50th ?????? Bn RW Fus

[Angela G]

I have some service records on which there's an entry that says: Posted 50th ??????? Bn RW Fus - Denbigh 18/6/1940.
I can't read the word following "50th". PLEASE can anyone help?

[Jerry B]

I have some service records on which there's an entry that says: Posted 50th ??????? Bn RW Fus - Denbigh 18/6/1940.
I can't read the word following "50th". PLEASE can anyone help?

Perhaps an image might make it easier to try and help you, it would for me at least.

[Angela G]

Hi!

I've been trying to upload a photocopy of the Service Record but am not having any success.Any advice?

Angela.

[Baconwallah]

I can save you the trouble, Angela.

50th (Holding) Bn RWF was formed Jan-Feb 1940. Later that year it was converted to infantry and renamed 13th Bn RWF.

John

[Angela G]

Thank you SO much. X

[Drew5233]

The war diaries for 13 Battalion don't start until October 1940 and there isn't any for the Holding Unit.

[ivor43]

Hi all.
Found a couple of Ref's.
one just mentions 13Btn was in Northern Ireland.
second. The War Room
http://www.skynet.ie/~dan/war/btniweb.html

1940.

13 Btn RWF
Moved to Bangor on 14/15 Oct 1940. Remained there until Btn Joined 72 Infantry Bgde 21 Jan 1941.

will keep looking.


ivor

[ivor43]

hi again.
further to above. from ''the War Room''
under 72nd Infantry Brigade.
13th Btn RWF
till 24th Sept1942.-- left for England on 14/15 Sept 1942.

don't know if this helps.


ivor

[ivor43]

morning all.
found the following, which i seem to think i may have come across before.

http://www.bbcattic.org/ww2peopleswar/stories/18/a8759118.shtml

not sure how this fits. as the 50th appears to be a Kings Own unit. it might appear that it was the 7th(holding)Btn that formed the 13th, sometime around 2/6/40, when the KO left Denbigh for Heysham Towers,Lancaster

ivor

[Baconwallah]

not sure how this fits

It doesn't, Ivor. A 50th (Holding) Bn was raised for most Regiments, and 50th King's Own was a different unit from 50th RWF.

John

[ivor43]

hi again.
i knew i had come across this before.
in the thread Frank Williams etc posted on 21/1/14 by ANNIEK.
Frank was also posted to 50(HB) on 22/6/40

still looking

ivor

[Anniek]

I am a bit slow here so only just seen this. Yes my Grandfather Frank Williams was posted to 50th HB, Denbigh on 23/06/1940, next entry on his records is 21/09/1940 where he was 4 RWF, Down Patrick.

I would be very interested to see pictures of the service records Angela, my Grandfathers aren't what we were expecting at all so it would be interesting to see more. I couldn't load them onto here either so I put them on Flikr and then put the link on here instead. https://www.flickr.com/photos/einnaf/