Royal Engineers Bomb Disposal Roll of Honour

FOSSIL · Dec 2, 2007

Hi
After some assistance, the Re Association Bomb Disposal Branch are in the process of updating and expanding their Roll of Honour. From just listing their names we are at a minimum giving all a page with no rank name, unit photo of grave/memorial, date of death and age, location of grave/memorial. Plus where available details of incident, citations for awards and anything else of relevance. We have been doing this for ten months and have photos of 393 out of 632 details below of the locations needing photos if any are near you please contact me at MARKHAMFossil@aol.com for further details and check out 33 Engineer Regiment examples of finished pages on the 33 site
Thank for your time
Pete Markham
Durham
Bishop Aukland (1). Easington (1).
Essex.
Leytonstone (1).

Lancashire.

Calderbrook (1).Manchester (4 Cemeterys) (17). Trawden (1). Wrightington (1).

London Area.
Deptford (1).

Scotland.
Blackford (1). Cruden, Aberdeenshire (1)

Somerset
Frome (1).

Staffordshire.
Walsall (1).

Warwickshire.
Coventry (1). Birmingham (5 Cemeterys) (6).
Yorkshire.
Dewsbury (1). Ecclesall (1). Edgerton (1). Leeds(2 cemeterys), (3). Greasebrough (1).
Wales.
Llanbedr (1).Criccieth (1). Llanelly (1).Pembroke (1). Minffordd, Penrhyndeudraeth (1). Pontrhydyfen (1).

Overseas.
Algeria (2). Belguim (1).France (3Cemeterys) (6). India (1). Myanner (2). Tunisia (2 Cemeterys) (11).Germany (2).Italy (8 Cemeterys) (17).

spidge · Dec 3, 2007

Well done Pete,

When you get into something like this you just can't let go.

gen · Dec 4, 2007

Have just emailed you Pete. If i can help just let me know.

Mike

FOSSIL · Dec 5, 2007

Thanks
Your comments and offer of help are appreciated

Pete

von Poop · Dec 5, 2007

If you haven't got the Leicestershire chaps I should be able to help with pictures of those graves as they're all roughly in my area.

Cheers,
Adam.

sapper · Dec 5, 2007

Admirable. Well done..
But I would point out that all Field Company Sappers are Bomb disposal teams.
In WW2 we had to lift bombs set in roads, and road side cliffs, where ever they thought they could get away with it. Each Bomb had to be appoached as a being booby trapped. But nearly always under fire.
Sapper

FOSSIL · Dec 5, 2007

Admirable. Well done..
But I would point out that all Field Company Sappers are Bomb disposal teams.
In WW2 we had to lift bombs set in roads, and road side cliffs, where ever they thought they could get away with it. Each Bomb had to be appoached as a being booby trapped. But nearly always under fire.
Sapper
Hi Sapper
Well put and 100% correct. However we are only covering those that were in or attached to actual designated Bomb Disposal units, not those how dealt with items under what would be classed as now Combat Engineering. This does not detract from the dangerous work that you and your comrades carried out. I served as an RE from 72/87 and carried out work both in Field Squadrons and BD Squadrons and couldnt have hoped to serve in a better Corp. Thanks for your responce always good to hear from others how served at different times and different jobs. If you would like to PM me with some further details i am sure i can add some to the 33 site reminding others that all RE'S do and have dealth with booby traps, mines ect.

REgards
Pete

Steve Newman · Dec 6, 2007

Pete

I can do West Hanningfield Essex for you no problem, just give me some details

Kind regards
Steve

51highland · Dec 6, 2007

I can get the Icklingham (not Iclingham) between Bury st Edmunds and Mildenhall, if that is the correct place.

51highland · Dec 6, 2007

Oh, and the Clacton one.

FOSSIL · Dec 8, 2007

I can get the Icklingham (not Iclingham) between Bury st Edmunds and Mildenhall, if that is the correct place.

Hi
Cheers for the offers Icklingham is the one in Suffolk. Will PM you with the details for Clacton.

Much appreciated
Pete

FOSSIL · Dec 8, 2007

Pete

I can do West Hanningfield Essex for you no problem, just give me some details

Kind regards
Steve

Cheers Steve

PM on the way with the details

Thanks
Pete

51highland · Jan 26, 2008

Photo of the Clacton grave, have pm'd you

sapper · Jan 26, 2008

HI Pete! Alway a real pleasaure to meet another Sapper. Cheers mate..MY very best wishes. Once a sapper always a sapper
Brian sapper

FOSSIL · Feb 10, 2008

Hi

REgards to you, your right the wife keeps moaning you can take the man out of the sappers but never the sapper out of the man.

All the best

Pete

Owen · Feb 11, 2008

Pete,
Where is the Belgium one located?

von Poop · Feb 16, 2008

Got four of the five Leicestershire chaps today Pete, I'll upload/Email 'em soon.
(Will have to go back for the 5th, we now reckon we went to the wrong cemetery...)

Cheers,
Adam.

von Poop · Feb 26, 2008

Visited the last one this weekend, here are the five men you wanted for Leicestershire.
(Do you know much of the incidents that killed them yet? My other half's become particularly fascinated.)

Name:
CRUMP, EDWARD THOMAS
Nationality:United Kingdom
Rank:Captain
Regiment/Service:Royal Engineers
Age:36
Date of Death:16/01/1941
Service No:66569
Additional information:Husband of Elizabeth S. Crump, of Dunton Bassett.
Casualty Type:Commonwealth War Dead
DUNTON BASSETT (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD

He's also commemorated on a plaque beside the predominantly WW1 village war memorial:

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Name:
PERKINS, THOMAS EDWARD
Nationality:United Kingdom
Rank:Sapper
Regiment/Service:Royal Engineers
Unit Text:2 Bomb Disposal Coy.
Date of Death:11/02/1941
Additional information:Son of Walter Thomas and Lilian Perkins, of Leicester; husband of Amy Laura Perkins, of Leicester.
Casualty Type:Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference:Sec. T.T. Grave 233
LEICESTER (GILROES) CEMETERY

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<TABLE class=datatable cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=2 width="97%" align=center border=0><TBODY><TR id=tr_name><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Name:</TH><TD id=td_name>COLEMAN, ALBERT EDWARD</TD></TR><TR id=tr_initials><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Initials:</TH><TD id=td_initials>A E</TD></TR><TR id=tr_nationality><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Nationality:</TH><TD id=td_nationality>United Kingdom</TD></TR><TR id=tr_rank><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Rank:</TH><TD id=td_rank>Driver</TD></TR><TR id=tr_regiment><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Regiment/Service:</TH><TD id=td_regiment>Royal Engineers</TD></TR><TR id=tr_unittext><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Unit Text:</TH><TD id=td_unittext>4 Bomb Disposal Coy.</TD></TR><TR id=tr_age><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Age:</TH><TD id=td_age>29</TD></TR><TR id=tr_death><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Date of Death:</TH><TD id=td_death>24/12/1944</TD></TR><TR id=tr_service><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Service No:</TH><TD id=td_service>2015308</TD></TR><TR id=tr_information><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Additional information:</TH><TD id=td_information>Son of William and Clara I. Coleman; husband of Dorothy Coleman, of Loughborough.</TD></TR><TR id=tr_type><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Casualty Type:</TH><TD id=td_type>Commonwealth War Dead</TD></TR><TR id=tr_grave><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Grave/Memorial Reference:</TH><TD id=td_grave>Comp. 346. Grave 12.</TD></TR><TR id=tr_cemetery><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Cemetery:</TH><TD id=td_cemetery>LOUGHBOROUGH (LEICESTER ROAD) CEMETERY</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

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<TABLE class=datatable cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=2 width="97%" align=center border=0><TBODY><TR id=tr_name><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Name:</TH><TD id=td_name>HORTON, FREDERICK GEORGE</TD></TR><TR id=tr_initials><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Initials:</TH><TD id=td_initials>F G</TD></TR><TR id=tr_nationality><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Nationality:</TH><TD id=td_nationality>United Kingdom</TD></TR><TR id=tr_rank><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Rank:</TH><TD id=td_rank>Driver</TD></TR><TR id=tr_regiment><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Regiment/Service:</TH><TD id=td_regiment>Royal Army Service Corps</TD></TR><TR id=tr_age><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Age:</TH><TD id=td_age>30</TD></TR><TR id=tr_death><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Date of Death:</TH><TD id=td_death>10/12/1940</TD></TR><TR id=tr_service><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Service No:</TH><TD id=td_service>T/211357</TD></TR><TR id=tr_information><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Additional information:</TH><TD id=td_information>Son of Norman and Alice Horton, of Broughton Astley.</TD></TR><TR id=tr_type><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Casualty Type:</TH><TD id=td_type>Commonwealth War Dead</TD></TR><TR id=tr_cemetery><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Cemetery:</TH><TD id=td_cemetery>SUTTON-IN-THE-ELMS BAPTIST CHAPELYARD</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

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<TABLE class=datatable cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=2 width="97%" align=center border=0><TBODY><TR id=tr_name><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Name:</TH><TD id=td_name>BARLOW, ERNEST WILLIAM</TD></TR><TR id=tr_initials><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Initials:</TH><TD id=td_initials>E W</TD></TR><TR id=tr_nationality><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Nationality:</TH><TD id=td_nationality>United Kingdom</TD></TR><TR id=tr_rank><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Rank:</TH><TD id=td_rank>Lance Corporal</TD></TR><TR id=tr_regiment><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Regiment/Service:</TH><TD id=td_regiment>Royal Engineers</TD></TR><TR id=tr_unittext><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Unit Text:</TH><TD id=td_unittext>4 Bomb Disposal Coy.</TD></TR><TR id=tr_age><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Age:</TH><TD id=td_age>36</TD></TR><TR id=tr_death><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Date of Death:</TH><TD id=td_death>20/09/1944</TD></TR><TR id=tr_service><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Service No:</TH><TD id=td_service>14611835</TD></TR><TR id=tr_information><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Additional information:</TH><TD id=td_information>Son of Charles and Eliza Ann Barlow; husband of Connie Barlow. of Wigston.</TD></TR><TR id=tr_type><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Casualty Type:</TH><TD id=td_type>Commonwealth War Dead</TD></TR><TR id=tr_grave><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Grave/Memorial Reference:</TH><TD id=td_grave>Sec. H. Grave 67.</TD></TR><TR id=tr_cemetery><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Cemetery:</TH><TD id=td_cemetery>WIGSTON CEMETERY</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

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Pete, would you like the original Jpegs sent? Not a problem to do so but just checking as the file size is rather large on some.

Cheers,
Adam.

Owen · Sep 6, 2008

Found one not on the list.
I know he 502 Field Coy but his grave says Bomb Disposal.
At Chiseldon.

<TABLE class=datatable cellSpacing=1 cellPadding=2 width="97%" align=center border=0><TBODY><TR id=tr_name><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Name:</TH><TD id=td_name>COX, WILLIAM JOHN</TD></TR><TR id=tr_initials><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Initials:</TH><TD id=td_initials>W J</TD></TR><TR id=tr_nationality><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Nationality:</TH><TD id=td_nationality>United Kingdom</TD></TR><TR id=tr_rank><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Rank:</TH><TD id=td_rank>Corporal</TD></TR><TR id=tr_regiment><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Regiment/Service:</TH><TD id=td_regiment>Royal Engineers</TD></TR><TR id=tr_unittext><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Unit Text:</TH><TD id=td_unittext>502 Field Coy.</TD></TR><TR id=tr_age><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Age:</TH><TD id=td_age>24</TD></TR><TR id=tr_death><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Date of Death:</TH><TD id=td_death>03/06/1941</TD></TR><TR id=tr_service><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Service No:</TH><TD id=td_service>2069809</TD></TR><TR id=tr_information><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Additional information:</TH><TD id=td_information>Son of William Herbert and Rosa Mary Cox, of Swindon.</TD></TR><TR id=tr_type><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Casualty Type:</TH><TD id=td_type>Commonwealth War Dead</TD></TR><TR id=tr_grave><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Grave/Memorial Reference:</TH><TD id=td_grave>Cons. Sec. Grave 513.</TD></TR><TR id=tr_cemetery><TH vAlign=top align=right width="30%">Cemetery:</TH><TD id=td_cemetery>CHISELDON CEMETERY</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

FOSSIL · Sep 7, 2008

Hi Owen
Thank you hadnt come across this one but have a few details from a friend.

Apparently he was killed while clearing mines in W. Worthing seafront (between pier and the roundabout).

Pete

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