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World War 2 Two II WW2 WWII 1939 1945

AA Matthews .     British Army Royal Armoured Corps

AA Matthews 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.




AG Matthews .     British Army Royal Armoured Corps

AG Matthews 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.




Sergeant Albert David Matthews .     RAF (d.6th January 1942)

My uncle, Sgt Anthony John Browne 643058 (Newmarket Cemetery) was killed on 6 January 1942 when a Wellington bomber from RAF Stradishall, No 3 Group Training Flight piloted by Flight Sergeant Frederick Thomas Miniken 903047 (Clacton Cemetery) crashed shortly after take off. Would anyone have any idea of the squadron markings as I am building a replica model?

Others killed were

  • Sergeant John Philpin Williams 983072 (Uzmaston (St. Ismael) Churchyard)
  • C J Cornes
  • Sergeant Herbert Wolstenholm 545778 (Hucknall Cemetery)
  • Sergeant Albert David Matthews 615644 (Yeovil Cemetery)
  • Sergeant Reginald Alfred Butcher 1200354 (Dover (St. Mary's) New Cemetery)
  • A/C1 Thomas Menzies 1037647 (Manchester Southern Cemetery)

    RWH Lawrence and MT Coon survived.

    Any other information of the event or of my uncle would be most welcome. God Bless them all.




  • F/Lt. Albert William Matthews .     Royal Air Force




    Alfred "Jimmy" Matthews .    

    My grandfather, Alfred (Jimmy) Matthews was in Stalag 8b from about 1940 to 1943. If anyone has information regarding him, please contact me.




    Alfred Leonard "Jimmy" Matthews .    

    I am trying to find information about my grandfather, Alfred Leonard Matthews (known as Jimmy). He was captured in 1940 and was in numerous Stalags. Does anyone have information about him?




    Gnr. Alfred Ernest Frank Matthews .     British Army Royal Artillery

    I would like to know more of what my gramp Alfred Matthews would have done in the war. He was in REME, but on his son's birth certificate in 1942,it states he was a Gunner, No. 1153620 RA. When I asked him what he did in the war, he said he would go ahead of the troops and make maps. He was in the territorials when he was younger. He lived in Cheltenham, Glos. I don't know whether that has any bearing on what regiment he would have joined. I have a photo of him, post card style, in uniform - but he is not wearing a cap. He had a ribbon though and I think it could be the War Medal, but the colours seem different.

    Editor's Note: He may have been in a Royal Artillery Survey unit who made maps and sketches of the local landscape for use when targeting the guns.




    F/O Arthur John Matthews .     Royal Air Force 76 Squadron   from Bath

    My late father, Arthur John Matthews, known as Johnnie, served in the RAF as a Rear Gunner during WW2. He was based somewhere in Yorkshire and flew with the following crew in a Halifax Q named "Queenie" of the 76 Squadron:

    • Wing/Cdr Whyte (Chick)
    • Navigator P/O Wilkinson (Wilky)
    • Bomb Aimer F/Lt Simpson (Eddy)
    • Flight Engineer P/O Hughes (Sid)
    • Wireless Operator F/Sgt Allen (Bert)
    • Mid Upper Gunman F/O Souster (Harry)
    • Rear Gunner F/O Matthews (Johnnie)
    The picture enclosed of the Halifax plane was taken 25th April 1945 on their way to bomb Wangerooge in Germany, Coastal defence batteries.
    The Air Gunners training group is pictured with reference to Squad 4, No.122 Course d.d. 18th Oct 1943.

    My Dad did not tell war stories at all, but he did mention once that his squadron went out without him, due to his being sick with flu, and they were shot down by enemy fire. He was obviously devastated and never got over being the only survivor under such chance circumstances. I also had film taken from the rear gunner's position during a live fight, but unfortunately it was destroyed.

    If anyone has information on this squadron or specifically about my Dad, I would be very interested to hear more.




    BJ Matthews .     British Army

    BJ Matthews 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.




    CF Matthews .     British Army

    CF Matthews 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.




    Sgt. Christopher George Matthews .     Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 149 (East India) Squadron (d.16th Dec 1940)




    CT Matthews .     British Army

    CT Matthews 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.




    D Matthews .     British Army

    D Matthews 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.




    E Matthews .     British Army Royal Armoured Corps

    E Matthews 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.




    Pte. E. Matthews .    

    I have two photographs from 1942 showing a group of POWS at Stammlager XXA. Both are from Pte E Matthews POW No 20311. These photos were sent to my mother who lived in Maidstone, Kent. I believe that Pte Matthews was billeted with her at some point.




    Sgt. Edward Harry "Ted" Matthews .     Royal Air Force B Flt 77 squadron   from Worthing

    I was a Flight Engineer with 77squadron. 1944 - 1945, flying Halifax 111 and V1s.




    Pte. Edward Matthews .     British Army Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment   from Swanley, Kent

    (d.20th August 1944)

    My great uncle, Edward Matthews, was captured at Dunkirk and spent the next 4 years in different POW camps in Germany and Poland. He died as a result of an air raid at Auschwitz III Monowitz in August 1944. He does not have a marked grave, but maybe one of five unidentified Allied casualties buried in a common grave in the CWG cemetery in Krakow, Poland




    Ernest Albert Matthews .     Royal Navy HMS Golden Hind

    My Grandfather was Ernest Matthews. I do not know much about his service history, but he joined the navy in 1942 and left in 1946. His service included Collingwood, Rooke, Golden Hind and the boom defence vessel called the Lionion. I have no information apart from that. We are unable to find any information about the Lionion, although we have been told that it probably was known by its number. Captains that signed his service forms are Graham, Cox, Lundy, and Brock - all guesses because the writing and signatures are so bad! He had several medals including the Atlantic Star, Pacific Star, Italy Star and Africa Star. If anyone can give me more information I would be appreciative.




    Cpl. George Meek Matthews .     British Army 2nd Battalion Cameron Highlanders   from Dundee

    (d.15th Jun 1941)

    I'm trying to find out about how my great uncle, George Matthewa died. I have just been given his medals and would like to know more about him. All I have is he died in North Africa on the 15/06/1941.




    George Ernest Matthews .     Australian Army 2/1st Battalion   from Ashfield

    My father was captured in Crete & was a prisoner of war at Stalag 3. He never spoke about it much but also never ever wanted to travel overseas once he arrived back in Australia. Dad has now passed away & I am only just learning the terrible suffering he endured, to the last minute of freedom, which was spent walking with the other prisoners on their long march of 200 miles a day, only to be rescued by the Red Army. My Dad, like all the other brave & humble men, are true heroes, whose stories & names must live on forever more so that their suffering was not in vain.




    Lt. George Henry Matthews .     British Army 1st Btn. Royal Scots Fusiliers   from London

    George Matthews' records were destroyed in India.




    Pte George Henry Matthews .     British Army 1st Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers   from London

    We don't know much about my wife's grandfather George Matthews only that he served in the 1st Royal Scots Fusiliers in India from 1944-46. We know he had a chest injury and that he was an MP but that is it. He left India leaving behind all his medals and paperwork. We don't have a service number or anything else other than a Company Photo taken in 1946. Any Help would be amazing..




    Pte. George William Matthews .     British Army Royal Marines   from Isle of Wight

    George Matthews was taken prisoner in Crete.




    Pte. Harry Pengriff Matthews .     British Army Northamptonshire Regiment   from Tredegar, Monmouthshire, Wales

    My father Harry Matthews served in the Northamptonshire Regiment from 1939 to 1945 I believe. I know that he fought, as part of the Eighth Army, in North Africa and Italy. He never spoke much about the war but I did glean from an uncle that my father spent a time as a sniper. He passed away in 1985.




    Pte. Harry Pengriff Matthews .     British Army Northamptonshire Regiment   from Tredegar, Monmouthshire, Wales




    Pte. Henry Matthews .     British Army 2/7th Btn. East Surrey Rgt. (d.12th April 1945)

    My great uncle Private Henry Matthews died on 12th April 1945 and is buried in Argenta Gap Cemetery. Does anyone have any information about him or his unit?




    Sgt I Matthews .     RAF 12sqd




    Iris Matthews .     Land Army

    My mother served as a land army girl she died 4 years ago but would love a badge to remember her by, and for her grandchildren, she was born 1917, in Wales, I have no knowledge of her rank or number




    J Matthews .    




    LAC John Philip Matthews .     Royal Air Force   from Bilston, South Staffs

    I lost my father, John Matthews in 1989. I would dearly like to know if anyone who may have known him and any stories you may have. I don't even have his service number, but I do know he was an L.A.C. and a fitter/mechanic on aircraft gunnery. A long time has passed since WW2 but I do hope there is someone out there who might be able to help.





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