Capt. Willoughby Hugh "Le Doc" Cartwright . British Army 72nd Light Anti-Aircaft Regiment Royal Artillery from Ilminster, Somerset Willoughby =Cartwright served with 72nd Light Anti-Aircaft Regiment, Royal Artillery There's not much to tell, as he never said much except he would swim in the sea off Algeria, and sketched or painted in his spare time. He had a revolver he brought back with him but surrendered on an amnesty by his wife.
He did say one day that they were instructed to break camp and move. Just as well he said, as it was bombed the next day, suggesting a decoded message from Bletchley Park.
He was in Italy treating those poisoned by mustard gas in February 1944 without being told what had happened to those suffering. He himself was convalescing at that time, so was probably affected.
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Pvt. Dennis Carver . British Army POW Camp Fukuoka 17 Japan
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J. C. Carver . 87 Squadron
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Sergeant L S Carvil . RAF 59 Squadron
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Sig. Hugh Carville . British Army Royal Corps of Signals from Middlesex (d.17th May 1940) Hugh Carville died aged 23 whilst serving with the Royal Signals. The son of James and Margaret Carville (nee McCusker), he was born in Jarrow.
High is buried in St. Hilaire Cemetery, Frevent.
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Sgt. Marcel C. Caryll-Tilkin . Royal Air Force 58 Sqd.
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Sgt Marcel C Caryll-Tilkin . RAFVR. 58 Sqd. (d.20th Oct 1940)
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Able Sea Charles William "Billy" Casbon . Royal Navy HMS Pembroke from Whittlesey
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L/Sgt. Frederick William Stephen Casburn . British Army 100th (Royal Monmouthshire) Field Company Royal Engineers from Newport, Gwent My father's uncle, Frederick Casburn served with the Royal Monmouthshire (Militia) Supplementary Reserve, was mobilized on 23rd of August 1939. Serving with the 100th Army Field Company (Royal Engineers) he embarked at Newport on 14th of September 1939 and disembarked at Nantes, France on 16th of September 1939.
On 14th of April 1940 he was appointed and granted rank of Lance Sergeant (granted though paid acting rank of L/Sgt having remained unpaid for a period of 21 days). Army records show on 1st of June 1940 Lance Sergeant Casburn with the 100th Company was reported Missing.
Memories of Frederick's story of capture tells how he hid from the Germans in a ditch and was befriended by a French farmer, but a neighbouring French man reported him and he was taken prisoner by the Germans.
Prisoner of war records show Frederick was captured at Watou (just 18 miles from Dunkirk) on 29th of May 1940, he was wounded at the time of capture and was transported to a POW hospital in Magdeburg, Germany. He stayed at the POW camp hospital from 1st June 1940 to 26th September 1940. He was then transported to Thorn XXA and was there for 6 and half months. Then moved to Marionburg XXB for 5 months. Then back to Thorn XXA for a year. They then sent him to Hohenfels 383 where he stayed for 2 years and 7 months. He left Hohenfels 383 with the march on 21st of April 1945 and was liberated arriving in the UK on 28th of April 1945.
On his return to the UK, he was admitted to Woolaston Hospital, Newport and discharged from the army, being found permanently unfit for any form of military service. He returned from war, a very different man. Frederick, like so many others, hardly spoke about his time as a POW. He passed away in 1966 in Newport Gwent.
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F/Sgt. J. Case . Royal Canadian Air Force 419 Sqd.
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F/Sgt. Joseph Casebrooke . Royal Air Force 83 Squadron (d.25th July 1944)
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Able Seaman. Casemore . Royal Navy HMS Forfar AB Casemore took part in a boxing match onboard HMS Forfar on the 10th of July 1940.
He weighed in at 154lbs, his opponant AS Tait was one pound heavier. The match was declared a draw by the judges, Lt Antrobus and Pay-Lt Goldie.
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B Casey . British Army B Casey 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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2nd Lt. Donald Emmett Casey DFC. United States Air Force 370th Bomb Group from River Forest, IL. USA. My name is Don Casey of Chicago, IL. I was in Stalag Luft III after being shot down 5/18/44 over Hamburg, Germany while flying Deputy Lead Navigator for the 379th Bomb Group out of Kimbolton, England.
We lost 4 of our 9 man crew that day. Five survived as POW's. Pilot Steve King and I were taken to SL3 and were held in the South Compound along with 2,000 flying officer prisoners of the USAAF. There were five compounds. The Great Escape compound was also called North Camp.
Conditions were pretty good that summer. We had food, books, musical instruments and room for exercise. On January 27th 1945 we were evacuated on foot in a 15 degree below zero blizzard to the sound of the Russian guns approaching the camp from about 30 miles. For a while we were hopeful the Russian Army would liberate us but to no avail.
I have written a book about my experiences entitled:
To Fight For My Country, Sir. It is a paper back edition of just less than 300 pages with pictures taken throughout my training, in combat and at SL3 inside the camp.
We were liberated on 4/29/45 at STALAG VII-A in Moosburg (Bavaria) Germany by Gen. Patton's 14th Armored Division of his 3rd Army and George visited us there on 5/2/45, in person. Two other SL3 POW's surviving from South Camp are Col. Steve King, USAF, Ret. and Valleau Wilkie of Fort Worth Texas.
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J Casey . British Army J Casey 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. John Casey . British Army 2nd Btn. Highland Light Infantry from Scotland (d.29th Jul 1944) John Casey was 22 when he died. He is buried in the Tirana Park Memorial Cemetery in Albania.
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Sgt Lawrence Joseph "Larry" Casey . Royal Air Force 115 Sqn from Edinburgh, Scotland My father, Larry Casey was shot down on 16 March 1944. He was one of 2 survivors from the Lancaster. He spent many months at camp 357 at Fallingbostel. The story of his brave crew is told on this web site lancasterll693
His crew were:
- Pilot Officer Jim Rodger
- Flt Sgt Tony Jory
- Sgt Lawrence Casey
- Sgt Jack Capstick
- Sgt CharlesBaker
- Sgt Reg Favager
- Sgt Ron Werrett
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Pilot Officer R Casey . RAF 35 Squadron My grandfather was a pilot in 35 Squadron: Robert Thomas Morris, born September 1912. He died as a 'tail-end-Charlie' on 1 August 1942. He was a RAF Volunteer Reserve from Eccleshall, and his grave in marked in Flushing, Netherlands. He was a member of the crew flying in Halifax II, W1100, TL-G of 35 Squadron at RAF Linton-on-Ouse.
They were on a raid to Dusseldorf and were hit by flak over the target but managed to get as far as Holland before crashing near Serooskerke (Zeeland), on Schouwen. Two of the crew, my grandfather and Sgt B S Braybrook RAAF, were killed and the rest were taken prisoner.
Does anyone have any information, and even a picture of him?
The full crew was
Sgt Bertram Stanley Braybrook RAAF 403470. KIA, age 22 (Vlissingen Northern Cemetery)
Sgt R.T. Morris, RAF VR 1230755. KIA, age 29 (Vlissingen Northern Cemetery)
P/O R. Casey was interned in Camps 8B/344/L3. POW No.25114 with
P/O C.C. Spencer, POW No.25120.
Sgt H. Clarke in Camps 8B/344, POW No.25118 with
Sgt W.A. Elliott, POW No.25116 and
Sgt C.A.C. Pithers, POW No.25117.
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Robert Casey . Merchant Navy SS Wentworth My father did his Merchant Navy training at Gravesend. His first merchant ship was the Wentworth. This was part of Convoy ONS5, which left Liverpool on 21st April 1943. The Convoy was joined by the Escort Group B7 on 22nd April 1943. U-boats had gathered and the Convoy came under attack. The merchant ships sunk or damaged on this convoy were:
- McKeesport - sunk by U258
- Lorient (a straggler) - sunk by U125
- North Britain (a straggler) - sunk by U707
- Harbury - damaged by U628
- West Maximus - sunk by U264
- Harperley - sunk by U264
- Bristol City - sunk by U358
- Dolius - sunk by U638
- West Madaket (a straggler) sunk by U584
- Wentworth - sunk by U358
- Selvistan - sunk by U266
- Sharinda - sunk by U266
- Bonde - Sunk by U266
My father went on to sail the merchant ships: Bolton Hall, Pencarrow, Empire Kingsley, Empire Celia, Fort Grahame, Fort Michipicoten, Thistlemuir, Filmston and Duke of Athens.
On 15th September 1944, my dad joined Russian Convoy JW60 on the Empire Celia (the Commodore's ship). JW60 was a convoy of American and British ships and one Norwegian merchant escort oiler. There were also about 22 escorts which accompanied the convoy for part of the voyage to Kola Inlet, Murmansk, which the convoy reached on 23rd September 1944.
The vessels were:
On 22nd November 1944 Cnvoy RA61 left the Kola Inlet. The Convoy ships were:
- Adolph S Ochs
- Arunah S Abell
- Cardinal Gibbons
- Daniel Willard
- David Stone
- Dexter W Fellows
- Edward A Savoy (Commodore's Ship)
- Edward E Spafford
- F T Frelinghuysen
- Francis Scott Key
- Frederic A Kummer
- Frederic W Taylor
- George T Taylor
- George T Angell
- Hawkins Fudske
- Henry Lomb
- John J Abel (Rear Commodore's ship)
- John Woolman
- John Vining
- Joshua Thomas
- Julius Olsen
- Lewis Emery Jr
- Nathaniel Alexander
- Raymond B Stevens
- Richard M Johnson
- Thomas U Walter
British ships were:
- Empire Celia (Vice-Commodore's ship, and my dad's ship)
- British Patience
- Lucerna
- Neritina
- Samaritan
- Laurelwood (escort oiler)
- Syrian Prince (rescue ship)
- Noreg.
The escorting Frigate HMS Mounsey was torpedoed by U295 and damaged. It returned to Kola Inlet. The rest of the Convoy arrived at Loch Ewe on 9th November 1944.
Does anyone remember my dad or any of the ships listed above?
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Wren Elizabeth Violet Casey-Smith . Royal Navy Women's Royal Naval Service from Swansea
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EG Cash . British Army EG Cash 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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Eric Laurence Cash . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 82 Sqd. (d.20th Aug 1941) Our Observer, Laurie Cash died of wounds when we crash landed near Acklington, Northumberland. I live in Australia just South of Brisbane in Queensland, and have just passed my 91st birthday. If anyone seeing this maybe remembers us, I would love to hear from them.
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Able.Sea. Peter Cash . Royal Navy HMS Arethusa (d.18th Nov 1942) Peter Cash died aged 28 when a torpedo from an Italian aircraft struck HMS Arethusa on the 18th of November 1942 causing heavy casualties. He was the son of Peter and Mary Cash (nee Buglass) and the husband of Isabella Cash (nee Jennings) of Gateshead. He was born in Jarrow
Peter is remembered on the Chatham Naval Memorial.
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Don Cash. . USAAF 327th Bomb Squadron (d.11th April 1944 )
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Able Sea. John Francis Cashmere . Royal Navy from Deptford, London
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Dvr. Bernard Cashmore . British Army 19th Coy. Royal Army Service Corps from Millhouse Road, South Yardley, Birmingham My dad, Bernard Cashmore, was deployed from Egypt on 17th March 1941 from the Port of Alexandra, arriving in Greece on the 18th.
He was captured at Kalamanta on 29th of April 1941, and was held POW in Stalag XV111A Austria from 29th June 1941 until 3rd July 1941, when he was transferred to a working camp at Zollfield from 5th July until 14th November 1941 working on railway line laying. He was then transferred to another working camp - Steindorf Karten - from 14th November 1941 until 4th April 1942 doing the same work as he did at Zollfield.
He went back to Stalag XV111A on 5th April 1942 until 6th July 1942 when he was transferred to another working camp at Klagenfurt Karten from 6th July until 7th May 1945 working on rail and road.
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Dvr. Bernard Cashmore . British Army 19th Company Royal Army Service Corps from 191 Millhouse Road, South Yardley, Birmingham Bernard Cashmore enlisted on 3rd of October 1938 into to the Royal Army Service Corps. He had already served in the Dorsetshire Regiment for 7 years with colours and 5 years with reserves, a total of 12 years.
Bernard sailed for France with the British Expeditionary Force on 5th of September 1939, just two days after the declaration of war. Eight months later, massed German forces invaded Belgium and France and by the end of May the BEF was retreating to the beaches around Dunkirk. Their famous rescue (code named Operation Dynamo) took place between 26th May and 6th of June 1940.
Thousands of British and Allied soldiers as well as Bernard were cut off further south in France. The plan launched to evacuate these men was code named Operation Aerial. It was activated between 15th and 25th of June 1940. Bernard was safely taken off on 18th of June 1940.
After a period of re-grouping in England, Bernard was sent out to Egypt. He served from 27th February to 17th of March 1941. He was then posted to Greece, sailing from Alexandria to Piraeus.
Bernard was captured and taken prisoner by the Germans at Kalamata on 29th of April 1941. He was transported to holding camps Dulag 185 at Corinth and then Dulag 183 at Thessaloniki on his way to Stalag XVIIIA at Wolfsburg Karnten Austria.
He was part of work parties at three working camps, the first one was Sollfield from 5th of July 1941 until 14th of November 1941, then Steindorf from 14th of November 1941 until 4th of April 1942 and the last one; Weidmannsdorf Klangenurt from 6th of July 1942 until 7th of May 1945. The type of work was railway work, roads and canals. Bernard remained a prisoner until the end of the war in 1945
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Flt.Sgt. Robin William Caskey . Royal Air Force 106 Squadron from Hawkes Bay, New Zealand (d.12th Aug 1942) Robin Caskey was a childhood friend of my late mother and I was named after him. I was disappointed his name was not mentioned at a recent High School Reunion at the school he once attended. I want to gather some information to send to Hastings High School together with a photo that I have of Robin in his RAF uniform. All I know is that he came from New Zealand and joined 106 squadron. Any information will be gratefully received.
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Pte. Ze Eminakulu Casmas . West African Frontier Force African Pioneer Corps (West Africa) (d.1st May 1942) Private Casmas was buried in the Limbe Botanical Gardens Burial Grounds in the Cameroons.
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