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10th June 1944 On this day:  44 Squadron Lancaster lost  Emergency Landing  Atrocity  On the Move  Advance  Wounded  Enemy Patrol  Attacks  Orders  On the Move  Attack on Versailles marshalling yards  Advance  Holding the Line  Preparations  Recce  Quiet  On the Move  Bocage  Attack Made  Enemy Patrol  Counter Attack  Counter Attack  Enemy Active  Consolidation  Convoy  On the Move  In Action  Maps  On the Move  Under Attack  Attacks  Wet Weather  Orders  Patrol  Targets Engaged  Postings  Preparations  In Action  Resupply  In Action  Awaiting Orders  Orders  Operations  Lectures  Move to France  Equipment  Armed reconnaissance  Shot down by friendly fire  Enemy not seen  V-1 flying bombs  Attack Made  Reliefs Complete  Assault  Heavy Counter Attacks  In Action  Shot down into a swamp  Operational  Training flight  Orders  Move  Attack on the HQ of Panzergruppe West  Stores  Prisoners  Move  In Action  Shelling  Ground attack  Communications  Lecture and Sports  Wing Commander killed  Construction Work  Mines  On the Move  Maximum effort  Advance Party  Pilot missing over Normandy  Delays  Defences  Convoy If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Remembering those who died this day. Beales Fred. Sgt. (d.10th June 1944) Desmond Albert Samual. Rflmn (d.10th Jun 1944) Ellyatt John. F/O. (d.10th June 1944) Emmerson Reginald Douglas Milton. Mjr. (d.10th June 1944) Holtrop Hilbrand Gerrit . F/O. (d.10th Jun 1944) Newnham Eric. Trpr. (d.10th June 1944) Tasker John . (d.5th March 1945) van Willem Jacob. F/O (d.10th Jun 1944) Wicks Edward Charles. Flt.Sgt. (d.10th Jun 1944) The names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, please Add a Name to this List The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website. Announcements The Wartime Memories Project has been running for 24 years. If you would like to support us, a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting and admin or this site will vanish from the web. 10th April 2024 - Please note we currently have a huge backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than 263893 your information is still in the queue, please do not resubmit, we are working through them as quickly as possible. Looking for help with Family History Research?   Please read our Family History FAQ's The free to access section of The Wartime Memories Project website is run by volunteers and funded by donations from our visitors. If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. If you enjoy this site please consider making a donation. Want to find out more about your relative's service? Want to know what life was like during the War? Our Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. We are now on Facebook. Like this page to receive our updates. If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. Wanted: Digital copies of Group photographs, Scrapbooks, Autograph books, photo albums, newspaper clippings, letters, postcards and ephemera relating to WW2. We would like to obtain digital copies of any documents or photographs relating to WW2 you may have at home. If you have any unwanted photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Please get in touch for the postal address, do not sent them to our PO Box as packages are not accepted. World War 1 One ww1 wwII second 1939 1945 battalion Did you know? We also have a section on The Great War. and a Timecapsule to preserve stories from other conflicts for future generations. Want to know more about the 10th of June 1944? There are:79 items tagged 10th of June 1944 available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Second World War. Stories from 10th June 1944 Flt.Sgt. Edward Charles Wicks. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 10 Sqd.. (d.10th Jun 1944) I found my Grandfather's war time pilot, a Willem Jacob van Stockum, while researching his wartime station at Melbourne in Yorkshire. I would love to find any info on him or the names of the rest of the crew. My Grandfather was Edward Wicks and he flew with 10 Squadron. Nigel Hayes Add to this record. F/O Willem Jacob van. Royal Canadian Air Force, 10 Sqd.. (d.10th Jun 1944) Willem van Stockum is my mother's brother. He was the person who introduced my parents in 1932. He died in 1944 and my father told my mother "the wrong man came back", meaning that Willem was more important to her than he was, and that his bravery made him the one who deserved to come home. He was Dutch. A book has been written about Willem Time Bomber by an Army Major and pediatrician, Dr. Robert Wack. John Tepper Marlin Add to this record. Sgt. Fred Beales. Royal Canadian Air Force, 10 Squadron. (d.10th June 1944) My uncle Fred Beales served in 10 Squadron at RAF Melbourne during WW2. Frank Beales Add to this record. Trpr. Eric Newnham. British Army, 24th Lancers "C" Sqd. Royal Armoured Corps. (d.10th June 1944) I am seeking information about my uncle Trooper Eric Newnham of "C" Coy, 24th Lancers, who was killed in action on 10th June 1944, during the battle for St. Pierre, Normandy whilst in support of the Durham Light Infantry. Jim Newnham Add to this record. F/O. John Ellyatt. Royal Air Force, 10 Squadron. (d.10th June 1944) I am the representative in Mayenne French Remembrance which ensures the maintenance of the graves of French soldiers and foreigners in my department. In Laval, in particular, 14 airmen from two RAF crews of 10 Squadron Halifax fell in Laval on 10th June 1944. On May 8th, the colours of the RAF will rise above their graves, flowers laid by children and elders of the French Air Force and their honours are rendered. I would like to complete the record I have made of this sad event, if possible with a picture of these two crews. Does anyone have one? The crew members buried in Laval (Valfleury) Communal Cemetery, E Sub-Sec. D Row 1, are: P/O Fred Beales, J/89951, age 20, Royal Canadian Air Force (Canadian), joint grave 42945-42946. Sgt Hugh Bradbury, 1425774, age 20, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (United Kingdom), grave 42939. Sgt Leslie Arthur Brotherton, 1576786, age 24, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (United Kingdom), grave 42937. F/O Gilbert Daniel, 151788, age 22, Royal Air Force (United Kingdom), grave 42947. F/O John Ellyatt, 51911, age 27, Royal Air Force (United Kingdom), grave 42943. Sgt Philip Gaines, 1549492 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (United Kingdom), grave 42942. F/O Norman Randall Henderson, 144341, age 21, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (United Kingdom), joint grave 42940. P/O Thomas Whyndam Henderson, 415981, age 27, Royal Australian Air Force (Australian), grave 42941. F/O Robert Keith Marshall, 151917, Age 30, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (United Kingdom), grave 42949. Sgt Albert Mason, 2211801, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (United Kingdom), grave 42948. Sgt Stanley William Peake, 1606629, age 36, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (United Kingdom), grave 42938. Sgt Alfred Charles Perkins, 1461925, age 22, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (United Kingdom), joint grave 42945-42946. F/O Willem Jacob Van Stockum, 144600, age 33, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (United Kingdom), grave 42944. Flt.Sgt Edward Charles Wicks, 1376921, age 33, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (United Kingdom), joint grave 42940. Jean-Louis Cholet Add to this record. F/O. Hilbrand Gerrit Holtrop. Royal Air Force, 219 Squadron. (d.10th Jun 1944) Hilbrand Holtrop was a Dutch airman serving with 219 Squadron based at RAf Bradwell Bay. Add to this record. Mjr. Reginald Douglas Milton "Tag" Emmerson. British Army, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders. (d.10th June 1944) According to my mother, Tag's sister, he was killed in Burma by the Japanese trying to take a hill. Reginald Emmerson was a commander with 4th Btn., 9th Gurkha Rifles and is buried in Burma. Poppy Hasted Add to this record.

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