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Richard (1914–88), Adjutant to Hitler in the 1930s.
    Schwerin-Krosigk, Lieutenant General Gerhard Graf von, capable divisional commander who tried to yield Aachen to the Allies in 1944 and was only relieved of command, although his cousin Ulrich von Schwerin-Schwanenfeld had been hanged for treason only a month before. Had a major influence on the post-war Bundeswehr.
    Senator, André, Mayor of Asnelles, Normandy, 1944.
    Seney, Private John, US paratrooper, northern Europe.
    Shawcross, Hartley Lord (1902–2003), Labour MP, Chief British Prosecutor at Nuremberg, Chief British Delegate to the UN and Attorney-General, ennobled 1959.
    Shearer, Guardsman, Scots Guards, Glasgow pub-group interview.
    Sherrod, Robert, American war correspondent who reported on the battles for Tarawa and Iwo Jima.
    Sherwood, Lieutenant Robert, commanded anti-submarine corvette HMS Bluebell and frigate HMS Tay.
    Shinwell, Emanuel 'Manny' Lord (1884–1986), left-wing British trade unionist and Labour politician, refused to serve in the wartime government, held several post-war ministerial posts, ennobled 1970.
    Shkavravski, Dr Faust, Soviet pathologist who performed the autopsy on Hitler's body.
    Shoup, General David (1904–83), Commanding Officer of 2nd Marine Regiment at Tarawa, where he won the Medal of Honor, later Commandant of the Marine Corps.
    Sijes, B J, member of the Dutch Resistance.
    Silberstein, Yaacov, Jewish teenager at Buchenwald and Auschwitz.
    Sink, Colonel James, US 29th Division, Omaha Beach, Normandy.
    Slattery, Marine George, marine at Iwo Jima.
    Slot, Dr Bruins, member of the Dutch–Christian Resistance.
    Smith, Seaman George, flight-deck crewman on USS White Plains, Battle of Leyte Gulf.
    Smyth, Brigadier Sir John (1893–1983), Indian Army, won the VC in France 1915, the MC in Waziristan 1919, and commanded 17th Indian Division in Burma 1941–42. Relieved of his command after the Sittang battle, baronet 1955.
    Solarczyk, Stefan, Polish resident in the town of Auschwitz.
    Spears, Major General Sir Edward (1886–1974), distinguished First World War career as a liaison officer with the French (his book Liaison 1914 is important and atmospheric), Conservative MP and Winston Churchill's representative in France in 1940 and later with General Charles de Gaulle, baronet 1953.
    Speer, Albert (1905–81), Hitler's chief architect, coming to his attention through the 1932 design for a Nazi Party headquarters in Berlin; Minister of Armaments 1942–5. When tried at Nuremberg was the only defendant to admit complicity in Nazi crimes and to express contrition, imprisoned 1946–66.
    Stagg, Group Captain James (1900–75), Chief Meteorological Officer to General Eisenhower, gave crucial advice prior to D-Day.
    Stearn, Marine Jack, marine at Iwo Jima.
    Stewart, Brigadier General James M 'Jimmy' (1908–97), pre- and post-war Hollywood star who volunteered for the Air Force and flew twenty combat missions in B-24s, rising to the rank of colonel and Chief of Staff of the Second Bombardment Wing of the Eighth Air Force. Became a post-war USAF reserve brigadier general.
    Stone, Captain Rodney, Merchant Navy, skipper of SS Gharinda sunk 5 May 1943.
    Strong, Major General Sir Kenneth (1900–82), Chief Intelligence Officer to General Eisenhower. His 1969 book Intelligence at the Top characteristically made no mention of Ultra, the breaking of German cyphers that was the most significant Allied intelligence success of the war, which remained Top Secret until 1974.
    Sugita, General Ichii, Japanese Army, present at fall of Singapore.
    Suzuki, General Teichi (1899–1999), Japanese Army Minister condemned to life imprisonment for war crimes 1948, released and pardoned 1955.
    Sweeney, Brigadier General Charles (1919–2004), pilot of the instrumentation-support aircraft for the atom bombing of Hiroshima and of the aircraft that dropped the bomb on Nagasaki.
    Tanimoto, Reverend Kiyoshi, Christian Hiroshima resident.
    Thomas, Emily, Plymouth