nikki32 Posted 5 December , 2007 Share Posted 5 December , 2007 My grandad served with the 4th Avd Co Royal Engineers. Can anyone give me any info on this at all? Confirmation on the company, what a sapper was, where I can find a war diary, what the battalion did?? Anything?! Thanks in anticipation Nikki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebie9173 Posted 5 December , 2007 Share Posted 5 December , 2007 I suspect that the unit is the 4th Advanced Park Company. See: http://www.1914-1918.net/otherre.htm The company has a war diary: From the Catalogue of the National Archives: WO Records created or inherited by the War Office, Armed Forces, Judge Advocate General, and related bodies Division within WO Records of the Armed Forces from commands, headquarters, regiments and corps WO 95 War Office: First World War and Army of Occupation War Diaries Subseries within WO 95 PART V: SALONIKA, MACEDONIA, TURKEY BLACK SEA, CAUCASUS AND SOUTH RUSSIA Subsubseries within WO 95 LINES OF COMMUNICATION WO 95/4932 Lines of communication Record Summary Scope and content 4 Advanced Park Company Royal Engineers Covering dates 1915 Oct. - 1919 Apr. Availability Open Document, Open Description, Normal Closure before FOI Act: 30 years Held by The National Archives, Kew http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalog...;accessmethod=0 Available for viewing at the National Archives. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikki32 Posted 5 December , 2007 Author Share Posted 5 December , 2007 Brilliant! Thanks very much for responding. Great to have confirmation of what the battalion was - and great to hear there is a war diary. Ta muchly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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