Please can anyone help? My father, Corporal Denis Henry Springett, was a tank commander of a Churchill tank who transferred on 13 Jan 1944 from the RAC to the RE(204 Field Co ?) and eventually made it to Hamburg - I have a Residential Pass issued on 1 Sept 1946. Does anyone have any history regarding him or the "trip" to Hamburg?
Hi, I am researching my Grandfather who was also a tank commander of a Churchill Tank, and was also in RE 204 Field Co. Please do let me know if you ever found out anything about this.
Can help with movements post VE Day 204 Field Company RE command 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division supporting 214th Infantry Brigade Thomasburg north-east of Ebstorf, Landkreis Uelzen 19 May 45 – Medingen north-east of Ebstorf 23 May 45 – Bad Bevensen north-east of Ebstorf 12 Jun 45 – Medingen north-east of Ebstorf 6 Oct 45 – detachment Schakenbek south-west of Hamburg – 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division – returns 16 Oct 45 22 Aug 46 – 43 Army Troops Engineers command 8 Army Group 30 Aug 46 – 29 Army Troops Engineers command Chief Engineer Hamburg District 24 Mar 47 – redesignated 565 Field Company RE – Philips Barracks Hamburg 21st Army Group later British Army of the Rhine (under construction)