Ernest John(Mac) Sennett RWF - WW2

[fudgereedoo]

ok. trying to find out about my late father's army career on finding his initial form on joining the army in 1944 in liverpool on it he has lied about his age only being 16 . he then joined the royal welch fusiliers i would like to know if he was in the 4th 6th or 7th because i have a picture of him in the ardennes. he later went on to serve in the suffolks the norfolks and the east anglian regiments serving 36 years but i would like to start at the very beginning, so any information to help me would be appreciated.

his name was ernest john sennett. known as (mac)

THANKING YOU ... MAX SENNETT

[ap1]

Hi Max, welcome.

Have you applied for his service record yet? As long as you have his service number, that should be easy enough. Once you have
that, we can certainly help in tracking his active service.

158 Bde landed at Normandy on or about the 25th June 1944. Whether he was with them at that stage will depend on when he joined
and completed his training.

Do you have any info about the location in the UK he was based at, prior to the picture being taken in the Ardennes. Sometimes odd place names
identify holding areas in the UK, which in turn can help us narrow down the battalion.

We would be interested in seeing the picture, if you could upload to our gallery, it all helps to increase our knowledge.

[fudgereedoo]

http://mail.tools.sky.com/mail/?attid=0.1&disp=emb&view=att&th=12d66149459c90df

[Baconwallah]

Could you be a little bit more specific?

John

[Keith Jones 989]

Don't be too critical, it took me THREE minutes to log on - VERY VERY slow tonite!

[fudgereedoo]

hi had a problem downloading the photo ... i joined a couple of weeks ago to find out about the start of my fathers army career . he was in the royal welsh fusiliers from 1943 i was trying to find out if he was in the 4th / 6th or 7th wondered if the photo helps

YLAA / 523765 ERNEST JOHN SENNETT JOINING 22 NOVEMBER 1943

[Baconwallah]

Keith, sorry if I sounded critical. Unintentional, I can assure you. As for the site speed, last night I even could not log in at all. By the way, I like your sig. Only too true.

Fudgereedoo, I assume that you want to upload a photo for us to analyse. I must admit that I always find that difficult myself. Click "Go advanced" when posting and scroll down until you see "Manage attachments". That will open a window to help you attach one or more files. Use "Add files" to find whatever you want on your own system, then drag the file to the lower pane of the window. That should work.

John

[fudgereedoo]

so has my photo of my late father not come through to you ...... i was hoping the badges would help with some information i have more photos thought i would start with this one...

[Keith Jones 989]

John,

be assured no offence taken, my signature is/was, I believe, attributable to Ronald Reagan - the Wallnut!

[Baconwallah]

If you can't see the thumbnail of your photo under your post, fudgereedoo, something has gone wrong. Please read the potted instructions in my previous post, and don't give up. We have several WW2 experts here, and I think that they will find one or more photos a great help in answering your questions. So please keep trying.

John

PS Reagan was a wise man, Keith, but did he lower the taxes, I wonder?

[fudgereedoo]

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[Baconwallah]

Excellent. Now wait and see. Swiper or Maarheze may have something to contribute, I hope.

John

[ap1]

The beret appears to have some sort of patch behind the badge. Also I.m wondering what the insignias are on his left upper arm. One is possibly a horizontal bar.

[fudgereedoo]

some more information i have found out

record of servce......... G.S.C .22 / 11 / 1943.................16 / 2 / 1944 TRAINED IN SCOTLAND

R.W.F. 17 /2 / 1944 ...................... 28 / 8 / 1945

SERVICE No ........ 14442236

picture shows 3 horizontal stripes............

on back of photo says.......... PHOTO D ART
STUDIO ' OK '
33, RUE NEUVE-BRUXELLES
FIRST FLOOR
MILITARY DEPARTMENT

1945

[Swiper]

Ok, hey mate its me from WW2Talk, I believe that with the detail you have given me that this indicates that he was in the 160 Brigade in 1945 (in regards to the horizontal stripes) which mark Brigade seniority, 160 being the most junior.

I am going off that, as I believe there are 3 horizontal stripes below the Welsh Div symbol with has the 'W' with a ___ underneath it, which did NOT count as an Arm of Service stripe. (Explaining methodology).

Therefore, I place him in 7 RWF, which was moved to 160 Brigade after August 1945. It all came down to the date on the back of the photograph, and also indicates this was taken before 2 SWB was rotated into 53rd Div, replacing 7 RWF which rotated out into (I think) 54 Independant Brigade.

Capbadge may have a backing - but certainly cannot say from that picture, and its not something I've encountered before or seen mentioned.

[ap1]

Bearing in mind Swipers estimate that Mac was a 7th Bn man. You can read part of their War Diary, which Swiper transcribed and is held in The Vault.

http://www.rwf-forum.co.uk/vBulletin/content.php?227-7th-bn-rwf

[fudgereedoo]

thanks swiper for taking the time to look things up for me ....the information is so good to know...at the moment i am reading ''red crown red dragon'' and now knowing that he was possibly in the 7th RWF .. as they were in the thick of things in 44 / 45 is amazing i wish i could of asked him about it but as you know they never spoke about what they went through ..as you know i have been on ww2talk but this site i think will be better for me.. so would you like me to download my other photos to this site and i don't mind if you want to use them.. i will send off for his records so when i find out more i will post it... thanks again.

[Baconwallah]

Posting of information and/or photos is always appreciated here, fudgereedoo. So please do. Everything you can offer will add to our knowledge.

John

[Swiper]

That'd be good, RCRD is ok... but has its fair stonk of errors and confused narrative, hence why my book (finishing off now...) will address these ;) Put up the pics here mate, people will love them.

[fudgereedoo]

2196 here is a better picture showing his arm badge.......i don't know if this was taken the same time as the other photo ..no date on back.