RE Pettifer . British Army RE Pettifer 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 are no longer in 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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Private Stanley Pettifer . British Army Royal Engineers from Witley, Surrey My father, Stanley Pettifer, was captured at Dunkirk, aged 21.
He said that he was a POW in Poland, probably in the Gdansk area. He was in Stalag XXA. He worked on a farm.
I have several photos from the camp when they were performing shows. In some of them is the actor Sam Kydd.
I know that my father, towards the end of the war, was on a very long march, in deep snow, that lasted several weeks. I think about 3,000 men started out, and about 300 survived. My father survived by swapping his daily ration of cigarettes for chocolate.
He spoke very little about his time as a POW, and I would really like to hear from anyone who remembers him or has any info at all.
He died in 1982.
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Pte. William Pettigrew . British Army Border Regiment This image is of my Grandad William Pettigrew 's WW2 army unit and part of tracing his history is identifying his unit. I believe this to be a photo of the 'Border Regiment' but would like if possible for this to be confirmed. On the back of the original photo is a pencil note that just reads: '8PT' or '8FT' I don't know if this helps identify a sub unit or platoon etc.
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AS Pettit . British Army Royal Armoured Corps AS Pettit 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: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project are no longer in 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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Rflmn. Bernard Richard "Brudge" Pettit . British Army 9th Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps from Battersea, London (d.21st April 1941) I found Bernard Pettit named on a grave stone that belonged to his mum and dad and wanted to find out what happened to him.
Bernard was born c1918, his parents were Bernard Joseph and Helen Rosetta Pettit of Battersea, London. He died aged 23yrs, in Greece. The British Army tried to halt the Germans invading Greece, unfortunately they were unsuccessful in stopping them. Apparently they were poorly equipped. Having eventually being evacuated back to Egypt. Bernard belonged to 9th Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps also known as The 1st Rangers.
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HE Pettit . British Army Royal Armoured Corps HE Pettit 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: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project are no longer in 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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L/Cpl. Henry William John Pettit . British Army 298G.T.Coy Workshops Royal Army Service Corps from London, England My Dad,Henry W J Pettit, never talked a lot about his war years, he was called up to service on the 9th of January 1941 and returned from Italy to join a surgical sterilizer firm, GU Sterilizers on Hendon Way, London. I know he was in the 8th Army, RASC in 298 G.T.COY Workshops from 1942/3 and did not return home to his wife, my mother Joan and their first son, until 1946, I think.
He used to mention the horrors of the trip by ship down to Tripoli and Benghazi and then the very rough crossing by landing craft to Sicily,where he very much understated the violence and the sights he saw. I know then that he saw Brindisi, Assissi and then arrived in Rome with his remaining mates. I do not know if he passed via Cassino or Anzio-I suspect the latter. I think he did basic training on Salibury Plain and was released via Aldershot. I have photographs of his team, and hope an old colleague or one of their family may recognize him.
I do know that his truck once slipped down a river gorge in torrential rains and at that precise moment, his photograph on his mother's mantelpiece in Paddington,London, fell off.
We owe him and all those great soldiers everlasting gratitude and respect and love and we would love to know more about his war years.
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LAC. James Pettit . Royal Air Force 88 Squadron from Doncaster, S. Yorks My father, James Pettit, served in 88 Squadron during WW2. I have almost no information about his service, other than the locations of the squadron during that time.
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Pte. James Pettit . British Army 1st Btn. Lincolnshire Regiment (d.3rd Feb 1945)
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Cpl. Richard Frank "RF" Pettit . US Army Air Force 778th Sqdn. 464th Bombardment Group from Pattonville, Texas He was the top turret gunner in a B-24 Liberator bomber when the aircraft was shot down over Vienna, Austria on March 22, 1945 during his 13th bombing mission.
After parachuting down into the middle of town, he was captured, taken to Graz, Austria, and imprisoned. Later, he was lined up with 12 other prisoners in front of a firing squad. They were then dismissed and told that they would be shot the next morning. He was force-marched and eventually ended up in Stalag 7a.
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Terence Alfred Pettit . South African Army Royal Durban Light Infantry from Durban, South Africa I recall my father, Terence Alfred Pettit of Durban, South Africa, telling us he was taken in Tobruk during WWII. He was in a German POW camp for 3 years but I don’t know where. Unfortunately I don’t even know what battalion he fought in, but I do know he represented the Royal Durban Light Infantry.
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Cyril Pettitt . British Army 2nd Btn. Gordon Highlanders from Hounslow, Middlesex (d.5th August 1944) Cyril Pettitt signed up under age at 17 years old and went across to France in July 1944. He died in August 1944. His mother had passed away when he was 11 years old and he was very close to his younger sister who was heartbroken when the Padre broke the news that he had been killed in action.
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Hilda Gladys Pettitt . Land Army from London I was called up in June 1943 and sent to work for Lady Langham in Cadbury, Somerset on the dairy farm and later to work on the Wrington Vale Nurseries in Somerset. I was billited with Mrs. Exon in Congresbury. The owner of Wrington Vale Nursery was Graham Griffiths (who died about 1975) and the Manager was Bill Ridley.
I am now 84 years old and live in Norfolk and would like to contact any-one who remembers me, especially Iris Johnson who I believe lived in Liverpool and Doreen Hynam who lived in Bristol. I left the Womens Land Army in 1946.
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MW Pettitt . British Army Royal Armoured Corps MW Pettitt 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: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project are no longer in 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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Sgt. Frank Petts . Royal Air Force 9 Squadron Frank Petts was my grandfather. His stories of Battle of the Heligoland Bight are well documented so I won't repeat myself here. Half of the Wellingtons on this mission were lost, my grandfather was able to get his home though. Corgi models have made a replica of his aircraft and there exists a painting depicting his return from this mission.
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JA Petts . British Army JA Petts 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 are no longer in 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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Flt.Sgt. Stanley George Petts . Royal Air Force 76 Sqdn. from Canterbury, Kent Rear Gunner Stanley Petts served with 76 Squadron.
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Pte. Arthur Petty . British Army 6th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment Dad, Arthur Petty's 6th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment was attached to the 46th Brigade in 1940. They were trying to hold back the Germans to allow the evacuation from Dunkirk. He was involved in heavy fighting at St Omer. Apparently, they were in a battle with the 6th Panzer Division. He was captured at Wormhout trying to swim across the river L'yer to escape.
He was taken as a POW to Torun Prison of war camp in Poland where he spent the rest of the war.
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CE Petty . British Army CE Petty 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 are no longer in 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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Pte. George Petty . British Army Royal West Kent Regiment from London My father, George Petty never spoke much about his time serving with the Royal West Kent Regiment. He has now sadly passed and my children are eager to find out all they can about their Grandad and to keep his memories alive. All I know is he was a Prisoner of War in Camp XXA at Torun Poland. Some stories I remember were of him working on a farm ploughing fields with big horses and being on the death march. I would love to hear from anyone who can give more information about the life in this particular camp.
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RL Petty . British Army Essex Regiment RL Petty served with the Essex 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: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project are no longer in 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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Cox'n. Warren G. Petty . United States Navy from Indiana
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Joseph Ambrose Peutherer . Royal Navy from Colenbough, Edinburgh My grandad Joe, Joseph Peutherer served in the Royal Navy, Chatham Port Division. I have his discharge papers and medals.
He volunteered as a boy in 1939 and was conscripted in 1941 and was discharged in 1946 when he then settled in Portsmouth and opened up a bookmakers shop.
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Spr. Albert Stanley Peverell . British Army 166 Railway Construction Coy. Royal Engineers The only information I have concerning my father, Stan Peverell is that his letters to my mother from Italy and Africa said
“Sapper AS Peverell, 1892925, 161 R.C.C. RE., C.M.F
I believe CMF means central mediterreanean force. He was in the Royal Engineers, but what is RCC?
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Spr. Ronald Ernest Peverett . British Army Royal Engineers from 51 Kingswood Road, Chiswick, London, W4 I was born shortly after my father, Sapper Ronald Peverett, left in January/February 1942 for Palestine. In the letters my mother sent she referred to me as "our darling baby" so it was a long time before he knew I was a girl. It was even longer before he saw me - I was over three years old.
The only story he told was that of being awake in bed in a large tent one night when he saw an Arab boy enter and quietly approach each sleeping person and steal things. As he approached my father he pretended to be asleep then, as the boy went to steal from him, he jumped up and grabbed the boy. The boy responded by biting his hand and then running away but he dropped what he was taking from my father.
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Tel. Maurice Pewsey . Royal Navy HMS Scotia My father Maurice Pewsey's WW2 service record includes an entry for HMS Scotia between 01 Oct 1944 to 06 Nov 1944. I guess this was some sort of shore base, and perhaps he was there for a course. His rank was Telegrapher.
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KW Peyto . British Army KW Peyto 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 are no longer in 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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Ernest Aitken Peyton . Royal Air Force 125 (Newfoundland) Squadron from Gander
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LT Peyton . British Army 15/19th Hussars LT Peyton served with the 15/19th Hussars 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 are no longer in 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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