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Pvt. Arthur Richard Andringa . Dutch Army from Holland POW Camp Fukuoka 17 in Japan
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S/Sgt. Charles Androski . United States Army 8th Air Force from Richfield Springs, NY My father, Charles Androski, was shot down July 19, 1944 from a B17. He was a S/sgt in the 8th Air Force but I do not know what squadron he was in. He was a gunner on the B17 and was believed to be shotdown while bombing a ball bearing plant. I know that he was burned in the downing and spent some time in a hospital before being sent to Stalag 3. I have a letter dated August 22, 1944 that he wrote to his parents from Stalag 3 and his Caterpillar Club card showing that his life was spared on July 19, 1944. He was a POW there until the war ended. His nickname I believe was Charlie Brown.
If anyone has any, information to share or knows if there were other survivors in the downing please get in touch with me.
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Shpwrt. John Cecil Angear . Royal Navy HMS Dorsetshire from Devonport, UK
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Edwin "Taff" Angel . Royal Marines from Penrhiwceiber My namesake Edwin Angel survived the sinking of his ship. We discovered recently that he saved a friend's life by removing his boots and trousers, whilst in the sea. Taking to the water, in full kit, meant the colleague quickly became waterlogged and was sinking. My uncle was fortunately at hand to keep him afloat. Typically we were never told this by the hero. A letter received from the other survivor, unfortunately after my uncle's demise, gave us the story.
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Eddie Angers . US Army I don't have a lot if information as I'm having trouble finding the right Eddie Angers. We know he was stationed in South Littleton near Evesham in Worcestershire, England whilst over there in 1943/44. I believe that unit was the field artillery. Two weeks before D-Day they were confined to camp but he went AWOL as he was at the time courting my grandmother. The MPs caught up with him and took him back to camp. Apparently he wanted to stay with my gran at the time. We have been told he was a sergeant but we don't know if this is definite.
I would love to hear from anyone who knows anything. Even just a small bit or a photograph, so we can see what my mother's father looked like.
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Sig. Eric John Abner Angier . British Army Royal Signals from Kent (d.8th June 1945) Eric Angier served as a Dispatch Rider.
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F/O. William Michael Anglin . Royal Canadian Air Force 77 Sduadron from Ingersoll, Canada A little bit about my Dad - William Anglin.
My Dad was born on September 15, 1921 in the town of Biggar, in the western Canadian Province of Saskatchewan. His parents, William Patrick Anglin and Rose Clara Anglin (Keating) had moved their young family from Southwestern Ontario earlier in 1920 and had settled on a 1/4 section (approximately 160 acres) of farmland near Springwater, Saskatchewan.
My Dad was the second of three children, with his older sister being Loretto Anglin (Comiskey) and his younger sister being Patricia Anglin.
In the midst of the Great Depression and the dust bowl that existed on the prairies in the Thirties, my Grandparents moved back to Ontario in search of work and a better life. They moved initially to Windsor and then Brantford prior to eventually settling in Ingersoll. My Grandfather was employed at a variety of jobs during this time, and eventually worked for Massey-Harris (a well established farm machinery company) after choosing that seemingly blue chip option over that of being a franchisee of the Coca-Cola Company.
Dad spent most of his elementary school years living in Ingersoll, but attended H.B. Beal Technical High School in London prior to working as a draftsman for a wartime industrial design and manufacturing company.
After enlisting and being commissioned into the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), Dad served his entire period of Operational service flying on Halifax bombers with 77 Squadron of the Royal Air Force based at RAF Full Sutton, in Yorkshire, UK.
Upon completion of his military service, Dad returned to Canada and attended mining school in Haileybury, Ontario before working in the mining industry of Northern Ontario for a number of years. Upon the death of my Grandather in 1947, Dad moved back to South Western Ontario to be closer to his Mother and Sisters.
In 1952, Dad joined the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and served over the next 35 years in the Atikokan, London, Ingersoll and Lucan Detachments prior to assuming the Detachment Commander's role at the Strathroy Detachment.
In 1954, Dad married my mom, Ann Rose Marrinan from the Lucan area and together they started a family that eventually numbered five children: Debra, Brenda, Teresa, Bill and Mike.
After his retirement from the OPP in 1984, Mom and Dad moved the family to London, Ontario where Dad continued his involvement with the OPP Veterans Association, the Royal Canadian Legion and the Royal London Military Institute.
Sadly, in 2012, my Mom - and the love of my Dad's life, passed away. They had been married for 58 years.
Surprising a few of us, Dad adapted to his new "bachelor" lifestyle quite well and continued to live independently and drive his own car until September of 2015. In his 95th year at this point, he continued adjusting to life on his own until March of 2016 when it became evident that he was unable to live independently any longer. He moved into the Parkwood Institute's, Western Counties Veteran's Wing and was thrilled to find that one of his room mates was a navigator on Halifax bombers as well.
Dad passed away on in his 96th year with his family at his side.
In his own words, and with a smile on his face, he said on many an occasion, "I've lived a good life... what more can I do"?
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Able Sea. Anthony Blackstone Anglis . Royal Navy HMS Nelson from Bournemouth Tony Anglis was on the "Nellie" during D-Day. No exact details but he speaks fondly of his first ship which he joined aged 15.
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Able Sea. Frederick Norman Angove . Royal Navy HMS Stanley from Camelford Cornwall (d.19th Dec 1941) Able Seaman Frederick Angove served with the Royal Navy during WW2 and was killed in action on the 19th December 1941 aged 21. He is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial in Plymouth and was the son of Mr & Mrs Angove of Camelford Cornwall.
An extract taken from the Cornish and Devon Post dated 31/01/1942:
"Notification has been received from the Admiralty to the effect that Seaman-Gunner Frederick Norman Angove, the second son of Mr. and Mrs. Archie Angove of Moorgate, Advent, Camelford is missing believed killed. Twenty one years of age, Norman joined the Navy in November 1938. Mr. and Mrs. Angove’s eldest son is serving in the D.C.L.I."
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Ldg Stoker John Orman Angus . Royal Navy HMS Manchester from Cosham, Hampshire. England. (d.23rd Jul 1941) John was 36 years old wehn he was killed. Manchester was an escort in Operation ‘Substance’ a Convoy from Gibraltar, when it was hit by torpedoes fired by the Italian E-boats Nos. 16 and 22. An oil fuel tank was hit, the adjacent compartments flooded and her engines were damaged, she returned to Gibraltar for repairs.
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John Angus . Royal Navy John Angus of Jarrow is recorded as having served in the Royal Navy. Can anyone provide further details?
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Ldg.Stkr. John Norman Angus . Royal Navy HMS Manchester from Hampshire John Norman Angus was my step-uncle. His mother married my Grandfather whose name was Forbes, they lived in Burns Street, Jarrow, Co. Durham. They had one son from that marriage Daniel Forbes who was also killed at Dunkirk in 1940. When my grandfather died my grandmother moved to Lee in London to live with her son William Angus. She came with her son to my father's funeral in 1952. I have just found where my uncle's name is in the Dunkirk town cemetery, his name is on a memorial column, I am going there in August this year to see his name and I will be playing him a couple of tunes on the bagpipes. I was only a toddler when they were both lost, but they have never been forgotten. If any of John's family would like to make contact please do.
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R. A. Angus . Royal Air Force 41 Squadron
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Sgt. Jack Norman Angus. . Royal Air Force 78 Sqd.
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Pte. Stanislaw Aniolkowski . Polish Army 2nd Arrmoured Polish Tanks My mum recalls dad was in a 'hospital' in Pietermaritzburg in spring 1942 for treatment probably for malnutrition following his time in Russia at the hands of the NKVD. His pay book says he was a member of 6 Comp 23 Infantry Regiment and noted payment from Imperial funds. I am trying to find out anthing I can about this unit and where he was in Russia. He was called Stanislaw Aniolkowski (originally Jamiolkowski) and then went on to be a private in 1st Armoured then 2nd Armoured Polish Tanks.
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A/Able.Sea. Gordon Proctor Ankers . Royal Navy HMS Lanka from Silverdale
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Roger W. Anliker . United States Army 16th Armored Division from Elkins Park, PA Artist Roger Anliker served as a mapmaker with the US 16th Armored Division.
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F/Sgt. H. C. Annable . Royal Canadian Air Force 419 Sqd.
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Henry Hall Annable . Royal Air Force 196 Squadron from Manchester
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Capt. Richard Wallace Annand VC.. Army 2nd Btn. Durham Light Infantry from South Shields, Co Durham, England Richard Annand was the first soldier of the Second World War to be awarded the Victoria Cross, in Belgium in May 1940.
His obituary was published in the Times in December 2004:-
The Action in which Dick Annand fought on May 15, 1940, was the first to result in the award of the Victoria Cross to a soldier in the Second World War. As a second lieutenant with no previous operational experience he displayed resolution and personal courage of the highest order. When the battle was over, his first thought was to get his wounded batman to safety.
Belgian neutrality in the early months of the war left the British Expeditionary Force and the French Army with an open flank from the northern end of the Maginot Line to the Channel coast. But, forewarned of a German attack through the Low Countries by a Wehrmacht plan which had fallen into Belgian hands and been handed over to the French, the Allied armies were ready to cross the frontier and occupy a defensive line along the River Dyle, east of Brussels, as soon as Belgian neutrality was breached. Germany launched her attack on May 10, 1940.
Annand was a platoon commander with 2nd Battalion The Durham Light Infantry in the 2nd Division sent to man positions on the Dyle, near the village of La Tombe. The ground on the west bank could hardly have been less suitable; trees and undergrowth made observation of the approaches to the opposite bank difficult and, to the rear, open ground rose steeply to the village. Annand was with D Company covering the road bridge over the Dyle, across which another company of the Durhams had been forced to withdraw before the advancing German Army on the afternoon of May 14, when the bridge was blown.
At 11.00 the next day the enemy launched a violent attack to cover the move of a bridging party into the sunken riverbed. Annand led a group of men from his platoon in a counterattack and, when their small-arms ammunition was exhausted, went forward alone to throw grenades from the edge of the ruined bridge on to the enemy bridging party working below, inflicting some 20 casualties. The enemy was thus prevented from crossing the river in continued fighting, but the situation remained grave, and the company commander had been badly wounded. During the evening of the same day, the enemy launched another attack under cover of intense mortar and machinegun fire. Annand again went forward armed with all the grenades he could carry and attacked the German troops attempting to repair the bridge.
Reporting on the action afterwards, the company sergeant-major said: “They came with a vengeance and were socked with a vengeance. They seemed determined to get that bridge but Jerry could not move old D Company. For two hours it was hell let loose, then they gave up and withdrew.”
But elsewhere the Allied line had broken and at 23.00 the Durhams’ commanding officer gave the order to withdraw as part of the general move back to the line of the River Scheldt. As Annand led the survivors of his platoon away from the bridge in the early hours of May 16, he discovered that his batman, Private Joseph Hunter, from Sunderland, had been wounded in the head and legs and was unable to walk.
Despite his own wounds sustained in the day’s fighting, he found a wheelbarrow, lifted Hunter into it and wheeled him to the rear until their way was barred by a fallen tree. Leaving Hunter in an empty trench he set out to find help but collapsed from exhaustion and loss of blood shortly after finding his company HQ position abandoned.
Hunter was captured by the advancing Germans and sent to a Dutch hospital, but he died of his wounds a month later. The award of the Victoria Cross to Second Lieutenant Annand was gazetted on August 23, 1940. This followed the announcement of the same award to another officer and a Guardsman, but for actions later in the withdrawal of the BEF to Dunkirk.
Richard “Dickie” Wallace Annand was born in South Shields in 1914, the son of Lieutenant-Commander Wallace Moir Annand, who was killed with the Collingwood Battalion of the Royal Naval Division at Gallipoli in June 1915. He was educated at Pocklington School in the East Riding of Yorkshire. He joined the National Provincial Bank in 1933 and became a midshipman in the Tyne Division of the RNVR in the same year.
He applied for a commission in the Royal Navy but was told he was over the age limit for application, so he joined the Army. After a period with the Supplementary Reserve he joined the 2nd Durham Light Infantry.
Although he recovered from wounds received at La Tombe, he was severely deafened in the action and was never again fit for active service. He was invalided out of the army in 1948 and thereafter devoted his life to helping the disabled, taking particular interest in the welfare of the deaf.
He was personnel officer of the Finchdale Abbey Training Centre for the Disabled near Durham until his retirement at the age of 65. The Borough of South Shields had made him an honorary freeman in 1940, and he was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for Co Durham in 1956. He was president of the Durham branch of the Light Infantry Club until 1998.
He married Shirley Sefton Brittain Osborne in November 1940 and had cause to rescue her from drowning almost 40 years later, in 1979. The couple had attended dinner aboard the frigate HMS Bacchante anchored in the Tyne as guests of her captain. Turning from the foot of the gang plank on leaving to admire the ship, Mrs Annand fell off the quayside into the river. Without hesitation, Captain Annand plunged in and supported her until both were hauled to safety by the ship’s crew. Neither was much the worse for the incident, although Mrs Annand said her fur coat would never be quite the same.
His wife survives him. There were no children. His death leaves only 13 surviving VC holders.
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Capt. Richard Wallace "Dicky" Annand VC. British Army 2nd Btn The Durham Light Infantry from London
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WO. David Boyne Annesley . Royal New Zealand Air Force Observer 15 Squadron from Shannon NZ David Annesley was shot down in Stirling N6016 on the 29th of June 1941 and became a PoW.
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F/O H. C. Annett MiD.. 97 Squadron
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L/Bmbdr. Frank Henry Anning . British Army 135th Field Regiment Royal Artillery from Southwick, Sussex
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Pte. W. R.H Anning . British Army 2nd Battalion East Kent Regiment W Anning is a friend's father.
He joined The Buffs in 1936, went to France with the BEF. He was listed as missing, but was then reported as a POW captured and interned in Stalag 344 Lamsdorf as POW Number 11810.
Although listed as a Pte, he was actually a Drummer.
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WO. Gordon Roland "Andy" Annison . Royal Air Force from London My late grandfather, Gordon Annison, was a Bomb-Aimer in a Wellington. He flew bombing operations from Foggia during WWII. In the crew photo, left to right are, Gordon Annison bomb aimer, Pady Renicks navigator, Don Saville pilot, Bill Ough w/op, Norman Stokes rear gunner
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F/Sgt. Geoffrey R.A. Ansdell . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve RAF 57 Squadron (d.22nd June 1944) Flt. Sgt. Geoffrey Ansdell was the Mid-Upper Air Gunner of Lancaster Mk.1, (NN 696) DX - H This plane took off in the first slot, at 2300 hrs. June 21, 1944, from East Kirkby on the Wesseling Oil Refinery raid. This plane was attacked and shot down by a German JU-88 Night Fighter flown by Uffz. Johann Werthner of 7./NJ2, crashing west of Geilenkirchen with the loss of all 7 crew members.
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Sgt. Albert Victor "Alf" Ansell . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 57 Squadron from West Ham (d.1st May 1943) Lancaster ED 706 was shot down over Holland, Alf Ansell was the navigator and was on his third raid. The remains of two crew were put into coffins and listed as unknown in the War Cemetery (where most of those lost at Arnham are buried). A couple of graves across is the grave of Flt Lt Lord VC and his crew.
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Sgt. Frederick Neale Ansell . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 514 Sqdn. from Tottenham (d.16th June 1944) 514 Sqdn Lancaster II LL690 JI-J took off at 2314 from RAF Waterbeach. Believed to have fallen victim to a night-fighter, coming down between Iwuy (Nord) and Rieux-en-Cambresis two small villages 9km NE and ENE respectively of Cambrai. Five lie in Rieux Communal Cemetery while F/S Hutt rests at Iwuy Communal Cemetery. Sgt Bloom is commemorated on panel 235 of Runnymede Memorial. The crew:
F/O E.A. Kingham
Sgt J. Black
F/S F.A. Spencer
Sgt B. Bloom
Sgt F.N. Ansell
Sgt D.G. Davis RCAF
Also lost from 514 Squadron on this raid was Lancaster II DS816-JI-O. Crew:F/S C.F. Prowles, Sgt H.A. Osborn, F/O A.H.Morrison, F/S R.B. Spenser, Sgt R. Surtees, Sgt. J. Porelli and Sgt. A.A.Holmes.
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Flt.Sgt. Henry Thomas Ansell DFM. Royal Air Force 61 Squadron from West Ham Henry Ansell was awarded the DFM, announced in the supplement to the London Gazette on the 26th October 1945.
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