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World War 2 Two II WW2 WWII 1939 1945



Remembering those who died this day.

  • Freeman Alfred James Wilfred. Fus. (d.10 Nov 1944)
  • Hughes Elias Gwynedd. Fus. (d.10th November 1944)
  • McCoy James Donald. Pte. (d.10th Nov 1944)
  • Vincent Douglas Robert. Sgt. (d.10th Nov 1944)
  • Vincent Douglas Robert. Sgt. (d.10th Nov 1944)
  • Webb Stuart Douglas. F/Lt. (d.10th Nov 1944)

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Want to know more about the 10th of November 1944?


There are:28 items tagged 10th of November 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 November 1944





Sgt. Douglas Robert Vincent. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserves, 104 Squadron. (d.10th Nov 1944)

My Uncle Douglas Vincent was reported missing in action after his plane didn`t return from a mission. He has a memorial at Malta which states "missing Dec 1945" which must be wrong, as my uncle was definatly reported missing in December 1944.

Anna Mansawi



Pte. James Donald McCoy. DSO, DSM, British Army, 2nd Battalion Devonshire Regiment. (d.10th Nov 1944)

My grandfather told us from an early age about Great Uncle Donald and to remember him every November. It was because he felt he had let his mother down by not finding Donald when he ran away to enlist the day after Dunkirk. The papers were full of how many men had been lost and Donald aged 14 years wanted to be one of the men to answer the call for recruits. My grandfather searched for him for three days and found he had joined the Royal Devonshires having lied about his age. My Grandad unable to enlist due to pigeon chest and was a volunteer fireman, he had to accept Donald had gone to war.

Donald served with distinction, and was a credit to my Grandad who had raised him from the age of eight when their mother had died. My grandad kept in a box Donald's medals he was sent after Don died. They included a DSO and DSM with bar plus others from memory. They disappeared after my Grandad died.

I still remember Donald in honour of my grandad and would love to know something of how he won his medals to tell my children. The war graves still list Don as 23 when he died, but he wasn't, he was only 19.




Fus. Alfred James Wilfred "Tiger" Freeman. British Army, 2nd Batattion Royal Welch Fusiliers. (d.10 Nov 1944)

My uncle, Alfred Freeman, was the only son of Alfred Snr. and his wife Eliza, he was killed on 10 November 1944. He died during a night time attack along with his colleague Fus. Hall who was from Liverpool. He had one sister, Alice (Connie) who was my mother.

Alf served from the beginning of the war and was killed quite near to the end. He did not have to go overseas as his father was disabled and he was the supporter of his mother, unmarried and still lived at home. This was a source of great sadness to my mother. The last birthday card she sent him was of a sailing boat. It was returned to her marked 'It is regretted that this item could not be delivered because the addressee is reported to be deceased.' I still have the card in the original envelope. According to a letter received in April 1945 from Captain & Adjutant Bomer (?) he was killed 'during the battle of Pinwe, C company of which your son was a member was attacked by a strong party of Japanese. The enemy managed to get into the Company area but a stern and courageous defence, which undoubtedly saved the Company from being overrun, drove them out, with great loss to themselves. Fusilier Freeman was in the area attacked and continued to fire his weapon until an unlucky shot killed him outright.' He was originally buried at Mawlu, but his body was moved to Taukkyan War Cemetery, Rangoon. My mother wished to visit his grave but was not given permission as she was not the next of kin as her mother was still alive, but elderly at that time. He was musical and played the violin, which is still in the families possession.

Teresa Godwin



F/Lt. Stuart Douglas Webb. Royal Canadian Air Force, 608 Squadron . (d.10th Nov 1944)

On the night of August 24th 1944, Flight Lieutenant Stuart Douglas Webb of 608 Squadron, 8th group Pathfinder and Light Night Striking Force RAF Downham Market took off at 21:35hrs detailed to attack Cologne. While on a bombing run over the target his Mosquito B-XX KB242 was coned in by searchlights and as the bombs were released it was hit by very heavy flak. Shortly after, on the return home, a Focke Wulf FW 190 night fighter flown by Hauptmann, Friedrich-Karl ‘Nasen’ Muller of Nachtjagdgruppe 1./NJGr.10 made four continued attacks on his aircraft over Eindhoven, actually claiming a kill. On the last attack the Mosquito was thrown into a steep spiral dive from 25,000 feet. Doug regained control at about 9,000 feet. The elevator trimming tabs were shot away, the hydraulic lines severed and the A.S.I. unserviceable. He then set course for home and despite great difficulty he was able to keep the stricken aircraft in stable flight. As the emergency hydraulic system was by now also unserviceable he landed with the undercarriage retracted at Woodbridge airfield in Suffolk at 01:10hrs. The rear of the fuselage was so badly damaged by cannon fire that the entire tail section of the aircraft fell off completely on touching down. He received a letter of commendation for his actions.

Later however, on Friday 10th of November 1944, Stuart was tragically killed in an accident when 10 minutes after take off, the Mosquito B-XX KB360 that he was piloting, call sign H for Harry, suffered port engine failure and crash landed at Maltmas Farm, Friday Bridge near Wisbech in Cambridgeshire at 22:05hrs. He was on a mission to Hanover and had taken off at 21:55hrs. He was 23 years old. His navigator F/O John Campbell RAFVR was badly injured but survived. Due to the radio silence rule the aircraft was listed as missing since no one was aware of the tragedy until the crashed aircraft was discovered the next morning just 8 miles from home. It had been a bitterly cold winter night on the bleak Cambridge Fens and Stuart had died during the night from a combination of his injuries and from exposure.

David Jones



Sgt. Douglas Robert Vincent. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 104 Squadron. (d.10th Nov 1944)

On 11th November 1944 Douglas Vincent was reported as missing in action. He was on a flying sortie and was never found.

Anna



Fus. Elias Gwynedd Hughes. British Army, 6th Btn. Royal Welch Fusiliers. (d.10th November 1944)

Elias Hughes, known as Gwyn, was my late Father's brother and died aged 23 just before I was born. He left a wife Joyce Marion Hughes and a baby son Graham who was born in 1943. I have a photo of a young man but no name to know who it is and sadly my Father and Mother passed away many years ago so I have no one to ask now. The resemblance to my Father's side of the family is uncanny and I think that it must be Gwyn.

The Deganwy History Group ( Gwyn was born in Deganwy) has a Roll of Honour for all those service people who died in WW 2 and each November a Poppy is placed on the door where the person was born. I would like to add a photo to their list but until I can confirm definitely that the photo is of Gwyn then I cannot contribute it to their list. So the search goes on and hopefully I may find out sometime.

Brian Hughes










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