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World War 2 - Audley Combatants with forenames J to P

This page contains a list those members with the Audley surname that fought in WW2.  Unfortunately WW2 service records and medal records are currently not in the public domain. This list has been created:

    • from those records that are in the public domain.
    • from a list from the ' Ministry of Defence' (October 2021) which gave brief details of those people with the Audley surname and born prior to 1922 whose service records was in the Ministry of Defence.

It should be noted that as of October 2021 that the 'MOD' have recently commences transferring the Service Records, of those Service Personnel who were discharged from the forces from 1921 to 1971, to 'The National Archives'. This project is anticipated to be completed in 2027. As a result of the above the list below will include people who served in the forces and were discharged between 1921 and 1939 and who were not combatants in WW2

 

J Audley

born 26th November 1918

Service Number 13042598

This persons service record is in the MOD awaiting transfer to 'The National Archives' as of October 2021.

This person has not been identified

 

{B156} James Henry Audley (1909 - ????)

Service Number 365256 (possibly RAF)

This persons service record is in the MOD awaiting transfer to 'The National Archives' as of October 2021

This person has been identified based on his initials and date of birth,

RAF

Royal Air Force

{N162} James Lewis Audley 

Royal Air Force Service Number 1612770

He enlisted at RAF Station, Cardington, Bedfordshire  after October 1941.

On the WW2 'Bletchley Park Roll of Honour' he is noted as having served in the 'RAF' as a Leading Aircraftman. (LAC) Intercept Operator, in North Africa and Italy during 1942 - 1945. (The Bletchley Park Roll of Honour lists all those believed to have worked in signals intelligence during WW2, at Bletchley Park and other locations)

Note: we have from other records that {N162} was called James Louis Audley and yet the RAF records AIR 76/6/6 refer to this person as James Lewis Audley

 

{B138} John Audley (1907 -  1986)

Service Number 13115933

This persons service record has recently been transferred from the MOD to 'The National Archives' as of October 2021.

This person has been identified from his initials and his date of birth.

 

{B134} John Ebenezer Audley (1916 - 1980)

Service number 2013669 (probably RASC)

This persons service record is in the MOD awaiting transfer to 'The National Archives as of October 2021.

This person has been identified from his initials and his date of birth.

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Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve

{AC53} John Edmund Audley (1901 - 1980)

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve February

1942 Temporary Lieutenant Based at HMS Orlando (Navy House, Greenock, Scotland)

Later Lieutenant Based at HMS Fortitude ( a shore establishment at Ardrossan)

 

Probably {V63} John F Audley (1896 - 1956)

birth date not specified

Service Number 1032218

This persons service record has been transferred from the MOD to 'The National Archive' as of October 2021. This person was probably discharged  between 1921 and 1939 and therefore probably did not serve in WW2.

This person has been identified from his initials.

 

{AA121} Joseph H Audley (1912 - ????)

Service Number 1704130

This persons service record is at the MOD awaiting transfer to 'The National Archives' as at October 2021.

This person has been identified from his initials and his date of birth

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{HC9} Laurence Geoffrey Audley- Charles (1902 - 1941)

Died 18th February 1941 Commemorated at Tower Hill Memorial

Able Seaman; Merchant Navy;  M.V. Edwy R Brown (London) At 06.33 hours on 17 Feb 1941 the Edwy R. Brown (Master Andrew Chalmers), a straggler from convoy HX-107, was hit amidships by one torpedo from U-103 in bad weather southeast of Iceland. The U-boat had missed the zigzagging tanker with a first torpedo at 06.15 hours. The ship continued after being hit and only stopped after two torpedoes struck behind the bridge at 06.40 hours and set her on fire. The Germans observed how the crew abandoned ship in two lifeboats and waited for the ship to sink, but she remained afloat even after being struck amidships by a fourth torpedo at 07.58 hours. U-103 gave up further attacks when a coup de grâce fired at 08.33 hours failed to detonate and left the burning wreck in a sinking condition. The master, 47 crew members and two gunners were lost

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{M119} Leo Francis Audley (1918 - 1939)

Died 23rd September 1939 Buried Fleetwood Borough Cemetery

Service Number 10280262

Gunner 106 Battery 23 Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery

Reported in Casualty Lists

WO417/11 (03/09/1939 to 09/05/1940) Listed as 'Accidentally killed'

This persons service record is at the MOD awaiting transfer to 'The National Archives' as of October 2021.

This person has been identified from his initials and his date of birth

 

N Audley

birth date not specified

Service Number A719620/44 (RAF)

This persons service record is in the MOD awaiting transfer to 'The National Archives' as of October 2021.

This person  has not been identified.

 

{AB60} Norman Audley (1910 - 1992)

born 23rd November 1910

Service Number  A792676/45 & 966190 (RAF)

This persons service records is in the MOD awaiting transfer to 'The National Archives ' as of October 2021.

This person  was identified from his initials and date of birth.

RAF

Royal Air Force

{V14} Owen Vivian Audley (1912 - 1980)

Royal Air force;

Service Number 1180473

He enlisted at RAF Station, Cardington, Bedfordshire, and joined after April 1940

This persons service record is in the MOD awaiting  transfer to 'The National Archives' as at October 2021.

This person has been identified from his initials and the day and month of his birth.

His army service record (and the 1939 registers) indicate that he was born in 1908 when he was actually born in 1912. For more details see {V14} in the 'History of Audley Family V.

 {M68}

Patrick Audley

born 27th April 1891

Service Number 7781 (Irish Guards)

This persons service record is in the MOD awaiting transfer to ‘The National Archives’ as at October 2021.
This person has  been identifies from his above service number, which is the same as he used during WW1.  It is known that he re-enlisted in the  Royal Army Ordinance Corp on 5th February 1920. It is not known whether he served in WW2.

 

P Audley

born  23rd  September  1911

Service Number 5105929

This persons service record is at the MOD and is awaiting transferred to 'The National Archive' as of October 2021.

This person has not been identified

 

P Audley

birth not specified

Service Number 7576181

This persons service record has been transferred from the MOD to 'The National Archives as of October 2021. This person was discharged from the forces in the period 1921 to 1939 and probably did not serve in WW2

. This person has not been identified.

 

{M108} Patrick Audley (1911 - 1981)

Service Number 2621616 Grenadier Guards

This persons service record is in the MOD awaiting transfer to 'The National Archives' as at October 2021.

This person has been identified from his initials and date of birth.

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