George Arthur Clappison . British Army 7th Armoured Division George Clappison served in the 7th Armoured Division in WW2 and was a Desert Rat at Tobruk
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Pte. Robert William Clarabut . British Army 1st Btn Dorsetshire Regiment from Walthamstow, Essex (d.6th Jul 1943) My Grans brother died in the war, aged 21. His name was Robert W Clarabut, I'd like to find out more about him, is anyone still alive today who knows of him?
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Pte. George Clare . British Army Royal Army Service Corps from Glasgow My mother's younger brother, my uncle George Clare, was captured in 1940 with the 51st Highland Division at Saint-Valery-en-Caux and spent the war in Stalag XX-A in Poland. He didn't speak much about his experiences but I know he was on the march from XX-A ahead of the advancing Russian army. I have a postcard he sent to me from the camp in 1941 when I was just short of my 5th birthday
He had married my aunt on embarkation leave and so didn't see her again till the end of the war. He lived to the ripe old age of 96.
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Fus. Henry Edward Clare . British Army Royal Irish Fusiliers from London
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KF Clare . British Army Royal Armoured Corps KF Clare 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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Sydney Clare . British Army from Hull My grandfather was called Sydney Clare, from Hull. He was captured at Dunkirk and then spent the rest of the war in a POW camp in Poland. I am not sure which one. His youngest daughter was named Valerie as she was born after he was captured - I think it may have been the name of where he was captured but could be wrong. He was possibly in the Royal Armoured Corps.
I know that he too was forced marched to Germany towards the end of the war. He did not talk about it much so I have such sketchy information. I only remember him saying that he saw 'Jews walking past the fence' (although I was very young when he said this and may have misunderstood). Where any of the POW camps near to concentration camps? The only other thing my late father told me was that Sydney was ashamed of having to 'work for the Germans' growing food. I know so little about him and now it is too late as he died several years ago.
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Sgt. Sydney Clare . British Army Royal Armoured Corps Sgt. Sydney Clare was a member of the Royal Armoured Corps and the Reconnaissance Corps. His POW number was 11228 and he was held at Stalag XXB which was at Malbork, Poland.
He died in the 1980's.
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Gnr. Albert Daniel Clargo . British Army Royal Artillery from Blackwood, Monmouthshire Albert Clargo, who died in 1985, was my step-father. He was a prisoner at Stalag 344, Lamsdorf.
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Joseph Claridge . Merchant Navy MS Rangitane My grandfather, Joseph Claridge, was on the Rangitane, a ship which was sunk by the Japanese. They were captured by the Japanese but, because there were too many of them, they were dumped on a deserted island and lived off the wild boar and fruit. There were apparently 200 or more men abandoned, but they have not been classed as POW because they were dumped on this island. When my grandfather was eventually picked up he weighed only five and a half stone. I would like to know if there is anyone out there with information
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Kathleen Mary Claringbould . Womens Land Army from West Langdon, Dover, Kent My mother, Kathleen Claringbould, was a Land Army girl at Westmarsh Farm, Westmarsh, Kent, during WW2. I would like to trace any of her Land Army group. In particular Marjorie Evans, who, after WW2 moved to Ilford, Essex.
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Cpl. Albert Arthur "Nobby" Clark . British Army Royal Army Service Corps from Aldershot My dad, Albert Clark, Nobby, died 15 years ago and is only now I relise how little I know or knew about him and am keen to find out more. If anyone has details of him or his war time history, in particular, the time he spent as a Army Prisoner of War in Görlitz, Saxony. He worked in the NAFFI all his life so I am not sure if that continued during his war time sevice. I have many pictures of the camp with other prisoners some are signed but I have no idea who these people are.
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Albert Edward Clark . British Army Middlesex Regiment My father, Albert Edward Clark, joined the forces in August or September 1939. From what limited information we have, I understand he was sent to Palestine in 1944 from Egypt, then back to Egypt in 1946. The only other thing I know about his service is before he was sent to Palestine he was part of something or a unit known to me only as 'R.C.O. Sigs.' Perhaps it was his job. If anyone out there has any information on Albert Edward Clark, I would greatly appreciate hearing from you. Thank you.
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Alfred Clark . Army 2nd Northamptonshire Regiment My father, Alfred Clark, was in the 2nd Northamptonshire Regiment and was captured at Arras in 1940. He was then sent to Stalag V111B for the rest of the war. Was anybody in the same regiment in Arras who could tell me how they were captured?
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Alfred Clark . British Army 2nd Btn. Northamptonshire Regiment My father, Alfred Clark, was in the 2nd Btn Northamptonshire Regiment and was captured at Arras in 1940. He was then sent to Stalag VIIIB for the rest of the war. Does anyone know how they were captured?
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Andrew Clark . British Army Royal Artillery from Dundee
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Pte. Anthony Clark . British Army 5th Btn. Sherwood Foresters from Bubwith, Selby Anthony Clark was my father. He joined the army as soon as he was old enough. After training he went out to Tunisia or Egypt in time to take part in the invasion of Italy. He landed with the second wave in Salerno and moved with the fighting up Italy, crossing the Volturno River and on to Monte Casino. Before the fall of Monte Casino he was invalided out to Naples with TB. He was on HMHS Aba when she was bombed by stukas and narrowly missed being killed when one of the bombs went through the floor in the corridor near his cabin but failed to explode. He clearly remembered Mount Vesuvius erupting and the deck being covered in ash. He was returned to the UK where he spent several months in a sanatorium in the south of England, and was not expected to survive. Happily he did survive which is why I am here to write this. Unfortunately he died early at the age of 59 from a heart attack.
As a child he tended to only tell the more light-hearted stories such as the time he was put in charge of 3 German prisoners. My Father was the platoon Bren Gunner and the prisoners were very interested in the weapon.
Dad showed them how to strip it and rebuild it, which was fine until he let them have a go, which was at this point when one of his superiors arrived. Dad said these guys were just like him, they didn't want to fight a war and he saw nothing wrong with being friendly with them. Of course that was not an acceptable excuse and he was put on a charge. Dad never let on about the horrors of war but on this occasion he let something slip that indicated what a hard time he must have had. He said the charge was not followed through because they were short of men and there was only three of them left out of his platoon and they were needed at the front.
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Pte. Arnold "Knobby" Clark . British Army 41st Light Anti Aircraft Royal Artillery from Keswick My father was in this unit in the 2nd World War. He fought in Italy; the Far East; France & Palestine. We would love to find out more about his unit,he is now 90yrs old & things are a bit hazy for him ,we would like to know if there are any photo's of this unit & where we could get them.He once told us how, when in Palestine, he & his mate Bert Crow, decided to dry out some tea leaves & swap them with the Arabs for some dates, (thinking they were being clever!) the deal was done & they scuttled back to camp with their ill gotten gains, only to find that the so called fresh dates were rotten & riddled with ants!! They said they had learnt their lesson, but,I bet, they still tried it out again somewhere else!! If anyone can give us info on these "likely lads'" unit we would be really gratefull,
thank-you & take care
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Fus. Arthur Clark . British Army 4th Btn. Royal Northumberland Fusiliers from Hexham, Northumberland (d.02 June 1940)
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Able Seaman. B. L. Clark . Royal Navy HMS Forfar Able Seaman Clark was amongst the survivors of HMS Forfar.
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CA Clark . British Army CA Clark 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: 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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LAC. charles Francis "Nobby" Clark . Royal Air Force 104 Sqd.
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Sgt Charles F Clark . RAFVR 78 sqd. (d.6th Nov 1942)
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Pte. Charles Harvey Clark . US Army 422nd Infantry Regiment from Chambersburg, PA (d.15th March 1945)
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Sgt. Charles "Nobby" Clark . Royal Air Force RAF Cranwell from Lincoln, Lincolnshire My father, Charles Clark joined the RAF auxiliaries probably in 1939. He had several training postings. He was re-mustered several times to get on his favourite task, Engines. He was assigned as sergeant in charge of six Hurricanes in station defence for Cranwell. This was stationed at a nearby grass airfield possibly Barkstone Heath?.
I went there with my mum and dad in (I think) 1940. My elder brother (6 years old) was placed on a Hurricane wing. When the engine was started, it backfired with flame issuing from the exhaust. This frightened me and I cried. To get by the gate guard, Mum and Dad hid us 2 boys under coats behind the seats of Dad’s MG sports car.
Dad was later posted to the Middle East. At the cessation of hostilities, Dad was in Iraq (the local terrorist leader at that time was Rachid Ali). Dad made his own way home and then was transferred to Transport Command. We were so pleased to have him back home. I was 9 years old at the time.
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Sgt. D. A. Clark . Royal Air Force 77 Sqd.
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W/Cdr D. S. Clark . 77 Sqd. Wind Cmdr Clark was C.O. of 77 Sqd. from Sept to Dec 1944
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David Tennant Clark . British Army Grenadier Guards from West Bromwich David Clark was my Great Grandfather. He served in the Grenadier Guards in WW2 and was based in Wellington Barracks next to Buckingham Palace.
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Sgt. Donald Larry Clark . United States Army I Co. 31st Inf Regt from North Carolina
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Sgt. Donald Grant Clark . Royal Air Force 7 Squadron from Wick, Caithness, Scotland (d.3rd June 1941) Donald Clark was a flight engineer, he died aged 25 and is buried in Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery.
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