William Gordon CANTLAY, 14 Field Squadron, RE, attached GAD

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  1. dbf

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    Courtesy of Drew, War Diary for 127 Infantry Brigade HQ, end May 1940

    Captain Charles Phibbs JONES, ROYAL ENGINEERS is listed in the Officer Return
    TNA Reference: WO 167/388


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    dbf, Oct 3, 2013
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    dbf, Oct 3, 2013
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  3. dbf

    dbf Moderatrix MOD

    Some other threads which link into the above account
    Lt. Cantlay was attached first with the 2nd Irish Guards & 5th Coldstream Guards group, and later with the Irish Group which consisted of 2nd Irish Guards & 3rd Irish Guards Battalions. He did support Coldstream Group and the Grenadier Group on a number of occasions also.


    Book by forum member, about GAD RE during Market Garden
    Guards Armoured Division Engineers


    1st Battalion Coldstream Guards 1944
    http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/459...attalion-coldstream-guards-jan-1944-dec-1944/

    5th Battalion Coldstream Guards 1944
    http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/33691-war-diary-5th-battalion-coldstream-guards-jan-dec-1944/


    2nd Armoured Battalion Irish Guards 1944
    http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/47136-war-diary-2nd-armoured-battalion-irish-guards-jan-dec-1944/
    2nd Armoured Battalion Irish Guards Tank casualties 1945
    http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/46400-2nd-armoured-battalion-irish-guards-gad-tank-casualties-1945/


    3rd Battalion Irish Guards 1944

    http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/47101-war-diary-3rd-battalion-irish-guards-jan-dec-1944/
     
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    From History of the Irish Guards in Second World War, FitzGerald:
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    dbf, Oct 17, 2013
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  5. Steve Speke

    Steve Speke Junior Member

    Cpl Leslie Webb mentioned as a casualty from 14 Field Squadron is my late uncle and I have been researching his story. He was killed during mine clearance work and at some time during the advance one of the bailey bridges was dedicated to his memory and named the Webb bridge. I am slowly working through the list of bridges built by the 14th Field to try and locate where it was. Any information would be greatly received.
     
    Steve Speke, Oct 31, 2013
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  6. dbf

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    Hi Steve and welcome to the forum.
    Unsure of just what documentation you have got so far for your research but the war diaries for your uncle's unit are available at Kew.

    Have you applied to MOD for a copy of his service record already?
     
    dbf, Oct 31, 2013
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  7. JohnS

    JohnS Senior Member

    Awesome dbf! Thanks!
     
    JohnS, Sep 28, 2014
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  8. Ravrick

    Ravrick Senior Member

    Hi Steve,
    my uncle also served in 14 Sqn and gave me a quantity of photographs of the Bridges that the Sqn built during WW2, I have a copy picture of "Webb Bridge", pm me your e mail and I will send you a copy.

    cheers,
    Rick
     
    Ravrick, Sep 1, 2015
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  9. Ravrick

    Ravrick Senior Member

    Hi,,
    Webb Bridge..... I would be interested to know it's location..
    cheers,
    Rick
     

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  10. Jonathan Ball

    Jonathan Ball It's a way of life.

    Had the pleasure of having Gordon's company on our Operation Market Garden Anniversary Tour just this last weekend. Gordon is 94 now but his memory is still razor sharp and I had no hesitation of handing him the microphone as we drove along Club Route. He was also kind enough to tell our Passengers that my information was 99.9% accurate which made my weekend.

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    Jonathan Ball, Sep 22, 2015
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  11. 4jonboy

    4jonboy Daughter of a 56 Recce

    Nice one JB :) . It's always lovely to hear from the Veterans-on my trip to Italy last year we had a Veteran called Fred who did exactly the same and sat up front and kept us amused with his stories. Priceless.


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    4jonboy, Sep 22, 2015
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  12. dbf

    dbf Moderatrix MOD

    Thanks for adding that photo of him.
     
    dbf, Sep 22, 2015
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  13. Steve Speke

    Steve Speke Junior Member

    Hi, would you be able to send me a hi-res scan of this picture please?
     
    Steve Speke, Oct 18, 2018
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