Sgt. James Armour McFadyen . British Army 6th Btn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) from Edinburgh, Scotland (d.18th Jan 1945) My grandad, James Armour McFadyen, was killed in action in Western Europe on the 18th of January 1945, leaving his wife and two young children.
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Tpr. Albert McFadzean . British Army 10th Royal Hussars (d.12th Jun 1940)
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Sgt. Mary Stevely "Mame" McFall . Auxiliary Territorial Service from Glasgow, Scotland Mum, Mary McFall joined the ATS at age 17 (she lied to get in). This was around 1938. I think she was originally a cook, but soon moved on to telephones and then radar.
Her stories of the war were many, but always limited in detail (I think she was scared that she would frighten us children). However, she did tell us some horror stories of victims of the Holocaust leading to my own daughter becoming a holocaust scholar. She also talked about being able to take the radar equipment apart and putting it back together again in the dark. She also mentioned she and another young girl being asked to train a couple of soldiers on how to use some of the equipment. The soldiers were going behind enemy lines within days. She explained to the instructors that this could not be done in such a short time and that it would be best if they simply went with them. This was eventually agreed upon. I commented to her that this was very brave, but she simply shrugged it off saying many faced worse dangers. Names that she mentioned were a Chrissie Hannagan (from Glasgow) and Margaret Martian (married name, again from Glasgow)
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SubLt. W. D. McFall . Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve HMS Dundonald (d.1st November 1944) On the 10th of May 2018 I visited the Bergen op Zoom War Grave Cemetery and took some photos of the war graves, most of which were soldiers or airmen.
However, I came across Sub Lt W D McFall and decided to seek out some further information about his ship HMS Dundonald.
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W/O James McFalls DFC. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 186 Sqdn. (d.16th November 1946)
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First Lieutenant Edward J McFarland . US Army Air Force My father, Edward J McFarland, flew on B-24H-15-FO Liberator serial # 42-52413 and was shot down and emergency landed near a village named Nagyberki in Hungary. All members were captured and transported to the penitentiary in Budapest. The officers, which should include my Dad, were imprisoned in Stalag-Luft 3 in Sagan. I would like to research this and get more info about my Dad's term as a POW.
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First Lieutenant Edward J McFarland . USAAF My Father, First Lieutenant Bombardier Edward J McFarland, flew on B-24H-15-FO Liberator, serial # 42-52413, and was shot down and emergency landed near a village named Nagyberki in Hungary. All members were captured and transported to the penitentary in Budapest. The officers, which should include my Dad, were imprisoned in Stalag-Luft 3 in Sagan. I would like to research this and get more info about my Dad's term as a POW.
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Cpl. William John McFarland . British Army Royal Irish Fusiliers from Coventry William McFarland was my father, who I know nothing about, as he died one month before I was born in 1946, but was buried with a Union Jack covering his coffin. He was a Prisoner of War, in Stalag Moosburg (Isar).
Could anyone tell me anything about him, or even have a photo, as I don't know what he looked like.
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Pilot Officer D A McFarlane . RAF 149 Squadron
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Assistant Steward George McFarlane . Naval Auxiliary Personnel HMS Forfar (d.2nd Dec 1940)
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Sgt J. McFarlane . 428 Sqd. (d.30th Aug 1944 )
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Sgt. James McFarlane . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 428 Squadron from Alexandria, Dunbartonshire (d.30th August 1944) Sergeant (Flight Engineer) McFarlane was the son of James and Janet McFarlane; husband of Isabella F. McFarlane of Alexandria, Dunbartonshire.
He was 34 when he died and is buried in the Anholt Cemetery in Denmark.
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Pte. Robert Breton McFarlane . British Army 7th Btn. Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders from Kilsyth, Stirlingshire, Scotland Our father, Robert McFarlane from Kilsyth, Scotland joined up 4 days after his 22nd birthday in March 1936. He was in the 7th Unit of the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. It is believed that quite a few other young men who he'd grown up with in Kilsyth, were in the same Unit.
After sustaining serious injuries in Dunkirk in 1940, he was medically discharged as permanently unfit for any form of military service.
With thanks to the The Army Personnel Centre Historical Disclosures which recently posted us his Service File. It provided us with some previously unknown history and the dates helped us understand his life a bit more.
Our father died in Australia in 1961.
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Cpl. Ronald Mcfarlane . South African Army 2nd Battalion Royal Durban Light Infantry from Pietermaritzbureg My Grandfather Ronald Mcfarlane was a POW at Stalag 4B he was captured at Tobruk on 21 June 1942.
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Pte. Ronald McFarlane . South African Army We have a letter to my grandmother from the Office of the War Records, Pretoria which states that on the Vatican City Radio on 13th of August 1942 Private Ronald McFarlane was still in camp in Benghazi.
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W Mcfarlane . British Army W Mcfarlane 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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G. McFerran . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 419 Sqd.
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2nd Lt. Robert L. McFetrich . United States Air Force 510th Bomb Squadron from Champion, Trumbull County, Ohio (d.29th March 1944) Robert McFetrich was killed in a mid air collision between B24's near Halesworth, Suffolk, England on the 29th of March 1944. A cemetery memorial for Robert is at Champion Township Cemetery, Champion, Trumbull Co., Ohio.
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Vernon McGarity . United States Army 393rd Infantry from Memphis, TN President Harry Truman awarded the Medal of Honor to Vernon McGarity in October 1945. According to the U.S. Army Center of Military History, Mr. McGarity was a technical sergeant in the 393rd Infantry, 99th Infantry Division, during World War II. He was wounded in an artillery barrage that preceded a German counteroffensive near Krinkelt, Belgium, in December 1944. He received treatment but refused to be evacuated and returned to battle.
He rescued two wounded soldiers, immobilized a tank with a round from a rocket launcher, replenished the unit's ammunition under heavy fire, and destroyed a German machine gun. Mr. McGarity received the Bronze Star, Purple Heart, and two Belgian medals in addition to the Medal of Honor.
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RF Mcgarrity . British Army Royal Armoured Corps RF Mcgarrity 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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Pte. D. McGarry . British Army Gordon Highlanders
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AC2 James John McGarry . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve from Mohill Aircraftman 2nd Class McGarry was the Son of Frank and Rose McGarry, of Mohill.
He was 28 when he died on 21st January 1947 and is buried in the Mohill Cemetery, Molhill, Co. Leitrim, Ireland.
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Pte. Joseph "Mac" McGarry . British Army 4th Btn. Kings Shropshire Light Infantry from Collyhurst
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Fus. John McConnel "Jock" McGarvey . British Army 1st Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers from County Antrim, Doagh (d.10th Jan 1943) John McGarvey joined the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, although had been caught by police three times for deserting.
His last place of arrest was in London. After several fines, they had enough and he was sent to prison, although within two weeks he was sent out with his regiment to Burma.
My understanding of his death was that he and another soldier were in a tank when a grenade of some sort was thrown in killing John but the other man survived to tell this story. To my knowledge it was a soldier he knew from a town close to the village where he lived.
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Sgt Robert Robinson McGarvey . Royal Air Force 460 Squadron from Glasgow My late father, Bob McGarvey, was only 20 when he signed up as an RAF VR in Glasgow in May 1941. Based at Binbrook as a a WOP/AG, his Pathfinder Lancaster aircraft ED 658 crashed 8/9 October 1943 at Bahnof during Operation Hanover. All the crew became POWs. Dad was in Stalag Luft 6 and Stalag 357 until he was repatriated in 1945. Since I was only two when dad died, I would be interested to hear from any of the family of the crew or Bomber Command who included:
- Pilot F/O M C Caffyn (RAAF)
- Flight Engineer Sgt C W J Marshall (RAF)
- omb Aimer F/S N L Wulff (RAAF)
- Navigator F/O F Brown (RAAF)
- Air gunner A/G Sgt R N Cannon (RAF)
- Air Gunner F/S T A Richardson (RAF)
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Pte. Francis John McGaughey . British Army Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers from Fintona, Co Tyrone, N Ireland My father, Private Francis John McGaughey, was a POW in WW2. He joined the Boys’ Service of the Army on 12th July 1938, in Omagh, Co Tyrone, N Ireland. He enlisted in the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers and served 5 years 2 days with them. From 14th July 1943 until 5th June 1944 he was in the AAC. From 6th June 1944 until 21st May 1945 he was in the Paras in North West Europe, he remained in the Paras on his return home on 22nd May 1945 until he left the army on 12th August 1952.
He landed in France with the 6th Airbourne Division and was captured in July 1944. His POW number was 82290. He writes that at first he was in a camp within sight of Chartres Cathedral. Then he was put on a train with many others in terrible conditions. They arrived in Chalons and were marched to some barracks where they stayed for a while. He was eventually sent to a large Stalag Luft in Germany. From this Stalag Luft he was sent to (Chomutov- Czech name) Komotau in Czechoslovakia. He worked in an open cast mine there. There was a long, bitter winter and the workers were starving.
Actual words from my dad’s notes: “Hear guns in distance all the time. Now fighter aircraft quite common, bombers around the clock and refugees increase. 8 May 1945 our guards are gone. No work today and Russian soldiers arrive.”
My Dad returned home and finished his time in the army. He married my mother and became a fire fighter with the Surrey Fire Brigade and they became parents to me and my brother. We have our own families now.
My dad never really talked about the war, only rarely would he mention being a POW in Czechoslovakia. He passed away in 1994 and we miss him a lot. I found some notes of his, some old photos and his AAC wings and badge. I was too upset to look at them properly until recently. I’m very proud and honoured to have had a father like him. Would be grateful to hear from anyone who knew my Dad or has information to share.
Respects to all the brave men and women who fought.
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Len McGaughey . Royal Canadian Air Force bomb aimer 419 Sqd. from Canada.
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McGee . Royal Navy HMS Nelson
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Assistant Steward Patrick McGee . Naval Auxiliary Personnel HMS Forfar from Walton, Liverpool (d.2nd Dec 1940)
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Lt. Beverley McGeoch . Australian Army 2/7th Battalion from Australia My Dad, Bev McGeoch, served with 2/7 Battalion, 6 Division, 2nd AIF as Infantry Company Commander and was also at Oflag V11B. He had spoken of being near a concentration camp and I was trying to identify which one as my daughter is studying the holocaust.
Dad was captured on Crete in early June 1941 and I recently found his diary which he kept, sparingly of information, but pretty regularly for almost 4 years. Now as far as Marberg is concerned, he makes reference to it in the travel from Crete, via Greece and the Balkans to Germany. He refers to being in Belgrade 24 July 1941, Izlag 25 July, Zagreb 25 July, Marberg (spelt this way) 26 July and Graz 26 July. They then travelled through Germany to Wildpalk and then Lubeck 29 July to 8 October 1941 before arriving in Eichstatt (via some other places) September 1942. In the meantime they had also been at Warburg (is there a name confusion). This is near Kassel and was Oflag VI B. - I am not sure but Marberg seems to have been a transition town only. I did however find a reference to Stalag 4B Muhlberg, so I wonder whether that was it?
His diary then stops in March 1945, when they started being moved around as both the Americans and Russians closed. There is another much smaller diary of the last weeks which I have seen (somewhere buried in the papers I expect) which relates they were shelled by the Americans who took them for Hungarians. He speaks of the last few months as being hungry and in poor condition, yet excited as they seemed to be well aware of what was happening. They even knew almost immediately of the plot against Hitler.
It seems odd that after so many years, I so unexpectedly come across someone who Dad possibly knew, certainly spent time in the company of my Dad, during what was a pretty tough time for them all. My dad's health certainly suffered and he died at 60 - like so many, far too early.
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