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Those known to have fought in Norway during the Second World War 1939-1945. The names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed,
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Want to know more about Norway? There are:97 items tagged Norway available in our Library
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Gdsmn. Laurence Broadbent 1st Btn. Scots Guards Laurence Broadbent served in Norway and North Africa and was injured in April 1943.
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Pte. Thomas Ryan 1st Btn. York and Lancaster Regiment Thomas Ryan served with the 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment in WW2. He was captured in Norway and arrived at Stalag XXA on 28th of May 1940 until 22nd of September 1940. He transferred to Bau-und-Arbeits Battalion 40 on 26th of January 1942 and later was transferred to Bau-Und-Arbeits Battalion 20 on 10th of March 1943. Thomas was again moved on to Stalag 344 on 20th of November 1944.
Tommy was shot while in Norway and still had the bullet in him when he arrived back home after weeks of being marched around by the Germans in bitterly cold weather. The imprisonment affected his mental health for many years. He had a loving family awaiting his return.
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Pte. Ronald Arthur Askew 8th Btn. Sherwood Foresters (d.April 1940) Ronald Askew is buried at a war grave at Lillehammer Northern Civil Cemetery in Norway. In April 1940 he was part of the 8th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters that had landed in Norway as part of a disastrous attempt to assist the Norwegian Army against the Germans. The ship carrying the Battalion's vehicles and heavy equipment was sunk and those not killed were forced to flee through mountains in deep snow.
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Joseph William Austin 1st Battalion Green Howards (Yorkshire Regiment) (d.28th April 1940) Joseph Austin was the youngest son of the Austin family. Billy was never forgotten by his family especially his sister Clara who was the dearest friend of our family. A window in his memory is located in St Cuthbert's Church, Church Lane Ormesby, near Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire. He is buried in Nord-Sel Church Yard in Norway.
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Pte. Richard Arthur Schofield 1st Btn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (d.26th Apr 1940) Richard Schofield was my mums cousin. He was named after his uncle, Richard Markham M.M. who died in France in 1918.
Richard died, aged 19, in the Norwegian Campaign and is commemorated in the Kvam Cemetery, Norway.
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Pte. Leslie Kershaw York and Lancaster Regiment My father, Leslie Kershaw, was captured in Norway after crossing from Scapa Flo.
He was a POW in Stalag XXB. One day they were all called out and the Germans came round with a board asking what their occupation was.
Another prisoner nudged dad and said tell them you grow potatoes. A few days later dad was called out to the gate and sent to a farm to work.
I would love to find out more of this story.
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Sgt. Charles Sydney "Bob" Brooke 1st Btn. Border Regiment Bob, Charles Brooke served in 1st Border Regiment as part of 1st Airborne Division during Operation Doomsday in 1945, the Occupation of Norway.
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Gnr. Joseph Donald Walker 40th Searchlight Regiment Royal Artillery Our father, Joseph Donald Walker, born in 1916 joined the British Army on 31st December 1934 aged 18. He served in the 317th Searchlight Battery, RA and in the 40th Searchlight Regiment, RA. He was involved in the liberation of Norway and received a certificate from Olav, King of Norway for the liberation dated 8th May 1945.
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Pte. Horace Wilfred "Yorkie" Clayton York and Lancs Horace Clayton was a regular in the Army when the war broke out. He trained in France and was sent to Norway where he was captured and became a prisoner in 1940.
He worked mainly on farms and became friendly with the Polish family he worked with. He used to escape through a hole in the fence to steal veg and any other food he could boil up for his hut mates. He was hit on the side of the head by a guard for not bringing the hut to attention and had a cauliflower ear for the rest of his life.
He was on the long march in Feb 1945 when the guards took them out of the camp away from Russian and American troops. He was liberated by the Americans weighing only 6 stone and spent a number of weeks in hospital with a severely infected neck.
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Pte. Ben Ward Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Ben Ward joined up in 1938. He went to France with the BEF in 1939. Went to Norway in April 1940 and was taken prisoner on the 23rd of April 1940. He was sent to Marionberg Prison Camp but finished in Belson. Then took park in the Death March
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