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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 2nd Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment? There are:1324 items tagged 2nd Battalion, East Lancashire 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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Lt. Peter Maurice Threlfall 2nd Btn. East Lancashire Regiment In 1939 Peter Threlfall joined the Cambridgeshire Regiment.
In 1940 he was selected for officer training and was commissioned as Second Lieutenant in July 1940 and transferred to 2nd Battalion East Lancashire Regiment.
In August 1941 his Battalion moved to Galashiels for further training.
There he met his future wife Elizabeth Aitkin Todd, who was a house matron at St Trinians school under Headmistress C Fraser Lee. The School had moved from Dalkeith.
In December 1941 Peter was promoted to Lieutenant.
He married Elizabeth in Edinburgh in January 1942 and Colonel Festing attended the ceremony.
Shortly afterwards they sailed for Madagascar to capture the island. Then on to South Africa.
The Battalion arrived in India 1943 and joined up with General Slim to be part of the 14th Army fighting in India and Burma.
In September it was was attached to 33ed India corps.
On 15th of November 1945 Peter disembarked Carlisle with the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
On the 16th he was released from the Army.
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CQMS. Ernest Coulson 2nd Btn. East Lancashire Regiment (d.5th Jun 1945) My Father, Ernest Coulson died in India and is buried in the Delhi war cemetery.
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Sgt. Frederick William Day 2nd Btn. East Lancashire Regiment Fred Day served from around 1932 until 1940 in the Far East, Hong Kong, Shanghai and in India. He returned to UK in 1940 and transferred to Small Arms School Corps in 1943. He retired in 1953 after 22 years with the colours.
He passed away in 1976.
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