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BW Wayland . British Army BW Wayland 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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A/Lt Col. Francis Roy Waylen MC.. British Army 6th Btn. Seaforth Highlanders (d.10th Jul 1943)
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DW Wayman . British Army DW Wayman 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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AA Wayne . British Army AA Wayne 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. (Rear Gunner) Clarence "Cal" Wayte . Royal Air Force 78 Squdron Cal was rear gunner on Halifax II bomber (W7937) on a bombing raid from Linton-on-Ouse to Essen on 3/4April 1943. Due to the failure of the port inner engine. As the crew left the Halifax, two more engines cut. P/O Forster was unable to leave the aircraft; he has no known grave. Cal spent the rest of the war in POW Camps mainly in Poland.
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J Wayte . British Army Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry J Wayte served with the Duke of Cornwalls 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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Ord. Seaman Weale . Royal Navy HMS Forfar OS Weale is listed in the cast of the revue
"Get Sailing" which was performed onboard the Forfar on the 19th of June 1940.
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Gnr. Fred Wearden . British Army 8th Field Regiment Royal Artillery from 56 Bay Street, Blackburn  Fred Wearden was an Apprentice Metal Coach Builder
before he enlisted on the 17th of Dec 1942
joining 24th Primary Training Corps (PTC) Middleton at Heysham.
He transferred to 37th Signal Training Regiment, Royal Artillery at Scarborough on the 27th of January 1943 and remained there until 5th ofJul 1943. Fred was appointed Driver i/c on the 17th of March 1943 and
was classified as a Signaller on the 26th of May 1943
Posted to 180th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery on completition of his training, he embarked for India (Draft code REHYA) on the 25th of October 1943 and disembarked at Bombay on the 28th of Nov 1943, Convoy KMF25a, SS Strathmore left Liverpool on 25th of October 1943 sailing via Alexandria, Suez and Aden to arrive Bombay 28th of Nov 943.
Fred was posted to 2 Holding Battery (RA) and on the 11th of Dec 1943
was posted to 8th Field Regiment RA in 25th Indian Division.
He was admitted to hospital on the 23rd of Feb 1944, returning to his unit 2 days later. He was posted to HQRA 26th India Division the 14th of Jul 1945
HQRA 26th India Division became part of 34th Corps, which was raised in 1945 for the invasion of Malaya, they were being embarked for Malaya at the time of the Japanese surrender. Two of its divisions however carried out landings in Malaya as was planned, the Corps then moved to the Dutch East-Indies for peace keeping duties after the end of the war.
Fred was repatriated to UK via Singapore on Python Date unknown (15 Aug 1946)
Note: PYTHON was the name given to the scheme started after VE day that concerned repatriation and accumulated leave of regulars who had been servicing overseas, plus leave entitlement.
Back in the UK Fred was posted to depot RA on the 19th of Dec 1946 and was released from the Army on the 12th of Aug 1947.
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P.O. Louis George Weare . Royal Navy HMS Nelson from Portsmouth My father was a Portsmouth man - his father - my grandfather was Bristol born. My grandfather moved to Pompey at the age of 8 when his father (my great grandfather) moved from HMS Daedalus to HMS Victory, then a training vessel in harbour, (yes Nelson's old ship). All three were PO's and Chiefs (Plumber's mate). My Dad started off as a PO at Haslar Hospital and was a SB/PO. He had not been on HMS Nelson long when it hit a mine in the harbour. He said, 'It was a helluva ship, hard on the men, owing to having an Admiral on board and there were always many men in the jail at the stern end, nearly always stokers'. Then my father went on to HMS Penelope.
My late friend Ken Lisk, Killick, ended up in Nelson's jail. Ken was on HMS Tartar throughout the war, his torpedo officer was Ludovic Kennedy. I've seen the crew photo too. Its him alright.
My Dad ended in 1953 on HMS Mauritius in Ceylon. We then lived in Gosport. On demob we all moved up to Wales where my mother is from. My grandfather joined the RN in 1907 - 1929. My Gt.grandfather joined the RNAV in Bristol in 1887. In 1897 moved to Pompey, he was in the RN 1897 - 1919, but remained an artificer instructor on the old HMS St.Vincent also in harbour. He died in 1935. My grandfather died in 1965, he was born in 1888 the year of Jack-The-Ripper.
Both my sons are not naval for a change! One thing is certain, the Navy has certainly changed.
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PO. Louis George Weare . Royal Navy HMS Nelson My Late father, Louis Weare was on the Nelson in Pompeii Harbour in 1939. He joined the Royal Navy in 1938, like his father & grandfather before him. RN like the other forces were very big employers. My Dad was from Portsmouth, altho' my other forebearers hailed from Bristol. Dad said 'it was a helluva ship, because they had an admiral on board, altho' none of this hard discipline came his way, it did for others, in particular he mentioned too many stokers in the clink'
The Nelson struck a string of mines in Pompeii Harbour - now he knows it was a magnetic mine, dropped by a German plane. The damage was big, he said the big guns were bent and the train wheels skidded on the rail with their weight. So Dad spent time on shore... during the blitz! As he said - You just couldn't get away from it.
After this he joined the Penelope which also got hammered, and after the war HMS Mauritius. As he got older he became quite a hippy, and anti war. A real gentleman and not impressed at all with present day UK. He died in 2007, aged 90, had four children. He lost all his mates in WW2 and never made a close friend after that. God Bless you Dad, love you wherever you are.
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CD Wearing . British Army Royal Armoured Corps CD Wearing 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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K Wearing . British Army K Wearing 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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Gnr. William Frank "Lofty" Weatherbed . British Army Royal Artillery from Nottingham
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Flying Officer Weatherland . RCAF 59 Squadron
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SBPO. Douglas Ellis Weatherley . Royal Navy HMHS Colombo from Watford, Hertfordshire Douglas Weatherley was born in Watford, Hertfordshire, England 1922. Indentured in 1939 to a Dental Surgeon in Kings Langley, Hertfordshire; he completed his apprenticeship as a Dental Mechanic in 1941.
He then enlisted into the Royal Navy, initially, he served as an LSBA on HMS Pembroke, Douglas was later transferred to the Royal Naval Ship Hospital Colombo in 1942.
In 1944 he was transferred back to the Pembroke this time as an SBPO and in 1945 he served on the Royal Arthur, until in 1946, when he was transferred once again to the Pembroke as an SBPO.
Late in 1946, Douglas went to Kenya, East Africa and worked as a Dental Mechanic in private practice. He married and had two daughters. 1n 1966 he, along with his family, moved to Perth Western Australia. Douglas died in 1979 aged 56
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HD Weatherley . British Army 17/21st Lancers HD Weatherley 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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Pte. Herbert Weatherwax . United States Army from Hawaii Herb Weatherwax was a 24-year-old Army private living in Honolulu when he heard loud explosions the morning of Dec. 7, 1941. He saw the sky fill with black smoke and heard anti-aircraft guns firing. When he turned on the radio, he learned Japan was bombing Oahu and all military personnel were to immediately report to their stations. He saw the USS Arizona enveloped in flames and the USS Oklahoma turned on its side as he headed to his post. Twenty-one ships were sunk or heavily damaged that day while 320 aircraft were damaged or destroyed. Some 2,400 sailors, Marines and soldiers were killed.
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Flt.Sgt. Bruce Wilbert Weaver . Royal Canadian Air Force 407 Squadron from Merrickville, Ontario, Canada (d.18th April 1942) Flight Sergeant (Wireless Op./Air Gunner) Bruce Weaver was the son of Wilbert Clinton Weaver and Ethel Mae Weaver of Merrickville, Ontario, Canada.
He was aged 21 and is buried in the Franeker General Cemetery, Friesland, Netherlands.
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Pte. Francis Robert Weaver . British Army 51st Highland Div. from Cockermouth  We lost my father, Francis Weaver, in a traffic accident in 1963, when I was only 15 and my brothers were 10 and 7 years old. He never spoke much about the war. But I recall him telling us that he protected his spoon very safely as there was a lot of illness. He brought his spoon back home and it was worn down to half its size as it was his only eating utensil for the duration of the war.
He could only sleep using the tiniest and flattest of pillows for the rest of his life as a habit gained during the POW life that lasted over five years.
Another lasting memory we have of him is that he had to walk up and down after each meal, eight steps one way and eight steps back for about 15 minutes.
Another little story my mother often remembered after his death is that on the long march back after being freed, American soldiers gave them treats like chocolates and bags of peanuts. My father gave them away to German civilians he felt sorry for.
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Sgt. Joseph Thomas George Weaver DFC.. Royal Air Force 625 Squadron from Stone House, Chirbury Rd, Montgomery Joseph Weaver flew 14 trips to the big city (Berlin) also Nurnburg loosing 96 Lancs on one night.
He retired from service in 1961 and became the Landlord of the Northfields Hotel 1961 to 1965. He was a Rep for the Performing Rights Society (Licensing) from 1965 to 1981 and passed away in Oct 1982.
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Pte. Ronald James Weaver . British Army 1st Parachute Regiment My uncle, Ronald Weaver, was in the 1st Parachute Regiment of the Airborne Infantry. He fought in the Battle of Arnhem. Like many others was captured in September 1944 and taken as a POW and sent to Fallenbostal Stalag 11b until the end of the war. He was a man of few words and never spoke of his time there at the camp. I would be interested if anyone rememberd him.
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Flt.Sgt. Victor Alfred Weaver . Royal Air Force 90 Squadron from Wolverhampton (d.24th Aug 1943) My mother Enid Fogg's first husband was Victor Weaver from Wolverhampton (known as Vic) and he was a Flight Sergeant in 90 Squadron at Wratting Common which had been adopted in lieu of West Wickham in August 1943.
Vic and his crew died in a Stirling on a return trip from a bombing raid on the city of Germany on the night of 23rd/24th of 1943. The plane was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in the Ijsselmeer, some 15km East of Marken. Four crew members are named on the panels at Runnymede Memorial, one of whom is Victor Alfred Weaver and two lie at Amersfoort (Oud Leusden) General Cemetery, while Sgt A.E.Lloyd rests in Vollenhove (Stad - Vollenhove) General Cemetery. The crew members were
- F/S K W Longmore RAAF
- Sgt R L Jones
- Sgt C J Purcell
- Sgt L M Stormer RCAF
- F/S V A Weaver
- Sgt A E Lloyd
- Sgt G C Jeffreys
Vic left his childhood sweetheart and five month old baby son called Brian. My mother married my father after the war, who had been a Japanese prisoner of war for four years in Stanley Camp Kowloon. As a child I remember vividly visiting Runnymede Memorial with my parents and being too young to understand why my mother was so upset there. She had obviously found Vic's name on a panel. Despite re marrying, my mother told me a year before her death in 2005 that she had always had a place in her heart for Vic and was proud that he had taken part in fighting for Britain and her son's freedom from Nazi tyranny. On the 11th of November 2018, we will remember them.
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Chief Stokr. Ernest Edward Weaving . Royal Navy HMS Europa from Stroud, Glos. Ernest Weaving served with the Royal Navy aboard HMS Drake, HMS Europa and HMS Prince of Wales in WW2. I remember snippets of conversations when I spent summer holidays at the top of the village with him. He was my father figure after my father was taken ill in the early sixties and died when I was under 14.
Ernest's record shows him as a boy sailor in WW1 then re-enlisting on 2nd of September 1940. He served in three other Navy's, presumably between the wars, Australian, New Zealand and Canadian!
His first posting was HMS Drake 2, moving on to HMS Europa 19th of September 1940, back to Drake 2 6th of November 1940 then on to the HMS Prince of Wales between 10th of January 1941 and 7th of July 1941, returning to Drake 2 on 17th of July 1941, before being rated PUNS on 24th of September 1941.
I now realise why the film of the sinking of the HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse upset him so much. He would never explain, but, whatever his injury was probably saved his life!
He led a long, happy and eventful life, eventually dying from heart failure in January 1983, having refused to spoil the family Christmas, on the day my wife was confirmed pregnant with Lisa, our older daughter.
A chip off the old block having worked with Harpoon missiles for the Navy, the RAF's cruise missile Stormshadow and the Trident Successor programme, at the age of 35, she now has responsibility for the maintenance of all trains.
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R Weaving . British Army R Weaving 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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AC Webb . British Army Loyal North Lancashire Regiment AC Webb served with the Loyal North Lancashire 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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AE Webb . British Army AE Webb 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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Arthur William Webb . British Army 5th Btn. East Kent Regiment from Dilwyn Bill Webb served with the 5th Buffs.
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