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Grim,
Emma
Grindy, Sydney
Grimes, Hugh (aka Freddy)
Griffin, Chris
Gibbard-Thatcher, Eric William
Gardner, Charles (Cleve)
Gordon, Craig
Griffith, William H.
Goddard, Edward
Gates, Jim
Greeves, George Alfred
Gomez, Henry
Greenwood, George
Graham, Robert Andrew II
Greaves, Walter
Goodall, Ernest Norman
2nd Gloster Regiment
Gilquin, Roger
Green, James
Gale, Jeanotte Peter
Goodyer, Ian
Gurnett, Cecil
 Does
anyone have any further information on my father, Lewis (Lew)
Seccombe Farmar Edwards?
He
was born in 1914 in Bromley, Kent and died in 1993 in Chertsey,
Surrey.
He
served in 'B' Company, 1st Bn Queen Victoria's Rifles (also
known in 1937 as Kings Royal Rifle Corp). His army
number was 6142398. Click here
to find out more about him.
His
first marriage was to Mrs F A Edwards and they lived at 16
Albany Road, Hersham, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey. Dad's
father's name was John Lionel Edwards and
his mother's maiden name was Emma
Grim.
One
of dad's brothers, John L.
Edwards, served in the First World War and he
was very close to his brother George
who was younger than him.
Dad
was camp tailor (he also made costumes for the theatre productions)
and played violin.
Can
anyone help Susan trace fellow members of the Royal East Kent
Regiment of the BUFFS, who were confined with her father,
Sydney, as a PoW in 1940-45?
Private
6286696 Sydney Grindy was taken prisoner at Le Milliard on
24th May 1940.
He
was confined in Stalag XXA at Thorn (9/6/40 - 16/4/41), Stalag
XXB at Marienberg (18/4/41 - 17/5/43) and Stalag XXA at Thorn
(27/11/43 - 23/1/45).
He
was also posted to the following work camps - Elbing Camp
from 20/5/41 - 17/2/42 and Konitz Camp from 11/4/44 - 23/1/45.
Susan
is particularly interested to trace any members of Sydney's
regiment who may have been confined with him during this period.
Please contact Susan
directly if you have any information.
Vincent
is looking for information on his father, 3449947 Vincent
Patrick Nield, Pte, 8th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers. He
was sent to Dunkirk from Eccles Drill Hall (TA) and his friends
were Stan Johnson,
Bill Johnson,Chris
Griffin and Eric
Heap.
Vinny
has a picture of the 8th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers (TA)
taken in (approx.) 1939.
If
you know anything about Vincent or, indeed, any of his friends,
please get in touch with Vinny
directly.
John
is seeking information on his father, Corporal George Moodie,
Number 305814, Seaforth Highlanders. He was a PoW in Stalag
XXB from 1940 to 1945. John now believes he was on the Death
March but hey don't know where he was repatriated.
On
letters to the Camp it is addressed Stalag XXB (60) - what
does the 60 stand for?
John
also believes George tried to escape on 2 or 3 occassions.
He
was a medic and he also worked on a German officers farm -
there is a photograph of this. John also has a photo of him
with 5 other prisoners in camp - inscribed g.b.304.
At
the end of the war he returned to his home town of Edinburgh.
Here
is a picture of George on his own and also one with his commrades
in Scottish Barracks before they set off for France. Do you
recognise anyone in the second picture? Were you one of George's
commrades?
Please
have a look at the Stalag
XXA/XXB photographs page to see more photographs of George
Moodie and other PoWs that we would like to identify.
John
has come across some more information in a notebook of his
fathers. His father and 3 other PoWs were due to meet up in
Aberdeen after the war. John is unsure whether this happened
or not. The entry was dated 1st June 943. The names and addresses
were:
George
Moodie, 34 Milton Street, Edinburgh
James M Hay, 5 Birch Cottages, Craidellashie,
Banffshire
Charles George Macleod, Strathview,
Urgha, Tarbet, Isle of Harris, Inverness-Shire
Craig Gordon, c/o Mrs Young, 14a
High Street, Buckie, Banffshire
If
you are or know any of these people, please get in touch.
Please
contact John
if you have any information on George.
Tim
has visited Poland in search of his father's PoW locations,
but needs to research his father's history further before
he returns and is looking for any information on the locations
his father was at or, indeed, information about his father
himself.
Tim's
late father, Hugh Grimes (aka Freddy Grimes), was captured
at Hazebrouk and was liberated by the US Army near Schwerin
on 2nd May 1945. During this period, Hugh seems to have been
at Stalags II A; II E?; XXA from 1st July 1940 to 22nd October
1941, including Forts 12 and 13, and camps 13A; 3A, and 24;
but mostly at Stalag XXB (Marienburg/Malbork) from 22nd October
1941, including AKs 170 (roadmaking at Marienau/Marynowy)
and 717 (Behrent/Koscierzyna Sawmill) as well as working on
farms and at a sugar factory (at Altefelde/Starepole ?), until
marching west to liberation.
If
anybody has any information, please contact Tim
directly.
John
is looking for information on his partner's grandfather who
was German but served with the RAF. All that is know is his
name was Eric William Gibbard and at some time he added the
Thatcher after living with a family of that name. He served
at R.A.F Stroud & Filey and was a navigator on Lancasters,
Whitlys and Wellingtons. Apparently he suffered some kind
of accident and was discharged. He was married on 31/10/42
but died in a motorcycle accident in Solihull on 06/06/55,
aged 35.
Please
contact John if
you can help him with any information.
Philip's
uncle, Charles "Cleve" Gardner, was captured outside
of Neubrandenburg, Germany in Linnich. He was in the 102nd
Division 407th Regiment Company C Machine Gun Unit and his
PoW ID was 160405 and he was incarcerated in Stalag IIA. Philip
is trying to put some things together for his children so
they never forget the sacrifice these people made. His uncle
just got his overdue PoW medal just before Christmas which
was a real surprise to him and Philip trying to get the Purple
Heart he never recieved. Charles was beaten weekly and lost
his sight in one eye. His Army ID was 3352068.
If
anyone help with information on Charles or how to obtain the
Purple Heart, please contact Phil.
William
H. Griffith (aka Bill or Duge)
Janelle
would like to know if there are any pictures of her grandfather,
William H. Griffith, during WWII.
He
was captured 5 miles into Germany, between Nancy and Mitze
in France. He was then a PoW at two different camps - firstly,
Stalag XIIA in Limburg, Germany and then at Stalag IIIC in
Altdrewilz, Germany.
If
anyone has information on these camps or pictures of any American
soldiers in them, Janelle would like to hear from you.
If
you can help at all, please contact Janelle
Edward
Goddard
Edward
is looking for information on his grandfather, Private Edward
Goddard. He has recently died and Edward has discovered he
was captured and sent to Stalag XXA between the years of 1941
to 1943.
If
anyone has any information or remembers him, please email
Edward
George
Alfred Greeves
Pete's father was George Alfred Greeves.
He was born in 1926 and Pete knows he was at the crossing
of the Rhine. He mentioned Goch Riechwald and the surrender
of Germans either at Bremen or Cuxhaven.
George ended up in hospital in Hamburg
and then for three months in Warminster.
George said he was a Bren gunner.
He went in to the War a boy who lived a sheltered life and
came out quite the opposite. After the War he went back to
France with a mate, Ronnie Simmonds.
Pete has seen only one photo of him
during War in kilt and with his grandfather.
George was born in Bermondsey and sadly
died in 1990.
If
you can help, please email Pete
Henry
Gomez
Monica is searching for the name of
the unit her father, Henry Gomez served with in WWII. She
has is his SSN: 326-05-7374. He served from February 1943
to December 1945. He was in North Africa and Europe.
If
you can help, please email Monica
George
Greenwood
Sharon's
grandfather, Private George Greenwood, was a PoW in Stalag
XXB in Marienburgh (PoW number 17141). George was reported
missing and the War Office presumed he died shortly after
12th April 1946 whilst evading the Germans as a PoW. Another
number that Sharon has is D/194007 but she is unsure what
this refers to.
George
was in the Seaforth Highlanders and his Army number was 2817815.
He was born on 6th March 1911.
Sharon
would like to find out if anyone knew George, what he was
like and what happened to him as sadly he died in 2000.
If
you can help, please email Sharon
Robert
Andrew Graham II
Pamela's
father, Robert Andrew Graham II, was stationed in Bari, Italy
in WWII and flew a P-38. It is possible that he spent some
time in the hospital in Bari.
If
you can help with information on Robert, please email Pamela
Walter
Greaves
Adrian
is looking for information on his grandfather, Walter Greaves,
who served with the Tigers in France in 1940.
Walter
was captured after being wounded by German mortar rounds outside
of Dunkirk. He was transferred as a PoW and spent the rest
of the War interned in Poland. He was posted, presumed dead,
in 1940, around June/July. Adrian's grandmother received a
Red Cross letter from him in September 1940 and confirmation
from the War Office that he was alive and a PoW in Poland.
Walter
lived on the New Parks Estate, Leicester and was serving with
the Leicestershire Regiment stationed at Alton Towers in 1939
and from there he went to France with the BEF.
He
was marched across Poland in 1945 by the Germans and hid,
with the help of surplus British Army clothing, a Russian
PoW. The PoWs were liberated by the Americans and he returned
to England in 1946 and was demobbed that year.
If
you can help with information on Walter, please email Adrian
Ernest
Norman Goodall
Chris
has been trying to find details of his grandfather's military
past. All he knows of his time during WWII is as follows:
Ernest Norman Goodall (of Wolverhampton, born 1918) was captured
at Tobruk and shipped to Italy. He escaped from a Prisoner
of War Camp with his best mate and somehow met up with partisans
in the mountains. Chris believes he spent his time there blowing
up German trains and remembers his Nan mentioning that he
was the second most wanted person in Italy, after Churchill.
Ernest
never mentioned the War, but then Chris was only 14 when he
passed away.
If
you can help with information on Ernest, please email Chris
Pollard
May
2008
Chris
sent me the following additional information - "I have
just found some more details about Private E.N.Goodall from
an old newspaper cutting that goes some way to confirming
the stories I'd heard. The piece was actually about his marriage:
"Twice reported missing, taken prisoner and at liberty
for six months behind the German lines in Italy before rejoining
the Allies, Private E.N.Goodall, of The Bracken, Long Knowle,
Wednesfield, who has been mentioned in dispatches, was married
. . . Private Goodall is one of four brothers serving in the
army.""
2nd
Glosters
If
you have any information on this regiment, please contact
either myself or Paul Law.
Roger
Gilquin
Margaux is looking for information on her grandfather, Roger
Gilquin who was a PoW at Stalag XXA in Torun (Thorn), Poland.
She
has provided the following information:
Date de naissance : 11-10-10
Lieu de naissance : Paris
Grade et unité : 2e cl.
332e R.I.
Camp : Stalag XX A
Pays : ALLEMAGNE
Lieu : Thorn
He was an amator boxer also.
If
you can help, please contact Margaux
James
Green
Brian
is searching for information about his father in law, James
Green, who served with the Royal Artillery at Dunkirk.
They have a French doll, which Brian understands was carried
back from Dunkirk, known as "Jim's Babby". Would
be grateful for any information.
If
you have any information on James, please contact Brian
Jeanotte
Peter Gale
Janet
is looking for information on Jeanotte Peter Gale, her father
who she believed served with the 3rd Corps RASC during WWII.
He has sadly died and never spoke of his War years but he
was born in 1918 and Janet knows he had an address (during
WWII) at one stage which was No 12 (Dub) Bk Amm Pk A section
c/o Army Post office BE7. His number may have been 122400.
Janet
has no surviving family who can help her so any information
would be much appreciated.
If
you have any information on Jeanotte, please contact Janet
Ian
Goodyer
Doug's
father, Ian Goodyer, was a PoW in Stalag XX1A.
His
regiment was the Royal West Kent. He pasted away many years
ago but Doug wondered if any body rembers him.
If
you have any information on Ian, please contact Doug
Cecil
Gurnett
Michelle
is trying to find out more about her grandfather, who was
captured at Dunkirk and was a PoW at Stalag XX1D.
He
was with the KRRC and believed to be in the 2nd Batallion.
His
name was Cecil Gurnett he passed away in 1986.
If
you have any information on Cecil, please contact Michelle
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