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Jack Hutchinson . British Army Royal Signals from Worksop, Nottingham My Father, Jack Hutchinson was a signalman in World War 2 attached to the Signals section, B Company, 2 Platoon, Sherwood Foresters. I have a collection of photos of him in several places including Egypt, Algiers, Tel Aviv, Preveza, Patras, Cairo, and many other locations but no information on the photos.
I would also like to know what Medals he was awarded.
He left them with his mother in England when we migrated to Australia in 1956 and we have been unable to locate them.
I remember there were two silver and three bronze star shaped medals.
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Gunner John Arthur Hutchinson . Army Royal Artillery (d.21st Dec 1945) I am trying to trace my Grandfather's death and service records, I know he died in a Hospital called Whynick, theres a mystery around this I'm trying to find out anything I can to put this to rest after 8 years at trying to find out. Thank You
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Cpl. John Hutchinson . British Army 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers from Throckley, Northumberland John Hutchinson is my grandfather's brother and he was born in Throckley, Northumberland in 1913. He worked in the mines from leaving school about 1928 then joined the 2nd Bn Northumberland Fusiliers about 1932 aged 18years old. He did 16 weeks training at Fenham Barracks in Newcastle and was allowed home every weekend. He claims his Drill Sargeant from Walbottle and Corporal Cook from Throckley gave him bus fare home in exchange to drop letters off at home for them. His other Drill Sargeants were "Paddy" Cogan (Irish) and Martin (Monty) Bartlett from Hull. The P.E. Instructor was Mick Muldoon. Three of the most sadistic men he had the pleasure of enduring. Others he mentions there were L/Cpl David Allen from Cork and Cook Sgt Taffy Evans from Tonypandy Wales. After basic training he was posted to Fulford Barracks in York. Here the Battlion changed from a rifle battalion to a Machine Gun Battalion. They trained on the .303 Vickers water cooled machine gun in 4 man squads. No.1 carried the gun, No.2 the tripod. No.3 the ammunition and water can and No.4 more ammo boxes. He palled up with another Geordie, Taffy Watson who was the Battalion Butcher. Only 5'5" he fought Fly-Bantam Weight. They spent weeknights in the NAAFI and weekends in the White Swan (Mucky Duck) and a cafe called Jocks run by a scotsman who had left the Fusiliers and stayed in York. They went on Manouvres in Rippon and the Dales and were camped in tents in Rippon in June and woke up to snow. At this time they were horse transport. The MG was in a cart with one of the crew riding the lead horse. Sgt Bell was the Platoon sgt and also ran the company football team who were very successful againt the Yorks & Lancs and the West Yorks regiments. He got his 1st stripe and became Batman to Lt Dudley Smith. Lt Smith came from a landed family in Hessle and L/Cpl Hutchinson would go to shoots on the estatenbabout once a month and sometimes attended the hunts. He was later (1935)transferred to Borden Camp in Hampshire where Lt Smith and his wife Penelope (nee Hill)rented a large house outside the Barracks. Here they became a Motorised Battalion with 15cwt trucks with MG mountings and a 30cwt truck for rations and gear. They were backed up with 2 Tracked Bren Carriers. In 1935 L/Cpl Hutchinson was selected with 49 other soldiers to represent the Company at the Coronation of King George V at Westminster. They were camped in Kensington Gardens. He went off to train for 10 weeks on the new vehicles Driving and Maintenance with the Army Service Corps. In 1936 he had been recommended as Batman to Lt Maurice Lynch a French-Canadian Surgeon in the Medical Corps. They travelled together on the SS Dillwara on its maiden voyage from Southampton to Haifa. They were attached to Company HQ and billeted in a school in Beit-Jalla north of Haifa with a Rabbi and his family. All the post was censored but one of his friends wrote home "Dear Mum, I cant tell you where I am though Im in the land where Christ was born, wishing to Christ I was in the land where I was born".
The return trip home was 1st Class on the good ship Athenia where they landed in early 1937 and parted from the good Doctor. For this campaign he recieves the Medal No.2 Blake Capp Palestine.
Late in 1937 he is posted to Abbrasia Barracks in Egypt to support the 1st Btn with about 150 others. They were the 1st motorised vehicles to travel on the Great Western Desert Road past the Sphinx and Pyramids. His commander was Captain Jackman who later won the VC.
The vehicles required a lot of maintenance due to the sand blocking the carbs. They were sent to the Egyptian-Lybian border and Italian troops had infiltrated into Egypt and made a push towards Alexandria and Cairo. The Btn was placed with the ANZAC force under Gen Archibald Wavel. This combined force was known as "Wavels 30,000". They went up against 150,000 Italian troops. This group consisted of artillery, Long Range Desert Group, Australian and Kiwi forces. He was at Haffaya Pass nicknamed "Hellfire Pass". The only route to the plateau to Libya. The Italians suffered heavy losses and surrendered in their thousands to a handful of Allied troops. Some Italians made it to Bardia Garrison and held out for a while but were no match for the desert rats. After Bardia he went to Derna then Tobruk. He describes hundreds of Italian POWS being escorted by 3 or 4 allied soldiers. They were glad to be out of the war. He escorted a an Italian POW General Bergorzili of the Alpine Corps after his plane was shot down trying to leave the airfield at Tripoli. Soon after he became Corporal Hutchinson responsible for the Vickers, 2 trucks and 4 gun crew. His crew were Jimmy Bell, gunner from Nth Shields, Tripod was Willie Armstrong from Sth Shields, No3 was Joe Smith from Heaton and No4 Tommy Bell from Gateshead.
Their next encounter was against the Panzers of Erwin Rommel. The Afrika Korps gave then a run for their money until they reached the Salt Flats that held them up. The 7th Armoured Division got little sleep. They made their way back to Tobruk where they held out for 9 months under the Australian General Moreshead. He recalls the Easter weekend of 1941 as particularly heavy bombardment from Stukas.
The Northumberlad Fusiliers had been in Egypt so long the other regiments had nicknamed them King Farouks Bodyguard and Queen Feridas Own. The Btn then joined Aukinlecks forces outside Tobruk and the Germans threw everything at them. Whilst defending the airfield west of Tobruk the Germans broke through their lines and Cpl Hutchinson was knocked out waking up to German Panzer Lieutanant saying in perfect English "Your war is over Georgie lad" Lt Hans Seckel was the Grandson of Joe Seckel who was a respected gentleman from Scotswood Road near Scotswood Bridge who owned a pork butchers shop. Hans had spent a lot of time in Newcastle and had attended Newcastle Technical School but returned to Bavaria when old Joe died. He was conscripted when Germany invaded Poland. Security around the POW's was lax and he was able to escape met up with some Australians who guided them through the minefields back to Allied lines. Only to be captured a 2nd time.
As a POW he was shipped to Brindisi. From here to Bari, Capua, Mazarata, Benebanto and Gravino where he was seriously ill with jaundice. After 12 months in Italy the Germans moved them through Genoa, Turin, Milan, Lombardy, through the Brenner Pass into Austria. Then to Linz in Czechoslvakia to Prague and on to Dresden then Liepzig on to East Prussia, Stalag 7B Lamsdorf. At the end of 1944 with Russian Forces moving ever closer they were moved again ending up in Memingen in Bavaria for about 4 months before being liberated by American forces. Within days they were trained to Lille then flown home and billeted at an army camp in Aylesbury. Cpl Hutchinson was posted to the REME Depot at Siddles Road, Derby on guard duty. After 13 years service he was discharged and went back into the mines but struggled to find work and became a £10 pom.
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N Hutchinson . British Army West Yorkshire Regiment N Hutchinson served with the West Yorkshire 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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W/O Paul William Lamy Hutchinson . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve from Mountain Ash, Glamorgan (d.9th November 1945) Warrant Officer Navigator (Bomber Wireless) Hutchinson was the Son of Wallace and Anne Josephine Lamy Hutchinson; husband of Margaret Hutchinson, of Perthcelyn, Mountain Ash, Glamorgan.
He was 25 when he died and is buried in Grave 3 in the Skull (or Schull) Graveyard, Skull, Co. cork, Ireland.
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Lt. Sidney Horace Hutchinson . British Army Leicestershire Regiment from Braunstone, Leicestershire My grandpa, Sidney Hutchinson told me several stories about his time in the Leicestershire Regiment.
One of which I recall was when he was stationed in Ireland marching through the hills with his Regiment and was stopped by a member of the Old guard, (Dad's army) who demanded his officer prove who they were and what they were doing there. Insulted by this request and unable to prove who they were his officer exclaimed "what position are you in to keep us here". The old guard officer pointed to the hills and said "well, take a look around" and to there amazement they were completely surrounded by hundreds of men and women pointing guns at them up in the hills. Apparently they had to make camp for over 6 hours to await proof from London that they were British soldiers, before they could continue on.
I would love any information anyone may have on my Grandpa if possible. Unfortunately he passed away last night at the grand age of 92.
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SK Hutchinson . British Army SK Hutchinson 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 Hutchinson . British Army W Hutchinson 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 Hutchinson . British Army Royal Armoured Corps W Hutchinson 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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WE Hutchinson . British Army Coldstream Guards WE Hutchinson served with the Coldstream Guards 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. William Reginald "Hutch" Hutchinson . Royal Canadian Air Force from Winnipeg
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Pte. Andrew Dalgetty Hutchison . British Army 4/5th Btn. Black Watch from Dundee, Scotland Because my father died in 1956 when I was only six, I never really knew him. With the advent of broadband and the help of army records I have been able to piece together his war experiences. If anyone out there knew him or about him I would love to hear from you.
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LAC Robert Henderson Hutchison . Royal Air Force from 14 Astley Street, Hartford, Northumberland As the daughter, and only remaining family, of my Father, Robert Hutchison, I remember with pride the few facts he would tell his family about the war.
He was captured in Kos Harbour in about 1943 where he arrived in a small boat to find the Germans waiting for them. Little else is really known other than he was beaten by the Germans while in camp and that when he escaped, as he did a few times, he lived on cabbage stalks from the fields. He also related that the German doctor in the camp was Luftwaffe and was always kind to the prisoners, so much so that he was shipped off to the Siberian front for his kindness.
He never really spoke much about the war but it had a lasting effect on him and his health as it did with others, our nation forgets what these kind of people did for us.
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PO Kenneth John Hutley . Royal Navy
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C. A. "Dusty" Hutt . Royal Canadian Air Force 419 Sqd.
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Pte. John Hutt . British Army 6th Btn Queens Royal West Surrey from Northampton
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F/Sgt. K. J. Hutt . 97 Squadron
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LH Hutt . British Army Royal Armoured Corps LH Hutt 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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RA Hutt . British Army Royal Artillery RA Hutt 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: 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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F/Sgt. Raymond Harold Hutt . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 514 Sqdn. (d.16th June 1944) 514 Sqdn Lancaster II LL690 JI-J took off at 2314 from RAF Waterbeach. Believed to have fallen victim to a night-fighter, coming down between Iwuy (Nord) and Rieux-en-Cambresis two small villages 9km NE and ENE respectively of Cambrai. Five lie in Rieux Communal Cemetery while F/S Hutt rests at Iwuy Communal Cemetery. Sgt Bloom is commemorated on panel 235 of Runnymede Memorial. The crew:
F/O E.A. Kingham
Sgt J. Black
F/S F.A. Spencer
Sgt B. Bloom
Sgt F.N. Ansell
Sgt D.G. Davis RCAF
Also lost from 514 Squadron on this raid was Lancaster II DS816-JI-O. Crew:F/S C.F. Prowles, Sgt H.A. Osborn, F/O A.H.Morrison, F/S R.B. Spenser, Sgt R. Surtees, Sgt. J. Porelli and Sgt. A.A.Holmes.
(Bob)
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P/O Geoffrey Hutt. . RAFVR 434 Sqd (d.18th Mar 1944 )
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A Hutton . British Army A Hutton 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. E. C. Hutton . Royal Australian Air Force 97 Squadron
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Pte. Edward Onions Hutton . British Army 8th Btn. Royal Scots from Blantyre (d.14th Sept 1944)
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H Hutton . British Army H Hutton 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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L/Cpl. Harry Hutton . British Army 5th Btn. Dorsetshire Rgt. (d.10th July 1944) My cousin, L/Cpl Harry Hutton, was killed on 10th July 1944 at a place unknown. He has no known grave but is commemorated on Panel 15, Col 2 of the Bayeux Memorial. Harry was 22 when he was killed on his birthday.
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NL Hutton . British Army NL Hutton 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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F/O. Wallace Kenneth Hutton . Royal Air Force from Beaconsfield, Tasmania (d.21st Jan 1944) Ken Hutton, my father's cousin and hero, was born in Beaconsfield, Tasmania in 1921. He grew up into a tall, handsome, smart and extremely successful athlete who won Australia's most prestigious running race, the Stawell Gift, in 1941.
He joined the RAF soon after, at the age of 21. Once in England he piloted a Lancaster bomber of 5 Group with his crew including 3 other Australians - Geoff Breaden,Ron Walker and Alan McInnes. 2 Englishmen "Taffy" Lightfoot and Ron Easton and an Irishman, James "Paddy" Houston.
On 8th of January 1944 he married Gabrielle Savage, a WAAF, whom he had met when she drove the men out to their planes each night. After a brief honeymoon he returned to duty.
Less than two weeks after his wedding, on the night of 21st of January 1944, he was part of a huge mission to Magdeburg, Germany. During the flight the plane was shot at by a Focke Wulf 190 nightfighter. On the first burst the two left side engines were hit. The nightfighter then turned around and on the second turn the two gunners (Easton and Walker)were killed. Damage was massive and Ken ordered a bailout, staying at the controls to give the other men a chance to jump. All 4 jumped clear and were taken prisoner after being attacked and nearly killed by local Germans.
Ken is officially said to have died in the plane crash. However, one of his crew members believes that he landed safely in his parachute and died at the hands of the Germans.
His mother is said to have never recovered from the loss. He left behind many heart-broken aunts, uncles, cousins, brother and parents, as well as his new wife, Gay.
My father died 2 years ago. In my living memory, I never saw him speak of Ken without becoming emotional. As I write now, I can remember so clearly his lip trembling, and a tear forming in one eye. It was a bitter loss for a young boy. Remembering Ken is part of me honouring my father's grief. I am also so aware that many of these men died at such a young age that they didn't have their own children or grandchildren to carry on their memory, and so I do this in my father's name too.
An interesting aspect of this story is that after the war, Ken's widow Gay, came to Australia to meet her in-laws, staying for a couple of years. Dad was in awe of her. A few years later she re-married but she remained close to her Hutton in-laws, with visits between the families over the years. In the 90s her husband David researched and built a model of the ship that had brought the Hutton ancestors out to Australia in the 1850s which he gave to my father and I now have.
At my own wedding, David sent out to Australia, as gifts, two beautiful silver-plated dishes that had been handmade by Gay before she developed Alzheimers. She has passed away now.
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NV Huxley . British Army NV Huxley 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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