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The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website.
Announcements
- 1st of September 2024 marks 25 years since the launch of the Wartime Memories Project. Thanks to everyone who has supported us over this time.
- The Wartime Memories Project has been running for 25 years. If you would like to support us, a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting and admin or this site will vanish from the web.
- 19th Nov 2024 - Please note we currently have a huge backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than
264989 your information is still in the queue, please do not resubmit, we are working through them as quickly as possible.
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- The free to access section of The Wartime Memories Project website is run by volunteers and funded by donations from our visitors. If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web.
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Want to find out more about your relative's service? Want to know what life was like during the War? Our
Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. |
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Wanted: Digital copies of Group photographs, Scrapbooks, Autograph books, photo albums, newspaper clippings, letters, postcards and ephemera relating to WW2. We would like to obtain digital copies of any documents or photographs relating to WW2 you may have at home. If you have any unwanted
photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them.
The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Please get in touch for the postal address, do not sent them to our PO Box as packages are not accepted.
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Did you know? We also have a section on The Great War. and a
Timecapsule to preserve stories from other conflicts for future generations.
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Want to know more about 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment? There are:1341 items tagged 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment available in our Library
These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Second World War. |
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Pte. John Richard Brooks 7th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment Jack Brooks enlisted at Dorchester (why Dorchester?) on the 15th of November 1939, and was assigned to Dorset Regiment. His Address was 124 Perth Rd, Wood Green and his previous occupation a Plumber's Improver.
Until to 19th of April 1940 he was on Home service with T.C.
then transferred to 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment and assigned to British Expeditionary Force.
On the 22nd of April he travelled to France.
Jack was Recorded as Missing during the German advance towards Dunkirk on the 20th of May and confirmed as being a Prisoner of War.
Like many others captured around Dunkirk, he was probably marched (at least across Belgium and possibly all the way) to POW Camp Stalag XX-A.
On the 18th of September his family were informed to be held at POW camp Stalag XX-A at Torun, Poland. On the 1st of November they were informed to have been transferred to POW camp Stalag XX-B at Malbork, Poland and assigned POW No 10251.
09/05/1945 - He arrived back in UK on the 9th of May and after leave was assigned to 3rd Infantry Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. On the 7th of July he was transferred to Y List and on 30th of August to
No 8 CRU. He was on leave 28th of September to 22nd of November and was finally discharged on the 21st of January 1946 as permanently unfit for any form of military service). Still a private. Character, Exemplary.
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Lt. David Michael Charles Burrough 7th Btn. Royal Sussex Regiment David Michael Charles Burrough enlisted on the 1st September 1939 and was commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant on the 1st October 1939 into the Royal Sussex Regiment.
He was promoted to Lieutenant on the 1st April 1941. He was captured in May 1940 while serving with the 7th Battalion Royal Sussex and interned as Prisoner number 2602 until 1945. (follow external link above for action on 5th May 1940 involving 7th Btn RSR - there were only 70 survivors)
After the war he transferred to the Royal Army Pay Corps and retired as Staff Paymaster Welsh Territorial Division in the rank of Lt. Col in Feb 1967.
Mike was born 10th August 1915 one of three sons of Rev John Burrough and Grace Winifred Norris. He married Eileen Lawley Dayrell and they had two sons. He died on the 15th Jan 1997 at Uckfield District Sussex.
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