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?
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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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Angela G
Hi!
I've been trying to upload a photocopy of the Service Record but am not having any success.Any advice?
Angela.
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
Thank you SO much. X
The war diaries for 13 Battalion don't start until October 1940 and there isn't any for the Holding Unit.
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
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
morning all.
found the following, which i seem to think i may have come across before.
http://www.bbcattic.org/ww2peopleswa...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
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by vori101
John
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
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/