S. Tenente Gaetano Campobasso . Esercito Italiano 110 BTG mitraglieri divisione Fanteria Modena - 11 from Bari, Itala Mio Padre fu catturato il 26 settembre 1943 a Cefalonia in Grecia dai tedeschi ed internato in Germania . Ho ritrovato delle lettere da lui spedite o a lui mandate dall'Italia euna che porta la data del 21/02/1944 e indirizzata M.stamm Lager IV B. Muhlberg Elbe.
E' una lettera per prigionieri e internati civili di guerra.
Il numero di matricola di mio padre era 265095
in data 15 08 1944 lui scrive con un altro indirizzo Offlag VI Obulanger
23 Post Loathen (Ems ) .
a me risulta che cambiò molti lager
My father was captured the September 26, 1943 at Kefalonia in Greece by the Germans and interned in Germany. I found the letters from him shipped or to him sent from Italy anda which bears the date 21 /02/1944 and addressed M. stamm Lager IV B. Muhlberg Elbe. It is a letter for prisoners and internees of civil war. The serial number of my father was 265095
Babylon 9
To date 15 08 1944 he writes with another address Offlag VI Obulanger 23 Post Loathen (Ems ) .
To me it appears that change many lager
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Pte. Norman Sydney Camsey . British Army 7th Btn. Yorkshire Regiment from Sunderland Sid Camsey served with the 7th Btn. Green Howards.
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Pte. William Henry "Lad" Canary . Canadian Army Black Watch from Glace Bay, NS My Dad, William Canary was very proud of his service. He saw a lot of action in Europe but he did not talk much about it. He used the Sten, Bren and Piet guns. He was wounded in France and the telegram that my Mom received said "blast to the head and lungs". He was also hit in the shin with a brick from a blast by a German 88 shell, he wound up with a steel plate in his head. Doctors told my Mom that he might live for 5 years. He lived for thirty. He had a good sense of humor and laughed all the time. He told me a funny story once about how it was always hard for him to get over the tall wall obstacle during training camp. In combat a German machine gun opened up on him and the other soldiers while they were out in the street. The bullets were kicking up water in the puddles all around them. The only cover was a tall wall like the one in training camp. He said that he went over that wall in 2 seconds flat.
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Thomas Canavan . British Army Northumberland Fusiliers from Co. Durham Tom Canavan was my grandfather. He was captured at Dunkirk and spent the rest of the war as a prisoner. I have a tiny diary that he kept and also photographs taken at the camp.
He sent lovely cards for my mum's birthday during these years as she was only 9 when he went away. She still has them.
I think those times took their toll on him, and he died at just 64 when I was 15.
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AB. John Arthur Candelent . Royal Navy HMS Sussex from Birmingham
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Rudolph Giustine Candeloro . United States Army from Somerdale, PA
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M Cane . British Army M Cane 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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Jack LaCara Canicatti . US Army Air Corps 719th Squadron 449th Bomber Group from New York, NY My Grandfather, Jack Canicatti of 449th Bomber Group 719th Squadron, took off from Grottaglie on 17th October, 1944. The target of mission 150 was to blow up the railways in Vienna, Austria. The B24 liberator named "Spirit of Plainfield, NJ" (s/n 42-51763) was hit and started losing altitude. My Grandfather, the left waist gunner was injured in his leg, as was the navigator John W. Clark. All 10 men managed to bail out before the plane crashed.
My Grandfather was taken to the hospital in Györ, Hungary where he remained for a month. He was then taken to Stalag Luft IV.
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JJ Cannan . British Army 2nd Sqd Northumberland Yeomanry JJ Cannan served with the 2nd Sqd Northumberland 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: 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. Horace Frederick Cannel . British Army 663 Artisan Works Company Royal Engineers (d.17th Jun 1940) Horace Cannel of 663 Artisan Works Company, Royal Engineers lost his life in the sinking of the Lancastria.
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Sgt James Canniff . Royal Air Force 106 Squadron (d.25 August 1942)
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Pte. Arthur Douglas Canning . British Army 6th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders (d.31st May 1944)
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Sgt. Cornelius Daniel McColgan Canning . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 99 Squadron (d.7th November 1940) Observer Cornelius Canning lost his life when his aircraft Wellington IC. R3289 came down in the north sea off Cliff Road, Felixstowe.
They had taken off from RAF Newmarket on Operations to the Ruhr.
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D. H. Canning . Royal Air Force 196 Sqdn. Stirling (EH 952) of 196 Squadron which got into difficulties on 24th August 1943 over the North Sea. The full crew were:
E. Lawton (sent to Stalag Luft 3)
P.W. Brett
R.A. Teadwell
E.W.J.Kerr
D.H. Canning
L.H. Huggins
D.F. Moore
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FS Canning . British Army Royal Berkshire Regiment FS Canning served with the Royal Berkshire 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: 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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Wren Gertrude "Paddy" Canning . Women's Royal Naval Service HMS Quebec from Ballindrait, Lifford, Ireland (d.30th Jun 1942) I would like to let you know of my Aunt Gertrude Canning in the hope that there are still some of her old "chums" with us today. We, Gertrude's family, have been looking for someone that served with her on HMS Quebec the Special Operations Training Camp in Inveraray, Scotland. Unfortunately, her time in the service,WRNS,was tragically cut short. Gertrude was coming back to her base on June 30th 1942 when she was murdered in woods close to her camp. She became the subject of a 4 day search. When her body was found in undergrowth, close to the "Marriage tree" it was discovered that she'd been shot 4 times with a .38 revolver. Her killer was never found despite a nationwide investigation and thousands of ballistic tests on revolvers. It is thought her killer was probably a casualty of the disastrous Dieppe raid. Next June 30th my family will travel to Inveraray to dedicate a bench and brass plate to her memory on the 70th anniversary of her death. I am pleased to share this information with all. If anyone wants to read about the case, please go to the web and type,"Gertrude Canning murder". I hope to get some feedback through this and especially from a Wren, soldier, or civilian that knew her in Inveraray back in 1942. Sadly,many servicemen and women of that time have passed on, but I live in hope as they say. Gertrude's story has recently been told in the Argyll Advertiser,The Scottish Herald and The Scottish Daily Mail. Strathclyde are still treating it as a live enquiry and the case is now the subject of a review.
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Wren. Gertrude "Paddy" Canning . Women's Royal Naval Service HMS Quebec from Donegal,Ireland (d.30th Jun 1942) My late aunt Gertrude Canning was a serving Wren at the combined operations bases in Inveraray. Gertrude was stationed in Admiralty House in Inveraray and worked in the officer's mess. She was walking to her base to begin her duties after posting a letter to her father but was followed on that day and attacked in the woods. She was only 20 years old and was shot 4 times by someone who was never caught.It led to one of the most covert investigations in WW2 which resulted in the ballistic testing of thousands of Webley.38 revolvers. Her killer was thought to have perished at the disastrous Battle of Dieppe. Although my aunt was only in the service 3 months before she died, it is nice to think that she played her part in the campaign. It would be interesting to find out if anyone is still alive that remembers the case and if anyone has been told about it from an older relative. I would love to hear from anyone. The story is on the net: Gertrude Canning murder
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Sgt. Arthur Cannings . Royal Air Force 210 Squadron (d.25th March 1944) Arthur Cannings was born in 1920, the son of George Ernest and Mary Cannings. He served in 210 Sqn, RAF. He died on 25th March 1944 in a crash 'near to a croft'. He is buried in Stockport (Willow Grove) Cemetery.
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Arthur Victor Cannings . Royal Air Force 210 Squadron The piece I have is from my cousin Arthur Cannings: "At Sulloy Voe, Shetland Islands on the 25th of March 1944, Catalina JX210 of 210 Squadron, narrowly missed us in JX243 as it crashed beside a small croft, killing all on board.
In around 1985 I painted a watercolour of catalina FP131 and added an imaginary shetland background, including that croft.
In June 2005 I attended a Squadron reunion at Stratford upon Avon, a lady named Mary was introduced, whose fiance, Bill Hurd was 2nd Pilot to F/Lt Keates.
She was seeking information and was pleased to learn something of the crash. I later sent her my watercolour as an 80th Birthday present
and received a full scale print in return. A remarkable fact that the small croft should prove significant after so long."
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Fredrick Eric Cannings . Royal Air Force My cousin Fredrick Cannings served as an RAF Commando during WW2. He was part of the allied initiative 'Operation Torch' The operation commenced on November 8th 1942.
Operation Torch was the name given to the Allied invasion of French North Africa in November 1942. Operation Torch was the first time the British and Americans had jointly worked on an invasion plan together.
From North Africa, the plan was to invade Sicily and then on to mainland Italy and move up the so-called “soft underbelly” of Europe. Victory in the region would also do a great deal to clear the Mediterranean Sea of Axis shipping and leave it more free for the Allies to use.
On the 9th of November, a squadron of Hurricanes flew from Gibralter and landed at Maison Blanche in Algiers, where they were fuelled and armed. Later that day, about 20 German Junkers JU88 aircraft were seen heading toward Algiers on a bombing mission . The Hurricanes were scrambled and Frederick has mentioned a ginger haired Flight Commander, who was beaten to his aircraft by another pilot and threatened what he would do to them on returning from the battle. This was probably forgotten when 18 JU88 aircraft were destroyed, by a combination of Hurricanes and Bofors guns.
I would like to discover the identity of the said commander. Does anyone know?
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Gerald Edward Cannings . British Army 2nd Btn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders from Coventry
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Cpl. Gerald Edward Cannings . British Army 2nd Btn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Gerald Cannings was my Dad, who volunteered to go into the Army even though he had a protected occupation as a aircraft fitter. He fought in France, Belgium, Holland, and Germany. He landed in France on D+6 and went right though the war to Germany, where he met my Mother. He never told me a lot about the war apart from he got shot in the foot by one of his mates messing about with a gun. He got married to my Mother in Germany and lost his stripes for that! After the end of the war, they lived in Germany for 15 years, then they came back to England, to Coventry, and he went back to aircraft fitting. Later they moved down to Bournemouth, where he lived the rest of his life.
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L/Sgt. Charles Henry "Chick" Cannon . British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Scots Fusiliers from 26 Wellington Street, Greenock (d.27th Nov 1946) Charles Cannon was killed on active service in Germany on 27th Nov 1946.
It is believed he had been crushed and injured when a truck carrying wooden planks or telegraph poles shed its load (or reversed into him) with the load possibly penetrating the truck cab and killing Charlie.
Charlie played the trumpet or cornet and may also have been a Fusiliers bandsman.
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Quartermaster Sergeant John William "Bonnie" Cannon . British Army Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry I am trying to find out more about my father, QMS John Cannon during the war, I have his book with his details, he served in the Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry He joined up from Father Hudson Homes in Birmingham at the age of 15 and he served for over 22 years. If anybody has any information about him I would appreciate hearing from you.
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Joseph A. Cannon . United States Army 104 Infantry - Timberwolves from Pennsylvania World War II Veteran. The division trained in the northwestern United States during the next two years, earning its name "Timberwolf Division" from its time in the area
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Leslie William Cannon . Royal Air Force I am researching the life of AVM Leslie William CANNON CB, CBE. He joined the RAF as Apprentice 1920 (No.335612)(2nd entry) at RAF Cranwell. He was commissioned in 1925 (No.16166).
He served pre-WWII at Henlow, Shrewsbury, Cranwell, 440/441 Flt/FAA China Station. No.2 Sqn, No.5 Sqn India (NWF).
WWII HQ Bomber Command/No.2 Gp Bomber Command/Foulsham/Watton/Lasham/Dunsfold/21 OTU/2nd Tactical Air Force in France/Belgium/Germany (Gutersloh). No. 85 Group (Hamburg/Bad Eilsen).
Post-WWII Royal Pakistan Air Force, Air Ministry.
Any personal information or stories would be of great help. I am also trying to find his Flying Log Book and medals/decorations.
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F/Sgt. P. G. Cannon . 97 Squadron
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AB Ronald William Cannon . Royal Navy HMS Victory
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F/O. Roy Albert Arthur Cannon . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 548 Squadron (d.26th Feb 1945) Roy Cannon was the son of Frederick Henry and May Cannon. A 23-year-old Spitfire pilot, Roy was to have married his Aussie sweetheart just four days after he perished in this crash. Also killed was Cannon's intended best man, RAF Flt-Lt T.J. Cook. The aircraft in which he was a passenger, and which was believed to have been flying one of its last missions, had six American and two Royal Air Force crew on board. They are buried in Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, DC.
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Flt.Sgt. Sidney Alfred Thomas "Shino" Cannon . Royal Australian Air Force Air Gunner 460 Sqd. from Fulham, London Sidney Cannon joined the RAAF in 1943, born in 1907 in West Kensington, West London. Son of Sydney James Cannon of Camden, London. He was a Mid Upper and Rear gunner and flew 32 Ops with Capt C D McCoy.
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