Pte. Cyril Coleman . British Army from London, England All I know is that Cyril Coelman was in Stalag XXA/58 and XXA/22. His number was 521
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LAC Cyril George Joseph Coleman . RCAF 407 Squadron from Winnipeg, Manitoba
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Cpl. Cyril G.J. Coleman . Royal Canadian Air Force 407 Squadron from St. Vital, Winnipeg Cyril Coleman was in the RCAF, 407 (Demon) Squadron. Cyril returned to Canada with his bride (my Mother), Joan Lilian before the end of the war.
We lived in London, Ontario until I immigrated to Perth, Australia where they followed me 4 years later.
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Cpl. Dexter Cashwell "D.C." Coleman . US Army from Elizabethtown, Bladen Co., NC
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DL Coleman . British Army DL Coleman 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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Sgt. Eric Coleman . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 15 OTU from Manchester (d.8th April 1942) Sgt Colemman was killed on 8th April 1942 when 15 OTU Wellington L7818 took off from Harwell for cross country excercise. It was involved in a collision with Spitfire R6686 from 57 OTU flown by P/O J.R. Lee. Both aircraft crashed a few hundred yards apart in the valley of the Broadwater stream near Cold Ashton 9 miles ESE of Bristol, all on board the Wellington were killed as was P/O Lee and are buried in various cemeteries in the UK.
Wellington crew were:
W/O G.E. Leeke
Sgt W.F. Good
F/Sgt S.W. Pook
Sgt E. Coleman
Sgt F.K. Fairclough
Sgt W. Wilson
The Spitfire pilot was from Texas
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GH Coleman . British Army Royal Artillery GH Coleman 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: 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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Pte. Gilbert Raymond Coleman . United States Army Air Corps 20th Pursuit Sq. from Connecticut
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Gnr. Harold Albert Coleman . British Army 156th (Lanarkshire Yeomanry) Field Bty. Royal Artillery from Birmingham Harold Coleman came from Birmingham. In 1941 he added two years to his age and volunteered. He was posted as a gunner to the Lanarkshire Yeomanry and served in North Africa, Palestine, Sicily, Italy, France, Holland, Belgium and Germany.
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A.B Herbert E Coleman . Royal Navy HMS Nigeria (d.12th Aug 1942)
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A.B Herbert E Coleman . Royal Navy HMS Nigeria (d.12th Aug 1942)
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A.B. Herbert E Coleman . Royal Navy HMS Nelson (d.12th Aug 1942)
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IHD Coleman . British Army IHD Coleman 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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Sgt. John Stanley Coleman . British Army Royal East Kent Regiment from Deal, Kent I don't know much about my granddad, Jack Coleman 's war service other than to say he was fiercely proud of his connection and service with the Buffs. As a child growing up I always was reminded of his war service by the hand made framed Buffs emblem hung on the parlour wall, it must have been 5ft x 4ft. He left the army in 45 or 46 I think with the rank of Sgt. If there is anyone with any more information I would be pleased to hear.
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Pte. John Coleman . British Army Reconnaissance Corps from 43 Snatchood Road, Pontypool John Coleman served in India with the South Staffs and with the Reconnaissance Corps.
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Pte. Keven Coleman . British Army 2nd Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment from Birkenhead (d.13th September 1944)
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VC Coleman . British Army VC Coleman 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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Canteen Manager William Henry Coleman . Navy Army and Air Force Institute HMS Forfar from Milton, Hampshire (d.2nd Dec 1940)
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Pte. Alfred Edward Coles . British Army Kings Royal Rifle Corps from Hanwell, London My Dad, Alfred Coles, was a regular soldier before WW2 and served in Ireland. He was on Reserve when WW2 broke out, and he went off to France in 1940 with BEF I believe. He was wounded at Calais as his Batallion fought in the rear guard action whilst the majority of the BEF escaped from Dunkirk. I understand he was driving in a Scout car when it hit a land mine. He went to a German hospital, and then spent the rest of the war in a POW camp somewhere near Danzig (Gdansk). Whilst in the POW camp I think he worked in a brick factory. His war ended when the camp gates were opened by the Germans in 1945 and the whole camp, guards included marched towards the west, trying to avoid the advancing Russians from the east. They marched hundreds of miles, living off the land. Eventually they met up with Americans and my Dad was repatriated home. When he returned home, he weighed just over 6 st. He later became a member of the Dunkirk Veteran Association.
If anyone can fill in more details, I would be very grateful as I would like to pass this on to his great-grandchildren
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Rflmn. Alfred George Coles . British Army 9th Btn. Cameronian (Scottish Rifles) (d.7th September 1944) My grandfather, Alfred George Coles, was killed in action on 7th September 1944. He was serving with the 9th Cameronians at the time, fighting in Leopoldsburg, Belgium. Does anyone know of the battles fought there and did anyone know him?
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Pte. Edward John "'Happy'" Coles . British Army 2nd Btn. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry from West Devon
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F/Sgt. Eric Charles Coles . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 514 Sqdn. (d.30th June 1944) Lancaster Bomber LL620 JI-T was brought down by flak near Villers Bocage on 30th June 1944. It is thought that the tail had been damaged. There were no survivors. The crew are all buried in Coulvain Churchyard, Calvados, France. They were:
F/O Douglas Austin Woods, pilot
F/Sgt Eric Charles Coles, flight engineer
Sgt Kenneth Royston Heron, wireless operator
F/O Francis Longson, navigator
F/Sgt Ernest Thomas Shanks, airbomber
F/Sgt William Charles Udell, airgunner
P/O Hilary Louis Doherty, airgunner
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Sgt. Horace Ivor Coles . British Army 55th L.A.A. Regiment, 165th Bty. Royal Artillery from Crediton, Devon Horace Ivor Coles enlisted on 14 April 1939 and was discharged on 29 November 1945. From 1941 to 1945, he fought in Burma with the 165th L.A.A. Battery, 55th L.A.A. Regiment of the Royal Artillery and was part of the Eighth Army. Horace died in 1998, leaving his wife Clarice Pamela Coles and daughter Irene.
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TSM. Ivor Coles . British Army My Father TSM Ivor Coles was captured at St Valery and held at Stalag XXb, Marionberg and outstations. I do have some letters and photos and list of men I believe transported with him.
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Ivy Blanche "Bunty" Coles . Women's Land Army Markfield Leicestershire from Hughendon Drive Leicester My mother served in the Women's Land Army at Rise Roacks Farm, Markfield, Leicestershire. I am trying to contact any of the Land Army girls that served with her. I have some photographs. My mother told me it was the happiest time of her life. She had an award signed by the Queen. If anyone can help with contact addresses or emails I would be very grateful.
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Pte. Leslie Coles . British Army 2nd Battalion Essex Regiment from Crewkerne Les Coles served with the 12 platoon, B Company, 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment between 1944-1946. Previous to this he was in the Royal Artillery on Anti-Aircraft guns at Dover.
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Pte. Norman Coles . British Army Somerset Light Infantry from Weston super Mare My father Norman Coles has recently died aged 99.
He spent 5 years in Stalag XXB, 441 Marionburg having survived the march from Belgium. His P.O.W. No. was 7899 He mentioned working on a farm sleeping in a hut on the farm.
We have found a photograph that was sent home to his mother. He is seated at the right hand end of that line. He did mention that the guards brought a set of uniforms for them to wear for the photograph but took them away afterwards.
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Peter Henry Coles . Royal Navy HMS Aurora
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SC Coles . British Army SC Coles 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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Sgt. Joseph Colgrave DCM, MID.. Home Guard 4th Berkshire Battalion from Sheffield Joe Colgrave was my grandfather's eldest brother. He survived WW1 although several of his siblings including my grandfather Colin Colgrave, did not.
Born in 1880, Joe joined the Army at the age of 18yrs in Beverley, Yorkshire and enlisted into the East Yorkshire Regiment on 6 Aug 1898. He served in South Africa and during the Great War.
He joined the Home Guard on the outbreak of the Second World War. L/Sgt Colgrave DCM had 20 years Regular and Reserve service. He collapsed and died whilst taking part in the Royal Review of 63,000 ex-servicemen and women in Hyde Park, London. He was looking for his wife who had a seat in the stands when he collapsed near the Serpentine. He was taken to a First Aid post but died in the ambulance on the way to hospital on 5th July 1953.
He was awarded the DCM, MiD, Queens South Africa Medal clasps Cape Colony and Transvaal, King's South Africa Medal clasps 1901 and 1902, 1914 Star clasp 5Aug-29Nov, British War Medal, Victory Medal, and Defence Medal 1945.
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