Pte. Ronald Cain . British Army 8th Btn. Sherwood Foresters from Worksop, Nottinghamshire. (d.6th May 1945) Ronald Cain was the son of William and Margaret Jane Cain of Worksop, Nottinghamshire.
He was aged 25 when he died and is buried in the Rechenberg-Bienenmuhle Cemetery in Germany.
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F/O John Caine DFC. Royal Canadian Air Force No. 418 Squadron (City of Edmonton) John Caine served with No. 418 Squadron (City of Edmonton)
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CPO. Joseph Henry Caines . Royal Navy HMS Nelson from Worthing, West Sussex Chief Petty Officer Joseph Caines served in the Royal Navy as a Logistics Writer during World War 2. Joseph was stationed in Chelsea and Southend-on-Sea as part of Lord Mountbatten's staff.
Joseph was then assigned to HMS Nelson and served on board from mid 1941, crossing the equator and visiting Cape Town in South Africa, before being photographed in Alexandria, Egypt in 1942. After HMS Nelson he supported the Malta operations and North Africa campaign.
Joseph returned to Britain and helped organise the Normandy Landings.
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WO Edward Maurice Cairnduff . Royal Air Force 203 Sqdn.
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Rflmn. Hugh Cairnduff DCM.. South African Army Troop No 1. South African Rifles from Durban, South Africa Rifleman Hugh Cairnduff South African Rifles, was awarded the DCM for gallantry in action in East Africa. Below is the dispatch report sent to the commander of Troop No 1 SAR.
"On the 24th July, 1916 our Troop (No.1) was under very heavy rifle and machine gun fire at Malangali. Several of our men were wounded, and two killed. The man next to Rifleman Cairnduff (Hannah by name), was amongst the wounded. As soon as Rifleman Cairnduff noticed Hannah had been hit he ran to his assistance and under perfect hail of bullets dragged him into comparative shelter, and although they were both to a certain extent still exposed to fire, Rifleman Cairnduff bandaged Hannah temporarily and then rushed off for a stretcher to convey him to the dressing station in our rear. He returned with a Medical Orderly, but no native bearers could be induced to accompany the Orderly, so Rifleman Cairnduff again picked Hannah up on his back, conveyed him to the dressing station, being exposed to heavy fire all the time. He then returned to his position in the firing line. A few minutes after, the Germans were making things so hot for us that the order was given to retire, but Rifleman Cairnduff noticed that the man who had been on the other side of Hannah (Lynn), was not with us. Hearing that Lynn also was wounded, he at once dashed off to find him, and also he carried out of fire. Lynn died a few hours afterwards, but Hannah is all right again." J.R. Allan Corp. No.1 Troop, 1st S.A.R.
(A foot note also stated that "Rifleman Cairnduff is the eldest son of Mr and Mrs James Cairnduff of Barrhead, Scotland.)
Great War East Africa operations D.C.M. group of four awarded to Private H. Cairnduff, South African Rifles, late Transvaal Scottish
Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (18 Rfmn. H. Cairnduff, 1/S. Afr. Rif.); 1914-15 Star (Pte. H. Cairnduff, 8th Infantry); British War Medal 1914-20 (Sjt. H. Cairnduff, 4th S.A.I.); Victory Medal 1914-19, M.I.D. oakleaf (Pte. H. Cairnduff, 1st S.A.R.)
Footnote: One of just eight D.C.Ms awarded to the South African Rifles in the Great War.
D.C.M. London Gazette 25 November 1916: For gallantry in action. When his troop was ordered to retire from a position enfiladed by machine-gun fire, he returned and brought in two wounded men.
Hugh Cairnduff was born at Barrhead, Scotland in 1893 and onetime served in the 6th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Territorial Force), prior to enlisting in the 2nd Battalion, Transvaal Scottish, in which unit he served in German West Africa from September 1914 until August 1915. Transferring to the 1st South African Rifles in the latter month, he went on to witness further active service in Nyasaland, East Africa until discharged medically unfit in August 1917, in which theatre of war he won his D.C.M., in addition to being mentioned in despatches by Brigadier-General E. Northey (London Gazette 25 September 1917 refers); he was awarded the Silver War Badge and the Kings Certificate (No. 2251).
Following a period of recuperation, Cairnduff re-enlisted in the 1st South African Infantry Brigade in May 1918 and briefly held the rank of acting Sergeant while employed in the U.K. during the period August to November 1918. Latterly employed out in France, he was finally discharged in August 1919.
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Trooper Adam Jamieson Cairns . British Army Scots Greys from Edinburgh My father,Adam Cairns,was captured in Crete in 1940 and spent the remainder of the war as a POW in Wolfsburg Camp Stalag 18a in Austria.We have no idea how he came to be in Crete as he was in the Regular Army and had been posted to Palestine in 1938 and was in a Calvary Regiment.
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Tpr. Adam Jamieson Cairns . British Army Royal Scots Greys from St. Anns Schoolhouse, Blackfriars Street, Edinburgh Adam Cairns enlisted into 52nd (Lowland) Divisional Royal Army Service Corps Territorial Army on 14th of April 1936.
He was posted to Anti-Aircraft on 1st November 1938 and discharged from Territorial Army on 16th of January 1939 having enlisted into the Regular Army as a Trooper of the Calvary of the Line.
He was posted to Palestine with The Royal Scots Greys.
on 28th September 1939 he was posted to 7th Dragoon Guards, Royal Armoured Corps. He transferred to Royal Armoured Corps and posted to British Forces Greece on 28th of February 1941.
Adam was captured on 28th of April 1941 and sent to POW camp in Corinthia, Greece, then transferred to Stalag XVIIIB on 28th of July 1941.
He was then transferred to Stalag XVIIIA and was sent to various work camps until 1945 when he was liberated.
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Flt.Sgt. Frank Cairns . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 299 Squadron from Crosby, Liverpool (d.12th April 1945) Flight Sergeant (Navigator) Frank Cairns was the son of George Henry and Florence Cairns of Crosby, Liverpool. He was 23 when he died and is buried directly behind the church in the Helligso Churchyard in Denmark.
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Lt. George Cairns VC.. British Army Royal Northumberland Fusiliers from Sidcup, Kent (d.19th March 1944)
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Sgt. John Cairns . British Army Royal Artillery
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P Cairns . British Army Durham Light Infantry P Cairns served with the Durham 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 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. Walter Cairns . British Army 1st Tyneside Scottish Btn. Black Watch from Gateshead (d.20th May 1940) Walter Cairns was killed, aged 24, during the fighting in Northern France prior to the Dunkirk evacuation. He was the son of Thomas William and Mary Cairns of Gateshead. He was also the grandson of Andrew and Elizabeth Brown of Morpeth, Northumberland and is commemorated on the family gravestone in Morpeth Church graveyard. He was buried at Bucquoy CWG cemetery in Northern France.
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Ken Caithness . Royal Air Force 70 Sqdn. My father, Ken Caithness, was in 70 Squadron during WWII. He joined just after Kabrit in Italy. He clearly remembers them taking delivery of some very sandy Wimpeys from there, and he and his mates not being impressed. He also remembers that the equipment that came with them, and especially the tents, were full of sand, knocked about and not much use.
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Pvt. William Erniest Cake . Australian Army from Australia POW Camp Fukuoka 17 in Japan
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Able Sea. Joseph Calcraft . Royal Navy HMS Victory from Aspley, Nottinghamshire (d.30th May 1940) Joseph Calcraft was the son of Joseph and Caroline Calcraft of Aspley, Nottinghamshire.
He was 21 when he died and is buried in the Evenes Cemetery in Norway.
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P/O James Alexander Calder DFC & BAR. RCAF 419 (Moose) Squadron P/O James Calder DFC & BAR J24292 was a pilot based at Middleton St George now Teeside airport and flew Halifax`s from this base for 419 RCAF Moose Squadron
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Jimmy Calderwood . British Army Royal Scots Fusiliers Jimmy Calderwood served with the Royal Scots Fusiliers
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Sqd/Ldr. Hilary Charles Caldwell . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve from Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex (d.18th May 1944) Pilot Caldwell was the Son of Vere and Louisa Mary Caldwell; husband of Rona V. S. Caldwell, of Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex. Assistant Air Attache to Madrid.
He was 43 and is buried in the Madrid British Cemetery in Spain.
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Sp.Cons. John Charles Caldwell . Police Constabulary from Leyton, Essex John Caldwell went to Bristol as a Special Constable to help the police in WW2.
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Pvt Ray R. Caldwell . United States Army CAC 60th CA Regt (AA) K Btry K Coast Artillery Corps from Coptville, Texas POW Camp Fukuoka 17 in Japan and survivor of the Oryoku Maru
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PFC. Sammy L. Caldwell . United States Marine Corps 4th Marine Division from San Angelo, TX (d.14th Dec 1944) Sammy LCaldwell enlisted in the Marine Corps on 1st of May 1941. He was captured in Corregidor during some of the most bitter fighting on the entire war. Sammy was one of 150 American prisoners of war interned at the Puerto Princessa Camp, Palawan on 14th of December1944. On that date Japanese planes sighted an American convoy making for Mindoro and apparently assumed that Palawan was to be the object of the attack. The prisoners who were out working details were taken back to the compound and, when American planes were sighted, were ordered into the air raid shelters. The Japanese then proceeded to set the shelters on fire. Any prisoners attempting to leave the shelters were machined-gunned.
The Japanese commenced the burning at the shelters nearest the guard barracks. Prisoners in shelters further away, seeing what was happening and concluding that they were all to be killed, made a break for the fence. About 40 men succeeded in getting through the double fence and down a steep bluff to the beach. They tried to hide in bushes and in crevices in the bluff but the Japanese, after completing the slaughter of the prisoners remaining in the compound, sent details to the beach to hunt out survivors. Nearly all of these were found and killed. Nine prisoners succeeded in evading the Japanese and later, were successful in swimming to the opposite side of the bay. Eight of these prisoners succeeded in making their way to guerrilla forces and eventually returned to American control. The ninth prisoner has never been heard of since crossing the bay. After American forces reoccupied Palawan a search was made of the prison compound. Approximately 80 unidentified bodies were found in the enclosure, principally in the air raid shelters, and others were found outside of the enclosure. No trace of any survivors (other than the nine prisoners who crossed the bay) has even been found. It is inevitable that Pfc Sammy L Caldwell died on 14th of December 1944, as the result of enemy action. DOB June 22, 1920. He entered the service in April 1941.
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AR Caley . British Army Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry AR Caley 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 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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Cpl. Harold Arthur Caley . British Army 1st Air Formation Royal Corps of Signals from Liverpool My father Harold Caley was a dispatch rider and had an accident whilst on a run from Algeria through the road over the Atlas mountains to the Tunis Front in January 1943.
The following is an extract from his book 'A Jumble of Memories and Odd Thoughts':
"At the foot of the mountains, everything! Every vehicle, every person had to stop, nothing moved during daylight but as soon as the sky became dark everyone was on the move.
The road had a sign at the start showing the number of vehicles shot up and the latest death toll on the 20 mile straight stretch known as 'Messerschmitt Alley'. On the evening I was there, immediately I was given the word 'go', I started down the 'alley', but a poor motor cyclist had no chance; the Americans had no motor cycles, only jeeps and not many of them, in the main it was wagons, tanks, guns and American half tracks carrying troops. It was an American half track that put paid to me and the bike. The Americans held to the middle of the road going like hell and gave no room to anyone or anything. I don't remember much about being hit, one moment I was riding right at the side of the road with no lights on and next thing I remember was being in a New Zealander's 30cwt truck taking me to a field hospital. I had been found unconscious with blood everywhere, two black eyes and my nose not broken but pretty bloody. In hospital on a stretcher for eight days then I was back in camp with eight mates in a tent. At least no charge for losing the bike!"
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Floyd Calhoun . United States Army 85 Div. 339th Infantry Rgt. My father is Floyd Calhoun, 339th Infantry, 85 Division. He was a POW in Stalag 7a in 1944 and 1945. He was a tall red-headed guy from Georgia and is trying to find some of his older friends including P. Philipp Wang. Please email me if you remember him.
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Pte. Percy Caligari . British Army Parachute Regiment from Liverpool I am tracing my grandfathers war record. Percy Caligari died in 1966 before I was born. I know he was in the Parachute Regiment in Liverpool in the 50's/60's. I believe he may have served in Italy as he met his wife over there and she came to England where they had two children. Any information you may have about Percy would be gratefully received.
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Spr. Leonard Calladine . British Army No. 7 Bomb Disposal Royal Engineers My grandfather Sapper Leonard Calladine was posted from No. 7 Bomb Disposal RE to CRE Scottish Command from September 1942 to March 1944.
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Sgt. F. J. Callaghan . Royal Air Force 419 Sqd.
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Margaret Callaghan . Land Army
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Alfred William Callahan . Royal Navy from Birmingham
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