170 tunneling Coy RE

[mmm45]

Hi

Has anyone got a nominal for the 170 Tunnel Coy I am researching 6048 Pte Herrington J who was originally a Coldstreamer and transferred early on in the war.

Cheers

Ady.

[Stebie9173]

Are you looking to confirm his Company or looking for other men who served?

I have a short list of MM, DCM, MID winners and a few casualties listed, which if I remember correctly form some pretty strong cicrumstantial evidence around that number (86124) for the allocation of the Tunnelling Companies numbers on their creation in early 1915. I don't have access at the moment but let me know what sort of info you are after...

Steve.

[Stebie9173]

Ady,

My list of RE numbers is accessable once more and it certainly seems to fit in with your other evidence that Private/Sapper Herrington went to 170th Tunnelling Company (at least as his first RE unit)

The following list is extracted from MID, MM and DCM awards, mainly from the later London Gazettes where the units were listed.

Number / Unit No. / Unit Type / Date of reference material

85815 212 FC 14-5-1919

85833 9 FC

85922 212 FC 23-12-1918

86111 170 Tunn 3-6-1916

86118 170 Tunn 7-7-1919

86119 170 Tunn 3-6-1916

86127 170 Tunn SDGW 16-10-1915

86130 170 Tunn 23-7-1919

86133 170 Tunn 23-7-1919

86175 170 Tunn 6-9-1915

86184 170 Tunn 23-7-1919

86188 170 Tunn 23-7-1919

86190 170 Tunn 6-10-1915

86208 170 Tunn 15-4-1916

86213 170 Tunn 14-1-1916

86253 179 Tunn 23-7-1919

86297 171 Tunn 3-6-1916

86316 172 Tunn 23-7-1919

86327 173 Tunn 14-1-1916

86350 170 Tunn 15-4-1916

86366 170 Tunn 23-7-1919

86387 171 Tunn 14-1-1916

86421 173 Tunn 9-10-1915

Sorry for the delay,

Steve.