Ron Bicker . RAF 9 Squadron My father, Ron Bicker, served with 9 Squadron. I am unable to tell you his rank but he was a rear gunner. Sadly he passed away a few years ago.
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DC Bickerdike . British Army Royal Army Pay Corps DC Bickerdike served with the Royal Army Pay Corps 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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EF Bickers . British Army EF Bickers 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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C Bickerstaff . British Army Reconnaissance Corps C Bickerstaff served with the Reconnaissance Corps 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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Sgt. Edwin Walter Bickerstaff . British Army 1/6th Btn. East Surrey Regiment from Croydon Edwin Bickerstaff was posted with the BEF to France. He left his gold watch (a present from his parents on his 21st Birthday) in a shop in Rouen for repair and then were told to leave the area quickly , so never got it back. He did a 100 route march, unsure whether he was evacuated at Dunkirk, but anyway, disembarked in UK on 20th of June 1940, possibly based at Wittering?
He was then based in Chichester and by 20th of October 1940 was in Southampton which was badly bombed. From his service record, it looks as though he was injured as had 21 days in hospital (therefore didn't go with his mates to Mount Casino).
Instead, spent the rest of the war as a Sgt, NCO Instructor at 12 ITC at Canterbury. He was injured again in February 1945 and was hospitalized.
In January 1946 he receieved a notice of impending release while at Shorncliffe Barracks, Cheriton, Kent.
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Cpl. R Bickerstaffe . British Army 3rd Dragoon Guards Cpl.R Bickerstaffe served with the 3rd Dragoon Guards 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. George James Bickerton . British Army 1st Btn Hertfordshire Regiment from Stoke on Trent (d.29th September 944) George Bickerton served with the Shropshire Light Infantry and Hertfordshire Regiment. Any one have memories of my uncle?
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Cpl. Jack G. Bickerton . United States Army Coast Artillery Corps from West Virginia, USA
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Bunty Bickett . British Army Auxiliary Territorial Service Bunty Bickett served with Dulcie Pearce who was an ambulance driver in the ATS, starting her service at Wickham House, Clevedon, Somerset in I believe 1941. At Wickham was a Dr Thomas Johnson. I have an autograph book of hers with many, many names of women and men serving in the ATS. Dulcie spent a great deal of time at Crossways, Haywards Heath, but was also sent to Honiton, Castle Cary, Chester, Ormskirk and Marston Camp. A few names that I can read in the book are:- -
Corporal Cynthia Spraggett
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Mary Flanagan
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Elizabeth Whittington (nickname Dicky)
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Barbara Burnes
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Jocelyn Burnes of CRS Clevedon
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J McLeod at Marston Hall
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"Dilly" Radford
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Dorothy Lister
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E Beryl Jones
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Bunty Bikett
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Bobbie Wilson
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Barbara Reed
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Joan Sharpe
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Lance Corporal Dorothea Leighton, No 2 Company, Heathfield Camp
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Molly Wallbridge
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Corporal Foley at Honiton
If anyone knows more about Dulcie's time in the ATS or could give me her number so I could obtain her service records I would be grateful
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Cpl. Joseph Fabian Bickett . United States Army Quartermaster Corps from Illinois, USA
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F/Lt. P. W. Bickfort . Royal Canadian Air Force 115 Squadron (d.17th Sep 1944) In The Netherlands in the night of September 16/17 1944 the Lancaster LM 693 of 115 Squadron came back of a mission above Germany. Near the village Strijen the plane was hit by a German plane and the Lancaster crashed near the village.
The crew were:
- F/Lt. P.W. Bickfort RCAF 125920
- P/O P.L. Dooley RAF 189628
- F/O A.N. Johnson RCAF 128771
- F/Sgt. U.B. Butters RAF 1622660
- P/O D.G. Flood RCAF 190719
- P/O D. Dawson RCAF 190321
After 9 days the Germans give the People from the village permission to take the bodies away from the plane. The graves of those men is in the village of Strijen. The foundation Air war memorial Hoeksche Waard 1940-1945 would like to put a memorial for those men. Please contact me for more information.
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HJ Bickham . British Army HJ Bickham 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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Pte. Thomas Joseph Bickham . British Army Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
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LF Bickle . British Army Royal Armoured Corps LF Bickle served with the Royal Armoured Corps 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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T Bickle . British Army Duke of Wellingtons West Riding Regiment T Bickle served with the Duke of Wellingtons West Riding 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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sh.ck Robert Gray Bickley . United States Navy USS Fisheries II Inshore Patrol from Texas, USA
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Flt.Sgt. Frederick William Alfred Bickmore . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 265 Squadron from Walthamstow (d.20th Aug 1944) Flight Sergeant Frederick Bickmore was a crew member of the Catalina that attacked U-862 in the Mozambique Channel on 20th August 1944. The aircraft was shot down during the attack and crashed into the sea killing all aboard.
At the time Flight Sergeant Bickmore was 23 years old. His mother Mrs Rose Bickmore was told that he was missing presumed dead and refused to accept his service medals. In later life when asked why she said "I always felt he would come home one day and claim them himself".
At the age of 90 she finally received his medals when her grandaughter arranged for them to be sent.
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Pte. Donald Eric Bicknell . British Army 4th Btn. Welsh Regiment (d.27th September 1944) Pte. Donald Eric Bicknell served with the 4th Btn Welch Regiment. He was shot in the head in a church on 27th September 1944 and is buried in Reusel Roman Catholic Cemetery, Netherlands.
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Sgt. George Harold Allan Bicknell . Royal Air Force 161 Squadron from Brandon, Man., Canada George Bicknell served with 161 Squadon flying from RAF Tempsford. He flew with:
- WM Bennett
- Tommy Pocock
- Paddy O'Connor Redge
- W.H. Wilson
- George Norris
He never talked about the War. We found out later from his keepsakes in trunk after he passed away. Never told his mother or wife either. We visited Tempsford. Very moving to be there and know how these men were so brave and dedicated.
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E Bidder . British Army E Bidder 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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Sgt Frank Biddle . British Army 1st Btn. South Staffordshire Regiment from Birmingham
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Pte. Harold Arthur Frank Biddle . British Army Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers from Hammersmith My father, Harry Biddle, served in the R.E.M.E. I don't know a lot so far. Only what he told me.
He also served in the Occupational Forces, Germany I believe.
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JA Biddle . British Army JA Biddle 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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Capt. Nicholas Biddle . United States Army 108 Field Artillery Battalion from Gladwyne, PA Nicholas Biddle served from 1940-1942 with the Army's 108 Field Artillery Battalion, 28th Infantry Division, and from 1942 to 1945 with the 909th Field Artillery Battalion, 84th Infantry Division. During World War II, he was an artillery liaison officer with the rank of captain in the European Theater of Operations, and was awarded a theater ribbon with three battle stars for engaging in the Battles of the Rhine, the Ardennes (the Bulge), and Central Europe. He also received the Bronze Star with oak leaf cluster for heroic action.
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Pte. Phillip Haydn Biddle . British Army Hampshire Regiment My dad Philip Biddle was a POW but I am unable to fill the holes.
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VN Biddle . British Army VN Biddle 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 William Biddlecombe . British Army 6th Btn. Royal West Kent Regiment My son and I are taking my father to Gdansk to revisit his wartime POW sites. Dad is Frank William Biddlecombe.
Now 85, he was a Private in the 6th Batt Royal West Kents. They were sent to
France in the BEF and were taken prisoners virtually en masse at Doullens
fighting what turned out to a rearguard for Dunkirk. A few weeks later he
arrived at Thorn Stalag XXA. He was soon moved out to a satellite camp in
Pietsendorf (Piecki) a suburb of Danzig (Gdansk) and from there engaged in
his trade as a carpenter iaw the Geneva Convention working in Sopot for
several years. In the last 12 months he has started talking about his
experiences to his grandchildren. My sister and I have never heard any of
this and the horrors he and his colleagues endured are mind bending!
Thankfully we are recording this and I am taking a tape recorder with me to
capture as much as possible. May I ask if anyone has any experience of
visiting Poland and Thorn (Torun) in particular? Would much appreciate any
tips; we plan to visit Thorn, Pietsendorf and possible Bromberg (Bydgoszcz)
all places dad has talked about.
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G. Biddlecombe . Stalag 8b
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