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H Crowder . British Army H Crowder 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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JFW Crowder . British Army Leicestershire Regiment JFW Crowder served with the Leicestershire 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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RH Crowder . British Army RH Crowder 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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Able Sea. Allan Crowe . Royal Navy HMS Penelope from Manchester My dad, Allan Crowe served in WW2 on HMS Penelope amongst others and was onboard when she was torpedoed. I have his war medals, hat ribbon. Loads of photos taken on Board and on shore. Also lots of newspaper cuttings and telegrams. I have the telegram sent to his parents when he was missing presumed dead. His best friend was standing next to him on deck when he was blown up and as such, my dad never really spoke about the war and I've only discovered a lot of information since he passed away in 2003. I'd love to find out more information and share what I have too.
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Lance Sgt. Gerald Crowe . British Army 5th Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment from Sunderland
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HJ Crowe . British Army Royal Armoured Corps HJ Crowe 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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Kenneth Crowe . Royal Air Force 51 Squadron from Caerphilly Kenneth Crowe, now aged 92, was a flight engineer on 51 Squadron. Towards the end of WW2 he was transferred to the Pathfinder Squadron. Despite his age and being hospitalized for many months he still has a bright mind. A real gentleman.
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LW Crowe . British Army LW Crowe 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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Flt.Sgt. Mostyn Maurice Crowe . Royal Air force Volunteer Reserve 78 Sqdn. (d.20th June 1942)
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PS Crowe . British Army 1st Dragoons PS Crowe served with the 1st Dragoons 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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SJC Crowe . British Army SJC Crowe 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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WA Crowe . British Army WA Crowe 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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PhMlFC. George Wyman Crowell . United States Navy USNH Canacao from Berry, AL.
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Pte. Charles Edward Crowhurst . British Army 1st Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps Charlie Crowhurst served with the 1st KRRC, Motor Transport and 1st QVR.
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Ord. Seaman Frederick Hugh Crowhurst . Royal Navy HMS Prunella (d.21st Jun 1940)
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Pte. Hubert Treeve Crowle . British Army Royal Hampshire Regiment from Southampton My father Bert Crowle was a POW in Stalag X1A Altengrabow. He escaped and was recaptured a few times but despite searching I have been unable to find anything out about him or the camps he was in. Sadly he would not say anything about his experiences. He did jump a POW train in Italy and was looked after by an Italian family who we are in touch with but he didn't tell them much. He always said he was treated okay in the camps but after escaping and being re-captured more than once I find this hard to believe. Hard as it may be I am interested to find out anything I can about this time in his life.
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George Crowley . United States Navy My dad George Crowley was in the US Navy and stationed at one of the USAAF bases in England. He was wounded in an accident on the runway and died. This must have been late 1944 or beginning 1945. I wonder if there is a way to find out?
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Fus. Patrick Kevin Crowley . British Army Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers from Mullingar, Co. Westmeath. (d.19th July 1946) Fusilier Crowley was the Son of Mark and Delia Crowley, of Mullingar, Co. Westmeath.
He was 22 when he died and is buried in Bushy Park Catholic Cemetery, Co. Galway, Ireland.
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Pte. GR Crown . British Army 1st Btn. Hertfordshire Regiment Pte.GR Crown served with the 1st Btn. Hertfordshire 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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Cpl. Ronald Crowshaw . British Army 309 Coy. Royal Army Service Corps from Felkirk, Yorkshire My father, Ronald Crowshaw, enlisted on 3rd of March 1941 in Barnsley at the age of 18 into the 70th (Young Soldiers) Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry and was sent to Loughborough for basic training on the 7th March. After completing basic training the battalion moved in April, on foot, to Cleethorpes. The battalion role was coastal defence and troops were billeted in Cleethorpes and Grimsby. The Company then moved to Goxhill Airfield in support of RAF ground defence. The airfield was later transferred to the American Air Force. It was during this period that the 70th Bn were being split up. There was a shortage of miners, and ex-miners were being sent back to the pit. There was also a shortage of drivers and so to ensure that he did not get sent back to the pit, he volunteered to become a driver and was sent to the RASC Army Driver Training School at Clay Cross in Derbyshire.
In early June 1942 he was ordered to report to Woking in Surrey. A group of them were taken to a large country mansion where they were issued with tropical khaki uniforms and pith helmets. The draft was then transported by train, under MP escort, to the Glasgow port of Gourock. During this time they were not allowed off the train and no letters home were allowed. On arrival at the port, they were ferried out in small parties to the awaiting troop ships at anchor in the Clyde. He embarked on board the SS Cersasia and on 6th of June 1942 Convoy RHHOH set sail for destinations unknown.
The first port of call was Freetown in Sierra Leone and then on to Durban in South Africa. Here the troops disembarked and stayed at Clairwood Camp for a few weeks enjoying the local attractions and hospitality! In July of 1942 it was time to set sail again and the troops embarked on the SS Felix Russell, a French registered ship, which had been previously used to transport Italian POWs.
North Africa: The troops disembarked at Port Taufiq on the Suez Canal and moved into transit camps around Farid and Ismalia. The troops were battlefield replacements for those captured or killed at Tobruk and on 21st October 1942 Pte Crowshaw was posted (up the blue) to 309 Coy RASC (Corps troops) part of 30 Corps (Eighth Army). He was employed on convoy duties which included the delivery of dummy slit trenches to Kidney Ridge, bombs to the RAF at Marble Arch, and resupply of ammunition and fuel. During this period the convoy was attacked and strafed by German fighters following the battle for Hellfire Pass. On 20th April he was employed on troop transport duties. He picked up the Ox & Bucks Light Infantry from Tobruk and moved them to their start line positions for the Battle at Enfideville on the 26th. By now he had been promoted to Lance Corporal and his North African campaign had taken him from Egypt, through Libya and in to Tunisia - a distance of approx 1600 miles. He continued to collect and transport supplies and troops to Benghazi, Mersa el Brega, Tripoli, Sfax and many more unnamed places in the desert.
Sicily: On 13th April 1943 L/Cpl Crowshaw boarded a ship in Sfax Harbour, destination unknown. After only one day at sea the convoy docked at the port of Valetta in Malta on 15th June[?] and disembarked to begin the preparation for the invasion of Sicily. The Company landed on H+2 (12th July) at 1600 hours on the beaches near Avola and went into action in support of 107th Med Fd Arty RA (Army Artillery Group). Over the next couple of weeks the Company was supporting operations with the delivery of ammunition and fuel to forward units. The convoy was subject to a number of air attacks and on 16th July was strafed on the road from Vizzina to Grammicheli. Convoy duties continued into August until the cessation of hostilities on 17th August at 1100 hours.
Italy: 309 Coy RASC landed at Reggio Calabria on 10th September 1943. On the 22nd the Company moved to Brindisi via Taranto employed on dock work. On 5th October 309 Company was attached to 110 Detail Issue Depot RAOC collecting and delivering stores. The weather had deteriorated with heavy rain and two soldiers of the Company died from malaria. On 13th the Company moved to Foggia. The advance continued and on 15th October the Company was transferred to bridging operations in support of 56 (London) Division and 78th (Battle Axe) Division. During October and early November the Company was conducting tasks between San Saverno, Barletta and Foggia, during which time the heavy rains continued.
German air raids were now taking place and during the latter part of November he contracted malaria and impetigo (a skin disorder). Some days were spent in bed but he also continued carrying out details to Bari and Foggia. The illness continued into December. However, by the 8th he was again on daily tasks to Termoli and San Salvo. From 9th to 22nd December the Company were supporting the Royal Engineers on bridging tasks on the Tringo River, then building the Chelsea Bridge and delivering more bridging to Camomorino. The weather was very bad and vehicles were bogged in. The Company had a break for Christmas at the camp in San Salvo and on Christmas day the troops were served gunfire (tea with rum).
My father's diary records 'best dinner in 4 years got drunk'. The Company was working on the 26th and by the 27th it was back to normal - convoy work, bridging and the rain. On the 27th L/Cpl Crowshaw was on a detail in support of the REs to Vasto and on the 28th his gearbox seized and his vehicle had to be recovered back to workshops at Ururi via Larino. On New Year's Eve the vehicle was still in the workshops and the rainstorms did not cease and L/Cpl Crowshaw spent the night in his vehicle. In his diary my father sums up 1943 as Not a bad year. (He was after all still alive.)
On or about 25th of March 1944, elements of the 8th Army, including 309 Company, were secretly moved from their positions on the Adriatic coast in support of the 5th Army at Cassino. It was in March 1944 that Mount Vesuvius (south of Naples) erupted, covering the surrounding country with a deep layer of volcanic ash. During this time 309 Company were in support of the 5th Field Company South African Engineers at Cassino. Only my father knows what sights and sounds he witnessed and what danger he and his Company were exposed to during this terrible battle and one thing is for sure, there were no bystanders during the battle to take Monte Cassino and every soldier played a vital part in the operation, especially the RASC drivers who had to run the daily gauntlet on Highway 6 (Speedy Highway).
309 Compay were now in support of the 5th British Corps on the right flank of the 2nd Polish Corps. Rimini fell on 21st September, the Savio and Ronco rivers were crossed at the end of October and Forli was taken on the 9th November. The rainfall had been very heavy up to mid-December, which was followed by a deep covering of snow for two months. In the lower valleys, mud was the biggest problem and remained so until March. During this period the Eighth Army, including 309 Company, were undergoing rest and re-training.
The main allied offensive started on 9th April 1945 with a tremendous artillery bombardment against the first German defensive line on the Senio. 309 Company provided support to 78th (Battleaxe) Division. 309 Company had continued to support 78 Division RE Bridging units who constructed bridges over the Rivers Senio, Santerno, Sillaro and Reno. The next major objective, and obstacle, was the River Po. 309 Company delivered the pontoon boats and bridge sections for the construction of the 1110 foot long Bailey pontoon bridge over the Po at Pontelagoscuro, which became operational on midnight of 27th April. On 29th April the Germans agreed to an unconditional surrender and hostilities were to cease on 2nd May. My father and 309 Company celebrated with the gunners who lit a big bonfire made from ammunition boxes.
Austria: The end of the war did not mean peace for the British troops in Italy. The political situation involving Italy, Austria and Yugoslavia, especially in respect of partisan activity, created a very dangerous and at times violent situation. 309 Company entered Austria in early June 1945. HQ British Troops Austria was initially located in Klagenfurt and in the Gras area of Austria, 46th Division was the controlling formation. Many units and formations were now being disbanded or relocated and for many soldiers the war was over and they were sent back to the UK for demobilisation. 309 Company was one of the units that was disbanded. However, within a short time a German Transport Column was formed from surrendered enemy personnel, under the general supervision of a small cadre of British officers and men drawn from various RASC units. 602 German GT Company was one of these companies and L/Cpl Crowshaw was posted to the British cadre and promoted to A/Cpl. The Company was used on various transport tasks, including logging in the forests around Klagenfurt. In August 1945, after four years away from home, Cpl Crowshaw was granted leave home to the UK and was discharged in May 1946.
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Lt. Ambrose Henry Thomas Crowson . Home Guard 3rd Warwickshire (Nuneaton) Btn. from Atherstone, Warwickshire Ambrose Crowson was my Great Grandfather.
At the time of the second world war he was the manager of the Birch Coppice colliery, I believe he was living in the Atherstone area at the time.
Ambrose was a former officer of the Leicestershire Regiment during WW1, having been commissioned as 2nd Lt early in 1918.
During the German spring offensive of May 1918 he was captured, suffering from shell shock, in his trench after a heavy and sustained German bombardment.
He was captured on 27th of May 1918, along with some of his fellow 8th Battalion and 4th Battalion officers, and was subsequently interred at the Schweidnitz officers P.O.W. camp in Germany (this is now part of modern day Poland).
He was repatriated in 1919.
I know little of his 2nd World War service, other than his willingness to volunteer once again to 'do his bit'
I know that he had commanded a home guard unit, despite the fact he was working at the coal mine 7 days a week.
I obtained his Home Guard unit information, I'd always believed he commanded the Dorden and Grendon home guard, but this may not be the case.
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Drill Sgt. Alfred Crowter . British Army East Surrey Regiment My Father Alfred Crowter was deployed to Skegness after Dunkirk, but it states that the camp was for Navy? This is where he met my Mother who was in the ATS and worked in the NAAFI. Can anyone clarify if there was another camp in Skegness for the Army. He was in the East Surreys.
Editor's Note: The army were deployed across the east coast guarding many military installations, including air fields and the training camp, HMS Royal Arthur at Skegness, so he may well have been based at the Navy camp.
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Dvr/Gnr. Charles Edward Crowther . British Army My grandfather was inthe Desert Rats but would never talk about it. He was there until the very end.
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Charles Crowther . British Army 8th Army My grandad served in the 8th Army in Egypt, Italy and France.
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Gnr. Clarence Crowther . Royal Artillery 2/11 Battery 3rd Medium Regiment from Morley, Yorkshire (d.17th Apr 1945) Clarence Crowther was my Grandfather. All I know about his death is what I've gleaned from the official history of the 3rd Medium Regiment RA, published in 1945.
The details are sparse, but apparently he died in an engagement at Otterloo, in the Netherlands, during the night of 17/18 April 1945. It must have been a fierce exchange, because 11 of his colleagues died that night too.
I would love to hear any more details of the action that led to his death, or indeed any more details about him on active duty. It's particularly poignant because he died only 10 days before a truce was declared in that particular theatre. Thank you.
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Lt. Cyril Crowther . British Army Royal Corps Signals from Birkenshaw, Bradford, Yorkshire Cyril Crowther was educated at Birkenshaw National School and then Heckmondwike Grammar School, both in the then West Riding of Yorkshire.
Cyril began his overseas service in Cairo at the Middle East Signal School, where he completed a Signal Instructor's Course with a 'Distinguished' result.
He went to Egypt, Cyprus, Libya, Iraq and Burma with the West Yorkshire Regiment, 2nd Bat. and seems to have gone through most of the ranks as a signaller. He didn't speak much about his suffering to me, as a young child, except to mention the dreadful conditions in the Burmese jungle and the great friendship of the men. He also spoke of a much younger man, Corporal Freddie Mitton, also from the West Riding, who he tried to protect because he reminded Dad of his younger brother, Joe, also in the forces. When Freddie was killed at Imphal in June 1944, Dad agreed to go for officer training in India. He went to OTS in Mhow, India in 1944 and was awarded his Commission in early 1945 (London Gazette, 24 April 1945).
On return to England later In 1945 he went to York where he was appointed Adjutant and QMS FOR Northern Command Signals
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Flt.Sgt. Frederick Edward William Crowther . Royal Air Force 75 Squadron from Poplar, London (d.3rd Oct 1943) Frederick Crowther flew with 75 Squadron, RAF.
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Flying Officer G C Crowther . RCAF 420 Squadron Wellington HE550 PT-G took off on April 14, 1943 at 2112 hours from Middleton St. George on a mission to Stuttgart. Homebound at 12,000 feet the plane was shot down by a Ju88 and crashed at Mesnil-St Laurent (Aisne), 5 km SE of St. Quentein, France. F/O Sydney Brown and P/O J A Simpson are buried in the churchyard at Mesnil-St Laurent. S/L F V Taylor and F/O G C Crowther bailed out and eventually returned to England. Sgt H N McKinnon was taken prisoner and was eventually repatriated.
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Sergeant G A Crowther . RAF 59 Squadron
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Pte. George Henry "Kip" Crowther . British Army 4th Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment from Kingston upon Hull My dad, George Crowther was captured in the Western Desert in August 1942. He spent the rest of the war as a POW in two camps, one of which was Camp No. 73, Fossoli of Carpi near Modena. The other camp was Stalag 317, Markt Pongau, Austria. We don’t know which camp he was in first or how long he was in each camp.
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