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P/O. Leslie Powell . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 214 Squadron (d.15th Apr 1943) Leslie Powell was the son of Mark Henry and Gertrude Powell of Tredegar, Monmouthshire, who died age 22.
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Sgt. Lloyd Charles Powell . Royal Canadian Air Force 419 Sqdn. (d.16th January 1944) Sgt Powell, RCAF was the pilot of a 419 Sqdn Wellington which was damaged by enemy action whilst on operations to Hamburg on the night of 15/16th January 1942. While returning to base (Mildenhall) both engines failed and the aircraft crashed in the sea off Spurn Head. Of the six crew on board, only two were picked up uninjured, the other four were killed and two of these were not found. The crew were:
P/O T.G. Cottier, RCAF, killed
Sgt L.C. Powell, RCAF, killed
Sgt A.E. Cox, injured
Sgt. T.N. Pugh, RCAF, missing
P/O C.H. Lomas, RCAF, missing
Sgt. J.A.H. Lucas, injured.
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Band Corporal Richard Powell . Royal Navy HMS Nelson (d.12th Aug 1942)
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Telegraphist. Robert "Sandy" Powell . Royal Navy HMS London from London Robert Powell is a survivor of the terrible tragedy that occured on 27th of March 1943. As of today's date (30 January, 2015) is very much alive and well - living in Christchurch, New Zealand.
HMS Dasher was built in the USA as a merchant ship, but converted to an escort aircraft carrier and commissioned into the Royal Navy on 2 July 1942. Dasher had a complement of 555 men and carried 15 Sea-Hurricane aircraft.
After doing some aircraft ferry operations in the Mediterranean, Dasher sailed to the Clyde in March 1943 and, having had her flight-deck lengthened by 42 feet, she embarked Fairey Swordfish aircraft. She escorted one convoy successfully, but shortly after leaving with the second, Dasher suffered engine trouble and turned back. Shortly after getting to the Firth of Clyde on 27 March 1943, she suffered a major internal explosion and sank.
Dad survived the sinking by leaping into the sea when the Dasher was almost upright. He found a cannister amongst debris which kept him afloat in the cold, rough waters until he was eventually picked up. The most terrible memories for him are the moments he spent under the water, trying to surface; the horror when the fuel on the water ignited - killing so many of his colleagues; and the task of trying to identify bodies in the days that followed. He was just 19 at the time.
Dad did as he was told and never really spoke of the Dasher however, for his 80th birthday, I gave him a journal. As a result we learned so much about my father that he had not spoken of. What became very clear was that he wanted to go home; and he wanted very much to visit the site of the sinking of the Dasher. Dad had until then, never returned to the UK since leaving in 1960.
In 2009 at almost 86, we sent him by himself, to the UK. He joined one other survivor in Ardrossan for the annual commemorative service, hosted by the HMS Dasher Association and he would dearly love to go back one last time. We are hopeful for next year.
In April 2013, Dad very proudly attended my son's Passing Out Ceremony in Auckland, New Zealand. He was asked to sit with the VIPs that day - I think that only fitting.
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Pte. Samuel Powell . British Army 2nd Battalion HQ Coy. Northamptonshire Regiment from 28 Duxford Rd, Gt. Barr, Birmingham
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Flight Sergeant W Powell . RAF/RAAF 59 Squadron
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WC Powell . British Army 15/19th Hussars WC Powell 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: 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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WH Powell . British Army WH Powell 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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Ord.Sig. William Ivor Powell . Royal Navy HMS Pembroke from Queensferry, Wales William Powell trained at HMS Royal Arthur in Class 133 and served in HMS Pembroke.
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WLE Powell . British Army WLE Powell 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 Edward Temple Powell. . RAF 12Sqd. (d.26th May 1943) W/Op Edward Powell was killed on 26th May 1943 Lancaster ED967 PH-F of 12sqd
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Pte. Edward Wallace Power . British Army Royal Artillery from Manchester Father, Eddie Power was captured at Dunkirk being part of the BEF as part of a rear guard protecting the troops attempting to escape back to Britain. Dad was transported to a prison camp in Torun, Poland by rail where he and other pows were treated as slave labour during their time in POW camp Stalag XXA.
Later he endured the cruel long march during which he spent time in a hospital after collapsing through malnutrition and exhaustion.
On return to the UK he weighed less than 6 stone and was suffering from jaundice. At the sight of him his mother suffered a stroke from which she eventually died. Dad suffered the effects of his time of incarceration and ill treatment for the rest of his life.
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Flt.Sgt. Edwin Stanley Power . Royal Air Force 227 Sqd. from London, England Edwin Power served as a wireless operation, air gunner with 227, 252 & 272 Squadrons in Egypt at Idku, Malta at Takali and in Italy.
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F/Sgt. Edwin Stanley Power . Royal Air Force 106 Squadron from London My Father Flight Sgt Edwin Stanley Francis Power 755045 joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Air Crew Section in June 1939. He trained at Cranwell, Evanton in Scotland and Pembrey in Wales.
He was posted to 106 Sqdn in 1940 to March 1942. Based at Cottesmore & Finningley as an Air Gunner wireless op. He flew in Hampdens over Germany dropping leaflets. He took part in bombing of the invasion barges at Antwerp, mine laying and bombing of Mannheim and other cities.
In March 1942 he was posted to Idku in Egypt with 227 and 252 Sqdn and flew in Halifaxes and Beaufighters. He was posted to 272 Beaufighter Sqdn based at Takali Airfield, Malta. During this time he was involved in various missions including shipping strikes, ground attacks in North Africa and attacking troop carrying planes. He was posted to Sicily and then returned to England. From Jan 1945 to November 1945 he was posted to 577 Sqdn Bomber Command Naval cooperation.
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F/Sgt. Edwin Power . Royal Air Force 577 Squadron My Father Edwin Power was with 577 Bomber Command Naval Co-op Squadron at Wrexham in September 1945
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Tpr. Leslie Arthur Power . Canadian Army 14th (Calgary) Tank Battalion As the 60th anniversary of the Dieppe Raid approaches I am
trying to gather further info on my Uncle Les Power, who was
in the 14th Armd Tank Bn. (Calgary Tank Regt.),
wounded and captured 19 August, 1942.
Regt. No. M27002 Trp. Leslie Arthur Powers, DOB
17 May, 1918 Vancouver, BC, Canada.
POW No. 43060, Stalag IX-C, assigned Arb. Komm.
#'s 865, 1049 and 1170, exact dates and duration's
unknown. No's were garnered from mail censors
reports.
Liberated 5 May, 1945 at Winterberg (?) (marching)
believed to have been by the British, listed his
previous camp as IX-C Bad Sulza. This info is
taken from a photostat copy of his original
"Register Form For Recovered Allied Prisoners Of
War" dated 5 May, 1945.
Would anyone out in cyberspace have any further
info on the work parties listed or where
Winterberg was? All info will be greatly
appreciated.
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L/Bdr Norman Power . British Army Maritime Regiment Royal Artillery from Bradford, Yorkshire My late father in law was Norman Power. He served with the Royal Artillery Maritime Regiment in WW2. He was a gunner on merchant shipping on both the Atlantic and Arctic Convoys.
I remember him telling me about runs to Malta and how soldiers shouldn't have been on ships. He said he always craved the soil under his boots. He was torpedoed and sunk twice but fortunately rescued on both occasions. I remember him telling me that he was actually on his first day of a period of survivors leave when D Day commenced.
Many years later he wrote a short fictional story about a Maritime Regiment gunner who brought nothing but bad luck. The story is called The Jinx.
From things he had said prior to his death, the family believe that the story could actually be based on himself and those he served with. Whilst it is only short, it gives a vivid account of life on board ship as a RA gunner during WW2. The story was hand written and falling apart but I have typed it up for preservation.
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RJ Power . British Army Royal Armoured Corps RJ Power 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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Dvr. Robert Henry Power . British Army 59th Field Company Royal Engineers from Slough, Bucks Bob Power was my uncle. He was one of eight children my father being his younger brother.
Going though records I found that he had been a Prisoner of War so far I have found that he was in a POW camp in Poland but very little else.
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Flt.Sgt. Stanley Eric Power . Royal Air Force 40 Squadron from London My father Stan Power, was a flight sergeant during the war and in the last year he became a rear gunner in the Wellington bombers dropping supplies over Yugoslavia.
On his 19th sortie he was injured by shrapnel in his ankle and hospitalised.
His plane was WMF737 and his pilot was F/O Smart.
He lived a full and healthy life and died of old age in South Wales aged 87.
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Pte. William Jospeh "Jock" Power . British Army 1st Btn Cameron Highlanders from Colburn,Catterick,Yorks (d.1951) I have fallen heir to my father's ring, which was apparently made from a bolt stolen from one of the salt mines that he was forced to work in as a prisoner of war.
Three of them stole the platinum bolt and one of them, a jeweller before the war, made three rings.
I wear the ring constantly. It fits perfectly and I feel that my father, William Power who died of T.B. in 1951 when I was 4, is with me at all times!
His Stalag 9C number was 1834 and he was captured at St-Valery en Caux on the 12th of June 1940. He arrived at Stalag 9C on 11th of July 1940.
It seems from Red Cross records that he may have been in work camps 761a, Rub 7689, 817 and 582 where some work payment credits were recorded.
Can anyone help to identify these?
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Sgt. John Eugene Powers . United States Army 91st Infantry Regiment from Toledo, Ohio
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Pte. John Donavon Powis . British Army Royal Army Ordnance Corps from Ashton under Lyne John Powis is my maternal grandfather who my mother never met as he disappeared in the 1950's. He served in the Army from 1943 and served in Italy during the WWII before being discharged in 1948 (because of medical reasons). If any relatives know of John (who changed his name from O'Leary Capel in 1944 for unknown reasons) his former family hope he had a good life after he disappeared and found happiness.
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Flt.Sgt. Leslie Powis . Royal Air Force 76 Squadron from Islington London (d.12th Aug 1944) Leslie Powis was my Mum's brother. He joined up after his best buddy was killed along with all his family when his home in Barnsbury Road, Islington, London was hit by a bomb. There is still a green area where the house once stood.
He was lost on 12th August 1944 at 21:44 while flying from RAF Holme on Spalding Moor to Russelheime Opal motor works. He was shot down at Quint Germany near the French- Luxembourg border.
He was flying a halifax MkIII Serial# LW695
The crew on that fateful night were.
Flight Lt. O. R 'Ron' Cramer Pilot (Kiwi) commemorated on the Runneymede memorial, Surrey, England.
Flight Sgt. O. Thomas buried in the Rheinberg War Cemetery 8.G.19, Germany.
Flight Sgt. L.W. Powis commemorated on Panel 212 Runneymede memorial, Surrey, England.
Sgt. C. Astall
Sg. W.B. Collins commemorated on Panel 227 Runeymede Memorial, Surrey, England.
SSgt. K.S. Bolton buried in the Rheinberg War Cemetery 8.G.18, Germany.
Sg. J. Duncan commemorated on Panel 228 Runneymede memorial, Surrey, England.
I would love to see any photos.
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Ldg.Sea. William Henry Powis . Royal Navy HMS Activity from Pensnett, Staffordshire The following were William Powis' naval service postings:
- 09/04/1940 Conscripted or Enlisted
- 17.04.1940 to 16.07.1940 Ordinary Seaman HMS Collingwood
- 17.07.1940 to 23.07.1940 Ordinary Seaman HMS Victory
- 24.07.1940 to 17.02.1941 Ordinary Seaman HMS Victory (HMS Impulsive)
- 18.02.1941 to 31.03.1941 Able Seaman HMS Victory (HMS Impulsive)
- 01.05.1941 to 30.06.1941 Able Seaman HMS Beaver II (HMS Impulsive)
- 01.07.1941 to 29.01.1942 Able Seaman HMS Tyne (HMS Impulsive)
- 30.01.1942 to 16.06.1942 Able Seaman HMS Victory
- 17.06.1942 to 28.09.1942 Able Seaman HMS Excellent
- 29.09.1942 to 07.09.1945 Able Seaman HMS Activity
- 08.07.1945 to 28.11.1945 Leading Seaman HMS Activity
- 28.11.1945 to 01.02.1946 Leading Seaman HMS Victory
- 02.02.1946 Released from Service - Class A
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Wing Commander Francis Sidney "Logger" Powley DFC, AFC. Royal Air Force B flight 166 Squadron from Three Brooks Ranch, Winfield, British Columbia, Canada (d.5th April, 1945)  My namesake Canadian uncle, W/C Francis (Frank) Sidney Powley, was posted CO of "B" Flight 166 squadron based at Kirmington in July 1943. He flew missions from Kirmington until Sept-Oct 1944 when he was promoted to W/C of the re-formed 153 squadron, which was moved to Scampton for the duration of the war. Many of the 166 crews and aircraft were attached to 153.
Following his initial flight training at RAF Depot Uxbridge in 1937, Powley was posted first to #4 Flying Training School at Abu Sueir in Egypt and later to 27 squadron in Kohat and other bases in the Northwest Frontier Province of British India. He also served as CO of the Advanced Training School of #1 Flying Training School at Ambala.
Powley was listed as missing on the night of 4-5 April 1945 when the Lancaster RA 544 he was piloting on a mine-laying mission off the coast of occupied Denmark was shot down by a German night-fighter.
As it happens, I have been living and working as a news journalist in Denmark for the past 30 years. My recent research into the uncle I never knew has turned up some interesting facts and anecdotes both from his time in India and later in Bomber Command in England. Naturally, I would very much appreciate any information, pictures or other material people might have about Powley and his activities at Kirmington.
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H Powley . British Army Border Regiment H Powley served with the Border 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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Ch.ERA. Herbert William Powley . Royal Navy HMS Hood from Headingley, Yorkshire (d.24th May 1941) Herbert Powley was born on 2nd December 1900 in Eastleigh, Hampshire, the son of William Charles Powley and Bessie nee Phippen. His father was a coach finisher on the railways. His father died when Herbert was only four. Soon thereafter, Herbert moved to Exeter with his mother and two sisters, and he later attended Hele's Grammar School in the city.
Herbert signed up for the Royal Navy on his eighteenth birthday, soon after the end of the First World War. He was a boy artificer. His first assignment was on HMS Indus, which was the Engine Room Artificer's Training establishment commissioned in 1904.
Soon after his 25th birthday, he was seconded to the Royal Australian Navy. First, he was assigned to HMA London until 17th December 1925, then served on Cerberus (18th December 1925 to 10th March 1926), Geranium (11th March 1926 to 9th May 1927 and Penguin (10th May 1927 to 28th January 1928).
HMAS Cerberus was the Royal Australian Navy's primary training establishment, located adjacent to Crib Point on the Mornington Peninsula, south of Melbourne, Victoria.
In 1927 whilst in Australia he married Marion Broadhead, a worsted mender, who had travelled to Australia from Leeds, Yorkshire, to join her sister, Alice. Herbert was friends with a fellow secondee, Herbert Broadhead, Marion's brother.
From 1934 until 1939, Herbert was based in Malta, and served on HMS Hood. Herbert served as president of the Engine Room Articifers Club in Malta and was presented with a silver tea service in recognition. The family moved back to England in 1939 and lived in Headingley, Leeds. The outbreak of the Second World War meant that Herbert did not retire when he became 40, and he died when HMS Hood was sunk by the Bismarck at the Battle of Denmark Strait.
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