)

07.05.1938	-	09.09.1938	commissioned, RAF (General Duties Branch) [short service commission]
1938?	-	1939?	naval service
27.11.1939			commissioned, Royal Corps of Signals [emergency commission to 27.04.1945]
1939	-	?	2nd Infantry Divisional Signals Regiment (BEF [evacuated through Dunkirk] & Far East)
			served with the Chindits in Burma and 34 Indian Corps Signals Regoment in India, Malaya and Singapore, later travelling to Java and Sumatra
28.04.1945			permanent commission
28.09.1945	-	12.09.1946	SO2, HQ Allied Forces Netherlands East Indies
			Acting Commanding Officer, 19th Air Formation Signals Regiment in Singapore
01.06.1950	-	28.08.1952	General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), War Office
1952	-	1972	tours in the UK and BAOR, with postings to NATO HQ in Paris and Brussels and to the British Army Staff in Ottawa; appointments in Sigs 7 and MI 8 at the War Office, finally Aldershot
03.05.1957	-	02.06.1960	General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2)
23.09.1960	-	30.08.1962	Army HQ, Ottawa
25.10.1962	-	17.04.1963	HQ Eastern Command
18.04.1963	-	25.06.1965	General Staff Officer, 1st grade (GSO1), UK Land Forces Planning Staff
07.08.1965	-	(02.1967)	HQ British Army of the Rhine

For 15 years he was general manager of the London Hostels Association.

Ropes,
Arthur John
A.J. Ropes

Son of Arthur Reed Ropes, and Ethel Wood.

28.02.1909
Kensington, Greater London
-
died between 06.1958 and 02.1967

2nd Lt.	31.01.1929 [41189]
Lt.	31.01.1932
Capt.	01.08.1938
A/Maj.	10.10.1939-09.01.1940
T/Maj.	10.01.1940-21.06.1942, 26.06.1942-09.01.1943
WS/Maj.	10.01.1943
Maj.	31.01.1946
local Lt.Col.	14.02.1942-21.06.1942
A/Lt.Col.	10.10.1942-09.01.1943
T/Lt.Col.	10.01.1943-05.08.1944, 04.09.1944-09.05.1950, 03.05.1951-21.06.1951
Lt.Col.	22.06.1951 (supernumerary 22.06.1954)
T/Col.	01.05.1953-08.05.1955
Col.	09.05.1955 (retd 12.06.1958)
T/Brig.	09.05.1955-(02.1957)
Hon. Brig.	12.06.1958

	OBE	06.01.1944	Middle East
	MID	30.12.1941	Middle East

31.01.1929			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery
14.03.1936	-	11.09.1938	employed School of Anti-Aircraft Defence
28.09.1939	-	13.02.1942	Instructor Anti-Aircraft, British Military Mission to the Egyptian Army
14.02.1942	-	21.06.1942	Senior Adviser Anti-Aircraft
10.10.1942	-	19.07.1944	Commandant, Middle East School of anti-Aircraft and Counter-Defence
04.09.1944	-	01.03.1945	Commandant, RA Practicing Camp, Western Command
24.03.1945	-	14.08.1945	Chief Instructor, Anti-Aircraft School, Middle East
24.02.1946	-	27.02.1948	Commandant, PC & TC, Middle East
?	-	?	18th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Indian Army)
?	-	?	5th Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Pakistan Army)
01.05.1953	-	07.05.1955	Chief Instructor of Anti-Aircraft Artillery
09.05.1955	-	(02.1957)	Brigade & Army Group RA Commander, 33rd Anti-Aircraft Brigade

Rose,
Edgar William
E.W. Rose (Photo courtesy of Mr John E. Harbidge-Rose)

Son of Edgar Thomas Rose (1876-1908), carpenter, and Emily Musselwhite (1878-1967). Had from 1911 as a stepfather Walter John Harbidge Smith (1872-c.1940), a draper.
Married 1st (1930) Edith Doreen Medway (1907-1983) (marriage dissolved 1941); two sons, one daughter.
Partner from c. 1948-1955 Gwendoline Jean Knott; two (illegitimate) sons.
Married 2nd (1961) Margaret Lucy Few (née Tubbs) (died 2004); one daughter, one son, one stepdaughter.
Used from 1950 on as last name: Harbidge-Rose.

21.09.1907
Stonehills, Fawley, Hampshire
-
27.04.1974
Merry Oak, Southampton, Hampshire

Aircrafthand RAF	23.09.1925 [370886]
Carpenter RAF	13.04.1927
Carpenter Boat Builder RAF	29.03.1928
Aircraftman (AC1) RAF	01.12.1929
Leading Aircraftman (LAC) RAF	01.06.1930 (discharged 22.09.1933; below Air force physical standard of fitness)
Private TA	29.05.1934 [7343791]
Corporal TA	27.05.1935
Sergeant TA	15.04.1939
Staff Sergeant TA	30.06.1939
A/QM Sgt. TA	?
Lt. (QM)	03.09.1941 [181834]
WS/Capt. (QM)	03.09.1944 (reld from active duty 07.11.1945)
Maj.	01.05.1947 (removed 17.06.1950)

EM	14.05.1950	? [18.05.51 award cancelled, due to conviction]
39\|45 St	1946	? *
Afr St	21.01.1944	& 1st Army clasp *
BWM 39\|45	1946	? *
Def M	1946	? *

* 26.05.1952: War Office (A.G.4 Medals Section) inform in writing the forfeiting of all awards; an appeal for reinstatement of the medals in 1962 was denied

Education: Queen's College, Southampton

23.09.1925			enlisted, Royal Air Force (for training as Carpenter, Group 5) (Uxbridge, Middlesex) (from 29.09.1925 RAF Calshot, Hampshire)
03.02.1926			RAF School of Technical Training at RAF Manston (Ramsgate, Kent)
18.05.1927			RAF Calshot (Fawley, Hampshire) (23.09.1928 awarded 1st Class Good Conduct Badge)
01.02.1929			Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment (MAEA), Felixstowe, Suffolk
22.08.1933	-	22.09.1933	RAF Depot (Uxbridge, Middlesex) (for examinations)
29.05.1934	-	09.04.1940	enlisted, 7th Southern Hygiene Company, RAMC - Territorial Army (Southampton, Hampshire)
30.10.1938	-	13.11.1938	attended & qualified for Instructor's Course, RAMC Training Establishment, Crookham, Hampshire)
25.08.1939			mobilized, TA
10.04.1940	-	02.09.1941	46th Field Hygiene Section, RAMC
03.09.1941			commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission]
03.09.1941	-	18.05.1942	19th Light Field Ambulance, RAMC
19.05.1942	-	23.08.1942	Royal Victoria Military Hospital (Netley, Southampton, Hampshire)
24.08.1942	-	02.1943	84th General Hospital (Knutsford, Cheshire; 28.10.1942 embarked for North Africa: Algiers, Bone, Abdullah Bou Srira, Zerizah, Souk Ahras, Ras el Souani, Tebourba, and Medjez el Bab [wounded in action])
02.1943	-	13.07.1943	evacuated to UK, 17.03.1943 returned to S/S No. 1 Depot RAMC (Crookham, Fleet, Hampshire), 22.03.1943 discharged from hospital & suffering long-term disability for the rest of his life
14.07.1943	-	14.11.1944	3rd Anti-Aircraft Group (Horfield, Bristol, Gloucestershire) (28.11-07.12.1943 surgical procedure at RN Hospital)
15.11.1944	-	11.09.1945	HQ 1st Anti-Aircraft Group (Kensington, London) (07.06.1945 Certificate of Good Service, Anti-Aircraft Command)
01.05.1947	-	17.06.1950	served RAMC (Non-Medical Section), Territorial Army (removed, having been convicted by the Civil Power)
01.05.1947	-	31.03.1949	Registrar, 9th (Southern) General Hospital (Bristol, Gloucestershire)
01.04.1949	-	17.06.1950	162nd Field Ambulance RAMC (Cambridge)

After his dishonourable discharge from the army (1950) he was a Civil Defence Corps Officer attached to Smiths Industries (the instrument makers) at Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, until about 1957; then he worked as a motor vehicle salesman, a brush salesman, a car cleaner and a furniture salesman between about 1957 and 1964 (mainly at Southampton, Hampshire); bus driver then bus inspector, Hants & Dorset Motor Services Limited (Southampton, Hampshire), 1964-1969; coach, minibus & taxi driver (Southampton, Hampshire), 1969-1973.

Rose,
Herbert Francis
H.F. Rose

?
-

A/RQMS	?
Lt. (QM)	02.04.1943 [270130] (reld > 04.1946)

MID

04.04.1946

NW Europe

02.04.1943

commissioned, Pioneer Corps [emergency commission]

Ross,
Rupert Cumine
R.C. Ross (Photo courtesy of Mr Simon Gault)

?
-

2nd Lt.	11.07.1936
Lt.	11.07.1939
T/Capt.	23.11.1940-(04.1941)
WS/Capt.	31.03.1943 (reld > 04.1946)
T/Maj.	31.03.1943-(04.1946)

			late Cadet Sergeant, Fettes College Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
11.07.1936			commissioned, 9th (Dumbartonshire) Battalion The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's) - Territorial Army (Dumbarton)
1939?			transferred, Royal Regiment of Artillery
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
1939?	-	1946?	54th (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA

Rossall,
George Ernest Cluney
G.E.C. Rossall

Married; ... children.

30.04.1905
[Lancashire ?]
-
12.1988
Preston and South Ribble, Lancashire

2nd Lt.	29.01.1925 [32115]
Lt.	29.01.1927 08.05.1929, seniority 30.03.1928
Capt.	01.04.1935
A/Maj.	01.09.1939-30.11.1939
T/Maj.	01.12.1939-31.03.1940, 17.04.1940-16.05.1940, 24.06.1940-21.01.1941, 27.05.1941-24.09.1941
WS/Maj.	25.09.1941
Maj.	29.01.1942
A/Lt.Col.	25.06.1941-24.09.1941
T/Lt.Col.	25.09.1941-22.12.1945, 21.01.1946-28.09.1948
Lt.Col.	29.09.1948 (supernumerary 22.09.1951)
T/Col.	01.09.1948-12.02.1952
Col.	13.02.1952
T/Brig.	17.11.1955-11.01.1956
Brig.	12.01.1956 (retd 21.01.1959)

CBE	01.01.1959	New Year 59
MID	01.08.1946	Malaya 42
MID	12.09.1946	gallant and distinguished services while being PoW

Education: Royal Military College, Sandhurst; Staff College (psc)

29.01.1925			commissioned, The Manchester Regiment
09.05.1927	-	29.09.1927	Staff Lieutenant 1st Class (Movement), Rhine Army (temporary)
30.02.1928	-	07.05.1929	seconded, Royal Army Service Corps
08.05.1929			transferred, Royal Army Service Corps
20.10.1934	-	04.11.1936	employed with Canadian Military Forces
17.04.1940	-	23.05.1940	Deputy Assistant Director of Transport (DADT), ...
01.08.1940	-	22.01.1941	Deputy Assistant Director of Transport (DADT), ...
1943	-	1945	taken prisoner of war at Changi (in Japanese captivity)
16.06.1947	-	31.08.1948	Assistant Director of Supply & Transport (ADST), ...
01.09.1948	-	24.01.1949	CPO (Colonel), War Office (London)
18.02.1949	-	29.03.1950	Deputy Director of Supply & Transport (DDST), ...
25.04.1950	-	18.02.1953	Assistant Director of Supply & Transport (ADST), War Office (London)
27.02.1953	-	30.10.1955	Deputy Director of Supply & Transport (DDST), HQ Anti-Aircraft Command
17.11.1955	-	(02.1957)	Deputy Director of Supply & Transport (DDST), HQ Eastern Command
21.01.1959	-	30.04.1963	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]

MIMechE. Honorary Colonel, Royal Army Service Corps (Territorial Army), 01.12.1958.

Rowland,
George
G. Rowland

Married Charmain (née ...).

02.10.1910
-
21.03.2007
Bexhill-on-Sea

2nd Lt.	22.06.1940
...	...
T/Maj.	25.07.1944-20.06.1947
Maj.	21.06.1947, seniority 02.10.1946 (retd 26.10.1961)
...	...
Hon. Lt.Col.	26.10.1961

MBE

23.03.1944

22.06.1940			commissioned, Corps of Royal Signals [emergency commission to 30.11.1946]
01.12.1946			permanent commission

Rudge,
Kenneth
"Ken"
K. Rudge

Married Eileen (née ...); two daughters.

04.1923
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
-
(14?).12.2006
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

Cadet	? [14206554]
2nd Lt.	24.10.1944 [334502]
WS/Lt.	24.04.1945
(A/Capt. ?)	?

1941/42?	-	23.10.1944	served in the ranks, Corps of Royal Signals
24.10.1944			commissioned, Corps of Royal Signals [emergency commission]
			trained in Scotland, served Italy (Operation Roast, commando operation at Comacchio Lagoon, 04.1945) & Norway (1945?)

Rugge-Price,
Anthony Arthur Keith
A.A.K. Rugge-Price

Married (27.04.1939) Joan Lisette Douglas Pilkington (born 1919) (marriage dissolved 1948?); three sons.

09.11.1914
-
05.1997
Ealing, London

2nd Lt.	30.08.1934 [63560]
Lt.	30.08.1937
A/Capt.	26.08.1940-25.11.1940
T/Capt.	26.11.1940-21.12.1941
WS/Capt.	22.12.1941
Capt.	30.08.1942
A/Maj.	22.09.1941-21.12.1941
T/Maj.	22.12.1941-29.08.1947
Maj.	30.08.1947
T/Lt.Col.	05.03.1951-17.03.1954, 05.11.1956-15.11.1956
Lt.Col.	16.11.1956-(02.1957)
Col.	07.06.1963 (retd 12.11.1966)

	MID	10.05.1945	NW Europe
	LeoII	25.09.1947	?
-	CdeG	25.09.1947	Croix de Guerre 1940 with Palm (Belgium)

Education: Staff College, Camberley (psc)

30.08.1934			commissioned, 13th/18th Royal Hussars (Queen Mary's Own), Royal Armoured Corps
06.03.1939	-	25.08.1940	specially employed
(06.)1944			Officer Commanding, "B" Squadron 13th/18th Hussars (Normandy / NW Europe)
05.01.948	-	22.12.1948	General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), M.I. 11, War Office
05.03.1951	-	14.03.1954	Technical Staff Officer, grade 1 (TSO1), Fighting Vehicles Department, Ministry of Supply

Ruggles-Brise,
Sir John Archibald;
2nd Baronet (cr. 1935)
J.A. Ruggles-Brice

Elder son of Colonel Sir Edward Archibald
RugglesBrise, 1st Bt, MC, TD, DL, JP, MP, and Agatha (died 1937), eldest daughter of J. H. Gurney, DL, JP, of Keswick Hall, Norfolk.
Succeeded father, 1942.

13.06.1908
Finchingfield
-
20.02.2007
Spains Hall, Finchingfield, Essex

2nd Lt.	01.11.1938 [79330]
WS/Lt.	15.05.1940
Lt.	.11.04.1945 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Capt.	15.05.1940-(04.1941)
A/Maj.	10.12.1940-(04.1941)
WS/Maj.	12.01.1943
T/Lt.Col.	12.01.1943-(04.1944)
Hon. Lt.Col.	< 04.1946
Lt.Col.	01.05.1947 (retd 01.05.1950)
Hon. Col.	?

CB	1958	?
OBE	1945	?
TD	?	?

Education: Eton

01.11.1938			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery - Territorial Army
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
1939	-	1945	served Anti-Aircraft Command (commanded 1st 450 Mixed Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RA, and 2nd Anti-Aircraft Demonstration and User Trials Regiment)
1947			formed and commanded 599 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment
01.05.1950	-	13.06.1963	Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]

Member of Lloyd's. President, CLA, 1957-1959 (helped promote Game Fair); Church Comr, 1959-1964; Chairman, Council of the Baronetage, 1958-1963. Patron, Essex Agricultural Society, 1970-1978. Liveryman, Spectacle Makers' Co., 1948-. DL 1945, JP 1946, ViceLieutenant, 1947, Co. Essex. Hon. Freeman of Chelmsford. Governor of Felsted and Chigwell Schools, 1950-1975. DUniv Essex, 1980. KStJ. LordLieutenant of Essex, 1958-1978; ProChancellor, University of Essex, 1964-1979.
Honorary Colonel, 459 (Essex) HAA Regiment RA, TA, 14.02.1958.

Russell,
Maurice Levenston
M.L. Russell

?
-

Sgt.	? [14559984]
2nd Lt.	01.02.1945 [345542]
WS/Lt.	01.08.1945 (reld > 04.1946)

01.02.1945

commissioned, Intelligence Corps [emergency commission]

Russell,
Nelson
N. Russell

Son of Nelson Russell, Strathmore, Lisburn, Northern Ireland.
Married (1926) Edith, daughter of A.T. Allan,
Highfield, Lisburn, Northern Ireland; no children.

07.07.1897
Lisburn, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland
-
20.10.1971
Tollymore, Newcastle, Co. Down, Northern Ireland

Prob. 2nd Lt.	03.04.1915
2nd Lt.	11.08.1915
T/Lt.	29.11.1915
Lt.	12.02.1916
2nd Lt.	16.11.1918, seniority 07.07.1916 [9593]
Lt.	16.11.1918, seniority 07.01.1918
Capt.	09.04.1929
Maj.	15.09.1937
A/Lt.Col.	03.10.1940-02.01.1941
T/Lt.Col.	03.01.1941-31.12.1942
WS/Lt.Col.	01.01.1943
Lt.Col.	14.03.1943
A/Col.	01.07.1942-31.12.1942
T/Col.	01.01.1943
A/Brig.	01.07.1942-31.12.1942
T/Brig.	01.01.1943-10.05.1944, 21.04.1945-31.01.1950
Brig.	01.02.1950 (retd 04.08.1950)

CB	09.06.1949	HM's birthday 49
DSO	05.08.1943	Tunisia
MC	16.05.1916	Battle of the Somme *
MID	23.03.1944	Sicily
MID	24.08.1944	Italy
14\|15 St	?	?
BWM 14\|20	?	?
VM	?	?

Palestine 1936-39 Medal & Clasp
* For conspicuous gallantry during a raid on the enemy's trenches. He was the first man into the trench, where he shot an officer, and finally skilfully withdrew after doing all the damage possible.

Education: Campbell College, Belfast

03.04.1915	-	15.11.1918	mobilized Special Reserve (for 3 years, 227 days)
03.04.1915	-		3rd Battalion The Royal Irish Fusiliers
(1916)			attached, 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Fusiliers (France and Belgium 09.07.1915-22.07.1916)
12.07.1916	-	?	Adjutant, 10 Brigade Bombing School
16.11.1918			commissioned, The Royal Irish Fusiliers (Princess Victoria's)
1919	-	1939	served, Egypt, India, Sudan, Palestine
01.04.1937	-	30.03.1940	Brigade Major, ... (Home Forces)
1940	-	?	General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2)
01.07.1942	-	20.02.1944	Commander, 38th (Irish) Infantry Brigade (UK, N Africa, Sicily, Italy)
1945			Commander, Belfast Sub-Area
1946			Commander, Belfast Garrison
1947	-	1950	Commander, Ulster Independent Infantry Brigade Group

Serjeant-at-Arms to Parliament of Northern Ireland, 1951-1959. Played cricket for Lisburn & Ireland.

Russell,
William Edward
R. Rutherford

05.05.1903
Plymouth district, Devon
-
02.1988
Sedgemoor district, Somerset

2nd Lt.	01.02.1923
Lt.	01.02.1925
Capt.	29.06.1935
Capt. & Ordn.Offr. 4th class	28.10.1935, seniority 28.10.1932
Maj. (& Ordn.Offr. 3rd class to 20.04.1944)	01.04.1939
A/Lt.Col. (& Ordn.Offr. 2nd class)	07.02.1942-06.05.1942
T/Lt.Col. (& Ordn.Offr. 2nd class to 20.04.1944)	07.05.1942-03.11.1943, 24.11.1943-08.08.1947
Lt.Col.	09.08.1947 (retd 18.11.1957)
T/Col.	22.02.1949-28.03.1951
Hon. Col.	18.11.1957

01.02.1923			commissioned, The Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire)
(03.1931)			11th Ordnance Officers' Course, Royal Army Ordnance Corps School of Instruction (Hilsea Barracks, near Cosham)
(06.1933)			served at Burscough
28.10.1935			transferred, Royal Army Ordnance Corps (as RAOC Ordnance Officer 4th Class to 27.10.1935)
(01.1937)	-	(01.1939)	Deputy Assistant Director of Ordnance Services (DADOS), Ceylon
16.02.1941	-	16.02.1942	Deputy Assistant Director of Ordnance Services (DADOS), ...
07.02.1942	-	01.05.1943	Advt Special Inst Staff
02.05.1943	-	01.01.1948	Assistant Director of Ordnance Services (ADOS), ...
16.02.1948	-	16.02.1949	COO Ordnance Depot
22.02.1949	-	11.02.1951	Deputy Director of Ordnance Services (DDOS), HQ West Africa Command

Rutherfoord,
Andrew Joseph Hawksley
A.J.H. Rutherfoord (Photo courtesy of Mr Mike Rutherfoord)

Married Mary (née ...) (predeceased him); one son, two daughters.
From Bedford.

22.02.1916
-
19.12.2007
Kingston upon Thames Hospital

2nd Lt.	30.01.1936 [67178]
Lt.	30.01.1939
A/Capt.	02.09.1939-01.12.1939
T/Capt.	02.12.1939-26.11.1942, 02.02.1943-29.01.1944
Capt.	30.01.1944
A/Maj.	04.09.1944-03.12.1944
T/Maj.	04.12.1944-09.01.1945, 26.02.1945-(01.1946)
Maj.	30.01.1949 (retd 28.08.1950)

MC	21.06.1945	Holland 10/11.44 *
SSM	15.02.1944	N Africa **
39\|45 St	-	-
Afr St	-	-
Fr&G St	-	-

30.01.1936			commissioned, The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
(01.1937)			1st Battlaion The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (Gibraltar)
(01.1939)			1st Battlaion The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (Strensall)
01.04.1939			Air Intelligence Liaison Officer (General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3)), Royal Air Force
17.03.1939			General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), Air HQ, BMNI
10.05.1940	-	21.06.1940	served France & Belgium
31.10.1941			Adjutant, 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment (Army Air Corps)
26.01.1942			HQ Parachute Brigade (from 13.11.1942 North Africa) (wounded)
?	-	05.01.1944	1/4th Battalion The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (North Africa)
27.02.1944			General Staff Officer, 3rd grade (GSO3), HQ 129th Infantry Brigade (UK, from 17.06.1944 NW Europe) (wounded in France)
15.08.1944	-	01.1945	Officer Commanding, A Company, 1/4th Battalion The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (France, Belgium, Holland)
09.01.1945			1st Battalion The Parachute Regiment (from 07.05.1945 NW Europe)
			in command of some winter- (or mountain-)warfare training centre in Austria
			post-war regimental service in India & Malaya (possibly even Palestine)
28.09.1950	-	22.02.1966	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]

* Major Rutherfoord has commanded A Company 1/4 KOYLI since 15 Aug 44. During the whole of this period, and particularly during the operatons of the last three months in Holland, when most actions have been limited by the nature of the country to company battles, he has proved himself a fine natural leader. He has commanded his company with conspicuous success in many such actions. In the advance up to the Hollandsche Diep on 4 Nov, he commanded his company with outstanding skill, capturing and occupying his objective under heavy mortar and machine-gun fire. By his excellent leadership and clever use of ground he brought his company to the objective and captured a number of prisoners, LMGs [= light machine guns] and mortars. At Klundert on 5 Nov he led his company through very heavy enemy mortar and artillery concentrations and successfully occupied his objective. His company suffered fifteen per cent casualties on this occasion, and it was due entirely to his personal example and disregard of the enemy fire that they reached their objective. At Esschen on 25 Oct he was ordered to carry out a difficult night attack. The company was subjected to heavy artillery fire whilst approaching the start line, but Major Rutherfoord held his company back until there was a pause in the fire, and then went forward at great speed to his objective. The enemy were completely surprised and fifteen prisoners were taken. Major Rutherfoord himself led the attack and was the first to enter the houses held by the enemy. Major Rutherfoord is an outstanding officer and his courage and leadership have earned him the complete confidence of his men. [Date of citation for periodic MC: 17 Jan 45. Gazetted: 21 Jun 45]
** For gallantry in action with the Army of The United States on 14 March 1943 near Tamera, Tunisia. When the enemy attacked and gained a foothold in a wooded section within fifty yards of his company, which was weak in numbers due to casualties, Lieutenant Rutherfoord went forward alone, and with a sub-machine gun destroyed two enemy machine gun posts killing and wounding the crews and capturing the guns. This gallant act in the face of great danger is worthy of the highest praise.

Rutherford,
Royce
"Roy"
R. Rutherford

?
-
11.01.2007
Gullane, Scotland

Cadet	? [14725140]
2nd Lt.	26.08.1945 [357370]
WS/Lt.	26.02.1946 (reld 30.03.1948)
T/Capt.	?
Hon. Capt.	30.03.1948

			served 1st Battalion 16th Punjab Regiment & Queen's Lancashire Regiment
26.08.1945			commissioned, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) [emergency commission]
31.01.1951			Regular Army Reserve of Officers

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