Can somone shed any light on this chaps movements in 1940. I have this info [FONT="]In the years before the war he captained Wallsend RFC, and held a commission in the Territorial Army (Royal Engineers). At the outbreak of war, although held to be in a ‘reserved occupation’ he went off to France as a Lieutenant in the RE with the British Expeditionary Force, his unit initially laying down temporary landing strips for fighter aircraft, but later, in 1940, demolishing bridges in order to hinder the German advance on Dunkirk and so allow as many British troops as possible to escape. Eventually he left [/FONT][FONT="]Dunkirk[/FONT][FONT="] on perhaps the last trawler to leave before the enemy arrived. [/FONT] I assume as he lived in Wallsend his TA unit was in the area, all I can find that remains is the The 103 (1st Newcastle) Field Squadron Royal Engineers Debdon Gardons, Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Hi Peter, Without a unit it would be hard to work out. If he did do what you say in France he could have been with any number of RE construction units. He's not listed on CWGC so I assume he survived the war-Any chance of getting his records etc? Cheers Andy
Peter, Perhaps not terribly helpful, but some genealogical leads since the name caught my eye (no known connection). One link to what appears to be a descendant and another to a researcher looking into how the family came to be in this area. RootsWeb: LAMBIE-L Re: [LAMBIE] Introducing...........Colleen Watt RootsWeb: LAMBIE-L [LAMBIE] Lambies in the News - Boatbuilding Lambies
Yes this is the same family I get the impression that he was in the 506th Field Company, Royal Engineers of Vine street Wallsend. JMS Lambie
Hi Peter, That units War Diary only runs from Nov.39 to Jan 40. One would think if they stayed in France after that date the diary would at least continue until April. As diaries didn't start going missing until May onwards due to hostilities. They could have been amalgamated with another unit though which kept him in France. I'll do some checking.
506th Field Park Company were part of 2 Div's Engineers and were in France in May according to Philson. I wonder in the date entry at Kew is a mistake.
I refer to your query about 506 fld sqn TA wallsend Royal Engineers my grandfather went to France in 1939 with this unit. He told me about the retreat to Dunkirk blowing up bridges on the way. His good friend Sgt.Jack Lennox was killed near Dunkirk. His unit was one of the last to leave the beaches on a boat called the Vedri I think that was its name. The unit had various reunions in the Wallsend area after the war. I can remember 506 field squadron RE was a TA unit in Wallsend up until the 1970s.I can remember Lambies boat builders in wallsend when I was younger. Hope this is of help to you. Arthur
Hi, I've just come across this post from 10 years ago. Morrison Lambie was my great great uncle as his sister was my great grandmother. He also married my great aunt on a different side of the family and so was also my great uncle! My great aunt now aged 96 (his neice) was talking to us about WWII just the other day and about how he was at Dunkirk. I'm doing some family history research so would be keen to know what you've discovered.
