The Wartime Memories Project - The Second World War

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Those who Served A      B       C       D       E       F       G       H       I       J       K       L       M       N       O       P       Q       R       S       T       U       V       W       X       Y       Z       Kapitänleutnant Fritz-Julius Lemp Iron Cross 1st & 2nd Class, Knights Cross.     Kreigsmarine U-30 (d.9th May 1941) Kptlt. Fritz-Julius Lemp instigated one of the most controversial incidents of the entire Battle of the Atlantic on the 3rd of September 1939. He was commander of U-30 when he spotted a large blacked-out ship zig-zagging at high speed. Lemp took an educated guess that it was an armed merchant cruiser, as passenger liners normally sailed in a straight line. He launched torpedoes sinking the ship. The vessel was in fact the passenger liner SS Athenia which had just set sail from Glasgow bound for Montreal. Lemp became a U-Boat ace with U-30, sinking 17 ships and damaging another, he was the seventh U-boat commander to be awarded the Knights Cross on the 14th of August, 1940, he was 26 years old. His was the first U-boat to make use of the French bases in July 1940. He took command of U-110 in March 1941 and was killed in action on the second patrol on the 9th of May 1941 when the u-Boat was captured by HMS Bulldog and HMS Broadway. Can you help us to add to our records? Add a record to our website. The names and stories on this website have been submitted by their relatives and friends. If your relations are not listed please add their names so that others can read about them Did you or your relatives live through the Second World War? Do you have any photos, newspaper clippings, postcards or letters from that period? Have you researched the names on your local or war memorial? Were you or your relative evacuated? Did an air raid affect your area? If so please let us know. Help us to build a database of information on those who served both at home and abroad so that future generations may learn of their sacrifice. Contact us. Celebrate your own Family History Celebrate by honouring members of your family who served in the Secomd World War both in the forces and at home. We love to hear about the soldiers, but also remember the many who served in support roles, nurses, doctors, land army, muntions workers etc. Please use our Family History resources to find out more about your relatives. Then please send in a short article, with a photo if possible, so that they can be remembered on these pages.

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