Charles William Axup . British Army Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) from Goole
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Cpl. Horace Ernest Ayears . British Army 579 Field Coy. Royal Engineers from Aldershot, Hampshire (d.17th Jun 1940) My father, Cpl H E Ayears of Kent Fortress Royal Engineers TA, died
on the Lancastria. He should have returned on the Duchess Of York but he volunteered to return to Honfleur with Captain T Goodwin (who survived) and party to destroy oil storage depot there. When they returned to the docks the Duchess Of York had sailed, so they boarded Lancastria. I have been told he was asleep in No 1 hold at time of bomb. I have obtained a lot of information from C.C. Brazier's book "XD Operations". It also contains a Roll Of Honour from his party from Kent Fortress Royal Engineers who died with him.
- Sapper H.W.Blackman.
- Lance Cpl.E.G.Brown.
- Sapper.S.J.Owen.
- Lance Cpl.E.E.Plummer
- Sapper.S.J.Ruck.
- Lance Cpl.Shute.
Incidentally my mothers wedding ring fell off at 4 pm on the 17th of June 1940 into a bowl of water.
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Pvt. Andrew Jackson Ayers . United States Army Air Corps from USA
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Pvt. Billy Alvin Ayers . United States Army from USA
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Paul E. Ayers . United States Army 793rd Artillery from Indiana
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Sgt Francis Donovan Ayerst. . RAF 12Sqd. (d.12th Jun 1943) Francis Ayerst served as a W/Op, he was lost on 29th June 1943 in Lancaster EE195 GZ-B of 12sqd
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Sgt. Arthur Charles Aylard . Royal Air Force 12 Squadron (d.17th Jun 1943) Sgt Arthur Charles Aylard was the pilot of Lancaster ED629 PH-K, flying with 12 Sqn. He was my great uncle and was killed on the 17th of June 1943.
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Sgt Arthur Charles Aylard. . RAF 12Sqd. (d.17th Jun 1943) Pilot Arthur Aylard was killed on 17th June 1943 flying Lancaster ED629 PH-K of 12sqd
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Mary Olivia "Ollie" Ayliffe . Women's Auxiliary Air Force Special Operations from Northhcote Road, Richmond UK My mother joined up in September 1939 and remained in service until the end of the war.
She was attached to fighter command as a plotter and also involved in code & cypher and radar and was sent to various fighter stations including Middle Wallop in Hampshire.
now lives in Perth, Western Australia and will be 100 on October 13th. Her birth date was 13th October 1918.
After the war, mum sailed to Africa and lived in Tanzania and Kenya for the next 22 years before emigrating to Australia in 1968. She is in good health and now lives in a nursing home in Perth.
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F/O Kenneth Arthur Ayling . Royal Air Force 196 Squadron from Feltham, Middlesex (d.6th Sept 1943)
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Pte. Stanley Aylward . British Army 156th Parachute Battalion Parachute Regiment from 5 Swanage Ave., Manchester  My Grandad, Stanley Aylward, was a Private in Support Company, 156th Parachute Battalion. Born in 1921, he enlisted upon or shortly before the outbreak of war in September 1939, joining The Queen's Royal (West Surrey) Regiment. Whilst based in the Middle East he volunteered for the Airborne Forces and was posted to the 156th Battalion, completing parachute course K25 at Ramat David, Palestine, in late 1942. It is believed that he took part in the 1st Airborne Division's operations in Italy in September 1943. During Operation Market Garden in September 1944, he took off in a C-47 from Saltby with the Second Lift on Monday 18th, and jumped over DZ-Y. He made a successful landing but came under fire from the Germans on the drop zone and was shot in the knee. Stan was later discovered by medics, covered by his parachute in a shell-hole, and was duly brought to a field hospital but was taken prisoner when it was overrun. After his release, he joined the 8th Parachute Battalion and may have served with them in Palestine before being discharged on either the 15th June or 2nd September 1946. A member of the 156th Parachute Battalion Old Comrades Association and the Parachute Regimental Association, Stanley Aylward passed away in 1996 and is buried in London.
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Pte Stanley "Stan" Aylward . Parachute Regiment Queens Royal Regt 156th Btn.,1st Allied Airbourn from Wythershaw, Manchester Stan was my grand dad.
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Sidney Ayre . British Army 4th Queens Own Hussars from Sleaford, Lincolnshire
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Sgt. George Rowland Ayres . British Army Maritime Regiment Royal Artillery from 7 Eastern Parade, Fareham George Ayres is my father. From his Soldier's Service Pay Book, he transferred from the Royal Artillery to the Maritime Artillery and went to HMS President for training. He was awarded the Atlantic Star and was discharged 30th of May 1944.
He married my mother, Olga Jean Matson, in Australia when he was travelling around, then returned to England in 1938 because his mother was very ill.
My sister and I were born during the war at Eastern Parade, Fareham, and then we all went back to Australia in 1953.
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Flight Lieutenant R W Ayres DFC. 59 Squadron
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Gnr. William Ayscough . British Army 5th Field Regiment Royal Artillery (d.12th Feb 1942) Uncle Will Ayscough was killed by the Japanese at Buket Tima Road on the 12th of Feb 1942.
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Charles Colin Aysh . Royal Navy HMS Royal Arthur
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Sgt. Virly Elmo Azbill . US Army 45th Infantry Regiment from Cherokee, Oklahoma, USA My grandfather, Virly Azbill was was captured on Sept. 11th, 1943 at the Salerno Beachhead in the village of Persano. He eventually arrived at Stalag 3B on October 20th, 1943 and was there until January 31st, 1945. I am working on his memoirs, which do not mention many specific names, but he distincly recalled Russell Hehr of Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Hehr had organised and was assistant choir director of Trinity Methodist Cathedral in Cleveland before being called to service.
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Sgt. Virly Elmo Azbill . My grandfather, Sgt. Virly Elmo Azbill, was cycled through Stalag 7A as it was his first stop. He later spent most of his time as a POW in Stalag 3B. He, and a lot of other soldiers captured at Salerno, Italy went through Stalag 7A and he recalled how, after having little to eat or drink during the railroad transfer to 7A, the Airmen there provided them with some cigarettes and also gave up their potato rations for a day to make certain that all of the newly arriving prisoners ate. I am currently working on my grandfather's memoirs and hope to find a publisher for them.
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Pte. Albert Osuowa Azuonye . African Pioneer Corps (West Africa) Royal West African Frontier Force (d.25th October 1944) Private Azuonye is buried in the Rabat European Cemetery in Morocco.
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