Gnr. Frederick Arthur Pace . British Army 97th Field Regiment Royal Artillery from Bromley, Kent My dad Frederick Pace was 17 when sent to France. Two weeks before he was 18, he was evacuated from Dunkirk. He was later in Italy, Iraq, Iran, France and was a Desert Rat. He was a gunner in the 97th (Kent Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. I don't know much but a few little stories he told. He was driving officers some where in the desert and stopped to go to the wee and while standing at the side of the road a bomb hit the car and the officers were killed.
Also he was under age when sent to France he signed his mother's signature and the officer in command found out and was going to send him home but it was only 2 weeks 'till his 18th birthday so he let him stay. He was evacuated from Dunkirk and broke his leg while driving a bike?
I don't know much more but have his medals, metal box with letters and forms and even a tin of chocolate still uneaten. That's all I really know. I've got lots of WW2 army photos.
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Cpl. Joseph "Poppa" Pacetti . United States Army 168th Infantry Regiment from Lancaster, PA When my father served in Vietnam, his 1SG was Poppa Joe Pacetti.
Hoe had been captured in Tunisia on 17th of February 1943 and spent the balance of WWII as a Prisoner of War at Stalag 2B.
He went on to serve in both Korea and Vietnam, where he watched over my father and made sure that they both made it through the war in one piece.
Uniquely, Poppa Joe was a three time recipient of the Combat Infantryman Badge, which puts him in a small group of individuals to have earned this award.
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R Pacewitch . British Army R Pacewitch 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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PFC. Emmett Erastus Pack . United States Army 83rd Infantry Regiment from Charlottesville, VA My father Emmett Pack was a German prisoner of war for nine months. He was captured in France and then marched to Germany. When he was liberated he was taken to a field hospital and was told by the doctor who examined him that he and the other men from that camp would most likely not have survived another month. My father weighed 90 pounds when he was liberated. He was not mistreated but he was given very little food. He said the German soldiers and citizens themselves had very little food.
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L/Cpl. Harry Edward Clifton Pack . British Army 9th Btn. Devonshire Regiment from 3 Chesterfield Road, Leyton My father, Harry Pack, did not talk much about the War. He served with the 9th, 10th, 77th and 30th Devonshires. I know he was at Dunkirk and D-day. He also served on the Isle of Scilly. He received an accidental injury in 1945 and was transferred to the Y-list. I only found this out from his military record and have no idea what the injury was.
The most poignant story he told was seeing his best friend blown up next to him. Every Remembrance Day he would drive out into the countryside so he wouldn't have to hear the gun salute.
My mother said he wore a dark red beret. I believe that meant he was a paratrooper at one point. She also said he taught other soldiers how to land from a parachute jump.
He did tell some funny stories. He was a bit mischievous at times. One day he was patrolling through the countryside and seeing some onions in a farmer's field, he and a fellow soldier found a tin bath and filled it up.
Another time it was his turn to cook the dinner. He burnt the meat and, ever the optimist, he found some curry powder to disguise the taste. The men said it was the best meal they ever had.
One day, when he was on leave and not supposed to leave the town, he persuaded a man with a private aircraft to fly him home.
I am very proud of my father. The results of the war affected him through his life, as it did many soldiers, but he did his duty for his country and you can't ask for more than that.
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SV Pack . British Army SV Pack 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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F/Sgt. S. E. Packard . Royal Air Force 50 Squadron
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Denis Arthur Harold Packer . British Army from Swindon
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Herbert Annesley Packer . Royal Navy HMS Manchester Herbert Packer was the captain of HMS Manchester from the 13th of April 1940 until the 31st of May 1941.
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P/O. Roystyn Joseph Packer . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve No. 419 Squadron My father, Roy Packer, joined the RAFVR in 1941 whilst working in a reserved occupation in Birkenhead.
Following basic signals and Morse code training, he completed signals aircrew training in November 1942. Initially qualifying as a Wireless Operator, he was re-mustered as a W/Op-Air Gunner following completion of the air gunnery course at No. 1 A.G.S., RAF Pembrey in February 1943.
From March to April 1943, he attended operational aircrew training at No. 2 O.A.F.U., RAF Millom, and from May to June at No. 23 O.T.U, RAF Pershore. He was posted to 1659 Heavy Conversion Unit at RAF Topcliffe in July 1943 to qualify on the Halifax and, effective 1st of August 1943, to No. 419 Squadron, RCAF at RAF Middleton St. George, where he was a member of the Dougie Cook crew.
His first operational sortie was on 8th of August 1943, and he went on to complete 29 missions (all with P/O Cook as pilot) before being screened from ops on 25th of March 1944 and transferred to Instructor duties. He was commissioned as Pilot Officer on 15 December 1943 and remained in the RAF after the war, serving overseas and across the UK and retiring as a Squadron Leader in September 1972.
He never spoke voluntarily about his war service and even when asked, was of few words. The importance and significance of some of the targets he attacked would only be fully known after the war. He died in 1979 at age 64 following a long illness.
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JA Packham . British Army JA Packham 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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Ord.Sea. Maurice "Lofty" Packham . Royal Navy HMS Sirius I joined HMS Sirius in 1943 at Algiers, I had no idea what I was in for. The following morning in cold light of dawn I was heaving metal ropes in my whites which soon became a different shade. No overalls had been issued. Broken fragments of wire cut my hands. I was put on the "light calibres" which fitted inside guns for trial shooting - for which there was no use in war time. I had cotton waste and heavy turps to clean them. One day a chief asked me what I was doing there and told me my correct place was Look Out on the bridge. After which those sub calibres became rustier and rustier. Sirius, I seem to remember, rolled and I was sea sick. When we approached Salerno to support the landing the Gunnery Officer told us that the Germans had a device which homed in on ship's funnels. I think one of these was confused when between us and another ship and it didn't know which way to go and missed both of us. I remembered swimming at Bizerta in company with Sub Lieut Havers who later became Chancellor. One Sunday I had an attack of migraine and should have reported to the gunnery officer to be put on another post rather than Look Out. However it cleared up and I stayed on the bridge which escaped damage when we were hit. I remember with respect and sadness the bodies of the men being committed to the waves. The trips into the Aegian were not exactly picnics. The Penelope was hit, and two other cruisers I think collided. We were ordered back to Alex. I was a CW candidate but when I was commissioned in 1944 they didn't know what to do with us and I went into Naval Control. Best wishes to all Sirius veterans.
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CPO William James Packham . Royal Navy HMS Lanka (d.11th May 1943) William Packham served as a writer. He is recorded on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial by the CWGC.
Born 12 July 1902 in Cranbrook, Kent. Son of James and Harriet Packham. Husband of Blanche Elizabeth Packham nee Love.
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Pte. Edward Phillip Paddock . British Army 7th Btn. South Staffordshire Regiment from Walsall (d.6th Aug 1944)
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Pte. Edward Phillip Paddock . British Army 7th Btn. South Staffordshire Regiment from Walsall (d.6th Aug 1944)
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CSM. Tom Paddon . British Army 4th Btn. Seaforth Highlanders My father in law Tom Paddon was a regular soldier in the Seaforth Highlanders and saw service in India and the area pre WW2. He then went with the British Expeditionary Force and was eventually taken prisoner at Saint Valéry en Caux He spent the rest of the war at Stalag 8b and his number in the camp was 16793.
If any one can help with more information as to the time spent there or any one has memories of him we would be very grateful. He never spoke about his time in captivity so maybe it was not a good time. He would be remembered as he was West Country man in a Scottish regiment.
Please feel free to contact me.
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Pvt. John W. Paddy . US Army 100th US Infantry Division My uncle John Paddy was a POW at Stalag 5, having been captured in Bitche, France. He used always to say he just called it a word you would pronounce without the e on the end! He obviously suffered in captivity and would tell me about his time there. He was very young, having enlisted at 16. Apparently he weighed only 97 lbs when he was liberated. I'm so thankful for his service and all the other family and people who served.
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Lason W. "Pete" Padgett . US Army 838th AA AW from USA My friend Pete (Lason W. Padgett) served in WWII. When he died in 2004 I decided to keep his war memorabilia. There is a photo of his group `Devil Dogs', labelled as `838th Anti Aircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion'. Does someone remember him?
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Pte. James Stanley Padley . British Army Lincolnshire Regiment from Boston, Lincolnshire
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Signal Boy Richard J. Paffett . Royal Navy HMS Cairo
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Cpl. Jefferson Wilcox Pafford . United States Army A Battery 589th Field Artillery Regiment from Montgomery, Ala. (d.21st February 1945) Jefferson Pafford was captured on 17th of December 1944 and sent to Stalag 6G. He died of tuberculosis on 21st of February 1945.
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Pte. Page . British Army Pioneer Corps Private Page, Pioneer Corps survived the sinking of the Lancastria.
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AH Page . British Army AH Page 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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S.A. Albert R. Page . Royal Navy HMS Nelson (d.12th Aug 1942)
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Rflmn. Albert Page . British Army 1st Battalion Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (d.6th April 1944 )
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Fitters Mate. Alexander William Henry Page . Royal Navy from Hammersmith, London
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Able Sea. Alexander Wiliam Henry Page . Royal Navy HMS Lanka from Hammersmith, London
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Arthur "Baba" Page . R A S C Transport from 32 Russell Road Newbury, Berkshire My Dad, Athur Page From Newbury Berkshire, was in the RASC during the last parts of the war, he was stationed in western germany in a small town called Ebstorf in 1946. Dad was billited with a german family by the name of Buchiwald Or Budiwald, the daughters names were Gerda and Gisela, Father's name was Paul, Mother's name Lindien, I think Dad was initally stationed at Munster I have some photos of my Dad and some of his mates in unifofm with the german family, Could any body that may have any information,on the RASC during this time please help me?
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Pte. Arthur Edward Page . British Army 1/5th Btn. Queen's Royal Regiment (d.28th Sep 1943) My uncle Arthur Page served with 5th Queen's Royal Regiment, we can find no reference to him, all we know is he died in Italy during WWII.
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WO. Arthur William Horace Page . Royal Air Force 103 Squadron (d.3rd August 1943) Arthur Page was an Air Gunner in a 103 Squadron Lancaster on a raid over Hamburg, where his aircraft was shot down by a German night fighter. He is buried in the allied war grave outside of Hamburg, none of the crew survived. He is an uncle to my partner.
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