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Feltham,
Richard John Lillico
Forbes, Thomas
Farnborough,
Hampshire period ended 1947
Foster, Cecil
Francis, Lloyd
Fiut, John C.
Farley, Charles G.
Froehlich,
Bernard
Fowler, John Frederick (Fred)
Fitzwilliams, Clixby
Fenton, Kenneth
Fedoreshenko, George
Can
you help with further information on Dr Richard (Dick) John
Lillico Feltham? Click here
to find out more about him.
P/O
Thomas (grandfather of Tom Forbes) was a Lancaster bomber
pilot during the war and was tragically killed on July 13th
1943. Three of his crew survived the crash in
the Bay of Biscay to be picked up and eventually became prisoners
of war. One, Leslie Matthews, was taken to Camp 357,
Torun (Thorn) in Poland. Tom has found out a great
deal about his grandfather, the squadron he flew with
and has been in touch with many relatives of 12 squadron crew.
However,
the PoWs have eluded him. His aunt remembers visiting
Leslie's parents in Palmers Green in London - she thinks after
the war - which might mean the Leslie never came back.
Tom understands that between 2,500 and 3,500 died during the
horrific death marches.
Although
Tom is not related to Leslie, he would like to find out more
about him and the other bomber crew.
Sgt
Leslie Matthews,
Lancaster Navigator, 12 Squadron, RAF Service No - 148817.
Leslie and/or his parents lived in Palmer's Green, North London.
He was a PoW at Camp 357.
Sgt
E. Southon, Lancaster
Mid Upper Gunner, 12 Squadron, RAF Service No - 1622030.
Chris
Cruden lived in Farnborough, Hants before and after WWII and
recalls posters immediately after the war advising against
approaching suspicious looking objects. They also received
lectures on this subject at school advising to contact the
police. In 1946 a friend lost his foot after kicking a football
they found in deep grass near Fleet pond. Do you have information
on this period which ended about 1947?
Sergeant
Cecil Henry Foster was a Regular soldier with 2nd Battalion
Kings Royal Rifles. Ray's mother informs him that they used
to write to A Company.
He
was in Borneo (early 1939-?) just before the war and Ray has
has a photo around of him being presented with the Long Service
medal in Eygpt.
He was sent to Calais and took part in the defence of that
town before being overrun.
Ray
is currently reading Airey Neave's story of Calais "The
Flames of Calais" (1972, Hodder and Stoughton, ISBN 0
340 10533 X).
Cecil
was Ray's uncle, his mother's brother, and he used to love
seeing him although he was only born in 1942 and of course
Cecil was a prisoner until 1945.
Ray
was only 7.5 years when he died. He had only a short period
of life after release during which time his son died and then
he himself died in February 1950, aged 44.
My uncle was I believe Army Southern Area Light Heavyweight
Champion. He used to play in the band, we have a photo of
him amongst a group on a route march, playing a tuba.
Uncle Cecil helped maintain a terribly bad start to the war.
In 1939 my mother's cousin went down with HMS Royal Oak; 1940.
My uncle made PoW at Calais; May 1941 another uncle went down
with HMS Kashmir at Crete; December 1941 my father's ship
HMS Ark Royal torpedoed and sank in the Med - luckily he survived,
breaking the sequence!
Cecil was born in 1906.
Please
contact Ray
if you have any information.
Betty
is looking for information on Lloyd John Francis from Clinton,Wa.
He was on a PoW on a ship that was sunk because it was not
displaying a PoW flag.
Betty
doesn't know the year but possibly 1943 to 1945.
Lloyd
was a pharmacist rank of some sort.
Betty
would like to know the name of the ship, what country was
in charge of it and any other details surrounding Lloyd's
time in the service.
If
you can help, please contact Betty.
Cola's
father, John C. Fiut, from Cleveland, Ohio, served in WWII
as a Rifleman in Company K, 28th Infantry and participated
in the battle of Normandy and Northern France.
He
arrived in France on 4th July 1944 and was injured in France
on 25th August 1944 by mortar shells that affected his sight
for the remainder of his life.
It
would be an honor to hear of others who have experienced life
with their father's vision empairment disablity (WWII injury)
similar to Cola's dad's. He sadly died from complications
of a brain tumor in 1997 at the age of 75. He spoke very little
of his experiences in WWII at Normandy and hid his empairments
from all but his immediate family for 52 years.
Information
regarding Company K, 28th Infantry would be appreciated.
If
you can help at all, please email
Charles
G. Farley
Someone is looking for information on their
grandfather, Charles G Farley. He is still living but suffered
a stroke. He served in the 101st Airborne in WWII.
If
anyone has any information or remembers him, please email
Bernard
Froehlich
Jeanne
is trying to find anybody who may have known 2nd Lt. Bernard
Froehlich. He died from injuries when a test flight crashed
on 27th August 1943 in Aspull, Wigan.
The
pilot died in another crash in 1945 and she is especially
looking for the 2nd Lt. Co-pilot William H. Campbell who's
whereaouts is unknown.
Bernard
was Jeanne's 1/2 sister's biological father and she has always
wanted to know more about him. She is very ill and at 61 already
living in a nursing home. Jeanne will be going to visit her
in a couple of months and wanted to surprise her with anything
on her father's history - she doesn't even know Jeanne has
found out his first name yet!!
If
anyone has any information on either Bernard or William, please
email Jeanne
John
Frederick (Fred) Fowler
Sharon
is trying to find out about her grandfather, John Frederick
(Fred) Fowler, born in Edinburgh in 1915, who was a Driver
for the Royal Army Service Corps (RASC) from 30th September
1939 to 27th March 1946. His Service Number was T109353 and
his PoW No. 7797. He died in 1966.
The
CICR have given Sharon the following information:-
John
Fowler was a Prisoner of War in Germany, captured on 12th
June 1940 at St Valerie. The family story goes that John was
captured trying to get away but broke his leg jumping a wall.
He was transferred from Stalag VIF to Stalag XXIB on 8th July
1940. He was transferred from Stalag XXI C/Z to Stalag XXB
on 14th June 1941.
Sharon
also has a letter of reference dated 24.01.1946 from someone
which looks like "L M Stewart, (some writing she can't
make out), RASC" and stating that "Dvr F Fowler
was in my unit in 1939 and served under me up to the time
we were captured in June 1940. At the time of capture he was
a L/cpl and had we not been a PoW would have gone a very long
way in the army. I know him personally very well ....".
The address at the top of the reference is Clayton Officers
Mess, RASC, Aldershot.
Sharon
sent through the following pictures (click to enlarge):
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Fred
and Margaret's wedding 19th October 1945 |
Fred
may be 2nd row from the front, third along (sitting).
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On
the back of the photo are signatures with J F Fowler
top right |
The
RASC badge |
If
anyone has any information on Fred or indeed remembers him,
please email Sharon
or try the alternative email.
Dan's
grandfather, Clixby Fitzwilliams, was also involved in the
rescue of the Dutch royal family that is recounted on this
site (and that is cross-posted on the BBC's site) by Captain
Tilley. He had just joined the Welsh Guards after graduating
from Cambridge University.
Dan is in the process of writing up
his account for submission on the site and came across Tilly's
posting.
Clixby
doesn't remember Tilley's name but perhaps the opposite is
true.
If
you can assist with any other information or if you were part
of the rescue of the Royal Dutch Family, please contact Dan.
 I
have heard from Andrew Cuthbertson who is investigating HMS
Hunter and been in touch with Dan to gather more infomration.
Please
click here to find out more about HMS
Hunter.
Kenneth
Fenton
Nick
has contacted me with the following information:
"In
the photograph in the newspaper dated Sept. 1942, the group
shot of Stalag IXc shows top left Sgt. Robbie William McDonald
(Wireless operator/Gunner) and bottom right Sgt. Alan Andrew
Fuller (Navigator) fro Blenheim IV XD-'L' for leather, V6258
of 139 Jamaica Squadron which was piloted by my Father Sgt.
Kenneth Fenton (service No. 1053472, POW No. 39204). I beleive
that my Father is actually sitting next to Fuller in this
picture out of shot.
I beleive that the photo would also show the crew of HSL 108
which was sent to rescue them after they crashed in the North
Sea on 1st July 1941but cannot make them out.
My Father escaped from here on 20th November 1941 with Sgt.
J McCairns but they were subsequently re-captured.
He went on to Stalag Luft's 3 and 6 and then Stalag 357, Thorn
and Fallingbostal."
Nick
is compiling information and anyone who can help, please contact
me and I will pass the details to Nick.
George
P Fedoreshenko
Nancy
is looking for anyone that knew her father, George P Fedoreshenko,
or Stephen L. Daly Captain MC
This
is what she has from some records:
"Bruck
Air Ordnance Depot APO 66." (Does anyone know what that
means?)
He
was married and the address she has is "Langendiebach
near Hanan Erlangen Germany". (Does this make any sense
to anyone. She understood Langendiebach was a base. Could
one get married on a base?).
Nancy
was born at the 385th Station Hospital, Nuernberg, Germany.
George's
job was Truck
Driver-Light #345
If
anyone can help, please contact Nancy.
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