Fus. John McCamley . British Army 1st Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers from Newry, County Down N. Ireland (d.27th May 1940) John McCamley was 21 years old when he lost his life, he is buried in Dunkirk Town Cemetery.
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Fslr. James McCandless . British Army 1st Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers from Londonderry (d.21st April 1942) James McCandless was 22 when he went missing in Burma. His parents were informed in October 1942 that their son was 'missing' - final notification of his death was given to them in November 1944. James' younger brother, George, also served in Burma and had died of wounds in March 1944 aged 23.
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Capt. B. V. McCandlish . US Navy USS Boise Captain B. V. McCandlish served on the USS Boise.
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Bernard "Mac" McCann . Royal Air Force 644 Sqdn. My father-in-law was a member of 644 Squadron.
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Spr. John McCann . British Army 954 Railway Operating Company Royal Engineers (d.27th Dec 1944) John McCann died age 32. He was born in Jarrow in 1912,
son of James P. and Elizabeth Ann McCann (nee McMullen) of Jarrow
John is buried in St. Sever Cemetery Extension Rouen and is commemorated on the WW2 Roll of Honour Plaque in the entrance of Jarrow Town Hall.
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Cpl. John McCann . British Army Royal Irish Fusiliers from Belfast John McCann served with the Royal Irish Fusiliers. I am trying to trace my father's army career.
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Flt.Sgt. Joseph Maurice Allan McCann . Royal Canadian Air Force 153 Squadron from Guelph, Ontario (d.2nd Nov 1944) Flight Sargent Joseph McCann was shot down on a bombing raid to Dusseldorf on the 2nd of November 1944. He is buried at Reichswald Forest Cemetery in Germany.
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Mar. Roger McCann . Royal Marines HMS Cricket Roger McCann is buried in Bayeux War Cemetery.
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Lt.Col. William Derek Hessin McCardie . British Army South Staffordshire Regiment from Kings Norton William McCardie is my wife's great uncle.
He recommended Jeremy Clarkson's Father in law, Major Robert Cain for his VC at Arnhem before capture.
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Donkeyman Thomas McCargo . Merchant Navy SS Cape Corso (d.2nd May 1942) Thomas McCargo lost his life when the SS Cape Corso was sunk.
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BQMS. Thomas McCarron . British Army 77th (Highland) Field Regiment, 306th Battery Royal Artillery from Glasgow, Scotland. Thomas McCarron served with 306th Battery, 77th (Highland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery.
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Pte. Bernard Arthur McCarten . Australian Army Army Service Corps 6th Division from Melbourne, Australia
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Ord.Sea. Edward McCarten . Royal Navy HMS Warspite My dad, Edward McCarten was a telegraphist in HMS. Warspite toward the end of the second world war.
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Bill McCarter . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 419 Sqd.
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William McCarter . Royal Canadian Air Force 102 Sqdn. RAF from Canada Bill McCarter was a bomb aimer in Halifaxes. He served at Middleton St George.
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Sgt. C McCarth . British Army 1st Battalion Royal Tank Regiment C McCarth of the 1st Battalion, Royal Tank Regiment was wounded on 10th of November 1943 in Italy.
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Norman McCarthy . Merchant Navy SS Tiberton (d.14th Feb 1940) Norman McCarthy died aged 22, he was born in Jarrow in 1917, son of Norman and Margaret A. McCarthy (nee Munroe) of Jarrow, He was the husband of Jessie McCarthy (nee Beattie) of Primrose Jarrow. Norman is remembered on the Tower Hill Memorial and is commemorated on the WW2 Roll of Honour Plaque in the entrance of Jarrow Town Hall.
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P/O Benedict J McCarthy . RCAF 426 Sqd. (d.5th Mar 1945)
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Private Charles John McCarthy . Australian Army My uncle, Pte Charles John McCarthy was a POW in Stalag XXA and Stalag 8B/344 between 1941 and 1945. Apparently he escaped three times. His service number was VX8916. He was AWOL more than 20 times before and after he was a POW. It is a fantastic story but he died not long after the war with no wife or children. It is sad he did not have his own family.
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Pte. Cyril "Mac" McCarthy . British Army Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment from St. Helens, Lancashire My father Cyril McCarthy was born in St. Helens on 25th of Sept. 1919.
He joined the Army around the start of WWII (along with three of his brothers), and was in Dunkirk shortly after. He and another soldier were separated from their unit after a battle and were hiding in a farmhouse. His buddy went out to search for food and was gone too long, my father went to the front door and the house was surrounded by Germans. He was captured and sent to Stalag XXB in Poland.
He and 5 others escaped at some point, three were captured after three days, my father and the other two were captured after six days.
I have quite a few photos, correspondence and British paperwork relating to his time in the POW camp.
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Pte. John Francis McCarthy . British Army Scots Guards John Francis McCarthy was the second son of a WW1 veteran, Patrick McCarthy, who was a member of the Kings Own Scottish Borderers. His father was a mustard gas victim but still was able to sire 8 children (with Jessie, nee McKinnon) before he died in 1937, aged 47.
Before Patrick died he would often say to his son John, "I'll put you in the army" if John was unruly. On his 17th birthday, 7th June 1938, John enlisted with the Scots Guards and began training in London. He was on guard at Windsor Castle when the Princesses, Elizabeth and Margaret, would play in the grounds.
In 1940 John was shipped to Egypt with his Regiment and saw action at Bengazi and Halfaya Pass. He met Australians for the first time and got a taste for Aussie beer. The A.I.F. mischievously called the Scots Guards, with S.G. on their lapels, "Society Girls". John McCarthy was captured by Italian forces just weeks before his 21st birthday in 1942 and shipped to Camp 55 in southern Italy. He saw a lot of starving prisoners there and decided he couldn't stay. On escape John walked north towards Switzerland before being given up by a Italian farmer. He was then put on a prison train, destination Poland.
Stalag 344 was described by John as a large working town or small city. One of John's jobs was to clean the beer vats between brewings. Depleted of good diet, John would eat the residue of the vats for sustenance. Similar to Vegemite.
After 3 years John heard that the end to the war was near. He hid in an attic for 4 days and then broke out during a loud nighttime thunderstorm and headed towards Czechoslovakia. When he arrived in Prague he was sheltered by the 'Nazi hating' partisans and was privy to all their activities, which were ramping up.
With war's end almost upon Europe, John made his way to the Austrian border and was 'processed' by the U.S. Army. Processing involved an utter physical beating by the yanks because they didn't believe that this disheveled young man with a foreign (Scottish) accent was what he was claiming to be, an Allied soldier. He didn't mind the pain of the beating because he knew that he would be home soon.
After reuniting with his family and some recuperating John began a career in policing with Perthshire police. After 8 years John, and his wife Dorothy (nee Haggart) emigrated to Melbourne, Australia where he spent another 28 years with Victoria Police, retiring as a Senior Sergeant of the golfer's paradise district of Cobram, Victoria.
John died on 28th May 2002, just short of his 82nd birthday. He was survived by his daughter, Fiona and grand-daughters, Alice and Jen.
He was a lovely man.
From your mate.
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Capt. John Joseph McCarthy . British Army 1st Btn. York and Lancaster Regiment My father John McCarthy was a career soldier, joining in 1926 as a Private and, after 22.5 years' service, left the Army as a Captain. His service covered his
sporting achievements in the pre-2nd. World War years at Olympia in
London, through to shipping over to France with the B.E.F. before being
pulled out to go over with the Y&L's with Sickleforce into the Norwegian
campaign in 1940.
Having been left behind in Norway during the evacuation of Allied
troops, he made his way on foot to Sweden along with other soldiers he
met en route to be interned. He was then repatriated by the Red Cross in
England in July, 1940.
Back home he was put forward for his commission and we believe from
documents we have that he was engaged during the rest of the war in
training the fledgling RAF Regiment in defence of Britain's airfields.
After the war he was stationed in Egypt, seconded to the Green Howards
as Company Commander in Almaza, Middle East Forces, before leaving the
Army via a transit camp in Cyprus on 31st. August, 1946.
More information
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Stkr.1st Cl. John McCarthy . Royal Navy from Belfast My father, John McCarthy was stationed at St Angelo between 1942 and 1944.
His real name was John O'Hara, but he joined the Royal Navy under his mother's maiden name, due to religious intolerance. He was a Catholic living under non-Catholic rule in Northern Ireland. To join the British Navy had to be kept a secret, even though it was an honourable thing to do.
My father died in 1968 in Bradford, leaving me as one of seven children he had with my mother.
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Gnr. John William McCarthy . British Army Maritime Regiment from Limehouse My grandfather John McCarthy, we believe was a gunner on several DEMS during the Second World War.
We do not have any service records except for stories he told us.
Possibly he served on the SS Kent?
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Pte. Leo McCarthy . British Army 7th Btn. Loyal (North Lancs )Regiment My late father, Leo McCarthy, was a gunner in the 7th Battalion, The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire), and 92nd (Loyals) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery - to which 7th Loyals converted in 1941. 92nd LAA fought from D-Day to VE Day in North West Europe.
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Flt.Sgt. Leonard James "Macca" McCarthy . Royal Australian Air Force 76 Squadron RAF from Brisbane Australia (d.20 Jan 1944) Macca was a prewar friend of my mother. He was a tail gunner of Halifax V LK921 shot down south west of Berlin during a raid on that city. The entire crew were killed and are buried at the CWG cemetery in Berlin
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Sgt. Michael Francis McCarthy . British Army 4th Btn. South Lancashire Regiment from Widnes My father, Michael McCarthy, served as a gun sergeant on a 40mm Bofors AA gun. He served at Scapa Flow and various other locations during the period between 1940 and 1944. His unit was then attached to the Canadian army and took part in the Normandy landings, he landed on Juno Beach and commanded a Crusader AA tank, he then took part in the sweep north and ended up in Germany.
After the war he retained his position as Sergeant and served at Peninsular barracks in Warrington where he served until around 1958 and finished up as a Warrant Officer Class II.
He died in 1981 and I don't have any other information then that. I would appreciate any information anyone has about him as I was too young to ask him myself and know very little. Thank you.
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Norman McCarthy . Merchant Navy SS Tiberton (d.2nd Feb 1940) Norman McCarthy died aged 22. Born in Jarrow in 1917 he was the son of Norman and Margaret A. McCarthy (nee Munroe) of Jarrow and husband of Jessie McCarthy (nee Beattie) of Primrose Jarrow.
Norman is remembered on the Tower Hill Memorial and is commemorated on the WW2 Roll of Honour Plaque in the entrance of Jarrow Town Hall.
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Norman "Nookie" McCarthy . South African Army from Benoni, South Africa My Dad Norman McCarthy was in Stalag 4B after capture in Tobruk (via a short detention near Brindisi in Italy). He was a South African volunteer driving trucks for the allies in the desert with the Tiffys. He lost his best friend from Benoni who was killed, right next to him, by shrapnel from a Stuka bomber which attacked their convoy. He didn't talk about Stalag 4B much except to say that 'Brindisi was better' and that 'thé Russian prisoners had a harder time than us'(he noticed them fighting each other for potato peels). He also told me that one day the German guards disappeared and that they wandered off through much farmland wreckage until they were found by Americans. He was demobilised in Britain where he met my English mother Eileen Mary Gallet, who later joined him in SA after he mailed her an engagement ring in the post! I now live in France and think I owe it to his memory visit the Stalag 4B site some time. He did not hold grudges against the Germans, but that was also the kind of person he was.
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RN Mccarthy . British Army RN Mccarthy 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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