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World War 2 Two II WW2 WWII 1939 1945

F/O. J. F. Clark DFC. .     RAF 166 Sqd.




Sqd.Ldr. Jack Clark DFC..     Royal Air Force 460 Sqd.




Flt. Sgt. James Clark .     RCAF air gunner. 101 Sqd.   from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

(d.4th Sep 1943)




James Gavin Clark .     British Army Tyneside Scottish Btn Black Watch   from Durham

My dad, James Gavin Clark of Durham, served in the Tyneside Scottish Rgt. He was in Stalags XXA and XXB, having been captured in 1940. Does anyone remember him?




Sgt. James Strauss "Nobby" Clark MM..     South African Army 3rd Battalion Transvaal Scottish Regiment   from Pretoria, South Africa

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My grandfather-in-law, Sergeant James Clark, served with the 3 Transvaal Scottish, 5th South African Inf. 1st S.A. Brigade. He survived the Lamsdorf death march and after been struck in the back with a rifle butt, he was rendered paralysed for a time. Were it not for his two NZ friends known only as George and Ronnie, who carried him on the death march, he would have been shot by Nazi soldiers. We are desperate to find out who these men were.

He was captured in Tobruk, Libya on 23rd of November 1941, he got moved from camp to camp, and escaped 7 times.

Here are some of the confirmed POW camps and dates:

  • CC no. 66 PM 3400 - 14th Feb 1942
  • CC no. 52 PM 3100 - 4th Apr 1942
  • Stalag VIIIB - 29th Sep1943
  • Stalag 344 - 12th Oct 1944
  • Stalag XIIIC - 2nd Mar 1945




Sgt. James Strauss "Nobby" Clark .     South African Infantry 3rd Btn. Transvaal Scottish Regiment   from Transvaal, Pretoria, South Africa

James Clark arrived at Stalag XIIIC on 2nd of March 1945 after surviving the Death March from Stalag VIIIB.




Pte. James Shirer Clark .     British Army Gordon Highlanders

I know my late father, James Clark was held for most of the War as a POW in Poland. I recently found a photo of him with an inscription indicating he was in a camp called Marciniak during 1944, I would be grateful if anyone has some information




Jimmy Clark .     British Army Black Watch

My father Jimmy Clark was a drummer with the Black Watch? He was captured at St Valery and imprisoned in Stalag XXa. Does anyone have any information on him, any photos would be much appreciated.




Joan Mary Clark .     Womens Auxiliary Air Force

Joan Clark served with the Womens Auxiliary Air Force in WW2. She was a plotter in Dover.




Fireman John Sheldon Wesley "A" Clark .     National Fire Service   from 22 Hawthorn Cottages, South Hetton, County Durham

Taken in 1942 behind the NFS garage in Front Street, South Hetton. It was later used by William Sinclair’s St Clare Coaches. My Dad is at front right and third from the left, is his friend, colleague and Church Warden Emeritus, George Stewart, he was a bricklayer down the mine.

Like most of the young men in the village, my Dad, Sheldon Clark, was a miner at South Hetton Colliery. Nevertheless, he joined the AFS and "did his bit" whilst continuing to do his duties underground; I believe he was at this time a "shot firer", which entailed driving "roadways" underground by means of drilling holes and packing them with explosives. He never told me details of any fires; South Hetton is a long way from Germany, Denmark and Norway and had only one target worth mentioning (the coal mine with its associated railway installations) and, with one exception, never attracted the attention of the Luftwaffe. There were, however, two incidents which he did mention.

The first occurred one night when the rig (which I believe was a van towing a trailer) was called out to the nearby village of Murton. There was (and still is) no direct road, so the van was driven at high speed in the blackout through the village of Easington Lane, where it turned off for Murton, which was to be reached via a notorious right-angle bend known as "Tattenham Corner". I believe the name has some significance to race goers. The night was dark, the illumination fron the van's lights was poor and the speed was excessive. Inevitably, at Tattenham Corner, the rig left the road. Fortunately, damage and injuries (apart from to their pride) were slight. What about the fire? Dad never said, but I assume it was attended to by a crew from one of the neighbouring towns.

The second incident did involve Dad personally. One night he was on his way home, whether from work or the decrepit shed where the fire rig was housed, I cannot recall. Dad was walking behind a couple of colleagues who were deep in conversation. He heard an aircraft approach and looked up to see a couple of parachutes heading his way. The two in front of him were completely oblivious; correctly surmising the 'chutes were attached to land mines rather than to Fallschirmjaeger, he jumped on the two unsuspecting lads, knocking them to the ground, and told them to keep still. The first projectile hit the railway embankment, causing some damage but the earthwork protected the three young men sheltering on the other side. The second fell further away, in some allotments behind a street of houses (Fallowfield Terrace, for those familiar with the area).

Expecting carnage amongst the chickens he knew to be kept there, Dad went to investigate the outcome. Surprisingly, however, despite the drogue effect of the parachute, the land mine had sunk deep into the boggy ground before going of, with the result that almost all of the explosive force had been directed harmlessly upwards and, like the humans involved, most of the chickens had got away with it (I'm tempted to say "by the skin of their teeth", but I'll try not to).




Sgt. John "Tommy" Clark .     British Army Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers   from Coventry

I am trying to locate some info on my late fathers time in Reme, his name was John Clark, known as Tommy. I do have some photos from Burma and India during this time




T-4 John Ashward Clark .     United States Army

My father was a POW in Cabanatuan 1 or 2. He died in one of these camps on 26th October 1942. He was stationed at Camp John Hay, Baguio City, Phillipines when WWII broke out.




PO, John Thomas Clark .     Royal Navy HMS Raven   from Tottenham, London

My late grandfather, John Clark, was an aircraft mechanic, Chief Petty Officer. He served in World War Two with the Royal Navy, and then backed up in the Korean War with the Royal Australian Navy. Ships that Jack served on:

  • HMS Drake
  • HMS Raven
  • HMS Condor
  • HMS Illustrious
  • HMS Owl
  • HMS Jackdaw
  • HMS Waxwing
  • HMS Haloford
  • HMS Daedalus
  • HMS Saket
  • HMS Bheninda
  • HMS Landrail
  • HMS Sydney
  • HMS Albatross
  • HMS Glory
  • HMS Nirimba
  • HMS Penguin
  • HMS Vengeance
  • HMS Heron
Jack was a merchant seaman before he joined the Royal Navy. He spent about 15 years at sea.




Joseph Stanley Clark .     British Army Seaforth Highlanders




Pte. Keller Cloe Clark .     United States Army   from Oklahoma

Keller Cloe Clark was my maternal grandfather. He did not speak of the war often and until recently, we did not know where he was held. I believe from the information I have found that he was at Stalag IIa from November 1944 until June 1945.




WO1 Kenneth William Clark .     Royal Canadian Air Force 252 Squadron   from Windsor, Ontario, Canada

(d.9th May 1943)

On 26th October 1942, F/Sgt. Kenneth Clark and observer Sgt. Fraser were flying Beaufighter T5209 on a sortie from Gianiclis escorting Beauforts on a convoy strike at Tobruk when they were attacked and hit by a ME109. Sgt. Fraser was injured in a hand as well as his left knee.

On 9th May 1943, F/Sgt. Clark and his Observer, F/Sgt. J. Talbot (964697) left the base at Magrun or Gambut at 1755 hrs in a patrol of four aircraft to carry out a convoy patrol in the Gulf Of Sidra.

Shortly after the patrol of four aircraft left the base, F/Sgt. Clark's aircraft was observed to orbit the base and then set course unaccompanied, at a height of 1000 ft. While over the base no message was received either on R.T. or V.H.F. (Radio Messages Morse and Voice) and no indication was given to the ground of any difficulty he may have experienced in deciding him to leave the patrol just after the take off and return and circle the base. This was the last occasion in which the aircraft was seen. It failed to join up with the patrol at any time.

An extensive search was carried out over the sea with no result and it was presumed that the aircraft had dived into the sea leaving no survivors.




KF Clark .     British Army Royal Armoured Corps

KF Clark 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 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.




Sgt Laurie Clark .     Royal Air Force 138 Sqd.

My father died in 1960, 3 weeks after my birth and would never talk about his wartime experiences to my mother. However, this is what I have gleaned over the years:

Towards the end of the war his Stirling was shot down over the Danish coast. There was an emergency landing and repairs were made but while they were taking off, and 50ft in the air, a bomb on the aircraft went off. A saboteur has planted it while the repairs were being done. My father was hurled through the perspex nose but landed in a mixture of sea and marsh, went through minefields, but survived. (At this time he may have been helping an injured American airforce person, perhaps of African descent. He may have killed an enemy soldier at this time, too, as my Mum said he had nightmares about this)

Through friendly contacts he made it to Copenhagen and was in sight of Sweden when he fell into the hands of the Gestapo. He received the "full treatment" and was sent to Stalag 7a at Moonsburg.

My mum would say that towards the end of the war he was part of a crew whose mission was to drop spies behind enemy lines and he talked about the Caterpillar Club.

My mother died 12 years ago and I now have children of my own and I am aware that there is so much about my father that I do not know.

Update:

The Stirling was LJ999, NF-Q they took of at 23:48 on the 4th of March 1945 from Tempsford on Operation TABLEJAM 241 and headed for Denmark. On the return journey at 150 feet, over Ringkobing Fjord an explosion sent the aircraft out of control to crash in shallow water.

The crew were:

  • F/O L.G.Steven
  • Sgt J.T.Breeze
  • F/O N.E.Tilly
  • F/S J.F.Kyle
  • F/S G.M.Maude RAAF
  • Sgt W.L.Clark
  • Sgt J.H.Bloomer
The crew all survived and were taken POW, 5 of then were confined in Hospital due injuries until the Liberation.




Cpl. Leonard Clark .     British Army 2nd Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers   from Colne, Lancashire

(d.21st May 1942)

The only the information about Leonard Clark was told to me by my granny Ethel (Leonard's wife). I remember asking as a small child where grandad was. My granny answered he was run over by a tank in the war and that was it. I know his name is on the War Memorial in the town. My dad told me to go and look, so I did and found his name. He has always been a mystery, so now in 2016 I have decided to see if I can learn his story. All his family are no longer with us. I became a NAAFI girl and was an Army wife for over 21 years, I think I owe it to his memory to find out as much about his life, also where he is buried. Also what happened to him. Back then, asking my gran where he was, I remember (even though I was young) her tone and manner and I knew not to ask again. So it became a subject not to be spoken about, back in my day that was it.




Cpl. Lesley Albert Clark .     United States Army




Margaret Clark .     Women's Land Army

My name is Margaret Clark and I served in the Land Army between 1945 and 1948, firstly on the Home Farm in Pembrokeshire run by John Bennion and then on the Old Moor Farm near Bothal in Northumberland run by Mr J Hine. I would very much like to hear from anyone who who also worked on these farms. I would also like to march on the Remembrance Day Parade and would be very grateful if I could get any advice as to how I would go about this.




F/Sgt. Maurice A. Clark .     Royal Air Force 57 Squadron   from Wathamston, Essex

(d.22nd June 1944)

Flt. Sgt. Maurice Clark was the RAF Flight Engineer of Lancaster Mk.1, (NN 696) DX - H This plane took off in the first slot, at 2300 hrs. June 21, 1944, from East Kirkby on the Wesseling Oil Refinery raid. This plane was attacked and shot down by a German JU-88 Night Fighter flown by Uffz. Johann Werthner of 7./NJ2, crashing west of Geilenkirchen with the loss of all 7 crew members.




Merl Clark .     US Navy

Merl Clark had a 20-year career in the US Navy and was a WWII Veteran where he received 13 battle star citations and 5 personal citations from the Navy. Six of those twenty years were served on the USS Boise CL47. The USS Boise was part of the Pacific fleet and during his tenure with the ship, Mr. Clark participated in The Battle of Cape Esperance (sunk 4 ships), the Battle of Guadalcanel, The Lone Tokoyo Raid; and the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Mr. Clark was aboard the US Boise during the Lingayen Gulf Landing (Philippines) with General McArthur aboard.

During his Navy career, Mr. Clark was the commanding officer of approximately eight different LCU, a recruiter, deep sea diver, and an instructor for boot camp. He received six letters of commendation for his service (one for citing the enemy during WWII as a gunner on the Boise and another for attaching a coaxial cable on the enemy’s submarine). He was also awarded “Outstanding Chief” of an LCU during his tenure. Overseas ports of call included: Sicily, Gibraltar, New Guinea, Portugal, Panama, most major Pacific Isles, Sidney Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Philippines, West Indies, Bombay India, Colombo Ceylon, Brunei Bay Borneo, Athens, Korea, Naples, Algiers, Plymouth and Cannes France to name a few.

He participated in two fleet campaigns and was in Torino the day that Sicily surrendered and took 700 commandos as prisoners. When he was not on an ocean campaign, he spent most of his Navy career in Navy bases located in Virginia and California.




Pte. Muriel Winifred Rose Clark .     Auxiliary Territorial Service

My mother was a private in the ATS during 1944. Does anyone remember her?




Flying Officer Peter "Butch" Clark .     Royal Air Force 418 Squadron   from Twickenham

(d.18 July 1944)

from left to right: Brown, Lissen, Kerr, Clark of 418 Sqd.

Looking for information about F/O Peter Clark. He was a navigator with 418 Squadron, flying Mosquitos. On 18 July 1944 he and his pilot, Jim Kerr, RCAF, went missing. Clark´s body was later found washed ashore in southern Sweden and he is buried at Malmo Eastern Municipal cemetery in Sweden. I work at the Malmo City Archives and am writing about the 10 allied airmen who are buried here. Clark is one of them and the one it is most difficult to find any information about. If you know anything at all, please contact me. I know he was married a couple of months before he died; his wife´s maiden name was Betty Ring. She lived at 12 or 14 Princes Square, W.2. at least during 1944-1947. But then where did she go? Thanks in advance for any help.




RSM Peter Anthony "Nobby" Clark .     British Army Buffs (East Kent) Regiment   from Benenden, Kent

Peter Clark was evacuated from Dunkirk with the BEF in 1940. He served in North Africa and Italy in transport related roles. Peter survived the war and died in 2001.




Cpl. R W Clark .     British Army Reconnaissance Corps

In my late mother's papers was a photograph of men taken at Stalag XXB main camp eastern district group. All men are in uniform. on the back of the postcard, addressed to my mother in pencil, is No 3677 Oflag 111 Germany and the name Cpl. RW Clark. Also the number 14610 and the name Clark is on the side. As my mother was brought up just outside Dundee in Angus I would imagine this chap came from there too. I would love to know more and as there are no family members left to ask I am relying on someone else solving this mystery.

My mother's name was Flora Linn and she lived at Greenford, Monikie by Dundee.




R Clark .     British Army

R Clark 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.




Reginald William "Nobby" Clark .     British Army 57 Field Regt. The Royal Corps of Signals   from Felpham, Sussex

My Father, Reginald Clark, died last year aged 92. Both he and my mother wrote to each other continuously from when first met her at Margate when billeted in Birchington in (I think) 1941. Although I never did read the letters while they were both alive I have found pleasure in what they wrote about whilst they were apart for over 3 and a half years. Luckily I have most of them I believe, except for those which may have been lost in transit. The tales my father told about the various activities, and I by that I only mean personal ones, are mostly comical. Of course he could never reveal where he was but I do know he was in the desert to start with, then went to Sicily the on to Italy. I wonder if there is any way I could find out about the route my father's unit took?




OM4. Reginald Albert Edward Clark .     Royal Navy HMS Lanka   from Leicester

(d.12th February 1944)

Reginald Clark is a distant relative of my husband. He was 31 years old, the son of Sydney and Phoebe Clark of Leicestershire, England. He was married to Kate M. A. Clark for only 4 years and left two sons, Philip and Albert.

During WW2 Reginald served with the Royal Navy serving aboard HMS Lanka (also known as SS Khedive Ismail). He died 12th of February 1944 when HMS Lanka was sunk by a Japanese submarine. He was aged 31 years and is remembered on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.





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