F Davison . British Army F Davison 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 Davison . British Army Royal Armoured Corps J Davison 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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JJ Davison . British Army JJ Davison 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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F/Lt. John Davison . Royal Air Force 104 Squadron from Sunderland John Davison enlisted on 4 October 1940 and was trained as a Wireless Operator/Rear Gunner. He spent a long time training at Hendon, being there during the great blitz. He was then posted to Blackpool and then Yatesbury in Wiltshire. A spell at Stranraer followed on a ground station where he became a first operator and got his first real flying in a Sunderland Flying Boat.
He left Stranraer in early 1942 to go back to Yatesbury for a refresher course and then on to Evanton in north Scotland for gunnery training and he was promoted to Sergeant. He travelled from here to his home in Sunderland in August 1942 to be married. The newly married couple travelled to Barnard Castle for their honeymoon. On the first night the town had its first air raid of the war and he was recalled during the second night.
John then went to Chipping Warden for operational training, was ‘crewed up’ and was eventually posted to an overseas unit leaving England on 20 December 1943. He flew to Gibraltar and then on to Malta where he was transferred to No 104 Squadron. During his first operation on Tripoli the plane was badly shot up but returned safely; the realisation that he and his crew may not last long hit home.
The squadron moved to Egypt where John contracted jaundice and was admitted to the RAF Hospital for 3 months, rejoining the squadron near Misurata in Tripolitania. He joined a different crew here and flew many operations. They were then moved to Kairounon in Tunisia from where he completed his first tour.
The next move was to Italy where he was commissioned Acting Flight Lieutenant, Signals Leader. He completed a second tour of operations there in March 1944.
At the end of hostilities John returned to the UK landing at Liverpool on 1 April 1945. After an Assessment Board he was posted as a Briefing Officer to Transport Command and returned to Hendon for a short time. He then moved to Holmesley South in Hampshire in May 1945, where his wife Lilian was able to join him.
John’s final posting was to Waterbeach in Cambridgeshire in September 1945, where he organised the Briefing Section. He was demobbed in March 1946 and returned home to live in Sunderland.
This is from the information written down by my father before he died in 1994.
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Sgt K L Davison . RCAF 408 Sqd.
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LM Davison . British Army 2nd Sqd Gloucestershire Hussars LM Davison served with the 2nd Sqd Gloucestershire 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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Pte. Richard Davison . British Army 1/4th Btn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry from South Shields (d.25th June 1944)
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Tpr. Thomas William Davison . British Army East Yorkshire Regiment from Hessle, East Yorkshire Tom Davison, my Father, was captured by German Paratroopers on the Greek Island of Kos while manning a Bofors AA Gun near the airfield. The officer in charge of the AA Unit, on seeing the Paras dropping across the island, had taken men with him in an endeavour to prevent the paras forming up. Unfortunately, they were too late and on the way back he was in time to see Tom and gun crew being marched away. Considering that they had been firing at the aircraft and paras just moments before, it is remarkable that the prisoners were treated with such correctness.
Dad was shipped to Italy and handed to the Italians who stole everything he had, including his coat on arrival. When the Italians surrendered, the German Army reclaimed him and shipped him to Germany and Stalag VIB, about 40 miles North of Dresden (which he saw burn).
Dad had great respect for the regular German Army units and soldiers who were very fine troops. He was never mis-treated during captivity and during the whole period he was in IVB, his Red Cross parcels were never interfered with, whilst outside the Camp the local civilians were starving. It was not easy inside the Camp either and the Russians got no help whatsoever and were in a very bad way. I know that he made friends with one who he tried to get scraps to, but never heard from him again once they were freed.
He had served at Dunkirk and in North Africa before ending up on Kos. He died aged 92. I still have his prisoners tags, letters and bric-a-brac, and most of all memories of a very fine, physically tough and honest man.
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TW Davison . British Army TW Davison 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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Tpr. Vernon Davison . Royal Air Force 154 Squadron from Hornchurch (d.30th March 1943) Vernon Brooker was my Uncle, he was sent to the USA in 1941 with the Arnold Scheme to learn to fly, he was washed out and re-appeared at BFTS 1 in Terrell Texas.
He married my Mothers sister and within 2 weeks was sent to North Africa with 154 Squadron, at the age of 20yrs old was shot down in his Spitfire by German predicted Flak near Sedjenane.
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WF Daviss . British Army Durham Light Infantry WF Daviss served with the Durham Light Infantry 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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JWA Davoll . British Army JWA Davoll 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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DH Davy . British Army DH Davy 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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EW Davy . British Army EW Davy 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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K Davy . British Army K Davy 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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P/O Daw DFC.. Royal Air Force 32 Squadron
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Cpl. William John Daw . Royal Marines HMS Copra from Tonbridge, Kent (d.21st July 1944) William Daw was killed in action 21st July 1944, aged 32. He is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial in Kent.
He was the son of Jubilee John and Alice Clifford Daw, husband of Constance Daw. of Tonbridge, Kent.
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PC Dawe . British Army Royal West Kent Regiment PC Dawe served with the Royal West Kent 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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PFC. Charles Gate Dawes . US Army from Illinois, USA Charles Dawes served with either the US 5th Infantry Division or the 8th Infantry Division, we're not sure which. It appears he was captured in December 1944 and held as a POW in Stalag 7B.
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EA Dawes . British Army EA Dawes 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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Cook Gilbert Francis Dawes . Royal Navy Gilbert Dawes was a cook in the Royal Navy. Sorry I am unable to tell anything, just found my father's history sheet.
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Pte. Harold Jason Dawes . British Army 2nd Battalion East Kent Regiment from Brighton, Sussex (d.25th Feb 1945) My Uncle, Harold Dawes, served in The Buffs in WW2 he signed up to serve his Country, completed his training, was posted to Burma and as soon as he stepped onto the beach in Burma, he was sadly shot dead. I would love to find a photo of him. Bless him.
We, as a family, are so proud of this young man, without him and many more like him, we would not have a freedom today. We should never ever forget Harold and people like him.
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Pte. Harold Jason Dawes . British Army East Kent Regiment from Brighton, Sussex, England (d.25th Feb 1945) Harold Dawes was my Uncle on my Fathers side. He fought in Burma in the Second World War, serving with the East Kent Regiment, The Buffs.
Harold lied about his age, (he was much younger), to enable him to sign up.
He arrived on the Burma Beaches on 25th February 1945, and was killed instantly, so never got to fight for his Country, as he so wanted to do.
May he Rest In Peace, knowing that he did his bit, his family love him and are very proud.
We miss you Harold. xxxx
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IW Dawes . British Army Gloucestershire Regiment IW Dawes served with the Gloucestershire 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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JA Dawes . British Army JA Dawes 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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Warrant Officer Kenneth Edward Dawes . Royal Air Force 9 Squadron from My father Kenneth Dawes,served with 9 Sq. his aircraft crashed on take-off at 07:50 1st Jan 45.
On 1st Jan, Bomber Command Diary read, "January 1st Dortmund-Ems Canal again breached by aircraft of No.5 Group. Following night Mitteland canal also breached" Actually the Dortmund-Elms canal had been drained three times but, such was its importance, that the Germans repaired it at once, and a fourth attack was ordered for the 1st January.
At Bardney, No.9 Squadron were notified of the operation, after a night of great celebrations, and when no operations had been expected. Ten crews were briefed, but two crashed on take off, Lancaster PD368 WS-A, which had completed only six operational trips was one of four Lancasters lost on this operation. They took of at 07:50 from Bardney to attack the Dortmund-Ems Canal. PD368 crashed immediately. Sgt.Dawes was slightly injured.
The crew were:
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F/O J.W.Buckley, RAAF
- Sgt K.E.Dawes
- F/O Nolan
- F/S I.L.Moore, RAAF
- Sgt R.G.Round
- Sgt R.A.C.Copperwaite
- F/O W.C.Shutler
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WE Dawes . British Army WE Dawes 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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2nd Lt. Timothy Dawkes MiD.. British Army 2/5th Btn. Queens Royal Regiment from Doncaster (d.10th Sep 1943) Timothy Dawkes joined the Middlesex Regiment in 1938 as a private. He proceeded to France in 1939. He escaped from Dunkirk in 1940 by being tied to a rope attached to a small boat and being pulled across the Channel. He served in North Africa in 1942 and fought at Alamein where he was Mentioned in Despatches. Commissioned and transferred to the Queens Royal Regiment, he was killed at Salerno. His body was not recovered and his name is on a slab located in the War Graves Cemetery at Cassino.
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