Flt.Sgt. Sidney Smith . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 514 Sqdn. (d.5th March 1945) I am writing a book about the crash of Lancaster NN775 that crashed at Bunsbeek. A commemoration board was placed there on 11th November 2015 and in 2017 there will be a commemoration weekend at Glabbeek. Some parts of the plane have been excavated, the rest will follow as also the remains of the crew who are still in the ground at the crash site.
I have seen the picture that Yeffrey Temple put on the grave of Sydney in 2015. I would like to contact Yeffrey for more information and pictures and invite him and his familiy to the commemoration in 2017.
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Pte. Sidney Charles Smith . British Army Royal Army Ordnance Corps (d.5th July 1941)
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SKE Smith . British Army Royal Armoured Corps SKE Smith 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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Stanley C Smith . Canadian Army from Saskatoon, Canada I am trying to trace any details of Stan Smith. He must have been posted in the UK during WW2 as he was engaged to my mother Rita Elderkin. He saw action in Italy and was wounded, I believe he suffered a chipped spine due to a bombing incident. When he returned to the UK he would not marry my mother as he didn't want to burden her as an invalid. I don't even know if he is still alive as my mother is 86 now and I believe he was about 7yrs older. She has always held him in deep affection and I would love to find out more about him.
If any one can help I would be very grateful.
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Stanley "Smudger" Smith . British Army Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers from Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent My father died in 1974 and all I have of his war-time experiences are these pictures of him during the war. He is the one in the middle of the group photo. I enclose a close up of how he looked then too. All I know is that he was with the REME and I remember attending a reunion with him in London, back in the early 70s, when I was in my early 20s. I know this is a long shot but if there is anyone who recognises him or his companions in the picture I would love to hear from them.
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WO. Stanley Edgar Smith . Royal Australian Air Force 609 Squadron from South Australia (d.23rd April 1945) Stanley Smith was 23 when he died, he is buried in the Nieuw-Scheemda Protestant Churchyard, Groningen, Netherlands.
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F/Lt Stanley Joseph Smith . Royal Air Force 220 Squadron from Manchester
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Stanley Smith . British Army 1st Btn. Royal Fusiliers from Notting Hill London (d.29th Nov 1943)
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Grdm. Stanley John Smith . British Army 3rd Btn. Irish Guards from Bolton (d.21st February 1945) All I know is that Stanley Smith was with the 3rd Irish Guards and was killed crossing a river. He is buried at Misbeek War Cemetery in Holland.
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SV Smith . British Army SV Smith 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. sydney wiliam smith . British Army Royal Irish Fusiliers from Small Heath, Birmingham
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Cpl. Sydney Harry Hyder Smith . British Army 200th Company Military Police from 33 Bradbourne Road, Sevenoaks, Kent After his call-up, Harry Smith started his training at Maidstone.
His wife was pregnant with their first child at the time and Harry suffered from morning sickness. He claimed this was the only time he saw the RSM laugh.
He was particularly proud of having been subjected to physical training under Stan Cullis, a famous footballer who was highly critical of his football skills.
He was subsequently trained as a driver and dispatch rider at Catterick, Yorkshire. (He was already able to drive having owned his own car before the war.) He was put in charge of a group of 6 who collected newly landed Jeeps from Glasgow and drove them to Liverpool for embarkation to North Africa. On the way south it rained heavily and he had to find a forge where they could drill holes in the floor so they didn't have to drive with their feet in water.
He travelled on a troopship from Liverpool to Algiers. The ship carried six thousand soldiers many of whom including Harry slept on deck. They travelled in convoy far out into the Atlantic before turning back for North Africa in order to avoid U-boats and air attacks but in spite of that, he recalled that several ships blew up and sank, sometimes in the night. The convoy didn't stop.
He landed somewhere around Algiers as part of the 1st Army in Operation Torch). The 1st Army was disbanded after the victory in Tunisia in 1943 after which he was part of the 8th Army.
I am fairly sure that at various times he was in Algiers, Bizerte, Tunis, Tripoli, Benghazi, Tobruk, Sidi Barrani, Mersa Matruh and Alexandria.
He told a story of driving a truck with faulty steering (a broken tie rod) along a stretch of road known as Messerschmidt Alley, because it was straight with desert either side so that German aircraft could easily attack traffic on the road, but because of the steering fault his truck would dart from side to side unexpectedly and so he evaded attack.
He was placed on a train in Mufti to investigate the loss of goods from the train. He found that at one point the track was on a tall curving sand embankment so shaped that although he could see goods rolling down the embankment he could see neither where on the train they were being thrown from nor where they finished up at the bottom of the slope.
He was part of the invasion of Sicily but talked little about this apart from having attended an opera performance in an ancient amphitheatre.
He was landed in Italy, either Anzio or Salerno (probably Salerno). He told of a day when all 30,000 soldiers in the beachhead were told to strip and wash in the sea for lack of other facilities.
He ended the war in Rome and was appointed condottore.
He returned home in about September 1945. For some time after his return he slept on the floor because a bed was too soft.
In North Africa he contracted malaria from which he suffered recurring bouts during my childhood.
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Flight Sergeant T Smith . RAF 59 Squadron
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Sgt T. C. Smith . Royal Air Force 10 Sqd. (d. 3rd Feb 1945 )
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Pte. T. E. Smith . British Army Pioneer Corps (d.17th Jun 1940) Pte. T. E. Smith of the Pioneer Corps lost his life in the sinking of the Lancastria.
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Sgt. Terence Roy "Smudge" Smith . British Army South Staffordshire Regiment from Burton Upon Trent Terence Roy Smith was my Dad.
He served with distinction in the South Staffords during WW2.
Dad spoke very little of his time during the war but I know he
had his wings and parachuted into Normandy. He was a member of
Wingates Chindits I believe he served with them in Burma. He may
have been a POW for a short time.
At the end of the war the Staffords were given the freedom of
Lichfield and my Dad bore the Regimental Colours in a march to
Lichfield Cathedral in a service to commemorate their efforts.
He left the Army after the war for a short time, but missed the Army so much he re-enlisted and served again from about 1946 to 1961, again with the South Staffs. He served during that time in Germany, Borneo, Egypt
and Kenya. During his final years of service he was a training Sgt at Whittington Barracks.
Dad was so keen to be a soldier he joined at 14 years old but was not
too truthful about his age and was discharged as soon as the truth was known, only to rejoin as soon as he reached the eligible age.
I regret I don't have much more knowledge of his service history, my
brother holds his medals so I may be able to provide more. I would
greatly appreciate any information anyone may have of Terry Smith (Smudge)
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Acting Sub.Lt. (E) Thomas Smith . Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve HMS Forfar from Chorley, Lancashire (d.2nd Dec 1940)
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Thomas George Smith . Thomas George Smith, my fatherm was one of the Stalag 7a prisoners. He would have been about 40 when he was in Camp 2780 and his prisoner number was 6047. I only know that he was captured at the Battle of Crete. He managed to survive the war but died in 1952.
If anyone can find any references to him anywhere I would be most grateful to hear from you.
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Sgt. Thomas Harry James Smith . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve w/op 419 Sqd. from Tolladine, Worcester, England. (d.25th May 1944)
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Pte. Thomas Parker "Jim" Smith . British Army Black Watch from Dunblane My Dad, Thomas Smith was held at Stalag XXB but like many did not talk about it much. He was wounded by a grenade so probably spent some time in medical care, loosing the sight in his right eye and wounds to right arm and leg
He did tell some funny stories like the one about the potato that made noises.... familiar to anyone?
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Sgt. Thomas William Smith . British Army 1st King's Dragoon Guards Royal Armoured Corps (d.5th Oct 1942) Thomas Smith was born in Jarrow in 1913. He was the son of Thomas William and Mary Smith of Jarrow and the husband of Edith Smith (nee Hunter) also of Jarrow.
He died aged 20 and is buried in Ramleh War Cemetery.
Thomas is commemorated on the WW2 Roll of Honour Plaque in the entrance of Jarrow Town Hall.
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Driver Thomas Smith . British Army Royal Army Service Corps from Rochdale (d.27th August 1944) My grandfather was in the Royal Army Service Corps and served with the 8th Army in North Africa and Italy. He was a driver and was killed near Ancona, Italy on 27th August 1944.
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L/Cpl. Thomas Alfred Smith . British Army South Staffordshire from Cradley Heath (d.7th July 1944)
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Rflmn. Thomas George "Pop" Smith . British Army 9th Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps from London My Dad, Thomas Smith, joined the Territorial Army on 5th Feb 1925. He was a Gunner in the 867th (London) Battery, 92nd Field Brigade and transferred to 12th London Rangers on 12th Apr 1927. He was 'Called to Colours' at the outbreak of war on 1st Sept 1939.
He was wounded, captured and made a prisoner of war (no.6047) at the Battle of Crete and was taken first to Stalag VIIA camp 2780, then to Stalag VIIIB/344 with work party E594.
At the war's end he was taken on the infamous death marches, but survived even though he was 44 years old by then.
I have a lot of letters and postcards that Dad sent to my eldest sister between Nov 1941 - Dec 1944. I am so glad she kept them, as not much else seems to have survived and I am the last of the family alive now at age 80! But I do have his Soldier's Release book and I also have a programme/booklet of King George V Silver Jubilee, 6th May 1935, given to my Dad because he, with his 12th London Regt 'Rangers' lined the procession route.
I've had a strong interest in researching my family history and especially the military side so it's been such a joy to me to find this site on line and to remember my Dad here - thank you!
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Tpr. Thomas Gwynn Smith . British Army Recce Corps from London
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Tpr. Thomas "Smudger" Smith . British Army B Squadron 4th Reconnaissance Regiment from Preston, Lancashire. My late father Thomas Smith was injured on overseas training whilst at Middleton.
He stated that he was in the rear of a truck when a misdirected phosphorus grenade landed in the rear of the truck, killing the soldier next to him and giving my father splash burns on his face etc.
He was quickly conveyed to the nearby RAF Burns Hospital, which was the old Midland Railway Hotel on the promenade at Morecambe.
The date was 13th January 1944 and he was discharged on the 29th January according to the Army records.
He went on to serve in Italy and Greece and was demobbed in late summer 1947.
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Tpr. Thomas Leonard Smith . British Army 25th Dragoons from Picton, North Yorkshire My father Thomas Leonard Smith served in India then transferred to Palestine at the end of the war. He drove a variety of AFVs including the M4 Sherman with 4/7th Dragoons and 25th Dragoons.
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Cpl. Thomas Laidlow Smith . British Army Rifle Brigade from Wallsend, Northumberland, England
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V Smith . British Army V Smith 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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V Smith . British Army Royal Armoured Corps V Smith 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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