A Langton . British Army 3rd Btn Royal Tank Regiment A Langton served with the 3rd Btn Royal Tank 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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Cpl. Herbert Horatio Langton . British Army from Hall Farm, Eastwell, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
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AC1. Leon Meredith "Jack" Langton . Royal Air Force 142 Squadron from Codnor, Derbyshire (d.10th May 1940) Aircraftman 1st Class Leon Langton was the son of Alfred and Elizabeth Langton of Codnor, Derbyshire.
His plane was shot down and he is buried in the Petange (Lamadelaine) Communal Cemetery in Luxembourg.
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Warrant Officer N R Langton . RAF VR 59 Squadron
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Jean Bennett Langtry . Land Army from Bridgeton, Glasgow My mum Jean Langtry(deceased)was in the Land Army but unfortunately I have no idea where she was posted but I do have some pics of her in uniform that I will look for and post at a later date she married my dad Jak Tennent in 1946.
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P/O Charlie Wesley Lanham DFC. RAAF 626 Sqn.
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George Victor Lanham . British Army 5th Btn. East Yorkshire Rgt. My father was a Desert Rat with the 5th East Yorkshire Rgt. He saw action at El Alamein. I believe that only three from the regiment returned to England. They docked at Liverpool, were taken to a camp in Essex, and then on to practise in Scotland for the D-day landings. He said very little about his experiences.
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LC Lanham . British Army LC Lanham 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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Seaman Lankester . Royal Navy HMS Manchester
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Pte. Gerald Alfred Frank "Gaffer" Lankshear . British Army 1st (Kensington) Btn. Middlesex Regiment from Harlow
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GP Lanning . British Army Royal Armoured Corps GP Lanning 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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Lt. Leonard Edward "June" Lannom . United States Army 941st Field Artillery from Nashville, TN My father, June Lannom, was in the Tennessee National Guard when the war broke out. He was a SFC in the 181st Field Artillery, stationed in Tullahoma Tn. He was sent to signal officer training in Kansas, because he was employed by the Telephone Company when the war broke out. Upon completion of OCS, he was assigned to the 941st Field Artillery. His unit was sent to the desert in California for training. My dad's unit was put on a ship and sent to Exeter, England. The 941st landed on Utah Beach D+6. My dad often spoke of the battle at Remagen Bridge, Battle of the Bulge, and the liberation of prisoners at Bauchenwald Concentration Camp. He carried pictures of stacked bodies in his wallet till he died. My Aunt told me that dad was made Temporary Mayor of a town liberated by US soldiers. Dad died in 1981, following 45 years of service with South Central Bell.
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FlyFO Witold Aleksander "Lanny" Lanowski COV & bar, DFC, AM.. Polish Air Force A Flight 302 Sqd. from Woodford Green Lanny Lanowski flew with the Polish Air Force with 308 Squadron, B flight 317 Squadron, A flight 302 Squadron and 61st Fighter Squadron 56th Fighter Group USAAF.
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RC Lansbury . British Army Royal Armoured Corps RC Lansbury 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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Sgt. Wayne E Lansing . US Army B Coy. 821st Tank Destroyer Battalion Both my uncles served with the 821st Tank Destroyer Battalion. Wayne E Lansing and his twin brother Duane Lansing.
Wayne and Duane Lansing in Germany after they shot up this building.
Newspaper cutting.
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PO. Sidney Charles Albert Lansley . Royal Navy HMS Manchester from Saltdean My father Sidney Lansley served aboard HMS Manchester at the time of it being scuttled off the North African coast having been disabled by the Italian Navy attacking Operation Pedestal. He along with the ship's Commander were one of the last to leave the sinking ship having to swim to the coast line some 8 miles. Once ashore the crew were rounded up and taken by rail to the POW camp at Laghouat. We have a telegram received from the Camp on 27 Aug 42 saying safe & well. My Mother was informed by the Commodore Naval Barracks Portsmouth 8 Sep 1942 that her husband was a survivor & had been interned at Laghouat.
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Driver William Lansley . British Army 2nd Searchlight Rgt. Royal Artillery My grandfather, Bill Lansley was POW 31049 in Stalag IXA from 1940 until 1943. On 19th May 1940 he was a driver/mechanic with the 2nd Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery when they were captured by the Germans. During the battle his leg was so badly damaged it had to be removed. He went to a hospital in Delans, onto Devens, then to Belgium and finally to Germany, where he remained in Stalag IX until he was repatrited in 1943.
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L/Cpl. Joe Lant . Royal Air Force from Newcastle upon Tyne My late father Joe Lant served with the RAF and was on board the SS Anselm from Liverpool to Freetown. He remembered placing all his important possessions (camera, watch, photos of my mam etc) in a jacket on a coat hook near to hand. He was very aware of the U-Boat threat and had the jacket (and lifebelt) ready to grab and make for the deck should the worst happen. When the torpedo struck, the internal floor collapsed under him and for all that he tugged on the hook of the jacket, it failed to give (as they are wont) and he had to leave the jacket (and his possessions) to make for the deck.
He recalled little panic, although he did say that the ship sank very quickly (and almost perpendicularly). He did fear a “suction effect” as the ship went down but said it barely made a ripple. He did recall one of the ships in the convey manoeuvring towards the bow of the Anselm as she sank to retrieve some of the men who had to jump across. He recalled some falling short and coming to grief in the propellers.
He also recalled men throwing webbing down into the hold where the torpedo had entered in the hope that some men could scramble out. He told me about the bravery of the Padre who went down to minister to the dying, saying something along the lines of: “My love of God is greater than my fear of death”.
Dad floated in the water for a few hours. He recounted a few things to me:
there was a lot of debris in the water,
one man was floating on a door marked “Private” (which he thought hilarious) and a piece of piping floated to the surface near my dad and he joked with some of the other survivors that he’d “grabbed the conning tower” (of the U-Boat)
He was eventually rescued from the water by a corvette, wearing only one sock and underpants (“where I met a lad from South Shields”) and was transferred to a bigger vessel before being taken to Freetown.
For many years dad had a postcard from a post war event (an evening meal I think) in a London hotel for the “SS Anselm Survivors”. He told me that many of the RAF survivors went on to have very successful careers. My dad came home safely as he’d promised when he went to war and then married my mam, proudly wearing his RAF uniform.
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Robert Lanz . United States Army I was captured and taken prisoner during the Battle of the Bulge. I was liberated by the British Army after four months of imprisonment.
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EW Lapidge . British Army EW Lapidge 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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Lt. Barbara Florence Lapierre . Canadian Army Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps from LaSalle QC
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JC Lapish . British Army Reconnaissance Corps JC Lapish 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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JBL Lappage . British Army JBL Lappage 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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Cpl. Andrew Arthur Lapsley . British Army 6th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders from Bo Ness (d.18th Jan 1944)
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J Lapsley . British Army Royal Scots Fusiliers J Lapsley served with the Royal Scots Fusiliers 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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Sgt. William Hamilton Lapsley MID.. Royal Air Force 106 Squadron from Londonderry (d.4th July 1941) William Lapsley was my Grandmother's youngest brother. He was killed on a mission to Dortmund. They took off at 23:00 on the 4th of Jul19 41 from RAF Conningsby in Hampden AD914 and were shot down by Flak near Heesch, Noord Brabant, crashing in the southern outskirts of Oss, Holland. All the crew were killed are buried in Eindhoven General Cemetery.
The crew were:
- F/S N.E.Bowering MID
- F/S D.S.Bagnall
- Sgt W.H.Lapsley MID
- Sgt I.L.T.Reis
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Alfred William Lapthorn . Royal Air Force 582 Squadron from Salcombe, Devon My father Bill Lapthorn rarely talked about his wartime experiences when I was a child. Only much later did I realise how much danger he was in on each and every mission flying Lancasters over Germany. He talked fondly of aircrew colleagues, many of them Canadians such as Tiny Beasley. I have attached some extracts from his Flight Logbook detailing the 13 ops he took part in, including being shot at over Germany and limping back to crash land at Manston in Kent.
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