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…development of interoperable CODES and SIGNALS procedures and his close appreciation of the top US and British naval commanders in the Pacific War and, through his presence there, to represent the final act of the War in the Far East and Pacific, the SURRENDER of JAPAN on the USS MISSOURI…
…FOGGIN, had also been an engine fitter in the ROYAL FLYING CORPS in 1915 FRANCE and BELGIUM. His wife, Rita, also a Sgt, in WW2 trained many WAAF, with other family members variously an AIR GUNNER on BLENHEIMS in the Far East, on Ground General Duties and in Motor Transport….
…tanks & factories, plus important, explosives ingredients. With ROYAL ENGINEER experience in the MIDDLE and FAR EAST, his signature recalls here the vital BRIDGE BUILDING and ASSAULT ENGINEERS, in providing BAILEY & PONTOON BRIDGES & surmounting the big RIVER CROSSINGS, SEINE & RHINE, often working under fire to tight deadlines,…
…of lives, even though 17,000 Allied servicemen out of 70,000 would perish and 100,000 Asian lives were lost. Guided for his blind signature, this represents not only the FAR EAST PRISONERS of WAR but also, through his many years at St DUNSTAN’s, all those other BLINDED SERVICE MEN and WOMEN….
…and Battle of Britain, as Flt Cdr on 185 Sqn and OC 250 Kittyhawks in the Western Desert – after 11 Squadron and return to UK he would command 33 Squadron Hornets in the Far East and retired after 20 years in 1959 as a Wing Commander later becoming the…
…North Atlantic and the Caribbean before transferring to the Far East Fleet in May 1958. Later that summer, in response to events in Lebanon and Cyprus, the ship transported troops of the Army’s Strategic Reserve from Mombasa to Aden. Soon after, Bulwark intercepted a distress signal saying that two tankers…
…battleship ANSON on 25 Oct 1944 to sail out to the Far East and PACIFIC, in reserve off OKINAWA Rear Adm HARCOURT took the SURRENDER of JAPANESE FORCES in HONG KONG 16Sep45; officially then he was on a shore party, which had to formally inspect HIROSHIMA but also to pick…
…combat with squadron and forced landing; use of personal markings and aircraft; importance of good eyesight. Period with Headquarters, Middle East and 203 Group in Middle East, 1/1943-4/1943: posting, 1/1943; leading group of Bristol Blenheims from Kenya to Cairo. Aspects of operations commanding Krendi Wing in Malta, 6/1943-10/1943: background to…
…East Officer Cadet Training Unit in Cairo, and to his disgust found himself in charge of administration. But he soon met a member of the Long Range Desert Group, and managed to join the unit. At first Lloyd Owen was somewhat surprised by the informality – even the sheer scruffiness…
…hid up at farms or in flats as the underground moved them from one safe house to another. At one farm, the Germans sometimes called to ask for eggs. Dauncey learnt not to take any notice, but just to laugh when the other farmworkers did. As they got close to…
…to attack Caernarfon Castle and assassinate Prince Charles. As chairman of the Welsh branch of the Mental Review Tribunal from 1960 until 1971, Watkins headed the inquiry into the ill-treatment of mentally ill patients at Farleigh Hospital in Somerset. His report told a grim story of self-satisfaction and set attitudes…
…been shot down by the Canadian Spitfires of Johnny Johnson’s Wing lies not far from airstrip B-7 at Matragny, Normandy. The two French farmers are plaiting straw to bind clover bundles. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205189013 Awards Johnnie Johnson’s Medal Group (Courtesy of the Lord Ashcroft Medal Collection) Companion…
“the first person to be awarded a Bar to the George Medal” “With the invasion of the Italian mainland imminent, Messina harbour had to be cleared of depth charges and made safe for shipping. On August 21, shortly after the Germans had been driven out of the north-east of the…
…fighters. He escaped with a slight fracture of the wrist and after an overnight stay at the Queen Victoria Cottage Hospital, East Grinstead, he returned to Hornchurch. Deere probably destroyed a Me109 and was then shot down by a Spitfire on 28th August and baled out of Spitfire R6832. On…
…3, 43, 245, OC 135 Sqn & Burma 267 Wg Ldr India, CO Fayid with 28-35 Hurricane German and Japanese victories in BATTLE OF BRITAIN and the Far East #262 Michael CAUCHI Michael CAUCHI In siege for MALTA GC, later Polish Cross of Valour on 31 SQN SAAF LIBERATORS supply…
…of No. 39 SQN BLENHEIMS and MARYLANDS, before special training to join the newly formed No.3232 SERVICING COMMANDO UNIT in the MIDDLE EAST, MALTA SICILY & ITALY, where, as first SCU in, they landed at REGGIO 4 Sep 1943 at 0715hrs, soon to service SPITFIRES & USAAF WARHAWKS at SALERNO…
…John Martin researched Operation Anthropoid, as the mission was called, for a book, including that close friendship that developed between two soldiers far from home and the two young sisters in the village. “My campaign for a historical plaque in Ightfield has so far been unsuccessful but I certainly haven’t…
…as the Germans, regarded him as pro-communist. Meanwhile he was given the job of transcribing news gleaned from a secret wireless set, which included reports of the D-Day landings, the crossing of the Rhine, and approach of the Americans. He also wrote a novel, Yes, Farewell, and studied for (and…
…Air Efficiency Award in 1946, and after commanding RAF Wartling, in East Sussex, retired in 1964. Thereafter, until final retirement, he worked as an estate agent at Eastbourne. He was a member of Cooden Beach golf club and, having retained his drumming skills, played with a local band. Later in…
“one No. 1 Squadron’s most successful pilots during the blitzkrieg, he claimed at least 13 German aircraft shot down” JI ‘Killy’ KILMARTIN [Signatory #35] “John Ignatius ‘Killy’ Kilmartin was born in Dundalk, Ireland on 8th July 1913, one of eight children. His father, an Oxford graduate and civil servant in…
…such sentiments with Rudolph Hess remains unknown, but he commanded the former Nazi leader’s ‘Old Guard’ at Spandau Prison in the early 50s, a far cry from his subsequent duties in South Arabia and Northern Ireland.” “Austin Peter Joyce was born at Wakefield, Yorkshire in November 1923 and originally enlisted…
…1919. BRITISH MAURICE-FARMAN AEROPLANE APPROACHING, ATTACKED BY ENEMY FOKKER by Richard C Carline (1919) © IWM ART6349 Flying Above Kirkuk, Kurdistan by Sydney William Carline, 1919 © Art.IWM ART 4637 Ypres Seen from an Aeroplane by Richard C Carline (Art.IWM ART 6342) An aerial view of the heavily bomb-damaged town…
…and wanted Argentina to join the Allied side, neutralist feelings prevailed in the military, which saw the war as a potential source of economic benefit for the country, by exporting supplies and agricultural products to both sides of the conflict. The government of Edelmiro Julián Farrell eventually caved in to…
…destroying at least nine enemy aircraft during the period and was twice awarded the DFC. Neil and his colleagues of No 249 Squadron joined the main battle when they flew their Hurricanes from their base in Yorkshire to Boscombe Down near Salisbury on August 15 1940. The squadron was in…