T-4 John Ashward Clark . United States Army My father was a POW in Cabanatuan 1 or 2. He died in one of these camps on 26th October 1942. He was stationed at Camp John Hay, Baguio City, Phillipines when WWII broke out.
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PO, John Thomas Clark . Royal Navy HMS Raven from Tottenham, London My late grandfather, John Clark, was an aircraft mechanic, Chief Petty Officer. He served in World War Two with the Royal Navy, and then backed up in the Korean War with the Royal Australian Navy.
Ships that Jack served on:
- HMS Drake
- HMS Raven
- HMS Condor
- HMS Illustrious
- HMS Owl
- HMS Jackdaw
- HMS Waxwing
- HMS Haloford
- HMS Daedalus
- HMS Saket
- HMS Bheninda
- HMS Landrail
- HMS Sydney
- HMS Albatross
- HMS Glory
- HMS Nirimba
- HMS Penguin
- HMS Vengeance
- HMS Heron
Jack was a merchant seaman before he joined the Royal Navy. He spent about 15 years at sea.
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Lt. John Sawle Clark . Royal Navy HMS Ramillies John Clark was a Lieutenant, later to become a Lieutenant Commander
He served on HMS Ramillies from 1943 to Feb 1944.
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Joseph Stanley Clark . British Army Seaforth Highlanders
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Pte. Keller Cloe Clark . United States Army from Oklahoma Keller Cloe Clark was my maternal grandfather. He did not speak of the war often and until recently, we did not know where he was held. I believe from the information I have found that he was at Stalag IIa from November 1944 until June 1945.
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WO1 Kenneth William Clark . Royal Canadian Air Force 252 Squadron from Windsor, Ontario, Canada (d.9th May 1943) On 26th October 1942, F/Sgt. Kenneth Clark and observer Sgt. Fraser were flying Beaufighter T5209 on a sortie from Gianiclis escorting Beauforts on a convoy strike at Tobruk when they were attacked and hit by a ME109. Sgt. Fraser was injured in a hand as well as his left knee.
On 9th May 1943, F/Sgt. Clark and his Observer, F/Sgt. J. Talbot (964697) left the base at Magrun or Gambut at 1755 hrs in a patrol of four aircraft to carry out a convoy patrol in the Gulf Of Sidra.
Shortly after the patrol of four aircraft left the base, F/Sgt. Clark's aircraft was observed to orbit the base and then set course unaccompanied, at a height of 1000 ft. While over the base no message was received either on R.T. or V.H.F. (Radio Messages Morse and Voice) and no indication was given to the ground of any difficulty he may have experienced in deciding him to leave the patrol just after the take off and return and circle the base. This was the last occasion in which the aircraft was seen. It failed to join up with the patrol at any time.
An extensive search was carried out over the sea with no result and it was presumed that the aircraft had dived into the sea leaving no survivors.
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KF Clark . British Army Royal Armoured Corps KF Clark 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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Sgt Laurie Clark . Royal Air Force 138 Sqd. My father died in 1960, 3 weeks after my birth and would never talk about his wartime experiences to my mother. However, this is what I have gleaned over the years: Towards the end of the war his Stirling was shot down over the Danish coast. There was an emergency landing and repairs were made but while they were taking off, and 50ft in the air, a bomb on the aircraft went off. A saboteur has planted it while the repairs were being done. My father was hurled through the perspex nose but landed in a mixture of sea and marsh, went through minefields, but survived. (At this time he may have been helping an injured American airforce person, perhaps of African descent. He may have killed an enemy soldier at this time, too, as my Mum said he had nightmares about this) Through friendly contacts he made it to Copenhagen and was in sight of Sweden when he fell into the hands of the Gestapo. He received the "full treatment" and was sent to Stalag 7a at Moonsburg. My mum would say that towards the end of the war he was part of a crew whose mission was to drop spies behind enemy lines and he talked about the Caterpillar Club. My mother died 12 years ago and I now have children of my own and I am aware that there is so much about my father that I do not know.
Update:
The Stirling was LJ999, NF-Q they took of at 23:48 on the 4th of March 1945 from Tempsford on Operation TABLEJAM 241 and headed for Denmark. On the return journey at 150 feet, over Ringkobing Fjord an explosion sent the aircraft out of control to crash in shallow water.
The crew were:
- F/O L.G.Steven
- Sgt J.T.Breeze
- F/O N.E.Tilly
- F/S J.F.Kyle
- F/S G.M.Maude RAAF
- Sgt W.L.Clark
- Sgt J.H.Bloomer
The crew all survived and were taken POW, 5 of then were confined in Hospital due injuries until the Liberation.
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Cpl. Leonard Clark . British Army 2nd Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers from Colne, Lancashire (d.21st May 1942) The only the information about Leonard Clark was told to me by my granny Ethel (Leonard's wife). I remember asking as a small child where grandad was. My granny answered he was run over by a tank in the war and that was it.
I know his name is on the War Memorial in the town. My dad told me to go and look, so I did and found his name. He has always been a mystery, so now in 2016 I have decided to see if I can learn his story.
All his family are no longer with us. I became a NAAFI girl and was an Army wife for over 21 years, I think I owe it to his memory to find out as much about his life, also where he is buried. Also what happened to him. Back then, asking my gran where he was, I remember (even though I was young) her tone and manner and I knew not to ask again. So it became a subject not to be spoken about, back in my day that was it.
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Cpl. Lesley Albert Clark . United States Army
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Margaret Clark . Women's Land Army My name is Margaret Clark and I served in the Land Army between 1945 and 1948, firstly on the Home Farm in Pembrokeshire run by John Bennion and then on the Old Moor Farm near Bothal in Northumberland run by Mr J Hine.
I would very much like to hear from anyone who who also worked on these farms. I would also like to march on the Remembrance Day Parade and would be very grateful if I could get any advice as to how I would go about this.
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F/Sgt. Maurice A. Clark . Royal Air Force 57 Squadron from Wathamston, Essex (d.22nd June 1944) Flt. Sgt. Maurice Clark was the RAF Flight Engineer of Lancaster Mk.1, (NN 696) DX - H This plane took off in the first slot, at 2300 hrs. June 21, 1944, from East Kirkby on the Wesseling Oil Refinery raid. This plane was attacked and shot down by a German JU-88 Night Fighter flown by Uffz. Johann Werthner of 7./NJ2, crashing west of Geilenkirchen with the loss of all 7 crew members.
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Merl Clark . US Navy Merl Clark had a 20-year career in the US Navy and was a WWII Veteran where he received 13 battle star citations and 5 personal citations from the Navy. Six of those twenty years were served on the USS Boise CL47. The USS Boise was part of the Pacific fleet and during his tenure with the ship, Mr. Clark participated in The Battle of Cape Esperance (sunk 4 ships), the Battle of Guadalcanel, The Lone Tokoyo Raid; and the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Mr. Clark was aboard the US Boise during the Lingayen Gulf Landing (Philippines) with General McArthur aboard.
During his Navy career, Mr. Clark was the commanding officer of approximately eight different LCU, a recruiter, deep sea diver, and an instructor for boot camp. He received six letters of commendation for his service (one for citing the enemy during WWII as a gunner on the Boise and another for attaching a coaxial cable on the enemy’s submarine). He was also awarded “Outstanding Chief” of an LCU during his tenure. Overseas ports of call included: Sicily, Gibraltar, New Guinea, Portugal, Panama, most major Pacific Isles, Sidney Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Philippines, West Indies, Bombay India, Colombo Ceylon, Brunei Bay Borneo, Athens, Korea, Naples, Algiers, Plymouth and Cannes France to name a few. He participated in two fleet campaigns and was in Torino the day that Sicily surrendered and took 700 commandos as prisoners. When he was not on an ocean campaign, he spent most of his Navy career in Navy bases located in Virginia and California.
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Pte. Muriel Winifred Rose Clark . Auxiliary Territorial Service My mother was a private in the ATS during 1944. Does anyone remember her?
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Flying Officer Peter "Butch" Clark . Royal Air Force 418 Squadron from Twickenham (d.18 July 1944) Looking for information about F/O Peter Clark. He was a navigator with 418 Squadron, flying Mosquitos. On 18 July 1944 he and his pilot, Jim Kerr, RCAF, went missing. Clark´s body was later found washed ashore in southern Sweden and he is buried at Malmo Eastern Municipal cemetery in Sweden.
I work at the Malmo City Archives and am writing about the 10 allied airmen who are buried here. Clark is one of them and the one it is most difficult to find any information about. If you know anything at all, please contact me.
I know he was married a couple of months before he died; his wife´s maiden name was Betty Ring. She lived at 12 or 14 Princes Square, W.2. at least during 1944-1947. But then where did she go?
Thanks in advance for any help.
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RSM Peter Anthony "Nobby" Clark . British Army Buffs (East Kent) Regiment from Benenden, Kent Peter Clark was evacuated from Dunkirk with the BEF in 1940. He served in North Africa and Italy in transport related roles. Peter survived the war and died in 2001.
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Cpl. R W Clark . British Army Reconnaissance Corps In my late mother's papers was a photograph of men taken at Stalag XXB main camp eastern district group. All men are in uniform. on the back of the postcard, addressed to my mother in pencil, is No 3677 Oflag 111 Germany and the name Cpl. RW Clark. Also the number 14610 and the name Clark is on the side. As my mother was brought up just outside Dundee in Angus I would imagine this chap came from there too. I would love to know more and as there are no family members left to ask I am relying on someone else solving this mystery.
My mother's name was Flora Linn and she lived at Greenford, Monikie by Dundee.
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R Clark . British Army R 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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Reginald William "Nobby" Clark . British Army 57 Field Regt. The Royal Corps of Signals from Felpham, Sussex My Father, Reginald Clark, died last year aged 92. Both he and my mother wrote to each other continuously from when first met her at Margate when billeted in Birchington in (I think) 1941. Although I never did read the letters while they were both alive I have found pleasure in what they wrote about whilst they were apart for over 3 and a half years. Luckily I have most of them I believe, except for those which may have been lost in transit.
The tales my father told about the various activities, and I by that I only mean personal ones, are mostly comical. Of course he could never reveal where he was but I do know he was in the desert to start with, then went to Sicily the on to Italy. I wonder if there is any way I could find out about the route my father's unit took?
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OM4. Reginald Albert Edward Clark . Royal Navy HMS Lanka from Leicester (d.12th February 1944) Reginald Clark is a distant relative of my husband. He was 31 years old, the son of Sydney and Phoebe Clark of Leicestershire, England. He was married to Kate M. A. Clark for only 4 years and left two sons, Philip and Albert.
During WW2 Reginald served with the Royal Navy serving aboard HMS Lanka (also known as SS Khedive Ismail). He died 12th of February 1944 when HMS Lanka was sunk by a Japanese submarine. He was aged 31 years and is remembered on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.
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Richard Henry "Nobby" Clark . Merchant Navy from Wallasey,Cheshire My father, Richard Henry Clark known as Nobby, never spoke of his time as a merchant seaman. It was my mother who told us he was shipwrecked in the first U-boat sinking after the declaration of war. He was a long time in the water and his hearing was damaged permanently but when he needed an operation he refused to have it in a Naval hospital and I don't think he received a dedicated pension.
I don't even know what his position was, deckhand, steward etc., but I do know he was the best at cleaning windows and mirrors and always brought mine up to his standards whenever he visited me after I had my own home. He lived until 1982, not in great health and not to a great age but long enough to enjoy his grandchildren.
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Radioman Robert Clark . USAAF 96 Group 337 Squadron (d.22nd June 194-) On June 22nd on a mission to Huls, Germany, aircraft 42-5877 was shot down. The Pilot was Harold C Russell and Radioman Robert Clark is listed as KIA.
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Radioman Robert Clark . USAAF 96 Group 337 Squadron (d.22nd June 194-) On June 22nd on a mission to Huls, Germany, aircraft 42-5877 was shot down. The Pilot was Harold C Russell and Radioman Robert Clark is listed as KIA.
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A/PO. Robert "Nobby" Clark DSM.. Royal Navy HMS Sirius from Maybole, Scotland My father, Robert Clark joined the Royal Navy as a boy sailor in 1936 when he signed up for 12 years. He was an Anti Aircraft gunner using multi-barrel Pom Pom guns.
Dad served on a number of different ships including HMS Hood when WW2 broke out. He served on HMS Oribi during Operation Archery on the raid on Norway where he was awarded the DSM. He joined HMS Sirius in May 1942 and served in the Mediterranean for the next 2 years and left HMS Sirius after D-day. He was a surviving AA bridge gunner during the bombing late in 1943.
He then next served on HMS Belfast for the two year voyage to the Far East from February 1945 to December 1947.
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Pte. Robert Edward Clark . US Army 2nd Armored Division from Bondurant, Iowa As far as I understand my great uncle, Bob Clark, was with the "Hell on Wheels" Battalion. He was captured during the invasion of Normandy and was marched in the snow at some point where he lost all of his toes to frost bite.
He currently resides in Iowa at 103 years old.
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Sgt. Ronald Clark . British Army 50th (Royal Northumberland Fusiliers) Regiment Reconnaissance Corps from Hexham, Northumberland (d.6th June 1942) Sargent Ronald Clark was killed in action at Acroma in Libya and is buried in Knightsbridge War Cemetery.
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RRJ Clark . British Army Royal Artillery RRJ Clark served with the Royal Artillery 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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F/O Russell S Clark . RCAF 408 Sqd.
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Sam "Nobby" Clark . Royal Navy HMS Volunteer I am looking for anyone who might have served with Sam 'Nobby' Clark who served on HMS Volunteer, HMS Tanganyika or HMS Dungeness, any photographs or memories.
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Samuel William Clark . Royal Navy HMS Eagle from Southwark My grandad, Samuel Clark, joined the Navy in 1940. He trained at HMS Collingwood naval base and I have inherited a group photo taken at Collingwood.
Whilst serving on HMS Eagle (an aircraft carrier ship) in the Med, the ship was torpedoed by the German U-73 submarine and sank within 6 minutes. Sam dived off and managed to stay afloat until rescued (there were two rescue boats - British escort destroyer HMS Laforey and the tug HMS Jaunty - and they managed to rescue over 900 men. 158 men were lost at sea.) Grandad was one of the lucky ones that day. He used to love to tell how he was stranded at sea with sharks swimming around him for several hours!
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