Capt. William Percival Rowe Collins . British Army 65th Anti Tank Regiment Royal Artillery from Greek, Cornwall Bill Collins served in TA before WW2. He served in North Africa until Tunis, where he was wounded. He was in Palestine after war and was demobbed 1947.
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Sgt R. A. Collins. . RAF 12 Sqd. Bomb Aimer Collins flew with Lancaster I W4374 PH-D in 12 Sqd
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Sgt Ernest Collinson MM. British Army Yorkshire
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G Collinson . British Army G Collinson 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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Pte. Henry "Snowy" Collinson . British Army HMHS St David Royal Army Medical Corps (d.24th Jan 1944) The only thing about my father's service record which is known to me, is that he died when the St David was sunk at Anzio. His name was Henry Collinson
My Uncle Billy was also on board. As he went up to put a patient into the lifeboat, he met my father going below to evacuate another patient. Just then the ship received a direct hit, she sank very quickly.
Uncle Billy survived, my father did not. I believe my father was a member of the surgical team.
Anzio is only mentioned briefly in war stories, being overshadowed by the events at Monte Casino. So really any details of the St Davids is not know.
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Spr. Roger Collinson . British Army 86th Chemical Warfare Coy. Royal Engineers from Poulton le Fylde Roger Collinson served with 86th Chemical Warfare Company, Royal Engineers. In February 1943
he was in
Tunisia
21st Feb - 04.30hrs - Moved from Bivvy area to front line between Kasserine and Thala. I went with OC as batman, runner, fighter, clerk together with HQ personnel, Bill Ford, Clark, Armitage and Tubby Bastard.
Section 1 and 2 set up mortar positions, dug in and prepared to support boys of Leicesters. Tanks still retreating from Kasserine towards Thala Road. Stuck in mud - dug slit trench. Dug hole for rations and comoflaged them. We prepared for night vigil. Reported Germans approaching. 1st army tanks still retreating in valley in front of us. 19.50hrs Tried to contact brigade Headquarters (HQ) over wireless - No Contact. HQ informed that German tanks approaching about 200 yards away. No action taken. German voices on hill beyond road firing over us. Germans speaking English "Come out boys". Took most of section 1 and 2 prisoners including Ernie, Dave, Bill, O.C. Bill , Jerry and I about 21.00hrs. Left all rations. Germans anxious to get Tommy gun and ammo. Most anxious moment when I was ordered to proceed to the road with hands up expecting a bullet, but Germans proved likeable men or at least soldiers. Congregated on the road and marched about 2 miles with other troops to a compound and stayed the night. Learned we had been captured by Rommel's Africa Korps in the battle of Kasserine Pass.
Caught as POW on the 21st Feb 1943 in Tunisia
17th March - Arrived at Campo Concentramento P.G. 66
16th June - Travelling - Supposed to have travelled through Rome - Arrived at Campo Concentramento
22nd Sept 1943- Arrives at Stalag 7a
2, 3 & 4 Nov - Cold and damp Moved from Stalag VIIA (Moosburg)
Arrived Stalag XVIIA - 3.11.43 Wilflingdorf (Kaisersteinbruck)
5th Nov - Paraded for identification received first POW Number 154111.
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Sea. Ernest Ebeneezer "Wiggy" Collis . Royal Navy HMS Anson from Enfield, Middlesex I have been trying for years to find out what newsreel I saw when I was around 5 years old of the HMS Anson being inspected. I cannot remember by whom; it could have been King George or Montgomery. As the camera went along the rows of sailors it came to my Father, Ernest Collis.
I was in a cinema with my Dad's sister in Ponders End Middlesex. I cannot explain how excited I was as I had not seen him for a long time.
I am now 81 and would really love to see that newsreel once more.
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Frank Collis . British Army 2nd Btn. Grenadier Guards from Laverton
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George Collis . British Army Royal Engineers My father was a POW in Stalag XXA Torun between 1944 and 1945. He was captured at Gazala on 27th May 1942. He spent several years in Italian POW Camps, was later transferred to Stalag IVG and ended up in Stalag XXA in 1944.
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Able.Sea. George Robert "Bob" Collis . Royal Navy HMS Havelock from Oakengates, Shropshire My father, George Robert Collis, served in the Royal Navy from 19 February 1942 to 29 May 1946
- HMS Collingwood - Ordinary Seaman - 19/2/1942 - 12/5/1942
- HMS Victory - Ordinary Seaman - 13/5/1942 - 22/8/1942
- HMS Havelock H88 Ordinary & Able Seaman - 7/9/1942 - 8/3/1945
- HMS Victory - Able Seaman - 9/3/1945 - 19/4/1945
- HMS Nimrod - Able Seaman - 20/4/1945 - 6/7/1945
- HMS Osprey - Able Seaman - 7/7/1945 - 27/7/1945
- HMS Hastings - Able Seaman - 28/7/1945 - 28/10/1945
- HMS Osprey - Able Seaman - 29/10/1945 - 31/10/1945
- HMS Caroline - Able Seaman - 1/11/1945 - 31/12/1945
- HMS Victory - Able Seaman - 1/1/1946 - 29/5/1946
Whilst his naval record does not show him having served on HMS Renown in the photograph I have of him in naval uniform he is wearing the cap from Renown, I can only assume he was on loan to the ship at the time.
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AB. Peter Collis . Royal Navy HMS Nigeria My Grandfather was an able seaman on HMS Nigeria. His name was Peter Collis. I know he served during the Malta and Russian convoys. If anyone can remember him, we would be very happy to hear from you.
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Cpl. Frederick Henry Stephen Collison . British Army 58th Chemical Warfare Coy. Royal Engineers from Dunton Green, Kent (d.16th Feb 1942) Corporal Frederick Collison was the Son of Alfred and Louise Collison, husband of Edith Lilian Collison of Dunton Green, Kent.
He was 28 when he died and is buried in the Niederorschel Communal Cemetery in Germany.
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Pte. Frederick Collison . 5th Btn. Royal Norfolk Regiment Fred Collison served with the 5th Btn. Royal Norfolk Regiment. I have some documents regarding Fred including a telegram from Australia saying he was safe in Melbourne after being released from Kanose Prisoner of War Camp, Japan. I am related to Fred Collison by marriage, my wife is his 2nd wife's sister.
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Sgt. George Alec Collison . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 106 Squadron (d.28th June 1944) Lancaster JB664, ZN-M, which took-off from Metheringham for ops to attack railways at Vitry suffered a direct hit over France. It crash landed in a field near Seine-et-Marine and all seven crew were killed. They are buried in a cemetery in Bransles, a village nearby. The crew were:
P/O N.W. Easby
Sgt E.P. Richomme
F/Sgt A. Robinson
F/Sgt J.A.G. Dixon
Sgt G.A. Collison
Sgt L.K. Webb
Sgt D. Hetherington
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LA Colliss . British Army 23rd Hussars LA Colliss served with the 23rd Hussars 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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Able Sea. Edwin Frank Collitt . Royal Navy HMS Ithuriel from Stockton-on-Tees Edwin Collitt served from 1939 to early 1941 on HMS Ark Royal, taking part in the Battle of River Plate and the hunting of the Graf Spee and Bismarck. He then served at HMS Vernon from 20th Sept 1941 until he was recalled on 14th February 1942 and drafted to HMS Ithuriel on 16th February.
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Sgt. Albert Henry Collyer . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve from Peckham (d.12th April 1945) Sergeant Albert Collyer was the son of Albert Thomas Collyer and Jessie Collyer of Peckham, London, husband of Eileen Collyer,of Peckham.
He was 25 when he died and is buried in the Grave Roman Catholic Cemetery, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
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FW Collyer . British Army Royal Armoured Corps FW Collyer 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: 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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Spr. James Richard Colquitt . British Army 663 Artisan Works Company Royal Engineers (d.17th Jun 1940) James Colquitt of 663 Artisan Works Company, Royal Engineers lost his life in the sinking of the Lancastria.
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Mjr. Norman Melhuish Colson . British Army 23rd Field Regiment Royal Artillery (d.21st April 1944) Norman Colson is a recently discovered relative of mine. He is my 4th cousin. He died in a Prisoner of War Camp.
His father, Major Douglas Fairley Colson, died in action in 1919 in Syria.
His Uncle Cecil Colson, a second Lieutenant, died in action in Ypres, Belgium.
A family who gave their lives in service of their Country.
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Cpl. Cecil Walter Colthorpe . British Army Royal Army Service Corps from Ipswich, Suffolk Our father, Cecil Colthorpe served in the British Army during the Second World War and we are trying to piece together his wartime activities.
He passed in 1986 and did not talk about his war experiences very much.
He served in the Middle East and somehow ended up in Stalag 357. POW No. 50193
He talked of riding his Royal Enfield motorbike in the desert and his escape from Stalag 357 while moving a piano with other prisoners and that part of the escape out of Germany involved a fire engine which was "borrowed" from a country barn. Fact or fiction?
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Rev. Gerard Colum . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Chaplain 419 Sqd.
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Sgt Raymond Leonard Colverson. . Royal Air Force 76 Sqd. (d.3rd/4th Mar 1943)
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Annie Roy Colville . Women's Auxiliary Air Force Catering Corps
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Pte. David Colville . British Army 5th Btn. Blackwatch (Royal Highlanders) from Belfast, Northern Ireland (d.26th Jul 1943) We have just found the documents attaining to David Colville's death, aged 30, in Sicily. No-one in the family had ever met him, but all knew of him. We also have his four campaign medals from the 8th Army. He served from 1939 until 1943 when he was killed in action. It is very sad but we do not have a photograph of him and there are no members of the Colville family alive.
We visited his grave in Catania War Cemetery in February this year and it very moving indeed. If by any chance anyone has any photos we would appreciate a copy. We would appreciate any more information about
him or his friends.
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Pfc Joe Leonard Colvin . United States Marine Corps D Co. 1st Bn 4th Marine Regt. from Texas
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Rfmn. James Colwell . British Army 2nd Battalion Cameronians from Consett. Co. Durham
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Pte. Walter Coman . British Army
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William Coman . Merchant Navy S.S. Lancastria (d.17th June 1940) William Coman was and Assistant Steward on board the Lancastria and was killed when the ship sank from German bombing.
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