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F Suthbert . British Army F Suthbert 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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P/O. Alexander Sutherland . Royal Canadian Air Force 419 (Moose) Squadron from Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia (d.15th March 1945) P/O Alexander Sutherland was a Wireless Operator with 419 Squadron based at Middleton St George near Darlington (now Teesside Airport).
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Don Sutherland . Merchant Navy SS Lancastria Don Sutherland survived the sinking of the Lancastria.
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Cpl. Eric William Sutherland . New Zealand Army 23rd Btn. My father Eric William Sutherland (He was a Corporal with the 23rd Battalion 2nd NZEF) was wounded and captured in Greece in April 1941. He spent time in Stalag 8B then was shipped to Stalag 383.
He passed away 30 years ago and we have only 2 pictures taken while he was at Stalag 383. In the top picture dad is back row 2nd from the left and in the bottom picture he is back row right hand side.
We are trying to identify any others in the photographs.
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Pte. Fraser Sutherland . British Army 7th Btn. Seaforth Highlanders from Inverness (d.11th Jul 1944)
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L/Sgt. George Naismith Galoway "Podgy" Sutherland . New Zealand Army 6th Field Company, No.1 section NZ Engineers from Wellington George Sutherland was captured in Greece after the battle at Corinth Canal 1941. He pent several weeks hiding out in the hills but finally surrendered with 2 wounded comrades.
He was sent to the concentration camp at Salonika and then shipped by cattle truck to Stalag 306. He was transferred to Stalag 383, on the 1st of May 1943
He served from 16th of October 1939 to 20th of May 1947.
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L/Cpl. Ian Graham Sutherland . Canadian Army from Winnipeg Lance Corporal Ian Sutherland served with the Canadian Army in WW2
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Sgt. John William Elwison Sutherland . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 100 Sqdn. from Blyth, Northumberland (d.19th January 1943) Sgt John Sutherland served in 100 Squadron RAF. He was killed in action on 18th January 1943 and is buried in Hanover War Cemetery, Coll. Grave 2A.5.II.
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Able Sea. John Sutherland . Royal Navy HMS Victory
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Flt.Sgt. Norman James Sutherland . Royal New Zealand Air Force 207 Squadron from Matamata, New Zealand (d.17th Aug 1942) Norman Sutherland trained as a Motor Mechanic and at the time of joining up was part owner of a motor garage in Matamata New Zealand. On joining the RNZAF he was taught to fly in a Tiger Moth and then Hawker Hind bombers at Ohakea NZ. Attached to the RAF and embarked to Britain on 22nd of July 1941, on arrival was sent to 3PRC at Bournemouth, then to 10 OTU at RAF Abingdon to train on Whitley Bombers. On the 22nd of November 1941 he was sent to 207 Squadron, flying Manchester Bombers, they converted to Lancasters in March 1942. As a pilot of Manchester and Lancaster aircraft he took part in eleven operational flights, including attacks on Paris, Mannheim, Essen(2), Saarbrucken, Dusseldorf and 3 sorties minelaying in enemy waters. 16th August 1942 he departed from Bottesford airfield at 2131 hours for a mission minelaying in the South Baltic. Lancaster R5509 ( EM-G ) carrying 4 x 1500lb mines. Research indicates that he was shot down while returning from his mission by Major Gunther Radusch at around 0242 in the morning of the 17th off Sonderborg, Denmark.
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PH Sutherland . British Army Royal Armoured Corps PH Sutherland 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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RG Sutherland . British Army RG Sutherland 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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Robert Sutherland . British Army Welsh Fusiliers
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F/O. Robert A. "Sudds" Sutherland . Royal Canadian Air Force 433rd Sqd. Robert Sutherland served woth 433 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force.
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Pte. Robert Thomas Sutherland . British Army 6th Btn. Seaforth Highlanders from Mosstodloch (d.27th May 1940)
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Pte. Robert "Hoop" Sutherland . British Army Seaforth Highlanders from Alness Robert Sutherland was captured at St Valery, he was liberated on the 18th of May 1945.
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Pte. Robert John Sutherland . British Army 2nd Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders from Grangemouth, Scotland My grandfather Robert John Sutherland, served as a private in Malaysia with the 2nd Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in 1942.
John was reported missing on 13th of March 1942.
On 19th of July 1943 he was was reported as a prisoner of war to the War Office Casualty Branch.
I remember my Dad telling me that when an autopsy was done on my grandfather none of his organs were recognizable. He believes experimental surgery was done on him by the Japanese during his internment.
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Fus. Robert Sutherland . British Army 6th Btn. Royal Welch Fusiliers from Thornton, Kircaldy (d.25th Sep 1944)
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Fus Robert "Bert" Sutherland . British Army 6th Btn Royal Welch Fusiliers from Scotland (d.25th Sep 1944)
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Thomas Sutherland . Royal Air Force Thomas Sutherland was an engineer with the Royal Air Force at RAF Scampton
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L/Cpl. Willliam Sutherland . British Army 2nd Btn. Seaforth Highlanders from Jedburgh In 1937, at the age of 16, Bill Sutherland joined the Territorials, so when the war broke out two years later he was involved from the start, joining the 4th Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers and going over to France with the British Expeditionary Force, later being evacuated from Dunkirk.
He was posted with the 2nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders in 51st Division, in May 1942 and went to North Africa, where he served as batman to a major. After its notable victory at El Alamein, the Eighth Army invaded Sicily and crossed into Italy, where Bill was involved in the capture of Salerno and Monte Cassino. After Italy surrendered, he returned home to prepare for the Normandy landings in 1944.
In August 1944 he was badly hurt when a German tank attacked the jeep he was driving in France and he had to be flown home.
In 2015 Bill was awarded the Chevalier in Ordre national de la Legion d'honneur, France's highest national honour, but unfortunately he passed away before he could receive it in person.
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S Suthern . British Army Kings Liverpool Regiment S Suthern 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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Sgt. John Leonard Sutlieff . British Army 3rd Btn. Coldstream Guards from Horsham Jack Sutlieff joined up in 1936 and was posted to pre-war Egypt as 3rd battalion Coldstream Guards (he departed from Southampton in December 1937 on MV Dunera). He fought in North Africa, at Knightsbridge Box, amongst other places and then captured at Mareth in March 1943. Initially POW in Livorna (Leghorn) Italy and then transferred to Fallingbostal 4B and on eventual release was very thin. He spoke very little about his wartime or POW experiences.
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LBdr. John Kitchener Sutter . British Army 68th Medium Regiment Royal Artillery from Everton, Liverpool My Father, Lance Bombardier Jack Sutter of the Royal Artillery, was prisoner number 229287 in Stalag IV-F, Chemnitz, Germany. Like so many other veterans he rarely spoke of his wartime experiences, even when asked directly. A snippet here, a story there, were the fragments of a greater story that I never heard.
On 25th April 1939 Jack signed up for 4 years in the Territorial Army. He was posted in the rank of ˜Gunner" to the 59th (4th West Lancashire), Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery, Territorial Army. When the regiment was split he was transferred to 68th Medium Regiment, RA. His Regiment fought all over North Africa; in Libya, Egypt, Eritrea, Sudan and Ethiopia. In June 1942, Jack was fighting the German forces at Tobruk. On 20th June, Rommel launched a massive attack against the Allied Forces and the following day the beleaguered troops surrendered.
The captured Allied soldiers were taken prisoner by the Italian Army and transported to Campo PG 70. Campo 70 was in a village up in the hills and five miles inland from Porto St.Georgio on the eastern coast of Italy. The camp was a disused factory of some sort with eight huge buildings like aeroplane hangars or warehouses standing in a large field. The camp was surrounded with high barbed wire fencing about twelve feet high and every twenty yards or so a sentry box, high up overlooking the compound. All around the inside of the camp was a tripwire about ten feet from the actual wire; anyone entering this area would be shot.
In September, Italy surrendered and the Allied prisoners were virtually free as the guards had fled. However, a message was received from the British High Command saying it would cause confusion if the men tried to move south to join them, and the men were ordered to remain in the camp and wait for our forces to arrive. For several weeks the men fended for themselves until one morning they discovered that German parachutists had dropped around the camp and a machine gunner was in every sentry box and the men were once again prisoners.
A couple of days later the men were informed they were to be taken to Germany. They were marched to some railway sidings where there was a long train of cattle trucks and the men were crowded into them with 40 or 50 men to a truck. There was not enough room to lie down so they had to either stand or squat on the floor leaning back to back. There were 2 buckets in each truck, one for drinking water and the other to be used as a lavatory. For 7 days and 6 nights the prisoners travelled in these conditions across Italy and into Germany. During this nightmare journey many men died of heatstroke and dehydration before arrival at their final destination, Stalag IV-F, Chemnitz, Germany.
Stalag IV-F at Hartmannsdorf near Chemnitz. It was a huge camp with several thousand prisoners of different nationalities. The camp seemed unprepared for new arrivals and they were penned in a compound until the next day. The morning after their arrival at Stalag IV-F, the Germans began processing the prisoners in groups of a hundred. Their heads were shaved and they were deloused and then showered.
The rations issued by the Germans were meagre, and varied slightly from camp to camp. Jack managed to keep a copy of a weekly menu for the camp, dated 26th March to 2nd April 1944. These rations were for the "Schwerarbeiter", the 'Hard Workers' those working the 72 hour week! The main meal was served for lunch and consisted of potatoes and vegetables except for two days a week when 'meat' was included. Dinner was simply a piece of bread. (This menu, together with reproduction meals can be found in the Archives section of my website.
It appears that the Germans had not yet given up hope of losing the war as they were actively trying to recruit British Prisoners of War to fight for them! Amongst Jack's POW memorabilia is a letter to all POWs asking them to join the British Free Corps (BFC), to fight the Russians. It also states that the British Free Corps; "...condemns the ...sacrifice of British blood in the interests of Jewry and International Finance..." The German people may have fallen for it, but the POWs certainly didn't and it has been reported that the British Free Corps had at most 59 volunteers amongst the many many thousands of British POWs.
Jack's official records state that after his release from Stalag IV-F, he arrived back in the UK on 14th May 1945. Safely back home in Liverpool for Jack the war was over, and on 29th November 1945 he was released from service with the Royal Artillery. Although like thousands of others he is classed as 'Reserve' just in case war should break out again. His reserve status lasted until May 1947 when he joined the Territorial Army.
For those of you who may be interested in this period I have produced a website which covers my Father's wartime experiences and has pages on both PG70 and Stalag IV-F. I have recreated Jack's War using his own words, photographs and records, together with material trawled from the Internet and Regimental Histories. In addition to the recreation of the prisoner menu you can find, a manifest for the evacuation of Royal Artillery prisoners from Cheminitz, instructions regarding the issuing of cigarettes, the leaflet asking prisoners to join the BFC, a 1943 group photo of prisoners in PG70, a letter to the commandant of Stalag IV-F requesting transport to collect Red Cross parcels, and even a home-made football pools coupon and a photo of the Lager Commander Unter Officer Fakelman.
Forgive me if I have made any historical or geographical errors, they are a result of my lack of knowledge and not intentional.
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B Suttie . British Army B Suttie 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. John Hay Suttie . British Army from Lochgelly, Scotland I'm really hoping somebody out there can help me with some information about my late father, John Hay Suttie. I'm afraid I know very little as dad didn't like to talk much about his days as a POW during WW2 and understandably so.
I do know he was a POW in Italy and then evidently he was at Stalag 4f at Hartsmannsdorf and was repatriated around 1947 or 1948.
I would be very grateful to hear from anybody who can tell me anything else about my dad who sadly passed away in 1985. Thank you in anticipation.
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J C Suttle . British Army Wiltshire Regiment J Suttle served with the Wiltshire 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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A Sutton . British Army Duke of Wellingtons West Riding Regiment A Sutton served with the Duke of Wellingtons West Riding 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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WO. Austin Borden Rex Sutton . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 115 Squadron Warrant Officer Rex Sutton, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, was a long-served Navigator who completed an early tour of operations in Wellingtons of No. 115 Squadron in 1940, his pilot, who had a tendency to remain over the target for up to three quarters of an hour to ensure accurate bombing, was awarded the D.F.M.
Rex Sutton was born in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire in September 1915, and enlisted in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve shortly before the outbreak of hostilities in September 1939. Having then qualified for his Air Observer's Brevet in February 1940, he commenced his operational career that July, when he was posted to No. 115 Squadron, a Wellington unit operating out of R.A.F. Marham.
Thus ensued a busy tour of operations, as a member of Pilot Officer Kirby's crew, commencing with strikes against the oil refinery at Gelsenkirchen on the 14th and the aerodrome at Diepholz on the 18th. July witnessed him participating in attacks on the railway junction at Soest, the oil refinery at Hamburg, and the chemical works at Monheim in July, while in August he was assigned to strikes against the docks at Hamburg, the aerodrome at the aptly named Bomblitz, the aircraft works at Gotha, the oil refinery at Bordeaux and the aircraft factory at Bernberg.
An attack against the gas works at Berlin having followed in August, Sutton was next present in sorties against the marshalling yards at Hamm and barges at Calais, the latter part of the Hitler's envisaged Operation Sealion. September also saw Sutton participating in three strikes against the docks at Le Havre and, more notably, another on the Air Ministry in Berlin. Having then completed three more sorties with Kirby, attacks against Calais, Cologne and Kiel in early October, Sutton moved to Sergeant P. S. Marriott's crew, the pilot was awarded the D.F.M. in March 1941, the recommendation citing that he sometimes remained over his target for three quarters of an hour in order to ensure the accurate bombing.
Thus such targets may have included the aluminum works at Grevenbroich and the hydrogenation plant at Gelsenkirchen, attacked on the 20th and 27th of the same month; or, more likely, the docks at Antwerp and Bremerhaven, and the Krupps works at Essen, all attacked over the coming weeks, so, too, in November, the docks at Hamburg and Flushing, Schipol aerodrome and the railway yards at Cologne. On the latter occasion, as described in an accompanying newspaper cutting, H.M. the King attended 115 Squadron's crew briefing, 'watched the pilots take off, saw them return, and assisted in the cross-examination of the pilots on their operations against the enemy.'
Rex ended his tour in December with a strike against the Royal Arsenal at Turin, was thereafter employed as an instructor, but he saw further action in May and June 1942 when, in common with other O.T.U. personnel, he was called upon to contribute to the famous 1,000 bomber raids on Cologne and Essen, though on the latter occasion his aircraft was recalled to base. He was demobilised in October 1945.
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