297 Coy RASC - Looking for Report snippet 02 November 1944 - Lt D. Gooch/Driver J. Allan

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  1. fiwi463pfa

    fiwi463pfa Master Sergeant

    Hello,

    I am looking for a report or journal for the 267 Coy RASC, especialy 02 november mentioning Lt Gooch and or Driver Allan please.
     

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  2. dbf

    dbf Moderatrix MOD

    Casualty
    Driver ALLAN, JOSEPH
    Service Number T/14544796
    Died 02/11/1944
    Aged 19
    297 Gen. Transport Coy., Royal Army Service Corps
    Buried at ZAAMSLAG GENERAL CEMETERY
    Location: Zeeland, Netherlands
    Number of casualties: 3
    Cemetery/memorial reference: Grave 146.
     
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  3. dbf

    dbf Moderatrix MOD

    Casualty
    Lieutenant GOOCH, DERRICK GEORGE
    Service Number 299630
    Died 02/11/1944
    Aged 20
    297 Gen. Transport Coy., Royal Army Service Corps
    Son of Wilfred George and Florence Isabel Victoria Gooch, of Rushmere St. Andrew, Suffolk.
    Buried at ZAAMSLAG GENERAL CEMETERY
    Location: Zeeland, Netherlands
    Number of casualties: 3
    Cemetery/memorial reference: Grave 147.
     
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  5. Tom OBrien

    Tom OBrien Senior Member

    Hi,

    Sorry, I haven't got the war diary for October 44.

    Regards

    Tom
     
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  6. fiwi463pfa

    fiwi463pfa Master Sergeant

    Tom and dbf, thanks for reaching out.

    Sorry to see one is missing the journal or reports for November 1944. (2nd)

    Would be nice to obtain that somehow, 1 page is all we'd need the commemorate our 2 heroes here in this town. <3 We'd love to make a tiny brochure to hand out at the cemetery on Christmas Eve.

    I hope someone reads this and is able to help to complete the puzzle.

    THANKS
     
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  7. fiwi463pfa,

    Don't worry, if the record still exists, eventually it will come up on this forum or elsewhere :D

    Michel
     
  8. Owen

    Owen -- --- -.. MOD

    Ask Drew5233 or PsyWar.Org .
    They may have already copied it for one of their customers & still have it on file.
     
  9. fiwi463pfa

    fiwi463pfa Master Sergeant

    Thank you very much, Owen, I have started a 'Conversation' with Drew5233 and PsyWar.Org.
    I hope this will help.
    Have a fine day.
     
  10. fiwi463pfa

    fiwi463pfa Master Sergeant

    Good evening, just got back from Armistice Day Commemorations.
    I got a mail in the mailboc from Lt Gooch's family.

    In the e-mail I got, there is group picture where one can see Lt Gooch.
    The family mentions that this was his prior unit : "Armour Core 34P Troop"
    I can't find anything about a unit with this name. Anyone ?
     
  11. fiwi463pfa

    fiwi463pfa Master Sergeant

    One of the locals in my town had a letter conversation decades ago, in one of them was a picture of Driver ALLAN.

    From the family of Lt Gooch I also got his picture.

    I also got a picture of the funeral.
     

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  12. Tom OBrien

    Tom OBrien Senior Member

    Filip,

    Sorry, I've just realised that Lt Gooch is mentioned a couple of times in the war diary of 297 Coy for September 1944:

    27 September 1944 WIJCHEN
    […]
    1800 Lt Gooch contacts F.M.C. to get details of work, duration + domestic arrangements required for Appx S.

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    Date – Time of Origin: 1915189 B. [19 September]

    From: ??

    To: O.C. Coy.


    M6. Transit area 1835. Satisfactory reports from Lt Broxell [??]. Lt. Gooch cannot find C30. Capt Leach has not reported.

    Ammo state forwarded to CRASC.

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    I think the latter signal covers a period when Lt. Gooch was commanding a detachment of DUKWs attached to 129 Bde for Op Market Garden.

    Regards

    Tom
     
  13. fiwi463pfa

    fiwi463pfa Master Sergeant

    This could well be the case ! Thanks.
    They were transferred later on to the Scheldt for operation Vitality. (thus in bivouac in my town).

    Hope someone can help me with the reports for the first two days of November 1944
     
  14. Bruneval

    Bruneval Well-Known Member

    Hi Filip,

    I found a very small snippet in a newspaper mentioning the death of Lt D Gooch.

    Regards

    Bruneval
     

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  15. fiwi463pfa

    fiwi463pfa Master Sergeant

    Thank ytou for this, hadn't seen this before.
     
  16. fiwi463pfa

    fiwi463pfa Master Sergeant

    Dear friends, thank you for all the input, I have now all I needed for the Christmas Eve Brochure.
     

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