Capt Schooley RWF - DOW 8 June 1944 Normandy

Angela G · 04-06-2014, 11:24

^{My uncle, Capt. R F Schooley, served in the RWF. On his service record it states the following:-

Posted to HQ 9 BR. INF BDE AS GSO.3 wef 14/Dec/43

Wounded in Action 7.6.44

SOS 21 Army Group. Posted 5 Inf Depot 7.6.44

Died of wounds at 04.00 hrs 8 June 1944. (GHQ 2 Ech Pt II}<o:p></o:p>^{offrs "X" List RWF No. 28 24/6/44 refers)}^{Can anyone please tell me what the text printed in red means?

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**Bob Bacon** · 04-06-2014, 11:47

That would be: General Headquarters 2 Echelon Part 2 Orders Officers

I expect he was evacuated on medical grounds (WiA) beyond Regimental First Aid Post and personnel so evacuated cease to be on the effective strength of their units and transferred to the 'X' List. RWF No refers to Royal Welch Fusiliers Part 2 Order Number 28 dated 24/06/1944 that recorded and reported the occurrance

**ap1** · 04-06-2014, 11:59

Thank you for your post Angela, a very poignant time for your family. 9 Brigade landed on Sword Beach as part of 3 Inf Div on the 6th June. looking at your info, he was attached to them as a staff officer. Do you have any other information of interest.

**ap1** · 04-06-2014, 12:33

I think Capt Schooley was the first RWF Officer to be killed in the D Day/NW Europe Campaign!

**ap1** · 04-06-2014, 13:31

If you go to the link below, you can order from the National Archive specific parts of the 9th Brigade War Diary. The link covers Jan-July 1944. Unfortunately its not digitised, so you will have to wait to see the results or visit Kew to view it for free:

http://discovery.nationalarchives.go...s?Uri=C4440725

Angela G · 05-06-2014, 10:51

Thank you.

Angela G · 05-06-2014, 10:52

What makes you think that?

Angela G · 05-06-2014, 10:59

He was mortally wounded on Sword Beach on 7th June and was taken to a chapel close by. The chapel was hit by shell fire and
he died from his wounds at 04.00hrs on 8th June. He's buried in Hermanville. I've been trying to locate the chapel, or the site
of it, but am not having any luck.

**ap1** · 05-06-2014, 11:16

I looked through the list of RWF Officers killed in that period, the only other listed between the 6th-8th June 1944 was in Burma. Very few RWF took part in the initial landings, they were attached to other units. The main RWF group arrived with the 2nd wave on the 23rd June and commenced the NW Europe campaign.

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