F/O Joseph Darie Louis Cloutier . Royal Canadian Air Force 138 Sqdn. from Quebec (d.15th September 1943) Halifax JN910 NF-K, 138 Squadron, crashed in the Baltic Sea near Rugenwalde, during operation Flat 12, Poland, 14th/15th September 1943. Only the pilot Sgt A.S.Dove survived. The aircraft was returning from an SOE mission and was hit by flak. The seven crew members who died are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
The members of the crew were:
F/O E.C. Hart
Sgt A.S. Dove
Sgt K.C. Windsor
F/O J.D.L. Cloutier
Sgt K.R. Norie
Sgt L.C. Gay
Sgt S.J. Smith
Sgt W.H. Mudge
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Sgt William Cloutman . RAF 12sqd
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Clowes . Royal Navy HMS Manchester
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Albert Edward Clowes . Royal Navy from Denton Manchester My Uncle Albert Clowes was a prisoner of war in Algeria. He tried to escape but was recaptured and taken back. Whoever ran the camp hospital carried out an operation on a mastoid he had without any anaesthetic. He was liberated by the Americans. When they found him his hair was nearly to his waist He said they were treated cruelly. We cant find any records of him and would love to find out any information.
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DH Clowes . British Army DH Clowes 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: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact 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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E Clowes . British Army E Clowes 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: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact 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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NJH Clowes . British Army NJH Clowes 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: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact 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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LaMar Cluff . United States Army 119th Anti-Aircraft
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Samuel "Stan" Clulow . British Army 8th Army My grandfather was a Desert Rat and taken prisoner at Tobruk.
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GR Clutterbuck . British Army GR Clutterbuck 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: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact 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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Rflmn. Roy Fredrick Clutton . British Army King's Royal Rifle Corps from Kentish Town, London NW5
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Able Sea. Christopher Clynch . Royal Navy HMS Drake My grandfather,Christopher Clynch served in HMS Drake in 1941-1942 and then again 1945
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Pte. Frederick Edward Clynshaw . British Army East Surrey Regiment from North Battersea Frederick Clynshaw served with the Pioneer Corps and the East Surrey Regiment.
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Pte. Charles Edward Coak . British Army Royal Army Medical Corps. from Penzance Charles Coak was my grandad.
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L.Sto. Thomas Coakley . Royal Navy H.M. Submarine Talent. from Ballineen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland (d.12th July 1946) Leading Stoker Coakley was the Son of Micheal and Margaret Coakley, of Ballineen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland.
He was 30 and is buried in the Port Vila Municipal Cemetery in Vanuatu.
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Lt. Eric Coale . Royal Navy HMS Electra (d.27th Feb 1942) I have just inherited my Great Uncles Naval
sword, medals, paperwork and photos, and I was wondering if
you have any information about him or his crew. I have a book which mentions him.
Eric Coale, Age 23, Rank Lieutenant, Died 27 February at the battle of Java.
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Bill Coaten . I have a photo of my brother John Thompson when he was 4. It was a black and white picture but was colored in by Bill Coaten whilst he was in Stalag XX1D. We have no contact with Bill or his family as sadly our parents are no longer with us. Does anyone else have pictures that were coloured in by this man. He did a great job and we send him and his family our thanks.
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L/Cpl. AC Coates . British Army 1st Fife & Forfar Yeomanry L/Cpl.AC Coates served with the 1st Fife & Forfar 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: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact 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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AEG Coates . British Army AEG Coates 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: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact 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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Acting AB Albert Coates . Royal Navy from Bolton
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Ordinary Seaman Albert Coates . Royal Navy HMS Glendower from Bolton
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Frmn. Cecil Tester "Bob" Coates MiD.. Auxiliary Fire Service My father, Cecil Coates, born 20th April 1907, was an auxiliary fire fighter during WW2.
He was on duty when an unexploded mine, dropped by parachute, landed on London's Hungerford Bridge near to a blazing signal box. He and his crew fought the blaze throughout the night to prevent the flames reaching the bomb, which had fused itself to the rails due to heat. In the morning, a bomb disposal major managed to defuse the bomb without damaging the bridge or the railway line.
Dad and his crew were decorated and mentioned in dispatches.
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Sgt. Donald Hagger Coates . British Army Royal Signals My late father, Donald Coates was in the Royal Signals from 1939 to 1945.
He told us very little about his service although he served in Aden and India. Is there anyone out there who remembers him or has any photos please?
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Able Sea. Fred Coates . Royal Navy HMS Exmoor from 23 Amy Street, Middleton, Manchester (d.25th Feb 1941 )
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Freddie Coates . RAF 31 Squadron Group 205 I have about 40 photos that my late dad, Freddie Coates, took during his service with SAAF Group 205, Squadrons 31 and 34.
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Freddie Coates . Royal Air Force 31 Sqdn. SAAF
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P/O Grosset Keith Coates . RCAF 9 Squadron (d.8th Jul 1941)
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Sgt. Horace Gallant Coates . British Army from Suffolk My father, Horace Coates, was a kind, honourable man. He ended his life at the age of 75 in Canada. He and his wife emigrated to join his daughter, her husband and his two grandchildren who he loved dearly. We will always remember him and love him.
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Pte. John George "Geordie" Coates . British Army Middlesex Regiment from Enfield, Middlesex
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Pte. John George "Geordie" Coates . British Army Middlesex Regiment from Seaton Burn, Northumberland Geordie Coates was called up late 1940 or early 1941 after training women to do his work at the gunpowder factory in North London.
He served in France Belgium and Germany. Took part in the Rhine Crossing near the end of the war.
He was a stretcher bearer and was part of the post war occupying unit that liberated Belsen Concentration camp. He was demobbed at the end of 1945.
He would not talk much about the war or what he did. He told me it was such a waste of humanity and how humans could do such terrible things to one another was beyond belief.
I wanted to go into the merchant navy in 1956 and he would not sign the papers. I was steered away from any military service as he called it. I did do an apprenticeship with De Havilland Aircraft. When I was called up for compulsory military training I failed the medical and my chance to get into the Royal Air Force also failed.
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