14723650 Private Harold Henry DAWBER, 4th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment: 25/09/1944

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  1. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    Remembering Today

    Casualty Details | CWGC
    DAWBER, HAROLD HENRY
    Rank: Private
    Service No: 14723650
    Regiment/Service: 4th Bn. Lincolnshire Regiment
    Date of Death: 25/09/1944
    Age: 21
    Cemetery: LEOPOLDSBURG WAR CEMETERY
    Grave Reference: V. A. 18.
    Additional Information: Son of Richard and Florence Dawber, of Tranmere, Birkenhead.
    His brother Ernest also died on service.
    Personal Inscription: LET NOT THEIR SACRIFICE BE IN VAIN. REST IN PEACE
     
  2. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    Casualty Details | CWGC
    DAWBER, ERNEST
    Rank: Trooper
    Service No: 7889011
    Regiment/Service: Royal Armoured Corps
    Date of Death: 10/08/1940
    Cemetery: BEBINGTON CEMETERY
    Grave Reference: Sec. D. Non-Conformist. Grave 731.
    Additional Information: Son of Richard and Florence Dawber, of Tranmere, Birkenhead.
    His brother Harold Henry also died on Service.
     
  3. Tom Canning

    Tom Canning WW2 Veteran WW2 Veteran

    CLI

    by the look of that 147***** number Harold Dawber was only a year into his service

    cheers
     
  4. Buteman

    Buteman 336/102 LAA Regiment (7 Lincolns), RA

    Harold Dawber must have been a reinforcement, as his service number is not that of one who originally joined the Lincolnshire Regiment.

    His grave at Leopoldsburg War Cemetery:-

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    A general view of the cemetery:-

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    The war diary of the 4th Lincolns showing what happened that day.

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    They were successful in putting a bailey bridge across that day, after a number of costly failures by other units of the 49th Division across the Turnhout Canal. It was called Plumbridge. and here is a photo of Plumbridge in later use and a couple of photos of the actual bridge in 2009.

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    A photo of the now disused brickworks mentioned in the diary entry for 25 September 1944:

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    A memorial is situated close to the where the bridgehead was put across the canal. An annual camp takes place to commemorate this event at Sint Josef, Rijkevorsel. You can see the chimney of the brickworks in the background. The veteran on the left of the photo, next to my Sister actually served with the RAMC (Field Ambulance) of the 49th Division at this time and they used the oven of the brickworks to treat casualties.

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  5. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    Thank you Rob
     
  6. Tom Canning

    Tom Canning WW2 Veteran WW2 Veteran

    Ramacal
    He may very well have been a reinforcement as the recruiting system had changed in early '42 - instead of being recruited into a formation - they all went into the General Service Corps to learn the initial ways of the Army - AND to be tested as to where they might be of more use - as a consequence their numbers started at 142***** so by my reckoning he was inducted around the fall of '43 at age 20

    Cheers
     
  7. Buteman

    Buteman 336/102 LAA Regiment (7 Lincolns), RA

    4 Lincolns had sustained casualties of 30 Officers and 484 Other Ranks (killed, wounded, missing) from June to the end of September '44 and had even received some replacements from the Royal Artillery back in August '44.
     
  8. Buteman

    Buteman 336/102 LAA Regiment (7 Lincolns), RA

    This is the 75 Anniversary weekend to commemorate the bridgehead put across by the 49 Infantry Division in 1944, a week after Op Market Garden.

    The bailey bridge was called Plumbridge and the annual Plumbridge camp weekend still thrives. The Polar Bear trail from Rijkerforsel to the John Harper VC memorial was created to commentate the liberation of the area.
     
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