C Westoby . British Army Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry C Westoby served with the Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 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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F/L A. Weston . 97 Squadron
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Allen Clifford Weston . Royal Canadian Air Force pilot 419 Sqd. My father's name is Allen Clifford Weston and he served at Middleton St. George from July 24 to November 28, 1944. He successfully completed 32 bombing missions over France and Germany during his service as Pilot of a Lancaster Bomber. He was in the 419 squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force and was a Lancaster Bomber Pilot. My father made 32 bombing missions over France and Germany and I have his log book and medals all in good shape. I remember my father telling me stories about his second world war exploits which was unusual because he hardly ever talked about the war. He met my mother, who was in the Royal Air Force and brought her home to Canada after the war. My father is dead now but my mother is still alive at 86 years young. I often consider my father a war hero and infact he was nominated for the distinguished flying cross by his crew but never received it. By reading his log book it seems to me he deserved the medal
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Arthur George James Weston . British Army Royal Armoured Corps Arthur Weston 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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Pte Arthur Ernest Weston . British Army 5th Btn Dorsetshire Regiment from Bremhill, Wiltshire
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BJ Weston . British Army BJ Weston 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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Edith Muirhead Weston . Womens Land Army from 174 Wells Street, Birmingham My late grandmother,Edith Weston, served as a member of the Women's Land Army from 1939 to 1942.
She was stationed at Laughers Buildings, Stratford upon Avon. The owners of the property were Arthur J Banbrook & Evelyn D Banbrook. On some of Edith's other paperwork there is another number quoted, 1566, no idea what this relates to.
Edith was born in 1914 and sadly died in 1957. She had just one child, my mother Rosemary Weston who was born in 1942.
After leaving the Women's Land Army, Edith went to work at GWR Snow Hill, Hockley as a female carter, handling large horses. I think this experience was gained from her time in the Women's Land Army.
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Edward Weston . British Army Highland Light Infantry from Birmingham Edward Weston was believed to have served in North Africa or Italy and was involved in the Normandy landings and the battles after to defeat Germany.
He suffered what was then known as battle fatigue possibly around the fighting in Caen.
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GCA Weston . British Army Royal Armoured Corps GCA Weston 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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Capt. Leonard Weston . British Army Royal Army Service Corps (d.13th Feb 1942) I am trying to obtain any information about my grandfather on my mother's side, Leonard Weston, who served in WW2. I know he was a Corporal in 1925 aged 24yrs. He married to Marion Kate Stockbridge (20yrs) 18/08/1925. He was a Sergeant (S/6175) in 1930 and was resident in Malta at the time. He died 13/02/1942 in Malaysia and his name appears on the Singapore Memorial (column 97).
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Sgt. N. J. Weston . Royal Australian Air Force 97 Squadron
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Thomas Albert "Nipper" Weston . British Army Royal Artillery I am trying to find information about my grandfather, Thomas Albert Weston, sometimes known as Albert Weston or Nipper. He joined the Royal Artillery at the age of 17 before the war. He passed out as best recruit and was posted to Shorncliff, Kent. He had joined up with a lad called Mickey.
He was with the BEF and was captured at Dunkirk, after making sure all his men were safely off the beach. I'm not sure which POW camp he was in, but he escaped with another chap and was on the run in occupied territory for three years. Does anyone remember him?
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AB Westwall . British Army Reconnaissance Corps AB Westwall 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 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. Albert Westwood . British Army 1st Btn. South Lancashire Regiment from Garston
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DS Westwood . British Army Suffolk Regiment DS Westwood served with the Suffolk 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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GES Westwood . British Army GES Westwood 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. James Anthony Westwood . British Army 5th Btn. Green Howards from North Yorkshire (d.19th May 1940) James Westwood is remembered on the Dunkirk Memorial.
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Cpl. Joseph Charles Westwood . British Army 8th Btn. Manchester Regiment from Preston, Lancashire (d.21st May 1944) Joseph C Westwood, served with the 8th Btn. Manchester Regiment and was killed in May 1944. He was Hilda Simpson's first husband.
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Kenneth Westwood . British Army Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards) from Featherstone
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Nancy Isabella Beatrix Westwood . War Worker Royal Naval Aircraft Repair Yard, Donibristle from Wishaw Nancy Westwood was working in the Co-operative in Wishaw as a clerkess. As a single woman aged 22, she was called up and went to train as an aircraft fitter in Springburn, Glasgow. This was in 1941.
The men and women being trained were taught basic metal work for nine months. Their first test was to make a 1-inch metal square that fitted into a 1 inch square hole, with a tolerance of 5 thousandths of an inch. When she completed her training she was sent to the Fleet Air Arm's Royal Naval Aircraft Repair Yard at Donibristle in Fife, HMS Merlin.
There, as Nancy's father was an electrician, she was chosen to re-train as an electrical fitter. First she worked as mate to Charlie Nisbet. He had been invalided out of the RAF. After three months Nancy was a qualified electrical fitter and got her own mate, a woman called Maisie Sinclair.
Nancy worked repairing the electrics on Spitfires, Albacores, Walruses, and Swordfishes. They worked inside a big hangar. Sometimes they got a job to do on the flying field outside, then they were given sheepskin jackets.
The men who were trained alongside Nancy got the full wage automatically when they completed their three months. The women were paid less. Nancy and her cohort joined the electrical trade union, and the shop steward argued their case and they got equal pay with the men. The wages were very good compared to the Co-operative, eight pounds a week as against two pounds a week as a clerkess.
Originally they stayed in digs in Fife. Special trains brought many like Nancy every day to work at Donibristle, from Kirkaldy and Edinburgh. Her railway pass calls her an Admiralty Workman. Nancy and her friend Marion Robertson soon went to live in digs in Edinburgh, because it was easier to travel home from there. They got one day off a month.
The first place Marion and Nancy stayed at in Edinburgh, Marion got communist leaflets sent to her, and they were asked to leave. One place they looked at, had a party going on. The furniture was piled with servicemens hats. The bed was covered with greatcoats. Nancy and Marion were horrified and said they would let them know. Nancy was shocked when I asked if they went out to the pubs in Edinburgh. Perhaps women didn't then. They went to the pictures, or the dancing, there were many dance halls and you just went for a couple of hours.
Once, on the bus travelling home to Wishaw, Nancy met an Australian pilot called Teddy McGill. He was visiting relatives in Shotts. They went out together, but then she never heard from him. She supposes he was killed.
Nancy thoroughly enjoyed the war.
Girls weren't allowed to do anything in those days, she says. In fact her mum nearly succeeded in preventing her from leaving home, saying she was needed at home and that Nancy's brother had already been killed by the Japanese. She failed to mention that Nancy's father and two other brothers were all in reserved occupations as electricians and engineers.
However, Nancy succeeded in escaping, and she earned good money at Donibristle. By 1945 she had saved more than £1000. She and her husband John intended to buy a house, but there were no houses to buy after the war. They had to move back in with Nancy's parents, where they had two children. It wasn't till 1952 that they got a council house, and eventually spent Nancy's money on a car.
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B Wetherell . British Army Royal Pioneer Corps B Wetherell 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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L Wetton . British Army L Wetton 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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W.O. James William Weyers . RCAF 57 Squadron from Alberta, Canada (d.5th July 1944) Lancaster Mk 111 - JB.486 of 57 Squadron was reported missing from operations on the night of July 4th/July 5th 1944. It was shot down by a German Night-fighter on a bombing raid to the VI Flying Bomb Stores at St. Leu-d'Esserent, and crashed in a wood close to Cormielles St.Poix and where the Crew of seven, were laid to rest in the village chapel.
The lost RAF Crew were:
Anthony Edward Grubb F/O(A/F/L)(Pilot) of Warwickshire
Sgt. Harry Lees F/ENGINEER of Lancashire
W.O. James William Weyers (Navigator) of Alberta,Canada
Jack Paull Hodges F/O (A/Bomber) of N.S.W.,Australia
Sgt. George Thomas Osborne (W/Op.Air) of Staffordshire
Sgt. Clifford Neil Stalker(A/G) of Kent
Sgt. Joseph Terance Nixon (A/G) of Manchester
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Sgt. Charles Anthony Weymouth . Royal Air Force 44 Sqdn. from Devon (d.23rd Nov 1942)
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Stanley James Weymss MBE.. New Zealand Film Unit from New Zealand I am hoping to write a book on the WW2 Cinematographer Stanley Wemyss and I am trying to find information and photographs. He worked for the New Zealand Film Unit and was awarded an MBE for bravery whilst filming the horrors of war. He filmed on several fronts including Tripoli, Fiji and Singapore. Any help anyone can give me would be greatly appreciated.
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L/Cpl. Henry Tuuta Whaitiri . New Zealand Expeditionary Force from Arowhenua, Canterbury (d.22nd March 1942) Henry Whaitiri was the Son of Te Wera and Charlotte Ngawai Whaitiri, of Arowhenua, Canterbury.
He was 22 when he died and is buried in the Arowhenua (Whareki) Cemetery, Timaru District, New Zealand.
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Pte. Rodney William George Whale . British Army Duke Cornwalls Light Infantry from Winchester (d.19th November 1944) Rodney Whale is a distant relative. He is buried in the Brunssum War Cemetery in Linburg, Netherlands
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Henry Bingley Whaler . Air Raid Protection from 69 Forest Road. Ilford, Essex My father was in charge of the post located roughly half way between Fairlop station and the north east end of Forest Road. The post was located on the north side of the road. On his rounds, which he made by bicycle, he came across what he thought was the first unexploded doodlebug which had landed on on the northwest corner of Fairlop airfield.
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Lt. Charles Peter Whaley . British Army 2nd Btn. Coldstream Guards (d.19th April 1945) Peter Whaley of the 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards
was killed in action in the Battle of Argenta Gap in Italy.
He was ny Uncle Robert Laird's Platoon Commander.
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P/O. John Stephen Whaley . Royal Air Force No. 9 (O) Advanced Flying Unit from Nottingham John Whaley trained with No. 9 AFU at RAF Hullavington from 6th of February 1942 to 1st of March 1942. The training aircraft were Miles Magisters. He flew both as solo pilot and second pilot with Flight Sergeant Cooper, Pilot Officer Tasker, Flying Officer Topper and Sergeant Gripiaos.
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