My Dad served in 15th Div royal Engineers ; I have a clear picture of a Humber Lt Recce Car with the AoS 51 , which is the junior company of an Infantry Div, so taking the 3 Companies numerically I thought the seniority would be 20th, 278th, 279th so my Dad would be a member of 279th; However I saw an article in a very old Windscreen magazine which throws this into doubt. Can anyone advise please TED.
Ted According to Joslen, 15 inf Div had the following Fd Coys RE:- 278 Fd Coy (3/9/39 - 31/8/45) 279 Fd Coy (3/89/39 - 9/2/40) & 12/7/40- 31/8/45 280 Fd Coy (3/9/39- 15/12/42) 20 Fd Coy (26/3/43 - 31/8/45). So 20 Fd Coy was the 'junior' company in terms of joining date. I can confirm from war diaries that markings in 1941 were 278 Fd Coy [49], 279 Fd Coy [50], 280 Fd Coy [51]. In 1943 they were 278 Fd Coy [49], 279 fd Coy [50], 20 Fd Coy [51] and these remained the same until the division disbanded in Mar/Apr 1946. Dave
Dave many thanks for this info, it corrects an assumption I made many years ago. So now time to go through 20th Fd Coy war diaries and plot their movements during my Dad's time with them. Thanks again regards TED
