Good evening, what is the composition of 779 corps car coy rasc in 1944? Was this unit part of Company R.A.S.C which depended on the 4th Armoured Brigade? I'm looking for information about driver BUSS Hubert Ernest who belonged to this unit. 4th armoured brigade 4th Royal Horse Artillery (rejoint en juin 1944) The Royal Scots Greys 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) (devient le 3/4th en juillet 1944) 44th Royal Tank Regiment 2nd Bn King's Royal Rifle Corps 5 Company R.A.S.C (Royal Army Service Corps) 14th Light Field Ambulance 4th Armoured Brigade Workshops 4th Armoured Brigade Ordnance Field Park 271 Forward Delivery Squadron R.A.C. Thank you for your answers. cordially
Driver BUSS, HUBERT ERNEST Service Number T/125831 Died 01/09/1944 Aged 28 779 Corps Car Coy. Royal Army Service Corps Son of Ernest Victor and May Louise Buss; husband of Iris Lilian Buss, of Seven Kings, Essex. INSCRIPTION IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY BELOVED HUSBAND, SADLY MISSED BUT CHERISHED MEMORIES Buried at AIRAINES COMMUNAL CEMETERY Location: Somme, France Number of casualties: 7 Cemetery/memorial reference: Row 1. Grave 4.
UK, Army Roll of Honour, 1939-1945 Name: Hubert Buss Given Initials: H E Rank: Driver Death Date: 1 Sep 1944 Number: 125831 Birth Place: London E Residence: London E Branch at Enlistment: Other Corps Theatre of War: Western Europe Campaign, 1944/45 Regiment at Death: Royal Army Service Corps Branch at Death: Other Corps UK, Commonwealth War Graves, 1914-1921 and 1939-1947 Name: Hubert Ernest Buss Age: 28 Birth Date: abt 1916 Death Date: 1 Sep 1944 Cemetery: Airaines Communal Cemetery Burial Country: France Father: Ernest Victor Buss Mother: May Louise Buss Regimental Number: T/125831 Region or Memorial: France Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current Name: Herbert Ernest Buss Death Date: 1 Sep 1944 Cemetery: Airaines Communal Cemetery Burial or Cremation Place: Airaines, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France Has Bio?: Y England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007 Name: Hubert E Buss Registration Date: Jul 1916 [Aug 1916] [Sep 1916] Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep Registration district: West Ham Inferred County: Essex Mother's Maiden Name: Barnes Volume Number: 4a Page Number: 890 1939 England and Wales Register Name: Herbert E Buss Gender: Male Marital status: Single Birth Date: 6 Jun 1916 Residence Year: 1939 Address: 1 Waverley Rd Residence Place: Wanstead and Woodford, Essex, England Occupation: Insurance Agent Schedule Number: 224 Sub Schedule Number: 3 Enumeration District: CDVP Registration district: 188B-6 Household Members: Name Mary Louise Buss Marjorie M Buss Herbert E Buss Henrith C Buss TD
All 7 casualties in the cemetery died on the same day BUSS HUBERT ERNEST United Kingdom Driver Royal Army Service Corps 779 Corps Car Coy. Age 28 Date of Death 01/09/1944 Service No T/125831 DOWELL GEORGE CHRISTOPHER United Kingdom Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 2nd Bn. Age 24 Date of Death 01/09/1944 Service No 5339225 LITTLEDALE RONALD BOLTON United Kingdom Lieutenant Colonel King's Royal Rifle Corps Cdg. 2nd Bn. Date of Death 01/09/1944 Service No 25378 NIGHTINGALE ROGER CHESTER United Kingdom Major Royal Artillery 129 Bty. 86 (5th BnThe Devonshire Regt.) Anti Tank Regt. Age 35 Date of Death 01/09/1944 Service No 105250 PEARSON IRVIN United Kingdom Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 2nd Bn. Age 24 Date of Death 01/09/1944 Service No 4695816 ROGERS ALBERT EDWARD United Kingdom Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 2nd Bn. Age 26 Date of Death 01/09/1944 Service No 6848924 SPIRES ARTHUR CHRISTOPHER United Kingdom Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 2nd Bn. Age 26 Date of Death 01/09/1944 Service No 6847756 airaines
This might explain - havent read through it all you need to check - R A F ground attack ops 1.9.44 Arras area
CORPS CAR COMPANY The Corps Car Company provided vehicles and drivers for the Corps Headquarters. None of these would be permanently detached to other units but there are many reasons why a vehicle from the company would be visiting any of the corps units. Headquarters Workshop Platoon A Platoon Subaltern serjeant driver 4 X corporal driver 4 X lance corporal driver of vehicle 31 X driver of vehicle 3 X driver mechanic batman driver RE batman driver RS 2 X motorcycle 15 X car 5cwt 4 X 4 2 X 15cwt Office including one for mobile observing unit 12 X 3ton 4 X 4 GS 4 X 3ton 4 X 4 Troop Carrying Vehicle 3 X Scout Car B Platoon Subaltern serjeant driver 4 X corporal driver 4 X lance corporal driver of vehicle 35 X driver of vehicle 5 X driver mechanic 2 X driver operator RA 2 X motorcyclist RAOC 15 X motorcycle 18 X car 4 seater 4 X 2 4 X car 4 seater 4 X 4 4 X 15cwt GS 1 X 15cwt FFW 2 X 15cwt water 9 X 3ton 4 X 2 GS Mike
Hello, I am looking for information about the 779 H.Q. Q.A.R. Coy of the 12th Corps H.Q. R.A.S.C. in 1944. The driver Buss H. was one of them and was killed with 6 other soldiers of the 4th Armored Brigade on September 1, 1944 in Airaines. Was this company attached to the 4th A. B.? In the organization of the latter, mention is made of the 5th Coy R.A.S.C. Is the 779 HQ a unit of the 5t coy? Thank you for your answers Cordially Franck
I wondered what QAR meant as I never heard of it. I looked him up & it is Car not QAR Driver Hubert Ernest Buss | War Casualty Details 2952764 | CWGC 779 Corps Car Coy. You had a thread on him back in 2019. 779 corps car coy rasc. I need help... | WW2Talk Trux answered your query on that thread. THREADS MERGED.
779 Company (Corps Headquarters Car) RASC I have the 12 Corps GS Branch War Diary WO 171/4055 on file but only from 1 May 45 to disbandment, there is an interesting Appendix J Folio 1 that could be useful but do not this as my research is post VE day Best of luck with your research 21st Army Group later British Army of the Rhine (under construction)
Hello, indeed Trux had provided elements in response to my request (organization of a Corps Car Coy). Private Buss died during the fighting on September 1, 1944 with 6 other soldiers, including 5 from the K.R.R.C. and 1 of the 129bty 86 ATR. I'm trying to find out what unit he was attached to.