Joe Walsh Posted 7 June , 2005 Share Posted 7 June , 2005 Does anyone have any idea to what kind of company or company my grandad was in when he entered the war in 23-8-15. He was in the RE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry_Reeves Posted 7 June , 2005 Share Posted 7 June , 2005 Joe There were over 1800 RE units serving in all theatres. The range of units was very large , for example there were Field Companies, the Messenger Dog Service, Army Troops companies. well boring sections, the Army Postal Service, Field Survey Battalions, Electric Light companies, Searchlight companies, the numerous branches of the Signal Service, Printing companies, ect, ect. It is very difficult, and sometimes impossible, to pinpoint the unit of a Royal Engineer. Don't give up though, sometimes you can get lucky. Terry Reeves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Walsh Posted 9 June , 2005 Author Share Posted 9 June , 2005 Once on the forum someone mentiones some thing about the date probably meaning he was in a tunneling company, but I don't really know where to go from there and i was looking for confirmation on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bernardmcilwaine Posted 9 June , 2005 Share Posted 9 June , 2005 hiya joe,your grandad was in the 701st coy,No290121,CSM,born gorton manchester,MM 20-8-19,bernard i would check his place of birth,i think he was living there, not born Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bernardmcilwaine Posted 9 June , 2005 Share Posted 9 June , 2005 joe,this is all i can find mate, 701st RE,light railway,sept 1917 at fremicourt,another coy in the same area was employed on burying dead,so it looks like supplies going in and dead coming out. officers capt,r.b bristed capt,w.ramsey Lt,c.s yates 2ndLt,a.c newton 2ndLt,c.hoy capt ramsey transferred to the chinese lab corps later on you now have officers, an area,and a date,there is a war diary for this unit at the n/a,they were part of 58th group,bernard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bernardmcilwaine Posted 10 June , 2005 Share Posted 10 June , 2005 i will check the casualtys in the diary,bernard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bernardmcilwaine Posted 10 June , 2005 Share Posted 10 June , 2005 joe,these are the only casualties i can find for your g/fathers unit. pioneers. 112022,william coleman,died at home 29-12-15 110408,john davey,died at home 1-2-16 111999,william,francis gough,died at home 20-3-17 111219,edwin hart,died in F+F 4-7-16 111961,harry mustow,died in F+F 30-8-16 [cpl] [not on cwgc] 111126,george ricketts,died in F+F 31-3-17 [missing] 111050,george rossitor,died in F+F 26-12-16 111161,charles scrivens,died in F+F 5-1-17 [a/cpl] [died of wounds] 111233,charles wheeldon,died at home 13-1-16. bernard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Walsh Posted 10 June , 2005 Author Share Posted 10 June , 2005 Thanks alot I don't hnow how you did it. He wasn't born in Manchester but he did live there before the war. I reckon it is him because his labour coy was formed in sep 1917 in the mory area which is near Fremicourt i think. Just one thing doesn't add up the guy Ivor from the LC said in the routine order is an announcement fo mm on 25 feb 19 but pehaps he made a mistake. You got his reg. no. right so it must be him. You've no idea how much you've helped. Cheers Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bernardmcilwaine Posted 10 June , 2005 Share Posted 10 June , 2005 joe,the date i gave for his MM is probably the date it appeared in the paper,bernard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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