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Sub Lt. (E) Blood . Royal Navy HMS Forfar
The above photo is from the album of Sub Lt Broadhurst, a boxing tournament on board HMS Forfar, Sub Lt Blood weighed in at 142lbs and OS. Walker at 141lbs. The contest was won by Walker with a technical knockout in the third round. On the horrizon the ship whihc the Forfar was escorting at the time can be clearly seen.
LAC. Frank Blood . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 967 (Balloon) Squadron from Skegness, Lincolnshire
(d.30th May 1945)
Leading Aircraftman Frank Blood was the Son of Fred and Anne Blood, husband of Annie Blood of Skegness, Lincolnshire. He was aged 38 when he died and is buried in the Kloosterzande General Cemetery, Zeeland, Netherlands.
HR Blood . British Army Royal Armoured Corps
HR Blood 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.
J Blood . British Army Royal Armoured Corps
J Blood 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.
Sgt. Benjamin Bloom . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 514 Sqdn. (d.16th June 1944)
514 Sqdn Lancaster II LL690 JI-J took off at 2314 from RAF 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.
L Bloom . British Army
L Bloom 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.
P/O Peter Hendrick Bloom . Royal Dutch Air Force 297 Squadron (d.23rd Aug 1943)
DR Bloomer . British Army
DR Bloomer 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.
Sgt. J. H. Bloomer . Royal Air Force 138 Sqd.
R Bloomer . British Army
R Bloomer 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.
H Bloomfield . British Army
H Bloomfield 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.
F/Sgt. H. Bloomfield . Royal Canadian Air Force 415 Sqdn.
F/Sgt Bloomfield was a member of 415 Squadron. His aircraft crashed after returning early from convoy protection. It had engine problems and overshot the runway. The crew were:
W/O H. McComb F/Sgt H. Bloomfield Sgt J. Labelle Sgt R. Ennis Update
W/O McComb, F/Sgt Labelle and F/Sgt Ennis were killed and are buried in North Coates (St Nicholas) Churchyard.
JW Bloomfield . British Army Royal Armoured Corps
JW Bloomfield 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.
K Bloomfield . British Army 17/21st Lancers
K Bloomfield served with the 17/21st 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 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.
E Bloor . British Army 1st Lothian & Border Yeomanry
E Bloor served with the 1st Lothian & Border 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 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.
F Bloor . British Army
F Bloor 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.
RI Bloor . British Army Royal Armoured Corps
RI Bloor 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.
W Bloor . British Army
W Bloor 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.
J T Blount . British Army 25th Dragoons
J Blount served with the 25th Dragoons 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.
D Blow . British Army
D Blow 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.
Flt.Lt. Harold Blow DFC.. Royal Air Force No. 9 Squadron from Alford, Lincolnshire
My father, Harold Blow was a Lancaster pilot during the war and flew 30 missions, including 13 raids on Berlin whilst based at R.A.F Bardney. He continued to fly after the war with 616 squadron R.Aux.Air Force based at R.A.F. Finningley. Unfortunately he was killed in a flying accident in May 1954.
I would like my father's name to be remembered.
WO. Kenneth Leslie Owen Blow DFC.. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 487 Squadron from Luton, Bedfordshire
(d.10th December 1943)
Warrant Officer (Navigator) Kenneth Blow was the son of Edward and Annie Elizabeth Blow of Luton, Bedfordshire. Aged 22 he is buried in the Den Ham General Cemetery, Overijssel, Netherlands.
CPO Arthur John Blowe DSM. Royal Navy HMS Aurora from Portsmouth
My uncle, Arthur John Blowe, served in the Second World War on HMS Aurora. I loved hearing his stories as he was in the Navy from the age of 16, then as a diver.
He was demobbed after the war and worked in Southampton for a while but the call of the sea was too great and he then joined the crew of the Queen Elizabeth, sailing between Southampton and New York. He was my favourite uncle and I loved him.
A Blower . British Army
A Blower 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.
ET Blower . British Army Royal Armoured Corps
ET Blower 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.
PO. Frederick Drummond Blower . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 141 Squadron from Liverpool
(d.11th May 1943)
Warrant Officer (658317) Frederick Drummond Blower was made Pilot Officer (146165) on 19th March 1943. He served in 141 Squadron. His death was registered in Peterborough, so it is likely that he died in the vicinity of his home airfield RAF Wittering. I do not know whether his death was due to enemy action or not.
Margaret Blower . Land Army
My sister in law Margaret Mogford nee Blower served in the land army during ww2. She likes talking of her bit she did as a land army girl.
Margaret Blower . Womens Land Army
I still have fond memories of my time in the Land Army which were very happy times spent mainly in Warwickshire. My dearest friend was Flo Lockey who married a man from Shipston-on-Stour and I would dearly love some information about Flo. My other friend was a girl named Maud nickname Ginger for obvious reasons, who married a Canadian and went to live in Canada. The place she lived was in Manitoba. They were great friends and I truly missed them when I left the Land Army for family reasons.
Able Sea. Robert Blower . Royal Navy HMS Hunter from Redcar
(d.14th Apr 1940)
Robert Blower died shortly after the Battle of Narvik, in which HMS Hunter was sunk. He was taken ashore and died 4 days later, possibly of his wounds or due to exposure.
Pte. W Blows . British Army
My grandfather was a POW in Germany during WWII, at Stalag XXA. His POW No. was 10. Does anyone remember him?
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