4267468 Sapper Sweeney, P K - Royal Northumberland Fusiliers / Royal Engineers: Service Records

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Thanks for that
Can I still post service records there, I thought they had to go on this forum

 

This--the place our messages are currently appearing--is a THREAD.

And this THREAD is in the correct FORUM:
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Just post them here.

I'm sure a kindly moderator will update the thread title with the required information.

 

Apologies, I got a bit mixed up thanks for clearing that up for me.

posting the records now any help would be appreciated

Regards

Kim

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Mods, could we edit this into the thread title, please?

4267468 Sapper Sweeney, P K - Royal Northumberland Fusiliers / D.L.I. / Royal Engineers
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He is listed here: Sweeney Peter King Pte 4267468 - 70 Brigade

 

This is very good news.

He was with 11th Battalion, the Durham Light Infantry from 18/7/40 until 9/3/42, which means his physical movements and the unit's activities will be noted here:

11th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry (11 DLI) - 70 Brigade

1940: 11th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry War Diary 1940 - 70 Brigade
1941: 11th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry War Diary 1941 - 70 Brigade
1942: 11th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry War Diary 1942 - 70 Brigade

 

And from 9/3/42 until 3/5/42 he was with the Brigade HQ for 70th Infantry Brigade, which means you should consult these:

March '42: http://70brigade.newmp.org.uk/wiki/70th_Infantry_Brigade_War_Diary_March_1942.
April '42: http://70brigade.newmp.org.uk/wiki/70th_Infantry_Brigade_War_Diary_April_1942.
May '42: http://70brigade.newmp.org.uk/wiki/70th_Infantry_Brigade_War_Diary_May_1942.

The author of that site has saved you a huge amount of time/expense.

 

This is brilliant ,thank you so much for your help and for the links.

I will pass all this on to his son and have a good read myself.

Am I right in thinking he was with 7 RNF with the BEF

Regards
Kim

 

Yes and no. On arrival in France he was immediately transferred to 3 Corps HQ on 31/3/40.

He would have come out through Dunkirk in May 1940:

III Corps (United Kingdom) - Wikipedia

He then had just ten days with 2 RNF at home (if I can read that correctly) before transfer to the DLI.

There's much more to squeeze from those papers, but I'm a bit pushed for time.

If nobody else manages to do so, I'll take a look later on.

 

Thank you so much for all of this.

I am hoping to find out what Units he served with so I can may be get the war dairies for his time in the BEF also in Africa and Italy

Emailed the man who's DLI link you sent me, he wants me to help fill in the gaps on Peters record, I have messaged Peters son to see if its ok with him

Regards

Kim

 

1943 it looks as though he was in
Royal Engineers: 658 Artisan Works Company (RE Art Wks Coy) | The National Archives
Reference: WO 169/10735
Description:
Royal Engineers: 658 Artisan Works Company (RE Art Wks Coy)
Date: 1943 Jan.- Dec.
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

But cant seem to find their WD for 1944 hmmmm.....

TD

 

This?

Reference: WO 170/1743
Description: Companies: 658 Coy.
Date: 1944 Jan.- Dec.
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

It doesn't specify 'field company' (although that is generally the assumption).

 

Ah yes - need to work on changing my parameter search words better

Thanks
TD

 

Thanks for that.
As you have probably guessed I am not to good with service records or army sayings, so I am afraid I have to ask what you will think is a stupid question.

Where was the 658 Artisan works company serving when he was attached to the Unit.

Regards

Kim

 

He was with that unit from 2/1/43 to 14/10/45.

They were in North Africa and then Italy, but unless more detailed information is online, you'll have to consult the unit war diaries at Kew (references codes in mine and Tricky Dicky's posts).

 

Thank you once again for the information, I do appreciate the help

Regards

Kim

 

Here are some details about another Artisan Works Company and what they did - 663 Artisan Works Coy, Royal Engineers in the Second World War 1939-1945 - The Wartime Memories Project - or you can use the sites search facility to check out other artisan companies, just search using the term 'Artisan works company'

TD

 

Posted in error, apologies.