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PFC Carl John Pasquale . United States Army 17th Btn. 5th Regiment from Elizabeth, NJ, USA Carl was in Stalag XIB from November 1944 until liberation in 1945.
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Stkr1. Ernest Pass . Royal Navy HMS Hood from Derby Ernie Pass was a very lucky man.
Only two to three days before the tragic loss of HMS Hood he luckily for him was struck down with an appendicitis.
He was assigned the tragic ship only few days before.
God bless all those who lost their lives.
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N Pass . British Army Royal Armoured Corps N Pass 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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Fay Passman . Women's Land Army from Manchester My Mother, who has sadly now passed away, worked during the War as a Land Army girl at Mentmore Towers in Leighton Buzzard. Owned I think at that time by Lord Rosebury. I do not have any further info but would like to hear from any one who knew her. Her name was Fay Passman. She came originally from North Manchester.
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Pte. Arthur Victor Passmore . British Army 308 Res M.T. Coy Royal Army Service Corps from Willenhall (d.26th April 1941) My father's father, Arthur Passmore, was born in 1916, and was the son of Alice and James, and one of ten children: Harold, Benjamin, Blanche, Bertha, Daisey, Doris, Elsie, James, Daisey.
He was a coal miner when the war began, with a baby boy called Michael Arthur. He had married in 1938 at Bilston, Staffordshire, and his wife was Gladys Baugh, who was born in 1918.
He joined the army as a driver in the Royal Army Service Corps. Arthur was believed to be dead in April of 1941 as part of the disastrous BEF invasion of Greece. This information was not known until my father was a married man with children of his own, because information released by the government and the MOD was sparse. My grandmother was widowed and never got over his loss. She remarried, but Arthur was a fixed member of the family and she would wistfully relay details of her wedding to Arthur, his features, and how heartbroken she was to have lost him. The period of his assumed death resulted in a nervous breakdown, so facts were difficult to pin down. My father was her only child.
In the past few years, the tragedy of the Greek evacuation has attracted more interest and books. Memorial ceremonies for the soldiers of the Greek Campaign have been held at the National Arboretum of War Dead in Staffordshire and more family members of those who were there have begun to put the pieces together.
My grandfather is also commemorated in Athens on the Athens Memorial, Arthur Victor Passmore T/182010, driver aged 25, 26th of April 1941. This date has changed recently, from 24th to 26th and it was assumed this is where he was most likely killed.
I have recently found another document that lists him as a dead prisoner of war in Singapore, Changi hospital, with the correct name and service number. No date is given, details and archival number are given a ref number in a list compiled by a Rev. Chambers. How do I find out more information to validate what happened as much as you can expect in the chaos of war and how only now have we learnt about the Changi list? My father has now died and his mother died in 2000. Neither would have guessed he could have ended up in Singapore. No date is given on the list of dead prisoners as to when they died. I know about the Slamat and Diamond ships that were bombed in the evacuation and have found that other evacuees captured in Greece were sent to Austria, I think to Poland and to Germany, and again (I think) Malaysian prison camps. Any information would be gratefully received. His loss affected every life he touched and the family he would have known if he had survived. I give thanks every day for what was sacrificed for my own family, but it's a high price.
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L/Cpl. W C Passmore . British Army 49th Regiment Reconnaissance Corps L/Cpl.W Passmore served with the 49th 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.
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L/Cpl. Arthur Felsted Patchett . British Army 1st Btn. Highland Light Infantry from 635 Leeds and Bradford Road, Leeds (d.27th February 1945) Arthur Patchett was born 1923 in Bramley, Yorkshire, his father was
Herbert Patchett and his mother was Nellie Felstead, she died 1989 in Leeds, Yorkshire, having raised 3 daughters.
Arthur was captured in 1940 at Dunkirk and was buried on Tuesday, 27th of February 1945, Age 21 in the Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery.
His father Herbert, who was in the Pioneer Corps, died in 1940 aboard the SS Lancastria a troop ship evacuatiing soldiers from France.
He was my father's half brother but sadly they never knew each other.
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F Patchett . British Army Yorkshire Regiment F Patchett served with the Yorkshire 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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L Patchett . British Army East Kent Regiment L Patchett served with the East Kent 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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Pte. Henry John Patching . British Army 4th Btn. Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry from South Stoke, Oxon My father, Henry Patching took part in the Battle for Cassel in May 1940, in which he was wounded in the leg by a grenade. He was taken prisoner and witnessed the massacre of his comrades in the barn at Wormhoudt. He was saved by a young German soldier who rolled him into a ditch out of site. He was later found and hospitalised by German troops and his leg was 'saved' by a German doctor who he met again at a tribunal in the mid-1950's.
After his hospitalisation, recovery and foiled escape attempt, he eventually found himself in Stalag 9c Mulhausen where there was much privation.
He remained at Stalag 9c as PoW 30898 for the rest of the war until liberated in 1945.
He was much distressed by his experiences and the fate of his comrades at Wormhoudt for the rest of his life. This was only partially relieved when I visited Cassel and Wormhoudt in the 1990's and took some photographs of the cemetery.
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Alfred Joseph William "Micky" Pate . Royal Air Force 50 Squadron from Exeter, Devon My Father served with 50 Squadron somewhere between 1940 and 1945. I remember when I was young he used to tell me about the crew of his Lancaster (Q Queenie), which was piloted by an officer from Canada or New Zealand, going out to the aircraft for missions piled on a convertible sports car, which had so many crew on it that whoever was seated on the front would shout directions and use their arms to direct the driver to the aircraft. I would love to hear from anyone who can tell me more about my father's time on the Lancasters as he died very suddenly at age 59 (in 1980). His birthday was 26th October 1941 and I am not sure if he had his nickname in the RAF or after it. He was a very good footballer and cricketer and I believe he played for the RAF or station team in football, which he carried on playing after his RAF discharge. Unfortunately none of his information from his RAF days has survived him. I have recorded his rank above as A/E as I remeber seeing this on a book of some description he had from his RAF days when I was very young, and the job Aeronautical Engineer is also very familiar to me. (I followed my father's footsteps into the RAF, serving from 1970 - 1974 as an Assistant Air Traffic Controller at Northolt and Bruggen. They proved to be 4 of the happiest years of my life.)
I have a photo which I will scan and forward later, of my father in uniform. Head and shoulders only. Many thanks
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WO Alfred Pate . Royal Air Force 50 Squadron from Exeter My father Alfred Pate flew wth 50 Squadron, at the latter end of WW2. I would love to know who his crew was and where they flew from. I have vague memories of him mentioning being on the Ark Royal at one stage. I have found very little in the archives and I wonder whether because of the vast numbers involved in the bombing raids, and the turnover of crews and planes, there are records missing. I would be grateful for any information at all on my dad's time as I know that for all they were scary, he loved his time in the service.
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Cpl. William Pate . British Army 6th Btn . Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) from Lanarkshire William Pate served with the 6th Cameronians.
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A Paterson . British Army Royal Armoured Corps A Paterson 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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AG Paterson . British Army Reconnaissance Corps AG Paterson served with the 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.
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Pte. Alexander Barbour Paterson . British Army 2nd Battalion Black Watch from New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland (d.16th October 1942)
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Ldg.Sea. Alexander Grant Paterson . Royal Navy HMS Drake from Glasgow (d.1st Jan 1944)
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Pte. Alfred Paterson . British Army 2nd Btn. Seaforth Highlanders from St. Boswells Unfortunately, father, Alfred Paterson never spoke a lot about his time in the PoW camp. He had a tin with photos which could have been taken there but he destroyed them shortly before he died aged 97. We think he escaped 2 or 3 times and ended up in other camps which we are trying to trace.
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Pte. Arthur Paterson . British Army 1st Btn, A Coy, 7 Platoon, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders Arthur Paterson's details are recorded in my dad's address book
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Donald Lloyd Paterson . Royal Air Force 514 Sqdn. Does anyone remember my dad who served in 514 Squadron flying Lancasters? He was a bombaimer and his pilot was called Smith.
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Doris Paterson . Land Army When the war broke out I was 18, and a year later I joined the Land Army in 1940. I loved the open air, and so decided to go into the Women's Land Army rather than the forces or factory work.
I was based at Buckhold, which had a huge garden and we supplied St Andrew's School with food. We grew mainly fruit and vegetables, but we were allowed to keep a couple of pigs as well, which were fed the remains of the meals from the school.
I didn't have any particular job, we did everything from sawing down trees, to picking brussel sprouts that had ice on them in the winter! One of the hardest jobs was helping the farmers when they harvested the corn. We would be out 'threshing' the corn, and we get covered in dust and the roughage. We were constantly hungary because we were always on rations, and we couldn't get a decent bath either.
I worked with one other girl, called Kathleen and we became very good friends (I recently tracked her down after 53 years!) I also worked with a gardener called Mr Brooker and a couple of other lads.
Buckhold was surround by American forces in Pangbourne, Caversham, Aldermast and Greenham Common. Whenever I went to a dance there were always lots of American soliders!
The American Red Cross wanted volunteers to help with the breakfasts for the troops in the early morning. Kathleen and I both volunteered as it meant that we got free passes to the dances! We must have been mad, because after being up late the night before, we would have to get up early to help clear tables at the old St. Lawrences Hall in Reading! But we were young and had no ties and we were very lucky really, as all the gentlemen were very nice.
I worked at Buckhold for about three years, and although there were times when I felt that the rationing was harsh, I couldn't even afford a dress for the dances, because I didn't have enough coupons left after buying pyjamas! It was time of great freedom and it was wonderful to be able to walk freely and accept lifts from people because there was a great deal of goodwill and trust as we were all in the same boat.
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E Paterson . British Army E Paterson 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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EAB Paterson . British Army Reconnaissance Corps EAB Paterson served with the 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.
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I Paterson . British Army Reconnaissance Corps I Paterson served with the 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.
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Sgt. James Paterson . British Army Royal Corps of Signals My grandfather James Paterson started in 1938 with the Cameron's. He finished in the Royal Signals. I am trying to find out more.
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OS John Paterson . Royal Navy HMS Glendower from Aberdeen
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JR Paterson . British Army Royal Armoured Corps JR Paterson 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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JS Paterson . British Army JS Paterson 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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Mary "Pat" Paterson . WAAF
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R Paterson . British Army R Paterson 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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