Sgt. Thomas Frank Durrant VC.. British Army Royal Engineers (d.28th March 1942)
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Cpl. GG Dursley . British Army 1st Regiment Northamptonshire Yeomanry Cpl.GG Dursley served with the 1st Regiment Northamptonshire 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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Sgt. Owen Roy Durston . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve No. 86 Squadron from Higher Town, Cornwall (d.28th Mar 1942)
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RW Durston . British Army RW Durston 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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Flt.Sgt. Edward Thomas Durtnall . Royal Air Force 99 Squadron from Plymstock, Devon Having only recently been posted to Dhubalia, on his second mission in the Gulf of Siam, attacking enemy shipping two miles south west of Changklam on Samui Island, F/Sgt Ted Durtnall was the air bomber. The plane, a Liberator (KG878), was hit by anti-aircraft fire. The Navigator, Pilot Officer John Thomas Adair, attempted to bale out and F/Sgt Durtnall tried to stop him. Unsuccessful, he and Adair got caught in the slipstream and literally fell out of the plane, which later crashed at Mingaladon in Rangoon. The pilot, Pilot Officer Jack Parkin, was killed. In a letter of 12 Sep 1945 from Bombay, F/Sgt Durtnall said he thought Adair had not survived as his chute had not opened. The second pilot survived the crash landing.
After being washed up on the shore F/Sgt Durtnall was initially held prisoner in the police station on Koh Samui, Siam (now Thailand). Apparently the local people found them a source of entertainment and would come to watch them eat. He was then transferred to a POW & civilian internment camp in Bangkok. From an article in the Plymouth Evening Herald after his return home he reported that the Japanese needed for economic reasons to co-operate with Siam and were never allowed near the POW camp. Meals were not too bad, being partly European and partly native, and were prepared by internees with money given to them by the Swiss Consul.
On VJ day he and a small number of others were smuggled out of the camp and flown away by a Siamese aircraft, being seen off by the camp commandant himself . He travelled from Rangoon on the aircraft carrier H.M.S. Searcher to Madras and thence to Bombay by train. He returned to England in a flying boat, arriving in Poole, Dorset. No-one from the British Government was there to greet them.
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Sgt. Earl Brentnall Duscharm MID. Royal Canadian Air Force 110 Squadron from Renfrew, Ontario I have to admit that I was always a little afraid of my great Uncle Earl Duscharm when I was young. Looking back, I realize that he wasn’t all that large of a man physically, but what he lacked in stature, he definitely made up for in character. He could be a bit standoffish, definitely crusty, matter-of-fact, and oh, how he loved to argue…about anything at all. In fact, I can still remember so clearly the way that he would bait my grandmother and mother, often throwing out the most outrageous topics on the floor like a live hand grenade, and then he would just stand there smirking, waiting for the explosion. In spite of this exterior, even as a child I could sense that there was more within him…a lot more.
It would be a lot of years before I would become aware of his history, especially his experiences during the war, and more years still to even begin to understand his complexity. He never spoke very much about his life or these events, apart from in very vague and somewhat dismissive terms of doing ‘what had to be done’. Humility aside, he started out in the 110 Squadron, and then after in North Africa with the 417 Squadron(I think). During his time there he developed a way to save aviation fuel, for which he was mentioned in dispatches to the King.
He never married, nor did he have any children of his own, but he was always a grandfather to me, and it was an honour to know him for as long as I did. He died in 2010 at the age of 100, and I miss him dearly.
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Lt. Marie Cecile Dussio . Canadian Army Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps from Montreal, Quebec (d.8th Feb 1946) Lieutenant (Nursing Sister) Marie Dussio was the Daughter of Leona Levesque of 4363, rue DeLorimier, Montreal, Quebec. She served under the surname Levesque.
She was 34 when she died of tuberculosis and is buried in the Rome (Verano) Communal Cemetery in Italy.
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F/O. Neville John Dusson . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve No. 515 Squadron from Corley, Warwickshire (d.29th Oct 1944) Neville Dusson served with 515 Squadron, Royal Air Force.
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Aubrey "Tommy" Dutch . My uncle, Sgt Aubrey "Tommy" Dutch was a prisoner in Oflag 111C, Stalag VIIIB and Stalag 383 from his capture on Crete in 1941 to his liberation in 1945.
He played the banjo in many camp concerts and performed after the war at the POW concert held at (I believe) the Prince of Wales Theatre in London.
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AG Dutfield . British Army AG Dutfield 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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Pte. William Duthie . British Army 4th Btn. Gordon Highlanders
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Robert Dutmeres . United States Army C Bty. 222 AAA S/L
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A Dutton . British Army A Dutton 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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AF Dutton . British Army Royal Dragoons AF Dutton served with the Royal 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: 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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Decoder Dennis William Dutton . Royal Navy HMS Warspite My father Dennis William Dutton served on HMS Warspite during the last couple of years of WW2.
Unfortunately he passed away in 1971 when I was only five. I know very little about his time on the ship, but I do know he became the leading decoder and he was mentioned in despatches. I am sorry to say that I have no pictures or tales of heroic actions.
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Edgar Leonard Dutton . Royal Air Force
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Pte. Glenconner Brychan Dutton . British Army 5th Btn. Queens Own Cameron Highlanders from Leeds I remember dad, Glen Dutton saying he dropped his piat into a dyke in Holland because he was fed up with dragging it around Holland.
Also I asked him, What was it like crossing the Rhine? "Fine until the Jerries started dropping mortars on us".
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HA Dutton . British Army HA Dutton 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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HP Dutton . British Army Royal Armoured Corps HP Dutton 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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L/Cpl. John Dutton . Canadian Army Calgary Highlanders My father L/Cpl. John Dutton, who served with the Calgary Highlanders, was wounded overseas in February of 1945. It is my understanding that he returned from England to Halifax, Canada on RMS Letitia which was used to bring home wounded Canadian soldiers. He returned to Canada in April 1945. Any information on this ship, including a photograph would be appreciated.
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RJ Dutton . British Army RJ Dutton 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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Robert Ernest Dutton . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 214 Squadron (d.15th Apr 1943) Robert Dutton served as an Air Bomber and died age 27. He was the son of Ernest Samuel and Sarah Louise Dutton of Acton, Middlesex.
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Pte. Thomas Charles Dutton . British Army 2nd Btn. Black Watch from Walsall Thomas Dutton enlisted to the Black Watch in April 1944 and trained at the Carrier Training Centre, Perth, then embarked to India in December 1944 arriving in Bombay in early 1945.
He completed Airborne and Parachute training in India, based in Karachi.
He arrived home in May 1947 and was discharged with Military Conduct "Very Good" in August 1947.
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F Duxberry . British Army F Duxberry 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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W Duxbury . British Army 9th Lancers W Duxbury served with the 9th Lancers 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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Joan Duxson . Womens Auxiliary Airforce Decoy and Concealment Joan Duxson served with Home Defence RAF Decoy & Concealment Group at GPO Shepparton in Colonel Turners Group
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R Dwann . British Army R Dwann 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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Anthony Dwyer . Anthony Dwyer was stationed at Thruxton Airfield, Hampshire, England during 1940-43. I am looking for any information on this man, believed to be directly related to us. Unfortunately do not have any other details. Can anyone help?
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F/O. Brian Robert Dwyer . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 107 Sqdn. from Leicester (d.2nd Sep 1944) Brian Dwyer was my father's cousin, my dad was so proud of him.
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F/O. Brian Robert Dwyer . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 107 Squadron from Leicester (d.2nd Sep 1944) Flying Officer (Navigator) Brian Dwyer was the son of John Harold and Elsie Dwyer, of Leicester. He was 20 when he died.
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