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Gnr. James Parkinson . British Army Royal Artillery from Salford
James Parkinson served with the 39th Royal Artillery and the Lancashire Fusiliers.
John Henry Parkinson . Royal Air Force from Cadishead, Saiford
John Parkinson served with the Royal Air Force as Ground crew.
P Parkinson . British Army 18th Regiment Reconnaissance Corps
P Parkinson served with the 18th Regiment Reconnaissance 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.
R Parkinson . British Army East Lancashire Regiment
R Parkinson served with the East Lancashire 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.
Rex Parkinson . British Army Royal Army Service Corps
Flt.Sgt. Richard Cole Parkinson . Royal New Zealand Air Force from New Zealand
Sgt Ron Parkinson . RAF w/op 44 Sqd.
Sgt Ron Parkinson was the Wireless Operator with Merrick Heath's crew, flying R for Robert PB417 with 44 Rhodesia Squadron based at RAF Splisby.
Tom Parkinson . British Army
Tom Parkinson was a prisoner of war with my late father John Darbyshire in Stalag 8a. My father changed identity with a C.F. Trenfield in order that he could be billeted with Tom who was a friend of his.
VA Parkinson . British Army Royal Tank Regiment
VA Parkinson served with the 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.
Sgt. Edward Parks . United States Army 823rd Btn. Tank Destroyer
Sgt Parks served with William J. Krantz and Michael Gombar.
Stkr. Herbert Parks . Royal Navy HMS Sirius (d.17th Oct 1943)
Herbert Parks served on HMS Sirius.
Ord. Seaman Percival Arthur Woolacott Parks . Royal Navy HMS Prunella (d.21st Jun 1940)
GT Parkyn . British Army
GT Parkyn 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.
L. G. Parley . Royal Navy HMS Forfar
L.G.Parley is listed as one of the survivors brought ashore after the loss of HMS Forfar
Pte. Dennis Parlour . British Army Royal Army Ordnance Corps from Rhondda, South Wales
My grandfather Dennis Parlour joined the army in 1943 aged 18, the base he joined at was in Brecon, South Wales. He was in the RAOC from 1943 until 1947 and he drove the vehicles. Not much is known about his time during the war as he never liked to speak about his experience. I have received some documents from the MOD but it wasn't a huge amount of information and I haven't seen any photos of him before or during his time in the army.
I would love to hear off anyone who remembers him or has any photos.
Joan Parlour . WAAF from Darlington
My wife, Joan Parlour was stationed at Croft from 1942 until demob in 1945 as a MT Driver. Her home was in Darlington and being with the Canadians who were more relaxed, she was fortunate to be able to live out most of that time. I remember her mentioning friends, Jane Storrar, Ann Misset, Jane Corbett, Moira and others.
Joan died in 2006 after we had shared 63 years wed.
P/O Stuart Boyd Parnall . Royal Air Force
Pte. N. Parnell . Australian Army A Coy 33rd Btn.
Pte Parnell was captured in Greece in April 1941, along with Reginald Holt and P T Green, all of A Coy, 33rd Btn.
Flt.Sgt. Roy Alexander Parnell . Royal Australian Air Force 101 Squadron from Sydney, NSW ,Australia
Roy Parnell was my father's 1st cousin. I have found his name among POWs in a Memorial Garden in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. The information for Roy contains his POW number, 1026 and that he was held in Stalag Luft 3. He was with 181 Squadron and later flew missions with the RAF in 101 Squadron. Roy died in 2008 at the age of 80.
Mid seaman William John Parnell . Royal Navy from St Agnes, Cornwall
My father served in the Royal Navy during WW2 on quite a few different ships listed below:
- Raleigh Mid sea - 10 March 43 - 18 May 43
- Drake Mid sea - 19 May 43 - 2 June 43
- St Christofer Mid sea - 3 June 43 -8 July 43
- Hornet? Mid sea - 9 July 43 -23 July 43
- Aggresive Mid sea - 24 July 43 - 27 July 43
- Aggresive Mid sea -28 July 43 -30 Nov 43
- Wasp (M^203) Mid sea - 1 Dec 43 - 9 March 44
- Wasp A/AB - 10 March 44 - 30 Sept. 44 AFO 5250/42
- Brake 1v (ML203) - 1 Oct.44 =31 Dec. 44
- Beaver 11 (ML203) - 1 Jan. 45 - 31 Jan 45
- Beehive -1 Feb 45 - 2 April 45
- Drake - 5 April 45 - 4 June 45
- Cabbala 5 June 45 - 12 July 45
- Cabbala 13 July 45 - 9 Sep. 46 released in Class A
Mid.Ship. William John Parnell . Royal Navy HMS Aggressive from St Agnes, Cornwall
My father, William John Parnell, served on many well known ships during the period from March 1943 through to September 1946. He was involved in the D-Day landings where he received surface wounds. The ships he served on as a mid shipman and the dates are as follows:
- HMS Raleigh - 10 March 1943 - 18 May 1943
- HMS Drake - 19 May 43- 2 June 43
- HMS St Christopher - 3 June 43 - 8 July 43
- HMS Hornet 9 July 43 -23 July 43
- HMS Aggressive - 24 July -27 July 43
- HMS Aggressive (ML203) - 28 July 43 -30 Nov. 43
- HMS Wasp (ML203) - 1 Dec. 43 -9 March 44
- HMS Wasp (ML203) - (ratin A/AB - 10 March 44 - 30 September 44 Cause of discharge AFO 5250/42
- HMS Brake IV (ML203) - 10 Oct 44 - 31 Dec. 44
- HMS Braver 11 (ML203) 1 Jan 45 - 31 Jan 45
- HMS Beehive - 1 Feb 45 - 2 April 45
- HMS Loake? - 5 April 45 - 4 June 45
- HMS Cabbala - 5 June 45 - 12 July 45
- HMS Cabbala Rating B/A.B. - 13 July 45 - 9 Sept. 46, released in Class A
Wounds received in action, WSI (3) 10 March 1946, 6. surface wounds 6 June 1944
Stkr2. Francis Parnwell . Royal Navy HMS Acheron from Mansfield
(d.17th Dec 1940)
Francis Parnwell served on HMS Acheron, he was the son of Constance Emma Parnwell, his father, Francis H Parnwell, had died in 1938.
Sgt Norman Parons . Royal Air Force 10 OTU
Norman was the pilot of a Whitley V was shot down on 26 June 1942 in the Third Thousand Bomber raid over Bremen by Obit Helment Lent from unit 4/NJG2 in a Messerscmit BF 110 R4+AC.
DL Parr . British Army
DL Parr 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.
G Parr . British Army Royal Armoured Corps
G Parr 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.
George Edward Parr . from Birmingham
My late grandfather George Edward Parr was held in Stalag XXa for much of the war. Unfortunately he rarely talked about his time there and all I have to go on is the few photographs that I have. I have learnt more through your website than I have from any other source, so thank you. My grandfather's name is on the list of prisoners as George A Parr, his middle name was actually Edward. I believe he was taken at Dunkirk but do not know what regiment he belonged to, can anybody help me to find this information? I know that he was held prisoner for at least four years but I am not sure if he was at stalag xxa for all of that time. All the photos that were sent from and to home all have the xxa mark on them.
I would be so interested to hear from anybody who knew my granddad or can give me any more information. He sometimes used to talk about how the men were marched for long periods of time, so I wonder if he was part of the forced march. He came from the Birmingham area and often told us that he used to be one of the camps barbers. Would this jog anybodies memory? I have some wonderful group photographs that were sent home from the camp.
Cpl. George Michael Parr . British Army 8th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment (d.3rd Nov 1942 )
George Parr served with 8th Battalion, Royal Tank Regiment.
HHW Parr . British Army Royal Armoured Corps
HHW Parr 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.
ACW1. Irene Parr . Womens Auxiliary Air Force from Bootle, Liverpool
My mother, Irene Parr, was a batwoman stationed in Chipping Campden, England. There, she met my US Army dad who was stationed in the nearby Blockley POW camp for Axis prisoners. They married in 1945 in Bootle, Liverpool and Irene became a war bride, arriving in New York City in March 1946 aboard the USAT Edmund B. Alexander. I am so proud to have been her youngest daughter. She passed in 1975.
Raymond "Tommy" Parr .
I am a SSFA caseworker working with Raymond Parr, known as Tommy, who was with Working Party E51 at Stalag 8B from 1940-45. He would like to hear from anyone who remembers him.
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