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Gnr. Frank Goldman . British Army 5th Maritime Regiment Royal Artillery from Barnett, Hartfordshire (d.30th Sep 1943) My grandfather, Frank Goldman, was a Gunner with the Royal Artillery, 5th Maritime Regiment and died on Sept 30, 1943 at the age of 36.
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Lt.Cmdr. William I. Goldman . United States Navy from Doylestown, PA William Goldman picked the Navy because "I wanted clean white sheets when I went to bed at night; I didn't want to sleep in the mud," He served as a Navy pilot from 1943 to 1947, and was honorably discharged in November 1956 from the reserve with the rank of Lieutenant Commander.
He had wanted to go to sea, but was turned down due to flat feet and a slight overbite. He questioned the finding, saying he would neigher "stomp" not "bite" the enemy, but his fate as a blimp pilot was sealed. He trained at Lakehurst, N.J. and was transferred in 1944 to Amapa, Brazil. At the time many U.S. chips were carrying bauxite ore from Paraguay, needed to make aluminum, a valuable wartime commodity. The goal was to watch over American cargo boats making their way through enemy-infested waters. Under his watch on the blimp, no ship was attacked by enemy submarines.
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Pte. William Frederick Thomas Goldring . British Army 1st Btn. Royal Berkshire Regiment from Portsmouth (d.23rd April 1944)
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Albert Harry "Goldy" Goldsbrough DSM & Bar. Royal Navy HMS Penelope from Middlesbrough My father, Albert (Goldy) Goldsbrough, hated his given name & was always known, certainly in civilian life, by his Nick Name of Goldy. He joined the Navy during the mid 1930s and for a time was on HMS Suffolk in the Far East. Amongst other ships he served on was HMS Penelope, including her time in Malta and subsequent escape to Gibralter and the States. I believe that it was for actions during this time that he received his decoration. I believe he left the ship when she reached the States for her refit, if not before, following the damage she received in Malta. He may at this point have been suffering from health problems, but I believe went on to serve in other ships until the end of the war, when he was invalided out of the service. He spoke little of his service experiences, and as a young boy I took little interest in recent history. My sister was named after HMS Penelope, the sinking of which, I believe, deeply affected my father, as presumably even though he was not part of the ship's company at that time, would have known many of those killed. After the war he became a teacher, but was also involved in training at the Nigeria Marine establishment Quorra, near Lagos in the mid to late 1950s. He eventually died, following heart problems, in the early 1970s. Should anyone have further information on him I would be pleased to receive it.
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PO Ernest Henry Goldsmith . Fleet Air Arm
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Frederick John Goldsmith . Army My father, Frederick John Goldsmith, was in Stalag 8B all the war years. He was captured at Dunkirk, spent all the years working in the forests cutting wood. He has since passed away and had suffered all his life with depression due to his time in the camp. I have some photos and records plus his ID tags: Federick John Goldsmith british No 1506983, Stalag 8B No 10410.
I also have a POW present sent to Alf Conliff, also at the camp, from Les. This is a lighter made out of a wartime 22mm shell. Other people in the camp, nicknamed Lol, Charlie2, Reddy, Burgess Bottles, Dago, Charlie 1, Nobby, Haggis Dapper and Jahann, I have as a sketch called '50 The Riffs'.
Other things of interest is a photo of Stalag E3, and an E3 Reunion Committee book, classified copy by George Russel and Sammy Wickenden.
After the war they all met up for a reunion, and had some fun in London. They challenged the camp scrounger to steal the old New Scotland yard sign and take it to the Daily Mirror building for proof. This they did.
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Able Sea John Victor Crusoe "Jack" Goldsmith . Royal Navy HMS Acheron (d.17 Dec 1940) Uncle Jack was my father's eldest brother.
He died just 11 days after his 31st birthday, leaving a widow and 5 children under the age of 8.
Although he died before I was born, he was always talked of fondly by all the family.
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WJ Goldsmith . British Army Royal Armoured Corps WJ Goldsmith 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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Gnr. Macl "Jack" Goldstone . South African Army 2nd Field Rgt from South Africa
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Ord. Seaman Joseph Harold Goldstraw . Royal Navy HMS Forfar (d.2nd Dec 1940)
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Lt.Cmdr. Leon Verdi Goldsworthy GC GM DSC MID.. Australian Imperial Forces Royal Australian Navy from Australia Leon Goldsworthy (1909–1994) was born in Broken Hill, New South Wales, attended the University of Adelaide, and was in Western Australia when the war began.
He became Australia’s most highly decorated naval officer of the Second World War, receiving the George Cross, the Distinguished Service Cross, and the George Medal, and being Mentioned in Despatches. He worked on rendering mines safe in Britain and France before undertaking further work on Japanese mines in the Pacific.
Leon Goldsworthy, born at Broken Hill on 19 January 1909, became Australia's most decorated naval officer of the Second World War. As a youth he was a successful amateur wrestler and gymnast. Educated at Kapunda High School, South Australia, and later at the Adelaide School of Mines, Goldsworthy went on to Adelaide University where he worked as a technician in the Physics Department.
In the years before the war, Goldsworthy was engaged in business in Western Australia. Initially rejected by the navy because of his small stature, he made a second attempt to enlist in March 1941 and was accepted as a probationary sub-lieutenant in the Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve. Shortly afterwards he was sent to England to complete his training.
In England, Goldsworthy volunteered for the Rendering Mines Safe Section of HMS Vernon. He quickly proved himself a skilled officer who was able to use his pre-war training in electricity and physics to good effect. His work often required him to defuse mines underwater wearing a bulky diving suit that made the slow, steady movements required in this work very difficult.
On 13 August 1943 Goldsworthy defused a German mine in the water off Sheerness using a special diving suit which he and a colleague had helped to develop. In September and October 1943 he defused two mines, one of which had rested at a Southampton wharf for two years and the other in the River Thames. For this he was awarded the George Medal. Then, in April 1944, he disarmed an acoustic mine that had lain in the water off Milford Haven for two and a half years. In September 1944 he received the George Cross for his work in recovering and defusing mines between June 1943 and September 1944. This award was given to civilians or military personnel for actions not normally covered by purely military decorations.
Before the Allied invasion of France, Goldsworthy was involved in the selection and training of men for port clearance and he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross in January 1945 for his bravery and leadership in clearing Cherbourg Harbour, which was needed urgently to supply Allied troops advancing across France. On one occasion he disarmed a new German 'K' type mine in 15 metres of water under shellfire. After his work in France, Goldsworthy served with the United States Navy in the South Pacific Theatre, helping to defuse Japanese mines in the Philippines and in the Borneo area. He was among the first to enter and search the caves in Correigidor.
By the time the war ended, Goldsworthy had been promoted to acting lieutenant commander and was Australia's most highly decorated naval officer, having rendered more than 300 mines safe. After the war he returned to Perth and became manager of the Rainbow Neon Light Company.
In 1991 he became vice-chairman (overseas) of the Victoria Cross and George Cross Association. He died in Perth on 7 August 1994.
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Leslie James Goldsworthy . Australian Imperial Force 2/7th Btn. Leslie Goldsworthy was taken POW and held in Dulag 183.
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Pte. Norman Goldthorpe . British Army 5th Btn. Northamptionshire Regiment from Peterborough Norman Goldthorpe was born on 12th February 1910 in Ossett, West Yorkshire. Settled in Peterborough as young man and held many labouring jobs.
He enlisted on the 6th April 1939 into the 5th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment and mobilised on the 2nd of September 1939.
Served in France from 11th of January before being evacuated from Dunkirk on the 4th of June 1940.
The regiment spent time in the UK until the 15th October 1942 when they went to North Africa (Tunis and Algiers).
On the 11th of December 1943 he returned to UK on findings of medical board following mental health issues and graded as category c and was demobbed on 25th of December 1945 into reservists but was never called up.
He returned to Ossett after the war, after his marriage had broken down.
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Edward J. Golebiewski . United States Marine Corps
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Franjo Josip Golez . Yugoslavian Army from Yugoslavia My father was in Belgrade during bombing on April 6th 1941. He was taken by the Germans to Stalag 2c and then Stalag 2a. He was in contact with many English, Polish and French POW's. He was released on 1942 and returned back home to Yugoslavia.
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Pte. A. Goliath . South Africa Forces Cape Corps (d.8th February 1947) Private Goliath is buried in the Aliwal North (Dukhatole) Cemetery, Eastern Cape, South Africa
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I Golledge . British Army I Golledge 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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2nd Lt. Stanley Gomberg . United States Air Force from Philadelphia, PA Stanley Gomberg flew as a navigator and was stationed in Italy.
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Charles A. Gomez . United States Army 7th Marine Regiment Charles A Gomez was a 7th Marine in Samoa in 1943-1944. Please, if anyone knows anything about him, get in touch.
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RJ Gomm . British Army Royal Armoured Corps RJ Gomm 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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Petty Officer Wren Pauline Mary Gompers . Womens Royal Naval Service HMS Condor (d.27th Jul 1945)
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Flt.Lt. John Peter Gondola . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 302 Ferry Training Unit from Kingsbury, London (d.3rd June 1944) Flight Lieutenant (Navigator) John Gondola was the Son of John and Florence Gondola; husband of Edna Nancy Gondola, of Kingsbury, London.
He was 20 when he died and is buried in the Malabo Cemetery, Biolo, Equatorial Guinea.
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DV Gooch . British Army DV Gooch 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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WO Ernest "Teddy" Gooch . Royal Air Force 115 Squadron from Hitchin Dad, Ernest Gooch was flying his 13th mission over Germany from RAF Witchford and was shot down by flak on 29th of October 1944, one of 2 to survive, the other being the bomb aimer, John Bovill, who was also kept in Bankau Stalag Luft VII. They went on the forced march to Luckenwalde south of Berlin from where they eventually left for the Allied lines when the Germans capitulated.
Bankau was ok for the US, French and British airmen, not so good for the Russians who were systematically starved and and frozen to death. With nothing to wear but what they stood up in, the other nationalities would tip potato peelings over the fence to the Russians on pain of execution, who would then fight to the death for them. Corpses were often seen the next day with flesh missing from them.
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Pte. Francis Ernest Gooch . New Zealand Army 25th Battalion from Wellington, New Zealand My late father, Frank Gooch, was captured during the desert campaign in Egypt at El Meir during the First battle of el Alamein on the 22nd of July 1942. After capture he was transported to Italy were he was a prisoner of war at Campo PG 85 then Campo PG 57.
After Italy capitulated Frank was transported to Germany were he was imprisoned at Stalag 344 then at Stalag 317.
I still have my father's Stalag 317 dog tags which have stamped on them number 33135.
Unfortunately, Frank died at the relatively young age of 51 years in May 1970 so stories of his war service experience and subsequent capture were not passed on to his family.
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L/ Cpl. John William Gooch . British Army Royal Essex Regiment from Mistley
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LA Gooch . British Army LA Gooch 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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L/Sgt George Good . British Army 4th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment from Hull
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