The Wartime Memories Project

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Name:carmen barrett-elbro
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Visited:Saturday, August 18, 2007 at 11:51:29
Comments: I wos born D Day year, But a cousin of mine was in the RAF and drove ambulances, I wonder if anyone had known her Kathaleen Barrett. she was stationed with a famous squadron. I enjoyed reading your memories. how intereting, and I think that at the time, although it was scarey, you must have all enjoyed yourselves in a strange sort of way. how brave you all were. I often wonder if i would have been so brave.but i am glad you all were, cause me and others like me, wouldnt be here now. I think you all deserve medals. and if you havent got any. you should.... Thankyou for sharing your experiences.

Name:H Callan
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Visited:Tuesday, August 14, 2007 at 14:53:13
Comments: i was a member of HMS Victorious 1941 45 I watch tely and see all thay did but no BRITISH navy I have a book written by one of my shipmates.

Name:Ian Black
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Visited: Friday, August 10, 2007 at 11:05:48
Comments: What a lovely piece of history to read P/O Peter Robinson's all too brief life story as told by his sister Jean Porter. We owe all of these young men and women a huge debt of gratitude, and websites like this one will surely keep the memory of their sacrifice alive. God bless them one and all.

Name:Peter FOY
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Visited:Friday, August 10, 2007 at 04:36:43
Comments: This site is marvelous.It is a wonderful tribute to all the Men and Women who served during WW II and a moving sign of remeberance to those who their lives so that we who live today can live in some peace.

Name:Paulette Dickey
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Visited: Sunday, July 15, 2007 at 13:47:10
Comments: My grandfather was wounded in Tunisia and sent to Stalag III B, where he spent 4 months. He was the to Stalag VII A, where he spent 26 more months, as a POW, and was there until Mooseburg was liberated. He just past a couple years ago, his name was CARL DEWEY DAVIS, from Sprague, West Virginia, USA. I wish he would have gotten to see this site. WE OWE HIM AND ALL OTHER WWII SERVICE MEN AND POW'S A GREAT DEBT. WE ARE LOOSING THEM ALL TO FAST.

Name:Lynne Battersby
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Visited:Saturday, July 14, 2007 at 19:19:07
Comments: Thankyou for a wonderful site, my great uncle,Robert Edward Eratt, was the navigator on a Lancaster that was hit in December 1944 and he was killed, he was 21. This site helps to make him a little more real to me.

Name:Anita Hueck
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Visited:Monday, July 9, 2007 at 18:35:35
Comments: I'm currently searching for my grandfather & great uncle who served in the 5 Leicestershire Regiment and the 8th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers

Name: Bernard Archer
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Visited:Monday, July 9, 2007 at 12:33:09
Comments: l Served in the British Army (Infantry).l signed up in 1977,did my training in Folkstone Kent.l served in numerous places around the world.l enjoy researching through the internet,trying to solve other peoples problems regarding the past.

Name:Brian Lesslie
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Visited:Thursday, July 5, 2007 at 21:06:41
Comments: My father was in the AFS and also the NFS during the war. He mainly served in Edinburgh I think Leith. He was sent to London during the blitz and as far as I know was hospitalized for a short time while he was there. I have had no luck finding his service records but I believe the old Lauriston road fire station in Edinburgh has a small collection.

Name:hugh kerr mc cann
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Visited:Saturday, June 30, 2007 at 16:56:19
Comments: found this site very intersting and learned a lot from it .my children will certainly be using it for school work and getting a better understanding of what it must have been like to live through the war.

Name:Janet Norman
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Visited:Monday, June 25, 2007 at 12:09:23
Comments: Came across your website as I was looking for material about Lincolnshire during WW1. I am impressed with the content and the manner of presentation. You are to be congratulated. I am a writer doing a series about Lincolnshire so am on the look out for anything that can be linked together to give a picture of how we coped under such dreadful conditions. Keep up the good work.

Name: Abigail Spilg
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Visited:Sunday, June 24, 2007 at 20:02:54
Comments: A real help as that i am working towards a history test at the moment. Although there was not very much information on the reasons why the allies and the axis forces were against each other, Yours sincerely, Abi

Name: Bryan Bee
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Visited:Sunday, June 17, 2007 at 16:57:13
Comments: Hiya, I was part of Binbrook senior aircraftsmen airframe mechanics working on the Canbera bombers approx 1957-1959. Any one out there part of this squadron,remember the name and can share some memories.........please get in touch.

Name:Denise
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Visited: Sunday, June 3, 2007 at 08:39:21
Comments: This is a wonderful site! Thank you for all the stories. I am an American and lived with my family, in SE London (2000-2005). No one I knew was an evacuee but my son (in year 6) had a chance to be in a play, "It"ll All Come Out In The Wash" at the Greenwich Theater. In seeing the play, it opened my eyes to a part of history and peoples lives that I had not known. I am grateful for the information as I love to research WWII England. Thanks again for all your stories. They are eye openers. Denise, formerly of Plumstead

Name:Shaun O'Brien
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Visited:Sunday, June 3, 2007 at 03:53:41
Comments: My grandad was in Palestine 1946 Royal Signals can anyone remember him cpl Dennis Wallace

Name:Jan de Vries
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Visited:Tuesday, May 15, 2007 at 21:06:55
Comments: Very interesting site. I love history, and a site like this always helps to get a deeper insight.

Name:ellen smith
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Visited:Monday, May 14, 2007 at 18:11:55
Comments: i did not live threw world war two, but my grandad did called david lewis, he was a child and he had his own identy card , how cool!

Name:samantha baker
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Visited: Sunday, May 13, 2007 at 08:45:41
Comments: what a inspiring, lovely, touching site.

Name:Carole Wass
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Visited:Saturday, May 12, 2007 at 18:18:37
Comments: My Father was a POW in Stalag9c My molther was a land army girl in Oxfordshire. These stories must keep the history alive before it disappears.

Name: Wilburn Livengood
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Visited:Tuesday, March 20, 2007 at 03:22:42
Comments: My brother served in WWll as a Navigator at Rougham Field. Since I turned 17 in June 1945 I missed serving in the war. Upon graduating in 1946 I joined the USAAF and served in Germany in the army of occupation for 13 months.

Name: Len Slade
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Visited:Friday, March 16, 2007 at 19:32:38
Comments: I was a kid in WW2 living South East of London. We had a Balloon site just down the road. Many years later I served with The Balloon Unit at Cardington from 1952 - 1960. I was on the Cyprus detachment in 1956. I now live in Florida. Great site.

Name: alicia boccello smith
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Visited: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 at 08:48:58
Comments: my grandfather was a pow of stalag 2b he never talked about it but since his death i have researched about his time as a pow i would like to find out more if anyone can e-mail me with information about him i would appreciate it he was like a dad to me and i miss him i never relized what he went through i owe him so much

Name:alf werner
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Visited: Monday, March 12, 2007 at 12:24:37
Comments: MY fATHER JOHN FREDERICK WERNER WAS A bOMBADIER SHOT DOWN IN NOV 22ND ON SHERRIES CHERRIES, HE SURVIVED BUT PRIOR TO THIS MISSION WROTE OUT HIS LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF WHICH I STILL HAVE ALSO ORIGINAL FLIGHT RECORD AND A LOT MORE PAPERS FROM THE BASE, HE CLAAED THIS CREW A DEATH CREW AS THEY HAD LOST MEN ON PREVIOUS MISSIONS. I AM ANXIOUS TO FIND OUT WHAT OTHER PLANES HE WAS ON, I THOUGHT HE WAS ON GENERAL IKE ,ANYONE HELP.

Name:Robert Wallace
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Visited:Saturday, March 10, 2007 at 20:25:11
Comments: Henry K.Watson,pfc from pittsburgh pa.captured at the" bulge"in december of 1944,interred at stalag 4-B until liberated by allied forces in april or may 1945 I heard many stories from my late father-in-law,but always with the deepest repect and admiration for his fellow p.o.w.'s,especially those who did not survive. I am grateful to all who sacrificed so much.

Name:john farmer
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Visited:Wednesday, March 7, 2007 at 00:34:42
Comments: words can not express my grattitude to you folks, many thanks.

Name:Jan Wilde
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Visited:Saturday, March 3, 2007 at 20:00:21
Comments: Dad was a prisoner of war during the second world war, attached to Stalag 8A, but sent to work in a stone quarry for 3 years until the end of the war, in Hoehenelbe (now Vrchlabi). He was in the Hampshire regiment and died aged 87 in 2004.

Name:Bernadette Mahoney
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Visited:Thursday, March 1, 2007 at 18:19:03
Comments: What a fantastic site. Got a bit sidetracked reading messages, some are quite emotive and I have been moved from tears to laughter. I find I am learning through these postings. My interest is in family history research but other peoples lives are so distracting,interesting, and informative. Will revisit time and again.

Name: Derek
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Visited:Thursday, March 1, 2007 at 09:04:18
Comments: Let us never forget our friends and allies who fought so bravely.

Name:Matthew Townson
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Visited:Tuesday, February 27, 2007 at 17:12:41
Comments: Friend of a war veteran who served on HMS Starwort, one Ernest Whiteley.

Name:terry
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Visited: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 at 00:26:11
Comments: without imposing on the suffering of those who lived and gave there lives in the two world wars.relatives included lets not forget the men & woman out in iraq &a fganistan at this moment giving there all..and all pray for there safe return..as recently as 1971 i was in a war zone india/pakistan witnessed the destruction and sad loss of life of a number of merchant seaman aboard the m.v harmatten lest we forget them all regards terry {scouse}.

Name:Madeleine J. Whitfield
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Visited:Sunday, February 25, 2007 at 04:14:17
Comments: My father, Herbert Whitfield, was in the Cameronians (SR) and did training in Wales and, I think, served as a gunner there. Later he went to India and Burma.

Name:Andrew Hamilton McMorrin (Snr)
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Visited:Friday, February 23, 2007 at 17:43:57
Comments: My late uncle, who served with the Royal Artillery, left behind some documents and photographs, some of which have already gone to The Royal Artillery Museum in Woolwich. He was a truely wonderful man, and spoke little about his experiences! His name was James Garland McMorrin, rank P/A/L/Sgt Army No. 921119. Born and died in Dumfries. His "Soldiers Release Book" showed him as having served with the 76th(H) Field Regiment, although photographs show him clearly in the 79th 314 Battery "B" Troop.

Name: Skip Phillips
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Visited:Monday, February 19, 2007 at 23:44:16
Comments: Saw Pandora in Malta 1951 whilst serving as a boy seaman on board H.M.Destroyer Gravelines I served in boats 1953 to 1975, retired as C.P.O. UC1.

Name:G. Douglas Goddard
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Visited:Monday, February 19, 2007 at 21:17:25
Comments: Mid-upper gunner , 428 sqd. 5 trips before May 1945 . Met the ME 262s over Hamburg on our first trip and had a shell go through the wing between the aircraft and the starboard inner engine on another trip , limped home on three. discharged sep 45 while still only 19 years old . Just found your site and will be showing my great grandchildren . Thanks Doug Goddard, Canada

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Email:Lawrie Burke
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Comments: This is a tremendous site - reading the testimonials, I recognise the humility of the men who fought in the greatest battle, not wishing to put themselves forward as anything other than ordinary men. I have compiled stories and memories over the years and would like to continue to do so, with the main thoughts that future generation must never forget the ultimate sacrifice that was put at risk and on many occasions simply taken - I appreciate your memories and thoughts

Name:julian
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Visited:Thursday, February 15, 2007 at 16:51:07
Comments: i live near to to bicester air field it would be a same if diverlipers tourn it in to a houseind divermenpt i am a member of the world war 2 socity we do remaknts and some times recatment batttels

Name:Jim Wright
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Visited:Wednesday, February 14, 2007 at 11:56:18
Comments: Found site and explored. Great. Was an Evacuee and now research for the Evacuees Reunion Association. Was evacuated South Wales and now live Northamptonshire. Great site and well put together

Name:RICHARD G. LEMAY
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Visited:Monday, February 12, 2007 at 17:48:53
Comments: My dad was Ray Lemay who served in the 96th-338th squadron @snetterton .Served as waist gunner on "Skyraider".

Name: mick woodward
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Visited:Sunday, February 11, 2007 at 16:38:00
Comments: 1940-1942 N Africa Desert Rats 3rd field regular Army signal section 1942 Anti Tank Regiment Signals 1942 Burma Black Cat 29 field regiment signal section 1945 Kamptee - Nagpoor 1945-1948 Salisbury 1948 1950 Aldershot 1950-1952 Egypt Isshmchlier moasca 1952 -1956 Rippon Germany 1556-1958 Darlington 1958-1959 Does anyone know this name from any of these dates and signal sections

Name: Ron Patterson
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Visited: Wednesday, February 7, 2007 at 19:59:45
Comments: I was just surfing around and found this site. I am very impressed and have read some of the recollections by the servicemen and family's of those young men and women who did not survive WW2 Lest we ever forget, this is a terrific web site and a blessing to those who contribute info and to those who manage it, Absolutely fabulous.

Name:Ken Peberdy
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Visited:Sunday, February 4, 2007 at 07:40:31
Comments: Very interesting website. I thoroughly enjoyed it - many memories came flooding back regarding airfields and aircraft in that area. Although I wasn't quite old enough for the RAF, I did volunteer at 16 and half for aircrew in 1943, but my father wouldn't let me go. I actually flew (whilst in the ATC) with the 'dambusters' I eventually joined the FAA (for 22 years) Congrats on a fine site!

Name:Shirley Bemiss Thompson
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Visited:Friday, February 2, 2007 at 05:52:37
Comments: My dad, Lee Bemiss, was a prisoner during WWII at Stalag IXB at Bad Orb, Germany. He was thirty five when he enlisted in the 106th Infantry Division. Captured in the Battle of the Bulge on Dec. 19, 1944, he nearly died, and when liberated on April 1, 1945, he had to be carried out of the prison on a stretcher. He had left a wife and three small children at home to go and defend our country and I will always remember the day when he stepped off the train and returned to us. I was nine years old. When Dad was going to leave for the service, I had given him a quarter and a snapshot of us kids, which he was able to hide from the Germans. When he came home, he had the quarter which he had worn so smooth, it was not recognizable, and the picture which was so crumpled you could hardly see what it was. They had been his treasures. We had my dad with us until 1979 when he died of cancer. I have been able to find some of the other soldiers who were there with him, and they have shared their stories. This has been a great site to read through, and to everyone involved, I would like to say thank you.

Name:Keith Renicor
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Visited:Tuesday, January 30, 2007 at 18:46:36
Comments: Fantastic Website,have bbok marked it! Has helped me Research my Maternal GrandFathers Army service in WWI(Pvt Thomas Harold Bentley,West Yorkshire Regt,KOYLI,Labour Corps,RF Who Served on The Western Front) Also My Great Uncle Pvt George Eaddie RAMC(Who Served in Egypt,Sulva Bay,Dardernelles & The Western Front) God Bless you Both.

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Email:rachelobrien10@hotmail.com
Visited:Tuesday, January 30, 2007 at 18:39:46
Comments: i am desperately trying to find my great grandfather. he worked in an ammunition factory called ransomes in ipswich in 1942 and had a relationship with my great grandmother, her name is phyllis carpenter. thank you

Name:paul vaughan hardy
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Visited: Sunday, January 28, 2007 at 15:44:37
Comments: thank you this site has helpt in my resertch into the history of my grandfarthers millatary history. again thank you for that help

Name:Wim Clerx
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Visited:Thursday, January 18, 2007 at 05:04:52
Comments: D.O.B. Febr.20 1923 Nijmegen The Netherlands. 9143/1944 hiding from Gestapo 1944 assisted american paratroopers of 82nd airborne div. 1944 Battle of Arbnhem. Pulled back with 82nd to Brussels Belgium. 1944 enlisted in The Royal Dutch Navy. Signed up until 6 months after the war with Japan would end. I was part of the U.S. Navy Group Holland Flew over to London and put on a waiting ship, where I experienced a V2. Later after Navy training I was sent to an American Navy camp on the peninsula Roseneath Scotland in 1945 as an officer of administration to register and guide the Dutch "war volunteers" who had signed up for the Dutch marines. After Japan capitulated several university students asked to be released from their enlisted time to continue their studies, which was granted. I started my studies at the Agricultural University in Wageningen. In 1957, because I had suffered during the war and my elderly home was bombed,I was eligible for a special refugee reief act and emigrated to the U.S.A. where I worked and taught at two universities. Have been retired since 1989. Suffer now from Multiple Myeloma since June 2002. Happened to see your site and appreciate you for providing an outlet for the memories of us who served in WWII before we retire from this earth for good.

Name: George L Fennell
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Visited: Monday, January 22, 2007 at 23:29:51
Comments: My Uncle was with the 613th at Deenethorpe. He was with the 401st BG from 1942 in Washington State thru the end of WWII. His name is William C Fennell. He's 91 and still going strong.

Name:D A Robinson
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Visited:Saturday, January 20, 2007 at 18:09:51
Comments: A very good information web site, I served with the Army in Burma, I logged on to this site to try to get any information of soldiers of my own Regiment or any of the NOK who may have made enquires

Name:geoff roberts
Email:Tuesday, January 16, 2007 at 13:24:28
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Comments: I love to go to this site and read the tributes to our fallen heroes. they gave everything for us please never forget them

Name: Bonnie Thomas
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Visited: Saturday, January 13, 2007 at 18:28:56
Comments: My father Charles Adams of the 106th Infantry Division was a POW in Stalag 12A from December 1944 until 6am Easter morning 1945 when they were liberated by an American tank unit.

Name: Earl B. Brown
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Visited:Friday, January 12, 2007 at 20:24:32
Comments: I visited the memorial in Liverpool in 2006 and the first plaque I looked at had the name Brown E.B. I am Earl Brown the third and I was wondering if this may have been a relative.

Name:Peter S Dann
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Visited:Friday, January 12, 2007 at 06:55:54
Comments: Son of Lawrence Dann POW Fukuoka #17

Name:cathy
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Visited: Thursday, January 11, 2007 at 19:56:17
Comments: My Grand dad died 16th Sept 1956...I have a copy of a letter to the War Pensioners' Welfare Services in Dublin [where he was living]. It says that he [John McCarthy] served in the Highland Light Infantry [no: 64251] and was discharged 21st March 1919. I have tried to access his medal record from Kew but the site was playing-up, it seems he was in the Munster Fuseliers before the HLI. I know he receaved medals for Mons, Somme & Arras and was wounded twice.

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Visited: KIM GRAVETT
Comments: i have just found this site and enjoyed reading through it over the weekend i will dig out my great grandfathes details he was in the royal engineers stationed in persia ww2 great grand father who was killed on the somme ww1 and submit them with some photos keep up the good work

Name:MALCOLM PITNEY
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Visited:Saturday, January 6, 2007 at 14:30:04
Comments: I SPENT TIME AT THE AIRFIELD IN THE 50,s as ATC CADET, and had so many good times with the USAF, and RAF,I would like to say a big THANK YOU. To all for happyness in the past ,I had with my pals. From an old 64, year old that spent time AT HEATHROW , BRIZE NORTON , AND DHAHRAN SA.so this was down to you lot....

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Email:brycebrown@hotmail.co.uk
Visited: Friday, January 5, 2007 at 01:50:57
Comments: researching RAF Coningsby my father stationed there during ww2 a mechanic on the Lancs. A useful site I shall be back.

Name:ernest l tench
Email:Wednesday, December 27, 2006 at 16:46:30
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Comments: co f, 41st armored infantry, 2nd armored division

Name: William Kay
Email:steve@skay.karoo.co.uk
Visited: Monday, December 25, 2006 at 20:14:06
Comments: I served in the Kings Dragoon Guards in the middle east 1938 - 47. I was awarded the DCM in Italy. I am currently 86 years old and living in Hull, East Yorkshire. Would love to hear from anyone serving in C squadron, KDG's during that period.

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Email:richard_peatfield@hotmail.com
Visited:Friday, December 22, 2006 at 23:24:40
Comments: a good website was looking for information on seargent w.shaw 77 sqaudron w/o r/g died eindhovern holland 1943 age 21 he was my uncle some time ago my aunts donated is uniform and other bits to the museum. i found reading about 77 squadron on your web site as my mum and sisters did not tell me to much about it but we have been to see is grave in holland and the location were the plain came down it would be nice if you could list r.a.f personel on your web site,and the crew members they served with many many thanks

Name: Norman Hagen
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Visited:Friday, December 22, 2006 at 19:48:41
Comments: A fascinating site. My father was based at RAF Feltwell from 1939 - 1943. I am in the process of researching his war service at present.

Name:Scottie Garland
Email:scottiegarland@hotmail.com
Visited: Friday, December 22, 2006 at 06:02:55
Comments: I am only signing this guest book in hopes that NICOLA HUDSON may see this and contact me. She was looking for information on RWG, whom happens to be my grandfather. If you see this NICOLA, please contact me. scottiegarland@hotmail.com thank you Much respect to those who put together this site.

Name:Nadine
Email:Neddershredder@hotmail.com
Visited:Tuesday, December 19, 2006 at 16:25:38
Comments: Im looking for anything on my grandfather Patrick Pattenaude he was in casinno italy ...thats all i know if u knew him please email me ...

Name:William John Jenkins
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Visited:Saturday, December 16, 2006 at 02:28:04
Comments: William John Jenkins was in the RAMC and was captured in north Africa. He was taken to Sulmona in italy and then was taken to Germany. He told of the the reaction of the local German populace of the RAF's carpet bombing. The prisoners were in fear of their lives as the populace wanted to to kill them all. It was only the intervention of the German soldier guards that prevented a massacre. Does anyone else know of this?

Name:Allen Breymaier
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Visited:Thursday, December 14, 2006 at 14:54:49
Comments: Nephew of Allen R. Miller, B25 Pilot, Italy campaigne

Name:Don Freeman
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Visited:Monday, December 4, 2006 at 22:36:19
Comments: I have recently been able to access this project. I was a POW in Poland (StalagXXA) from 1940-45. and I was very impressed with the information on the POW site having found the working party that I was on Oberwalden(Obkas) amongst revived the list on the site.I have also revived alot of memories on my frquent visits to the site.I am very appreciative of the work that is being done by your volunteers.

Name:Richard Lopez
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Visited:Friday, December 1, 2006 at 08:48:09
Comments: Educational, great site.

Name: Barry Pullen MBE
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Visited:Tuesday, November 28, 2006 at 19:08:32
Comments: My uncle, Sgt Aubrey "Tommy" Dutch was a prisoner in Oflag 111C, Stalag VIIIB and Stalag 383 from his capture on Crete in 1941 to his liberation in 1945. He played the banjo in many camp concerts and performed after the war at the POW concert held at (I believe) the Prince of Wales theatre in London. He died in 1983.

Name:jodie byrne
Email:olivoyle2@talktalk.net
Visited: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 at 12:23:41
Comments: I'm trying to find information on my grandfather Nicholas frederick byrne he fought in the 2nd world war alongside his older brother michael byrne i do not know his regiment or no. but i know he was a sergeant major and he was based in germany and also was part of the d-day landings if any one can help please email me at oliveoyle2@talktalk.net

Name:John Martin
Email:jmartin07*AT*tiscali.co.uk
Visited:Monday, November 27, 2006 at 13:32:07
Comments: Related to ex Chief Superintendent Greeno of The yard. Would appreciate any memeories if anyone knew or can remember him

Name:Pete Cairns
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Visited:Wednesday, November 22, 2006 at 11:59:27
Comments: My Dad Jack Cairns was a POW in Stalag Luft 3 from February 1944 until liberation. He was a pilot with 466 RAAF squadron flying a Halifax. There's a photo of him and a group of other POW's on the Australian War Memorial site. Dad didn't have too much to say about his experience during the war - he once said to me that "as frightening as it was, he wouldn't have swapped the experience for anything". Sadly he's not with us anymore - passed away 13 January 2002. Great site - I enjoy reading all the information now available on the internet.

Name:mike worthy
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Visited:Monday, November 20, 2006 at 21:51:32
Comments: my Father was in the Northants for the duration of the war; stationed in N. Africa and Sicily. He never spoke much about the experience, but I hope to discover more! My deepest respect and thanks to all who served.

Name:Patrick Walter Cowan Gould
Visited:Friday, November 17, 2006 at 20:01:27

Comments: Son of Chief Petty Officer Alfred Joseph Gould. Admiral Walter Cowan was my Godfather, hence my middle names

Name:barry pinsent
Visited:Sunday, November 12, 2006 at 15:07:08

Comments: history is much better when discovering sites such as this. many thanks. barry.

Name:Brian Needham
Visited:Saturday, November 11, 2006 at 22:03:40

Comments: In memory of my uncle Flight Sergeant Robert Stanley Smith who flew as a flight engineer on Lancaster bombers with 90 sqn from RAF Tuddenham. I know very little about his service history but understand from my family that he flew more than one tour of operations (without a scratch on him!!!) May the bravery and dedication to duty shown by himself and so many like him never be forgotten.

Name: Amanda Lees
Visited:Saturday, November 11, 2006 at 09:42:59

Comments: My grandad THOMAS EDWARD BILLINGTON fought in eygypt.as a child i listend to many of his wartime recolections.they filled me with pride for all the very brave men and women who lived and died during the war.My grandad was in ciro,I know he drove all the troops around and i do have a photo of him on a horse but because i was very young i dont know much about what regiment he served in .Amongst many of his recolections i remember him telling me that he was driveing the men somewhere and his truck was bombed.my grandad and i think he said one other man survived.it must have been so horrific for both my grandad and my nana IVY BILLINGTON who was at home bringing up the children,but through it all they must have been very strong people and they shared a special love for each other as they were married long enough to see their 60th wedding aniversary.they went on to have 6 children and 19 grandchildren and as you can imagine lots of great grandchildren.sadley my grandad passed away earlier this year and my nana passed away in 2000 but they will always hold a special place in my heart. I will always remember them both with love and pride.THANK YOU.

Name: S. Fumerton
Visited:Wednesday, November 8, 2006 at 18:58:25

Comments:I enjoyed this site, and will continue to check in on it from time to time. Thank you for remembering our heroes.

Name:Penny Wilson
Visited:Monday, October 30, 2006 at 12:17:59

Comments:I am looking for items for my father-in-law James (Tug) Wilson who was a PTI on board the Nelson During the war and am delighted to have found this site and will ask him if he wishes to contribute and articles or photos

Name:DOROTHY SEIDENBURGE
Visited:Saturday, October 28, 2006 at 14:30:14

Comments: JUST A YOUNG GIRL THEN MET AND MARRIED AN AMERICAN SOLDIER, HE WAS IN THE ISLANDS ALL AROUND AUSTRALIA CAME DOWN WITH DENGUE FEVER, AND MALAIRIA, AND WAS SENT TO SYDNEY I MET HIM IN BELMORE HE WAS LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO EAT AND I TOOK HIM TO MY MOTHER AND FAMILY AND WE TOOK CARE OF HIM THEN HE WAS SENT TO HERN BAY HOSPITAL TO BE TAKEN CARE OF TILL HE WAS WELL ENOUGH TO GO BACK INTO ACTION THEN HE CAME TO QLD AND HE WIRED ME TO COME TO HIM AND BE MARRIED THEN WE TRAVELED TOGETHER ON THE DAVID C SHANKS TO SAN FRANSICO, WE BUILT OUR OWN HOME IN ORANGE CO' HAVE THREE DAUGHTERS AND HE PASSED AWAY 20 YEARS AGO I LIVE HERE AND HAVE MADE MANY TRIPS TO SYDNEY TO SEE MY FAMILY WAS HAPPY TO RUN ACCROSS YOUR WEB SIGHT REGARDS DOROTHY

Name: john b. kelly
Visited:Saturday, October 28, 2006 at 13:08:10

Comments: Hi folks I have been doing research for the past several years and have visited many of the wonderful sites and read and learned so much about the brave men and women that served to keep our countries free.This is my first visit here but certainly not my last.Thanks for the wonderful site for all to use.

Name: ALAN PETERS
Visited:Wednesday, October 25, 2006 at 19:32:02

Comments:I GOT ALL MY DADS CREW TOGETHER FROM V.VICTOR PILOT,JOHN STRATFORD,FLIGHT ENGINEER,TED PETERS,REAR GUNNER,ALBERT JONES,AIR BOMBER CYRIL COOK,NAVIGATOR,HARRY SMITH,MID UPPER GUNNER,ALF HOLLIDAY,POSSIBLE WIRELESS OP. F/O BUCKLAND.ALL IN 166 SQUADRON AT KIRMINGTON. I HAVE ALL HIS FLIGHT OPERATIONS PAPERS,ALSO A PHOTO OF THE REUNION I HAVE LOTS OF INFORMATION ABOUT WAR TIME ESCAPADES WHAT THEY GOT UP TOO GOING TO THE VILLAGE PUB AND STAYING ON COURSE WHEN THE REST OF THE FLIGHT VEERED OFF ON THE WRONG COURSE FURTHER ON THEY CAME BACK TO V.VICTORS COURSE.ALAN

Name:Zoe Foster
Visited:Wednesday, October 25, 2006 at 18:19:16

Comments:I stumbled across this website whilst researching my family tree and although have yet to find my grandmother reading the stories have made me feel I know just a little bit more. My grandmother was called Norma Winnifred Ludlow and was born in 1927. I have heard tales that she was in the Land Amy and this is how she met my Grandfather who was in the RAF. Sadly she passed away and I never got to ask her about it all.

Name:AMIE
Visited:Tuesday, October 24, 2006 at 11:47:11

Comments:I came across your site by chance,i read on and found it interesting,thank you

Name:charlotte
Visited:Friday, October 20, 2006 at 17:41:04

Comments: It really helped me with my school-work

Name:vivien Orriss nee Jones
Visited:Tuesday, October 17, 2006 at 20:13:01

Comments:My father was a prisoner of war at Stalag XXA from 1940 to 1945

Name:Catherine Mason (Cameron)
Email:
Visited:Wednesday, October 11, 2006 at 13:55:00
Comments: First of all this is a great web site. I came across two pictures of my Dad. His name was John Camron from Mallaig, Scotland. He was captured in Dunkirk. He never spoke about the war but I do remember a couple of his comrades coming to visit him in Fort William when I was young. He is no longer with us, he passed in 1990. I wish he could have seen this site. I have a couple of pictures that I have found so I will scan them and get them on this site, ASAP. Maybe someone will recognise a family member.

Name:Margaret H Timmis (nee Hunter)
Email:
Visited:Tuesday, October 10, 2006 at 07:51:05
Comments: Most interesting web site. Thank you. I believe the history of the wars should not die because too many wonderful, dedicated people did.

Name:Art Probert
Email:
Visited:Saturday, October 7, 2006 at 20:22:35
Comments: Fought in e.t.o. 283rd field artillery bn. as a wire cpl. in c battery.

Name:Joan Vlietman
Email:
Visited:Tuesday, October 3, 2006 at 08:02:11
Comments: My husband an airforce australian pilot did not come back from a sortie He left Scrubby airfield 8 02 1945 our son was born 6 weeks after he went missing. What a waste of all our boys I now live in Austalia. I worked in the payroll of Rolls Royce during the war. I now live in Austalia. Joan Vlietman 83 years old

Name:Carol Darking
Email:herring123ATaolDOTcom
Visited:Sunday, October 1, 2006 at 12:33:03
Comments:
Interest in Canadian Royal Artillery in Sussex/Surrey 1943-1947

Name:Violet Sweetapple
Email:
Visited:Saturday, September 30, 2006 at 12:58:18
Comments:Lived in Southwark, London from 1940 to 1945 of the war. Age about 2. Remember vividly the bombing and underground shelters. Also the underground stations which we used to go down during bombing. We then moved to my grandmother's house. We attended Charles Dickens School Southwark. Your Wartime Memories Site is exceedingly interesting. My father George Edward Phillip Sweetapple served in REME during this time and made his way through France Belgium and Holland to Germany eventually on the Army Tanks repairing them. He was also at Luneberg, helped liberate Belsen camp, and then Nuremberg after the war had ended, and was delayed being demobbed for this reason

Name:Mike Kelly
Email:
Visited:Friday, September 29, 2006 at 05:58:54
Comments: i viewed american cemetery web at cambridge, england and saw some american names with the 338th bg on a monument, and last week i went aboard a b-17 and b-24 at air show in beverly, massachusetts and thought of all the brave young men and women who served in defense of freedom and our way of life in ww2. i thank them all, and will never forget their sacrifices.

Name:Julie Kelly
Email:
Visited:13 Mar 2006
Comments: This is a wonderful site and will look into making a donation. I find anything about the war fascinating and love reading about it and watching any films about it. I had two grandfathers in WW1 and I don't think any of us latter generations should forget what everyone did for us. Julie

Name: Bill Glass
Email:bigdill14@aol.com
Visited: Thursday, March 9, 2006 at 04:49:22
Country: United States
Comments: My Father was pilot Lt. John H. Glass, listed on those who served at Tibenham, If you have any other information about him, I would appreciate it, i.e. his plane, or crew members, I was born 13 years after the war was over so have limited knowledge of him or his war service

Name: Rebecca Pope
Visited:Thursday, March 9, 2006 at 02:06:48
Country: Australia
Comments: Wonderful site. Very helfpul and easy to browse

Name: doug killick
Visited:Monday, March 6, 2006 at 20:32:08
Country: kent, england
Comments: As a youth it was a very exciting time. I vividly remember seeing the evacuation from Dunkirk as the trains passed our station, getting machine gunned whilst walking at Hastings and having the roof blown off our house by a V1.

Name: James L Belobradich Private First Class
Email:Chiquitas@earthlink.net
Visited:Monday, March 6, 2006 at 16:56:46
Country: U.S.A, & England
Comments: He served from 8 Apr.1943 to 27 Oct.1945 With Troop B 420TH Cavalry Reconnaisance Squardon Army. If any other family's know this group please E-mail me.Thank you

Name: SARAH BENNETT
Visited:Monday, March 6, 2006 at 15:17:45
Country: SHROPSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM
Comments: IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY GREAT UNCLE (Sgt) GEORGE WILLIAM BLANKLEY. HALIFAX III BOMBER LISSETT AIRFIELD. XX

Name: Bob Arrowsmith
Email:arras1952@yahoo.com
Visited: Sunday, March 5, 2006 at 09:38:15
Comments: Ellis Arrowsmith 96157 saddly passed away 12 years ago .Anyone with photos or memoires would be nice to exchange

Name: keith
Country: wales
Comments: i think this website is good for children because my daughter was using it for her project on world war 2 and she said it was very helpful!!! many thanks!!!!

Name: Kev Tatum
Visited:Thursday, February 23, 2006 at 23:42:22
Country: U.K.
Comments: I first came across Electra when I read a book about her written by a survivor. I though it a great story and have remembered it for the last 25 years. Nice to see her immortalised like this.

Name: anne marijke riemvis
Email:anne.marijke@chello.nl
Visited: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 at 19:32:22
Country: Indonesia
Comments: I found my fathers name on the list of Fukuoka #17. He died in 1964 in the Netherlands. My mother did not want to speak about the war. She died in 1999. Her name is Dora de Nijs. I don't know anything about their past. I have been to Indonesia in 2002 and found the house my mother have lived in in Yogjakarta after the war. I would like to know more but there's nobody left to ask.

Name: Dennis George Bradshaw
Visited: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 at 20:11:47
Country: UK
Comments: Lance Corporal D G Bradshaw (Brad). I served in the 5th Reg of Royal Corps of Signals during 1942 - 1948, most of time spent as a despatch rider. Most happy to hear from anyone who might remember me! A lovely site - look out for my pictures soon!

Name: joe fukuto
Visited: Monday, February 20, 2006 at 05:06:41
URL: http://www.acesofww2.com
Country: Canada
Comments: Great site! I wish my grandpa's stuff was writen in english. well worth reading for those who read Dutch

Name: Pete Burtenshaw
Visited: Saturday, February 18, 2006 at 19:50:48
Country: Guernsey, Channel Islands
Comments: sites such as this site are so important in bringing ex veterans or families of sadly departed ex veterans together in one commen aim of searching for information and pictures that can hold the last sentimental piece of a jig-saw that's been missing for years.

Name:Reg Gifford J.P.
Visited: Saturday, February 18, 2006 at 00:44:10
Comments: I was sent to Tamworth in 1940 as an evacuee, and was chosen by a Mrs Alice Collins, Victoria Road. Tamworth. I spent two years there. I went to Marmion school. I have reciently made contact with Lillian the daughter of the house. good memories, except for the fact that my father passed away while I was there.

Name: Stephanie Boivin
Visited: Friday, February 17, 2006 at 22:19:46
Comments: Neice of Leslie Boivin, who I never had the honour of meeting.

Name:< Christine Chaseling
Visited: Friday, February 17, 2006 at 03:58:25
Comments: His name was George Henry Smith-Carter he was POW 1944-45 in Stalag X1B Fallingbostel captured at Arnhem 1944 after being wounded twice. He moved to W.A. Australia in 1965 having served in the forces for 23 years in the Middle Eastern Landing Forces he has many Medals which we treasure he is survived by his wife Sylvia son Alfred and daughters Christine and Penelope. We love him dearly and he is missed sorely from our lives.

Name: jackie kendell
Visited: Thursday, February 16, 2006 at 17:03:12
Comments:: my father wilson kendell fought in ww11 at the ripe old age of 17. After the war he moved back home to Bay'd Espoir nfld canada and married my mom mary buffet and had 8 children, i;m the youngest 37. My father died in 1997. He really did't really talk about the war alot but you could see the pain in his eyes. He was a great man and was respected by every that knew him, rest in peace dad i love and miss you..

Name:Charles Andrew Grigsby
Visited: Thursday, February 16, 2006 at 11:15:36
Comments:: I was born in 1952 in Germany as my father was serving in the REME and later in the RASC. He joined as a boy soldier in the Royal West Kent Regiment and finally finished his 42 years in the RASC. I was Germany from birth to the age of three and then wentto Malaya in 1955 to 1958. Garmany was again in 1963 to 1966. We finished up with a trip to Singapore in 1966 to 1968. I went to 12 schools in that time. I have good memories of my earlier years up to my early teens. I am not happy at the way the world is today and frel sorry for all those men that faught and died for our way of life and freedom of speach. Thankyou to you all. Every time i am fortunate enough to visit the places of rest and read the names of the men that died in the Two World Wars i am very much moved to tears. I am a member of the Royal British Legeon. I have many members of my forbears that fought in wars..The American Civil War, the First World War, the Second World War. Vietnam, The Gulf War a! nd others. I thank you for this site and recogise that its visited on a daily basis. Well done its part of our history and should NEVER be forgotten.. Best wishes and regqards to thise that conduct their lives in a Godly manner

Name: Eric Kemshell
Visited:12 Feb 2006
Comments: A fantatstic web site. I am very fortunate to live fairly close and as such enjoy many visits each year to your venus. I am always amazed how much you people do for us and for so little, just as those men did in the last war. I am a semi professional photographer and have taken many photographs for my own satisfaction at your events throughout the years. I would be only too pleased to donate any that may be of use to you.

Name:Bernadette Trela
Email:
Visited:Monday, January 30, 2006 at 11:38:05
Comments: I Bernadette Trela would like to thank this website for the opportunity to submit details of my Fathers Prisoner of war history and and then have it responed to by a distant relative who made me aware of my dads still living relatives in Poland. It has a been through this site that I have made contact with his relatives and been able to establish some of his missing history and I am astonished and so grateful to the integrity of this site for its amazing result in the context of my now deceased fathers life as there are still families who always wondered! We are now finding the answers. Thankyou! Name:STUART MACINNES
Email:
Visited:Sunday, January 29, 2006 at 23:38:14
Comments: EXCELLENT SITE I WILL BE USING THIS A LOT TO FIND INFORMATION THAT WILL HELP TO FURTHER MY KNOWLEDGE OF MY FATHERS EXPLOITS DURING THE WAR.

Name:John Taylor
Email:jonlintaylor@cox-internet.com
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Comments: I am an American writing from Texas. I am seeking family members of two RAF officers who were killed with my uncle on a B-17 crash at Bovingdon, England on 9 December, 1943. I have important information for them about the crash and possibly important personal info about one of the two officers. There names are Jack H. Osborne (43866) and John Leigh-Clare (73973). Please assist me in attempting to locate family members. Thank you,

Name:Chris Dutton
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Comments: I think this is a really worthwhile project and I wish you well. I guess there are many middle-aged men like me whose dads have died and I expect we all wish we had spoken more to them about their experiences while they were alive.

Name:margaret collier
Email:
Visited:Saturday, January 28, 2006 at 12:51:10
Comments: I have had great pleasure from browsing this website. My partner and I do ww11 reenacting as we are so captured by the courage and heroism of that era both military and home front. Please continue the site, it is very interesting.

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Comments: Can anyone help me i am looking for a merchant navy ship i think the name was Sondra travelling mainly to burma and africa if anyone has information please contact me, Kargarsam@aol.com

Name: Amy Boyack
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Comments: My grandad James Boyack was captured in North Africa in 1942 and spent 4 years in a prisoner of war camp. He was treated terribly throughout the war and I would just like to pay tribute to him!!!

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