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25-03-2008, 11:30 PM
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| A Chosen Man   Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: England
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 | A tricky one A friend of mine has asked me to research his fathers service during the second world war.....i ask do you know what regiment he was with...no...but he knows he was 8th Army and was wounded in perhaps Italy......no reg number....i have details about the man though...witing to hear back to see if a relative of his has a photo... but here are his detail.....any help gratefully recieved Arthur Joseph Ward Born 29 July 1918, Brentford, Twickenham. Middlesex. Home Address, Bush Hill Cottage, London Road, Winchmore Hill Enfield Middlesex. Son of Wallace William Ward of the above address. Died 5 August 1968. Recorded Edmonton & Southgate. Cremated in Enfield Crematorium. Married Claire Phillips 13 August 1953 St Andrews Parish Church Enfield. Ok.......i am going to assume that he perhaps joined his county regiment....Middlesex Reg......i think the 1/7th and the 2/7th Batt served in North Africa and Italy...... Donnie
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25-03-2008, 11:41 PM
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 | Geoff's remarkable search engine turns up this RAFVR casualty: CWGC :: Casualty Details With very similar parental details: Name:WARD, ALBERT JOHN WALLACE Initials:A J W Nationality:United Kingdom Rank:Sergeant (Pilot) Regiment/Service:Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Unit Text:106 Sqdn. Age:25 Date of Death:04/03/1941 Service No:754591 Additional information:Son of Wallace William and Laura Ward, of Winchmore Hill, Middlesex. Casualty Type:Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference:Coll. grave II. H. 33- 35. Cemetery:SCHOONSELHOF CEMETERY Possibly a brother?
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25-03-2008, 11:45 PM
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| Hi thanks for that mate....i shall run that name by him....i mean the Laura Ward.....ummm anything you can suggest for the other guy? Donnie
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26-03-2008, 01:41 AM
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I have the following details for the above airman. 3-4 March 1941. 106 Squadron. Hampden I X3002 ZN- Op: Cologne. Crew Sgt. K. Good + Sgt. A J W. Ward + Sgt. D A D. Crouch + Sgt. V T. Essex + Took off 2010 hrs Coningsby. All are buried in Schoonselof Cemetery Antwerpen. Bomber Command Losses Vol.2 W R. Chorley. The Op to Cologne. 71 Hampdens, Wellingtons and Whitleys. One Hampden lost. Partial cloud hampered the bombing but many fire were reported. Cologne records no bombs in the main city but a few on western outskirts. An opencast coal mine claimed 300 - 500 Reichsmarks (£30 - £50) compensation for damaged equipment. Bomber Command War Diaries. Milddlebrook - Everitt.
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26-03-2008, 01:54 AM
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| Thanks for the info old friend......have you heard anything concerning that photo? Donnie
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26-03-2008, 12:23 PM
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Hi Donnie Sorry to say I've given up on ever getting hold of the photo, the guy was full of promises and talk but no action, never heard from him again. Regards Peter
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26-03-2008, 06:56 PM
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| ah i must say....that those sorts of people...piss me right off.... Donnie
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