Sergeant B W Naylor . RAF 50 Squadron Manchester L7301, airborne 30th May 1942 from Skellingthorpe, was hit by flak over Cologne and very severely damaged. Subsequently abandoned by six of the crew, after which the Manchester crashed 0200 31st May 1942 into a dyke at Bree (Limburg), 21 km NNE of Genk, Belgium. The testimonies of the five evaders were instrumental in the posthumous award of the VC made to their skipper, P/O Manser. P/O L.T.Manser KIA P/O R.J.Barnes PoW Sgt L.H.Baveystock Evd P/O R.M.Horsley Evd Sgt S.E.King Evd Sgt A.McF Mills Evd Sgt B.W.Naylor Evd
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CA Naylor . British Army 12th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment CA Naylor served with the 12th 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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FR Naylor . British Army FR Naylor 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. Frank Naylor . British Army 7th Battalion Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders from Dudley Frank Naylor was my Grandfather and was in the 7th Battalion, 15 Platoon, C Company between 1942 and 1945. Unfortunately, he died around 1954, so I never met him, but I do possess some of his wartime letters to my Grandmother, along with various bits and pieces related to the Regiment (HD and 3 stripes sleeve insignia, glengarry, TOS cap badge, webbing belt and a silver "For King & Country Services Rendered" badge, which I assume was issued when he caught malaria in Sicily?). I understand from reading the letters and photographs, that he served in North Africa, Sicily and finally Northern Europe.
I would be very interested if anyone has any further information related to him and his friends and what they would have experienced at the time.
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Frank Naylor . Royal Navy from Salford My father Frank Naylor lied about his age when he joined the Royal Navy. As a child I remember him telling me stories of his time in the services. He married my Mum in 1946. I do not know a lot about his actual service record and I know that he was awarded some medals but I do not know which ones.
I would be grateful if anyone either knows anything about my Dad's time in the Navy or how I would go about finding out.
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Pte. Gilbert Richard Naylor . British Army Sherwood Foresters Last year my wife and I visited Anzio to see where her father, Gilbert Richard Naylor, had been captured during the war, and subsequently obtained his service record.
He invaded Italy at Anzio on Feb 29th and was captured on 1st Mar. 1944. He was in the Sherwood Foresters having one month earlier been transferred from the Black Watch. He spent the remainder of the war in Stalag 344 at Lamsdorf. During his time there he wrote quite a few letters home and one of them came our way quite recently. It is basically about a photo, of my wife as a 2 year old that had been sent to him, we also now have the photo which he carried with him. My mother-in-law still has all the letters but they are obviously of a personal nature and we have declined to read them.
He was in Arbeits kommandos E30 but I do not know what town it was near. All we know about his time there is that he worked on the night shift at a cement factory and on Sundays he liked to go on a walk to a nearby river because it helped with the boredom. I got the impression that this was not a high security camp as they were escorted to work but on the return had to waken the guards so as to get back into the camp. He still remembered the German language that he had learnt and had no hard feelings against the German people. He said that the locals were not much better off than the POWs but that they did give them bits of food. We think that he was on the march east in '44 but he did not talk about it. The family had a German army back pack that had deer fur on the flap, he said that he acquired it on the march, but we thought that he meant between Anzio and Lamsdorf not knowing about the march in '44.
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JD Naylor . British Army JD Naylor 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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K Naylor . British Army K Naylor 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. Kenneth Naylor . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 101 Squadron from High Wycombe, Bucks (d.30th Nov 1941) I understand that Ken Naylor, who was 21, was in a flight over the North Sea when there was engine trouble causing the plane to ditch. His mother states two crew members were picked up by fisherman and became German prisoners of war. Ken and at least two others died.
In a documentary shown in England in 2011 an ex Wellington pilot called 'Tiny' Cooling spoke about Ken as a young flyer who everybody liked but nobody took any notice of because he looked like he was 'just out of his pram'. Cooling commented that he once found Ken weeping like a child because his best friend hadn't returned. Three weeks later Cooling was clearing out Ken's room because he hadn't returned.
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L Naylor . British Army Royal Artillery L Naylor served with the Royal Artillery 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. Malcolm Ewart "Mac" Naylor . British Army from Reading, Berkshire. I have very little beyond the memory of his Ghorka tattoo of two Khukria knives crossed on his forearm. I know dad, Malcolm Ewart Naylor (Mac) was sent to 'round up the Japs' when Europe was celebrating victory. He was in the jungle and caught malaria.
I have some old military photos which may help others identify family heroes.
He never spoke of combat, but had some nasty stories involving leeches and scorpions. He had an a during admiration and affection for Ghurkas.
I know he was his company Bugler.
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SD Naylor . British Army SD Naylor 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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Chf. Eng. William George Naysmith . Merchant Navy SS Cape Corso (d.2nd May 1942) William Naysmith lost his life when the SS Cape Corso was sunk.
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ES Nazer . British Army ES Nazer 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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Seaman Roy NcLeod . Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve HMS Forfar (d.2nd Dec 1940)
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Sgt. Silfanus Nyamltta "Silau" Ndon'ga . British Army King's African Rifles from Kenya
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K Neads . British Army K Neads 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. Frederick Stephen Neal . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve flt eng. 419 Sqd. (d.14th May 1943)
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Gdmn. G Neal . British Army 1st Btn. Grenadier Guards Gdmn.G Neal served with the 1st Btn. Grenadier Guards 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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Gilbert John William Neal . Royal Navy HMS Sirius from Marlow, Buckinghamshire My Dad's name is Gilbert John William Neal, aka Gilly from Marlow in Bucks, and the photo I have of him the Navy is dated 5th October 1944. He was 18 then. I am looking for anyone that knows anything about my Dad's service on the HMS Sirius in WW2, in particular about the girl he was engaged to in Sydney Australia, name unknown.
I now live just outside Brisbane, QLD. Any anecdotes, stories and pictures from his Naval days would be much appreciated.
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J. L. Neal . Royal Canadian Air Force 419 Sqd.
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John A Neal . Royal Canadian Air Force Bomber Command
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Sgt. Lewis "Chick" Neal . British Army D Company Lincolnshire Regiment from Grantham Lewis Neal served with the Lincolnshire Regiment.
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NJ Neal . British Army Royal Armoured Corps NJ Neal 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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RV Neal . British Army RV Neal 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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1STO William Henry Neal . Royal Navy HMS Brilliant from Scunthorpe My dad, Bill Neal, was called up on the 19th of January 1942 and served on minesweepers in the Mediterranean as a stoker. Whilst he was on HMS Brilliant he went from stoker class 2 to stoker class 1.
He was released on 3rd of June 1946.
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Neale . British Army Neale 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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AGF Neale . British Army Gloucestershire Regiment AGF Neale served with the Gloucestershire 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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Alan Neale . RAF 150 Squadron Alan Neale served in 150th Squadron as Navigator on Wellington bombers between August 1943 and July 1944.
No of sorties 38 operational hours 241.
The pilot on all majority of these flights was F/O Thomas. They flew from bases at Oudna, Cerignola, Amendola, Regina and Kairouan. Operations took them into Italy, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, Yugoslavia and the Isle of Elba.
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Flt.Sgt. Edward John Neale . Royal Air Force 514 Squadron from London My uncle Ted Neale joined 514 squadron on October 29th 1943 and then moved to Bottisford in March 1945, finishing at Swinderby in August 1945. He survived the war as a rear gunner in a Lancaster. He was a Flight Sergeant and his widow tells me that his pilot was Percy (she thinks) Carter.
She recently received his Posthumous medal ribbon as he was part of Bomber Command. Shamefully they were never recognised until long after his death in 1999.
I know about that much, he never really spoke about it. His widow has his log book and I plan to visit her to see if I can find out any more about his service and colleagues
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