Pte. Charles Dennis Plant . British Army Royal Army Medical Corps from 140 Phyllis Street, Barry Island, Glamorganshire, S. Wales My father, Charles Plant was captured in Greece on 27th of April 1941 and sent to Stalag 8b on 20 October 1941, according to his POW record (that he said he and one of his mates stole from the office in Stalag 8b). He then went to Oflag 9a on 8th of April 1942 and to Oflag 9a/h on 30th of September 1942. He said he helped the officers there by going shopping down in the village, first with a guard and then after a while without a guard. When a German officer asked for volunteers for repatriation, he refused, saying that he was not married and wanted the married men to go before him. He was finally selected for repatriation on 26th of October 1943 and went to Scotland via Sweden.
We have received copies of his service record card, his ID card, and what we think are his POW work records (all in German). We have visited Stalag 8b and Lamsdorf. We also have a few details written by my father about his time in the POW camps.
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Gp/Capt J L Plant . RCAF. Station Commander RAF Leeming Jun to Nov 1943
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Percy Howard Plant . Royal Navy from Harley Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. (d.27th March 1943) Percy Plant served in the Royal Navy.
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S Plant . British Army Kings Liverpool Regiment S Plant served with the Kings Liverpool 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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TB Plant . British Army Royal Armoured Corps TB Plant 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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W/O Walter Harry Plant . Royal Air Force 9 Squadron My father Wally Plant was the wireless operator with 9 Squadron Lancaster Lonesome Lola. I was just wondering if anyone has any stories or pictures? Unfortunately, he died in 1985.
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F/O. Arthur Vincent Plante . Royal Canadian Air Force 433 Squadron from Canada (d.13th Mar 1945) Flying Officer (Air Bomber) Arthur Plante is buried in Horsens West Church Cemetery in Denmark.
He was aged 22 when his aircraft crashed over the Kattegat straight near Horsens, Denmark During a mine-laying operation.
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Pte. George Plater . British Army 1st Btn. King's Own Scottish Borderers from Kilnhurst, Yorkshire George Plater fought from the early D Day landings through Europe until he was wounded at the battle of the Bulge.
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James Plater . British Army I am trying to gather info on my Grandfather James Plater and his time in the Army. I know he was captured on the Island of Kos and sent to Stalag 4B. He was a heavy gunner in the African campaign against Rommel before being captured. I have no idea as to his rank regiment or anything. After the war he was with the Middle East War Crimes Unit. If anyone can help me I would be very grateful.
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ERA4 Joseph Edward Plater . Royal Navy Blacksmith HMS Pembroke
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Pte. Alfred Platt . British Army 2nd Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers from Newton-Le-Willows My late father, Alf Platt, was part of the 2nd Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers who were part of the rear guard action to hold back the Germans during the evacuation of Dunkirk.
My father very rarely spoke of his ordeal but I do know that he was captured and marched to the North of Poland where he spent 5 years in the P.O.W camp at Danzig, now called Gadansk. For several Months my late mother was told that he was "missing in action, believed killed", this was later corrected when she learned that he was a P.O.W.
it was only when a Dutch civilian gave him a piece of paper and asked him to write his name on it, that my Mother was then informed by the Red Cross that her husband had been seen alive, she was later advised that he was a P.O.W in Stalag XX3A. My Mother and her 5 year old daughter did not see him again until he was liberated in 1945.
My Father spoke very little about the war or his ordeal as a P.O.W and despite reading several accounts of Dunkirk, cannot find many mentions of the soldiers who stayed behind and were captured, we only read about the hero's of the R.A.F, the Royal Navy and the little ships, and nothing much about those left behind.
If anyone can shed any light on the Lancashire Fusiliers role at Dunkirk or the prison camp at Danzig and the march to get there, I would very much appreciate it.
Whilst we all (quite rightly) honour those brave young men of the R.A.F and the little boat crews etc in the evacuation, let's not forget those heroes who gave their lives, or 5 years of their lives to facilitate that evacuation.
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Pte. Edward Platt . British Army 18th Btn., D Coy. Royal West Kent Regiment from Bellshill, Lanarkshire My father, Edward Platt, joined the 12th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) in 1939. He served on home service and in the Faero Islands until 1943. The battalion was disbanded and 90 men under the command of Captain Harper were transferred to the Royal West Kents. They then fought in Italy and also in Greece.
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L/Cpl. Francis Henry Platt . British Army 5th Btn. Welsh Regiment from Ramsgate, Kent UK (d.11th Apr 1945) Frank Platt is buried in Becklingen War Cemetery.
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Gnr. Frank Platt MID.. British Army 107th (South Notts Hussars) Regiment Royal Artillery from Oldham Frank Platt served from 1940 to 1946 and was Mentioned in Dispatches.
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Sgt Frederick James Platt . Royal Air Force 76 Sqd. from St Helens, Lancashire, England (d.30th Mar 1943)
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Pte. Frederick Platt . British Army 6th (Pioneer) Btn. Kings Own Royal (Lancaster) Regiment from Manchester Frederick Platt trained at the The Kings Own Training Centre and served with the 6th Pioneer Btn, Kings Own Royal (Lancaster) Regiment. His trade on enlistment was Electrician. He was taken as a Prisoner of War on the 26th of April 1940 and held at Stalag XXA. A metal tag in my possession records his P.O.W. Number 7470.
He was transferred to Stalag XXB.
I have this information from my step father's war record.
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F/O. Harold Platt . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve from Stoke-on-Trent (d.4th July 1945) Harold Platt was the son of Albert and Florence Platt, husband of Gwenyth Brenda Platt, of Stoke-on-Trent.
He was aged 33 when he died and is buried in the Tveit Churchyard in Norway.
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HN Platt . British Army HN Platt 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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JF Platt . British Army East Lancashire Regiment JF Platt 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.
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Pte John Douglas Platt . British Army Seaforth Highlanders from Bridge of Weir
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Pte. John Douglas Platt . British Army 7th Btn. Seaforth Highlanders from Bridge of Weir, Kilbarchan John Platt served with the 7th Seaforth Highlanders.
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Mrn. Joseph Platt . Royal Navy Royal Marines from Denton, Manchester My late father Joseph Platt served with the Royal Marines during the Second World War. He was one of the force that was sent as reinforcements to Crete and was fortunate to escape on HMS Phoebe from Sphakia.
His favourite memory of the war was just before they were shipped overseas and they were on parade. The officer in charge said "Right chaps. This is it. I will be with you, as far as Scotland."
In 1984 he went back to Crete and visited the grave of his friend Francis Liddell at the war cemetery in Suda Bay.
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Percy Platt . British Army 10th Btn. Loyal North Lancashire Regiment My granddad, Percy Platt 10th Btn. Loyal North Lancs was at 12 General Hospital, Rouen in the 2nd of September 1917.
To date I do not know why. It would be helpful if I knew where they were working.
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Sgt. Thomas Platt 3011828. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 1651 HCU. from Goldborne, Lancashire (d.4th Mar 1945) Thomas Platt was an air gunner on Lancaster JB699, BS-F shot down by an enemy aircraft during a training flight as part of Exercise Gisela at 01:35 on the 4th of March 1945 and crashed on their home airfield, Woolfox Lodge. All on board were killed, Kenneth is buried in Bradford, close to the home of his new wife.
The crew were:
- F/L D.J.Baum
- Sgt J.A.W.Smith
- F/O D.C.Davies
- F/S R.Warne
- F/S C.E.Gardener RNZAF
- F/O K.R.Brook DFC RAAF
- Sgt T.Platt
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AP Platts . British Army Royal Armoured Corps AP Platts 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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Pte. P. Plaxton . British Army East Yorkshire Regiment P. Plaxton served with the East Yorkshire Regiment. He was held as prisoner of war No. 154613 in Stalag 398.
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Flt.Sgt. Geoffrey C Player . Royal Air Force 420 (Snowy Owl) Squadron from Southend on sea (d.22nd Apr 1942) Geoffrey Player was a British airman seconded to the RCAF stationed at Waddington flying Handley Page Hamptons.
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GR Player . British Army GR Player 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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Gwilym Ernest Player . British Army 432 Coy. Royal Army Service Corps I was in the RASC from 1944 to 1947. Landed at Gold Beach late pm on D-Day. 432 Company mascot, Poll Parrot, was painted on the front of trucks. In 1946 I was in Egypt, Alexandria with 26 Coy RASC, then 13 Coy.
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W O R W Player . Royal New Zealand Air Force
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