Pte. Harry Bastow . British Army 2nd Btn. Border Regiment from Farnley, Leeds (d.3rd February 1945) Harry Bastow was born on 26th of June 1910. His parents were Frederick, born 1879 and Hannah. Hannah died in 1914 and his father remarried in 1915to Hilda Elizabeth Gibson.
On the 1911 Census, Harry is an infant living with Father Frederick who is a leather shaver, his mother and two older brothers, David and William. The family are living at 16 Marion Street, Whitehall Road, Farnley.
On the 1939 Register, Harry is shown with his occupation being walleyer and fitter textile. He is single. He was also living with his Father whose occupation is Machine Shaver and his step mother who is shown as unpaid domestic. The family are living at 112 Bawn Lane. Old Farnley.
During WW2 Harry served with the 2nd Battalion, Border Regiment. He died on 3rd of February 1945 and is buried at Taukkyan War Cemetery in Burma.
I am researching the men named on Farnley War Memorial, Leeds, this is the information I have found so far.
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Sqd.Ldr. Batchelor . Royal Air Force 9 Squadron Sqd.Ldr. Batchelor was a pilot flying Wellingtons with 9 Squadron based at Honington in Suffolk.
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Sgt. Christopher Richard Batchelor . Royal Air Force flt eng. 115 Sqd. from Rugby (d.21st Feb 1944) I am looking for info on my uncle Flt Sgt Christopher Batchelor all I know about him is he died in Feb 1944, his death is recorded in March quarter 1944 in Ampthill, Bedfordshire. I believe he was stationed at Witchford, Isle of Ely with the 115 squadron. I would be grateful if anyone can tell me how where and why he died.
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Pvt. Franklin Stillman Batchelor . United States Army 27th Bomb Gr. (L) V Bomb Cmd. Hq & Hq Sqdn from Massachusetts, USA POW Camp Fukuoka 17 in Japan
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Sgt. Ian F.F. Batchelor . Royal Air Force 76 Squadron from Dundee Ian Batchelor was a wireless operator/air gunner with 76 Squadron.
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Ldg Wren Margaret Elsie Claire Batchelor . Womens Royal Naval Service HMS Merlin from South Croydon, Surrey. (d.9th Jun 1944)
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Pte. Thomas George Batchelor . British Army Hampshire Regiment from London
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Edward Bate . Royal Navy Eddie Bate was 20 years old in Sept 1939 when he was in HMS Victory.
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F Bate . British Army F Bate served with the British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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Frank Bate . Royal Air Force from Manchester Frank Bate was an aircraft inspector at RAF Ringway which was a base for the Royal Air Force.
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F/O. Gordon Harrison "Butch" Bate . Royal Canadian Air Force 514 Squadron from Lindsay, Ontario, Canada Gordon Harrison Bate enlisted on June 26, 1942 and was a Flight Navigator with 514 and 115 Squadrons.
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Flight Sergeant Howard Joseph Bate . Royal Air Force 15 Sqd. from Small Heath, Birmingham (d.16th Nov 1944) Mr. Bate's widow is a friend of mine and she has told me how she never knew what has happened to him. I find that really sad and in this day and age, surely someone knows. She thinks that he was shot down over Heinzburg in Germany on 16th November 1944 and has heard nothing since apart from a letter sent on 26th September 1945 by the Ministry of Defence to tell her he was presumed dead. I have tried the British Legion . The R.A.F. etc and would really like to tell her what happened to him. She is an elderly lady now and I think that before she herself dies, she would find comfort in tracing where he lies.
update:
Howard Bate flew with the crew of Lancaster LS-U of 15 Squadron, serial number PB137. They took off as lead bomber from RAF Mildenhall at 13:35 on the 16th of November 1944 on a mission to Heinsburg. The aircraft was shot down by a German fighter and was set on fire, the aircraft broke up in mid air, only the pilot survived.
The crew were:
Wing Commander William David Gordon-Watkins DSO DFC DFM was the pilot. He was the Commanding Officer of 15 Sqd. He had completed over 50 missions and had previously served with 149 sqd. He was captured and held as a prisoner of war in Stalag Luft 1. He passed away in 1965.
The rest of the crew are buried in the Rheinberg War Cemetery:
- Sgt Howard Joseph Bate
- F/O C.Stevenson RNZAF
- F/Lt F.G.Sanders RNZAF
- Sgt A.S.Booth
- Sgt J.J.Franklin
- Sgt H.Clayton
- F/S Douglas C.N.Hearn
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Bateman . Auxiliary Fire Service Manning's Heath Sub-Station
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F/Lt. Alan Birley Bateman . Royal Air Force 15 Squadron
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BE Bateman . British Army BE Bateman served with the British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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Charles Henry Bateman . Royal Navy HMS Manchester from London Many details are unclear. What I was told was that my father Charles Bateman, known as Harry, served on the HMS Manchester. If memory serves me, he was a gunner's mate, if that is the correct terminology. The only photos I have ever seen were taken with an old brownie camera. Pics of the Equator crossing and of her participation in the North Sea. Following WWII, my father transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy. Our family left Britain in 1951. My father was stationed at HMCS Naden in Esquimalt B.C. His final rank was CPO1. Bandmaster of the Naden Band. He transferred to HMCS Griffin at Thunder Bay, Ont. where he completed his service and entered civilian life as a high school music teacher. Our family was quite estranged and contact was very infrequent. My father passed away in the early 1990's.
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Cpl. David L. Bateman . British Army 52nd Btn. Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry from Oxford My granddad, David Bateman was in glider 4 out of the 6 gliders that landed at Pegasus bridge on d-day. His glider landed 8 miles away from the bridge and was later captured I believe on the 7/6/44. He served under Major Howard and there is a memorial at Pegasus bridge Ranville-Benouville Normandy for the men who served in the 6th airborne division, 52nd battalion Oxford and Buckingham Light Infantry. I do not know much about his time at Stalag 357 as I never had the chance to meet my granddad as he died before I was born. If by chance anybody has any more info on David Bateman please let me know.
I do know he did a lot of his training in Ilfracombe, Devon and I believe this is where he met his wife, Kathleen Pugsley. On a picture of a glider is a list of ladies names including Kath.
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Jerry Bateman DFC.. Royal Air Force 460 Sqd.
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Sidney Gordon Bateman . British Army Layforce Commandos My late father-in-law, Sidney Gordon Bateman, was captured, as a member of the Layforce Commandos, at the fall of Crete. He owned a book stamped with 'Gepruft 20 Stalag IVC' - which I understand was at Wistritz, in Czechoslovakia - but my husband believes that his father was a prisoner-of-war in Germany itself. I would be grateful if anyone who knew Sidney Bateman and has any relevant information about his life during the war would let us know, as we would be very interested.
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L/Cpl. Vernon James Bateman . British Army 1st Btn. Northamptonshire Regiment (d.5th Jan 1945) Vernon Bateman of the 1st Northamptonshire Regiment was my mother's first husband. I am interested in his life and his time in the army.
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Cpl. Arnold Bates . British Army from UK POW Camp Fukuoka 17 in Japan
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Arthur Ernest Bates . British Army 5th Regiment Royal Artillery My Dad, Arthur Ernest Bates, served in the 5th RHA from 1940 to 1946 and went through North Africa, Italy, Normandy & Germany. He was born in Australia but returned to England when he was three years old.
He has many memories of what he went through and it is only in recent years that he has disclosed some of them to me. Amongst many other stories, he shook hands with King George, and also ‘spotted’ Rommel during his North Africa service.
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C Bates . British Army York and Lancaster Regiment C Bates served with the York and Lancaster Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: Unfortunately The Wartime Memories Project has lost touch with Dan, his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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Pte. Cyril Bates . British Army 89th Heavy Anti Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery from Stoke on Trent Cyril Bates was my late father who was enlisted on 15th of January 1940. He was attached to the 8th Army serving with 89th Heavy Anti Aircraft Regiment, RA and then later transferred to the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers and served through North Africa and Italy.
His medals are the 1939-45 Star, Africa Star with 8th Army clasp, 1939-45 War Medal. Originally when I applied to DBS medal services for his medal entitlement they sent me a letter back which did not include the clasp to the Africa Star. I then found a photograph of him taken in Rome in 1944. On his tunic was the Africa Star ribbon with the number 8 on it. I sent this to DBS and they corrected their records and sent me the 8th Army clasp. It is, therefore, worth querying their findings.
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Cftsmn. Cyril Bates . British Army Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers from Stoke on Trent Cyril Bates joined the the Royal Army Ordnance Corps and transferred to the REME. One of the things he did mention was that one day they were working on a tank recovery and there was a raid. He took cover behind a wall and his friends took cover under or near the tank. He survived, but his friends were killed. I have not identified the incident yet, but at the Forli War Cemetery in Italy there are listed eight REME personnel who died on 10th of December 1944.
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Flt.Sgt. Derek Jones Bates . Royal Air Force 114 Sdqn. from Hale, Cheshire (d.21st Feb 1945) Derek Bates was a volunteer RAF navigator. He was in a Boston Mark IV taking part in an armed reconnaissance flight on 21st of February 1945. His plane was shot down in the sea off the coast of Falconara, Italy. Wreckage was found, but no trace of the crew. Crew names are on the Malta Memorial, Floriana, Valletta.
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Dorothy Bates . Women's Land Army from Castleford Dorothy Bates worked in the Women's Land Army.
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Flight Sergeant Douglas Bates . RAF VR 463 Squadron (d.3rd March 1945) I wish to find any survivors of Sgt Charles Billard's crew. His Lancaster from 463 Squadron was shot down on 3-4th March 1945 whilst on a mission over the Dortmund Ems Canal. Two survived: Sgt J M H Millar RAF and Flt/Sgt Eugene Foreman RAAF. If any family, friends, other air crew or groundcrew knows the whereabouts of any of these men or has any information I would be grateful if they would contact me.
Other members of the crew were
Sergeant Charles Edward Billard RAF 1595492. (my relative) Killed, age 27 (Reichswald Forest War Cemetery)
Flight Lieutenant Francis John Howells RAAF 419044, killed age 20 (Reichswald Forest War Cemetery)
Flight Sergeant Douglas Bates, RAF VR 1594894, killed age 19 (Reichswald Forest War Cemetery)
F/S Philip T Barlow RAF,
F/S Osric Elliott RAAF,They flew from RAF Waddington.
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Flt.Sgt. Douglas Bates . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 463 Sqdn. from Middlesborough (d.1945-03-03) Flt/Sgt Bates' Lancaster was shot down on 3/4th March 1945 whilst on a mission over the Dortmund Ems Canal. Two of the crew survived: Sgt J M H Millar, RAF and Flt.Sgt Eugene Foreman, RAAF. If anyone has information about these men, other air crew or ground crew, please contact me.
Other members of the crew were Sgt Charles Billard, RAF (my relative); F/Lt Francis Howells, RAAF; Flt Sgt Philip T Barlow, RAF; Flt Sgt Osric Elliott, RAAF. They flew from RAF Waddington, 463 Squadron.
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Rfm. Ernest Bates . Army 9th Btn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) from Hammersmith, London. (d.16th Feb 1945)
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