Researching casualties from 26th Armoured Brigade Workshops

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  1. Hoody321

    Hoody321 Active Member

    Morning all, I’m curious to know if it’s possible to search for casualties of this unit and how to go about it. The CWGC website allows you to search by REME however I cannot find a way to narrow the search to men of this unit. Does anyone have any advice or tips?
    Thanks,
    Hoody
     
    Hoody321, Jan 12, 2020
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  2. AB64

    AB64 Senior Member

    I'm sure other people will have better ideas, but if I was looking I'd do the search by REME then use the download result option and take it out into excel and then search in that - good luck with it whatever way you do it
     
    AB64, Jan 12, 2020
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  3. AB64

    AB64 Senior Member

    I had a quick try and found 2106 REME names listed, extracting that and searching for "26th" I got 2 hits (1 was workshop and 1 was just attached to 26th Armoured brigade - not sure if that by default is the workshop) - searching for "26 a" got no hits

    the 2 names are

    2049274 Albert Ward
    2048602 Robert Davies
     
    AB64, Jan 12, 2020
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  4. Hoody321

    Hoody321 Active Member

    Thank you so much, I would never have found that technique in a million years and yet it’s so simple! I’m heading to see the diaries of the 26th soon so was wanting to find some key dates and this has helped massively, thanks again!
    Hoody
     
    Hoody321, Jan 14, 2020
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  5. Tricky Dicky

    Tricky Dicky Don'tre member

    The war diaries may contain appendices that include 'casualties' of various types - so make sure you look for them

    TD
     
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  6. Hereward

    Hereward Junior Member

    Where did you access the diaries of the 26th Armour? What diaries did they have as there are many regiments within the 26th and the nd Lothians and Border Horse are kept in Edinburgh.
     
    Hereward, Apr 15, 2024 at 1:05 AM
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  7. dbf

    dbf Moderatrix MOD

    There are War Diaries for Brigade level (as well as for the individual units which served under the formation).

    These are the ones I could find, held at TNA, Kew for :


    26 ARMOURED BRIGADE
    ARMOURED BRIGADES: 26 ARMOURED BRIGADE: Headquarters (HQ). | The National Archives
    Reference: WO 166/6662
    Description: ARMOURED BRIGADES: 26 ARMOURED BRIGADE: Headquarters (HQ).
    Date: 1942 Jan.-Nov.

    H.Q. | The National Archives
    Reference: WO 175/210
    Description: H.Q.
    Date: 1942 Dec.- 1943 June

    26 Armoured Brigade: HQ | The National Archives
    Reference: WO 169/8922
    Description: 26 Armoured Brigade: HQ
    Date: 1943 July- Dec.

    26 Armoured Brigade: H.Q. | The National Archives
    Reference: WO 170/594
    Description: 26 Armoured Brigade: H.Q.
    Date: 1944 Jan.- Dec.

    26 Armoured Brigade: H.Q. | The National Archives
    Reference: WO 170/4456
    Description: 26 Armoured Brigade: H.Q.
    Date: 1945 Jan.- Nov.



    REME
    R.E.M.E. | The National Archives
    Reference: WO 175/212
    Description: R.E.M.E.
    Date: 1942 Nov.- 1943 June

    26 Armoured Brigade: Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Workshop (REME Wksp) | The National Archives
    Reference: WO 169/8923
    Description: 26 Armoured Brigade: Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Workshop (REME Wksp)
    Date: 1943 July- Dec.

    26 Armoured Brigade: R.E.M.E. Wksp. | The National Archives
    Reference: WO 170/595
    Description: 26 Armoured Brigade: R.E.M.E. Wksp.
    Date: 1944 Jan.- Dec.

    26 Armoured Brigade: R.E.M.E. Wksp. | The National Archives
    Reference: WO 170/4457
    Description: 26 Armoured Brigade: R.E.M.E. Wksp.
    Date: 1945 Jan.- Dec.


    RASC
    https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2354555
    Reference: WO 175/211
    Description: R.A.S.C.

    Date: 1942 Nov.- 1943 Mar.
     
    dbf, Apr 15, 2024 at 8:10 AM
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  8. gmyles

    gmyles Senior Member

    Hi

    I downloaded the REME search results and then use filters to find what I want

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    Only found the same two

    upload_2024-4-15_10-35-10.png

    Hope this helps

    Gus
     
    gmyles, Apr 15, 2024 at 10:36 AM
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