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RC Patient . British Army Essex Regiment RC Patient served with the Essex 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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Drv. Colin Seaton Patilla MiD.. British Army 519th Coy. Royal Army Service Corps from Cromford, Derbyshire Colin Patilla was born in 1919. He was an unmarried hosiery worker when he enlisted into the RASC during October 1939. He was posted to the 519th Company, which was assigned to the 49th Division, and he later served with the 46th Divisional Ammunition Company, 1st Infantry Brigade Company, and the 519th Infantry Brigade Company.
In August 1941, whilst serving in the UK, he married Rita Mavis Lewis. He was stationed in different parts of the UK, so his wife Rita moved and lived nearby with the families of servicemen so that she could be near him. She spent time in Ashford, Kent and Dinas Powys, Wales.
Colin was posted to North Africa in January 1943 and later posted to Italy, Austria, the Middle East, and Greece. He was Mentioned in Dispatches, as reported in the London Gazette on 19th of July 1945. This award was for driving his truck of much-needed ammunition to the front whilst under very heavy enemy fire. He had been part of an earlier convey but his vehicle had broken down and it had taken him some time to make repairs. On being able to get going, he elected to continue to the scene of action instead of returning to base. His arrival was extremely fortunate as the troops were running short of ammunition.
He was demobbed in June 1946 and transferred to the Army Reserve, to be later called for duty and training with No. 324 RASC in 1952. In civilian life Colin was, for a great many years, a long-distance lorry driver. Rita and he had a son in 1943 and a daughter in 1946. He lived with his family at Darley Dale until his death in 1983, and he very rarely spoke about his wartime experiences.
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LA Patman . British Army LA Patman 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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AB Daniel Coull Paton . Royal Naval Reserve HMS Acasta from Ferryden, Angus, Scotland (d.8th June 1940) Daniel Paton served with the Royal Navy aboard HMS Acasta in WW2. He died 8th of June 1940 aged 33 years and is remembered on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.
Son of George and Nancy Isabella Paton, husband of Elizabeth Paton, of Montrose, Angus.
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Gnr. Alfred Edward "Micky" Patrick . British Army 69th Bty. 21st L.A.A. Regiment Royal Artillery (d.20th June 1944) Alfred Patrick served with the 69th Battery, 21st Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery in WW2. He was captured and held as a POW. He died on a hell ship 20th of June 1944, possibly the Tamahoko Maru.
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AW Patrick . British Army Reconnaissance Corps AW Patrick served with the Reconnaissance 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 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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Cpl. Eric Alfred Patrick . British Army 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade from Castle Bytham, Lincolnshire.
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Pte. Frank Mathew Patrick . British Army 7th Btn. Royal Leicestershire Regiment from Birmingham
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H Patrick . British Army H Patrick 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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Cftsmn. James Patrick . British Army Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Corps from Edinburgh My late father James Patrick was transferred to the REME from the KOSB in 1941/42, and he was based with a family in Willesden, London for whom he had high regard. Despite going on embarkation leave in 1944 (I think), he never served abroad due to an injury he sustained, and I believe he stayed with the family in Willesden during the rest of the War.
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Pte. John Thomas Patrick . British Army Lincolnshire Regiment My Grandfather, John Thomas Patrick - Lincolnshire Reg - was held at Stalag 20A after being captured in Norway.
He would never speak of his time there to me and even refused to send for his medals. Sadly he passed away in 1992 and is very much missed (though I now have the medals). I would love to find out more about his life there (Nan has just given me a box full of letters and photos which has fired up my interest).
I would love to hear from anyone who can remember him or any of his friends.
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John Thomas Patrick . British Army Lincolnshire Regiment My grandfather, Tom Patrick was held at Stalag 20A. He was captured in Norway in 1940. He served with the Lincolnshire Regiment. I have all his letters but am desperate to find out more about the camp (photos etc) - I have some photos that he brought back with him.
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Fslr. Robert Alfred Patten . British Army 1st Btn. Royal Welch Fusiliers (d.24th May 1940)
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P/O Charles Edmund George Patterson . Royal Canadian Air Force pilot 419 Sqd. from Islington, Ontario, Canada. (d.23rd May 1944)
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D Patterson . British Army D Patterson 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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George Patterson . British Army from Bailieborough, Co Caven, Ireland My uncle, George Patterson served with the Royal Flying Corps and also in WW2 as a squadron leader in the RAF. After the war he lived in Delgany Co Wicklow. I remember him when I was a child but I was too young to remember anything about his service history or medals.
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Lt. Henry Joseph Patterson . Royal Navy HMS Fidelity (d.30th Dec 1942) My father Henri Joseph Pruvost (aka Lt.Henry Patterson) served under Costa, skipper of the French naval vessel SS Rhin (later to be renamed HMS Fidelity a Q ship with the Royal Navy). I would be happy to hear from anyone who has a "French" connection with the crew of this ill fated boat. I am also trying to obtain information about the French origins (birth,residence, career, family) of my father via old Admirality records and from at present uncertain French sources. Can anyone help?
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JG Patterson . British Army JG Patterson 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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JH Patterson . British Army Royal Armoured Corps JH Patterson 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 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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JN Patterson . British Army JN Patterson 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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Gunner John Nicholas Patterson . British Army 72 Field Regiment Royal Artillery (d.31st May 1942) John Patterson died aged 23, born in Jarrow in 1919, he was the son of George William and Mary Jane Patterson (nee Reed) of Primrose Jarrow.
He is buried in Knightsbridge War Cemetery Acroma and is commemorated on the WW2 Roll of Honour Plaque in the entrance of Jarrow Town Hall.
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John Moffat Patterson . Canadian Army Algonquin Regiment from Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada John Patterson enlisted with the Royal Canadian Engineers training first at Camp Borden in Ontario and then traveled to Canadian Forces Station Debert (CFS Debert) in Nova Scotia. Jack sailed from Nova Scotia to Scotland in February of 1944 on the Ile de France, which he called “quite an experience” with approximately 10,000 people on board. It had been recognized by the government that there were too many engineers and that there needed to be more men with the infantry. He joined the infantry with the Algonquin Regiment, as his girlfriend was from Parry Sound, home to the Algonquins.
His first time in action was on his 20th birthday, 29th of July 1944. "I recall very clearly that we were supposed to sort of back up the Cameron Highlanders, they were a machine gun regiment, we were to sit in behind them just to be orientated with the battle action, The first thing we were just getting in place and some shells came down and three of our guys were killed right there – you know, that was something because it really gave us a shock – we saw the real thing."
Unfortunately, these would not be the only deaths that he would witnessed. He was a part of the Battle of Normandy and involved in Operation Totalize, which went horribly wrong.
"I can very clearly remember, on August the 8 we started out towards Falaise and went sailing up into the great unknown to somewhere we weren’t supposed to be,” he recalled. “Our regiment, well-known, it was called Hill 140, and it was not where we were supposed to be. We got there and it turns out that we were directly in front of a German tank harbor, one of my horrible experiences was to see the tanks blowing up and on fire and the guys jumping out burning and everything." Jack was one of the few men to survive Hill 140 with a total loss of approximately 120 to 130 men, and only approximately 60 survivors.
He was then taken prisoner by the Germans, having to walk out carrying a young German soldier who had broken his leg. The young man was hollering for his mother and was then taken away on a truck – Patterson never knowing whether he lived or died.
While in captivity, he was interrogated by a German intelligence officer, who he described as "a very nice man" from Chicago and who spoke better English than he did.
He spent the remainder of the war at Stalag VII-A, Germany’s largest prisoner-of-war camp located just north of Mooseburg in southern Bavaria. The prisoners were malnourished and plagued by lice, bedbugs, and various diseases. Patterson fell ill while in captivity, contracting mumps, and spent time away from the camp receiving a seven-day no-work order.
"Rations included some tea in the morning, and most guys just used that for shaving and washing because it was hot, and for lunch we'd get a couple of boiled potatoes and maybe a little piece of meat, and a piece of bread and as we progressed through the winter that got smaller and smaller. Prisoners began to receive Red Cross parcels in November, which included cigarettes, powdered milk, butter, soap and tinned meat."
On 29th of April 1945, an armoured division of the United States Army freed Jack, along with the thousands of other prisoners. Patterson was flown to Liège in Belgium, then to England and was kept in a hospital for a few days then given leave to go visit family members in Scotland. On 1st of July he boarded a ship back to Canada
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F/S M. C. Patterson . RAF 101 Sqd. (d.14th Jan 1944)
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RL Patterson . British Army Royal Armoured Corps RL Patterson 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 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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Sheila McKenzie Patterson . Women's Land Army My Mother, Sheila Patterson served in Scotland in the Women's Land Army, I don't know much more.
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Sergeant Stanley Patterson . RAF VR (d.25th May 1944) During the second World War the Allied and German soldiers, who were killed in Goirle, Noord Brabant, the Netherlands and in the neighbourhood, were buried at the Roman Catholic cemetery from the parish St. Jan in Goirle.
After the war the remains of the German soldiers were reburied in Ysselsteijn (near Venray) and most of the allied soldiers were reburied in Bergen op Zoom (War Cemetery and Canadian War Cemetery) and in Leopoldsburg (Belgium, War Cemetery).
At this moment there are 27 Allied graves in Goirle. Every year we commemorate the victims of World War II, both soldiers and civilians. We know their names, but who were the persons behind the names? What were their lives before they died? Where did they come from? How did they die? Under what circumstances?
It is my intention to give the victims a face, to write and keep the story behind the gravestones because we always will remember the soldier who died for our liberty. We can forget names, but not faces. I will try to write down all their stories for the next generation so they will know who was commemorated.
Maybe someone can help me with Sergeant Stanley Patterson, RAF 1553418, an Air Bomber who died on the 25th May 1944, age 21.
Send me a letter or an e-mail with additional information, a photograph or a copy of any personal document, which I can use for The Memory Book or a website. Thank you in advance for your help.
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WFJ Patterson . British Army WFJ Patterson 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/Cpl William Patterson . British Army 1st Btn Manchester Regiment from Lurgan Armagh
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W/O W Patterson. DFC. RAF 166 Sqn
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JH Patteson . British Army Royal Norfolk Regiment JH Patteson served with the Royal Norfolk 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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