Those who Served
Pte. Robert Dalrymple . Army 7th Btn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Robert Dalrymple was captured near Dunkirk in 1940, along with Bobby Morris and spent the rest of the war as a POW in Stalag XXID and Stalag IXc, his POW number was 648. |
P/O James Samuel Kevin Dalziel . RAAF 101 Sqd. from Cairns, Queensland. Australia.) (d.4th Sep 1943) |
Stanley Darigan . Royal Navy HMS Forfar |
Able Seaman. Walter H. Darrington . Royal Navy HMS Forfar |
Sgt. Davidson . Royal Air Force w/op 101 Sqd. |
W/O A. G. Davidson . RAAF 115 Sqd. |
Edna Davies . Land Army My mum Edna Davies from Liverpool joined the Women's Land Army in 1944 and was initially based at Sileth in Cumbria.
She is thrilled that the contribution she and many other women made during and after WW2 is at last going to be recognised.
She would also love to hear from anyone that knew her then, especially Thelma Kennedy also of Liverpool.
My mum enjoys good health and lives a very active life in Northern Ireland where she settled after her marriage.
I'm only doing this because she not become a silver surfer - yet!
Hopefully, there will be some form of event that she can attend to meet up with comrades when she receives her badge?
And many thanks for your site
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Frederick Octavius Davies Maltese Cross . Army Durham Light Infantry from Gateshead) I am trying to establish where my father served during world war II. Myself and an older sister are attempting to write a record of his service for future generations to read.
We have no idea of his service number, but we know he was captured twice during 39-45 and escaped twice, once on his birthday 14th April. We have some picture of some of his mates with a white polar bear emblem on their uniform.
He was born 14th April 1919 and died 8th April 1990 just short of his 80th birthday. He was one of 10 children and I am one of six children.
He very rarely spoke of his experiences during that time.
If anyone knew him or any relative has heard their father speak of 'Fred', we (my sisiter and I) would be most grateful for any information.
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Lt Cmdr. (E) John Bertwell "Jack" Davies . Royal Navy HMS Forfar from Liverpool) (d.2nd Dec 1940) My Grandfather Lft Com John (Jack) Bertwell Davies served on the Forfar and was lost on the night of the 2 December 1940. He was Chief Engineer. |
Myrtle Lucy Davies . Land Army Myrtle Davies was a Landgirl at Catsley Farm Kinlet in South Shropshire, She was recently awarded a badge to mark Landgirls contribution to the war effort, not before time I might add!, sadly Myrtle died the day before her badge arrived, so she never saw it. To continue her landgirl story, she never went home after her service, she married the farmer,s son, Geoffrey Griffiths. I am researching my family history, and I am struggling to find anything about the landgirls of South Shropshire, Myrlte and Geoffrey are my cousin, sadly both deceased now. I have a write-up, from the local paper, for Mrylte when she died, I will email it to you. I am also searching for anything on the Home Guard in South Shropshire, as my Father, John William Hulme was Lt. Hulme in Cleobury Mortimer Home Guard, South Shropshire. Any help in either case will be gratefully recieved. |
Ray "Taff" Davies . Royal Navy HMS Manchester My first ship was the destroyer HMS Cossack (LO3)and I was aboard when she was sunk by a German U-Boat in the North Atlantic in 1941. I was one of 58 survivors out of a ship's complement of 240. I spent 6 hours in the water and was able to help rescue a young Lieutenant who went on to become Rear Admiral Anthony Davies. Rear Admiral Anthony Davies eventually became the President of the Swindon Branch of the RNA and stayed in contact with me and my family until he passed
away a few years ago. We were eventually rescued by HMS Legion, which was under the command of Commander Jessel.
My next ship was the cruiser HMS Manchester that was sunk whilst escorting a Malta convoy in August 1942. We were in the water for 12 hours and eventually picked up by an Italian E-Boat and taken to Tunis. We were then tranferred by train to Algiers and truck to Laghouat POW camp, which was 320 miles into the Sahara desert. I spent 5 months in Laghouat and was then repatriated to Algiers where I took passage aboard the troopship Arundel Castle back to Rosyth in Scotland. I then travelled back to RNB Portsmouth before taking 2 weeks leave.
I then joined the light cruiser HMS Emerald and sailed for the Far East in January 1943 and patrolled the Indian Ocean for about 18 months before being recalled post haste back to the UK. We went straight back to Rosyth, we were not allowed any leave and once back at sea the ship's company was informed that it was D-Day - Operation Neptune to the navy. Our beachhead was 'Sword' and 'Juno' where we were attacked by a German bomber. The bomber dropped 5 bombs, 2 to port and 2 to starboard, buckling the port and starboard plates. The fifth bomb landed on a gun deck and remarkably did not explode. We spent 10 days on the beachhead.
In 1944 I joined the Hunt Class destroyer HMS Talybont (L18) and saw out the war in Europe. We then sailed to the med' for 2 1/2 years service on Palestine patrols. After the war I was called but because of the Korean war and I saw out my service until 1951 on HMS Battleaxe.
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Ronald Davies . Army Royal Artillery My father, Ronald Davies, served with the Royal Artillery and was a prisoner in Stalag 7A. He did not like talking about his wartime experiences. To my brother he spoke of being put on his knees with a gun to his head on three occasions, each time his life was saved by the priest.
To me he told tales of horses head soup and that it was the only time in his life that he had worn a moustache.
He escaped, was recaptured and sent to the coalmines in Poland (I think)
My father died in 1986. I wish he was here now to tell his stories. |
Trimmer F. A. Davis . Naval Auxiliary Personnel HMS Forfar Davis was one of the ships crew to transfer under the T124X agreement when the Montrose became HMS forfar in 1939. He was counted amongst the survivors when the ship was lost. |
Pauline Davis . Women's Land Army My mum, Pauline Davis, was in the Land Army, WW2. As far as I know she worked at a farm or place called Breedon, I think it was a poultry unit. I would love to hear from any ladies who remember her or the place. |
Rfm. John Dawson . Army 9th Btn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (d.6th Aug 1944) |
Flt. Sgt. Norman Buckenham Day . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve pilot 114 sqd. from Ilford, Essex. England) (d.12th Jun 1942) Norman is buried in Barkingside Cemetery, Iford. His brother Raymond also lost his life whilst serving with 106 squadron. |
Sgt. Raymond Edward Buckenham Day . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve mid upper guner 106 Sqd from Ilford, Essex. England) (d.16th Dec 1944) Raymond Day was the Mid Upper Gunner of Avro Lancaster ND682 and lost his life when it was shot down by a night fighter at 03:54 hours on the 16th of December 1944 over the southeast part of the sea of Kattegat by a German JU 88 night fighter of 3./NJG 3. He has no known grave and he is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. He was 34 years old and was married. His brother Norman also lost his life whilst serving with 114 Squadron.
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Sgt. Raymond Edward Buckenham Day . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve mid upper guner 106 Sqd from Ilford, Essex. England) (d.16th Dec 1944) Raymond Day was the Mid Upper Gunner of Avro Lancaster ND682 and lost his life when it was shot down by a night fighter at 03:54 hours on the 16th of December 1944 over the southeast part of the sea of Kattegat by a German JU 88 night fighter of 3./NJG 3. He has no known grave and he is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. He was 34 years old and was married. His brother Norman also lost his life whilst serving with 114 Squadron.
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Richard T Deane . My grandfather, Richard T Deane and his first wife Dorothy Wyatt were aboard the City of Benares. Dorothy was lost due to exposure and he gave her up to the ocean to allow room for someone else to climb into the life boat he had commandeered. Or so the story goes.
It left him widowed with 7 children, but he later remarried and had 2 more children. He died at the age of 89 in 1973. My mother said he rarely talked of the tragedy but there is mention of him in a book called "Children of the Benares" |
Able Seaman John Dearing . Royal Navy HMS Forfar from Yarmouth, Norfolk) (d.2nd Dec 1940) |
Ord, Seaman George David Deighton . Royal Navy HMS Forfar (d.2nd Dec 1940) |
Terry Delaney . RCAF bomb aimer 408 Sqd. |
F/S F. W. Dennehy . Royal Air Force mid upper gunner 514 Sqd. Having been shot down on the 3rd of August, F/S Dennehy evaded capture. |
Trimmer James Dewart . Naval Auxiliary Personnel HMS Forfar from Bridgeton, Glasgow) (d.2nd Dec 1940) |
Act. P.O. H. J. Dewing . Royal Navy HMS Forfar Acting P.O. Dewing survived the sinking of HMS Forfar in 1940. He is listed in the cast of the revue
"Get Sailing" which was performed onboard the Forfar on the 19th of June 1940, he is listed as Leading Seaman on the programme. |
Sgm Allan Dewsnap . Army Royal Signals Corps My father, Sgm Allan Dewsnap 2586904 Royal Signals Corp, was a survivor of the sinking of the Lancastria, along with other Glossop soldiers, Thomas O. Booth (still alive), Leonard Dicks (still alive), Corporal William Bamforth (deceased), James Alfred Drabble (drowned on the ship).
I have spoken to Tom Booth and Len Dicks many times about the sinking. Tom always carries a photograph of the ship going down and at the stern in the water are six figures – Tom says that one is himself and the others are Len Dicks and my father. Unfortunately I can't remember who the other three are. Nor can I remember the newspaper that carried the article and photo. Tom is not very well at the moment so I will have to wait awhile to see him. This morning I received my father's Lancastria Commemorative Medal and a very nice letter from the First Minister of Scotland the Rt Hon Alex Salmond MSP. I will keep it with my father's other campaign medals. |
Dorothy Patricia Dickinson . Womens Royal Naval Service My mother Dorothy Patricia Dickinson was in the Wrens. She married my father
Frederick John Cole of 57 Sqd RAF on the 10th April 1944.
Read his story |
Leonard Dicks . Army Royal Signals Corps from Glossop) |
Ord, Seaman Douglas Dickson . Royal Navy HMS Forfar (d.2nd Dec 1940) |
Second Lieutenant Ralph J Diederich Purple Heart. US Army Air Force 388 Bomber Group, Heavy 563 Bomber Squadron (d.8th March 1944) My grandfather's brother, Second Lieutenant Ralph J. Diederich
O-755052 enlisted in Illinois in the U.S. Army Air Force and flew with the 563rd Bomber Squadron, 388th Bomber Group, Heavy.
He lost his life on Wednesday, March 08, 1944 and was buried at Lorraine American Cemetery, St. Avold (Moselle), in France.
He was awarded a Purple Heart. I would love to learn more about him. |
Trimmer E. Dillon . Naval Auxiliary Personnel HMS Forfar Trimmer E Dillon was one of the survivors brought ashore from HMS Forfar. |
Mary Theresa Dillon . Land Army Joined August 1943 and left to get married June 1945 |
W/O L. A. Ding . Royal Air Force 514 Sqd. (d.30th Jul 1944) W/O Ding was lost without trace over the English Channel on the 30th of July 1944 when the aircraft was returning to Waterbeach after a raid on Caen.
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Gloria Dixon . Australian Women's Land Army I was 11 when the sombre tones of the Prime Minister announced that we were at war with Germany. But apart from the rush to join up, the knitting bees, sending wartime parcels to England, and the long casualty lists, the war was far away.
The school I attended was built along the railway line and every time a new contingent marched to the train to go to War our classes were interrupted to allow us to line the school fences to cheer the men on their way.
As in England we had rationing, and life was full of don'ts, but with the bombing of the hospital ship Centaur and the city of Darwin and air raid alerts; our lives were changed forever.
The war had come to us/
Schoolyards were dug up for trenches, shelters began to appear in the streets and the bombing started on our coastlines. Mostly we were unaware of the extent of this until well after the war had ceased; but one night the siren went in our town.
As we lived close to the railway, the Gasworks, and the Warf, that uncomfortable night was enough for Mum. She decided we would go to live in the quiet rural area near where she had lived when a child. That was a case of out of the frying pan into the fire - unknown to us the area was now a huge American camp, but Mum's only comfort was that we would never be gassed. (My father had died many years after the first war after being gassed on numerous occasions in France.)
The war was going badly for us, long lists of men and women killed and wounded began to appear every day, and the Japanese getting closer. Manpower was in and everyone was doing their bit. It was inevitable that there would be casualties in the town, and often there would be funerals for men and women who had been killed in air and road crashes, so the population would line the streets to watch the cortege pass to the small war cemetery. It remains a lovely serene beautifully kept area despite being on a busy highway.
I had this notion that I wanted to be a nurse but the starting age was 18, along way off for me. Food was a major concern as we had thousands of American troops as well as our own fighting forces; so at 15, I joined the Australian Women's Land Army.
No glamour attached to this job, always dirty, and often hungry as well, we worked at every rural job through the war often joined by our enemies the Italians.
We were not allowed to speak to them or work near them. They picked and packed fruit at one end of the paddock and the girls at the other end. These were men who volunteered to work and had been billeted with Italian families for the duration. In hindsight that does not seem to be a very good move but it worked quite well and they were willing cheerful workers.
The Japanese were in camp at Cowra and did not work nor were they given the opportunity, but one night they broke out of camp with a resulting loss of life.
The country dances were our sole entertainment, and our weekly wages went on ice cream sundaes, and tins of condensed milk mixed with milo and eaten with a spoon, usually after lights out was sounded.
Work was a 48 hr. week, and our wages 2pnds 50 pence but 1 pnd was deducted for board and lodging. Some matrons insisted on route marches when we had time to ourselves, we also kept the space round our beds clean and took turns at washing up and setting tables etc. We were often punished for some misdeed and I can remember the whole camp being confined to barracks because we had threatened to throw a union organizer into the nearby river if he persisted in trying to make us join the union. We argued that we were an army and wore the King's crown and would never go on strike, so we had no use for unions, but of course the real reason was that we had better uses for our money.
We bathed in a tin tub in front of a queue of other girls waiting their turn, and it was the subsequent loss of privacy that irked most. We lived in old deserted halls or tents with dirt floors, did our washing in tin tubs with a wood copper.
In the beginning we supplied our own clothing, sheets and blankets as factories were working flat out trying to keep the troops clothed. Later we were issued with a uniform, which we wore proudly.
One morning while picking beans on a hillside in Gympie a young farmhand came running and shouting for us to knock off; he said the war was over/
We were put on a train to Brisbane to join the celebrations.
That night lives in my memory forever, all traffic stopped, we hugged kissed and danced in the streets, but it was the lights that made the most impression, after years of blackout there were street lights and neon lights flashing, bells tolling and people singing.
In the morning, those of us who had joined for the duration were given a discharge and a ticket home, no chance to say goodbye, no thanks either but 40 years on a medal
We watched with horror the return of relatives from prison camps, the devastation of cities from bombing, and the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and wondered how it could all be justified.
The only good thing to result from war is the wonderful feeling of mateship and the population's ability to pull together to do whatever has to be done |
Laurence "Larry/Laurie" Dobson . War Worker Aircraft factory My father, Laurie Dobson was an Aircraft Fitter in 1942. I know this because it is on my birth certificate. I am trying to find where he did this job and what training would he have had? Thank you in advance. |
Sgt. Leslie Hubert Doe . RAF(VR) w/op 434 Sqd. from Hamworthy, Poole, Dorsetshire.) (d.20th Jan 1944) |
Asst.Steward Ian Donnelly . Merchant Navy SS. Athenia (d.3rd Sep 1939) |
Asst.Steward John Donnelly . Merchant Navy SS. Athenia (d.3rd Sep 1939) |
Able Seaman Leo Joseph Donnelly . Royal Navy HMS Forfar (d.2nd Dec 1940) |
Capt. William N. Doughten . US Army Air Force 506th Bomb Squadron 44th Bomb Group My grandfather, Captain William N. Doughten was stationed in Shipdham with the 506th from Sept 1943 to the end of the war. He was ground crew, I believe. He spoke of James Curtis McAtee, a colonel, who was stationed there and was one of the pilots of the Aug 1943 ploesti raid. Col. Mcatee is still alive and well.
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Alec Doughty . My father, Alec Doughty, was an interpreter at Harperley Camp and amongst the gifts made for him by prisoners was an elaborately carved walking stick. My mother used the stick when she broke her knee and my father used it after suffering a stroke. Unfortunately the walking stick was stolen when my father left it propped up outside a toilet he was using in London. He was very upset about it as it had great sentimental value. I have no idea who the prisoner was that carved and made the stick with such expertise, if anyone has any knowledge as to who may have carved it I would love to hear from them. |
"Mick" Dowling . Army Mick was in Stalag 8b with my Father, Arthur Booker, if anyone remembers him or his fellow POW's please get in touch. |
L/Cpl. William Downie . Army 6th Btn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) from Larkhall, Lanarkshire, Scotland) (d.19th May 1943) I am looking for information on my Grandfather, Lance Corpral William Downie of the Cameronians Scottish ifles, R.O. No 16, Camp no 357, POW no 25505, He was captured in May 1940 and died May 19th 1943, he was in Stalag XXA (fort 13 infirmary). |
L/Cpl. William Downie . Army 6th Btn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) from Larkhall, Lanarkshire, Scotland) (d.19th May 1943) I am looking for information on my Grandfather, Lance Corpral William Downie of the Cameronians Scottish ifles, R.O. No 16, Camp no 357, POW no 25505, He was captured in May 1940 and died May 19th 1943, he was in Stalag XXA (fort 13 infirmary).
UPDATE:
I would like to contact anyone who knew my uncle LCpl William (Bill) Downie, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) who was captured in Trondheim, Norway in 1940 and transferred to Stalag XXA. He was a POW there until 1945 where he joined the exodus to the west and was killed by an Allied aircraft attack on his column along with approximately 33 other POWs. This incident occured near Hannover on 19 April 1945. If anyone knows any more information on this incident, I would appreciate that you would contact me.
My uncle in buried at the Commonwealth Military Cemetery in Charlotteburg, Berlin.
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Lance Corporal William Downie . Army 6th Battalion Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) from Larkhill, Lanarkshire) (d.19th April 1945) L/Cpl William Downie from Larkhall in Lanarkshire was badly wounded at Narvik in May 1940 and left for dead.
He was taken to Trondheim Hospital and later to Oslo Infirmary by the Germans. Willie was in hospital in Norway until August 1940 then transferred to Stalag XXA ,Thorn, Poland, Fort 13. He was in the misery march which saw Germans and prisoners go west to escape the Russian advance in January 1945. L/Cpl William Downie was killed by friendly fire at Gresse, on the River Elbe on the 19th April 1945. L/Cpl William Downie is buried in the British and Commonwealth Cemetery, The Heerstrasse, Charlottenburg, Berlin,Plot 11.Row k |
Elsie Doyle . Land Army My mother served in the Land Army but cannot remember much
as she is 88 years old. She was born 1920 in Bakewell Derbyshire
so if any one has any memories of my mother could you please email
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Thomas George Doyle DFM. RAF 90 Squadron from Merthyr Tydfil) My late grandfather was Thomas George Doyle DFM from Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales. He served at RAF Tuddenham as a Navigator with 90 Squadron, from 1943 onward. |
Signalman James Alfred Drabble . Army Royal Signals Corps (d.17th June 1940) |
Edna Drake . Land Army I joined the Land Army in 1943, I was 16 years old & could not wait until I was 17 so I put my age up & hoped nobody would find out. I was sent first to Strensall near York, I was in a hostel with other new recruits who were all friendly. I remember my first job was feeding turkeys & general farm work. I was a city girl with no experience of country life but I soon became used to it, I never enjoyed the early mornings though. Later on I was transferred to Stogumber in Somerset,oh dear cycling up those long hills at the end of a long tiring day. The hostel had been a lovely old house with a large garden, a pleasant place to be. A group of us always went somewhere on the train at weekends,often to Minehead to enjoy the sea air, sometimes to Taunton if we had any money to spare for shopping. There was not much in the shops of course & all clothing was on coupons, sometimes my Mum would send me some of her coupons, what a treat that was.
I left Somerset & was sent to Sandown on the I.O.W. again to be billeted in a lovely old house taken over by the Govt to house Land Girls. It was a happy time there, my sister was living in Shanklin which was great, I could visit her,just a short bus ride away. I decided to try milking & dairy work & gained a proficiency certificate for that in due course. I dont remember any air raids there on the Island,we were lucky to be free from all that. I met my future husband in Sandown, he had just returned from Burma & was demobbed from the R.A.F. & having a holiday . David lived in Southampton,we did a lot of travelling on the ferry from Ryde to Portsmouth! I spent the last part of my service in East Meon,or was it West Meon? I lived on a dairy farm with the farmer & his family,that was a very pretty part of Hampshire.
I suppose memory retains the good things, I know there were winter mornings in Yorkshire with heavy frosts & hedging & ditching was hard going. I wish I could remember the names of some of the girls I met during those years, I stayed on in the Land Army until 1947 & was married in 1948. I have no regrets & counted myself lucky to have such a healthy life which I feel sure has helped to keep me fit & well into my 82nd year. |
Capt. Harold N. Drew DSC. . Royal Navy HMS Manchester Capt. Drew served during the First World War as a Midshipman and in the Second World War was the Captain of HMS Manchester between the 31st of May 1941 and the 13th of August 1942 when the ship was lost.
During Operation Pedestal The Manchester was torpedoed and her engine room flooded. With the ship only able to travel slowly in a circle, Capt Drew took the decsion to abandon the ship and scuttle her in order to prevent the brand new ship's radar from falling into the hands of the enemy.
Drew took to the lifeboats with his men and got ashore in Tunisia with 27 officers and 375 of his men. They were taken prisoner by the Vichy French. They were held in a POW camp until freed by the Allies during Operation Torch. On return to Britain Drew was summoned to an enquiry and found guilty of negligence as the Admiralty believed that the ship could have reached a friendly port.
I would like to know which POW camp Drew and his officers were held in. If anyone has any information or photos of Captain Drew I would love to hear from you. |
Michael Duffey . Royal Navy HMS Forfar |
Greaser M. Duffy . Naval Auxiliary Personnel HMS Forfar M. Duffy was amongst the survivors when HMS Forfar was lost. |
Sgt. Rennie Frank Duggan . RAF(VR) 2nd pilot 78 Sqd. from Worcester, England) (d.2nd Nov 1941) Sgt Duggan flew with my Uncle, James Mercer, I would love to hear from anyone who knew him.
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PFC Clayton Duke . US Army 156 Infantry Regt. PFC Clayton Duke was an actor by profession. |
John Dukes . Royal Army Service Corps Hello. My grandad, John Dukes, passed away a couple of years ago, and I am trying to find out anything I can about him. He was called up for duty as a baker on the 25th of April 1941, and he was demobed on the 19th of June 1946. He left a story of his life in the army from 1941 to 1946, but I would like to know more information if there is any. I hope someone can help. Thank you.
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John Dukes . Army baker Royal Army Service Corps hello, this is my grandad. He passed away a couple of years ago and I am trying to find out anything I can about him. He was called up for duty on the 25th April 1941 and he was demobbed on the 19th June 1946. He left a story of his life in the army from 1941 to 1946, but I would like to know more. If there is any more about him, I hope someone can help. Thank you. |
Flt Sgt Alexander "Allie" Dunbar . RAF 106 Sqn from Edinburgh) (d.13 Jan 1943) My uncle Allie was a flight engineer on a Lancaster durign a raid on Essen. According to the letters I found in my mothers papers, he was caught by a night fighter on the return leg of the raid and was shot down over Appledoorn in Holland. He is buried along with the remainder of the crew, in the town cemetary in Appledoorn.
The crew were:
- F/L E.F.G.Healey DFC DFM
- Sgt A.Dunbar
- F/O J.R.Pennington DFC
- P/O D.MacL Crozier DFM RCAF
- P/O M.H.Lumley
- Sgt C.H.Jurgensen
- Sgt F.J.Edwards
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Sgt. Ron D. Dunn . RAAF nav. 460 Sqd. from Australia) |
Jessie Lilian Selena Dupey . Land Army
We as a family are trying to trace any body who served with our Mum. She married Frederick Hutton in March 1945. My mother has now got altzeimers so is unable to give us much information ,but always talks about the time she served in the land army. she talks about a friend called Nora ,we know she was on a farm in somerset,as thats where she met my Dad, but he died 12 years ago. It would be lovely if some one can recall Jessie, she was 19 when she married my Dad, we know she faked her age to enlist. Mum grew up in London, but when married stayed in somerset |
W/O A. N. Durham . RAAF 514 Sqd. W/O Durham survived the loss of Lancaster DS822 JI-T when it came down at La Celle Le Bordes France on the 8th of June 1944 whilst on a bombing raid to Massy Palaiseau. He evaded capture. |
Eleanor "Norah" Durie . Womens Land Army I was stationed at Bemersyde House during the war. As a member of the Scottish Womens Land Army I was 19 when i joined. I remember having my 21st Birthday at Bemersyde. |
Ldg Seaman. Durnford . Royal Navy HMS Manchester |
Sergeant Kenneth Michael Garton Durrant . RAF 582 Squadron (d.16th September 1944) |
Anthony Dwyer . Anthony Dwyer was stationed at Thruxton Airfield, Hampshire, England during 1940-43. I am looking for any information on this man, believed to be directly related to us. Unfortunately do not have any other details. Can anyone help? |
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