Sgt. Robert Leigh . Royal Air Force 166 Sqdn from Whittle-le-Woods, Lancashire. (d.24th Sep 1944) I am seeking any information on my lost relative. His name was Bob Leigh and was at Kirmington with Lancaster Bomber Sqdn 166, as a rear gunner. He died when his plane was shot down over Germany. He was 19 years old. I would really appreciate any info. His name is on the Memorial at Runnymede.
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T Leigh . British Army Royal Armoured Corps T Leigh 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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PO. William Henry Leigh . Royal Navy HMS Aurora from Edmonton, London My father, Bill Leigh, served during WW2 on HMS Aurora and was stationed, at some time, in Malta. A story he used to tell was of getting caught in a munitions dump that blew up. Lucky for him, he grabbed the first passing arm which happened to belong to a local Maltese man who knew the way out!
Sadly he died in 1960 so I have very little recollection of him. All I do know was that he was a short man with a swarthy complexion. He spoke some Spanish and he played a Spanish guitar. He was well liked.
Do you or any of your family know of him? I would love to hear.
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Fl/Lt Howard Harry John "John" Leigh-Clare . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 517 Sqdn. (d.9th December 1943) Fl/Lt Leigh-Clare was killed when a B-17G crashed at Bovingdon on 9th December 1943. He is buried in Square 138, Grave 35639 at Nunhead (All Saints) Cemetery.
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AC Leighfield . British Army Royal Armoured Corps AC Leighfield 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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Pte. James Lewis Leighfield . British Army 8th Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment My great Uncle, James Leighfield volunteered for the British Expeditionary Force at the beginning of the war. He had already done army service in South Wales. He was among the first to arrive in France late in 1939. After the first few months "digging in" in Northern France, the Germans invaded Holland and Belgium and the BEF was marched North. He was involved in heavy fighting and as the French fell back, (he said they ran away), the Germans came in through the Ardennes to the South. The BEF was pulled back, fighting all the way.
His regiment, the 8th. Warwicks, along with a number of other regiments were told to stay back and act as rear guard for the Dunkirk evacuation, i.e. they weren't going to get away. The order was to fight to the "last round, then every man for himself". In heavy fighting across the Escaut Canal at Antoing/Courtoing and got shot through the chest. He somehow managed to stay on his feet for 3 days, but was captured by the Wehrmacht several miles away near Wormhoudt, where the 2nd. Warwicks were massacred by the Waffen SS. In that sense, he was lucky. After weeks in a German military hospital, he was taken to a prisoner of war camp in Silesia, now part of Poland. He didn't see another English person for several months and the family at home didn't get news that he was still alive until well into 1941. This camp site provided (slave) labour for an adjacent open cast coal mine and that was what he was forced to do, dig "brown" coal. He escaped three times, but was caught twice. On the last occasion in early 1945, he teamed up with other escaped prisoners living wild in the country and they all headed West. With the confusion in Germany at that time, they weren't caught and eventually met up with the Americans. The Yanks brought him home. He only weighed 6 1/2 stone and was a typhoid suspect until 1948.
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Cpl. Kenneth Alexander Leighfield . British Army 6th Btn. Durham Light Infantry Ken Leighfield served with the 6th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry and was wounded in June 1944.
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L/Sgt. Alfred Thomas Leighton . British Army 1st Btn. Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (d.13th August 1944) Normandy casualty, Alfred Leighton, served with the 1st Battalion Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry in WW2.
Alfred died 13th of August 1944 aged 32 years and is buried in Banneville-la-Campagne in France. Son of Arthur and Hannnah Leighton, husband of Dorothy Emily Leighton, of Lye, Worcestershire. I recently acquired his medals and paybook.
There was also an army postcard with the paybook, signed by Alfred Thomas, dated 1st of June 1940, mentioning that he was alright. I can only presume he must have sent it after his evacuation from Dunkirk. Sadly there was no photograph of Alfred Thomas. We will remember him.
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L/Cpl. Dorothea Leighton . British Army No.2 Coy. Auxiliary Territorial Service Dorothea Leighton served with Dulcie Pearce who was an ambulance driver in the ATS, starting her service at Wickham House, Clevedon, Somerset in I believe 1941. At Wickham was a Dr Thomas Johnson. I have an autograph book of hers with many, many names of women and men serving in the ATS. Dulcie spent a great deal of time at Crossways, Haywards Heath, but was also sent to Honiton, Castle Cary, Chester, Ormskirk and Marston Camp. A few names that I can read in the book are:- -
Corporal Cynthia Spraggett
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Mary Flanagan
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Elizabeth Whittington (nickname Dicky)
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Barbara Burnes
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Jocelyn Burnes of CRS Clevedon
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J McLeod at Marston Hall
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"Dilly" Radford
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Dorothy Lister
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E Beryl Jones
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Bunty Bikett
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Bobbie Wilson
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Barbara Reed
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Joan Sharpe
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Lance Corporal Dorothea Leighton, No 2 Company, Heathfield Camp
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Molly Wallbridge
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Corporal Foley at Honiton
If anyone knows more about Dulcie's time in the ATS or could give me her number so I could obtain her service records I would be grateful
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Edwin Leighton . My grandfather was at Stalag XXa and I was wondering if anyone has any information about him. His name was Teddy Leighton and I remember him saying that he was a barber there at some point. I'm at university studying history at the moment and would love to get more information about him to relay to my mum.
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P Leighton . British Army Royal Armoured Corps P Leighton 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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A Leiper . British Army Reconnaissance Corps A Leiper 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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W Leiper . British Army Highland Light Infantry W Leiper served with the Highland 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.
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Pte. George Leishman . British Army 2nd Battalion. Highland Light Infantry from Glasgow (d.15th April 1945) George Leishman is buried in Hanover War Cemetery, Germany. He was the son of John and Minnie Leishman, Fiance of Jean Mills (now Jean Crossland) who is my mother.
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Laurence Leishman . British Army 10th Btn. Royal Berkshire Regiment My grandad was at Stalag 4B. His name was Laurence Leishman, he was in the 10th Btn. Royal Berkshire Rgt, 168th Brigade, 56th Division. Does anyone remember him?
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Gnr. William Harris Leishman . British Indian Army Royal Artillery
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JCL Leitch . British Army JCL Leitch 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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MG Leitch . British Army MG Leitch 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 Keith Leitch . British Army Highland Light Infantry William Keith Leitch was stationed near Sittingbourne Kent in early 1944. I am told that he left the area along with many other soldiers of the Highland Light Infantry in the period leading up to the Normandy Landings in June 1944. I have reason to believe that had he served there he probably survived because there is evidence that a person of the same name transferred to the Glasgow Rangers after WW2.
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Pte. Wilfred Deans Leith . New Zealand Army from Lauder, Otago, NZ Wilfred Leith served in Egypt and North Africa and was sent to Crete where he was wounded in conflict with German parachutists and taken prisoner.
He was sent to Germany and held in Stalag IXc.
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JJ Leithead . British Army JJ Leithead 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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F/Lt. Thomas Leithead DFM.. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 51 Squadron from Hawick (d.26th Feb 1944) Flight Lieutenant Thomas Leithead DFM, squadron signal leader had flown with the 51 squadron, details of his DFM being gazetted on 26 June 1942.
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Bmbdr. John J. Leivers . British Army Royal Artillery from Burton Street, Heanor, Derbyshire John Leivers served in the Middle East and Aegean. He was a prisoner of war, captured on 8th of October 1943 and held at camp Stalag 4F. Prisoner number 262653. After returning home John went into the reserves on 20th of May 1946.
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Bmbdr. John J. Leivers . British Army Royal Artillery from Heanor Derbyshire John Leivers served with a Light Anti Aircraft Regiment.
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L. J. "Ben" Leland . Royal Canadian Air Force 433 Sqdn. My dad Ben Leland was in the RCAF, 6 Group, Bomber Command. He was stationed at RAF Skipton on Swale with 433 Squadron. His first trip out was on 26th of December 1944, as part of Bill Smyth's crew. If anyone remembers him please contact me.
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1st.Lt. Richard F. Lemanski . United States Army Air Force 339th Bomb Squadron 69th Bomb Group from Mass. 1st Lt. Richard Lemanski completed 11 missions to Ludwigshaven, Brunswick, Wilhelmshaven, Frankfort, Rostock, Poznan, Belgium, French and Polish objectives. He was shot down by ME 109s on the mission to Berlin on 8th March 1944 Mission #252 in B-17 #4231576. Richard spent his 20th and 21st birthdays during fourteen months as a Prisoner of War in Stalag Luft 1 in Barth, Germany, room 15 Block 2. He was the youngest pilot in the 96th Bomb Group and probably in the 8th AF. Although some were seriously injured, all crew members survived to return home safely. The crew was credited with many fighter kills.
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W/Cpl. Chil Jonkiel Lemberger . British Army Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps from Haifa, Palestine Chil Jonkiel Lemberger arrived in Palestine from Berlin in 1933. He volunteered in Palestine on December 1940, first in the Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps. He spent seven months in Crete, where he had been stranded. He escaped by his own devices, and vitally, with the help of some saintly simple folks.
Back in his own lines, he was next transferred to the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, of which 37 months were spent in Africa. He was discharged June/July 1946, having served a total of 67 months (five years and 209 days). He received to war service medals.
Lemberger had some pre-war technical background as an optics technician - to no avail at his age. However, his training and education came from the RAOC. He was sent on rising levels of courses on basic accounting and storemanship. These courses and an experience of large-scale war fought by big battalions, so all the harder to manage, move and supply, came in handy all too soon. At the outbreak of hostilities in 1948 he joined the Israel Defence Force (IDF). He was also in the Sinai in 1956 (of sour memory). He rose to command a major ordnance base, finally ending up as Chief Planning Officer/Chief Munitions Inspector. In this capacity, he travelled extensively on matters of 'acquisition', so his English was a bonus. This produces most interesting visas.
I have photos and written documents, namely of AMPC, and the same man in RAOC in Africa. One Pioneer, seems most curious. Three men in a little boat No. H.R 218[5/3?]00, on a sandy beach, by a massive coastal castle.
My grandfather ran the model workshop in 15th area camouflage. He received superlatives from his commander and was, citing his CO, a master craftsman in all materials.
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Pte. Dov Lembritzky . British Army from Petach, Tikva, Palestine I served in the Libyan and Western Egyptian desert. I am now 95 and the memory is fading. But not the feelings.
Tobruk, Mersa Matruch, El Alamein are the main battles I remember. I lied about my age to enlist in the British Army. I volunteered every chance to be where the fighting was going on. My first experience with being bombed occurred was while sitting in a latrine at 17 years old and being blown off my seat. What an awakening to real life! I have many stories of the desert. I loved the British guys. Especially the Scots, the Royal Engineers and Aussies. I remember the Scots marching through the minefields with the bagpipes blaring. Will never forget the music they played. They fought so brave and daring. They really influenced my feelings of what was right in the war. And how I handled myself in battle. Thank you for helping me relive these days I served in the 8th Army
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F/O G. Lemerick . RCAF (d.29th Jan 1944)
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