Staff Sargent Samuel Maynard Swanson . US Army 45th Infantry Division from Galesburg, Illinois My father-in-law, Staff Sargent Samuel Maynard Swanson, served with the
45th Infantry Division, US Army and a was a POW in Stalag IIA. It would be great to learn of anyone who may have known, had a picture or a story about my father-in-law. He died in 2003 in Galesburg, Illinois, his home town.
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Staff Sargent Samuel Maynard Swanson . US Army 45th Infantry Division from Galesburg, Illinois My father-in-law, Staff Sargent Samuel Maynard Swanson, served with the
45th Infantry Division, US Army and a was a POW in Stalag IIA. It would be great to learn of anyone who may have known, had a picture or a story about my father-in-law. He died in 2003 in Galesburg, Illinois, his home town.
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Cpl. William Swanson . British Army Seaforth Highlanders from Maud, Aberdeenshire William Swanson served with the Seaforth Highlanders.
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Eithne Swanton . ATS (d.21st November 1944) During the second World War the Allied and German soldiers, who were killed in Goirle, Noord Brabant, the Netherlands and in the neighbourhood, were buried at the Roman Catholic cemetery from the parish St. Jan in Goirle.
I am looking for information about the only women who is buried in Goirle. Her name is EITHNE SWANTON, Auxiliary Territorial Service, service nr. W/297570, age 28 years old, died 21 November 1944.
After the war the remains of the German soldiers were reburied in Ysselsteijn (near Venray) and most of the allied soldiers were reburied in Bergen op Zoom (War Cemetery and Canadian War Cemetery) and in Leopoldsburg (Belgium, War Cemetery).
At this moment there are 27 Allied graves. Every year we commemorate the victims of World War II, both soldiers and civilians. We know their names, but who were the persons behind the names? What were their lives before they died? Where did they come from? How did they die? Under what circumstances?
It is my intention to give the victims a face, to write and keep the story behind the gravestones because we always will remember the soldier who died for our liberty. We can forget names, but not faces. I will try to write down all their stories for the next generation so they will know who was commemorated.
Maybe someone can help me in this matter. Send me a letter or an e-mail with additional information, a photograph or a copy of any personal document, which I can use for The Memory Book or a website.
Thank you in advance for your help
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Cpl. Peter Swarbrick . New Zealand Infantry from Auckland, New Zealand (d.12th March 1943) Corporal Swarbrick was the Son of Louis Pieters Swarbrick and Bessie Swarbrick of Kiwitahi, Auckland, New Zealand.
He was 27 when he died and is buried in the Kingston Cemetery, Norfolk Islands
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SSgt. Edward D. Swartz . United States Army Infantry Company C 407th Infantry Regiment from Dunmore, PA My father Edward Swartz, lived to be 81 years old. He had his struggles with major surgeries post WW II but worked through his difficulties and enjoyed his 4 children and 9 grandchildren.
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Reg Swartz . Royal Air Force 405 Sqdn. My granddad, Reg Swartz, was attached to the 405 Pathfinders Force. Gransden Lodge was where he hung his hat during the war. I wrote a short bio about him featuring his wartime efforts, and another about an airframe mechanic who spent time in both Britain and Italy. Does anyone remember him?
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F/Lt. Reginald Arthur Swartz DFC.. Royal Air Force 405 Sqdn. from Canada My late father Reginald Swartz was a navigator, bomb-aimer in 405 (Canadian Pathfinder) Squadron.
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Sgt Stan Swartz . 428 Sqd.
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Kenneth Swash . British Army Seaforth Highlanders Kenneth Swash served with the Seaforth Highlanders.
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Pte. James Henry Swatton . British Army Royal Berkshire Regiment from Southwater, Sussex I am trying to find out more about my father, James Swatton. I think he may have been in the Royal Berks as I think he went to re-unions in Reading. He served in WW2 in India and Burma as a stretcher bearer. I do have a picture of him in uniform and another with his mates which I think was pre-embarkation.
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Gnr. Leonard Reginald Swatton . British Army Royal Artillery from 27 Western Road, Winchester Dad, Leonard Swatton was taken POW at St. Valery en Caux and was a POW for 5 years in
Stalag 8B. He was also on the Death March. He told me when I was a child that the Germans marched them round and round in circles but when I became secretary of the Bournemouth & Poole Branch of the Veterans of Dunkirk another member, now deceased, told me of the Death March, so of course I put two and two together and realised this 'marching round and round in circles' was actually the Death March.
Dad's POW Number is 17832
He sadly passed away in September 1993.
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Pte. Harry Swayne . British Army 1st Btn. Royal Norfolk Regiment from Hertfordshire (d.17th Jun 1944)
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Willie S. Sweatmon . United States Army 47th Infantry Regt. from Georgia, USA Willie Sweatmon was my great uncle. He with the 9th Infantry Division, 47th Infantry Regt and was involved in the Tunisian Campaign and at some point was captured. He was a POW at Stalag IIIB and later moved to Stalag IIIA where he died. His body was not returned to the States until 08 Aug 1949. The cause of death is not known. He is buried in Georgia not far from his birth place.
If by some chance anyone has any additional information on him I would greatly appreciate a notification.
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D P Sweeney . 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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L/Cpl. Francis Kitchener Sweeney . British Army 33rd Transport Coy. Royal Army Service Corps from Chelsea, London Our Dad, Frank Sweeney, served in the 33rd Transport Company, Royal Army Service Corps in the Second World War. We understand he landed three days after D-Day, and spent a lot of time driving through France, Germany and Poland, carrying supplies and troops to the front line. He drove a number of vehicles including at one point a scammel tank transporter and a six wheeler Bedford trucks.
Dad was assigned to support the liberation of Belsen concentration camp. Although he talked a lot of his experiences in the war it was the one area he was reticent about. He did have some photographs but unfortunately these were lost. He was also attached to the Grenadier Guards at one point transporting prisoners of war from the front to POW camps. He used to say that although there were between 20 and 40 prisoners in the back and only he and a guardsman in the front, he was never worried as the Germans were so demoralised at the time.
Dad died in 2006 at the age of 90, leaving six sons, three of whom were born between 1939 and 1943.
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J Sweeney . British Army Black Watch J Sweeney served with the Black Watch 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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JW Sweeney . British Army JW Sweeney 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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PJ Sweeney . British Army East Surrey Regiment PJ Sweeney served with the East Surrey 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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Vera Grace Sweeney . Women's Land Army Vera served in the Womens Land Army in Hertfordshire during the Second World War. I will be helping to to apply for her WLA Badge in recognition of her service.
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Pte. William "Todd" Sweeney . British Army 1st Battalion Kings Liverpool Regiment from Liverpool (d.23rd May 1944) My Uncle William Sweeney of the 1st Battalion Kings Liverpool Regiment serving with the Chindits was killed in action on the 23rd of May 1944 whilst retreating with his unit from the fortress defensive area code named Blackpool.
Lest we forget.
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AH Sweet . British Army Sherwood Foresters AH Sweet 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: 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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Cpl Albert James Sweet . British Army 5th Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment from London (d.29th April 1945)
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Pte. Arthur Sweet . British Army I'm looking for any information concerning my grandfather, Pte. Arthur Sweet. Service No. 5504441, PoW at Stalag 8b later Stalag 344 somewhere between 1943 and 1945. POW no. 55355.
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ST Sweetapple . British Army Royal Armoured Corps ST Sweetapple 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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Flt.Sgt. E. S.G. Sweeting . Royal Air Force No. 1 Squadron Flt.Sgt. E.S.G. Sweeting was a pilot who flew Hurricanes and was based at RAF Tangmere.
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EW Sweeting . British Army Reconnaissance Corps EW Sweeting served with the Reconnaissance 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. Albert James "Bob" Sweetland . British Army Kings Royal Rifle Corps from Battersea, London My great uncle, Albert Sweetland, was held at Stalag 18A Prisoner of War Camp as PoW Number 7656, during WW2. I believe he was there from 1942 through to 1945.
He served with the Kings Royal Rifle Corps.
Albert was born 5th of June in Clapham, London to John Thomas Sweetland, himself a former Royal Highlander, and Martha Jane Murison.
He was the 5th of 10 children.
He lost his eldest brother Jock in 1918 at the Somme, and his youngest brother Fred in WW2 in Ghana 1943. The family lived in and around Savona Place, Clapham.
He married Violet Noll, they had 3 children and emigrated to Australia in 1951 He died July 1990 in South Australia aged 85 and is buried at Enfield Memorial Park
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Pte. Frederick L Sweetland . British Army East Surrey Regiment from Battersea, London, UK My mother (Edna Sweetland) is looking for details about her cousin (Fred Sweetland, married Grace and had one daughter). He was a Paratrooper, believed to have joined when he was 17 years old (or maybe slightly younger!) and who may have been involved with Operation Market Garden. He was definitely captured at Arnhem (Arnhem POW Camp 11b) as a POW (POW number 118279) and later repatriated.
It would be greatly appreciated if anyone has any information.
One story she does remember him recounting is that when he actually met up with his German captors he was surpised to find that they were young men just like him doing their duty and was pleased to be offered cigarettes. One has to remember that people from his background didn't come across any other nationalities and didn't travel as we do today.
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Pte. Frederick Louis Sweetland . British Army East Surrey Regiment from London My grandfather Frederick Sweetland was a paratrooper in WW2 and was captured and became a POW at Arnhem.
He survived and came home after the war and married my grandmother, Grace, who had been waiting for him throughout. They went on to have two daughters, the youngest being my mother.
We are looking for any other information that anyone my have about him.
There was a message on here from a Sarah Brierley, who was searching for information about him too, as her mother was my grandfathers cousin - Edna Sweetland. Would be great to get in touch and have some missing pieces of a puzzle. My grandfather was a wonderful man who I have such special memories of. Sadly, he passed away in 2006 aged 85yrs and his wartime stories are now lost forever.
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