Those who Served
Sergeant Ronald Sidney Sabell . RAF Lancaster ED 542 106 Squadron (d.3rd April 1943) |
Lester Sadler . United States Army from Olmsted Falls) My uncle, Lester Sadler, was a prisoner of war in Stalag IXB, Bad Orb. He died while a prisoner. My father, Gilbert Sadler, was in the unit that released the camp and did not know of his brother's death until arriving at the camp. He looked for Lester and told his captain he couldn't find him; so at that point he knew something had happened. They located Lester's body and it was shipped back to the States for military burial. |
Beryl Saines . Women's Land Army |
Gunner Leonard Edward Sales . British Army Royal Artillery from Plumstead,S E london.) My father was held in Stalag 4F after escaping from the Italian ski troops. He would not say anything about his captivity other than to say he worked on the railway. As I have pictures of him with Indian soldiers around Basra I think he was with the 4th Indian fighting in the desert. I believe his period of captivity ranged from 1942 until 1945. His POW number was 250097. Since his death last year I have been trying to find out more about his service. If you or anybody can help I would be grateful. |
Joesphe Salmon . Royal Air Force Groundcrew from Blackburn) I'm just looking to see where my grandad served during the War. I was told he was based at Tangmere, and also served in India with the RAF. It would be great if I could find out more information on his career in the RAF and what squadron he served in' |
A. G. "Pop" Salter . Royal Air Force pilot 158 Sqd. My father, Gwyn Jenkins, flew 16 sortees with A.G. "Pop" Salter from Lisset. Pop Salter was completing his second tour. If anybody remembers my father or any of the others in Pop Salters crew please send me an email. |
Flight Sergeant Albert Henry Salter . RAF 83 Squadron (d.9th April 1942) RAF 83 Squadron operation: Avro Manchester Mk.I on mission to Hamburg, the 8th of April 1942. It was last heard from just after midnight on the 9th of April, thought to be in the Lastrup area of Germany. It crashed northeast of Cloppenburg. The crew killed are buried at Sage War Cemetery. The only survivor was P A Lovegrove who later died in captivity and is buried in grave 6 A 14 Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery, Poland.
Pilot:P/O 67046 Jack Heathcote Morphett RAFVR killed.
Pilot:P/O 62324 Peter Anthony Lovegrove 22 RAFVR PoW, died in captivity 12Nov42.
Obs:Flt/Sgt 402188 Geoffrey Douglas Hutchinson 27 RNZAF killed, age 20.
Wop/AG:Flt/Sgt 647009 Albert Henry Salter 20 RAF killed, age 20.
Wop/AG:Sgt 923926 Reginald Stanley Williams 22 RAFVR killed, age 22.
AG:Sgt R/66159 George Charles Fisk RCAF killed.
AG:Sgt R/69897 Charles Dewitt Gellatly RCAF killed. |
Flight Sergeant Albert Henry Salter . RAF 83 Squadron (d.9th April 1942) RAF 83 Squadron operation: Avro Manchester Mk.I on mission to Hamburg, the 8th of April 1942. It was last heard from just after midnight on the 9th of April, thought to be in the Lastrup area of Germany. It crashed northeast of Cloppenburg. The crew killed are buried at Sage War Cemetery. The only survivor was P A Lovegrove who later died in captivity and is buried in grave 6 A 14 Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery, Poland.
Pilot:P/O 67046 Jack Heathcote Morphett RAFVR killed.
Pilot:P/O 62324 Peter Anthony Lovegrove 22 RAFVR PoW, died in captivity 12Nov42.
Obs:Flt/Sgt 402188 Geoffrey Douglas Hutchinson 27 RNZAF killed, age 20.
Wop/AG:Flt/Sgt 647009 Albert Henry Salter 20 RAF killed, age 20.
Wop/AG:Sgt 923926 Reginald Stanley Williams 22 RAFVR killed, age 22.
AG:Sgt R/66159 George Charles Fisk RCAF killed.
AG:Sgt R/69897 Charles Dewitt Gellatly RCAF killed. |
Medical Orderly William Sampson . British Army 10th Btn. Royal Berkshire Regiment My late father William (Bill) Sampson was captured at Anzio early February 1944.
He was a medical orderly and was in the 10th Battalion, The Royal Berkshire Regiment.
He was actually captured attending to an injured German soldier. He was transported to IV B by road via Rome and was in Transit camp FP31979 before ending up in IV B and stayed there until his release 23rd April 1945 by the Russians. His POW number was 279561.
I personally visited the camp in Muhlberg in 1999 and there is a museum in Muhlberg which I have also been to. The Museum has many photographs/maps etc. of which I have donated some new documents/maps/phots etc to the museum which opened after the reunification of Germany. The Russians refused to allow a museum to be opened until that time. I have also visited the war graves around the camp.
The address of the museum is:
Initiativgruppe Lager Muhlberg e.V., Klostersrtasse 9, 04931, Muhlberg/Elbe, Germany
The currator is Angelica Stamm who is very helpful.
There is a 21 page information book which I have translatted into English which gives the full history of the camp until it closed in 1948. I would recommend anyone to visit the museum and the site which still retains some basic outline of the camp. It is open Tuesdays to Thursdays 13.00 to 16.00 pm and every 1st and 3rd Sunday of the month between 13.00 and 16.00pm. Telephone number is +49 35342 706 87.
If any one wants to get any further information from me please do not hesitate to contact me.
If anyone remembers my dad who lived in London I would of course be very happy to hear from them. |
James Alfred Sams . Royal Navy HMS Penelope I am trying to find details of my Father serving on HMS Penelope. He had pretty bad scars on his body caused him swimming in the water with burning fuel oil. It is my understanding that James Alfred Sams was a Chief PO or Chief Stoker. I am not sure whether he could be both. Unfortunately he died of a heart attack back in 1971, so I did not have too much of an opportunity to talk about his service days. He de-mobbed out of the Navy after seeing out the 50’s based in Malta. He then worked as a civil servant in Portsmouth dockyard in an accounts department until his untimely death. If anyone can remember him I would be obliged for any information.
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Sandbash . Home Guard Woodmancote Btn. |
Warrant Officer Class 2 R W Sandeliln . RCAF 59 Squadron |
Albert Sanders . My father, Albert Sanders, was in Stalag 9B. He never spoke about his time there but was angry at the fact that there was no support for him and others as they got older. I have a selection of photos of familly that were sent to him with the Stalag stamp on the back. He always wondered how such a bad place could be in such a nice area without anyone being alarmed.
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Flt Lt Frederick George Sanders . RNZAF 15 Sqd (d.16th Nov 1944) F/L Frederick George Sanders RNZAF was flying as the navigator when Lancaster LS-U of 15 sqd was shot down, although he usually flew as a pilot. He was 22 years old and was the son of Frederick Baldwin Sanders, and of Lillie Sanders (nee Eagle), of Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand. He is buried in the Rheinberg War Cemetery in grave 5c19, alongside his crew mates. |
M. F. Sanders . Royal Canadian Air Force 419 Sqd. |
Sgt. P. G. Sanders . Royal Air Force 2nd pilot 12 Sqd (d.9th Mar 1942) |
Irene Sanderson . Land Army Irene joined the WLA in May 1943 two weeks after her 16th birthday. She was sent from Sheffield to March in Cambridgeshire. When she arrived she was sent to stay with a Mrs. Wellum (a very religious lady) before being moved to a hostel in the High St. which had once been a furniture shop.
She did general farm work; everything from taking the bull to the cows to harvesting turnips of which there was an awful lot. She ate a lot of beetroot sandwiches and learnt a lot about life. Despite a few health scares, Irene is well and happy and living with her husband, Arthur, in Sheffield.
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Pilot Officer L D Sandes DFC. RAF 59 Squadron |
Sgt. George Sands MM.. Army 5th Btn. The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders |
2nd Lt. Joseph Charles Sanford . United States Army Air Forces 782 Bomb Sq, 465 Bomb Group from Atlantic City, New Jersey ) I went into Federal Service From 44 Div NG. Sept 16 1940. I then entered USAAF in 1943 a Member of Class 43 10 Bombardier training at Childress Texas. I trained to drop "The Bomb" at Wendover Field Utah as a member of Col Keese' Provisional Group. But The Bomb was not ready so I joined 456th Bomb Group at McCook, Nebraska and flew to Africa, and later on to Italy. I then flew 31 missions bombing oil refineries. I was shot down in July 1944 and taken to POW North Compound at Stalagluft III, then to Nuremberg and then Mooseburg. I was Liberated by General Patton. |
Able Seaman William Robert, Roy Sanft . Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve HMS Forfar from Harrow, Middlesex) (d.2nd Dec 1940) |
Arthur Shepherd Sargent . Auxiliary Fire Service My father, Arthur Shepherd Sargent, was with the Auxiliary Fire Service and was stationed in Middlesbrough. This photo was taken around 1940. |
AC1. Donald Arthur Sargent . Royal Air Force from LLandudno) (d.4th Aug 1945) Donald A Sargent was my Uncle. He died 4th August 1945 in Sungei Ron POW camp in Sumatra. I wondered if there is anyone out there who may have known him or served with him. I know he was based at RAF Seletar in Singapore and was captured in the Malacca straits in an RAF Motor Launch.
I would be grateful for any help in finding out more.
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Mstr Sgt. Wiliam Cannon "W C" Sargent . United States Army from Atlanta, Georgia) My father was a POW in Stalag 5A during World War II. He was an American from Atlanta, Georgia. He passed away in 2001 but left me an audio tape of his experience during the War and as a POW at Stalag 5A ( He almost never openly discussed it). I am now in the process of transcribing his words. I would like very much to see photos of the camp if any are available. His tapes describe in detail the bitter cold and lack of food. I will provide more info when the tapes are transcribed. |
Michael Sarsfield . British Army Coldstream Guards from Jarrow, England) My uncle Michael Sarsfield served with the Coldstream Guards and was captured at Tobruk. He was four years in prisoner of war camp in Germany. He was freed at end of war and returned to Jarrow, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England. |
Lt. Charles William Thomas Saunders DSO.. Royal Navy HMS Rorqual from Sandown, Isle of Wight) My father, Lt (Engineering)Charles Saunders, served on the minelaying submarine, HMS Rorqual during most of it's Mediterranean career. Before joining the submarine service during the War, he had been serving as an officer on HMS Shropshire in 1939; in charge of the Walrus catapult launching system. I suspect he trained for submarines in 1940 - 41. I am sure he would have known and served under two of Rorqual's CO's Dewhurst and LW Napier, because I remember him telling stories of the Ursus incident and the faulty torpedo which forced Rorqual to dive out of harm's way as it was going round in circles, eventually exploded. Also he described an incident where Rorqual was on the surface at night near the island of Pantellaria (near Tunisia) with faulty aft mine doors. In discussion with Lt Commander Napier, my father was instructed to go outside in the water with a colleague to try to sort out the problem of the jammed doors. He was advised that if the submarine had to dive in an emergency, both of them should swim to the island and await to be collected the next evening. There is also the story of the successful mining of the 'Ankara' outside Tunis harbour. Mr father also recalled an Admiralty signal congratulating Rorqual on this success, stating: "Rorqual Well Done". I'm afraid I do not know much more than this and other reminiscences are sketchy. My father died in 1970 at Newport, Isle of Wight. He retired from the Royal Navy in the early to middle 1950s with the rank of commander. |
Marine. John Saunders . Royal Marines from Preston, Lancashire.) My late grandfather, Jack Saunders, from Preston was captured in Crete early 40's. He told me he was in Stalag VIIIb. He was a Marine and had ginger hair. I would be pleased to hear from anyone who remembers him. He recalls marching across country and staying in a sugar factory if that strikes a chord. He used to work for the railways.
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Gnr. Kevin Joseph Saunders . British Army 123rd (City of London) Light Anti-Aircraft Battery Royal Artillery Kevin Saunders served with 123LAA as part of L Force (Harwich) and landed in Normandy on D-day + 10 hours, equipped with Bofors guns. They moved around Cann then forward through France and Belgium to the Arnham Nijmegen area, the unit were involved in the Rhine crossing and went onwards through Germany towards the Hamburg area. He survived and was transferred to 18 LAA Regt prior to discharge. |
Flt Sgt. Sayer . Royal Air Force 91 Sqd. (d.28th Mar 1944) I am doing some research into 91 squadron and believe they were stationed at Drem on the 8th March 1944 (flying from Castle Camps) arriving at 13.45. They left Drem for West Malling on the 23rd April. I think they were grounded due to the weather for a while but on the 12th March Flt Sgt Sayer crashed and was killed. On the 28th March 1944 15 members of the squadron went to Edinburgh to visit factories.
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George " " Scable . British Army My name is Lisette Richardeau, I was madly in love during WW2 with a British Soldier in a tank division. He was on his way to the Battle of the Bulge. His name was George Scable and I want to know if he is still alive, I lost track of him in 1945. I have been ill over this loss and still want to get some infformation on his life or death. I lived in Huy in Belgium and he was stationed there and stayed at our house for a few days. Please can anyone help to find him? I am married now and live in CA. USA. Thank you.
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