hutchie Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 im currently researching this unit as it was one my grandfather served in during ww2, im wondering if anyone has any information or photos etc? any help would be greatly appreciated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Ashby Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 Have you tried the REME museum at Arborfield. I know that Robert Davey on this forum is a volunteer there so it may be worth a PM to him asking who you should contact in the records department. Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hutchie Posted December 23, 2012 Author Share Posted December 23, 2012 ive emailed an enquiry to see if they do have any information or photos as i would like to visit but had no reply, do you know his username on here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landyandy Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 ive emailed an enquiry to see if they do have any information or photos as i would like to visit but had no reply, do you know his username on here? it is woa2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hutchie Posted December 23, 2012 Author Share Posted December 23, 2012 thanks landy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulbrook Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 Also try 17 Port and Maritime Workshop REME at Marchwood.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 im currently researching this unit as it was one my grandfather served in during ww2, im wondering if anyone has any information or photos etc? any help would be greatly appreciated It could be Algeria, check this link to a war grave http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/938758/SHACKLETON,%20RAYMOND regards, Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hutchie Posted December 23, 2012 Author Share Posted December 23, 2012 raymond drowned i have the war diaries Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 raymond drowned i have the war diaries The point I was making was that Algeria may have been the location of the workshop, unless of course he tragicly died at sea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hutchie Posted December 23, 2012 Author Share Posted December 23, 2012 sorry richard i replied on my phone hence it being short, i know about raymond he died not long after the landed in Bone Algeria, the unit spent approx 15 months stationed there before moving to the mainland of italy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 sorry richard i replied on my phone hence it being short, i know about raymond he died not long after the landed in Bone Algeria, the unit spent approx 15 months stationed there before moving to the mainland of italy thanks Hutchie. I came across a thread you started on another forum several months back and someone posted up photos of the unit in question, I think they could well have been taken in Italy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hutchie Posted December 26, 2012 Author Share Posted December 26, 2012 yeah ive been researching it since the summer, not bad considering i dont have a service history from ww2 for my grandfather, beginning to expand into other forums to see if anyone has any more info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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