VD Burt . British Army rac2 Royal Armoured Corps VD Burt served with the rac2 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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Pte. William Robert Burt . British Army 2/5th Battalion Essex Regiment from Essex William Burt was involved in the First Battle of El Alamein, from 1st to 27th of July 1942. His Battalion was overwhelmed at Deir-El-Shein and he was reported missing on 11th of August 1942, casualty list number 899.
He was a POW in Italy, camp number 51, Villa Serenity (Bari, also listed as Altamura. He was then a POW at Stalag 4f Hartmannsdorf Chemnitz, until the end of the war.
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Laurance John Burtenshaw . British Army 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers My dear late father, Laurance John Burtenshaw, of the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers was a POW at Stalag 11a.
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Marvin Edson Burtis . RCAF 9 Squadron (d.8th Jul 1941)
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AG Burton . British Army AG Burton 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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Flt.Sgt. Derrick Charles North Burton . Royal Air Force 159 Squadron from Barton Lodge, Wellington Road, Bilston (d.9th Feb 1945) Derrick Burton was the beloved only son of Alfred Edgar Burton and Gwendolyn Victoria Burton, nee North. Derrick lied about his age in order to join the Royal Air Force in 1940, at the age of 16, two years earlier than the minimum age. He was following in his father's footsteps, as Alfred Burton had been a pilot in the Royal Flying Corps in WWI, serving in France.
Derrick's older sister, Dilys, and his twin sister, Doreen, both also volunteered and served in the WRAF during WWII. Dilys rose to the rank of sergeant and served in Bomber Command and in Egypt. Doreen was a radar operator.
Derrick was universally adored. His older sister recalled how, as a child, he would spend his own pocket money and then come to take his twin sister's. No-one could resist his charm and wit, as well as his loving nature. He was the life and soul of the party and would regale his sisters with stories of games which required participants to make the tour of the mess without their feet touching the ground.
Early in 1945, Derrick's twin sister remembered blacking out and seeing an image of a plane crashing out of the night's sky in flames. It was later found that Derrick's aircraft had caught fire in mid-air whilst flying south of Moulmein, and crashed to the ground resulting in the death of the entire crew on 9th February that year. When he was reported to be missing in action, his older sister, Dilys, took a posting to Egypt, thinking that it was nearer to Burma and would enable her to go to look for him. Of course, this was a fanciful idea.
Gwendolyn never recovered from the loss of her son.
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FA Burton . British Army Suffolk Regiment FA Burton served with the Suffolk 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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W/Sgt. Frederick Macdonald Burton . British Army Royal Army Service Corps from Hove, Sussex. My Grandfather, Fred Burton, was 38 when he rejoined the army at the outset of hostilities in 1939. June 1940 saw him travelling across Northern France in his truck with other personnel trying to make it back from one of the ports on the west coast of France. During this time he talked of having very little to eat. A solution to this was to purloin a farmyard chicken which they killed for an evening meal.
They tied it to the back of the truck, when they later stopped the chicken was pot ready having been plucked on the intervening journey.
The mountains of equipment that had to be destroyed to prevent it from becoming of use to the enemy was made even more difficult to bear by the sight of the streams of refugees that could have made good use of much of it.
He also talked of Rennes Cathedral, of interest, as he later converted to Catholicism in order to marry my Grandmother Vera, known as Ginny.
At the end of June 1940 he was promoted to W/Sgt. and started training for the North African and Italy campaigns. Returning to the UK not long after the end of the war having acted in the role of RQMS & WOII. He reverted to W/Sgt. on his return to the TA.
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George Burton . Home Guard 3rd. C.O.L. Battn. I joined the Home Guard as a messenger with 3rd. C.O.L.Battn. we were based at 10 Stone Bldgs. Lincoln Inn (with the Inns of Court T.A.) in August 1940. Our O/C was Maj. Rose, a QC, a lot of members were either barristers or lawyers. I was 14yrs old at the time and lived at Drury lane, before going into the army at 17 1/2 yrs. Through the day I worked as a vanboy in Smithfield meat market. When I first joined with my bicycle, the only weapons we had were Pikes, which were nearly twice my height,later we got the American p14 rifle, and later still got a Piat gun, we also got a lot of training from the Hampshire Regt. Before I got my uniform I just had a forage cap with the Royal Fusiliers badge and an L.D.V. armband, later we got issued with just denims before khaki issue.
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Flight Officer H Burton . RAF 149 Squadron
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Sgt. Harold William Burton . Royal Air Force 90 Squadron from Solihull (d.4th May 1943) My uncle Harold Burton was on Sterlings out of Ridgewell when his plane was shot down over "Derne". Sadly, he was killed. I haven't had any luck finding out where Derne is. If anyone can help I would be grateful. I understand he was a navigator.
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Harold "Al" Burton . British Army 8th Army from Hull, Yorkshire My father was with the 8th Army.
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Flt.Sgt. Harold James Burton . Royal Air Force 153 Squadron from Carlton Green, Carlton, Cambs (d.21st Feb 1945)
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Sgt. Herbert Frank Burton . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 61 Squadron from Cliffe-At-Hoo, Kent (d.13th Jan 1943) Early in the morning of 13 January 1943 Lancaster bombers of No.61 Squadron, No.5 Group Royal Air Force were part of a force of 55 Lancasters from Nos. 1 & 5 Groups with target indication by 4 Mosquito aircraft from the Pathfinder Force, taking part in an attack on the Krupps works at Essen, one of the cities in the industrial heartland of Germany, the Ruhr. Herbert Burton was the Rear Gunner on Lancaster MkI W4192 QR-E which took off at 03:35hrs from RAF Syerston. It crashed at Mettman, 14 km ENE of Dusseldorf, where the crew, who were all killed, were buried in the Nordfriedhof on 18th Jan 1943. Their graves are now in the Reichswald War Cemetery.
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3Eng. James Todd Burton . Merchant Navy S.S. Pedernales (London) from Belfast, Northern Ireland (d.16th February 1942) Third Engineer Officer Burton was the Son of William James and Elizabeth Burton, of Belfast, Northern Ireland.
He was 28 when he died when the Pedernales was severely damaged in a torpedo attack on 16 February 1942 while anchored at Aruba.
He is buried in the Oranjestad Protestant Cemetery, Island of Aruba.
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Pte. James Burton . British Army 2nd Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers from Prestwich, Manchester (d.24th Mar 1944) James Burton was wounded in the ill fated Dunkirk evacuation of 1940, captured and hospitalised in Belgium.
Following recovery from his injuries, he was transported by trains to Germany where he was a prisoner in several camps before being housed in Stalag VIIIB in annexed Poland.
Whilst there he was often forced to work outside of the camp on construction projects and following much unrest and repeated warnings to prisoners, he attempted escape and was shot dead on the 1944-03-24. Initially he was buried at the camp but after the war he was laid to rest in the Commonwealth Cemetery in Krakow.
Before the war Jim was a in a vigilante group who used to seek out fascists within his local community. These fascists were known as Blackshirts and were led in the UK by Oswald Mosley and were sympathetic to Hitler and his beliefs.
Jim was part of a local group of men who ensured Jewish citizens and others were not bullied and beaten on the streets.
His big frame, athleticism, ability to look after himself and sense of justice made him a very popular figure in Prestwich, despite his tender years, he was only nineteen when war broke out.
A true hero.
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JE Burton . British Army JE Burton 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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JL Burton . British Army Suffolk Regiment JL Burton served with the Suffolk 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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Sgt. John Henry Burton DCM.. British Army
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Leslie Patrick Burton . Royal Air Force 106 Sqdn. from Australia Leslie Burton of 106 Sqdn RAF was a POW in Stalag 9c, sometime after December 1944. His plane was lost over the Dark [Black?] Forest on 4th of December 1944 on a flight from Heilbronn, Germany. He was a rear gunner on a Lancaster bomber and the sole survivor of the crew. My husband's uncle was one of the crew who didn't make it. If anyone has any information I would love to hear from them.
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Leslie Patrick Burton . Royal Air Force 106 Sqdn. from Australia Does anyone know where I could find Leslie Patrick Burton of the 106 Squadron RAF? He was a prisoner in Stalag 9c after December 1944. His plane was lost over the Dark Forest on the 4-12-1944. He is an Australian citizen and was a rear gunner on the Lancaster bomber. He was on a flight to Heilbronn, Germany when the aircraft went missing and crashed somewhere near the Dark Forest, Germany. He was the sole survivor of the Lancaster Bomber crew. My husband's uncle was one of the crew who didn't make it. We would love to speak with him, a near relative or someone who may have known him in Stalag 9c.
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Sgt. Oliver George Burton . British Army Royal Corps of Signal from Catterick Oliver George Burton served in the Royal Signals. He joined in 1931 in Nottingham. He served in Malta 1935 -39. Where he met and married my mother. He served in Egypt Dec 43 to Dec 44; Italy, France & Norway in 1945 and BAOR 46-51. Dad died in 2005. He never spoke of his experiences in the war.
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Sgt. Richard Hartley Burton . British Army 665 Artisan Works Coy Royal Engineers I am trying to trace anyone who was in, or knows anything about, 665 Artisan Works Coy, Royal Engineers, in which my father served during WWII.
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Gnr. Richard Bruce Burton . British Army 1st Searchlight Regiment Royal Artillery from Monton, Manchester Bruce Burton served with the 1st Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery.
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Pte. Sidney Geoffrey Burton . British Army 6th Btn. Royal Norfolk Regiment from Norwich (d.12th Aug 1943) Sidney Burton was almost 24 years of age when he died in a POW camp in Thailand. He is buried in a CGWC grave in Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand.
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Pte Thomas Burton . British Army 7th Btn King's Own Scottish Borderers from 27 Edonson St Blackburn Lancs
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C.P.O. Wilfred "Tim" Burton . Royal Navy HMS Penelope from Nottingham I have, along with my son, been discussing HMS ‘Pepperpot’ with my 87 yr old mother. We have 2 family members (now deceased) served as Chief Petty Officers on Penelope during the 2nd World War. The strange thing is though that they had never met each other within the family. Wilfred (Tim) Burton from Nottingham, was my Mother’s sister’s husband and
Joseph Rowley from London was my husband’s father.
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Ord Sea. William George Burton . Royal Navy HMS Fervent from Hartlepool My father, William Burton served between May 1940 and Jan 1946 when he was released from service. He commenced his service in HMS Raleigh and served in a number of ships including, Pembroke, Leamington, Wildfire and Fervent.
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Pte William Robert Burton . British Army 2nd Btn Royal Berkshire Regiment from Rugby, Warwickshire
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F/O David Stuart Harold Bury . Royal Air Force Pilot 111 Squadron from Westminter, London (d.19th May 1940) On a recent visit to France I called in to Chili Trench Cemetery, Gavrelle. There is in this cemetery one WW2 airman. A Flying Officer David Stuart Harold Bury (Pilot) No 72077, 111 Squadron RAF. CWGC site logs him as KIA 19th May 1940 Son of Capt. Edmond William Bury, 11th Bn. The King's Royal Rifle Corps (KIA France 5th December 1915) and of Ida Bury, of Westminster, London. Head Boy of Eton College.
Battle details I have are:
On May 19th 1940 the composite unit 111/253 operated from RAF Hawkinge and flew a patrol over Cambrai-Le Cateau. This time No. 111 pilots claimed four HE 111s destroyed, a probable Bf 109 and a damaged Bf 110, but at a cost of two pilots killed and a third aircraft shot down.
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