James Robert George Spall . British Army 28th Searchlight Regiment Royal Artillery from Suffolk
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Pte. Philip Spall . British Army Leicestershire Regiment When searching through my Mothers effects following her death, my sister found the enclosed photos of Private Philip Spall to whom we believe she was engaged in 1939. It appears he was captured, possibly at Dunkirk, and was POW. I have attached a portrait dated 1939, a POW group photo dated 1942 and a further group of 4 undated.
My mother did not marry Philip so I do not know what became of him. Any information will be of great interest.
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Pte. Stanley Charles George Spall . British Army 33rd Battery Royal Artillery from Manchester Stanley Spall is my father who was one of the 16 survivors of his Battalion at Dunkirk. The experience changed his personality completely. He was diagnosed with shell shock but no treatment or counselling was provided. He died in 1963.
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Sgt. R Spalton . Royal Air Force 115 Sqn.
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C Spanhake . from New Zealand
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Sparacio . US Army 168th Infantry Regiment from USA My grandfather was in the 168th Infantry (34th Infantry Div) of the US Army and was captured in Tunisia in 1943. He was a POW for approximately two years in Stalag 3B, Germany.
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SPC. Albert Henry Sparey . British Police Somerset Constabulary from Ston Easton, Somerset. I found this Special Constabulary Warrant Card at my auntie's, it says that Albert Henry Sparey (my great grandfather) was to act as Special Constable in the Parish of Ston Easton, Somerset. It was written on 13th September, how could I find out which year? Or how I could find any other information on him related to his role and duties?
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L/Cpl Haydn Spargo . British Army 238th Field Coy. Royal Engineers from Whitchurch, Cardiff (d.18th June 1943)
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WO1 O. C. Spargo . South African Air Force 15 Sqdn. from Transvaal (d.23rd February 1944) On 23rd February 1944 a Baltimore from 15 Sqdn RAF (235 Wing, 201 Group) was shot down by five ME 109 fighters off Dhia island, Crete. The aircraft was on a long-range shipping reconnaissance off Iraklion Bay, Greece and failed to return to base. The crew were:
Lt. C.P. Peachey, 180275V, Pilot.
Lt. Neville St. Ledger Seaton, 547404V
W/O 1. O.C. Spargo, 544027V, WOp/AG.
W/O 1 G. van Alphen, 572187V, WOp/AG.
All the crew were lost and are commemorated on the Alamein Memorial.
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S Spark . British Army Royal Armoured Corps S Spark 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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Cpl. Kenneth Robert Sparke . British Army East Surrey Regiment from London
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Sgt. Kenneth Stanley Sparke . British Army Royal Artillery Kenneth Sparke enlisted in 1938.
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W Sparke . British Army W Sparke 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. George Henry "Ned" Sparkes . Royal New Zealand Air Force 487 squadron from Kennington, London (d.3rd May 1943) George Sparkes was my great uncle, my Nan's brother. He joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserves and was attached to 487 Squadron, a New Zealand squadron. On 3rd May, 1943, a raid was undertaken on a power station in Holland. Unfortunately the Enemy was alerted to the raid before they got near their target and nearly all the planes were shot down. There were 12 planes involved in the raid, one had to turn back before reaching Holland because of mechanical failure. Of the remaining 11 planes only one managed to get back home. George was the rear gunner, and he and the pilot were killed, the navigator and wireless operator survived and were taken prisoner.
George had only been married for 6 months, to Olive. She remained close to her in-laws and was my godmother.
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Stkr/2nd Cl. Peter Edward Sparkes . Royal Navy HMS Golden Hind from Surrey After many colourful stories about my dad, Peter Sparkes's time in the war, he passed away in February 2017.
One of the stories that stands out is the one that his family are most familiar with and that is the one on how he lost the top of his finger. Unfortunately for us, everyone got told a different version. Myself and my brother were told it got chopped off in a heavy door on board a ship, the little great grandchildren were wide eyed in awe when he told them a sniper shot it off. We will never know the real reason, but his great grandchildren loved his stories. Who knows if that happened during his time on HMS Golden Hind from September 1945 to May 1946?
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William Joseph Sparkes . Royal Air Force 514 Sqd. (d.14th Mar 1945) My Uncle, William Joseph Sparkes, served with 514 Squadron, he was a WOp/Gunner and was killed by flack whilst returning from the Rhur, which I believe he had volunteered for, on 14th March 1945.
He was part of the crew which comprised of:-
- Captain; K. G. Condict
- Navigator; E.G. Winterbourne
- Bomb Aimer; E. L. Thistlewood
- MUG; P. L. Capon
- Rear Gunner; E. Cornwell
- WOP; W. J. Sparkes
If anyone can add to these details or point me in the right direction to do further research, I would be very pleased to hear from you.
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F/Sgt. William Joseph Sparkes . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 514 Squadron (d.14th March 1945) William Sparkes served with 514 Squadron, Royal Air Force in WW2. He died on the 14th of March 1945 over Germany and is buried in Birmingham (Lodge Hill) Cemetery. Son of William J. Sparkes and Teresa Sparkes of Birmingham.
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Sgt D. A. Sparkes. . 428 Sqd. (d.30th Aug 1944)
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Lt Sparks . Royal Navy HMS Forfar
The above photo was taken onboard HMS Forfar at the Trial of "Flamicus" (Lt Sparkes) and "Featherstone Haugh" (S/Lt Fanshaw)in 1940.
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BAW Sparks . British Army BAW Sparks 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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Charles Sparks . British Army King's Royal Rifle Corps I served with the King's Royal Rifle Corps, was captured in Italy and then transported to Germany to a POW Camp.
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Sgt Eric Cyril Sparks . British Army 87 Field Regt. Royal Artillery from Colchester My dad, Eric Sparks, worked as a tailor at John Colliers in Colchester before the war. He was also the goalkeeper for Colchester United in their Southern League days. He was called up 0n 15.1.40 at Shoeburyness in Essex and joined the Royal Artillery.
After training he went to the Middle East area and spent all his service
there including Iraq, Persia(Iran),Syria and Italy.
He was on 25 pounder field guns and eventually rose to be a sergeant.
While on leave in Cairo, he fell off the back of a lorry and broke his back, but after rehab, rejoined the unit.
He became a trainer on artillery weapons in Iraq.
Sometime in 1944, in Italy the gun was firing when a shell exploded in the breech killing two men and wounding the rest. Eric hand his left hand severely blown apart and was sent back after initial treatment to the UK for his finger to be repaired, but it didn't happen and his finger was taken off. Obviously he was discharged medically in 1945.
He married his sweetheart, Sgt Major Violet Cook of the ATS at Colchester Military Hospital in 1945.
He couldn't return to his old profession so became a clerk at Colchester Barracks and eventually became the Superintendent Clerk of Works for all Military buildings and areas in Essex. Despite his disability, he played the piano and organ in Church up to his death.
Unfortunately, the war got him in the end, when all the millions of minute blood clots that he had lived with in his body since the war, joined up as one huge clot and killed him in 1986.
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Sgt. John William Sparks . British Army 80th Field Regiment Royal Artillery John Sparks served with 80th Field Regiment, RA.
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LG Sparks . British Army Royal Norfolk Regiment LG Sparks served with the Royal Norfolk 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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MV Sparks . British Army Gloucestershire Regiment MV Sparks served with the Gloucestershire 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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JHS Sparling . British Army JHS Sparling 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 Leslie Garwood Sparling . RCAF 419 (Moose) Squadron (d.7th Jan 1945) P/O Leslie Garwood Sparling J288709 was a pilot based at Middleton St George now Teeside airport and flew Halifax`s from this base for 419 RCAF Moose Squadron and was KIA 7th Jan 1945.
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Sgt Clarence Wesley Albert Sparling. . RCAF 12Sqd. Rear Gnr. Clarence Sparling flew iwth 12 Sqd in Lancaster I ED357 PH-S, he was taken POW and held in Stalag Luft IV Sagan.
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AW Sparrock . British Army Royal Tank Regiment AW Sparrock served with the Royal Tank 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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AJ Sparrow . British Army AJ Sparrow 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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