JKG Sewell . British Army JKG Sewell 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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LG Sewell . British Army 3rd Hussars LG Sewell served with the 3rd 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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NJ Sewell . British Army NJ Sewell 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. William Sewell . Royal Air Force 44 Squadron (d.2nd/3rd August 1943)
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Pte. Bryon Harford Sexton . New Zealand Army 24th Battalion from Waihi Beach, New Zealand Bryon Sexton was wounded in the 1st of December 1941 near Sidi Rezegh where his brother John Sexton was killed on the 25th of November 1941.
Bryon became a POW and was on The Jason that left Benghazi on 8th of December 1941 with 2000 POWs. The boat was sunk by the submarine Porpoise. 500 drowned. Bryon was rescued and finished up at Campo PG85, later being taken to Stalag 344 and then Stalag 398.
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George Henry Sexton . Civil Defence ARP Warden My father, George Henry Sexton, was an ARP warden. He was aged 60 when he joined, and took a lot of pride in what he was doing. I think they were very brave men, and often risked their lives to save others. Without them doing that job, I think that many lives may have been lost. He has been gone for many years now, but I still remember him in his uniform, and feel very proud that he was my Dad.
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Pte. John Sidney Sexton . New Zealand Expeditionary Force 24th Battalion (d.25th Nov 1941) John Sexton served with 24th Battalion, NZEF.
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Chief Petty Officer Louis Pitney Sexton . Royal Navy from Southampton
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MD Sexton . British Army MD Sexton 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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Olive Mary Sexton . Women's Land Army from Rougham, Norfolk Olive Sexton was born in 1925 in Rougham, Norfolk. She joined the Land Army and was sent to Barsham Rectory in North Norfolk. She worked on the land for local farmers and liked working with the horses. She met my father, Frank Philip Worboys, at a dance in Walsingham, he was in the RAF stationed at RAF Egmere, Nth. Creake in Norfolk and they married on 29th of June 1946 at Rougham Church. She died in 2001 in Gt. Massingham where they had made their home. They had two children, John and Jennifer.
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S/Sgt. Robert Sexton . United States Army Air Force 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomber Squadron
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Gnr. Thomas William Sexton . British Army 100th Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery from Canning Town (d.18th Nov 1944) Thomas Sexton was from Canning Town, London.
He served as a gunner with 100th Anti-Tank Rgt, R.A. 8th Bn. Gordon Highlanders.
My Great Uncle, Tommy fought in Kohima and Burma during 1944 whereby he died in service in November 1944 and laid to rest in Kohima. Cause of death was believed to be tropical disease of some sought. He was aged just 24.
I'm desperately trying to find out more information about others he served with, where and at which times. Any information or photographs would be a massive help.
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AE Seymour . British Army AE Seymour 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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Gnr. Arthur William Seymour . British Army 1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery (d.5th Dec 1941) Arthur Seymour was born in Biggleswade in 1918. Husband of Dorothy M Seymour (nee Woodhouse)of Jarrow. He died aged 23.
Arthur is remembered on the Alemein Memorial and is commemorated on the WW2 Roll of Honour Plaque in the entrance of Jarrow Town Hall.
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F/Lt. Douglas Claude Seymour MID.. Royal Air Force 38 Squadron from Market Harborough My father Dougie Seymour was a rear gunner on Wellington Bombers during WW11 flying a total of 45 operations, 20 of which were whilst on detachment to Malta with 38 Squadron. Other operations included two attacking the Scharnhorst & Gniesenau when they were under repair in Brest harbour and also as an instructor with 15 OTU during two of the 1000 bomber raids on Cologne and Essen. Dad died in 2012 aged 91. I have subsequently tried to obtain the Bomber Command clasp in recognition of his service to the command but his service in the Middle East and Malta does not qualify him for the clasp.
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EE Seymour . British Army Kings Royal Rifle Corps EE Seymour served with the Kings Royal Rifle 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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FG Seymour . British Army FG Seymour 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. George William Byers Seymour . Australian Imperial Forces 2/17th Infantry Battalion from Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia George Seymour was my uncle on my father's side. I am researching my family history and haven't yet got the full military history of his capture but it appears he was captured in one of 3 places, Tobruk, Greece or Crete. I will continue my research, including visiting the Australian War Memorial and looking through his records until I have all the answers.
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JF Seymour . British Army JF Seymour 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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PO. Richard James Seymour . Royal Navy HMS Nightjar My father, Richard Seymour was marooned on Sable island with other sailors for several months after a German attack and I am researching his time on that island.
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Tpr. Thomas James Seymour MM,MiD.. British Army 6th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment from Newcastle upon Tyne My father, Thomas James Seymour, was born in 1920 in Newcastle upon Tyne.
He joined the Territorial Army in 1937 and in 1940 was sent to the Western Desert, (El Alamein). He was involved in the early part of the campaign when things were going badly. On 7th of July 1942 in the area of Ruweisat Ridge his lorry was shelled and badly damaged. Showing no regard for personal danger, he changed 2 damaged wheels under fire and refused to go back to the A1 Echalon, but went forward over a minefield to replenish the tanks which were heavily engaged in action. His lorry was again shelled, and he was ordered to off-load ammunition from the lorry and make a dump which he did single-handedly. His commander was Lieutenant Colonel Liardet. My father was awarded the Military Medal. The officer who was involved in this incident received the George medal.
My father was also Mentioned in Dispatches and has an oak leaf and bar decoration.
I only know most of this because I got a copy of the original citation. My father did not talk about the awful things that happened until the 2 years before his death at the age of 97. Any mention of his time at El Alamein would make him very upset. I do remember my father telling me that he saw Auchinleck sitting up against a truck, I also remember him telling me that he thought Auchinleck had done a really good job, and was sorry when he was dismissed.
He was very friendly with another recruit from Newcastle. He showed my father a picture of his youngest sister. He started to write to her and on return to Tyneside they met and married! His friend Steve was now my uncle Steve and when they got together they would regale us with funny stories about their experiences. Neither of them told us how awful it was.
On a final note, he had been given an order to drive an armoured car over a bridge that was not safe. He told the officer that it wouldn't hold the lorry. On feeling the bridge give way he jumped out and the lorry was lost in a river. He was told he would be in great trouble for losing the lorry. A while later, on being summoned to the Colonel's tent, he was told before entering to salute and say 'Thank you'. Expecting to be told what would happen as a result of losing the truck, he was told instead that he had been recommended for the Military Medal. He heard no more about the lost lorry!
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William Richard Dunham Seymour . Royal Navy HMS Electra My father was "the doc" on board The Electra when she sent down in The Battle of the Java Sea. His name is William (Bill) Richard Dunham Seymour. He is now 90 and was the ship's surgeon. He qualified in medicine at his home town of Belfast, N. Ireland, and volunteered (was known as "the wavey navy" as his strips were wavey to indicate he volunteered - no conscription in Ireland at that time - 1941). He joined up 4.4.1941 & went onto Electra, based at Scapa Flow and covering the N. Atlantic convoys before going out East. Luckily, was picked up after the Battle of the Java Sea by the Yanks and came home via Australia. Went to Haslar, then to King George V. and ended up being one the first specially chosen dozen to land in Japan after the two A bombs. We are still in touch with one or two survivors from the Electra.
Richard Coale was asking about people who may have known his grandfather who had been killed at the sinking of Electra in 1942. Could Richard please contact me?
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AC1. William A Seymour . Royal Air Force A Flight 37 Squadron from Amber Hill, Lincolnshire (d.30th Apr 1940) My uncle AC/1 Bill Seymour an air gunner (front turret) was killed during a raid on Sola (Stavanger) airfield in Norway at approximately 20:50 hours on the evening of 30th of April 1940. The raid was carried out by four Wellington 1A aircraft of 37 Squadron based at RAF Feltwell, Norfolk. Two of the four Wellingtons P9213 and P9215, both from A flight were probably damaged by flak on their bombing run over the airfield and finally shot down by a mix of German fighters, Messerschmitt Bf109Es of II./JG77 and Messerschmitt Bf110Cs of I./ZG76. Both Wellingtons crashed in to the sea somewhere North of Rott Island about a mile South of Stavanger Peninsula.
P9215's Crew were:
F/O G V Gordon,
P/O T Kerr,
Sgt W Eddlestone,
LAC W E Brewster and
AC/1 W A Seymour.
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L/Cpl. Kenneth Richard "Shack" Shackleford . British Army 2nd Btn. Royal West Kent Regiment from Fulham Road, London
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D Shackleton . British Army Kings Own Scottish Borderers D Shackleton served with the Kings Own Scottish Borderers 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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E Shackleton . British Army Royal Armoured Corps E Shackleton 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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J Shackleton . British Army J Shackleton 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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R Shackleton . British Army Royal Armoured Corps R Shackleton 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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H L Shackleton. . 419 Sqd.
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Pte Ronald Pape Shackley . British Army 2nd Btn Kings Own Royal Regiment from Lancaster
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