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12th September 1944 On this day:  At Rest  9 Squadron Lancaster lost  640 Squadron Halifax lost  35 Squadron Lancaster lost  35 Squadron Lancaster lost  97 Squadron Lancaster lost  75 Squadron Lancaster lost  In Action  On the Move  Patrols  Move  Orders  Quiet  Daylight bombing  Halifax lost  On the Move  Orders  Maintenance  Ground Support  Railway bombed  Bomber cover  Little action  Officer rejoined Regt from hospital  Inspection  Missing off Dutch coast  Shipping patrol abandoned in bad weather  Hit a mountain in Italy  On the Move  Close Support  On the Move  Train destroyed  On the Move  Spitfire disintegrated - pilot killed  Continuous radio monitoring  Attack Made  Harvest If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Remembering those who died this day. Biggar John Matthew. Flt.Sgt. (d.12th Sep 1944) Burch Cyril. Pte. (d.12th Sep 1944) Elwell Francis Kenneth. Dvr. (d.12th September 1944) Ferguson George Robert. Flt.Sgt. (d.12th Sep 1944) Hadley Wilson Orchard. F/O. (d.12th Sep 1944) Macnab Angus Laidlaw. Major. (d.12th September 1944) Magrill Jack Harold. L/Sgt. (d.12th September 1944) Mogie Hugh Gordon. Sgt. (d.12th Sep 1942) Noyes Frederick John. Sgt. (d.12th Sep 1944) Phillips Ralph Clifford George. Flt.Sgt. (d.11/12th Sep 1944) Poll James Elliot. Fus. (d.12th Sep 1944) Rudd William Brabazon. Gnr. (d.12th Sep 1944) Rudd William Brabazon. Gnr. (d.12 Sep 1944) Wise Geoffrey Norman. F/Sgt. (d.12th Sep 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. 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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. 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(d.12th Sep 1942) Hugh Mogie died aged 30, he was born in Jarrow in 1914, son of William and Sarah Jane Mogie (nee Maloy) of Jarrow. He was the husband of Priscilla Mogie of Wideopen Northumberland. High is remembered on the Singapore Memorial and is commemorated on the WW2 Roll of Honour Plaque in the entrance of Jarrow Town Hall. Vin Mullen Add to this record. Gnr. William Brabazon Rudd. Australian Army, 2/10th Field Regiment RAA. (d.12th Sep 1944) William Rudd died in the South China Seas on the Rakuyo Maru s flynn Add to this record. Gnr. William Brabazon Rudd. 2nd Australian Army, 2/10 Field Regiment. (d.12 Sep 1944) Died at sea on the Hell ship Rakuyo Maru on the South China Sea age 22 s flynn Add to this record. Pte. Cyril Burch. British Army, 1st/5th Btn. Sherwood Foresters. (d.12th Sep 1944) Cyril Burch drowned on the 12th September 1944, aged 26 and is commemorated on Column 71 on the Singapore Memorial in the Kranji War Cemetery in Singapore. He was the husband of Freda Burch of 40 Chestnut Ave, Newark, Notts. He worked on the Burma Railway but was to be sent to Singapore on one of Japanese ships The Hachidoki Maru or the Rakuyo Maru both of which where torpedoed by 2 US Submarines, the USS Pampanito and the USS Sealion on the 12/09/1944. s flynn Add to this record. F/Sgt. Geoffrey Norman Wise. Royal Air Force, 50 Sqdn.. (d.12th Sep 1944) Flight Sgt. Geoffrey Norman Wisewas killed on th enight of the 11th/12th of September 1944 on the bombing operation of Darmstadt. Has anyone any information or photos of him or of RAF Skellingthorpe at this time? Any information would be appreciated. Norina Dixon Add to this record. Flt.Sgt. Ralph Clifford George Phillips. Royal Air Force, 90 Squadron. (d.11/12th Sep 1944) Ralph Clifford George Phillips (known as Clifford) was my uncle and although he was shot down 22 years before I was born, I am nevertheless very proud of him and what he did for our country. My late mother always told me that he was in an Avro Lancaster when he was killed and all they know was that he was flying over the Baltic Sea. In my possession I have a letter dated 18th of September 1944 for his young widow notifying her that he is "missing from air operations". The letter is signed by Wing Commander A J Ogilvie. David Phillip-Pritchard Add to this record. Flt.Sgt. George Robert Ferguson. Royal Australian Air Force, 622 Squadron. (d.12th Sep 1944) George Ferguson was my uncle. Bonnie Keough Add to this record. Flt.Sgt. John Matthew Biggar. Royal New Zealand Air Force, 75 Squadron. (d.12th Sep 1944) Flight Sergeant (Air Gunner) John Biggar was the son of Peter and Ivy Biggar, of Nakirikiri, Wellington, New Zealand. He was 22 years old when he died and is buried in a Joint grave in the Orslev Churchyard in Denmark. S Flynn Add to this record. F/O. Wilson Orchard Hadley. Royal New Zealand Air Force, 75 Squadron . (d.12th Sep 1944) Flying Officer (Pilot) Wilson Hadley was the son of Charles Hadley and of Ellen Hadley (nee Hawke) of Amberley, Canterbury, New Zealand and husband of Esme Elizabeth Hadley of St. Albans, Christchurch, Canterbury. He was 30 years old when he died and is buried in the Orslev Churchyard St. in a Joint grave in Denmark. S Flynn Add to this record. Dvr. Francis Kenneth Elwell. British Army, 18th Division Royal Signals. (d.12th September 1944) Francis Elwell served with 18th Divisional Signals, he is remembered on the Kranji War Memorial in Singapore. Pardiv Singh Add to this record. Major. Angus Laidlaw Macnab. British Army, 5th Btn. Queens Own Cameron Highlander. (d.12th September 1944) Angus Macnab was a cousin of my father's, I know nothing of him other than research I did using Ancestry and other websites. Jean Long Add to this record. L/Sgt. Jack Harold Magrill. British Army, 125th Field Regiment Royal Artillery . (d.12th September 1944) Jack Magrill died on the Rakuyo Maru, sunk by the US Submarine, Sealion off East Hainan Island at around 5.00am on 12th of September 1944. 1159 PoWs were lost. The story is told at cofepow.org.uk Ben Magrill Add to this record.

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