L/Cpl. Oswald Chipchase . British Army Royal Signal Corps
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Harold Chippendale . Royal Navy HMS Woolwich Looking for information on my granddad, Harold Chippendale and the ships he was on. Specifically, information on HMS Woolwich and what role the ship had in the Mediterranean war. Harold was on the ship from 1st August 1939 to 15th January 1943, then went to HMS Canopus.
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Gnr. Frank Sidney Chipperfield . British Army Royal Artillery I am trying to trace information regarding Frank Sidney Chipperfield, Gunner Number 2160883, Royal Artillery. In 1943 his home address was recorded as Rochbel, Amersham Road, Hazlemere, Chepping Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.
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Piper. Chisholm . Army The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
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Pte. Alexander Chisholm . British Army 1st Btn. Border Regiment from South Hylton, Sunderland Alec Chisholm served with the 1st Border Regiment, part of 1st Air Landing Brigade. He took part in invasion of Sicily, surviving when his glider landed in the Mediterranean having been cast off too early from tug.
He landed at Arnhem and was captured, he was held as a PoW at Fallingbostel.
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L/Cpl. Andrew Souness Chisholm . British Army 2nd Btn. Kings Own Scottish Borderers from Clock Tower, Ayton, Berwickshire Andrew Chisholm served with the 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers.
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SSgt George Chisholm . British Army Seaforth Highlanders from Sunderland (d.15th February 1945)
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Ord.Sea. John George Chisholm . Royal Navy HMS Bonaventure from Carlisle, Cumberland (d.31st Mar 1941) My cousin, Jackie Chisholm, was an only child and volunteered 14 March 1938, aged 16, unbeknownst to his parents. His training was aboard the HMS Caledonia at Rosyth, and after serving as a Boy 1 on board the Drake and Hermes, he joined the Bonaventure in May 1940 as an Ordinary Seaman. The Bonaventure was torpedoed and sunk south of Crete on 31st March 1941 with many lives lost. Jackie's name is on Plymouth Naval War Memorial on Plymouth Hoe, dedicated to sailors who have been lost at sea. He was 19 years old when he died.
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Sgt. Thomas William Chisholm . Royal Air Force from Newcastle upon Tyne My Grandfather Thomas Chisholm served with the 5th Northumberland Fusiliers. I have a diary of the time he spent as a POW. He was captured 27th May 1918 at the Battle of Aisne, and spent a month at Darmstadt before being shipped to Giessen. He was registered at Giessen 3rd July 1918. He was eventually shipped out 1st January 1919 on the HMS Concord arriving in Copenhagen 2nd January. I have published his diary.
In the Second World War he joined the Royal Air Force and served on Barrage Balloons at RAF Long Benton.
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Sgt. Arthur Langley Chisman . Royal Australian Air Force 460 Sqdn from East Finchley, London (d.19th Oct 1944) I knew that I had been named after my parent's best man at their wedding but had not investigated very far. They had told me he had died during the war and was in the Air Force. Both my parents are now dead and I was looking through old photos when I came across one with the name of their best man on it. In the past I had looked for Chisholm or similar but the actual spelling is Chisman. A little bit of investigation with the help of Google and http://www.ozatwar.com and I have found out the following: Their best man was Arthur Langley Chisman who joined 460 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force flying Lancasters as Flight Engineer (only British aircrew were trained for this role). He was killed along with all but one of the crew of the Lancaster on 19th October 1944, leaving behind his wife Mary.
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Pte. Frank Stidolph Chismon . British Army 4th Btn Royal East Kent Regiment from Church Lane, Newington, Sittingbourne, Kent (d.23rd Oct. 1943)
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Frederick Chisnall . British Army from Poplar East London Fred Chisnall is my uncle and all I know about his war is that he didn't reach Dunkirk and was captured.
This week I came across an old family photograph upon which it was written Stalag XXB. There is a group of soldiers and Fred is on the back row second from left.
Sadly I know very little about my family's wartime experiences and if anyone could send me any details about Fred I would be grateful. Thank you.
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R Chisolm . British Army Royal Armoured Corps R Chisolm 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: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch 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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P/O W. E. Chitty . RAAF pilot 514 Sqd. (d.30th Jul 1944) P/O Chitty was injured in a serious crash on return from Nuremburg on the 31st March 1944. On return to Waterbeach his aircraft was baulked on finals by another Squadron aircraft and crash-landed heavily whilst attempting to go around. The crew were:
- P/O W.E.Chitty
- Sgt C.M.Guy
- Sgt L.A.Ive
- Sgt R.Fox
- Sgt A.B.Pattison
- Sgt C.Pratt
- Sgt J.Shepherd
On recovery he formed another crew, retaining his flight engineer Charles Guy. They were lost without trace on the 30th of July 1944 and are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
- F/L W.E.Chitty
- Sgt C.M.Guy
- W/O L.A.Ding
- F/O W.S.Bonell
- F/S J.E.Richardson
- F/S E.W.Jenner
- F/S G.C.Wells
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Drvr. Gaisi Mirazi Chituwanga . British Army East African Army Service Corps (d.14th October 1943) Driver Chituwanga was buried in the Lubudi African Cemetery in the Congo, Grave 7.
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Drvr. Gaisi Mirazi Chituwanga . East African Army Service Corps (d.14th October 1943) Driver Chituwanga was buried in the Lubudi African Cemetery in the Congo, Grave 7.
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Pvt. John Riley Chitwood . US Army 59th Coast Artillery Regiment from Knoxville, Tennessee
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Alexander Frank Chopping . British Army 8th Army My dad served on the large guns and fought at El Alamein with the 8th Army. He had a leg injury and was sent to the Manchester Royal Infirmary and then on to Wales to recover.
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Wilf Chorley . British Army 5th Btn East Yorks Rgt My late father was in the 5th Btn East Yorkshire Rgt. He served in the Faroe Islands and was a POW at Weetzen, Germany. He worked in the sugar factory in 1944.
Update
British POWs book records the following: 8A 82336 Chorley, W.L. Pte 3663680 E. York. 8A is the camp (Goritz), the next number is the person's POW number and the remainder could refer to your late father.
Also try http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/press/pdf/2jan2005.pdf for POW interrogation questionnaires(Stuart Brown)
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Wilfred Lawrence Chorley . My father was captured in 1944. The POW camps he was in were: Stalag XIIA (Limberg), Stalag VIIIA (Zgorzelec, Poland), finaly Stalag VIIIC (Sagan, Poland).
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Pte. Frederick Leonard Chowen . British Army 2nd Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment from Southwark, Surrey (d.24th Jul 1944)
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Ord. Sea. Alfred George "Alf" Chowles . Royal Navy HMS Bedouin from Greenford Middlesex (d.15 June 1942) My Uncle, Alf Chowles, served on HMS Bedouin. His was one of the 28 lives lost when the ship was torpedoed.
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Ord.Sea. Alfred George Chowles . Royal Navy HMS Bedouin from Greenford, Middlesex (d.15th June 1942) I have no details of Alf Chowles war service, unfortunately as a young 19-year-old ordinary seaman he had no real voice.
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Lt. Albert Chowne VC, MM.. Australian Army 2/2nd Australian Infantry Battalion from Australia (d.25th Mar 1945) Albert Chowne was born in Sydney. He attended Chatswood Boys Intermediate High School and Naremburn Junior Technical School. In 1935, he began work as a shirt-cutter with David Jones. He spent a brief period in the 36th Battalion, a Militia unit, before enlisting in the Australian Imperial Force in late May 1940. He was assigned to the 2/13th Battalion as a platoon message runner and was later made company runner. The unit, part of the 9th Division arrived in the Middle East in November 1940 and later joined the North African campaign, defending Tobruk for eight months in 1941. During his time at Tobruk, Chowne transferred to the carrier platoon and was promoted to Corporal. After Tobruk the 2/13th performed garrison duties in Syria where, in September, Chowne was promoted to Sergeant. He was wounded in the leg and hand at El Alamein the following month and spent three weeks in hospital. He returned to Australia with the battalion in January 1943. In July, the unit was deployed to New Guinea campaign, taking part in the Battle of Finschhafen. Chowne, now commanding a mortar platoon, was awarded the Military Medal for twice crawling close to enemy positions to direct mortar fire. Regarded as exceptionally cool by his comrades, Chowne combined fearlessness with a self-effacing manner.
He was commissioned as a Lieutenant in January 1944 and he married Daphne Barton, a Corporal in the Australian Women's Army Service, in March that year. Having completed the jungle warfare training course at Canungra, Queensland, Chowne was posted to the 2/2nd Battalion, part of the 6th Division, in October 1944.
The 2/2nd was sent to the Aitape-Wewak campaign in New Guinea, two months later.
On 25 March 1945 near Dagua, Chowne attacked an enemy position which was holding up further movement towards Wewak. Seeing that the leading platoon was suffering heavy casualties, Chowne rushed forward and knocked out two light machine guns with grenades and then, calling on his men to follow him and firing his sub machine gun from the hip, he charged the position. Although he was twice wounded in the chest, the impetus of his charge carried him forward 50 yards under intense machine gun and rifle fire and he accounted for two more of the enemy before he was killed.
Chowne was awarded the Victoria Cross posthumously and was buried at the Lae War Cemetery, Lae, New Guinea. A street in Campbell, Canberra is named after him as is Albert Chowne Memorial Hall, a community facility in Willoughby, Sydney. His VC is displayed at the Australian War Memorial.
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Lt. Albert Chowne VC, MM.. Australian Army 2/2nd Battalion from Australia (d.25th March 1945)
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S. H. Chriss . Auxiliary Fire Service Horsham
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F/O Raymond Alexander "Chris" Christenson . Royal Canadian Air Force 433 Squadron from Kingman, Alberta, Canada I am looking for families of the following individuals of his crew:
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N R209315 Edwards, I
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AB R183923 Plaskett, M.S. believed to have been from Toronto, Ontario
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WOP R209387 Johnstone, J.B. believed to have been from Toronto, Ontario
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FE 1818015 Enser, M.G.
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MU R254367 Powell, Walter Henry already located
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RG R267389 Campbell, Cameron Clare already located
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W. Christey . Royal Air Force RAF Upper Heyford W. Christey was stationed at Upper Heyford during 1943.
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