You’d have to say so?! Perhaps our man was his platoon leader and was right place wrong time. Will have to get war diary to check. Does anyone have any idea where 1 Para were based after Arnhem?
You’d have to say so?! Perhaps our man was his platoon leader and was right place wrong time. Will have to get war diary to check
Alex, profuse apologies (and to all on this thread!) In my late night dotage/senility/one-eyedness I did certainly get the year of death stuck in my old grey matter as being 1944. Hence my diatribe (now gladly accepted as drivel!) regarding pre D-Day training. Again, apologies to all. 1st Airborne Division units, both Parachute Brigade and Airlanding Brigade, post Arnhem had to go through a major re-strengthening and re-training and re-formation programme which was still going on well into 1945. So, where the heck was Captain Tynan in 1945, and what regiment (Parachute? Airlanding?). and in which Airborne Division (1st? 6th?) was he serving? All questions, and no answers currently from me. When I can find my copy of "The Rifles are There" I can scour it for any mention of Captain Tynan (which will mean being confined to the loft, apt penance for making such a balls with the date, where self-rifting and banging of head on eaves will take place aplenty). Now, where's my humble pie? Good luck in the meantime folks, on with the hunt. Kind regards, always, Jim.
Does this make it likely that said W G Evans transferred initially into the 6th (Royal Welch) Parachute Battalion on his "A.A.C" transfer? Kind regards, always, Jim.
Hi there, I am the niece of Gwilym Gray Evans. He was in the 7th Welsh Fusillers (join age 16!) before being transferred into the Paras. He was injured prior to his death in a drop when his parachute failed to open..After recovering from that incident, he was posted in Minehead. There was a tank training range there and a secret radar station (the remains of which are still there). He was killed in an incident in which a mortar was misfired. I believe Captain Tynan was killed in the same incident. I applied for Gwilym's service records so we could see where he had been and what he had been doing and what the exact circumstances were surrounding his death but there is just page after page of blanked out information. Any information on where he served, photographs...anything at all you must have uncovered would be gratefully received. Or any pointers on where I might get more information. His sister (my mum) is still alive and I'm trying my best to get as much information as I can for her.
I don't know if this helps at all but he is shown as being with the RUR on the Rhine Crossing and to have been accidentaly killed on 16/4/45. Cheers Arnhem
According to The Special Forces Website - Roll of Honour. Terence Lancelot Tynan, 129586, served with the 1st Parachute Battalion. Who were based at the following location: 1st Parachute Battalion, Bourne, Grimsthorpe Castle, Lincolnshire, Sept., 1944 1st Parachute Battalion, Bourne, Grimsthorpe Castle, Lincolnshire, Aug., 1945
Thank you so much for your reply. The key point I had in my mind was Arnhem and whether he had actually been there...or whether his injuries from the jump that went wrong had kept him away..so that's amazing. Thank you!
This is Gwilym. Its not a great picture as it was scanned off quite a poor quality postcard..but its something