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Offline Teletran

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Deciphering great uncle's WW2 Royal Engineer card
« on: Monday 19 August 24 16:26 BST (UK) »
Good afternoon,

After quite some years of searching I've managed to find out a little about my Great Uncle's WW2 service (Henry Arthur Randall b. May 1905).  He was part of the Army / Home Postal section initially but posted to France late 1939 as part of / or attached too, the BEF.  I've attached a couple of scans and wondered if anybody could decipher the coding please.  The family story was that he either went to Dunkirk on a little ship or was evacuated from Dunkirk, eitherway he suffered mentally for the rest of his life.  I wondered what 'Wing 'c' may mean?  He was discharged on medical grounds so I understand in 1941  Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

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Re: Deciphering great uncle's WW2 Royal Engineer card
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 05 September 24 19:55 BST (UK) »
If I am not allowed to post these links, please delete this post of mine, but this is where I get my information about the codes from.

https://blogs.ancestry.co.uk/ancestry/2020/02/13/29039/

https://blog.forceswarrecords.com/wwii-royal-artillery-tracer-cards/
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