WF Jackson . British Army Royal Armoured Corps WF Jackson 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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WG Jackson . British Army 50th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment WG Jackson served with the 50th Btn. Royal Tank 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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William Jackson . British Army Royal Artillery
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Willie Jackson . Royal Navy HMS Woolwich My grandfather served and was injured on HMS Woolwich. It would be good to hear from anyone with information.
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ACW1. Winifred Jackson . Womens Auxiliary Air Force from Preston, Lancs (d.26th September 1946) Winifred Jackson's name is on the War Memorial in St Cuthberts Church, Lytham Rd., Fulwood. Preston. Lancs. She served with the Women's Auxiliary Air Force in WW2.
From what I can gather, she was injured in an air raid on an aerodrome in Lincolnshire sometime in 1944, but did not die until the above date. She was aged 22 years. She is buried in the war graves section of Preston (New Hall Lane) Cemetery. Daughter of William and Elizabeth E. Jackson, of Preston.
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Sgt A Jackson. . RAF 12sqd
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P/O Donald E. Jackson. . RCAF 434 Sqd (d.18th Mar 1944)
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Herbert W. Jackson. . USAAF
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Lt. Herbert Starling Manning Jacob . Royal Army Medical Corps 53rd Welsh Div My father Herbert Jacob served with the 53rd Welsh Div at some stage. He was in Belgium and Wuppertal, and at Bergen Belsen. Does anyone remember him?
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Capt. Kenneth Clive Jacob . British Army Cameron Highlanders
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T Jacob . British Army T Jacob 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. Vernon Russell Jacob . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 106 Squadron from Fremantle, Australia (d.28th Jul 1943)
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Mjr. John Jacob-Vaughan . British Army 2nd Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry from Barnstaple, Devon My Uncle John Jacob Vaughan, was the Medical Officer with 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Pegasus Bridge (portrayed by an actor in the film The Longest Day). He the first Medical Officer into Auschwitz. Later he served in Burma.
I was told a story about two Burmese Gurkhas who were detailed to despatch Japanese soldiers guarding a river. They disappeared, you could only see the Japanese heads above the scrub. They never moved. When the Gurkhas returned one was asked why the Japs hadn't been despatched, the Gurkha smiled pointed to their kukris, and passed their hands across the throat. Sure enough on inspection both Japs were as dead as a dodo. They never moved.
He went on to become a flying doctor, a doctor on a film set in Hollywood. Quite a character. Now deceased, much missed.
John was a great photographer and had a wonderful, if not a bit macabre, collection of photos concerning Auschwitz prisoners.
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AJ Jacobs . British Army AJ Jacobs 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. Albert William Jacobs . British Army Royal Engineers from Aldershot The only information I have about my father, Albert Jacobs at war is that he served with the Royal Engineers. He was taken prisoner at the beginning of the war and I did not see him until I was 5 years old.
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AN Jacobs . British Army AN Jacobs 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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BJ Jacobs . British Army BJ Jacobs 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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CR Jacobs . British Army CR Jacobs 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. David Lewis Jacobs . New Zealand Expeditionary Forces 20th Battalion from Hinds, New Zealand My father Dave Jacobs entered Burnham Military Camp, Canterbury New Zealand on the 17th May 1940. As a member of the 20th Battalion he embarked on 13th September 1941 for Egypt. The battalion moved to Syria in April to prepare a defensive position covering the Bekka valley but by July the battalion was back in Africa fighting. During the battle on Ruweisat Ridge Dave was wounded and taken a prisoner of war. He spent some time in Caserta Hospital in Naples before being transferred to Campo 57 in November 1942. It was only then that his family back in New Zealand knew that he was alive. He had been missing presumed dead for several months. His stay in Campo 57 was only for about 6 months as he was then transferred to P.G.106/20, a prison work camp at Arro in the province of Biella. A week after the Armistice was signed on the 3rd September 1943, Dave and a fellow New Zealander Clarry Peagram decided to make their escape from P.G. 106/20. They were fortunate enough to be hidden by a family, meet up with a pro-British Italian who organised guides to help them cross over Monte Rosa into Switzerland on the 19th September 1943. David moved from Zermatt to Adelboden where he spent the next twelve months before being shipped home to NZ via Naples and Melbourne.
In 1989 I had the privilege of accompanying my father back to Switzerland for the first time since he left in 1944. It was an emotional time for both of us. In 2002 after receiving correspondence from the Italian family who had hidden Dave and Clarry in 1943 six members of our family made the visit to Biella to meet the descendants of the family who helped Dave and Clarry escape and thank them for taking that risk. That too was a very emotional time for us all and an experience we will never forget. We are still contact with our Italian family.
To his family our Dad was an extraordinary man who often played down his life experiences and said he was "just lucky."
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DCH Jacobs . British Army Suffolk Regiment DCH Jacobs served with the Suffolk 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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George William Frederick "Bob" Jacobs . George William Frederick Jacobs known in his wartime years as Bob, passed on January 21st 2004 aged 84 yrs after a brave battle with illness.
George is mentioned in the diaries of Sapper Rex Pearson in 1945 and also in his list of friends on this site. He was taken POW in Dunkirk and George eventually ended up in Poland (Stalag XXA). A kind man, a much loved father, grandad and indeed much loved father-in-law in our hearts and memories he shall live forever along with his brave comrades.
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HM Jacobs . British Army Royal Armoured Corps HM Jacobs 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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J Jacobs . British Army J Jacobs 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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Joseph Jacobs . British Army Royal Engineers My late father Joseph Jacobs, like many men, never talked about his
wartime experiences. I visited the National Archive and looked through the Questionnaires completed by POW's when liberated by the British Military only to find that there wasn't one for him.
What I do know are his German POW details after capture and holding by
the the Italians: Full name Joseph Jacobs Service Number: T/279560 Army Service Corps then Royal Engineers. German Prison of War Number 154744. He was held prisoner in Stalag XVIIa then Stalag XVIIb - both near Vienna, modern day Austria and was repatriated to London in May 1945.
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Marion Jacobs . My great uncle's name was Marion Jacobs and he escaped from Stalag 3b during the spring of 1945 just before the russians bombed it. I was wondering if anyone was with him and could share stories? I know that they were picked up by some war correspondents and there story made the newspaper, but that is about all I know. Eager to hear from anyone who may have known him to find out details concerning his time as a POW.
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P Jacobs . British Army 44th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment P Jacobs served with the 44th Btn. Royal Tank 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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Paul Daniel Jacobs . British Army Royal Engineers from Deganwy, Caernarvonshire Paul Jacobs was my father. He was born in Pennsylvania, USA but moved to the UK in 1920, aged 3 and lived in Deganwy, Caernarvonshire. He volunteered to join the Royal Engineers and was sent to Gibraltar, where he said he was digging out the rock to make hospitals and storage facilities. He mentioned the apes on the rock and how you couldn't leave any food unattended, as they would run off with it. There was also a huge ape, obviously the group leader, who was not to be messed with! He was called home due to his mother being seriously ill, after which he worked for the Army on the railway in Llandudno Junction, North Wales, organising the troop trains. I would love to hear from anyone who might have known him then (rather unlikely I know). He wouldn't really talk about his time in Gibraltar, other than about the apes.
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Ord. Seaman W. Jacobs . Royal Navy HMS Forfar W. Jacobs was one of the men brought ashore after the sinking of HMS Forfar.
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Fus. William "Jake" Jacobs . British Army Royal Fusiliers from London My father, William 'Jake' Jacobs, was captured in Italy in 1942. He was part of the assault troops prior to the Salerno landings. His unit was captured by a Panzer Division. He was sent to Stalag VlllB POW number 32450 where he remained until the infamous death march in 1945. Back in Germany, in a series of transit camps, the guards began to lose heart and commitment. One day my father was part of a small group of men tasked with getting water from a well at the bottom of a hill with a horse and cart. They went down the hill with no guards, left the cart and carried on walking. Guns were firing on three sides, so they walked towards the one compass point that seemed quiet - East. My father was eventually picked up by Soviet troops in Prague. He was handed over to the Americans who debriefed him for some time being suspicious of his eclectic uniform! He was flown to France and then on to England where an amazing homecoming was organised in the East End where he lived.
He never really spoke about his time in Stalag VlllB, apart from the Red Cross food parcels, the salmon and the inventive ways of cooking food. Sadly he passed away in 1997.
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F/O George Alexander Jacobson . Royal Air Force 514 Sqn from Gympie, Queensland, Australia (d.23rd April 1944) George Jacobson was a country lad from near the provincial large town of Gympie 200 km north of Brisbane who could ride and was well regarded. Is there anyone who has any detail of the action over Holland that fateful night/morning that resulted in the loss of a Lancaster and either whole or part of the crew of 514 Sqn on either 23/11/44 or 23/4/44. George was the navigator.
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