there is a Wiki link at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_Force See Also WO171/3872 WO171/3868 WO171/3869 WO219/2236
R Force. September 1944. HQ 13 GHQ Troops RE. 179 Special Field Company RE 185 Special Field Company RE 556 Special Field Company RE 620 Special Field Park Company RE LAD RAP 5 Wireless group 3 LSC Company 1315 MW HQ RAFR. Mike
Hello, According to Major Noel Bell CO G Coy 8 Bn Rifle Brigade he met on 21 Dec 44 R Force HQ at Charleroi (Belgium) before heading to Dinant (River Meuse). His mission: to secure the road bridge at Dinant against 2. Pz-Div (Battle of the Bulge). Bell arriving on 22 Dec found R Force teams already mining the bridge and perhaps the mediaeval bridge on River Lesse South of Dinant. Do you have any idea which RE Reg was at Dinant before G Coy? Thanks, Robert
Hi Mike Have you heard of the above Company's being called anything else? Apart from one I can't seem to find any of the 1944 war diaries. Cheers Andy
My list is from the War Diary for R Force, 13 September 1944. It gives the location of the units on that date. It came up when I was looking for some 'mystery units' on D day. Use Search, type in R Force. After three pages of 'remembering this day' you will find the thread. I never had the War Diary myself. Mike
Thanks Mike-I pulled the the 1944 R Force war diary last week at Kew and although it looks uber interesting with maps etc it was one of the thickest files I have ever seen and easily over 1,000 pages. I suspect everything is in this file where as I was hoping the Engineer Coys would have their own diary covering 1944. Cheers Andy
Hi all, I research to know if the R Force went to Dieppe and Arras during August 1944 ? Regards, Xavier P
A sapper of the 249th Coy RE leave the unit at the end of June and traveled with his new unit in : Caen Rouen Dieppe Lille Arras Brussels Burgh Antwerp During the Battle of the Bulge, he was sent to the river Meuse to blow a bridge. That's why I research to know more about the R Force. Xavier P
From Heritage Canadiana War diaries : T-6684 - Image 1124 - Héritage (canadiana.ca) The archive section, that contains the above, starts at War diaries : T-6684 - Image 1120 - Héritage (canadiana.ca)
