Hi There was a Royal Engineers Bridging Camp at Pangbourne, near Reading in 1940 and 1941 at least. It seems it also operated/practiced at Shillingford. I am trying to find out more about it, which unit or formation it was part of, where exactly it was based etc. A number of RE units passed through there to practice bridging, staying for a couple of weeks. Any details or references appreciated. I've not managed to find it in Kew. Cheers Skoyen89
Hi There was a Royal Engineers Bridging Camp at Pangbourne, near Reading in 1940 and 1941 at least. It seems it also operated/practiced at Shillingford. I am trying to find out more about it, which unit or formation it was part of, where exactly it was based etc. A number of RE units passed through there to practice bridging, staying for a couple of weeks. I have a note of it being the 5th Bridging Coy RE but this may be wrong. Any details or references appreciated. I've not managed to find the War Diaries at Kew. Cheers Skoyen89
Skoyen89 Are you sure its not 5th Bridging School? there were several about the country. It could well be. Any idea where their records would be at Kew?
War Diaries for 5 Bridging Coy from the National Archives: WO 166/4918, ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS: COMPANIES: 5 Bridge Company. (1940 July - Dec.) WO 169/2159, 5 Bridge Coy. (1941 Aug,- Dec.) WO 169/5798, 5 Bridging Coy. (1942 Jan.- Dec.) WO 169/7843, Bridging Companies & Sections: 5 Br. Sec (1942 Jan.- Mar., June- July, Sept.- Dec.) WO 169/15083, Bridging Companies and Sections: 5 Bridging Sec. (1943 Jan.- Oct., Dec.) WO 169/19080, Bridging Companies and Sections: 5 Bridging Sec (1944 Jan.- Dec.) WO 169/22471, Bridging Companies and Sections: 5 Bridging Pl. (1945 Jan.- 1946 Jan.) If you need help obtaining any of these then drop me a PM. Lee
