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P Evershed . British Army P Evershed 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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D Eversley . British Army Royal Pioneer Corps D Eversley served with the Royal Pioneer 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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PFC Levi Eversole . United States Army 422nd Infantry Regiment from Covington, Ky. My dad, PFC Levi Eversole, US Army 106th, 422nd was captured in December 1944 in the Battle of the Bulge. He did not speak of his time in Stalag 4B. I have learned by researching on the net. If you have any memories of him, or any information, please contact me.
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Alfred James Everson . Auxiliary Fire Service from George St, Devonport
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BG Everson . British Army BG Everson 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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R Everson . British Army R Everson 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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WO. Reginald Wilfred Everson . Royal Air Force 305 (Polish) Sqd from Sutton, Surrey My father Reg Everson trained as a pilot under the Arnold Scheme in America. On return to the UK he was a trainer, until Jan 1945 when he was sent to 305 (Polish) Squadron in Epernay, France. He flew Mosquitoes. He was shot down (by friendly fire from Americans he found out later) and taken to Gummersbach, Stalag 6G. He remembered living in wooden huts. There were several American airmen
After a few days they were roused about 2 a.m. with Ersatz coffee and marched away under armed guard. Eventually they reached a POW Camp near Enbach. The prisoners did not cooperate with the inefficient guards. Breakfast was Ersatz coffee, lunch soup water in which vegetables had been cooked but removed, supper black bread and margarine.
American troops were getting closer and by 19th April 1945 the Camp was virtually run by the prisoners. The 78th Division Army Infantry arrived at 14.00 hours by which time the guards had already handed over rifles and guns. Fried chicken and real coffee was greatly appreciated.
A few days of Medical Checks etc followed, before being taken to Giesen by truck and then to Paris by Dakota aircraft. Then Reg returned to rejoin 305 Squadron in Epernay.
So Reg was trained by Americans, shot down by Americans and released by Americans.
(taken from his diaries and conversations by his daughter, Joan
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Stella Eliza Everson . National Fire Service from George St, Devonport
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Clifford Everton . South African Army Natal Mounted Rifles Natal Carbineers I am trying to find any South African army veterans who remember Clifford Everton. He served with the Natal Carbineers and Natal Mounted Rifles during 1940-45 and spent most of his service in H.Q.Signals in North Africa and Italy. I do hope someone can help me out.
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Sgt. Edgar Harold "Ted" Everton . 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force 1st General Hospital NZ Medical Corps from Auckland, New Zealand My Father Ted Everton was Captured in Corinth canal, Greece on the 28th of April 1941. Ted was in two pow camps, Stalag 18A, Wolfesberg, Austria and Stalag 383, Hofenfels, Barvaria, Germany till the 1st of May 1945
I have Ted's POW diary which describes life as a POW.
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LG Everton . British Army LG Everton 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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Sgt Leslie Harold Everton. . (d.4th July 1943) My uncle was Mid Upper Gnr. Sgt Leslie Howard Everton, he was killed on 4th July 1943, the aircraft he was lost in was W4958 PH-B the Captain was Sgt N.E Hill. The records I have tally with other information I have gained. The operations records show that ED820 PH-P was piloted by F/O Herron and was the only other aircraft lost on the Cologne raid.
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Eves . British Army 7th Armoured Div.
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DR Eves . British Army DR Eves 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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Tpr. Andrew Jeffrey Evinou . British Army 4th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment from Edinburgh, Scotland (d. ) My father, Andrew Jeffrey Evinou, died on in October 2006 at age 86. He carried with him to his grave, all of his sad, unspoken memories of the six years he was involved in the horrors of World War 2.
The little that we do know, we found out in the last ten years of my father's life, when we were able to get him to open up a little. I am convinced that my father suffered, during all of his post war years, from Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome. After that war, soldiers were expected to go home and get back to work. There was no help for the psychological problems of the returning soldiers.
Andrew joined the army in 1938 at age eighteen. He went to war in 1939 when he was sent to France. He was one of the British troops who was rescued off the beaches of Dunkirk in 1940. While he went below deck on the rescue ship, Messerschmitz planes riddled the deck where he had been sitting. Many men returning home, were killed on the deck. When the ship arrived in Dover, England, my dad had to lift his rucksack, from under the bloody head of a dead, young soldier.
After a brief leave of absence, three days I believe, Andrew's regiment was sent to North Africa, as part of the Expeditionary Army. My dad was captured in the Battle of Tobruk, June 1942, when the tank he was driving took a hit. The shrapnel from that hit almost blew dad's finger off. He eventually had it removed after the war.
Dad, like most of his regiment who survived, was taken prisoner by the Italians. He was handed over to the Germans when Italy capitulated and was a POW at Stalag V111B. He worked for fourteen hours a day, in the German Mines. He took part in the Death March at the end of the war.
When he got home, Andrew weighed less than a hundred pounds. The rest of his life and his family's, was affected by his experiences in the war. He was a good husband and father, never violent, never drunk, never swore. But he displayed most of the nervous symptoms of PTSD in non-violent ways.
Dad like all of the WW2 Veterans, sacrificed his youth, from eighteen to twenty six, in the service of his country. He lost so much more than that. We never should be allowed to forget what our soldiers have suffered in the name of peace, so that we didn't have to.
I salute my Dad and all like him. I am his proud daughter.
Lest We Forget.
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Tpr. Andrew Jeffrey Evinou . British Army 4th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment  My father, Andrew Jeffrey Evinou, served as a tank driver with the Fourth Royal Tank Regiment during WW2. He served with the British Eighth army in France and was one of the soldiers rescued off the beaches at Dunkirk. He told of how the ship he was on was hit by Messerschmitz and many were killed on deck. He was saved because he went below deck where tea was being served. After a very short leave during which time he married my mum, he was sent to North Africa. He fought with the Fourth armoured division at Tobruk where he was captured when his tank was hit. Dad lost a finger in that incident. He was a POW with the Italians for a year and a half then handed over to the Germans. He was a POW at stalag V111b and stalag V111a. He worked in the mines fourteen hours a day. He participated in the great march, but luckily survived it. He was ninety pounds in weight when he got home.
I will always be my dad's proud daughter. He was eighty seven when he died in October of 2005.
LEST WE FORGET.
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Tpr. Andrew Jeffrey Evinou . Bristih Army 4th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment from Edinburgh, Scotland Andrew Evinou was a Trooper with the 4th Royal Tank Regiment of the British Army during WW2.
He served in France as part of the Eighth Army and was rescued from the beach at Dunkirk. As their ship was leaving the dock, tea was announced down below deck. My dad never turned down a cuppa. While he was below, a Messerschmidt riddled the deck, where my dad had been sitting. A young man who was resting his head on my dad's knapsack was killed. Dad couldn't retrieve it until after they docked in England, and after the ship had cleared the deck of the dead. This had to be done before allowing any waiting family to go onto the dock. After a weekend's leave, dad was sent to North Africa.
The picture I am sharing was taken in the African Desert. It was featured on the cover page of a Mid Eastern publication, called Parade. The picture was lost to our family. A year after my dad died, I travelled to the London Newspaper Museum, from Canada, in search of it. Fortunately I was able to find it, I held it close to my heart and cried. That picture as you can imagine, has become a treasure.
In June of 1942, my dad was captured at Tobruk, where their tanks were an easy defeat for the superior enemy tanks. Dad was a PoW, from then till the end of the war, and was listed as Missing in Action for a year. He was first a Prisoner with the Italians, then with the Germans. He spent time at Stalag V111C and worked in the coal mines as part of a Work Group. He participated in and survived the Great March.
Andrew died in October 2006. Lest We Forget
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Pte. Harry Evison . British Army Royal Army Service Corps from Mareham-le-Fen
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Cpt. Francis Whaley Ewald . United States Navy USS Boise Unfortunately, my grandfather Frank Ewald died when I was only 5 so I never got to hear any of the tales of his time on the USS Boise. It says on some papers I found that his primary duty was Student A.A. Control Officer and in remarks it says Deck Division Officer. I am not sure what that means or what he did exactly. I would love to know more. He was on the USS Boise from Sept. 44 through Oct. 45 for the Battle of Leyte. He did continue on in the Navy and eventually became a Captain. He was accepted and graduated from flight school. He went on to become a flight instructor in Norfolk, and then a test pilot in Maryland. Eventually, he was Commander of the Naval Air Development Center in Johnsonville, PA. He retired about a year before he died at Bethesda. I would love to learn more about his time in the Navy if anyone recognizes him and wants to contact me.
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WT Ewan . British Army WT Ewan 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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James Robert Ewart . Royal Navy HMS Mauritius from Mill Lne My father James Ewart joined the Navy aged 15 years old. He served his country for 18 years. He crossed the Equator on HMS Mauritius 16th of May 1941. I have his proclamation scroll, signed by xx Holdsworth.
I am busy recording my father's military service.
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P/O. Samuel Ewart . Royal Air Force 57 Squadron from Broxbourne, Scotland (d.22nd June 1944)
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L/Cpl Shirley Dorothy Ewart . British Army 8th A.A. Regiment Auxiliary Territorial Service from St. Mary House, Arthur Rd, Wimbledon, Surrey After a rather miserable year as a nursing probationer, I decided to join the A.T.S. At the time I was excited. Maybe they would send me to Wales, or even to Scotland. My basic training was at Northampton, the furthest North I had ever been. The next stop was in Bristol where I was trained as a Medical Orderly. My final orders were not, however, to anywhere I considered particularly exciting. I was being posted as Medical Orderly to an all-women A.A. gunsite on the Fal River in Cornwall. This was not far from St. Ives where I'd spent many summer holidays. I was quite disappointed. However, Falmouth was quite busy and the hub of the activity was right there on the Fal. It was shortly before the invasion and a great many ships from the U.S. Navy were lined up along the river bank. The A.T.S. barracks was, as I remember, just one Nissen hut. Another hut served as the Medical Inspection (M.I.) room. Our Sergeant was Dolly Wallis from Sithney in Cornwall. Most of the other girls were from Scotland or the northern counties. Sadly, I don't remember the names of anyone else but they were a warm, friendly group. I do remember our Medical Officer who was also from the north.
I don't remember how I met my husband. He was in the U.S. Coast Guard and was Executive Officer of one of the Coast Guard Landing Ships. Two years later we were married and I was discharged from the army on compassionate grounds. It amused me somewhat that, when I applied for a passport to go to the United States, I discovered that I was not a British subject. I had been born in China and my father, who had been educated in England and who had served during WWI in India, was at the time of my birth still legally Austrian. So, I entered the U.S. with a paper describing me as "a British Protected Person". Since the war was still on, I hoped our trans-atlantic crossing would be peaceful.
I am sorry I can't remember any more names, but I am 89 years old so that might be forgiven.
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A Ewen . British Army A Ewen 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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Sgt George Ewen . Royal Air Force 10 OTU (d.26th Jun 1942) George lost his life when his Whitley V was shot down on 26 June 1942 in the Third Thousand Bomber raid over Bremen by Obit Helment Lent from unit 4/NJG2 in a Messerscmit BF 110 R4+AC.
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R Ewen . British Army Gordon Highlanders R Ewen served with the Gordon Highlanders 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. Thomas William Ewen . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 95 Squadron (d.5th Jan 1944) Sergeant Ewen is buried in St. Etienne Chapel Cemetery, Nouadhibu, Mauritania.
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John Ewens . Royal Navy HMS Newcastle from Skinningrove My Grandad, John Ewens was a Gun Layer on HMS Newcastle (Pennant No. C76). The ship was torpeded on 15th June 1942 in the Med by Torpedo Boat S-56. She made her way via Ceylon, S.Africa and Brazil to Brooklyn N Y where she had a new bow fitted in 1943. She was scrapped in 1959 in Faslane, Scotland.
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A Ewer . British Army Dorsetshire Regiment A Ewer served with the Dorsetshire 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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AC1 Albert Edward "Jack" Ewin . Royal Air Force No 2 M.T. Coy. A section 99 Squadron from Kensington, London Albert Ewin was my great Uncle Jack and my mother has very fond memories of him and his family.
Before the war he was a lorry driver hence we presume why he joined the No 2 Mechanical Transport Company of the R.A.F. We understand this unit was formed in Cambridge in 1940 to assist with the transportation and to afford greater mobility to squadrons and stations.
We have several photographs of him in Cambridge and also in Solan, India where they were based in 1942 with 99 Squadron.
The photo of the squadron shows Jack seated in the front middle holding a cup of sorts after some kind of competition (according to the writing on the reverse) and he refers to the person seated next to him and jointly holding the prize as George.
In the photo taken by the river with his fellow off duty companions participating in some supposed fishing, the names are given of: J.Spencer and J.Neil, both A.C.1 and also R.Wood of the R.A.F. It is dated 19th February 1941 in Cambridge. I hope these names help others to identify relatives.
Jack was lucky and survived to come home to his wife and daughter. He sadly passed away in 1993.
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