Good evening My father's service record shows that he was with "No 15 Bomb Disposal Coy as Sec. Offr" in Halifax from 25th November 1940 to 5th February 1941 Can you confirm that Coy = Company ? Does "Sec. Offr" mean Section Officer? If not, what does it mean? What would his responsibilities have been - how many men would have been in his company? Who would have been his superior? I know nothing about the organisation/line of command etc. of the RE, can anyone suggest where I could find it on internet (I've already had a good look around, without much success). One last thought - I know that Ripon, which I believe to be a training centre, is not too far from Halifax - could this Bomb Disposal Coy have been a training unit? In this case, what would my Dad's role have been? Many thanks to all the experts for your comments and advice. Susan
Went to this link and found the above plus one other - it might be worth contacting them for specific details The Royal Engineers Bomb Disposal Officers Club – HISTORY OF THE CLUB TD Added https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bomb-Disposal-WWII-National-Archives/dp/1526715651
Susan This War Diary may contain information re your father Reference: WO 166/4006 Description: ROYAL ENGINEERS: BOMB DISPOSAL COMPANIES: 15 Bomb Disposal Company (BD). Date: 1940 Oct.- 1941 Dec. Held by: The National Archives, Kew Legal status: Public Record(s) Closure status: Open Document, Open Description Access conditions: Closed For 29 years For copies of this if you cannot get there yourself - you can ask Lee aka http://ww2talk.com/index.php?members/psywar-org.2876/ or Andy http://ww2talk.com/index.php?members/drew5233.6786/ to copy them for you. Their fees are very reasonable, in fact much better than TNA quote TD Added For reference there are other WD's for this Section at TNA - Search results: royal engineers 15 bomb disposal | The National Archives
Just checked the website before I go off to bed (I'm 1 hour ahead of you all in GB!) and seen all your good advice. I'll follow it up (hopefully) tomorrow. Many thanks Susan
You might also like to get a copy of this book, as 15 Bomb Disposal Company were based in London for a time.- The Leicester Pioneer Press
Thanks for this help - the very amusing sketch cleared up quite a lot of RE mysteries. I've contacted the Officers' Club. The book looks interesting. Susan
Thanks for your suggestion. I might look at it later once I have more info about my father's role in BD. He was only there for 2 months and I suspect it might have been training for him. Susan
