HISTORY
1st Berkshire (Abingdon) Battalion Formation
| HEADQUARTERS |
| Battalion Commander | Lt.-Col. S. T. AUSTIN, OBE, TD |
| Second i/c | Major J. S. GOWRING, MC |
| Adjutant | Capt. O. H. M. STURGES |
| A & Q | Capt. D. J. GRANT |
| MO | Major F. E. LEIGH-PHILLIPS |
| IO | Capt. J. V. HARRISON |
| Transport Officer | Lieut. A. T. BASKERVILLE |
| Signals Officer | Lieut. N. H. FANSHAWE |
| Ammunition Officer | Lieut. L. A. HILL |
| Weapon Training Officer | Lieut. W. STRONG |
| Gas Officer | Lieut. S. J. UPFOLD, MC |
| O i/c HQ Platoon | Lieut. H. T. R. GRANT |
| Liaison Officer | Lieut. A. C. LONGLAND |
| RSM | C. J. GODFREY |
| “A” COMPANY (Abingdon) |
| Major L. J. BOULTON Capt. H. G. MULLARD |
| No. 1 Platoon Lieut. A. K. BOYD Lieut. A. G. NOTT | No. 2 Platoon Lieut. D. G. CATHRO Lieut. J. E. PENNY |
| No. 3 Platoon Lieut. W. E. SWAFFIELD Lieut. E. H. BEDFORD | No. 4 Platoon Lieut. C. W. STRUTT |
| Company Assistant – Lieut. F. W. SMITH |
| “B” COMPANY (Drayton) |
| Major E. J. BENTHAM Capt. C. G. C. PEACOCK |
| No. 5 Platoon (Steventon) Lieut. A. A. EVANS | No. 6 Platoon (Sutton Courtenay) Lieut. G. S. AMBROSE |
| No. 7 Platoon (Milton Hill) Lieut, A. J. KNUDSON Lieut. R. C. GARNHAM | No. 8 Platoon (Drayton) Lieut. A. S. DRAISEY 2/Lieut. W. J. MAYER |
| Company Assistant – Lieut. H. C. HARWOOD CSM – L. G. C. PARKER |
| “C” COMPANY (Cumnor) |
| Major H. J. CURTIS Capt. W. S. KNIGHT |
| No. 9 Platoon (Hinksey) Lieut. H. JUPP 2/Lieut. K. S. THOMPSON | No. 10 Platoon (Cumnor) Lieut. H. J. THOMAS |
| No. 11 Platoon (Kennington) Lieut. W. G. GRAY 2/Lieut. M. B. T. ROBINSON | No. 12 Platoon (Boars Hill) Lieut. W. K. BELLINGER 2/Lieut. L. W. DAVEY |
| No. 13 Platoon (Botley) Lieut. F. J. D. AYRES Lieut. F. J. KING |
| Company Assistant – Lieut. M. J. MACKAY CSM – A. C. STOCKFORD |
| “D” COMPANY (Didcot) |
| Major D. K. M. HERAPATH Capt. A. H. M. WEDDERBURN |
| No. 14 Platoon (Didcot) Lieut. N. MACCORMICK Lieut. E. J. CONNOCK | No. 15 Platoon (E. & W. Hagbourne) Lieut. D. S. DEAN |
| No. 16 Platoon (Appleford) Lieut. V. N. HARVEY | No. 18 Platoon (Blewbury) Lieut. C. LAILEY |
| No. 19 Platoon (Long Wittenham) Lieut. I. WINTER CSM – G. MCLEAN |
| No. 17 Platoon (Upton) (Amalgamated with No. 18 Platoon, October, 1943) Lieut. L. FRY, MC, MM |
| “E” COMPANY (Wallingford) |
| Major R. H. INGHAM CLARK Capt. F. K. WEEDON |
| No. 20 Platoon (Brightwell and S. Moreton) Lieut. W. M. CHOWN Lieut. T. HEDGES | No. 21 Platoon (Wallingford) Lieut. M. L. WHITELEY Lieut. B. L. HUNT |
| No. 22 Platoon (Cholsey & Moulsford) Lieut, C. G. VENABLES Lieut. F. R. BITMEAD | No. 23 Platoon (Aston Tirrold) Lieut. H. BUCKSEY, MM |
| CSM – J. W. FIELD |
| “F” COMPANY (Frilford) |
| Major A. F. BARTON Capt. G. C. CHESHIRE |
| No. 24 Platoon (Marcham) Lieut. G. F. DUxBURY. | No. 25 Platoon (Appleton) Lieut. B. H. BLACKWELL Lieut. H. B. LENTHALL |
| No. 26 Platoon (Cothill) Lieut. H. R. BRYANT | No. 27 Platoon (Fyfield) Lieut. H. A. OMEROD, MC Lieut. C. N. RICH |
| No. 28 Platoon (Kingston Bagpuize) Lieut. G. A. MACLEAN |
| “G” (WORKS) COMPANY (MG Car Company) |
| Capt. A. O. RIGGOTT |
| No. 29 Platoon 2/Lieut. J. H. W. HUNT | No. 30 Platoon Lieut. K. D. A. BERTRAM | No. 31 Platoon Lieut. H. K. STRIDE |
| CSM – G. H. WARWICK |
| “H” (WORKS) COMPANY (No. 3 MU RAF Milton) |
| Major A. ALDWORTH Capt. T. J. D. JARVIS |
| No. 32 Platoon Lieut. G. J. JOYCE | No. 33 Platoon 2/Lieut. W. E. TAYLOR | No. 34 Platoon Lieut. C. S. BALLARD 2/Lieut. H. R. РOCOCK |
| CSM – F. W. J. LEWIS |
| “B” UNITS |
| Radley College |
| No. 35 Platoon Lieut. R.E. EASON | No. 36 Platoon Lieut. J.P. UNDERHILL Lieut. T. E. RODD |
| Armstrong-Whitworth Aircraft |
| No. 37 Platoon Lieut. H. T. CHESTER |
| Baldwins Instrument Company |
| No. 38 Platoon Lieut. D. W. OGG |
| Nuffield Mechanisations Ltd |
| No. 39 Platoon 2/Lieut. H. J. PALMER (Disbanded August 1944) |
| Great Western Railway |
| No. 40 Platoon (AA) Capt. E. T. DAVIES, MC |