. News cut about the Blue Division in the Portuguese edition of “Signal” magazine. (“Signal” magazine, Portuguese edition, December 1942) About 150 Portuguese wore the uniform of the Blue Division, a volunteer unit formed in Spain to fight with the … Read more
Soldier in the Blue Division – Wehrmacht Birth place – Birth date – Death date – 01/1956 Father – Mother – João Rodrigues Júnior first fought in the Spanish Civil War, on the side of the nationalists, … Read more
Capitan – British Armed Forces Unidt – 2nd Bn. 2nd King Edward VII’s Own Gurkha Rifles Birth place – Lisboa, Portugal Date of birth – 31/ 03/1896 Death date – 10/ 02/1942 Father – William Vincent Bucknall Mother – Louisa Caroline Drummond Richard … Read more
. . Chief of guards Unit – Hancock Aviation School, Califórnia Birth place – Ilha do Faial, Açores Date of birth – 10/01/ 1873 Date of death – 09/05/1956 Father – António Silveira Mother – Born on the Island of Faial, … Read more
Born in the British Colony in Portugal Birth place – Leça da Palmeira, Porto Birth date –1919 Death date –13/02/1944 Father – Robert Atkinson Mother –Eliza Abigail Atkinson John Latimer Atkinson was an Pilot Officer and observer with 169 Squadron, … Read more
British Colony in Portugal Birth place – Lisbon Birth date – 1918 Death date – Father – Mother – Robert Francis “Chico” Robertson was born in Lisbon to a Scottish father and a Spanish mother, a family related … Read more
Civilians living in London Joseph Fonseca Birth place – Lisbon Birth date – 1885 Death date – 24/09/1940 Father – C. J. Fonseca Osyth Fonseca Birth place – London Birth date – 1894 Death date – 24/09/1940 Father – William George Scragg Paul Fonseca Birth … Read more
. . . Soldier US Army Unit – Branch Immaterial – Warrant Officers, USA Birth place – São Martinho, Madeira Date of birth – 25/11/ 1914 Date of death – 22/11/1986 Father – Feliciano Gonçalves de Freitas Mother – Maria da Conceicao … Read more
US Army privat Unit – 2nd Armored Divison 41st Armored Infantry Regiment/ B Company Birth place – São Martinho, Madeira Island Birth date – 21/12/ 1915 Death date – 16/01/2005 Father /pai – Feliciano de Freitas Mother /mãe – … Read more
Crew member of the Faneromeni (Greece) Birth place – Birth date – Death date – Father – Mother – Joaquim Rodrigues was a stoker on board the Greek ship Faneromeni when it was torpedoed by the Japanese submarine … Read more
