Sgt T "Darkie" Clarke . RAF 12sqd
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F/Sgt. T. T. Clarke . Royal Air Force 460 Sqd.
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Pte. Thomas Clarke . United States Army
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Pte. Thomas Clarke . United States Army
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L/Cpl. Victor Cecil "Nobby" Clarke . British Army Royal Signals from Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire My father never talked about his particpation in the war only that he was in the Signal Regiment. The only time he said anything was after thunderstorms because he would cower under the stairs with fright (something happened whilst he was wearing radio headset and lightening struck his antenna).
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Pte. William Clarke . Australian Army
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Capt. William Cyril Clarke . British Army My grandfather was a POW in Stalag xxb from about 1942 until the end of the war. He was on the long march (death march). I have a photo copy of a photo taken in 1942, on the back it reads: "from Cpt. W.C. Clarke (William Cyril) 13363 Stalag XXb dated 28/6/1942". Does anyone remember him?
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Pte. William Alfred Clarke . British Army Royal Welch Fusiliers from wrexham
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Sqd.Ldr. William Clarke . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 214 Squadron from New Milton, Hampshire (d.3rd Feb 1943) Squadron Leader William Clarke was the son of George Alfred and Tallulah Clarke, husband of Winefride Mary Clarke of New Milton, Hampshire.
He was aged 32 when he died and is buried in the Benschop General Cemetery, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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Pte. William George Frank Clarke . British Army 2nd Btn Norfolk Regiment from Rosemary Cottages, Kenilworth Frank Clarke served with the 2nd Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.
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Pte. William Nesbitt Clarke . British Army 5th Btn. Royal Norfolk Regiment from Cley next the Sea (d.1943) Billy Clarke was a motor driver with the 5th Btn. Royal Norfolk Regiment. He died of Beriberi whilst incarcerated after the fall of Singapore.
He was the eldest of 14 children. He was born in County Durham but the family home was Cley Next the Sea in Norfolk.
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P/O Robert Clarke. DFC. RAF 626 Sqn
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Pte. Leslie Clarkson . British Army 2nd Btn. Middlesex Regiment from Lambeth (d.10th May 1940)
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Stkr. 2Cl. Oswald Clarkson . Royal Navy HMS Phoebe from Burnhope, Durham (d.23rd October 1942) Stoker 2nd Class Oswald Clarkson was the son of Ralph and Margaret Anne Clarkson, of Burnhope, Durham.
He was 27 when he died and is buried in the Pointe Noire European Cemetery in the Congo.
On the 23rd October 1942, H.M.S. Phoebe was on her way to take part in operations off North Africa, when she was torpedoed off the coast of French Equatorial Africa. 46 men lost their lives in this engagement and 29 of them were buried in Pointe Noire European Cemetery in a large collective grave. This grave was later marked by a screen wall memorial, which carries details of all 46 casualties.
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Pte. Thomas Clarkson . British Army 6th Btn. Gordon Highlanders from Aberdeen Tom Clarkson gave his war memories to the Gordon Highlanders museum.
He was conscripted in 1940, serving with the 6th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders and served in North Africa and at the Battle of Anzio.
He was taken prisoner there when he was wounded in the leg and spent the rest of the war in a prisoner of war camp.
He was part of the forced march as the Allies moved into Germany and was eventually liberated by the Americans.
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Leonard Douglas Clasby . Army The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
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L/Cpl. George F. "Sailor" Clason MM.. British Army Seaforth Highlanders from Longmeadow, Mass. USA. My half brother, George F. Clason, took a discharge from the American Navy in 1939 while stationed in California and joined the Seaforth Highlanders and was shipped to England. I don't know where he first saw action but do know it went through Sicily and up through Italy. I do know he was in a building that was shelled and all were killed except him and he was not hurt. He got the MM medal for an action when he was behind enemy lines with a radio and stayed there while under heavy enemy fire and guided the allied artillery which resulted in heavy losses. He was a L/Cpl and was put in for a field commission but before he got it he was again behind enemy lines with a radio. The Germans sneaked up on him and took him prisoner and was sent to Stalag 7A. When freed by the Americans on April 20th, 1945 he was sent to England and shortly later to Vancouver, Canada where they had a parade for him. I understand he was offered the commission if he wanted to stay in the service but declined because he wanted to come home to the U.S. Americans that joined a foreign service up to this time lost their citizenship. He was the test case in Congress that changed that.
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Ken Clatworthy . Merchant Navy SS Fort St James I would like to hear from any member of the crew who was on the SS Fort St James in 1944-45. We left Mauritius for Sri Lanka and I was left in Columbo Hospital, a very sick man.
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Christian Clausen . British Army from Somerset My grandfather served in the 8th Army.
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Jean Marcel ClavÃ? . French Army from France My grandfather Jean Marcel Clavé was a prisoner of war in Stalag 13B.
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Bmdr. George Henry Claw . British Army Royal Artillery from Surrey My Great Grandfather was called George Henry Claw and he was a prisoner of war at the Stalag XXb camp. He survived the war and died in 1972. I don't know much about his time there as he died before I was born but I am told that he refused his medals and became a pacifist. So if anyone has any information on him, I would be very grateful.
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Gnr. Cecil Arthur Claxton . British Army 1st Regiment Royal Artillery Maritime Regiment from Rotherham
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PFC. Oscar Truman Claxton . US Army 334th Infantry Regiment from Cobden, IL (d.3rd Mar 1945) The only photo that is known of my grandfather, Oscar Truman Claxton. Very little is known about him. My Grandmother and Truman were just married within one year when he was killed during WW2 in Baal, Germany. My Grandmother always say that I am spitting image of Truman Claxton. I wished for nothing more in this world than that I could have had a chance to get to know him.
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C Clay . British Army Royal Armoured Corps C Clay 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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Spr. Eric Victor Clay . British Army 262nd Field Company Royal Engineers from Sleaford, Lincs. (d.18th June 1944) Eric Clay is my uncle. With his wife Enid they had one son Eric James Clay born May 1942. As far as I know, Eric Victor landed on Juno beach in the second wave. We believe he was killed by a land mine at Bernieres Sur Mer. He is buried in Bayeux Cemetary. He had one older brother, three younger brothers and one sister. All the brothers served in various army regiments. I don't have any further information about his military service.
The 262nd (Sussex) Field Company, Royal Engineers were engaged on beach obstacle clearance with the 3rd Canadian Division.
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Pte. Leo William Clay . Australian Army
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A Claybrough . British Army A Claybrough 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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PFC. William Conrad Claycomb . United States Army 45th Infantry Regiment from Kentucky My father William Claycomb was a POW at Stalag 7a, near Moosburg from Sept 14 1944 to May 1945.
He just passed away at the age of 92, and of course many stories abound from his service.
One especially that he was able to work on a farm for a while where the Germans got their produce from. One day this old WW1 soldier, who lived there, took him back to the camp. As they reached his gate my father noticed the latch was broken and he offered to fix it. The old man said nah, nah and handed Dad his rifle while he climbed over the fence and Dad gave it back to him so he could get over fence too. Ha! Dad knew the old gun didn't shoot. But he didn't let the old man know. He couldn't run because of an injury so it was no use trying.
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CPO. John Frederick Clayden . Royal Navy HMS Indomitable from Gosport John Clayden was my grandfather. He served as a shipwright from 1937 to 1946. I hope to find out much more if I can. His ships were, HMS Iron Duke, HMS Torquay, HMS Invincible, HMS Eagle
and HMS Indomitable.
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