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Stoker 1st Class. George Ernest Jewitt . Royal Navy HMS Cossack from Stockton-on-Tees My grandfather, George Ernest Jewitt, was one of the boarders (with a pick axe handle) from HMS Cossack during the boarding of the Altmark, and later took part in the 2nd Battle of Narvik. During this latter engagement he earned the DSM for his bravery under fire. My mother and father have recently uncovered a pencil drawing my grandfather drew later in life, of himself during the battle, and this is annotated with his thoughts from those moments. The drawing shows George with a bandage around his head, running along the deck carrying shells between the fore and aft guns during the action, whilst Cossack was struck by shore gunfire seven times. The annotations state that he was conscious of everything I did, and expecting an explosion any minute. It also states that he was doing this with shrapnel injuries to his eye and leg. As a child I never understood why my grandfather suffered so much from his nerves, but these never left him, even into his eighties. Knowing what I do now, it seems all too obvious.
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Gdsm. Archibald Aldwyne Jewkes . British Army 5th Battalion Grenadier Guards from Worcester Dad, Archie Jewkes was captured at Anzio and I have a dictionary he had as a memento from his time in Stalag 383.
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AW Jeynes . British Army Royal Armoured Corps AW Jeynes 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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Flt.Sgt. Kenneth Jeynes . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 210 Squadron from Aston, Birmingham (d.3rd Apr 1945) For many, many years my late mother was always telling stories about her cousin, Kenneth Jeynes who was killed in the war. She was very close to her cousin as he was only 2 years younger. Since she died, I have been on a mission to find out more about her cousin, who is also my second-cousin. Last month, whilst listening to Glen Miller, I struck gold. I found him, and I feel very proud of him. He was only 22 when he was killed flying his Catlina flying boat. I know my mum would be proud too.
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Capt. Charles Benjamin Kemp Jickling . British Army Royal Norfolk Regiment (d.14th Apr 1945) My Uncle Charles Jickling was captured at Dunkirk and imprisoned in a camp in Germany. He was a Captain in the Royal Norfolk Regiment.
On the last day of the war they were being marched from their camp. They were shot by Americans, who thought they were Germans as they flew over. This was on the 14th April, 1945. He was 29 when he died.
Benjamin is buried at Durnbach War Cemetery. He was army No. 00238BA; service umber 67110.
I found out from my other Uncle that Ben had been in Eichstatt, Southern Germany; though I suspect not for the entirety of his time in captivity.
He is mentioned in the book, 'The Last Escape', by John Nichol and Tony Rennell. You may be interested to have the following information.
The German commanders had been ordered to evacuate the camp and march to Moosburg due to the advance of the Russians. This event took place on the 14th April 1945. The brigade moved out in Battalions. Two aeroplanes had been circling overhead; American Mustangs. Six other planes arrived and circled the camp. The leading plane took a dive and burst into machine gun fire. Plane after plane then came roaring over the column blasting the men with machine gun fire. The Americans were in charge of much of the Airspace in Bavaria.
The total death toll was 11 British Officers with 50 wounded. It turned out that the Americans thought they were a column of Hungarian troops, who had similar uniform. After the incident they refused to march in the daylight and went by night. They reached Moosburg and were liberated 8 days later. Other methods they used to avoid similar incidents were to make a flag out of old sheets and paint it with a red cross.
There is an article about the incident on the City of Kingston Historical Website.
How can I find out more information about where exactly he was. Did anyone serve with him?
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AB RFR Ernest James Lorne "Ern" Jiggins . Royal Navy Drake IV (Mosquito) from Poplar ,London
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Sgt. B. Jigursky . Royal Canadian Air Force mid upper gunner 419 Sqd.
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Gunner Braggs "Pop" Jim . British Army Maritime Rgt. Royal Artillery My grandfather served with the RA Maritime Regiment on convoy protection between the UK and Australia from 1941 to 1945. Does anyone have any information about the names of ships which sailed this route?
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JT Jinks . British Army Reconnaissance Corps JT Jinks served with the Reconnaissance 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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F/Lt. Alfred Gisli Jira . Royal Canadian Air Force from Calder (d.24th Jan 1944) Alfred Jira was my great uncle.
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Sgt. Roger Jjunguené . Royal Air Force 342 Squadron from le Havre, France Roger Junguene est né le 4 février 1920 au Havre.
Chaudronnier en cuivre venant de la marine Marchande, il s'engage comme 2e classe dans les FAFL le 28 août 1941.
Enregistré à la Cie de L'air au Moyen-Orient avec le matricule 40.200, il sera immatriculé par Londres sous le n° 35.294.
Roger JUNGUENE s’engage dans les Forces Aériennes Françaises Libres à Beyrouth (Liban) le 27 août 1941.
Il est affecté le 1er Octobre 1941 à la base aérienne de Rayack, où stationne le Groupe de Bombardement Lorraine (GB1).
Il rejoint la Grande-Bretagne le 1er janvier 1943 avec cette unité , qui devient le groupe de bombardement Lorraine – 342 squadron de la RAF et auquel il est affecté.
Il est muté au 137 Wing de la RAF du 6 Décembre 1943 au 16 Mai 1944, date à laquelle il revient au Groupe Lorraine.
Il est nommé sergent le 1er décembre 1944.
Roger Junguene was born on February 4, 1920 in Le Havre.
A Copper Boilermaker from the Merchant Navy, he joined as 2nd class in the FAFL on August 28, 1941.
He was registered at the Air Company in the Middle East with the number 40.200, it will be registered by London under the number 35.294.
Roger engages in the French Air Forces Free in Beirut (Lebanon) on 27th of August 1941.
He was posted on 1st of October 1941 at Rayack Air Base, where the Lorraine Bombardment Group (GB1) is stationed.
He joinedin Britain on 1st of January 1943 with this unit, which became the group bombing Lorraine, 342 Squadron of the RAF and to which he is assigned.
He was transferred to the 137 Wing of the RAF from 6th December 1943 to 16th of May 1944, when he returned to the Lorraine Group.
He was appointed sergeant on 1st of December 1944.
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Flight Sergeant J H S Joanette . RCAF 59 Squadron
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RG Jobbins . British Army RG Jobbins 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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Private Albert Jobson . Army 1st Bucks, Company D, 13 Platoon Royal Norfolk Regiment My father, Pte. Albert Jobson, crossed to Arromanches beach on D Day +1 June 8th 1944 with the Royal Norfolks and was transferred to the Ox and Bucks in Sept. 1944.
I have photographs of him in Hannover in May 1945 and Bremnen. He is also pictured as a member of 1st Bucks Coy.D 13 Platoon with the other members (names recorded on back of photo) with a captured German tank at Alterhunden. Glad to share with anyone interested.
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2nd Lt. Poul Herman Johannes Johannessen . British Army SD Section Special Operations Executive from Copenhagen, Denmark (d.5th September 1942) Second Lieutenant Johannessen was the husband of Edith Johannessen of Copenhagen, Denmark.
He is buried in grave VIII. 13. 5 in the Copenhagen (Bronshaj Cemetery) in Denmark.
Editor's note: In 1941 Poul H J Johannesen joined the British military service and was recruited by the SD Section of SOE.
During operation Tabletop in 1942 Poul, together with Christian Rottbøll and Max Mikkelsen, were dropped into Denmark by parachute. The intention was to build a resistance movement in that country and also to send intelligence to England.
From August 1942 they used an apartment in Valøse. On 4th September the apartment was stormed by police. Poul's radio transmissions to England had been intercepted by the Germans, who had alerted the local police. During the subsequent shoot-out, a policeman died. Arrested, Poul H J Johannessen chose to take poison on his way to the police station.
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Sgt. Ewart Stephan John . Royal Air Force 295 Squadron from Pen-y-Graig (d.19th Sep 1944) Ewart John flew as Flight Engineer on Stirling L170, easy peter on the 19th September 1944 on a mission to reisupply paratroopers at Arnhem, Holland during operation Market Garden. Out of 17 planes, sadly, only Ewart and the rest of his crew, along with two serving airborne soldiers, were shot down near the village of Eede. Only the rear gunner and one of the soldiers have a known grave situated at Adegem Canadian Cemetary.
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Sergeant Leigh John . RAF 59 Squadron
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L/Cpl. Leonard John . British Army 2nd Btn. South Wales Borderers from Tonypandy (d.28th Aug 1940)
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RP John . British Army Royal Armoured Corps RP John 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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Thwaite Jack John . British Army Border Regiment My grandad John Thwaite was in the Border Regiment. He landed in the assault wave on Gold Beach on D-Day, 6th of June 1944. My dad has told me about the terrible things he saw when they hit the beach that morning. He landed with 231 Infantry Brigade. He also fought in Caen and finally in Belgium, where he was wounded while firing his Bren. He had been hit by either a German mortar or a grenade. He went deaf in one ear and was virtually paralysed on one side, but he still held his ground and managed to lay fire down on the advancing Germans. He was then sent home wounded.
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Spr. Tudor Llewellyn John . Royal Engineers 505th Field Company from Maesteg, Wales Tudor John was my father. Some of his military records had an s added to his surname, but correct is without.
Dad passed away in 1992 at the age of 73. He was in the Battle of Crete and captured by the Germans there. He was subsequently a POW for the rest of the war. He met my mother in Germany (she is German) during his captivity. She helped him escape from the POW camp, but he was later re-arrested and again imprisoned until the end of the war. He was in Stalag IIID, then Hohnstein, then Dresden. My parents both lived through that awful night of Feb 14th, 1945 when the Brits firebombed the city.
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L/Cpl. Vernon James John . British Army 4th Battalion Welsh Regiment from Pen y Graig (d.26th Sep 1944) My great uncle, Vernon James John, served with the 4th Battalion Welsh Regiment. He was part of the advance through France, Belgium and Holland.
On the 25th and 26th September the 4th attacked at night the village of Reusel. Heavy fighting ensued around the church. As far as we can tell Vernon was shot by a sniper and died of his wounds we think in the church.
Sadly there seems to be no whereabouts of his grave. I wonder if he is buried in the grounds of the church? However, myself and my uncle visited Grossbeek Canadian War Cemetery this September 2014 to mark the 70th anniversary of operation Market Garden where Vernon has a commemorative plaque.
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L/Bdr. William Albert Johnny John . British Army 89th Bty. 35th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery from New Southgate, London (d.3rd Dec 1942) William John was captured by the Japanese and spent seven months in a POW camp in Tandjong Priok, Batavia, Java, remaining there until October 1942. He was then transported to Japan on the hellships, Yoshida Maru and Singapore Maru, and developed dysentery whilst on board. He arrived in Japan during October 1942, where he was left on board ship. Finally, at the end of November, he was transported to Moji Hospital Camp, where he died on 3rd of December 1942.
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Willie John . British Army 2nd Btn., Carrier Platoon, H. Q. Co. South Wales Borderers In a letter postmarked 30 Dec 1939, Willie John wrote from Bernard Castle, Co. Durham, to Christine C. A. Savery, who was a volunteer with the Sandes Soldier's and Airmen's Homes throughout World War II and after. The letter was addressed to Miss Savery c/o Sandes Soldier's Home, Waterside, L'Derry, N. Ireland.
The letter thanked Savery for toffees she sent by an unnamed messenger from soldiers identifying themselves as the "Everlasting Life Squad" and expressed appreciation for Savery's Bible classes at the Sandes Home.
Other members of the "Everlasting Life Squad" are not identified.
Savery died, aged 95, at the Resthaven Nursing Home near Stroud on 22 September 1997. She was awarded the M.B.E. in 1953.
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L/Cpl. Henry James Johncocks MM.. British Army Y Company The Buffs from 28 Ruskin Road, Belvedere, Kent (d.31st May 1944) I have only the telegram and account of Henry's death at age 19 years in support of his award of the Military Medal which reads as follows:
On 31st May, 1944, 'Y' Company, acting as advance guard, had just reached their objective, CLE CANNUCCIE, and were in the process of consolidating when the enemy opened up with Scheimzer fire and sniping. Two sergeants were killed instantaneoulsy. Lacne-Corporal Johncocks, regardless of the fact that the ground was swept by fire, crawled forward and with his first rifle shot and killed one of the enemy.
A few minutes later two Germans having worked their way round to aflank rushed at Lance-Corporal Johncocks. Undeterred he remained at his post and succeeded in wounding both of them with his rifle.
By his prompt action and great coolness and devotion to duty, Lance-Corporal Johncocks inspired all the men in his Platoon and gave his Platoon Commander valuable time to re-organise the Platoon and consolidate the position.
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SE Johncocks . British Army SE Johncocks 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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AJ Johns . British Army AJ Johns 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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Pte. John Johns . British Army 9th Battalion Border Regiment from Walsall My father, Jack Johns, was called up to join the 9th Battalion, Border Regiment at Carlisle, Cumberland. He mentioned being trained at Furness Abbey and Cromer Norfolk before leaving for Burma via Egypt and India.
He did not mention too much about what happened out there, but did mention he saw Wingate and Slim out there, he joined up with the 17th Indian Division out there and had nothing but praise for the Indian people. He loved his curry which he always made himself, he loved his Border and black cat Badges. And, after his return home after the war, he kept his bush hat and kukri in the coalhouse, he used it to chop the wood for the fire.
He told my mother he was ordered to look after a young lad of 18 who had arrived, but the boy was sadly killed standing next to my father, which left him a bad memory for the rest of his life. My father died in 1968 aged just 53, I just wish I had talked to him more. RIP Dad miss you lots..
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Cpt. Norman Arthur Johns . from Exeter
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