my paternal Grandfather was in the Navy from 1921 till his death in 1941 off Crete and I have lots of information on him courtesy of the Admiralty. My maternal Grandfather less so. I did get copy of his Service Record which has him in Northern Europe after the D Day landings but have been unable to find a mention of that unit anywhere or who they were attached to. When I was young and just after he died I am sure I remember my Grandmother saying he was at Belsen and was badly affected by it along with some of his mates. He was a lovely gentle man and I would love to find out more, any one know where I can start looking. I did contact the RASC museum Utd it was around the time of lockdown and I didn’t get an answer. Edward Joseph Gibbs, Driver.
Hi Are you sure about the number? National Archives has the war diaries for a few Troop Carrying Company's but not that number. See here - Search results: Troop Carrying Company | The National Archives Maybe posting some of his records may help someone to identify things further. regards Robert
He joined up 11-12-1941 and after training joined 33 TCC on 04-05-1942. He transferred to 321 TCC on 09-07-1943 and embarked BLA 17-08-1944. Nothing in his records after that other than a brief stay, 17-06-1945 till 30-07-1945, in the 115 (BR) Gen Hospital in De Han. His number was T/10676323.
Not being able to help with war diary files. But I can confirm the number and purpose of the company: "Field Force Index unit serial numbers, part II, Index by Arms etc., May, 1944" (WO 33/2226), page 206, lists 321 Company, R.A.S.C. as "Tp Carrying".
321 Company (Troop Carrying) RASC locations as taken from HQ Line of Communication War Diaries held at Kew: 26 Apr 45 – Westende Bad-B south-west of Ostend-B command HQ 9th Line of Communication Sub Area 4 Oct 45 – Middelkerke-B south-west of Ostend-B 10 Nov 45 – Knokke-Heist-B north-east of Ostend-B 22 Nov 45 – disbanded Hope this helps 21st Army Group later British Army of the Rhine (under construction)
That makes sense, my aunt says that after the war my Grandfather kept in touch with a family from Ostende. And his stay in the 115 Gen Hospital in De Haan. A couple of years ago I cycled from Kent to Ypres and the first day we cycled along that coast, we plan to go back so I have some things to look out for now.
