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Capt. Bill Gamble . United States Air Force 490th Bomb Group from Merkel, Texas Bill Gamble(wife Bessie) Captain, flew with the 490th Bomb Group from England on bombing missions to Germany in 1944 and 1945. His crew were:
Walter L Benedict (known as Benny) (wife June)
Bud Becker,tail gunner,(wife Bonny)
Don Winters
George Miller (wife Twyler)
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AOM2c. Donald Charles Gamble . US Navy FAW-7 from New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA (d.1st Apr 1944) Donald Gamble was a member of the St. Martin's Episcopal Church and was awarded a cross for his long service as a choir boy there. He attended New Bedford High School and prior to going into the Navy, Donald was a clerk at the Minkin Auto & Radio Store in New Bedford, MA. Donald's parents were Charles and Hazel (Hammond) Gamble.
He actually lied about his age to get into the Navy. He signed up on his 17th birthday but told the officials he was 18. He was stationed at Newport, RI, Jacksonville, FL, Norfolk, VA and lastly in England. His hut in Jacksonville, FL was called the Buzzard's Roost. His Great Nephew, Weston Sherman, has named his tree house the Buzzard's Roost to honor his Great Uncle. Per family lore, Donald's last words to the family while leaving his home on Spruce Street to fly to England were "take care of Patsy". My Mother (Donald's sister Patricia or Patsy as he called her) was between 6 and 9 years old when he was in the service so unfortunately she does not remember him.
Donald's duty during WWII was the ball turret gunner (the one under the plane just behind the wings also known as the Belly gunner). His Bomber plane was called the PB4Y-1 and also known as the B24 Liberator. On March 31, 1944 his plane went missing over the Bay of Biscay near England as his bomber was patrolling for German submarines and they encountered bad weather with no fighter escorts when they came out of a cloud bank. We believe the German fighters got them and they were listed as lost at sea on the 31st then declared killed in action on April 1, 1944.
In England there is a cross with his name on it at the Cambridge Memorial Cemetery and his name in a book viewed by the public every day at the St. Paul's Church in London.
And closer to home - his name is on the WWII Memorial Wall in Washington, DC and a memorial brass plaque at the Battleship Cove in Fall River, Mass. At the Rural Cemetery (in his home town of New Bedford, Mass) he has a veteran's stone.
The book "U.S. Navy PB4Y-1 (B-24) Liberator Squadrons: in Great Britain during World War II" by Alan Carey is very much like our Uncle's life in England and his life during the WWII. He is actually pictured on page 58 with the rest of his VB-110 squad members.
His parents (Charles and Hazel Hammond Gamble) were awarded the Navy Air Medal with 3 Gold Stars and a Purple Heart posthumously for Donald's outstanding ability and zeal during day and night missions in defense of our vital supply line to the European theatre of war. He was one of a group which played an important part in reducing the German U-Boat menace from their home station at Dunkeswell in Devon England. His unwavering devotion to duty throughout a period of intense operations was in keeping with the highest traditions of the U.S. Naval service. He participated in many operations under constant threat of German aerial attack and in the face of treacherous weather conditions. He was a member of the Navy Club of Greater New Bedford, MA SHIP NO. 22.
Because a few of the children died young or in WWII with the name "Charles" as a first or a middle name - this name was never used again and was considered to be jinxed. My grandmother even told her children to never use the name again (as the first or middle name) and they never did. And this philosophy has even been passed to the next generation and should be carried forward to generations to come.
Donald is a direct descendant of Mayflower Pilgrims Myles Standish (GS #86,222), George Soule (GS #86,222), John Alden (GS #86,222), Francis Eaton, John Howland, Thomas/John Rogers, Degory Priest, Henry Howland, Richard Warren, Francis/John Cooke and John Tilley.
And lastly, one nice thing is that we all have at least one picture of him in each of our homes - even though many of us never met him - he is still in our hearts.
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F Gamble . British Army Royal Armoured Corps F Gamble 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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FE Gamble . British Army FE Gamble 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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Flying Officer N R Gamble . RAF 59 Squadron
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Rflmn. Sidney Alfred Gamble . British Army 1st Btn. Rifle Brigade (d.12th June 1942)
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Rflmn. Sidney Alfred Gamble . British Army 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade from S.E.London (d.12th Jun 1942) Sydney Gamble was the son of Ernest William and Caroline Gamble, husband of Olive May Gamble.
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F/O. Douglas R. Gamblen . Royal Air Force 41 Squadron (d.29th Jul 1940)
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RE Game . British Army RE Game 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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A Gammage . British Army A Gammage 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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AC1 Albert Edward Gammage . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve from Eastbourne, E. Sussex (d.19th October 1943) Aircraftman 1st Class Gammage was the husband of Eileen Edith Gammage of Eastbourne, E. Sussex.
He was 42 when he died and is buried in the N'djamena (Farcha) Cemetery in Chad.
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EG Gammage . British Army Dorsetshire Regiment EG Gammage served with the Dorsetshire 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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Ldg, Seaman Charles Gamman . Royal Naval Reserve HMS Forfar (d.2nd Dec 1940)
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Pte. William George Gamman . British Army Raiding Support Regiment I have my dad's AB64 book. William Gamman was in the Royal West Kent Regiment. He then volunteered for the Raiding Support Regiment in 1944, but I can't find any info. He was issued the Italy Star.
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L/Bmbdr. Ernest Gammon . British Army 72nd Field Regiment Royal Artillery from Swansea (d.18th Dec 1943) My grandfather, Ernest Gammon, died & was buried at Stalag XIA. I have photos of his funeral and the letter sent to my grandmother by the RSM at the camp
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CPO. Fredrick Charles Ganden . Royal Navy HMS Pembroke from Dartford My granddad, Fredrick Charles Ganden, was on the HMS Pembroke many times over the years in WW2. He was a cook and worked up to CPO.
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D Gander . British Army Royal Army Service Corps D Gander served with the Royal Army Service 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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L Gander . British Army Royal Sussex Regiment L Gander served with the Royal Sussex 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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R Gandy . British Army Royal Artillery R Gandy served with the Royal Artillery 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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T/Sgt. George A. Ganem . USAAF 338th Bomb Squadron My father-in-law, T\Sgt George A. Ganem, was in the 96th.BG 338th.BS stationed at Snetterton Heath England. On July 10 1943 he was loaned to the crew of a Capt. Flagg on a B-17 called "Wabbit Twaks". Their target was Lebourget France. I would like any information on this mission the aircraft and the crew. The next mission my father-in-law flew, was July 28th with his own crew on their B-17 "Paper Doll". They had to ditch in the North Sea. Their B-17 floated a record amount of time allowing all crew to exit safely to their rafts. They were picked up by the Germans and spent the rest of the war in Stalag 17-B. He did not know about any ribbons he had earned on his previous mission to Lebourget France. Would like if possible any pictures of these two B-17's and their crews or medals earned or any information at all.
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Gnr. Albert William Gange . Australian Army 2nd Australian Imperial Force Albert William Gange, Gunner VX37723, served with the Australian Army and was held as a POW in Fukuoka #17, Japan. He was born in Colac, Victoria and enlisted at Royal Park, Victoria. His next of kin is listed as J. Gange.
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DC Gange . British Army DC Gange 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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Able Sea Edward Charles Gange . Royal Navy HMS Glasgow from London
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Sgt. Harley Davis Gann . US Army Harley Davis Gann, served with the United States Army during World War Two. He was held captive as a POW in Fukuoka Camp #17, Japan.
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Pvt. Homer Laverne Gann . US Army Homer Laverne Gann, Private, served in the United States Army during World War Two and was held in Fukuoka POW Camp #17, Japan.
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Pvt. Walter Gann . US Army Walter Gann, Private, served in the United states Army during world war Two and was held in Fukuoka POW Camp #17, Japan
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L/Cpl. Raymond Keith Ganner . British Army 3rd Btn. Coldstream Guards Raymond Ganner was my Grandad.
He never spoke much about the war
I have been trying to research him as much as possible but am not having much luck.
I do know that he was injured on 24th of October 1944 in Italy, Catarelto Ridge I believe
I have recently come into possession of his medals and some photos of him.
After the war he became an RSM and was a prison guard at Colchester MCTC.
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Sgt. Charles Edward Gannon . British Army Royal Army Service Corps Charles Edward Gannon - my Dad - was in the RASC during WW2 and was stationed in Accra, in what was then the Gold Coast and is now Ghana. I have an album from that time with various photographs and documents. One of the photos lists names of the Africans and Europeans in the picture. The Europeans include: Sgt Gannon (Dad), Cpl Scott, Pte Rush, Sgt Heelis, Sgt Franklin, SSM Currie, Sgt Stanley, Sgt MacEver, Cpl Chambers, Pte Bull, Cpl McTylee (3rd Row) Cpt. Malek, Lieut Wauters, Capt Oakley, Major Artmitage, Brig Richards, Capt Hardy, Majors Sarif, Hilton, Howells, Capts Millais, Simpson.
As far as I can make out, Dad was in Buller B Squad No.3 Company at the RASC in Mandora Barracks, Aldershot before moving out to Accra. I have letters from other servicemen or their wives who brought back/received items for Mum brought home by his pals - these include: Eric Chambers whose address was the Hall, Everton, near Doncaster; G.H. Stanley who was living at 36 Abbeysteads Road, Liverpool; and G.Reader from 52 Whitstone Road, Shepston Mallet, Somerset. I also have a menu card from one of their Christmas dinners out there, an impressive menu, which is autographed but it is difficult to read all the signatures.
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Driver John Gannon . Army RASC (d.7th February 1945) During the second World War the Allied and German soldiers, who were killed in Goirle, Noord Brabant, the Netherlands and in the neighbourhood, were buried at the Roman Catholic cemetery from the parish St. Jan in Goirle.
After the war the remains of the German soldiers were reburied in Ysselsteijn (near Venray) and most of the allied soldiers were reburied in Bergen op Zoom (War Cemetery and Canadian War Cemetery) and in Leopoldsburg (Belgium, War Cemetery).
At this moment there are 27 Allied graves in Goirle. Every year we commemorate the victims of World War II, both soldiers and civilians. We know their names, but who were the persons behind the names? What were their lives before they died? Where did they come from? How did they die? Under what circumstances?
It is my intention to give the victims a face, to write and keep the story behind the gravestones because we always will remember the soldier who died for our liberty. We can forget names, but not faces. I will try to write down all their stories for the next generation so they will know who was commemorated.
Maybe someone can help me with Driver John Gannon, RASC T/14527676, who died on the 7th February 1945, age 20.
Send me a letter or an e-mail with additional information, a photograph or a copy of any personal document, which I can use for The Memory Book or a website. Thank you in advance for your help.
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Flt Lt James Bernard "Bernie" Gant . RCAF Flight Control RAF Middleton St George My dad, James Bernard (Bernie) Gant served in at Middleton St. George.
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