248 Field Company

Discussion in '1940' started by jerrymurland, Oct 25, 2015.

  1. jerrymurland

    jerrymurland Junior Member

    There are 7 casualties of this unit buried in Templeuve Communal Cemetery, near Tournai. Does anyone have the war diary or know what happened to these men, it does seem a rather high casualty rate for a field company!

    Jerry
     
  2. Drew5233

    Drew5233 #FuturePilot 1940 Obsessive

    CAMBERS, STANLEY WILLIAM Sapper 2078542 21/05/1940 21 Royal Engineers United Kingdom Row B. Grave 3. TEMPLEUVE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, TOURNAI [​IMG]
    CARTER, FREDERICK ALBERT Sapper 2070418 21/05/1940 20 Royal Engineers United Kingdom Row A. Grave 6. TEMPLEUVE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, TOURNAI [​IMG]
    GWILT, SILAS Sapper 1883154 21/05/1940 21 Royal Engineers United Kingdom Row B. Grave 1. TEMPLEUVE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, TOURNAI [​IMG]
    HARDY, ALBERT GEORGE Sapper 2047479 21/05/1940 23 Royal Engineers United Kingdom Row B. Grave 4. TEMPLEUVE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, TOURNAI [​IMG]
    LABRUM, RICHARD GEORGE Sapper 2070933 21/05/1940 20 Royal Engineers United Kingdom Row B. Grave 5. TEMPLEUVE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, TOURNAI [​IMG]
    LACK, STEPHEN JOHN Driver 2090508 21/05/1940 20 Royal Engineers United Kingdom Row B. Grave 6. TEMPLEUVE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, TOURNAI [​IMG]
    RAINBOW, ERNEST VICTOR Sapper 2070042 21/05/1940 22 Royal Engineers United Kingdom Row A. Grave 7. TEMPLEUVE COMMUNAL CEMETERY, TOURNAI [​IMG]
     
  3. Drew5233

    Drew5233 #FuturePilot 1940 Obsessive

    Killed by shell fire
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  4. graeme

    graeme Senior Member

    Morning Andy,

    Many thanks for posting the diary, Gwilt is on one of the war memorials Ive been researching,

    Regards

    Graeme
     
  5. jerrymurland

    jerrymurland Junior Member

    Thanks Drew.

    Jerry
     

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