Service Records & War Diaries help: 3252255 James Goodall Mcleod REME

Hmmm, they should still have their own unit war diary though.....

 

You after these? - they do say Royal Engineers but not Heavy Section

545 Coy. | The National Archives
Reference: WO 166/12157
Description:
545 Coy.
Date: 1943 Mar.-Dec.
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description
Access conditions: Closed For 29 years

545 Coy | The National Archives
Reference: WO 171/1637
Description:
545 Coy
Date: 1944 Jan.- Dec.
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

545 Coy. | The National Archives
Reference: WO 171/5561
Description:
545 Coy.
Date: 1945 Jan.- Nov.
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

TD

 

I hope they are what I am looking for will have a look tonight.
Thanks

 

Hi Peter,

I reckon they would be attached to the 78 Infantry troops workshop

I guess it would be these diaries then:
Search results: "WO 169/12434" | The National Archives
Search results: "WO 175/1081" | The National Archives

 

Brilliant do you know who would the best person to try and get these diaries from .

 

Check out Steve's post on the 12th of June earlier in this thread, that will sort you out. It may be prudent to only order initially only 1 month of the 78 diary, just in case it is not relevant to the 545. I'm not saying it isn't but the link hasn't been established conclusively... It just depends, some war diaries are really detailed and hundreds of pages, some are pretty sparse and only 10's of pages long.

 

Peter, Strike my advice about the 78 infantry troops workshop, I just looked at your attachments, it's written in black and white!!!

 

That's good news I think in am heading in the right direction.
THANKS for your time.

 

Just found this group picture 545 Heavy recovery section,taken in Anzio 1944