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World War 2 Two II WW2 WWII 1939 1945

S Lawson .     British Army

S Lawson 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.




Sidney Lawson .     Army 5th Btn. The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders




WA Lawson .     British Army

WA Lawson 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.




Wilfred Lawson .     British Army Parachute Regiment   from Scotland




F/Sgt Aubrey Kenneth Lawson. .     (d.21st Jan 1944 )

Aubrey Lawson was a Pilot with 77Sqd he was killed on 21st January 1944 on Ops.




JW Lawtey .     British Army Royal Armoured Corps

JW Lawtey 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: 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.




A Lawton .     British Army

A Lawton 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.




Amos Lawton .     British Army 9th Btn. Royal Northumberland Fusiliers   from Houghton le Spring

Amos Lawton served with 9th Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers




Sgt. Edward Lawton .     Royal Air Force 196 Sqdn.

My father-in-law, Edward Lawton, was a member of the crew of a Stirling (EH 952) of 196 Squadron which got into difficulties on 24th August 1943 over the North Sea. The full crew were:

  • E. Lawton (sent to Stalag Luft 3)
  • P.W. Brett
  • R.A. Teadwell
  • E.W.J.Kerr
  • D.H. Canning
  • L.H. Huggins
  • D.F. Moore




  • HH Lawton .     British Army Royal Armoured Corps

    HH Lawton 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: 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.




    PE Lawton .     British Army Royal Armoured Corps

    PE Lawton 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: 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.




    WE Lawton .     British Army

    WE Lawton 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.




    A Lax .     British Army York and Lancaster Regiment

    A Lax 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.




    John Lax .     British Army 1st Btn. Durham Light Infantry   from Blackhall

    John Lax joined the 1st battalion Durham Light Infantry in 1933 aged 18. He served in China until 1939.

    Jack was shipped to North Africa to fight in the desert. In 1942 he transferred to the 2nd battalion to join his younger brother Charles Lax. He fought in Burma against the Japanese and also at the Battle of Kohima. He was demobbed after the war and died in Hartlepool in 1969 aged 53.




    William John Lax .     British Army Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

    William Lax served with the Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 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.




    Sgt Eric Lax. .     RAF 12Sqd. (d.18th Jun 1943)

    W/Op. Eric Lax was killed on 18th June 1943, flying Lancaster I W4374 PH-D of 12 Sqd.




    Spr. Joe Spiceland Laxton .     British Army Royal Engineers




    CA Lay .     British Army

    CA Lay 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.




    RSM. Robert Henry Lay .     British Army Royal Engineers   from East Tilbury

    My Grandad Robert Lay served in Egypt as a Regimental Sgt Major for the Royal Engineers but can't seem to find any thing else. I have a photo of him with a badge on the arm it is a square with a triangle but being black and white I don't no what colour it is.




    William "Beeky" Lay .     British Army Royal Army Service Corps   from




    Sgt. William Lay MM.     British Army 1st Btn. King's Dragoon Guards

    Sgt Lay was awarded the Military Medal for service in Egypt. The award was posted in the London Gazette of 16th February 1943. Other corps members awarded with him were:

  • Sgt. James Joseph Martin (Luton)
  • Cpl. William Thomas Hadlow (Chatham)
  • Sgt. Benjamin Joseph Hogarth (Bradford)
  • Squad. Sgt Mjr Norman Henry Morgan (London)




  • JL Laybourne .     British Army

    JL Laybourne 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.




    Sgt. Roy William Laybourne .     Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 12 Sqdn.   from Worsley

    (d.27th April 1944)

    In the early morning of 27th April 1944 RAF Lancaster ND 873 12e squadron from Wickenby was shot down by a German nightfighter and crashed in the south of the Netherlands. The seven crew members didn't survive. Their graves are at 'Jonkerbos' war cemetery in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. The crew members were:

  • F/O A.T. McKay (navigator)
  • Sgt R.W. Laybourne (flight engineer)
  • Sgt A.K. Shiels (airgunner)
  • F/O L.L. Smith (airbomber)
  • Sgt A.S. McJannett (wireless operator)
  • Sgt H.E. Dyerson (airgunner)
  • P/O G.E. Nicholls (pilot)




  • Cpl. George A. Laycock .     Royal Air Force   from Bristol

    (d.1940)

    I did not know my Grandad, George Laycock. He died in WW2, as I was told by my mother, in 1940 the year my mum was born. His last three numbers are 490 as mine are except I am an Ex Welsh Guardsman. I am aware that he is not listed under the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, but may have been buried by my Nan, as many families have done this.




    Sgt. Laurence Garforth Laycock .     British Army 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards




    LW Laycock .     British Army Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

    LW Laycock served with the Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 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.




    T Laycock .     British Army

    T Laycock 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.




    DG Layder .     British Army

    DG Layder 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.




    W/OP. J. "Chick" Layfield .     Royal Air Force 103 Squadron

    Chick (John I think), was a member of the crew of Pilot "Bill" (Ralph William) Crich, at RAF Newton in 1940/1, possibly before. The same crew crashed on two of their sorties, one in Abergavenny Wales and the other, ditching in the North Sea in Feb 41 and floating in a Dinghy for 3 days. I am seeking his relatives.




    N Layfield .     British Army Royal Armoured Corps

    N Layfield 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: 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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