Hi folk's as part of a question raised in general chat is it possible to find out how many of these units were active around the time and area of Italy?
Steve I do think your friend/acquaintance needs to follow the advice given to try to track down the said casualty CWGC do not have him as a casualty Service records not applied .Try contacting via phone and explain situation 0345 600 9663 Date of birth needs clarifying Local newspaper archive requires checking Church or local council needs contacting to see if records exist why the name Herbert Davies is listed on the memorial. To put any case forward the above is the minimum to start with Without this the person looking for info will go around in circles Multiple threads will get it into a muddle regards Clive
I don't think the original poster is trying to get his relative as an in from the cold case Clive he may not even know of the project's aim's.I hate to post it on his rootschat post but this could simply be someone who went AWOL and the family simply chose to invent a tale of his death rather than the truth,I'm trying to build a picture of which unit he may have served hence this question reference REME unit's were involved,you will know if he was missing or killed he should be recorded on a missing man file for his unit AWOL or killed.I've removed the link to avoid other information being posted not relavent to this question
Yes. I understand Steve But they should start with the basics and see why he is on the memorial it could even be a different herbert davies on the memorial from a different family They need to do the basics first As i stated in the other thread family memory misted over time etc War diaries would possibly give missing or killed Regards Clive
wholeheartedly agree Clive I do find over on rootschat the original questions do tend to attract info not relating to the original post so other family member's start getting listed then parent's etc many times when posting I've listed people in the family to avoid this but the same info gets posted for people I am aware of,this would be my choice of forum for this question but people with a non military interest may not be aware of our existence. Regards Steve.
REME Recovery Companies also used tank transporters so this could be a very wide search net! regards Tom
Thank's folk's may be a lost cause this avenue, when researching for my brother in law for info on his Grandfather's death he was part of a county affiliated AT regiment so the specific war diary was easily identified I'm feeling something other than a death may be involved here.