Pilot Officer Richard Barnes . RAF 50 Squadron I am the son of P/O Richard Barnes who, with his identical twin P/O Eddie Barnes, were prisoners in Stalag Luft III.
The story of the Barnes brothers meeting each other for the first time in Stalag Luft III is described in Paul Brickhill's book "Escape to Danger" on page 111. Dick was shot down as a navigator in a 50 Squadron Manchester on 30th May 1942, the airplane crash happening in occupied Belgian. The event resulted in the pilot F/O Leslie Manser receiving a posthumous VC for holding the aircraft until the crew could bail out. Dick was captured by the Germans. Almost a year later on 5th May 1943, Dick's brother Eddie, a rear gunner of a 78 Squadron Halifax, was shot down and captured. He also arrived at Sagan and the story of the confusion and humour when Eddie arrived at the camp and was mistaken for Dick and is described in Paul Brickhill's book.
Towards the end of the war the two brothers joined the other POWs in the long march westwards during the winter of 1944/1945 to meet up eventually with Allied forces.
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Flight Lieutenant Robert Barnes . Royal Canadian Air Force pilot 419 Moose Squadron from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada I am looking for anyone who may have known or served with my Dad, Robert (Bob) Barnes. He flew Lancasters with the 419 Moose Squadron. Dad survived the War, although he was wounded. He never talked much about the war and passed away in 2002.
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Cpl. Robert Barnes . South African Army 5th Field Company South African Engineers from Bloemfontein, South Africa Robert Barnes was captured in North Africa during the Battle of Sidi Rezegh (Totensonntag) on Sunday evening 23rd of November 1941.
He was transported by ship MS Ankara and arrived in Tripoli on 22nd November 1941 at 15:00 hrs.
Robert was moved around to different camps ending in Campo Concentramento per P.G. 52 Hut 8, P.M. 3100 Italia.
He was eventually transferred to Germany when Italy was defeated.
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Roy Clinton Barnes . My father, Roy Clinton Barnes, born in December 1918 in Portsmouth, England.
He was a POW for 5 years in Stalag 8B. He was captured in France as a Stretcher Bearer and forced to march for three weeks to Holland and then placed in cattle cars and shipped to Poland.
He was a band member and played clarinet remarkably well. My father is still alive and is of sound mind and memory; it would be a great comfort and a way of closure for him if someone out there remembers him and can send him a line through me.
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Pfc. Roy Herschell Barnes . United States Marine Corps 4th Marine Regt. L Co 3rd Bn. from Illinois, USA POW Camp Fukuoka 17 in Japan
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Able Sea. Russell Robert Barnes . Royal Navy from Norwich, Norfolk During WW2, Russell Barnes served in HMS Eurylus, HMS Osprey, HMS Sea Hawk, HMS Hornet, HMS St Christopher, HMS Aggressive, HMS Wildfire, HMS St Angelo, HMS Ferret, HMS Sea Eagle and HMS Pembroke.
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L/Cpl. Sidney Barnes . British Army 9th Btn. Sherwood Foresters from Sutton in Ashfield (d.2nd Jan 1945) Sidney Barnes enlisted in Mansfield on 17th of January 1940 when he was working as a barman at his Auntie's pub, The Market Hotel, in Mansfield.
His record shows that he was enlisted into the 9th Sherwood Foresters and on 26th April he was posted to the B.E.F. in France.
Only a short stay, as he was evacuated from Dunkirk on the 1st June and transferred to the 8th Green Howards in October. After 2 years spent back in England he was posted to the Middle East where he served until 7th of January 1943. His next posting was Persia and Iraq until 7th of May 1943 when he returned to the Middle East until 8th of January 1943 when he was part of the British North Africa Force with the 8th Army.
It is believed he was at Anzio, although we have no official record of this.
He was wounded twice in Italy, 27th May 1944 and 24th of September 1944 and promoted to L/Cpl.
On the 22nd December 1944 he was transferred to 6th York & Lancaster Regiment and on 2nd of January 1945 was in a lecture on a training Cadre in Porto San Giorgo when enemy mines exploded killing 1 Officer and 14 ORs and wounding 3 Officers and 22 ORs, 4 of whom died later of their wounds.
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F/O Wilkinson Barnes . Royal Air Force
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Able.Sea. William Barnes . Royal Navy HMS Mahratta (d.25th Feb 1944) William Barnes died aged 28 whilst serving with the Royal Navy. He was the son of George and Susan Barnes and husband of Catherine Barnes of Jarrow
William is remembered on the Plymouth Naval Memorial.
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William Henry Barnes . No 27 Fire Force, G Division National Fire Service from Manchester Going through old documents left after my uncle's death and I noticed my grandfather, Harry Barnes's discharge notice to commence on 9th of June 1945. He served with No 27 Force G Division.
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Sig. Horace Barnet . British Army 1st Air Formation Royal Signals Horace Barnet recorded his recollections which can be heard on the IWM website
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"Grubby" Barnett . British Army 5th Btn. Gordon Highlanders
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Doris Margret Barnett . Land Army from Plymouthwood Road, Ely, Cardiff I'd like to hear from anyone who knew my mother, Doris Barnett. She was in Land Army. She lived in Cardiff. Can anyone remember her? thank you.
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Pvt. Elliott Norman Barnett . Australian Army from Australia POW Camp Fukuoka 17 in Japan
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FD Barnett . British Army FD Barnett 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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Pte. John Ronald Barnett . British Army 2/5th Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment from York My Grandad Jack Barnett worked for Rowntree's in York and in 1940 joined the Territorial Army. Soon after joining he was called up to go to France as part of 46th Division. He would not return to England again until 1945, after been captured defending the La Basse Canal on the 24th May 1940.
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Pte. John Ronald "Jack" Barnett . British Army 2/5th Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment from York My partner's grandad John Barnett was in B company 2/5th Battalion, West Yorks Regiment and was taken POW at La Bassee Canal in May 1940. We visited the canal, Robeque and Dunkirk which was very interesting, along with the memorial they have placed in Robeque for his regiment. However his grandad died just after he was born so he only has the war diaries to go on anything that happened. Does anyone have any information on this please or know someone still alive that might have fought in the same company?
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John Barnett . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 40 Sqdn. from Rainhill, Lancashire (d.22nd August 1944) John Barnett was my grandfather, I have documentary evidence but no photo of him. I have been looking for weeks online to try and find a photo of him with no luck. He was 24 when he died in Budapest, Hungary. If anyone knows of, or has a photo of, him, I would be very grateful.
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L Barnett . British Army Gloucestershire Regiment L Barnett served with the Gloucestershire 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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Louis Jack "Reg" Barnett . British Army Middlesex Regiment from Rotherham I know my Dad, Louis Barnett served as Regimental Bandmaster with the Black Watch. He attended Knellar Hall. He married my mother in April 1947 and was posted to Hong Kong a week later.
He was born in Rotherham in April 1914. His father, my grandfather was also called Louis and was a dentist. My father died suddenly in November 1966. I know very little about him other than what I have heard from friends of the family and the letters he wrote my mother Alice nee Moyes, during the year he served in Hong Kong before he got an honourable discharge from the Army.
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Sergeant P S Barnett . RAF VR 59 Squadron
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Cpl. Thomas Eugene "Barney" Barnett . United States Army Co K, 112th Infantry Regiment from Tucapau, South Carolina My Grandfather, Thomas Barnett was captured on November the 8th 1944 whilst serving with the 112th in 28th Infantry Div. He was initially held captive at Stalag (III B); He was held there for 2 months and transferred to Stalag (II A), where he was held for 4 months. According to him (he hardly ever talked about his experiences, and when he did he always got upset) Stalag II A was located in between a fork in the road. The Russians later liberated the camp, but he was able to escape just before that happened. He told the story that Russians were shelling artillery from both sides of the fork. He said a mule took some shrapnel and ran through the fencing that imprisoned the camp. He and others took flight out of the hole made by the mule. He managed to retrieve a CZ24 sidearm off a dead German Officer. He told of how an SS Officer was riding a horse through those that were able to make it outside the fencing and was cutting POW's down with a sword.
He and others were able to make it back to friendly lines, He was returned to action on May 24th 1945. I once asked him why he and the others didn't run towards the Russians, he told me that they were afraid that the Russians would make them fight with them and that they would be used as the frontline and sent into positions in which they would be guinea pigs. He said he never thought he would make it back to friendly lines but he wasn't going to die in that camp. He brought the CZ24 home with him, My Dad owns it now. My Grandfather has too many medals to list I will say that he has a Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Prisoner Of War, and a French Croix. The others are too numerous to add here. He passed away in 2002 and to my amazement Congress had stopped giving full military burial rights a couple years prior to my Grandfather passing. The Army initially were intending on sending 2 soldiers with a tape recorder to play Taps. This pissed me off to no end. My Grandfather passed on a Monday morning, and after I found out the Army's arrangements for him I got on the phone and called my Congressional Representative in South Carolina, which was Jim Demint at the time. I voiced my displeasure that Congress had reduced Military funeral rights down to a tape recorder of Taps. I said " why not just spit on his grave while your at it." After 3 days of calling, my Representative had arranged for my Grandfather to have Full Military burial rights. He had a 21 gun salute, a bugler, the works. It's a shame that other WWII Vets (Heroes) may have only had a tape recorder. For anyone that reads this if your WWII veteran has not passed on yet, I urge you to contact your congressman and make sure the Veteran receives a dignified and fitting burial.
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Pvt. Victor George Barnett . Australian Army from Australia POW Camp Fukuoka 17 in Japan
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LAC. Wilfred Sydney Barnett . Royal Air Force 104 Squadron from Manchester My father, Wilfred (Sid) Barnett, served in 104 Squadron RAF from Egypt 1942, through North Africa, into Italy in 1943. He served there with initially Wimpeys then B24 Liberators.
He finished the war in 1945 flying POW's back to UK. Landed at Brize Norton with a load of POW's and were treated as heros by the reception committee who thought the aircrew, in really scruffy uniforms, were the POW's. In fact the POW's had been given new uniforms, and were overlooked.
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Fus. Leslie Barnety . British Army Royal Fusiliers from Ilford, Essex
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Ord.Sea. G Barney . Royal Navy (d.11th April 1945)
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L/Sgt. Harry Barnfield . British Army Royal Artillery My great uncle Harry Barnfield was held in Stalag XXA in 1942.
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Samuel Barnfield . British Army Norfolk Regiment from Norwich My Grandfather Samuel Barnfield was a member of the Royal Norfolk Regiment during WW2.I remember him telling me very few details.I believe he was at Dunkirk.As i remember my Nan telling me that my Grandad dropped his rifle in the Channel while climbing onto a rescue boat. He was most upset that he had to pay for the rifle later.
He was also a Prisoner of War of the Japanese and spent approx. three years in Burma.
I am not sure of what Regiment he served with in Burma, any help would be appreciated.
As a side note my Grandfather on my fathers side was German and fought on their side, he was captured by the Russians but escaped and was captured by the British.
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Flt.Lt. George Buchanan Barnie . Royal Canadian Air Force 420 Squadron from Brantford, Ontario Flight Lieutenant George Barnie (1922-2013) was a pilot who served in No. 420 Squadron. He flew many types of warplanes, but his favourite "kite" was the Lancaster.
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Myra Barnish . Munitions Factory Worker Swynnerton I worked at Swynnerton filling factory during WW11, and have often wondered where all my friends from those years are now, I now live in Canada.
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