Dear Steve
I was fascinated to read this thread and see your father's photos. My late grandfather (Jim Marsden 1920-94) served with 58 RSU as a driver in 1943/44, in Egypt then Cyprus. It would appear that he and your father served at the same time/place. He didn't speak much about his service and I'm only now starting to piece it all together, with the aid of his RAF record which I recently obtained. He arrived in Egypt in September 1942 and was transferred to 58 RSU in May 1943. He was with the unit it (apparently) returned to the UK in April 1944.
Before 58 RSU, he was part of Bomber Command ground crew at Marston Moor, near York (where he appears to have met Leonard Cheshire). After 58 RSU, he joined a forward recovery unit that accompanied the Allied advance through France and Germany after D-Day. He was part of a convoy that delivered supplies to Belsen after its liberation.
I have tracked down 58 RSU's operations records for the relevant period and am going to the National Archives next month to view them.
Thank you for sharing your father's experiences/photos on here. It is the first tangible link to his time in Egypt that I have come across.
Regards
James