hi ,i am new to this forum thank you for letting me join ,i am looking for more info on my grandad sapper martin dawe of the 244 field coy ,he died on the 4th july 44 and is layed to rest in secqueville en bessin cemetery near cean ,i have the certificate from the british war graves commission ,how do i find more info regarding his actions and possibly a photo as i have never seen one of him, i plan to visit him in the near future with my son thomas who is a lance corpral in the royal logistical corp ,im sure my grandad would be very proud of him ,thank you
Hi Mark Welcome The very first step you need to take is to obtain his service records - they can only be obtained from the MOD and the link is - Request records of deceased service personnel - GOV.UK These will tell you exactly who (which units) he was with and when. Once you know that you can then copy or have copied the War diaries for those particular units and see what he did hopefuly on an almost day to day basis Sapper DAWE, MARTIN Service Number 1879297 Died 04/07/1944 Aged 26 244 Field Coy. Royal Engineers Son of William and Elisabeth Dawe, of Liverpool; husband of Mary Alice Dawe, of Liverpool. TD
Ask Drew5233 or PsyWar.Org if they can copy the unit war diary for you. They may already have it on file. 244 Coy. | The National Archives WO 171/1603 Description: 244 Coy. Date: 1944 Jan.- Dec. As 244 Fd Coy were in 53rd Div, ask Swiper if he has any info.
