Morning all, After the success of an earlier post regarding one of my Grandfathers, I've now decided to post again with regards to George William Clark (Service Number 4344434). He is my Paternal Grandfather, he joined the War effort early transferring from the TA and served with 4 Bn The East Yorkshire Regiment. He was with the BEF at the time of the Dunkirk Evacuation. But the period I'm hoping you with be able to help with is after this, he transferred to the Corps of Military Police in May 1940. I've obtained his records from the Army Records Office and from what I've been able to surmise from these, his service record is as follows: 30 May 40 - 13 Jul 40 Shrivenham 14 Jul 40 - 25 Jan 41 50th Division Road Control 15 Feb 41 - 20 Sep 42 46th Traffic Control 21 Sep 42 - 04 Oct 42 Attached 5 Coy CMP (TC) 10 Jun 43 - 03 Aug 43 Attached CMP Depot Eastern Command (Basic Training) 04 Aug 43 - 22 Nov 43 42nd Armd Div Provost Coy 23 Nov 43 - 12 Jan 44 80th Div Provost Coy 29 Jan 44 - 28 Sep 44 227 Line of Company Provost Coy (Overseas BNAF) These are just the highlights there are other dates, and I'll scan the records and get them posted along with this post. If anyone is able to help and put some meat onto these bones, with locations or duties etc. I would be very grateful. I look forward to hearing from you....... Thanks, Keith.
hi, my father enlisted in he Royal Artillery in 1941, then was transferred to the CMP, later in 1941, this I think after the Corp needed to be enlarge due to guarding cargo's loading/unloading at various ports... regards, dave...
Duties. CMP at foundation took over road block duties from field units and holding battalions. In Western Command the instructions on duties etc. are to be found often in the adjutant "A" or General "G" files or sometimes in the Area/District files one level below Command.
Thanks for the information guys, very interesting. Dave, like your father my grandfather transferred to the CMP and he remained here until he was medically discharged. I'm just trying to put some meat onto the bones of the basic information that I've been able to get from his records. He spoke of being in Lincoln and Hull, but looking at the records he sent most of his time in the south of t
further to my earlier post, about my dad he was with the 176th Port company, under Western command HQ at Chester, till his demob in 1945. He rode a motorcycle in and around Liverpool, also on the gang planks in the port, either loading troops or unloading pow's some of which he escorted to a camp on Chester racecourse, and on foot patrol at Lime st. station and Chester station. a couple of his old charge note books ie soldiers in uniform with civilian shoes, buttons undone, urinating against a wall, overdue off leave, minor breaches but against good order and military discipline...but reading them now they are a laugh.
