Pte. L. Silongo . South African Army Native Military Corps (d.6th April 1941) Private Silongo is buried in the Katima Mulilo Graves in Namibia.
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F/O. Geoffrey Silva DFC.. Royal Australian Air Force 210 Squadron from Inverell, New South Wales, Australia (d.13th Jun 1943) Geoffrey Silva is my father's cousin and I remember my dad telling me about him when I was growing up. My grandmother and his father were brother and sister.
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L/Cpl. AD Silver . British Army 44th Btn. Royal Tank Regiment L/Cpl.AD Silver served with the 44th Btn. Royal Tank 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 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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Bertie Charles Silver . British Army Kings Royal Rifle Corps from Portsmouth My father, Bertie Silver, was a POW in Poland. He came home and married my mum Gwen. He never talked about him time in the camp. I always remember him saying that it was in the past. He was so proud and always followed the regiment where ever they were.
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Reub Silver . British Army King's Royal Rifle Corps My father was Reub Silver, of the Kings Royal Rifle Corps, he was a POW in Stalag XXB five years.
So interesting reading all the stories which are so similar to the stories he used to relate to me when he came home. How lucky I was to have him come home, even though he eventually passed away at age 45 from a heart attack, which I think was caused by being a POW.
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Spr. Ronald Arthur Silver . British Army 663 Artisan Works Company Royal Engineers (d.17th Jun 1940) Ronald Silver of 663 Artisan Works Company, Royal Engineers lost his life in the sinking of the Lancastria.
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Signalman. Walter Silver . British Army 19th Air Formation Signals Royal Corps of Signals from 10 Eedwood Ave, East Ardsley, W. Yorks My father, Walter Silver, served in Burma during WW2 as a despatch rider in the Signals. He's still alive at the time of writing, but is living in a nursing home in Leeds. His memory is not so good these days, but I do know that his Unit at the end of the war was 19th Air Formation Signals, and I have photos of him with a group of comrades, including his younger brother, Ernest, in Comilla, Bangladesh.
Dad has said very little over the years about his experiences - except some light-hearted quips about his motor bike, mates etc. He's mentioned being in Rangoon, Chittagong and Kohima.
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Ft Lt. Alexis Louis Silverman . Royal Air Force Pilot 102 (Ceylon) Squadron from Harrow, Mddx (d.28th April 1944)
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Capt. Lyle Albert "Tommy" Silvernail . US Army Air Corps 11th Tactical Air Communications Squad 9th Air Force from 555 E Patton St Paxton Illinois USA Lyle Silvernail served with the 11th Tactical Air Communications Squad, 9th Air Force.
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Sea. Albert Silverson . Royal Naval Patrol Service H.M. Trawler Rumba from Southwick, W. Sussex (d.10th January 1943) Seaman Silverson was the son of Albert and Florence Silverson, of Southwick, W. Sussex.
He was 21 when he died and was buried in the Banana European Cemetery in the Congo, Grave 109.
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Sea. Albert Silverson . Royal Naval Patrol Service H.M. Trawler Rumba from Southwick, W. Sussex (d.10th January 1943) Seaman Albert Silverson was the son of Albert and Florence Silverson of Southwick, W. Sussex.
He was 21 when he died and is buried in the Banana European Cemetery in the Congo, Grave 109.
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P/O. Henry Silverwood DFM.. Royal Air Force 582 Squadron from Shipley, Yorkshire (d.29th Aug 1944) Pilot Officer (Wireless Op./Air Gunner) Henry Silverwood was the son of Arthur and Mary Jerome Silverwood of Shipley, Yorkshire.
He was 24 when he died and is buried in a collective grave in the Norre Vorupor Cemetery in Denmark.
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Sqd Ldr. George Silvester . Royal Air Force 32 Squadron On October 9, 1944, MJ730 was transferred again to 32 Sqn., RAF at Kalamaki, Greece The aircraft was chosen by Sqn. Ldr. George Silvester, DFC, as his personal plane. Before its individual code had been assigned, he jokingly said to some of his ground crew that there was "a bit of a question mark" over which identity letter to give his personal Spitfire, because as Squadron Leader, he belonged to neither A Flight or B Flight. The ground crew as a lark placed a large "question mark" where the individual code letter would have normally appeared. Sqn. Ldr. Silvester was amused by the gesture and MJ730 was referred to as "The COs Query". "I would find out from the engineering officer what letter was allocated to the aircraft. I liked to paint (I had a steadier hand in those days) and normally did this myself. I remember having a template made with small holes in suitable places." When the CO came back from satisfactorily test flying this aircraft, Cpl Tylee asked what code letter should put be put on the Spitfire? "... he jokingly said that there was a bit of a question mark over which identity letter to giver his Spitfire.... because he was neither A Flight nor B Flight". According to the former airframe fitter, the groundcrew took the initiative and Cpl Tyler painted a large question mark (temporarily, using whitewash, he later told me) where a code letter would normally be positioned. The CO (Sqn Ldr G. Silvester DFC) was amused by this and said it could stay. Cpl Tylee therefore painted a permanent mark on the aircraft and it was thenceforth known by squadron personnel as The COs Query. [NOTE I used this as the title of my book on the aircrafts history.] Furthermore, Betty Silvester, Sqn Ldr Silvesters widow, sent me documents and photographs in which her husband referred to MJ730, in its GZ-? coding, as His kite. Although I am aware of at least one other WW2 squadron using a ? coding on a Spitfire.
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William Silvester . British Army Worcestershire Regiment My great uncle was a prisoner in Stalag 4B. He served with the Worcestershire Regiment and was captured in the Middle East. If anybody remembers him or has photos please get in touch.
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Spr. George Albert Silvey . British Army 663 Artisan Works Company Royal Engineers (d.17th Jun 1940) George Silvey of 663 Artisan Works Company, Royal Engineers lost his life in the sinking of the Lancastria.
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DMCH Sim . British Army DMCH Sim 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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Pte. John Sim . British Army 92nd Anti Tank Regiment Royal Artillery from Aberdeen John Sim served with the 92nd Anti Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery and the Gordon Highlanders
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Spr. Robert Blair Sim . New Zealand Expeditionary Force 6th Coy NZ Engineers from Mohaka POW 4110 Robert Blair Sim transferred from Stalag 18B to Stalag 18A Germany on the 9th of March 1943.
From History Sheet of his NZ military record.
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Pte. John Thomas Simcox . British Army 2nd Btn. Sherwood Foresters from Meir, Stoke, Staffs (d.1st Jun 1940) grandfather
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Pte. Alexander Scott Killoch Sime . British Army 6th Btn. Seaforth Highlanders from Bogton Llanbryde, Morayshire Dad, Alexander Sime was a POW held in the hospital block. He had a shrapnel wound on his thigh and could not walk properly. He remembers that the guards were not very vigilant and that the POWs had managed to detach a gas pipe and they had lit it. It had a huge long flame but they were able to make tea dangling their cups or billies over the end of the flame. He was returned home on a boat in 1942. He weighed six and a half stone and was over 6 foot. It was turned into the Norwegian POW camp after they were all sent home.
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WO1 Gerald Patrick Simento . British Army HQ Movement Control PAI Force (Persia & Iraq) from Kolar Gold Fields, India
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PO Dennis Archibald Simes . Royal Air Force from London
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Pvt. Vincent J Siminitus . United States Army Infantry Division Band Dental Co. from Minersville, PA My Great Uncle, Vincent Joseph Siminitus, was a POW in WWII. He passed away at age 87 on March 8, 2013. I have recently found out more information, he was in camp Stalag 2b Hammerstein in West Prussia. He was part of Group Regiment Commands System, Branch Immaterial Infantry Division Band Dental Company. First Report was 10-12-1944, Last Report 5-16-1945. He was European Theatre France. This information is very new to me and anyone who has more info or can better explain all this is greatly appreciated, Thank you.
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F/O Norman Simister DFM. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 138 Sqdn. from Cheshire (d.8th May 1944) F/O Simister was killed on 8th May 1944 during Operation Citronelle 1 in France.
Halifax v LL280 NF-O. The crew were:
W/Cdr W McF Russell DFC & Bar
F/S G Cable DFM
F/O D Brown DFC
F/O B P McGonagle DFC
F/O J A Armour DFC DFM
F/O A F Bryce
F/O N Simister DFM
T/o Tempsfordon Operation Citronelle 1 heading for France. Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at St Denis d'Orques (Sarthe), 40m WNW of Le Mans and astride what in 1944 was the main road to Laval. All rest in Le Mans west cemetery.
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Cpl. Kenneth Charles Simkin . Australian Imperial Forces 2/2nd Battalion from Scone, NSW (d.17th Apr 1941) Kenneth Simkin served with 2/2nd Battalion, AIF.
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W Simkin . British Army Royal Armoured Corps W Simkin 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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Lt. Wilfred Edward Simkin . Royal Naval Reserve HMS Fiona from Ayr, Scotland (d.18th Apr 1941) Article from local newspaper states:
"Mr Walter Simkin and Mrs Simkin, From Ayr, have now received definite news concerning their second son, Lieut. Wilfred E. Simkin,R.N.R., who was reported missing and presumed killed in April last. A letter from the only surviving officer of the Fiona, reported as sunk at that time by enemy action and on which vessel the lieutenant served, states that he was killed instantaneously on April 18th at sea. Lieut Simkin was 30 years of age, and before joining the R.N.R. was for eight years a member of the Ayrshire Constabulary.
Their youngest son, Kenneth, who was with the Australians in the Middle East, has been posted missing for some months and no news as to his fate has been received.
H.M.S.Fiona was reportedly attacked near Sidi Barrani in the Mediterranean."
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Pt1 Roy Arthur Simkins . United States Army
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EJ Simm . British Army Kings Liverpool Regiment EJ Simm served with the Kings Liverpool 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 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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