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L/Sgt. Patrick Mannion . British Army 73rd Anti Tank Rgt. 196 Btry. Royal Artillery Patrick Mannion served with 196 battery, 73rd Anti Tank regiment, they landed on D-day, fought in Normandy, in Belgium, Holland and into Germany.
It was in Germany they did something remarkable, historical. I’m seeking any information on 196 battery 73rd Anti Tank regiment. It’s for a book I’m writing.
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Capt. Mansbridge . Royal Air Force 635 Squadron (d.20th April 1944) Since two years, I have been interested by the Railways Ottingies station bombing in Belgium on April 20th, 1944. I also find out the crash of the Lancaster III ND 826 F2-W with the crew of Captain Mansbridge. I succeeded to identify the crash location close to Ottignies : Bois des chauweres; we collected small aircraft fragments but not enough for a complete identification. That is why, I look for further information about the crash: Flak or nightfighter; how was the impact ?; description of the impact etc.
I have contact with the niece of the pilot navigator Cruywys. Are there other family relatives of the crew members? Is it possible to collect "souvenirs" document about the crash announcement? The aim of this search is to implement a video film and to organize together with the town authorities a monument in honour of the crew pilot heroes. It is important to get fragments with real identification.
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P/O Adriaan "Jos" Manschot . Royal Air Force 320 Squadron - Dutch from Holland (d.9th February 1945) A Mitchell FW212 NO-J of 320 squadron had a nose-tail collision with FR165 in climbing through a cloud-layer soon after take off from Melsbroek and crashed near Tirlemong, Belgium. The target was Geldern.
Crew members were:
- P/O Adriaan Manschot - KIA - grave at Amersfoort-Rusthof.
- A.K. Knapp - MIA - memorial stone at Loenen
- Sgt. A.L. Diets - MIA - memorial stone at Loenen
- W/O G.H. Wilson - KIA
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AR Mansell . British Army 9th Lancers AR Mansell served with the 9th Lancers 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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Edward Manser . Royal Navy HMS Nelson from London My dad, Edward Manser, served on HMS Nelson. He died recently aged 89 and I would love to hear from anybody who can remember him and to tell me a tale or two.
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Flying Officer Leslie Thomas Manser VC. RAF 50 Squadron (d.31st May 1942) 50 Squadron Manchester crashed on 30th May 1942 in occupied Belgian. It had been hit by flak over Cologne, very severely damaged and subsequently abandoned by six of the crew, after which the Manchester crashed 0200 31May42 into a dyke at Bree (Limburg), 21 km NNE of Genk, Belgium. The event resulted in the pilot F/O Leslie Manser receiving a posthumous VC for holding the aircraft until the crew could bail out. He was 20 years old.
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Flying Officer Leslie Thomas Manser VC. RAF 50 Squadron (d.31st May 1942) 50 Squadron Manchester crashed on 30th May 1942 in occupied Belgian. It had been hit by flak over Cologne, very severely damaged and subsequently abandoned by six of the crew, after which the Manchester crashed 0200 31May42 into a dyke at Bree (Limburg), 21 km NNE of Genk, Belgium. The event resulted in the pilot F/O Leslie Manser receiving a posthumous VC for holding the aircraft until the crew could bail out. He was 20 years old.
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Cpl. John Mansfield . Australian Imperial Force D Coy. 2/1st Btn. from Dubbo, NSW
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Lord Sandhurst Mansfield . Royal Canadian Air Force 419 Sqd.
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RA Mansfield . British Army RA Mansfield 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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P/O Richard Gerald Mansfield DFC. RCAF 419 (Moose) Squadron (d.24th Nov 1944) P/O Richard Gerald Mansfield DFC J85770 was a pilot based at Middleton St George now Teeside airport and flew Lancaster's from this base for 419 RCAF Moose Squadron which included VR KB 767 U and was KIA 24th November 1944.
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Nurse Jane Mansley MBE.. Queen Alexandras Royal Naval Nursing Service HMHS Leinster from Liverpool Jane Mansley served as a nurse in HMHS Leinster. He citation reads: "On the 20th of February 1944 whilst the Hospital Carrier was proceeding from Port d'Anzio to Naples with wounded aboard, during the period
19.20 to 21.00hrs we were dived on my enemy planes to mast height. Many patients on our upper decks became very excitable and nervous.
By the calm spirit and keen devotion to duty She was largely instrumental in restoring their confidence. Her example to all was the highest."
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Sgt. George Manson . British Army 5th Btn., 10 Pltn. Seaforth Highlanders from Ferness, Nairnshire, Scotland (d.18th July 1944) George Manson was killed in action in the Triangle near Caen, Normandy with ten of his No. 10 platoon, 5th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders.
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Gnr. J. Manson . British Army 5th Bty, 2nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery from Finstown, Orkney J Manson of Maitland Place, Finnstown [sic], Orkney, is one of 3 men whose names are written on the reverse of a photograph, which was in the possession of my father, Albert Percival Nichols.
Both were captured on 20th of June 1942, probably at Tobruk, and both were in Stalag 4A. The other two men were J Marrs of 10 Gamlin Street, Birkenhead, Cheshire and C Jones of Leyedge, Mayfield Drive, Cuddington, Northwich, Cheshire.
As well as my father, two other men (unnamed) appear on the photograph.
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SA Manson . British Army SA Manson 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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HT Mantell . British Army HT Mantell 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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L H Mantell . British Army Worcestershire Regimen L Mantell served with the Worcestershire Regimen 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. Marston Edward Manthorpe . British Army 12th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment Sgt.Marston Manthorpe served with the 12th 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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Herman Carl Manto . British Army Black Watch from Canada My grandfather, who was from Canada, served with the Black Watch. He never talked much about the war.
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Eric Manton . Royal Air Force I arrived at Thornaby about March 1944 and it was bitterly cold with several
inches of snow. We were in a long wooden hut without any kind of insulation
from the cold and I don't even remember the usual coal-burning stove. We
went to bed wearing several layers of clothing in order to
keep warm and on top of the bed was piled things like greatcoat, towels,
spare uniform, etc. and anything else one could find. In fact, we had a
saying that, "in the morning we crept out of bed, took off a few clothes,
and then we were dressed!"
Our unit was known as ASRTU which stood for Air Sea Rescue Training Unit. We
were equipped with Vickers Warwick aircraft, a development of the famous
Wellington bomber. It looked very similar to the Wellington but was even
larger and our particular ones were made to carry a boat under their belly.
These were dropped into the sea and used three parachutes to support them on
their way down.They were dropped alongside aircrews that had come down in
the water and our unit was responsible for training people to drop them
correctly.
On arrival at Thornaby I had just completed my flight mechanic's course at
Blackpool and it was the first time that I was ever to be let loose on a
real aircraft. As an
airframe mechanic, my job was to inspect 'my' particular aircraft everyday
to ensure that it was airworthy and to sign to say that it was fit to fly,
as far as the airframe was concerned. (The airframe was practically every
bit that one can see, except the engines.) This was a rather daunting
responsibility for any new 19-year-old flight mech. and so, on the first
morning, when
the flight sergeant told me to go and inspect C "Charlie", I was determined
to do my very best.
It was just after nine o'clock when I left the crew room to do my inspection
and, after looking at very nearly every rivet, etc., I returned about
midday. I naturally felt very pleased with myself and walked proudly over to
the flight office to sign for my aircraft. My joy was further increased to
see the flight
sergeant standing outside, looking keenly in my direction.
"Where the b . . . . . hell have you been, airman?" was his fiery greeting.
"Doing my daily inspection, flight sergeant."
"A likely story. You have been gone three hours and if you ever slope off
like that again you'll be on a charge! I'll be watching you tomorrow, my
lad". (I didn't realise that the popular time for doing the job was about 45
minutes, if everything was OK!.)
Another particular memory that I have of Thornaby was that our hut was just
a few hundred yards off the end of the runway and when the training crews
were on night flying exercises we used to lay in bed listening to the
Warwicks thundering down the runway towards us and flying very low over our
hut. One's overriding concern, of course, was . . . "I wonder if this is
the one that won't make it?"
Many houses adjoined the airfield, of course, and I can share their dislike
for night flying but, we were in the middle of a war. However, that didn't
prevent some of the neighbours from complaining bitterly about it and their
complaints were taken very seriously!
We had some good times in Stockton and Middlesboro' and I can remember the
night I made a date with a local girl and to my horror she turned up in
clogs. Coming from the far south of England I had never seen anything like
that before, but the noise that they made walking through the empty streets
was more than I could bear!
One night my mate and I called in to the first pub at the entrance to
Stockton where a couple of regulars were playing darts. We were very poor
players, really, but agreed to play the locals for a pint. By some strange
fluke, we won the first two matches and towards the end of the third game I
threw two darts into the treble 19 bed. "Three in a bed is game" shouted one
of our opponents, knowing full well that we wouldn't achieve it.
I took careful aim without the slightest hope of ever getting it (I never
had in the past) but to my astonishment it went straight in. Everyone was
very impressed; we got our winning pints; but no one else would give us
another game!
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NP Manton . British Army 9th Lancers NP Manton served with the 9th Lancers 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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Pamela Iris Manton . Land Army from Birmingham My wife- Pamela Manton then- joined the Land Army in 1947 when she was 17. She served for 5 years. Until then she had lived with her parents at Small Heath in Birmingham. We are both now approaching 80.She was first of all put as an orderly at Oldberrow House near Henley in Arden, after three months as an orderly she began performing regular land work (her first job being ditching)After some time at Oldberrow House she was sent to Wolverton Court at Snitterfield. Much later she was sent to another hostel in Henley in Arden- and finally she was stationed at yet another hostel in Atherstone in Warwickshire. (a hostel that was later replaced by an estate of houses)Although the WLA was disbanded in 1950, my wife stayed on to finally complete her 5 years. She had always said that those 5 years in the WLA were some of the happiest in her life, and so a short time ago I wrote to the present owners of Wolverton Court who said that if we called on them they would show us around, unfortunately I gave up our car (due to my age and the car's age) some time ago and so there was no way we could get there. But when I wrote to the present owners of Oldberrow house they were happy to arrange a get-together of other ex land girls. They even collected us. There were 7 ladies at the party and though my wife was happy to meet them, unfortunately none of them had known my wife. So if there are any ex-land girls who were at Oldberrow House- Wolverton Court-or the hostel in Atherstone and remember Pam Manton, as she was then- my wife would be delighted to hear from them.
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Sgt. Reginald Mantripp . Royal Air Force Reginald Mantripp served at RAF Riccall as ground crew between April and November 1943.
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Capt. Ralph Edward Manuel . United States Army 47th Infantry Regiment from Winchester, VA My Great Uncle, Capt Ralph E. Manuel, from Winchester, VA was captured in November of 1944 in Western Germany. I believe he was in the 47 Infantry Regiment. The National Archives has him listed in Stalag he escaped to the Allied lines. He remained in the Army rising to the Rank of LT. Col. before he retired. Unfortunately, I never met him. He died at the age of 49 in 1969.
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Capt. Ralph E. Manuel . United States Army 3rd Btn. I Coy. 47th Infantry Regiment from Winchester, Virginia, USA My Great Uncle Ralph Manuel was captured on the 12th of November 1944 leading his men in action at Bovenburg Farm, North of Hamich, Germany. He was first held in Stalag 12A prisoner of war camp, then transferred to 9B.
According to family stories he escaped and eventually made his way back to his unit, however a Fort Benning Infantry School report says he was recaptured after escaping by the Russians and returned to the US Army. Records dated 30th of March 1945 confirm he did return to the 47th.
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WG Manuel . British Army WG Manuel 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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RA Manville . British Army RA Manville 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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WO. William Hanlon Manwaring . Royal Australian Air Force 37 Squadron from Cootamundra, NSW, Australia William Manwaring served with 37 Squadron.
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