L/Cpl. Horace Duncan "Tony" Browne . British Army Hampshire Regiment from Portsmouth
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Sgt. Lorne Edwin Browne . Royal Canadian Air Force 76 Squadron (d.13th August 1941) Lorne Browne was a young airman was stationed at RAF Middleton St George. His Canadian death certificate states that he was 'killed during air operations overseas'. It states that he was fatally injured in an 'Aircraft Accident on the 12th August 1941'. He is buried in a small Village Churchyard in Suffolk. Wrentham. It is not know why a young 21 year old Canadian Airman, who lost his life in the North East of England is buried in Suffolk.
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RJE Browne . British Army Royal Armoured Corps RJE Browne 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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Tony Foster Browne . 2nd South African Infantry Division Royal Artillery My Hero. My Dad, Tony Browne was a Desert Rat in 1941 in Tobruk, Africa, serving as an anti-tank gunner, he fought against Rommel. The gun was hit and he was wounded and everyone else on the gun was killed. He continued to fight on with a damaged gun. Eventually he was captured and managed to escape back to friendly lines. He continued to fight through the war including El Alamein. Thanks to all that have served and are serving today.
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WA Browne . British Army Royal Armoured Corps WA Browne 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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William Browne . British Army I am looking for my grandfather William Browne who lived in England and served in WWII he was posted in Calcutta, India during 1943-46. He left India on the 1st August, 1946. He has family in England I presume children, grand children or may be great grand children. I hope he is alive if he is then he must be in his 80's. Anyone reading this and knows him please contact me.
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F/O Brownell . Royal Air Force 427 Sqdn. F/O Brownell was the pilot, mainly in Halifax IIIs, for sorties from July to November 1944, as well as many training exercises. His navigator was P/O Spears. Happily the crew survived the war.
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Allan Gordon Brownell . Royal Canadian Air Force 428 (Ghost) Squadron from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Born in the Canadian prairies in 1923, Allan Brownell enlisted in the R.C.A.F. in January 1942.
He was posted overseas in January 1943, and was a Navigator (Pilot Officer and Flying Officer) with 428 Ghost Squadron in 6 Group Bomber Command at Middleton-St. George in England. He flew 39 missions in Halifaxs and Lancasters, and with his pilot Sam Side, brought the crews home safely.
My dad rarely talked about his experiences during the war, but I know he had fond memories of the men with whom he served. One of my favorite photos was when he was in his late 80's and he got to go into one of the very few remaining Lancasters from WWII when it was flown to Edmonton, Alberta.
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Allen Brownell . Royal Canadian Air Force I have a Canadian cousin who served at Middleton St George, I think as a navigator. His name is Allen Brownell, he lives in Edmonton. He has been back there once or twice and has read the book about its history.
I went around the area last year looking for a Croft Hall; that was the birth place of our uncle, John Francis Croft Boyes (A Col.) who had a burial with full military honours in Germany with a horse and gun carriage, plus troops with drawn bayonets; he also worked with Baden Powell at one stage. Allen tells me that the adjacent airfield was known as Croft.
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Chief Y Theodore A. Richard Brownell . United States Navy USS Canopus from Fort Smith, Arkansas Survivor of the Oryoku Maru and a POW in Camp Fukuoka 17 in Japan
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Bmbdr. George Henry Browning . British Army 33rd Field Regiment Royal Artillery
George Henry Browning served with 33rd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery.
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Henry Richard Browning . British Army 8th Army from West Ham, London Unfortunately, I never got to meet my Great-Grandad Henry Browning and ask him about his wartime memories. I only have snippets of stories my nan has told me, like he once told her he laid onions in a trench, and that he marched from France to Italy. I’m not sure why he would lay onions in a trench, but I did giggle a bit when she told me that.
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Sgt. Wesley Clifton Browning . United States Army Air Corps 27th Bomb Group (AC) V Bomb Cmd 17th Bomb Sq. from Colorado POW Camp Fukuoka 17 in Japan
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Sgt William Robert "Butch" Brownjohn DFM. MID.. Royal Air Force 106 Sqn from Horsell Surrey
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2Lt. Walter Allan "Jock" Brownlee . South African Air Force from Glasgow, Scotland Walter Brownlee served as a Sergent in the South African Engineers and later joined the South African Air Force.
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Staff Sargent Thomas Brownlie . US Army Battery B 438th Anti-Aircraft Battalion from Bronx, New York My father-in-law, Staff Sgt Thomas Brownlie was in Battery "B", 438th Anti Aircraft Battalion with the US Army. He survived the war and eventually died at the age of 92. His wife is still alive and tells many stories about WWII. He landed at Omaha and later drove a supply truck. He was also in the Battle of the Bulge.
He served under 1st Lt. Captain Lawrence G. Davey, I was wondering if Cap. Davey is still alive? I would like to find anyone who knew Staff Sgt Thomas Brownlie from the Bronx, NY.
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Cpl. A. Brownsell . British Army A Brownsell, when he was demobbed, worked with me for a short period. He gave me a book about the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, which contains actual photographs and German text. On the frontispiece he had printed in pencil: Cpl. A. Brownsell Ex. POW Stalag 2A Newbrandenburg. Germany. Captured at Arnhem Sept 1944. Liberated by Russian Army at midnight 28th of April 1945.
I am now 93 years old, and I would like to offer this book to any of this person’s family, if they can be found.
Can you help me with this project?
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Donald Brownsey . Army 1st Battalion Ox and Bucks West Yorkshire Regiment I am trying to find out about my father, Don Brownsey. He served in 1st Batt Ox and Bucks and later in the West Yorkshire Regiment from which he was discharged in June 1946. If anyone can help I will be very grateful.
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AL Bruce . British Army Reconnaissance Corps AL Bruce served with the Reconnaissance 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.P.O. David "Tubby" Bruce . Royal Navy HMS Manchester from Paisley David Bruce told amusingly of being torpedoed by Italian eboat and then given the order to abandon ship, where he was imprisoned in Morocco.
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Sgt. Don Bruce . Royal Air Force 115 Squadron
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EF Bruce . British Army Royal Armoured Corps EF Bruce 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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Pvt. Jackson Bruce . United States Army H Co. 31st Infantry Reg. Infantry from California POW Camp Fukuoka 17 in Japan
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Sgt. James William Bruce . Canadian Expeditionary Force Royal Canadian Army Service Corps from Toronto, Ontario, Canada My maternal grandfather, James Bruce, was born in Scotland and emigrated to Canada in 1928 with his parents and siblings. He had been a member of the "Black and Tans" in Scotland. When WW2 started, he joined the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps on Oct 19,1939. This date was my mother Gloria Bruce's 10 birthday. There were 3 children at home & his wife Frances May Colclough Bruce. They had met and fallen in love on the boat bringing them to Canada and married soon after arriving here.
He was assigned to the RCASC after his enlistment. Because of his age (39) and previous army experience in Scotland and England, he soon became a sergeant.
I don't have too much information about his army days in WW2 and would appreciate any further info anyone can provide.
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Stoker 1st Class John Darlington Bruce . Royal Navy HMS Rorqual My father served on HMS Rorqual.
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Flt.Sgt. John Henry Bruce . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 75 Sqd. (d.17th Sept1944) John Bruce died age 23 whilst serving with 75 Squadron. He was the son of Robert Alexander and Edith Eleanor Bruce (nee Bennett) of Primrose Jarrow.
John is buried in Jarrow Cemetery.
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Kenneth Charles Bruce . Army Highland Light Infantry My father, Kenneth Charles Bruce, served with the Highland Light Infantry, I believe he served in Sicily, Yugoslavia, Albania, Greece and finally in Northern Italy. Sadly he died in 1984 and I have not been able to get any information on his service. Did anyone out there know of him? He had a good friend Mac (I think his name was McIntire)
I would be very interested in any leads that would help me trace his military history.
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Pfc. Marion E. Bruce . United States Army 698th AVN ORD 27th Bomb Gr. (L) V Bomb Cmd. Infantry from California (d.26 Dec. 1944) Died in POW Camp Fukuoka 17 in Japan
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PFC. Wallace Bruce "Allport" Bruce . US Army 180th Infantry Regiment 45th Infantry Division from Detroit, Michigan, USA My Dad, Wallace Bruce never talked about the war but spent his life after the war staring at the floor and mostly being in a bad mood. He died in 1970 at the age of 52.
In the war, he was a medic in a front line infantry unit. In February 1945, his unit was attacked while retreating and he was shot 4 times in the lower stomach while lying in a foxhole. When a young German soldier went to shoot him again, he put his leg up for protection and the shot tore most of his thigh muscle away. Being captured, he spent the last 3 months of the war in a POW camp Stalag 7b in Moosburg, Bavaria. The camp was liberated in April 1945.
After he died, I had to identify his body and saw that his thigh had never healed completely, there was still a scab on the wound. I don’t know why that's never left my thoughts. It must have bothered him, but he never complained, at least not to me or my 6 brothers and 3 sisters. Before he died, I was the oldest at home and I had just returned from Vietnam 3 months earlier, I tried to talk with him about being in the war, thinking that since I was just back from my war we would have something in common. But he never spoke about his time in hell.
So I can just tell what I know about his war experience, his 2 Purple Hearts and other medals, including the POW medal. His military records have gotten lost in the Army's central record repository in St. Louis.
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Sgt. William Bruce . British Army 506 Army Fld Coy Royal Engineers (d.11th Mar 1943) William Bruce died aged 36, he was the son of Robert Symington and Ann Elizabeth (nee Fitch) Bruce, husband of Mary J. Bruce (nee Chapman) of Jarrow.
William is buried in Jarrow Cemetery.
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