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Cpl. Thomas Edward Edwards . British Army 9th Btn. Royal Army Ordnance Corps
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Thomas Roland Edwards . Canadian Army Highland Light Infantry of Canada from Toronto A letter from my Uncle, Roly Edwards.
Written on the Salvation Army letterhead. On Active Service with the Canadian Forces, May 1st, 1942
Highland Light Infantry of Canada (AF) Canadian Army Overseas A32241.
Dear Gracie,
This is late at night that I am writing this letter, thank you very much for the Star Weekly. I like some of the Novels in them especially. It has been a fine day, warm and a bright sun, many people have been walking along the Esplanade, and then sitting down on the large benches facing the water. Some places are opened up for the men to bathe in but the water is rather cold yet, the men have to be paraded down to bathe. The Orchards are in full bloom in this part of the country and if you consider the bloom anything there should be a large crop of apples. Most of the Farmers are finished with the seeding of grain, and are harrowing and packing these fields, and are now planting potatoes. I was noticing some women planting them in the fields the other day. This is a Farming county, if any county in England can be considered such now, in an industry liked England and there are quite a number of large Dairy Farms with such cattle as Holstein, Ayrshire, Hereford and Durhams. I have looked through some of them and they are very up to date and modern having milking machines and well equipped in farm implements including tractors. Walking down town right after dinner, I tried the door of the YMCA canteen and that of the S.A. but they were locked, as I intended to do some writing, so I took another stroll along the road and entered a Pub, ordered a pint of Bitter as I was drinking this a fearsome looking sight came in. Just a girl of about 25, who had been dying her hair, she was a natural brunette, but had been using some dope to try and make a blonde of herself, there were white streaks all through her black hair. What with this and the warpaint she had on her face she looked very fearsome over a pint of ale. So I took another pint to fortify myself after this and walked out. Quite a number of our men are marrying English Girls, so there will be a few more women in Canada after this War. When a man marries half his pay goes to his wife and part of the rest of his goes towards paying for his wife's passage to Canada, which is figured at 200 dollars. We still follow about the same routine, which is schemes and lectures. Last Monday Decoyor Con Coy went on a scheme which includes a ten-mile march, in which my partner and I carried a stretcher. Starting early in the morning, we marched down past Evergreen cottages for about two miles, then we started to attack an imaginary enemy, till noon, then ate our lunch in a field, which consisted of sandwiches, brought along in our mess tins. After this we proceeded along the road again and attacked two more points then marched back to town over some farm fields. We still have our First Aid lectures at the RAF and also do other work around that building such as sifting the ashes. You see, we have to be very careful in everything and coal is rationed, there is any amount of coal in England but the trouble is to get it mined. That is one of the very few jobs that a girl cannot do, I was noticing some girls in the tire Brigade the other day holding a large hose with a considerable force of water running through it and was thinking what would the men be doing after this is all over. Went to Church Parade as per usual this morning, sermon was given by the pastor of the church for a change. We always parade down having the Pipe Band in front of us. Well I think I will get ready for bed and as I have no fire in the room, I will put on an extra blanket. Saturday we always wash the room so that it is fairly clean. My love to all the Girls, Best Regards to Stan. From Roland.
See you in the Comics.
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L/Cpl. Thomas Edwards . British Army 8th Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders from Holyhead, Anglesey
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TI Edwards . British Army TI Edwards 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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W Edwards . British Army Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry W Edwards 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 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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Walter Rees Edwards GM.. Metropolitan Police H Division PC Walter Rees Edwards was awarded the George Medal, along with Station Sergeant Blake and PC L D Hall for rescuing people trapped in the rubble of the Co-op Warehouse, Barchester St, Poplar on the night of 19-20 April 1941.
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Walter Edwards . British Army 236th Company Pioneer Corps
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WE Edwards . British Army Royal Armoured Corps WE Edwards 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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Cpl. WF Edwards . British Army 4/7th Dragoon Guards Cpl.WF Edwards served with the 4/7th Dragoon Guards 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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WF Edwards . British Army Royal Scots Greys WF Edwards served with the Royal Scots Greys 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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Gnr. William Edwards . Home Guard E Coy. LAA Bty. Workington Btn.
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Flying Officer William Henry Edwards DFC.. Royal Air Force 107 Squadron from Leichhardt, NSW, Australia My Grandfather, William Henry Edwards DFC, was posted to 107 Squadron, after war was declared, when on a Bristol Blenheim Ferry flight from Palestine to England. After numerous missions flying from RAF Wattisham and RAF Lossiemouth, he was awarded the DFC for gallantry displayed during a bombing mission over Stavanger in Norway. He was awarded this at an Investiture at Buckingham Palace in April 1940 by the King, along-side his C.O Wing Commander Basil Embry DFC and another pilot Peter Townsend.
8 Days later he was shot down bombing the Maastricht bridges over Belgium, and spent the rest of the war in German Prison camps including Camp 357. His Navigator, Sgt V G L Luter, also was captured, and spent time at camp 357. Their story can be found on the 211 Squadron website. I would sincerely love to hear any stories that may exist about my Grandfather`s time in the camps.
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Sgt. William Austin Edwards . Royal Air Force 460 Sqd.
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Sgt. William Edwards . British Army Nottinghamshire Yeomanry from Leicester My father, Bill Edwards, was captured at Crete and imprisoned at Stalag 8b. I believe he was the first soldier to be repatriated to Leicester. This action was mainly because he was suffering from what was then known as disseminated sclerosis (later changed to MS), diagnosed when he arrived home. It was also known as 'dropped feet'. My father never talked about his experiences at Stalag 8b, as it seems very few did.
If anyone has further information about my father, please contact me.
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William Stanley Edwards . Royal Air Force 150 Sqdn. from Liverpool (d.21st Sep 1944) William S. Edwards served as a W.Op/Air Gnr. and is remembered on the WW2 memorial in St. Anne's Church, Aigburth, Liverpool. He had been a member of the church choir.
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William Henry Edwards MM.. Home Guard from Marry, Rhondd, Glamorgan My maternal Great Grandfather William Edwards was born in Mardy, Glamorgan Wales in 1890, Will was a 24 year old married coal miner with two sons (and a third on its way, that being my grandfather) when war was declared and he enlisted with the newly formed 10th Btn, Welsh Regiment. He served with the 10th in Flanders seeing action at both the Battles of Mametz Wood (1916) and Pilkem Ridge (1917).
When the 10th were disbanded he was posted to the 9th Welsh Regiment in 1918 where he saw action at the Battles of Bapaume and Lys at Messines where he was awarded the honour of Military Medal which is awarded for "acts of gallantry and devotion to duty under fire or for individual or associated acts of bravery".
After he was demobbed in early 1919, Will returned to coal mining in the Rhondda and then later in Kent. He had eight children with his wife Frances Jane Crandon.
In the Second World War he served in the Home Guard in Kent.
Will died in 1969 and is buried with his wife in Ramsgate Cemetery.
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Willie Edwards . Merchant Navy Queen Mary from 41 Great Mersey Street, Liverpool (d.3rd May 1941) I am reserching my family tree.And willie Edwards was married to my mothers aunt, her name was bridgid and they lived somewhere in liverpool in the uk.Willie Edwards as far as i know served on the Queen mary during WW11.He was home in liverpool on leave when he died in a bombing raid.Willie and Bridgid had 3 kids Phil,Annie, and Queenie.i would appreciate any information or photos you might have on willie.
yours faithfully
WILLIE WALSH.
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WR Edwards . British Army WR Edwards 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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F/O John Trevor Edwards. DFC . RAF 12sqd
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TA Edwin . British Army TA Edwin 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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Douglas George Edy . British Army Royal Signals from Surrey I would like to hear from anybody who served with my Father, Douglas Edy in Eygpt in World War 2. I am not sure of the years. He is now 85 and I would love to reunite him with some of his fellow 'Signallers'.
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Capt. Michael Efthyvoulos . British Army Cyprus Regiment from Nicosia, Cyprus My grandfather, Captain Michael Efthyvoulos, served in WW I prior to his service in WW II. He rejoined the Cyprus Regiment with his two sons, Leonidas and Dimitri, at the outbreak of war.
Michael Efthyvoulos was captured in 1941 in Greece in the Peloponnese campaign.He was at HQ when the unit was over-run by the Germans and was captured returning from HQ to be with his men.
He spent time as a Prisoner of War at Stalag 4B and also I believe at Stalag 17. He also mentioned going to Colditz Castle.
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Pte. Henry Alfred Egalton . British Army Essex Regiment from 5 Weston Rd Dagenham Essex (d.13th Nov 1943) Henry Egalton is buried in Leros War Cemetery in Greece. He was the son of Henry Alfred and Rose Egalton,
Husband of Hannah Louisa Egalton and
Father to Henry, Iris, Ann, James and Terence.
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Sgt A E Egan . RAF 156 Sqn
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J Egan . British Army Duke of Wellingtons West Riding Regiment J Egan served with the Duke of Wellingtons West Riding Regiment 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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J Egan . British Army Lancashire Fusiliers J Egan served with the Lancashire Fusiliers 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. James Brian Egan . Royal Air Force 12 OTU. (d.18th Apr 1945) I was talking to my mother, Edna Harris about her war experiences during the anniversary of the end of world war two. She told me about the time she spent working at Park Farm Bishopsteignton Devon. One day she said she was in the top field working horses and could see a German plane staffing a passenger train on the Teign estuary, the plane then turned towards her , she drove the horses under the trees and froze she clearly saw the pilots face and swastika as the plane turned over the farm. Her brother Edward Perkin working in the lower field jumped into a scrub full of stinging nettles. (Edward later served in the RAF as a ground engineer) The raider then carried out the next attack dropped its bomb and missed. The enemy plane was shot down by anti aircraft fire over Torbay. The pilot was seen to parachute into the sea . By coincidence Edna's sister Sylvia was coming home on leave from nursing duties, and waiting for a connection at Exeter St Davids saw the train come in to the station many carriages all shot up. I don't know of casualties. I work as a Train Driver based at Exeter I often drive between Teignmouth and Newton Abbot luckily no enemy aircraft over head but I picture the scene everytime I run the route. Mum went on to say her saddest memories are of the deaths of three relatives: Harold Vivian Perkin Hms Heckla 1942 Cape Agulas, Arthur Ernest Steel 1944 North Western Europe and James Brian Egan 1945 Chipping Warden. I realised the family had lost someone from each of the three services. Having served in the RAF from 1978 to 2000 I was interested to find out more about James Egan my mum's first cousin who used his second name Brian. Before the war mum said Brain would come down on holiday and they would often go rowing on the river Teign. She can remember how Brain would stroke on the oars and fly forward in the boat because he had not immersed them sufficiently enough into the water to get some resistance and would end up on his back with his feet in the air and the ores adrift much to the annoyance of Edward.
  Sgt James Brian Egan.
Mum attended Brians funeral just before the war ended, an extremely sad day. Brian joined the RAF in the later stages of the war. He was training as a Wireless Operator / Air Gunner. During a training sortie 18 April 1945 on Wellington Bomber mk x LP286 the plane returned to Chipping warden following engine problems. Following an overshoot and go around the plane stalled and crashed at 14.03 into Egcote park south east of the airfield killing all but one.
- Flight Sergeant WJ Hillier -Pilot
- Sergeant H Mairs -navigator
- Sergeant AG Grant- Air Bomber
- Sergeant JB Egan - Wireless Operator
- Sergeant P McGowen- Air gunner
- Sergeant PV Birch- Air gunner (only survivor)
The crew were all aged early to mid twenties and remembered with honour.
 Sgt Grant.
Via the web administrator at www. aviationresearch.co.uk I made contact with a gentleman who witnessed the crash of LP 286. At the time he was a primary school boy at Chipping Warden and recalls the plane flying over with smoke trailing from the starboard engine. Following the crash the children were sent home, the crash site was near to the school boys path home. The gentleman remembers the excitement of planes flying, and at the time as a small child having no awareness to the true horror of the crash. I understand that LP286 was the last major incident at Chipping warden. I intend to try and make contact with the only survivor Sgt Birch or any relatives of him and that of the other crew members. Ultimately to place a memorial plaque at the crash site. Anyone with further information please get in touch.
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Pte. James Patrick Egan . British Army Royal Army Medical Corps from Newcastle James Egan joined up in WW2 and went to France to later be at the Battle of Dunkirk. What he did was amazing. One day he had heard of soldiers captured by the German Wehrmacht. He sneaked out once and found his way to those men getting them back safely but the most heroic thing out of this is that those soldiers he had saved were injured. My grandfather, his son, has told me he earned a medal for his bravery. We do not know which one. But, my grandfather's brother believed it was the Military Medal. We would never know because one day all of his medals were burgled so we will never know. He has made our family proud and I love him to bits.
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Fus. John Egan . British Army
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KM Egan . British Army Royal Armoured Corps KM Egan 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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