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World War Two / Re: 805 Road Construction Company RE
« on: Wednesday 07 February 18 13:04 GMT (UK)  »
Sorry I got confused, some idiot has posted info about a completely different unit! Here's the 805 Coy diaries:

WO 166/3922 ROYAL ENGINEERS: COMPANIES: 805 Road Construction Company.  1940 June - 1941 Dec.
WO 166/8332 805 Company 1942 Jan.- Dec.
WO 169/10775 805 Road Construction Company 1943 July- Dec.
WO 170/1779 Companies: 805 Company 1944 Jan.- Dec.
WO 170/5301 Companies: 805 Company 1945 Jan.- Mar.
WO 171/5658 805 Company 1945 Apr.- Sept.
WO 175/701 805 Company 1943 Jan.- June

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World War Two / Re: 805 Road Construction Company RE
« on: Wednesday 07 February 18 13:01 GMT (UK)  »
Here's a list of the company war diaries held at Kew:

WO 166/3920 803 Road Construction Company.  1940 Apr.- 1941 Feb., Nov.- Dec.
WO 166/8330 803 Company 1942 Jan.- Nov.
WO 169/10774 803 Road Construction Company 1943 July- Dec.
WO 170/1778 Companies: 803 Company 1944 Jan.- Dec.
WO 170/5300 Companies: 803 Company 1945 Jan.- Dec.
WO 170/8150 Companies: 803 Company 1946 Jan.- Apr.
WO 175/700 803 Company 1942 Dec.- 1943 June
WO 176/353 ICELAND: Royal Engineers: 803 Road Costruction Company (Rd Constr Coy). 1941 Mar.-Oct.

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World War Two / Re: Capt SMA Jafri - 1944
« on: Wednesday 07 February 18 12:57 GMT (UK)  »
Officers are normally well documented in unit war diaries. These will be at the National Archives.

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World War Two / Re: pow poland
« on: Wednesday 07 February 18 12:54 GMT (UK)  »
If his escape was successful he should be listed on here and I'll have a copy of his escape report:
http://www.conscript-heroes.com/escapelines/index.htm

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World War Two / Re: pow poland
« on: Wednesday 07 February 18 12:53 GMT (UK)  »
Do you know what battalion and date of capture?

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World War Two / Re: No Service Number= No
« on: Monday 18 December 17 16:40 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: IMBER on Sunday 17 December 17 11:25 GMT (UK)
Quote from: Drew5233 on Sunday 17 December 17 09:14 GMT (UK)
The MOD only require one of the following -

Date of Birth or Service Number. Both helps but one or the other is all you need.

Perhaps you could drop RAF Records a line explaining that. :)

Imber

It does state that on the application form - Perhaps the RAF are making the rules up as they go along in their posh accommodation, with posh food and the best disco in town .....Nothing new there ;)

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World War Two / Re: Pioneer Corps, 42 Coy, France
« on: Sunday 17 December 17 09:28 GMT (UK)  »
I collect BEF war diaries and currently have around 800 copied BEF diaries out of the 1447 that are listed at the National Archives. There's only a few pages in this diary with little of note and the month of May is missing from the file, most likely lost of destroyed when the unit was withdrawing towards the North West coast of France to be evacuated.

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World War Two / Re: No Service Number= No
« on: Sunday 17 December 17 09:14 GMT (UK)  »
The MOD only require one of the following -

Date of Birth or Service Number. Both helps but one or the other is all you need.

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World War Two / Re: RSC member help needed please - Murphy?
« on: Saturday 11 November 17 18:50 GMT (UK)  »
Either of these two?

https://www.cwgc.org/find/find-war-dead/results?firstName=thomas&lastName=murphy%2b&war=2&servedWith=United%2bKingdom&servedIn=Army&tab=wardead&fq_cemeterymemorial=DUNKIRK+MEMORIAL

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