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Sea. Augustine "Austin" Quinn . Royal Navy HMS Ashanti from Manchester My Dad Austin Quinn was on HMS Ashanti from 3rd of October 1943 to 13th of March 1944. During that time he was escorting Arctic Convoys, working out of Scarpa Flow. It was where he got severe frostbite.
Later, he was patrolling The English Channel, in preparation for D Day.
My Dad went on to serve in Ceylon and India.
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Gunner Conell Quinn . British Army 68th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery from Loughmuck, County Donegal, Ireland (d.8th Jul 1944) Connie Quinn was a gunner in the 68th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery. He was from Loughmuck, Fintown, County Donegal, Ireland, but was conscripted into the British Army while living in Scotland. He died on July 8, 1944 in Normandy France a month after the D-Day invasion. He was 26 years old, and will be forever remembered by his family and relatives in Donegal, Ireland.
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Pte. Edward Quinn . British Army 6th Btn. Royal West Kent Regiment from Eire Edward Quinn joined The Loyal Regiment on 27th February 1942 aged 18. Description 5'4"; eyes green; brown hair. He was Irish.
In November 1943 he was transferred to the Queen's Own West Kent Regiment and sent to join the 6th Battalion at Monte Cassino. Captured by the Germans on 5th February 1944 with the rest of his group he was taken to Stalag XIa (his POW number was 142481) where he remained until liberated in May 1945.
Also at Monte Cassino at the same time was Ernest Quinn, Lance Corporal in the 6th Battalion Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment who was captured the same day and sent to Stalag 3a Luchenwalde (POW No. 142401). Description 6'; eyes blue; dark hair. He was born in London and enlisted in 1939 aged 31. Having the same initial in the same Regiment and the same Battalion caused some confusion and they regularly got mixed up.
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L/Cpl. Ernest Quinn . British Army 6th Battalion Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment Ernest Quinn was born London 1908, he enlisted in the Army around 1929. He signed on for seven years then discharged and in 1939 re-enlisted and was based at Aldershot.
His description was 6' tall blue eyes dark hair slim build. On 24th if September 1943 he was with the 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment in Italy where he was sent to Monte Cassino.
On 13th of October 1943 he was promoted to Lance Corporal and in November 1943 was joined by Private Edward Quinn who was previously with the Loyal Regiment. Having the same initial in the same Regiment and the same Battalion caused some confusion and they regularly got mixed up.
Ernest was captured by the Germans on 5th of February 1944 at Monte Cassino and so was Edward. Ernest was sent to Stalag 3A Pow Number 142401 and remained a prisoner until May 1945 when he was liberated. Edward went to Stalag X1A POW Number 142481. Both survived to tell their story.
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P/O Gerald Edgar Quinn . Royal Canadian Air Force bomb aimer 405 Sqd. from Montreal, Province of Quebec. (d.17th Jun 1944)
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Cpl. Gerald Quinn . Australian Army 2/11th (City of Perth) Infantry Battalion from Mt Lawley, WA, Australia I have very little to go by but want to piece together dad's experiences during WWII. Like so many soldiers, from that era dad never discussed the war with us at all and, silly us, we never thought to ask him. All I know is he was captured by the Germans in Crete and spent the remainder of the war in a Stalag prison camp and hospital. Dad had a serious leg wound and the Germans wanted to amputate his leg but an Australian doctor (Dr Le Suife?) saved dad's leg. One of the prisoner's in the hospital with Dad wrote some funny little poems (about the Gerries) in a tiny little notebook of Dad's. Dad suffered nightmares of the war for many, many years following.
I believe he had also been sent to Egypt. He passed away 10 years go.
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Gunner Hugh Quinn . British Army 79th Hertfordshire Yeomanry Royal Artillery from Watford Herts (d.4th Jan 1945) My Grandad was Gunner Hugh Quinn of the 79th Hertfordshire Yeomanry H.A.A. Regt. I know he was killed in action at Corino Ridge,Rimini Italy on the 4th Jan 1945. I would like any info on my granddad or the 79th Herts Yeomanry.
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W/OII James Edward Quinn . Royal Canadian Air Force 106 Squadron from Sarnia, Ontario (d.13th Jan 1943) James Quinn completed over 100 hours with his crew in W4261 Lancaster. They were shot down over Dusseldorf enroute to Essen. I would love to find anyone who may have know him or have relatives who knew him.
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Sgt. James Arthur Walton Quinn MID. Royal Canadian Army Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders from Cornwall, Ontario Walt Quinn was my stepfather, and he was always quiet about his service.
I had to go to Veteran's Affairs to dig up his service number, and then talked to the few remaining members still here from his unit, as well as searched the SD&G Highlanders records.
He served in Italy, France, Germany.
Walt returned from the war with severe emotional issues that he struggled with for the rest of his life. Upon returning from the war, he was employed as a master mechanic at the Howard Smith Paper Mill in Cornwall until he retired in 1968.
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Rfmn. James Quinn . British Army 1st Battalion Royal Ulster Rifles from Jarrow (d.2nd March 1944) James Quinn died aged 29. He was born in Jarrow in 1914, son of Edward and Annie Quinn (nee Callighan) of Jarrow and Husband of Isabella Quinn (McLeod) of Primrose, Jarrow.
He is remembered on the Cassino Memorial and is commemorated on the WW2 Roll of Honour Plaque in the entrance of Jarrow Town Hall.
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WO2. James Edward Quinn . Royal Canadian Air Force 106 Squadron from Sarnia Ontario Canada (d.14th Jan 1943) Jim Quinn flew with 106 Squadron.
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Pte. John Quinn . British Army Highland Light Infantry from 555 Gascube Rd. Maryhill, Glasgow My father, John Quinn was a prisoner of war in the camp Stalag XXB in Malbork, Poland. Does anyone know or remember him?
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P/O Joseph Dennis Quinn . RCAF 419 (Moose) Squadron from Toronto Ontario (d.19th Apr 1944) P/O Joseph Dennis J1988 was a pilot based at Middleton St George now Teeside airport and flew Halifax's from this base for 419 RCAF Moose Squadron which included VR;
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Cpl. Clarence George Quinton . British Army Northampton Regiment from Birmingham (d.1st August 1943) My great great grandfathers brother's son, Clarence, died in action in Sicily he was a corporal.
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ERA3. Ernest Quirk . Royal Navy HMS Ivanhoe (d.1st June 1940) I have been researching those killed on HMS Ivanhoe on the 1 Jun 1940 at sea. Most of these who died are Commemorated on the Naval Memorial in Woodlands Cemetery, Gillingham, Kent.
I was searching particularly for Ernest Quirk, because his son served with my husband in Libya in the Royal Military Police No.1 Dog Company.
- Allison, William Edwin, age 27
- Balls, Edward age 18
- Brice, Edgar
- Cheape, Thomas Russell age 37
- Coleman, Eric
- Cruickshank, John Cameeron
- Dutson, Hubert
- Walker, George
- Ward, Ralph
- Wood, Henry
- Griffin, Ernest
- Hacker, Peter
- Miller, Victor
- Philpot, Leslie
- Quirk, Ernest,age 30. Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class, C/MX 49923. Born 1910 in Liverpool.
- Reece, Ronald
- Richards, Sydney
- Rogerson, John
- Simpson, Robert
- Tibbals, John
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Pte. Maurice Quirk . Royal Dublin Fusiliers 1st Btn. from Dublin
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