Pte. Edward John Arnold . British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment from Birmingham (d.23rd May 1940) Edward Arnold died on 23rd May 1940. He was my grandfather. He is buried in Hollain Churchyard, Hainaut, Belgium. I am going to visit his grave for the first time.
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Driver F. Arnold . British Army Royal Army Service Corps (d.10th May 1942) I believe my father was on board when HMHS Somersetshire was torpedoed in 1942. He was Driver F. Arnold of the RASC. Any information relating to where this happened, survivors, passenger lists etc would be welcome. All I know is that he was missing at sea and that his name is inscribed on the Alamein memorial.
Update
Somersetshire was attacked by U-453 at 0317 hrs on 6th April 1942 in position 32.13N 26.34E (off the Egyptian coast). Seven people were killed by the blast of the torpedo and she settled by the head; there were no patients on board at the time and all the crew and medical staff left the ship, 66 being taken off by an escorting Greek destroyer and another 114 went into the lifeboats. On the arrival of a tug, several of the crew returned on board and she was successfully towed to Alexandria and was later repaired (I note that the Commonwealth War Grave list the date of death of Frank Arnold as 10 May 1942 - i.e. a month after the attack on the Somersetshire.) For a photo and her history see: http://www.red-duster.co.uk/BIBBY13.htm
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Pvt. George Richard Arnold . Australian Army from Australia POW Camp Fukuoka 17 in Japan
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Pte. George William Arnold . British Army 4th Btn. Kings Own Scottish Borderers from London (d.11th March 1945) George Arnold was killed on the Rhine, he had spent just one year in the Army. He was 18 years old.
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Sgt. Ivor William Arnold . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 295 Sqdn. (d.19th February 1943) I am looking for information on 295GT Squadron, based at Netheravon, Wiltshire in 1943, Halifax equipped, February 19th 1943 mission with two planes over Loire valley, France. One plane was lost, one returned. My grandfather F/O David Upsher was the pilot of the lost Halifax. The crew are buried in Saumurelcome.
Update.
Fourteen aircraft from 295 Squadron were tasked with a raid on three electricity transformers at Distre, near Saumur. Two aircraft were brought down by anti-aircraft fire. The crew who died on this mission and are buried in Saumur Communal Cemetery are:
F/O D.H. Upsher (pilot)
Sgt I.W. Arnold (navigator)
Sq.Ldr C. Campbell-Miller
Fl/Lt M.E.J. Croker (airgunner)
F/O M.C. Hayes (pilot)
F/Sgt T.W. Holland (airgunner)
Wing Co. P.M.V. Lysaght (pilot)
F.Sgt K.R. Marshall (wop/airgunner)
Sgt W. Mather (navigator)
P/O J.H.C. McIlwrick (pilot)
WO/2 J.E.S. Sasseville (wop/airgunner)
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Sgt. Ivor William Arnold . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 295 Sqdn. (d.19th February 1943) Fourteen aircraft from 295 Squadron were tasked with a raid on three electricity transformers at Distre, near Saumur. Two aircraft were brought down by anti-aircraft fire. The crew who died on this mission and are buried in Saumur Communal Cemetery are:
F/O D.H. Upsher (pilot)
Sgt I.W. Arnold (navigator)
Sq.Ldr C. Campbell-Miller
Fl/Lt M.E.J. Croker (airgunner)
F/O M.C. Hayes (pilot)
F/Sgt T.W. Holland (airgunner)
Wing Co. P.M.V. Lysaght (pilot)
F.Sgt K.R. Marshall (wop/airgunner)
Sgt W. Mather (navigator)
P/O J.H.C. McIlwrick (pilot)
WO/2 J.E.S. Sasseville (wop/airgunner)
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J Arnold . Navy HMS Nigeria I have a photo of H.M.S. Nigeria with lots of signatures on the back. It says Torpedo Division 1945 and is dated 19th September 1945.
The names are:
R G Stocker Geordie BurnsRonald J HarrisG KentP RaymentW WheatleyD ChapmanH J FisherD P Sweeney A WhitheadH LockearBlimp PalmerG. KentJ Arnold ~(Sussex) A ChapmanJames Robertson(Jock)R E FisherD MercerR E RileyW L GilbertF J Fulcher (Wind Bo'sun 1st class)D Hughes TGMG L BowersE TicehurstF C WelchG W Downes
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Pte James Henry Arnold . British Army 1st Buckinghamshire Btn Oxford & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry from Harefield James Arnold served with the 1st Buckinghamshire Battalion Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry in WW2
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F/Sgt. Leonard William John Arnold . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 83 Sqdn. (d.9th May 1944) On 9th May 1944 an aircraft from RAF 83 Squadron was shot down over Lanveoc Poulmic on a raid of either the airfield or the submarine pens at Brest. The full crew were:
F/Lt. A.P. Whitford DFC, RAAF
F/Sgt. L.W.J. Arnold, RAFVR
P/O R.J. Dobbyn, RAAF
WO D.H.J. Cross, RAFVR
PO N.J. Higgins, RAAF
F/Lt. W.T. Loftus, RAAF
Sgt. H.G. Millard, RAFVR
All are buried in Lanveoc Communal Cemetery.
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RL Arnold . British Army RL Arnold 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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Sgt Ron Arnold . Royal Air Force 12 Squadron My Grandfather, Ron Arnold was the rear gunner with a crew which was shot down in 1942, in Wellington mkII W5442 PH-B of 12Sqn flying from RAF Binbrook.
The Raid:
Essen – 9 March 1942
187 aircraft took part - (136 Wellingtons, 21 Stirlings, 15 Hampdens, 10 Manchesters, 5 Halifaxes) – to continue the series of heavy Gee-guided raids to Essen. 2 Wellingtons and 1 Halifax were lost. Thick ground haze led to scattered bombing. Only 2 buildings were destroyed in Essen but 72 were damaged. Bombs also fell in 24 other Ruhr towns with particular damage in Hamborn and Duisburg. 10 people were killed, 19 were missing and 52 were injured in Essen; 74 people were killed and 284 injured in other towns.
W5442 took off at 20:39hrs from RAF Binbrook. Shot down by flak and crashed at 23:42hrs alongside a road known as the Kagerweg, near Beverwijk Noord Holland, 21 km NW of the centre of Amsterdam.
Crew:
- Pilot: P/O R.H. Buchanan 45419 - Inj
(P/O Buchanan was confined in Hospital due injuries then returned to UK)
- 2nd Pilot: Sgt P.G. Sanders 1380919
(Killed in action)
- Navigator: RNZAF Sgt R.A. Scragg nz/401413
(Killed in action)
- Front Gunner: Sgt H.M. Murdo 1060255
(Killed in action)
- Rear Gunner: Sgt R.A. Arnold 612589
(Initially reported as missing in action, on 26 March a call was received from Berlin advising that he was a PoW interned in Camp 8B/344/L4. No.24843)
- Wireless Operator: Sgt C.J.Chedd 923890,
(PoW No.24831)
Those killed are buried in the General Cemetery at Bergen
Camp:
Stalag VIII-B near Cieszyn (Teschen), Poland, a sub camp of Stalag 8b (later renamed 344) which was the main camp 3km from Lamsdorf.
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Sgt. Ronald Arnold . Royal Air Force 12 Sqd My Grandfarher Ronald Arnold served with the RAF in 12 Squadron, flying in a Wellington as rear gunner. He was shot down and was held in Stalag Luft III between 22nd of July 1943 and 27th of January 1945
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W/Cmdr. Roy George Claingbould Arnold . Royal Air Force 9 Squadron I am seeking anyone who may have known the crew of Wellington Ic serial R1758 code WS from 9 Squadron which took off from RAF Honington at 1530 on 09.06.1941 for an armed recognisance of the French and Belgium coasts and was intercepted NE of Calais by Me 109's and shot down into the sea off Zeebrugge. The crew were; - Wing Commander (Pilot) Roy George Claringbould Arnold. Son of James and Daisy Arnold; husband of Vera Constance Arnold, of Daventry, Northamptonshire he is buried at Blankenberge town cemetery.
- 928273 Sgt J M Pinkham taken POW pow no. 18298 Stalag 357 Kopernikus
- 45272 F/O D Bruce AFM taken POW pow no.1356 Oflag O4C Saalhaus Colditz
- 627802 Sgt H A Wink taken POW pow no. 18297 Stalag 357 Kopernikus
- Sgt R H Barratt taken POW pow no. 18299 Stalag 357 Kopernikus. Exchanged identity with rifleman G.S. Godden of the Rifle Brigade.
- F/O T A Bax taken POW
Does anyone have a picture of Sqn.Ldr Arnold or does anyone know any of the survivors of R1758?
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Mar. Thomas Charles Arnold . Royal Marines HMS Warspite from Rochester, Kent (d.23rd May 1941)
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Warrant Officer Class 2 W J Arnold . RCAF 59 Squadron
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Cmdr Reginald George Arnot . Royal Navy HMS Forfar
This letter and list of survivors was sent to Sub Lt Broadhurst by Cmdr Arnot on the 11th of December 1940.
A further 13 surviviors were located in a lifeboat some days after this letter was sent.
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Thomas Wood Arnott . British Army Royal Signals My Grandad, Thomas Arnott, boarded a ship on the evening of 5th June, 1944, with his Signals Regiment. Everyone had to keep quiet so the public didn't know what was happening. The weather was not very calm and they set off for the French coast in the early hours of the morning.
They arrived along with many other ships carrying English, American and Canadian troops. Tom was seconded to the Canadian troops as a radio operator and was among the first troops to land on Gold Beach.
His job was to get to the highest point and stay as still as possible so messages could be sent between the beaches and the ships. He spent time on the beach passing messages back to the fleet.
At one point he was transferred back on board and had to station himself on the highest point of the ship to send and receive messages during hostile fire from the beach and return fire from the allied ships around and behind him. He spent over 6 months on the beach radioing the different allied troops and the fleet of ships.
After D Day he returned to the UK, before his regiment was sent to Singapore in August 1945 and whilst they were on their way Japan surrendered. They were ordered to continue and helped to release prisoners from the prisoner of war camps. He became a DJ on the local radio and organised football matches for the troops.
The camps were horrendous. The only thing he would tell us about them was they were housed in metal roofed huts and at night the cockroaches used to run up and down on the roofs and it was so loud it kept them all awake. Tom and the other soldiers threw felt from their uniforms and small amounts of super glue onto the roof to stick onto the feet of the cockroaches as they ran by, making slippers for them so they didn't make so much noise.
After freeing the POWs he was then seconded to the Navy and chased pirates on the South China Seas. He didn't get back to the UK until February 1947.
My Grandad never talked openly about his experiences during WWII. It was only when I had to do an essay in middle school that we learnt what he did in the war. My Grandad was lucky and came home but some of his friends and thousands of others didn't. My Great Grandad fought in WWI at Ypres but we don't know much about him. Our poppy from the Tower of London installation is a constant reminder of those who gave everything for our freedom today.
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Pvt. Ernist Victor Arnud . United States Army from USA POW Camp Fukuoka 17 in Japan
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Flt.Sgt. Kenneth Aronson . Royal Canadian Air Force 419 Squadron (d.30th July 1942) My uncle, Flt Sgt Kenneth Aronson, served with the 419th RCAF and was killed in action on 30th July 1942. He was shot down over Belgium. Does anyone have information about him or his squadron?
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Pte. Harry Arrandale . British Army My Dad, Harry Arrandale once told me while serving in North Africa, they heard a noise in a bush. Thinking it was Germans they shot but only killed a pig which they cooked and all ate.
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Driver Albert Arrowsmith . British Army My grandfather, Albert Arrowsmith (Bert), was a driver in the Desert Rats. His gunner was Tom Denning, 2nd driver and tea-maker was Dennis Knight. There was also a Wally and an Eric but I don't know if they were part of the tank crew permanently, or if something happened to them.
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Gnr. John Thomas Arrowsmith . British Army Royal Artillery from Rotherham, Yorkshire My Father, John Arrowsmith was captured at Tobruck defending the airstrip outside the perimeter. He claimed to have heard these words from Rommel's lips "Gentlemen for you ze war is over". He was handed over to the Italians who were running the campaign and was taken to a camp possibly near Milan where he stayed until the Italians capitulated. Given the option of walking out of the camp or staying he chose the latter. My father says that a man from our village, George Gail chose to walk and was interned in neutral Switzerland to the war end. My father claims he arrived home in our village before George having been interned in Stalag 398 at Pupping where he worked in a lumber camp and unlike in Italy was treated very well receiving red cross parcels etc which they never got in Italy. He was liberated by the Americans and flew home in the belly of a flying fortress. I asked my father if he had a pleasant time being allowed back at curfew what were the Frauleins like and he just smiled.
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Pvt. Robert Royal Arrowsmith . United States Army 511th Parachute Regiment from Los Angeles On 3rd of February 1945 I jumped with my 500 man regiment in Tagaytay, 30 miles south of Manila. I was wounded on 15th of February 1945 near Nichols Field in the Battle of Manila when serving as a Private in the 511th Parachute Infantry of the 11th Airborne Division. After a couple of days treatment at a field hospital, I was transferred by hospital ship to Biak, 9th General Hospital. In March I was sent back to my outfit then in Luzon. I am now 91 years old and in good health.
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Pilot Officer G O Arscott . RAF 59 Squadron
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James F. Arsenault . US Army from USA I was captured in Italy serving with the 3rd Division. On 23rd January 1944 I was sent to Stalag 4b then to Stalag 2b. I worked on Kommando 1637.
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Sgt. Joseph Douglas Henry "Doug" Arseneau . Royal Canadian Air Force 419 Sqd. My father was a member of the 419 Squadron. His name was Joseph Douglas Henry Arseneau, but he went by Doug. He was a Wireless Operator with the rank of Sergeant. His plane was the Halifax JD 159. He was shot down on July 3/4, 1943 over Belgium. Do you have any information about his crew? His P/O was a man that he knew as Bob Bell. We later found out his real first name was Angus. Any help would be most welcome.
UPDATE: The information on the crew is as follows:
On the 3/4 July 1943 Halifax II JD-159 coded VR-Y, was shot down by a nightfighter. The crew were:
- P/O A. Bell RCAF (Killed)
- F/Sgt J. Anderson RCAF (Killed)
- P/O W. Taylor RCAF (Killed)
- Sgt A. Simpson RAF (taken POW)
- F/Sgt R. Williston RCAF (taken POW)
- Sgt J. Arseneau RCAF (taken POW)
- Sgt J. Graham RAF (taken POW)
- Sgt G. Aitken RCAF (taken POW)
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Sgt F. Arthur . RAF 12Sqd.
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WingCdr. F. A. Arthur DFC.. Royal Air Force 460 Sqd.
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L/Cpl. George Charles John Arthur . British Army Rifle Brigade from Winchester
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L/Cpl. George Charles J. Arthur . British Army Rifle Brigade from Kent
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