Wadyslaw Thomas Trela . Polish Army 24th Field Artillery Regiment I was amazed to find your website at a time when I have been asking my Australian mother for some details of my late Polish Father and his war history. His name was Wadyslaw Thomas Trela and he was born in Jaslany Poland. He joined the Army Cadets, 18th Sept 1939. He was a prisoner of War in Stalag 12a. The name of his regiment was 24 field artillery Polish Army Garostour(?). Mum is getting older and some of my dads details are fading a little and I want to research his history more thoroughly. If anyone has any information on the camp and its Polish prisoners I would appreciate it. When he was very ill and dying he used to liken the sound of the clanging bedpans in the rooms next to him to the Russian artillery liberating them. Was that his sense of humour or were they all liberated by the Russians. See I know nothing of his history. His entire family were wiped out and I have never been able to connect with my paternal history. I am becoming more and more interested. My Dad talked of an escape also but I don't know where from? He was shot also and had a nasty scar behind his ear where the bullet lodged and saved his life. Did the prisoners of War from Stalag 12a have something to do with the trials at Nuremburg?
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Wladyslaw Thomas Trela . Polish Army from Jaslany, Poland
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GC Treloar . British Army GC Treloar 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. Donald Stewart Trenbirth . British Army Welch Regiment from Birkenhead (d.7th Jan 1944) Donald Trenbirth was the son of Ernest John and Gertrude Nellie Trenbirth. Gertrude Nellie died shortly after Donald's birth. They are remembered together in Bebington Cemetery on Donald's war grave. Donald died in Walsingham, Norfolk.
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J. Trengrove . Sgt Tullt was killed on 25th of July 43 on Ops to Essen flying from RAF Elvington.
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Edward Trennert . United States Army C Bty. 430th AAA
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CEG Trent . British Army Royal Armoured Corps CEG Trent 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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Grp.Capt. Leonard Henry Trent . Royal Air Force 487 Squadron from New Zealand
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LAC. David Trepp . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (d.1st Nov 1942) Leading Aircraftman David Trepp is buried in the Petah Tikvah Cemetery in Israel.
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Douglas Harold Trescothick . British Army 2nd Btn. East Kent Regiment from Cornwall My father, Douglas Trescothick was called up in 1940 and was sent to Bodmin to join the D.C.L.I
He volunteered for the Buffs because he wanted to see action. According to his pay book, which I still have, his HQ was 36th Division.
He also served in the 8th Army North Africa.
His medals are Burma Star, Africa Star, 1939-45 Star, Defence Medal, 1939-1945 Medal.
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Corporal Joseph William Trevethan . British Army Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry I have found a war diary of my late father, Joseph Trevethan who was in the Duke of Cornwall's and I know I have some photos of him in uniform as well as playing in a small dance band.
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Sgt. Joseph Trevethan . British Army Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry from Bere Ferrers I found a diary of my dad's following him landing day after D-Day, fighting and making his way through France then over to Belgium and Holland. He was in an intelligence unit. Before he went he was in and around Plymouth and the Isles of Scilly, he rode an army motorbike and played in a small army band.
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Sgt Joseph William Trevethan . British Army 5th Btn. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry from Plymouth
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Pte. Titus Leslie "Nugget" Trewin . Australian Army 2/8 Btn. Australian Infantry Force from Wonthaggi, Victoria, Australia Private Titus Leslie Trewin was my uncle, born on March 27th 1906 in Grantville, Victoria. He enlisted on March 18th 1940 and also had two other brothers who joined up; Norman Dudley and Albert. Titus Trewin was captured and held in Stalag 344, POW No. 92762. After being a POW in Germany and Crete he was then sent to Papua New Guinea, but I am finding it difficult to gain much information. All three of them died early after the war and lived a terrible life due to PTSD as we know it now.
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F/O. Herbert Reginald Tribbeck . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 418 Squadron from Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex. (d.9th September 1944) Flying Officer (Navigator) Herbert Tribbeck was the Son of James Henry and Gertrude Tribbeck, husband of Doris Maud Tribbeck, of Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex.
He was 28 when he died and is buried in the Limmen Protestant Churchyard, Noord-Holland, Netherlands,
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AV Tribble . British Army 13/18th Hussars AV Tribble served with the 13/18th 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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Boy 1Cl. Ernest William Tribble . Royal Navy HMS Phoebe (d.23rd October 1942) Boy 1st Class Ernest Tribble was 16 when he died and is buried in the Pointe Noire European Cemetery in the Congo.
On the 23rd October 1942, H.M.S. Phoebe was on her way to take part in operations off North Africa, when she was torpedoed off the coast of French Equatorial Africa. 46 men lost their lives in this engagement and 29 of them were buried in Pointe Noire European Cemetery in a large collective grave. This grave was later marked by a screen wall memorial, which carries details of all 46 casualties.
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Cpl. Kenneth Tribe . British Army 256 Field Coy Royal Engineers from Guisborough, North Yorks (d.7th June 1944) I began delving some years ago into my husband's family history and discovered that his mother, Marjorie, had been briefly married to Kenneth Tribe a WW2 soldier of the Royal Engineers. The marriage took place in Ardwick, Manchester in 1942 when Kenneth was only 22 and less than 2 years later he was dead.
Further research revealed that Corporal Tribe was part of the campaign in Italy and it was here in June 1944 that he and countless other young soldiers lost their lives. Kenneth is buried in Naples War Cemetery. Marjorie never talked about her first husband and went on to marry again.
Kenneth's mother, Mabel, was a widow and as far as I can find had no other children. One can only imagine the sorrow and anguish shared by a mother and a new bride. Marjorie kept nothing to remind her of her first husband not even a photograph and took her sorrow to the grave but his memory will always live on in the history of our family.
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Sgt David Francis Tribe. DFM . RAF 12Sqd.
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HR Trice . British Army HR Trice 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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M Trick . British Army M Trick 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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J Trickett . British Army Lancashire Fusiliers J Trickett served with the Lancashire Fusiliers 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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Patricia Avrylle Trickey . Womans Land Army from Lee on Solent Mother, Pat Trickey served in the land army. I believe she worked for a Col Hillhead. If anyone remembers her. I would love to hear from them.
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George Trigg . Royal Navy HMS Penelope from Etruria, Stoke on Trent My Uncle, George Trigg, served on HMS Penelope during the Malta convoys.He changed ship after the convoys. He came from Etruria, Stoke on Trent and survived the war. He remained a bachelor and died in Etruria in the early 1980s.
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F/O. Lloyd Allan Trigg . Royal New Zealand Air Force 200 Squadron from New Zealand (d.11th Aug 1943)
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F/O. Lloyd Allen Trigg VC DFC.. Royal New Zealand Air Force 200 Sqdn from Auckland, New Zealand (d.11th Aug 1943) Lloyd Trigg was killed in action on 11/08/1943, Aged 29. He is commemorated on the Malta Memorial in Malta.
He was the son of Francis Arthur Trigg, and of Cecilia Louisa Trigg (nee White); husband of Nola Bernice Trigg, of Whangarei, Auckland, New Zealand.
The London Gazette of 29th October, 1943, gives the following particulars; Flying Officer Trigg had rendered outstanding service on convoy escort and anti-submarine duties. He had completed his operational sorties and had invariably displayed skill and courage of a very high order. One day in August, 1943, he undertook, as captain and pilot, a patrol in a Liberator although he had not previously made any operational sorties in that type of aircraft. After a search of eight hours' duration, a surfaced U-boat was sighted. Flying Officer Trigg immediately prepared to attack. During the approach the aircraft received many hits from the submarine's anti-aircraft guns and burst into flames. Flying Officer Trigg could have broken off the engagement and made a forced landing in the sea but if he continued the attack every second spent in the air would diminish his chances of survival. There could have been no hesitation or doubt in his mind. In spite of the precarious condition of his aircraft, he maintained his course and executed a masterly and devastating attack. A short distance further on the Liberator dived into the sea with the gallant captain and crew. The U-boat sank within 20 minutes and some of her crew were picked up later in a rubber dinghy that had broken loose from the Liberator.
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F/O LLoyd Allan Trigg VC, DFC.. Royal New Zealand Air Force 200 Sqdn. from Auckland, New Zealand (d.11th Aug 1943) F.O Lloyd Trigg was aged 29 when he died. He is commemorated on the Malta Memorial in Malta.
He was the son of Francis Arthur Trigg, and of Cecilia Louisa Trigg (nee White); husband of Nola Bernice Trigg, of Whangarei, Auckland, New Zealand.
Citation: The London Gazette of 29th October, 1943, gives the following particulars; "Flying Officer Trigg had rendered outstanding service on convoy escort and anti-submarine duties. He had completed his operational sorties and had invariably displayed skill and courage of a very high order. One day in August, 1943, he undertook, as captain and pilot, a patrol in a Liberator although he had not previously made any operational sorties in that type of aircraft. After a search of eight hours' duration, a surfaced U-boat was sighted. Flying Officer Trigg immediately prepared to attack. During the approach the aircraft received many hits from the submarine's anti-aircraft guns and burst into flames. Flying Officer Trigg could have broken off the engagement and made a forced landing in the sea but if he continued the attack every second spent in the air would diminish his chances of survival. There could have been no hesitation or doubt in his mind. In spite of the precarious condition of his aircraft, he maintained his course and executed a masterly and devastating attack. A short distance further on the Liberator dived into the sea with the gallant captain and crew. The U-boat sank within 20 minutes and some of her crew were picked up later in a rubber dinghy that had broken loose from the Liberator"
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KD Triggs . British Army 17/21st Lancers KD Triggs served with the 17/21st Lancers 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 Triggs . British Army 7th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment NJ Triggs served with the 7th Btn. 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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John Hermer Trigwell . British Army Royal West Kent Regiment from Hove, Sussex My Dad, John Trigwell, signed up at the age of 16. He was with Mountbatten. He sustained some awful injuries as a prisoner of war, having his toenails pulled out. Also had shrapnel in his knees. He talked about when some of his group were marched by the Germans to a barn and all told to lay down. They then opened fire and began shooting at them. My Dad played dead so did a few others. When it got dark they checked and escaped into the woods. Some things he will not talk about and went very quiet. He also contracted Malaria.
After the war he married my mother and changed his name to Bacon as she had 2 boys of her own. He died 5 years ago aged 82 after giving years of support to the British Legion and became their top seller in Newport, Gwent.
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