Identification of ships help please. Normandy 44 & Norway 45

Alan,

I am afraid that I have failed to find any mention of 226 Section, 25 Bomb Disposal Company in the Landing Tables.

They certainly landed. Possible explanations:
They did not land on D Day or D+1.
They were included after my landing tables were drawn up.
I have some landing tables missing.

Sorry.

Mike

 

I have a poor quality copy of a document which did not make sense to me until now.

Tilbury pre loaders. 10th May. Bigot. Tp Secret.
First flight of nine ships will complete loading on 30th May and anchor in the river.
Second flight of nine ships will complete loading on 28th May and anchor at Gravesend, Greenhithe and Hope.
These two flights will embark personnel in the river.
Third Flight of seven ships will embark personnel at the berth on Y Day.

All three flights will sail from Southend in convoy ??? (illegible).

Added note. Put back all loading times by 96 hours.

Probably convoy ETM 1 (England, Thames, Mechanised Transport, first convoy)

I have made an alphabetical list of those merchant ships that sailed between 5 June and 7 June; also the nearly 1,000 ships committed with their identification numbers, where shown. Happy to post either list if of interest.

Roy