Hi, I am also new to this and having recently found dad's release leave cert. I am very interested in finding out more about his life during the war. He as sadly passed and can no longer help me and probably like most soldiers didn't reveal a lot of what really happened to him during his time at war. Here are the meager details (other than the commical stories he told) I have: Name: Gordon Hepworth D O B: 23.08.1920 Army No: 14361351 Present Rank: L/sgt Unit: 246 FieldCompany R E Calling up for military sevice:8.12.1942 Service Trade: Pioneer DII Records from RE Ditchling Road Brighton Billited in Serscamp Belgium Hope someone can help Christine ps He had a mate called Giles who went AWOL(left his clothes by the sea) and who miraculously wrose from the dead in Sumerset 1959 My father also served in Palestine
Spiv Welcome to the forum 246 Fld Company went ashore on DDay as part of the 3rd Inf Division, there is a member called "Sapper" who fought with the same unit, send him a message and also read his posts that will help you
Welcome to the forum. Have moved your post to it's own thread. Brian aka 'sapper' has left the forum but there is a contact email address on his profile page here. http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/members/sapper.html
Christine, 246 Company were very busy on D Day and the days following it. Indeed they were busy throughout the campaign in NW Europe. I have spent the last two years collecting information on units which either landed on Sword Beach on D Day or worked in the beach area in the following weeks. I can provide a fair amount of information but it will not identify individuals. Mike
Here's all the 1944 246 Field Company War Diary pages that I posted so members could see what Sapper did: http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/royal-engineers/34098-246-field-company-royal-engineers-war-diary-1944-a.html Other than that I know little about the unit unless you are interested in what they were doing in 1940.
