Owen D Posted 11 November , 2019 Share Posted 11 November , 2019 (edited) Just wondering where Field Post Office 57 was located on 20th March 1918. I know where the sender was thanks to the war diary & regimental history but wondered what info there was on FPO 57. Cheers. Edited 11 November , 2019 by Owen D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave1418 Posted 12 November , 2019 Share Posted 12 November , 2019 Hi if you contact the RE museum at Brompton they may be able to be of assistance as they have a field PO section on display Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battiscombe Posted 15 November , 2019 Share Posted 15 November , 2019 Would this fit with being allocated to 94th Brigade? in 31st Division? [but had that in fact been disbanded by then???] As I understand it it would be with Brigade HQ? [that info from Kennedy and Crabbs 'Postal History ...' but with a ??? They list that date stamp being used by 24th Brigade [8th Division?] until at least Feb 1918 . the date stamps were circulated amongst units for security purpose at that time, i believe.. and so not necessarily with the specific FPO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen D Posted 19 November , 2019 Author Share Posted 19 November , 2019 On 15/11/2019 at 22:53, battiscombe said: Would this fit with being allocated to 94th Brigade? in 31st Division? [but had that in fact been disbanded by then???] As I understand it it would be with Brigade HQ? [that info from Kennedy and Crabbs 'Postal History ...' but with a ??? They list that date stamp being used by 24th Brigade [8th Division?] until at least Feb 1918 . the date stamps were circulated amongst units for security purpose at that time, i believe.. and so not necessarily with the specific FPO Thanks for your reply. The sender was in 4GG , 4th Gds Bde , 31st Div at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battiscombe Posted 25 November , 2019 Share Posted 25 November , 2019 Looking further I see this seems to fit with 4th Guards Bde.. coming to 31 Div from GHQ Reserve. Kennedy and Crabbs 'Postal History in my 1977 edition was only able to suggest they may have used a FPO date stamp with a 4B on it... while 94th Brigade of 31 Div were thought to have used the FPO datestamp 57 unitl Feb.. and maybe again in May.. so your letter may be of some interest in confirming that. But it seems to reside at Brigade HQ.. 31 Div HQ was listed as having date stamp D37, 31 Div Train - T37; 92 Bde - 4X; 93 Bde - 56; 94 Bde - ? [but broken up 17/2/1918 until reformed 30/5/1918]; 4thGds - 4B? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morrisc8 Posted 25 November , 2019 Share Posted 25 November , 2019 I have this info in from the Proud book. 94 Bde. Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave1418 Posted 26 November , 2019 Share Posted 26 November , 2019 This is from the RE museum to give you some idea of the variety out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianmorris547 Posted 26 November , 2019 Share Posted 26 November , 2019 morrisc8 and Dave 1418 Not wishing to hijack this post I sent a pm to battiscombe about the date stamp on the FSPC sent home by my RE grandfather to say that he was wounded. I received a kind reply that it would have most likely been a Home Service stamp that would have been sent from a hospital in England. My gf was 83123 Spr John Morris RE and I think that he was wounded on 03/09/1916 serving with 20 Div RE at Guillemont. He is named in the Times OCL 11/10/1916 under RE wounded, as are all of the other wounded from 20 Div RE that I have researched. One man, 44831 Thomas Croally of 84 FC, has a service record which shows that he was wounded on 03/09/1916 and evacuated to England on 05/09/1916 where he went to the Beaufort War Hospital in Bristol. So it would make sense that it was sent from a UK hospital. Could I please ask you gentleman if you could confirm that it was a home stamp or provide any other info. Thank you Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morrisc8 Posted 26 November , 2019 Share Posted 26 November , 2019 If it is FPO H2 looks like the Somme area . Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianmorris547 Posted 27 November , 2019 Share Posted 27 November , 2019 Keith Thank you for the information. Battiscombe was working on the principle that it might be M2 and not H2. Do you know what the B above the date means. Owen D Apologies for coming into this thread but it seemed to be about FPOs in general rather than anyone in particular. Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morrisc8 Posted 28 November , 2019 Share Posted 28 November , 2019 `Do you know what the B above the date means`. Sorry i do not know, they did use A.B. and a star or left it blank , and i cant find a FP0 M2 in my book so i think it is FP0 H2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianmorris547 Posted 28 November , 2019 Share Posted 28 November , 2019 Thank you Keith. I will try and get hold of the books mentioned and check the Museum. Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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