List of Officers 1st Battalion Worcestershire Regiment and NCOs at Vernon
Lieut.-Colonel Robert Edward Osborne-Smith (41242) C.O. (Northamps)
Major Anthony Alistair Benn (44813) 2nd-in-Command (7th E. Yorks)
Captain Walter Lewin Leadbeater (226583) Adjutant
Captain Robert Duff-Chalmers (263476) Medical Officer (R.A.M.C.)
Lieut. Roy Humphreys (293201) Intelligence Officer
Captain William Speirs (248378) - Padre
HQ Company
Captain A. M. Ford (71459) Company C.O. (K.S.L.I.)
Lieut. James Edward Benny (274174) Quartermaster (Welch R.)
Captain Nelson Victor Jones (124746) Transport Officer
Captain Peter E. Gray Signals Officer (from the 9th Sept. 1944)
Sergeant James Thomas Jim Norton (5254043) Signals Sergeant
Company Sergeant Major A. Hawkeswood (5254334)
R.Q.M.S. J. Sanders
'A' Company
Major Malcolm Alfred Gibbins (145429) Company C.O.
Captain Keith Robert Henshaw James (182248) - 2nd-in-Command
Company Sergeant Major W. Hutchins
Lieut. John Edward Oliver Davies (CDN 548) 7 Platoon Commander
Lieut. Frederick Stanthorpe Trimnell (251272) 8 Platoon Commander
2nd Lieut. William Francis Jennings (338180) 9 Platoon Commander
C.Q.M.S. William Stringer (5258444)
'B' Company
Major Alfred Albert (Algy) Grubb (121454) Company C.O. (R. Hamps.)
Captain Noel Watkins (174313) - 2nd-in-Command
10 Platoon Commander
Sergeant Frank Nyland ( ) 11 Platoon Commander
2/Lieut. Reginald Neil Fellows (315209) 12 Platoon Commander
Sergeant David Hugh Kerrigan (5250370) 12 Platoon
C.Q.M.S. G. Walton
'C' Company
Major Sidney Karl (Jerry) Clover (39720) Company Commander
A/Major (Captain) Donald Yewdall Doc Watson (134310)
Captain Roger Arthur William Miller (112886) - 2nd-in-Command
Company Sergeant Major William James John (Jimmy) Lane (5252560)
Sergeant P. Saunders 13 Platoon Commander
Sergeant H. C. Harrison (5258274) 14 Platoon Commander
Lieut. Henri Paul Fiset (CDN 338) 15 Platoon Commander
Sergeant Miles 15 Platoon
C.Q.M.S. R. Pawling (5249734)
'D' Company
Major Mowbray Morris Souper (134308) Company Commander
Capt. Bryan Norman Rawnsley Elder (130065) - 2nd-in-Command
Sergeant S. Potter (5258380) 17 Platoon
Lieut. W. G. Hunt (CDN 163) 18 Platoon Commander
Support Company
Capt. Harold Redmore Hodge (132193) - Company Commander (Essex R.)
Capt. John Wilson (Jock) Bannister (174308) Mortar Platoon Commander
Lieut. R. Brown ( ) Carrier Platoon Commander
Sergeant J. Geobey Carrier Platoon
Lieut. Frederick Thomas Coulcher (240285) Anti-Tank Platoon Commander
Sergeant John Isaac Guest (5258245) Anti-Tank Platoon
Lieut. John Patrick Allum (299664) Pioneer Platoon Commander (E. Surrey R.)
Sergeant W. Priest Pioneer Platoon
C.Q.M.S. C. Buss
214 Brigade Tac. H.Q.
Lt. Henry Herbert Humphrey James (256431) Worc. Regt. Liaison Officer
Lt. Denys Charles Benny Goodman (308462) Worc. Regt. Liaison Off.
Others
Company Sergeant Major S. Street
Company Sergeant Major W. Medcroft (wounded 27th August 1944)
Company Sergeant Major L. A. Crossingham
Major M.M. Souper
Captain K. R. H. James
Captain W. L. Leadbeater
Captain H. R. Hodge
Capt. N. V. Jones
CSM J. Lane