Under-Secretary of State for Economic Affairs and UN ambassador under presidents Kennedy and Johnson, he left office in opposition to the Vietnam war.
Beatson-Hird, Lieutenant Denis, 51st Highland Division, Rhine crossing 1945.
Beaufre, General André (1902–75), captain on the French General Staff in 1940, post-war strategic theorist, exponent of the French independent nuclear deterrent, author, among other books, of The Fall of France and Deterrence and Strategy.
Beckett, Sergeant Bill, Sherwood Foresters group interview, Nottingham.
Beese, Hertha, Berlin housewife and Social Democrat.
Behrendt, Captain Hans-Otto, Rommel's intelligence staff, author of Rommel's Intelligence in the Desert Campaign.
Belchem, Major General Ronald (1911–81), 7th Armoured Division in North Africa, 21st Army Group Staff for the Normandy landings.
Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, Prince (1911–2004), German consort to Queen Juliana of the Netherlands who fought against the Nazi occupation and became a rallying figure for the Dutch Resistance.
Bielenberg, Christabel (1909–2003), Englishwoman married to an anti-Nazi German lawyer, author of The Fast is Myself.
'Bill', coal-mine striker, Betteshanger, Kent
Boas-Koupmann, Rita, Dutch–Jewish teenage survivor of Auschwitz.
Bock, SS Lance Corporal Richard, guard at Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Bohlen, Charles (1904–74), US diplomat and Soviet expert.
Bokiewicz, Z T, Polish Home Army, Warsaw uprising.
Boiler, Major W S, Ordnance Corps, Burma.
Bolzano, Private, Italian Army, North Africa.
Bonhoeffer, Emmy, sister-in-law of German Resistance martyr Pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
Boothby, Robert Lord (1900–86), British Conservative politician, confidant of Churchill and RAF officer. Ennobled in 1958. His colourful private life led Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother to describe him as 'a bounder but not a cad'.
Bosnik, Private Anton, Russian defender of Stalingrad.
Bottomley, Arthur Lord (1907–95), British trade-union leader, Mayor of Walthamstow, Labour MP, held ministerial posts 1945–50 and 1964–67, ennobled in 1984.
Broher, Thérèse, French civilian in Normandy.
Broth, Private Henry, US serviceman in the Battle of the Bulge, 1944.
Brown, Guardsman, Scots Guards, Glasgow-pub group interview.
Brown, Private Leonard, The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment, Burma.
Buckthorpe, Private, Fourteenth Army, Burma.
Bundy, McGeorge (1919–96), US wartime official in the Facts and Figures Department, later National Security Adviser to presidents Kennedy and Johnson during the Vietnam War, later Professor of History at New York University.
Bunt, Gwen, Plymouth housewife, whose children were killed in the Blitz.
Bush, Lewis, pre-war English teacher in Tokyo, later prisoner of war.
Bush, Professor Vannevar (1890–1974), Chairman of the US National Defense Research Committee 1940, Director of the Office of Scientific Research and Development 1941^6.
Butler, Mr, London air-raid warden during the Blitz.
Butler, Seaman Edward, Royal Navy escort-ship crewman.
Butler, Lord Richard (known as 'Rab' from his initials) (1902–82), British Conservative politician, leading pre-war appeaser, author of the Education Act, 1944, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1951–55, Home Secretary 1957–63, Foreign Secretary 1963–64, ennobled in 1965.
Calvert, Brigadier Mike (1913–98), British irregular-warfare expert who led a column in the first Chindit operation in Burma and a brigade in the second. Commander of the Special Air Service Brigade until it was disbanded in 1945. Dismissed from the Army after a questionable court martial for homosexuality in 1951.
Chandos, see Lyttelton.
Chantrain, Frau, Cologne Red Cross.
Chistyakov, General-Colonel Ivan (1900–79), Soviet anti-tank specialist (158th Guards Artillery) at the Battle of Kursk 1943, Commander-in-Chief Manchurian Front 1945–7.
Christiani, Eddi, orchestra leader in occupied Holland.
Clark, General Mark (1896–1984), Deputy Commander
Beatson-Hird, Lieutenant Denis, 51st Highland Division, Rhine crossing 1945.
Beaufre, General André (1902–75), captain on the French General Staff in 1940, post-war strategic theorist, exponent of the French independent nuclear deterrent, author, among other books, of The Fall of France and Deterrence and Strategy.
Beckett, Sergeant Bill, Sherwood Foresters group interview, Nottingham.
Beese, Hertha, Berlin housewife and Social Democrat.
Behrendt, Captain Hans-Otto, Rommel's intelligence staff, author of Rommel's Intelligence in the Desert Campaign.
Belchem, Major General Ronald (1911–81), 7th Armoured Division in North Africa, 21st Army Group Staff for the Normandy landings.
Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, Prince (1911–2004), German consort to Queen Juliana of the Netherlands who fought against the Nazi occupation and became a rallying figure for the Dutch Resistance.
Bielenberg, Christabel (1909–2003), Englishwoman married to an anti-Nazi German lawyer, author of The Fast is Myself.
'Bill', coal-mine striker, Betteshanger, Kent
Boas-Koupmann, Rita, Dutch–Jewish teenage survivor of Auschwitz.
Bock, SS Lance Corporal Richard, guard at Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Bohlen, Charles (1904–74), US diplomat and Soviet expert.
Bokiewicz, Z T, Polish Home Army, Warsaw uprising.
Boiler, Major W S, Ordnance Corps, Burma.
Bolzano, Private, Italian Army, North Africa.
Bonhoeffer, Emmy, sister-in-law of German Resistance martyr Pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
Boothby, Robert Lord (1900–86), British Conservative politician, confidant of Churchill and RAF officer. Ennobled in 1958. His colourful private life led Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother to describe him as 'a bounder but not a cad'.
Bosnik, Private Anton, Russian defender of Stalingrad.
Bottomley, Arthur Lord (1907–95), British trade-union leader, Mayor of Walthamstow, Labour MP, held ministerial posts 1945–50 and 1964–67, ennobled in 1984.
Broher, Thérèse, French civilian in Normandy.
Broth, Private Henry, US serviceman in the Battle of the Bulge, 1944.
Brown, Guardsman, Scots Guards, Glasgow-pub group interview.
Brown, Private Leonard, The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment, Burma.
Buckthorpe, Private, Fourteenth Army, Burma.
Bundy, McGeorge (1919–96), US wartime official in the Facts and Figures Department, later National Security Adviser to presidents Kennedy and Johnson during the Vietnam War, later Professor of History at New York University.
Bunt, Gwen, Plymouth housewife, whose children were killed in the Blitz.
Bush, Lewis, pre-war English teacher in Tokyo, later prisoner of war.
Bush, Professor Vannevar (1890–1974), Chairman of the US National Defense Research Committee 1940, Director of the Office of Scientific Research and Development 1941^6.
Butler, Mr, London air-raid warden during the Blitz.
Butler, Seaman Edward, Royal Navy escort-ship crewman.
Butler, Lord Richard (known as 'Rab' from his initials) (1902–82), British Conservative politician, leading pre-war appeaser, author of the Education Act, 1944, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1951–55, Home Secretary 1957–63, Foreign Secretary 1963–64, ennobled in 1965.
Calvert, Brigadier Mike (1913–98), British irregular-warfare expert who led a column in the first Chindit operation in Burma and a brigade in the second. Commander of the Special Air Service Brigade until it was disbanded in 1945. Dismissed from the Army after a questionable court martial for homosexuality in 1951.
Chandos, see Lyttelton.
Chantrain, Frau, Cologne Red Cross.
Chistyakov, General-Colonel Ivan (1900–79), Soviet anti-tank specialist (158th Guards Artillery) at the Battle of Kursk 1943, Commander-in-Chief Manchurian Front 1945–7.
Christiani, Eddi, orchestra leader in occupied Holland.
Clark, General Mark (1896–1984), Deputy Commander
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