Hi all, I'm a newby at this, so bear with me. My great Uncle John Angus born Durham 1892, apparently joined the Pioneers for WW2. He was pushing 50 and had poor eyesight. (par for the course for these chaps so it seems) My 85 year old aunt swears he was killed at Dunkirk, but I can find no record of this on any of the available sites. Can anyone suggest where else I could find out if he was killed at Dunkirk. Fingers crossed
Hello and welcome to the forum. There were five men killed with the same last name as your uncle between Sept 1939 and June 1940 but none appear to be your relative: 001 ANGUS S 4274120 7TH BN 03/06/1940 ROYAL NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS 002 ANGUS C C/X 20402A HMS MOSQUITO 01/06/1940 ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE 003 ANGUS AW 932075 98THE SURREY AND SUSSEX YEOMANRY FIELD REGT 27/05/1940 ROYAL ARTILLERY 004 ANGUS AR 885834 56 MEDIUM REGT 27/05/1940 ROYAL ARTILLERY 005 ANGUS AB 40281 85 SQDN 16/05/1940 ROYAL AIR FORCE Have you considered appling for his service records? You would need proof of death though by way of a death certificate etc which some other members maybe able to help you out with. Regards Andy
If you had some information about him / Pioneer Corps this website might be able to help. An excellent site to browse at any rate. Royal Pioneer Corps & Royal Pioneer Association Pioneer Corps Unit histories from World War I, World War II and upto 1984 are available on written request. If anyone is doing research on the service of their relatives in the Labour Corps Lieutenant Colonel John Starling may also be able to help you, provided you have a service number and a company number. We offer this research service to family, relatives and fellow historians so please NO MILITARY COLLECTORS.
