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Those who Served Allied Forces - Browse by Surname. A       B       C       D       E       F       G       H       I       J       K       L       M       N       O       P       Q       R       S       T       U       V       W       X       Y       Z       Axis Forces - Browse by Surname. A       B       C       D       E       F       G       H       I       J       K       L       M       N       O       P       Q       R       S       T       U       V       W       X       Y       Z       PFC Arthur Facter .     United States Army 119th Regiment 30th Infantry Division   from Skokie, Illinois) John McGee McKay Fagan .     British Army Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders   from Edinburgh) My Father, John Fagan, fought for the Argylls during the Second World War. He was in the Cameron Highlanders until WW2 broke out but his big brother was a Sgt in the Argylls and got him transferred. He is in a book in George 4th Bridge Edinburgh called the First Argylls 1939-1945 by F.C.C Graham. I saw the picture of him in a guard of honour for General Matt Clarke it was taken in Florence in 1944. Sergeant J Fage .     RAF VR 59 Squadron P/O Edward Fahy .     Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve flight eng. 419 Sqd.   from Rhyl, Flintshire, Wales) (d.17th Jun 1944) P/O. Douglas Thomas George Fairbairn .     Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 100 Squadron   from Holborn, London) (d.11th Jun 1944) I am the cousin of Doug Fairbairn. I have visited his grave in Serazereux Communal Cemetery, near Chartres, France. Here are the details I know: On the night of the 10th June a Lancaster Mk III bomber (ND.594 ‘P’) flown by Pilot Officer Fairbairn with a crew of 8. The aircraft took off from Grimsby at 22.55 in good weather with 19 other Lancasters from 100 sqdn. The crews had been placed on standby for the mission early in the day. Orders identifying the target had not been received until 16.00. Their mission was to bomb the railway near Archeres. To the west of Archeres towards Paris was a marshalling yard and nearby were twin junction switches on the rail network. The operations log for 100 sqdn records the junction was “already a much bombed tactical objective but still passing German military traffic to the Western front”. Indeed the aircraft had been had navigated there four days earlier with P/O Fairbairn and bombed the target on the night of the 6/7th June landing back at Grimsby at 03.05 As the aircraft crossed southern England the aircraft encountered low cloud that continued over the Channel and then the weather cleared. 17 planes reached Archeres and dropped 68 tons of high explosive. I aircraft arrived too late over the target and was forced to jettison its bomb load into the sea on the return. 432 aircraft from Bomber Command - 323 Lancasters, 90 Halifaxes, 19 Mosquitos - attacked railway targets at Achères, Dreux, Orléans and Versailles that night. All targets were believed to have been hit but few further details are available. 15 Lancasters and 3 Halifaxes were lost 2 of those Lancasters were from 100 Sqdn and failed to return to Grimsby. It was later discovered that the aircraft had crashed at Serazereux 20 kilometres north-north-west of Chartres and about 15 kilometres south-south-east of Dreux. All 8 crew died. They were buried in a communal grave in Serazereuz Cemetery and are the only service personnel in the cemetery. The cemetery is east of the village on the road to the neighbouring village of Ormoy. I have a photograph of the grave. Below is the flight log: 100 Sqd. 18-Mar-44, Lancaster JB289 HW-T, Ops Munich, F/S DTG Fairbairn, Sgt HR Tufton, P/O F Toverey, F/O JM Wilder, Sgt LE Gibbons, Sgt WS Tunstall , Sgt JR Logan took off at 19.45, over target at 22.01, returned 01.10 flight time 5hrs25mins 100Sqd. 22-Mar-44, Lancaster JB289 HW-T, Ops to Frankfurt, F/S DTG Fairbairn, Sgt HR Tufton, P/O F Toverey, F/O JM Wilder, Sgt LE Gibbons, Sgt WS Tunstall, F/S CL Foster. Took off 19.15, over target 22.12, returned 00.55. Flight time 5hrs.40mins 100Sqd. 24-Mar-44 Lancaster JB289 HW-T, Ops to Berlin, F/S DTG Fairbairn, Sgt HR Tufton, P/O F Toverey, F/O JM Wilder, Sgt LE Gibbons, Sgt WS Tunstall, F/S CL Foster. Took off 19.05, over target 22.40, returned 02.40 Flight time 7hrs.35mins. 100Sqd. 26-Mar-44, Lancaster ND328 HW-W Ops Essen, F/S DTG Fairbairn, Sgt HR Tufton, P/O F Toverey, F/O JM Wilder Sgt LE Gibbons Sgt WS Tunstall Sgt RA Bacon. Took off at 20.05 over target 22.07 returned 00.55 flight time 4hrs 50mins. 100 Sqd. 30-Mar-44, Lancaster JB603 HW-E, Ops Nuremburg, F/S DTG Fairbairn Sgt HR Tufton, P/O F Toverey, F/O JM Wilder, Sgt LE Gibbons, Sgt WS Tunstall , Sgt JG Woockey. Took off at 22.20, over target 01.22 retunred 05.45 flight time 7hrs 25mins. 100Sqd, 11-Apr-44, Lancaster ND594 HW-P, Ops to Aachen, F/S DTG Fairbairn, Sgt HR Tufton, P/O F Toverey, F/O JM Wilder, Sgt LE Gibbons, Sgt WS Tunstall , Sgt FH Taylor. Took off 20.45 over target 22.47 returned 00.40 flight time 3hrs55mins. 100Sqd. 20-Apr-44 Lancaster ND594 HW-P Ops to Cologne, P/O DTG Fairbairn, Sgt HR Tufton, F/O F Toverey, F/O JM Wilder, Sgt LE Gibbons, Sgt WS Tunstall , Sgt FH Taylor. Took off 23.43 over target 02.10 returned 04.16 flight time 4hrs33mins 100 22-Apr-44, Lancaster ND594 HW-P Ops to Dusseldorf, P/O DTG Fairbairn, Sgt HR Tufton, F/O F Toverey, F/O JM Wilder, Sgt LE Gibbons, Sgt WS Tunstall , Sgt FH Taylor. Took off 22.43 over target 01.19, returned 03.25 flight time 4hrs 42mins. Notes:H2S U/S. 100Sqd. 24-Apr-44, Lancaster ND594 HW-P Ops to Karlsruhe. P/O DTG Fairbairn, Sgt HR Tufton, F/O F Toverey, F/O JM Wilder, Sgt LE Gibbons, Sgt WS Tunstall , Sgt FH Taylor. Took off 21.38 over target 00.45 returned 04.10 flight time 6hrs32mins. 100Sqd. 26-Apr-44 Lancaster ND594 HW-P Ops to Essen, P/O DTG Fairbairn, Sgt HR Tufton, F/O F Toverey, F/O JM Wilder, Sgt LE Gibbons, Sgt WS Tunstall , Sgt FH Taylor. Took off 23.05 over target 01.38 returned 04.00 flight time 4hrs 55mins. 100Sqd. 27-Apr-44 Lancaster ND594 HW-P Ops to Freidrichshaven. P/O DTG Fairbairn, Sgt HR Tufton, F/O F Toverey, F/O JM Wilder, Sgt LE Gibbons, Sgt WS Tunstall , Sgt FH Taylor. Took off 21.50 over target 02.09 returned 05.50 flight time 8hrs 100Sqd. 30-Apr-44 Lancaster ND594 HW-P Ops to Maintenon. P/O DTG Fairbairn, Sgt HR Tufton, F/O F Toverey, F/O JM Wilder, Sgt LE Gibbons, Sgt WS Tunstall , Sgt FH Taylor. Took off 21.41 over target 23.55 returned 02.19 flight time 4hrs38 Notes: H2S U/S. 100Sqd. 01-May-44 Lancaster ND594 HW-P Ops to Lyons. P/O DTG Fairbairn, Sgt HR Tufton, F/O F Toverey, F/O JM Wilder, Sgt LE Gibbons, Sgt WS Tunstall , Sgt FH Taylor. Took off 21.23 over target 01.06 returned 04.34 flight time 7hrs.11mins. 100Sqd. 03-May-44 Lancaster ND594 HW-P Ops to Mailly le Camp. P/O DTG Fairbairn, Sgt HR Tufton, F/O F Toverey, F/O JM Wilder, Sgt LE Gibbons, Sgt WS Tunstall , Sgt FH Taylor. Took off 21.55 over target 00.18 returned 03.25 flight time 5hrs.30mins. 100Sqd. 09-May-44 Lancaster ND644 HW-N Ops to Merville. F/L P Sherriff , Sgt E Bruce, F/O F Toverey, F/O RM Girvan, Sgt RL Onions P/O GR Dixon, Sgt S Kneller , 2nd Pilot P/O W Castle, 2nd B/A F/O E Grundy. Took off 21.50 over target 23.41 returned 01.05 flight time 3hrs.15mins. 100sqd. 27-May-44 Lancaster ND594 HW-P Ops to Merville. P/O DTG Fairbairn, Sgt HR Tufton, F/O F Toverey, F/O JM Wilder, Sgt LE Gibbons, Sgt WS Tunstall, Sgt HW Gee. Took off 23.38 over target 02.00 returned 03.51 flight time 4hrs.13mins Notes: Bomb sight went U/S while orbiting the target. 100 31-May-44 Lancaster ND594 HW-P Ops to Tergnier. P/O DTG Fairbairn, Sgt HR Tufton, F/O F Toverey, F/O JM Wilder, Sgt LE Gibbons, Sgt WS Tunstall, Sgt HW Gee. Took off 23.41 over target 05.05 returned 5.24 Notes: Abandoned Could not release bombs. All hung up. 100Sqd. 02-Jun-44 Lancaster ND594 HW-P Ops to Bernaval. P/O DTG Fairbairn, Sgt HR Tufton, F/O F Toverey, F/O JM Wilder, Sgt LE Gibbons, Sgt WS Tunstall , Sgt HW Gee. Took off 23.30 over target 01.27 returned 03.30 flight time 4hrs. 100sqd. 05-Jun-44 Lancaster ND594 HW-P Ops to St Martin de Varreville. P/O DTG Fairbairn, Sgt HR Tufton, F/O F Toverey, F/O JM Wilder, Sgt LE Gibbons, Sgt AM Nyland, Sgt HW Gee. Took off 21.40 over target 23.51 returned 01.55 flight time 4hrs.15mins. 100sqd. 06-Jun-44 Lancaster ND594 HW-P Ops to Vire. P/O DTG Fairbairn, Sgt HR Tufton, F/O F Toverey, F/O JM Wilder, Sgt LE Gibbons, Sgt WS Tunstall , Sgt HW Gee. Took off 22.20 over target 00.38 returned 03.05 flight time 4hrs.45mins. 100sqd. 07-Jun-44 Lancaster ND594 HW-P Ops to Foret de Cerisy. P/O DTG Fairbairn, Sgt HR Tufton, F/O F Toverey, F/O JM Wilder, Sgt LE Gibbons, Sgt WS Tunstall, Sgt HW Gee. Took off 23.05 over target 01.43 returned 03.45 flight time 4hrs.40mins. 100Sqd. 10-Jun-44 Lancaster ND594 HW-P Ops to Acheres. 173760 P/O DTG Fairbairn, 1343965 Sgt RS Millar, 151163 F/O F Toverey, 1335126 Sgt PA Kemp, 1800349 Sgt F Sedgwick, Sgt J Hancock, 1517079 Sgt HW Gee, 2nd Pilot 172480 P/O KA Wells. Took off 22.55 Lost Crashed at Serazereaux 2nd Pantryman. J. Fairclough .     Naval Auxiliary Personnel HMS Forfar Fairclough was one of the crew of the Montrose who had transferred with the ship under the T124X agreement. He was counted amongst the survivors brought ashore when the ship went down. Ships Cook. S. Fairclough .     Naval Auxiliary Personnel HMS Forfar S. Fairclough was the ships cook on board HMS Forfar, he was amongst those who survived. Sergeant J Falconer .     RAF 59 Squadron Sgt. John Falkingham .     British Army Royal Corps of Signals Does anyone have any information on John Falkingham who was born in 1915? He may have been a journalist and served in the TA before WW2. He was a Sergeant in 1944 when he was a patient at Addenbrooke Hospital 1943/44. He recovered and went to France in April/May 1944 and "never came back." Whether that means he was killed in action or never contacted the reporter again, I do not know. Thanks for any help anyone can provide. Sam Falle .     Royal Navy HMS Encounter Sergeant G Fallon .     RAF 582 Squadron 582 Squadron lost 5 aircraft on 23/12/44 whilst on operations to Cologne. Lancaster PB523, took off from Little Stoughton at 10.29hrs. Crew were F/Lt Peter Alfred Thomas, DFC, RAF 172593, killed, age 22. F/Sgt Vivian George Hobbs, RAF 1816098, killed age 20 F/O W.E. Vaughan, RCAF, POW F/Lt A.R. Whittaker, POW W/O H. Fuller, POW Sgt G. Fallon, POW W/O2 Frederick William Campbell, RCAF J/94493, killed, age 29 The Lancaster is believed to have crashed at Oppiter (Limburg), 4km SE of Bree in Belgium, though it is likely some of the crew baled out over Germany. F/O Hobbs lies in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, his death being attributed to a collapsed parachute canopy. F/L Thomas was originally buried at Oppiter but his grave is now at Heverlee War Cemetery, while WO2 Campbell RCAF, who was laid to rest alongside his skipper, has been taken to Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery, Holland. —From Bomber Command War Diaries - Martin Middlebrook & Chris Everitt Lancaster PB523 was one of 27 Lancasters and 3 Mosquitoes of 8 Group to attack the Gremberg railway yards. The raid went very badly. The force was split into 3 formations, each led by an Oboe-equipped Lancaster with an Oboe Mosquito as reserve leader. During the outward flight, 2 Lancasters of 35 Squadron collided over the French coast and their crews were all killed. On approaching the target, it was found that the cloud which had been forecast had cleared and it was decided to allow the bombers to break formation and bomb visually; this move was made because the formations would have been very vulnerable to Cologne's flak defences during the long, straight Oboe approach. Unfortunately the order to abandon the Oboe run did not reach the leading Lancaster, a 582 Squadron aircraft piloted by Squadron Leader R A M Palmer DFC (on loan from 109 Squadron), who continued on with his designated role, even though his aircraft was already damaged by flak. German fighters, who were being directed to intercept an American bomber force, also appeared and attacked. The bombs from Squadron Leader Palmer's aircraft were eventually released and hit the target but his plane went down out of control and only the tail gunner escaped, by parachute. Squadron Leader Palmer, on his 110th operation, was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross, the only Oboe VC of the war; his body is buried in the Rheinberg War Cemetery with the other men who died in the Lancaster. The formation suffered further losses when another Lancaster and a Mosquito were shot down by Flak ANF fighters and a further Lancaster was abandoned by its crew over Belgium. The losses were thus 6 aircraft out of the 30 dispatched. I am desperately searching for any information about Pilot Officer Frederick William Campbell, known as Teddy, of 582 Sqd RCAF, age 29, of Pembrooke, Nova Scotia who died in action December 23, 1944. He is my half-brother's father and we know nothing at all about him. My 70 year-old brother was adopted and never met or knew his Dad. Very sad circumstances. I am determined to search until I have answers. He died while serving his country and deserves to be recognized by his son for his bravery. L/Cpl. Kenneth John Farmer .     British Army 7th Btn. The Black Watch   from Birmingham UK) (d.25th Oct 1944) This was my Uncle Ken. I do not have a lot of information on him as my family fragmented when my parents divorced when I was 9. I was always in awe of my hero uncle who died at the age of 19 in a place called Halschewater in the Netherlands on 25/10/1944. He was one of only two 7th batallion members recorded killed that day. The other was CPL Harold Dawson 2885672 who was 27. I never really got any details from my mother about his short military career other than he was a "Leading sniper of eight" whatever that meant. He is buried in Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery grave # 179 in plot KK he is there with a lot of aircrew that had died during the many operations from 1940 onwards. His comrade in arms Cpl Dawson was returned to Aberdeen and laid to rest by his family. I have two children of my own now and I tell them often of their great uncle who went to war and never came home. I look at my son who is now the same age as Ken Farmer was when he served and I shudder to think of what my Grandparents and Mother had to deal with when they heard their first born had died. I will always be proud to carry his name and I will ensure he is never fogotten by my clan. Rest in Peace Ken, you saved us all! Sheila Farrel .     Women's Land Army   from Luddenden Foot, near Halifax, West Yorkshire) My mother-in-law was in the Land Army in Suffolk. Her name was Sheila Farrel, originally from Luddenden Foot near Halifax West Yorkshire. She has just had her 84th birthday and it would be nice to collate some info together for her. Can anyone help? Able Seaman William Joseph Farrel .     Royal Navy HMS Forfar (d.9th Dec 1940) Able Sea. William Joseph Farrell .     Royal Navy HMS Forfar   from Harbour Grace, Nfld.) (d.9th Dec 1940) My Uncle William Farrell was born in May 1920 in Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, Canada. He sailed for Britain with the fourth contingent Royal Navy in Feb 1940 onboard RMS Nova Scotia. He trained at HMS Pembroke at Chatham in Kent and was assigned to HMS Forfar. The ship was torpedoed on 2nd of Dec 1940. it was believed by family he was lost at sea, however we have since learned he died Dec 9th. He is buried to our knowledge at the Commonwealth war graves in Chatham. My brother and I would like to find details of his rescue, which ship was he on, which hospital was he sent to, and place of death etc. We would be grateful if survivors families or any person with any knowledge of William's life in service, could email me. Editors Note: The Naval Memorial at Chatham is a memorial to those whose home port was at Chatham and were buried at sea. As the Forfar was lost on the 2nd and William's death is recorded as being on the 9th it is likely that he was taken aboard another ship, where he subsequently passed away and was then buried at sea as is the Naval custom. Seaman J. A. Farrow .     Royal Naval Reserve HMS Forfar J.A.Farrow was one of the survivors when HMS Forfar was lost in the Atlantic. Sylvia Farrow .     Land Army D. Farthing .     Royal Canadian Air Force 419 Sqd. Seaman J. Faulkner .     Royal Naval Reserve HMS Forfar J. Faulkner is listed as one of the survivors from HMS Forfar. L/Cpl. Norman Faulks .     British Army Leicestershire Regiment   from Barwell) My father, Norman Faulks, served in the Leicestershire Regiment from 1940 to 1945/6. Initially stationed in North Norfolk, I believe in Holt, under canvas. It may have been that this was considered a suitable area for a German invasion. When this threat ceased around 1942/3 they were moved to Purley in Surrey, and shortly after D-Day they went to France and fought their way through France and the Low Countries to Germany. He mentioned, before he died in 1954, places such as Hilversum and Nymigan. I would welcome any additional information. Sgt. Reginald Favager .     Royal Air Force w/op 115 Sqd. Lucien Xavier Favreaux .       from Reims, France) My grandfather was French and captured by the German's sometime during WWII. He was held at Stalag 6A for a number of years. He was a skilled mechanic and had worked in a foundary in France. He lied when asked what his occupation was and told the Germans he was a gardener. He did not want to be put to work at a job that would aid their war effort. He came home at the end of the war and was reunited with his family but they all said he was very thin. Private Albert Fawcett .     British Army Seaforth Highlanders   from Carnoustie, Angus, Scotland) Albert Fawcett was my uncle on my father's side. He moved to Scotland from Co. Durham in the north of England when he was a young man. He joined the Seaforth Highlanders from the Perth Infantry Office. I do have some information on him, but not a lot. He was a POW in Camp 344 at Lambinowice. Albert lived in Carnoustie until he died in 1986. He was married there and never came back to Durham. I do have a photo of Albert in his kilt which I am very proud of. L/Sgt. John Joseph Fay .     British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (d.13th Sep 1943) Flt Sgt. Neville Aubrey Fearneyhough .     Royal Air Force 77 Squadron   from Gateshead) My father Neville Fearneyhough (d 2006) was stationed at RAF Elvington with Squadron 77. He was shot down in Holland on 1 May 1943 on the way to bomb Essen.(He was the navigator/observer) Only he and another, Butlin, survived. He was hidden by Dutch resistance leader Dr J Kreimel near Apeldoorn and was put on the escape route via Paris. This had been infiltrated by de Witter and he was betrayed to the Gestapo. He eventually was a POW of the Luftwaffe. He escaped during the retreat from the Red Army but was recaptured and treated for dipththeria in a POW hospital full of Russians with TB. As a POW he taught himself Latin and was able to matriculate. I can't trace any more wartime information about Joe Kreimel, but I do know he was decorated by Prince Bernhard and I have letters from him to my father after the war. He was a doctor and hid a number of Jews as well as allied Airmen. Pte. Ernest Joseph Feasey .     British Army 10th Btn. Beds & Herts Regt.   from London) I enlisted at Bedford on the 29th of Jul 1941, attended Basic Training and served with 10th Bn, until I transferred to the Royal Signals on the 1st of Sept 42. I then served with 47 Div Sigs, 38 Div Sigs, 2 Corps Sigs, 39 HQ Sigs, 3 GHQ Sigs in the UK, MELF & Italy. I was discharged on the 15th of December 1946. Stephen Featherstone .     British Army My uncle, Stephen Featherstone, was a POW at Stalag XXA in the early 1940s and then in Stalag 383 around 1943. I don't know what regiment he was in but he was captured after only a few weeks in the army and was a POW for the duration of WW2. He never talked about his wartime experiences but there are dozens of photos which were sent home during this period. StalagXXA StalagXXA Derek, Steve & Bobbie in Stalag XXa Stalag XXA 1941 Stalag 383 Stalag 383 15th of Nov 1943 Stalag 383 Stalag 383 After the war he married the girl who waited for him throughout, had three children and died at the great age of 88 in 2002. Born in Hunwick, Co Durham, in 1913, he was a wonderful uncle, father and grandfather. After the war he worked until retirement as a railway signalman in the Stockton on Tees area. Corporal Luigi Joseph Fede .     US Army Military Police During part of 1943/1944 I was stationed in Carinaro, Italy at what was a POW Camp. It was next to a railroad but cannot recall what street it was on. I emailed the city of Carinaro to see if they could tell me where the camp was located so that I may find it on Google Maps but never received a reply. What I can find on the internet is that the Carinaro camp (No. 63) was near Arezzo but the only Arezzo is in the Tuscany region of Italy. Carinaro has developed into quite a modern city that I don't recognize any of the places. We went to an old church there that was so poor that the members of the parish would bring their own chairs to Mass if they wanted to sit down. I also vividly remember one morning while at my desk a German plane flew low over the railroad tracks and strafed our building !! Whew !!! Sgt. Joseph Fee .     British Army 11th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers   from Rochdale, Lancashire) My Granddad Joseph Fee served on Malta during the whole of the Siege. He was then shipped to Italy and served in the Italian Campaign. His greatest story was when he and a group of others were heading up the mountains to the front line. All their supplies were tethered to a group of donkeys, which in turn were tethered together in a line. The group were making their way under cover of darkness up a narrow pass when the first donkey stumbled over the edge and fell down the mountainside. Of course because all the donkeys were tied together the whole lot went over the edge. Next morning the soldiers made their way down the mountain to get their supplies back expecting to find a group of dead donkeys, but when they reached them they were all alive and grazing on grass. All the padding around them had protected them. Whether the story is true or not we never tired of hearing it and it always made us all laugh. He saw the end of the war out in the Middle East including Palestine, where they were being regrouped for training in preparation for operations in the Far East. I just thought it important that he be remembered for the sacrifices that he and countless others made in protecting our great Nation at that time of great need. Rena Fehrenbach .     Women's Land Army Next Page    Last Page

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