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Island
Farm, Bridgend, South Wales, UK
Johnson,
Johnny
Johnson, Stan
Johnson, Bill
Jackson, William Nelson
Japanese Bomber Mission
Jennings, Arthur Ernest
Jacobs, George
Juszkiewicz, Danuta
Jones, B. R.
Jordan, Leslie Patrick
Jervis, HMS
Jones, Robert (Bob) J.
Johnson, Clair
Johns, Derek
Peter
Phillips is a writer currently researching the history of
Island Farm, Bridgend, South Wales. It seems the US 28th Infantry
Division and/or the US 1st Infantry Division were based there
during the first half of 1944 It also seems that General Eisenhower
addressed the troops there on 1/2 April 1944. Peter would
love to hear from anybody who was stationed there, or maybe
able to help his research in any way.
Please
contact Peter if you
can help in his research.
Can
you help with further information on Frank? He was a
driver with 'B' Company, 1st Battalion Queen Victorias Rifles
(QVR) stationed at Whitbread Hop Farm, Beltring, Paddock Wood,
Kent from September 1939 - May 1940. He was a friend
of my father, Lewis Edwards, and I would like to find out
what happened to him and the other men who were stationed
there.
Johnny
Johnson (RPs), Jack
Smith (Signals) and Ron
Harwood (Signals)
Below
is a picture of them all (click to enlarge).
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Johnny Johnson (RPs), Jack Smith (Signals), Frank Crockford
(Driver)
Front Row (L-R)
Ron Harwood (Signals), Dad: Lewis Edwards (Signals)
'B' Company - 1st Bn QVR
Whitbread Hop Farm, Beltring, Paddock Wood, Kent
September 1939 - May 1940 |
 I
have heard from Frank's grand-daughter (Clare Fay) and her
father is compiling some information for me. As soon
as I have it, I will put it up on the site. I am really
looking forward to reading it and seeing the photographs that
John has from his father.
Clare
wrote:
"Amazingly
I was searching through the internet for any information on
my family's surname Crockford, when I found your website looking
for information on my grandad, Frank Crockford.
Sadly my grandad passed
away in 1987, however my dad (his son John Crockford) and
his wife Phyllis are still alive, greeted this news with some
excitement. Both my nan and Dad remember your father and offered
me loads of memories. I have printed all of the info off for
my dad to read and he will be getting back to you. He also
has many photos from the war including some of Lew as well
as some of the ones you have.
We will be in touch very soon, however in the meantime you
have my address."
If
you can help with any information, please contact Clare
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.
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.
Jane's
father was Captain William Nelson Jackson and he served in
the Staffordshire Regiment in WWII.
He
was involved in Intelligence activities - getting people across
Europe into Spain - he also spent a lot of the war in Kenya.
Jane has many photographs of his days in Kenya. He had a Grey
Parrot and rode horses across the plains.
Something awful was said to have happened but he did not tell
Jane this himself. She was told by someone serving in Staffs
regiment. If he was the sole survivor of a particular incident
it would help Jane make sense of his subsequent depression
and suicide in 1968. He was only 54.
Jane
says it is so difficult to piece soldiers individual experiences
of war together as everyone's stories are so specific and
individual.
Jane's
father always told them he had had wonderful experiences abroad
during the war. However, this does not match what happened
to him.
If
you can help Jane
with more information, please contact her.
Does
anyone know the name and address of any crew member of the
bomber that while on a mission to bomb Japan had an incindarary
bomb explode in the aircraft which was picked up by a crew
memeber and thrown out of the airplane?
Could
the person who asked me this question please contact me as
you did not provide your name or email address for any responses?
Arthur
Ernest Jennings
Anonymous
is looking for anyone who may have known their father, Arthur
Ernest Jennings.
He
was captured at Dunkirk and was a sapper in the Royal Engineers.
The
only item they have is a photograph of his mum sent to him
at Stalag XXA, Gepraft 4.
His
PoW number was 11062 or 11962.
He
was young approximately 18 or 19 years of age.
If
you can help at all, please email.
B.
R. Jones
Alison
was wondering if anyone can help tell her more about Stalag
XXB.
Her
great uncle, B.R.Jones, Regiment No. 13499 was a PoW there
for numerous years and she has photos which may be of interest
to other people.
Alsion
would love to know anything at all about the camp life and
her uncle if anyone remembers him. She recently went to Sachsenhausen
in Berlin and is involved with the "Peoples War Project"
with the Imperial War Museum.
If
you can help, please email Alison
Leslie
Patrick Jordan
Tim's
father, Senior Gunner Leslie Patrick Jordan, Army Number F52162,
was captured at Dunkirk in the early years of the war and
Tim believes he was subsequently incarcerated in Stalag XXA
(PoW Number 10799). Leslie was in the Royal Artillery Regiment,
Unit 392/98th Field. He was on board ship number 2123 that
left port on 9th May 1945.
Tim
knows very little about Leslie as he died in 1971 when Tim
was quite young. His ashes are scattered in Bulawayo, Rhodesia
(as it was called then).
Leslie
came from the Wandsworth area of London.
If
you can help with any information on Leslie, please email
Tim
HMS
Jervis
Did you serve on this ship between 1944 and 1946? Were you
in the 12th Minesweeping Flotilla? If so, please contact Thelma
as she is trying to help a neighbour, Kenneth Barrett, find
some old comrades.
Robert
J. Jones
Stuart is looking for information on two men that were captured
at the Battle of Arnhem.
Desmond
G Davies of the RAMC attached to the 2nd Battalion Parachute
Brigade, PoW Number 89420 ended up in Stalag IVB and Robert
J Jones of the 2nd Battalion South Stafordshire Regiment,
PoW number 89674.
They
met for a short time at Stalag XIIA but Robert was moved to
another camp later and Stuart does not know which one that
was. Robert
is still alive but his memory fails him and he knows he moved
soon after Desmond was moved but can't remember to where.
Any
thing that may help Bob remember - he's now 89 - would be
appreciated.
If anyone remembers Robert or Desmond, was in the camps with
them or a regiment friend, please email Stuart
Clair
L. Johnson
Looking
for the family of Clair L. Johnson, who served in the 1277th
ECB in Europe. He was KIA. He left behind a wife and daughter,
whom he was said to have loved very much. Only other information
available is that he was from Los Angeles, California.
If anyone remembers Clair, please email.
Derek
Johns
David
is trying to trace a Lt. Derek Johns who was in the Welsh
Regiment in 1942/3 then stationed in Barmouth. He was later
traced as a officer in the reserve force 1946.
If anyone remembers Derek, please email David.
Stan
Johnston
Chris
is looking for information on his father, Stan Johnston, who
was on the SS Canton.
If anyone remembers Stan, please email Chris
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