Royal Engineers Bomb Disposal Roll of Honour

Pete Markham · 02-12-2007, 10:23 PM

Hi
After some assistance, the Re Association Bomb Disposal Branch are in the process of updating and expanding their Roll of Honour. From just listing their names we are at a minimum giving all a page with no rank name, unit photo of grave/memorial, date of death and age, location of grave/memorial. Plus where available details of incident, citations for awards and anything else of relevance. We have been doing this for ten months and have photos of 393 out of 632 details below of the locations needing photos if any are near you please contact me at MARKHAMFossil@aol.com for further details and check out 33 Engineer Regiment examples of finished pages on the 33 site
Thank for your time
Pete Markham

Berkshire.
Earley Churchyard (1). Sunningdale, (1).
Cheshire.
Heswall (1).
Derbyshire.
Clay Cross (1).

Devon.
Tiverton (2).
Durham.
Bishop Aukland (1). Easington (1).

Essex.

East Ham (1). Leytonstone (1).

Gloucestershire.
Bristol (1).

Ireland.
Newry (1).

Lancashire.

Blackburn Cemetery. (1) Bootle (1). Calderbrook (1). Bury (1). Crompton (1). Deane Bolton (1). Earby (1). Halliwell (1). Knowsley (1). Liverpool (1) (1). Manchester (4 Cemeterys) (17). Oldham 2 Cemeterys (1) +(1). Pemberton (1). Preston (1). Radcliffe (2). Rivington (1). Salford (2 Cemeterys) (4). Stretford (1). Stubbins (1). Sutton (1). Trawden (1). Wrightington (1).

London Area.
Deptford (1). West Norwood(3). Camberwell (1). Nunhead (1).

Norfolk.
Norwich (1).
Nottinghamshire.
Kingsway (1).
Northumberland.
Newcastle upon Tyne (1).
Scotland.
Blackford (1). Cruden, Aberdeenshire (1)Edinburgh (2) (2). Glasgow (1). Dumfries (1). Kilmarnock (1). Cruden Aberdeenshire (1). Kirkton (1). Glassary (1).

Somerset
.Frome (1). Haycombe Bath (2). Glastonbury (1). Taunton (1). Weston Super Mare (2).

Surrey.
Esher (1). Mortlake Cemetery (1). Mortlake Crematorium (1). Kingswood (1). Thames Ditton (1).

Staffordshire.
Cannock (3).Walsall (1).

Warwickshire.
Coventry (1). Birmingham (5 Cemeterys) (6).
Erdington (1).
Yorkshire.
Aston-Cum-Lyne (1). Fulford (1).Medomsley (1) Dewsbury (1). Ecclesall (1). Edgerton (1). Leeds(2 cemeterys), (3). Rotherham (1). Sheffield (3 Cemeterys) (3). Shipley (1).
Wales.
Llanfairfechan (1). Llanfechell (1). Polmont (1). Renfrew (1). Risca (1).
Aberavon (1). Criccieth (1). Llanddeinolen (1). Llanelly (1).Pembroke (9). Penrhyndeudraeth (1). Pontrhydyfen (1). Skewen (1). Newport (1).

Overseas.
Algeria (2). Belguim (1 Cemeterys) (2).France (7 Cemeterys) (6). India (2), Lebanese Republic (1). Myanner (2). Norway (1). Thailand (1Cemeterys) (1). Tunisia (2 Cemeterys) (2).Cyprus (2). Libya (1 Cemeterys) (7). Germany (2).Italy (14 Cemeterys) (36).

spidge · 03-12-2007, 02:16 AM

Well done Pete,

When you get into something like this you just can't let go.

gen · 04-12-2007, 07:28 AM

Have just emailed you Pete. If i can help just let me know.

Mike

Pete Markham · 05-12-2007, 11:04 AM

Thanks
Your comments and offer of help are appreciated

Pete

von Poop · 05-12-2007, 11:14 AM

If you haven't got the Leicestershire chaps I should be able to help with pictures of those graves as they're all roughly in my area.

Cheers,
Adam.

sapper · 05-12-2007, 02:54 PM

Admirable. Well done..
But I would point out that all Field Company Sappers are Bomb disposal teams.
In WW2 we had to lift bombs set in roads, and road side cliffs, where ever they thought they could get away with it. Each Bomb had to be appoached as a being booby trapped. But nearly always under fire.
Sapper

Pete Markham · 05-12-2007, 04:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sapper

Admirable. Well done..
But I would point out that all Field Company Sappers are Bomb disposal teams.
In WW2 we had to lift bombs set in roads, and road side cliffs, where ever they thought they could get away with it. Each Bomb had to be appoached as a being booby trapped. But nearly always under fire.
Sapper

Hi Sapper
Well put and 100% correct. However we are only covering those that were in or attached to actual designated Bomb Disposal units, not those how dealt with items under what would be classed as now Combat Engineering. This does not detract from the dangerous work that you and your comrades carried out. I served as an RE from 72/87 and carried out work both in Field Squadrons and BD Squadrons and couldnt have hoped to serve in a better Corp. Thanks for your responce always good to hear from others how served at different times and different jobs. If you would like to PM me with some further details i am sure i can add some to the 33 site reminding others that all RE'S do and have dealth with booby traps, mines ect.

REgards
Pete

Steve Newman · 06-12-2007, 01:10 PM

Pete

I can do West Hanningfield Essex for you no problem, just give me some details

Kind regards
Steve

51highland · 06-12-2007, 04:38 PM

I can get the Icklingham (not Iclingham) between Bury st Edmunds and Mildenhall, if that is the correct place.

51highland · 06-12-2007, 06:29 PM

Oh, and the Clacton one.

02-12-2007, 10:23 PM	#1 (permalink)
Pete Markham Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 8	Royal Engineers Bomb Disposal Roll of Honour Hi After some assistance, the Re Association Bomb Disposal Branch are in the process of updating and expanding their Roll of Honour. From just listing their names we are at a minimum giving all a page with no rank name, unit photo of grave/memorial, date of death and age, location of grave/memorial. Plus where available details of incident, citations for awards and anything else of relevance. We have been doing this for ten months and have photos of 393 out of 632 details below of the locations needing photos if any are near you please contact me at MARKHAMFossil@aol.com for further details and check out 33 Engineer Regiment examples of finished pages on the 33 site Thank for your time Pete Markham Berkshire. Earley Churchyard (1). Sunningdale, (1). Cheshire. Heswall (1). Derbyshire. Clay Cross (1). Devon. Tiverton (2). Durham. Bishop Aukland (1). Easington (1). Essex. East Ham (1). Leytonstone (1). Gloucestershire. Bristol (1). Ireland. Newry (1). Lancashire. Blackburn Cemetery. (1) Bootle (1). Calderbrook (1). Bury (1). Crompton (1). Deane Bolton (1). Earby (1). Halliwell (1). Knowsley (1). Liverpool (1) (1). Manchester (4 Cemeterys) (17). Oldham 2 Cemeterys (1) +(1). Pemberton (1). Preston (1). Radcliffe (2). Rivington (1). Salford (2 Cemeterys) (4). Stretford (1). Stubbins (1). Sutton (1). Trawden (1). Wrightington (1). London Area. Deptford (1). West Norwood(3). Camberwell (1). Nunhead (1). Norfolk. Norwich (1). Nottinghamshire. Kingsway (1). Northumberland. Newcastle upon Tyne (1). Scotland. Blackford (1). Cruden, Aberdeenshire (1)Edinburgh (2) (2). Glasgow (1). Dumfries (1). Kilmarnock (1). Cruden Aberdeenshire (1). Kirkton (1). Glassary (1). Somerset .Frome (1). Haycombe Bath (2). Glastonbury (1). Taunton (1). Weston Super Mare (2). Surrey. Esher (1). Mortlake Cemetery (1). Mortlake Crematorium (1). Kingswood (1). Thames Ditton (1). Staffordshire. Cannock (3).Walsall (1). Warwickshire. Coventry (1). Birmingham (5 Cemeterys) (6). Erdington (1). Yorkshire. Aston-Cum-Lyne (1). Fulford (1).Medomsley (1) Dewsbury (1). Ecclesall (1). Edgerton (1). Leeds(2 cemeterys), (3). Rotherham (1). Sheffield (3 Cemeterys) (3). Shipley (1). Wales. Llanfairfechan (1). Llanfechell (1). Polmont (1). Renfrew (1). Risca (1). Aberavon (1). Criccieth (1). Llanddeinolen (1). Llanelly (1).Pembroke (9). Penrhyndeudraeth (1). Pontrhydyfen (1). Skewen (1). Newport (1). Overseas. Algeria (2). Belguim (1 Cemeterys) (2).France (7 Cemeterys) (6). India (2), Lebanese Republic (1). Myanner (2). Norway (1). Thailand (1Cemeterys) (1). Tunisia (2 Cemeterys) (2).Cyprus (2). Libya (1 Cemeterys) (7). Germany (2).Italy (14 Cemeterys) (36). Last edited by Pete Markham; 02-03-2008 at 09:10 PM. Reason: Removed those that have benn completed

03-12-2007, 02:16 AM	#2 (permalink)
spidge Legendary Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 7,919	Well done Pete, When you get into something like this you just can't let go. __________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm

04-12-2007, 07:28 AM	#3 (permalink)
gen Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Didcot, Oxfordshire Posts: 124	Have just emailed you Pete. If i can help just let me know. Mike __________________ In rememberance of all the men from Didcot who served and died for their country in both world wars. Bless all historians for trying to keep their memories alive Lest we Forget

05-12-2007, 11:14 AM	#5 (permalink)
von Poop I Like Tanks. Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Perfidious Albion. Posts: 7,618	If you haven't got the Leicestershire chaps I should be able to help with pictures of those graves as they're all roughly in my area. Cheers, Adam. __________________ It's only the Internet.

06-12-2007, 04:38 PM	#9 (permalink)
51highland Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ipswich Posts: 703	I can get the Icklingham (not Iclingham) between Bury st Edmunds and Mildenhall, if that is the correct place. __________________ 51 highland www.keep-em-moving.com Là á Bhlàir's math na Càirdean (Friends are good in the day of battle) Na diobair caraid's a charraid (Forsake not a friend in the fray) Cuimhnichibh na suinn nach maireann . Mairidh an cliu beo gu brath. (In memory of the Heroes who are no more. May their Fame live on forever)

05-12-2007, 11:04 AM	#4 (permalink)
Pete Markham Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 8	Thanks Your comments and offer of help are appreciated Pete

05-12-2007, 02:54 PM	#6 (permalink)
sapper WW2 Veteran Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 1,429	Admirable. Well done.. But I would point out that all Field Company Sappers are Bomb disposal teams. In WW2 we had to lift bombs set in roads, and road side cliffs, where ever they thought they could get away with it. Each Bomb had to be appoached as a being booby trapped. But nearly always under fire. Sapper

06-12-2007, 01:10 PM	#8 (permalink)
Steve Newman Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 67	Pete I can do West Hanningfield Essex for you no problem, just give me some details Kind regards Steve

06-12-2007, 06:29 PM	#10 (permalink)
51highland Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ipswich Posts: 703	Oh, and the Clacton one. __________________ 51 highland www.keep-em-moving.com Là á Bhlàir's math na Càirdean (Friends are good in the day of battle) Na diobair caraid's a charraid (Forsake not a friend in the fray) Cuimhnichibh na suinn nach maireann . Mairidh an cliu beo gu brath. (In memory of the Heroes who are no more. May their Fame live on forever)

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