R Chisolm . British Army Royal Armoured Corps R Chisolm 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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P/O W. E. Chitty . RAAF pilot 514 Sqd. (d.30th Jul 1944) P/O Chitty was injured in a serious crash on return from Nuremburg on the 31st March 1944. On return to Waterbeach his aircraft was baulked on finals by another Squadron aircraft and crash-landed heavily whilst attempting to go around. The crew were:
- P/O W.E.Chitty
- Sgt C.M.Guy
- Sgt L.A.Ive
- Sgt R.Fox
- Sgt A.B.Pattison
- Sgt C.Pratt
- Sgt J.Shepherd
On recovery he formed another crew, retaining his flight engineer Charles Guy. They were lost without trace on the 30th of July 1944 and are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
- F/L W.E.Chitty
- Sgt C.M.Guy
- W/O L.A.Ding
- F/O W.S.Bonell
- F/S J.E.Richardson
- F/S E.W.Jenner
- F/S G.C.Wells
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Drvr. Gaisi Mirazi Chituwanga . British Army East African Army Service Corps (d.14th October 1943) Driver Chituwanga was buried in the Lubudi African Cemetery in the Congo, Grave 7.
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Drvr. Gaisi Mirazi Chituwanga . East African Army Service Corps (d.14th October 1943) Driver Chituwanga was buried in the Lubudi African Cemetery in the Congo, Grave 7.
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Pvt. John Riley Chitwood . US Army 59th Coast Artillery Regiment from Knoxville, Tennessee
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Alexander Frank Chopping . British Army 8th Army My dad served on the large guns and fought at El Alamein with the 8th Army. He had a leg injury and was sent to the Manchester Royal Infirmary and then on to Wales to recover.
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Wilf Chorley . British Army 5th Btn East Yorks Rgt My late father was in the 5th Btn East Yorkshire Rgt. He served in the Faroe Islands and was a POW at Weetzen, Germany. He worked in the sugar factory in 1944.
Update
British POWs book records the following: 8A 82336 Chorley, W.L. Pte 3663680 E. York. 8A is the camp (Goritz), the next number is the person's POW number and the remainder could refer to your late father.
Also try http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/press/pdf/2jan2005.pdf for POW interrogation questionnaires(Stuart Brown)
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Wilfred Lawrence Chorley . My father was captured in 1944. The POW camps he was in were: Stalag XIIA (Limberg), Stalag VIIIA (Zgorzelec, Poland), finaly Stalag VIIIC (Sagan, Poland).
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Pte. Frederick Leonard Chowen . British Army 2nd Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment from Southwark, Surrey (d.24th Jul 1944)
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Ord. Sea. Alfred George "Alf" Chowles . Royal Navy HMS Bedouin from Greenford Middlesex (d.15 June 1942) My Uncle, Alf Chowles, served on HMS Bedouin. His was one of the 28 lives lost when the ship was torpedoed.
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Ord.Sea. Alfred George Chowles . Royal Navy HMS Bedouin from Greenford, Middlesex (d.15th June 1942) I have no details of Alf Chowles war service, unfortunately as a young 19-year-old ordinary seaman he had no real voice.
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Lt. Albert Chowne VC, MM.. Australian Army 2/2nd Australian Infantry Battalion from Australia (d.25th Mar 1945) Albert Chowne was born in Sydney. He attended Chatswood Boys Intermediate High School and Naremburn Junior Technical School. In 1935, he began work as a shirt-cutter with David Jones. He spent a brief period in the 36th Battalion, a Militia unit, before enlisting in the Australian Imperial Force in late May 1940. He was assigned to the 2/13th Battalion as a platoon message runner and was later made company runner. The unit, part of the 9th Division arrived in the Middle East in November 1940 and later joined the North African campaign, defending Tobruk for eight months in 1941. During his time at Tobruk, Chowne transferred to the carrier platoon and was promoted to Corporal. After Tobruk the 2/13th performed garrison duties in Syria where, in September, Chowne was promoted to Sergeant. He was wounded in the leg and hand at El Alamein the following month and spent three weeks in hospital. He returned to Australia with the battalion in January 1943. In July, the unit was deployed to New Guinea campaign, taking part in the Battle of Finschhafen. Chowne, now commanding a mortar platoon, was awarded the Military Medal for twice crawling close to enemy positions to direct mortar fire. Regarded as exceptionally cool by his comrades, Chowne combined fearlessness with a self-effacing manner.
He was commissioned as a Lieutenant in January 1944 and he married Daphne Barton, a Corporal in the Australian Women's Army Service, in March that year. Having completed the jungle warfare training course at Canungra, Queensland, Chowne was posted to the 2/2nd Battalion, part of the 6th Division, in October 1944.
The 2/2nd was sent to the Aitape-Wewak campaign in New Guinea, two months later.
On 25 March 1945 near Dagua, Chowne attacked an enemy position which was holding up further movement towards Wewak. Seeing that the leading platoon was suffering heavy casualties, Chowne rushed forward and knocked out two light machine guns with grenades and then, calling on his men to follow him and firing his sub machine gun from the hip, he charged the position. Although he was twice wounded in the chest, the impetus of his charge carried him forward 50 yards under intense machine gun and rifle fire and he accounted for two more of the enemy before he was killed.
Chowne was awarded the Victoria Cross posthumously and was buried at the Lae War Cemetery, Lae, New Guinea. A street in Campbell, Canberra is named after him as is Albert Chowne Memorial Hall, a community facility in Willoughby, Sydney. His VC is displayed at the Australian War Memorial.
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Lt. Albert Chowne VC, MM.. Australian Army 2/2nd Battalion from Australia (d.25th March 1945)
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S. H. Chriss . Auxiliary Fire Service Horsham
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F/O Raymond Alexander "Chris" Christenson . Royal Canadian Air Force 433 Squadron from Kingman, Alberta, Canada I am looking for families of the following individuals of his crew:
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N R209315 Edwards, I
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AB R183923 Plaskett, M.S. believed to have been from Toronto, Ontario
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WOP R209387 Johnstone, J.B. believed to have been from Toronto, Ontario
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FE 1818015 Enser, M.G.
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MU R254367 Powell, Walter Henry already located
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RG R267389 Campbell, Cameron Clare already located
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W. Christey . Royal Air Force RAF Upper Heyford W. Christey was stationed at Upper Heyford during 1943.
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F/O C. D. Christian . Royal Canadian Air Force bomb aimer 419 Sqd.
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F/O C. D. Christian. . 419 Sqd
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Sergeant A W Christie . RAF 59 Squadron
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Staff Sgt. Atherton Ffolliot Powell Christie . British Army Royal Army Service Corps Uncle Hughie was captured at St valery and ended up in Stalag 9c POW Camp. He was also in Obermassfield Lazarette and had his legs operated on. He died from thrombosis shortly after the war due to this surgery. "God Rest his soul"
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2nd.Lt. Charles Phillip Christie . United States Army Air Corps from Massachusetts
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Pte. David Christie . British Army Kings Own Scottish Borderers from Glasgow, Scotland My father-in-law was in the Kings Own Scottish Borderers, during World War 2, as an airbourne soldier in a glider, he was part of the Market-Garden, Arnhem, Netherlands.
He was captured at this time, and sent or marched to to interned at Stalag X1-B Fallinghbostel, Lower Saxony, Germany. He was evacuated at the end of the war, and in 1950s, he immigrated with his wife and two sons to Toronto Canada then moved to Los Angeles, California.
I only wish I had asked him more about his service record, as we all seem to do of our ancestors, usually we are so busy with our own family situations, time goes on and now my husband David and I would like to know more about his record during that time.
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Pte. James Finlayson Christie . British Army Seaforth Highlanders from Perth, Scotland My Grandfather James Christie was in the Seaforth Highlanders and was imprisoned at Stalag XX-B. I knew very little about his time there as he died when I was only 12. However, I have since come across some pictures of him in the Camp and discovered some basic information through www.ancestry.co.uk
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Jean Christie . Timber Corps
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LBdr. John Christie . British Army 2nd Searchlight Regiment, 6th Battery Royal Artillery from Birmingham (d.18th May 1940) My great uncle, John Christie, was killed on the 8th day of the German Blitzkrieg, west of Arras. Details are unclear but we know that his unit, which was not a front line battle formation, found itself faced by rapdly advancing German tanks: but the men were only armed with rifles. One story is that John (known as Jack) was killed trying to capture a tank but this is uncertain. He was 21 and two of his brothers served throughout the war in the RA and infantry, both survived.
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L/Bdr Wilfred McCormack Paul Christie . British Army 89 LAA Regt, 309 Royal Artillery from Stonehaven
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WW Christie . British Army WW Christie 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 Christie. . RAF 608 Sqd (d.2nd Aug 1941)
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