I had the privilege of serving with the Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) of the British Army as an American exchange officer from June 1992 until July 1994. I was a company commander in the School of Electronic Engineering. D
Hello Steve, An interesting article - thank you for posting. Two matters were asserted therein of which I was previously unaware: 1) Ardennes ...American troops were temporarily issued British equipment, which the REME workshops modified. and 2) Germany A shortage of infantry at one point led to the creation of a "services battalion" to which REME contributed a company. The battalion served in the front line while an infantry battalion rested. In another incident, a REME light aid detachment led an attack on a German-held area. I will be investigating, but wondered if you had any further information about these areas? Best, Steve.
Interesting Article, last time I was at Catterick there was a number of exchange officers mostly at the Captain level attached to the Infantry Training branch
According to craftsmen of the army, 100 Sherman tanks were issued to US troops to replace tanks lost in the Ardennes, the service troops were in the front line near Maastricht for a fortnight, recruited from RAOC, RASC & REME in 30 corp. Cant remember the LAD attack, will look it up and post relevant pages when I can dig the book out.
Hello Steve, craftsmen of the army Is this a publication and if so, would you be able to copy the relevant page(s) here? Best, Steve.
Yeah, I,ll post the relavant pages here, I'm having trouble finding the part about the LAD attack, might be in another book. I'll post scans tommorow evening.
Yeah, I,ll post the relavant pages here, I'm having trouble finding the part about the LAD attack, might be in another book. I'll post scans tommorow evening. Thanks Steve. I look forward to that! Best, Steve.
Service units From Craftsmen of the Army, Volume one. [URL="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8104/8577190741_ec603919cd_z.jpg[/img[/url"]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8104/8577190741_ec603919cd_z.jpg[/img[/url[/URL]] [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/leeds_steve/8577190741/]REME001[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/leeds_steve/]Ridgepics[/url], on Flickr
100 Shermans to the Americans from Craftsmen: [URL="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8526/8578293456_92343b02c1_z.jpg[/img[/url"]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8526/8578293456_92343b02c1_z.jpg[/img[/url[/URL]] [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/leeds_steve/8578293456/]REME003[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/leeds_steve/]Ridgepics[/url], on Flickr And the same from the History of the RAOC: [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/leeds_steve/8578292614/][img][URL="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8508/8578292614_0d35a1b348_z.jpg[/img[/url"]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8508/8578292614_0d35a1b348_z.jpg[/img[/url[/URL]] [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/leeds_steve/8578292614/]ARDENNES[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/leeds_steve/]Ridgepics[/url], on Flickr
Can't find any mention of the LAD attacking German units in these books, but I'm pretty sure it was in North Africa. If I come across it I'll post it here. Sorry about the poor scans, I'll try and do some better ones and transcribe them when I have more time.
Thanks for posting these excerpts, Steve. The quality of the scans is fine for me; I leave it for others to comment if they find them poor! Best, Steve.
I was wrong! LAD incident was at Vosges; The Electrical & Mechanical Engineers - A Brief History Can't find any references to it in my books, but I have read an account somewhere.
All told just under 400 Shermans were given over to the US to replace their losses. The 25pdrs were issued because of the acute shortage of US 105mm amunition.
All told just under 400 Shermans were given over to the US to replace their losses. The 25pdrs were issued because of the acute shortage of US 105mm amunition. Any info on what the US Army thought of the 25-Pdrs and were any of the Shermans Fireflys? If so, what did the US Army think of the Fireflys? Please post the authority! Best, Steve.
I have the Osprey book on the Sherman, and it reports that the US Army in Europe ordered some Fireflies late in the European campaign. The backlog of British supply, the impending arrival of the Pershing, and the swift end of the war in Europe prevented this from happening.