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ROLL of HONOUR RAILWAY TRANSPORTATION UNITS of the CORPS of ROYAL ENGINEERS, WORLD WAR II ROLL of HONOUR RAILWAY TRANSPORTATION UNITS of the CORPS of ROYAL ENGINEERS, WORLD WAR II On 27th September 1986, at Highley on the Severn Valley Railway, ex-LMS Stanier Class 8F locomotive No. 8233 (British reclaimed by the War Department in late 1941 for operation by the Corps of Royal Engineers on the wartime supply route to The gallant sacrifice of the men of the Royal Engineers Railway Transportation units who lost their lives in the War and its Railways No. 48773), which was built to War Department order as WD 307 in 1940, was dedicated as the official Memorial Russia from the Persian Gulf to the Caspian Sea. Later, renumbered 70307 and subsequently 500, the locomotive remained in immediate aftermath is further commemorated by this Roll of Honour which has been compiled from information held to all British military railwaymen who gave their lives on active service in World War II. At the dedication service, conducted operation with the Corps of Royal Engineers until 1957, initially in Egypt before repatriation to the UK in 1952, when it served by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. This was dedicated by Lieutenant-General Sir Scott Grant, KCB, Chief by the Very Reverend Peter Haynes, Dean of Hereford, commemorative plaques on the locomotive recording its operation on the Longmoor Military Railway. Acquired by British Railways as No. 48773 in 1957, the locomotive was purchased for Royal Engineer, on 3rd November 2002 at a service at Kidderminster on the Severn Valley Railway, conducted by the by the Corps of Royal Engineers in Persia (Iran) and Egypt were unveiled. preservation by the Stanier 8F Locomotive Society when steam traction ended on the national railway network in 1968, and was Reverend James Symonds. Two Books of Remembrance were also dedicated. These are held in the Royal Engineers Locomotive No. 307 was first placed in operation on the London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) as No. 8233 until placed in operation on the Severn Valley Railway in its former guise of LMS 8233, changed to British Railways 48773 in 1992. Museum at Brompton Barracks, Chatham and the Museum of Army Transport at Beverley. Sapper Edward Abram 14376215 162 Rly. Construction Coy. RE 6/1/45 Schoonselhof Cemetery, Antwerpen Belgium Sapper Frederick William Green 1892877 159 Rly. Construction Coy. RE 17/6/40 Dunkirk Memorial France Sapper Jack Porter 2159686 163 Rly. Workshop Coy. RE 8/2/46 Florence War Cemetery Italy Sapper David Rhydian Ace 1982798 151 Rly. Construction Coy. RE 26/5/40 Dunkirk Memorial France Lieut.Colonel Sir Herbert Nigel Gresley, CBE 25426 Engineer and Rly. Staff Corps RE 5/4/41 Netherseal (St. Peter) Churchyard Extension, Derbyshire UK Sapper John Potter 1923011 159 Rly. Construction Coy. RE 17/6/40 Dunkirk Memorial France Sapper John Akeroyd 1892866 159 Rly. Construction Coy. RE 17/6/40 Dunkirk Memorial France 2nd Lieutenant Alban Gladstone Griffith 172010 157 Rly. Construction Coy. RE 6/8/41 Steeple Claydon (St. Michael) Churchyard, Buckinghamshire UK Sapper James Wilson Powell 1892994 159 Rly. Construction Coy. RE 10/5/40-22/7/40 Ste. Marie Communal Cemetery, Loire-Atlantique France Corporal William Gerald Allen 1898212 191 Rly. Operating Coy. RE 7/7/44 Calcutta (Bhowanipore) Cemetery India Sapper Arthur William Grocock 869109 159 Rly. Construction Coy. RE 19/7/40 Pornic War Cemetery, Loire-Atlantique France Sapper Victor George Powell 1898067 190 Rly. Operating Coy. RE 17/6/40 Rennes Eastern Communal Cemetery France Sapper Clarence Alfred Ford Amos 2005877 601 Rly. Construction Coy. RE 29/6/43 Madras War Cemetery, Chennai India H Sapper Kenneth Powles 14729673 206 Rly. Workshop Coy. RE 18/4/45 Tilburg (Gilzerbaan) General Cemetery Netherlands Sapper Alfred Ancell 14524248 602 Rly. Construction Coy. RE 10/2/44 Portsmouth (Kingston) Cemetery UK Lieutenant John Ross Rhedyneg Price 71422 151 Rly. Construction Coy. RE 10/5/40 Merville Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord France Sapper Joseph George Hailstone 1848828 29 Rly. Survey Coy. RE 17/6/40 Pornic War Cemetery, Loire-Atlantique France Sapper William Thomson Anderson 1981983 150 Rly. Construction Coy. RE 22/5/45 Forli War Cemetery Italy L/Corporal Joseph George David Price 14866890 199 Rly. Workshop Sqn. RE 27/11/47 Suez War Memorial Cemetery Egypt Corporal Alec James Hall 1887699 190 Rly. Operating Coy. RE 11/6/44 Salerno War Cemetery Italy Sapper Albert Percy Aylward 1453743 922 Transportation Stores Coy. RE 16/12/44 Naples War Cemetery Italy Sapper Arthur Priddon 2006172 602 Rly. Construction Coy. RE 14/7/42 Milton Ernest (All Saints) Churchyard, Bedfordshire UK Sapper Harry Hall 1908936 600 Rly. Construction Coy. RE 16/3/44 Birmingham (Handsworth) Cemetery UK Sapper Douglas Harry Prince 1898382 159 Rly. Construction Coy. RE 17/6/40 Dunkirk Memorial France B Sapper Anthony Henry Hands 398461 151 Rly. Construction Coy. RE 22/3/47 Brierley Hill Cemetery, West Midlands UK Driver Albert Edward Prior 1123522 925 Transportation Stores Coy. RE 16/12/44 Schoonselhof Cemetery, Antwerpen Belgium Sapper George William Baldwin 1923394 162 Rly. Construction Coy. RE 5/5/45 Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Germany Sapper Jack Aubyn Harper 2156137 163 Rly. Workshop Coy. RE 18/2/43 Dely Ibrahim War Cemetery Algeria Sapper Albert George Purser 2112109 192 Rly. Operating Coy. RE 13/6/44 Bari War Cemetery Italy Sapper Walter Henry Ball 2141214 150 Rly. Construction Coy. RE 11/5/46-12/5/46 Padua War Cemetery Italy Sapper Trevor Haig Harris 1898654 159 Rly. Construction Coy. RE 17/6/40 Dunkirk Memorial France Sapper William Barber 1898515 Railway Operating Division RE 31/10/42 Nottingham General Cemetery UK Sapper William James Harris 1980425 154 Rly. Operating Coy. RE 17/6/40 Dunkirk Memorial France R L/Corporal David Kerr Barrie 1899079 159 Rly. Construction Coy. RE 17/6/40 Dunkirk Memorial France Sapper James William Harrison 2010430 600 Rly. Construction Coy. RE 27/1/42 Holmwood (St. Mary Magdalene) Churchyard, Surrey UK Sapper James Raphael 2007241 151 Rly. Construction Coy. RE 20/11/40 Rutherglen Cemetery, Glasgow UK Sapper Albert Robert Bartlett 2155281 189 Rly. Operating Coy. RE 6/3/43 El Alia Cemetery Algeria Driver Reginald Harrison 14277029 168 Rly. Survey Coy. RE 16/5/44 Stoke-on-Trent (Hartshill) Cemetery UK Sapper Clifford Rawle 1892992 159 Rly. Construction Coy. RE 17/6/40 Pornic War Cemetery, Loire-Atlantique France Sapper Frederick Bartlett 1983822 152 Rly. Construction Coy. RE 13/6/40 Rennes Eastern Communal Cemetery France Sapper Edwin Albert Hartigan 1889958 159 Rly. Construction Coy. RE 17/6/40 Dunkirk Memorial France L/Corporal Arthur Rayner 1055118 159 Rly. Construction Coy. RE 17/6/40 Dunkirk Memorial France Sapper Lewis Stevenson Barty 1887433 159 Rly. Construction Coy. RE 17/6/40 La Bernerie-en-Retz Communal Cemetery, Loire-Atlantique France CQS Norman Harvey, VC 6973652 199 Rly. Workshop Coy. RE 16/2/42 Khayat Beach War Cemetery Israel Sapper Stanley George Rayner, MM 1898804 190 Rly. Operating Coy. RE 17/6/40 Dunkirk Memorial France Sapper Ernest William Bayliss 1926144 154 Rly. Operating Coy. RE 17/6/40 Rennes Eastern Communal Cemetery France Sapper Thomas Henry Hassell 5565591 156 Transportation Stores Coy. RE 17/6/40 Dunkirk Memorial France Sapper Christopher Reader 1898252 190 Rly. Operating Coy. RE 17/6/40 Bretignolles-sur-Mer Communal Cemetery, Vendee France Sapper Thomas Beadle 2001425 10 Rly. Construction and Operating Coy. RE 26/11/41 Asmara War Cemetery Eritrea Sapper Ronald Hathway 1892998 159 Rly. Construction Coy. RE 17/6/40 Noirmoutier-en-l’Ile Communal Cemetery, Vendee France Sapper John Thomas Redfern 2143924 604 Rly. Construction Coy. RE 15/7/43 Maynamati War Cemetery Bangladesh L/Corporal Frederick William Beames 777043 159 Rly. Construction Coy. RE 17/6/40 Dunkirk Memorial France Sapper Peter Thomas Hawtin 6094956 196 Rly. Workshop Coy. RE 22/3/43 Tripoli War Cemetery Libya S/Sergeant Thomas Redman 2143664 167 Rly. Bridging Coy. RE 14/5/45 Hamburg Cemetery Germany Corporal Thomas Edward Beaven 1983612 156 Transportation Stores Coy. RE 29/10/43 El Alia Cemetery Algeria Sapper Robert Charles Haywood 2112691 604 Rly. Construction Coy. RE 22/4/44 Burton-upon-Trent Cemetery UK Sapper Samuel Rees 2134417 191 Rly. Operating Coy. RE 25/5/43 Ranchi War Cemetery India Sapper Charles Beech 2019778 16 Rly. Battalion RE 16/10/40-17/10/40 Weaverham (St. Mary) Churchyard, Cheshire UK L/Corporal George Albert Henwood 2121086 150 Rly. Construction Coy. RE 21/8/44 Ancona War Cemetery Italy L/Sergeant George Strother Reid 2660562 954 Rly. Operating Coy. RE 25/12/44 St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen France Sapper John Reginald Beech 1909231 10 Rly. Construction and Operating Coy. RE 20/9/41 Asmara War Cemetery Eritrea Driver Lionel Denis Herriott 2162006 156 Transportation Stores Coy. RE 15/10/46 Udine War Cemetery Italy Sapper Eric Reynolds 2056528 193 Rly. Operating Coy. RE 14/9/43 Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery Egypt WOII (CSM) Frederick John Bennett 1863807 159 Rly. Construction Coy. RE 17/6/40 Yves Communal Cemetery, Charente-Maritime France Corporal Alfred Edward Heskins 2021129 154 Rly. Operating Coy. RE 17/6/40 Rennes Eastern Communal Cemetery France Sapper Joseph Richards 4539416 1 Rly. Workshop RE 29/3/43 Freetown (King Tom) Cemetery Sierra Leone Sapper Arthur George Betteridge 1926501 156 Transportation Stores Coy. RE 17/6/40 Dunkirk Memorial France Sapper Leonard Reginald Hickman 2020650 155 Rly. Workshop Coy. RE 12/7/43 Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery Iraq Sapper Richard Norman Riding 14237517 952 Rly. Operating Coy. RE 8/5/45 Tilburg (Gilzerbaan) General Cemetery Netherlands Corporal Charles Herbert Beuzeval 1871767 604 Rly. Construction Coy. RE 26/10/42 Chittagong War Cemetery Bangladesh L/Corporal Henry George Hill 14732192 10 Rly.
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