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Flt.Sgt. Arthur Louis Aaron VC, DFM.. Royal Air Force 218 Squadron from Leeds (d.13th August 1943)
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Jack Aaron . British Army Durham Light Infantry My father, Jack Aaron, was a POW in Poland
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Cpl. Adolf Aartsma . Dutch Army from Holland POW in Fukuoka 17 in Japan
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Pte. Fred A. Abbondandolo Bronze Star. United States Army K Coy. 71st Infantry Regiment from Brooklyn, New York  My father, Fred Abbondandolo arrived with the 71st Infantry Division in Cherbourg, France on 15th of September 1944 and fought in the Battle of the Bulge. He was captured on New Year's Day 1945. He spent the first three or four months of 1945 at Stalag IV B. He and at least one other US soldier left the camp together with several British soldiers in advance of the camp's liberation. Although I don't know the exact date, I believe it was sometime during April 1945.
Many others stayed behind because they feared that they'd be shot if they left the camp. The Germans were no longer visible and there was little or no food for the prisoners. Conditions at Stalag IV B had been brutal and food was scant even early in his internment. There were not enough beds for every prisoner and my father slept on a wooden bench of some sort. He said he preferred it to being eaten alive by bedbugs in the straw provided for bedding.
He told how they used to harvest sugar beets for the Germans. Sugar beets were not part of the diet of the prisoners. At one point he and fellow prisoners devised a way to hide sugar beets in their trousers, but the Germans caught them and they were not able to enjoy their stolen harvest. My father spoke often of the bravery of the British prisoners of war at Stalag IVB. They were forever planning ways to escape and he admired their "can do" attitude and resolve to escape. He also found that they managed to keep spirits up by hosting plays and musical events for fellow prisoners.
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Sk1C Samuel Woodrow Abbot . United States Navy from California POW Camp Fukuoka 17 in Japan
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S/Condr Shirley Jack Abbot . British Army from England POW Camp Fukuoka 17 in Japan
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Warren Abbot . United States Army 3rd Army from Bangor, Maine Warren Abbot of Bangor, Maine spent some time in England. I am trying to identify which American forces were based in Manchester, England, especially encamped in Middlewood Worsley area. We think they have been the 3rd Army and ended up in Bastogne.
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Abbott . RAF Military Police A flying bomb which dropped out of the sky on June 19th 1944, at approx' 9.30pm. I was 14 at the time and used to sit on our coping with an old pair of opera glasses and a steel helmet, watching all the doodlebugs flying over. I watched this particular one passing right over where I was sitting and suddenly the motor stopped I raced indoors shouting to my Mum and Dad (on leave RAF police) to duck as I slammed the front door. The bomb hit the area behind a row of shops and a surface shelter, I was rather cut up by glass from the front door and smashed my right arm. Unfortunately my friend Roy Reid next door lost his Mum and baby brother, I believe there were 17 or more killed, my parents received some injuries from glass, etc. This all took place between 86 Gaskarth Road sw12 and Hazlebourne Road and the surrounding area of London. The first on the scene were The Salvation Army and the Boy Scouts.
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Chief Engineer Alfred James "Chiefy" Abbott . Royal Navy HMS Penelope from Manchester My Dad, Alfred Abbott was in the Royal Navy, he was a chief engineer, at some point served on HMS Penelope, but we have no records. He was born in warwickshire lived in the midlands, then manchester and spent time at the and of the war in Pwephelli in North Wales. Anybody knowing of him please contact.
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FO D, Abbott . Royal Canadian Air Force from Canada I'm trying to find anyone who has contacts with the 625 Squadron, Canadian Air Force, or a pilot named D. Abbott. We have found his training manual and his pilot's log book and would like to find out more about him. These are the details which we have so far:
Name: D. Abbott
Service No. 1804293, RCAF.
Joined 1943.
Started learning to fly around 24th August 1942 in a Cornell.
First based in Regina, Saskatchewan.
Finished at Regina on 14th October 1943.
Commenced training on 19th October 1943 at Claresholm, Alta.
Finished training 10th March 1944.
He was part of Course 92, No. 2. Sqd. He achieved a pass result of 69.2% on type Lancaster I and III on 29th November 1944.
He started his campaign on 3rd February 1945.
The sqd was disbanded on 2nd October 1945.
If anyone has any more information please contact me.
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Edgar Abbott . Civil Defence Air Raid Warden from Beverley, Yorkshire Edgar Abbott was born on 3rd August 1891, had been a ship's carpenter and lived at 168 Grovehill Road, Beverley between 1948-1973, possibly longer.
In 1908, he enlisted in the British Army and was discharged on demobilisation on 6th February. 1919. At this time, he was in the 5th Cyclist Battalion of the East Yorkshire Regiment. His wartime duties were East Coast coastal watch but he later fought in France.
In 1943, during the Second World War, Edgar was a Civil Defence Warden for the Borough of Beverley. His son, Edgar Thomas Abbott, served in the Royal Air Force in World War 2.
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F Abbott . British Army 48th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment F Abbott served with the 48th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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Sgt. Fred Bosworth Abbott MID. British Army from Shaw, Oldham My grandad, Fred Abbott, served in the 8th Army during the Second World War. He didn't go into too much detail as I was only young but he would tell us about cooking food on the side of the tank, a small dog he had and having to shoot it when going back after leave. He also told us of the guns jamming in the desert.
One thing he did do was to save a fellow soldier and getting shot in doing so,lost half his finger and having shrapnel in his hand. He was mentioned in Dispatches and the London Gazette.
Grandad gave me his beret, water bottle, webbing, gaiters, German medals, a German bayonet, photos,post cards,personal massage from commander L.O.Lyne's soldiers pay book. I've got grandad's medals handed down to me from my dad. I've made a presentation box/case which both my kids have taken to school for show 'n tell. I remember going to the War Memorial in Shaw with him wearing his pin of miniature medals and feeling very proud of my grandad as I still do even though he is no longer with us
When my dad died we buried the miniatures with dad some thing of his own fathers to be with him. Let us all remember.
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Pte. Fred "Ike" Abbott . British Army 1st Btn. Cameron Highlanders from Sheffield My father, Fred Abbott, joined the 1st Battalion, Queens Own Cameron Highlanders as a regular soldier around 1937 and due to family circumstances was given a discharge. He was a forge master and when war broke out was in a reserved occupation but decided to honour his conscription responsibilities and joined the West Yorkshire Regiment.
He went with the BEF to France and was evacuated from Dunkirk. He was sent to Beverly where ironically a decimated 1st Battalion, Queens Own Cameron Highlanders were being reformed and he was reassigned to his old regiment.
In 1942 the Regiment embarked for India. In March 1944 after months of training, the regiment was sent to Kohima. I remember him telling me about the issue of plimsoles so that they could quietly take Hill 5020 near the Naga Village to help in the relief of Kohima.
Most of the stories I remember were told when I was a child and I suppose still fresh in his mind. Later he spoke little of slaughter.
He went on to Mandalay, the Irrawaddy crossing and other theatres. My father was the regimental gymnastics champion and told me that his name was put up on the drill hall wall in Inverness, I don't know if it is still there. He also had a medal for being the Battalions best shot and because of this was given the duty of body guarding Uncle Bill when he visited the front.
A story he told me, which I have also read about, is in-between fighting on Hill 5020, while on guard duty, he observed a Japanese soldier come out of the undergrowth, drop his pants to defecate. I suppose with the horrors of seeing his friends mercilessly butchered and tortured, he couldn't resist beading up on the enemy's buttocks and squeezing the trigger. As mentioned this is documented but with anonymity of the shooter. Throughout his life, and he lived until 83, he could never find it in his heart to forgive the Japanese for their atrocities.
After he returned from Burma, he met my mother and married. He had a full life but suffered many illnesses directly related to the environmental hardships and trauma of this period in his life. He died in South Africa in July 2001.
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Geoffrey Abbott . Army 6th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers My Father, Geoffrey Abbott joined the 6th Battalion Lancashrie Fusiliers, the same battalion his father Gilfred Abbott has served with during the Great War.
We would welcome any information on any known activities during the war.Any information on either my grandfather or my father would would be appreciated. Hoping for a response.
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Sig. Harold "Jock" Abbott . Royal Navy HMS Sirius from Guildford, Surrey (d.17th Oct 1943) Jock Abbott was my grandfather who was killed on HMS Sirius during WW2. I have only recently found out that the story about his death, that my mother, his daughter, told me, was not correct, and I think her mother may have fed it to her, as she was barely 16 at the time of her father's death. If there are any shipmates of his still alive, I would like to hear their memories of him, so I could gain a little more knowledge about my grandfather, whom I never had the chance to meet. He is listed on the Portsmouth War memorial and I believe he was a Signaller.
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Cpl. Jack Abbott . British Army Royal Corps of Signals from Hull My father's name was Jack Abbott. He joined up in 1940, training in Ossett, Huddersfield & Edinburgh before going overseas to North Africa & Italy. I remember him speaking about Alfred Elwood ('Ace') and Ozzy Twiss. According to his service records, he spent some time in hospital in Italy. During his lifetime, he rarely mentioned his experiences except his horrific recall about the starving Italian children who came to the camp. I know he returned to Stensall Camp, England in 1946 from Iserlohn, Germany.
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John Kimble H. Abbott . RAF pilot 407 Sqd. My father served with 407 Squadron, his name is John Kimble H. Abbott and he was a bomber pilot. He has also written a book about the "Demon" squadron. The book is A Gathering of Demons.
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S/Ldr. Maurice Eldon Abbott DFC. Royal Air Force 148 Sqdn. from Natal, South Africa (d.19th January 1942) Wellington W5584 was shot down off Greece whilst on a bombing run to Salamis on 19th January 1942. The crew are commemorated on the Alamein Memorial, they were:
Sgt H.T. McGrath, RCAF
P/O H.R. Merry, RAFVR (served as John Bertram Scard)
S/Ldr M.E. Abbott DFC, RAF
Sgt I.T. James, RAFVR
F/O W.J. Carroll, RAAF
Sgt. J.A. Sellars, RAFVR
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Able Sea Maxwell Abbott . Canadian Royal Navy from Bonavista, Nfld Maxwell Abbott served with the Royal Navy in WW2. He came from Newfoundland.
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RR Abbott . British Army RR Abbott served with the British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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Pte. Tom Swinburne "Bud" Abbott . British Army Airborne Signals 1st Parachute Brigade from Llantrisant, S. Wales Tom Abbott was my dad.
He was 21 when captured in Arnhem and sent to a POW camp in Limburg, Germany. He escaped with a Canadian fellow inmate from a working party repairing the railway marshalling yards after an RAF raid. When recaptured, they were found to have pureed apples and margarine in their pockets that they had found in a railway wagon. Because they had food on them they were accused of looting, and a formal request to execute them was made. The permission to execute was granted, but before the sentence was carried out the camp was bombed on Christmas Eve and Dad survived because they were being held in an underground cell. The Germans demanded that everybody with carpentry knowledge help rebuild the huts. Dad immediately claimed to be a carpenter (he was actually a glassblower), and in the ensuing mayhem he and his Canadian buddy were able to get into the Disciplinary Officer's hut and destroy the order to execute.
Shortly afterwards, they were sent to a POW camp in Bad Orb where he remained until liberated by the Americans. Dad’s overriding memory of Bad Orb was arriving after being marched there from Limburg to hear gunfire coming from the surrounding woodland. On inquiring what was happening, they were told that in order to make room for them the Russians that had previously been prisoners there were being shot because the Germans had no room for them, and Russia had not signed the Geneva Convention.
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Tpr. William Harry Stanley Abbott . British Army Cameron Highlanders from 47 Oakfield Road, Ilford My father Bill Abbott was captured at El Alamein on 30th of September 1942 and initially held prisoner at Campo 70 in Italy before being transferred to a German POW camp, Stalag IV-F.
I can remember the names of several other prisoners and it would be nice to be in contact with others who had relations that were held prisoner and any stories that they would like to share.
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Pte. Hadeja Abdu . West African Frontier Force 4th Btn. Nigeria Regiment (d.30th April 1941) Abdu Hadeja was buried in the Limbe Botanical Gardens Burial Grounds in the Cameroons.
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Naik. Muhammad Abdullah . British Indian Army My father who was in Iraq during World War II in supply regments, told several interesting stories about Iraq people. Once he told that our soldiers were sleeping in tents, some Iraqi came and stole the tent. The soldiers felt some abnormal temperature when the awoke and saw stars in the sky, they were surprised and asked "where is tent?". It had disappeared
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Dvr. Cecil George Abel . British Army Royal Army Service Corps from Bromley, Kent My Dad, Cecil Abel was captured at Saunnu, North Africa on 24th of January 1942, the day before his 27th birthday. He was a POW in Italian hands in Camps 66, 65 and 53 before being transferred to Stalag V111B via Stalag 1VB in 1943. He remained there until he was on The Long March. He arrived back in UK on the 11th of May 1945.
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Able Sea Carmel John Francis Abela . Royal Navy
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Sergeant Abell . RAF 59 Squadron
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John Abercrombie . French Army from Le Havre My father John Abercrombie, matricule 1686, was a prisoner of the war in stalag xx 1d. Unfortunately I do not have much information but would like to know more where is the Stalag xx1d? Please if you have information send an e-mail.
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Cook. "Jock " Aberdeen . Royal Navy HMS Nelson
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