WJ Marshall . British Army Royal Berkshire Regiment WJ Marshall served with the Royal Berkshire 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 has lost 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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Harry Marshall-Deane . I was a POW at Stalag XXA from June 1940 until 1941 when I was shipped out to the Herr Fresian farm at Fisherbabski (not sure of spelling) near to the Vistula river. Later shipped to other farms in the area. Eventually I escaped from farms around February 1945 to a seaport on the Baltic. Disguised as a civilian I was loaded onto a ship via landing craft and sailed to Keil. From Keil to Lubeck and then on to Lumburgh. Does anyone remember me?
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Sgt. Richard Frederick Marshall-Hardy . Royal Air Force 202 Sqdn. from Bradford, Yorkshire My father, Richard Marshall-Hardy was born 1919 in Bradford, Yorkshire. He lived with his parents in London. He joined up in 1939 as wireless operator/aircrew, rank LAC, flying London II flying boats on anti-submarine patrol based between Gibraltar and Malta.
He was shot down by two Vichy French Curtiss fighters 40 miles off Casablanca in the Atlantic. Both Canadian pilots were killed, but my Dad and one crew member survived for five hours before being picked up by a Vichy French submarine. He was taken to Casablanca. Then, over several weeks, he was transferred over the High Atlas mountains to a disused Legionnaire Fort near Zagora in the Draa valley. Dad was there for six months before being transferred to Laghouat POW camp in Algeria. He was a POW from September 1940 to November 1942. After liberation of North Africa and repatriation home, dad spent three months in Morecambe hospital and was briefly in the UK (when I was conceived!).
Then in January 1944 he was convoyed across the Atlantic to Canada where he learnt to fly, based in Moncton, Bowden, Medicine Hat, Gimli. He remained as an instuctor and returned to UK (Kidlington) in May 1945, with Bomber Command. He flew on the Berlin airlift and continued in the RAF till 1962, reaching the rank of Squadron Leader. I'm very proud of him!
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Flying Officer Allan Marshall. . Royal Air Force 10 Sqd.
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NL Marshman . British Army Royal Armoured Corps NL Marshman 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 has lost 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. Clarence Leslie "Les" Marson . Army Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) My Grandad served with the Cameronians during WW2. His name was Clarence Leslie Marson but his service and pay book states Clarence Lester Marson. Everyone knew him as 'Les' even his personal effects suitcase has the initials L.M.
He enlisted on 15/02/40 in Notttingham and was transferred to the army reserve on 12/07/46. He was a W/Cpl on 16/05/46 although I don't know what this means and I know very little about his time during the war and would love to hear of any information about him.
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GH Marson . British Army Royal Armoured Corps GH Marson 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 has lost 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/Cpl. Thomas Marson . British Army Royal Warwickshire Regiment from Birmingham Thomas Marson was my uncle. I was looking through old family photos and found
correspondence cards and photos that my father received and sent with
the stamp Stalag XXb on them. As a child I was aware of my uncle being
a prisoner of war in Poland.
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J Marston . British Army Royal Armoured Corps J Marston 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 has lost 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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JA Marston . British Army JA Marston 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 has lost 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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Joseph James marston . British Army My Dad, Joseph James Marston was in the Desert Rats, he often spoke about he frinds that were killed. He told us about when he was shot and showed us the scars. He also was lucky to drive Monty around, we did have some photos but they have been lost, does anyone have a copy?
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Joseph Marston . British Army Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers from Stockport During the war my grandfather, Joseph Marston, served in the REME and built Bailey Bridges. Does anyone remember him?
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Pte. William Arthur Marston . British Army 2nd Btn. North Staffordshire Regiment from Willenhall, West Midlands My Granddad Bill Marston, served originally in the East Surrey Regiment before being transferred over too the 2nd Battalion of the North Staffordshires. He was a Bren Gunner. I was told he had been shot a couple of times in action and on the one occasion blown up by a land mine, he had been left for dead until his comrade turned his knife on the medical orderly and demanded they take him, luckily he survived. He went on to serve in Palestine and was demobbed in 1947 or 48.
If anybody knows any veterans who may of known him or had mentioned him it would be nice to know.
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F/O Edward Martaré . Royal Air Force No. 320 (Netherlands) Squadron RAF from Holland (d.26th July 1940) F/O Martaré was killed in action flying a Fokker T.VIII.W serial R-10 (1st Escadrille)FTR from sortie. The aircraft dived into sea from low altitude at 12:15 hrs (GMT).
He is buried in Pembroke.
The crew was:
- Off. J.C. Den Hollander - Missing in Action
- Major A. De Knegt - Missing in Action
- Cpl. J. Ras - Killed in action and buried in Pembroke
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Martel . British Army The Queen Victoria's Royal Rifle Reg We are trying to find info on a POW Camp in Greece where a soldier in The Queen Victoria's Royal Rifle Reg was held in WW2. As you can see I have only his surname but it is unusual. He was captured in Italy and taken/sent to Greece. Help with this appreciated thank you.
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F/O. Maurice Joseph Martel . Royal Australian Air Force 608 (North Riding) Squadron from Upper Beconsfield, Vic., Australia (d.17th March 1942)
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Wilfred Marten . Royal Air Force My father Wilfred Marten was on board the SS Anselm and has always had great admiration for the
actions of the padre Cecil Pugh, he mentioned how he helped the erks when the
stair case had been blown up, as far as my father knows the ship was still
moving along as the 'padre' was consoling the men.
My father was on the first deck down only because on arrival
in Liverpool they asked for volunteers to man the machine guns he thinks the
may have been browning's. As he had done some shooting at Blackpool on
training and was a member of the rifle club. All bullets having gone through the
same hole at a hundred yards.
Wilfreds hammock was attached to the stair well so he was knocked out of bed
by the explosion. Somebody pulled my father up from the first deck down to
the main deck, he does not know the name of the man who lowered the rope and
does not know what became of him? They had been told that it was safe enough to
undress so he was only in undergarments, no boots and airforce trousers.
My father and one other man went around throwing ropes into the hold, and
could hear them shouting. After first affixing the ropes to anything fixed
atop. He also let rafts down and threw them into the sea. The deck of the ship at
this time was empty except maybe for two others helping the best they could.
The front of the ship started to go down and LAC W Marten (butch) moved to
the stern, got to the railings and got ready to jump in. It was just getting
daylight. he jumped in and went a long way down and then swam for the light
and looked for something to hold on to.
He floated around for an hours or so with only a small Naval float which
kept him up.
An officer who had removed his epaulette's and any notification of rank
started to order my father to row. After being picked up by a rowing boat 'butch'
looked near deaths door and was exhausted, a kindly naval rating possibly a
petty officer came to his aid and suggested that if he did not shut his mouth
he would go over the side. My father had been in the water for a few hours
and he was treated very well by the ratings that picked him up, he was in no
fit state to row a boat.
He was taken to the Starwort and climbed with help the netting. When on the
boat they were treated like Lords. He was given rum and got rid of the sea
water. He thinks that he was taken to Flora bay. He still does not know where he
was bound for but this site has given me some information to act on. The
following day 150 approximately of RAF personnel were sent to Bo. He would like
to hear from anyone aboard.
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AMM3C Martin . US Navy Fleet Air Wing 7
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Pilot Officer A W Martin . RAF VR
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A Martin . British Army Sherwood Foresters A Martin served with the Sherwood Foresters 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 has lost 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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Dvr. Albert Martin . British Army Royal Army Service Corps from Pontypridd Albert Martin was captured at Tobruk by the Italians and was held as a POW in Italy until he was freed at Italian surrender. He then fled to the mountains where was re-captured by the Germans and ended up in Stalag X1b at Fallingbostel, POW No. 138527. He was on the March and was finally repatriated to Britain.
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Albert Martin . British Army 1st Btn. Durham Light Infantry My father, Albert Martin, was a professional soldier serving with the 1st Btn Durham Light Infantry. He was taken prisoner on the Greek island of Kos, in mid 1943 and sent to Stalag 4B. On the morning that the POWs discovered hat their German captors had fled, he took the swastika flag flying from the flag pole as a souvenir. Any other ex-British POWs out there?
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Albert Martin . British Army 1st Light AA Rgt. Royal Artillery My grandfather, Albert Martin served with the 1st Light Ack Ack regiment, and was a Desert Rat. He was captured on Kos, Greece and held in Stalag 4d in the latter part of the war.
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Sgt. Alfred Charles Martin . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 149 Squadron from Cornwall (d.8th Sep 1940)
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2nd Lt. Arnold Paul "A.P." Martin . USAAF 548th Squadron 385th Bomb Group from Missouri, USA My father was the co-pilot of B17 'Miss NonaLee II' which developed engine problems on the October 9th 1943 mission to bomb the Marianburg factory. The crew bailed out and the pilot ditched the plane in occupied Denmark. The rest of the crew, including my father, were captured and spent 15 months in Stalag Luft III and then were forced to march to Stalag 7A (Moosburg) in January 1945 where he was imprisoned until liberated on April 29th 1945.
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1st Lt. Arnold Paul "A.P." Martin . US Army Air Force 548th Bomb Squadron from Sacramento, CA My father, Arnold P. Martin, was a B-17 co-pilot. The crew was ordered to abandon ship, Miss Nonalee II because of the loss of one engine over Denmark on the way to the Marienburg mission of October 9th, 1943. He was sent to Stalag Luft III, and was on the forced march of January 1945 to Moosburg. He was liberated April 29, 1945 by Patton's Army. He is not listed as a POW at Stalag Luft III in the National Archives. I have tried in vain to have him added because I have all the proof that he was there. However, I have been referred to agency after agency, all who tell me they don't have authority to do so.
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Barbara Joan Martin . Auxiliary Territorial Service from Isle of Man Joan Martin was my mum, she was in the ATS and was stationed in Leeds, Derby and Sterling.
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F/O Bernhard William Martin . Royal Canadian Air Force pilot 419 Sqd. (d.3rd Feb 1945)
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