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WW2 Pioneer corps, Gillespie squad
« on: Saturday 15 September 12 22:24 BST (UK) »
I have a photograph of my father who I think was in the Royal army service corps, Pioneer corps, Gillespie Squad. He lived in Swansea, South Wales. I have a number which I think is his service number-1759332. I've tried typing this into ancestry records with no result. Does anyone know the best way of finding out what he did and where he served during the war? I know he was in France and Belgium, but that's all

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Re: WW2 Pioneer corps, Gillespie squad
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 15 September 12 23:52 BST (UK) »

These service records are not yet online or released to the general public. Use this link to see how to obtain them.

http://www.veterans-uk.info/service_records/service_records.html




Simons Barrett Jaffray Waugh Langdale Heugh Meade Garnsey Evans Vazie Mountcure Glascodine Parish Peard Smart Dobbie Sinclair....
in Stirlingshire, Roxburghshire; Bucks; Devon; Somerset; Northumberland; Carmarthenshire; Glamorgan

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Re: WW2 Pioneer corps, Gillespie squad
« Reply #2 on: Monday 22 October 12 19:38 BST (UK) »
Thanks for your information. I've obtained my father's service records and I recently discovered that my father served with the Pioneer corps 174 in WW2 in France, Holland and Germany from Aug 1944 until Apr 1946. I would love to know the details of what his company was doing and where he served. Could you help please? I wondered whether the company would have had a log? His name was William Lewis Peake, and his service no. was 142869
Many thanks
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