F/O George Alexander Bissett . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 207 Sqdn. (d.2nd March 1943) F/O Bissett was a member of the crew of Lancaster ED533 EM-N which was lost on the night of 2nd/3rd March 1943. The full crew were:
Sgt R Isaacs, RAFVR
Sgt R Brown, RAFVR, Flt. Eng.
F/O GA Bissett, RAFVR
F/S KG Peters, RAFVR
Sgt WO Shelley, RAFVR, Wop/AG
Sgt JW Webster, RAFVR
F/O FB Hawkins, RAAF
The Lancaster had taken off at 1833 from Langar to lay mines in French waters. It was presumed lost over the sea. Sgt Brown, whose body was washed ashore on 27th May 1943, is buried in the Department of Basses-Pyrenees at Biarritz (du Sabrou) Communal Cemetery. The others have no known grave and are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. F/O Bisset was a graduate from Aberdeen University.
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J Bissett . British Army J Bissett 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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J Bissett . British Army J Bissett 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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LG Bissett . British Army Royal Armoured Corps LG Bissett 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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James Albert Bissmire . Auxiliary Fire Service Kentish Town Fire Station from Islington, London My father Jim Bissmire served at Kentish Town Fire Station in London with the Auxiliary Fire Service during WW2.
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GW Bithell . British Army GW Bithell 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 Bithell . British Army
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Sgt J D Bittner . RCAF 420 Sqd
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Capt Harlan Bennett Bixby . US Air Force 351st Bomb Group Heavy from Glenwood City, WI Harlan Bixby served with the 351st Heavy Bomber Group US Air Force in WW2. On 31st of December 1943, his plane, the B-17 "Piccadilly Commando", ditched off the beach of Guernsey Island. Harlan was captured by the Germans and ended up in Stalag Luft 1. For the next 16 months he was incarcerated there.
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Ord.Sea. Walter F Bixby . Royal Navy HMS Drake from Romford (d.21st April 1941) Wally Bixby was the son of James Samuel and Jane Susan Bixby; husband of Kathleen Bixby (nee Dearman, remarried Naegeli), of Romford, Essex.(later Scranton Pa. USA)
In memory of my dear husband Wally
Could love have saved you
You would not have died.
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Sergeant H G Bjoroy . RNAF 57 Squadron I am looking for information about my uncle, Niels Christian Evensen, shot down near Dieppe, France on 17/12/1944. Is there anyone who remembers him?
The crew were:
Capt N.C.Evensen RNAF
F/S W.G.Gulliksen RNAF
F/O John Roger Garling RAF, 154595 (name on Runnymede Memorial)
Sgt H.G.Bjoroy RNAF
W/O Albert Thomason RAF VR 1117171 (buried Longuenesse (St Omer) Souvenir Cemetery)
Sgt A.R.Powell RCAF
Sgt D.S.Scott RAF
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PP Blache . British Army PP Blache 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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A Black . British Army Royal Warwickshire Regiment A Black served with the Royal Warwickshire 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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ACC Black . British Army ACC Black 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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F/O. Bruce Graham Black . Royal Air Force 158 Squadron from New York, New York (d.3rd June 1944) On Friday 2nd of June 1944, Flying Officer (Bomb Aimer) Bruce Black, took off from Lissett in the United Kingdom. The plane left at 22:13.
Crew:
- Flying Officer (Pilot) W. M. Chant
- Flying Officer (Bomb Aimer) B. G. Black
- Flying Officer (Air Gunner) C. J. Nibblet
- Sergeant (Flight Engineer) S. Thompson
- Sergeant (Wireless Operator) J. K. Dunn
- Sergeant (Air Gunner) W. Wales
- Warrant Officer CL2 (Navigator) S. T. Lawrence
They flew with 158 Squadron in a Handley Page Halifax MK III, serial LV921, code NP-B. His mission and that of the other crew members was planned for Saturday, 3rd of June 1944. The mission was a bombing raid on the railway marshaling yards at Trappes. After bombing the target and before the pilot could gain altitude their plane was hit by a ME110 flown by Ltn. Frithjof Fensch of NJG 4. The plane was on fire and Bill Chant the pilot gave the order to bail out immediately. Stan Lawrence bailed out through the escape hatch below his seat and Bruce Black was ready to bail out, however it is assumed that his parachute did not fully deploy because of the low altitude. The plane made a large circle and crashed into a wooded area near the small town of Emance (Yvelines), 11 kms South West of the town of Rambouillet. Stan Lawrence was the only survivor and was rescued by the French Resistance, the remaining six crew members died in the crash.
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Boy. Donald Black . Merchant Navy SS Avila Star from Walton, Liverpool (d.17th July 1942) Donald Black was the Son of Duncan and Eliza Jane Black, of Walton, Liverpool.
He was 17 when he died and is buried in the Ponta Delgade British Protestant Cemetery in the Azores.
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George Black . British Army 11th Btn. Durham Light Infantry from Sunderland I was a member of the 11th Battalion of the DLI, captured at Lille in 1940. I spent the rest of the war in Stalag 8b. One of my fellow POW's was a Mauri who was the New Zealand Army Division Heavy Weight Champion boxer.
We had a Sergeant in charge of our working party E565 Siersza Wodna at a coal mine near Trzebinia, Poland, we knew him as Sgt "Krappitz" (The Man of Confidence) He was from County Durham or Northumberland, spoke with a slight lisp and had trouble pronouncing his R's. He was a great man and was like a father to us younger lads. Does anyone remember him?
I would like to get in touch with anyone who remembers Sgt Krappitz from those times. He was with us on the long march from Poland to Landshut where we parted company.
I would also like to get in touch with the family of one of my fellow prisoners who was killed in a accident whilst working in the coal mine in July 1944. He was about 23 or 24 years old, from London I think, I didn't know his full name but I think he may have been Pte Harry Williams of the 5th Battalion of the Hampshire Regt who died on the 15th July 1944 and is buried at the Cracow Rakowicki Cemetery.
I'd also like to hear from my friend Cecil B. Moulden who was from Stroud in Gloucestershire, we lost touch after the war.
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I Black . British Army Gordon Highlanders I Black served with the Gordon Highlanders 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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P/O. I. C.B. Black . Royal Air Force 9 Squadron (d.16th Dec 1943) Pilot Officer ICB Black was pilot of Lancaster EE138 (or possibly EE188?) WS-B of 9 Squadron which was lost on Operations to Berlin on 16th December 1943. They crashed at Salzbergen 7 km NW of Rheine. All are buried in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
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J Black . British Army J Black 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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Able.Sea. James Black . Merchant Navy SS Carperby (d.1st March 1942) James Black died age 22 whilst serving onboard the S.S. Carperby (West Hartlepool) which was torpedoed and sunk by U-588 about 420 miles S of Newfoundland. None of her complement of 40 survived, 3 of the men were from Jarrow. James was the son of Alexander E. and Elizabeth Black (nee Curran) of Jarrow
James is remembered on the Tower Hill Memorial.
His name was missing off the old plaque in the Town Hall
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Capt. James Henderson Deas Black . British Army Fife and Forfar Yoemanry from Markinch
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Pte. James N. Black . British Army 1st Btn. Black Watch from Links Street, Kilcaldy (d.24th June 1940) James Black served with the 1st Battalion, Black Watch in WW2. He died 24th of June 1940 aged 28 years and is buried St Valery-en-Caux Franco-British Cemetery in France.
His medals were part of my late brother's collection.
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Sqn.Ldr. James Barclay Black DFC.. Royal Air Force No. 99 Squadron Squadron Leader James Black was gazetted for the award of the Distinguished Flying Cross on 18th of July 1941 for service with 99 Squadron, RAF.
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JC Black . British Army 9th Lancers JC Black served with the 9th Lancers 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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JM Black . British Army Royal Armoured Corps JM Black 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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L/Cpl. John Francis Black . British Army 928th Motor Ambulance Convoy Royal Army Service Corps from Le-Ballyclare, Co. Antrim, N.I. John Black from Le-Ballyclare, Co. Antrim served overseas with the Royal Army Service Corps as Ambulance Driver and Lorry Driver in North Africa and the Middle East in Massawa, Sudan, Bombay etc. in WW2. He served six years from 1940-1946.
Any further knowledge would be greatly appreciated, you are most welcome to get in touch.
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Sgt. Joseph Black . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 514 Sqdn. from Newcastle-upon-Tyne (d.16th June 1944) We have today acquired some papers and photographs of a Sergeant Joseph Black (Flt Eng) who is buried at Rieux Communal Cemetary together with 11 others who were lost the same day. All 12 died on 16th June 1944.
514 Sqdn Lancaster II LL690 JI-J took off at 2314 from Waterbeach. Believed to have fallen victim to a night-fighter, coming down between Iwuy (Nord) and Rieux-en-Cambresis two small villages 9km NE and ENE respectively of Cambrai. Five lie in Rieux Communal Cemetery while F/S Hutt rests at Iwuy Communal Cemetery. Sgt Bloom is commemorated on panel 235 of Runnymede Memorial. The crew:
F/O E.A. Kingham
Sgt J. Black
F/S F.A. Spencer
Sgt B. Bloom
Sgt F.N. Ansell
Sgt D.G. Davis RCAF
Also lost from 514 Squadron on this raid was Lancaster II DS816-JI-O. Crew:F/S C.F. Prowles, Sgt H.A. Osborn, F/O A.H.Morrison, F/S R.B. Spenser, Sgt R. Surtees, Sgt. J. Porelli and Sgt. A.A.Holmes.
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Laurence Black . British Army Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders My grandfather, Laurence Black, was in the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders and served in Italy, Southern France, Greece and Palestine. I would be grateful if anyone has any information about him.
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Pilot Officer M N Black . RAF
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