F Clarke . British Army Royal Armoured Corps F Clarke 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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Pte. Firth Clarke . British Army West Yorkshire Regiment from Brighouse, Yorkshire Pte. Firth Clarke was captured early in the war and held prisoner through to the end. He was held in Stalag XXB. He rarely spoke of his time there, but on occasions told of stealing sugar hidden in a drum after a concert and getting German guards to help lift it as it was too heavy, of having shrapnel removed from his leg/ankle by German doctors, of walking home through Poland and refusing to remove his boots in case he was never able to get them back on. He was fond of boxing and gambling.
This second picture is of Firth at Stalag XXb (he did spend a short while in XXA before being moved to XXB) 
Firth after the war (sadly he died in 1960) – he had had time to recover from the weight loss caused by walking home through Poland, so I guess the picture is about 1947/8?
If anyone recognises him, I would love to get in touch and find out more.
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PO.Stoker. Frederick Charles Clarke . Royal Navy HMS Galatea from West Bromwich (d.15th Dec 1941) Born and raised in Spon Lane, Acting Stoker P.O. Frederick Charles Clarke was believed to be the only local man on board HMS Galatea. The Roll of Honour as published in The Times newspaper on February 12th 1942 records him as Missing Presumed Killed Clarke F.C. A/STO P.O. (Ty) Lives lost: 22 Officers, 394 R.N. Ratings, 50 Royal Marines and 4 N.A.F.F.I. (total 470).
After the First World War an appropriate way was needed to commemorate members of the Royal Navy who had lost their lives but had no known grave. As most men died at sea and a permanent memorial had to be sited on land, the three manning ports in Great Britain (Chatham, Plymouth and Portsmouth) were selected. After WW2 the memorials were extended to include the naval dead of this war also and it is here that Frederick Charles Clarke is commemorated.
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Dvr. Frederick Montague "Nobby" Clarke . British Army 3/4th Battalion County of London Yeomanry from Enfield My father was a desert rat, and was a lorry driver with 22nd aArmoured Division during the war. He told us an amusing story of how he had acquired some Italian army boots in Italy. Whilst driving his foot slipped off the brake pedal and he collided with the lorry in front of him. It was only a minor collision and the sergeant had a brief chat with my dad, and said "what happened Nobby?" My dad explained about the boots and the sergeant seemed ok with it. Dad heard no more about it until years later when we requested his records and he was annoyed to learn that the Army had fined him a week's pay over the incident.
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George Clarke . Royal Navy HMS Bedouin My dad served as a cook on HMS Bedouin prior to her being sunk. Fortunately, he was in Iceland at the time of her sinking.
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Pte. George Thomas Clarke . British Army 2nd Btn. Northamptonshire Regiment from Redditch, Worcestershire (d.10th May 1940) George Clarke would have been my uncle had he lived. My mother told me that he was only 19 years old when he was killed. I feel such great sadness that I never met him.
CWGC has his date of death between 10th May 1940 and 24th September 1940.
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George Henry "Knobby" Clarke . Brutish Army 2nd Battalion Worcestershire Regiment from Worcester
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Sergeant H Clarke . RAF 35 Squadron My grandfather was a pilot in 35 Squadron: Robert Thomas Morris, born September 1912. He died as a 'tail-end-Charlie' on 1 August 1942. He was a RAF Volunteer Reserve from Eccleshall, and his grave in marked in Flushing, Netherlands. He was a member of the crew flying in Halifax II, W1100, TL-G of 35 Squadron at RAF Linton-on-Ouse.
They were on a raid to Dusseldorf and were hit by flak over the target but managed to get as far as Holland before crashing near Serooskerke (Zeeland), on Schouwen. Two of the crew, my grandfather and Sgt B S Braybrook RAAF, were killed and the rest were taken prisoner.
Does anyone have any information, and even a picture of him?
The full crew was
Sgt Bertram Stanley Braybrook RAAF 403470. KIA, age 22 (Vlissingen Northern Cemetery)
Sgt R.T. Morris, RAF VR 1230755. KIA, age 29 (Vlissingen Northern Cemetery)
P/O R. Casey was interned in Camps 8B/344/L3. POW No.25114 with
P/O C.C. Spencer, POW No.25120.
Sgt H. Clarke in Camps 8B/344, POW No.25118 with
Sgt W.A. Elliott, POW No.25116 and
Sgt C.A.C. Pithers, POW No.25117.
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Cpl. Harold Arthur Clarke . North Caribbean Force British Honduras Btn. from Jamaica (d.23rd Sep 1946) Cpl. Clarke was the son of the late Leopold Erasmus Clarke and Lillian Beatrice Clarke, of Jamaica.
He was 27 when he died and is buried in the Belize City Cemetery in Belize.
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Sgt. Henry James Clarke . Royal Air Force Navigator 10 Squadron from Westminster, London (d.15th Feb 1944) Harry was a navigator for bombing raids. He joined the RAF after lying about his age. He pretended to be 7 years older than he actually was. One day after he had finished all his missions he came across a friend of his who was ill and had to do a mission. He took on his friend's mission and it was on this mission that he was shot down and killed. He died at the age of 24.
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Henry William Clarke . British Army Royal Army Medical Corps from Harvest Road, Smethwick My grandfather Henry Clarke was in the Royal Army Medical Corps. I know he signed up in Birmingham. I wondered if anyone had any information?
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Sgt. Henry Clarkson "Nobby" Clarke . Free Malayan Volunteer Reserve from Malaya I have a very personal letter my father, Henry Clarke, known as Nobby, wrote to my mother prior to release from Changi at the end of hostilities. He describes the life in Changi and on Belakang Mati.
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I Clarke . British Army I 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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Cpl. James John Murray "Nobby" Clarke . British Army 8th Btn. Durham Light Infantry from Washington, County Durham
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Jim Clarke . Royal Air Force 295 Sqdn. My father, Jim Clarke, served with 295 Squadron from 1943 through to just before VE day, when he was finally screened from operations. He flew as a tail gunner for A. G. Smith (pilot), D. Upton (navigator) and A. Savage.
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Pte. John Clarke . British Army Royal Horse Artillery from Walsall My dad Jack Clarke, was in the Royal Horse Artillery fighting rearguard near Dunkirk when he was captured and spent the next six years as a POW in Stalag 8. I would love to find out more about his time in the camp so I could understand more of what it was like for the POW's living through their ordeal but he was a proud man and would never talk about it.
If there is anyone who could tell me more about his regiment and the camps I would be more than grateful.
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Flt.Sgt. John Charles Everett Clarke . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 29 Squadron (d.21st June 1943) John Clarke was the son of Major Joseph Clarke,DSO MC TD Royal Engineers and Lucy Ann (nee Driver) of Bow, London.
He was born at Chesterfield, Derbyshire on 30th of October 1923 and is buried at Brookwood Military Cemetery, near Pirbright, Essex.
On 21st June 1943 his Mosquito night-fighter was badly damaged and he had to ditch into the sea and he and his navigator were killed. However their bodies were recovered.
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Joseph Clarke . Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm 808 Sqdn My dad served on many escort carriers during WW2, including HMS Hunter, HMS Khedive, HMS Battler and others, with 808 Squadron. I was wondering if any of his old shipmates or their family members have any stories or remember him.
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Pte. Leslie George "Nobby" Clarke . British Army Royal Signals from Warwick Leslie Clarke Signed up for the Royal Army Service Corp on the 11th March 1942. He then transferred to the Royal Signals on the 1st July 1942 until the 15th September 1946.
He was a Driver in the Royal Signals and was in Sicily.
He was promoted to Corporal, but only for one night. I can't remember why it was taken away.
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Flt.Lt Lindsey James Clarke DFC.. Royal Australian Air Force 142 Squadron
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Wren Margaret Marion Clarke . Women's Royal Naval Service HMS Caroline from Waterford (d.28th Jan 1941) Wren Margaret Clarke was the daughter of Lieut. Comdr. Joseph H. Clarke, R.N.V.R. and Mary W. Clarke, of Waterford.
She was 18 when she died and is buried in the Ballinakill Church of Ireland Churchyard, Ballinakill, Co. Waterford, Ireland.
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FO Norman Clarke . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 161 Sqdn. from West Bromwich, Staffordshire (d.5th March 1945) Flying Officer (Navigator) Clarke was the Son of Charles William and Sarah Ellen Clarke, of West Bromwich, Staffordshire; husband of Fanny Irene Clarke, of West Bromwich.
He was 37 when he died and is buried in Grave 16 in the Logstar General Cemetery in Denmark.
His Stirling LK312 was hit by flak and crashed into Limfjorden, off Livo Island, Denmark.
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P. Clarke . Merchant Navy
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Gnr. Philip Clarke . Royal Air Force 166 Sqdn. (d.24th December 1944)
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R Clarke . British Army Royal Armoured Corps R Clarke 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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F/Sgt. R. F. Clarke . Royal Canadian Air Force w/op 419 Sqd. 2nd from left K F McCallum, 3rd from left J H MacKay, 4th: A C Weston, 5th: John McKellar, with R F Clark, S A Musto and W H Murrell. Behind them is VR-W, KB-707.
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P/O Robert Barclay Clarke . Royal Air Force flight eng. 106 Sqd. (d.30th Aug 1944)
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Rflmn. Ronald Charles William "Nobby" Clarke . British Army 8th Btn. Rifle Brigade from London My father Ronald Clarke was killed in action on 11th of September 1944 by a sniper in the town of Peer in Belgium. The family who found him buried him in the garden at the rear of the house, until he was moved to the British war cemetery at Leopoldsburgh. When the war was at an end the family contacted my mother. I have for some time been out to Leopoldsburgh and stayed with them and I am still in contact. They invited me to the 60th anniversary of the town's liberation and I was given my father's steel helmet with the bullet hole in it. I will always be thankful to the family for their kindness. I did not know my father, as I was born in 1940. My only regret is that I do not have a photo of my father in or out of uniform.
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Able Sea. Ronald Clarke . Royal Navy HMS Calypso from Attercliffe, Sheffield, Yorkshire (d.21st Feb 1943) Our uncle Ronald Clarke served on HMS Calypso and HMS Active.
We know he served in the Middle East and was also on mine clearing duties on land and then returned to be part of the north Atlantic Convoys.
We were told our uncle Ron was on the deck of HMS Active when the ship had a direct hit on deck and our uncle Ron was injured when shell fragments penetrated his chest.
He eventually returned home to Sheffield and started to recover from his injuries. It was while he was convalescing that he contracted TB. We know he was in Lodge Moor hospital in Sheffield.
He is buried in a grave with a Royal Naval headstone in Tinsley Park Cemetry, Darnall, Sheffield.
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Cpl. Samuel Clarke . British Army 1st Btn. Durham Light Infantry from 1 Robinson Square, Newbiggin by the Sea (d.27th Sep 1943) Sammy Clarke was in the 1st Battalion, Durham Light Infantry and had served in Africa. He was on his way home on leave when he was killed on 27th of September 1943.
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