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Frederick Charles Thompson . British Army Royal Northumberland Fusiliers from Tottenham My grandfather Fred Thompson was called up on his 21st birthday in 1939 and served with the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. He went to Italy, North Africa, fought at Dunkirk and many other places, he was awarded the Italy star Africa star, 1939/45 star, the Dunkirk medal, 1939/45 medal, and the Defence medal 1939/45. He was proud to have fought for his country, but his medals were stolen a few years ago at my late uncles house and been told I can't get replacements as he didn't have a crime number, such a shame.
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G Thompson . British Army Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry G Thompson served with the Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 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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G. W. Thompson . Royal Canadian Air Force 419 Sqd.
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Sgt. G. E. Thompson . 102 Squadron
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George William Thompson . Royal Air Force 84 Sqd. My late Father George William Thompson, Royal Air Force was on-board the ss Aslem when she was sunk. Thankfully he was rescued after several hours in the water, I will always remember my Father saying that he was full of praise for the bravery of The Reverend Pugh tendering to the injured Airman who were trapped in the sinking ship. Dad always insisted on wearing his life jacket when on-board, he was ordered by a senior officer (no name though) to take it off & pass it him, Dad refused to do this & thus saved his life when the torpedo struck. I have seen a photo of my Mother, taken in his cabin, that is now at the bottom of the Atlantic having gone down in the Anselm. Thankfully Dad survived 1939 – 45 after serving in 84, 101, 109 & 2nd TAF from the beginning of the war, prior to that had served with the RAF in Iraq & Egypt (84 Sqd.) flying in such delights as Westland Wapitis & the Vickers Virginia transport.
I believe there is a plaque, statue & bust of the Rev Pugh commemorating his bravery & sacrifice, does anyone know where this is please? Any info would be appreciated.
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Pioneer Sgt. Harold Thompson . British Army 2nd Battalion Border Regiment from Manchester My father, Harold Thompson enlisted for WW2 and was sent to Burma with the 2nd Border Regiment. He enlisted in 1939 and served from 1943 to 46 in India and Burma. He was released in April 1946
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Pvt. Harold L. Thompson . US Army 2nd Btn. G Coy. 141st Infantry Regiment from St. Louis, Missouri Harold Thompson enlisted in the U.S. Army on 24th of November 1942 at the age of 20. He served in G Company, 2nd Battalion, 141st Infantry Regiment in the 36th Infantry Division. He had spent some time in North Africa for additional training before he would fight in Italy.
His baptism of fire occurred around 0330 on 9th of September 1943 on the beach at Salerno, Italy during Operation Avalanche. In the weeks that followed, Harold and the 141st Infantry Regiment fought up Highway 6 to Monte Cassino. By January 1944, the 36th Infantry Division was at the vicinity of San Angelo. Harold was fighting in a battle known as the Battle of Rapido River at the time of his capture. This battle took place from 20th of January through 22nd of January 1944, when he was reported as missing in action. Harold was one of approximately 770 men captured at the Rapido River. Harold would spend 503 days in captivity at Stalag IV-B.
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HS Thompson . British Army King's Dragoon Guards HS Thompson served with the King's Dragoon Guards 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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Ian C. Thompson . Royal Canadian Air Force 427 Squadron
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Sgt J E Thompson . RAF 12sqd
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J Thompson . British Army J Thompson 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. Jack Thompson . British Army 9th Btn. Durham Light Infantry from Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester. (d.4th Oct 1944) Any information regarding my uncle Jack's service or death in Arnhem, Holland would be appreciated. He was Pte. Jack Thompson and served with the 9th DLI, son of Sydney F. and Sarah K. Thompson, of Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester. He is buried in the Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery.
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Jack Thompson . Royal Air Force 460 Sqd. Jack Thompson served as a bomb aimer with 460 Sqd.
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Pte. Jack Thompson . British Army 6th Battalion Durham Light Infantry from Shildon, County Durham Jack Thompson was in the 6th DLI Band and was in France in April and May 1940.
He got back home, he once mentioned Bray Dunes and a fishing trawler.
He had got back to the family home when a telegram was delivered "missing believed killed in action."
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Gnr. James Garioch Thompson . British Army 5th Reg. Royal Horse Artillery from Aberdeen (d.24th December 1944) Gunner Thompson was the Son of James Garioch Thomson and Agnes Thomson, of Aberdeen; husband of Elizabeth Thomson, of Aberdeen.
He was 31 when he died and is buried in the Born Roman Catholic Cemetery, Limburg, Netherlands.
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Bty. Sgt. Maj. James Turner "Tomcat" Thompson . Canadian Army 104th Anti-Tank Bty. 7th Anti-Tank Regiment from Fredericton, New Brunswick (d.7th Mar 1944)
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Corporal John Williams Thompson . Royal Air Force Armourer 107 Squadron I am John Thompson's niece and have photographs,de mob papers etc.that I wish to forward to an association/museum to display or looked at by interested parties. Could you advise of any address I could forward Uncle John's memorobilia to of his time in 107 squadron?
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Sgt John Charles Thompson DFM.. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 44 Rhodesia Sqdn I have just purchased JohnThompson's DFM & it came with some paperwork. John was the Flight Engineer and took part in 26 sorties inc Berlin 10 times, Leipzig & Stuttgart. He was awarded the DFC in 1944. Total hours flown on operations, 199.12 hours. If I can find any more infomation I will pass it on & if anyone could help me with any information on him, I would be very greatful.
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Sgt. John Charles Thompson DFC.. Royal Air Force 44 (Rhodesia) Squadron I am trying to track down my grandfather's Distinguished Flying Medal. Sgt John Charles Thompson was a flight engineer for 44 Rhodesia Sqdn in WW2.
The medal was sold out of our family unknowingly and we are trying to get it back. Please keep me informed if you come across this medal or have any information. It would be much appreciated. The previous poster (Peter Whitehead) no longer has this medal.
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John F Thompson . British Army from Jarrow John F. Thompson is commemorated on the WW2 Roll of Honour Plaque in the entrance of Jarrow Town Hall.
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Lt John Hanson Thompson . British Army 3rd Royal Tank Regiment Royal Armoured Corps (d.19th Jul 1944) John Thompson was born in Jarrow in 1916, he was the son of Thomas C Thompson and Jane Thompson (nee Hanson) of Primrose, Jarrow.
He died aged 28 and is remembered on the Bayeux Memorial
He is also commemorated on the WW2 Roll of Honour Plaque in the entrance of Jarrow Town Hall.
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P/O. John Swinnerton Thompson . Royal Air Force 78 Squadron from Nottingham (d.14th Feb 1945) My uncle Pilot officer John Swinnerton Thompson, served with the 78 Squadron and was lost without trace on 14/15th February 1945, his Halifax was coded EY-X, serial MZ799. I would welcome any more information especially for my mother (his younger sister) who is now 95.
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Sgt. John Thompson . British Army Cameronians from Glasgow These photos and post card from Stalag 383 were found in my grandmother's house. This is her brother, Sgt John Thompson's post card and Army photos.
He came from Glasgow and was a footballer with 3rd Lanarkshire Rifles FC. He went on to play for Swindon Town after the war, where he settled and lived. I have no more information about him. If any one does, please don't hesitate to contact me.
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Lt. John Frederick Thompson MID. Royal Navy HMS Spartiate from Muckamore Abbey, Co Antrim
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Pte. John Walter Thompson . British Army 5th Btn. Green Howards from Chewington Drift, Northumberland My father, John Thompson, who died in January 2006, spoke very little about the war years, in fact he made it clear it was a period he would prefer to forget, so I have only a limited account of what happened and less of the emotions he felt.
At the outbreak of the war, he was working for an Estate close to Richmond, and living with a family in Ravensworth. He was called up, or volunteered, joined the Green Howards and went to France. During their retreat to Dunkirk they stopped to burn or destroy equipment to stop it falling into enemy hands. This was on an evening, and then set off to march overnight, the following morning they arrived back from where they had started, the smouldering trucks. He found this to be quite incompetent on the part of the Officers leading them. Upon arriving at the beach at Dunkirk, he was wounded by shrapnel to his shoulder, and left the beach the same day as one of the walking wounded. On arriving at the beach, he had been stood with a particularly good friend when there was an attack by dive bombers, both he and his friend fell flat on their faces with their arms around their heads, a bomb fell quite close to them, but my fathers friend was between my father and the bomb, killing his friend outright, but according to my father, his body saved my fathers life, and suffered only the shrapnel wounds.
He was brought back on a destroyer, and after a short period of recovery was on a Liner which according to him sailed across the Atlantic and hugged the American coast southward and eventually arrived at Durban. He then went up to the desert, before going to Palestine and back to the desert where he was captured. He said of his capture, that he never saw the enemy, he was told by a senior Officer to simply lay down his arms, and head off in a certain direction.
He was held captive in various camps in Italy, Austria and Germany, he hated Italy, something had happened which he would never talk about. He learned to speak both German and French whilst a prisoner, he was forced into working, mostly forestry work I believe, he told a story about marching back to the camp after a day working and men fighting over a dead crow which was lying by the track. He told a story about a prisoner being shot and killed for stepping over an inner wire, he generally considered it to be his best years being taken away from him.
On a lighter side, he was held in an old Chateau of some description, the windows were boarded up from the inside. In his room, there was a joiner by trade before the war, he managed to pull the nails, and somehow put things back in place so that when the guards checked the boards at night, they appeared as they should. After the inspection the boards were taken down, and my father and others headed down to the village. There were French prisoners in the village, who were not under guard because if they escaped retribution would be taken against their family members in France. I have no idea what they got up to, but I think this was quite a regular occurrence.
As previously mentioned, by the end of the war he could speak German, and on the last night of his captivity, an old guard told him that the next morning he would be gone, and the Americans would be walking up the road, and sure enough the camp was completely unguarded, and the Americans were approaching a short distance away.
He was demobbed, and had to pay for the rifle he had been ordered to lay down.
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Pte John Thompson . British Army 1st Btn. Kings Own Scottish Borders (d.28th February 1945) John Thompson was the 19 year old son of Elizabeth Glendenning from Grimsby, Lincolnshire.
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Pte. John Andrew Richard "Irish" Thompson . Canadian Army Essex Scottish Regiment from Limivady, Co. Derry, Ireland My father, John Thompson, joined the 2nd World War effort through the Canadian armed forces on 20th of May 1940.
He had left his home in Limivady Ireland to find work and a better life and had been working as a farm hand in the Leamington area before joining up. He often recalled that his motivation for joining was related to protecting his beloved Ireland and his family still living there. He believed that if England were to fall to the Germans then Ireland would surely follow, but of course not without a fight.
Dad did basic training in Canada and subsequently trained as a commando in Britain before being deployed by ship n the infamous raid on Dieppe. Being one of the first off the boats he was fortunate to make it to the beach wall before the Germans opened up in full force. During the course of the battle that fateful morning he was badly wounded by a mortar blast. He recalled German soldiers walking down the beach taking prisoners and shooting those who death had not yet released from their hell. He tried to feign death amongst other dead soldiers where he lay at the bottom of a mortar crater on the beach. However the Germans, discovered him and took him prisoner. He spent the remainder of the war as a prisoner being shunted to several different camps, the last being Stalag IIIa in Luckenwalde. He told me of the generally poor living conditions there, with little food, terrible hygiene and rampant disease. Many men were afflicted by lice and dysentery. He noted that he often traded cigarettes or chocolate provided through the Red Cross with German guards or with Italian prisoners of war, for bread and anything else he could get to eat.
He participated in various work parties, under guard outside of the camp. As the war came to an end, he recalled the sight of the Russian army coming in to liberate the camp and through which he was eventually repatriated through England back to Canada. He was awarded the Dieppe medal, the Canadian volunteer service medal and the 1939-45 star defense medal. He received his discharge on 27th of October 1945 from the Wosely Barracks in Windsor, Ontario.
Dad suffered both physically and mentally as the result of the poorly treated wounds and his horrific war experiences. In midlife, he was hospitalized and treated for a nervous breakdown which would now undoubtedly be referred to as post-traumatic stress disorder.
Despite this, Dad enjoyed life, particularly in the outdoor and was an avid fisherman and hunter through his entire life. He became a highly successful buyer for the Simccoe Leaf Tobacco Company in Simcoe Ontario, and ultimately a Vice-President of that organization.
In 1952, he married Jean Agnes Robertson, who had been in the Women's Air Force, stationed at the bomber training school in Jarvis Ontario. They had two sons, Kevin Richard Thompson and Dean Gordon Thompson who remember, honor and respect him for the many sacrifices he made not only for his immediate family, but for his native country of Ireland and his adopted country of Canada as well.
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Sgt. John Usher Thompson . British Army 1st Btn. Durham Light Infantry from Sunderland, Durham (d.23rd Dec 1941)
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Gnr. John David Thompson . British Army 74th Medium Regiment Royal Artillery from Folkestone, Kent (d.3rd April 1943) John Thompson was killed in action in North Africa on Saturday, 3rd of April 1943 in the hills around Beja. He was twenty four years of age. He left behind his childhood sweetheart Olive, whom he married in 1938 and two daughters, Dawn aged three years and Patricia aged three months old.
The day gunner Thompson was killed was warm and sunny according to the war diary of the commanding officer. My father was apparently in a hide when a German plane appeared over the crest of the hill and machine gunned the battery. He is buried in the Medjez el Bab War Cemetery.
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JP Thompson . British Army JP Thompson 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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