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Sgt. Maurice Lewis Hemming "Thafari Jar" Vowell . Royal Marines 803 LCV(P) Flotilla/ Sword Beach HMS Colombo/HMS Copra from Brixton, London
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Pte. Fred C. S. Vowles MID.. British Army 1st (Buckinghamshire) Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Fred Vowles was adopted by Greys WI, near Henley on Thames. He appears in the WI archives of Greys as "Fred" or "our prisoner of war". From 1943 until 1945 letters to and from Fred were documented, gift were sent, mainly hand knitted garments such as gloves and socks, but also cigarettes and a book on combustion engines. In July 1945 he visited Greys and was presented with a wallet and £11-5s. We know nothing more,
except I have discovered that Fred was held in Stalag XXB for 5 years.
If anyone knows anything about Fred Vowles, we would be very grateful.
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CSM. Kenneth Charles Vowles MiD.. British Army 224th Field Coy. Royal Engineers from Keynsham On 30. 09. 1930 Kenneth Vowles enlisted as a boy into the Royal Engineers (Territorial Army) for a period of 4 years. He was posted to 224th Field Company which trained at 32 Park Row, Bristol one evening a week. His address on enlistment was Tigne Bungalow, Wellsway, Keynsham. Trade on enlistment Grocer’s assistant. On
30. 09. 1935 Extension of service for four years to 9.9.1939.
02. 09. 1939 He was embodied (Called up). Reported for duty in Bristol.
At the end of the month he was appointed acting unpaid sergeant and on
21. 10. 1939 promoted to paid acting Sgt. On
05. 01. 1940 He embarked for France. He was evacuated from Dunkirk on 31. 05. 1940 and was sent to the Army Tech School (Boys) Clifton.
On 24. 06. 1940 He reported to 224 Coy. at Monmouth following Dunkirk evacuation. He was on a course from
18. 08. 1940 at Liskeard (Cornwall) laying mines then another starting
07. 10. 1940 at Wadebridge (Cornwall).
On 20. 06. 1944 he embarked from the UK for Normandy. On
22. 03. 1945 Kenneth was Mentioned in Dispatches for gallant and distinguished services in Northwest Europe (London Gazette). On
18. 07. 1945 He voluntarily continued to serve for one year (date not known) in Northwest Europe. On the
10. 08. 1945 He was discharged for the purpose of being appointed to a commission in the Royal Engineers under para.390(XVII) KR 1940. From
27th of August to 8.9.1945 he was on an Field Engineers (Mines) Officers Course at the School for Military Engineering at Ripon, On
03. 04. 1946 He returned from N.W.Europe and by
19. 09. 1946 was at Braunton, North Devon. On
14. 12. 1946 he was granted a Class A release from B.A.O.R. and on
30. 06. 1959 he relinquished his Commission.
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F/Sgt. Peter Adrian "Chick" Vowles . Royal Air Force 103 Sqn from Wrington, Somerset My Uncle Peter Vowles was proud of his service with 103 Sqn as an Air Gunner (Tail and occasional Mid Upper), serving at Elsham Wolds as part of Taff Slee’s crew from late 1943 until converting to Lincolns transferring “en Bloc” to 57 Sqn at Scampton. He took part in Op Manna and Op Dodge but we know little about any other operations he was involved in and would love to hear from anyone who can fill in these gaps for us. I attach some photos from his Diary that may jog memories.
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Cmdr. Alexander Vraciu . United States Navy from West Sacramento, CA Alex Vraciu, 96, a fighter pilot who became one of the Navy's top flying aces during World War II, once downing six Japanese planes in eight minutes during a battle dubbed the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot, died 29th January 2015.
He was credited with destroying 19 Japanese planes in the air and 21 on the ground - ranking for several months as the Navy's top fighter ace.
His most noted exploit came on the 19th June 1944, during the Battle of the Philippine Sea. The US assault on the Mariana Islands was underway and he had already distinguished himself in the Pacific by shooting down a dozen enemy planes. He said "I had a job to do: Clear the sky".
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Zarko Vrbajac . Serbian Army My father, Vrbajac Zarko, born on 1908, in Krusedol, Banat, Srbija (Krušedol Selo, Âî¼âîäèíà Banat, Serbia) had been imprisoned as soldier of Serbian army on 15.04.1941., and taken as prizoner in prizoner camp 9c Stalag, where he was held until 10.03.1945. His prizoner number was 35185. Can anyone please help me in finding anyone who has been with him and where I could ask for reparation for the time which my father spent in prizon camp in Germany.
Thanks in advance.
His daughter.
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