F/Lt. Ernest "Birch" Birchley . Royal Australia Air Force No. 42 Squadron from Brisbane, Australia My father, Ernest Birchley was flying Beaufort Bombers and stationed at RAf Leuchars during 1941 and 1942.
He was shot down while attacking the Prinz Eugen in 1942 and spent the remainder of the war as a POW in Stalag Luft 3 in Germany.
He returned to Brisbane after the war and studied law which he practiced in Innisfail, Queensland until he retired. He married Wendy Irving and had 5 children, 4 boys and a girl. He died in January 1995 and is buried in Innisfail.
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RH Birchley . British Army RH Birchley 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 are no longer in 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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AE Bird . British Army Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry AE Bird served with the Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 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 are no longer in 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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Spr. Alexander Bird . British Army 505th Field Coy. Royal Engineers from Lambeth (d.21st Jul 1944) After the war a pal of my grandfather, Alexander Bird knocked on the door to tell the family that he was killed from a blast whilst walking along side a vehicle that drove over a mine. From my research, the unit was mine clearing in the area by the Chateau De Cordillion. He is buried in Jerusalem War Cemetery at Chouain, Normandy.
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Spr. Alfred Bird . British Army Royal Engineers I am trying to find any information on my father Sapper Alfred Bird, Royal Engineers who was held captive in both Stalags XX1B and XX1D throughout the whole of the war. He died when I was only 13 years old. My mother is 92 years. I would dearly love to find out anything about these camps or anyone who may remember him. Christine Shaw
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AR Bird . British Army AR Bird 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 are no longer in 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. Arthur Bird . Royal Air Force (d.24th Oct 1942) Arthur Bird served as a pilot with the Royal Air Force.
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Pte. Arthur Richard "Birdy" Bird . British Army from Redditch, Worcestershire
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Cpl. Arthur John "Dickie" Bird . Royal Navy Portsmouth Royal Marine Commando, "G" Coy from 5 Anglesey Road, Enfield, Middx. Several medals were lost during house move in early fifties. My father was first a Marine, then corporal then sergeant. He was unlucky on HMS Manchester and HMS Ark Royal.
My father, Dickie Bird, was a very brave man and did the best he could in another pointless war along with all the other men and women who fought for their country and freedom for their helpless families.
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Sgt. Arthur John "Dickie" Bird . Royal Marines HMS Copra from Portsmouth My father Arthur Bird was engaged in many undercover missions, ID no name no pack drill, to this day his Royal Marine history is still very secret.
I would like help to uncover the rest of his service histor, I would be much obliged. I have a rough outline of some of his 7 years in service with a lot missing from the Royal Navy Marines Society.
He died in 1981.
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Sgt. Arthur Bird . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 58 Squadron from Burnt Oak, Middlesex (d.8th July 1941)
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Austin Bird . RAF ground crew My grandfather, Austin Bird and my uncle, Morton Bird, both worked at Silloth on the ground.
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Bob Bird . Royal Air Force Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment My late father, Bob Bird, was a photographer with the Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment, RAF Helensburgh. His wartime diary states that he flew to RAF Middleton St. George in Halifax bomber W7655, on Tuesday April 28 1942. He was accompanied by Mr Vincent Drake, head of air sea rescue trials at MAEE. Presumably this flight was something to do with air sea rescue equipment fitted to bombers, says Bob's son Robin, who is writing a book about the MAEE in WW2.
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BR Bird . British Army BR Bird 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 are no longer in 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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Spr. Charles Edward Bird . British Army 663 Artisan Works Company Royal Engineers (d.17th Jun 1940) Charles Bird of 663 Artisan Works Company, Royal Engineers lost his life in the sinking of the Lancastria.
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RM. Edwin John Bird . Royal Marines from Northampton
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Edwin John "Snowy" Bird . Royal Marines HMS Sirius from Northampton Edwin Bird served on HMS Sirius.
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EJ Bird . British Army EJ Bird 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 are no longer in 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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Emily Bird . Womens Timber Corps from London My aunt Emy Bird was in the Land Army Forestry Corps, between 1941 and 1944, she left Kings Cross to commence her training in Bury St. Edmunds in East Anglia before being sent to Shadoxhurst in Ashford in Kent, where she was billeted out for the rest her time until she married, and became Mrs Sallows.
The one girl she clearly remembers was Doreen Richards from Killburn, London, as they stayed together and became great friends. She has many photos of this time as one of the girls in the group prior to the war had been a photographer.
My aunt is now 93 years old and quite sound of mind, and wonders if there are any other girls from that time and area out there. She remembers the young chap who drove the tractor at that time desperate to join up, but after an accident had badly damaged his back he had been left behind with the women.
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Flying Officer F D Bird . RAF 59 Squadron from Ireland
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F/L G. O.L. Bird DFC.. 97 Squadron
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GW Bird . British Army GW Bird 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 are no longer in 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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HA Bird . British Army Royal Artillery HA Bird served with the Royal Artillery 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 are no longer in 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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Henry John "Dicky" Bird . Royal Navy HMS Warspite from London My step-father Henry Bird, joined the Royal Navy in 1939 at sixteen years of age. He eventually served as a stoker. I remember him talking of Salerno and D-Day. Later he served out East and met former prisoners of the Japanese.
He was a good story teller, certainly the pride of being part of Britain's armed forces came across. Yet he did not glamorise anything. He included the tears, the prayers and the terror. He told it in the style of the rough working man that he was and polished it with the wisdom of having survived to grow older.
My step-father was a very tough man. Raised in the east-end, he did his share of boxing as well as war service. The fact that thirty years later he could still cry out in his sleep taught me much about people and war. Henry "Harry" Bird died in 1972.
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P/O. James Richard "Dickie" Bird . Royal Air Force from Great Bentley James Bird served with the Royal Air Force in WW2. I am looking to find out any info on my grandad.
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JD Bird . British Army Royal Tank Regiment JD Bird served with the 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 are no longer in 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 Bird . British Army JE Bird 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 are no longer in 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 Bird . British Army Royal Armoured Corps JE Bird 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 are no longer in 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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