805 Road Construction Company RE

[Old Jack]

Hello

I am searching for any information about the above unit please.

I think they were part of the British North Africa Force.

Thank you.

Old Jack

[liverpool annie]

Hi Old Jack !

I found this but it's 803rd Road Construction Company I haven't been able to find 805 yet !!  can you tell us any more about it ? Are you looking for particular dates or people ??

Annie 

Eighth Army (British) of 15th Army Group, 9 Apr 1945

-  2 Polish Corps
-  V Corps (British)
-  X Corps (British)
-  XIII Corps (British)
-  6th British Armoured Division
-  2nd Independent Parachute Brigade Group (British)
-  12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales)
-  7th Queen's Own Hussars
-  1st Special Demolition Squadron (Popski's Private Army)
-  10th Battalion, The Rifle Brigade
-  F Reconnaissance Squadron (Italian)
-  Royal Artillery
   -  A Field Radar Regiment
   -  8th Survey Regiment [1trp]
   -  2nd Calibration Troop
   -  A Special Calibration Section
-  12th Anti-Aircraft Brigade
   -  8th Polish Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment [-1bty]
   -  55th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment [-1bty]
   -  57th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment [1bty]
   -  7th Polish Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment [-1bty]
   -  14th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment
   -  30th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment
   -  53rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment
   -  3rd Carpathian Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment [1bty]
   -  5th Kresowa Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment [1bty]
   -  23rd Battery, 7th Italian Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment
   -  49th Anti-Aircraft Operations Room
   -  831st Italian Searchlight Platoon
-  Royal Engineers
   -  25th Armoured Engineer Brigade
      -  51st Royal Tank Regiment
      -  1st Armoured Engineer Regiment [u/c V Corps]
      -  2nd Armoured Engineer Regiment
   -  170th Chief Engineer Works
      -  1st Canadian Drilling Company
      -  82nd Workshop and Park Company [-4sec]
      -  16th Army Group Royal Engineers
         -  25th Road Construction Company, South African Engineer Corps
         -  173rd Army Field Park Company
         -  21st General Headquarters Troops
            -  228th Field Company
            -  562nd Field Company
            -  579th Field Company
         -  1210th General Headquarters Troops
            -  102nd Field Company
            -  107th Field Company
            -  754th Field Company
         -  466th Indian Corps Troops, Indian Engineers
            -  1st Field Company
            -  14th Field Company
            -  97th Field Company
            -  301st Field Corps Park Company
      -  20th Army Group Royal Engineers (Airfields)
         -  14th Airfield Construction Group
         -  15th Airfield Construction Group
         -  69th Airfield Construction Group
      -  24th Army Group Royal Engineers
         -  Commander Royal Engineer Roads
         -  South African Engineer Corps
            -  21st Field Company, South African Engineer Corps
            -  27th Road Construction Company, Royal Engineers
            -  803rd Road Construction Company, Royal Engineers
            -  857th Quarrying Company, Royal Engineers
         -  156th Commander Royal Engineer Works
            -  567th Army Troops Company
            -  288th Works Section
            -  291st Works Section
            -  171st Tunneling Company
            -  567th Army Troops Company (Palestinian)
            -  1st Camouflage Company (Palestinian)
            -  41st Harbour Construction Company, South African Engineer Corps [-1sec]
         -  Headquarters Oil Storage and Pipeline Construction Group
            -  723rd Artisan Works Company
            -  1st Pipeline Operation and Maintenance Unit
            -  2nd Pipeline Operation and Maintenance Unit
            -  36th Works Company, South African Engineer Corps
            -  863rd Mechanical Equipment Company
            -  139th Mechanical Equipment Company

http://www.milhist.net/ordbat/8armybr.html

[kyt]

In 1941, a detachment of te 807 were in Iceland as they completed the airbase at Kaldaoarnes

And then :

In 1942, as Gibraltar had become an important stopover for air traffic flying between Britain and Egypt, more engineer units (855th Quarrying Company, 807th Road Construction Company and an Excavator Company) arrived to extend the airfield.

http://www.remuseum.org.uk/corpshistory/rem_corps_part16.htm

K

[Old Jack]

Hello Annie, Hello Kyt - Thank you both for your help.
Really wonderful.
Is there anything about 1943 please?

As always chatters come out tops.
Thank you both again, and again.

With best wishes and respect for your willingness to help.
Old Jack

[crowkie]

Hi, looking for info about Excavator Company Royal Engineers in France during WW2 digging graves. Frances McLaughlin was killed doing this but no other information is known, any ideas please?

[Skoyen89]

There is no one on the CWGC with that name and spelling killed in France.  Can you find him there?

If you can find the unit he was in you can look at the War Diary at Kew and that will tell you what they were doing and where.  There is a good chance he will be mentioned as they probably did not suffer many casualties.

[crowkie]

Apologies, thanks for answering this, his first name is Francis and his surname can be spelt either McLaughlin or McLoughlin.

[crowkie]

I searched on CWCG but only found his nephew: FRANCIS ERNEST McLOUGHLIN
Pilot Officer 196807 - killed on Wednesday, April 4, 1945 - buried at BARI WAR CEMETERY    
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
The family remembers that FRANCIS McLOUGHLIN born 1905 was killed while operating a mechanical excavator in France during (or shortly after) WW2. Could he have been a civilian doing this work?

[Skoyen89]

Hi  Have you looked for a death certificate on FreeBMD?