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NH Griffiths . British Army NH Griffiths 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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Royal Scots Fusilier Philip John Edward "Billy" Griffiths . British Army 11th Battalion from Birkenhead, Cheshire (d.21st Oct 1944) Billy was Philip Griffiths but the Army has him as Phillip with two L's. He is buried at Wuustwesel Church, Belgium. I cannot find any details of a battle during Oct 1944 in this location but it is believed, by the family,that he drowned. If anyone can help with further detais we would be grateful.
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RE Griffiths . British Army RE Griffiths 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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Sgt. Reginald Alfred Griffiths . Royal Air Force 90 squadron from Clapton, London Reginald Griffiths was my uncle. He served as a rear gunner with 90 Squadron at Tuddenham from November 1944 to April 1945. On December 1944, his Lancaster was hit by flak, after they attacked Koblenz. They managed to crash land at Woodbridge. He completed the 30 ops in April.
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Roy Griffiths . British Army 8th Army
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RW Griffiths . British Army 43rd Regiment Reconnaissance Corps RW Griffiths served with the 43rd Regiment Reconnaissance 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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Pte. Sidney Ellis Griffiths . British Army Wiltshire Regiment from Walsall This story, although there is not much of it, is for my late uncle Sidney Ellis Griffiths a private in the Wiltshire Regiment who was captured at Dunkirk in 1940. His Army service number was 5567902 and his POW number from Torun 20a (Thorn 20a) was 10575.
He died aged 79 in Bloxwich near Walsall without giving away much about his time in captivity. I know that at Dunkirk he was bayoneted in the left side of his head, face and neck, fortunately missing the jugular, he bore the scars for the remainder of his life. I also recall him telling me about a German guard nicknamed "Fingers". (Typical army humour, this guard was wounded and had no fingers on his one hand.) Uncle Sid said "He was alright and did us a few favours at risk to himself", others (guards) "were right buggers!" The march towards the end of the war was very, very hard and harrowing he said, "but we made it".
The really sad end to this story is the reaction of my grandfather, Sid's father, to the return of his two sons, my father (RAF) was the other one. When my father went to his room at home that he had shared with Sid prior to the war he found it empty of all of their belongings and on being asked what had happened to them my Grandfather replied, "I didn't think either of you would get back so I sold them". Unbelievable. I am ashamed to relay this part of the story but it is true, I wonder if anyone else has a similar tale...I hope not.
My dad told me the years of captivity affected Sid badly and he would have little to do with anyone apart from my dad and his long-time girlfriend, and later his wife, Nora. He suffered badly with his nerves for many years and developed alopecia because of it. In later years, like thousands of others, he rarely complained about his lot and as he said "We were the lucky ones, we made it". Thanks Uncle Sid'
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T Griffiths . British Army York and Lancaster Regiment T Griffiths served with the York and Lancaster 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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Spr. Thomas Griffiths . British Army 1st Field Squadron Royal Engineers from Hatfield, South Yorkshire Thomas Griffiths was captured at St Valery en Caux on June 12th 1940. He was a POW in Poland.
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W H Griffiths . British Army Welch Regiment W Griffiths served with the Welch 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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WAR Griffiths . British Army WAR Griffiths 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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WH Griffiths . British Army WH Griffiths 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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William Griffiths . I'm looking for Johnny Jakeway(s), an American GI, who befriended me in the woods outside Stalag 9b at the time of the liberation. Does anyone remember him?
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Gnr. William S. L. Griffiths . British Army 90th HAA Royal Artillery from Monmouthshire (d.7th January 1943) William Griffiths was the son of Lewis Llwellin Griffiths and Edith May Hine; the Griffiths were miners, originally from East Dean. His younger brother, Thomas, survived the war but I do not know if he joined up. According to the Army Roll of Honour, William served as a gunner in North Africa. He would have been just shy of his 21st birthday when he was killed.
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WJ Griffiths . British Army Reconnaissance Corps WJ Griffiths served with the Reconnaissance 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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F/O David Idwal Griffiths. . RAF 12sqd
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Sergeant Harry Griffiths. . Royal Air Force 10 Sqd.
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Lt. Frederick Grigg . British Army 69th Light Anti Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery Freddie Grigg served in Burma, France and Norway with 69th LAA Regiment, Royal Artillery.
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Pte. Fredrick Grigg . British Army 1st Btn. Highland Light Infantry from Dudley (d.6th Mar 1945)
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Sgt. John Arthur Ernest Grigg . British Army Kings Royal Rifle Corps John Grigg served during WW2. He passed away in 2004.
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Pte. Reginald Trevor Grigg . British Army 2nd Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment from Coventry (d.15th June 1944)
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Flt.Sgt. William Hamilton Grigg . Royal Canadian Air Force 424 Squadron from Mt. Brydges, Ontario William H. Grigg joined the RCAF in January 1942. His first posting was to elementary flight training at #10 EFTS in Mount Hope, Ontario. In April 1942 he transferred to #6 SFTS in Dunville, Ontario for training on the Harvard and Yale aircraft. In July 1942 having completed the tests and training for his pilots badge, he was awarded his RCAF wings.
In September 1942 he commenced his training on the Oxford bomber aircraft with the RAF in Dishforth.
In November of this same year, he commenced his training on the Wellington bomber aircraft while attached to the #23 OTU in Pershore, England.
In March 1943, Bill Grigg and his crew began operational bombing flights into Germany on the Wellington aircraft. Between March 1st 1942 and May 29th 1943, they flew numerous missions over Germany bombing their assigned targets. On May 29th, while returning to England from a mission over Wuppertal, Germany, their aircraft was shot down. During this enemy attack, Bill Grigg was rendered unconscious from a shrapnel hit in the head. Prior to jumping from the aircraft, other crew members put him out of the falling aircraft with an open parachute. He landed in Holland and was captured by the German Army. In early June 1943, he was taken to Stalag Luft VI at Haydekrug. He was assigned POW No.154. William Grigg remained a POW for the remainder of the war.
His wartime log book states that on 6th April 1945, he and the entire POW personnel set out on a forced march from Fallingbostel, Germany. On 2nd May 1945 they were liberated by British paratroopers. Those that did survive were seriously malnourished and many POWs did not survive the march.
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Cpl. Frederick John Griggs . British Army 7th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders from Fulham, London Fred Griggs never liked to talk about his time in WW2. He did remember with affection his friends in the 7th Battalion in which he served from 18th of Jan 1940 until 28th of Jan 1946. He said that he originally joined up in the Someset Light Infantry, did his basic training in Weston-Super-Mere and then served with the 7th Battalion as a Signaller.
He said that he was wounded in Eindoven, Holland on the way to the Rhine and was flown back to hospital in Morristown, Wales. He was just a few days past his 98th birthday when he passed and must be amongst the last of the Veterans from the Battalion. We would be grateful if anyone has any memories or information about him that we could pass on to his daughter and grandchildren. He is greatly missed.
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A Grigson . British Army A Grigson 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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Sergeant G A Grill . RAF 59 Squadron
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Kenneth Grimadell . British Army Royal Artillery Kenneth Grimadell served with the Royal Artillery 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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AH Grimbleby . British Army AH Grimbleby 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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Joseph Edward Grime . Home Guard ARP from Stoke-on-Trent (d.3rd August 1944) I'm researching our Family Tree and we have very little information about my husbands' paternal grandfather, whom we believe served in London in the ARP, being killed in either Croydon or Crawley towards the end of the war, in active duty.
His name was Joseph Grime and he was from Stoke on Trent. We think he'd have been born around 1908 and he was married to Florence. He left two children, Norman and Pauline, who, as they were so young at the time, didn't know very much about their daddy, only that they should be very proud of him. Steve, my husband, lost his dad very young too, so we're at a bit of a loss to find out more about this brave man.
I have a lead on his gravestone in Stoke, so next time we're up there we'll be searching it out but in the meantime I'll let you know if I find out anything else. If anyone has any suggestions for searches for him, we'd be so very grateful.
UPDATE: Joseph Edward Grime served with the Home Guard. He died at Ministry of Works Depot., Aurelia Road, Croydon on the 3rd of August 1944. He was aged 38 and was the son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Grime, of 61 Yoxall Avenue, Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent and husband of Florence Mary Grime, of 1 Oxford Crescent, Penkhull, Stoke-on-Trent.
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PFC. Bailey Frank Grimes . US Army 838th AAA AW Btn. Bailey F. Grimes was drafted into the US Army in 1943. He served in the 838th AAA AW Battalion as part of a four-man team of forward observers. In late 1944, the convoy of ships transporting the battalion was attacked by a German submarine, and the ship carrying most of the artillery was lost. The battalion spent Christmas in London, England, with no artillery. General Patton needed infantry replacements in France. The day after Christmas, the battalion had all of its artillery. The 838th AAA AW Battalion served in France, Austria, and Germany. It supplied artillery for the Rhine River crossing and the liberation of Dachau Concentration Camp. In late 1946, PFC Grimes returned to the United States. He died in 2009, in Woodstock, Georgia, and is buried in the US Veterans Cemetery near Woodstock.
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