Pte. Harry Charvill . British Army Northampton Regiment from Nether Heyford, Northants My father-in-law Harry Charvill, who has just passed away aged 90 was a D-Day veteran. He landed on Sword Beach at Lion-Sur-Mer with his Lincolnshire Regiment. His best mate, Reg, was shot and Harry ran to his aid carried him up the beach where he was attended and they both survived and stayed great friends. Harry also served in Palestine.
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Carmen Chase . Royal Air Force 614 Sqdn.
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PFC. Harry Arthur Chase . United States Army Quartermaster Corps from New York
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P/O Robert Fleming Chase . Royal Air Force 106 Squadron from Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada (d.17th Sep 1942) P/O Robert F. Chase (d. 17 Sept 1942) was with the 106 Squadron, stationed in Coningsby. He is remembered on the Runnymede Memorial.
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Fus. Alfred Chatfield . British Army 7th Btn Royal Welch Fusiliers from Northampton (d.28th Mar 1945) Alfred Chatfield joined the Royal Artillery but was based mostly on the South coast of England.
He wanted to see action so transferred to the Royal Welsh Fusiliers and was killed in or near the Reichswald Forest.
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PL Chatfield . British Army PL Chatfield 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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Band.Mstr. William Chatfield . British Army I would be very interested to contact anyone who heard of my grandfather, William Chatfield, a bandmaster serving at Catterick in WW2.
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F/Lt. Edward Chatterton . Royal Canadian Air Force 115 Squadron from Toronto, Ontario, Canada (d.30th Aug 1944) Flight Lieutenant (Pilot) Edward Chatterton was the son of Thomas Eden Chatterton and Janet McNeary Chatterton, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
He was 26 years old when he died and is buried in the Ove Churchyard in Denmark.
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Sgt. Haigh "Harry" Chatterton . Royal Air Force 49 Squadron from Kirby in Ashfield (d.8th April 1943) Harry Chatterton was a rear gunner on a Lancaster bomber and was killed when his plane was shot down during a raid over Germany. He is buried at Reichswald Forest Cemetery with the rest of the crew.
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Ord. Seaman W. Chattery . Royal Navy HMS Forfar W. Chattery is listed as one of the survivors of the sinking of HMS Forfar.
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Fred Chatwin . Royal Canadian Air Force w/op 419 Sqd.
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Sgt. Rex Joseph Chatwin . Royal Air Force 106 Squadron from Blackheath, Staffordshire (d.19th Sep 1944) Uncle Rex was my mother's brother who died on 19th September, 1944. He was 19 years old. He was based at RAF Metheringham and was "tail end charlie" gunner on a Lancaster bomber that was shot down either on the way or on the way back from a night bombing raid to Rheydt. The plane crashed at Elmpt.
We believe of the 7 occupants, 6 were killed but this has not been confirmed.
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JEM Keshar Singh Chaudhari . British Indian Army 1/18 Royal Garwhal Rifles from India
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P/O. Artillus "Ted" Chaulk . Royal Air Force 115 Squadron from Charlottetown, Newfoundland (d.29th January 1944) Ted Chaulk served with 115 Squadron.
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CS Chaundry . British Army CS Chaundry 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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LAC. Royce Douglas Chava . Royal Australian Air Force
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2nd Lt. Paul F. Chavez . United States Army Air Force 837th Bomb Sqdn. 487th Bomb Group from Hampshire, Il. My uncle Paul F. Chavez was a co-pilot on a B-24 bomber - Starduster -42-52651. They were shot down in May 1944 on a return flight to Lavenham airfield, UK. They had just bombed the oil refineries at Lutkendorf, Germany. There was a crew of 10 men, of which 9 were taken as POWs. My uncle was last out of the plane and was captured by the Germans, but he spoke four different languages, and the Germans tried to talk to him in English, but he answered in another language which they did not understand. They let him go. He was helped by the underground to return to the UK. Plane was shot down on 28th May 1944. (Sources of crash mact.5223) Shot down south of Liege, Belgium, 1 km west of Xhoris.
If anyone with any information please contact me.
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Pvt. Henry Huey "Cheif" Chavis . US Army from We don't know too much, Dad was in the North African threat. He was wounded and captured on Anzio beach. Dad was shot in the right hand and he was taken to the German hospital where they removed his index finger on his right hand. He was held in Stalag 7b. We know he was in the Army, he was station at Fort Bragg N.C.
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Cpl. Angelo Sam Chavos . United States Army CE Hq Co. 803rd Engr Bn (Avn) Corps Of Engineers from New York
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F/Sgt. Adam Philip Chawanski . Royal Canadian Air Force air gunner. 419 Sqd. from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Canada. (d.23rd May 1944)
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J Chawner . British Army J Chawner 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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Sgt. George Cheadle . RAF(VR) w/op 101 Sqd. (d.4th Sep 1943)
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A. Cheal . Auxiliary Fire Service Horsham
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Cpl. Bill Cheall . British Army Green Howard's from Middlesbrough With The Green Howard's, 50th Division at Dunkirk
I don’t know how, but we made our way to the water’s edge and looked out to sea across to the horizon and saw the ships going to Dunkirk, further along the coast. We then made our way back to the deep sand dunes in order to gain some protection from the bombing and strafing which was taking place. Many of the boys on the beach were in a sorry state; the Stukas had just been over.
One must remember that not all soldiers are hard-bitten individuals and some of the younger lads showed great emotion. I saw young soldiers just standing, crying their hearts out and others kneeling in the sand, praying. It is very easy to pass critical remarks about these lads, but we others knew the ordeal these weaker-willed boys were going through, and helped them as much as we could during their emotional and distressful ordeal as medical help was a very scarce thing on the beaches. So much had been bottled up inside these young soldiers that, at last, the bubble had burst and it was uncontrollable.
Dead soldiers, and those badly wounded, lay all over the place and many of the wounded would die. It was tragic to see life ebbing away from young, healthy lads and we could not do a thing about it - it was heartbreaking. What few stretcher-bearers there were always gave of their best - they were extraordinary. How does one quantify devotion to duty under the conditions which prevailed in those days? The folk at home could not possibly have any idea what their boys were going through.
There was no panic, just haste. We joined this mass of tired and hungry lads. Amidst all this tragedy, the Stukas would return, machine-gunning the full length of the thousands of men. They could not miss and a swathe of dead and wounded would be left behind; really it was awful. Many of us fired our rifles at the planes, but they were useless. Nobody can imagine what it is like to be bombed by a German Stuka. They came out of the sky, screaming straight down, then dropped their bombs and pulled up into the sky again. I don't know why we ran - it was just instinct, I suppose.
Near the shoreline, one boy of about twenty, not far from me, had his stomach ripped open and he was fighting to live, asking for his mum and crying. A few of us went to him but he was too bad for us to help him; blood was everywhere. That poor boy soon died, out of pain, to join his mates.It is the most dreadful experience to see a comrade killed in such a way. Some young lads who had lost their nerve went crazy and lay on the sand crying; others knelt and prayed. Mind you, I am sure we all prayed in our own way. No one, of course, could help behaving like this - it was just because of the trauma they had endured and had at last given way to their feelings.
The near impossibility of getting back to England left many of us rather stunned, as it just did not look possible. Our lads, or what was left of our Battalion, stuck together among the dunes to obtain some protection from the bombing and strafing. We had had nothing to eat except hard tack biscuits and bully beef - we hadn't had a hot meal for God knows how long and the lads who usually shaved looked really haggard.
None of us could see any sign of the 23rd Divisional assembly area and nobody seemed to know what to do for the best. Then the planes came over again, causing more deaths. Only twenty yards from me some lads had been hit by shrapnel and one of them was in a serious condition - the medics were there - but he would not live. A sleepless night was ahead of us.
This is an extract from my dad's war memoirs, published in the book Fighting Through: From Dunkirk to Hamburg- A Green Howards Wartime Memoir To read the entire chapter upon which it is based please visit www.grimdetermination.co.uk where you can also read more about the background to his service, together with many photographs and maps.
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Hubert Ethridge Cheatham . British Army My father was a POW from 19th February 1943 to 8th May 1945 in Luckenwalde. I understand that there were two camps at Luckenwalde, but his records do not indicate which one he was interned in.
He participated in three battles in Tunisia between 25th January 1943 and 22nd February 1943, including the Battle of Kasserine Pass in which he was declared MIA on 20th February 1943. He was liberated by the Russians on 22nd April 1945 in Luckenwalde and made contact with American troops on 8th May 1945.
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F/Sgt. R. H. Cheatle . Royal Australian Air Force 97 Squadron
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Joseph Cheberenchick . United States Army 81st Combat Engineers 106th Infantry Div. I am trying to find out which POW camp my father-in-law, Joseph Cheberenchick, was sent to. He was in the 81st Combat Engineers of the 106th Infantry Division and fought in the Battle of the Bulge. He was a POW somewhere in Germany. Did anyone know him as a POW?
Update
You can get his POW records from the International Red Cross, Geneva. If you find their website you can email the archives for a cost (probably around $40US). (Pete)
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Sgt. C. J. Chedd . Royal Air Force w/op 12 Sqd
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Pte. Arthur William Cheek . British Army
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George Richard Cheek . British Army My Grandad Geroge Cheek was captured by the Afrika Corps and then handed over to the Italians. He escaped from them just to get to the Germans and got machine gunned for his efforts. He got better treatment with them though.
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