Spr. Harold Frederick Aplin . British Army 663 Artisan Works Company Royal Engineers (d.17th Jun 1940) Harold Aplin of 663 Artisan Works Company, Royal Engineers lost his life in the sinking of the Lancastria.
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Pte. G. D. Appadoo . British Army Royal Mauritius Regiment (d.20th July 1942) Private Appadoo was buried in the Diego Garcia (Pointe Marianne) Cemetery in the British Indian Ocean Territory.
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Buford "Tex" Appleby . United States Air Force 315th Trooper Carrier Group from USA I am trying to get some details on the activities of the Ninth AAF, 52nd Troop Carrier Wing, 315th Troop Carrier Group, 34th Squadron, particularly for the years 1943-45. I would love hear from anyone who was in this group or who has information about it. My father served with these guys. His name was T/Sgt. Buford "Tex" Appleby. I am also interested in locating another guy in that outfit by the name of Dick Morton. I would also like to locate some photos of the Airfield at Spanhoe.
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Charles Appleby . Royal Air Force Charles Appleby served as Maintenance Crew at Raf Biggin Hill.
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Sgt. Charles William Appleby . Royal Air Force 76 Squadron from Burton-on-Trent (d.13th August 1944) Sgt Appleby was a rear gunner serving on 76 Squadron. He was killed in action by shrapnel from a flak burst during the bombing run up to the target over Russelsheim on 13th of August 1944.
The squadron was one of those tasked with attacking the Opel vehicle works in Russelsheim. His aircraft, a Halifax B MkIII MP-B (LW637) survived the flak burst although the pilot, mid upper gunner, wireless operator and possible the navigator were seriously wounded and completed their attack on the target and returned to the UK, crash landing at the Woodbridge Emergency Aerodrome.
Sgt Charles Appleby was buried was buried in a Commonwealth War Grave in his home town of Burton-on-Trent.
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Pte. Cyril Appleby . British Army 2nd Battalion Royal Warwickshire from Birmingham (d.28th/29th May 1940) Cyril Appleby was a young 20 year old uncle of mine. We never knew what happened to Uncle Cyril, my mother's brother.
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Marine. Henry Appleby . Royal Marines from Portsmouth Harry Appleby was born in Gateshead in 1920. He entered the Royal Marines on 10 January 1938 at Newcastle upon Tyne and was initially posted to Deal.
He joined the Portsmouth Division on 28th of September 1938 and was transferred to Plymouth Division on 23 March 1939. He joined HMS Repulse on 28th of July 1939 and returned to Portsmouth Division on 23rd of August 1939 where he remained on the Home Based Ledger (Alexandria) until 31st December 1940 when he transferred once again to Plymouth Division.
He joined HMS Prince of Wales on 21st of March 1941 and was invalided off (owing to illness) on 27th of May from where he went to Plymouth Division and was discharged physically unfit on 6th of October 1941.
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Joseph Henry Appleby . British Army Royal Engineers
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Sqd/Ldr. William Appleby-Brown DFC.. Royal Air Force Auxiliary 608 Squadron Squadron Leader William Appleby-Brown DFC OBE served with the 608 Squadron at Thornaby-on-Tees from 1938 then with 38 Squadron in Greece and Italy from 1943. William was born in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire. He later became Station Commander 608 Squadron Aux at Thornaby in 1946 when it was reconstituted till 1950. Later he was Chairman of J. Wardman Brown & Co Limited of Middlesbrough till 1972. William was my Dad's first cousin.
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L/Cpl. Colonel Gordon Appleton . British Army East Riding Yeomanry
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S Appleton . British Army Royal Armoured Corps S Appleton served with the Royal Armoured Corps 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: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact 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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C Appleyard . British Army Duke of Wellingtons West Riding Regiment C Appleyard served with the Duke of Wellingtons West Riding 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: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact 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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EE Appleyard . British Army EE Appleyard 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: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact 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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PO. John Albert "Happy" Appleyard . Royal Navy HMS Birmingham from Hartlepool My father John Appleyard used to tell me of the torpeadoing of HMS Birmingham and being towed into Alexandria. On disembarking his brother, who was in the Merchant Navy, was waiting. They had not seen each other in years a good time was had by all. Unfortunately, neither are still with us.
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P/O Donald John Applin . Royal Canadian Air Force 419 Sqd. from Westmount, Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada. (d.13th Jun 1944)
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P/O. Donald John Applin . Royal Canadian Air Force 419 Squadron from Middleton St George (d.13th Jun 1944) Donny Applin was my auntie's fiance from Montreal Canada. All we knew was he was shot down over Cambrai and missing believed dead. My aunt and her brother, my father never knew what happened to him and now they are also dead. I have a locket with a picture of Donny in it and for the last 40 years I have been looking at every monument in hopes of some idea to put a story to the locket My eldest brother was named after him and I needed to find something out.
I have just returned from a holiday to York and was surprised to discover an astronomical clock beautiful as a memorial to British and allied airmen killed during the war given with gratitude by the people of York. There was also a book of remembrance with the names and there he was including squadron number and the rest was easy.
My mistake was to look under Aplin but not Applin. So I found where he was stationed, where he is buried with 4 others of his crew,that he was a wireless operator that 2 escaped and made it back to England.
I just felt so sorry that mine and his family never knew. It was such a huge tragedy to them. My aunt never believed he was dead and that he would come back. She eventually after 10 years married. If any Applin family are looking for Donny I hope they will read this Thank you
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Pte Leslie Apps . British Army 2/7th Battalion Queens Royal Regiment (West Surrey) from Chislehurst, Kent My Grandad Leslie Apps fought in North Africa in the Western Desert (Tunisia) and I know he was injured in action. Trying to find information.
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Cpl. Michael Aptaker . British Army Royal Military Police from London My brother was in the Military Police. He came back to the UK via Dunkirk. After being in the B.E.F. He served 5 years in the Army.
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Raymond "Ach" Aquilina . British Army 182nd Coy Royal Army Service Corps
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CJ Arbery . British Army Royal Berkshire Regiment CJ Arbery served with the Royal Berkshire 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: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact 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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L/Cpl Lionel George Arbon . British Army No. 10 Command Workshops Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers from Bury St. Edmunds Lionel Arbon was in France and Belgium at the beginning of WW2 and was at Dunkirk. After being evacuated he was posted to different workshops in the U.K.
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Herbert Learmount Archbold . British Army Durham Light Infantry from Seghill, Northumberland My Uncle Herbert Archbold served with DLI in WWII. Sadly he died in 1970,when I was a child, and I know little about him. I do know he was in the glass house while serving in Trieste, in Italy, as he lost the mail.
I would love to know more about his military service or hear from anyone who knew him.
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DL Archer . British Army DL Archer 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: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact 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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Frank Archer . British Army Staffordshire Regiment Does anyone have information regarding Frank Archer (possibly Staffordshire Regiment)? We believe he was interned in Stalag 8b for approximately five years in late 1939.
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Frank Archer . Auxiliary Fire Service from 649 Sewall Highway, Coventry (d.10th April 1941) Frank Archer worked at Armstrong Whitworths as a grinder and also in the work's fire department and Auxiliary Fire Service. He was blown apart by a bomb in Sewall Highway on the way to serve with AFS during the blitz on 10th of April 1941
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Tpr. George Victor Archer . British Army 1st Royal Tank Regiment Royal Armoured Corps from Coventry My grandfather George Archer served in WW2 and was captured in North Africa in 1942. Hewas a prisoner of war in Italy PG70, and later in Stalag 4F in Germany. He sadly passed away in 2005, but I was lucky enough for him to tell me stories about his time during the war.
I have a few documents, photos and his medals that I have now displayed in my house, including the original sketch Pow 'Paterson' drew in the camp from memories of them being captured and George digging what he thought was going to be his grave!
George lived in South Australia.
Before his death, he wrote this to one day hope get on the internet:
"Seeking Second World War English POWs from Stalag 4F then to Work Camp ARB KDO No. 23 at Chemnitz in Germany.
This is a photo of myself - Trooper George Archer, 77269, 1st Royal Tank Regiment - Captured prior to El Alemain Campaign 1942
I would like to contact anyone who was in this camp with me.
I have also included a photo of the lads who were with me in ARB KDO 23.
I'd be very pleased to hear from any of the lads in the photo.
Some of the names I remember are Patterson, Angel, Bishop & Freeman
A brief history of my experiences prior to and including my capture.
I would like to contact anyone who was captured in the Middle East in 1942 and was taken to a camp in Italy named PG70, or was later transferred to Stalag 4F in Germany, when the Italian Army capitulated in 1943.
The group photograph was taken at a work Komando camp in Saxony called Schwarzenberg.
We were made to load and unload railway trucks under the supervision of a couple of armed civilian employees.
There are 18 of us shown in the photo - perhaps you might be one of them or you might be one of the group taken to PG70 in Italy.
We were a group known as the 'Tin Bashers', because we were all sheet metal workers and we made lots of tin utensils and rubbish bins out of the Red Cross parcels we sometimes got. As well as keeping us out of mischief, we got extra rations of bread.
So if you recognize any of these blokes, please get in contact.
I think you will enjoy a bit of nostalgia.
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Pte. George John "Judd" Archer . British Army Royal Army Service Corps from Whitley Bridge Sadly we don't know a great deal about my Dad, George Archer's time as a prisoner of war, only that he was P.O.W. Camp number 54, Passo Corese Fara in Sabina (Roma), postal mark number 3300.
He was captured around June 1942 and escaped around September 1943.
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J Archer . British Army Royal Armoured Corps J Archer served with the Royal Armoured Corps 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: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact 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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Sea. Jack Archer . Royal Navy HMS Europa from Oadby, Leicester Jack Archer had many stories to tell us one was when he was told to go off duty and just as the other two seaman went to take over the ship hit something and half was blown up so Jack was lucky to be alive.
Jack joined the Navy in 1943 and his first ship was HMS Ganges on the 19th April 1943, he went on a few other ships including HMS Europa, HMS Eskimo, HMS Eday and mine sweepers, HMS BYMS 2154, MMS 233 and MMS 1062.
He spent is 18th birthday in New York, USA when they had to go over to collect the ship.
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