Reginald Blair . Reginald Blair was a POW in Lamsdorf 8B.
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Pte. Thomas Nichol Blair . British Army
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Lt. William Blair . British Army 2nd Battalion Seaforth Highlanders from Edinburgh (d.24th October 1942) William Blair was born in 1914 and studied at Edinburgh Academy, St Andrews University and Balliol College, Oxford. He enlisted in 1940 and was commissioned in 1941 into the Seaforth Highlanders. He shipped out to the Middle East in 1942 and was killed in action in the Second Battle of El Alamein on 24th October 1942.
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Tpr. CA Blake . British Army 1st Btn. Royal Tank Regiment Tpr.CA Blake served with the 1st 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 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. Charles Albert Blake . British Army 5th Battalion Dorset Regiment from Wimborne, Dorset Charles Blake was my great grandfather. He was born in Stenning in 1897.
He served with the Royal Marines Light Infantry for the duration of WW1 seeing many fronts.
He married Vyvyan Agnes Maud Aynsworth Allen in Dec 1920 and they moved to Wimborne where Charles worked as a steam roller driver, they had 4 children.
In 1939 he is shown on a local electoral register as being a Sgt with the 5th Battalion, Dorset Regiment a partial service number is visible 5721...
Any further information on this second military career will be gratefully received.
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Fslr. Edward Ernest Blake . British Army 8th Btn (City of London) Royal Fusiliers from Holloway, London (d.4th September 1944) Fusilier Blake died on 4th September 1944 and is buried in Coriano Ridge War Cemetery, grave V.C.11. Does anyone have any more information?
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Station Sgt. Frederick John Blake . Police H Division Metropolitan Police Sergeant Blake, together with PCs W R Edwards and L D Hall were awarded the George Medal for rescuing people who were trapped when a bombed warehouse collapsed and fell onto a large public shelter. This happened on the night of 19-20 April 1941 at the Co-op Warehouse in Barchester Street, Poplar, East London. The London Gazette's citation of 18 November 1941 said that Hall and Edwards, together with Sergeant Blake and other police officers, faced searching through piles of debris on and around the site. After tunnelling through the mass of fallen masonry they discovered four injured/trapped people, freed them and took them outside. After this, they found more survivors, who were also freed. The Gazette said `Edwards and Hall continuously risked their lives' throughout the rescue. My father, a War Reserve officer, knew these police officers, and said of this incident that most of the police officers he knew had experienced something like the scene described above.
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Pte. George Albert Blake . British Army 7th Btn Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) (d.25th June 1944) George Albert Blake died aged 28, he was the son of Percy and Elizabeth Ann Blake (nee Young) of Jarrow and husband of Lilian Blake (nee Waggott) of Jarrow.
George is buried in Ranville War Cemetery.
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Able Sea. George Douglas Blake . Royal Navy HMS Warspite from Colchester, Essex George Blake joined the Navy in 1935 and served up to 1950. He was an Electricians Mate Class 1 and served in,
- 12/03/35-09/01/36 HMS Ganges.
- 10/01/36- 08/02/36 HMS Pembroke
- 09/02/36-17/08/38 ?
- 18/08/36-10/11/36 HMS Pembroke
- 09/11/36-13/02/37 HMS Sussex
- 14/02/37-31/08/37 ?
- 01/09/37-20/10/37 HMS Ramillies
- 21/10/37-19/11/37 HMS Pembroke
- 20/11/37-02/07/39 HMS Sussex
- 03/07/39-25/08/39 HMS Pembroke
- 26/08/39-27/08/42 HMS Royal Sovereign
- 28/08/42-27/09/44 HMS Warspite
- 28/09/44-01/05/46 HMS Pembroke/HMS Marlborough
- 02/05/46-31/10/49 HMS London
- 01/11/49-06/02/50 HMS Pembroke
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GJ Blake . British Army Royal Armoured Corps GJ Blake 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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Able Sea. James "Lucky Jim" Blake . Royal Navy HMS Vega from Carshalton. Surrey Our grandad James Blake was one of the lucky ones. We believe he was on shore leave at the time his ship was struck and sunk. He joined the Navy before WW2 started. We have a photo of his cap band and the medals which he was given. The only photo we have is of another ship called HMS Vega. He was then, we were told, stationed on a minesweeper in North Africa, and once again he survived his ship sinking (we are not quite sure of its name but we were told it was named after a flower). Amongst his crewmates he was thereafter known as Lucky Jim.
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JW Blake . British Army JW Blake 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. P. Blake . RAF air gunner. 578 Sqd (d.2st Feb 1945) My uncle Sgt P. Blake was a gunner with 578 sqdn he died
on 21.02.1945 while flying on a raid over Germany bombing the Rhenania Ossag oil refinery at Dusseldorf. They flew out of Raf Burn. He was the son of David and May Blake of Edinburgh.
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RJ Blake . British Army RJ Blake 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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Robert Blake . Auxiliary Fire Service Horsham
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Ronald Owen Blake . British Army Royal Artillery from Wimborne, Dorset. I am trying to find out more about Ronald Blake for a very good friend of mine. I know he was born in Nov 1908 and enlisted on the 3rd of December 1942, His height was given as 5ft 6 1/2 in, weight 148 lbs. He went over to Normandy on 6th June 1944 with the Herts and Essex Yeomanry. If anyone has any further details please contact me.
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S Blake . British Army 51st Btn. Royal Tank Regiment S Blake served with the 51st 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 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 Samuel Ernest Morrall Blake . British Army 1/5 Btn. Welch Regiment from Glamorgan (d.26th Oct 1944) Samuel Blake was my uncle. He was known as Morrall to his family.
He was in the 1/5th Battalion, Welch Regiment and died on the 26th of October 1944 in Holland. His final resting place is Uden War Cemetery in Holland.
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L/Sea. Sidney Frank Blake . Royal Navy HMS Pembroke
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L/Cpl. Walter Charles Blake . British Army Signals Regiment from Meonstoke, Hampshire Possibly like most fathers who endured the absolute horrors of war, my dad who was Wally Blake - POW No. 10196 at Stalag 20b, Marienburg maintained his silence and right up to his passing away in 1980, he said absolutely nothing of his experiences except that he flew home in a Lancaster Bomber.
To this statement I assumed that at the end of the war he just hitched a ride home on whatever mode of transport was available but later learnt that he took part in the “Long March Home” and that after the war Churchill had instructed anything that could fly to be used to ferry the troops home.
The uncanny part of his detainment was that during the making of this excellent and for me highly informative programme concerning the dire plight of POWs, one scene showed a photo of happy free prisoners waiting transport home and perhaps somewhat spookily, out of this group I was immediately attracted to one particular individual who I am convinced was my dad.
Thanks to modern technology this remarkable image was captured, framed and now takes pride of place in my house for, without the dogged determination of my dear Dad to return to his bride who he married only days before going off to war, I would not be writing this article.
Therefore, to him and the unwavering love and devotion of my mother during his incarceration and in particular to the Red Cross for eventually advising her that my Dad had been found alive and well as a POW in Poland, I am more than eternally grateful.
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F/O. William Vincent Blake DFC.. Royal Canadian Air Force 428 (Ghost) Squadron from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (d.23rd Apr 1944)
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E Blakeley . British Army 4/7th Dragoon Guards E Blakeley served with the 4/7th 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 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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J Blakeley . British Army Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry J Blakeley 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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LW Blakeley . British Army Royal Pioneer Corps LW Blakeley served with the Royal Pioneer 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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WKH Blakeley . British Army WKH Blakeley 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. Robert Blakely . British Army 663 Artisan Works Company Royal Engineers (d.17th Jun 1940) Robert Blakely of 663 Artisan Works Company, Royal Engineers lost his life in the sinking of the Lancastria.
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Gnr. Clifford Blakeman . British Army 8th Survey Regiment Royal Artillery from Cheddleton (d.7th May 1943) Clifford Blakeman served with 8th Survey Regiment, Royal Artillery and died on the 7th of May 1943 aged 22. The son of Arthur and Annie E of Cheddleton,
he is buried in Medjez-El-Bab War Cemetery, Tunisia and is remembered on the Cheddleton Village War Memorial.
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Tpr. CW Blakeman . British Army Warwickshire Yeomanry Royal Armoured Corps Tpr.CW Blakeman served with the Warwickshire Yeomanry 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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P. S. Blakeman . British Army 1st Btn, C Coy. Essex Regiment I have a photo of soldiers taken in Palestine: Trooper Bellesby of the Queen's Own Yorkshire Dragoons aka Halifax Cowboys on his horse Starlet, and Pte P S Blakeman, C Coy 1st Btn Essex Regiment, with others.
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P/O E. J. Blakemore . Royal Air Force 50 Squadron
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