B Page . British Army 51st Btn. Royal Tank Regiment B Page served with the 51st 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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Flt/Sgt Donald Frederick Page . Royal Canadian Air Force 407 Squadron (d.3rd November 1942)
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Doris Sylvia Cathrine "Dot" Page . Women's Land Army from Birmingham I am trying to find out about my late mother's time during the Second World War. Her maiden name was Page, we knew that she served as a Land Army girl, but where or when, we just don't know! Her name was Doris, but everyone called her Dot.
She sadly passed away in 2002, followed 8 wks later my our father William Henry Tofts. They lived a full and happy life, having my sister and 4 yrs later myself. We seem to always get told what Dad did during the war years, he served on HMS Dido. But we sadly didn't get told about Mum's part, only that she was a Land Army Girl.
Even though she is no longer with us, we would dearly love to learn more about her time as a Land Girl, Where was the farm? Who she worked along side? who were her friends?
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E Page . British Army E 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: 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. Edgar James Page . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 214 Squadron from Wrexham, Wales (d.7th September 1941) Edgar Page served with 214 Squadron was my grandfather's cousin. I know very little at the moment but I'm researching my family tree.
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F Page . British Army Royal Armoured Corps F Page 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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Sgt. Harry Page MiD.. British Army 5th Btn. Queens Royal West Surrey Regiment (d.29th May 1940) Harry Page, was a Batman, a sergeant who perished at Dunkirk. A serving soldier under arms. I am the eldest Grandson and have his service medals which includes an oakleaf mentioned in despatches and will pass this on to my son, along with other information as I research him.
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JH Page . British Army JH 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: 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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JW Page . British Army JW 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: 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. Leslie Charles Page MID. British Army 1st Battalion, 7 Platoon Middlesex Regiment from 31 Cuckoo Dene, Hanwell, London Les Page began the process of joining the British Army at Acton Drill Hall in London on the very day that WW2 broke out. His brother Laurie walked in to the the room that Les was waiting in - much to the surprise of both of them! Laurie then enlisted with the 2nd Battalion as they were concerned at the effect on their parents, sister and his fiancee if they were both to be lost in action.
Les was in the 1st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment which was attached to the the 15th Scottish Division in the latter stages of the War. He landed at Arromanches on DDay + 19 and then went from Normandy to Belgium, Holland - and eventually in to Germany.
During this period he was Platoon Sergeant of 7 Platoon - part of B Company of the 1st Battalion. His officer Lieutenant Frank Handslip was killed on the Normandy beaches on the day that they landed. In the eleven months or so before they reached Germany he had all together five officers; all except the final one Lieutenant Jimmy Stubbs M.C. were killed or injured in action - and Les spent more time in command of his Platoon then all the other five officers added together. This undoubtedly led to his award of a 'Mention in Dispatches' - personally signed by Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery.
Les' unit were expert machine gunners and mainly used Vickers Machine Guns and Bren Gun carriers. They saw a good deal of action and lost many men on the long way from northern France to Germany.
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Nurse. Margaret "Peggy" Page . Queen Alexandras Royal Army Nursing Corps from Glasgow Margaret Page served in WW2 as a nurse.
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Phillip Eric Page . Army Middlesex Regiment I'm trying to gather information about my Grandad and his time in World War II. His name was Phillip Eric Page and served in the Middlesex Regiment, He was captured in June 1940, but am unsure when he arrived at Stalag XXA. We are currently going through old papers and photos that we have, and hopefully in the near future I will be posting what we find.
If anyone has any information on the Middlesex Regiment we would love to hear from you as we are trying to find as much information as possible. Thanks for taking the time to read this
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Sgt. Phillip William "Pancho" Page . British Army Sussex Coy. Royal Engineers from Brighton My Dad Phillip Page served with George Notcher, Knight, Tiny Rummery, Harry Draper and loads of smashing blokes in the Engineers. They travelled a lot during the War and lost a lot of the Company. When I was a kid they told me the funny stories from their travels and they all kept in contact for a long time after the war.
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R Page . British Army R 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: 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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Ron Page . British Army 1st Btn. East Riding Yeomanry 1st Arm. Recon Bgde. My father, Ron Page, was with the 1st Btn East Riding Yeomanry, and was taken prisoner near Watou, Belgium on 30th May 1940. He was at XXA Thorn, and XXB Marienburg, Elbing, Paulsdorf, Garnsee and Deutsch Eylau. He has a couple of POW group photos from XXB Deutsch Eylau taken in 1943 and 1944. There are names and home towns for 16 of the men in the 1944 photo. He says that the men in the photos are from a variety of regiments.
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Tpr. Ronald Victor Page . British Army East Riding Yeomanry My father, Ronald Victor Page, lives with us in North Bay, Ontario. He wrote a book about his wartime experiences, "European Tour, 1939-1945". It was printed in a very limited edition (12 copies; one for each family member). There is a lot more to his story than he has revealed in his book. He has told us many humorous stories and some very sad one's since he finished the book in 1997. We are trying to encourage him to document more of his experiences and have the book re-written with our help.
Ron, a member of the East Riding Yeomanry, was taken prisoner near Watou, Belgium on 30th of May 1940. After six weeks of being marched around France and then following a long train ride, he ended up at Stalag XXA, Thorn. About a month later his group was split up and he was transferred to Stalag XXB farm / labour camps, where he stayed for the next few years. On 14th Jan 1945, his group left Deutsch Eylau on foot on a journey through Poland and Germany. The estimated 800 mile march ended near Bitterfeld, Germany, on 25th of April 1945, when they met up with US forces. Ron sketched out the general route they took.
Ron would enjoy hearing from any old comrades who may have taken "the tour' with him.
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Sgt S. Page . RAF 428 sqd. (d.20th Dec 1943)
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F/O. Alfred Henry Paget . Royal Air Force 142 Squadron from Cheam, Surrey (d.28th August 1942) My cousin, Alfred Paget was the pilot of Wellington bomber Z1338 which took off from RAF Grimsby on 27th of August 1942 to bomb the town of Kassel in Germany. After bombing the target the aircraft was later caught by search lights and shot down in flames crashing in Kalk approximately four miles east of Cologne, at 0129 hours on the 28th August. My cousin and three other crew members were killed.
The Rear Gunner a Sgt. F C Weighill (RCAF) baled out and was captured. He spent the remainder of the war in camp Stalag 344, in Lamsdorf, Poland. He returned to Canada in 1945.
The crew were:
- Sgt. Bellinger.J. RAFVR.
- Sgt.Tupholme.E. RAFVR,
- and Sgt. Weighill.FC. RCAF.
The four airmen that died are buried in Rhineberg Military Cemetery, Germany.
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AN Paget . British Army Royal Scots AN Paget served with the Royal Scots 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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Gnr. Stanley O. Paget . British Army Royal Artillery from Wolverhampton
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E Pagett . British Army E Pagett 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. Frederick Pagett . British Army 1st Btn. Dorsetshire Regiment from Birmingham Fred Pagett, my grandfather, was a pre-war regular with the Dorsetshire Regiment, serving in the NW Frontier of India, then the siege of Malta before being wounded and invalided out of the army during the invasion of Sicily.
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Sgt Thomas Robert Pagett. . RAF 12Sqd. (d.12th Jun 1943) Thomas Pagett lost his life on 12th Jun 1943 in Lancaster DV157 PH-Z of 12sqd
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Douglas William Paginton . British Army 8th Army
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F/O J. W. Paige . 97 Squadron
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F/O Malcolm Turner Wellesley Pain . Royal Australian Air Force 615 Sqdn. from NSW, Australia (d.10th August 1944) Historial Document:
Recorded from Flying Officer F.P.Fahy NZ411980 RNZAF and RAF 615. Fighter Squadron Pilots Log Book
(BAF Personnel Bureau (NZ) Assn.Doc.A1)
On the 10th August 1944, all of our aircraft RAF 615 (County of Surrey) Fighter Squadron were flying from Palel in Assam to Baigachi, Bengal. We where about 80 miles east of Calcutta when we flew into a monsoon storm.
I saw the C.O.'s Section disappear above me and I glanced in the cockpit, my instruments had, had it. There was no visability and none of the plane's controls were working. I made up my mind that it was time I parted company with the aircraft. This wasn't easy, the hook stuck and I had a hell of a job. Finally, it came away and to the right mainplane about three feet from the centre-section. Hell's teeth I thought I had been in a hurry up until then, but I really got going now. In fact I jumped out helmet and all plugged in. I must have swung like a pendulum going around for a few seconds, that seemed like hours, waiting for the thud of the ground, when I felt a jerk.
I looked up and from that moment on I have a passion for mushrooms. There above me was the chute letting me down and the chute began to fold in and spill air. I pulled on the rigging lines, as I had been told and was able to control the rate of descent. It was about 20 seconds before I saw the ground or should I say river. Yes, I landed up to my neck in water. I was helped by natives to shelter. After an hour's rest, I heard news of another pilot who was a few villages away who had been injured. I was able to get to him later that day and a sampan took us to the nearest motorable road. We arrived in Calcutta the following day. Here we received news that the C.O. had been killed and three others. Eight of the other machines got through safely after being sucked right out of the cloud into brilliant sunshine. An L.A.C. at Ops was able to vector them in safely. This airman for his wide awake action received a Mention in Despaches. The C.O.'s body was the only body recovered as it was thought the others were in an area that it would not be possible. So, these were posted missing believed killed.
The C.O. was buried in Calcutta. He was thought so much of by his Squadron, that a letter was sent to his mother asking what she would like as a memorial to him. Funds were raised and a stainless glass window is now installed in the church in his home town in Australia.
He was held responsible for the accident by a court of enquiry, but I still wonder if it was an error on his part. Three pilots bailed out successfully and one force-landed.
Casualty List 10th August 1944
Lost SQD Leader D McCormack DFC & Bar RAAF (Killed)
F/O W S Bond RCAF (Missing believed killed)
F/O M Pain RAAF (Missing believed killed)
W/O Chappell RAAF (Missing believed killed)
Bailed Out
Flying Officer Costain RAF (Broken leg)
F/O Armstrong RCAF (Dislocated knee cap)
F/O F.P.Fahy RNZAF (Twisted knee)
Force landed
F/O Watson RAF (Unhurt)
8 other Squadron aircraft and pilots landed safely.
'LEST WE FORGET'
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Lt/Cdr. R. M. E. Pain . Royal Navy Sub P514 Lt. Cdr. R.M.E. Pain was in command of Sub 514.
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WJ Pain . British Army WJ Pain 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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Eric Paine . British Army 8th Army
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GJ Paine . British Army Royal West Kent Regiment GJ Paine served with the Royal West 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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