Pfc. Mason Leon Lane . United States Army Company I 423rd Infantry Regiment from Stockton, CA My father, Mason Leon Lane, was captured at the Battle of the Bulge on December 19, 1944. He, along with 7,000 others, was moved to Stalag 4B Sachsen 51-13 where he remained until liberated in April 1945. Due to the injuries he suffered he had to remain in Germany for an additional three months in several hospitals. He was awarded the Purple Heart. He returned to the United States in July of 1945. He died in 1990 at the age of 65.
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O Lane . British Army Royal Armoured Corps O Lane 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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RJ Lane . British Army RJ Lane 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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Sgt. Robert Lane . Royal Air Force (VR) Mid Upper Gunner 514 Squadron from Stroud (d.28/29 July 1944) My uncle (my father's brother) was Sgt Robert Lane RAF VR N514 Squadron, Waterbeach, a mid-upper gunner in Lancaster LM206. He was shot down May 28/29, 1944 over Neufchateau. There were two survivors.
The five airmen sadly killed that night were buried on July 30, 1944 in the Communal Cemetery by the towns people of Neufchateau. I have written Robert's biography and amassed a lot of information on what happened that fateful night.
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S Lane . British Army S Lane 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. Sidney George "Cully" Lane . British Army 4th Btn. Ox & Bucks Light Infantry from Kinver
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Gunner Thomas Joseph Lane . Royal Navy HMS Manchester from Middlesbrough
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Capt Thomas Frederick Lane . British Army The Rifle Brigade (d.17th Mar 1943)
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WA Lane . British Army WA Lane 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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Cpl. WA Lane . British Army 42nd Btn Royal Tank Regiment Cpl.WA Lane served with the 42nd 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: 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 Henry Lane . British Army Royal Artillery My grandfather William Henry Lane served in the Royal Artillery during WWII, in Egypt, Suez and Port Said. He was called up from the TAs, West Ham at the age of 21 in 1939.
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Sgt. William Lane . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 61 Squadron from Sheffield (d.21st March 1945) William Lane was the brother of my mum.
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GR Laney . British Army Kings Royal Rifle Corps GR Laney served with the Kings Royal Rifle 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 Lang . British Army A Lang 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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A Lang . British Army A Lang 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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Albert Lang . US Army from USA I was a POW first at the Oberursel interrogation center outside Frankfurt, then to a hospital in Obermassfeld, then to a recuperation hospital in Meinengen, Germany. From there I went to Nuremberg. Stalag13D and then on the march from Nuremberg to Moosburg Stalag 7a where we were liberated on 29th April 1945.
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Lt -Col. D. B. Lang DSC. MC.. Army 5th Btn. The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
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Captain Derek Lang . British Army 4th Btn. Queens Own Cameron Highlanders Derek Lang of 4th Battalion, Queens Own Cameron Highlanders was captured in June 1940 and held as a prisoner of war.
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EH Lang . British Army EH Lang 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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James H. Lang . USAAF I have written a book about my experiences over 2 years in Nazi POW camps, Stalag VIIA and Stalag XVIIB. The book is finally complete Kriegies and Goons with original photos.
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JE Lang . British Army Royal Norfolk Regiment JE Lang served with the Royal Norfolk 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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Roy James Earnest Lang . Royal Navy HMS Europa from Babacombe, Devon My father, James Lang sserved in the Royal Navy during the Second World War. I've extracted all of the information from his service records that I have the originals for.
- Home Guard – 5th May 1941 – 12th November 1942
- Home Address – 1 Highbury Road, Torquay, Devon.
- Port Division - Lowestoft
- Service Records LT/KX142219
- Royal Arthur, 2nd Stoker, 17th November 1942 - 21st December 1942
- Europa, 2nd Stoker, 22nd December 1942 - 6th January 1942
- Beau, 2nd Stoker, 26th March 1943 - 11 June 1943
- Europa, Primary Stoker, 12th June 1943 - 13th September 1943
- Hannibal Primary Stoker 14th September 1943 - 28th September 1943
- Hannibal (Escort HMS Fury), Primary Stoker 29th September 1943 - 30 September 1944
- St Angelo (Escort HMS Fury) Primary Stoker 1st October 1944 - 16th June 1945
- Europa, Primary Stoker, 17th June 1945 - 29th August 1945
- Europa, War Head Stoker,31st October 1945 - 18th November 1945
- Hophauss (ZZ6), Primary Stoker, 19th November 1945 - 28th February 1946
- Loch in naval (ZZ6) Primary Stoker 1st March 1946 - 9th August 1946
- Pembroke (patrols), Primary Stoker, 10th August 1946 - 26th August 1946
- Lynx Byms 2070, 27th August 1946 - 29th November 1946
Note within Service Records
R Lang sto/i RN is attachhed to US Naval Task Force 86 - Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 22, Commanding Officer R J Dressling.
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Pte. William M. Lang . United States Army 32nd Cavalry Regiment from Brooklyn, NY My father Bill Lang was taken prisoner during the Battle of the Bulge. He was captured on 15th of December 1944 and taken to Stalag XIIID, and escaped along with two other buddies during a forced march in May of 1945. Through the grace of God, he is still alive as of this writing (01/12/2015) and would love to hear from any of his fellow prisoners that may still be alive.
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Lt.Cmdr. Joseph Langdell . United States Navy USS Arizona from Yba City, CA Retired Navy Lt. Cmdr. Joseph Langdell, age 100, the oldest living crew member of the battleship Arizona to have survived the Pearl Harbor attack, died on the 4th of Febraury 2015.
He was an ensign on an assignment that had him sleeping on a military base adjacent to the ship in Honolulu on the morning Pearl Harbor was attacked. He spent the following hours and days trying to rescue shipmates from the burning water, preparing for another possible assault, and leading the survivors tasked with removing the dead from the partially sunken ship.
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Jack Langdon . British Army from Paignton, Devon My Father Jack Langdon was a Desert Rat in the Army. He never told me anything about it but I do have a picture of him on a camel in Egypt just by the Sphinx and I know he was a driver. Sorry it's not much but would love to know more.
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TH Langdon . British Army TH Langdon 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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Stkr. Harold Langdown . Royal Navy HMS Europa from Southampton My Dad Harold Langdown, served at HMS Royal Arthur from 3rd of June 1940 until 9th of July 1940 then going on to HMS Europa and serving on a total of eight ships. Returning on some ships several times.
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Capt. Peter Lange MM.. British Army 1st Battalion Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry from Bath Capt Peter Lange was commissioned into The Kings Liverpool Irish but later seconded into the Ox & Bucks Light Infantry and win the Military Cross on 27th of September 1944 for a raid across the Whilhelmina Canal.
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P/O Carel Arnold "Ad" Langelaar . Royal Air Force No. 320 (Netherlands) Squadron RAF from Holland (d.18th August 1941) On 18th August 1941 a Hudson T9413 'Ockenburg' of 320 Squadron was lost during patrol off Norwegian Coast nr. Stavanger.
The crew were:
- P/O/ C.A. Langelaar - Missing in Action
- C/P J.P. Frowein - Missing in Action
- N/O/ J. Peetoom - Missing in Action
- W/O J.G. Uljee - Missing in Action
- Stkr. F.A. Van Der Hurk - Missing in Action
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RJ Langeley . British Army Royal Armoured Corps RJ Langeley 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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