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F/Off John Mackie "Jock" Sinclair D.F.C. Royal Air Force 166 Sqn from Barking (d.21st Jan 1945)
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JR Sinclair . British Army Royal Armoured Corps JR Sinclair 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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JW Sinclair . British Army JW Sinclair 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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F/Sgt. Peter Sinclair . Royal Australian Air Force from Ki-Downs, Euston, NSW, Australia (d.29th Mar 1944) Flight Sergeant Peter Sinclair RAAF, flew from RAF Elvington, the
twenty-two year old son John Sinclair and Wilhelmina Agnes (Mackintosh).
Peter died from injuries in Ayrshire on 29 March 1944 and is buried in
the Stonefall Cemetery, Harrogate, Yorkshire.
The family owned the 'Ki-Downs' property in Euston, NSW, AUS where Peter
was a jackaroo for his father.
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R Sinclair . British Army R Sinclair 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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Able Sea. Stephen Powell Mackie Sinclair . Royal Navy HMS Lydd (d.29th May 1940)
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Sgt. Stephen Sinclair . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 619 Squadron from Dunstan (d.25th Jul 1944) Sgt (Air Gunner) Stephen Sinclair served with 619 Squadron. On the night of 25th of July 1944 during the last air raid against the oil plant of Donges East of St. Nazaire, Lancaster LM643 of the 619 Sqn was shot down by flak, most probably of the Marine Flak Abteilung 705 just above the target and crashed into the oil plant. None of the crew of seven survived.
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LAC. Thomas Alfred Sinclair . Royal Air Force from Manchester My father, Alf Sinclair was in the Royal Air Force and served in Britain, Australia and Burma. He was Ground crew on Dakotas.
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W Sinclair . British Army W Sinclair 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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W Sinclair . British Army W Sinclair 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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F/O W. R. Sinclair . Royal Australian Air Force 97 Squadron
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Walter Sinclair . Australian Army 2/2 Field Regiment (d.25th Jan 1945) My uncle, Walter Sinclair, 2/2 Field Regiment, Australian Army was captured on Crete. I was very, very excited to see his name on the List of Prisoners & that the information that he died on 25th Jan 1945 correlates with my research. This is the first mention of him that I have found in over 12 months of searching on the net. However, his German POW cards show that he was transferred to Stalag V111B Teschen on 11.1.44 from Stalag 344 (V111B) Lamsdorf where he had been since 14.4.43, so he should have been on the Teschen march not Lamsdorf.
My mother can remember being told that he had severely frostbitten feet & couldn't march so was shot. I would appreciate any information that you can give me, as I am trying to trace his grave & the route taken from these 2 camps was entirely different. I have a postcard from 7A Moosburg & 2 from 8B Lamsdorf.
Update: The change of the designation V111B has tricked many family researchers, including myself. V111B (Lamsdorf) became 344 towards the end of 1943. It was an extremely large camp & was set up in 1939 using existing WW1 camp constructions. Initially it was a transit camp which then became permanent. Early in 1943, V111B (Britenlager) included 318/V111F Lamsdorf (200,000 Soviet POWs of whom around 40,000 died) & V111D Teschen, making it one of the largest POW complexes. Because of the large influx of POWs after the Normandy landings, the complex was reorganised & separated as 344 Lamsdorf & V111B Teschen. Teschen (now Cieszyn) is about 120km south from Lamsdorf (now Lambinowice) in Poland. By February 1944 V111B Teschen was the administrative base for many of the Silesian Arbeitskommandos (Work Camps), mainly mining, including 53 which contained 11,500 British POWs. (The designation 'British' also applied to all subjects of the British Empire e.g. Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, etc.) Most of these work camps were many kilometres from the main camp & the POWs lived, as well as worked, there. (Some in deplorable conditions). From the middle of January 1945, the POWs in the work camps were force-marched through Czechoslovakia away from the Russian advance. The last group left the main camp at V111B Teschen on about 20th Jan 1945. My uncle, Walter Sinclair,VX613,2/2nd Field Reg,AIF, POW 92192, died on that march & has no known grave. He was transferred to Teschen, 11/01/44 from 344 Lamsdorf. He wrote of the change from V111B to 344 on a postcard dated 26/12/43. He arrived V111B Lamsdorf, 14/4/43,from V11A Mooseburg,21/08/41,following his capture on Crete,31/05/41.
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Seargeant William Aeden Sinclair . RAF VR 419 Squadron (d.30th March 1944) March 29/30, 1944 - 49 Halifaxes from 419, 427, 428, 431, and 434 squadrons were ordered on an attack of the rail yards at Vaires. The crews were over the target at between 12,000 and 13,000 feet, releasing 470,000 lbs of high explosives. According to reports, this attack took place in a bright moonlight and severe damage was caused. Two ammunition trains blew up with great force.
P/O J. Greenidge RCAF and crew from 419 squadron, flying Halifax II HR-912 coded VR-F, failed to return from this operation.
F/L William Sinclair RAF, panel 237 Runnymede Memorial.
P/O Thomas Bentley Lowe RCAF
P/O John Greenidge RCAF
P/O Vernal Lunney RCAF
W/O1 Elmore Humphreys RCAF
Sgt. M. Wheeler RCAF
P/O Ernest Surridge RCAF
All were lost.
I hope to get further details in due course.
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F/Lt. William Sinclair . Royal Canadian Air Force 405 Squadron (d.9th May 1944) We have installed a little cross with the picture of the crew of the Lancaster ND587 crashed in Gallaix on the 9th May 1944.
This monument was inaugurated by the mayor of Leuze (Be) with all the descendants of the crew. The pictures were taken during the ceremony.
Another ceremony was held in the cemetery of Chièvres where the crew is buried.
The crew were:
- F/Lt W.McL Chase RAAF
- F/Sgt J.M.Buckley
- F/Lt G.W.Knupp RCAF
- F/Lt W.Sinclair
- F/Sgt J.T.Gill
- Pilot Officer C.M.Sylvah RCAF
- F/Sgt R.D.Daniels
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F/O William Robert Sinclair . Royal Australian Air Force from Hampton, Victoria, Australia (d.12th December 1944) Flying Officer Sinclair was the Son of Charles Haferkorn and Annie Ellen Sinclair, of Hampton, Victoria, Australia.
He was 21 when he died and is buried in the Eiken Churchyard in Norway.
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Pte. William Sinclair . British Army 20th Company Royal Army Ordnance Corps from 42 Warlock St, Glasgow
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J Sinden . British Army J Sinden 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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Dvr. John Sinderson . British Army Royal Army Service Corps John Sinderson was held in Stalag XXa, Torun, Poland.
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Sgt. Arthur George Percival Sindrey . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 218 (Gold Coast) Squadron from Cheltenham, Gloucestershire (d.29th April 1943) Arthur Sindrey was the Son of William Percival and Fanny Elizabeth Sindrey, of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
He was 21 when he died and is buried in the Aadum Cemetery in Denmark, Coll. grave A. 27.
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Cpl. Albert Thomas Sinfield . British Army 5th Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment from Hackney, London
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William George Sinfield MID.. British Army 8th Army My Uncle Bill Sinfield died years ago. His daughter lives in the Netherlands as he married a Dutch girl. He came back to England with her but then returned to Herlinda to work in the Dutch mines. He was known as the mad English Man because he rode his motorbike so fast. He came to England regularly.
He was attached to 8th Army. Tobruk, El Alemein. Also 1944 liberation of Holland.
He was MID for bravery at a city called Oss. He was also involved with liberation of Belsen.
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Naik. Gian Singh . British Indian Army 15th Punjab Regiment from India Gian Singh was born in Sahabpur, a village in the Nawanshahr district of eastern Punjab. He was a Naik in the 15th Punjab Regiment, when he was awarded the VC. "On 2 March 1945 on the road between Kamye and Myingyan, Burma (now Myanmar), where the Japanese were strongly positioned, Naik Gian Singh who was in charge of the leading section of his platoon, went on alone firing his tommy gun, and rushed the enemy foxholes. In spite of being wounded in the arm he went on, hurling grenades. He attacked and killed the crew of a cleverly concealed anti-tank gun, and then led his men down a lane clearing all enemy positions. He went on leading his section until the action had been satisfactorily completed."
Singh was presented with his Victoria Cross by King George VI, in a ceremony at Buckingham Palace on 16 October 1945.
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Naik. Nand Singh VC .. British India Army 1st Btn. 11th Sikh Regiment from Bahadurpur, India Nand Singh was 29 years old, and an Acting Naik in the 1/11th Sikh Regiment, in the Indian Army when he was awarded the VC.
On 11th/12th March 1944 on the Maungdaw-Buthidaung Road, Burma, Naik Nand Singh, commanding a leading section of the attack, was ordered to recapture a position gained by the enemy. He led his section up a very steep knife-edged ridge under very heavy machine-gun and rifle fire and although wounded in the thigh, captured the first trench. He then crawled forward alone and, wounded again in the face and shoulder, nevertheless captured the second and third trenches.
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Hvdr. Parkash Singh VC.. British Indian Army 8th Punjab Regiment Bren Gun Carrier Platoon of 5th Battalion from Sharikar, India Parkash Singh was a 29 year old Havildar serving in the Bren Gun Carrier Platoon of 5th Battalion 8th Punjab Regiment, British Indian Army. In January 1943, his battalion was engaged in fighting on the Mayu Peninsula in the Arakan, Burma, against Japanese forces, when he was awarded the VC:
On 6 January 1943, the Bren Gun Carrier Platoon of 5/8th Punjab was attacked by a strong Japanese patrol near Donbaik on the Mayu Peninsula. The Platoon Commander was wounded and was forced to retire, handing over the command to Havildar Parkash Singh. Parkash Singh noticed two other carriers bogged down in a nullah, and under heavy Japanese fire. He immediately rushed to the rescue of the stricken carriers; calling on their crews to abandon the vehicles and run for safety while he provided covering fire. When his Bren gunner was wounded, he took control of the gun from him, and charged towards the enemy. Driving with one hand and firing the Bren gun with the other, he drove them out of their fixed positions. As he returned to pick the crews of the stranded carriers, he came under heavy enemy fire, but calmly rescued all eight men. On 19 January, the battalion carriers again came under heavy anti-tank fire in the same area, and several of them were destroyed including that of the Platoon Commander. The crews of the destroyed vehicles were given up for dead, and the rest of the carriers withdrew. But Parkash Singh wanted to see for himself if there were any survivors among the burning wrecks. Driving down the beach under intense enemy fire, he found the officer and his driver in their badly damaged carrier. The men were too badly injured to be moved, so Parkash Singh decided to tow their vehicle to safety. Despite the order of his Platoon Commander to go back and save himself, the fearless NCO rigged a makeshift tow chain and secured it to the damaged carrier, all the time exposed to enemy fire, and then towed it back to safety. For his feats of cool courage and selfless devotion on the 6th and 19th of January 1943, Havildar Parkash Singh was awarded the Victoria Cross.
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A/Sbdr Ram Sarup Singh VC.. British Indian Army 1st Punjab Regiment from India (d.25th Oct 1944) Ram Sarup Singh was 25 years old, and an Acting Subadar in the 2nd Battlion, 1st Punjab Regiment when he was awarded the VC.
On 25 October 1944 at Kennedy Peak in the Tiddim area, Burma, two platoons were ordered to attack a strong Japanese position. The platoon commanded by Subadar Singh attained its objective and although Singh was wounded in both legs he insisted on carrying on. Later, the enemy's counter-attack was halted by Subadar Singh's dashing counter-charge in which he killed four of the enemy himself. He was again wounded, but continued to lead his men, killing two more of the enemy, until he was mortally wounded."
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Subedar Richh Pal "Riccu" Singh . British Indian Army 4th Division from Mondru, Rajasthan, India My father, Richh Singh fought in WW2. He told about his story that he was wounded twice during War time. He was faithful to the British Queen & has great respect for the British people. As per record he earned distinguished services in Italy & won a number of medals. He was a brave soldier and faced the war in a heroic way. He spent his last life in India & survived in poor condition because he got very less pension amount. He died in Aug 1987.
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Hvdr. Umrao Singh VC.. British Indian Army Royal Indian Artillery from India Umrao Singh, son of Mohar Singh, was born into a Hindu Yadav family in Palra, a small village in Jhajjar district in the Rohtak district of Punjab, 50 km north of Delhi. He attended a local school and joined the Indian Army in November 1939. He was promoted to Havildar (Sergeant) in 1942
On the night of 15 to 16 December 1944 in the Kaladan valley, Burma, Umrao Singh was a field gun detachment commander in an advanced section of the 33 Mountain Battery, 30th Mountain Regiment, Indian Artillery, serving on detachment as part of the 81st West African Division in Viscount Slim's British 14th Army, supporting the advance of the XV Corps on the Arakan. Singh's gun was in an advanced position, supporting the 8th Gold Coast Regiment. After a 90 minute sustained bombardment from 75 mm guns and mortars from the Lt-Gen Sakurai Seizo's Japanese 28th Army, Singh's gun position was attacked by at least two companies of Japanese infantry. He used a Bren light machine gun and directed the rifle fire of the gunners, holding off the assault. He was wounded by two grenades.
A second wave of attackers killed all but Singh and two other gunners, but was also beaten off. The three soldiers had only a few bullets remaining, and these were rapidly exhausted in the initial stages of the assault by a third wave of attackers. Undaunted, Singh picked up a gun bearer (a heavy iron rod) and used it as a weapon in hand to hand fighting. He was seen to strike down three infantrymen, fatally wounded, before succumbing to a rain of blows. Six hours later, after a counter-attack, he was found alive but unconscious near to his artillery piece, almost unrecognisable from a head injury, still clutching his gun bearer. Ten Japanese soldiers lay dead nearby. His field gun was back in action later that day.
Singh was presented with his VC by King George VI at Buckingham Palace on 15 October 1945. The citation reads "Havildar Umrao Singh set a supreme example of gallantry and devotion to duty."
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Pte. Dennis William Singleton . British Army Royal Army Ordnance Corps (d.6th April 1944) I was looking online for someone else whose remains are in Linchmere/Lynchmere Cemetery. I noticed it had one WW2 war grave there belonging to the above gentleman, Dennis William Singleton. I was sad to see that details of age and relatives remained blank. I think he has been completely forgotten. He is buried in Grave F 1., Linchmere Cemetery.
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Sgt. Geoffrey William Singleton . Navy Army & Air Force Institutes from Croydon My father, Geoffrey Singleton, aged 25, was in the NAAFI with the British Expeditionary Forces when they were returning to the UK in June 1940. Together with thousands of others he joined the ship "RMS Lancastria" which was heavily laden. It left port and he went up on deck to get a cup of tea, this probably saved his life as the ship came under heavy bombardment and sank with thousands of lost lives. He was able to jump into the sea and swim for his life, eventually being picked up by a French fishing vessel and then was brought back to the UK on the "The John Holt". He lost many friends and saw many terrible atrocities. My mother's uncle saw him on the quay and then they became separated. He returned on a different ship and watched "The Lancastria" sink. When he arrived back in the UK he had no idea if my Dad had survived or not. I imagine that my father is now one of the oldest survivors of this tragedy being in his 96th year.
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Sgt. Geoffrey William Singleton . British Army from Croydon My father, Geoffrey Singleton is a survivor of The Lancastria Disaster.Aged 25,He was on the deck when the ship was hit and managed to dive and swim, he was picked up by a French fishing vessel and then the Sir John Holt. In the thousands thronging on the quay he managed to see my mother's uncle, who got on the Oronsay and watched in horror as the Lancastria was sunk, he sailed back to England with no idea what to tell the family about my Dad. A lifelong member of the Lancastria Assosciation, my Dad used to attend Cenotaph meetings in June, and now 96 and in very failing health he still remembers the ship and those terrible experiences.
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