Flt.Sgt. Ronald Gerrard Craddock . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 626 Sqd. from Fulwell, Sunderland, Co. Durham (d.24th Apr 1944) Flt Sgt Ronald Gerrard Craddock was a W-Op/Air Gunner, on Lancaster ED424, lost April 24th, 1944 returning from mission over Karlsruhe. His wife, my late aunt Vera Craddock nee Davidson was in the Airforce also stationed at Wickenby and was on duty on that night. Their daughter, my cousin Joy was born in November 1944. I am investigating my family history and would be grateful for any info.
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Vera Craddock . Womens Auxiliary Air Force from Fulwell, Snderland My late aunt Vera Craddock nee Davidson was in the Airforce, stationed at Wickenby and was on duty on the night her husband Flt Sgt Ronald Gerrard Craddock failed to return from mission over Karlsruhe. He was a W-Op/Air Gunner, on Lancaster ED424, lost April 24th, 1944. Their daughter, my cousin Joy was born in November 1944. I am investigating my family history and would be grateful for any info.
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A A Cradock . British Army York and Lancaster Regiment A Cradock served with the York and Lancaster Regiment 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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DL Craft . British Army Royal Armoured Corps DL Craft 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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Able Sea. Walter George Craft . Royal Navy HMS Galatea from Malta (d.15th December 1941) I lost my grandfather, Walter George Craft, during WWII. He was on HMS Galatea.
Update
HMS Galatea was torpedoed and sunk by the German U-boat U557 off Alexandria, Egypt. About 100 survivors were picked up by two British destroyers. Sadly, 23 officers and 447 ratings were killed.
About two days later, U557 was rammed and sunk by the Italian torpedo boat "Orione" and lost with all hands.
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WJ Craft . British Army WJ Craft 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. George Crage . British Army 2nd Btn. Devonshire Regiment from Wollaston, Staffordshire (d.4th October 1944) George Crage is my Uncle George.
My mother had always thought he had died at Dunkirk. I decided to search for his records Nov 2016 and I had found his service number, Regiment, Battalion and date of death within 10 minutes. Including a photo of his name on the wall at the Groesbeek Memorialin, The Netherlands, where it is understood, that he played a part in Operation Market Garden, fighting to consolidate the Eindhoven corridor through which XXX Corps would pass on their way to the bridges at Nijmegen and Arnhem.
October 1944, he spent defending The Island, the low-lying polderland between Arnhem and Nijmegen against a German thrust south - where he lost his life.
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Sgt. Kenneth Leonard Cragg . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 514 Sqdn. (d.20th February 1944) My great uncle, Sgt Cragg, was killed on 20th February 1944 while serving with 514 Squadron at Waterbeach. His aircraft was shot down in the Leipzig area. He is commemorated on panel 227 at Runnymede.
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AE Craggs . British Army Reconnaissance Corps AE Craggs served with the Reconnaissance 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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AG Craggs . British Army AG Craggs 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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William C. Craggs . USAAF 700th Bomb Squadron My Father, William C Craggs was with the 445th Bomb Group, 700th squadron. His Pilot was Fritz Mueller, Dad was the co- Pilot. Any information such as the name of his plane,or any crew Photos, I would be greatly interested in. Thank you very much for your interest in these men and their lives.
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JM Craib . British Army Royal Armoured Corps JM Craib 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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A Craig . British Army Gordon Highlanders A Craig served with the Gordon Highlanders 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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CFJ Craig . British Army CFJ Craig 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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S/Sgt. Charles Craig . United States Army Air Force 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomber Squadron
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DH Craig . British Army Kings Own Scottish Borderers DH Craig served with the Kings Own Scottish Borderers 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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DS Craig . British Army Royal Armoured Corps DS Craig 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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Fred Craig . Army The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
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G Craig . British Army 4/7th Dragoon Guards G Craig served with the 4/7th Dragoon Guards 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. George Morgan "Chato" Craig . United States Army C Btry 515th Coast Artillery Regt. from New Mexico
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Gordon Craig . Royal Air Force 44 Sqd. from Durham Road, Stockton on Tees, Co.Durham. My father, Gordon Craig was moved to Stalag
VIIIB from Stalag Luft III after being caught up in various escape
attempts. He had been shot down in Lancaster C-Charlie from 44
Squadron, RAF on the night of 6th October, 1942, during a raid on
Osnabrück. He remained at VIIB until being force-marched on what
became known as the Death March.
I have a collection of letters between him and my mother, Mary Craig,
written during his time as a POW, together with his prison camp and
Death March diary and various artifacts, such as a polished tin
'mirror' he made to keep up his appearance (and thus his spirits) while
he was there. He also wrote notes for a couple of talks he gave;
apparently people with various types of civilian or technical expertise
were encouraged to give talks to groups of inmates. He was involved
with some of the shows they put on as well.
My dad was a Stockton boy, he grew up in Durham Road
and first flew as a auxiliary from Middleton St George. My Mum was a
Norton girl from Birkley Road; she worked in the torpedo labs at the
ICI during the war and often did Fire-watch Duty at night.
My Dad and Mum died within a year of each other in the
mid 1980s and are much missed. Despite the privations and sometimes
horrors of my dad's wartime experiences, he always said in later years
that he felt 'more alive' during the war and that life often seemed
duller afterwards. On the whole, he spoke quite freely of events at
Stalag VIIB, although he did refer to it as a much more 'serious' place
that was grimmer and more prison-like than Stalag Luft III had been.
His sense of humour certainly helped, he described a few situations
that I would have been hard-pressed to find amusing had they happened
to me!
My compliments to you on the site, it's beautifully put together and a
real mine of information.
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HG Craig . British Army HG Craig 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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J Craig . British Army Royal Artillery J Craig 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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J G Craig . British Army West Yorkshire Regiment J Craig served with the West Yorkshire Regiment 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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JB Craig . British Army JB Craig 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. John Richard Craig . British Army from London  Ron Gilkes, T.Q. Palmer, J.R. Craig, Ken Brown, A. Godfrey, W.A. Gibson, N. Scudder, W. Cope, G. Nicholson, F. Wright, George T. Brown, Walter Vasey (first on the right).
Terry Vassey submitted this photo which includes my father John Craig. My Dad died in 1972, I was 13, but he told me some stories of being a POW. He told me about the long march and how he and his mate Ken tried several unsuccessful escapes. On one escape, Ken's heel of his boot was shot off! He also told me about the hunger and the dysentery and how they would go around the back of the kitchens and scoop up the fat in the vats, even eating raw potato peelings. My mother told me that shortly after the war when they got married, he would wake up every night after a nightmare shouting in German. Can anyone give me any information on my father? I would be grateful for absolutely anything.
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Able Sea. John Craig . Royal Navy HMS Kite from Glasgow (d.21st Aug 1944) My uncle John Craig was on HMS Kite, a Corvette which was sunk during the war escorting a Russian Convoy (JW59) during 1944-1945.
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Joseph Bains Craig . British Army Reconnaisance Corps from Sunderland
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