Those who Served
Phyllis Iddison . Womens Land Army from ) I am trying to trace any information and/or photographs of my late mother-in-law Phyllis Iddison, she served in the Land Army during the Second World War. I do not know where was based but believe she came from Yorkshire. Any information would be gratefully received. |
Flight Sergeant D C Imeson R/67534. RCAF 59 Squadron |
Sargeant C Inge . RAF 578 Squadron Handley Page Halifax III, NA568 LK-Q, took off 11th September 1944 16.04 hrs, Op: Gelsenkirchen. The aircraft was hit by flak and crashed 18.30 hrs. in Kirchhellen. All crew survived and made POW except Sgt J A Ridley who sadly was killed. Sgt J A Ridley is buried in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
Crew:
P/O T S Coram RAAF
Sgt L Blundell
F/S J M Tregoning
F/S J Callingham RCAF
Sgt C Inge
Sgt J A Rix
Sgt J A Ridley
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Pte. Albert Inglis . British Army Royal Engineers from Dover, Kent) I would dearly love to hear from anyone who knew my father, Albert Inglis, he died 13 years ago and is still missed greatly. He served with the Royal Engineers in the following campaigns: India 13/2/42-3/5/43. Egypt 4/5/43.20/8/44 C.M.F. 21/8/44-15/2/46. |
Pte. James Thomas Inglis . British Army Royal Northumberland Fusiliers from Morpeth, Northumberland) My Grandfather died before I was born and I Know that his family came from Gretna in Dumfrieshire, have been searching his army records for several years. Recently I have found that he joined the Blackwatch in 1939 and was then transferred to the Royal Fusiliers with whom he was sent on the British Expedition to France, he was posted from there back to England and then to Iceland where he was posted for two years before being sent back to Kingston in the UK for a further two years before being posted on the British North African Force.
My grandfather was in the army for a total 7 years.
In 1952 he emigrated to America and settled in New Jersey where he passed away in 1964 aged just 46. I would love to hear first hand accounts from anyone who may have served in the same Regiments or who served in the same places as my grandfather |
Lloyd Ingram . Royal Navy HMS Penelope from East Farleigh, Kent) |
W/O11 Max H. Ingram . Royal Air Force 433 Sqd. from Windsor) |
Douglas Lloyd Innes . British Army Black Watch My Grandad was in the Black Watch and was a POW at Stalag. He recently passed away and I have been given his diary which records the last few days of their imprisonment then the journey to their freedom. |
Sergeant T H M Instone . RAF 59 Squadron |
Sea. Chapman Ireland . Royal Navy HMS Acheron from Peterhead) My uncle, Chapman Ireland, who is now nearly 95 was aboard the Acheron when it was sunk. He was one of the survivors. He went on to serve in the Far East with the Royal Navy. He has the Atlantic star and the Burma star. |
Rfm. Samuel David "Boy" Irons . British Army 2nd Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps from Bermondsey)
I am trying to trace the war history which relates to Samuel David Irons, army no:6850848 of the 2nd Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps. He was a pow in Stalag 344.
I hope anyone who recognizes anyone in this picture you can please get in touch. Thanks |
Capt. Irving . Home Guard D Coy. Workington Btn. |
Edwin Irving . Home Guard Sketon Btn. |
Pte. Thomas Irwin . British Army Leicestershire Regt from Askam-in-Furness) My father Tomas Irwin enlisted in the Leicestershire Regimentt in 1934 (he was born in 1918, which makes his age 16 but it shows his date of birth on his discharge papers as 1916) the only information on his active service is from his medals, POW and discharge records. My father never spoke to me about the war but through snippets of family conversation he served in Palastine from 1936-1939, next he apparently joined the commandos and was posted to the Middle East he was captured on Crete and spent the rest of the war in Stalag 4a in Hohenstein. This was a region in Germany that was not a good place to be hence the silence about his war experience. If anyone has any further information I would be pleased to know about it.
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Second Baker William Irwin . Naval Auxiliary Personnel HMS Forfar (d.4th Dec 1940) |
Dvr. Frank Henry Isaac . British Army Headquarters Railway Telegraph Company Royal Signals from Swansea) Though my Dad Frank Issac, talked little of his war experiences he left us with a diary from February 1945 to June 1945 with the towns he went through in that time. I was able to map his tour through France, Belgium, Holland and Germany. We also have a Christmas dinner menu for 1943, signed by fellow service men: Ted Marsden, J Stewart, Dai Jenkin, Harry Owen, GE Baker, H Walker, Jock Williamson, H Watson, W.Parry, JD Dean, W Duggan, C Payne,L Hill and F Farrington. |
Gordon James Ross Isaac . Royal Air Force 100 Squadron from Whitley Bay) My Granda, Gordon Isaac, served with 100 squadron as a Flight Engineer from 1943 - 1945. He completed over 30 missions.My mam told me that his hair turned white after one mission! My mam has the letter from the Air Ministry in 1943 confirming that he had been selected to train for the RAF.
He became an electrician after the war and after moving to London he worked for Thames Television. He lived in Muswell Hill and was a member of Muswell Hill Golf Club. He lived near Whitley Bay and moved to London when my mam was 15. My mam was born in that house and still lives there today. I only met him a few times but he was a real gentleman. I would be grateful If anyone has any information about him.
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Sgt. George Wallace "Judd" Isherwood . British Army Royal Army Service Corps from Blackburn. Lancashire) My Uncle, George Isherwood was on board SS Empress of Asia when it was bombed and sunk in Feb 1942 off Singapore. He stepped onto an Australian destroyer without even getting his feet wet! He was captured several days later in Singapore without firing a shot and incarcerated in Changi jail. At the end of the war he was on board a transport taking him and thousands of others to Japan as slave labour.
We learned very little of his time in Changi, like so many others he was most reluctant to talk about it and destroyed virtually all records and letters that he sent to his family and fiancé. It was only from one of his friends, Sgt Gwyn Jones from Coed Poeth we learned that he had been picked upon frequently for beatings by the Japs (Nips as they called them) due to his small size. Apparently, the Japs singled out anyone especially tall or small. Gwyn incidentally managed to hide from the Japs an exquisite gold ring which contained a watch, I saw it a few years later when he visited us.
George refused all medals etc. awarded to Service personnel after the war.
On their return he sailed in the former liner Sobieski which called at Cape Town where they were treated like kings, fed, feted and taken into private homes. On their arrival back at Southampton the dockers were on strike. The men almost mutinied wanting to unload the ships themselves. The were given rice pudding as a desert for their first meal, it hit the floor and the ceilings.
Their return for compassionate leave was appallingly handled; in the end several squaddies from N E Lancashire commandeered a truck and got home that way. A few years ago I read an account -sadly I cannot recall the author's name - from somone in the area of N E lancs who was on the same lorry and actually refers to dropping George and another of his friends off almost at their front doors.
George who had no children, died around 10yrs ago still suffering physically and mentally from his experiences whilst in captivity. |
Bernard Berco Iticovici . French Army We are searching for any information about Bernard (Berco) Iticovici or his relatives.
Bernard (Berco) Iticovici was a French POW at Stalag VIII A, Gorlitz, Germany in 1941. He was a Romanian Jew who lived in Paris in the 1930’s. He was inducted into the French Army in 1940 and in June 1940 was captured during the Battle for France and sent as a French POW to Stalag VIIIA at Gorlitz, in Germany. Bernard was at the Stalag in 1941 as prisoner #29347.
It is possible that Bernard was present at Messaien’s first performance of his “Quartet for the End of Time” at Stalag VIIIA on a cold January day in 1941.
The archives at the Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC contain a German deportation list showing that two men with the surname Iticovici were deported from Paris to Auschwitz in 1942: Itic Iticovici, born in Iasi, Romania, in 1905, and Joseph Iticovici who was listed as a French national
It is possible that these victims may have been relatives of Bernard.
We seek anyone who many know the fate of Bernard in the camp and after the war, or may know of any relatives of his that have survived. |
Bernard Berco Iticovici . French Army We are searching for any information about Bernard (Berco) Iticovici or his relatives.
Bernard (Berco) Iticovici was a French POW at Stalag VIII A, Gorlitz, Germany in 1941. He was a Romanian Jew who lived in Paris in the 1930’s. He was inducted into the French Army in 1940 and in June 1940 was captured during the Battle for France and sent as a French POW to Stalag VIIIA at Gorlitz, in Germany. Bernard was at the Stalag in 1941 as prisoner #29347.
It is possible that Bernard was present at Messaien’s first performance of his “Quartet for the End of Time” at Stalag VIIIA on a cold January day in 1941.
The archives at the Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC contain a German deportation list showing that two men with the surname Iticovici were deported from Paris to Auschwitz in 1942: Itic Iticovici, born in Iasi, Romania, in 1905, and Joseph Iticovici who was listed as a French national
It is possible that these victims may have been relatives of Bernard.
We seek anyone who many know the fate of Bernard in the camp and after the war, or may know of any relatives of his that have survived. |
Sgt L. A. Ive . Royal Air Force 514 Sqd. Sgt Ive survived a serious crash when Lancaster LL645 A2-R was returning to Waterbeach on the 30th of March 1944. Their landing was aborted and whilst attempting to go around the aicraft struck the ground, ripping off the undercarrage.
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