Hilda Bignall . Women's Auxiliary Air Force I lived through the bombing of Liverpool in 1940, then joined the WAAF and served for four and a half years.
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Pte. Wilfred Percy Bignell . British Army Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry from 10 Beauclerc Road, Hammersmith, London My Grandfather, Wilfred Bignell, served in the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, he was injured in France and captured and was a Prisoner of War in Stalag 344.
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Dvr. Ernest George Bigwood . British Army Royal Army Service Corps from Wandsworth, London My father,Ernest Bigwood was interned at Stalag XV111A, prisoner of war no 2483, for a few years. I have a few photos of his time there.
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Sld. Willem Johannes Bijl . Dutch Army from Holland
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Charles Victor Lenard Bilbe . Royal Navy HMS Warspite
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S/Sgt. Anton Frank "Tony" Bilek . United States Army Air Corps 28th Material Squadron from Rantoul, IL
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Bob Bill . Women's Royal Naval Service
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Sgm. Frank Billamore . British Army from UK POW Camp Fukuoka 17 in Japan
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Dan Billany . Dan Billany was a POW in Italian POW Camps during WWII. He escaped to the Apennines with John A Fleming, David Dowie and Alec Harding.
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J Billany . British Army J Billany 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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Sergeant Charles Billard . RAF 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
Sgt Charles Edward Billard RAF 1595492. (my relative) Killed, age 27 (Reichswald Forest War Cemetery)
F/O Francis Howells RAAF,
F/S Douglas Bates.RAF,
F/S Philip T Barlow RAF,
F/S Osric Elliott RAAF,They flew from RAF Waddington.
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Sgt. Charles Edward Billard . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 463 Sqdn. (d.3rd March 1945) I wish to find any survivors of my relative's crew. His 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; F/Sgt Douglas Bates, RAF; Flt Sgt Philip T Barlow, RAF; Flt Sgt Osric Elliott, RAAF. They flew from RAF Waddington, 463 Squadron.
Update
They are all buried in Collective Grave 24, D12-14, Reichswald Forest Cemetery.
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Cliff Billen . British Army 79th Armoured Div. I served as a tank commander with the 79th Armoured Division (Hobart's Funnies), and also with the 11th Armoured Division from Normandy through to Belgium/Holland and into Germany.
Anyone interested in making contact, please do so.
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WO. Leslie John Billen . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 190 Squadron from Surbiton, Surrey (d.21st September 1944) Warrant Officer Leslie Billen was the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Billen, husband of Joan Edith Billen of Tolworth, Surbiton, Surrey.
He was 21 when he died and is buried in the Horssen Protestant Cemetery, Gelderland, Netherlands.
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Pte. Derek Patrick Billett . British Army 9th Btn. Durham Light Infantry (d.14th Jun 1944) Derek Billett, 9th. D.L.I
was killed in action on the 14th of June 1944, aged 19 and is buried in Bayeux War Cemetery.
He was the son of Leonard Ernest and Olga Billett, of
Brighton, Sussex.
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Cpl. Wilfred Billey . United States Marines 297th Platoon 2nd Division from Farmington, New Mexico Wilfred Billey was one of hundreds of Navajo Code Talkers who stumped the Japanese during World War II by relaying messages in their native language.
But Barbara Billey says her father never considered himself a hero. "Whenever he talked about the military during that time, he always told people that heroes were the ones he left behind, that he was not a hero," she said. "That everybody pitched in,including the people in the states, the people in the military."
After the war, Mr. Billey worked with New Mexico's congressional delegation to come up with the words appearing along the bottom of the medals:
"Dine Bizaad Yee Atah Naayee' Yik'eh Deesdlii" or "The Navajo language was used to defeat the enemy," his family said.
The Marine Corps were specifically looking to identify young men who were proficient in both the English and Navajo languages so they could transmit in combat activity in code.
Billey joined the Marines in 1943 and became a communications radioman, as the Code Talkers were known then, in the all-Navajo 297th Platoon in the 2nd Division.
He became a corporal in the Marine Corp and fought in the Pacific Theater in battles at Okinawa, Tinian, Tarawa and Saipan.
He received an honorable discharge in 1946.
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J Billiald . British Army Royal Armoured Corps J Billiald 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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JE Billinge . British Army Kings Liverpool Regiment JE Billinge served with the Kings Liverpool 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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Albert Billingham . British Army 6th Btn. Seaforth Highlanders Albert Billingham and the 17th Infantry Brigade including 6th Seaforth crossed the straits of Messina and landed in Italy on September 3rd 1943. By 2nd January 1944 they had returned to the west of Italy to take part in the operations to cross the Garigliano River. Unfortunately, Albert was captured in Minturno on January 18th and ended up bound for Germany on a POW train. It was on this journey that the Allerona tragedy took place.
On 28th January 1944 at the Orvieto North railway bridge at Allerona, Italy, a train full of Allied prisoners, most of whom had come from Camp P.G. 54, Fara in Sabina, north of Rome, was hit by friendly fire from the American 320th Bombardment Group. U.S. Army member Richard Morris was on the train and wrote that the journey was stopped on the bridge over the river, and that the German guards fled as soon as the bombs struck. The prisoners were left locked inside the carriages. Many, including Albert Billingham, managed to escape through holes in the boxcars caused by the bombing, and jumped into the river below. It was a great tragedy of the war resulting in the deaths of hundreds of men.
He survived the wreck with multiple wounds to his head, right hand and left leg. Once recovered he was sent to Stalag 344 in Lamsdorf, Poland.
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Norman "Bill" Billingham . British Army Dorset Regiment Does anyone remember Norman Billingham, known as Bill or William, who served with the Dorset Regiment in WWII?
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L.Sgt. TJ Billingham . British Army 6th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment L.Sgt.TJ Billingham served with the 6th Btn. Royal Tank 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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William Billinghurst . Royal Navy HMS Arthur The trainer in this photograph is my grandfather, William Billinghurst, who was in the Royal Navy most of his life. He died in 1964. If anyone has any information or stories about my grandfather & the crew of HMS Royal Arthur, I would appreciate hearing from you.
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CPO. William Thomas Billinghurst . Royal Navy HMS Royal Arthur from Chichester We have a photo of my granddad, William Billinghurst with class 147 HMS Royal Arthur, at Skegness in 1943. He was 54 at the time and is the old guy in the middle. When he was shore-pensioned in 1925 he was a Chief Petty Officer. I believe this was his rating in WW2 too. I have full details of his WW1 service (service number 214891) but am trying to find out his WW2 history. I assume his service number will be different.
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Tpr. Clifford Billings . British Army 4th Sqd (Sharpshooters) County Of London Yeomanry Tpr.Clifford Billings served with the 4th Sqd (Sharpshooters) County Of London Yeomanry 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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FWI Billings . British Army Gloucestershire Regiment FWI Billings served with the Gloucestershire 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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JC Billings . British Army JC Billings 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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JS Billings . British Army JS Billings 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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MT Billings . British Army MT Billings 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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RG Billingsley . British Army Irish Guards RG Billingsley served with the Irish 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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A Billington . British Army Border Regiment A Billington served with the Border 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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