Pte. Charles Edward Sibley . British Army Sherwood Foresters from 19 City Road, Derby My Father, Charles Sibley, served with the Sherwood Foresters in WW2. He was captured in North Africa and transported to Italy in April/May 1942. He escaped (or walked out) from the camp with the help of an Italian family. He became very ill and was looked after and brought back to reasonable health then was taken to a rail station which was heavily guarded by German soldiers, but as he had black hair and an olive complexion had managed to board a train which took him closer to the Swiss boarder. Arriving there he was captured by the guards, fortunately they were Swiss, but Dad was very worried for a time as their helmets were similar to the German helmets.
After several months he was taken through the South of France and into Spain where he boarded a ship back to the UK. I still have the rail tickets for his journey to Northern Italy.
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EW Sibley . British Army Royal Armoured Corps EW Sibley 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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George Walter James Sibley . Royal Air Force My father, George Walter James Sibley, was stationed at Snaith in 1941 and told us that he had been a rear gunner in a Wellington Bomber. The records I have from the RAF are extremely sketchy he was posted there in September 1941 until released in 1942 after injury of some form. He told us that his bomber had been hit and limped back to base, he had been wounded which ultimately resulted in his release to GIII reserve status. Can anyone fill in any details?
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GH Sibley . British Army GH Sibley 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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JF Sibley . British Army JF Sibley 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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RW Sibley . British Army RW Sibley 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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WA Sibley . British Army WA Sibley 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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GW Sibson . British Army Royal Armoured Corps GW Sibson 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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RA Sichel . British Army Royal Pioneer Corps RA Sichel served with the Royal Pioneer 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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Stkr. Harold Siddall . Royal Navy HMS Repulse My dad, Harold Siddall, was held in Arbeitslager 2780A. He was captured on Crete. 2780A was a work camp in Pasing, which is a suburb of Munich. They were employed repairing train tracks, building drains and moving goods between trains at the station. You can read my Dad's account at http://www.naval-history.net/WW2MemoirAndSo00.htm
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FO James Holt Siddell . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 613 Squadron (d.9th October 1944) Flying Officer (Navigator) James Siddell is buried in the Barneveld (Voorthuizen) General Cemetery, Gelderland, The Netherlands.
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John Siddle . Merchant Navy SS Cape Corso
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Flt.Lt. William E Siddle DFC & Bar.. Royal Air Force 83 (Pathfinder) Squadron from Crown Hotel, Penrith Flt Sgt Bill Siddle joined 9 Squadron at Bardney from the Operational Training Unit at Upper Heywood on 21st July 1943. The other members of his crew arriving with him were: Navigator: WO Dick Lodge, Bomb Aimer: F/O Ken Hill. Wireless Operator Sgt Clem Culley, Flight Engineer: Sgt Reg Moseley
Mid-Upper Gunner: Sgt Dick Jones, Tail Gunner: F/O Clayton Moore (RCAF).
On 6th September 1943 at the end of their eighth sortie their damaged Lancaster made a crash landing short of Bardney airfield, in which the plane was destroyed but all crew members survived. Ken Hill and Reg Moseley sustained injuries which ended their flying careers. They were replaced by: Bomb Aimer: W/O Norman (Mike) Machin DFC, and Flight Engineer: W/O Alan (Jock) Wilson.
Mid-upper gunner Dick Jones was killed in action when flying with another crew on 3rd December 1943. His replacement was W/O Gerry Parker DFC, an American.
The crew completed a tour of duty (30 active trips) and then on 24th January 1944 Bill Siddle transferred to No 83 Pathfinder Squadron at Wyton. His initial crew there included many who transferred with him and comprised: Navigator: W/O Dick Lodge, Bomb Aimer: W/O Norman (Mike) Machin DFC, Wireless Operator F/O Alan MacDonald DFC, Flight Engineer: W/O Alan (Jock) Wilson, Mid-Upper Gunner: W/O Gerry Parker DFC and Tail Gunner: F/O Clayton Moore (RCAF)
Gerry Parker transferred to the US 8th Army Air Corps in June 1944 and his replacement was W/O J J (Paddy) Blanche, who only undertook a single flight with the crew before transferring to the new 617 (Dambusters) Squadron and being replaced by P/O E D Hine. After only three sorties he transferred out of 83 Squadron and the new Mid-Upper Gunner was W/O W (Bill) G Trotter.
Bill completed his second tour of 30 sorties with 83 Squadron and was demobbed at the end of hostilities, returning to Penrith to run the Crown Hotel which had been in the family for three generations before him. He later moved to Grimsby where he died in 1970.
A detailed account of the greater part of Bill's wartime service is given in the book Lancaster Valour written by tail-end gunner Clayton Moore and published in 1995.
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F/Lt. William Elliott Siddle DFC.. Royal Air Force 9 Sqdn William E. Siddle, known as “Bill” came from Penrith, Cumberland, where he worked in the family hotel. He joined the RAF in 1941 or 1942 aged 22 and was trained to fly by the United States Army at their Flying School at Moody Field, Georgia, receiving his pilot’s Flying Certificate on 9th October 1942.
He was a Flight Sergeant when he attended operational flying training at Upper Heyford and he formed his crew there in June 1943:
- Navigator – Flight Sergeant Dick Lodge from Barking
- Wireless Operator – Flight Sergeant Clem Culley from Leicestershire
- Flight Engineer – Flight Sergeant Reg Moseley from Bristol
- Bomb Aimer – Pilot Officer Ken Mills
- Tail Gunner – Clayton Moore (RCAF)
- Mid Upper Gunner – Flight Sergeant Dick Jones from Wallasey
From 21st July 1943 the crew’s first operational posting was with 9 Squadron of 5 Group Bomber Command at Bardney, Lincolnshire. On their 8th mission on 6th September 1943 to Munich the plane was badly hit by flak. Bill was given priority landing as they were losing fuel and they nearly made it back to Bardney but Bill had to put the plane down in a field in Minting when all engines failed. Everyone survived, although Bill lost teeth from being flung through the windscreen; Moseley, Mills and Jones suffered back injuries; Lodge broke his arm getting off the downed plane. Moore was found still in his rear turret under a hedge and he suffered concussion. There is a picture of the crashed ED-975 in Clayton Moore’s book, 'Lancaster Valour'.
Moseley and Mills retired from flying duties as a result of their injuries. Their replacements were:
Flight engineer Alan (Jock) Wilson
Bomb aimer Flight Sergeant Alan (Mick) Machin
Dick Jones (who had returned to the crew after recovering from the Minting crash) flew on 2nd December as spare mid-upper gunner with another aircraft (WS/C) which did not return. Gerry Parker, an American from the USAAC, was then added to the crew as mid-upper gunner.
After a first tour of duty (30 missions) the crew applied to join a pathfinder squadron and on the 26th January 1944 they were assigned to 83 pathfinder squadron at Wyton, Cambridgeshire. After a particularly difficult mission to Essen in adverse weather on 26th March 1944, Bill was awarded the DFC. The Squadron relocated to RAF Conningsby and, after a mission on 23rd July to St Vitry le Francoise, Bill was promoted to Flight Lieutenant and a bar was added to his DFC as: “By skilful and evasive tactics, Flight Lieutenant Siddle manoeuvred his aircraft and continued to make a steady run, although his aircraft was plainly visible in the light of flares around the target”.
Bill Siddle remained on active service until the cessation of hostilities having then completed more than 60 operational sorties. His last day of service was 1st April 1946. He died in Grimsby in 1970 aged 48.
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Cpl. Alfred Siddons . British Army 1st Btn. York and Lancaster Regt from Louth, Lincs My late brother, Alfred Siddons joined up with the Loyals in 1941 later transferring to the York and Lancs. He served as a driver/mechanic in Egypt, through the Middle East, Italy and Germany. He was wounded and, I believe, taken to a Field Hospital which was shelled and only he and, I think four, others survived. He received several shrapnel wounds in the attack. I don't know in which part of the world this happened. Because of his wounds he was put aboard a hospital ship bound for the U S, but because the Americans suffered very heavy casualties he was taken off again. The last bit of shrapnel was removed in the 1990's.
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J Sidebottom . British Army J Sidebottom 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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FP Sides . British Army FP Sides 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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N Sidwell . British Army N Sidwell 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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Sydney Herbert Sidwell . Royal Navy HMS Daedalus II Fleet Air Arm from Coventry Little is known about my father, Sid Sidwell having served upon HMS Daedalus II. I found an Interim Trade Certificate amongst his possessions, dated 24th of June 1946. He did not talk much about the war, only that he had a posting to Ceylon.
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Charles Siegel DFC.. United States Air Force 451st Bombardment Group 726th Bombardment Squadron from Bryn Mawr, PA Charles Siegel served in the Mediterranean, Middle East and European African theatres from March 12, 1844 to August 12, 1945. He received the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters, A Purple Heart, and the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medals.
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2nd Lt. Robert Siek . US Army Air Force 855 Bomb Sqd. 491st Bomb Group (d.30th Mar 1945) 2nd Lt Siek lost his life when he was forced to ditch at sea on Mar 30, 1945. His aircraft the "Heavenly Body" had been losing altitude constinually on the return trip as one engine was out. When ditching became inevitable, the radio operator sent the word out. An Air-Sea Rescue unit saved only two men from the crew. It was the last aircraft from the 491st to be lost on operations. My older brother
S/Sgt Ray F. Fortney was the tail gunner on this crew.
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Dvr. Walter James "Tangi" Siely DCM.. NZ Army Petrol Company Army Service Corps from Wellington, NZ. On his 8th attempt James Siely escaped from an Arbietskommando at the cement factory to Stettin, travelling by ship to Sweden. This happened in August 1944 He was awarded the DCM but never spoke of it. Does anyone know any details?
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Tadeusz Siemiatkowski . To Whom It May Concern
The son found this tag at the back of the gentleman's dresser drawer after he died in Montreal, Canada. The son knows his father was in the NSZ but he does not know if the tag belongs to his father or a friend. The tag states: Stalag 318 VIII F No: 101876
Do you have any way of verifying the owner of the tag? Thank you for your help.
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Stanley Siggins . Royal Navy HMS Glendower from Mile End
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GW Silcock . British Army Royal Armoured Corps GW Silcock 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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DA Silcox . British Army DA Silcox 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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Percy H. Silcox . US Army from Alabama, USA I recently discovered that my Grandfather, Percy H. Silcox from Alabama, was a POW at Stalag 13C, Hammelburg Om Main, Bavaria 50-1. I have very little information regard his time there. If anyone has any information please contact me.
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WT Silcox . British Army WT Silcox 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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JED Silk . British Army 13/18th Hussars JED Silk served with the 13/18th Hussars 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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Johannes Charles Sillevis . Royal Air Force No. 320 (Netherlands) Squadron RAF (d.12th June 1944) On the night of 12/13th June 1944 a RAF plane, a Mitchell FR205 of 320 squadron failed to return from night operations against Lisieux Railroad yard in France.
Crew Members were:
- Off. J. Charles Sillevis - MIA - born 09-04-1913, Rotterdam
- 1st Lt. Harrold Huijskens - MIA - born 12-07-1917, Amersfoort
- 2nd Lt. Johannes Van Der Land - MIA - born 21-11-1915, Amsterdam
- Sgt. George Louis Rudolph Van Leeuwen - MIA - born 30-04-1919, Medicine Hat
- Sgt. A.W. Klaassen - MIA - born 09-03-1917, Breskens
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