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FS Nadin . British Army Royal Armoured Corps FS Nadin 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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Bos. Ignacy Nadolny . Polish Navy 2 Maritime Rifles Gdynia from Wolsztyn Ignacy Nadolny, was born n Wielkopolskie, in July 1910 to Józef and Agnieszka, née Wo¼na. From 1931 he was in the Navy, serving with the Gdynia, 2 Maritime Rifles, he fought under Kêp ± Oksywskę, and was taken prisoner in Gdynia on 19th of September 1939. He was in the transitional camp Stalag II D in Starogard Szczeciñski, arriving on 13.08.1940. Information in his documents states: "Am 17.8.40 aus IID. Am 26.8.40 nach Wolstein." Translation, on 17th August 1940 he arrived in Stalag XXIA from the stalag IID, and then on 26th of August 1940. He was released to the village of Wolsztyn.
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F/Sgt. Robert Clarence Naffin . Royal Australian Air Force (d.24th Aug 1943) My Grand Father, Flight Sergeant Robert Clarence Naffin 416601 RAAF, died age 23 on 24th August 1943. Son of Clarence and Grace Naffin, husband of Diana Stephanie Naffin. My Mother was a year old when he died. I was a few weeks old when she died and my Grand MaMa and her 2nd husband brought me up until I was 7 when my Grand MaMa died. Until now I have not been able to find out about him due to a sense of loyalty towards my Grand MaMa's 2nd husband which is daft because he abandoned me after she died. However he has now died and I feel free to search. I cannot find him in English birth records so maybe he was born elsewhere.
Editor's Note: As Robert served in the RAAF it is very likley that he was born in Australia.
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C.Q.M.S Patrick William Nagle . British Army 1st Btn Welsh Regiment Sadly I do not know a great deal about my late father's war. Billy Nagle was a very quiet and softly spoken man. I do know that he was in Egypt during the Second World War and did receive several medals during that campaign. He also holds a medal from Palestine which I know very little about.
If anyone can add any information about his time in the army it would be most gratefully received. Many thanks.
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Sgt. L. W. Nagley . Royal Air Force 57 Sqdn. Sgt Nagley was a member of the crew of a Lancaster bomber which was shot down on 11th November 1944. Info is from Chorley's Bomber Command Losses 1944:
11/12 Nov 1944, 57 Sqn, Avro Lancaster I, Serial No. LL939, Code DX-H, Op: Hamburg
F/O S Bowden, Pilot (died)
Sgt AC Brett, Flight Engineer (died)
Sgt LW Nagley (pow)
F/S SC Alidis (pow)
Sgt JA McLaughlin, Wireless Operator/Airgunner(died)
F/S FC Green, Airgunner (died)
Sgt C Bayford, Airgunner (died)
Took off 1654 East Kirkby. Hit by flak and crash-landed circa 1927 near Beckdorf, 8 km SSW from Buxtehude. On the first impact one engine and the rear turret were torn away, the rest of the Lancaster bouncing back into the air and flying on for over a km before smashing back to earth. The two survivors are believed to have baled out, as did Sgt Brett but his parachute failed to deploy. He lies in Becklingen War Cemetery, while the others who died are buried in Hamburg Cemetery, Ohlsdorf.
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Bohdan Nagorski . SS City of Benares Bohdan Nagorski was a member of the crew of the SS City of Benares which was lost on 13th of September 1940.
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HG Nailard . British Army HG Nailard 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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J Naisbitt . British Army Royal Armoured Corps J Naisbitt 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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Fus. John Naisbitt . British Army 7th Btn Royal Northumberland Fusiliers from Wingate, Co Durham My father Jackie Nasibitt was taken prisoner at Rouen, France on 09/06/1940 and was taken to Stalag 21b on 04/07/1940 where he was held until 11/01/1941 and then transferred to Stalag 24c where he spent the rest of the war. I believe they were liberated by the Russians in January 1945 and returned home where he served for a time in the Royal Enginneers clearing mines from the beaches in the south of England. He never spoke much about the war. I know he had a very difficult time as when he came home both of his parents were dead and he came to live in Newcastle where he married my mother. I have a photo of 8 POWs taken at Stalag 4c with 7 other soldiers. Any information about any of these camps would be appreciated.
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Pte. Bernard Naish . British Army South Staffordshire Regiment from Sutton Coldfield
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W Nait . British Army W Nait 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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2Lt. Antoni Najda . Polish Army from Poland My grandfather, Antoni Najda never spoke of the war, but I learned on the Internet through a photo, that he was in Silberberg Oflag V111B.
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Pte. Bernardo Namchiri . King's African Rifles 2nd Bnt. (d.11th October 1943) Private Namchiri was buried in the Lubudi African Cemetery in the Congo, Grave 10.
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Pte. Bernardo Namchiri . King's African Rifles 2nd Btn. (d.11th October 1943) Private Namchiri was buried in the Lubudi African Cemetery in the Congo, Grave 10.
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LAC. Charles "Chick" Napier . British Army 663 Artisan Works Company Royal Engineers Charles Napier, 663 Artisan Works Company, Royal Engineers survived the sinking of the Lancastria.
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Lt. Cdr. Lennox William Napier DSC DSO. Royal Navy HMS Rorqual For Captain Lennox Napier’s inspired and courageous captaincy of the mine laying submarine Rorqual, he was appointed DSO in 1943 and won the DSC in 1944. Napier, who had been in the submarine service since 1934, took command of Rorqual, a Porpoise class submarine in June 1941. With the capture of Crete, it was imperative that Malta did not fall into German hands. Under daily siege, Malta had to be supplied with both food and fuel for domestic purposes, as well as for its RAF Squadrons fighting for the survival of the island. A number of convoys had run the gauntlet from Gibraltar or Alexandria to Malta and all had suffered casualties.
Admiral Andrew Cunningham, Commander-in-Chief of the British Naval Forces in the Mediterranean, boldly decided to use the Rorqual and her sister submarine Cacholot to get supplies to the island. One associates a submarine with confined space, but Rorqual, launched at Barrow in 1936, was 280 feet long and had a beam width of 29 feet. On her first voyage to Malta, she carried a vital cargo of two tons of medical supplies, 62 tones of high-octane aviation spirit for the RAF’s Hurricanes, 45 tones of cooking fuel and 25 passengers, as well as a crew of 59; but perhaps most important, at least for the island’s morale, 147 bags of mail. On her return to Alexandria, amongst her somewhat lighter cargo, were 130 bags of mail.
It was fraught and nerve-wracking week before Rorqual arrived in the Grand Harbour, much to the relief of crew and islanders. A month later she arrived back in Malta with a similar cargo. An even larger cargo was carried on 31 July, but Napier was concerned when during heavy weather a number of fuel cases stored in the hull developed leaks. This resulted in the submarine’s diving almost seven tons light when these tins were empty in the morning, and slowly filling up with water and re turning Rorqual to normal trim while submerged in the daytime.
After this trip, Napier was pleased to get back to his normal route of mine lying Rorqual could carry 50 mines. Napier’s skill in laying these mines, in the often crystal-clear water of the Mediterranean, brought him a number of successes. In August 1942, his men blew up an Italian steamer. Later that month, he engaged two merchant vessels, sank one and then had his periscope rammed by the other. Although under orders not to engage enemy shipping, because he was carrying vital stores and passengers, Napier attacked a convoy and destroyed the last ship. The passengers had an interesting experience as 16 depth charges were dropped close by.
In January 1943, Rorqual laid mines off the Tunis approach, one of which caused the loss of the valuable German heavy-lift ship Ankara, loaded with tanks for Rommel’s Afrika Corps. This success was reinforced when he sank the Wilhelmsburg, carrying much-needed oil to Greece, with two torpedoes at 2,500 yards in the Dardanelles approach.
After two and a half years of successful command Napier fell ill with jaundice. On recovering, he went to the land-based HMS Dolphin to train future commanding officers for the submarine services.
Lennox Napier was a descendant of John Napier, the inventor of logarithms.
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Wladyslaw Napiorkowski . Polish Army Korpus Ochrony Pogranicza I am trying to find information about Wladyslaw Napiorkowski (born 1899). He was arrested by the NKVD in November 1939 in Budslawiu, Wilkeja/Belarus. His fate is unknown. He was an officer in the Korpus Ochrony Pogranicza(Border Proection Corps) in Suwalki in 1939. His wife was Jadwiga Gawkowska (born 1906, married 1929 in Lomza). From April 1940 to 1945/6 she, and her children - Roman, Witold and Elizabeth) were living in the USSA (North Kazakhstan, Ukrainian villages, Kalugino/Mamlutki and Petropavlovsk. They were part of the `Forgotten Odyssey' - the deportation of 1,700,000 Poles by Stalin to Siberia and Kazakhstan. One third of them survived, among them these four people.
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Felix Napoliello . USAAF 446th Bomb Group I am trying to help Felix Napoliello locate fellow crewmembers of `Miss Margie' (B25) that was shot down on 14th May 1944 near Porto Ferraio, Elba, Italy. They are: Allan (Alan?) T. Sampson (Samson?), Ernest Nigrello and Robert F. Mygrant. 446th Bomb Group was part of 12th Army Air Force, 57th Wing, 321st Bombardment Group. If anyone has information about any of these men please contact me.
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Felix Napoliello . United States Air Force 321st Bomb Grp 446th Bomb Sqdn. Trying to help Felix Napoliello locate fellow crew members of "Miss Margie" (B25) that was shot down 14th May 1944 near Porto Ferraio, Elba, Italy. They are:
Allan (Alan?) T. Sampson (Samson?)
Ernest Nigrello
Robert F. Mygrant
They served with 12th Army Air Force, 57th Wing, 321st Bombardment Grp, 446th Bomb Sqdn.
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June Napolitano . Womens Land Army from 49 Byron Road, Wealdstone, Middlesex I joined the Women’s Land Army in 1947 age 18 Not letting my mother know, as she was very upset. My life was hard at home being the eldest of 10 children. Thinking life would be a bed of roses & free & easy life at last! Was I wrong! Lights out at 10 pm said our Warden at the Potters Bar Hostel I first went too. I thought out of the frying pan into the fire the first week. Also the first job potato picking was awful & hoeing, Oh dear! The only nice part was the land girls I made friends with. Also our Saturday night extra time out for a dance. That was great until my friend Honar & I overstayed our time & were caught by the warden climbing through the window. I was sent to another hostel & Honar & I was split up, what a shame. I went to a remote village called Sandy in Bedford, a 2 mile walk to a village pub that was the only highlight of the week to play table tennis with the young farmer's boys. We only drank 1 shandy as we could not afford anything else. My £3 wage was halved as I had to send half to my mother. The Hostel (Hassles Hall ) was a bit spooky I thought, but we had a nice crowd of girls. Again the work was so boring again hoeing & weeding. I am afraid I put my hand up. Come & see me Monday for a trial Oh dear! I asked a German POW to please teach me to drive & over the weekend I mastered it. I then had the best job, much to the jibes I had from my friends. From then on I spent the next 2 years enjoying the Land Army. I left in 1950 & met my husband Richard & married had 6 children. Now 24 grandchildren. I ran a rest home for the elderly till I was 72 yrs & now enjoying my twilight years with my daughters. Not bad for 84 so far.
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KC Napper . British Army KC Napper 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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Able Sea. Herbert Narburgh . Merchant Navy SS Cape Corso (d.2nd May 1942) Herbert Narburgh lost his life when the SS Cape Corso was sunk.
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Pte. Roger Narey . British Army attd. Royal Artillery Army Catering Corps from Staithes, Yorkshire (d.17th April 1945) Private Narey was the son of Roger and Hannah Narey; husband of Sarah Ann Narey of Staithes, Yorkshire.
He was 42 when he died and is buried in the Ede (Otterlo) General Cemetery, Gelderland, Netherland.
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Able Seaman Victor Edward Narraway . Royal Navy HMS Forfar from Shepherd's Bush, London (d.2nd Dec 1940)
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Pte. Johnny Welsh Narry . British Army Kings Own Scottishh Borderers from Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland John Nerry was taken prisoner of war in 1940.
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P/O Chester Russell Narum . Royal Canadian Air Force 432 Squadron from Rosemary, AB, Canada (d.31st Mar 1944) Chester Narum was my father's best friend. Dad had wanted to enlist also, but did not pass the medical. It was very hard for Dad to be left at home while his best buddy went off to war, and harder still to receive the news of his death. I think Dad felt guilty for not being over there with him and the others from our small village. We lost 5 young men. The battle that some felt over not being able to fight along side their friends is a battle we may not think of, but it, too, had its casualties.
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Able Sea. Albert Sidney Nash . Royal Navy HMS Anthony My great uncle, Albert Sidney Nash, served on HMS Anthony during WWII. He had also served during WWI.
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AR Nash . British Army AR Nash 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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CA Nash . British Army North Staffordshire Regiment CA Nash served with the North Staffordshire 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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EC Nash . British Army Royal Fusiliers EC Nash served with the Royal 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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