P/O C. J. Girling . Royal Australian Air Force 97 Squadron
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Major Edwin "Posh" Girling MM and Bar.. British Army Airborne Forces Depot, Battle School Parachute Regiment from Leicestershire Edwin Girling joined The Leicestershire Regiment at 15,
During WW1 he served with the 1st Battalion in Flanders was more than once mentioned in Dispatches and twice awarded the Military Meda . Then India, Egypt, Germany (2nd.Btn) He was CSM, and later (5th.Btn) as Drum Major then Bandmaster.
He was Mentioned in Dispatch by General Haigh.
"For gallant and distinguished services in the Field". Awarded Military Medal.
On the 30th of April 1916. Notification over signature of Winston S Churchill (London Gazette of 27.10.1916).
1918 St Quentin, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France.
" For gallantry and devotion to duty." Awarded Bar to Military Medal.
26 Feb 1919. (London Gazette of 14.05.1919). Conferment of the medal was announced in the London Gazette and E.P. Girling earned the right to add the letters M.M. to his name.
He left The Colours on the 28th of Apr 1934 in Londonderry, Northern Ireland where he was serving with the 2nd Battalion, Leicestershire Regimen his Military Conduct was Exemplary during his total service of 24yrs 63days.
In 1937 in Leicester, he rejoined as Drum Major to Bandmaster 5th Bn Leicestershire Regiment TA. A sufficiently rare step for a newspaper article which noted "Posh Girling" had been a violinist and solo Basoon player at 17.
on the WW2 outbreak of WW2, Edwin re-enlisted as Warrant Officer, Worcestershire Regiment, promoted Lieutenant in The Glosters and Captain in the Paratroop Regiment. As Major he was Commandant of a POW Camp at Peterhead in Scotland then a Camp in Mauritius, Indian Ocean.
The London Gazette reported on 25 April 1941
Gloster R. The undermentioned to be Lt.: W.O. Cl.1 Edwin Percy Girling (178960) from Worc. R. Lieutenant The Glosters.- Seniority Date: 2md Apr 1941
On the 2nd of May he joined 1st Btn. Paratroop Regiment and
transferred to 6th Para on the 17th of November 1942, then on the 1st of Sep 1943 he joined the Airborne Forces Depot, Battle School as a
Captain of the Parachute Regiment.
On the 13th of November 1944 he was transferred to Peterhead in Aberdeenshire, Scotland as a
Major. to be Commandant of the P.O.W Camp.
In June 1946 he went to Mauritius, Indian Ocean as a
Major to be Commandant Mauritius Royal Pioneers Camp a post he held until
12th of Jun 1947. On the 2nd of July 1947 it was reported in the London Gazette (Supplement) that he was released from active military duty, at the end of the emergency, Granted written permission from The War Office by the Army Council to use rank of Major thereafter.
He later rejoined the TA, on the 19 Jan 1952 he is on the Leicester
Gen List (Sec A) TA. as Adjt/QM of The Royal Leicestershire Regiment H.G.
Edwin died in 1982 at Great Malvern, Worcestershire, England
I am the son of Edwin Percy Girling MM and hold his Medals and Citations and numerous original photographs. He was awarded Military Medal with Bar, 1914 Star with Clasp, British War Medal and Victory Medal with Oak Leaf and for WW2 the Defence Medal and War Medal.
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Cpl. Charles Thomas Girvan . Royal Marines HMS President III (d.2nd November 1942) Charles Girvan served with the Royal Marines in WW2 in HMS President III. He died 2nd of November 1942 and is remembered on the Chatham Naval Memorial.
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LR Gissing . British Army LR Gissing 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.
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Pte. George Gittings . British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment from Coleford, Gloucestershire (d.10th May 1940) Unfortunately we never knew Private George Gittings as he died just a few months after dad was born.He has often been in our thoughts and we often wondered what he was like.
RIP dear father, grandfather and great grandfather - thank you for giving us our freedom.
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Stanley Douglas Gittings . British Army 65th RA Field Regiment, 257 Bty. Royal Artillery We are in the process of typing up my father's diary of his time in Stalag VIIIB between June 1940 and 1945. His name was Stanley Douglas Gittings and he was in the 257/65th RA Field Regiment.
In the back of his diary is a list of names of people who he seems to have been incarcerated with. If anybody would like me to check the list for their relatives please email me, although the diary does not mention anything other than their names and addresses at the time.
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Flt.Sgt. George Henry Gittins DFM.. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 101 Squadron from Severn Stoke, Worcestershire (d.18th Nov 1943) George Gittins was the son of Henry and Annie Gittins of Severn Stoke, Worcestershire. He was killed in action when Lancaster LM 370 K2, flying from Ludford Magna, Leics, was shot down near Schoonbeek, Holland.
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Sea. V. L. Gittins . South African Navy HMS Assegai (d.27th Jan 1943) Sea. V. L. Gittins served in HMS Assegai. He died in January 1943.
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Jack Gittleman DFC.. United States Army Air Force from Paramus, NJ Jack Gittleman flew 52 combat missions. He received the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Clusters.
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Aerographers Mate 1st Cl John Nathaniel "Jack" Given . USNR USS Boise CL-47 My father served on the Boise from early '42 through the end of the war. He was on board for all major campaigns including the Battle of Cape Esperance and McCarther's tour of the Phillipines. As Aerographers Mate or meteorologist, he was positioned near the Bridge of the ship and we have some of the messages or reports.
As with many servicemen that saw action, he didn't speak much about the actual battles or even the war in general.
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Sub.Lt. Harald Olaf Gjessing . Royal Navy HMS Walney from Oslo, Norway Harald Gjessing was my father, he served on HMS Walney and HMS Aberdeen. I am still looking for his story.
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Pte. Ernest Sydney Gladden . British Army from London My father Sid Gladden, served in North Africa and the Italian campaign, he never spoke of all the horror he must have seen. He would not go to reunions as he said too many of his mates could not be there. After the war in the mid fifties, I was a little girl, and a young Italian male unexpectedly arrived at our house. It seems my Dad had come across this boy in Naples along with his Grandma and they were starving. Dad helped them by sharing his rations. The boy had searched for Dad found him to thank him. For the rest of his life Dad suffered from dreadful nightmares. I once told him I thought he was a hero. He said he was no such thing, he was only doing what thousands of others did. His duty. Does anyone remember him?
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Leonard George Gladden . Auxiliary Fire Service from Brixton My grandfather, Leonard Gladden, joined the Auxiliary Fire Service after the outbreak of the Second World War after being granted exemption from military service on medical grounds.
Len was stationed at Norwood and tackled fires in and around Croydon. The borough was heavily bombed during the Blitz, with more than 1,300 bombs dropped, terrifying residents and killing many.
Above is a picture of him and his colleagues - they too are our heroes.
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Flt.Sgt. Thomas Henry Gladders . Royal Air Force 207 Squadron from Blackhill, Durham Tommy Gladders was shot down over Berlin on 24/12/43 and was sent to Stalag Luft 3. He sent a postcard home dated 26.04.44 saying 'there has been plenty of entertainment to keep us going (POW talent is pretty good), this was written just after the famous 'Great Escape'
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William Thomas Gladdy . British Army Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders from Brill My uncle William Gladdy was in The Argyll and Southern Highlanders and went to battle in Belgium, France, possibly Holland and Germany in WW2. His memories of the event were too painful for him to talk about. I have started to investigate to see what I can find out about him.
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RT Gladwish . British Army Royal West Kent Regiment RT Gladwish served with the Royal West Kent 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 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.
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Edward Gilcrest Glaholm . British Army Royal Armoured Corps Edward Glaholm 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.
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Pte. John Charles Glaister . British Army 1st Btn. Royal Berkshire Regiment (d.2nd June 1940) John Glaiser was my father's brother, he served with the BEF in France.
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Cecil Glanfield . Royal Navy HMS Vindictive Cecil Glanfield served in HMS Vindictive. I have found a 1942 Xmas menu and Christmas Message addressed from him to his wife.
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Pte. Gordon Roy Glanford . Australian Army 1st Corps Troop Supply Column Gordon Glanford was taken prisoner of war and held at Stalag 18a in
Wolfsberg.
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Jos Glanville . British Army from Exeter, Devon My Grampsy, Jos Glaville, was part of the 51st Highland Division that was captured at St Valery-en-coux in 1940 and subsequently taken to Poland Stalag XX-A. If anyone has any relatives who were in the same battalion or POW camp, I am looking for any photos/ information relating to this as it is a piece of family history that was left empty when he sadly passed away in 1996. Please contact me if you are able to assist in any way possible.
Thank you
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P/O H. Glasby DFC . Royal Australian Air Force 97 Squadron
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Sgt.Maj. Cyril Walter Glasgow . British Army Royal Engineers My great grandad, Cyril Glasgow, was in the Royal Engineers, he was a seargant major. He served in many countries Afica, Germany, Italy. He did mainly bomb disposal.
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Pte. Evans Truelove "Beans" Glass . U.S. Army from Okmulgee, OK All I know about my Grandfather Evans Glass's POW story is that he was captured at the Battle of the Bulge, and spent the remainder of the war in Stalag 3b. He never would talk much about the war other than a few amusing stories about his friends.
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Lt. Frank H. Glass . United States Air Force 49th Sqdn. 2nd Bomb Group On January 27, 1944, Pilot Lt. Frank H. Glass and I flew in a B-17 stationed in Foggia, Italy - l5th Airforce, 2nd Bomb Group, 49th Squadron, mission 134. We were both POWs.
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James Glass . Royal Air Force 75 Sqdn. My grandfather James Glass served in 75 Squadron, flying a Lancaster coded AA-T. I am trying to find information or photos of his squadron, or the Lancaster he crewed.
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JS Glass . British Army Royal Armoured Corps JS Glass 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.
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Sgt. David Glassman . Royal Air Force 51 Squadron from Hackney, London (d.11th Jun 1943 ) My father, Sgt David Glassman aged 22, was killed on the 12th of June 1943 on his first operation for 51 Squadron. The aircraft was a Halifax MK2 bomber HR788 and took off from RAF Snaith at 23:51 on 11th of June 1943 on a bombing mission to Dusseldorf and was not heard of again. This aircraft was one of three 51 Squadron aircraft lost that night. His remains were not found.
My mother at the time was twenty years old and three months pregnant and my father was 22. Not knowing my father and for many year afterwards most of the details were never told to me, even though we were very close to my father's family.
I immigrated to Israel 45 years ago and the story of my father has been passed onto my kids and grandchildren as much as I knew. When finally I asked my mother some pertinent questions later on in life, the answers were very vague, all I knew was my father's RAF number and his base where he took off on the fatal mission.
I started to look through the internet and slowly with the help of many people in the RAF the whole picture became clearer. The RAF sent me the daily flight log and also the planes number, my mother always thought it was a Wellington bomber, but it turned out to be a Halifax. This was all a few years ago and then a couple of days ago I received a message from the RAF 51 Squadron History Society who were following up a Dutchman's inquiry into the grave that he adopted in Holland of one of the fallen airmen. The society got in touch with me and it is now an ongoing story, down to the fact of the German pilot who shot down the plane.
What would we ever do without the internet that seems to be used for all sorts of bad and misleading things, and then a story like mine makes it all worth well.
Thank you to all those who have helped me and that are continuing to help me.
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Charles Henry Glasson . Royal Navy HMS Prunella (d.21st Jun 1940)
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Philip Alfred A. Glasspool . British Army Philip Glasspool 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.
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