Looking for any information on the Unit name of the Pioneers that were based in Lerwick, Shetland during WW2- thanks
I know its probably Orkney rather than Shetland, but 57 Company get a mention in a local paper that covers both Islands ... (Kirkwall) Increase in depositors' balances, Abdn. Trustee Savings Bank £1,056,609 11 1 Nary Daass.—The staff of '57 Com.pany (Pioneer Corps) staged another of their fortnightly dances in their Recreation Hall on Thursday evening. flawing cornmenced at. 7.30 p ... Orkney Herald, and Weekly Advertiser and Gazette for the Orkney & Zetland Islands 16 December 1942 Results for 'pioneer corps lerwick' | Between 1st Jan 1940 and 31st Dec 1949 | British Newspaper Archive Several references to Lerwick in The Pioneer Magazine, this one mentions 178 Coy Camp at Lerwick. JournalRan3
The soldiers in Lerwick, Shetland during World War II were part of a group called the Robertson Line or Staney Hill Line. There was also a unit called the 541st Coast Regiment that helped protect the area.
