Am trying to establish a few details about my grandads service life. He never spoke about it and sadly is long gone now :-(
I have obtained his service records from the APC and am slowly working my way through them as best i can.
So far
Enlisted 27/6/40 ITC Duke of Wellington Regt.
Transferred 20/3/41 RAC 51st training Regt
R.W.G.H.Y 8/1/42 (< What does this mean? List of abbreviations does not show this)
Disembarked Egypt 7/3/42
7RTR 24/5/42
POW 21/6/42
Escaped ??/6/44 (in Italy iirc by jumping off a train! this bit he did mention at some point)
Back in UK 6/7/44
(then BAOR in 45 More questions of which later concerning the 27th Armrd)
Not understanding the British Army levels much, can anyone shed light on the following.
After transferring from the DWR are all connections to that regiment severed? Meaning, insignia etc. to be replaced by RAC legends and titles?
Every time i look for 7RTR they never seem to be mentioned in any Order of battle in the 8th Army. Am i barking up the wrong tree here or missing something?
How do the 8th Army 'layers' break down? i can see X, XIII and XXX Corps and am assuming they form the main backbone and then break down further? Do 7RTR (and the 4th) feature in one of these Corps?
Thanks for looking am just hoping to fill a few blanks here
Martyn
