RSM. William "Les" Cannon MM.. British Army Beds and Herts Regiment from Paddington, London My grandfather was RSM Les Cannon and served with the Beds and Herts until 1946. He served in the Middle East and in the Chindits. He finished the War in the Black Forest in Germany. I also believe he served in Italy but am not sure. I would like to hear from anybody who knew or served with him as he has now passed away.
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Sgt. William Arthur Cannon . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 61 Sqdn. (d.5th October 1940) Hampden X2920 from 61 Squadron RAF crashed on the Yorkshire Moors near Leeming airfield on 5th October 1940. The crew were all killed. They were:
P/O G.D. D'Arcy-Wright (buried Leeming (St John the Baptist) Churchyard)
Sgt W.A. Cannon (buried South Shoebury Churchyard)
Sgt W.B. Rayment (buried Henfield Cemetery)
Sgt A. Algar (buried Derby (Nottingham Rd) Cemetery)
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Pte. Jack Cansick . British Army Royal Artillery from Darlington My Father, Jack Cansick, was a prisoner at Stalag ivb at Muhlberg.
He was captured in North Africa in 1940 and was liberated by the Russians in 1945
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Pte. Edgard Cansse . Belgian Army My dad was taken prisoner in Belgium at the end of the 18-days campaign in 1940. He spent 3.5 year in Stalag 2C near Stettin and was liberated in 1943 by the Germans themselves. He was sent back home because he couldn't work any more as his health had become bad in the camp.
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Stkr. Aubrey Dennis Cant . Royal Navy HMS Royal Arthur from Tottenham, London Aubrey Cant trained in Class 145 at HMS Royal Arthur.
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Leslie Cant . Auxiliary Fire Service from Newcastle upon Tyne My father Les Cant was a member of the Auxiliary Fire Service during World War 2.
He was in a reserved occupation working at Thermal Syndicate, Wallsend, Newcastle upon Tyne.
He would occasionally talk about his efforts on Tyneside fighting the fires following bombing raids by the Luftwaffe.
The Luftwaffe would follow the route of the river Tyne from the Coast until they reached the Engineering Factories of the Tyne. Armstrong Whitworth Elswick Works and Swan Hunters being two of their main targets.
One fire my dad was engaged on was when the bombers missed their principal targets but hit a warehouse full of sugar.
There were tons of sugar set on fire, which I understand once on fire it is very difficult to extinguish.
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Stkr/2. Walter Frederick "Rick" Cant . Royal Navy HMS Pembroke My dad, Walter Cant, joined the Royal Navy at 17 and served on HMS Pembroke twice. It seems he also served time in detention. Does anyone remember him?
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Cpl. George Edward Cantelo . British Army Reconnaissance Royal Armoured Corps from Fulham, London I have no recall of knowing or seeing my father, Corporal George Edward Cantelo, until the age of five when he returned home to Fulham, London, with two New Zealand compatriots. He rarely if ever confided in me or with his subsequent offspring concerning his activities during the war. But it was no secret that he had been captured early in the war in action in North Africa. He spent some considerable time in Italian prisoner of war camps, where they were treated well but with starvation diets. My impression is that when it came time for the Italians to capitulate, the Germans shifted his location to German camps, and indeed the British Army prisoners of war list for 1939-1945 shows him as having been domiciled in Stalag 357, Oerbke, Lower Saxony, Germany. Sadly he is now deceased. Is it possible that anyone else reading this brief account might have known him or shared in his experiences at that particular Stalag?
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John Cape . British Army from Jarrow John Cape died before I was born. He was my dad's granddad and he fought in WWII. He served in the Desert Rats (8th Army). I have no photos of him. I want to know more.
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CSM. Reginald George Albert Cape . British Army 1/5th Btn. Sherwood Foresters from Spondon, Derbyshire Reg Cape of Spondon, Derbyshire, enlisted into the Sherwood Foresters in 1937. He fought in France with the BEF then with the 1/5th Battalion when it was taken prisoner by the Japanese in Singapore. He was in Prisoner Working Battalion No 8, 4 Group and worked on the Burma Railway. On 1st of October 1945 he was evacuated from Rangoon on SS Chiteral. He later joined 3rd Battalion, Worcestershire and later the Sherwood Foresters Regiment as a Territorial and served with them until 1974.
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Cook. Arthur John Capel . Royal Naval Patrol Service HMS Wildfire from Botley, Berkshire (d.3rd May 1943)
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Charles Stewart Capel . British Army Kings Royal Rifle Corps from London My grandfather, Charles Capel, was a motorcycle dispatch rider for the King's Royal Rifle Corps in WW2. He told me that he spent a lot of time in France and Holland. He also told me that his regiment landed on Juno beach DD+1.
One story that I'll never forget is him telling me that a German sniper, who was strapped in a tree, took a pot shot at him while he went off into the woods to go to toilet. He managed to escape unscathed and raised the alarm to the rest of his unit who dealt with the issue.
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WJ Capnerhurst . British Army Royal Armoured Corps WJ Capnerhurst 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: 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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CPO. Oswald Capone . US Navy USS Mount Vernon My father, Ozzie Capone, served on the USS Mount Vernon, from stories he told over the years.
He was responsible for the kitchen. He served thousands of meals around the clock to feed the troops the Mount Vernon was transporting. Dad remembers being on Shore Patrol in France after it was liberated and being warned that they must keep the windshield of the jeep up. Why? Because there was thin wire strung across the roads that could decapitate the passengers! Horrible!!
I still have his recipe book for the ship. Well worn and spotted with stains. Making pumpkin pie called for 20 huge cans of pumpkin!
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PFC. John Henry "Corky" Capozzoli . US Army Medical Corps from Philadelphia, PA I loved my father, John Capozzoli, with all of my heart. He was a family man as well as a solider dedicated to his country. He loved his country and to help others in need. Up until his passing in 2001, he volunteered and dedicated his time to terminally ill patients at St. Mary's Hospital located in Bucks County, PA until he was diagnosed with bone marrow cancer. Strong, caring, a devoted family man, husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather.
Dad, I love you and you're always in my heart, mind and soul. Wish you would have met my crazy wife, your daughter-in-law, Michelle.
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Cpl. Alan Capp . British Army Royal Engineers from Whitefield Alan Capp landed at Normandy on the 7th of June 1944 after building the Mulberry Harbour. He was on harbour B at Arromanches as a Royal Engineer in an IWT Company. At some point became Chief Engineer. He went to Burma just after the war ended on boat ZC15 Ell-ovva-din, offloading food to the poor in the jungle from the rivers. The boat claimed 2 pet monkeys who one night chewed up 100 cigarettes. The monkeys hated women and would shout and show their teeth at passers by.
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Sgt. Cyril Charles "Andy" Capp . British Army Royal Signals from Brighton I have just been given my grandad's Soldiers Release Book Class A which states on the front his army number 2321982, his name was Cryril Capp, knwon as Andy, but while searching the internet I have discovered that he was a prisoner of war in Stalag 7A Moosburg (Isbar) Bavaria P.O.W. number is 13110. He would never talk about his time as a POW, so I would like to find out as much information as I can on this subject. The information I am looking for is how long he was a POW and what the condition were like in this camp as well as if he made any friends there. If anybody can help me or point me in the right direction I would be very grateful
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Ivor Emlyn Capp . British Army 1st Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment from Coventry, England
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Sgt Leslie Stanley Capp. . RAF 12Sqd. (d.4th Jun 1943) Nav. Leslie Capp died on 4th July 1943 in Lancaster III ED820 PH-A of 12sqd
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Sgt. Nicholas Jackson Capstick . Royal Air Force flight eng. 115 Sqd. (d.16th Mar 1944)
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Pl.Sgt.Mjr. Walter Capstick . British Army Border Regiment
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PSM. Walter Capstick . British Army 1st Battalion Border Regiment from Carlisle
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Pte. William Capstick . British Army 4th Battalion Border Regiment from Bolton There are casualty records for William Capstick of the 4th Battalion, Border Regiment in France in 1940 and 1945. My father believes these are for his uncle Bill who was born in Bolton in 1916. Bill returned from the war with a severe wound and though he emigrated to Australia in the early 1950s he returned home. My father remembers Bill's stories about fighting in India. Unfortunately, he never fully recovered from his wounds and died in the late 1950s.
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Able Sea. Brinley Card . Royal Navy HMS Pozarica from Harrow, London (d.29th Jan 1943) We believe Brin Card died when his ship was torpedoed of the coast of Italy. I was five years old when it happened and had a younger sister.
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Pte. John William Carden . British Army Royal West Kent Regiment from Isle of Sheppy, Kent My Father, Bill Carden was caught just outside Dunkirk, in a barn with five others "While sleeping" making their way to Dunkirk. Then force marched to Poland and spent most of his time in Stalag11B. Whilst there he worked mostly on filling and emptying train goods wagons. He spent his time improving his mathematics & electronics, passing in all subjects. He also acted as a camp translator. He saved one person's life (the unknown person having called a guard "swine",) this person’s crime being commuted to solitary. Father was freed by the Americans, but the night before his release the Germans had just up & left the camp taking the higher rank POW's with them to barter with if they were caught by the BEF. Father then slowly made his way back to England, he spent about five years at Stalag11B. They were “fairly treated” as POW’s, but badly fed and would eat whatever they could steal from the train wagons. The only good being he was alive at the end of the war.
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Bmbdr. Leonard George Carder . New Zealand Army Artillery from Auckland NZ Len Carder served in North Africa with the NZ Army, where in 1941 he was wounded and captured by the Italians. He was imprisoned in Italy, where he escaped for a while before being re-captured and sent to Germany. POW number 140754 held in Stalag 11A at Altengrabow.
Len established LG Carder plumbers merchants in the 1960's, (which was extant in 2009, now the name has changed) and sold the business just prior to his death in 1980.
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Fred Cardinellli . British Army Divisional Provost Coy. Parachute Regiment from Bristol Uncle Fred was captured at Arnhem and spent the last eight months or so of the war in a prison camp.
After the war Fred Cardinelli returned to Bristol, but soon headed off for a new life in South Africa.
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Charles Cardnell . Royal Air Force 23 Squadron (d.August 1940) Charles Cardnell was my maternal grandmother's brother. The son of Charles and Margaret Cardnell, and brother to Margaret Cardnell.
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Telegr. George Cardus . Royal Navy Does anyone remember George Cardus, a Royal Navy telegraphist at Stalag 8b?
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