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Pte. George Kershaw Lord . British Army Royal Army Ordnance Corps from Leeds (d.28th June 1943) George Lord served in 18th Division with the Royal Army Ordnance Corps.
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Firem. Harry Lord . Auxiliary Fire Service from Blackpool, Lancashire Harry Lord was my grandfather, the youngest son of 11 surviving siblings, he was born in Blackpool, Lancashire in 1909. Being too young to have fought in the Great War of 1914 and being 31 years of age with poor eyesight in 1940, he volunteered to join the AFS. He was deployed in the Solent area of Hampshire primarily in the Gosport dockland and close by residential streets which were hit by ferocious bombing. He also served on the Solent fireboats.
Harry would never speak about his service during the war but returned home and continued with his life as a husband to my Nanna Marion, and Dad to my Mum Joan, who was only young at the time. Following the war, my Aunt Vivienne was born and Harry became a postman up until his retirement.
It was only later that stories began to emerge about him through someone who knew him during his service, who told my father that Harry was a bit crazy or a hero, whichever way you wish to look at it, and that he would enter burning buildings with no equipment to save people. He saved several women and children from bombed houses either by digging them out with his bare hands or entering unsafe properties. My father never questioned Harry or discussed it with him further, you just didn't in those days.
Before my Mum passed away, she gave me an old handwritten letter from Harry, sent to her on one of her birthdays when she was a kid because he would miss it. He had also enclosed some chocolate and some new stockings for my Nan, presumably from the black market, since these things were not readily available at that time. I also have a small silver pin badge shaped as a crown at the top and with the insignia of AFS.
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J Lord Cpl. British Army Royal Armoured Corps J Lord 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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K Lord . British Army Royal Armoured Corps K Lord 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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Sgt. Kenneth John Lord . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 50 Squadron (d.12th July 1941) Kenneth Lord served with the Royal Air force Volunteer Reserve flying with 50 Squadron in WW2.
His plane crashed near Veendam, in the vicinity of Veensloot, on the night of 12th of July 1941. All of the crew of this plane were killed and they are buried in the local cemetery of Veendam.
Sgt. Kenneth John Lord 24, belongs to the same crew as Vivian Lord, the pilot of the Hampden AE 226 VN. He was the son of William Henry and Constance E. Lord and husband of Ivy Rhoda Lord.
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Signalman Richard Dunstan Lord . British Army Royal Corps of Signals from Bolton, Lancashire
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T Lord . British Army Lancashire Fusiliers T Lord served with the Lancashire Fusiliers 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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TE Lord . British Army Dorsetshire Regiment TE Lord served with the Dorsetshire 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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2/Lt, P. J. Lordan . South African Air Force 31 Sqdn. (d.12th October 1944) Liberator KH158H, with eight crew, disappeared on a supply dropping mission to Italian partisans on 12th/13th October 1944 and was never found. The full crew were:
F/O T.R. Millar, RAAF, Navigator
Mjr S.S. Urry, SAAF, 1st Pilot
Lt. G.A. Collard, SAAF, Navigator
2/Lt. P.J. Lordan, SAAF
WO(2) G.E. Hudspith, RAF, 2nd Pilot
Sgt. R.C. Fitzerald, RAFVR, Airgunner
WO(1) L.B. Bloch, SAAF, Airgunner
Lt. N.W. Armstrong, SAAF, Airgunner
All are commemorated on the Malta Memorial.
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Pfc. Charles Bernard Loreno . US Army 60th Infantry Regiment from Greenville, Pa. USA. My Dad, Charles Loreno served in the US Army 9th Division, 60th Infantry Regiment. He entered the service on April 8, 1942 and took part in the following Battles and Campaigns: Algeria-French Morroco, Tunisia, Sicily, Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes, Central Europe. He returned home in September, 1945. He earned 8 Bronze Stars
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Orville Laverne "Ollie" Lorenz Bronze Star, etc.. United States Army 78th Inf. Div. 310th Rgt., Coy "E" from Torrington, Wyoming My dad was captured in Kesternich on 16th December 1944 and ended up in
Stalag IV-B. His POW No was 314565 and, like most survivors, never talked about it. And like most of them he had lost about 70lbs!
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T4 Ernest Ignace Lorette . US Army 191st Tank Btn Infantry from Holyoke Massachusetts Ernest Lorette was my great uncle. He served with the US Army Infantry 191st Tank Battalion in WW2.
I was recently given papers that had belonged to my step-grandmother, Edith Lorette. She had saved numerous newspaper articles and letters received by my grandfather, Edmond, in reply to his inquiries of the status of his brother, Ernest. Further, Ernest appears in the National Archives WWII Prisoners of War Data File, 7th of December 1941 - 19th of November 1946. In that file, Ernest is listed as having been a POW at Stalag 3B Furstenberg Brandenburg, Prussia. He was captured September 1943 and was released June 1945.
A letter received from Headquarters, 191st Tank Battalion by my grandfather and dated 11th of November 1943 states the following:
"The battalion was engaging the enemy when the tank in which T/4 Lorette was riding, was hit by a shell. Your brother was the first man to leave the tank and since we have several witnesses to this we are satisfied that he was not injured. However, he saw that all the men were not leaving the vehicle so he went back into the tank to help a man with a leg wound. He was again seen leaving the tank with this man and was last observed dressing his wounds in a field. Latest information is that the man he was helping was captured by the enemy and is at the time a prisoner of war. We are in hopes that T/4 is with him but have nor received word to substantiate this."
Then my grandmother received a telegram from the Adjutant General confirming he was reported missing 3rd of September 1943 in the North African area which included Casino, Italy where Ernest was taken prisoner.
His last known assignment was with the African Army of Occupation as a tank instructor. He was 25 years old.
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Lornie . British Army Royal Scots Greys Lornie served with the Royal Scots Greys 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/CPO Peter Barnard Lornie . Royal Navy HMS Queen Elizabeth from Gateshead Peter Lornie joined up in August 1940 as an assistant steward. Prior to the war he had been in the catering industry working in Newcastle upon Tyne. He joined the battleship HMS Queen Elizabeth in January 1941 and on 11th February was promoted to leading steward. He was on board when HMS Queen Elizabeth was attacked by Italian frogmen on 19th December 1941. On 9th May 1942 he joined the cruiser HMS Sirius as a petty officer steward.
On 17th October 1943 Sirius was bombed while serving in the Mediterranean and Peter Lornie was injured by shrapnel. He was hospitalised.
On 5th January 1945 he joined W Force as an acting chief petty officer steward and was part of naval party 2420 serving in the Far East. He was discharged on 26th December 1945.
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CPO. Peter Barnard Lornie . Royal Navy HMS Queen Elizabeth Peter Lornie joined the Royal Navy on August 20 1940. His initial rank was that of Assistant Steward. He was promoted to Leading Steward in February 1941. In January 1943 he was posted to Petty Officer Steward and in January 1945 to a/COG Steward. He was discharged on 26th December 1945.
Peter was posted to the battleship HMS Queen Elizabeth in January 1941 and on 11 February was promoted to Leading Steward. Queen Elizabeth had been rebuilt twice between Wars. She re-joined the Fleet at Scapa Flow in February 1941 and served in the Atlantic and later in the Mediterranean. Peter was on board when HMS Queen Elizabeth was attacked and sunk at her moorings in Alexandria Harbour by Italian frogmen on 19 December 1941.
On 9 May 1942 he joined the cruiser HMS Sirius as a Petty Officer Steward. HMS Sirius was a Dido-class cruiser built in Portsmouth. Her keel was laid in April 1938 and she was launched on the 18 September 1940, and commissioned 6 May 1942. Peter served on HMS Sirius as Petty Officer (Steward) and one of his officers was Commander Richard Colville (later to become Press Secretary to the King and subsequently to Queen Elizabeth. (Peter would receive a Christmas Card from Colville postmarked Buckingham Palace well into the post war period). Peter served on board Sirius until she was bombed on 17th October 1943 and he was injured and hospitalised with multiple wounds to the right hip, thigh, shoulder and left ankle being closed up at his action station while the ship was engaging enemy aircraft. He was wounded as described consequent on the ship receiving a direct hit and several near misses. 14 men were killed and 30 wounded. Sirius returned to Alexandria and later sailed to Massama in Eritrea for repairs.
On 5 January 1945 he joined Force W as an acting Chief Petty Officer (Steward) and was part of Naval Party 2420 serving in the Far East. It has not been possible to determine which ship he served on at this time.
2420 Flag Officer Force W & Staff
(attached to Admiralty 10.44 - 11.44/left UK for Delhi 20.11.44/to Chittagong area 12.44/ to Burma (Akyab) 02.45/ Force W to Delhi 05.45/ in India to 08.45/embarked BULOLO*)
Chittagong 01.45/Akyab 02-03.45/Kyaukpyu, Ramree Is 04-05.45/Delhi 06-07.45/Bombay08-09.45/BULOLO 09-10.45/ Singapore 11.45 - 01.46/
title lapsed 02.46
Peter Lornie was discharged on 26 December 1945. Peter was awarded the Burma campaign medal along with 39 - 45 Star, Africa Star with North Africa Bar, France and Germany Star and War Medal.
Record of Service 1940 - 45
- Royal Arthur 20 August 1940 Assistant Steward
- Victory 2 27 September 1940 Assistant Steward
- Queen Elizabeth 14 January 1941 Assistant Steward
- Queen Elizabeth 11 February 1941 Leading Steward
- Victory 15 January 1942 Leading Steward
- Sirius 9 May 1942 Leading Steward
- Sirius 27 January 1943 Petty Officer Steward
17 October 1943 - Injured in bombing attack
- Victory 2 April 1944 Petty Officer Steward
- Argus 8 August 1944 Petty Officer Steward
- Victory 6 December 1944 Petty Officer Steward
- Odyssey (Force W) 1 January 1945 5 January 1945 a/COG Steward
- Braganza (NP.2420) 1 June 1945
- Victory 7 September 1945
- Victory 26 December 1945 Released Class A
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Capt. Herbert Derrick Bell Lorraine . British Army Royal Army Service Corps from Oxford Late Cadet C.Q.M.S., Glenalmond (Trinity College) Contingent, Officer Training Corps. Bertie Lorraine was commissioned on the 31st Dec 1938, Royal Army Service Corps - Supplementary Reserve of Officers. He was mobilized the 24th Aug 1939. From 1938 to 1940, he served with British Expeditionary Forces in France, where he was wounded and captured. From 1940 to 1945, was a POW (No. 1565) at Oflag VII-B in Eichstatt, Bavaria.
On or about the 27th May 1940, during the Battle of France, Derrick Lorraine sustained a gunshot wound to the leg. Whilst in the ambulance, he was captured by an advancing German panzer division. On the 29th May, he was forced at pistol-point out of the ambulance and made to hobble over to the Blockhouse North of Cassel to ask the Gloucestershire Regiment soldiers commanded by 2Lt Cresswell to surrender. He shouted "Wounded British Officer here!" and hobbled over to the entrance to the blockhouse. In a low voice, he then said "˜Do not reply" and pointed to a dead German soldier nearby. "There are lots of those around here", he continued, motioning with his eyes toward the roof of the bunker and making Cresswell understand that they were on the roof of the bunker. He then hobbled on away from the bunker and back to the ambulance. He had no intention of trying to get them to surrender. He was then transported to Offlag VIIb in Eichstatt and remained there for the rest of the war.
Derrick was my uncle and never spoke to his sons about the war. The story above is recounted in some of the Dunkirk history books, one of which is Dunkirk: The History Behind the Motion Picture by Joshua Levine. In this book, he is recorded as an artillery officer, this is a mistake, as he was RASC not RA.
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Raoul Lorsery CdG.. French Army from Dieppe My grandfather, Raoul Lorsery, was a war prisoner in Stalag IIID in Germany from 20th of June 1940 till 16th of October 1942, dates written on the official paperwork given to him when he was sent back to France.
I have one photo taken in the camp where we can see him along with 40+ other prisoners. He earned the Croix de Guerre.
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WO. George Albert Losh . Royal Air Force 102 (Ceylon) Squadron (d.19th April 1945) George Losh served with the Royal Air Force 102 Squadron in WW2. It is recorded that Halifax V9987 DY-U crashed near Soltau on the 25th of June 1942 North of Hanover. 102 Squadron was based out of Topcliffe Yorkshire, England.
The crew is listed below.
Pilot Flt. Sgt. F.F. Duff, killed
- Air Gunner Sgt. William Weightman killed, buried with F/Sgt Duff in Becklingen Cemetery Germany in a common grave.
- Sgt J R Shellard (Observer) POW 358
- Sgt A Hartley (Wireless Operator) POW 1320
- Sgt G A Losh (Flight Engineer) POW 355. He was later killed in the RAF Typhoon attack at Gresse Mecklenberg, East of Hamburg, on the 19th of April 1945
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Arthur Lott . Navy HMS Newcastle I have a friend, Mrs Doris Lott, who is currently visiting me from UK. Her husband (deceased), Arthur Lott, was a Torpedo Operator on the HMS Newcastle when it was torpedoed in the Mediterranean. His friend Kenneth Dobbs (Doris Lott's brother) was also aboard the same ship when torpedoed on the 15th of June 1942. I am told the ship was sailed backwards (stern first, because of damage) to the Boston Shipyards in Boston, Massachusetts for repairs.
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PO. Llewellyn Ernest "Togo" Lott . Royal Navy HMS Whitshed from Cambridge My father Llewallyn Lott served on HMS Whitshed and HMS Southdown at the start of WW2. He had been with the Royal Navy since he was a boy, serving as a cadet, then on submarine duties and also on the China Station before the War.
After serving on these two ships, he was with Combined Ops on various shore-based ships.
The Sunday Pictorial spread of 31st of April 1940 shows him guarding German U-Boat 55 survivors rescued after the Whitshed, along with HMS Fowey, sank the U-Boat on 30th of January 1940. My father died in 1957.
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Pte Louis James Louden . British Army Royal Corps of Signals from London
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N Loudoun DFC. RCAF 424 Squadron My dad, F/Lt N. Loudoun, served with the RCAF 424 Sqd at Skipton on Swale as a Halifax III pilot. His name comes up in some of the Daily Operations on the Group 6 website Aug/44 - Feb/44. He flew 39-40 sorties and ended up with a D.F.C. I am sure one proud son of my dad for what he did back then.
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J Lough . British Army J Lough 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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Pte. James Loughlin . British Army from Intake, Doncaster My father was wounded whilst being evacuated from Dunkirk and was invalided out of the army. He would never talk about his wartime experiences and was adamant that none of his family should experience the horrors of war.
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Pte. James Loughlin . British Army 6th Btn. York and Lancaster Regiment from Doncaster, Yorkshire Jim Loughlin was wounded but was rescued from Dunkirk in 1940.
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Gnr. John Loughlin . British Army Royal Artillery from Doncaster
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Pte. Michael Loughlin . British Army 10th Btn. Royal Berkshire Regiment from Doncaster (d.1st Sep 1944) Michael Loughlin was wounded at Anzio. He died of those wounds and is buried in the British War Cemetery in Rome. He was aged 19.
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Pte. Michael Loughlin . British Army 10th Btn. Royal Berkshire Regiment from Intake, Doncaster, South Yorkshire (d.1st March 1944) My Uncle Mick Loughlin enlisted in the Green Howards on 20th of May 1943 and was seconded to the 10th Btn Royal Berkshire Regiment. He was wounded at Anzio and died on 1st of March 1944 and is buried at Campo Verano Cemetery in Rome. He was 19 years old.
Mick was the third son of widow Annie Loughlin, my grandma, to join the Army in WW2. The other two were the eldest John, who served with the Royal Artillery and my dad Jim, who served with the York and Lancaster Regiment.
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FO Hugh Joseph Loughran . Royal Canadian Air Force 424 Sqdn. from Belfast, Ireland (d.15th October 1944) Flying Officer (Air Gunner) Loughran is buried in the Collective grave 270-276 in the Idum Churchyard in Denmark.
He was awarded the 1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, War Medal 1939-45, Defence Medal. Posthumously awarded RCAF Operational Wings in recognition of gallant service in action against the enemy, the 21 April 1947.
Son of Patrick and Ellen (nee McManus) Loughran of Belfast, Ireland. Brother of Henry, Gerald, Joseph and Elizabeth.
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Nurse Mary Alice "Mae" Loughran . Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps from Armagh, Northern ireland My aunt, Mary Alice Loughran, left Northern Ireland between 1936 and 1939 and is suspected of going to help in the Spanish civil war. We know she was in St James Hospital and Whipps cross hospital in London in the early fortees. She lived or worked in Walthamstow. Mary Alice went England with her sister Margaret Loughran.
I found a letter from aunt Mary Alice recently which she wrote during Hitler's advance in Europe and she said she was considering marriage to a Doctor in her hospital, but equally fancied a RAF man in a military hospital she was being seconded to. The family say a telegram came from the war office to say she was missing, presumed dead. This was after she wrote to say she was returning to Carricklane house, Armagh. But she never turned up.
In the eightees I found what looked like an older photo behind an old press and took them to NI Forensic dept. I got a call to say they thought they had info but before I got there the dept was blown up by the IRA. Later an army officer rang to say he had info that she may have been in wrac and to make contact. But the details were lost in vandalism in house. The search is on again now and we have a search firm looking for records.
All her siblings died this year except my mum who is 86 years and we would like to draw closure. The Red Cross 15 yrs ago said they had no record of my aunt and the Salvation army drew a blank. I have one photo of her in uniform with a broad white head dress and small cross and trailing v shaped head dress and white dress and red cross. blue/grey shirt. It would be so great to get details of her resting place or any other next of kin.
It was always thought she died in the blitz or on a boat to Belfast. I hope there is someone somewhere who has a memory of her. Her disapperance was a heart break and has blighted my life also as I can find no closure to my aunt's whereabouts.
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