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Those who Served Allied Forces - Browse by Surname. A       B       C       D       E       F       G       H       I       J       K       L       M       N       O       P       Q       R       S       T       U       V       W       X       Y       Z       Axis Forces - Browse by Surname. A       B       C       D       E       F       G       H       I       J       K       L       M       N       O       P       Q       R       S       T       U       V       W       X       Y       Z       V. G. Baatjes .     South African Air Force Warrant Officer Sidney Back DFM.     RCAF 59 Squadron Warren Back .     Home Guard Feltwell Btn. L/Cpl. J. Bacon .     Home Guard Signal Sect. Workington Btn. Able Seaman Edward Charles Badcock .     Royal Navy HMS Forfar   from Abingdon, Berkshire) (d.2nd Dec 1940) Pilot Officer Badland .     RAF 59 Squadron CSM Charles Herbert Baggs .     Army 2nd Battalion Black Watch My grandfather, CSM Charles Herbert Baggs, 2nd Battalion Black Watch, was held in Stalag 383 from 1940 until 1945. CSM Charles Herbert Baggs .     Army 2nd Battalion Black Watch My grandfather, CSM Charles Herbert Baggs, 2nd Battalion Black Watch, was held in Stalag 383 from 1940 until 1945. Temp. Sub Lt. Eng. E. J. L. Bailey .     Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve HMS Forfar Sub Lt Bailey was amongst the survivors of the Forfar. Ernest Bailey .     Army 59th Newfoundland heavy Royal Artillery   from Trinity Bay, Newfoundland) My father, Ernest Bailey, came from Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland. I'm trying to find anyone who knew my father or heard anyone mention his name when talking about their time in the war. My father went to northwest Europe with his regiment on the 4th July 1944. My husband and I went to Trinity and donated his medals to Trinity War Museum. As his uniform was in the museum there I felt it was the place for his medals to be. Ernest Bailey .     Army 59th Newfoundland heavy Royal Artillery   from Trinity Bay, Newfoundland) My father, Ernest Bailey, came from Trinity, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland. I'm trying to find anyone who knew my father or heard anyone mention his name when talking about their time in the war. My father went to northwest Europe with his regiment on the 4th July 1944. My husband and I went to Trinity and donated his medals to Trinity War Museum. As his uniform was in the museum there I felt it was the place for his medals to be. Staff Sgt. Eugene G. Bailey .     US Army Company K 112th Infantry Regiment My Dad, Staff Sergeant Eugene G. Bailey 28th Division 112th Infantry Company K. Was caputured during the Battle of the Bulge on December 17th, 1944. He never talked about his time in the war. However, he was in four campaigns, Normendy, Northern France, Rhineland and the Ardennes. He received a bronze metal for following a line which lead to a Germen Bunker. In turn the bunker was taken out. As a pow he was held at both Stalags IXB and IXA. He arrived at Stalag IXB on December 26, 1944 and was transfered to Stalag IXA on January 26, 1945. I found in his Bible a picture of a group of men all in uniforms on the back of the picture it is written it was taken in April 1945 after liberation of pow camp. I really would like to know who the other men are in the picture and if they remember my dad. I do not know if this was his unit or the other men from the Stalag IXA. Eugene Bailey (back row, fifth from the right) after his liberation, in Paris during April 1945 I also have his hand written journel it reads: December 12th 1944 - left for Paris December 13th 1944 -arrived Paris December 14th 1944- sick December 15th left Paris stayed in Reames December 16th arrived Orwen on Belgium Luxburg Germany Boarder - Heavy Arty-bombing December 17th Heavy arty, bombing 2000 - Town surrounded 2010 - Captured Watch taken Walked all night December 18th walked all day- 1/3 Loaf bread cheese, marmalade December 19th in PW cage December 20th walked all day December 21st walked all day December 22nd walked all day December 23rd Boarded train no food December 24th on train no food no water December 25th on train no food little water December 26th 1/6 loaf, little meat 0100 on train December 26th left train at 0900 Bad orb Stallager (IXB) Stew at 1200 Bread 1/6 at 1600 December 27th Life in Pw Stew ¾ lieder per day Bread 1/6 loaf …… No recreation at all December 28-31 Same Jan 1-24 continue Same-meat -cottage cheese - marmalade One or twice a wk Jan 25th 1945 Boarded train Jan 26th Arrived STL. 9A No food Jan 27th- Stew & Bread Food Tea better Jan 28th Same Jan 29th Same Food Better but very insufficient French PW donating a few smokes From RC packages Jan 30th Situation unchanged Getting very thin & weak News excellent Russians - 65 miles from Berlin Jan 31 Food same-cottage cheese no butter A break in the weather thawing At this point in the journal I do not know if the dates are for Feb. or March the first entry looks to me like it is 3-1 Situation unchanged 2-3 same 3-4 shaved 1st time since Dec 14 1944 5 war news0 rosins 25miles from Berlin 6 situation unchanged 7 2 letters one card 8 red cross Box 1 per 4 men 9 dined well, smoked well 10 same 11 grub gone smokes too. 12 -20 grub poor-no smokes recreation (I can not tell what it says) This ends the dates however there is more on the paper. Marshall imaan 19098805 Blankets-NO GI Bed NU 8 Alex Justus = 36376532=2456 Blankets=No-GI Bed Ndill Landberg+36220111=2430 Blankets (unreadable) Lam Mrchunee=20320737=24015 Blankets NO GI Bed NO 108 Wed- 1000-1100 Stockseb by Bolger Sat. 1000- 1100 making up of a newpaper by jones Thur Quiz contest 1000-1100 I cont from each section Fri. winners- Fri. There are other man named in my dads journal. I have researched the names some are from Stalag IXB. My dad was almost 6 feet tall and weigh in 1979. Reseaching all of this has made me a very proud daughter. Thank you for your time. Staff Sergeant Eugene G Bailey .     US Army 28th Division 112th Infantry My Dad, Staff Sergeant Eugene G. Bailey served with the 28th Division 112th Infantry. He was captured on December 17, 1944 during the Battle of the Bulge. He was sent to Stalag IXB and then transferred to Stalag IXA on January 25, 1945. I have a group or unit picture taken in Paris after the liberation dated April 1945. This site is a great way to honor our WWII heroes. Diana Thomas, a very proud daughter Staff Sergeant Eugene G Bailey .     US Army Company K 28th Infantry Division, 112th Regiment My dad, Eugene G. Bailey, was a Staff Sergeant in the US Army, 28th Infantry Division, 112th Regiment, Company K during WW2. He was in four campaigns including the Battle of the Bulge where he was taken prisoner on December 17, 1944. He arrived in Bad Orb Stalag IX B on December 29, 1944 and remained there until late January 1945 when he was transferred to Stalag IXA. This information is from a journal he wrote during his time just before the Battle of the Bulge. The dates of this journal are from December 13, 1944 until the end of March 1945. However, there are not any entries for Feb. My dad did not talk about his time in the service or about being a POW. I do know that he weighed only 79 pounds upon his return to the states. Sgt. Garnet James Bailey .     RAF 106 Squadron Looking for details of Sgt.G J Bailey RAAF, lost on Gardening mission off Bordeaux 25/26 July 1942. I have details from CWGC and AUS. Roll of Honour but can't find his Aircrew Category or the cause of the loss of the aircraft, Lanc R5680 based at Coningsby at the time it was lost. Two of the crew became POW, and the body of one other was recovered and is buried at Pornic in France. The other four crew members were not found. Any information would be appreciated. Sergeant J. Bailey .     RAF 149 Squadron I am looking for any relatives or friends who knew or served with the crew of Wellington bomber R3163 G for George of 149 Sqn: Sgt. J Bailey 511887 Sgt. H G Barnes 652148 F/O H Burton Sgt. A R Peacock 652031 P/O G M R Smith 42900 P/O D A McFarlane 79377 The plane was lost on the 5th of September 1940. I have some information including that they were POWs at Stalag 3 but would be very greatful if anyone has any other information to share. Mary Bailey .     Land Army The attached photo of a group from the Womens Land Army taken around 1947 in Wales. The woman on the far right is my mother Mary Bailey. Mary joined the Women's Land Army shortly after the war 1947/48. She trained at Boncath, Carmarthen and worked at Crosshands, Llahndilo Wales. Mrs Lewis was the lady in charge of the Unit/Hostel where they were accommodated at the time. Mary recounted tales of working on the land lifting turnips and potatoes by hand, having a hard time of it from local farmers who took advantage of the cheap labour. She remembers her close WLA friends Betty Burridge and Dorothy Reece, also Dorothy's sister Olwyn, who lived at Llandilo or Monadilo. Emma Lowther was another close friend in the WLA and she had relatives near Durham. Mary married an RAF chap, Arnold Hall, they were married near Durham and went on to tour the world with the Royal Air Force. They live currently in retirement in Lytham St Annes and Mary celebrated her 80th birthday earlier this year. I would love to hear from anybody who might remember Mary or her pals in the WLA. P/O Norman Russell Bailey .     Royal Canadian Air Force w/op (d.6th Jun 1942) Norman Bailey was killed during an air raid when a German ME-109 fighter/bomber aircraft attacked and hit the Anglo Swiss Hotel in Bournemouth on the 6th of June 1942. He is buried in Bournemouth North Cemetery along with fellow RCAF wireless operators James Morgan and James Epp. Flight Sergeant P E R Baillargeon .     RCAF 59 Squadron Pilot Officer D H Bain .     RAAF 59 Squadron Stewardess Hannah Baird .     Merchant Navy SS. Athenia (d.3rd Sep 1939) C.P.O. A. E. Baker .     Royal Navy HMS Forfar C.P.O. Baker was one of those to survive when HMS Forfar was tordeoded and sunk in December 1940. Sgt. Charles Henry Baker .     Royal Air Force navigator 115 Sqd. (d.16th Mar 1944) Doris Baker .     Land Army Flight Sergeant E W K Baker .     RCAF 59 Squadron Frank Baker .     US Army Airforce My deceased uncle, Mr. Frank Baker was a U.S. pilot. He was a prisoner of Stalag luft 5. He was in what was called, "The Death March" at that time. Lance Corporal Peter Baker .     Army Lincolnshire Regiment (d.5th October 1944) During the second World War the Allied and German soldiers, who were killed in Goirle, Noord Brabant, the Netherlands and in the neighbourhood, were buried at the Roman Catholic cemetery from the parish St. Jan in Goirle. After the war the remains of the German soldiers were reburied in Ysselsteijn (near Venray) and most of the allied soldiers were reburied in Bergen op Zoom (War Cemetery and Canadian War Cemetery) and in Leopoldsburg (Belgium, War Cemetery). At this moment there are 27 Allied graves in Goirle. Every year we commemorate the victims of World War II, both soldiers and civilians. We know their names, but who were the persons behind the names? What were their lives before they died? Where did they come from? How did they die? Under what circumstances? It is my intention to give the victims a face, to write and keep the story behind the gravestones because we always will remember the soldier who died for our liberty. We can forget names, but not faces. I will try to write down all their stories for the next generation so they will know who was commemorated. Maybe someone can help me in this matter. Send me a letter or an e-mail with additional information, a photograph or a copy of any personal document, which I can use for The Memory Book or a website. Lance Corporal Peter Baker, Lincolnshire Regiment died the 5th October 1944, age 19. Thank you in advance for your help Pte. Henry "Baldy" Balderson .     British Army 1st Btn. Queens Own Cameron Highlanders   from 78 Denmark Rd, Heeley, Sheffield, Yorks) My father, Henry Balderson, joined the Queens Own Cameron Highlanders 1st battalion on 19th July 1932, he died in 1996 and I am looking for any information about him, he was captured very early and was a prisoner of war until the war was over. I would like to know where my father was captured. I have the letter sent to my grandfather when he was posted missing in May 1940 the letter is dated 24/6/1940 it is from Infantry Records Office Perth. I do have a postcard with him (on teh right) and three other soldiers, on the back it is stamped oflag VII C gepruft, would anyone know who they are? Maggie Baldry .     Land Army It was avery healthy life in the open air, I can remember I was always hungry. It is so long ago, and as I was only 16 and a half in 1945 when I joined, I didnt keep any records. I was in a hostel near Woodbridge,on field work. Lt Cmdr. Murray A. Baldwin .     US Navy   from Fargo N.D. USA) My father, Murray Baldwin, was the last XO of the Navy section base and he and the CO walked out the front gate and left all as it was at the time. Capt. Miller was the co I believe. When they left that day some of the aircraft and equipment were still there. When he returned in the 1950's some of them were still there. I have the last American flag to fly over the base and we fly it on special days. He told us many other stories about his service. He became a pilot in 1918. Next Page    Last Page

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