Tpr. Alfred Waterer . British Army 146 Regiment, 9th Btn. Royal Armoured Corps. from Hackney, London
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L/Cpl. John Waterfield . Royal Marines Millitary Police from Leicester My granddad, Jack Waterfield was a volunteer and joined the Royal Marines in 1940. He became a Military Policeman and spent 2 years of his 5 years service on HMS Auora (1941,1942,1943) having first joined the ship in the UK. He then went to the Med and served as batman to Kenneth Moore. I recall he mentioned the big bangs from the guns when they saw action, other than that I know little else about his war exploits.
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WTB Waterfield . British Army Royal Armoured Corps WTB Waterfield 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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Kenneth Percival Waterhouse . South African Army This is an excerpt from my late father-in-laws wartime diary, which we discovered after he passed away.
Kenneth Percival Waterhouse, South African motor-mechanic, volunteered in 1940, went up to North Africa.
- Captured by the Italians 15th June 1941 in rear guard from Gazala
- Arrived Tripoli camp 27th June 1941
- Left Tripoli 13th Nov 1941
- Arrived Palermo 9 days later
- Quarantined in Palermo camp for 15 days
- Arrived in Chiavarri camp 11th December 1941
- Left Chiavari Campo 52 8th July
- Arrived Campo 73, Modena 9th July 1943
- Left Campo 73 21st July 1943
- Arrived Stalag IVb, Riega 23th July 1943
- Left Stalag VIb 9th August 1943.
- Arrived Stalag VIIIb, Lamsdorf 10th
- Got news 23rd January 1945 Tripoli had been evacuated by the Axis forces
Liberated by the Russians, treated as badly as the Nazis until handed over to the Yanks
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Leonard John Waterhouse . British Army 6th Btn. Queen's Own Royal West Kent I am trying to find information about my father, Leonard John Waterhouse, and also Eddie Bauldy and Danny O'Leary, of the 6th Btn. Queen's Own Royal West Kents. Dad was a POW in Stalag XXA and XXB in Poland.
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F/O Victor Waterhouse DFC. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 156 Sqdn. (d.2nd January 1944) F/O Waterhouse was a Lancaster airgunner in 156 Squadron, Lancaster ND 384 GT-D, based at RAF Warboys. The Lancaster was shot down on the night of 1st/2nd January 1944 on their return journey from a raid on Berlin.
Update
The members of the crew were:
P/O GPR Bond DFC - Pilot
P/O CE Blanchette - Flight Engineer
P/O A Morassi - Navigator
F/O AR Bolsover - Airbomber
F/Sgt G Barry - Wireless Operator
F/O V Waterhouse DFC - Airgunner
F/Sgt R Underwood DFM - Airgunner
The aircraft crashed at Grandieu, France and all the crew were killed. They are buried in Chievres Communal Cemetery.
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Sgt. Edward W. Waterman . Royal Air Force 76 Squadron from Bristol Ted Waterman served as an Air Gunner with 76 Squadron.
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George E. Waterman . Royal Air Force RAF Cosford George E. Waterman was a foreman bricklayer at RAF Cosford from about 1940 (he retired about 1965). He lived in Loak Road, Albrighton and I would like to hear from anyone who remembers him.
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Lieutenant Colonel Waters .
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Gnr. Albert Edward Waters . Royal Navy H.M.S Renown Albert Waters was my father.
I heard many stories as a kid. After the war he jumped ship in Australia and changed his name to Patric Shamous O'Sullivan, and managed big cattle properties and loved to fight. He was a boxer in the navy and told the story of nearly being court marshalled for shooting a German Submarine Captain on a boarding party who he let go below to get photos of his family and turned on Dad with a machine gun. Dad said he shot him with 2 45 pistols.
He also said he served on submarines for a time and on Gibraltar.
He was one of 3 or 4 to escape from a depth charged submarine out the torpedo tube.
He did his training on the Tall ships around 1936-7 as he signed up before the war. He said he was on the ship that the Japanese signed the surrender on in the Harbour. On the day he said the sky was full of hundreds of American aircraft as a show of force to the Japanese.
He was on that ship because his ship had been cut in half by an American ship which zigged when it should have zagged. He said the ship he was on was on escort duty. Only a few survived this
In Australia after the war he often helped the Police break up rampaging Aboriginal gangs. I have been told this from the police direct in the outback.
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Capt. Christopher Dalmahoy Waters . Royal Engineers 1st Field Squadron Capt. Christopher Waters was second-in-command of 1st Field Squadron, Royal Engineers and was captured at St Valerie in June 1940, but later escaped and returned to the UK.
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Sgt. Douglas Wilmott Waters . Royal Air Force No. 214 Squadron from Downs View, Whitfield, Dover, Kent Douglas Waters flew with No. 214 Squadron, he was held as a Prisoner of War in Stalag Luft 1.
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2nd Lt. Eric Fletcher Waters . British Army 8th Btn. Royal Fusiliers from Great Bookham, Surrey (d.18th Feb 1944) Eric Waters was born in 1914, the son of a coal miner and Labour Party activist.
He was a schoolteacher, a devout Christian, and a Communist Party member. In the early years of the Second World War, Eric was a conscientious objector who drove an ambulance during the Blitz. He later changed his stance on pacifism, joined the Territorial Army and was commissioned into the 8th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers as a Second Lieutenant on 11th of September 1943. He was killed five months later on 18th February 1944 at Aprilia, during the Battle of Anzio and is commemorated at the Cassino War Cemetery.
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Fred Waters . United States Navy from Gulf Breeze, FL Fred Waters, a news photographer, was 17 when he joined the Navy, he was awarded a Purple Heart whilst on Guam.
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Pte Fredrick Albert Waters . British Army 3rd Battalion Coldstream Guards from Smethwick (d.22nd January 1944)
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GS Waters . British Army GS Waters 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. Percy Cyril Waters . British Army 1st Btn. Royal West Kent Regiment from Whitstable Percy Waters was injured on 29th of June 1944 by shrapnel in his leg and chest, he was taken to Gibralter and then flown home.
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Gnr. Richard Henry Waters . British Army 5/3rd Maritime Regt. Royal Artillery from England (d.9th Aug 1941) Richard Waters served with the 5/3rd Maritime Regiment Royal Artillery during WW2. He was killed in action on the 9th August 1941 and is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial in Kent.
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Pte. Robert Henry Waters . British Army 1st Btn., B Coy. Suffolk Regiment from Newport, Monmouthshire Bob Waters was my father. He was conscripted in 1939 and trained as a gunner in the RA. He was transferred as an infantryman with 1st Suffolk Regiment and landed in Northern France with the regiment on 6th June 1944.
He was hit by a mortar bomb on the approach to Chateau la Ronde on 26th June 1944 and was invalided after the loss of the foot on one leg and the calf of the other and internal injuries. He survived until the age of 71 yrs.
All he recalls is losing all his close mates and the utter confusion when landing on the beaches. They lost a lot of men when a DUCK hit the sand banks and the men were told to jump into the sea. Lots drowned as they were carrying large packs.
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IH Waterston . British Army IH Waterston 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 J H Waterston . (d.25th May 1943 ) Sgt Waterston was killed on 25 May 1943 on Ops to Düsseldorf flying from RAF Elvington.
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Flt.Sgt. John Waterston . Royal Air Force 77 Squadron John Waterston was in the RAF and in 1943, held the rank of Flight Sergeant. As a crew member of 77 Squadron based at RAF Elvington, Yorkshire and crewing a Halifax V, serial LL121, code KN-G was shot down Dec 20/21 1943 while on a mission to Frankfurt, by what is believed to be by either JU88 or Bf110 of 8./NJG3 night fighter squadron, piloted by, again not confirmed, Oblt. Paul Zorner, from Hintermellingen, near Frankfurt. Two of the crew died, while the other five including John were held as POW's. John was held at Stalag IVB. He survived the war passing away in 2002.
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Ord. Sea. Bernard Owen Waterton . Royal Navy from Nottingham
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AG Watkin . British Army Royal Artillery AG Watkin served with the Royal Artillery 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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"Taff" Watkins DSO. Royal Air Force 82 Squadron Taff Watkins was a pilot in 82 squadron at RAF Watton flying Blenheim bombers, with James Sargent (Navigator) and Eric Chandler (gunner). When 82 sqn. was sent to Malta, his aircraft was badly damaged by flak and he was badly wounded in the legs. Although not trained as a pilot, James Sargent managed to fly the aircraft back to base (Luqa) and Taff Watkins regained enough consciousness to land safely. For this, he was awarded the DSO and Eric Chandler and James Sargent were both awarded the DFM.
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AJS Watkins . British Army AJS Watkins 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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F/Sgt. Dennis Arthur Watkins DFM.. Royal Canadian Air Force 419 Sqd.
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P/O Desmond John Watkins . Royal Air Force 350 Sqdn. P/O Watkins served with 350 Squadron during WWII.
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Lt. Frederick Job Watkins . Royal Navy Reserve HMS Sirius from Sheffield My father and my god-father both served on HMS Sirius from her commissioning in 1942 until 1945. My father was Fredrick J Watkins RNR, initially a sub-lieutenant, though by the time he was demobbed he had become a lieutenant-commander. My god-father was Philip G E Farwell RN, initially a sub-lieutenant. I don’t know what rank he eventually reached. He left the navy after the war and went into the Colonial Service in Africa.
I could tell you a little more, though mainly I thought it would be good to have their names appear at this excellent site, alongside their many shipmates.
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Sgt. Harold Lionel Watkins . Royal Air Force 10 Squadron from Ludlow (d.17th Jan 1945)
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