SB Clark . British Army SB 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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L/Cpl. Sidney Clark . British Army
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Pte. Stanley Leonard Clark . British Army 5th Btn. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry from Swindon, Wiltshire (d.11th July 1944)
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Ord.Tel. Stanley Clark . Royal Navy HMS Dundonald from Millom, Cumberland Stanley Clark, my dad, was at HMS Royal Arthur in Class 19, from 12 October 1942 until 5 April 1943 training as a Telegraphist. He was 18 years old when he commenced his service.
He was also on
HMS Drake from 6th of April 1943 until 18th of April 1943
HMS Dundonald 2nd of April 1943
until 9th of April 1944
HMS Copra 10th of April 1944 until 14th of November 1945
and HMS Drake 15th of November 1945 until 20th of May 1946.
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Tpr. T Clark . British Army 1st Lothian & Border Yeomanry Tpr.T Clark served with the 1st Lothian & Border Yeomanry 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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Pte. Thomas Clark . British Army 9th Btn. (Machine Gun) Y company Northumberland Fusiliers from Coney Garth, Bothal, Morpeth (d.1st Aug 1943) This is some information I found out about my grandfather's brother who joined up and went off to war. He was in the 9th Machine Gun Regiment in the Northumberland Fusiliers. He came from a small village called Coney Garth, Bothal, near town of Morpeth.
I have found out a lot of information from relatives about my great uncle and this has increased my admiration of what he did. I have also read letters he wrote home during basic training and while serving overseas. Regrettably he died a POW after the fall of Singapore. I have also received a photo of his grave from the commonwealth war graves, which was a fantastic surprise. I was purely wanting to share my findings with yourselves and anyone else researching into military ancestors. For me the following was very relevant.
He trained in the UK, then was shipped to numerous areas until finally docking in Singapore, he saw action for weeks and was also injured while manning a Lewis Machine gun, from records I have found, he manned the gun until orders were given to fall back. When I found out he died a POW and under the conditions it was an emotional experience for me, even though I've never seen pictures of him as a man, (only as a child) I felt, by digging through and finding out what he went through, an emotional connection. I also lay a wreath every year at Bothal Village church (next to the War Memorial) in honour of his memory. He gave his life today for our tomorrow, and I can never imagine what he went through as a young man.
He is buried ay Chungkai in Siam.
I have total admiration and feel proud of what he did during the war.
Information i would love to find out is, when was he injured, where was e injured and what was happening at the time. Not sure if anyone can help point me in the right direction to get this kind of information, anything would be much appreciated
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L/Cpl. Thomas Clark . British Army 1st Btn. Highland Light Infantry from Glasgow, Scotland (d.8th March 1916) Thomas Clark is remembered on the Basra Memorial.
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F/O Thomas Clark . Royal Air Force 540 Sqdn. from Brierley Hill
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Pte. Thomas Clark . British Army Z Adv. Workshop Royal Army Ordnance Corps (d.15th February 1940) My father, Thomas Clark, served with the ROAC and was killed during the fall of Singapore in February 1942, he has no known grave. Is there anyone who could give me information on my father?
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V Clark . British Army Royal Corps of Signals V Clark served with the Royal Corps of Signals 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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WO2 W. J. Clark . Royal Canadian Air Force 419 Sqdn. Halifax ll DT646 VR-C was shot down during a raid to Essen 5th March 1943. T/O Middleton St. George 18.57, hit by flak over target and also attacked by nightfighter, aircraft crashed near Elst Holland at 21.37.
F/S J.R. Couper RCAF, KIA (commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial).
F/Lt. L. Bakewell RAF, POW in Lamsdorf, POW No. 37630.
Sgt. A.C. Turner RCAF, Evaded.
WO2 D.D. Scowen RCAF, POW in Lamsdorf, POW No. 27657.
F/O J.E. Marvel RCAF, POW in Stalag Luft 3, POW No. 27751.
Sgt. J.A. Bennett RCAF, POW.
WO W.J. Clark RCAF, POW in Lamsdorf, POW No. 27703.
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Sgt. Wilfred Ernest "Fuller" Clark . Royal Air Force 12 Squadron (d.14th April 1943) Wilfred Clark's plane fell during the night 13th/14th of April 1943 with another Lancaster.
The crew was Sayers, Dynarski, Mulligan, Clay, Bakeman and Applegate.
They are all buried in Le Mans cemetery, near my home.
I will be happy to be in touch with the families.
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WJ Clark . British Army WJ 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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"Knobby" Clarke . Royal Air Force 190 Sqdn. Please help to find:
Jack Britten (pilot)
Knobby Clarke (navigator)
Ken Hawley (wireless operator)
Phil Oliver(mid-upper gunner)(Rhodesian)
They flew out of RAF Great Dunmow.
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AD Clarke . British Army AD Clarke 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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SBA. Alan George "Nobby" Clarke . Royal Navy HMS Redpole from London I trained in class 238 at HMS Royal Arthur. HMS Redpole and LST9. I finished in the Pacific moving Aussy troops and
Japanese P.O.Ws. Between the islands Sydney and Brisbane. Good old days.
Some happy some sad.
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Alfred Henry "Curly " Clarke . British Army Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry from London Alfred Clark was a Bren Gunner in the DCLI.
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Gnr. Alfred John Douglas Clarke . British Army No. 2 Commando Royal Artillery (d.9th October 1944) Gunner Alfred John Douglas Clarke was 23 when he died. He is buried in the Tirana Park Memorial Cemetery in Albania.
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Lt. Alfred Francis "Nobby" Clarke . British Army The Khyber Pass was an area Alfred Clarke fought. Provided as much information as I have.
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Pte. Baden Clarke . British Army 5th Battalion Sherwood Foresters from Chesterfield (d.7th February 1945)
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3rd Radio Off. Brian Roy Clarke . Merchant Navy SS Sithonia from Preston Brian Clarke was third radio officer on the SS Sithonia, which was torpedoed in the mid-Atlantic on 13th of July 1942 by a German submarine U-201, commanded by Kapitanleutnant Adalbert Schnee. Most of the crew survived in two lifeboats. Brian’s lifeboat arrived in Africa two weeks later, where eventually they were taken prisoner by Vichy French authorities and sent to a POW camp near Dakar. At the end of the war, they were released and repatriated. Details of his story and survival and imprisonment were brought to public attention through his recordings (titled ‘Adrift’) on tape and CD, which are available at the Imperial War Museum. Also, the book ‘Making Shore’ was basically Brian’s true story, although it had some embellishments of a romantic nature.
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Charles Clarke . Army Whilst looking through some of my Grandmother's old letters I found a 10 page letter from my uncle Charles Clarke which he sent at the end of the war, when he was serving with the British Army in Germany, and on the
small envelope she marked MY MASTERPIECE. I copied it out as I thought it
was so well written although some of the grammar is not that good. Anyway I
copied it out exactly as he had written it, and thought it very interesting.
I attach a copy and hope it will be of interest to you, obviously the
original is very fragile and on very thin paper.
Tuesday on board ship
Dear Mom
I am writing this on board while waiting for the other troops to arrive. I told you in my other letter that 24 of us had to do escort, well 500 POW coming on board shortly and they are being repatriated to Germany they are billeted below decks in the foremost part of the ship.
The ship is called the Empire Cutlass and it looks quite a good tub has been repainted. We have to do guards on the ship the 24 of us 2 hours on 6 hours off. We have officer’s bunks and cabins the other blokes on the draft have to sleep below decks and civvies. It is warm in here and is sat in a big armchair writing this. My bunk has a clean white pillow and its lovely and clean in here, polished red floor.
They have the wireless on the loud speakers are playing dance music. The officer said that we shant have any trouble with the jerries, but we have to keep them below decks and our blokes from mixing with them. When I go on guard I have to wear my life belt and carry a rifle and bayonet.
I do my first 2 hours as soon as they come above and while they are on boat drill. There shouldn’t be much to do as we are only on the water 24 hours. A boat has just pulled in from Cookshaven with British troops on leave. The sea looks calm enough and an old sailor says we should have a good voyage. We have three Sgts in the cabin, ten of us altogether.
Have been on top deck and had a look around. When you are in here you cannot imagine you are on a ship until you look up and see the porthole. Tell Tom I am on the starboard side, I know that because it says so on the notice. We are having the toilet change from officers to us we have civvies on board they are in with the troops. Our blokes can’t come on board until the P.O.W.’s are on, they are late already.
Had my dinner on board and it was a treat had prunes for pudding. We also get an extra meal and tea through the night on this guard. I am with 4 of the blokes from Farnborough. Shall write to Ken as soon as I get a chance perhaps tomorrow. Well the blokes coming from Germany are loaded with cases and stuff so I reckon there must have been a bit of swapping and changing going on. Shall be glad when we get under weigh now and get there, then I shall get a bit settled for 6 months I hope. I haven’t got my cigs out of my pack yet, as a bloke has lent me 20 until I can get to them.
Well I am about ready for my tea, but how long I shall keep it is according to the weather.
I have just done my guard duty we have the jerries aboard, they have them doing fire duty and boat drill right now. We have left England now. The boat is going smooth right now, hope it lasts. The jerries are right above our heads walking about. Roll on the time when I am coming back and instead of looking for Cookhaven I am looking for Hull.
They are giving orders to the Germans over the loudspeakers in German. I see we have a number of women aboard I wonder where they are too. Have just had my tea some of the blokes are serving up the grub in the galley so I had a good helping of peas and meat Bread butter and jam its pure white and it tastes a treat. Well I am going to have a lie down now and try to get some sleep, but I expect I shall be on guard again soon. I have been on this crate since 11 am this morning and we didn’t sail until 6pm. I will write some more to this as soon as I get a chance we have a lav for escort only with hot water and shower it was the officers but had a notice put up to say Escort only. Cheerio a bit.
Well here I am it is about 10.30 am on Wednesday morning and I am lying in my berth writing this. Did a guard this morning 3.30am till 5.30 on the deck and it was damned cold, you should have seen me with my balaclava on and life belt on. I came in and had a good sleep I am on again at 3.30pm we are supposed to arrive in Cookshaven about 6pm.
Have just had tea and biscuits and for supper last night we had a chop and potatoes and breakfast fish “haddock” potatoes bread butter and jam. I had a ration last night 20 cigs and one bar of chocolate a pkt of biscuits and a can of beer it came to 1/10 the lot all duty free you see. I had one of the Sgt ration an all but only had one lot of beer. Wonder how far we are inland when we get there. I was talking to one of the gerries and he told me he was shot down over Britain in 1942 so I wondered if he had bombed Brum. If I thought he did, I should have kept him below decks all the while I was on. Talk about old men some of them are grey and bald. They seem happy at going home anyway.
Well I think it is about time I had a wash and shave I have not been SICK up to yet but I am not going to speak to soon.
I have just had my dinner; we had beef, potatoes, cabbage and RICE PUDDING.
Wish I could send you some of this bread; its lovely the crust is crisp. They give you a little card when you come aboard mine has number 1 on it so I am first in the queue every time, so I get mine before it gets cold. We are having a very calm trip up to now. I think we shall be a bit late getting in. By the time I have finished this it will be about 10 pages and you will have sailed across the North Sea.
The sea is blue and I think the sun is going to shine and I hope this wind drops, it is, but it makes your face a little sore and your lips dry. Have just had some orange and it went down a treat. I shall post this as soon as I get in. Don’t throw this letter away I should like to keep it, as it is my first trip at sea. My feet where lovely and warm while I was I bed, you see I have a radiator right at my side. The prisoners are taking a stroll around the deck foremost of the ship they have been polishing their boots and getting spick and span for their return home. I bet someone is happy somewhere waiting for their return. They have come from all over the place some from the USA and some from Canada so they must have had quite a trip. They are just about to have their dinner and the German interpreter has been called to get them down, so I expect we shall be going out on duty again in a very few minutes. We may get some more cigs before we disembark I have just asked the Sgt if we have British stamps over here and he says we don’t have any stamps at all, so that’s one thing I will have to get. There are light ships all along the route with lights all over them to mark the route.
I am glad I had this job because you get better accommodation the other blokes are in 5 tier bunks they are only sack bagging stretched across a frame. They spend more time on the deck than they do in their beds. It has just been announced that we have high tea at 4 o clock.
Have arrived in Germany and am in a big building like a hotel, am moving out in the morning. Have changed my money and am about to have my supper. Was not seasick at all.
Well Mom this is all for now Cheerio
All of the Best
All my Love
Charles
Ps Will write again as soon as I can.
Write Soon
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Pte. Dennis Frank Clarke . British Army 2nd Btn. Welsh Regiment from Redditch, Worcestershire (d.29th December 1944) Dennis Clarke served in the Welsh Regiment in Burma and was killed on 29th of December 1944. He is buried in the Taukkyan War Cemetery in Myanmar (Burma). He was 21 years of age.
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L/Cpl. Edward Arthur "Nobby" Clarke . British Army 8th Army from London
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Cpl. Edward Arthur Clarke . British Army 5th Btn. Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders from Maidenhead (d.19th April 1945) Edward Clarke was my Grandfather.
Sadly, I never had the chance to meet him, but he must have been an amazing man to have fought for so many years and to have got so close to coming home. I would like to know more about him.
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Gnr. Edward Clarke . British Army 35th L.A.A. Regiment, 78th Battery Royal Artillery (d.15th Sep 1945) Edward Clarke is my paternal grandfather. He died after three and a half years as a Prisoner of War. He is buried in Jakarta. Sadly, I do not believe that I will ever get to visit his last resting place.
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Stokr. Eric Clarke . Royal Navy HMS Thrasher from Manchester Eric Clarke was my father. He had kept records of his RN Service, which show he joined the RN on 24th of February 1943. He spent his first few months in training at various shore establishments until 17th of September 1943 when he joined the supply ship HMS Cyclops. He was promoted to Stoker1 on 24th February 1944.
On 19th June 1944 he joined the submarine depot ship HMS Forth for service on T Class submarine Thrasher
On 14th of Oct 1944 he joined the submarine depot ship HMS Wolfe ( still serving on HMS Thrasher)
On 10th Mar 1945 Eric was promoted to A/L Stoker (T1) (M). 30th Aug 1945 Eric completed his submarine service and moved to shore base Dolphin at Gosport.
Eric completed his RN service on 30th Nov 1946.
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Ernest "Ernie" Clarke . British Army Royal Observer Corps from Whitby An old photo has emerged showing my granddad, Ernest Clarke, and his brother Harry Clarke in the Royal Observer Corps in World War II. It was taken in Whitby North Yorkshire, at Whitby Abbey.
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