Cpl. Robert Ray . South African Defense Force 2nd Transvaal Scottish from Johannesburg My Dad, Robert Ray, was captured at Tobuk on 21st of June 1942 by Rommel and was moved as a POW through Italy (Rome and Sardinia) to Stalag IVB (Muhlberg am Elbe) in 1943, nearby Stalag 304H (Zeithan) then later on to Torun in Poland which he said "hell it was cold there". Later with the Russians advancing he was moved to Fallingbostel, near Hannover and Bremen, from which he escaped and was picked up by British forces and repatriated. He lived till two weeks short of his 88th birthday.
His son visited the sites Stalag IVB and 304H in 2000.
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Sgt. Ronald Arthur Ray . Royal Air Force 76 Squadron I am just beginning to research my grandfather's story. He was on a bombing raid to Frankfurt on the night of the 18/19th March of 1944. His Halifax bomber was shot down over Frankfurt. He parachuted out and was subsequently captured and interrogated. He spent a week in solitary confinement at Dulag Luft, then was moved to a transit camp before being taken to Stalag Luft 6 in Lithuania.
His name was Ronald Ray. He was part of 76 Squadron and was a Flight Engineer on a Halifax bomber. His crew mates were, Les Basting (Mid Upper Gunner), Alex Buckle (Wireless Operator), Geoff Heaton (Navigator), Charles 'Chuck' Reed (Bomb Aimer) who didn't get out of plane hatch, Van Marle (Rear Gunner)he was a replacement just for that night and Peter Noyce (Pilot) who was killed and went down with plane.
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Pte S. Ray . Home Guard Signal Sect. Workington Btn.
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CSM. Stanley Ray . Royal Army Service Corps D Company 14th Coy. I'm actually trying to find out about Stan Ray, he was my grand father who I know little about and would love to know stories about him.
I know he served in Burma, he was called up on 15th October 1939 and was discharged on 8th March 1946.
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Pte. Thomas Wilfred Ray . British Army 1st Btn. Duke of Corwall's Light Infantry from Birmingham My father, Thomas Ray, joined the DCLI in 1935 and was stationed in India when the war broke out. He volunteered as a signaler for detached duty in Eritrea during 1940 and rejoined his unit in time to be stationed in Iraq. In 1942 the 1st Battalion joined with the forces defending Egypt and my father was captured in June 1942. As a POW he was sent t0 Italy where he escaped and was on the run for six months. By that time he spoke fluent Italian but was picked up by the Germans who thought he was an Italian deserter. He was sent to Germany where he was put into a straffe lager, or punishment camp. Eventually he was imprisoned in Stalag 11B and was liberated by American forces in April 1945.
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VW Ray . British Army VW Ray 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 has lost 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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Musician William D. G. Ray . Royal Navy HMS Nelson (d.12th Aug 1942)
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Gdsm. Benjmin Raybould . British Army 3rd Battalion Coldstream Guards from 58 Intended Street, Cradley, Worcestershire (d.11th Dec 1940) Benjamin Raybould was Guardsman 2656522, 3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards. He fought in the North African Desert War at the Battle of Sidi Barrani. He was my mother's first cousin and very well known to her. Ben's parents were at my grandparent's house when the telegram was delivered (the postman knew where they would be when he found them not at home a couple of streets away). Ben's death is recorded on the CWGC web site, also on a plaque at West Midlands Police HQ in Worcester and at his school in Colley Lane, Cradley, the same school that I attended later. As a child I was made to know all about cousin Ben.
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CW Raybould . British Army CW Raybould 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 has lost 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. Harold Raybould . British Army 2nd Btn. Border Regiment from 108 Leven Road, Norton, Stockton on Tees
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Pte. Frank Rayburn . British Army Gordon Highlanders from Edinburgh Frank Rayburn, my stepfather, was taken prisoner as a result of the British Armies retreat at Dunkirk. As a Gordon Highlander he and many others were left fighting a rearguard action and was captured by the German Army.
The little I do know was that he was eventually transported to what is now Poland and worked on various farms. He spent the rest of the war as a prisoner of war until his release in 1945. He rarely spoke of his time as a prisoner. He was very young when captured and stayed in 'The Gordons' serving in Germany and The Far East until his eventual release in the late 1950s. He met my mother in 1961 and they married in 1962.
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Pte. William Raye . Australian Imperial Forces Grandad, William Raye served with the Durham Light Infantry in WW1 and also listed in Perth, Western Australia for WW2. Sadly he died before I was old enough to hear his stores.
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R Rayfield . British Army Royal Armoured Corps R Rayfield 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 has lost 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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P Rayment . Navy HMS Nigeria I have a photo of H.M.S. Nigeria with lots of signatures on the back. It says Torpedo Division 1945 and is dated 19th September 1945.
The names are:
R G Stocker Geordie BurnsRonald J HarrisG KentP RaymentW WheatleyD ChapmanH J FisherD P Sweeney A ?? WhitheadH LockearBlimp PalmerG. KentJ Arnold ~(Sussex) A ChapmanJames Robertson(Jock)R E FisherD MercerR E RileyW L GilbertF J Fulcher (Wind Bo'sun 1st class)D Hughes TGMG L BowersE TicehurstF C WelchG W Downes
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Able.Sea. Philip Rayment . Royal Navy HMS Nigeria I have three photographs of HMS Nigeria on which my father, Philip
Rayment served as a torpedo rating from 1942 till the end of the war.
He experienced some good times and bad times on the ship, and often spoke
fondly of the family he stayed with in Charleston while the ship was being
repaired. He kept in touch with them and visited them in the '80s and the
local paper made a big thing of it.
He also spoke of how some of the crew swapped their billeting arrangements
to be with their mates, some were lucky and others were obviously very
unlucky on the 12th August. He also said that the Spanish shipyard workers
at Gibraltar were very reluctant to go on board upon its return as there
were dead bodies on board.
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F/Lt Ronald David Rayment . Royal Air Force 619 Sqdn. (d.27th November 1943) Lost during the Berlin campaign. DV381 619 Sqdn. PG-B Op. Lancaster BI.
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F/Lt. Ronald David Rayment . Royal Air Force 619 Sqdn. from Hertford (d.27th November 1943) Lancaster DV381, aircraft code PG-B left Woodhall Spa at 17.22hrs on the evening of 26th November 1943 for Berlin. It is believed to have come down in the sea. Two bodies were recovered - those of F/Lt R.D. Rayment and Sgt M.J. Lynch, who were buried in Becklingen War Cemetery, the rest of the crew are commemorated on the Air Force Memorial at Runnymede (details from BC. Losses (Chorley)). The crew were:
F/Lt R.D. Rayment.
Sgt M.J. Lynch.
F/O J. Kellett.
Sgt W. Archibald.
F/Sgt J.T. Richards.
F/Sgt C.S. Cook.
F/Sgt J.A. Fowler.
You can find commemoration details at www.cwgc.org
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Ord. Seaman T. Rayment . Royal Navy HMS Forfar T. Rayment was one of the survivors when HMS Forfar was lost in 1940.
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Sgt. Walter Benedict Rayment . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 61 Sqdn. (d.5th October 1940) Hampden X2920 from 61 Squadron RAF crashed on the Yorkshire Moors near Leeming airfield on 5th October 1940. The crew were all killed. They were:
P/O G.D. D'Arcy-Wright (buried Leeming (St John the Baptist) Churchyard)
Sgt W.A. Cannon (buried South Shoebury Churchyard)
Sgt W.B. Rayment (buried Henfield Cemetery)
Sgt A. Algar (buried Derby (Nottingham Rd) Cemetery)
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PO. William Henry Rayment . Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve HMS Excellent from Bristol (d.29th July 1943)
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PO. William Henry Rayment . Royal Navy HMS Excellent from Bristol (d.29th July 1943) William Rayment served in HMS Excellent.
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E Raymond . British Army E. Raymond is commemorated on the WW2 Roll of Honour Plaque in the entrance of Jarrow Town Hall. Was he in the army?
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Sgt Rene Raymond. . Free French Airforce 347 Squadron (d.15th Mar 1945) Rene Raymond was an Air Gunner with 347 Tunisie Sdq Free French he was killed on 15th of Mar 1945 when his aircraft crashed near Scawton flying from RAF Elvington..
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Evalina "Lena" Rayner . Women's Auxiliary Air Force RAF Coningsby I am seeking information on Evalina (Lena) Rayner who was involved in the Dam Busters project as a WAAF. She lived in Coningsby around 1942 and in the Bishop Stortford area early 1943, and later moved to Wales.
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Henry "Ray" Rayner . British Army Royal Fusiliers from London
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F/O. R. M.S. Rayner . 87 Squadron
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RW Rayner . British Army RW Rayner 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 has lost 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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CE Raynes . British Army 50th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment CE Raynes served with the 50th 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: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost 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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J Raynor . British Army Sherwood Foresters J Raynor served with the Sherwood Foresters 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 has lost 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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GJW Rayson . British Army GJW Rayson 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 has lost 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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