Looking for information on 264 (Sussex). RE; I would be interested to hear if anyone has any previous research on them, or make contact with any others with the same interest. I did have some contact years ago but since the internet age I have only managed find a very little about them .I have read the basic Wikipedia item for them, an old thread on this forum made some mention of them during their research on a Spr Edmond Charles Golding. Many thanks
spindrift, Welcome aboard. I tried a search on 264 Field Company being here, nowt. Changed to Fld and this 2012 thread appeared: Spr Edmond Charles Golding ' Ted ' 2077931 I see that thread's author mykid had Edmond's service records, alas they never posted them here and they were active here 2012-2015. I assume you are not mykid! Are you interested in him or the company? Bit of a long shot I will send him a PM, assuming his email given at registration is active. Update: no private conversation is allowed with the. You can only use the PM facility after x5 posts. That appears to be the only thread here on the unit. If you search with "264 field company" there are a few threads, which suggest service in France 1940 and Italy later. Amended to "264 field company" + "sussex" and a few more appear. One hit using coy: George Edward James Hurst This might help: Field Company Royal Engineers | Researching the Lives and Records of WW2 Soldiers It is not uncommon to find even a company has little easily found online. Too small for a regimental history or a Facebook group. So good luck and some research tips next via PM.
Hi From a old RE OOB document I found online many years ago. 264th Field Coy RE 2nd line TA; 3 Sep 1939: Lewes; embodied 3 Sep 1939 (12th (Eastern) Infantry Division became operational 7 Oct 1939); relieved 10 Jul 1940. Assigned XII Corps by Sep 1940. Transferred Dec 1941 to VIII Corps and Jul 1942 to 2nd GHQTRE. Disbanded Sep 1945+. Hope this helps Gus
Can help post VE Day 264 Field Company RE – 2 GHQ Troops to 11 Dec 45 Steinbergen south-east of Minden 31 Oct 45 21st Army Group later British Army of the Rhine (under construction)
Thanks for the helpful reply ,yes its the 264 re that is my interest more than any specific individual person at this stage.
Following on from the help/advice given ,so far found these men listed as KIA Louis Henry Borrill [Sapper] KIA: Tunisia/23.06.1943 George Edward James Hurst [Sapper] KIA: Tunisia/26.06.1943 John Dennis Vickery [Lance Corporal] KIA: Italy/10.11.1944 Robert Cain Edmondson [Sapper] KIA: Italy/13.11.1944 Arthur Flaherty [Driver] KIA: Italy/04.01.1945
Via the NA site these two are mentioned as - Recommendation for Award Serjeant Ronald Topliss [Award:Military Medal] Theatre of Combat Italy Service No: 2077381 Lieutenant Peter Douglas Hammond [Award:Member of British Empire] Service No: 222697
At one time [decades ago] I use to receive some letter/ posts from previous 264 Field Company RE. From memory, at least one mentioned a book that a sergeant had once written ,I don't recall a name being mentioned, however I think its possible that its the one listed on the Royal Engineers Museum website A HISTORY OF 264 FIELD COMPANY RE 1939-45 Author K LARKIN, SGT, RE Year of publication 1967 I have no realistic chance to ever visit the museum to view the book and its contents. neither do I have any contacts that could view it for me. It's not available to view on-line so would be interested to know if these sort of books ever come on sale second-hand, and if so any good dealers that can be recommended ? The author being "K Larkin" guessing it is actually SGT K Larkin, and if so he was mentioned in dispatches during the time they were in Italy. Is there any way to get more information on any of this ? Thanks.
After some online searching I found the following tracer card for a Peter Douglas Hammond ,however as the service no [5178863 ] is not a match for the Lieutenant Peter Douglas Hammond no [222697 ] on the NA site, is this a change of service number or a completely different person ? Card on FMP Lieutenant Peter Douglas Hammond - National Archives
